business of the province within the fide circle of their ramifications. is so to the extent that it handles:
This bank' the old type bank still carries on, but with greatly restricted field of opera-must he confessed, siderably lower standards of efficiency and integrity than formerly prevailed. has also issued notes for copper and for fractions of the ud these notes have bank, place of issue.
Faptsunchen as a Powerful Provin 1 Bank By far the most powerful financial stitution in Shana present the Shaysi Provincial) Bank. This is supposed to be the financial instrument of the highest officials inthe province. Te prints trid. cireuintes dollar' notes" and notes for fractions of dollars denominations of "$0, 20 and_ 10 cents, "There are also, five, 10, 60 100 dollar notes, The fraction a dollar notes and the notes of Higher denomination are issued by the head' ofthe in Talyuanta and Grculste all over. the province, The dollar" notes. bear the local Stamp of centres. where the Provincial Bank maiataina agencies trid these notes. are therefore somewhat restricted la ireslation, Currency of this sort; however, Per forme a very useful purpose, as itis mach more convenient for the dollars, traveller: than' the heavy aller
addition, the Provinefit Bank base large iseue_of copper notes in the denominations of 100, 80, 20
That the public does not have absolute confidence in the stability of these notes is seen in the of exchange for the dollar. At present two rates are quoted; about 425 actual coppers to the dollar, and about 625 in tso piao that is, miscellaneous notes of the Provincial Bank and the Agricultural and Industrial Bank. This is the highest rate of exchange ever known here, but many predict it will go even higher. The old brass cash has practically disappeared except for use in making change.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.