Source/reference: The Universal Dictionary of Foreign Business in Modern China, Sichuan People's Publishing House, 1995 (256-257)

有利银行 Mercantile Bank of lndia, London &. China; Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, &. China; Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd.

英国海外银行.成立年代未详，总行伦数. 1854 年来华开业，先后子上海、广州及香港设分号，西名 "Mercantile Barik of India, London &. China" ，经营一般银行业务. 1857 年与亚细亚特许银行 (Chartered Bank of Asia)合并，变更西名为"Chartered Mercantile Bank of India , London, &.China" ，港行别称"角士顿新银行"或"新银行飞1860 年总行资本为75 万英镑.嗣先后于汉口、福州及日本横滨等埠添设分行或代理处。1892 年改组为公众性股份有限责任公司，启用" Mercantile Bank of lndia , Ltd. "新西名，在伦敦注册. 1894 年沪行停办，改以"怡和"、"和记"等洋行为代理行，继续沪上业务。1910 年代初核定资本为150万英镑，实收56 万余镑.除印度、缅甸、锡兰、马来亚、追罗、毛里求斯各主要城市设有分行外，香港皇后大道中及上海南京路(旋迁外滩〉亦设有分行，汉口、烟台、天津诸埠设代理处. 经营国际汇兑及一般银行业务. 1922 年前增核定资本为300 万英镑，实收105 万英镑，添旅行支票发行等项业务. 1930 年代中资产负债总额为10529 万余英镑.1940年代末尚且于记载.往来银行为"英格兰"及"密特兰"等.韦玉、何颖生, 席缮华、胡寄梅、龚子渔、龙叔康、凌鹏基、孙伯绳、席聚墨、虞鲁伯、潘橙放等先后充是行买办或华经理.

Rough translation

British Overseas Bank. The establishment of the age is unknown, the head office Lun number .In 1854 to China opened, successively sub-Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong set the semicolon, the West name "Mercantile Barik of India, London & China", operating the general banking business. Chartered Bank of Asia merged to change the name of "Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, &", Hong Kong, "Kenton New Bank" or "New Bank of 1860, In 1892, it was reorganized into a public limited liability company, with the opening of "Mercantile Bank of lndia, Ltd." in New Zealand, and registered in London. 1894 Shanghai Bank closed, changed to "Jardine", "Hutchison" and other foreign agents, to continue business in Shanghai. In the early 1910s, the approved capital was £ 1.5 million and paid 56 million pounds. In addition to branches in India, Myanmar, Ceylon, Malaya, Chase, Mauritius, Hong Kong's Queen's Road and Shanghai Nanjing Road Rotary Bund> also has branches, Hankou, Yantai, Tianjin Zhubu set agency. Operating international exchange and general banking business .1922 years ago approved capital of 3 million pounds, paid 1.05 million pounds, Tim travel check issuance, etc. The total assets and liabilities in the 1930s were 10529 million pounds, and the banks were "England" and "Littleland" in the late 1940s. Wei Yu, He Yingsheng, Xi Shanhua, Hu Meimei, Gong Ziyu, Shu Kang, Ling Peng base, Sun Bo rope, Xi Ju ink, Yu Lu Bo, Pan orange, etc. has been filled with comprador or manager of China.