A GUIDE

TO THE UNPROTECTED.

LONDON:

R. CLAY, SON, AND TAYLOR, PRINTERS,

BREAD STREET HILL.

TO THE UNPROTECTED

IN EVERY-DAY MATTERS RELATING TO

PROPERTY AND INCOME.

BY

A BANKER'S DAUGHTER.

London and Cambridge :
MACMILLAN AND CO.

1863.

260.6.94.

Investments; Joint-Stock Banks; Shares, &c. p. 9 to 12.-

Asking advice, 13.-Imposition, 14.- Documents; Keeping

Accounts; Payments; Business Transactions, 15 to 25; with

Friends, 25 to 28.-Brokers and Bankers, 28.-Directorships,

29.

CHAPTER II.

TRANSACTIONS WITH YOUR Banker-CheqUES AND BILLS.

Money Transactions with Bankers, 30.-Cheques, 32 to 40.—

Transferring Money, 40 to 47.-Letters of Credit; Circular

Notes, 47 to 51.—Bills, 51.-Promissory Notes; I. O. U., 51

to.55.

CHAPTER III.

STOCKS AND LEADING SECURITIES.

Stocks or Public Funds, 56.-Brokers, 57.-Investing in Stocks,

57.-Power or Letter of Attorney, 59.-Selling out of Stock, 60.

-How to ascertain Value of Stock, 65.-Leading Securities, 67.

-Railways, 72 -Useful Letters, 75.

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CHAPTER IV.

SHARES, LOANS, AND MORTGAGES.

Shares, 78.-Premium and Discount, 79.-Loans, 83.-Mortgages,

84.-Useful Letters, 87.

CHAPTER V.

HOUSE PROPERTY.

Buying, Selling, and Letting, 90 to 93.-Insurance, 93.-Liabili-

ties, 94.

CHAPTER VI.

MISCELLANEOUS.

Marriage Settlements, 96.—Trustees, 96, 97.—Wills, 98.-Agents'

Charges, 101.-Servants, 101 to 104.-Votes for Hospitals,

Book Clubs, &c. 104.-Taxes, Assessed and Income, 105.—

Easter Dues, 106.—Ground Rent; Thirty Years' Purchase, 106,

107. To calculate Interest, 107.-Useful Books on Special

Subjects, 108.

CHAPTER VII.

TECHNICAL TERMS USED IN BUSINESS.

Technical Terms used in Business, 109 to 118.-Interest, Simple

and Compound, 113.-Telegram, 119.

INDEX

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