Clerks, 23-5 provident fund, 164 Closing time, 119, 157 Commission. _See_ Brokerage Committee, the, 26-31 election, 26 meetings, 28 powers, 27-8 qualification, 27 Royal Commission on, 126-7 Companies Acts, 145 Committee on, 146 Consols, put option on, 73-4 put and call on, 76-7 transfer of, 85-7 Consol settlement, 56 Contango day, 57 rate, 68-9 Continuation. _See_ Carry-over Contract note, 48-9 Cost of the House, 13 Coupons, 88 Covering by bears, 71 Cumulative preference shares, 93 Debenture stocks, 91-3 Debentures of the Stock Exchange, 14 Defaulter, 60, 101-8, 131 assistance forbidden to, 101 declaring a, 102 and clients, 103-6 readmission of, 106-8, 131 Deferred ordinary shares, 94-6 Definitions of the Stock Exchange, 1 Differences, speculation for, 50 payment of, 60 Directory of members, 124 Discount, 115 Dividends paid by the Stock Exchange, 16-17 Drawings of the interior, 8 Dual control of the Stock Exchange, 30 Royal Commission on, 126 Employees, dealing for, 50-51 Entrance fee for members, 21, 25 authorised clerks, 23 unauthorised clerks, 24 Establishment of the Stock Exchange, 141-2 Exchange Telegraph Company, 121-2 Ex dividend, 115-16 rights, new, all, 117 Expulsion, 28 Failures. _See_ Defaulter Fixed charge stocks, 92 Foreign Loan Exchange, 142 Foreign Loans Committee, 146 Foreigners, exclusion of, 18 Founders' shares, 96-8 Gambling, speculation, and investment, 130, 165-8 Garraway's Coffee-house, 139 Gorgonzola Hall, 7 Guarantors for new members, 20 Hall of Commerce, 144 Hammering, 102 Hammer price, 103 History: a sketch, 138-49 Holidays, 29, 163 "House Annual, The," 161 "House on Sport, The," 162 Incorporation proposal, 135-7 Inscribed stocks, 85-7 Interior of the House, 7-13 Jobbers, 32-44 as specialists, 34-5 abolition question, 129 Jobber's turn, 47 Jonathan's Coffee-house, 140-41 King's visit, 8, 146 Lame Duck, 65, 71 Leeman's Act, 145 Library of financial documents, 123-4 Literature, 161-2 Making a market, 113 Mr. Justice Wright on, 148 Making a price, 44 Making-up day, 57 price, 67-8 Managers, the, 14 Markets in the House, 9-12 Marking prices, 48 Members, 18-25 admission, 20-21 apprenticeship as clerks, 18-19, 25 directory of, 124 Membership restrictions, 18-19, 22 Mining Contango day, 57 Name day, 51, 57 National Debt, 138 New House, the, 146 Official Assignees, 102, 104, 106 "Official Intelligence," 123 "Official Intelligence," predecessors, 146 Official List, 29, 109-10 growth, 5 magnitude, 34 marking prices for, 48 quotation in, 110-15 Royal Commission on, 133-5, 137 Options, 72-83 call, 72, 74 day-to-day, 79 effect on the market of, 83 operating on, 80-83 prices for, 77-9 put, 72-4 put and call, 73, 75-7 Orchestral and Choral Society, 164