JORDAN & SONS, LIMITED

116 AND 120 CHANCERY LANE, LONDON, W.C.

1903

LONDON:
PRINTED BY JORDAN AND SONS, LIMITED,
120 CHANCERY LANE, W.C.

CONTENTS

CHAPTERPAGE
I.[The Period of Monopoly, 1708 to 1826][1]
II.[Before and After the Act of 1844][24]
III.[The Bank's Weekly Return][48]
IV.[The Issue and Banking Departments][63]
V.[The Store in the Issue Department][74]
VI.[Weekly Differences in the Return][85]
VII.[The Bank as Agent of the Mint][94]
VIII.[The Principal Currency Drains][101]
IX.[Banks and the Creation of Credit][113]
X.[The Battle of the Banks][126]
XI.[The London Money Market][139]
XII.[ The Bank Rate and Stock Exchange Securities] [154]
XIII.[The Banks as Stockbrokers][161]
XIV.[The Short Loan Fund and the Price of Securities][169]
XV.[Panic Years][177]
XVI.[The Banks and the Public][224]
XVII.[Bank Stock][240]

CHAPTER I.