THEORY AND PRACTICE

OF

BANKING

Testimony is like the shot of a long bow, which owes its efficacy to the force of the shooter; argument is like the shot of the cross bow, equally forcible whether discharged by a giant or a dwarf.-BOYLE

THE

THEORY AND PRACTICE

OF

BANKING

BY

HENRY DUNNING MACLEOD, M.A.

OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW;
SELECTED BY THE ROYAL COMMISSIONERS FOR THE DIGEST OF THE LAW TO PREPARE
THE DIGEST OF THE LAW OF BILLS OF EXCHANGE, BANK NOTES, ETC.

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE JURIDICAL SOCIETY OF PALERMO

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

SIR CHARLES BOWEN, D.C.L.,

ONE OF THE LORDS JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF APPEAL

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF JUDICATURE

DEAR LORD JUSTICE BOWEN,

It is with the greatest pleasure that I inscribe

this Work with your Name, in acknowledgement of the

many kindnesses I have received from you

Most earnestly hoping that you may have a long career

on the Bench which you so adorn,

Believe me to be,

Yours most faithfully and truly,

H. D. MACLEOD