ABSTRACT

This chapter presents the transactions of stocks and funds by Thomas Fortune. It lists the transfer days and the due dates for declaring of dividends at the Bank of England, the South Sea House, and the East India House. The chapter also provides information on holidays at the Bank of England, and the East India House. It presents information on new five per cent. annuities, three and a quarter per cent. annuities, three per cent. consolidated annuities, three per cent. reduced annuities, and three per cent. annuities, 1726 at the Bank of England. Historical facts on Bank of England is also provided. The Bank of England was founded and incorporated into a Society in 1694, and is managed by a Governor, a Deputy Governor, and Twenty-four Directors. Its original capital was £1,200,000.