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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... effectually contrasted . If , for instance , the debt of the United Kingdom were converted into Five per Cents . , the apparent total could be reduced by C fully £ 300,000,000 , and the debt per head would INTRODUCTION . XV .
... effectually contrasted . If , for instance , the debt of the United Kingdom were converted into Five per Cents . , the apparent total could be reduced by C fully £ 300,000,000 , and the debt per head would INTRODUCTION . XV .
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... conversions , and the establishment of a large amount of Terminable Annuities . These last , twenty years later , were valued at as much as £ 65,291,017 , and largely by their means the next forty years witnessed a reduction in the debt ...
... conversions , and the establishment of a large amount of Terminable Annuities . These last , twenty years later , were valued at as much as £ 65,291,017 , and largely by their means the next forty years witnessed a reduction in the debt ...
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... conversion he proposed to effect as follows : -In the first place , he asked Parliament to empower him to convert imme- diately £ 2,000,000 of the annuities terminating in 1885 into annuities running until 1906. By thus extending from ...
... conversion he proposed to effect as follows : -In the first place , he asked Parliament to empower him to convert imme- diately £ 2,000,000 of the annuities terminating in 1885 into annuities running until 1906. By thus extending from ...
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... conversion of the £ 2,000,000 of short annuities . Moreover , by the cancelling of the £ 60,000,000 of stock the annual interest on the funded debt would have been reduced by £ 1,800,000 , and this added to the £ 1,154,000 made a total ...
... conversion of the £ 2,000,000 of short annuities . Moreover , by the cancelling of the £ 60,000,000 of stock the annual interest on the funded debt would have been reduced by £ 1,800,000 , and this added to the £ 1,154,000 made a total ...
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... conversion of Three per Cent . Consols and Reduced , and the funding of a portion of Exchequer bills ; and in 1822 ... conversion of New Four per Cents . Guaranteed till the 5th January , 1873 ; then paid off . NEW 3 PER CENTS ...
... conversion of Three per Cent . Consols and Reduced , and the funding of a portion of Exchequer bills ; and in 1822 ... conversion of New Four per Cents . Guaranteed till the 5th January , 1873 ; then paid off . NEW 3 PER CENTS ...
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