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Tables of Contents for Banking Theory 1870-1930
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The History and Principles of Banking:---
The Origin and Progress of Banking
1
8
The Rise of Banking in England
9
12
The History of the Bank of England
21
50
The London Bankers
71
1
Country Banks
72
5
Joint-Stock Banks
77
5
Branch Banks
82
4
Banks of Deposit
86
7
Banks of Remittance
93
5
Banks of Circulation
98
11
Banks of Discount
109
20
Cash Credit Banks
129
5
Loan Banks
134
5
Savings Banks
139
6
Part I.---Of Practical Banking:---
The Nature of Banking
145
2
The Utility of Banking
147
8
Banking Terms
155
5
The General Administration of a Bank
160
20
The Administration of a Bank with Regard to Proceedings on Bills of Exchange
180
21
The Administration of a Bank with Regard to the Employment of its Surplus Funds
201
12
The Administration of a Bank During a Season of Pressure
213
13
The Administration of a Bank Under the Act of 1844
226
28
The Administration of the Banking Department of the Bank of England
254
23
The Panics of 1857 and of 1866
277
32
The Administration of Joint-Stock Banks, with an Inquiry into the Causes of Their Failures
309
36
The Administration of the Office
345
30
Banking Book-Keeping
375
44
Banking Calculations
419
6
Banking Documents
425
3
Part II.---Of Banking Institutions
The Bank of England
428
18
The London Private Bankers
446
16
Joint-Stock Banks in London
462
8
The Country Private Banks
470
19
The Scotch Banks
489
34
The Irish Banks
523
47
The Moral and Religious Duties of Banking Companies
570
23
Ten Minutes' Advice About Keeping a Banker
593
10
Appendix
603
Introduction to Seventh Edition
xi
Introduction to Sixth Edition
xv
The Function of Manager
1
5
Personal Credit
6
8
The Testimony of a Balance-sheet
14
13
The Credit of Limited Companies
27
5
Cover for Debt
32
12
Overdrawn Accounts
44
6
Insolvent Trading
50
4
Occasional Overdrafts
54
5
Recall of Advances
59
5
Bankruptcy
64
6
Trade Bills
70
9
Loan Bills and Notes
79
6
Negociability of Bills
85
6
Personal Security
91
34
Collateral Security:
Deposit of Title Deeds
96
5
Railway Stock
101
1
Securities to Bearer
102
1
Transfers in Blank
103
1
Local Shares
104
1
Shipping Securities
105
2
Bills of Lading
107
2
House Property
109
2
Securities which are not Security:
Life Policies
111
1
Reversions
112
1
Bills of Sale
113
1
Second Mortgages
114
3
Building Land
117
2
Buildings and Machinery
119
1
Securities involving Liability
120
5
Deposits and Runs
125
35
Interest and Discount:
Interest on Deposits
135
3
Discount on Bills
138
4
Interest on Overdrafts
142
2
Bank Charges:
On Lodgments
144
3
On Payments to Debit
147
2
Commission on Overdrafts
149
5
Circulation:
Drafts after Date
154
2
Own Notes
156
4
The Use of a Banker
160
5
Salaries
165
27
Office Expenses:
Premises
171
2
Incidental Expenses
173
2
Subscriptions and Charities
175
3
Routine Duties:
Attendance
178
3
Private Conduct
181
2
Instructions from Head Office
183
1
Managerial Responsibility
184
2
Correspondence:
With the Head Office
186
2
With Customers
188
1
A Banker's Opinion
189
3
Competition in Banking
192
5
A new Bank for Oxborough
197
5
The Office of Chief Manager
202
29
Banking Finance:
The Balance-sheet
207
3
The Reserve
210
1
A Reserve of 20 per Cent
211
6
A Reserve of One-third
217
3
Composition of the Reserve
220
2
Re-discounting
222
3
Advances:
Limit thereof
225
2
Bank Credits
227
4
Advances to Shareholders
231
4
Large Accounts
235
22
Bills of Exchange:
Varieties of Bills
243
4
Kite-flying
247
10
Reserve Liability
257
5
Capital and Shares
262
17
Profit and Loss:
Profits of Banking
269
2
Risks of Banking
271
2
Provision for Less
273
2
Dividend and Bonus
275
4
The Rest
279
6
Opening of New Branches
285
4
The Directorate
289
7
Rights and Duties of Shareholders
296
10
The Future Outlook
306
THE ENGLISH BANKING SYSTEM
Hartley Withers
The English System:
The Bank of England
3
20
The joint-stock banks
