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9 Cause &c
this species of paper unfit for[ the ordinary course of]
general circulation : it is of itself sufficient to place throw
it out of the ordinary course current of private dealings. It
is an article a commodity so few in comparison, are qualified able to bid for, that
these few in their biddings can not but enjoy by that
means a considerable advantage. It is so few mens
money that that circumstance is of itself sufficient
to prevent this species of paper from being generally
known. Accordingly, the circulation of it is confined
in great measure, for ought I know to the metropolis:
it is confined to the neighbourhood of the
Alley: to Bankers, Stock-Brokers and the other classes
of Money -Dealers: a man may have enjoy'd a large income
a man may even have had very capital very extensive dealings on the
way of trade, and yet go out of the world without
having ever set eyes on one Exchequer Bill.
7 - in which respect, it is not helped by the small Bank notes as the large Bank notes are The Bank it may be said issued notes for as sums
large as large a sum as £100: indeed for sums to a prodigious
degree larger: and yet there is no more discount
upon these large Bills Notes of the Bank than upon the very
smallest ones. True : but then along with these larger
notes the Bank issues and that in great plenty the
smaller notes abovementioned , and that in such plenty
as to be in readiness for change of the larger notes
whenever and by whomsoever such change is wanted. This nor
