RATE OF INTEREST.

Rates of Discount for First Class Bills in the London Money Market, from the Second Report of Committee on Commercial Distress, p. 37.

Minimum Rates of Interest charged by the Bank of England, with the Dates when such Minimum Rates were fixed; from the Passing of the Bank Charter Act, 1844.

Years

1862

Months
9 January

4

15 December. 6

22 May

Per cent.

24

3

5 September 2

1857 2 April

61

10 July

2

1845 16 October

3

1846

November. 3

16 July

8 October

12 October

19 October

. 6

18 June

24 July

2

5

30 October

3

6

7

28 January

5

. 8

5

5 November. 9

9 November 10

51

8

22 November. 7
2 December. 6
23 December . 5

1848 27 January

15 June

24 December . 8

1858 7 January

19 February

23 April
30 April

3

33

4

2 November. 5
5 November. 6

2 December. 7

. 6

16 May
21 May

14 January

5

28 January

4

3

2 November. 3

1849 22 November. 2}

1850 26 December. 3

3

2

2

2호

3

3

1 September. 4

15 September. 4
29 September. 5

1854 11 May

3 August.

3 December. 8

9 December. 2

24 December. 7

1859 28 April

.3

1864 20 January

8

5 May

4

3

6

9 June

3

7

2 May 5 May 19 May

8

4호

8 November. 4

26 May

16 June

25 July

7

4 August. . 8 8 September. 9

12 April

10 May

24 May

3 November. 5

10 November. 8

15 November. 6

28 November. 5
31 December . 6

7

24 November. 7 15 December. 6 1865 12 January

26 January

2 March. 30 March.

51

5

4

4

27 September. 5

14 June

6 September. 4

13 September. 4)

8

4 October

5

18 October 6 & 7

4 April 11 April

. 6

43

. 5

1856 22 May

. 6

16 May

6

29 May

4

1 October

5

6 October 6 & 7 13 November. 7

1 August.

15 August.

29 August.

19 September. 31
7 November. 3

15 June

27 July

3 August.

28 September. 4

2 October

5

3 3

5

43

3 4

4

Minimum Rates of Interest charged by the Bank of England-continued.

Average Annual Circulation of Bank of England Notes, 1792-1871.

APPEND.]

INCOME FROM PROFITS.

507

WEALTH.

Amount of Gains arising from any Profession or Trade
Assessed to Income Tax.

The assessments on quarries, mines, ironworks, canals, railways, gasworks, etc., were transferred from Schedule A to Schedule D, from April 5, 1866.