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Exeter Advocate, 1907-02-21, Page 2♦0+c+0+0+040♦0+0+0+0+0 40+0+ o-4 0404040404 0+0+0 0 DARE SIE? OR, A SAD LIFE STORY 4 -0:o+0+0+0+0+04 -04o404-04040404040404040+040+ C)1:\I'7I.Il S\Ii. "Welcome ever smiles; and Fare- well golfs out sighing." 'Ilia last ciauso is not always true. For example, !hero is very little sighing in the farewells trade to Mrs. Byng by the two young men who see her off at the Fiorenco Railway Station. And Mrs. Byng herself has been too much occupied In ruanoeuvring to got a few last private words with each of her escort to have much time for sighing either. She would have been wounded If her old friend Jim had not. come 10 see the last of her; and she would have been broken-hearted If her son had not paid her This flnul attention; and yet each necessarily destroys the tete-a-tete sho is burning to have eon' the other. 11 is indelicate to lrn)ii-.r.r y'n:r adored child not to go to the petit in the presence of nn Intimate friend, and it would give a not unnatural umbrage to That child if you urged the guardian friend to check his downward tendency while he himself is standing by.. Nor do her Iwo compan- ions at all aid her in her strategy; ra- ther, they show a tendency to anile in baffling leer, hanging together round her like a bodyguard, and effectually hinder- ing the last word., which she is pining to administer. Only once for a very few minutes does she succeed In outwitting there, when she despatches Willy to the bookstall to buy papers for her -an er- rand from which he returns with an ex- asperating celerity. The instant that his back is turned. Mrs. Ityng • addresses tier companion in an eager voice of hur- ry and prayer: "You will keep an eye upon him ?" Silence. "You will Lcep an eye upon hire -pro- mise?" "I do not know what 'keeping nn eye upon him' menus In your vocabulary ; often you and 1 do not use the same dic- tionary : until 1 know, I will not pro- m ise." "You will took rifler him; do, Jim?" "My dear mndarn"-with h• Lotion-- "let me go and buy your papers; and meanwhile urge him to look after nae; 1 assure you that it is quite as neces- sary." "Fiddlesticks, will yot)r uninlagina- live. unemotional nature•---" "II'in 1" "Your trend your heart." "Will it r' "While he -promise me at least. that, it you sec him rushing lo his ruin, you will telegraph to me?" "(:crtuinly, If you wieb will ahvnys take care of it; i will tele - Mrs. Cora B. Miller Makes a Fortune Sinned n Capital, One Few Years Ago with No and Now Eniplo) s Nearly Ilundrerl Clerks and Slenngrephers. Until a few years ago Yr.. Cora D. Miller lived in a manner similar to that of thousands of other very poor women of the average small town and village. bhe now resides in ger own palatial Lrown-stone residence, and is considered one of the most successful business wo- wen in the United States. Mrs. Miller's New Residence, Earned In Loss Than Ono Year. Several years ago Mrs. Miller learned of a mild and simple preparation that cured herself and several friends of female weakness end pile). She was besieged by so many women needing treatment that she d.eided to furnish it to those who aught call for It. She started with only a few dollar: capital, and the remedy. possessing true and wonderful merit, pro- ducing many cures when doct.rs and nlhtr remedies failed, the demand grew s0 rapidly she was aevcral times .n:npellyd to geek larger Quarters. She now oceu- rie■ one of the clty'e largest office build- ings. which she owns, and almost one hurl. sired clerks and atenngrapbers are re• paired to a'.ist in this great 'midget's. Million Women Use IL 11..re than a million women have used Mrs. Miller's remedy. and no matter %hero you itve. she tan refer you to ladies in year awn locality who can and twill tell spy sufferer that this marvelinn. retnc,ly really euro! women. Despite the fart tl.at Mrs. Miller's business is very evtrnsivo• elle is always willing to give rid find rod. vice to every suffering yeoman alio writes so hue. alio is a g.nete•us. g'od w„man. and has derided to give aany 10 mamba eho have never used her miihcine 810.