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\/ â-  ♦ I \ DARE HE? OR, A SAD LIFE STORY :♦ ♦oX»o-f< CHAPTER XXI. "She was perfect ly riyti'." says Ame- lia, still s|)eukint; quite qu:clly; "it is as- ioni£tiin(! tliut 1 should tiot have seen It; and it was thild-sleaiing; you were barely twenty -one, and 1â€" I was not very young Tor a woman own Uienâ€" I was twenty-throe. I ought to have known better." For once in Uis life Burgoyne is abso- hilely bereft of speecJi. It is always a diflicull mailer to rebut a charge of be- ing dead-sick of a woman without con She is looking straight before her, at the landscape sinimering in the climbing sun, lis* divine landscape new and youag as it was before duomo and bell- lower sprang uiiu tuwered heavenwards. Why should her gaze dwell any more upon t»im'.' .Sbe has renounced him. her eyes must fain renounce him Mo. A.> he heari l.er W9i-ds, as he watches tier patient prollle, the .sole suffering thing in Ihe unive.Tial morning joy, a gieal revulsion of feeling, a great com- passion mi.Ncd w ilh as large a remorse pouro in ton-ent over his heart. 'I'liese veymg an insult in the verj^ denial; and emotions are so strong that they make wl)en there lies a I'orrid substratum of truth under tlio exaggeration of the ac- cusation, the dillicully becomes an im- possibility. "However, it might have been much wor.se," continues .Miss Wilson; "jusl think if I had ovcrlK-nrd it only nfler I had married you, wtien I laiMv thai there was nothing but death Ihat could rid you of me. I thank (iod 1 have heard it III lime.' Hls Ihroal is sUll too dry for him to spcuk; but ho stretdifs oiil his arm to encircle her In a inuU; protest at Ihat ttiunksgiving over her own shipwreck; bul. for the lirst time in her life, she eludes his caiuss. "Child-slealiiig. ' she repesLs. under her breath: "and yet"â€" Willi u touching impulse <jf apology and deprecationâ€" "you seemed old for your nge. you seem- ed so much in earncbl; I lliiiik you really were" â€" a wistful pau-->eâ€" "and after- wards, Ihougli I could II. it help seeing thai I was not to you what you were to me, yol I thoughts- 1 iioped that if 1 wailedâ€" if I was patientâ€" if no one else, no one more worthy of you came be- tween us"â€" another and still wistfuUer delay in her liultiiig .spee'-h~"you might grow n lillle fond of me <,ul of king habil; I never expected you lo be more than II liUle loud of ine !" him deceive even himself as lo Iheir na lure. It seems lo him as if scales had suddenly fallen from his eyes, showing him how piotoinKily he prizes the now dtparling good, telling him that life ctin neiWier ask nor give anylliing belter than the undemanding, .selfless, boundless love about lo withdraw its shelter from him. His arm steals round her waist, and not once does it Hash across his mindâ€" as to his slvaiiR*, be it spoken, it has often Hashed beforeâ€" what a king way it has to .steal ! "Am I sicl. of you, Amelia?" .She makes no effort to release herself. It does liim no hann that .sJie should once more rest within his cla.sp. But she still looks siraight befoi-e her at lucent I'irenze and her olives, and says Ihree times, accompanying each repetition of the word with u sorrowful little head- sluike : "Yes! yes! yes!" IK' will compel her to look at him, his own .\ineUa. Have not all her tender h oks been his for eight long years'.' lie pills out his disengaged hand, and with .1 detenniiiately turns her poor quivering fiice round so as to meet his gaze. "Am I sick of you, .\iiii'|ia'," In the emotion of the momenl, it ap- pears to him as if there were something 11^ ,.,~ „„, 1.. i;^i,., I f. ,„ :„ i,;c,"'"**'*t ludicrouslv improbable and IvinfJ He ha. enlirdi' hidden Ins face m hl.s,,,,,^„^ ^^^^^^ accusation in «hich. whe.i lirst broughl against him. his guilty soul had admitted mure llian a grain of truth. Her faded eyes liimod to his, like Ilow- (1.1 lo their sun; ll»e veracity of his voice iind o( his eager prey orlisâ€" still softened fivim Uieir habilunl severity by the tears tliat tiad so lately wet Ihcin- making, such a tvipc, U.S. live minutes ago, she liad thuughl never again lo cherish, leap inlo splendid life in her sick heart. "Is it posiible?" she murmurs utmost inaudibly, "do you meanâ€" that you ai-e nul !