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No. S. 39. Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st January, 1919, 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,
8,839,143 5,000,000*
24,761,129 17,000,000
1,154,509
550,000+
**
TOTAL,
$ 34,754,781 22,550,000
Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £150,000.
† Securities with the Crown Agents £125,000.
No. S. 40. 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.
5% War Loan,
£125,000
Nominal Valne.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
951
14th February, 1919.
A. M. G. FLETCHER, Colonial Secretary.
POLICE DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 41.-It is hereby notified that on the days fixed for the races at Wong- Nei-Chong, the following Regulations, under Ordinance No. 2 of 1869, will be in force :-
I.---All wheeled traffic going to the Races at Wong-Nei-Chong will proceed viâ Queen's Road East and Morrison Hill Gap Road. Motors will return via the Wong-Nei-Chong Road round the Happy Valley through Leighton Hill Road to No. 1 Police Station and then along Percival Street to the Praya. Other vehicles by the same route as on the outward journey. II. Trucks and persons carrying large burdens will not be permitted West of Percival Street or East of Murray Road between the hours of 10 a.m. and 7 p.m.
III.-All foot passengers between Wyndham Street, Queen's Road Central, and Praya East must walk on the footpaths, and not on the roadway.
IV. -All vehicles must proceed at a slow pace in the vicinity of the Race Course. V.-Chairs and vehicles to be arranged in the neighbourhood of the Race Course
as directed by the Police Constables on duty.
VI. Owners of dogs are recommended not to allow their dogs to go near the Race Course, as any dog found straying without a collar with the name and address thereon of its owner is liable to be destroyed (Ordinance 1 of 1845, Section 17).
VII. Persons using chairs must go and
congestion on the lower levels. Kennedy Road.
14th February, 1919.
return by way of Kennedy Road to avoid No horse or vehicle will be allowed on
E. D. C. WOLFE, Captain Superintendent of Police.