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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... nominal capitals of the following debts have been . reduced : - Reduction in Debts Effected by Composition . Colombia .. Greece Louisiana .. North Carolina Spain .... Turkey Venezuela £ ( say ) 4,500,000 3,750,000 1,000,000 99 2,400,000 ...
... nominal capitals of the following debts have been . reduced : - Reduction in Debts Effected by Composition . Colombia .. Greece Louisiana .. North Carolina Spain .... Turkey Venezuela £ ( say ) 4,500,000 3,750,000 1,000,000 99 2,400,000 ...
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... nominal capital is no adequate measure of a nation's debts . The French system , with all its drawbacks of giving the annual " Rente , " is a truer system ; only people in this country have been trained to measure by capital , and under ...
... nominal capital is no adequate measure of a nation's debts . The French system , with all its drawbacks of giving the annual " Rente , " is a truer system ; only people in this country have been trained to measure by capital , and under ...
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... Nominal Capital . £ Per Head . £ s . d . 763,045,940 = = 21 12 11 32,040,267 782 15,441,700 = 160,953,120 18,930,000 27,680,293 56 10 0 - Adjustment Per on a 5 % Basis . Head . £ £ 8. d . 461,272,320 = 13 1 10 13,426,600 9 0 118,672,285 ...
... Nominal Capital . £ Per Head . £ s . d . 763,045,940 = = 21 12 11 32,040,267 782 15,441,700 = 160,953,120 18,930,000 27,680,293 56 10 0 - Adjustment Per on a 5 % Basis . Head . £ £ 8. d . 461,272,320 = 13 1 10 13,426,600 9 0 118,672,285 ...
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... nominal total of the debt . In 1870 , there was also a sale of Consols for the purchase of the Telegraphs , and in 1876 four millions of Exchequer bonds were issued for the purchase of the Suez Canal shares . It has already been shown ...
... nominal total of the debt . In 1870 , there was also a sale of Consols for the purchase of the Telegraphs , and in 1876 four millions of Exchequer bonds were issued for the purchase of the Suez Canal shares . It has already been shown ...
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... nominal capital amount of perpetual annuities created ; and the Sinking Fund under this section shall not be paid out of the permanent annual charge of the National Debt . By this operation Mr. Gladstone has increased the amount of the ...
... nominal capital amount of perpetual annuities created ; and the Sinking Fund under this section shall not be paid out of the permanent annual charge of the National Debt . By this operation Mr. Gladstone has increased the amount of the ...
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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...