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... Clearing House , " for the purpose of facilitating their exchanges with each other . By this means each banker is enabled to pay the cheques drawn upon himself by the cheques he holds upon other bankers . And hence he is not under the ...
... Clearing House , " for the purpose of facilitating their exchanges with each other . By this means each banker is enabled to pay the cheques drawn upon himself by the cheques he holds upon other bankers . And hence he is not under the ...
Page 92
... clearing - house , the effect , as regards the public , is the same . The deposit system might thus , by means of transfers , be carried to such an extent as wholly to supersede the use of a metallic currency . Were every man to keep a ...
... clearing - house , the effect , as regards the public , is the same . The deposit system might thus , by means of transfers , be carried to such an extent as wholly to supersede the use of a metallic currency . Were every man to keep a ...
Page 178
... clearing ; but , above all , if he is found cross - firing : that is , drawing bills upon parties who at the same ... cleared on the same day ; and hence the parties ' accounts appear better the next day than they otherwise would be ...
... clearing ; but , above all , if he is found cross - firing : that is , drawing bills upon parties who at the same ... cleared on the same day ; and hence the parties ' accounts appear better the next day than they otherwise would be ...
Page 187
... clearing any account between such bankers . Letter written by a banker in the United Kingdom to any other banker in the United Kingdom , directing the payment of any sum of money , the same not being payable to bearer or order , and ...
... clearing any account between such bankers . Letter written by a banker in the United Kingdom to any other banker in the United Kingdom , directing the payment of any sum of money , the same not being payable to bearer or order , and ...
Page 193
... Clearing - house is a legal presentment . " On the 11th September , between one and two o'clock , the defendants gave the plaintiffs a cheque upon Bloxam and Co. , the bankers , in payment for goods . The plaintiffs lodged the cheque ...
... Clearing - house is a legal presentment . " On the 11th September , between one and two o'clock , the defendants gave the plaintiffs a cheque upon Bloxam and Co. , the bankers , in payment for goods . The plaintiffs lodged the cheque ...
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advances agents amount of notes balance bank notes Bank of England Bank of Ireland Bank of Scotland banking company banks of issue bills of exchange branch bank branches bullion called capital cash credit cent charter cheques clerks coin commercial committee country bankers currency current account customers debit debt demand deposit accounts deposits directors Ditto dividends duties effect employed established exchequer bills favour foreign funds give Government governor and company hands hence increase indorsed invested issue department issue notes issue of notes joint-stock banks keep liabilities loans London bankers manager ment merchants months notes in circulation notice occasion operations paid parties partners payable payment person pressure principle private bank produce profit promissory notes public companies rate of interest receipts received regulated remitted securities shareholders speculation Steady & Co tion trade transactions usually
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