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Everybody's Guide to Money Matters
With a description of the various investments chiefly dealt in on the
stock exchange, and the mode of dealing therein
also

Some account of the pitfalls prepared for the unwary, and suggestions
to the cautious investor.
by
William Cotton, F.S.A.
Late treasurer of the county of Devon, author of "An Elizabethan
Guild," "Gleanings from Records," "The Bank Manager," etc.
Originator of the postal order system.
London 1898.

PREFACE.
THE Author, emboldened by a Banking experience of over forty years,
offers this little work to the public in the hope that, elementary though
it be, it may prove acceptable to many persons of both sexes.
The work has been prepared chiefly for the use of women, a vast
proportion of whom are brought up in utter ignorance of money matters
in the simplest form, though otherwise they may be highly
accomplished.
The subject, it must be allowed, is not a fascinating one, but there are
periods in the lives of most persons when some knowledge of money
matters may be useful and even necessary.
W.C.

CONTENTS.
PAGE CHAP. I. - What is Money? - What to do with it - How to open
a Bank Account - How to draw Cheques . . . 1
CHAP. II. - How to Deposit Money at Interest - The Bank Pass Book -

The Advantages of a Bank Account . 13
CHAP. III. - London Banks and Banking - Bill of Exchange - Deposits
- Scotch and Irish Banks . . . . . . . 20
CHAP. IV. - Investments - What are Securities - Mortgages - The
Funds - The National Debt - Stocks and Shares - Dividends, how
Payable . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
CHAP. V. - British Government Funds - The Different Debts -
Terminable Annuities - Loans