THE BANKING ALMANAC

AND DIARY,

YEAR-BOOK OF STATISTICS, & DIRECTORY,

EDITED BY R. H. INGLIS PALGRAVE, Esq., F.S.S.

THIS WORK, WHICH HAS LONG BEEN

PATRONISED BY THE BANK OF ENGLAND,

The Private and Joint-Stock Banks, the Private and Public Discount Establishments, the Credit and Finance Companies, and the principal Financial and Mercantile

Establishments,

Contains much valuable Statistical Information from Official Documents.

The DIARY is printed on Superfine Paper, 8vo, and Subscribers wishing to have Diaries with one page for each day, can obtain the same on application, at a slight increase of charge. The ALMANAC, CALENDAR and USUAL TABLES is full and complete. The YEAR-ROOK embraces a variety of useful Statistics, and includes

I. Banking Retrospect.

II. Statistics of the Bank of England, giving a complete analysis of the progress of its business from 1845, with the principal details of importance.

III. Bills brought forward in Parliament con-
cerning Banking in Great Britain and
Ireland.

IV. Returns of Bank Notes of the Bank of
England held by the Public and in
Reserve by the Bank, Bullion, Bills
Discounted, London Bankers' Balances,
&c.

V. Information associated with Suspended
Banks, Finance and Discount Com-
panies.

VI. Useful Information for Bank Managers

and Cashiers. Tables of the value of
the Coins in use in the various States of
the World (including the nominal and
metallic values)-Explanations of the
Terms generally employed in Foreign
Bills, Usance, Days of Grace, &c., &c.
VII. Stamp Duties.
VIII. Notices of Books referring to Banking,
published during the year.

IX. Abbott's Analysis of Joint-Stock Banks.
X. Parliamentary Directory.

XI. Insurance Directory, with Comparative
Table of the Rates charged for Life
Insurance by the Principal Offices in
Great Britain.

TABLE OF PUBLIC GENERAL ACTS OF PAST SESSION.
IMPORTANT PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS ON BANKING AND COMMERCE.

THE BANKING DIRECTORY.

This portion of the work is made as complete and accurate as possible. It is carefully revised, and contains

1. Bank of England.-List of all the Officers of the several Departments.

2. London Bankers-Names, Residences and Occupations, as given in the Official Feturns. 3. A List of all the Private Banks, with the Names and Addresses of each of the Partners, carefully corrected from their own returns. Statement of Branches, and the Names of the Agents.

4. A List of all the Joint-Stock Banks in the United Kingdom, with the Dates of their Establishment; Number of Partners; Paid-up Capital; Guarantee Fund; Fixed Issues; and List of Branches and Sub-Branches, with the Names of the Managers at each.

5. A List of Foreign and British Colonial Joint-Stock Banks having Offices in London. 6. The Particulars of the Finance and Credit Companies, Capital, Reserve Fund, and the Principal Officers.

7. An Alphabetical List of Colonial and Foreign Banks and Bankers, greatly extended and improved.

8. A List of Colonial and Foreign Banks and Bankers.

9. An Alphabetical List of all the Towns in Great Britain where Banks are established, with the Title of the Bank, Name of its Manager, and London Agent.

19. An Alphabetical List of all the Bankers in the United Kingdom.

11. An Alphabetical List of the Directors of the principal London Joint-Stock Banks, Discount Companies and Finance and Credit Companies.

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