Shanghai Banking Corporation issued for circulation a now series of $50 bank notes which have been printed at Home by Mesars, Brule bury and Wilkinson, 'The new series, which begins with the fetter "B," is of a slightly small-for size than the $50 notes at bree sent in circulation. The pre dominating colour on' both sides of we note is green with polychrome insertions in the body of the notes, In a panel on the left of the front. of the note is a full figure of Ceres, whilst in a white square in the other panel is the "Britannia" water-mark. with "$50" underneath, In the centre of the top of the note is the usual Bank crest with the scroll hent= ing the Bank's name and the serial iver which appears Uwiee on the front of the note.
Ju the lower portion of the front is a polychrome dial bouring the Jithographed signature of the Hon, Mz. A. C, Hynes, Chief Manager of the Bank, This itis worthy of note, is the first time in which My, Hynes? sismature appears on a banknote of the Hongkong & Shanghai Bank, As was the case with the other new issue notes of the Bank—$1, 85 and $10—all other members of the Euro~ pean staff of the Bank have to sign a certain number of the new notes. This will ye effective us an adio tional safeguard against attempts to counterfeit the notes, The predominating colour on the hack of the new notes is also green with a polychrome border and the usual view of the Bank building in the centre, and $50 in large figures in the two tanks, The serial numbers of the notes appear four times
margin just outside the polyehtome the back, printed on the white perla polyehr
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.