- efo.00 worth absolutely FRUE. Etery woman suffering with pains In the heed, back and bowels, bearing -down feelings. nervousness. creeping ,cnsations ap the spite, airt,.ncholy 41.. re to ery. hot aaahss, wilarineee, or piles from any cause. sh..nld 111 right down and send her name and address to Mra. Cora n. let nos 442, % .homo, Lod.• and receive miller. I e by mot (free of charge In plain wrrppert a ii0rent has ni ':.r marvellous medicine: also her vsI'i,l, a book, which every wo- man sheirl•1 bay(' R+rneml,.r th:r ,,Per will not last long. for esottsands 1n1 •Pouiennds .•f women 111.1 Me Intr Mitt w.11 tale advantage of tho/ (Psn.!eua :Ae111. •i getting cured. So ff yc.'i ale aftui. .to cot valor ,,nether Craig' 'Willy rushing ltuin.' Al. flee -end- twenty centimes a word, it will cost you moven-perco halfpenny; not dear at 111e price, is it1" The mother reddens. "You have become a very mntivais plai-ant of lido, Jim; oh, dear me 1 here It; is back again, tires)nto boy 1" 1t is with feelings tical into a knot of complications, which he scarrcly seeks to unravel, that Rurgoyne walks nwny from the station, and from the good- natured staunch woman, whose last fell moments in fair Firenze he hits done leis best to embitter. Ito is glad that she is gone, and he is sorry that she is gone. Ile is remorseful at his glndnes, and he Is ashamed of his sorrow, knowing and acknowledging That it results from no regret for her companionship, which he had been !vont to prize; but to the con- sciousness that sho had stood like nn angel with a drawn sword between her son and the Piazza d'Azeglto. Beth nn - gel and drawn sword are steaming nwny now, covered by a handsome travelling cloak down to their heels in a coupe toilette, r,nd the road to the Piazza lits nuked and undefended, open to the light feet that are so buoyantly treading the flags beside hits. The step of youth is always light, but !hero is something aggressively springy in Byng's this morning; and though he does not say anything offensively cheer- ful, there is a ring in his vo!co that makes his kind friend long to hit hint. Iio, tho kind friend, is thankful when their ways port, without his having done hien any bodily violence. "You are, late to -day," says Cecilia, as • enters the salon, giving him a nod of indifferent friendliness, while Sybilla crossly asks him to shut the door more quietly, rind Amelia lays her hand lin- geringly in his, with a silent smile of rapture; "wo began to think you had had a relapse. i was just telling Amelia that the pace had been loo good to last - ha. ha r Burgoyne has always found it diffi- cult to laugh at Cecilin's jokes, and his now perfect intimacy with her relieves hint from the necessityof even feigning 1) do so. "I have been seeing Mrs. Byng off," he replies, with that slight shade of awk- wardness In Ills tone which has nccom- punied his every mention of the mother or son since his explanation with his betrothed. "You let her go without getting that wedding present out of her, alter all?" cries Cecilia, who is in a rather tryingly playful mond. "Gone, is she?" says Sybilla, with a somewhat ostentatious sigh of resentful relief; "well, 1, for one, shell not cry. 1 5111 Afraid That she wits not very sym- pathetic to me, she wos so dreadfully robust. Perhaps, now that she is no longer here to monopolize hi►n, we shall he allowed to sec something more of that nice boy." No ono answers. Not one of her three listeners Ls at the moment disposed to chant or even echo praises of the "nice boy." S3bilta perversely pursues the SULlr/a. "I dare say that he has a delicacy about coating mahout a special invita- tion," 8110 says, "where there is an in- valid, but you