Everybody's Guide to Money Matters · Chapter 12Examples of Business Communications
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(Sending Money by Post.)
Address___________________ Date___________________ The Manager, Blankshire Bank.
Sir, Please place the amount of the enclosed cheques and notes to the credit of my account and acknowledge receipt to Yours faithfully JANE SMITH.
Cheque £20 0 0 Notes £45 0 0 ———- £65 0 0
(Requiring Money.)
Address___________________ Date___________________ The Manager, Blankshire Bank.
Sir, I shall be obliged by your sending me under registered cover to the above address £15 in £5 Bank of England notes for which I enclose my cheque. Yours faithfully JANE SMITH. Blanktown.
(Acknowledging Receipt.)
Address___________________ Date___________________ The Manager, Blankshire Bank.
Sir, I have to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of £15 in bank notes. Yours faithfully JANE SMITH. Blanktown.
(Transfer to Deposit Account)
Address___________________ Date___________________ The Manager, Blankshire Bank.
Sir, I shall be obliged by your transferring £300 from my current account to a deposit account and forwarding me the receipt. I enclose a cheque for the amount. Yours faithfully JANE SMITH. Blanktown.
(Arranging for Cheque to be Honoured by Another Bank.)
Address___________________ Date___________________ The Manager, Blankshire Bank.
Sir, I shall be obliged if you will advise your Branch (or some other Bank) at Liverpool to pay me £20 on application. Yours faithfully JANE SMITH. Blanktown.
(Request for Passport and Circular Notes.)
Address___________________ Date___________________ The Manager, Blankshire Bank.
Sir, I propose during the next two or three months to travel on the Continent accompanied by my niece, Miss Lucy Smith, and my maid, Jane Parker. Will you kindly obtain a passport for us and also forward me £100 in circular notes, for which I enclose my cheque. Yours faithfully JANE SMITH. Blanktown.
(Ordering Letter of Credit to Remit.)
Address___________________ Date___________________ The Manager, Blankshire Bank.
Sir, I desire to send £120 to John Smith, residing near Winnipeg, in North America; and shall be obliged if you will send me the necessary form to remit to him so that he may obtain the money without difficulty or delay. Yours faithfully JANE SMITH.
N.B. — Remittances in this way can be sent to almost every town in the civilised world.
(Remitting in this Country.)
Address___________________ Date___________________ The Manager, Blankshire Bank.
Sir, I shall be obliged by your advising your Branch Bank (or some other Bank) in Leeds, to pay George Jones on application the sum of £54, for which I enclose a cheque and a specimen of Mr. Jones's signature. Yours faithfully JANE SMITH. Blanktown.
(Lodging Securities at Bank.)
Address___________________ Date___________________ The Manager, Blankshire Bank.
Sir, I shall be obliged by your taking charge for me of some securities which you will find specified on the other side, and hold them for safe custody. Please also cut off and collect the coupons attached to the Bonds and place the amounts from time to time, as they fall due, to the credit of my account. Yours faithfully JANE SMITH. Blanktown.
(Order to Receive Dividends.)
Address___________________ Date___________________ The Manager, Blankshire Bank.
Sir, I am desirous that the dividends or interest in my stock shall be paid to the bank direct for the credit of my account. Kindly send me the proper form or order for my sig- nature. Yours faithfully JANE SMITH. Blanktown.
(Ordering Investments.)
Address___________________ Date___________________ The Manager, Blankshire Bank.
Sir, Please purchase on my account £500 stock 2 3/4 per cent. Consols at the market price, and send me an account of the same when I will forward my cheque in payment. Yours faithfully JANE SMITH. Blanktown.
Or
Please purchase £500 Preference (stating which stock) Stock in the Great Blankshire Railway, at a price not exceeding £150 per cent., in my name, and send me the account for the same, when I will forward my cheque for the cost. Yours faithfully JANE SMITH.
The same form can of course be adapted for selling out, by substituting "sell" for "purchase," writing "less" for "not exceeding," and omitting the line as to forwarding the cheque.