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COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. S. 225.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 30th September, 1910, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

$

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

4,761,703

4,000,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

National Bank of China, Limited,

11,998,733

12,000,000

30,045

Nil.

TOTAL,.$ 16,790,481 16,000,000

No. S. 226.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted by Hongkong.

Disease.

Port or Place.

Cholera.

F

Restrictions in Force.

Authority.

Bangkok.

Medical examination; quarantine at the discre- Proclamation No. 1 dated

tion of the Health Officer.

6th May, 1910.

7th October, 1910.

A. M. THOMSON,

Colonial Secretary.

TREASURY.

No. S. 227. It is hereby notified that, in accordance with the terms of The Rating Ordinance, No. 6 of 1901, Owners and Occupiers of Tenements are reminded that Rates for the Fourth Quarter of 1910 are payable in advance on or before the 31st October, 1910.

If any person shall fail to pay such Rates on or before the 30th November, 1910, proceedings will be taken in the Supreme Court for their recovery without further notice.

No Refund of Rates on vacant tenements will be granted unless such Rates have been paid during and within the month of October, nor unless application is made for such refund within fifteen days from the expiration of the Quarter.

C. McI. MESSER,

Colonial Treasurer.

7th October, 1910.

LAND REGISTRY OFFICE.

No. S. 228.--It is hereby notified that the following Sale of Crown Land by Public Auction will be held at the District Land Office, Tai Po, at 10 a.m., on Saturday, the 15th day of October, 1910.

The Lots are sold for the term of Seventy-five years from the 1st day of July, 1898, with the right of renewal for a further term of 24 years less 3 days at a re-assessed Crown Rent as an Agricultural Lot subject to the General Conditions of Sale published in Government Notification No. 365 of 1906 and to the Special Conditions Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 published in Government Notification No. 697 of 1909.