Journal of the Institute of Bankers, Volume 34Institute of Bankers., 1913 - Banks and banking |
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amount average balance BANK LTD Bank of England Banking Company bankrupt bankruptcy Bills of Exchange borrow branch branch banks British cash cent centres cheque CHIG City and Midland coin Council Counties Bank County and Westminster creditor currency current account debt demand deposits discount drawn English exports favour finance funds gold Government holder important increase India Institute of Bankers investments issue John Joint Stock Bank Journal lectures liability Liverpool Lloyds Bank Limited loan Lombard Street London City London County London Joint Stock Lord manager Manchester ment Messrs Midland Bank Midland Bank Limited mortgage National Provincial Bank Newcastle-on-Tyne notes notice paid payable payment plaintiffs present profits question rate of interest Reserve Rudesheimers rupees securities silver sovereigns Street Threadneedle Street tion trade transactions trustee Uniform Law Westminster Bank William Wilts and Dorset Yorkshire Bank
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Page 15 - A bill of exchange is an unconditional order in writing, addressed by one person to another, signed by the person giving it, requiring the person to whom it is addressed to pay on demand or at a fixed or determinable future time a sum certain in money to or to the order of a specified person, or to bearer.
Page 474 - England, or, within a year before the date of the presentation of the petition, has ordinarily resided or had a dwelling-house or place of business in England.
Page 211 - The principle upon which courts of equity have proceeded in establishing this lien, in the nature of a trust, is, that a person who has gotten the estate of another, ought not, in conscience, as between them, to be allowed to keep it, and not to pay the full consideration money.
Page 590 - ... adjudication, shall, if completed before any intervention by the trustee, be valid against the trustee, and any estate or interest in such property which by virtue of this Act is vested in the trustee shall determine and pass in such manner and to such extent as may be required for giving effect to any such transaction.
Page 393 - A direct tax is one which is demanded from the very persons who, it is intended or desired, should pay it. Indirect taxes are those which are demanded from one person in the expectation and intention that he shall indemnify himself at the expense of another ; such as the excise or customs.
Page 250 - Where a bill has been lost before it is overdue the person who was the holder of it may apply to the drawer to give him another bill of the same tenor, giving security to the drawer if required to indemnify him against all persons whatever in case the bill alleged to have been lost shall be found again. If the drawer on request as aforesaid refuses to give such duplicate bill he may be compelled to do so.
Page 474 - Where an undischarged bankrupt who has been adjudged bankrupt nnder this act obtains credit to the extent of twenty pounds or upwards from any person without informing such person that he is an undischarged bankrupt...
Page 473 - Essay to exceed in length 30 pages (8vo.) of this publication, and distinct references should be made to such authorities as may be quoted or referred to. The Council shall, if they see fit, cause the successful Essays, or abridgments thereof, to be read at a meeting of the Institute of Bankers, and shall have the right of publishing the Essays in their Journal one month before their appearance in any separate independent form ; this right of publication to continue till six months after the award...
Page 518 - It is a very valuable part of the capital of the country, which produces nothing to the country. The judicious operations of banking, by substituting paper in the room of a great part of this gold and silver, enables the country to convert a great part of this dead stock into active and productive stock; into stock which produces something to the country.
Page 42 - Government should continue to give rupees for gold, but fresh rupees should not be coined until the proportion of gold in the currency is found to exceed the requirements of the public. We also recommend that any profit on the coinage of rupees should not be credited to the revenue or held as a portion of the ordinary balance of the Government of India, but should be kept in gold as a special reserve, entirely apart from the Paper Currency Reserve and the ordinary Treasury balances."25 24 Fowler...