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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 10TH OCTOBER, 1885.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.No. 386. The following letter and its enclosure are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th October, 1885.
FREDERICK STEWART,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
TOKYO, 25th September, 1885.
SIR, I have the honor to send herewith for your Excellency's information copy of a further note received from the Japanese Government, informing me that, in view of the spread of Cholera, the whole of the Prefecture of Kumamoto and the Provinces of Satsuma, Hizen, Chikuzen, and Chikugo have been now included among the Infected Localities, and arrivals from thence will be subjected to the Medical Inspection Regulations.
I have, &c.,
His Excellency
Sir GEORGE F. BOWEN, G.C.M.G.,
&c.,
&c., HONGKONG.
&c.,
(Signed), F. R. PLUNKETT.
Tanslation.
TOKYO, 24th September, 1885.
SIR,-In my note of the 19th instant, I had the honor to inform you that the whole Prefecture, as well as the Port of Nagasaki, and also the district of Amakusa in Kumamoto Prefecture, had been pronounced to be Cholera-infected localities. Since that date the disease has been spreading to other localities also, and I have now been apprised by the Minister of the Interior that as against all vessels coming from any port or ports in the whole Prefecture of Kumamoto in the portion of Kagoshima Prefecture known as the Province of Satsuma, in the portion of Saga Prefecture known as the Province of Hizen, and in the Provinces of Chikuzen and Chikugo, Fukuoka Prefecture, the Regulations for the medical inspection of vessels coming from Cholera-infected localities will henceforth be put in force.
I have, &c.,
(Signed),
CT. INOUYÉ KAORU,
Minister for Foreign Affairs.
His Excellency
The Honourable F. R. PLUNKETT,
&c.,
&c.,
&c.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 387.
The following Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the Month ended 30th September, 1885, as supplied by the respective Banks, are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 10th October, 1885.
FREDERICK STewart,
Acting Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China,
245,639
90,000
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
1,078,013
450,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
2,521,567
1,300,000
ΤΟΤΑΣ........
..$
3,845,219
1,810,000
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