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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 203. Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hong Kong, during the month ended 30th June, 1929, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks :-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$3
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
16,172,253
6,300,000*
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation...
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited...
51,018,666
34,000,0001
1,773,063
660,000$
TOTAL
$
68,963,982
40,960,000
* In addition Sterling Securities are deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £1,262,300.
In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agents and Straits Government valued at
£2,990,442.
In addition Securities deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £180,000.
No. S. 204.-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.
54% Treasury Bonds repayable
@@ 100 in 1930
£180,000
No. S. 205.-Statement of Sanitary Measures adopted by Hong Kong.
Disense.
Port or Place.
Restriction in Force.
100-100%
Authority.
Cholera.
Bangkok.
Quarantine and/or Disinfection at the discre-
tion of the Health Officer.
Notification No. 231 of 7th May, 1929.
Cholera and plague.
Saigon.
Quarantine and/or Fumigation at the discre-
tion of the Health Officer.
Notification No. 303 of 13th June, 1929.
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