The Sterling Bank is one of the youngest of Canadian financial institutions. It was incorporated by special Act of Parliament in 1905 and began business on the first day of May of this year. The policy of the Bank is to confine its branches to Ontario until the deposits increase to such an extent as to warrant spreading over a wider area, and so far no less that 33 branches have been opened in the Province. At the end of the second month the showing is remarkable, and has never been exceeded by any chartered bank in the Dominion.
      The authorised capital of the Sterling Bank is $1,000,000. The directors include some of the most prominent successful business men in Canada. G. T. Somers, President of the Ontario Securities Company, is President; W. K. George, ex-president of the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, is Vice-President, and John H. Tilden, Vice-President of the Gurney-Tilden Co. ; C. W. Spencer, General Manager of the MacKenzie & Mann Railway lines, and others of equal standing figure on the governing body.  F. W. Broughall is General Manager.
      With such men at the head of affairs it is little wonder that the confidence of the public was so readily enlisted, and that the Sterling Bank is rapidly coming to the front and is highly regarded by all classes of business men for its enterprising methods.
      George F. Ellis is manager at Cornwall, which is headquarters for this district. Under his supervision branches have been established at Newington, Mille Roches, L'Orignal and Mountain. F. W. Doherty is in charge of the agency at Mille Roches and C. W. Vanallen at Newington.