PREFACE During the time I set myself the pleasurable task of investigating the early history of Child’s Bank, I had occasion to look through a vast quantity of old cheques, bills, and cash-notes, extending in time over close upon two centuries; when I observed that all drafts passing through the hands of a gold-smith...
In 1897 the Editor of the Advocate of India invited me to contribute to its columns a narrative of the rise, growth and collapse...
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