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546 HISTORY OF THE BANKThe Hon. George A. Cox became president in 1890, and hissignature therefore appears on all notes bearing dates from1892 to 1906. In 1906 a new series of these notes was issued,numbered in blue instead of in red, as the previous notes of thisissue had been. The first blue-numbered notes are datedIn 1907, Mr. B. E. Walker, now Sir EdmundJanuary 2, 1906.Walker, became president in the place of the Hon. George A.Cox, and his signature appears on all notes dated January 8,1907, and later. In addition to the changes recorded above,the capital of the bank was increased from time to time andthe amount was corrected in the notes, the dates of the latterbeing changed at the same time. A few of the earlier notes ofthis issue bear a surcharge "Yukon" or "Dawson" in variouscolours. These notes are those forwarded to branches of thebank in the Yukon district without a countersignature, thisbeing affixed at the issuing branch. The notes were surchargedin this manner as a precautionary measure in theevent of loss in transit.The design on the face of all notes of this issue 1 is printedin black, that on the back in colour. The main feature of thedesigns on the backs is an engraving of the head office buildingof the bank erected in 1889. The colour tints appearing onthe notesare given below:Fives Face. An orange tint underlies the greater part, with the figure "5" inbrown in the centre and a brown tint under the signatures. Back,reddish brown.Tens Face. A yellow tint on each side of the central design, with a pinktint under the signatures, and under the words, "Ten Dollars," whichappear in the upper part of the note. The word "Ten" in the yellowtint appears under each signature over the pink of the signature panel.Back, blue.Twenties Face. The underlying tints are orange and green. The signaturepanel is engraved in black, with the words "Twenty Dollars" in anunderlying green tint.Back, red.Fifties Face. A yellow underlying tint, with a black one over it in thesignature panel and a light brown tint around the borders of the note.Back, dark brown.Hundreds Face. Orange and blue tints, with blue in the signature panel.Back, dark green.1See plates 75 and 76, facing pages 526 and 530.