Trade and Commerce : with Some Account of Our Coinage, Weights and Measures, Banks and Exchanges (Paperback)

1. English weights and measures; 2. The metric system; 3. English coins and their history; 4. Other monetary systems; 5. The royal mint and its work; 6. The post office and its work; 7. Our food and its sources of supply; 8. The imports of the United Kingdom; 9. Exports and foreign markets; 10. Our consuls and their work in foreign lands; 11. Banks and banking; 12. The Bank of England; 13. The clearing house; 14. Exchanges and the money market; 15. Bullion and gold reserves; 16. The exchanges of London; 17. The Board of Trade; 18. Trade marks; 19. Patents; 20. Limited liability companies; 21. Underwriting; 22. The customs and excise; Index.