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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 3RD NOVEMBER, 1905.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 747.
The following Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specic in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st October, 1905, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks, are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd November, 1905.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary,
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE
IN RESERVE.
$
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, .
3,462,836
2,200,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
National Bank of China, Limited,
13,009,460
8,500,000
74,568
40,000
TOTAL,
.....$
16,546,864
10,740,000
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 748
The following Notices to Mariners are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 3rd November, 1905.
NOTICES TO MARINERS.
No. 41 of 1905.
INDIA-EAST COAST-TANJORE DISTRICT.
T. SERCOMBE SMITH, Colonial Secretary.
EXHIBITION OF A HARBOUR LIGHT AT ADIRAMPATAM.
MASTERS of vessels, Pilots and others are hereby informed that on and after the 15th December, 1905, a white fixed light will be established at Adirampatam, Palk's Straits, at an elevation of 45 feet above high water, and visible, in clear weather, 6 miles in all directions seaward. The light, which is an ordinary anchor light, will be shown from a white flag- staff 56 feet high, and will be intended as a guide to the anchorage.
Approximate position—Lat.,
Long..
10°
"N.
.79° 22′ 30′′ E.
W. MITCHELL,
Commander, R.I.M., Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office, Madras, 25th September, 1995.
This notice affects the following Admiralty Charts :---
“Chart of Palk Strait and Gulf of Manar No. 68a” and Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal, No. 70.”
No. 44 of 1905.
INDIA-WEST COAST-TALAYI.
PLACING OF BUOY IN POSITION.
It is hereby notified for the information of Mariners that the small spherical buoy marking the pinnacle rock off the b-port of Talayi referred to in this office Notice to Mariners No. 19 of 1995 was replaced in position on the 25th Septem- ber, 1965, and that vessels should pass southward of the buoy as before.
W. MITCHELL,
Commander, R.I.M., Presidency Port Officer.
Presidency Port Office, Madras, 29th September, 1995.
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