Basel, Jan. 30.
The international Committee of bankers entrusted with the work of organising the Bank of International Settlement have departed after inspecting the premises which the Swiss Government has placed at the Bank's disposal. It is reported that the premises have to undergo substantial alterations. to render them suitable for the Bank's purposes. In order to be able to start! functioning on February 15, the Bank has to find provisional quarters pending the completion of these Jalterations, These provisional quarters, however, have to be large enough to accommodate the entire staff of the Bank which will be about 'a hundred persons, It is said that the Committee is\ being swamped with applications for positions from people of all parts of the world Trans-Ocean Kuo Mi
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