Banking Under Difficulties


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An account of life on the Goldfields of Victoria, New South Wales, and New Zealand by a Bank Official.

At the present time—1888—it may appear almost impossible to many that a bank agency should have been in a tent; that bankers should have, often on foot, gone long distances to purchase gold from small storekeepers, the said gold often being carried by them on their backs, till the security (?) of some rough bush shanty had been reached; that instead of cedar counters, massive ledgers, impregnable strong-rooms, and all the appliances of modern banking, a gin case to write on, a note-book or piece of wrapping paper, and a saddle-bag should then have been considered quite the correct thing; yet that such was often the case is a fact. - Summary taken from the book by George Ogilvy Preshaw (8 hr 8 min)

Chapters

Preface 3:17 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Victoria. Chapter 1 17:39 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 2 14:37 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 3 13:16 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 4 19:24 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 5 7:18 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 6 25:20 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 7 14:37 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 8 16:13 Read by Beeswaxcandle
New South Wales. Chapter 9 14:58 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 10 19:18 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 11 15:58 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 12 11:07 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 13 10:04 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 14 27:46 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 15 18:09 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 16 15:54 Read by Beeswaxcandle
New Zealand. Chapter 17 26:58 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 18 30:02 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 19 13:39 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 20 18:07 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 21 19:15 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 22 15:04 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 23 16:55 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 24 15:42 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 25 21:00 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 26 17:56 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 27 13:37 Read by Beeswaxcandle
Chapter 28 15:19 Read by Beeswaxcandle