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DIRECTORY
AND CHRONICLE
FOR
CHINA, JAPAN, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS,
INDO-CHINA, PHILIPPINES, ETC.
WITH WHICH
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ARE INCORPORATED "THE CHINA DIRECTORY AND 'THE HONGKONG DIRECTORY AND HONG LIST FOR THE FAR EAST"
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FOR THE YEAR
1911
FORTY-NINTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION
BRITISHL
MUSEUM.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS OFFICE
DES VEUX ROAD, HONGKONG, AND 131, FLEET STREET, LONDON, E.C.
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NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
V
No. S. 1.-Returns of the Average Amount of BANK NOTES in Circulation and of Specie in Reserve in Hongkong, during the month ended 31st December, 1910, as certified by the Managers of the respective Banks.
BANKS.
SPECIE
AVERAGE AMOUNT.
IN RESERVE.
$
$
Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China,
5,297,799
3,500,000
Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation,
13,085,170
10,000,000
National Bank of China, Limited,
2
THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 6, 1911.
NOTICES.
COLONIAL SECRETARY'S DEPARTMENT.
No. 1.-Attention is drawn to Government Notification No. 303 of the 30th Sep- tember, 1910, and all non-Chinese persons in this Colony are reminded that they are liable to arrest if they cross the border line of the New Territories without passports.
British subjects who desire to obtain passports should address themselves to H.B.M.'s Vice-Consul, Canton, forwarding at the same time the necessary fee, viz., $4.20.
F. H. MAY, Colonial Secretary.
6th January, 1911.
OBSERVATORY.
No. 2.-Extract of Meteorological Observations made at the Hongkong Observa- tory during the month of December, 1910.
ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS FOR THE YEAR 1911
Table of Contents
1 Finances
2 Trade and Shipping industries, Fisheries, agriculture & Land
3 Legislation
4 Education
5 Public Works
6 Government and aided institutions
7 Institutions Not Supported By Government
8 Criminal and Police
9 Vital Statistics
10 Postal Service
11 Military Expenditure
12 General Observations
A Financial Returns
A(1) Finances
B Assessment
C Registrar General's Department
D Harbour office
E Observatory
F Supreme Court
G Police Magistrates' Court
H Land office
I New Territories
J Police and Fire Brigade
K Prison
L Medical and Sanitary
M Botanical and forestry
N Education
O Volunteer Corps (Not Published)
P Public Works
Q Post office
R Railway
PAPERS LAID BEFORE THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF HONGKONG 1911
Table of Contents
1. Census of the Colony
Census of the Colony for 1911
2. Companies Bill, 1911
Report of the Standing Law Committee on the
3. Condensed Skimmed Milk
Minutes Relating to
4. Electricity Supply Bill, 1911
Report of the Public Works Committee on the
5. Estimates for 1912
Financial Statements in Connection With the
6. Estimates of Expenditure
Abstract Showing Differences Between Estimates for 1911 and 1912
7. Free Passage Scheme for Subordinate officers
Free Passage Scheme for Subordinate officers
8. Imports and Exports office
Report of the Public Works Committee on Quarters for Searchers, Etc
9. Interpretation Bill
Report of the Standing Law Committee on the
10. Jurors
List of, for 1911
11. Maternity Hospital
Report of the Public Works Committee on additions and alterations to
12. Mong-Kok-Tsui Breakwater
Diagram Showing Progress of Stone Depositing to 30th June, 1911
13. Penalties amendment Bill, 1911
Report of the Standing Law Committee on the
14. Pokfulum Water Supply
Report on an investigation of the, By the Government Bacteriologist
15. Questions By Dr. Ho Kai, C.M.G.
Reply to
16. Regisrered Partnerships Bill
Report of the Special Committee on the
17. Revenue, Expenditure, Military Contribution, and Public Works Extraordinary
Statment of, for 1896-1910
18. Roads
Report of the Public Works Committee on Road on North Side of Hill to Connect Chamberlain Road With Plantation Road
19. Royal Square, Fencing in Gardens
Report of the Public Works Committee on
20. Statute Laws (New Revised Editions) Bill, 1911
Report of the Standing Law Committee on the
21. Sterling Salaries
Precis of Correspondence on the Subject of the Sterling Salaries attached to appointments to Which Cadets Have a Preferential Claim
22. Typhoon Refuge
Statement of Progress to 30th June, 1911
23. Tytam Tuk Water Works Scheme, - Second Section
Report of the Public Works Committee on the
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