WENLEY (J. A.)-continued. Bank-notes with Optional Clause Money deposited in Edinburgh Castle during Rebellion its charters PAGE 128 129 130 130 130 130-131 Scotch banks, middle 18th century. 131 Rise and growth of deposit system. 133-134 Effect in Scotland of suspension of payment by Bank of England in 1797 Failures of Western Bank of Scotland and City of Glasgow Bank Average dividend 143 Tables: statement of Scotch banks at 1845, with circulation authorised by 8 & 9 Vict., c. 38. 144 banks of issue in Scotland in 1845, not now existing 145 paid-up capital of Scotch banks at decennial periods, 1845 to 1857, number of banking offices in Scotland and proportion of population Rules for exchanges of notes and general settlements of banks in Position of Country bankers in London contrasted with that of 161 162 163 163 163 164 165 165-166 166 166 166-167 WENLEY (J. A.)—continued. Greig (W. K.). Unfairness to English bankers arising from Scottish monopoly Advantages of £1 notes Currency of notes dependent, not upon gold set aside to meet them, Endorsement of cheques to bearer. Wenley (J. A.) Reply Endorsement of cheques to bearer. PAGE. 167 168 168 168 169 169 170 170 170 170 170 Cost of printing and paper of £1 note "Lost Note Fund" Origin of notes for two guineas and one guinea. Monopoly of Scotch banks Centralization of banking in London WHEAT, average price of (weekly Returns) cultivation in India, as field for capital WIFE-see Husband and Wife. WILKINSON and Co., v. Unwin, report of case WILLIAMSON (Stephen), address at meeting of International Monetary Standard Association WOMAN, married, banking account in name of, her separate property, under Act 1882 WOMEN'S (married) Property Act, 1882 (see Paget). WOOD (Mr.). Remarks in Discussion (Temple, on India-purchasing 1444 ΟΙ tained actions ne East ial and sted by experiwriters 1 I have who have treated of this branch since endeavoured to the best of my ability to think ou airly and thoroughly many of the various problems connected with the subject and the solutions of them which have been presented. I shall commence, therefore, with the most general view of the functions of money, and endeavour to trace how these are maintained even in the most highly organized monetary systems which in the enquiry, for the world's history presents no such order of obtain in the present day. No chronological order can be observed which we have still to recognize in their pristine integrity, while development. On the contrary the earliest records show principles constantly recurring features in the records of many nations. |