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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 96. It is hereby notified that the Government are prepared to let as office to suitable tenant Room No. 5 on the top floor of the Post Office building (New Govern- ment Offices) in Pedder Street on a yearly tenancy.
Further particulars and conditions of letting may be obtained on application at the Office of the Director of Public Works.
No. S. 97. Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st March, 1917, as certi- fied by the Managers of the respective Banks:
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
6,651,117
5,000,000*
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,
21,793,613
19,000,000
1,122,070
550,000†
TOTAL,
$
29,566,800
24,550,000
*
Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £150,000.
† Securities with the Crown Agents £70,000.
No. S. 98. 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):-
Amount.
Nominal Value.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
Security.
4% War Loan,
£70,000
No. S. 99.--Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong..
Place of Port.
Dairen.
Nature of Measures.
Date.
Reference to Govern. ment Noti- fication.
Quarantine restrictions against all ships arriving at Dairen or Port Arthur from or by way of Canton and all other South-China ports.
31st August, 1916. No. S. 194
13th April, 1917.
CLAUD SEVERN,
Colonial Secretary.
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