Realms of Silver: One Hundred Years of Banking in the EastOriginally published in 1954 this volume looks at the difficulties encountered by the founders of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China in seeking, a hundred years ago, to establish the awakening countries of the East, British standard of financial probity and commercial integrity and then goes on to relate how the Bank was able to foster trade and industry in the lands to which its establishment was extended and to co-operate in the reform of archaic systems of currency. |
Contents
John Companys opposition Wilsons inter | 16 |
India first branches opened Calcutta | 28 |
The Suez Canal the silver crisis its effect | 41 |
China the Treaty Ports the Bank opens | 52 |
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able agent Australia Australia and China Bank of India Bank opened bankers banking business Batavia became bills Bombay Britain British Burma Calcutta capital century Ceylon chairman Chartered Bank Chartered Mercantile Bank Chettiars China circulation City Colonial commercial connexion cotton Court of Directors crisis Crosby Hall currency customers deposits Dutch early East India Company Eastern economic established European exchange banks exchange business export firm foreign funds gold standard granted Gwyther Hankow Head Office Hong Kong Bank Hong Kong branch houses important Indian Government industry Japan Japanese Java later loans London management Malaya Manila ment merchants Mexican dollar mints months note issue operations opium overseas Penang Philippines port premises profitable Raffles Rangoon reserve rice Royal Charter rubber rupee Saigon Settlements Shanghai shareholders shares shipments shipped Siam silver Singapore sterling Straits Suez Canal tael Tientsin trade Treasury Treaty Treaty Ports Yokohama