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                                    FORM 15
 
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
     Certification and Notice of Termination of Registration under Section 12(g)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Suspension of Duty to File Reports
Under Sections 13 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
                                                   COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 1-5945
 
                        THE CHASE MANHATTAN CORPORATION
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
                                270 Park Avenue
                            New York, New York 10017
                                 (212) 270-6000
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         (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including
            area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

                         COMMON STOCK ($2.00 PAR VALUE)
              PREFERRED STOCK, 10 1/2% SERIES G ($25 STATED VALUE)
              PREFERRED STOCK, 9.76% SERIES H ($25 STATED VALUE)
              PREFERRED STOCK, 10.84% SERIES I ($25 STATED VALUE)
              PREFERRED STOCK, 9.08% SERIES J ($25 STATED VALUE)
              PREFERRED STOCK, 8-1/2% SERIES K ($25 STATED VALUE)
              PREFERRED STOCK, 8.32% SERIES L ($25 STATED VALUE)
              PREFERRED STOCK, 8.40% SERIES M ($25 STATED VALUE)
          PREFERRED STOCK, ADJUSTABLE RATE SERIES N ($25 STATED VALUE)
                       COMMON STOCK SUBSCRIPTION WARRANTS
                       7-1/2% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 1997
                       7-3/4% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 1999
                         8% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 1999
                          FLOATING RATE NOTES DUE 1999
                       8.80% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2000
                         8% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2002
                       9.05% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2002
                       7.50% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2003
                   FLOATING RATE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2003
              FLOATING RATE SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE AUGUST 1, 2003
                       7-7/8% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2004
                         8% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2004
                       6.50% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2005
                         8% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2005
                       6.25% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2006
                       6-1/8% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2008
                       6.75% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2008
                       6.50% SUBORDINATED NOTES DUE 2009
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)
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                                      NONE
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         (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to
               file reports under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)
 
     Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:
 
          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)  [ ]            Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii) [ ]
          Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii) [ ]            Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)  [ ]
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)  [ ]            Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii) [ ]
          Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii) [ ]            Rule 15d-6           [ ]
          Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)  [x]
 
     Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or notice
date:            0
 
    There are no holders of record of each class of securities listed
    above as of the date hereof. All of the above-referenced securities of
    The Chase Manhattan Corporation ("Old Chase") became securities of The
    Chase Manhattan Corporation (formerly known as Chemical Banking
    Corporation) ("Successor") pursuant to the merger of Old Chase with and
    into Successor.
        
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, The Chase
Manhattan Corporation has caused this certification/notice to be signed on its
behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.
 
DATE: April 1, 1996                     BY:  /S/ John B. Wynne
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                                             John B. Wynne, Secretary of
                                             The Chase Manhattan Corporation
                                             (formerly known as Chemical Banking
                                             Corporation), successor by
                                             merger to The Chase Manhattan
                                             Corporation