Social life of the Chinese : with some account of their religious, governmental, educational and business customs and opinions, with special but not exclusive reference to Fuhchau . course the edge of the right-hand margin of thebill, and the edge of the paper which was cut off from it, willprecisely match each other; but, as the sentences have beencut into two parts, part of the words and stamps will be onthe bill and part on the slip of paper cut off. These slips areall carefully kept in a book form ready for reference, each slipcontaining the value, date, and private marks of the bill corre
Social life of the Chinese : with some account of their religious, governmental, educational and business customs and opinions, with special but not exclusive reference to Fuhchau . course the edge of the right-hand margin of thebill, and the edge of the paper which was cut off from it, willprecisely match each other; but, as the sentences have beencut into two parts, part of the words and stamps will be onthe bill and part on the slip of paper cut off. These slips areall carefully kept in a book form ready for reference, each slipcontaining the value, date, and private marks of the bill corre-sponding to it. On the presentation of a bill for payment, ifthere is the least doubt of its genuineness, reference is madeto the corresponding proof-slip, and the banker or his clerksknow immediately whether it is genuine or counterfeit. A sue- CUSTOMS RELATING TO BAXKS. 141 cessful imitation of the written sentences and words, the blueand red stamps, which are found on the right margin of abank-bill, and which have been cut through on a line parallelwith the left-hand margin, it is almost impossible to make soexact, precise, and minute as to fit the preserved Obverse. Reverse. OF CASH ISSUED BY THE LATE LOG-HAIKED EEBEL EMPEROB, who had his capital at Nanking, called Cash of the u Great Tranquillity Celestial State. TThen a new bank is opened, custom demands that the pro-prietors, the head directors or clerks of the principal neighbor-ing banks, and the principal money gobetweens who are con-nected with them, shall be invited to a feast at the expense ofthe proprietors of the new bank. Generally, after this feast,these neighboring bankers, unless they have especial reason todistrust or be dissatisfied with the new banker, are willing torecognize the new bank, and use its bills, according to bank gobetweens also consider the new bank as now es-tablished, and do business with it on the usual terms, as withold banks in or0od and regular stand
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