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Early in 1833, Mr. Sikes entered the service of the Huddersfield Banking Company. It was the second joint stock bank that had been established in England. The prudence and success with which the Scotch banking companies had been conducted induced the directors to select a Scotch manager. One of the first resolutions the directors adopted, was to give deposit receipts for sums of ten pounds and upwards, for the purpose of encouraging the working classes in habits of providence and thrift. Mr. Sikes, being somewhat of a favourite with the manager, often heard from his lips most interesting accounts of the provident habits of the Scotch peasantry, and was informed by him of the fact that one of the banks at Perth paid not less than twenty thousand pounds a year as interest on deposits varying from ten to two hundred pounds each.

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1833年初,赛克斯先生进入哈德斯菲尔德银行公司工作。这是英格兰成立的第二家合股银行。苏格兰银行公司经营得既谨慎又成功,因此董事们决定选一位苏格兰人当经理。董事们通过的第一批决议之一,就是为十英镑及以上的存款开具存款收据,目的是鼓励劳动阶级养成未雨绸缪和节俭的习惯。赛克斯先生颇受经理喜爱,常听经理讲苏格兰农民节俭持家的趣事,还得知珀斯的一家银行每年支付的存款利息不少于两万英镑,而每笔存款从十英镑到二百英镑不等。

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