the world of private banking

List of Figures
4.1 Volume of bills, inland and foreign, £m 63
4.2 Estimates of Capital Exports 1865–83, £m 64
4.3 Interest rate on 3 month bank bills 65
4.4 Bankers’ balances at the head office of the Bank of England,
quarterly averages, 1858–83, £’000s 67
4.5 Bankers’ balances with Bank of England head office, percentage
swing around estimated reserve floors 68
4.6 ‘Effective’ corporate financial registrations in London, 1856–83 71
4.7 Numbers of English and Welsh banks, by type, 1855–83 77
4.8 ‘Effective’ corporate banking registrations in London, 1856–83 87