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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... Whole Surplus for those members ( a majority of the whole number ) who live long enough to secure the Common Fund from loss . The PREMIUMS are so moderate that at most ages an assurance of £ 1,200 or £ 1,250 may be secured from the ...
... Whole Surplus for those members ( a majority of the whole number ) who live long enough to secure the Common Fund from loss . The PREMIUMS are so moderate that at most ages an assurance of £ 1,200 or £ 1,250 may be secured from the ...
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... whole of them creations of the past ten years . A con- siderable amount of space in FENN ON THE FUNDS is devoted to the consideration of these Local burdens . It must , however , be borne in mind , that they do not , as a rule , rest ...
... whole of them creations of the past ten years . A con- siderable amount of space in FENN ON THE FUNDS is devoted to the consideration of these Local burdens . It must , however , be borne in mind , that they do not , as a rule , rest ...
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... whole of the debt had been con- tracted for works of utility , even if some of them are not directly reproductive . The pages of FENN ON THE FUNDS prove that the borrowings not only of our Australasian Colonies , but of almost all the ...
... whole of the debt had been con- tracted for works of utility , even if some of them are not directly reproductive . The pages of FENN ON THE FUNDS prove that the borrowings not only of our Australasian Colonies , but of almost all the ...
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... whole £ 7,750,000 , by the creation , as from the day on which each such bond falls due , of perpetual annuities of equivalent capital value . ( 2. ) During 25 years from the date of the creation of any perpetual annuities , in ...
... whole £ 7,750,000 , by the creation , as from the day on which each such bond falls due , of perpetual annuities of equivalent capital value . ( 2. ) During 25 years from the date of the creation of any perpetual annuities , in ...
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... whole of these pensions would terminate in 45 years , by a gradual decrease annually . By the Act 4 Geo . IV . , c . 22 , the annuity was authorised to be contracted for to the amount of £ 2,800,000 . The Bank of England agreed to take ...
... whole of these pensions would terminate in 45 years , by a gradual decrease annually . By the Act 4 Geo . IV . , c . 22 , the annuity was authorised to be contracted for to the amount of £ 2,800,000 . The Bank of England agreed to take ...
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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...