Modern Business Methods: Being a Guide to the Operations Incidental to the Trade of the United Kingdom, with the Customary Documents and Correspondence. A Reference Book for Business Men and a Text Book for Commercial Students. Import and Export TradeMacmillan and Company, 1899 - 272 pages |
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... banking , bills of exchange , and contains much useful information , and may very well be read , not only by those ... banks . Not the least useful part of the book is that which deals with bills of exchange , council bills and tele ...
... banking , bills of exchange , and contains much useful information , and may very well be read , not only by those ... banks . Not the least useful part of the book is that which deals with bills of exchange , council bills and tele ...
Page ii
... BANKING , AND FINANCIAL REVIEW .- " Cor- respondence , invoices , and all the other forms used in the average office , are dealt with in an exceedingly clear style , and the youngster who has carefully studied the matter contained in ...
... BANKING , AND FINANCIAL REVIEW .- " Cor- respondence , invoices , and all the other forms used in the average office , are dealt with in an exceedingly clear style , and the youngster who has carefully studied the matter contained in ...
Page iii
... banks and banking , and bills of exchange . The less ambitious duties of invoices , forwarding of goods , remitting money through the post- office , & c . , are all of a satisfactory character , and should be of value to the beginner in ...
... banks and banking , and bills of exchange . The less ambitious duties of invoices , forwarding of goods , remitting money through the post- office , & c . , are all of a satisfactory character , and should be of value to the beginner in ...
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... bank or a bill broker in this country . On the other hand , if you had bought goods from a trader in Berlin , you could liquidate your debt by buying and remitting to him a bill on Berlin , or he could draw on you and sell the draft in ...
... bank or a bill broker in this country . On the other hand , if you had bought goods from a trader in Berlin , you could liquidate your debt by buying and remitting to him a bill on Berlin , or he could draw on you and sell the draft in ...
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... bank's buying rate , 1s . 41d . , his draft on London for £ 640 ( the value of the cotton shipped ) paying him the equivalent in rupees . The difference between the buying and the selling rate is the profit ( in rupees ) which the bank ...
... bank's buying rate , 1s . 41d . , his draft on London for £ 640 ( the value of the cotton shipped ) paying him the equivalent in rupees . The difference between the buying and the selling rate is the profit ( in rupees ) which the bank ...
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abroad Account Sale agent amount arrived Bales bank Barratry Bill of Lading bills of exchange Bombay Bond Bottomry Bradford British buyer cable Calcutta Cape cargo cent centesimos centimes centimetres CHAPTER charges Charter Party clause commercial consignee cotton cubic Cubic Centimetres Customs damage decimal decimetre declare dekametres delivered delivery discount documents draft duty exports firm foreign telegrams France freight Grammes hectolitres hectometres Home Trade imports indents India invoice kilogrammes kilometres litre Liverpool Lloyd's loading London Manchester manufactured marine insurance Master measure merchandise merchant Messrs metric system millimetres milreis myriametre packages packing paid passport payable payment port principal railway rate of exchange received remit rupees sail sell seller ship Ship's shipment shipowner sold square metre stamp steamer telegraph Transhipment underwriters United Kingdom usually vessel voyage weight wool words yards
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Page 117 - People, of what Nation, condition, or Quality soever, Barratry of the Master and Mariners, and of all other Perils, Losses and Misfortunes that have or shall come to the Hurt. Detriment or Damage of the said Goods and Merchandises and Ship, &c., or any Part thereof...
Page 161 - Part thereof; and in case of any Loss or Misfortune, it shall be lawful to the Assured, their Factors, Servants, and Assigns, to sue, labour, and travel for, in and about the Defence, Safeguard and Recovery of the said Goods and Merchandises and Ship, Ac., or any Part thereof, without Prejudice to this Insurance; to the Charges whereof we, the Assurers, will contribute, each one according to the Rate and Quantity of his sum herein assured.
Page 160 - Ship, &c., until she hath moored at Anchor Twenty-four Hours in good Safety, and upon the Goods and Merchandises until the same be there discharged and safely landed ; and it shall be lawful for the said Ship, &c., in this Voyage to proceed and sail to and touch and stay at any Ports or Places whatsoever without Prejudice to this Insurance.
Page 13 - If he does not signify his approval or acceptance to the seller, but retains the goods without giving notice of rejection, then, if a time has been fixed for the return of the goods, on the expiration of such time, and, if no time has been fixed, on the expiration of a reasonable time.
Page 13 - Subject to the provisions of this Act and of any statute in that behalf, there is no implied warranty or condition as to the quality or fitness for any particular purpose of goods supplied under a contract...
Page 63 - Endorsement, shall have transferred to and vested in him all Rights of Suit, and be subject to the same Liabilities in respect of such Goods as if the Contract contained in the Bill of Lading had been made with himself.
Page 14 - Where the seller delivers to the buyer the goods he contracted to sell, mixed with goods of a different description not included in the contract, the buyer may accept the goods which are in accordance with the contract and reject the rest, or he may reject the whole.
Page 118 - NB — Corn, fish, salt, fruit, flour, and seed are warranted free from average, unless general, or the ship be stranded — sugar, tobacco, hemp, flax, hides and skins are warranted free from average, under five pounds per cent., and all other goods, also the ship and freight, are warranted free from average, under three pounds per cent, unless general, or the ship be stranded.
Page 160 - Surprisals, Takings at Sea, Arrests, Restraints and Detainments of all Kings, Princes, and People, of what Nation, -Condition or Quality soever...
Page 117 - ... until she hath moored at anchor twenty-four hours in good safety; and upon the goods and merchandises, until the same be there discharged and safely landed.