NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 1. Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st December, 1915, 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,
6,976,548
5,000,000*
1,074,231
21,793,806 15,500,000
850,000+
TOTAL
29,844,585
21,350,000
*
Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at $1,850,000.
† Securities with the Crown Agents £68,040.
No. S. 2. 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
97/98
93
Southern Punjab Railway 4%
Preference Stock,
£23,040
£100
92/94
86
Madras and Southern Maharatta
4% Debenture Stock,.................
£35,000
£100
98/100
93
No. S. 3.Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place or Port.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Reference to Govern- ment Nori-
fication.
Netherlands Hongkong declared an infected port. Importation of the 14th May, 1915.
India.
following articles from Hongkong or transshipped at this port is temporarily probibited :—(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.)
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. 112.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
7th January, 1916.
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