Public drawings for the redemption 'Of part of the principal of the 20th Year (1931) Relief Loan (16th Drawing) and the 23rd Year (1994) Vu-ping Railway Loan (st Drawing)—were held on Saturday at 10 am. at the 'Shanghai Chinese Bankers' "Associa tion. 'The proceedings were conduct-Jed under the supervision of the representatives of the Ministry of Audit, the Shanghai Chinese Bankers' sociation, the Shanghai Native Bankers" Guild, the Shanghai Chamber Jot Commerce, ind the National Loans Sinking Fund Administrative Commission. Mr. Tsiang Lu-foo, Director of Loan Department of the Ministry of Finance, offlelated, The terminal numbers of the bonds drawn and the amounts to be redeem= Jed were as tollows:—
Nos. Amount Drawn Redeemed 2th YF. Retlot
tard Yr, Vu-ping Loan o $900,00.00 Railway Loan? 20 47 78 43 and 93 600,200.00
Total $000,000.00, Payments will be made as usual through the Central Bank of Chine, the Bank of China and the Bank of Communications throughout the country as from November 30.—Kuo Min.
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