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CIRCULAR NO. 84.

FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
OF N E W YORK
N E W YORK, October 11, 1917.

T o THE C A S H I E R ,
SIR:

I take pleasure in advising you t h a t Mr. J. Herbert Case has been elected deputy governor
of t h e bank and undertook his duties on October 8, 1917. M r . R. H . Treman, who has been
acting temporarily as deputy governor, will continue in t h a t capacity a t t h e request of t h e
Directors until probably the close of t h e year.
Mr. Fred I. K e n t has been elected a n acting deputy governor of the bank to take charge
of matters pertaining to t h e licensing of exports of coin, bullion and currency under the President's proclamation of September 7, 1917, and other m a t t e r s pertaining to foreign exchange.
Mr. Adolph J. Lins has been elected an assistant cashier of the bank.
Mr. R. M . Gidney has been appointed assistant Federal reserve agent.
Messrs. W . M . St. J o h n and J . W . Jones have been elected acting assistant cashiers of t h e
bank to take charge of certain divisions of t h e work connected with t h e Liberty Loan bond issues.
Facsimiles of t h e signatures of all t h e officers of t h e bank are enclosed herewith.
T h e BOND ISSUE DIVISION, mentioned in our circular No. 71 dated J u n e 11, 1917, is now

under t h e direct supervision of t h e officers of t h e b a n k instead of being managed b y a committee
as in t h e first Liberty Loan campaign.

All letters and inquiries with respect to matters handled

b y this division should be addressed to the




FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF N E W YORK,

Bond Issue Division,
Room 517, 120 Broadway,
New York, N . Y.

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For the purpose of exchanging full-paid interim certificates of the first Liberty Loan
bond issue into the permanent 3 ^ % 15-30 year gold bonds, the BOND EXCHANGE DIVISION,
has been organized under the management of M r . C. H . Platner, and is located a t 50 Wall Street,
New York.
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All letters and inquiries with respect to exchanging interim certificates into either
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the s}/2% 5 3 ° year gold bonds or exchanging interim certificates or definitive 3 H % !5-30
year gold bonds into the new issue of 4 % bonds should be addressed to
F E D E R A L R E S E R V E B A N K OF N E W Y O R K ,

Bond Exchange Division,
50 Wall Street,
New York, N . Y.
T h e GOVERNMENT D E P O S I T D E P A R T M E N T is now located at 50 Wall Street, New York,

under the supervision of t h e officers of t h e bank.

All matters pertaining to this department

should be addressed to t h e
F E D E R A L R E S E R V E B A N K OF N E W Y O R K ,

Government Deposit Department,
50 Wall Street,
New York, N . Y.
Messrs. G. W. Davison, Edward A. Seasongood and H a r r y E. Ward have been requested to act
as an advisory committee with respect to m a t t e r s pertaining to this Department.




Respectfully,
B E N J . STRONG,

Governor.