The Standard Bank of British Africa, Limited, London,
ISSUES LETTERS OF CREDIT AND DRAFTS on its Branches in South Africa;
RECEIVES DEPOSITS at favourable Rates of Interest, which are regulated by the amount and the length of time for which the Deposits are made; at present it allows interest at the rate of £4 per cent. per annum for twelve months fixed.
OPENS CURRENT ACCOUNTS for the convenience of its South African constituents;
NEGOTIATES AND COLLECTS BILLS payable in any part of the South African Colonies;
MAKES ADVANCES against produce shipped, on receipt of Bills of Lading, Policies of Insurance, and Invoices;
UNDERTAKES THE AGENCY of persons connected with the Colonies; and receives for safe custody Colonial Securities, Shares, &c., drawing Interest and Dividends on the same as they fall due;
UNDERTAKES all other descriptions of South African Banking and Monetary business, and affords every facility to persons in their transactions with South Africa.
London, May, 1879.