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Show GOLD WAS THERE, It Was Depressing-, Spcctaclo to ' n Wealthy Newspaper Correspondent. LONDON, March 27. The conrespond-ent conrespond-ent at St. Petersburg of the Dally -Mall reportH that he accepted the.-lnvltutloii. of Finance Minister- ICokovoslorf 'to - In-, spect Iho reserve of gold in fhe State bank, and describes his visit to that institution, in-stitution, lie says: "Tho bank nfilclals made much ceremony cere-mony of unlocking the gales of ihe strong rooms, but the actual view of $32o.00u,Cf0 of gold was found a supremely uninteresting, uninter-esting, tedlotw and depressing spectacle. "Over 12.500 sacks of gold coin stacked In rows on the Moor of the lung vault looked no more Impressive than sacks of nierchandbo in mi ordinary warehouse, while 15.013 gold Ingots closely packed on shelves, like a library, less - suggcuted their value than Ihe shcles of an Ironmonger's Iron-monger's store. "The officials Invited the correspondent I) count and verify the contents of the shelves and sacks. That, naturally, was Iiripottdblo: but he-had not. the slightest' doubt that the amount represented in the reserve figures was thore." |