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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH JULY, 1894.

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 278.

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The following Returns of the Average amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the Month ended 30th June, 1894, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks, are published.

By Command,

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th July, 1894.

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART, Acting Colonial Secretary.

BANKS.

AVERAGE AMOUNT.

SPECIE IN RESERVE.

$

$

Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,

1,506,466

800,000

Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,

5,249,870

2,200,000

TOTAL,..

.$

6,756,336

3,000,000

GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.—No. 279.

The following is published.

By Command,

J. H. STEWART LOCKHART,

Acting Colonial Secretary.

Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 14th July, 1894.

Government of Japan.

NOTIFICATION No. 129 oF DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONS.

NOTICE TO MARINERS.

HIRAISO BEACON LIGHT,

AKASHI STRAITS, INLAND SEA.

Notice is hereby given that HIRAISO BEACON LIGHT, AKASHI STRAITS, INLAND SEA, which is discontinued pending the repairs being done to the illuminating apparatus, as was notified under the date of June 12th, 1894, will be RE-EXHIBITED as before from the 30th instant.

COUNT KURODA KIYOTAKA, Minister of State for Communications.

Tokyo, June 27th, 1894.

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