Produced by Barbara Kosker and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) +-----------------------------------------------+ | | | Bolded text has been marked =like so=. | | | +-----------------------------------------------+ LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE AN EXAMPLE OF COMMUNAL CURRENCY By J. THEODORE HARRIS, B.A. With a Preface by SIDNEY WEBB, LL.B. 1/- NET LONDON P. S. KING & SON ORCHARD HOUSE, WESTMINSTER 1911 PEOPLE'S BANKS A RECORD OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SUCCESS By H. W. WOLFF _Third Edition, Newly Revised and Enlarged_ _Demy 8vo, Cloth, 600 pp._ =6s.= _net_ CONTENTS--Introduction, The General Idea, The Two Problems, The Two Aspects of the Question, Credit to Agriculture, The "Credit Associations" of Schulze-Delitzsch, Raiffeisen Village Banks, Adaptations, "Assisted" Co-operative Credit, Co-operative Credit in Austria and Hungary, The "Banche Popolari" Italy, The "Casse Rurali" of Italy, Co-operative Credit in Belgium, Co-operative Credit in Switzerland, Co-operative Credit in France, Offshoots and Congeners, Co-operative Credit in India, Conclusion. "We may confidently refer those who desire information on the point to the book with which Mr. Wolff has provided us. It will be a most useful thing if it is widely read, and the lessons which it contains are put in practice."--_Athenæum._ "The book is the most systematic and intelligent account of these institutions which has been published."--_Banker's Magazine (New York)._ "It is the most complete book on the subject."--_Mr. G. N. Pierson, late Dutch Prime Minister and Minister of Finance._ "There was manifest need of just such a book.... A mine of valuable information."--_Review of Reviews._ "This is an excellent book in every way, and thoroughly deserves the careful attention of all who are concerned for the welfare of the people."--_Economic Review._ LONDON: P. S. KING & SON ORCHARD HOUSE, WESTMINSTER STUDIES IN ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE Edited by the Hon. W. PEMBER REEVES, Director of the London School of Economics No. 21 in the Series of Monographs by Writers connected with the London School of Economics and Political Science AN EXAMPLE OF COMMUNAL CURRENCY AN EXAMPLE OF COMMUNAL CURRENCY: THE FACTS ABOUT THE GUERNSEY MARKET HOUSE COMPILED FROM ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS BY J. THEODORE HARRIS, B.A. WITH A PREFACE BY SIDNEY WEBB, LL.B. LONDON P. S. KING & SON ORCHARD HOUSE, WESTMINSTER 1911 CONTENTS PAGE PREFACE vii