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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S Department.
No. S. 105.--Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 30th April, 1915, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:-
BANKS.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
6,821,675 5,000,000*
22,306,333 17,500,000
1,323,347
800,000†
TOTAL,
$ 30,451,355
23,300,000
* Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at $1,850,000.
† Securities with the Crown Agents £68,040.
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No. S. 106. 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.
Bombay Port Trust 4% Bonds,...
£10,000
£100
974/98
96/97
Southern Punjab Railway 4%
Preference Stock,
£23,040
£100
92/94
91/93
Madras and Southern Maharatta
4% Debenture Stock,....
£35,000
£100
98/100
98/100
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No. S. 107. Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Reference to Govern- ment Noti- fication.
Tientsin.
Hongkong declared a Plague-infected port.
24th April, 1914. | No. S. 122.
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