Excerpt from Our Leading Banks, Vol. 1: Joint Stock Banks (London) The histories of the sixteen banks included in this volume have, for the most part, appeared in the Bullionist, and are now being brought out in this form in, response to many requests from different parts of the country. In almost every case the histories have been checked by leading officials in the banks themselves, so that the information herein recorded practically bears upon it the official seal of accuracy, and consequently may be absolutely relied upon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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