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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... returning the excess in the shape of periodical Bonuses , it gives from the first as large an assurance as the premiums will with safety bear- reserving the Whole Surplus for those members ( a majority of the whole number ) who live ...
... returning the excess in the shape of periodical Bonuses , it gives from the first as large an assurance as the premiums will with safety bear- reserving the Whole Surplus for those members ( a majority of the whole number ) who live ...
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... returned to America , and France has repurchased from us most of the Rente which we acquired from her during , and soon after , the war of 1870. But British holdings of foreign stocks with dividends payable here have certainly grown in ...
... returned to America , and France has repurchased from us most of the Rente which we acquired from her during , and soon after , the war of 1870. But British holdings of foreign stocks with dividends payable here have certainly grown in ...
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... returned at £ 152,389,053 , and the exports at £ 115,821,092 . The trade statistics between Great Britain and the various Colonies and foreign countries are furnished more in detail as those countries are dealt with . Emigration to and ...
... returned at £ 152,389,053 , and the exports at £ 115,821,092 . The trade statistics between Great Britain and the various Colonies and foreign countries are furnished more in detail as those countries are dealt with . Emigration to and ...
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... returned to the Bank of England , and the Balance shall be deemed to be the Amount of the Bank of England Notes issued by such Bankers respectively and kept in circulation ; and a similar account shall be taken at Intervals of Three ...
... returned to the Bank of England , and the Balance shall be deemed to be the Amount of the Bank of England Notes issued by such Bankers respectively and kept in circulation ; and a similar account shall be taken at Intervals of Three ...
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... returned at 12,656 miles , so that the cost per mile was £ 47,586 , and the traffic per mile was £ 4,408 . In Scotland , there were 2,907 miles in operation , the average cost being £ 31,762 per mile , and the traffic £ 2,408 per mile ...
... returned at 12,656 miles , so that the cost per mile was £ 47,586 , and the traffic per mile was £ 4,408 . In Scotland , there were 2,907 miles in operation , the average cost being £ 31,762 per mile , and the traffic £ 2,408 per mile ...
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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...