Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-22
)RSERBf EVENING HENS.
Thursday. May -, 1890.
LONDON BANK TELLERs.
ENpERTs ~ HANDLING MONEY
FEATURES or THE ENGLISH
SYSTEM.

FEATURES or THE ENGLISH
SYSTEM.
A London bank teller always ex-
| peIiencts n feeling Vi relief when
he finds his money correct st close
Of Fridays work, and this feeling
/ Is usually shared In by the rtst Of
the staff, who canuO, leave the hank
until he either discovers his error or
satisfies himself as to the actual
shortage. The great bui6 Of the
shortages made ecrUss bGnk counters
in England are believed 10 occur on
that day.
Next in order Of lad days for the
teller, or cashier, IS lie is designated
ia London, comes Saturday, but
there the lad luck Is ineligible.
Saturday Is w5g,s day, and no soon
er has the teller fillei his till and
loaded up his shelves with silver Ia
| IS and 80 tags than the dan : work
sets in like a flood. Until twelve
O'Clock he IS paying away with
I both hands; after that hour, II he j.
a receiving clerk as well, he begins
% receive heavily, for Saturday Is
| also the list day II the weel, and
every one elects that The hank should
receive his deposits rather than that
he should keep them IN his owE less
| secure custody over Sunday.
In beginning work on saturday
! the London teller faces an 0PeI
NAH gany counter, II which the
portion controlled by his desk B.
| probably six feet Dong iy thlyg feet
/ wide. He likes 10 have - good
square view OF his customer, and Il
/ is one Of the cauous %! British hank
/ ing that the eyes q the stall shall
command TIE counter. With such
an open counter the chief cllk Is
able 10 keep the Whole field under
his eye ut one time. and 30 relieve
the OygIs.Eain II any Particular
desk. Tie effect Cl the eN.used
condition j. beneficial, too, GA the
staff, the members 81 viii n preserve
i steliicr demCanHr aud attend
more closely to business while I'M
der the eye, u the public.
The London tv!.tg j. quick ma !
nipulatCr Of coin. This is largely |
owing % the "a { that the smallest |
uOtc issuei in London Is vi the I
value II cj, Ug So. When sslei Tor |
gold in greater amount thau his /
eye can y,unt ~ glance the teller,
after counting Il quickly with q /
riauaiCrte motion, throws IL with /
his copper scoop into his faithful /
scales, and 80 CHECKS DO, count. The /
weights Of these IIts are arranged !
IN suitable numbers. The teller also /
checks the gold which he receives
10y weight, aud here his knowledge |
oi lis bJisiIt-s viii d. ig-tli. One |
hundred u-@ sJSlr-l.;- are Of full |
weight, rather more, IN fact, but the
sane number taken at hayhGzlrI
Will be found % bee nearly half
sovereign Tor per cent short ia
weight, while 100 pounds sterling ia
ordinary hail ssv Eeigus are SOME
times 2ls. Tor pcr CeatI short ia
value. The teller can quickly
satisfy himself a. % wEethcrthe lie
iieicncy Is caused hy siDriagc In
the weight or tie count jy dividing I
the amount and weighing one |
m0ie;y against tac other. 10 they |
balance evenly t.- count J., correct,
aud the difference h due 20 under
weight. II the latter exceeds 90"
average stated the coin viii Uyyl 90
be specially examined; There Is
probably something wrong.
The edge Of the English bank
counter is provided With a lip a.
prevent the coin from rolling over
anu 10 aid the teller in s'uol.uE zap
q c money. The teller usually
counts with the two Hrt fingers Of !
both hands, simultaneously sg:le- /,
times he uses six fingers. ana a tell
er has been known 90 count 4II SOW
crpigus ia one minute. working
against time. An expert teller Will |
count lHl pounds sterling value az
silver in seven minutes. When 10 is
remembered that tie coins are al
ways mixed, and consist of six
pencys, sGilliu-s, II rims. half
crowns ana Gowns, with never q
decimal convenience among them,
this will reasonably lee considered |
as a remarkable feat.
Tie annual los from wear and |
tear Of gold coin in England Iy /
reason Of the absence Of small u.t.s
L almost incredible. In t'uud |
the issue uf 0ue-p1Uul sterling notes
displICgs gold e. a .-T,a a. extent. The
Scotch teller yNyeis in counting
plTer money. Ia lingering O bundle
OF notes he Is king 81 men. Placing /
the package upright against his len
palm, ana sriEiur ,hC tDg corner Dee
tween the fgger ami thumb IL bis /
right hand, he viii turn over the
BOics 50 quickly that an ordinary [
Observer will BE- as entirely deceived
rs hy the thrcs-Cart trick, amt viii
probably count only sixteen ar
seventeen % the tuilcr's twenty. |
Then, 10 cheek his count, hc VIII
either alternate his hands, or, pl.c-
ing the NOTES horizontally Ou his
counter, lie viii ccuut them toward
himself with the same mE.lyziug
speed.
The Scotch counter T. twice gs
wide o. the London one: &c is eie-
waited IN the centre and Is minus |
the rim. which facilitates the Eng
lish ieller's dc&terily with the coin.
The Scotch teller in Edinburgh l.
rallied in. His domain Is a Itt'c
island 10y itself hu takes no Hespsusi-
bilAA1 AT aastlAtn aat iaAalltt- in MS
head, and will not look 90 q ch,ck
until the ledger clerk, far Of in the
corner, has COGuter~igned il.
An advantage which the English
teller possesses over the American !
and Scotch teller li,s in the fact that
he issues clean notes only. The
bank Of England has tie exclusive !
privilege % note issues i'm London
and within q radius Of sixty miles.
a right CUnI,Irgi for O certain valu-
able consideration granted 10 the
~ yelis gone ly. All
the notes received ~ the London
teller are sent into the Bank of Eng-
land, and they are not Tc-issued.
The average life 81 fve-p0und
sterling bank note j. two or three
weeks, that of a l1O-I0uud sterling,
bank note three days-that j., the
interval between its issue and re-
turn 10 the hank and final DEATH
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