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demand notes. In the monthly statement of the public debt appears the item “Old demand notes.” It refers to notes (money in the form of promi ory notes) i ued previous to. the present United States notes (greenbacks).: Old Lady of Thread needle Street. A colloquial appellation for the Bank of England, the main entrance to which is on Thread needle street (London). { Omnium. A name, now obsolete, for certain British govern-; ment loans i ued towards the end of the eighteenth century; they were called omnium because each subscriber for £100 bal stock received a parcel composed of several sorts of government loans. On account. A payment on account is a payment in partial liquidation of an obligation or debt. 396