Everybody's Guide to Money Matters: with a description of the various investments chiefly dealt in on the stock exchange, and the mode of dealing therein by William Cotton
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ceived that £565 14s. 6d. has been paid into the
bank, as appears on the left-hand page, and that £357 3s. 4d. has been drawn out, as appears on the right-hand page. The balance or difference between the two, amounting to £208 11s. 2d., remains to the credit of Miss Smith. In this comfortable state of things we will leave Miss Smith, who can now claim to consult her banker in matters of business. He will be able to offer her facilities in various ways. He will hold for her, in safe custody, any deeds or securities; and whilst she is absent from home will take charge of her plate or valu- ables, free of all expense. If she is travelling about the country he will arrange so that her cheques on the Blankshire Bank may be cashed at any other bank in the kingdom. If she has occasion for it he will send money on her account to some other person's credit at any bank in the kingdom or the civilised world. If she desires to travel abroad, he will obtain a passport for her and provide her with "circular notes," which may be turned into money at any place she is likely to visit. He will buy and sell stocks, shares, annuities, &c., for her, and collect dividends, interest, coupons, &c., payable anywhere at home or |
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