Preface; Index to tables; Part I. The Clearing Banks and the Evolution of Bank Credit in England since the War of 1914–18; Section 1. The Development of the Clearing Banks: 1. The historical background; 2. The structure of British deposit banking; 3. The internal organization of the big clearing banks; Section 2. The Business of the Clearing Banks: 4. The available statistical information; 5. The balance sheet: assets; 6. The balance sheet: liabilities; 7. The ancillary services of the deposit banks; Part II. The Money and Discount Market: 8. The technique market; 9. The internal structure of the discount market firms; 10. The supply of bills; 11. The volume of bills; Appendices to part II; Part III. Other Banking and Finance Firms in London: 12. Introductory; 13. The pre-1914 business of the Great City institutions; 14. Other international banking institutions in London, pre-1914; 15. The war of 1914 and its consequences; 16. The world crisis and after; Appendix to part III; Index.