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No. S. 199. Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st July, 1918, 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,
8,392,485 5,000,000*
21,913,210 17,000,000
1,104,186 550,000†
TOTAL,......... S 30,409,881 22,550,000
Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £150,000.
† Securities with the Crown Agents £110,000.
No. S. 200.-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.
923
Security.
5% War Loan,
£110,000
No. S. 201.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted by Hongkong.
Disease.
Port or Place.
Restrictions in Force.
Authority.
Small-pox.
Philippine Islands.
Medical examination; quarantine at the discre-
Bon of the Health Officer.
Notification No. 168 of 9th May, 1918.
9th August, 1918.
No. S. 202.
NOTICES TO MARINERS.
TRANSLATION.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
(No. 900)
Notifications Nos. 900 & 936 of Department of Communications.
East Coast of Hokkaido.
NOTICE is hereby given that the character, the candle power and the visibility of the Light of Benten Jima Lighthouse, Nemoro Harbour, Province of Nemoro, have been changed as follows since the 10th of July, 1918:---
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