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GUMERSALL'S TABLES OF INTEREST, &c.

Interest and Discount Tables, computed at 21, 3, 3, 4, 4, and 5 per cent., from 1 to 365 days, and from £1 to £20,000; so that the interest or discount on any sum, for any number of days, at any of the above rates, may be obtained by the inspection of one page only. Each Rate occupies eighty pages; the last five of which are devoted to the same number of pounds from 1 to 11 months, and from 1 to 10 years. They are also accompanied with Tables of Time and Brokerage, being altogether a vast improvement on Thompson and others. By T. B. GUMERSALL, Accountant, London.

"This work is pre-eminently distinguished from all others on the same subject by facility of reference, distinctness of type, and accuracy of calculation."-Bankers' Circular.

Fifteenth Edition. 1 vol., 8vo (pp. 500), price 10s. 6d., cloth, or strongly bound in calf, with the Rates per Cent. cut in at the foredge, price 16s. 6d.

WILSON'S LEGAL HANDY BOOKS. By JAMES WALTER SMITH, Esq., LL.D., of the Inner Temple; Barrister-at-Law.

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1. Bills, Cheques, Notes, and IO U's. (New Law.) Price 1s. 6d.

2. Banking; its Customs and Practice.

Price 1s.

3. Master and Servant. Price 18.

4. Private Trading Partnership. Price 1s. 5. Joint-Stock Companies. Price 1s. 6. Public Meetings. Price 1s.

7. Trustees; their Duties and Liabili

ties. By R. DENNY URLIN, Esq., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law. Price ls.

8. Trade Marks. By JOHN PYм Yeatman, Esq.,

Barrister-at-Law. Price 1s.

9. Horses. By C. F. MORRELL, Esq., Barrister-at-Law.

Price 1s.

10. Husband and Wife, Marriage and

Divorce, Parent and Child. Price 2s. 6d.

"Dr. Smith has rendered important service to society by the preparation of these concise, clear, and cheap expositions of the law."-Morning Post.

JACKSON'S BOOK-KEEPING.

A Check - Journal; combining the advantages of the Day-Book, Journal, and Cash-Book; forming a complete System of Book-keeping by Double-Entry; with copious illustrations of Interest Accounts, and Joint Adventures; and a method of Book-keeping, or Double-Entry by Single. By GEORGE JACKSON, Accountant.

Seventeenth Edition, with the most effectual means of preventing Fraud, Error, and Embezzlement, in Cash Transactions, and in the Receipt and Delivery of Goods, &c. Price 5s., cloth.

BURDETT'S OFFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

Being a carefully compiled précis of information regarding British, American, and Foreign Stocks, Corporation, Colonial, and Government Securities, Railways, Banks, Canals, Docks, Gas, Insurance, Land, Mines, Shipping, Telegraphs, Tramways, Waterworks, and other Companies. By HENRY C. BURDETT, Secretary of the Share and Loan Department, Stock Exchange. Published biennially under the sanction of the Committee. Price 31s. 6d. Supplement for 1884, 21s. ROYLE'S LAWS RELATING TO ENGLISH AND FOREIGN FUNDS, SHARES, AND SECURITIES. THE STOCK EXCHANGE: ITS USAGES AND THE RIGHTS OF VENDORS AND PURCHASERS.

With 400 References to Acts of Parliament and Decided
Cases, and an Analytical Index. By WILLIAM ROYLE,
Solicitor. Price 6s.

ROBINSON'S SHARE AND STOCK TABLES;

Comprising a set of Tables for Calculating the Cost of any
number of Shares, at any price from 1-16th of a pound
sterling, or 1s. 3d. per share, to £310 per share in value;
and from 1 to 500 shares, or from £100 to £50,000 stock.
Seventh Edition, price 5s., cloth.

ARGLES' FRENCH LAW OF BILLS OF EXCHANGE,
CHEQUES, AND NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS.
By NAPOLEON ARGLES, English Solicitor, Paris. Price 1s.

