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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 254.--It is hereby notified, with reference to Government Notification No. S. 222 of the 6th October, 1916, that information has been received from the Colonial Secretary, Singapore, to the effect that the sanitary measures imposed in Singapore against arrivals from Hongkong on account of cholera have been withdrawn.
No. S. 255.--Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st October, 1916, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks:
BANKS.
1
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,
8,018,323
5,000,000*
23,651,968
20,000,000
1,060,613
550,000†
TOTAL
$
32,730,904
25,550,000
Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £150,000.
† Securities with the Crown Agents £68,040.
No. S. 256. 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):-
1
Security.
Amonnt.
Nominal Value.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
Bombay Port Trust 4% Bonds,........!
£10,000
£100
97/98
76
Southern Punjab Railway 4%
Preference Stock,
£23,040
£100
92/94
74
Madras and Southern Maharatta 4% Debenture Stock,..
£35,000
£100
98/100
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No. S. 257.---Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.
Place of Port.
Dairen.
Nature of Measures.
Reference
Date.
tó Govern- ment Noti- fication.
Quarantine restrictions against all ships arriving at Dairen or 31st August, 1916. No. S. 194.
Port Arthur from or by way of Canton and all other South-China ports.
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