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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 271.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
¡Place or Pori.:
!
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Reference to Govern ment Nori-
fication.
Orissa,
Plague Regulations imposed in Orissa Ports against arrivals
from Hongkong.
18th April, 1913. No. S. 110.
Burmah.
Hongkong declared a Plague-infected port.
Chittagong. Regulations for the prevention of the introduction of Plague
by sea enforced against arrivals from Hongkong.
18th April, 1913. | No. S. 111.
18th April, 1913. | No. S. 112.
India.
Netherlands Hongkong declared an infected port. Importation of the 23rd May, 1913. 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. (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.)
Tientsin.
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.
Hongkong declared a Plague-infected port.
Singapore. Immigration prohibited on account of Plague.
No. S. 147.
24th April, 1914. No. S. 122.
7th August, 1914. No, S. 241.
No. S. 272.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st August, 1914, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
5,998,721
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
$
5,000,000*
22,764,871 17,500,000
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited....
1,122,821
600,000†
TOTAL,....$
29,886,413
23,100,000
* Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at $2,000,000.
† Securities with the Crown Agents £68,040.
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