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, NOTES, ETC.

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE JURIDICAL SOCIETY OF PALERMO, AND OF THE SICILIAN
SOCIETY OF POLITICAL ECONOMY

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE SOCIÉTÉ D'ÉCONOMIE POLITIQUE OF PARIS, AND OF

THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF JURISPRUDENCE AND LEGISLATION OF MADRID