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NOTICES.

COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.

No. S. 189. Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st July, 1917, as certi- fied by the Managers of the respective Banks:--

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

$

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

7,257,517

5,000,000*

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,

22,443,193

18,000,000

1,102,541

550,000+

TOTAL,... S 30,803,251

23,550,000

* Sterling Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £150,000.

† Securities with the Crown Agents £85,000.

No. S. 190. 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):

J

Security.

5% War Loau,

Amonut.

£85,000

Nominal Valne.

Price when deposited.

Latest market price.

No. S. 191.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted against Hongkong.

Place or Port.

Nature of Measures.

Date.

Reference to Govern- ment Noti- fication.

.Dairen.

India.

Quarantine restrictions against all ships arriving at Dairen or Port Arthur from or by way of Canton and all other South-China ports.

Netherlands- Hongkong declared an infected port. Importation of the following articles from Hongkong or transshipped at this port is temporarily prohibited :-(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 newspaper, 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.

31st August, 1916. No. S. 194.

27th April,

1917.

No. S. 108.

3rd August, 1917.

CLAUD SEVERN,

Colonial Secretary.