The Constitution and Finance of English, Scottish and Irish Joint-Stock

Excerpt from The Constitution and Finance of English, Scottish and Irish Joint-Stock Companies to 1720, Vol. 2: Companies for Foreign Trade, Colonization, Fishing and MiningThe present volume treats of several groups of companies, all of which were related, comprising those formed for foreign trade, colonizing and kindred objects, fishing and the extractive industries. In the next volume the water supply, postal, street-lighting, manufacturing, banking, finance and insurance companies will be similarly described.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.