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WEEKLY EVENING MEETING, 



Friday, May 9. 



The Duke of Northumberland, K.G. F.R.S. President, 

 in the Chair. 



Henry Bradbury, Esq. M.R.I. 



On the Security and Manufacture of Bank Notes. 



The many processes connected with the manufacture of Bank 

 Notes invest the subject with deeper interest " than the mere 

 importance attached to them as symbols of commercial confidence. 

 To enter into the consideration of these processes would require 

 a lengthened work. The object is rather to direct attention to tho 

 consideration of that which is the most important feature in their 

 manufacture, namely the engraving, because upon it their security 

 in the eyes of the public mainly depends. It may perhaps be 

 asked, — What occasion is there for discussing this question ? It 

 is replied : that forgery is on the increase ; that difference of 

 opinion exists as to the soundest method to be employed for 

 obviating it ; that facilities are growing up to assist forgery ; and 

 that, further, there is a tendency to employ that method which, in 

 reality, is most exposed to the operations of the forger. If, indeed. 



