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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
No. S. 293. Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 30th November, 1916, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,
TOTAL,
$
8,189,306 5,000,000*
24,206,400
20,000,000
910,890
* 550,000†
33,306,596
25,550,000
* Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £150,000.
Securities with the Crown Agents £68,040.
No. S. 294.-The following statement of the securitics 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/
76
Southern Punjab Railway 4%
Preference Stock,
£23,040
£100
92/94
74
Madras and Southern Maharatta
4% Debenture Stock,.
£35,000
£100
98/100
78
No. S. 295.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place of Port.
Dairen.
Nature of Measures.
Reference
Date.
to Govern- ment Noti- fication.
Quarantine restrictions against all ships arriving at Dairen or 31st August, 1916. No. S. 194
Port Arthur from or by way of Canton and all other South-China ports.