English Public Finance from the Revolution of 1688: With Chapters on the Bank of EnglandBankers Trust Company, 1920 - 241 Seiten |
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Seite 102 - English in the latter part of the seventeenth century and the early part of the eighteenth as the Great Carrying Place because of its accessibility to Lakes George and Champlain.
Seite 178 - There is in it a gilt tower, with a fountain that plays; near it, on the farther side, is a handsome house, built by a Goldsmith, and presented by him to the City. There are, besides, to be seen in this street, as in all others where there are Goldsmiths' shops, all sorts of gold and silver vessels exposed to sale; as well as ancient and modern medals, in such quantities as must surprise a man the first time he sees and considers them.
Seite 191 - Parliament, and that it shall not be lawful for any body politic or corporate whatsoever created or to be created, or for any other persons whatsoever united or to be united in covenants or partnership exceeding the number of six persons in that part of Great Britain called England, to borrow, owe, or take up 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...
Seite 108 - ... money as of plate and certain sorts of merchandizes, having been, valued and prised by the commandment of the...
Seite 74 - ... highness by authority of this present parliament, all and every sum and sums of money, which to them, and every of them, is, ought, or might be due, by reason of any money, or any other thing, to his grace at any time heretofore advanced, or paid, by way of prest or loan...
Seite 44 - deposits, the effect of the whole transaction " thus being to increase by £10,000,000 the purchasing power " in the hands of the public in the form of deposits in the Joint " Stock Banks and the bankers' cash at the Bank of England
Seite 119 - As to Mr. Pitt's project of paying off the national debt by applying a million a year for that purpose, while he continues adding more than twenty millions a year to it, it is like setting a man with a wooden leg to run after a hare. The longer he runs the farther he is off.
Seite 73 - They passed a statute, the most extraordinary, perhaps, of those strange times, wherein " they do, for themselves and all the whole body of tho realm which they represent, freely, liberally, and absolutely give and grant unto the king's highness, by authority of this present Parliament, all and every sum and sums of money which to them and every of them, is, ought, or might Ьечаие, by reason of any money, or any other thing, to his grace at any time heretofore advanced or paid by way of trust...
Seite 191 - England, it shall not be lawful for any body politic or corporate whatsoever, created or to be created (other than the said Governor and Company of the Bank of England), or for any other persons whatsoever, united or to be united in covenants or...
Seite 212 - Stocks and bonds of these loans and the dividends payable from time to time in respect thereof, will be exempt from all British taxation, present or future, if it is shown in the manner directed by the Treasury that they are in the beneficial ownership of a person who is neither domiciled nor ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.