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soon know definitely, after which I will advise you. In Japan, I shall feel much nearer home and in much closer touch by mail or wish. My address there will be in care of Hongkong Shanghai Bank, Yokohama. - a great institution, of course. They look after mail and telegrams very methodically, in all of their offices which I have thus far visited. At the rates charged for exchange on London and N.Y. and for the exchange on currency, banking out here must be very profitable. The International Bank has attractive and convenient offices at Singapore, Hongkong, Canton and Shanghai.

I picked up what gossip I could concerning [[strikethrough]] them [[/strikethrough]] it and I was glad to hear only words of praise for the institution. An inspector of the International from New York was on board the "Ville de la Coitat" on a tour of inspection but I did not make his acquaintance. His appearance and conduct on board were first class. The bank should eventually do well, but its expenses at present, in the "Far East," must be heavy, and then, too, it has very strong competitors everywhere- the Hongkong, Shanghai, of course, the most powerful. Since leaving Batavia no news from home could very easily reach me, and that awaiting me [[strikethrough]] as [[/strikethrough]] at Yokohama,