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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... represented : - Interest Receivable in London and Abroad . Austrian 5 % , 1852 Brazilian 5 % , 1839 and 1859 Amount . L 2,250,000 Portuguese 3 % , 1853-60 750,000 Russian 5 % , 1822 Amount . 1 I £ 15,000,000 6,400,000 Do. 44 % , 1852 Do ...
... represented : - Interest Receivable in London and Abroad . Austrian 5 % , 1852 Brazilian 5 % , 1839 and 1859 Amount . L 2,250,000 Portuguese 3 % , 1853-60 750,000 Russian 5 % , 1822 Amount . 1 I £ 15,000,000 6,400,000 Do. 44 % , 1852 Do ...
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... brought into the field she never paid , and never could pay , and requisitions of labour and of supplies represented direct losses to the people , not increased Government burdens . But as operating INTRODUCTION . vii .
... brought into the field she never paid , and never could pay , and requisitions of labour and of supplies represented direct losses to the people , not increased Government burdens . But as operating INTRODUCTION . vii .
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... representing Terminable Annuities previously existing . Since the conclusion of the long War in 1815 , the National Debt of the Empire has thus declined 15 per cent . , notwith- standing the additions in 1835 , in 1847 , in 1855-56 , in ...
... representing Terminable Annuities previously existing . Since the conclusion of the long War in 1815 , the National Debt of the Empire has thus declined 15 per cent . , notwith- standing the additions in 1835 , in 1847 , in 1855-56 , in ...
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... represented a total of £ 7,750,000 . In the following year , however , £ 4,000,000 were funded ( per 44-5 Vict . , cap . 55 ) . Though classed as Government debt , these loans were in no way raised for Imperial purposes , and the ...
... represented a total of £ 7,750,000 . In the following year , however , £ 4,000,000 were funded ( per 44-5 Vict . , cap . 55 ) . Though classed as Government debt , these loans were in no way raised for Imperial purposes , and the ...
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... representing holdings of 31 , 3 , and 21 per cent . Funded debt . The number has some- what diminished of late years , for in 1875 the corresponding number was 207,259 . It must not , however , be forgotton that certificates " to bearer ...
... representing holdings of 31 , 3 , and 21 per cent . Funded debt . The number has some- what diminished of late years , for in 1875 the corresponding number was 207,259 . It must not , however , be forgotton that certificates " to bearer ...
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