The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth countries |
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... banks directed from London and with extensive resources of English capital . In Australia the demand for loanable capital was much more urgent than in the other colonies , and the first important Anglo- Colonial banks were established ...
... banks directed from London and with extensive resources of English capital . In Australia the demand for loanable capital was much more urgent than in the other colonies , and the first important Anglo- Colonial banks were established ...
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... banking highly unstable ; after 1840 a number of small Indian joint - stock banks were established . On three occasions between 1836 and 1850 attempts were made to establish Anglo - Indian banks with large capital resources , and all ...
... banking highly unstable ; after 1840 a number of small Indian joint - stock banks were established . On three occasions between 1836 and 1850 attempts were made to establish Anglo - Indian banks with large capital resources , and all ...
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... banks were formed ; but most of them lacked that background of commercial and financial support which made the earlier Chartered Banks so successful , and few survived the collapse of ... banks failed Banking in Canada and South Africa 888.
... banks were formed ; but most of them lacked that background of commercial and financial support which made the earlier Chartered Banks so successful , and few survived the collapse of ... banks failed Banking in Canada and South Africa 888.
Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
The Loyalists and Canada | 9 |
Rivalry with the Dutch | 15 |
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