Fenn's Compendium of the English and Foreign Funds, Debts and Revenues of All Nations: Together with Statistics Relating to National Resources & Liabilities, Imports, Exports, Population, Area, Railway Guarantees, Municipal Finance & Indebtedness, Banks of All Nations, and All Descriptions of Government, Provincial, and Corporate Securities Held and Dealt in by Investors at Home and Abroad; the Laws and Regulations of the Stock Exchange, &c ... |
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... average debt of £ 33 3s . 6d . per head , would be more hopelessly bankrupt than any of the communities on the face of the globe . Of course , if we had given us the wealth per head of the various popula- tions of the World , and the ...
... average debt of £ 33 3s . 6d . per head , would be more hopelessly bankrupt than any of the communities on the face of the globe . Of course , if we had given us the wealth per head of the various popula- tions of the World , and the ...
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... Average Price of Silver Commodities : 134 Exports of Gold from Average Prices in Gold ... 134 Australia 141 Compton 206 Exports of Gold from Connecticut ... 645 Consols ... 20 & 29 Tasmania 330 Gold and Silver in United Copper ... 55 ...
... Average Price of Silver Commodities : 134 Exports of Gold from Average Prices in Gold ... 134 Australia 141 Compton 206 Exports of Gold from Connecticut ... 645 Consols ... 20 & 29 Tasmania 330 Gold and Silver in United Copper ... 55 ...
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... it has so been treated . The War at length over , attention was immediately directed towards reducing the burden of the debt . The Three per Cents . , which in 1812-13-14 did not average above HISTORY OF THE BRITISH DEBT . 9.
... it has so been treated . The War at length over , attention was immediately directed towards reducing the burden of the debt . The Three per Cents . , which in 1812-13-14 did not average above HISTORY OF THE BRITISH DEBT . 9.
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... average above 60 , in 1817 averaged about 75 in the market , and in 1824 nearly 90 ; and this enabled reductions of interest on many loans to be made , as well as conversions , and the establishment of a large amount of Terminable ...
... average above 60 , in 1817 averaged about 75 in the market , and in 1824 nearly 90 ; and this enabled reductions of interest on many loans to be made , as well as conversions , and the establishment of a large amount of Terminable ...
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... Average Debt per Head . £ s . d . 45 0 0 Years . Population of Great Britain and Amount of National Debt . Ireland . * L 1815 . 20,000,000 900,437,000 1855 . 28,200,000 805,412,000 28 11 2 1861 .. 29,071,000 823,329,000 28 6 5 1871 ...
... Average Debt per Head . £ s . d . 45 0 0 Years . Population of Great Britain and Amount of National Debt . Ireland . * L 1815 . 20,000,000 900,437,000 1855 . 28,200,000 805,412,000 28 11 2 1861 .. 29,071,000 823,329,000 28 6 5 1871 ...
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Page 629 - ... shall be exempt from all taxes or duties of the United States, as well as from taxation in any form by or under State, municipal, or local authority...
Page 67 - England, to borrow, owe, or take up any sum or sums of money on their Bills or Notes payable at demand, or at any less time than six months from the borrowing thereof.
Page 84 - Memorandum as aforesaid kept, contained, or entered therein, every such Banker or other Person so offending shall for every such Offence forfeit the Sum of One hundred Pounds: Provided always, that the said Commissioners shall not exercise the Powers aforesaid without the Consent of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury.
Page 70 - ... ill-founded or exaggerated alarms in different parts of the country, it appears that, unless some measure is immediately taken, there may be some reason to apprehend a want of a sufficient supply of cash to answer the exigencies of the public service...
Page 80 - ... any banker who was on the sixth day of May, one thousand eight hundred and forty-four, carrying on the business of a banker in England or Wales, and was then lawfully issuing, in England or Wales, his own bank notes, under the authority of a licence to that effect, to continue to issue such notes to the extent and under the conditions hereinafter mentioned, but not further or otherwise...