ACCOUNT OF THE NUMBER OF DAYS A BANK NOTE ISSUED IN LONDON REMAINS IN CIRCULATION:— £5 72·7 days 10 77·0 „ 20 57·4 „ 30 18·9 „ 40 13·7 „ 50 38·8 „ 100 29·4 „ 200 12·7 „ 300 10·6 „ 500 11·8 „ 1000 11·1 „ The exceptions to these averages are few, and, therefore, remarkable. The time during which some Notes remain unpresented are reckoned by the century. On the 27th of September, 1845, a fifty pound Note was presented bearing date 20th January, 1743. Another for ten pounds, issued on the 19th November, 1762, was not paid till the 20th April, 1843. There is a legend extant, of the eccentric possessor of a thousand pound Note, who kept it framed and glazed for a series of years, preferring to feast his eyes on it, to putting the amount it represented out at interest. It was converted into gold, however, without a day’s loss of time by his heirs, on his demise. Stolen and lost Notes are generally long absentees. The former usually make their appearance soon after some great horse-race, or other sporting event, altered or disguised so as to deceive Bankers, to whom the Bank of England furnishes a list of the numbers and dates of stolen Notes. In a Chapter on Forgery, which we are preparing, the reader will see some singular facts on this point.