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 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. BOM- BAY. This wellknown and popular Bank has been established in hornny so years and is the oldest Eastern lia- change Bank in existence. Incorporat- ed by Royal Charter over half ll century ago. it stands high in the esteem ot the mercantile community. and is one of the modest institutions of its kind in the East.

The Head (Mice is situated in 'I‘hreadneedle Street. London. and in addition to Brant-her in Hamburg and New York. it has :5 branches throughout India and the Far Eur.

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The management of the Bombay Agency is under the control of Mr. George Miller, who has been a well known ﬁgure in Ilornbay (inlet [or many yeah. Mr, )ltller’s earlier ex perirnce of Eastern Ilanling was ICQUllt'd in the Straits Settlemenu and China. 1.in many of his col‘ leagues he hails from North of the Tweed. He is a uselul member at the Committee of the Chamber oi Commerce. Chairman of the Exchange Bunks' Association, and a Director of the Bombay Telephone Company and the Standard Life Auumnce Company.

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The handsome premim of the Bank in Esplanade Road. Bamlwty. are no ornament to the Guy and a monument of the Bank's t-rmpetity.

[ta ﬁnancial condition is etidencrd by the following ﬁgures—

L‘apitat £500,000

ane Fund (875.000

Rehen‘e Lil-him, «I Shareholch ... ooo

which amply jurtiﬁes the prominent position it holds in all citelu. cont- merctal and nthcﬂ‘iw.

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COMMERCIAL l'Nll).\' ASSITR. ANTI-I COMPANY. LIMITED. “'ht-n ﬁrst established in thin the (ommvrcial l'mon Assurance font. pam‘. Limited, was mainlv ilt’Slgllt «l to bc a tin- ofﬁce. for the atlvantagr ol the nwrrantilc commnnttt, hut ahortly alts-marths it was 'lound beneficial and optmtlutw to estab- ht~h hit- and manor brunt-hrs. the RU’ldt'nl department Olll\‘ coming into upl‘mltuﬂ as H'Ct'tllh' as thr- year moo. The Company thorn-torr- docs llllﬁllll'ss in tour tlrpartmc-nts. namely. Fire. Lite. Marine and

Acculcnt and Fidelity Gunrnnlee and holds an eminent position in all {our tit‘CllOlls. whilst in its Fire drpartnwnt it is surpassed hy none. The cart-or ol the ('ompany has lK‘t‘ll an unhrnlu-n record at commercial prmtwrity .«iucc its commencement, whilst since 1885 its chief and most substantial successes ha \‘u l)f'(‘ll paint-d. Oﬂt' triumph has led to another. and the remarkahle results of its trading in the past low years mav br- lookod upon with intense satisfaction not only by the Share- holders ol the Company but also by those responsible for thr- tna 'ni- tirent results obtained by t eir jtulgmentantl {oresi lit. The (‘om- puny has a mpit. ot £2,500,(Km and its total annual income (‘let‘t'db [:ﬁomxm. The Head Office occu- iim litter htr to buildings in Cornhill. l_ondon, an in tho ('ity and “’05! End It has thrt-e bronchus. Tin-Cum- pany's Hrunclwsat Home art- 3 tread Widely throughout the United 'ing~ dom and Ireland, as How are estab- ltSht‘d in Liverpool. lslntil Man. the North ol England. North Midland, Midland, Eastern. South Western. and West of England; in Ediu- burgh. DundEe and Glasgow for Scotland ; in Cardiff for Wales. and at Dublin and Belfast for Ireland. Abroad they are established at all of the loading cities and towns throughout the civilized world. and in Calcutta. thr- chief nlﬁce for India. thr- Company’s affairs are guided by a strong board ol Directors. Since the extension of the Com- pany's operations to India in t869, their Indian business has made rapid and sound progress in all its strtionz. and the t‘ommvrr‘inl Union stands out in Ullt‘ oi the leading Assurance conct'rnri in tho East. The Manager and l'ndt-rwriter in Calcutta is Mr. (I L. Fyflc and the local board of Director» Consists ol hit-«rs. A. (2. Apcnr, Wm. Blmck. J. a, on, and C. junkitts. thus guar- atttr'cing that tho intorvsts ol the Company are rim-lolly watched and saloguartlt'd. The losinnol tho "unwind-land Fire and Lite Insur- anro Society with tho Commercial l‘nion Assurance Compant' has re- u'ntl)‘ takt‘n place. and the combi- nation ol those two (‘nmpnnies is a most powerful one. and then- can be no doubt that the arrangement will prove a proﬁtable one [or the Share- ltlltlt‘f‘ ol the proprietary Com-