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IGENERAL 



'4.01 5a)ii of Barcelona eftablifhed • - 1,612 



1407 of Genoa - - . . 6t8 



I479 of Medici to be bound to England for 



France — a branch of it apparently in Naples, 1,698 

 1609 of Amflerdam (^See Amjierdam) ii, 253 



of Rotterdam 



for bills of credit, an abortive projefl 



of Hamburgh, faid to be next to thofe 



of Amfterdam, Genoa, and Venice, for 

 credit - . . . 



—— Naples and Bologna 



of England ... 



of Scoll ind - - - 



Royal bank of Scotland 



1765 Country banks numerous in Scotland, optional 



cl.iufe in notes aboliflied, and notes under 



20J' prohibited .... iii, 418 



1783 Bank of Ireland eflablinied - - iv, 20 



1793 Country banks all-over England and Wales 266 



'635 

 1683 

 1638 



1694 



1695 

 17^7 



384 

 612 



630 

 656 

 656 

 669 



670 



Above 100 of them f:ll 

 1797 Banks authorifed to ilTue fmall notes 



Bank of Vienna ftops payment 



1694 Bank of Englfind e(iiih\\(hed 



Capital /'i ,200,000 — conftitution 

 Firfl directors — nature of their bufinefs 

 1697 Bank diftrelfed by bad ftate of filver coin — their 

 notes at a difcount — give their creditors 

 notes bearing intcrrft at 6 per cent 



— Recoinage completed, and credit of the bank 

 reflored — capital enlarged 



267 

 41S 



-.. 4-5 

 11, 656 



656, Cfio 

 663 n, 661 



6S7 



68S 



Dividends now S to 9 per cent 



689 « 



1709 



1711 



Bank allow 3 or 4 per cent intereft on depofils 6S9 



Bank flock riles to 1 12 ... 690 



1698 After the peace notes rife to par . - 693 

 1700 Credit (haken by the death of the king of Spain 709 

 1704 Again oljliged to give notes beating intereft 731 



1706 Term prolonged — begin to circulate exchequ- 

 er bills— enlarge ftock — ilfue bills with 

 intereft . - - . 736 



1708 No company in England of more than fix perfons 

 permitted 10 borrow money for lefs than fix 

 months, except the bank . - iii, 3 



I An invafion apprehended— a run on the bank 4 



Stock incrcafed — bank lend,f400,ooo to govern- 

 ment without intereft — term prolonged to 

 1733 . . - . . 6 



Dividend 9 per cent - - - 6 n 



Bank direftornot be an Eaft-India direflor 13 



. Change of miniftry makes a run on the bank 17 



I Bank ftock iiij - - - - 22 



1713 Term prolonged to 1743 " - - - 37 



17 14 A run on the bank inapprehenfion of the queen's 



death — ftock falls from 126 to 116 - 38 



J715 The bank to be a corporation till the redemp- 

 tion o^ a fund now created - - 44 

 17 17 The bank agree to receive 5 inftead of 6 per 



cent from government — capital increafcd 53 



• Management of government fecurities trans. 



