Deposits Increase 27 Per Cent. in Past Decade one comes to review the position of British banks during past year, which includes several months of war-time, it is natural for the mind to hark back to a period just a quarter of a century ago. Now, when dealing with the banking position thoughts are concentrated mainly on the activities of the London clearing banks, eleven in all, for the banks of England and Wales not members of that organization are few in number and contro, assets of relatively small magnitude, states "The Times."
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