Because the Bank of England could then demand all the it could start accumulating notes from some issuing bank and then demand payment in gold.

因为英格兰银行那时可以,要求所有的，它可以开始从一些纸币发行银行,收集些发行的纸币之后再要求以金子的形式偿还。

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Now, they are hoping that the price doesn't fall because they're announcing it with news and,in a sense, issuing the stock dividend is just a way to make it dramatic.

他们希望股价不会下跌,因为他们是带着利好宣布的,换言之,发行股票股利只是想引人注目

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You have lots of banks; the banks are taking in gold and issuing notes but they are forced by the Bank of England to keep a deposit at the Bank of England.

英国有很多家银行；,它们吸入金子并且发行纸币,但是它们都被英格兰银行强迫,在英格兰银行付保证金。

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