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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... placed ; and we can only judge of the value of such outlay by what it actually repays to the State . If in the year 1880-81 the Government of Victoria derived £ 705,422 from railway net receipts , £ 87,223 from waterworks , and £ 19,849 ...
... placed ; and we can only judge of the value of such outlay by what it actually repays to the State . If in the year 1880-81 the Government of Victoria derived £ 705,422 from railway net receipts , £ 87,223 from waterworks , and £ 19,849 ...
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... placed in the names of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt , on account of the Savings ' Banks , in exchange for Exchequer bills purchased by the Commissioners . In 1843 and 1844 . Consols in the place of 16 FENN ON ...
... placed in the names of the Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt , on account of the Savings ' Banks , in exchange for Exchequer bills purchased by the Commissioners . In 1843 and 1844 . Consols in the place of 16 FENN ON ...
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... placed all the interest on these shares at the service of the Company , and 120,000 " délégations " were issued against it , which will be redeemed prior to 1894. Messrs . Rothschilds , at the close of 1875 , advanced the necessary sum ...
... placed all the interest on these shares at the service of the Company , and 120,000 " délégations " were issued against it , which will be redeemed prior to 1894. Messrs . Rothschilds , at the close of 1875 , advanced the necessary sum ...
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... placed to his credit after the clearing , his banking account would have been generally overdrawn throughout the day's business hours . Joint - stock banks were not admitted to the Clearing House until June , 1854 , and the reluctance ...
... placed to his credit after the clearing , his banking account would have been generally overdrawn throughout the day's business hours . Joint - stock banks were not admitted to the Clearing House until June , 1854 , and the reluctance ...
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... placed in one of the two classes mentioned in Rule 165 . Precedence of default- 34. The re - admission of defaulters shall take precedence of all other business . ers ' re- admission . Questions put to sureties . : 35. The Chairman of ...
... placed in one of the two classes mentioned in Rule 165 . Precedence of default- 34. The re - admission of defaulters shall take precedence of all other business . ers ' re- admission . Questions put to sureties . : 35. The Chairman of ...
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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...