The history, principles and practice of banking, revised by A.S. Michie, Volume 1 |
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Page 113
... issue shall be thenceforth conducted and carried on by the said governor and company in a separate department , to be called the issue department of the Bank of England ; ' and it shall be lawful for the court of directors to appoint a ...
... issue shall be thenceforth conducted and carried on by the said governor and company in a separate department , to be called the issue department of the Bank of England ; ' and it shall be lawful for the court of directors to appoint a ...
Page 114
... issue department it shall not be lawful for the governor and company to issue bank notes , either into the banking department , or to any persons or person what- soever , save in exchange for other Bank of England notes , or for gold ...
... issue department it shall not be lawful for the governor and company to issue bank notes , either into the banking department , or to any persons or person what- soever , save in exchange for other Bank of England notes , or for gold ...
Page 115
... issue may have been authorized to issue ; and every such order in council shall be published in the next succeeding London Gazette . ' 6 " VI . That an account of the amount of notes issued by the issue department , and of gold coin and ...
... issue may have been authorized to issue ; and every such order in council shall be published in the next succeeding London Gazette . ' 6 " VI . That an account of the amount of notes issued by the issue department , and of gold coin and ...
Page 116
... issue , in England or Wales , any bill of exchange or promissory note or engagement for the payment of money payable ... issue such notes under the conditions hereinafter mentioned ; and the right of any company or partnership to ...
... issue , in England or Wales , any bill of exchange or promissory note or engagement for the payment of money payable ... issue such notes under the conditions hereinafter mentioned ; and the right of any company or partnership to ...
Page 117
... issues ; and it shall be lawful for every such banker to continue to issue his own notes : Provided , nevertheless , that such banker shall not have in circulation upon the average of a period of four weeks , to be ascertained as ...
... issues ; and it shall be lawful for every such banker to continue to issue his own notes : Provided , nevertheless , that such banker shall not have in circulation upon the average of a period of four weeks , to be ascertained as ...
Common terms and phrases
accommodation bills advances agents amount of gold amount of notes balance balance-sheet bank notes Bank of England Bank of Ireland bank of issue Bank of Scotland banking company Belfast Bills Discounted bills of exchange branches bullion called capital Cash Account cash column cash credit cashiers cent charge charter cheques clearing bankers Clearing-House clerks committee country banks country circulation currency current accounts customers Day-Book debts deposit accounts directors dividends duties effect entered entry establishment Exchequer failure funds General-Ledger Glasgow Bank Government hand Head Office House increase interest issue notes joint-stock banks Ledger liability limited London bankers loss Majesty's Government manager ment notes in circulation operations paid panic partners party passed payable payment persons private banks profit promissory notes Provincial Bank received respect returns Scotch banks securities shareholders small notes tion trade transactions Ulster Bank
Popular passages
Page 72 - This great increase of the quantity of work which, in consequence of the division of labour, the same number of people are capable of performing, is owing to three different circumstances; first, to the increase of dexterity in every particular workman; secondly, to the saving of the time which is commonly lost in passing from one species of work to another ; and lastly, to the invention of a great number of machines which facilitate and abridge labour, and enable one man to do the work of many.
Page 140 - Misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof, shall be liable, at the Discretion of the Court, to be transported beyond the Seas for any Term not exceeding Fourteen Years nor less than Seven Years, or to suffer such other Punishment by Fine or Imprisonment, or by both, as the Court shall award...
Page 96 - Canada, in equal annual instalments from the date hereof, with interest at the rate of per cent per annum on the terms and in the amounts specified in the coupons attached hereto.
Page 142 - ... against this Act in respect of any act done by him, if he shall at any time previously to his being indicted for such offence have disclosed such act, on oath, in consequence of any compulsory process of any court of law or equity in any action, suit, or proceeding which shall have been bond fide instituted by any party aggrieved, or if he shall have disclosed the same in any examination or deposition before any Commissioners of bankruptcy.
Page 73 - When the human hand, or the human head, has been for some time occupied in any kind of work, it cannot instantly change its employment with full effect. The muscles of the limbs employed have acquired a flexibility during their exertion, and those not in action a stiffness during rest, which renders every change slow and unequal in the commencement. Long habit also produces in the muscles exercised a capacity for enduring fatigue to a much greater degree than they could support under other circumstances.
Page 3 - ... first, the agreeableness or disagreeableness of the employments themselves; secondly, the easiness and cheapness, or the difficulty and expense of learning them; thirdly, the constancy or inconstancy of employment in them; fourthly, the small or great trust which must be reposed in those who exercise them; and, fifthly, the probability or improbability of success in them.
Page 249 - That no dividend shall at any time be made by the said Governor and Company, save only out of the interest, profit, or produce arising by or out of the said capital stock, or fund, or by such dealing as is allowed by Act of Parliament.
Page 145 - ... borrow, owe, or take up in England, any sum or sums of money on their bills or notes payable on demand, or at any less time than six months from the borrowing thereof...