• hands, .so that she Ls williout that inde.x to guide her us to the efted produced by her words, and lie continues completely jsilent. WhttlK'r, oven after her rude Awakening, she still, deep in her heart, eherish(.« some pale luipc of ii denial, an explaining a«uy of the i-epoilid utter- ances, who shall say? It ls with a liulf- choked sigh Itia'. .she goes on: "But you cuuld nol; I am not sn un- jusl as nol to know Ihat you tried your •ftfcst. IVxir f.'lUiw! it must liavc been iip- Ijill work !<ir you '-with ii llitl touch of bilteiTicss â€" "lahonng lo love me, tor eight yenr.s: is it any wnmhr Uuil you failed? and I was so thiik-.^kiiine<l 1 did nol .see il- the 'hide of a liipiiopolamus' indeed! 'i'liere could not be a Just<'r com- parison; and now ull I can do is to beg your pardon for having .--poill eight ol your liesl yearsâ€" your bttit years"- with Klow iteration; "bul come ' - more Uglil- lyâ€" "you have some very good ones left too; you are still guiU- young; lor a man you are quite ynuiig; Um» hiiriii I lia\e don<J you is mil irrt^parablc; 1 think" â€" with an accent of n-proactiâ€" "you might ease my mind ly telling iiic IIhiI the harm I have done you i.^ not irrepar- able!' Thus apepaled to, II is impossible for him any loiig<'r lo muinUun his aUltudc of disguise ami i.'<iiiceulmfnl. His hands must needs lie withdrawn fmm ticfore his face; and us lie turns that face to- wards her, she perceive.s with a.slonish- menl, almost (ninslciiiatl<iii, Ihal then- is iiri undoubled tear m eacli ol his hard grey eyes. "And what nboul the harm I have done tj you?" he asks under hi.s breath, us if having no coiitldence in his voice; "what About the eiglil best years ot your life? ' A look of alle<:lioii ^o high luid tendi'r and selfless, ils lo .seem hi niiiove her love out of the category ol Ihr mortal find Ihf Iriuisituiy, dawns and grows In lier Willi (uce. "Do not frel about llicm," -she answers Koothingly, "Ihey were lliey illwiiys will have iM'i'n â€" tln^ eight best yiHirs of my life. They N/cie full of g<io(l and pU'a- eanl things. 1><j not f<irgi'l 1 woiilil not for worlds hiivc y<iu forget I sliall never 'forget iiiysell Unit Iliey ull iiiiiie Uj iiie through yiiii!" At tier woids, most innocent as they are of any intention of producing such iiii effect, a hot Hush of sliiiiiie listw lo his torche^id, as his nii'nioiy presents to him the sUCeevssivo eras inUi wliicli Ihe.se eight g(XKl yeai-s had divided tlieinselves; .six months of headlong boyish [lassion, six months of cooling fiwer; and seven years (if cttreh?>s, liilerniillenl, malter-of- course, half lenderiiess. "Through me?" he repents, with iin «e- eenl of the dw'iH'Sl ,s<'lf-Hlia.semeiit; "ycni do nol mean to Ih' iionuiil, dear; ymi ' were never such a Ihiiig in your lift'; you could not Ih> if you Iritd; Init if yiiii kliew wlial a sweep ynu iiiiiUe me feel When you Miy Uie tori of lliing you have ]usl 8uid!~and so II is all lo come lo an end, Ih il? Oood ns these eight years have been, you Imve had enough of Itiem? Vou ilo nol wiint any more Ike Ihem?