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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 29. It is hereby notified, with reference to Government Notification No. S. 241 of the 7th August, 1914, that information has been received from the Colonial Secretary, Singapore, to the effect that the quarantine imposed on Hongkong on account of Plague has been removed.
No. S. 30.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Reference to Govern- ment Noti. fication.
Tientsin. Hongkong declared a Plague-infected port.
24th April, 1914.
No. S. 122.
No. S. 31. Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st January, 1915, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks :-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$3
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
6,559,045
5,000,000*
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,
24,030,810
17,500,000
1,324,280
800,000†
TOTAL,
.$
31,914,135 23,300,000
* Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at $1,850,000.
† Securities with the Crown Agents £68,040.
No. S. 32. The following statement of the securities lodged with the Crown Agents by the Mercantile Bank of India, Limited, against their notes in circulation, is published for general information under Section 5 of the Mercantile Bank Note Issue Ordinance, 1911, (Ordinance No. 65 of 1911):-
Security.
Amount.
Nominal Value.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
Bombay Port Trust 4% Bonds,...
£10,000
£100
97/98
96/97
Southern Punjab Railway 4%
Preference Stock,
£23,040
£100
92/94
91/93
Madras and Southern Maharatta
4% Debenture Stock,.......................
£35,000
£100
98/100
98/100
5th February, 1915.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.