23
18
The Scotch banks
41
9
The private banks
50
3
The merchant bankers and accepting houses
53
5
The postal and trustee savings banks
58
3
The discount houses
61
4
Law and Custom in the English System
65
84
The Bank of England
66
12
The English joint-stock banks
78
15
The private banks
93
2
The Scotch banks
95
4
The Banking Business in England and Scotland:
English arrangements
99
6
Scotch arrangements
105
1
English banking associations
106
3
Conclusion
109
2
The London Stock Exchange:
The institution of the jobber
111
9
Constitution and membership
120
7
The government of the exchange
127
1
The settlement and other details
128
4
The official list
132
17
THE HISTORY OF THE SEPARATION OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND
149
113
Sir R. H. Inglish Palgrave
History of the Separation
149
33
Separation of the Two Departments and the Rate of Discount
182
20
Correspondence Between the Government and the Bank of England During the Crises of 1847, 1857, and 1866
202
19
Extracts from Evidence and Reports of Committees of the House of Lords and the House of Commons on the Division of the Departments
221
22
Remarks on the Bank Act of 1844 by the Late Dr. N. G. Pierson, Sometime President of the Bank of the Netherlands
243
19
ENGLISH BANKING ORGANIZATIONS
262
5
Ernest Sykes
THE LONDON BANKERS CLEARING HOUSE
267
168
Robert Martin Holland
Bills, checks, etc., paid at the bankers clearing house in London, 1899-1908
292
1
The average daily clearings, 1868-1908
293
1
Statistics of the bankers clearing house from 1868-1908
294
Preface
v
Banker and Customer
1
21
Cheques
22
19
Bills of Exchange (Inland)
41
23
Bills of Exchange (Foreign)
64
15
Operations on Current Account
79
24
The Bankers' Clearing House
103
23
Bankers' Charges
126
13
Loans by Bankers
139
26
The Gratuitous Services of Bankers
165
9
The Bank of England
174
17
The Money Market
191
18
Financial Crises
209
13
The Foreign Exchanges
222
16
Fluctuations in Rates of Exchange
238
13
The Functions of Money
251
4
The Value of Money
255
4
Various Systems of Iegal Tender
259
2
Grlsham's Law
261
3
The English Coinage
264
5
Adoption of the Gold Standard in the United Kingdom
269
4
Bimetalism
273
7
Effect of the Gold Discoveries
280
6
The Relation Between Money, Credit, and Prices
286
11
The Function and Limits of Speculation
297
8
The War Crisis of 1914
305
22
Paper Money---Its Dangers and Methods of Regulation
327
9
Rise and Development of Banking in England
336
8
Rise and Development of Banking in England (II)
344
10
Rise and Development of Banking in England (III)
354
7
The London Stock Exchange
361
12
Head Office Book-Keeping
373
5
Books Recording Assets
378
20
Books Recording Liabilities
398
17
Main Cash Book and General Ledger
415
3
Inter-Branch Transactions and Branch Returns
418
4
Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet
422
8
Some of the Principal Banking Instruments Traced Through the Books
430
5
Index
435
Preface
vii
Introductory Historical Note
ix
PART I
Historical Survey, 1825--1843
1
7
Historical Survey, 1844--1861
8
22
Historical Survey, 1862--1889
30
17
Historical Survey, 1890--1902
47
16
Historical Survey, 1903-1924
63
32
PART II
Effects of Amalgamation. (Mainly Statistical)
95
21
Effects of Amalgamation (continued)
116
25
PART III
Advantages and Disadvantages of Amalgamation
141
28
Advantages and Disadvantages of Amalgamation (continued)
169
18
Conclusions and Remedies
187
6
Appendix I---Chronological Table of Amalgamations
193
3
Appendix II---List of Amalgmations Effected in the Period 1825-1924
196
22
Appendix III---Report of Treasury Committee on Bank Amalgamations (Colwyn Committee)
218
31
What is a Bank?
13
13
Central Banking
26
53
The English Banking System
79
13
Deposit Banks
92
18
A Bank Balance Sheet
110
31
The Creation of Credit
141
13
Advances to Customers
154
26
The Accepting Houses
180
21
The Discount Market
201
24
Bank Organization
225
24
Bibliography
249
2
Index
251