- She says nollher yra nor no. He re- mains unanswered, unlcAs the IninI miile ill her weary eyes niid about Iht «lioope<1 moiilh can count lor a reply. "And all liecau.'ie you hiivo lieuixl some fnol say Ihnl I was Ured of you?" TiM' light sniile spreads a little wider, and invatle.s her pule che<'k.s. "Worsi Hiun llrcd! sick! sick lo dcalh!" will reslore lo'hiiH, They go down the hill, past Ihe cot- tages, and the incurioiLs peasanLs, hand ill hand, her soul running over with u deep joy; and his occupied by an uii- fnmiLiar calm, th.nt is yet backed by an ache of remorse, and liy-wlial else? That "else" he hiitiself neither could nor would dellne. Ilo spends the whole of tlial <hiy with Amelia, both luiicliing and dining wiUi her and her fuinily; n course which calls forth e.xpre,>sions of unaffecled surprise, not al all linclun'd with maliceâ€" unless il be in the case of .Sybilla, who has never been partial lo lilmâ€" from each of them. "We have be»'n thinking thai Jim was g<rtng to jilt you, Amelia I' Cecilia has said with griiceful Imdinage; nor, strange lo siiy, ha.s she btX'ii at all ofteii<le<i when Jim has retorted, with eqiuil grace and much superior ill-nature, tliat on such a suhjei:t no one could speak with more aiilliority Ihaii she. 'Hie large while .stars lire making the nighlly sky ulinosl as gorgeoiis as the day's do|wiited iiiajesty had uoiie, ere Jim flnd.s hiiiuself liaek iit his hotel. His inlcnlion of quietly retreating t«i his own room is liaveised liy Hyng. who, having evidently been on the watch for him, springs up Iho staiif*, three steps ul a time, utter him. "W heti' have you been all day?" he in- quires impatiently. "Al the AiigUi-.\miTicnin. I wonder you are not tired <if always lusking Ihe siuiie (pM'.sli«in and receiving Hie same answer to II." "1 am not so sure tlial I should always receive the same answer," replies tiie other, with a force<l laughâ€" "luil slop a liil!"-(s<'eing a decided qiile'cning of spi'ed In his friend's upward movenieiil.s) "my mollier is iL->king fur you: she has heen ii.^king for you all the afternoon; sill' wants lo speak to you liefore she goes," "C.oes?" "Yes, she is off at seven o'clock to- morrow momiiig- buck lo I'.iiglnnd; -he liiiil a lelegiiiiii to-day to suy that her old aunt, the one whir brought her up, has had a second stroke. No!" â€" .s,'eiiig Jim lu'gin l<i aiiiiiige his faiiliire-s in that decorous sliii|u' of grave sympathy which we naturally ii.ssiiiiie on siicti o.'i'usions - "il is no case of j,'ieat gri<'f; Ihe pcKtr old woriian has liej'u (|uih' silly ever since her last altack: bul mollier thinks thai !,lie niigtil In be there, al-^at the end; lo look after lliings, and .so forth." There is an akiTness, a something Ihal rxprc>:si>s the reverse of regret in llie tone employed by Mrs, Ilyiig'.s son in this detailed acixninl of the caiist?s <if her imminent deparUire, which, even if In.s tlioughts l:ud iml ulnady sprung in tlinl direction, would have set Ilurgoyne lliinking as lo the mode in which tho young mini iH'Iore him is likely lo em- ploy the Hbor'y that his iiureni s absence I (iffeied lo go with lii'r," snys Byng. perhaps discerning a portion al least of Ins companion's disapprobation. ".\nd she refused ?" Byng looks down, and begins lo kick Ihe biimiistei-sâ€" Ihey are slill on Iho -.lairsâ€" idly with one foot. ".Mother is so iinsellish that it is al- ways diflicull lo make out what she real- Iv wishes; butâ€" bul I do nol quile ,see of what use I should be lo her if I did go." There is a inonienfs pause; then liur- ;,'oyne speaks, in a dry, hoitatorv elder hr other's voice : "If you take my advice you will go home." The disinterested counsel of wise elder brothers is not always luken in Ihe spi- rit il merits; and yet there is no trace of docile and unquestioning acquiescence in Byng's monosyllabicâ€" "Why ?" "Because, if you stny here. I Ihinli you will most likely gel inlo mischief. " The young man's usually good-humor- e I eyes give out a blue spaj-k that looks rather like fight. The same kind of mischief Ihat you have been, getliiig inlo during the past week?" he inquires slowly. The acquaintance with his movements evidenced by this la.st sentence, no less than Ihe light they throw upon his own motives, stagger Jim. to the extent of making him accopl the sneer in total silence. Is not it a richly deserved one? But the sweel-natured Byng is already repenting il; and there Ls