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F ederal

reserve

bank

DALLAS, TEXAS

of

Dallas

75222

Circular No. 7^+-3
January 2, lSJb

To All Banks
in the Eleventh Federal Reserve District:

We have been advised by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston,
Massachusetts, that effective January 1, 197^ > Negotiable Orders of
Withdrawal (NOWS) will become available for issue by commercial banks,
mutual saving banks, savings and loan associations, and cooperative
banks located in Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

The Federal Reserve

Bank of Boston will treat Negotiable Orders of Withdrawals as cash
items, subject to its Operating Letter No. 6 , that relates to the colĀ­
lection and settlement of cash items.

Commercial banks will use the

routing symbol transit numbers that have earlier been assigned for
check collection purposes.

Thrift institutions will be assigned the

following routing numbers:

Boston - 2110; Eastern Massachusetts (Boston

RCPC) - 2113; Western Massachusetts (Windsor Locks Office) - 2118; New
Hampshire - 21lh.

Rand McNally & Company of Chicago will assign transit

numbers to the requesting thrift institutions.
Yours very truly,
P. E. Coldwell
President

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