Title

Account 1881

Description

The Report for the year 1881, submitted by the governor of the National Bank, Marcos Renieris, to the General Meeting of Shareholders on February 12, 1882. On page 8, he refers to the company for the cutting of the Isthmus of Corinth, which was established “by a group of capital-holders on the initiative of men already participating in major enterprises of the same kind, which received the moral support of Mr. Lesseps”. He also mentions the capital allocated by the National Bank and the reasons for its participation: “Reliable calculations guarantee the success of this company, in which our Council, taking into account both the safety and the national benefit of the project, approved its participation with a capital of 500,000 francs, on the basis of the April 15, 1882, N.D. [Royal Decree] validating the decision of your assembly, by which participation in companies is added to our work, the purpose of which is the development of our transportation.” Historical Archive of the National Bank

is identified by

Republished from Bridging the past with the future. The Corinth Canal. When Greece dared and will rise again!, National Bank, Historical Archive, Athens 2018.

forms part of

Photos- Forms-Documents-Books

has time-span

1882

consists of

Paper

has type

Document

has current location

Historical Archive of National Bank of Greece

has current keeper

National Bank of Greece

Language

gre