REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORP
8-A12B/A, 1994-05-23
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                SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                      Washington, D.C. 20549


                            FORM 8-A/A


          FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
               PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE
                   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                    REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION
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       (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



              Maryland                      13-2764867 
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      (State of incorporation            (I.R.S. Employer 
          or organization)              Identification No.)


  452 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York          10018 
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(Address of principal executive offices)      (Zip Code)


Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


                                    Name of Each Exchange on
Title of Each Class                 Which Each Class 
to be Registered                    Is To Be Registered
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Depositary Shares, Each             New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
Representing a One-Fourth
Interest in a share of
Adjustable Rate Cumulative
Preferred Stock, Series D 
($100 stated value per share)

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

                              None  
                         ----------------                    
                         (Title of Class)


Item 1.   Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered
                    
          A description of the Registrant's 6,000,000 Depositary 
          Shares to be registered hereby, each representing a one-
          fourth interest in a share of Adjustable Rate Cumulative 
          Preferred Stock, Series D ($100 stated value), was filed
          with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the Registrant's
          Prospectus Supplement dated May 16, 1994 to the Prospectus
          dated May 7, 1993 as part of the Registrant's Registration
          Statement on Form S-3, as amended (Registration No. 33-49507)
          (the "Registration Statement"), and such description is hereby
          incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.   Exhibits

          1.     Resolutions of the Finance Committee of
          the Board of Directors, adopted May 16, 1994, establishing the
          Depositary Shares registered hereby, each representing a one-
          fourth interest in a share of the Registrant's Adjustable Rate
          Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D ($100 Stated Value), filed
          with the Securities and Exchange Commission under cover of the
          Registrant's Form 8-A on May 20, 1994.

          2.     Form of Articles Supplementary relating to the
          Registrant's Adjustable Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series D
          ($100 Stated Value), incorporated herein by reference to Exhibit
          4(u) to the Registrant's Registration Statement, as amended
          (Registration No. 33-49507), incorporated therein by reference to
          such exhibit filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
          under cover of the Registrant's Form 8-K on May 23, 1994 
          (File No. 1-7436).

          3.     Form of the Deposit Agreement between
          the Registrant and Chemical Bank, as Depositary, incorporated
          herein by reference to Exhibit 4(t) to the Registrant's
          Registration Statement, as amended (Registration No. 33-49507).

          4.     The Registrant's Registration Statement
          on Form S-3, as amended (Registration No. 33-49507), as previously
          filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and incorporated
          herein by reference.

          5.     The Registrant's Prospectus Supplement dated
          May 16, 1994, as previously filed with the Securities and Exchange
          Commission on May 18, 1994 and incorporated herein by reference.

                    
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this
registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated:  May 23, 1994

                             REPUBLIC NEW YORK CORPORATION   

                             BY: William F. Rosenblum, Jr.   
                                 -------------------------      
                                 William F. Rosenblum, Jr.
                                 Senior Vice President,
                                 Deputy General Counsel
                                 and Corporate Secretary







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