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109 Telegrams:-"GRAND." THE GRAND ORIENTAL HOTEL Colombo, Ceylon Feby 15th 1907 GRAND ORIENTAL HOTEL Dear Colonel Hecker, I returned from my trip to the "buried cities" of the island last night and was pleased to find your full letter of January 9th awaiting me. [[note]] omit [[/note]] It is gratifying indeed, to have such good reports of last years business at the State Bank and I thank you for the particulars. It would also seem to me that the Peoples must be in excellent condition so I am now more than ever, convinced that the United bank is starting with unusually clean assets and with splendid 142