Other marks somewhat similar to ex dividend may appear against the quotation in the Official List, such as ex rights, ex new, or ex all. "Rights" may probably refer to the privilege which a holder of the shares has of subscribing to shares in another company, a privilege which enhances the value of the shares he holds. "New" may probably refer to the privilege which a holder has of subscribing for new shares in his own company. Sometimes the holder is entitled to both these privileges, and perhaps others, besides the dividend; all these privileges being referred to for abbreviation's sake as "all." A seller of the shares after they are marked "ex" these privileges retains the privileges, and consequently gets a lower price for the shares. There is provided in the Official List against the name and quotation of every security ample space for the record of the prices at which business has actually been done during the day. This space is usually blank. If the business done were accurately represented by the markings in the List, the Stock Exchange would be an idle place indeed. Reference has been made in a previous chapter to the reason for the blank appearance of the "business done" column, and it is often urged that in this matter there should be some reform. Many, indeed, go farther and suggest that not only should the prices be recorded in the case of all business transacted, but that means should be devised for placing on record the total volume of that business, as is done in the New York Stock Exchange. There day by day the public is informed as to the number of shares that have been bought and sold; here no such record is kept. Criticism has often been levelled against the Official List, too, on the ground that its prices are so wide as to be valueless. When a stock is quoted at, say, 106-109, no one who knows his Official List will suppose for a moment that the stock can be bought by the jobber as low as 106 and sold as high as 109. The broker going to the jobber in the market would obtain a much narrower quotation. Even if the student of the Official List might conclude that as the stock is theoretically quoted 106-109, the practical price is round about 107-1/2, that is, midway between the two, it would be something. But as a matter of fact, whilst the stock is quoted 106-109, business may actually be done at 106-1/4 at one time and below 107 all day.