Excerpt from Scottish Banking During the Period of Published Accounts 1865-1896

The principal portion of the following pages was recently contributed to the Glasgow Herald as a series of articles entitled "Thirty Years of Scottish Banking". These articles are now, through the courtesy of the proprietors of that influential journal, republished in collected form, after revision, together with the statistics and other data on which they were based, in the hope that they may be useful to members of the banking profession and to others who are interested in economic subjects. If the information annually supplied by the banks in their reports is to be properly utilised, it is necessary that retrospects be taken from time to time, so that, by contrast of period with period, the value of past policy may be accurately gauged.

The writer is fully conscious of the deficiencies of his execution of this work, and he will rejoice to see his essay supplemented by competent students of banking experience.

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