"c           VAR 0271      10023 MED RED 3R 856-900               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0271         LOC 2400 WIDTH  9             DK  38 COL 71-79  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              JOINT STOCK COMPANIES FORMED AND REGISTERED                   "
"c              -------------------------------------------                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES:  10023                                           "
"c              AREA COVERED:  GREAT BRITAIN                                  "
"c              UNITS:  NUMBER OF COMPANIES                                   "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE:  NONE                                        "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE:  NONE                                     "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE:  07/1856-12/1900                            "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT:  NONE                                    "
"c              SOURCE:  COMPUTED BY NBER FROM GREAT BRITAIN PARLIAMENTARY    "
"c              PAPERS,"RETURN RELATING TO JOINT STOCK COMPANIES," VOL.       "
"c              LVIII, 1864; VOL. LXXI, NO. 394, 1875, P. 467; AND REPORTS    "
"c              FOR SUCCESSIVE YEARS                                          "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES:  JOINT STOCK COMPANIES FORMED AND REGISTERED BETWEEN   "
"c              1862-1900 ARE OFTEN DESCRIBED AS LIMITED STOCK COMPANIES.     "
"c              THE FIRST DATE OF REGISTRATION WAS JULY 17, 1856.             "
"c                   THE LAW OF 1858 EXTENDED THE LAW'S COVERAGE TO BANKS.    "
"c                   THE RAW FIGURE FOR JULY 1859 INCLUDES ONE FIRM WHOSE     "
"c              REGISTRATION WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO IRELAND.                "
"c                   THE FIRST NUMBER ASSIGNED UNDER THE COMPANIES ACT OF     "
"c              1862, WAS 2,269 ON NOVEMBER 3, 1862.  THERE HAD BEEN THREE    "
"c              COMPANIES REGISTERED ON NOVEMBER 1 UNDER THE COMPANIES ACTS   "
"c              OF 1856 AND 1857, WHEN THE NEW LAW, THE COMPANIES ACT OF      "
"c              1862 (25-26 VICT. C. 89, SEE FOLDER PAGE) WENT INTO EFFECT.   "
"c                   THE LAW OF 1867 MADE REQUIREMENTS MORE STRICT.           "
"c                   A PAGE IS MISSING FROM THE RECORD: JUNE 11, 1869 HAD     "
"c              THE NUMBER TEN AND JULY 14, 1869 HAD NUMBER FORTY-SIX         "
"c              (UNADJUSTED FIGURES.)                                         "
"c                   THE LAW OF 1879 ENCOURAGED BANKS TO JOIN.  THE LAW OF    "
"c              1890 MADE COMPANY EXPANSION EASIER.  THE FINANCE ACT OF 1899  "
"c              IMPOSED A HIGHER REGISTRATION FEE.                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              CHECKED MANUALLY; CORRECTED 11/2/93.                          "
"c                                                                            "
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