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Page 121 - Powers of Attorney for the sale or transfer of Stock to be left at the Bank, &c., for examination, one day before they can be acted upon ; if for receiving dividends, they may be presented at the time the first dividend is payable.
Page 59 - Order be not paid before the end of the twelfth Calendar Month after that in which it was issued (for instance, if issued in January and not paid before the end of the next January), all claim to the money will be lost. After once paying a Money Order, by whomsoever presented, the Office will not be liable to any further claim.
Page 121 - Bank, &c., for examination, one day before they can be acted upon ; if for receiving dividends, they may be presented at the time the first dividend is payable. Probates of wills, letters of administration, and other proofs of decease, must be left at the Bank, &c., for registration, for two or three days, exclusive of holidays.
Page 120 - Private Transfers may be made at other times than as above, the books not being shut, by paying at the Bank and East India and South Sea House, 2s.
Page 80 - Puget, Bainbridges, and Co., 12, St Paul's Churchyard Ransom and Co., 1, Pall Mall East Robarts, Curtis, and Co., 15, Lombardstreet Rogers, Olding...
Page 18 - The Hours of Delivery from the Post Office Window are from 10 AM to 4 PM When the Person applying for Letters is a Foreigner, he must produce his Passport.
Page 19 - ... the person to whom the letters are addressed as well as a written order, signed and dated by such person. In the case of a messenger being sent for the letters of more persons than one, he must produce passports and orders from each person. If the applicant for the letters is a subject of the United Kingdom, he must be able to state from what place or district he expects letters before Le can receive them.
Page 59 - October, 1848, must be presented for payment before the end of the second calendar month after that in which it was issued (for instance, if issued in October, it must be presented for payment before the end of December), otherwise a new order will be necessary, for which a second commission must be paid.
Page 132 - Head Master of the Model School, and Master of Method in the Royal Military Asylum, Chelsea.
Page 90 - Conway, Bangor, Holyhead, and Dublin; also, to Warrington, Liverpool, Manchester, Preston, Lancaster, Kendal, Carlisle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Stirling, Perth, Dundee, and Montrose; likewise to Leicester, Nottingham, Lincoln, Derby, Sheffield, Leeds, York, Hull, Darlington, Newcastle, Berwick, Edinburgh, and Glasgow.