746 THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD SEPTEMBER, 1892.
Provided always that the stipulations of the present Convention shall be made applicable to any of the above-named Colonies or foreign possessions on whose behalf notice to that effect shall have been given by Her Britannic Majesty's Representative to the King of Roumania within one year from the date of the exchange of ratifications of the present Convention.
ARTICLE III.
The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Bucharest as soon as possible.
It shall come into operation one month after the exchange of ratifications, and shall remain in force until the expiration of one year from the day on which either party may give notice of its intention to terminate it.
In witness whereof the Undersigned have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seal of their arms.
Done in duplicate at Bucharest, the fourth day of May (22nd day of April), one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two.
(Signed)
ARTHUR GEORGE VANSITTART.
(L.S.)
(Signed)
AL. LAHOVARY.
(L S.)
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.--No. 370.
The following Returns of the Average amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the Month ended 31st August, 1892, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks, are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd September, 1892.
G. T. M. O'BRIEN,
Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,
516,028
300,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,.
1,485,338
800,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
3,511,462
1,500,000
TOTAL,...
.$
5,512,828
2,600,000