might tell him that on my Wod days no one Is more pleased to see their friends than 1; it does not even Fend my temperature up; you might tell him that on toy good days Ur. I,oldstrennr says it does not even send my tempera- ture up 1" • Again no one answers. "You do not strut to be listening to what 1 sun saying," cries Sybilla frac- tiously; "will you please tell hint, Jim?" Jim lifts his heavy eyes from the ugly carpet on which they have been resting, and looks distastefully back at her. "1 do not think that 1 will, Sybilla." he replies rather slowly, "i do not think he cares a straw whether your temperature goes up or down. 1 think Ihnt he does not come. here bemuse -because he has found metal more nth -active elsewhere." Ito makes this statement for no other reason than IMcnuse it is SO inteneely unplenslmt to him, becnuso he realizes thnt he trust have to ince the fact It embodies, and present it not only to hien elf, but to others. And each day that passes proves to hien more and more Conclusively flint it Is n fact. Ile asks ityng no questions as to the dis- position of his day. Ile sees but little of hint, hawing. indeed, changed the hours of his own breakfast and dinner in older to avoid having his appetite spoilt by the sight of so much unnecescary rndi- atll'e oppn8>}le him; but he knock% up ngninst hint, flower -laden, at the Strnzzi step.:; he notes the splendor of his lies and wnistcnnts; he grows to know the Elizabeth -look on his face, when ho comes singing home at evening, ns one knows tho look of the western clouds that the sun's red lips have only just ceased to kiss, though no sun Is any longer in sight; and yet he does not in- terfere. Ile lin* received from the young man's mother a hasty letter, pencilled In the !rein, not an hour after site had quilled hint; another more leisurely, yet Ai anxious. from Turin; n Ihlyd from Pelee. and lastly a telegram from Char- ing cross. A11 bear the sane purlenrt, "Write; keep nn eye upon him !' "Write; keep an eye upon him t Writer' And yet, though a till week lin, pass- ed, though he sees the son of his ol•1 ally driftng, fes'er then ever Rudman ;enf ih ifl.d on a Cush Ocluber rat er, to the whirlpool elhe had dreected for hen yet lie pends rem( never n sword. 111 v. roes her lung I+41e.a, it 6 true. covers tele- gi am 1. -ring wits 'r• gr'. 11 u)tlr a eggs, Out they ail find (heir letarele home In day but laud yclr «•a.e and addr.se to tbt• wes.el lire. \Wt,en tau rnronenl es.pit:1, Mrs Miller I..r 1.1.e 'reek and n.edi'ine be.I Ih lore the El+iwlx wenn a all ton*. finds it impossible 10 send Mem, Ad(1res9, -TSE--- gA,.�IL'S.'Ol� lel 2G -I Caria sta.r)311 Incubators and Brooders Awarded Highest Honors at Exhibitions. have won out is :very test, Lod are Patented. The HAM1LTON Incubator regulates its own heat. It requires only 10 mir.utea of your time twice a day to operate it. It takes only I'; gallons of oil to r cit hutch. The HAM- ILTON hatches bits. healthy, fluffy chickens, and the HAMILTJN HHCODER will take care of every chick. Write us to -day tor our big free catalogue, price list and easy terms. THE HAMILTON INCUBATOR COMPANY, Limited, SLaR=LT0111T, 07Iff7r. since, upon searching his heart for the motiles That dielaled them, he finds those motives to bo no fidelity to nn ancient friendship, no care for the boy's welfare, but, simply and nakedly, the satisfaction of his own spite, the casing of his own bitter jealousy. So the Florentine fest goes out deity, bearing no tale of Byng's backslidings to los native hind, and Jim, brushing past lain, answering hint curtly, never going nearer to the Piazza d'Azeglio than the Innocenti -a good long street off -de - yelps himself to the frantic p►r)secntion of a suit long since won, to the conquest of o heart for eight weary years hope- lessly, irrecoverably, pitiably Ills. Itis presence at the Anglo-Aneericain Ls so incessant, and his nmuopolizing of Amelia