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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 90.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Reference to Govern- ment Noti- fication.
Philippine Islands.
Newchwang. All vessels arriving from Hongkong will be treated as
Suspected Vessels.
All passengers from Hongkong to produce special certificate.
7th March, 1918.
No. S. 49.
27th May, 1919.
No. S. 86.
19th July, 1918.
No. S. 181.
Singapore. Hongkong declared an infected port on account of plague.
Bengal.
Netherlands- India.
Regulations for the prevention of the introduction of plague by sea enforced in the ports of Orissa against vessels arriving from Hongkong.
Hongkong declared an infected port on account of plague. Importation of the following articles from Hongkong or transshipped at this port is temporarily prohibited :— (1) wearing apparel, old and worn clothes, household effects for daily use, and used bedding, unless these goods are transported as personal luggage or in consequence of removal; (2) rags. (Refuse of new gools coming direct from the weaving-mills, from workshops where apparel is made, or from bleaching-establishments, artificial wool, and cuttings of newspaper, are not considered as rags.)
Quarantine up to 21 days according to the state of health on board the ships but subject to exemption on production of certificates legalised by the Netherlands Consul- General at Hongkong.
24th June, 1918. No. S. 192.
10th Feb., 1920.
No. S. 38.
No. S. 91.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted by Hongkong.
Disease.
Port or Place.
Restrictions in Force.
Cholera.
Bangkok.
Medical examination; quarantine at the discre-
tion of the Health Officer.
Cholera.
Philippine Islands.
Do.
Authority.
Notification No. 194 of 26th April, 1919.
Notification No. 418 of 12th September, 1919.
No. S. 92.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st March, 1920, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks :-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
$3
10,099,545
$
5,000,000*
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,
23,767,161
17,000,000
991,042
550,000†
TOTAL,..
$
34,857,748
22,550,000
* Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £490,000.
† Securities with the Crown Agents £180,000.