~ INDEX. ∞ PAGE. ACCEPTANCES (see Bills of Exchange) ACCOUNT IN JOINT NAMES, on death of either party banker may refuse payment (question with answer) ACTS OF PARLIAMENT Australian, for compulsory publication of Bank returns Bank Act of 1844 and £1 note issue. Theory of note-issue prerogative of the Crown Bankruptcy Act, 1883, 46 and 47 Vict., chap. 52, full text of (see also Bankruptcy Act) Schedule of Statutes relating to unclaimed dividends. (see Chalmers) Bills of Exchange, 1882, action to recover altered Bank of England note, under Bubble Act . Companies Act National Debt Act, 1883, chief provisions Full text ADELAIDE SOVEREIGNS ADVANCES, Australian banks Agricultural and Real Property Bank of France, Returns (Nov. 1882, to Oct. 1883) on bullion to State on Stock, in 1882. Code of Regulations as to custody of securities, collection of Bankers guarantees for (see Paget) 119 6 77,87 138 385-466 465 466 553 526-533 132-133 133-134 516-518 519-525 13 30, 44-47 27 23-27, 41 599 493 482 474 499-503 on Foreign bills 535 308 against stock certificate, transfer in blank, loss falls on banker 535 143, 145 by cash credits 145 Questions, with answers approved by the Council, on. 535 "AGENT FOR COLLECTION," Country Banker as AGRICULTURAL ADVANCES AND REAL PROPERTY, in Australia AGRICULTURE, depression of, and appreciation of gold, speech by AMERICA, see United States. AMERICAN BANKERS' ASSOCIATION (Proceedings of the) £2 10s., payment of dividends quarterly, Treasury notice ANONYMOUS COMPANIES IN FRANCE 368 27 162 56-59 519-525 576 474 AUSTRALASIA, history and development of banking in (see Brett). banks of issue (tables). colonies of (table) draft on, expenses of gold coinage and light gold gold fields, bankers' business in squatters' business Statistics of . trade with, amount of AUSTRALIA (Bank of), lottery (South) gold coinage see Australasia AUSTRALIAN BANK NOTES "AUSTRALIAN BANKING " notice AUSTRALIAN BANKS, value of business premises AUTHORITY, Executor's to pay cheques Minor, to sign cheques. BALANCE SHEET, analysis of PAGE. 1, 108 510 18,39 12, 39, 183, 204 11-17 23 33 49 51, 54 12-13, 39 98 128 8 370 118 BANQUE D'ESCOMPTE DE PARIS, date of foundation, capital, shares, 351. 472-173 &c. BANQUE DE PARIS ET DE PAYS BAS, date of foundation, capital, BANKERS, Country, collection refusal and stopping of cheques by, Private, turned into Joint Stock, lose note issue Life in the Gold Fields of Australia London, petition to House of Commons on Bankruptcy Reform BANKING, in Australasia, history and development of (see Brett). in France, history and practice of (see Chevassus) practice of in Scotland (see Fleming) BANKRUPTCY ACT, 1883 (see Chalmers) (FULL TEXT OF) Arrangement of sections PART I.-Proceedings from act of bankruptcy to discharge :- 368-370 117 15. 366 173 1 102 469 582 129 553 385-466 385 393 BANKRUPTCY BILL, return to House of Commons of memorandum 459 462 462 462 464 464 464 464 465 465 465 466 210 BANKRUPTCY REFORM Bill prepared on suggestion of President, Sir J. Lubbock BANKS- Australasian banks of issue value of their business premises AUSTRALIA (BANK OF) lottery Country, questions with regard to cheques of (with answers) gold passed through scales of (1860-1880), and proportion note issues, monthly averages comparison of position of fixed issues in United King- PAGE. 366 34, 44 8 51,54 368-370 478 362 600 601 200 130 493 524 72, 126, 174, 272, 320, 382, 538, 540, 542, 544, 546, 588 596 warrants of Treasury under Nation al Debt Act, authority for weekly Returns summary, Nov. 1, 1882, to Oct. 31, 1883 not liable for fraudulent alteration, legal decision FRANCE (BANK OF), date of foundation, original and present in 1848 and 1882-capital, deposits, discounts, cash and bul- |