... It has been the custom at this dinner, for the Governor of the Bank, to give a resume of the economic and financial scene for the past twelve months. But having occupied this office no longer than the tenor of a 90-day bill, to which I would add the conventional three days of grace before expecting a protest, I think it would be inappropriate for me to follow precedent to-night and, indeed, I would by choice cast my mind forward rather than backwards.
Extract from the Governor's Mansion House speech, 5 Oct 1961