The Bank of England.
Tne following story of the Bank o£ EngUnd is related as having han^- ? some time ago. A sewer worktn.-t'J. «i.t> puking around under ground, found r raising a flagstone he could penp' ' I. the bnllion-room of the Bank. Au the discovery, he pondered over it. and finally concluded that he would utilise it to his pecuniary benefit without stealing. He therefore wrote to the Directors, ask* ins what reward ha would receive if ha should meet them at any appointed hour *of the night m the bullion-room, and thus reveal to them a mode of ingress of which tney were entirely ignorant. They named a sum which would make him id* dependent for life, and to their over^ whelming surprise he kept his promise by popping up through the aewar, for which he received £19.010 or so.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 175, 30 June 1883, Page 2
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141The Bank of England. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 175, 30 June 1883, Page 2
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