ADVERTISEMENTS. 
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Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, 
London and China. 
Incorporated under Royal Charter. 
PAID-UP CAPITAL £750,000 
RESERVE LIABILITY .. ..£760,000 
RESERVE FUND .. .. ..£260,000 
Head Offlee :— No, 65 Ou> Bboad Stbbei, 
London, B. 0. 
Local Branches :-=>Qolowbo, Kandi, Ga&z<s< 
London Bankers: 
Bahs o? England; London Joint Stock Base. 
rpHE BANE reoeives Money on Current and Fixed 
X Deposits, buys Bills and grants Drafts on Europe 
and on all parts of the East and Colonies and draws 
on the Bank of England at current rates of Exchange. 
Terms on application. 
J. M. SKINNER, 
00— e a t Manager in Ceylon. 
The New Oriental Bank Corporation, 
Limited. 
Xncorp orated under the Oompaniet Aets 1862-1888. 
AUTHORISED CAPITAL. £2,000,000 
PAID-UP CAPITAL £583,470 
REST £193,900 
Head Office: 
40, THRBADNEEDLE STREET, LONDON, B.C. 
WEST END OFFICE — 25 Cookspur Street, S.W. 
EDINBURGH OFFICE— 23 St Andrew Square. 
DUNDEE OFFIOE— 6 Panmure Street. 
Bankers s 
BANE OF ENGLAND, UNION BANE OF 
LONDON, AND BANK OF SCOTLAND. 
Branches in Gey Ion. 
COLOMBO, KANDY, BADULLA, NUWARA 
ELIYA, JAFFNA. 
Agents at Galle— Missus. Clabe, Sfenob & Co. 
Foreign Branches: — 
Aden, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Hongkong, 
Mahe*, Mauritius, Melbourne, Shanghai, 
Singapore, Sydney, Yokohama, Kob£ (Hiogo)< 
THE Bank opens CURRENT ACCOUNTS, and 
allows interest on the following terms : Pro- 
vided the balance does not fall during the half 
year below R1.000 .. 2 per cent per annum. 
B6.000 .. 2£ „ „ 
Oaloolated on the minimum monthly balance, 
FIXED DEPOSITS will be received on the 
following terms :— 
19 Months 5 pet cent per annum. 
[6 at 4 , 
8 at 8 „ 
The Bank buys Bills of Exohange and grants 
Drafts (at ourrent rates) on the principal oities of 
Europe, India, China, Japan, Australia and New 
Zealand, and also issues Circular Notes for the use 
of travellers negotiable in towns of importance 
throughout the world. 
A Baggage and Agenoy Department has been 
added at Head Offioe for the oonvenienoe of Eastern 
Constituents proceeding home; 
P. O. OSWALD, 
29th May 1690. Manager in Ceylon, 
National Bank of India, Limited. 
SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL £988,000 
PAID-UP CAPITAL £466,6(0 
RESERVE FUND £140,000 
Head Offioe: — London. 
Branohes :— Oaloutta, Bombay, Madras, Colombo, 
Euraob.ee, Delhi, Rangoon, and Mandalay. 
THE BANK opens ourrent aooounts, allowing 
interest thereon when the sum at oredit exoeed 
R1,000 at the rate of 2 per cent per annum oaloulated 
on the daily oredit balances. 
Deposits received for fixed periods at rates of 
interest whioh may be ascertained on application! 
Bills of Exohange drawn on the prinoipal oities of 
Europe, India and Australia, purobased or eolieoted. 
Drafts granted at the exohange of the day on the 
Head Offioe and Branches, and when required, the 
Bank forwards the same to the payees, free of oharge. 
Indian Government Securities. Stocks and Shares 
purchased and Bold for Constituents. 
The Bank also undertakes the safe custody of 
teourities, oolleots Interest and Dividends thereon 
and conducts all general Banking business connected 
with India and Bngland. 
D. R. MARSHALL, 
Acting Manager, 
Colombo Offioe : Baillie Street. 
Office Hours: 10 to 8; Saturdays 10 to 1; e— oo 
BANK OF MADRAS. 
(Established 1843.) 
Constituted and regulated by Government of India 
Act No. XI of 1876. (" The Presidenoy Banks Aot.") 
Capital R 5.000.000 
Resesvs Fund Rl, 400.000. 
THE BANK undertakes general Banking Agency 
Business and issues Drafts and purohases 
approved Bills on the prinoipal towns of India. 
The Bank reoeives money on Ourrent Aooount 
and Fixed Deposits at rates of interest whioh may 
be ascertained on application. 
Agents in Ceylon of the Agra Bank, Ltd 
W. T. HOLMES, 
e— oo Agent in Colombo. 
To Consumers, Merchants, Agents, Dealers, & Buyers', 
of every class of Manufactured Goods, 
FIELDEN & CO. 
(OF LONDON), 
Manufacturers' Agents, Merchants, Shippers, 
Factors, &c. 
HAVE SPECIAL FACILITIES FOR TRADING 
on exceptional terms. 
Every description of British manufactures (by 
eading makers) supplied at loivest possible prices. 
Contractors of the supply of Maohinery, Iron and 
Brasswork, and Engineers, Railway and Ship Con- 
tractors' Stores. 
Chief Offices & Show Rooms : 
TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, 
LONDON, E. C, ENGLAND. 
Send for Catalogue, Prices and Particulars. 
Correspondence Invited. 
TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS : 
ADVERTENCE, 
LONDON. 
