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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... further debt reduction of £ 5,657,752 , as follows : - Three per Cent . Consols Three per Cent . Reduced . New 3 per Cents . New 34 per Cents .... New 24 per Cents ... Exchequer bonds , 2 per cent . Bank of England debt ( 3 per cent ...
... further debt reduction of £ 5,657,752 , as follows : - Three per Cent . Consols Three per Cent . Reduced . New 3 per Cents . New 34 per Cents .... New 24 per Cents ... Exchequer bonds , 2 per cent . Bank of England debt ( 3 per cent ...
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... further reduction from 5 per cent . to 4 per cent . in 1727 , at the end of which year the annual charge was £ 2,360,934 . In 1722 the first Three per Cents . were issued , amounting to £ 141,094 . In the Peace which prevailed during ...
... further reduction from 5 per cent . to 4 per cent . in 1727 , at the end of which year the annual charge was £ 2,360,934 . In 1722 the first Three per Cents . were issued , amounting to £ 141,094 . In the Peace which prevailed during ...
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... further reduced to 3 per cent . ( 7 & 8 Vict . , cap . 4. ) This rate of interest was not liable to any further reduction until after the 10th of October , 1874 , but is now redeemable at par on twelve months ' notice . The interest is ...
... further reduced to 3 per cent . ( 7 & 8 Vict . , cap . 4. ) This rate of interest was not liable to any further reduction until after the 10th of October , 1874 , but is now redeemable at par on twelve months ' notice . The interest is ...
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... further details . ) The interest is payable on the 6th January and 6th July , and the principal may be repaid by the Government from the 5th January , 1894. There is , however , little prospect of such a repayment , and the com ...
... further details . ) The interest is payable on the 6th January and 6th July , and the principal may be repaid by the Government from the 5th January , 1894. There is , however , little prospect of such a repayment , and the com ...
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... Further details respecting these unfunded securities will be found on page 23 . In March , 1853 , Mr. Gladstone , as Chancellor of the Ex- chequer , reduced the rate of interest to 1d . per cent . per day ; and the effect in one week ...
... Further details respecting these unfunded securities will be found on page 23 . In March , 1853 , Mr. Gladstone , as Chancellor of the Ex- chequer , reduced the rate of interest to 1d . per cent . per day ; and the effect in one week ...
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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...