Annual Register, Volume 68Edmund Burke 1827 - History |
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... object in view would be , to compel the coun- try banks to make returns of the numbers of their notes in circula- tion at stated intervals . It might be objectionable to require returns of their whole assets ; for the banker might ...
... object in view would be , to compel the coun- try banks to make returns of the numbers of their notes in circula- tion at stated intervals . It might be objectionable to require returns of their whole assets ; for the banker might ...
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... object which the proposed measure had in view ? Within the metropolis , and its immediate vicinity , there was nothing but a metallic cur- rency . In Lancashire , in Liver- pool , containing not fewer than 150,000 inhabitants , and ...
... object which the proposed measure had in view ? Within the metropolis , and its immediate vicinity , there was nothing but a metallic cur- rency . In Lancashire , in Liver- pool , containing not fewer than 150,000 inhabitants , and ...
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... object- ing to the principle of the measure , wished it to be postponed , it was answered , that , instead of coming too soon , it had come , if any thing , too late . If it had been adopted at an earlier period , for instance , in 1822 ...
... object- ing to the principle of the measure , wished it to be postponed , it was answered , that , instead of coming too soon , it had come , if any thing , too late . If it had been adopted at an earlier period , for instance , in 1822 ...
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... object of the whole measure ? Moreover , if the plan for establish- ing branch banks were carried into execution , nothing would be easier than for the Bank of Eng- land to inundate every part of the country with one - pound notes ...
... object of the whole measure ? Moreover , if the plan for establish- ing branch banks were carried into execution , nothing would be easier than for the Bank of Eng- land to inundate every part of the country with one - pound notes ...
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... object was to secure the gradual withdrawing of notes of a certain kind ; the pur- pose of the latter was to restore a metallic circulation by a partial ex- pulsion of paper ; the purpose of the former was to secure the reign of paper ...
... object was to secure the gradual withdrawing of notes of a certain kind ; the pur- pose of the latter was to restore a metallic circulation by a partial ex- pulsion of paper ; the purpose of the former was to secure the reign of paper ...
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