something con- ciliatory and almost entreating in the spirit of his last remark : "I do nol know what has happened lo my mollR'r," he says, lowering his voice; "there is no one less of a mauvai.se lungife than she, as you know; bul in Ihe case of " be breaks off and be- gins his sentence afresh; "she has been warning me against them again; 1 cant (ind that she has any reason to go upon; hut slie has taken a violent prejudice against her. .She say.s that it is one of hoc instincts; and youâ€" you have done nothing towards setting her right ?" Perhaps il may be Ihat his young friend's reported metaphor of the "hippo- liolamus hide" has nol .s<'r\ed to render him any dearer to Jim; but there is cer- tainly no great suavity in his rejily : "Why should I ?â€" it is no conc'i'rn of :iiine." "\o concern of yours, lo stand by and .CO an angel's white robe besmirched by Ihe foul mire of slander?' cries Byng in- lignantly, and lapsing into thai" high- Mown mood which never fails lo make 1 1 is more work-a-day companion "s»e Lilood." "When I come across such a disagree- able sight it will be time enough lo de- cide whether I will iiilerlere or not. .\t present 1 have not met with anything of ;lie Kind," returns he. resolutely putting an end to the diuUigue by knocking al Mrs. Byng's portal, within which he is at once admitted. The door of the bedroom communica- ting with Ihe salon is open, and through il he .s«'es tiic lady he has come lo visit standing surrounded liy gaping <lress- baskets, strewn raiment, and srallere«l papers; all Itie uncomfortable litter tlist speaks of an iniminenl departure. .She joins him al once, and, sliulling Ihe door behind her, sits down with a fagged air. "I hear," he beginsâ€" "Willy tells meâ€" I air very sorry lo hear " "Oh, there is no great cause for sor- row," rejoins she quickly, as if an.xious It disclaitn a grief which might be sup- posed to ctieck or limit her conversation â€""poor dear old auntie!â€" the people who love her best could nol wish to keep her in the stale she bus been in for Ihe last year; oh. dear!'â€" sighingâ€" "how very dismal the divgs of life are! do not you hope, Jim, that we shall die before we T me lo be 'happy releases' ?' "I do indeed .""implies he gi-avely; "I expert lo be sick--deadviick of life long before I reach that stage of il." lie lo<iks al her resentfully as she si>enks, bul she has .sti entirely forgotten tier own application of the uccenled ad- jectives lo his feelings for .\meliu, that .she replies only by a rather puzzled bul perfectly innocent glance. "I never was so unwilling to leave any place in my life," she goes on pi-eseiitly. pursuing her own train of lliought; "I do not know how lo describe il-a sort of pieseiiliment." Me smiles, ".'Vnd yet I do nol think there are any owl,s in" the I'ln/.za lo li:x)t under your w iiidows !' "Perhaps not," r.'joins she, with some wurmtli; "bul whul is slill more unlucky than that happened to me bust night; they pas.sed Ilie wine llie wrong way round the table at the Muclvors. 1 was on thorns 1 " ".\ik1 you tliink that the v, ine going the wrong way round the table gave your aunt a sl'<iko?" inquired Jiin, with an irriluliiig air of a>king f<.r iiiftiiiuation. Mrs, llyiig leihleiis slightly. "I think not'riiiig of Hie kind; 1 draw no inference; 1 only .state a fuel; it is u very unlucky tiling lo send Ihe wine round Ihe wrong way; it you tiad nol sjicnl your life iiiiiuiig gii/./ly beui-s and cannibals you woild have known il too 1" "There are no cnnni|,als In the Becky Mounlains," wirrects Jim quietly; and then they bolli laugh, and recoiiimence their talk on a more friendly tooting. "I nm nol ul ull happy about Willy. " "No?" "It is nol his heallli so much his color is good, and his appetite not iMid." "Except llie Kat Boy in T'ickwu^k,' 1 never heiird of any one who lied a bel- ter." "Hut lie is nol himstMf; there is some- thing odd atioul himl" "Indeed !" "Have not yon noticetl It yourself ?