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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
No. S. 144. Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 30th June, 1915, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:--
BANKS.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,
:
TOTAL,
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
6,317,244
S
5,000,000*
1,323,980
21,100,000 17,500,000
800,000+
$ 28.741,224 23,300,000
* Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at $1,850,000.
Securities with the Crown Agents £68,040.
No. S. 145. 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 Maharafta 4% Debenture Stock,.........
£35,000
£100
98/100
98/100
No. S. 143. -It is hereby notified, with reference to Government Notification No. S. 122 of the 24th April, 1914, that information has been received from II.B.M.'s Consul- General at Tientsin to the effect that the quarantine restrictions imposed on arrivals from Hongkong on account of Plague have been withdrawn.
No. S. 147.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Nature of Measures.
Netherlands Hongkong declared an infected port. Importation of the
India.
following articles from Hongkong or transshipped at this port is temporarily prohibited :-(1) wearing apparel, old and worn clothes, household effects for daily use, and used bedding, unless these goods are transported as personal luggage or in consequence of removal. (2) rags. (Re- fuse of new goods coming direct from the weaving-mills, from workshops where apparel is made or from bleaching- establishments, artificial wool, and cuttings of new paper, are not considered as rags.)
Quarantine up to 21 days according to the state of health on board the ships but subject to exemption on production of certificates legalised by the Netherlands Consul- General at Hongkong.
9th July, 1915.
Date.
Reference to Govern- ment Noti- fication.
14th May, 1915.
No. S. 112.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.