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33 Cause &c
16 continued
The 4th and last of the causes that have been mentioned
as appearing to concurr in the production of
the depretiation in question are is the note quality
of the instrument in respect of its sensible properties:
— the bulk and thickness of the paper. In A Bank
note is perhaps in respect of both these properties as convenient
for circulation as can be imagined. In point of
size and thickness neither so large as to take up an inconvenient
quantity of room in the pocket or pocket-book, not even
when a considerable number are taken together are nor yeton the other hand so
small as to be liable to escape notice and be lost: in
pointrespect of thickness while by reason of itsthe extraordinary
thickness of the paper (besides which is the principal object being so much the better
guarded against fraudulent alteration which is the principal
object) it is the more capable better adapted to bear
folding to reduce it tointo a compass fit for the pocket and pocket
-book without cracking the edges and so coming to
pieces.
In these particulars the difference between the
Bank note and the Exchequer Bill is not great: though
as far as it goes rather to the disadvantage of the Exchequer
Bill. In point of size The Exchequer Bill is much upon par
with the Bank note: not quite so long: a little broader
these differences not at all material: but the paper is
a great deal thicker: rather of a thick and brittle sort than
otherwise: so much so as to be to appearance more
exposed to crack than any of the papers commonly
used as writing papers.