â€"<lo n.il vou think that there is stimething odd iihout him ? l)oi\s not he strike you M otid?" (To te conllnueil). Never judge the keenness of a woman's Inlcllecl by the sltoipuess of her tongue. THE D OMINION BANK. Proceedings of the Thirty-Sixth Annual General Heeting of the Stockholders. B.\VK"LJ"l,"r?"^'^'''" A.N.NUAL GK.NF.RAL MEKTING OF THE DOMINION cay, January 30th'" 1907 ^""'^'"^ '''°"«« of the InsliluUon, Toronto, on WedM*- n! ol'^r '^°^' H"-'*"' were noticed - W rj Mam;. /'^"'â- y f"*"*"' ^'â- - Andrew Srrilh, Dr. C. O'Reilly, IWessrs. Monro Gnir J .' iv""^ f^arrulhers, \\n,. Bo.ss, W. R. Brock, J. J. Foy, A. lomo orier J. J. iJuon, I,, fl. Baldwin. W. Glenney (Oshawa), Aemilius Uald- ^n W t' r- ''*"""7' ^^'- '-'â- â-  f^'owthe . Ja.s Matthews, David Kidd (Hamil- recil Lee h K^n^' ' " ^- ^'"y- â- >â-  1" ""«"â-  â- ^' -^m"*'' •>• A- P«"="*' ^• don ^If^fc^n;i^ , T°'f**' ''^- ^- ^-"^^''S' W"!- Davics, F. J. Phillips, H. Gor- Standish n»t ', c ^?^'^''" ^*'"«^' "• •»â-  f:hristie, H. B. Hodgins, S. !^xon, Ir» n Benh;„.?n ? ^"L"^' ^- ^^'- Austin, H. W. A. Foster, ckwthra Mulock, F. FouldT^ F r n*'-. '^"^ ^- "• «°°'=»'' A. R. Boswell, J. F. Kavanagh, A. Camob;.!! i^' ?"',!°",'- ^ "='<"â-  Cawthra. w. Mulock, jr., F. J. Stewart, A. H. II .ri' ^ â- ' •^'^L ''^^' ^- ^*"- Ri'hard Brown, C. A, Bogert, and others. Mr w n ^°^.t^ ^y ^''- ^- Baldwin, seconded by Mr. F. D. Benjamin, Uiit Sf^rpV;,.v .T" '"''^r,*^*' ^^^ *^ <='«*â- â€¢â€¢ «"d «hal M. C. A. Bogert do act as accreiaiy Messrs. A.B. Boswell and W. C. Ossels were appointed Scrul.neers. ch,.. if ; . . ""^ '''^^'^ '^^ R''P°'"' of 'h« Directors to the Shareholders, and lows'- Annual Statement of the affairs ol the Bank, which is as fol- io the Sliareholders: The Directors beg to present Ihe I' 1 lowing Statement Of Ihe result of th» Business of the Bank for Ihe year ending 3Ist December, 1906:- Balance of Proht and Loss Account, :w.' December, 1905 ««,437 97 I loui lor the year ending 3lsl December, 1906, alter deducting charg- es of management, etc., and making provision for bad and doubl- f"' debts 7y 539,360 36 r.. .. $788,'ra8 » Dividend 3 percent, paid -Znd April, 1906 . . .$90,000 00 uivid.nd 3 per cent., paid 3rd Julv, 1906 .. . 90,000 00 bividend 3 per cent., paid 1st October. I'.^OO . . . «i,nOO 00 uividend 3 per cent., payable 2nd Januars ,1907 . . 90.000 00 $360,000 00 Transferred to Reserve Fund 400,000 00 760,000 09 Balance of Prollt and Loss carried forward $28,798 3? „ , RESER\ E FIN*. Haiance al credit of account, 30th Deci-mber, 1<105 $3,500,000 00 Jiansferred from Front and Loss .Account ., W0,006 CO $3,900,000 no With great regret we have to record Ihe sudden death in May last of Mr. Theodore G. Breugh, Ihe late General .Manager, who had been in the service el the Bank continuously since 1875. He was the Chief Executive Officer for seven years, during which short lime he accomplished much for the development and welfare of Ihe Institution. Mr. C. A. Bogert, .Manager of the Montreal Branch for eight years, and who entered the Bunk more than twenty-live years ago, was appointed to suc- cied him. On account of the continued expansion of the business of the Bank, your Directors have decided that il is an opportune time lo issue the remaining one million dollars of authorized Capital Slock; and, having in view future require- ments which may reasonably be e.\pecle<l, have approved of a by-law to b« submitted far your consideration al the .Annual .Meeting, which provides for a. further increase in the Capital .Slock lo the extent of one million dollars. This, will make the total authorized Capital five million dollars. You will also be asked lo consider a by-law increasing the number of Direc- tors from seven lo nine which il is Uiouglit ti, be advisable owing Vo the diversity of our interests throughout Canada, and the gradual extension of our operations. During the Uelve months jusl closed Branches of Ihe Bank were established at the follovving points, and, when expedient, desirable sites were purchased and suitable oITices erected;â€" In the Province of Ontario, al Chatham, Dresden, Peter- borough, Tilbury, Windsor, and in Toror.lo, at the corners of .