BURGON'S LIFE & TIMES OF SIR THOMAS GRESHAM.
Including notices of many of his contemporaries. By JOHN
WM. BURGON, Esq. Offered at the reduced price of 10s.
Published at £1 10s.

HOARE'S MENSURATION FOR THE MILLION.

Or, the Decimal System and its applications to the Daily Employments of the Artizan and Mechanic. By CHARLES HOARE. "This is a painstaking exposition of the many advantages derivable from the use of decimals; we therefore welcome it with all the cordiality due to those who simplify the process of calculation."-Practical Mechanic. Sixteenth Edition. Price 1s., sewed.

WILSON'S IMPORTANCE OF PUNCTUALITY.
On Sheet. Price 6d.

PALGRAVE'S

BANK RATE IN ENGLAND, FRANCE,
AND GERMANY, 1844-1878.

With Remarks on the Causes which influence the Rate of
Interest charged, and an Analysis of the Accounts of the
Bank of England. R. INGLIS PALGRANE. Price 10s. 6d.

POOR'S

MANUAL OF THE RAILROADS OF THE
UNITED STATES,

Showing their Mileage, Stocks, Bonds, Cost, Traffic, Earnings,
Expenses, and Organizations, with a Sketch of their Rise,
Progress, Influence, &c. Together with an Appendix, contain-
ing a full Analysis of the Debts of the United States and of
the several States, published Annually. Price 31s. 6d.

DOUBLEDAY'S FINANCIAL AND MONETARY HISTORY. A Financial, Monetary, and Statistical History of England, from the Revolution of 1688 to the present time; derived principally from Official Documents. By THOMAS DOUBLEDAY, Author of 'The True Law of Population,' &c. &c. "A work of absorbing interest and uncommon research. We have tested it minutely, and believe it strictly true, as it is unquestionably clear in its statements."-Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine.

In 1 vol., 8vo, with Supplement, bringing the work down eleven years later. Price £3 3s., cloth. Very scarce.

PEARCE'S MERCHANT'S CLERK:

An Exposition of the Laws and Customs regulating the Operations of the Counting-house, with Examples of Practice. By JOHN PEARCE. Twelfth Edition. Price 2s.

CARISS'S BOOK-KEEPING BY DOUBLE ENTRY: Explaining the Science and Teaching the Art. By ASTRUP CARISS. Second Edition. Price 6s.

WALTON'S COMPLETE CALCULATOR AND UNIVERSAL

READY RECKONER.

For all numbers from 1 to 80,000, at any rate or price, from
One Farthing to Twenty Shillings. Price £3 3s., cloth, 8vo.
Very scarce.

BOOTH'S TABLES OF SIMPLE INTEREST,

On a New Plan of Arrangement; by which the Interest of
any number of Pounds, from One to a Thousand, for any
number of days not exceeding a year, will be found at one
view, without the trouble or risk of additions, at any rate
per cent.
Price £5 5s., 4to. Very scarce.

WILSON'S SHILLING DIARY.

"The cheapest and best diary ever issued to the public."—Morning Advertiser.

Published annually, in cloth. Interleaved, with ruled paper.
Price 1s. 6d., cloth.

FERGUSON'S BUYERS' AND SELLERS' GUIDE; OR,
PROFIT ON RETURN.

Showing on one view Net Cost and Return Prices, with a
Table of Discount. By ANDREW FERGUSON. Eighth Edition.
Price 1s., sewed. Cloth, 1s. 6d.

ELLIS'S RATIONALE OF MARKET FLUCTUATIONS.
"A compendium of shrewd observations on the nature and causes of fluctua-
tions in market prices, whether they arise from market influences or more
general causes. The writer is evidently acquainted practically with business
principles and detail, as well as a theoretical student of these subjects, and the
work for this reason is the more valuable."

