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Excerpt from History of the Standard Bank of South Africa 1862-1913 The author of the History of the Standard Bank of South Africa, Limited, Mr. George Thomas Amphlett, was born on the 1st January, 1852, at Marylebone, and was educated at the local Philological School and at King's College, London. His early Banking experience was acquired in the London Office of the Bank of New Zealand, and in the Hamburg Offices of the Wechsler Bank and the Commerz und Disconto Bank. He entered the service of the Standard Bank of South Africa, Limited, in 1881, and was posted to the Port Elizabeth Branch. A year later he was transferred to the General Managers' Department at Cape Town, and, in 1889, he became Secretary to the General Managers. Cape Town is the headquarters of the Bank in South Africa, and his services at headquarters were so highly valued that he was retained there in various offices until he retired in 1914, after completing a service of thirty-three years. At the time of his retirement, he was discharging the duties of Assistant General Manager. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from History of the Standard Bank of South Africa 1862-1913 He entered the service of the Standard Bank of South Africa, Limited, in 1881, and was posted to the Port Elizabeth Branch. A year later he was transferred to the General Managers' Department at Cape Town, and, in 1889, he became Secretary to the General Managers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This substantially expanded new edition of the Guide to the Historical Records of British Banking contains details of over 700 archive collections held in local record offices, university and local libraries and of course, banks. Wider coverage is given to the records of major domestic banks, British-owned overseas banks, merchant banks and discount houses. There are also additional listings of records of long defunct banks. Arranged alphabetically by name, the entries for each bank contain in most cases: · A brief history of the bank to explain numerous name changes. · Information as to where the bank's records are held. · Details of what the records consist of. The entries are set in context by introductory chapters covering the historical structure and function of British banking and the purpose, format and research value of the chief series of historical records commonly found in bank archives. Bank records concern not just banks but the varied activities that they financed. In addition to its contribution to the study of banking history, this monumental reference work facilitates a wider knowledge and understanding of the history of British finance.