HOME STUDY CIRCLE LIBRARY

EDITED BY

SEYMOUR EATON

UP TO DATE
BUSINESS

INCLUDING

LESSONS IN BANKING, EXCHANGE, BUSI-
NESS GEOGRAPHY, FINANCE, TRANS-
PORTATION AND COMMERCIAL LAW

AC

5

E3
1900
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Copyright, 1897, 1898, 1899, by the CHICAGO RECORD
COPYRIGHT, 1899, by SEYMOUR EATON
COPYRIGHT, 1899, 1900, by VICTOR F. LAWSON

Norwood Press:
Berwick & Smith, Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

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CONTENTS

I

GENERAL BUSINESS INFORMATION

1. Commercial Terms and Usages.

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II. Commercial Terms and Usages (Continued).

III. Bank Cheques

IV. Bank Cheques (Continued)

v. Bank Cheques (Continued)

VI. Bank Drafts

VII. Promissory Notes

VIII. The Clearing-house System

IX. Commercial Drafts

x. Foreign Exchange.

XI. Letters of Credit

XII. Joint-stock Companies

XIII. Protested Paper .

XIV. Paper Offered for Discount

XV. Corporations

XVI. Bonds

XVII. Transportation

XVIII. Transportation Papers

Examination Paper

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BUSINESS GEOGRAPHY

TRADE FEATURES

I. The Trade Features of the British Isles

I. National and State Banks

II. Savings Banks and Trust Companies

III. Corporations and Stock Companies

1. Borrowing and Loaning Money

v. Collaterals and Securities

VI. Cheques, Drafts, and Bills of Exchange

VII. The Clearing-house System .

VIII. Commercial Credits and Mercantile Agencies

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