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... the requirements of the business ; and the cashiers ' desks sufficiently wide
apart for the public to be promptly served , and to stand without jostling one
another . Some banks have two counters , one for 4 THE HISTORY ,
PRINCIPLES , AND.
... the requirements of the business ; and the cashiers ' desks sufficiently wide
apart for the public to be promptly served , and to stand without jostling one
another . Some banks have two counters , one for 4 THE HISTORY ,
PRINCIPLES , AND.
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A high degree of moral principle is in itself a necessary qualification in a post of
trust and responsibility , and it is usually associated with a cultivated and
improved state of the intellectual faculties . - " If there be in the character not only
sense ...
A high degree of moral principle is in itself a necessary qualification in a post of
trust and responsibility , and it is usually associated with a cultivated and
improved state of the intellectual faculties . - " If there be in the character not only
sense ...
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We may , nevertheless , lay down a few general principles . The great division of
the business of a bank office is into the cashiers ' department and the
accountants ' department . In London banks there is a third - the tellers ' , or out -
door ...
We may , nevertheless , lay down a few general principles . The great division of
the business of a bank office is into the cashiers ' department and the
accountants ' department . In London banks there is a third - the tellers ' , or out -
door ...
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They must be qualified not merely for the lowest post in the bank , but must be
prepared to take higher posts should 1 “ Principles of Political Economy , " by
John Stuart Mill , vol . i . pp . 461-475 . 1 This Institute was established in 1851 on
the ...
They must be qualified not merely for the lowest post in the bank , but must be
prepared to take higher posts should 1 “ Principles of Political Economy , " by
John Stuart Mill , vol . i . pp . 461-475 . 1 This Institute was established in 1851 on
the ...
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Another bank may have a fixed salary for each post , and a clerk has no increase
of salary except when he takes a step in rank . Another bank may adopt a scale of
salaries com . bining the principles of the other two . For instance , every post ...
Another bank may have a fixed salary for each post , and a clerk has no increase
of salary except when he takes a step in rank . Another bank may adopt a scale of
salaries com . bining the principles of the other two . For instance , every post ...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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| Title | The history, principles and practice of banking, revised by A.S. Michie, Volume 1 Bohn's econ. libr The history, principles and practice of banking, revised by A.S. Michie, James William Gilbart |
| Author | James William Gilbart |
| Editor | Alexander S Michie |
| Published | 1882 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 5 Jul 2006 |
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