so unreasonable, that `ybilla- fcr the first time in her life really a little neglected -alternately runs up her pulse I 170 and drops it to 40. "And then you wonder that 1 am anx- ious to bo married," says Cecilia, accom- panying her future brother-in-law to the door, on the day on which the latter phenomenon tins occurred, and wiping the angry tears from her plump cheeks. "1 make no secret of it, I am madly anx- lous,,1 would starry anyone, 1 am des- perate. Just think what my life will be wtien Amelia Ls gone, and though, of course i shall be a great deal with her -- she has promised that i shall be almost always with her" (Jim winces) -"yet of course it can't be the same thing as hav- ing a hone of your own." "We will do our best for you," replies hc, with a rather rueful smile and a sense of degradation; "but you know, my dear Cis, anybody can lead a horse to the water, but it is not so easy to make trim drink." "That is quite true," replies Cecilia, ono of whose utast salient merits is an ex- treme unreadlness to be affronted, wip- ing her eyes as she speaks. "and I have no luck; such promising things turn up, and Then come to nothing. Now, that clergyman the other day, whorl wo mel at Ute Villa Careggi-such a pleasant gentlemanlike man --he was on the look out for a wife, ho told me so himself, and I knew so much about the working of a pariah, and next day he was off, !leaven knows where 1" - lint gives a slight shudder. "1 do not think you had any great lass in him," he says, hastily; then, seeing her surprised air, "I mean, you know, that it is always said that a malt is a better judge of another man than a wo- Than Is, and I did not like his looks; give us time, and we will do better for you than that." Cecilia can no longer accuse her fu- turarelatlon of any slackness in the mat- ter of expeditions, There Is something of fever in the way in which he arrives each morning, armed with some new plan for the day, giving no one any pence until his project Ls carried out. It seems ns it ha must civ)wd Into the last fortnight of Amelia's stay in Florence all the sight- seeing, all the junkets, all the enjoyment which ought to have been temperately spread over the eight years of their en- gagement. Otto day -all nearer excursions being exhausted -they drive to Monte Senario, that sweet and silent spot, Happily too for from Florence for the swarm of tourists to invade, whero earth -weary men have set up tr rest scarcely Ness dumb than the grave In a lonely monastery of the Order of La'Trappe. Through the Porta San Gallo, along the Bologna Mond they gn. It Ls a soft, Sumner morning, with not much sun. Up, foist the villas and gardens, where the Bnnk- s:a rotes and wistarias are rioting over wall, and herr,, tut and pergola, climbing even lite tall trees. Bound the very head of one young poplar two rose trees -a yellow and a while one -are (1ini!ing their arms; flowered so lavishly that hardly a pin's point could be put between the blossoms. l'p and up, a white wall on either hand. The dust lies a foot thick on the rond; thick too on the monthly rases, just brenking into full pink flush; thick on themselves as the endless mule -earls come jingling Jtow•n the hill with hells and red tnssets, and a general air of wind would be jollity where not that feeling given the he to ley the pour jaded. suffering beasts. 