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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT,
No. S. 300.-It is hereby notified that information has been received from the Consul-General for the Netherlands, to the effect that Hong Kong has been declared by Netherland Indian Government an infected port on account of plague.
6th September, 1929.
W. T. SOUTHORN,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 301.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hong Kong, during the month ended 31st August, 1929, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks :-
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation....
Mercantile Bank of India, Limited...
15,131,614
$3
6,300,000*
46,954,290 34,000,000†
1,877,297
660,000$
TOTAL
$ 63,963,201
40,960,000
* In addition Sterling Securities are deposited with the Crown Agents valued at £1,255,700.
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.
6th September, 1929.
W. T. SOUTHORN,
Colonial Secretary.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. S. 302.-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.
51% Treasury Bonds repayable
@ 100 in 1930
£180,000
6th September, 1929.
Nominal Value.
Price when deposited.
Latest market price.
997-100/1
W. T. SOUTHorn,
Colonial Secretary.
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