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Fine Record. Depositors in Tampa banks have never lost a dollar. That is the record of the city's financial institutions. upheld throughout a period of close to forty years. From the days when Tampa was just a growing village and its banking needs were small indeed, to the present, every deposit that has been trusted to a Tampa banker has been safely handled and although several banks have dropped out from time to time, from one cause or another, their passing has not been atetnded by loss of the depositors. It is indeed a good record, one of which any city would be proud, with cause, for it means that safety has always been a foremost consideration, and that no circumstances have led the bankers away from the depositors' interests. In the city's history, two banks have been forced to close their doors-the old Gulf National bank. years ago, and the Bank of Tampa, in more recent time. And in each instance a receiver has taken hold in such a manner, and handled