The Bank of England lias 32 different methods of detecting forged bank notes. An ancient custom has just been observed at Chard, Somerset, .when ,- a. meeting of the burgesses conducted the -annual letting of' the markot tolls'. An hour-glass ivas set, and while tho'sand trickled from one half to the other bids .were made. The buyer of the tolls was determined by tho last bid before tlie' Eand ran down.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2764, 6 May 1916, Page 7
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70Untitled Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2764, 6 May 1916, Page 7
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