NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEpartment.
No. S. 1. Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st December, 1917, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks :-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
6,577,429
5,000,000*
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,
21,433,096
17,000,000
1,149,504
550,000†
TOTAL,
.$
29,160,029 22,550,000
* Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £150,000.
† Securities with the Crown Agents £110,000.
No. S. 2.--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)-
Amount.
Nominal Value.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
941
Security.
5% War Loan,
*£110,000
4th January, 1918.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 3. Return of samples examined under "The Sale of Food and Drugs. Ordinance, 1896," for the quarter ended 31st December, 1917:-
Description.
Bread,
Brandy,
Milk,
Rum,
Number of samples.
Number found genuine.
Number found adulterated.
7
5
со
8
0
25
22
3
Co
3
3
0