575
No. S. 229.-Staternent of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hong Kong.
Place or Port.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Reference 10 Government Notification.
Marila.
All ports in the United States of America, including the Hawaiian lands.
Bangkok,
Inspections matside Manila harbour from 20th April. Third class passengers and new crew must comply with the vaccination requirements.
Inspections outside the ports from 1st April. Steerage
passengers must comply with the vaccination require- iments. Cabin passengers must produce a vaccina- | tion certificate or be vaccinated by ships doctor or quarpetino authorities.
Vessels detained at river mouth and passengers and crew vaccinated unless they can produce evidence of successful recent vaccination.
16th April,
1924.
30th April, 1926.
29th October, 1926.
No, S. 30L.
Netherlands
East Indies.
Hong Kong declared an infected port on account of
plagae.
11th May,
1928.
No. S. 145.
No. S. 230.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hong Kong, during the month ended 31st July, 1928, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation...
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited...
14,669,201
44,910,516
5,900,000*
$4,000,0007
1,849,07 F
660,000$
TOTAL
$
61,428,791
40,560,000
* In addition Sterling Securities are deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £1,276,200.
In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agents and Straits Governinent valued at
£2,993,202.
In addition Secarities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £180,000.
No. S. 231.-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.
51% Treasury Bonds repayable
d 100 in 1930
£180,000
3rd August, 1928.
101-101
E. R. HALLIFAX,
Colonial Secretary,