The English Banking SystemU.S. Government Printing Office, 1910 - 294 Seiten Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives. |
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... notes at all . 4. Provider of emergency currency . 5. Keeper of the gold reserve for British banking . 6. Keeper of ... note issue , the Bank has a great prestige in the eyes of the general public , which it communicates to the other ...
... notes at all . 4. Provider of emergency currency . 5. Keeper of the gold reserve for British banking . 6. Keeper of ... note issue , the Bank has a great prestige in the eyes of the general public , which it communicates to the other ...
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... notes are backed , to the extent of about one - third , by securities . So that the actual gold held against these ... note issue , which once gave it the monopoly of joint - stock banking in Lon- don , is now a matter of comparatively ...
... notes are backed , to the extent of about one - third , by securities . So that the actual gold held against these ... note issue , which once gave it the monopoly of joint - stock banking in Lon- don , is now a matter of comparatively ...
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... notes payable at demand . " This monopoly was conferred on the Bank in 1706 and was maintained until 1826 , when the implied monopoly in joint - stock banking was re- stricted to a 65 - mile radius around London . In 1833 joint - stock ...
... notes payable at demand . " This monopoly was conferred on the Bank in 1706 and was maintained until 1826 , when the implied monopoly in joint - stock banking was re- stricted to a 65 - mile radius around London . In 1833 joint - stock ...
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... note issue was £ 28,351,000 , which was backed by £ 14,000,000 in securities , £ 12,657,000 in gold coin and bullion ... note issue , public opinion expressed itself so vigorously that the suggestion was promptly buried . The Bank's ...
... note issue was £ 28,351,000 , which was backed by £ 14,000,000 in securities , £ 12,657,000 in gold coin and bullion ... note issue , public opinion expressed itself so vigorously that the suggestion was promptly buried . The Bank's ...
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... note , and banks without any right of note issue had been II years established in London . The Bank of England's note ... notes , and since the latter have thus become part of the foundation on which the deposit liabilities of the other ...
... note , and banks without any right of note issue had been II years established in London . The Bank of England's note ... notes , and since the latter have thus become part of the foundation on which the deposit liabilities of the other ...
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accepting houses advances allotted amount assets balance sheets Bank Act bank notes Bank of England Bank of France Bank of Germany Bank rate Bank's banking community banking department Belgium bills of exchange borrowing brokers bullion capital cash in hand cent checks clearing bankers Clearing House clerks coin country banks current accounts customers debenture debenture stock demand deposit accounts depositors deposits directors discount houses England notes English banking extent fluctuation foreign exchanges gold Governor held HOUSE OF LORDS increase issue department issue notes jobber joint stock banks joint stock companies liabilities loans London Stock Exchange Majesty's Government ment metallic note circulation note issue number of days number of shares offices paid paper payment principle private banks proportion of cash rate of discount regulation reserve Scotch banks Scotland Scottish banks securities shareholders Sir Robert Peel specie statement tion transfer
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Seite 85 - In our opinion such Balance Sheet is properly drawn up so as to exhibit a true and correct view of the state of the General Fund of the Society according to the best of our information and the explanations given to us, and as shown by the books of the Society.
Seite 9 - Company of the Bank of England) or for any other persons whatsoever, united or to be united in covenants or partnerships, 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 80 - I cannot think that it can be expected of a director that he should be watching either the inferior officers of the bank or verifying the calculations of the auditors himself. The business of life could not go on if people could not trust those who are put into a position of trust for the express purpose of attending to details of management.
Seite 30 - ... a bill of exchange drawn on a bank and payable on demand, every check is a bill, that is, it is a species of a bill.
Seite 134 - The directors shall have power at any time, and from time to time, to appoint a person as an additional director who shall retire from office at the next following ordinary general meeting, but shall be eligible for election by the company at that meeting as an additional director.
Seite 213 - ... banks of London, have presented themselves in Downing Street, and have urged with unanimity and with earnestness the necessity of some intervention on the part of the State to allay the anxiety which prevails and which appears to have amounted, through great part of the day, to absolute panic. There are some important points in which the present crisis differs from those of 1847 and 1857.
Seite 65 - 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 out of the said capital, stock, or fund, or by such dealing as is allowed by Act of Parliament.
Seite 213 - The accounts and representations which have reached her Majesty's Government during the day exhibit the state of things in the city as one of extraordinary distress and apprehension. Indeed, deputations composed of persons of the greatest weight and influence, and representing alike the private and...
Seite 177 - England on discounts and tem" porary advances is not less than 12 per cent, per annum ; " and (2) That the foreign exchanges are favourable to this " country ; and (3) That a large portion of the existing amount of " Bank of England and other bank notes in circulation is rendered " ineffective for its ordinary purpose by reason of internal panic ; " they may, by order under their hands, empower the issue depart...
Seite 179 - An Act to regulate the issue of bank notes, and for giving to the Governor and Company of the Bank of England certain privileges for a limited period.