\venue Road and Davenport Road and Queen street and Bioadview avenue; in the Province M. .Allierla, at tlalgary and Fxlaionlon, and at Begina, Sask. In addition we have lo inform you that in December last the private bank- ing business of Messrs. John Curry & Company, at Windsor, was acquired un- der terms advantageous lo the Shareholders, which transaction included the pur- chase «f a commodious building, well situated in this importanl centre. It was found necessary to provide larger premises for our North End Branch, Winnipeg, and for this purpose a valuable property has been secured. The Directors, following their usual cuslom. examined Ihe Securities and Cash Reserves of Ihe Bank as oiv December Slsl, 1906, and found them to be ci.rrect; they also verified the Head Ollice Balance Sheet, including all accounts kept with Foreign Agents. Every OfTice of the Bank has been carefully inspected during the past twelve months, and each Branch has l«tn visited by the Cieikeral .Manager since his appointment in May last. The Report was adopted. E. B. O-SLER, Brosident. ' By-laws were passetl increasing Ihe number of Directors from seven lo nine,, and providing for an increa.se of $1,000,000 in Ihe (".apilsl Stock, wliich will make Ihe bdal autliori/ed Capital of the Bank $.">,0(iO.O(«. The thanks of the Shareholders were tendered lo Ihe Presidenl. Vice-Presi- dent and Directors for Iheir services duiing the year, and lo the General Man- ager and other Otlicers of the Bank for Ihe elTicient performance of their ^t^ soective duties. Tlie follow ing gentlemen were elected Diieclors for the ensuing year :â€" Messrs. A. W. .\iislin, W. R. Brw-k. Jan*s Carnilhers, R. J. Christie. T. Eaton, J. J. Foy, K.C... M,I.,A,, Wilinot 0. Mattliews, A. M. Nanlon and E. B. Osier, M. P. At It sul'.sequeiit meeting of the Direclors, Mr. K. B. 0.s!er, M.P., Wds elected- I'residenI, and Mr. \\ ilinol D. Matthew.--, Vice President, for the ensuing term. Q ENERAiTSTATE MENT. i.i\BiLi'ni:s. NnU'S in Circulnllon $2,691,986 CO - IVposits nol bearing interest $5,361,018 53 IVnosits bearing interest (including interest accrued to •^diite) â- . .... ..31.512,137 9-i 36,876,156 47 Dipo.slts bv other Banks In Canada 193,340 :â- Â« Balance due to London Agents 2,729,862 98 Total Liabilities In Ihe Public $«.491,345 81 Camlul Stock paid up 3,000,000 00 IVseive Fund $3,900.0(10 00 P,alaiice of Pi ollts carried forwar.l .. 2S,7«)8 33 D.videml N i. 97. pa.vable 2nd January, 1907 I'O.COO 00 I'l rnier Dividemls iiiiclainied 107 25 Peserved for Excliaiige, etc C1,IW 74 Reserved for rebate on Bills Discounlc\l 122,983 15 4.203,033 47 $ti\694.379 2S ASSKTS. ====- Specie ^ $1,110,131 11 Dominion Government Deiiuind Notes 3,405.530 00 Deposit Willi Dominion Government 'or Security of . Note t-irculatioi. 1. VI ,000 00 f.Nles of and Cinques on other Banks 2,li:t.,VU :t9 Riilances due fiMiii other Banks In Canada 1,(62.744 48 Ba'ances due from nlher Hanks el.sewhere than in Can- ada and Ihe United Kingdom l,12l.;«)0 69 $9,013,327 67 ProviocUil Governmeiil ,S«cur;t:es 2;?9.302 85 Caniulan Municipal .sei-nrities and Rrilist or Foreign (ir Colonial Public Securities other than Canadian. BiW.lSO 79 Railway «"il other Bonds. Debentures and Slocks . , 2,149,26,5 67 Loans on Call .secured by Slocks and Del«nlures . . . 3,703,134 50 $15,801,161 M ; Bills Discounted and Advon.es Current $32,915.267 70 (iverdue Delits !cstiiiiate<l loss provided for) 2ii,516 40 Bank I'reniises 9,50.000 00 Other As-ets not Included under foregoing heads . . 7.433 70 33,893,217 £•) > $49.694.379 2t â-  r. A. B(n«.t;Br^ Toi'onlo, 31st December, 1900. (.General Manager.