Front matter
Reading edition
FELLOW OF AND LECTURER TO THE BANKERS’ INSTITUTE AND LECTURER TO THE EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF THE LONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
THIRD EDITION
METHUEN & CO. LTD. 36 ESSEX STREET W.C. LONDON
First Published June 1904
Second Edition January 1911
Third Edition 1920
CONTENTS
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CHAPTER I
The Beginning of Banking in England 1
CHAPTER II
The Foundation and Growth of the Bank of England 7
CHAPTER III
The Early Private Bankers 19
CHAPTER IV
The Bank Charter Act of 1844, and its Suspensions 28
CHAPTER V
The Development of London as the
Financial Centre of the World 41
CHAPTER VI
Factors of the Money Market 47
CHAPTER VII
The Bank Return 56
CHAPTER VIII
The Growth of Joint-stock Banks 76
CHAPTER IX
Joint-stock Bank Balance Sheets 87
CHAPTER X
The Bill-brokers 105
CHAPTER XI
The Clearing House 115
CHAPTER XII
Foreign Exchanges 122
CHAPTER XIII
The Money Article of the Press 144
CHAPTER XIV
Conclusion 161
APPENDIX
The Gold Reserve 169
Index 179
THE MONEY MARKET