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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JAN. 5, 1906.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

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No. 5.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st December, 1905, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

$

$

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

3,418,617

2,300,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,...... 15,458,266 National Bank of China, Limited,

10,000,000

63,410

40,000

· TOTAL,

$

18,940,293

12,340,000

T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary,

4th January, 1906.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. 6. Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.

Place or Port.

Nature of Measure.

Date.

Reference to Govern- ment Noti-

fication.

Manila.

Hongkong vessels may bring steerage passengers, 16th October, 1902.

and, if health of Hongkong satisfactory, can proceed direct to Mauila after 1st November. Fresh vegetables prohibited.

Newchwang. Importation of rags, waste paper, bair, earth and

manure from Hongkong prohibited.

No. 66C.

4th October, 1901.

No. 684.

Siam.

Medical Inspection at Kohphra against arrivals

from Hongkong,

14th Sept., 1905.

No. 576.

Madras.

Arrivals from Hongkong subject to Regulations under the Venice Convention, at uninfected ports.

21st Dec., 1905.

No. 840.

Burma.

Hongkong declared infected.

29th Dec., 1995.

No. 857.

5th January, 1906.

T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.

TREASURY.

No. 7.-It is h reby notified t' at in accordance with the terms of The Rating Ordinance, No. 6 of 1901, Owners and Occupiers of Tenements are reminded that Rates for the First Quarter of 1906 are payable in advance on or before the 31st of January, 1906.

If any person shall fail to pay such Rates on or before the 28th February, 1906, 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 January, nor unless application is male for such refund within fifteen days from the expiration of the Quarter.

3r1 January, 1906.

A. M. THOMSON, Treasurer.

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