THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 9TH MAY, 1896.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 171.
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The following Returns of the Average amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the Month ended 30th April, 1896, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks, are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong. 9th May, 1896.
J. II. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
S
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
1,557,697
1,000,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
National Bank of China, Limited,...
5,988,837
2,500,000
412,823
212,000
TOTAL,....
7,959,357
3,712,000
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 172.
The following are published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,
Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 9th May, 1896.
Government of Japan.
NOTIFICATION No. 90 or DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS
NOTICE TO MARINERS.
YOKOHAMA HARBOUR-NORTH BREAKWATER.
ESTABLISHMENT OF PERMANENT LIGHT AND WITHDRAWAL OF TEMPORARY LIGHT.
Notice is hereby given that on and after the night of May 16th, 1896, a FIXED RED LIGHT will be exhibited from the Lighthouse erected at the NORTH BREAKWATER-HEAD of Yokohama Harbour, and that on the same date the TEMPORARY RED LIGHT, hitherto exhibited from the scaffolding erected for constructing the Lighthouse, will be
WITHDRAWN.
The Lighthouse is constructed of Iron, Ilexagonal in shape, and is painted Red. It is 40 feet high from the base to the centre of the Lantern.
The elevation of the Light above the Sea will be 41 feet. The Light will illuminate all round, being visible in clear weather from a distance of 6 Nautical Miles.
SHIRANE SENICHI, Minister of State for Communications.
Tokyo, April 23rd, 1896.