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including so many comparatively petty Towns and
even Villages — even for the period of greatest
abundance: — and yet at a period of inferior
abundance we find £200,000 the quantity
spent by a single Town in a town of inferior
rank — Newcastle! How small
may be the quantity of it in issue in the inclusion
in which it is smallest, it seems impossible to
say: — no more than a few thousands, possibly,
— or even hundreds : — in that case a few such
instances as Newcastle and many there can
hardly be — would go but a small way towards
making up the deficiency of the Towns of the smaller and
more numerous classes to such a degree as to
give any such average as £60,00 the Bristol
complement of £60,000, upon the whole.
Meantime in this account no other paper
(it is to be observed) is comprized, than what is called
Cash paper: paper payable on demand. Of Concerning
the paper spread in other towns bearing other conditions — such as
for example instance payable in so many days after sight
(of which from according to private information examples
are not wanting) the amount remains in total
darkness. Quere concerning paper carrying
interest, but the interest not commencing till
a certain number of months (six months in the instance of
certain Newcastle Banks) after date? — Is this
comprized or not, under the denomination of cash
paper?