NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 5.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st December, 1912, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,........
TOTAL,
5,329,419 4,000,000
19,784,469
16,000,000
496,323
80,000*
S 25,610,211
20,080,000
* Securities with Crown Agents £58,000 and Rs 200,000.
No. S. 6. The following statement of the securities lodged with the Crown Agents by the Mercantile Bank of India, Limited, against their notes in circulation, is published for general information under Section 5 of the Mercantile Bank Note Issue Ordinance, 1911, (Ordinance No. 65 of 1911):—
Security.
Amount.
Nominal Value.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
India 3% Stock,
£28,000
£100
92/93
921/93
Bombay Port Trust 4% Bonds,...
£10,000
£100
97/98
97/98
Bengal Nagpur Railway Co.,
Ltd., 3% Debentures,,
£20,000
£100
par.
par.
3% Rupec Paper,
Rs 200,000
Rs 1,000
£64/64 per Rs 1,000
£64/644 per Rs 1,000
No. S. 7.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted by Hongkong.
Disease.
Port or Place.
Small-pox.
Hoihow.
Restrictions in Force.
Authority.
Medical examination; quarantine at the discre- Proclamation No. 1 dated
tion of the Health Officer.
3rd January, 1913.
No. S. 8.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Reference to Govern- ment Noti-
fication.
Orissa. Plague Regulations imposed in Orissa Ports against arrivals
from Hongkong.
23rd Feb., 1912.
No. S. 54.
A. M. THOMSON,
Colonial Secretary.
10th January, 1913.
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