1'p 1113(1 up, till they leave stone walls and villus and olive -yards behind them, end ere nwny nutting lire mountains. At n very humble little house that has no air of an inn they leave the carriage, and climb up a rocky road, and through a perfumed pine -wood, to where the Trappist Mon- astery stands, in its gierfeet silence and isolation, its hill -top. looking over its fir -woods at the ranges of the Appcnines, lying one behind the other in the still- ness of the sumnie:••ttay; loolciug to dis- tont 1'Rwcnce, misty and indistinct in her Arno plain; loekii►g to Ficsole, dwarfed to a molehill's dimensions. "I ant told that one of the brothers is an Englishman; I did not hear his name, but he Ls certainly English," says Ce- cilia, as they mount ttie shallow, gras.s- gro vn steps to the monastery door. "If I send up word that 1 em a fellow -coun- trywomen, perhaps he will conte out and speak to one; I am sure that it would be a very nice change for hint, poor fellow!' And it is lite measure of the amount of Cecilia's acquaintance with the rules of the order, that it is only half in jest that sho makes the suggestion. For site docs not repeat it to the lay -brother who stands, civil yet prohibitory, at the top o! the flight, and who, in answer to Bur- goyne's halting question as to where they may go, politely answers that they may go anywhere --anywhere, hien enlendu, outside. So they wander aimlessly away. They push open a rickety gate, and pnss- ing an old dog, barking angry remons- trances at them front the retir:nteneof n barrel. step along a grassy path that leads they know not whither. Two more young lay -brothers meet them, with their hands full of leopard's -bane flowers, which they have been gathering, probably to deck their alter with. (To bo continued). 4 LACK OF BUSINESS SYSTEM ON TIIE FARM. • The former feels secure In his bed and board; he can, if necessary, wear old clothes; he can usually get credit at the local bank or store, and, there- fore, does not have the incentive to vigilant care In eliminating waste that slurs other producers; and the ques- tion of profit or loss Is frequently neg- lected. There is no debiting of an in- terest -charge on his investment; no charge for his own labor nor that of hits wife and children and team; no credit for the home-grown products used on the form. The cash balance at the end of the season tells all that 14 told -It is the result without an ex- plained cause. In other lines of busi- ness a cost -lag accompanies each job, as in a printing -office, or each pair of shoes or other articles through the fnc- !cry, and when the article is cornplet- eo the cost Ls known in the office. flow many farmers know tho cost of produc- ing any of their crops, or the nctun! manufacturing cost of eggs, or stock?. -February "Circle." d• PERFECTLY SATISFACTORY. Ile had just prnposed and sho had lost no time In accepting. "Darling:" he said, "you have made me the happiest ratan in the world." "I'm giro! of it, dearest," she replied, "but i don't want to bo married for a long time yet." "Oh, that's all right," ho rejoined. "'The longer we remain, unmarried the longer 1'11 continue to bo the happiest man in the world." The rate of fetal accidents in balloon ascents Is less than 3 per 1,000. America's first printing press was erected al Harvard in the year fetal. There are 2l) ncres of grnin per 100 of population in the United States. There are more then 4,000 different editions of the Bible in the British Museum. Manu a se -dolled self-made man the handiwork of his wife. As green persimmon purkers manila so does pessimism pucker heart. "They tell me you have had soine money left you," said Brown. "\'es,,, rcplicd Smith, "It left me long ago." "Arid ma,: lie much cast down when her father refused lits consent?" "No; only one flight of stairs." 45 the ttie •000000.0000S Is your baby thin, weak, fretful? Make him a Scott's Emulsion baby. Scott's Emulsion is Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites prepared so that it is easily digested by little folks. Consequently the baby that is fed on Scott's Emulsion is a sturdy, rosy- cheeked little fellow full of health and vigor. ALL ORUOOiSTSt BOo. AND 411.00. THE DOMINION BANK. Proceedings of the Thirty -Sixth Annual General fleeting of the Stockholders. TiIE THIRTY-SIXTH ANNUAL GEN Ef;AL MEI PING OF TIIE DOMINI(3V RANK 1195 field at the Banking ilouso of tits institution, Toronto, on \\'edm:s• 093', January 30th, 1907. Among those present w•ero noticed:- I-(cut,-G,l. Sir henry Patina, Dr, Andrew Smith, Dr. C. O'Reilly, 11rssrs. \V, D. Matthews, James Carruthers, \Wni. Ross. W. 11. 