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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Title 6
- Copyright 7
- Contents 12
- Foreword 8
- Preface 10
- Introduction 14
- A Colony without a Bank 16
- A. Getting Started, 1817-22 28
- B. Personnel, Principles and Practice: The Allan Era, 1822-35 38
- C. Search for a Focus: 1835-48 75
- D. Underwriting Structural Change: The Bank and the Union, 1849-57 106
- E. A Casualty of Change: 1858-66 129
- Conclusion: A Colonial Bank: The Upper Canadian Financial System and the Imperial Centre 150
- Documents 156
- A. Getting Started, 1817-1822 158
- B. Personnel, Principles and Practice: The Allan Era, 1822-35 176
- C. Search for a Focus, 1835-48 258
- D. Underwriting Structural Change: The Bank and the Union, 1849-57 316
- E. A Casualty of Change: 1858-66 370
- Bibliography 532
- Index 542
- Appendixes 468
- 1A. Alphabetical List of Directors of the Bank of Upper Canada 469
- 1B. Bank of Upper Canada Directorates, 1823-65 476
- 2. Bank of Upper Canada: Selected Statutes, 1821-62 483
- i) An Act to incorporate sundry persons under the style and title of the President, directors and Company of the Bank of Upper Canada [Revised Statutes of Upper canada, 59 Geo m, c. 24] 483
- ii) An Act to extend the Charter of the Bank of Upper Canada and to increase the Capital Stock there of [6 Victoria, c. 27, October 12, 1842] 487
- iii) An Act to Amend and Consolidate the Acts Forming the Charter of the Bank of Upper Canada[19-20 Victoria, c. 121] 493
- iv) An Act further to amend the Charter of the Bank of Upper Canada, june 9, 1862 [25 Victoria, c. 36] 503
- 3. Bank of Upper Canada: Branches and Agencies 505
- Tables 506
- Table 1. Operating Ratios of Selected Chartered Banks, 1823-41 507
- Table 2. Reserve Ratio, 1841-66 510
- Table 3. Profit and Loss Statement: Selected Chartered Banks, 1818-58 511
- Table 4. Bank of Upper Canada: Sale of Exchange on London, Profit and Loss, 1824-41 512
- Table 5. The Bank of Upper Canada as a Holder of Government Debentures, 1822-41 513
- Table 6. Financial Data: Bank of Upper Canada, 1837-39 514
- Table 7. Summer Note Issue as a Percent of Yearly Issue 514
- Table 8. Government Money at Deposit: Bank of Upper Canada, 1851-56 515
- Table 9. Province of Canada: Railway and Municipal Loan Fund Debentures Issued, 1851-55 516
- Table 10. The Great Western Railway's Bank of Upper Canada Debt, 1852-55 517
- Figure 1 Average Monthly Note Issue as a percent of Yearly Issue, 1842-1848. 517
- Table 11. Bank of Upper Canada: Financial Standing within the Canadian Banking Sector, 1841-66 518
- Table 12A. Bank of Upper Canada Financial Statements, 1823-31 520
- Table 12B. Bank of Upper Canada Financial Statements, 1833-66 521
- Table 12C. Bank of Upper Canada: Additional Financial Information, 1823-65 530