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Pages from Bombay Saturday Review Newspaper [‎4v] (6/8)

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The record is made up of 4 folios. It was created in 07 Apr 1866. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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The Bombay Saturday Review^ [ Apr. 7, 1866.
THE ASIATIC BANKING CORPORATION.
Incorporated by Royal Charter.
Subscribed Capital £500,000 with power to increase to £2,000,000,
(Two Crores of Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. .)
Capital called up £1,000,000
Head Office, No. 4, Lombard Street, London.
Board of Directors.
Francis Boykett, Esq., Chairman (Messrs. Timothy Wiggin & Co.)
J. A. Bussell, Esq., Deputy-Chairman (Messrs. Grey & Coles, London
and Grey & Co., Bombay.)
Thomas Cardwell, Esq., (Messrs. Thomas Cardwell & Co., London, and
Cardwell, Parsons & Co , Bombay.)
Charles A. Fearon, Esq., (Messrs. Fearon & Co., London, and late of
Messrs. Augustine Heard & Co., China.
William Maitland, Esq., (Messrs. Mackillop Stewart & Co., Calcutta.)
General Manager, —Anthony Morrison Esq., (now in India.)
Acting Manager. —F. W. Lawrence, Esq.
Bankers.
The Bank of England.
And the London Joint Stock Bank.
Agents in Scotland —The British Linen Company.
Do. in Ireland —The National Bank.
Brokers. —Messrs. Foster and Braithwaite.
Solicitors. —Messrs. Freshfields and Newman.
A uditors. —Messrs. Coleman Turquand Youngs & Co.
Agencies and Branches of the Bank have been established at Bombay,
Calcutta, Singapore, Ceylon, and Melbourne, and others are in the course
of being organized at Hongkong and Shanghai.
Bombay Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. .
Offices Elphinstone Circle.
Exchange.
The Bank grants drafts on the London Joint Stock Bank, London at the
ollowing rates of exchange
6 months sight 2s. Id.
4 „ ,, 2s. 0|d.
3 „ „ 2s. O^d.
2 )) jj Ss. 0^d.
1 jj jj 2s. OJd.
Demand on Bank of England 2s.
On Ireland and Scotland Is. ll^d.
The Bank also grants Drafts and Letters of Credit on other places in
India, China and the East, where Branches and Agencies established,
and purchases or collects Bills on the same places.
Deposit.
Interest is allowed on current accounts at the rate of 2 per cent, per
annum on the daily Balances.
On Fixed Deposits for 3 months certain 3 per cent.
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No Interest will be allowed on Deposits under Rs. 1,000 or above
Rs. 60,000 unless by special arrangement.
Deposits for a longer period than 12 months will he received hy the Cor
poration, on terms i ivhich may be arranged, on application to the Agent
Commission and Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. Business.
Customers may deposit with the Corporation for safe custody, free of
charge. Government and other Securities and Bank and other Charges
and Certificates.
Interest or Dividends will be collected on the'same, also free of charge,
if remitted to Europe in the Banks Bills ; otherwise a charge of I per
cent, will be made.
On sales or purchases of Government and other Securities I per cent.
On delivering up Securities deposited for safe custody^ | per cent.
By order of the Directors,
Bombay, 23rd Oct. 1865. ANTHONY MORRISON, Agent.
The alliance bank of bombay (limited.)
Incorporated in accordance with Act. XIX of 1857, and VII. of
1860 of the Legislative Council of India,
Subscribed Capital.—Sixty Lacs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees op Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , in 24,000
Shares of 250 Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. each.
(With Power to increase.)
OFFICE NO. 10, RAMPART ROW.
Board of Directors.
CHARLES FREWEN KELLY, Esq., Chairman.
HURBUM NURSEY E sq.
GHELLABHOY PUDDUMSEY, Esq.
SEWJEE VELLJEE, Esq.
Current Accounts.
Interest allowed at 2 per cent, per annum on balance exceeding
Rs. 500 and not more than Rs. 50,000, and one per cent, per annum on
balances exceeding Rs. 300 and not more than Rs. 500.
Interest is not allowed on balances of more than Rs. 50,000 except by
special arrangement.
Deposits.
The Bank will receive money on deposit in sums of Rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. 100 and
upwards, on the following terms.
Fixed Deposits,
Subject to 12 months' notice of withdrawal 7 per cent, per annum,
Do. 6 do, do, 5J do, do.
Do, 3 do, do. 4 do, do.
Commission.
The Bank takes^ charge of Government Securities, Shares in and
other Companies without charge, and realizes Interest and Dividends
thereon on the following terms :—
If to be remitted in the Bank's Drafts, without charge.
If to be paid in India, a commission will be charged of f per cent.
On delivering up Securities deposited for safe custody, a charge of 1
per cent, will be made.
On the sale or purchase of Government or other securities, I per cent.
P r Any further information as to rules of business may be obtained on
application at the Office, or by letter to the Manager.
Office hours 10 a. m . to 4 p. m.
Saturdays 10 a.m . to 3 p. m.
, By order of the Board of Directors,
