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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 4.-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.
18th April, 1913. No. S. 110.
18th April, 1913.
18th April, 1913.
No. S. 111.
No. S. 112.
Netherlands
India.
23rd May, 1913. No. S. 147.
Burmah. Hongkong declared a Plague-infected port.
Chittagong. Regulations for the prevention of the introduction of Plague
by sea enforced against arrivals from Hongkong.
Hongkong declared an infected port. 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, used bedding, unless these goods are transported as personal luggage or in consequence of removal. (2) rags. Re- fuse of new goods coming direct from the weaving-mills, from workshops where apparel is made or from bleaching- establishments, artificial wool, and cuttings of new paper, 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.
No. S. 5.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circalation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st December, 1913, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
5,429,671
2,000,000*
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,..
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,...
18,417,339
15,000,000
704,742
450,000†
TOTAL,
.$
24,551,752
17,450,000
* Sterling Securities lodged with the Crown Agents in London for £166,666. 13s. id.=$1,666,666.
† Securities with Crown Agents £68,040.
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