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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 5TH OCTOBER, 1895.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 412.
The following Returns of the Average amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the Month ended 30th September, 1895, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks, are published.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th October, 1895.
J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Colonial Secretary.
BANKS.
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
SPECIE IN RESERVE.
$
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
1,924,991
1,000,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,..
5,232,537
2,500,000
National Bank of China, Limited,....
369,869
228,000
TOTAL,...
...$
7,527,397
3,728,000
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 413.
The following are published.
By Command,
J. H. STEWART Lockhart, Colonial Secretary.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 5th October, 1895.
Government of China.
NOTICE TO MARINERS,
No. 296.
CHINA SEA.
YANGTZE RIVER-SHANGHAI DISTRICT.
KIUTOAN SMALL BEACON LIGHT.
Notice is hereby given that, on or about the 1st October next, the present Kiutoan Small Beacon Light, which is a fixed red one, will be replaced by a Dioptrie Occulting Light of the Sixth Order, showing a fixed white light varied by three eclipses in every 30 seconds, thus:
Light
Eclipse Light
Eclipse - Light
Eclipse -
20 seconds.
2
23
39
"2
2
;">
2
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The new Light will be exhibited at an elevation of 40 feet above high water from a mast placed 500 feet N. 47° E., maguetic, from the position of the present Light, and in clear weather it should be visible at a distance of 10 nautical miles.
The mast and Keepers' huts will be painted white.
IMPERIAL MARITIME CUSTOMS,
By Order of the Inspector General of Customs,
COAST INSPECTOR'S OFFICE,
SHANGHAI, 31st August 1895
A. M. BISBEE,
Coast Inspector.
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