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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... holders of which have less to fear from financial than from political and social unsoundness ; and probably many would name the Russian Empire as the type of this class . The result is that , though no very accurate measure of National ...
... holders of which have less to fear from financial than from political and social unsoundness ; and probably many would name the Russian Empire as the type of this class . The result is that , though no very accurate measure of National ...
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... Holders of British Govern- ment Securities ... Holders of French Govern- ment Securities Holland - See Netherlands . Horses ( See Live Stock . ) Hull ( See Kingston - upon- Hull . ) Immigration to the United States Imperial Ottoman Bank ...
... Holders of British Govern- ment Securities ... Holders of French Govern- ment Securities Holland - See Netherlands . Horses ( See Live Stock . ) Hull ( See Kingston - upon- Hull . ) Immigration to the United States Imperial Ottoman Bank ...
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... holders the option of renewal at the new rate of interest in March or June . If the bills are not to be renewed , the holder is required to give 3 days ' notice , and to deposit his bills for verification . Both interest and principal ...
... holders the option of renewal at the new rate of interest in March or June . If the bills are not to be renewed , the holder is required to give 3 days ' notice , and to deposit his bills for verification . Both interest and principal ...
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... holders of South Sea Stock the right of being paid off in money at par . These new securities were as follow : - 1. For every £ 100 Three per Cent . Stock , a new stock of £ 82 10s . 3 per Cent . Annuities , to be paid at that rate ...
... holders of South Sea Stock the right of being paid off in money at par . These new securities were as follow : - 1. For every £ 100 Three per Cent . Stock , a new stock of £ 82 10s . 3 per Cent . Annuities , to be paid at that rate ...
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... holder , or at the option of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury , as shall be named in the bond . A great opposition was raised to this scheme in both Houses of Parliament , but Mr. Gladstone succeeded in carrying the measure ...
... holder , or at the option of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury , as shall be named in the bond . A great opposition was raised to this scheme in both Houses of Parliament , but Mr. Gladstone succeeded in carrying the measure ...
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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...