1103ek, J. 3. F&'y, A• Monro Grier, J. J, Dison, L. I1. Baldwin, W, Glenney (O haws), Aenlilius 1101(11 11in, F, J. llamas, \\'. C. 110r1e W. J. Dixon, J, G. Ra:u ey, Crocker, lie Mulholland, 1'. Leadley, \V, (. Crowther, Jas. Matthews, David Kidd (Ilamfl- ton), \\'. '1'. RI►nsey, It. At. Gra)•, J, T. Small, S. Samuel, J. A".8.1.1 roctor, W. Cecil Lee, G. r' . Reynolds, 1\'. G. Cassca, Wm, Davies, F. J. 1'I►illips, H• Gor- don Mackenzie, J. Gordan Jones, R. J. Christie, 1!. B. 11.xtgins, Noxon, Ira Standish, David Smith, A. \V. Austin, H. \\'. A. Foster, Caw ilia Alulock, F. D. Benjamin, Jas. Scott, F. 1i. Gooch, A. R, Bastvetl, J. F. Kin•anngh, A. Foulds, E. C. Burton, Victor Cawlhra, \V, Mulock, jr„ F, J. SteWiJll, A. 11. Campbell, jr., L D. Trees, A, Bell, Mislaid Brown, C. A. Bogert, and others, It 11'as moved by Mr. L. Baldwin, seconded by Mr, F. D• Benjlultin, Ilial. '.lir. W. D. Matthews do take the chair, and that 111. C. A. Bogert do act as. Secretory. Messrs. A.R. Boswell and N\', G. Cassels Hero appe,inted Scrulincers, fhb Secretary rend the Nepnrt of the Directors to the Shareholders, 0m1 sl:bnlftkd the Annual Statement of the affairs of the Bunk, which is as lob lows: - To the Sharebohlers: The Directors beg to present the following Statement of the result of tho- busine s of the Bank for the year ending 31st December, 1906:- Balnnce of I'roft and Loss Account, 301'- December, 1905 .. .. • • • .3249,437 C7 Profit for the year ending 31st December, 1900, after deducting charg- es of management, ate., and staking provision for bad and double tel debts 539,360 36. $788,798 ';'!3: Dividend 3 per cent., paid 2nd April, 1906 . . •$90,000 e4 Dividtn, 3 per cent., paid 3rd July, 1906 . . , 90,000 00 Dividend 3 per cent,, paid lst October, 1806.• . 9,' 00O 00 Dividend 3 per cent., payable 2nd Januar; , 1907 • . '-_.Ji),t1u0 00 360.000 00 Transferred to Reserve Fund .... • . .... 400,600 00 '� 00. Balance of Profit and Loss carried forward .... .... ..... 828,798 33. RESERVE FIJND. Balance at credit of account, 30th December, 1905 .... „•. Transferred from Profit and Loss Account .... • . , • • , . • $3,500,000 00 , , , 400,000 00• $3,900,000 f'0' With great regret we have to record the sudden death In May last of Mr.. Theodore G. Brough, the late General Manager, who had been in the service (4 the Bank continuously since 1875. Ile was the Chief Executive Officer for seven years, during which short time he accomplished much for the development and welfare of the Institution. Mr. C. A. Bogert, Manager of the Montreal Brunch for eight years, and. who entered 1110 Batik more than twenty-five years ago, was appointed to suc- ceed him. On account of the continued expansion of the business of the Bank, your Dir. cters have decided that it is an opportune lime to issue the remaining one million dollars of authorized Capital Stock; and, having in view future require- ments which may reasonably be expected, Have approved of a by -late to be submitted for your consideration at the Annual Meeting, which provides for a further increase in the Capital Stock to the extent of one million dollars. This will make the total authorized Capital five ntillon dultars. You will also he coked to consider a by-law increasing the number of Direc- tors from seven 10 nine which It is thought to be advisable owing to the diversity of our interests throughout Canada, and the gradual extension of our operations. During the twelve months just closed !Annelle': of the (tank were established at the following points, and, when expedient, desirable site, we re purchased ane) suitable offices erected: -In the Province of OnInrio, at Chatham, Die. -e'en, I'eler- lwrouglr, Tilbury, Windsor, and •in'foror,Io, at Ilia corners of Avenue itoad and Davenport