Finance Ministry's Order to Bankers Association Regarding the closing, on Monday, Sept. 16, of the Shanghai branch jof the ' National Commercial Savings Bank, Kiangse Road, the Ministry of Finance, in an order 0 the Shanghai Chinese Bankers Asso~ ciation, states that, although—the local branch failed' to register with the Ministey, it has been for many years past a member of the Shanghai Chinese Bankers Association and therefore has had business relations with Toeal commercial houses. To protect: the interests of the local Jereditors of the bank, the" Association instructed to find' out the bank's assets and liabilities and, -without @elay, to instruct the bank to hand over its essels to the Association, that these may be converted into Feady cash to pay the creditors in The order also instructs the Bank-Jers Association to telegraph the [Ministry's directions to the Bankers Associations of Tientsin and Hankow, where the bank has branches,
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