indexed so that it may be of convenient reference to all those who
have occasion to refer to it.
This volume is, of course, in no sense a plea for national banks as
differentiated from the other types of banking institutions which
make up the nation’s banking system. But as the largest bank in the
country, a member of the National Banking System for sixty years
and of the Federal Reserve System since its inauguration, The
National City Bank of New York accepts with pleasure the opportunity
 to give to other banks and to individuals specific, useful and
reliable information regarding various phases of national banking,
especially as they refer to the Federal Reserve Act.