Bond and Queen street and Ihondview avenue; in the Province of Alberta, at Calgary and Edmonton, and at Regina, Sask. In addition we have to inform you that in December last the private hank- ing business of Messrs. John Curry & Company. at Windsor, w•as acquired un - Ger terms advantageous to the Shareholder.:, which transaction included tttcpur- chase of a commodious building, well situated in Ihis important centre. iI was found necessary to provide larger premises for our North End Branch, \Vinnipeg, and for this purpose a valua►le property has been secured. The Directors, following their usual custom. exnntined the Securities and Crash Ite'erves of the Bank as on December 31st, 1906, and found Them to le correct; they also vcritie 1 Ihe•l le.ad Office Balance Sheet, including all accounts kept with Foreign Ag. nae. Every Office of the 11 ink lies been carefully Inspected during the past twelve months. and each Itran; h has Leen visited by lite General Manager since his appointment In Alay last. The Report was adopted. E. B. OSIER, President. fly -Incas were passed increasing the number of Directors frorn seven to nine. and providing for an lrci ease of 81,000,(1(16 In the Capital Stock, which wilt snake Ilse total nulhorieed Capital of the. Bank $5,0i10A)0. The thanks of the Shureho!dcrs were tendered to the President, Vice -Presi- dent and Directors for their services during the year, and to the General Man- ager and other Officers of the flank for the efllcient performenco of their 7e- socctive duties. The following gentlemen were elected Directors for the ensuing year Mere. A. \V. Austin, \V. It. Brock, James Carruthers. R. J. Christie. 1'. Eaten, J. J. Foy, K.C.. ALL,A., Wilmot 1). Mnithews, A. \I. Nenlon and E. 11. O..lcr. \1.1'. 1\t a a•ul sequent meeting of the Directors, air. E. 11, Osler, ALi'., ens elected Fre :dent, and Mr. Wilmot D. Matthews, \'ice -President, for the ensuing term. GENERAL STATEMENT. 1.1A1t111.IT11:'. Notes in Circulnllnn .... .... .... .... ... ...G' 1 ... J ,9S' i, p of Deposits not bearing interest , . • . ........ .. . . . • , .85,301,015 533G.c7i1 ,17 M 41 Deposits bearing interest (including inkiest accrued to date) ............ .... ..............94 D, posits by other Ranks In Canada 11:1 :140 ?6 .... .••• .••• 2,729,162 98 - Balance due to London Agents ... , ....... Total Liabilities to the Public . • • . ........ .. , • Capital stock paid up ..,. Reserve fund ..... •••. ••• Balance of P,-nflts rnrried forward .. , • D vidcnd Nn. 97. payable 2nd January, 190 .. i't rmer Divider is unclaimed ., •.. • ... ,... Reserved for Exchange, etc. . . . . ........ . .. . tlescrved for rebate on Bills Discounted.. , .. , •.$12.491,345 81 3,000,000 04 ..$3.900.000 (x1 2a,79S 33 14L((1) 00 1(17 2:, 11,141 74 122,'.'143 15 ASSETS. n 51)edo .... .. .. . • .. Dominion Government Demand Notes .. , • . • . • Deposit with Dominion Government for Security of Note Circulation • • • • • oNtes of and Chcqurs on other Banks . .• .. , • .. Rnlances due from ether Banks in Cnnnda .. Ba'ances due from other Ranks etscwlere then in Cnn• ado and the United Kingdon ........ .. . • „ „ Provincial (,nvernment S•'curit!es .. , ('amnd nn Municipal Securities and l)ritist or Foregn or Colonial Public Securities other than Cnnndian. RRitvny and other Bonds, Debentures and Stocks . . Loans on Ca11 secured by Stocks and tlelientures . •, Current.. e. nd c 1n c s R Mlle Inst./minted •$ Overdue Debt; �tstimntod loss provided for) •• ,. „ . Rank i'roni'es • . • • Other As•ets not included under foregoing heads . . 4,203,033 47 549,694,379 t -al $1.11 .131 11 3,41:5.5100)1 frillier llier i no 2,113.531 39 1,052,714 48 1,121,390 69 $9."13.127 07 239.31r.! f.5 Toronto, 31s1 1Deoeintecr, 1906. 696.130 79 1,149.:0.5 f,7 3,703,134 50 --8I'e,501,161 32 913.207 70 1).510 40 1)5('.(01e (17 7,433 70 . -- - 33,1493,217 80 4e $19,6944,379*$ C. A. 1104 ERT, General Idallagier.