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Show A flllmpoo at the Hank of Kngtsnd. The Hank of England Is a pretty healthy Institution, with a capital ot a little over 172.000,000 and a surplus of about flfi.uoo.ooo, yet the governor receives re-ceives a salary of only $10,000 a year. Our smallest city banks pay as much as that lo their presidents. The pay of Its 24 directors Is 12,600 each per an-num. an-num. The bunk is a vast building one story high, and perfectly Isolated' There Is not a window to be seen In Its walls. Its offices are lighted from the roof or rrom the nine Inner courts snd garden. At night a detachment ot the Foot (iuurds, commanded by a cap. tain, watches over the safety or the "Old Udy or Threadnefdle Street." |