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TATE'S MODERN CAMBIST; A MANUAL OF FOREIGN EXCHANGES

The Modern Cambist: forming a Manual of Foreign Exchanges in the various operations of Bills of Exchange and Bullion, according to the practice of all Trading Nations; with Tables of Foreign Weights and Measures, and their Equivalents in English and French.

"A work of great excellence. The care which has rendered this a standard work is still exercised, to cause it to keep pace, from time to time, with the changes in the monetary system of foreign nations.”—The Times.

"Constitutes a work which deserves the high reputation it has justly acquired, both here and on the Continent, as a standard authority' with the mercantile world."-Daily News.

Sixteenth Edition. Enlarged and rewritten. Price 12s., cloth.

TATE'S COUNTING-HOUSE GUIDE TO THE HIGHER BRANCHES OF COMMERCIAL CALCULATIONS, Exhibiting the methods employed by Merchants, Bankers, and Brokers, for Valuations of Merchandise; Mental PerCentages, Interest Accounts in Accounts-Current, Public Funds, Marine Insurances; Standarding of Gold and Silver; Arbitrations of Exchange in Bills, Bullion, and Merchandise; and actual pro-formâ statements of British and Foreign Invoices and Account Sales. By WILLIAM TATE.

"This work contains a great number of examples of the various species of calculations which are used in mercantile establishments, and merits the perusal of even those who are versed in these studies. His methods of -stating the necessary operations will be found simple and easy of comprehension."-The Times.

Mr. Tate has spared no paius to furnish himself with the best practical data. The Royal Miut, the Bank of England, Lloyd's, the Stock Exchange, as well as the leading Mercantile Establishments, have been had recourse to. The work may be safely referred to as a standard authority on the various matters treated upon."-Morning Post.

Ninth Edition. Price 7s. 6d., cloth.

Dedicated, by special permission, to the Committee of the Stock Exchange.

FENN'S

COMPENDIUM OF THE ENGLISH AND FOREIGN FUNDS,

DEBTS AND REVENUES OF ALL NATIONS;

Together with Statistics relating to State Finance and Liabilities, Imports, Exports, Population, Area, Railway Guarantees, Municipal Finance and Indebtedness, and all descriptions of Government Securities held and dealt in by investors at Home and Abroad; the Laws and Regulations of the Stock Exchange, &c., the work being so arranged as to render it alike useful to the Capitalist, the Banker, the Merchant, or the Private Individual.

Twelfth Edition, rewritten, with an Appendix, bringing the work down to February, 1876, by ROBERT LUCAS NASH. Price 25s., cloth.

The following is a list of the several States, the debts, revenues, and commerce of which are comprised in this work, in which all the foreign moneys are reduced into British currency:-Argentine Confed., Australasia, Austria, Baden, Bavaria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Buenos Ayres, Canada, Chili, Colombia, Cuba, Danubian Principalities, Denmark, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, Granada (New), Greece, Guatemala, Hamburg, Holland, Honduras, Hungary, India, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Paraguay, Peru, Portugal, Prussia, Rica, Rostra, Roumania, Russia, Sardinia, Saxony, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Uruguay, U.S. of America, Venezuela, West Indies, Wurtemburg.

"This volume contains a variety of well-arranged information, indis. pensable to every capitalist, banker, merchant, trader, and agriculturist."— Morning Herald.

"So much useful matter in any one volume is seldom to be met with." -The Times.

GUMERSALL'S TABLES OF INTEREST, &c.

Interest and Discount Tables, computed at 21, 3, 31, 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.

Fourteenth 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.-ONE SHILLING EACH. [The Law of]

1. Bills, Cheques, Notes, and IO U's. 2. Banking; its Customs and Practice. 3. Master and Servant.

4. Private Trading Partnership.

5. Joint-Stock Companies.

6. Public Meetings.

7. Trustees; their Duties and Liabili

ties. By R. DENNY URLIN, Esq., of the Middle Temple,

Barrister-at-Law.

8. Trade Marks.

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PYM YEATMAN, Esq., Barrister-at-Law.

9. Shipping. By CHAS. STUART SMYTH. Price 2s. 10. Husband and Wife, Marriage and

Divorce, Parent and Child. 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 New 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 new method of Book-keeping, or Double-Entry by Single. By GEORGE JACKSON, Accountant.

Fourteenth 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.

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. Sixth 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. Eleventh Edition. Price 1s., sewed.

BENEDICT'S (A) WORD TO MY WIFE.

Practical Hints in Cookery and Comfort. By A BENEDICT.
Fourth Thousand. Price 6d.

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

FOX'S TRUE ART OF BOOK-KEEPING BY SINGLE AND
DOUBLE ENTRY.

In Four Parts. Part 1. Single Entry. By an Accountant.
Price 6d.

FOX'S ONE HUNDRED GOLDEN RULES (OR AXIOMS)
OF ACCOUNT KEEPING.

By AN ACCOUNTANT. Fourth Edition. Price 6d., sewed.
ONE HUNDRED DEBTOR AND CREDITOR
MAXIMS OF ACCOUNT KEEPING.

FOX'S

Price 6d., sewed.

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. Price £2 2s., cloth. Very scarce.

RICKARDS' PRACTICAL MINING,

Fully and familiarly Described. By GEORGE RICKARD.
Price 2s. 6d., cloth.

BARRY'S RUSSIAN METALLURGICAL WORKS;
Iron, Copper, and Gold, concisely described. Price 5s.

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, Author of
'Tables of Profit, Discount, Commission, and Brokerage.'
Net Profit on Returns. Price 1s., sewed.

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