When a run comes upon them, they sometimes endeavour to gain time, by paying in sixpences, and they would be precluded by this regulation from this discreditable method of evading immediate payment.

当他们遇到挤兑时，他们有时会通过支付六便士来争取时间，而且根据这项规定，他们将被排除在这种逃避立即付款的可耻方法之外。