ferred from the exchequer to the b.uik 54 



J72O Bank compete with South-fea company for pur- 

 chafing the national ciebt - .77 

 South-fea ft enzy raifes bank ftock to 260 83, 90 

 1722 Bank buy four millions of South-fea ftock 122 



Forgeries rcfefting ftoi k made tell ny -• 123 



1725 I nterell due by government fill ther reduced 131 



1727 Stock increafed — divided reduced from 6 to 5J 139 

 1742 Stock increal'e.) — intereft furtherreduced — term 



prolonged — forgery made capital - 233 



.1744 State of the capital, fundi, Sec. - 242 



1745 Run uron the bank — refolufion of merchants, 



bankers, &c. to fapport bank credit . 250 n 



1746 Stock further increafed ... 251 

 »747 Dividend reduced to 5 per cent . 259 n 



303 n 



3>3 



3S6 

 478 

 53S 

 J44 

 689 



221 



345 



36i 

 407 

 409 

 410 

 4H 

 415 



1753 And now to 4J . . - 



1759 Notes of /"ij and/ to now ilTucd 



1764 Term prolonged to 1787 — dividend 5 per cent 



1767 Dividend further raif'ed to 5J per cetit 



1773 Difcount on bills raifed to 5 per cent 



Imitationof bank paper, &c. punifhed 



1781 Term prolonged to 1813 - . - 



Dividend raifed to 6 percent — capital increafed 699 



1783 Bank pay a eompofition forftamp duty - iv, 21 

 17SS Dividend raifed to 7 per cent . . ■ 16S 



1791 Unclaimed dividends of government funds 



moftly applied 10 public (ervice 

 1795 Irifh loanmanaged by the bank 



Bank refolve to diminifli difcount 



1797 Bank drained of money by operations of war 



Dcfired by privy council to ilTue no cafh 



Merchants, S:c. refolve to receive bank notes 



Accounts ilhiftrative of the aff^airs of the bank 



Notes of ;<Ji. and ;f 2. and dollars, itfued 



Ilfue of fmall notes fanrtioned, and fundry 



affairs of the bank regulated by parliament, 



4i5-4>7 



Anodier Irifli loan managed by the bank . 417 



Amount of bank notes in circulation, 1790— 1796, 411 



Ditto in each quarter of 1797 - - 437 



And in ilie fame manner at the conclufion of 



each of the fubfequeiit years. 



1798 Bank give /'200, 000 to carry o?i the war 



1799 Bank pay calli for funis not above ;f5 



An extra dividend of to per cent 



1800 Charter prolonged till 1834 



Additional buildings ererted 



1695 Bank o/"5(:of/.i?i(feftablifiied, capital /"too, 000 

 1774 Capital doubled - . . 



1784 Capital increafed . . - 



1792 Capital made/ 600,000, &x. 

 1794 Capital further increafed 



Bank notes — See Paper money. 

 Bankers — Sec GcldJ'mitks. 

 240* A banker, or money-changer, In Sicyon . i 



3oi| Bankers in Jud«a give intereft for money 

 1349 Private bankers in Barcelona give fecurity 

 1665 Bankers or goldfmithsof London borrow money 

 at 4 per cent, and lend it to the king, dif- 

 count bills of exchange, &.-C. - ••> 519 

 1667 A riin uj^on them — ftopped by the king . 530 

 1670 Intereft given by them faid to obftruCl circula- 

 tion, and draw all the money to London, 546,56a 

 1672 The king ftiiits up the exchequer, and they and 

 their creditors are ruined . . - 



- Half of the debt afterwards alTumed by govern- 



ment, and fubfcribed in South-fea ftock 

 The bufinefs of modern bankers a great accom- 

 modation to commerce 

 Remrkable inft.ince of a great banking houfe 

 with almoft no ftock . - iii, 



1543 Bankrupts regulated by acl of parliament ii, 89 



1706-07 Other atts for the fame purpofe - 734) 73^ 

 1764 Bankrupt members of parliament fubjefted to 



the law .... iii. 401 



1772 Eftefts of bankr. not to be aiTefted in Scotland 

 1772 Great bankruptcies in London, followed bv 



others in various parts of the kingdom lii, 524. 

 '773 Great bankruptcies upon the continent - 533 



Bankruptcies mf-re numerous th«a laft year 54S 



1778 Still more numerous this year . . 629 



1781 Act for preventing frauds prolonged - 6t% 



I 17S3 Aft againft arrefts in Scotland arnenled iv, 14 



117X8 Afl for preventing frauds continued - - 171 



1792 In November 105 bankruptcies - - 254 



1793 They are numerous beyond all precedent - 266 



Aft againft arrefts in Scot, cont. and amended 281 



1799 Great bankruptcies in Hamburgh - - 4S4 



4^0 

 46 s 



471 



493 



503 



ii, 669 



5SZ 



IV, 45 



233 



293 



9» 

 '47 

 540 



560 



5«» 

 43 



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