| Description | Contents include: Revelstoke Committee Report, 1918; Cokayne Committee Report on desirability of revising Bank Act 1844, 1918; Freshfields advice that the Bank is a limited liability company liable to income tax, 1920; Power to print notes and refine gold, 1921; Nationalisation Bill, 1926; Freshfields advise no power to appoint second Deputy Governor, 1926; Freshfields advice on possibility of an employee (? Ernest Musgrave Harvey) becoming a Director, June 1927, with subsequent opinions and correspondence; Montagu Collet Norman's proposal for appointment of eight Managing Directors, 1928; No need to advertise candidates for Court before General Court, 1931 [further advice 1934 in G15/123]; Draft Supplemental Charter, 1932; Freshfields advice and Counsel's opinion on Peacock Committee recommendations, 1932. |