The Archive · 1935

Farther Consignments

With the arrival of the American Mall liner President McKinley on Mfonday in Shanghai, local. banks vaults were the richer by about $650,000 in silver dollars, which it is understood, was consigned to the Bank of China. This is the fourth of five consignments, which were arranged for by the Stabilization Committee, but con stitutes only a small portion of $20, (000,000, which is to relieve the local silver stringency.

Exact figures were not available on Monday, but it appeared that about 125 boxes were unloaded. Each box '$5,000. Other ship-'Rawalpindi, the Empress of Russ the President Taft. Due on Monday, the President Hoover 1s expected brivw a similar amount,

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