One of the commonest notices that the lama observes on the bank door is the mysterious sign: time has already passed, A few red-robed lamas have learned to appreciate—the fourth dimension where time and space are no more, What time therefore has passed and, where has it passed to? He sees the bank door shut and a brief notice to the effect Shicjlen-go Mao, He may have left his current count fu the yak tent at home resting somewhere on some old rancid, hatd.smelling, nauseating butter, The Central Bank of China has made a start in financial dealings with the Tibetans; time will reveal what) may be the outcome:
There is some talk that the Central Bank will open a branch in Lhasa; If s0, this will prove a great boon to the "Tibetan merchants, facilitating the transfer of money over roads [where it is impossible to carry it, There are, however, serious dim-culties. The Land of the Lamas is still on a silver basis with the. Indian rupee as currency, Of course there the rupee paper currency but 50 {far the lamas have not taken very kindly to paper; nor have they taken, kindly to anything but Lamaism,
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