The Theory and Practice of Banking, Volume 2

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Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, 1886 - Banks and banking - 4 pages
 

Contents

On the Appropriation of Payments
9
Their description of the extraordinary debasement of
11
Extraordinary depression of the Exchange between London
14
General revival of prosperity in 1823
21
First declaration of the opinion that gold had risen and paper
22
Accounts of the French Assignats
24
Very debased state of the coinage
28
Practical results of Laws Theory
30
Evidence of Mr Chambers
32
Circumstances which lead to the great depreciation of
34
On the Theory of basing a Paper Currency
36
Discussion of the third point of difference between the parties
38
Appointment of the Bullion Committee
40
Adam Smith the parent of both these currency fallacies
43
Issues maintained by one party
46
The circulation of Scotch 1 notes in England forbidden 129
49
91
54
First appearance of the heresy that bills of exchange form
55
The same continued
59
Great speculations and increase of country banks in 1813
60
Great apparent prosperity at the beginning of 1825
64
The same continued
65
35
66
The same continued
71
The same continued
77
Act to prohibit the Bank making advances to Government
82
132
89
The Bank of England resists the principles of the Bullion
92
Mismanagement of the Bank in 1818
98
The Currency Act of 1819 produced no con
105
Fatal conduct of the Bank of England at this period
109
Great drain of bullion in 181819appointment of Com
110
Continuation of Sir Robert Peels speech
115
The crisis an example of the truth of the principles of
119
38
121
8885
139
Appointment of the Committee on banks of issue in 1840
145
Chief provisions of the
153
Reports of the Committees
159
Pressure in 1856
165
Monetary pressure in April 1847
167
The speculative mania not attributable to the Bank or
173
Meeting of Parliament in November 1847
188
81
190
52
191
CHAPTER XIII
198
The optional clauses in the Bank Notes
205
Great Commercial Crisis in 1793
217
Details of this failure
233
18
241
82
242
Opinion of Mr Irving
313
Mr G W Norman on Currency
315
Speech of Sir Robert Peel
323
Arithmetical errors of the Bank
342
On the causes which compelled the Suspension of the Bank
348
The same continued
350
2 The Restrictive Theory
355
An excessive restriction of Credit produces and causes a
363
Speech of Mr Thornton
381
Regulations of Bank Charter Act 1833
384
101
413
Bankers as Agents or Correspondents of other bankers
415
On Banking Investments
419
On discounting Bills of Exchange
420
Advances on loan with security 419 420
424
Advances by way of Cash Credits and Overdrawn Accounts
427
Bill brokers 18 Advances to Companies 19 Table of Charges of the Scotch Banks
429
On the Clearing System
435
On the Edinburgh Clearing House
437
On the London Clearing House 427
443
CHAPTER XIX
448
Rules relating to a Bankers Lien 4 On Goods taken as Security
452
Policies of Life Assurance taken as Securities 6 On Title Deeds taken as Security
455
On Dock Warrants and Bills of Lading
462
The Factors
463
The most celebrated examples of Lawism
469
Factors Acts Amendment Act 1877
472
On Bills of Lading
474
Bills of Lading Amendment Act 1855
476
CHAPTER XX
478
Definitions and General Principles
480
On the Transfer of a Credit or Debt 448 448
481
455
484
18 19
488
459
496
The bold policy of the Bank saved it from bankruptcy
499
Theory of the opponents of the Bullion Report
503
Opinion of Mr John Ward
509
462
517
103
518
121
522
VOL II
529
The same continued
537
474
542
The Scotch Banks suspend payments in cash in 1797
550
255
558
283
566
Opinion of M Michel Chevalier
573
535
576
333
581
Conflict of Laws
587

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