Bombay, 31st Oct. 1865. S. W. BEAD, Accountant.
A CARD.
MR. ADOLPH GABRIEL,
DENTIST.
No. 4, Hornby Row, Fort,
At Home, daily from 10 a.m . to 5 p.m.
CONSULTATIONS GRATIS.
"VTOTICB.—The Offices of the undersigned in London have
i-' been REMOVED from 6, East India Avenue, to No. 12, Leadenhall
Street.
3rd February 1866.
FORBES & Co.
SAESAPAEILLA.
WILKINSON'S (LATE BRIDGE'S)
ESSENCE OR PLUID EXTRACT OF
KED JAMAICA SARSAPARILLA,
PRESCRIBED by the Faculty for Purifying the Blood,
-L Debility, Liver Complaints, and freeing the System from the effects
of Mercury. Exclusively used in India and the Colonies as a prevention
to Tropical Diseases.
" Superior preparation that may always be relied on."— Sir Astley
Cooper.
" We are in every respect satisfied with it."— Lancet.
" We recommend your Sarsaparilla as the best."— Medical Review,'
Sold in if and pint bottles."
CAUTION.—Many spurious, worthless, and injurious preparations are
offered to the Public j see that both Bottle and Label have the Name and
Address.
THOMAS WILKINSON, (Late BRIDGE & Co.), 270, Regent
Street, London.
QUINTESSENCE OF JAMAICA GINGER AND CAMOMILE.
WILKINSON'S preparation of Ginger and Camomile has long been
deservedly known as an excellent domestic medicine. It is a most
efficient Stomachic Tonic, and the best remedy for Flatulency and dis
orders arising from impaired digestion.
It is not affected by Climate.
No European in India or Tropical Countries should be without it.
Sold in and half pint bottles,
AROMATIC TINCTURE OF QUINODINE.
For the prevention of Fever, Ague, and effects of Malaria.
An unfailing remedy.
It may be mentio»ed that those who during the campaign in the
Crimea daily took a small quantity, passed entirely unharmed through
the raking fire of Fever and Dysentery, that thinned the ranks around
them.
Sold in and ^ pint bottles.
Agents :—TREACHER, Bombay and Poonah.
ROGERS, Bombay and Poonah.
BUDGETT HUGHES, Kurrachee, and Kotree.
" PICKLES, SAUCES, JAMS, &c.,
(ekee from adulteration)
manufactured by
CROSSE & BLACKWELL,
PURVEYORS TO THE QUEEN,
SOHO SQUARE, LONDON.
every respectable
CROSSE & BLACKWELL'S
Renowned first-class Manufactures are obtainable from
Provision Dealer in the World.
Purchasers desirous of being supplied with C. & B.'s goods, which are
all of the best quality, and of a thoroughly wholesome character, should
be careful to see that inferior articles are not substituted. Their genuine
preparations bear their names and address upon the labels.
Their Pickles are all prepared in Pure Malt Vinegar, boiled in Oak
Vats, by means of Platinum Steam Coils , thus avoiding all possibility
of contact with Copper , or any other injurious metal: and they are
precisely similar in quality to those supplied by them for use at
HER MAJESTY'S TABLE.
Oxford Sausages, Patent Preserved Hams, Cheese and Bacon, York
shire G ame arid Pork Pates, Fresh Oysters in Tins, Salmon Cutlets,
Whitebait, Fillets of Soles, Bologna Sausages, Herrings a la Sardines,
Soups, Meats, and Vegetables in Tins, Fruits in Syrup, also in Noyeau
and Brandy, Crystallized Fruits, all of which, as well as many other
articles too numerous to include in an advertisement, they can strongly
recommend. Their Salad Oil is the finest imported.
C. & B. are AGENTS for LEA & PERRINS' CELEBRATED WOR-
CESTERSH1RE SAUCE, Carstairs' Sir Robert Peel's Sauce, M. Soyer'a
Sauces, Relish and Aromatic Mustard, Payne's Royal Osborne Sauce,
Captain White's Oriental Pickle, Curry Powder and Paste, and Mulli
gatawny Paste, Grim wade's Dessicated Milk, and for Masson's French
Chocolate.
NOW READY.
THE BOMBAY DIRECTORY PGR 1866.
Seventeenth Year of Publication.
In One Handsome Volume, containing nearly
^Tasrj% xo nsri yiu:n
Price —Per Copy, Us. 7, Cash.
The Directory contains a much greater amount of information than in
any previous volume, the whole of which has been most carefully revised.
The Army List, with Military Pay and Allowances, will be found full
of reliable information officially corrected up to a late date.
A MAP OF BOMBAY AND COLABA, showing the present and pro
posed Wharves and Reclamations,
The Directory will be sent to any part of the United Kingdom direct
if required at Rs. 8 per copy— Cash.
N. B.'—The Calendar can be sent by post to any part of India for Six
Annas, IF PREPAID. If sent bearing the Postage charge will range
from As. 8 to Rs. 1-8, according to distance. The Publisher cannot
undertake to prepay the Postage, unless a previous remittance is made
or Stamps to the amount necessary be furnished.
Bombay Gazette Office, Fort.

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The pages from the paper contain an article entitled 'The Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Colonel Pelly' and refer to an article in a London newspaper in which a correspondent questioned Pelly's suitability for dealing with Asia and which the editor of the Bombay Saturday Review has taken great offence at and writes in defence of Pelly, his character and his suitability for the roles he undertakes.

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