The eight principal panels symbolically represent the banking centres of the Kast and Wesi, London being the first to catch the eye on entering. Here is Bri nia, with the Trident and British Lion, a figure to the left bea the arms of London, and another on the right representing thd Thames, with a model of a ship, compass and rule. In the background appear the Houses of Parliament and St. Paul's Cathedral and the heraldic devices of England, Scotland, and Ireland. Paris, the Republic," bears a tablet inscribed "Liberté, Hgalite, Fraternité,' her background being view of the Seine and Paris, "pecially Notre Dame. Calcutta's antral figure is symbolic of Mysticism, bearing the Star of India on her forehead. Her attendant is Philosophy, with a scroll and the arms of the city, and the background is the Hooghly River and the High Court of Justice.
"Fertility" is what Bangkok represents, the figure at the left showing the hewer of timber, on the right agriculture and rice growing, while behind them rises the temple at the mouth of the Chao Phya Menam River. Hongkong's dominating figure is draped in the Union Jack, as a Crown Colony. To the left stands History, to the right the personification of Canton River, and in the background a view of Hongkong and the Peak from the harbour.
Shanghai itself is pictured as Sagacity at the steering wheel, with the spirit of the Yangtzekiang on the left and that of Shipping
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