Capital £1,000,000, in 20,000 Shares of £50 each. Paid-up Capital, £300,000. Reserve Fund, £35,000. Head Office :-7, FENCHURCH STREET, E.C. West End Branch:-27, REGENT STREET, S.W. Current Accounts are opened on the terms usually adopted by Bankers. In cases where a remunerative balance is not maintained, a small charge for commission is made. Deposits of £10 and upwards are received, subject to seven days' notice of withdrawal, and interest is allowed thereon at the current rate of the day. Deposits are also received for fixed periods, according to arrangement. Money can be paid in at the Head Office, or at any Branch, for Customers' Accounts. The Agency of Country and Foreign Banks is undertaken, and every description of Banking business is transacted. Investments and Sales of all descriptions of British and Foreign Securities, &c., are effected, and Dividends and Military and other Pay and Allowances are received. Drafts on Demand, Circular Notes, and Letters of Credit are issued. The Officers of the Bank are bound not to disclose the transactions of its Customers. LIMITED. Established in 1836, and Registered in 1880 under " The Companies' Acts, 1862 to 1879." HEAD OFFICE: 21, LOMBARD STREET. Head Office Manager :-WILLIAM HOWARD, Esq. The London & County Banking Company, Limited, Opens DRAWING ACCOUNTS with Commercial Houses and Private Individuals, upon the plan usually adopted by other Bankers. DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS.-Deposit Receipts are issued for sums of Money placed upon these Accounts, and Interest is allowed for such periods and at such rates as may be agreed upon, reference being had to the state of the Money Market. CIRCULAR NOTES and LETTERS OF CREDIT are issued payable in the principal Cities and Towns of the Continent. Letters of Credit are also issued payable in Australia, Canada, India, China, the United States, and elsewhere. The Agency of Foreign and Country Banks is undertaken. The Purchase and Sale of Government and other Stocks, also of English and Foreign Shares, are effected. Dividends, Annuities, &c., are received for Customers of the Bank. Great facilities are afforded to the Customers of the Bank for the receipt of Money both from and in the Towns where the Company has Branches. The Officers of the Bank are bound not to disclose the transactions of any of its Customers. By Order of the Directors, W. McKEWAN, General Manager. ESTABLISHED 1851. 29 & 30, SOUTHAMPTON BUILDINGS, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON. The BIRKBECK BANK opens Drawing Accounts with trading firms and private individuals, upon the plan usually adopted by other Bankers, but with the important exception that it allows interest, at the rate of Two per cent. per annum, on the minimum monthly balances, when not drawn below £50. No Commission charged for keeping Accounts, exceping under special circumstances. Money is received at Three per cent. interest on Deposit Account, repayable without notice; but these Accounts cannot be drawn upon by Cheque. The Bank undertakes the custody of securities of customers, and the collection of Bills of Exchange, Dividends, and Coupons. Annuities, Stocks and Shares purchased and sold, and advances made thereon. Letters of Credit and Circular Notes issued for all parts of the world. The utmost facilities are afforded to those keeping Accounts with the Bank for the receipt and payment of Annuities, and for the transmission of money to the Colonies, the Continent, and America. The Bank acts also as Agents for receiving the Pay and Pensions of Officers of the Army and Navy, and their Widows and Children, at home or abroad. ABSTRACT OF THIRTY-SECOND ANNUAL BALANCE SHEET, MARCH, 1883 Amount at Credit of Current and Deposit Accounts Investments in the English Funds and other Convertible Securities, and Cash in hand £2,730,200 £2,554,560 £60,000 £153,667 35,979 The BIRKBECK BANK accepts neither personal security for advances, nor discounts bills for customers, except with collateral security; so that it enjoys an immunity from losses unknown to either joint-stock or private banks. The Bank has no Branches or Agents. All communications should be addressed to January 1st, 1884. FRANCIS RAVENSCROFT, Manager. The Number of the Birkbeck Bank in connexion with the Telephone Exchange is 2508. Just Published, Price 2/6, Post Free. THE PROMISED LAND: OR, Nine Years (Gold Mining, (Gold Mining, Hunting, and Volunteering) in the Transvaal. BY E. V. C. An original, bright, and sparkling account of personal adventure and experience in a land which is now attracting much attention from, and entailing great responsibilities upon, our Home Government. BLADES, EAST & BLADES, 23, ABCHURCH LANE, LOMBARD STREET, LONDON, E.C. |