The Act of Parliament, 34 Vict., ch. 17, makes compulsory the closing of Banks on Easter Monday, Whit Monday, the first Monday in August, and the 26th December, as well as Good Friday and Christmas Day.

We, the undersigned, thinking it desirable that there should be uniformity as to holidays, agree hereafter to close our places of business on the days above named.

Thew & Son, John Thorley, R.B. Household, Jos. Kerkham & Son, G.G. Sadler, Robt. Jones, Charles Langford, H.B. Plowright & Son, John N. Stanton, W. Grundy, R. Fuller, J. Greenacre, Jos. Barnes, J.Y. Potter, Geo. Atmore, Thomas H. Curson, M.A. Fisher, Frances Sly, Horatio Jex, Thos. H. Roberts, William Winkley, Joseph S. Stratton & Son, L. Youngs, Thos. F. Cadman, Richard O. Nurse, Arthur W. Woods, T.J. Everitt, Geo. Philcox, Wm. D. Boon, Horace King, John Everitt, William J. Pole, Edwd. Rowe, Jas. Bullen - pro Linay & Co., Thomas Green, S. Harbour, John Burch, M. Arch, Henry Wright, John M. Matsell, H.J. Targett, Chas. Sheppard, John Blott, Geo. Spencer, Geo. A.C. Clackson, Bentley & Webber, James Plowright, E.H. Plowright, Eliza Plowright, James Green, E. Trenowath, W.H. Taylor, William C. Wigg, W. Boyce, G. Kendrick, James Ashley, J. Suggett, W. Keeble, W.M. Couperthwaite, A.S. Page, F. Bullock, J. Cooke, Thos. R. Girling, John H. Nokes, Chas. Pond, Hannah Plowright, James Harker, S.G. Street, John Samson, Joseph Towler, Charles Smith, J.C. Potter, W. Bartle, T.E. Rose, Jas. Hayes, Alfred C. Jones, J.W. Dennes, John Kew, Josiah Smith, M.A. Brown, J.G. Potter, H.W. Allen & C. Willis, J.A. Nurse, John W. Aikin, James B. Rix, C. Cox, H.W. Jones, Silas Hardy, Philip Self, John Page, S. Bishop, J.C. Baker, A.M. Bywater, Geo. Kirk (Dicks), E.A. Fysh, W. Hall, Edward Longbottom, James Allen, W.R. Pridgeon, Geo. Copsey, James Copsey, John Clark, Thos. Oldham, John Gazley, I. Sedgwick, Jas. Bycroft, T. Lincoln, T. Cockerill, John Thompson, Ayre Lock, H. Metcalf, John Gazley, Geo. Gazley, Wm. Hayes, John Reed, J. Hasseldine, Mrs. Carlile, R. Miller, G.F. Gridley, John G. Creak, A.B. Blanchard, Geo. F. Lemmon, W. Bailey, John Milbourne, R. Munks, W. & J. Cooper, Edward Merrikin, Thos. K. Tubbs, Samuel F. Smith, F. Golding, Robt. Blackie, T.S. Stevenson, Saml. L. Hunt, John Farrow, John A. Cocher, Chas. Ibberson, Isaac B. Rix, John Rust, Henry Wells, Chas. Barrett, George Witt, Oscar Backham, D. Nuthall, J.H. Knowles.