Third Edition, revised. By ARTHUR ELLIS. Price 7s. 6d. CRUMP'S KEY TO THE POSITION AND PROGRESS OF THE LONDON JOINT STOCK BANKS

During Twenty Years. By ARTHUR CRUMP. Price 21s. BOSANQUET'S UNIVERSAL SIMPLE INTEREST TABLES, Showing the Interest of any sum for any number of days at 100 different rates, fromto 12 per cent. inclusive; also the Interest of any sum for one day at each of the above rates, by single pounds up to one hundred, by hundreds up to forty thousand, and thence by longer intervals up to fifty million pounds By BERNARD TINDAL BOSANQUET. 8vo, pp. 480. Price 21s., cloth.

BOSANQUET'S SIMPLE INTEREST TABLES,

For Facilitating the Calculation of Interest at all rates, from one thirty-second upwards. By BERNARD TINDAL BOSANQUET. Price 5s., cloth.

PIXLEY'S AUDITORS:

Their Duties and Responsibilities under the Joint-Stock Companies Acts and the Friendly Societies and Industrial and Provident Societies Acts. By FRANCIS W. PIXLEY, a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Third Edition. Price 10s. 6d.

PIXLEY'S SHAREHOLDER'S HANDBOOK.

Their Position and Liabilities fully and familiarly explained.
Price 2s. 6d.

A TREATISE ON THE COINS OF THE REALM;

In a letter to the King by CHARLES, First Earl of Liverpool.
Reprinted by the Bank of England. Price 5s.

CLARKE'S SOVEREIGN AND QUASI-SOVEREIGN STATES,
Their Debts to Foreign Countries. By HYDE CLARKE,

V.P.S.S., Sec. Foreign Bondholders' Association.

Edition. Price 4s.

Second

VINCENT'S LAW OF CRITICISM AND LIBEL.

A Handbook for Journalists, Authors, and the Libelled. By
C. HOWARD VINCENT. Price 2s. 6d.

WILSON'S SHIPBROKERS' TELEGRAPH CODE.

Intended for Shipbrokers and Owners, and contains more than 2500 Combinations and Sentences relating to Chartering Negotiations. Royal 8vo. Price 10s. 6d.

RUTTER'S EXCHANGE TABLES BETWEEN ENGLAND, INDIA, AND CHINA.

With new Intermediate Rates of thirty seconds of a Penny per Rupee. By HENRY RUTTER, late Agent of the Commercial Bank of India, Hong Kong. Price £1 10s., cloth. RUTTER'S SILK AND TEA TABLES.

Price 10s., cloth.

JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF BANKERS.
Published Monthly. Price 1s. 6d.

SCHMIDT'S FOREIGN BANKING ARBITRATION;

Its Theory and Practice. A Handbook of Foreign Exchanges, Bullion, Stocks and Shares, based upon the New Currencies, &c. By HERMANN SCHMIDT. Price 12s.

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TRADE,

RECKONER FOR THE CORN

To calculate the value of any Weight of Wheat, Barley, Oats, Maize, Pease, Beans, Rye, Flour, &c., from 1 lb. to 1000 tons, at any price per quarter, sack, or barrel, from 17s. to 70s. :or, per cental, from 4s. 6d. to 10s. By FRANK F. SHERRIFF. Price 12s. 6d.

COHN'S TABLES OF EXCHANGE BETWEEN ENGLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM, SWITZERLAND, AND ITALY. Converting Francs into Sterling, and Sterling into Francs. Price 10s. 6d., cloth; whole calf, 12s. 6d.

COHN'S TABLES OF EXCHANGES BETWEEN GERMANY AND ENGLAND,

By means of which any amount of Reichsmarcs may be converted into Sterling by Seventy-six Rates of Exchange. Cloth. Price 3s.

MAERTEN'S SILK TABLES.

Showing the cost of Silk per pound, avoirdupois and kilo, as purchased in Japan and laid down in London and Lyons. Price 30s.

HAUPT'S ARBITRAGES ET PARITÉS.

Traité des Opérations de Banque contenant les usages commerciaux, la théorie des changes et monnaies et la statisque monetaire de tous les pays du globe. Par OTTOmar Haupt. Sixieme édition. Price 8s.

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