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to be made to confirm this statement to the Colonial Office.
It is most unconvenient.
that having only our notes with then to pay taxes, fires, or stamp duties the public should have to be
sent away to change.
We are
them for cash. willing to and do
regularly submit to the Government
monthly average
issue for which
we pay to Government a
-duty of
: per cent per annums and the amount
of cash on
hand.
The registered Offices of the
Bank are in London.
We would further submit
sed in
that as the Ordinance passed
Murch
of
this.
other
year prohibits any Bank from issuing notes without the Governments permission there need be
no
occasion to fear that the conces.
sion in our cave would ever form
a precedent, besides which we also
V
eubuit.
t
subunit that what we apply for in= abrogation of any princi-
volver u o
ple, but only that it would be a
convenience to the Public that the notes should be received at the lo= vernment Offices in the ordinary course of business in the same way that they
are received by Mercantile Houses, Shops, Native and Foreign
Banks.
Trusting that this Excellency
will be able to recommend our
application
I have re
For the National Bank of
Chura Ltd
St G. 1.5. Playfair.
Manager.
Ron : J. St. Stewart Lockhart,
Colonial Secretary.