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Art. 20.

5
7 Annuity Notes 1

I speak of what is capable of being done in the
nature of things: the case: and what might and would be done
supposing it worth while to engage Clerks enough, and
that Clerks enough were engaged accordingly (a)

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Note
a It is
not here as in the case of the Redemption of the Land
Tax: where Titles are to be settled, examined into and two or three sets
concurrences to be obtained, calculations made, and
two or three sets of Contracts drawn up, and signed,
and do so forth.

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Steps by which
it might be increased
— so as to
be nearly instantaneous

Such might be the rapidity of the conversion operation:
supposing even that no steps were taken for
obtaining the any co-operation on the part of the holders
of Stock Annuities, nor any means official arrangements
taken for giving producible what degree of despatch might
be deducible from that source.

But by an obvious official arrangement abundance
of time and labour might be saved: (and
by the sort of co operation on the of them as above hinted at, a still
further degree of expedition might be obtained.]

The journeys backwards and forward between Office and Office, and the
intervening operations on the part of the Commissioners,
are questions which however necessary but for certain
Official arrangements, may by means of such
arrangements be rendered altogether mindless.

Plan Article
The Office for the surrender of Stock or receipt of
the redemption money being in one room, let the Office
for issuing Annuity Notes on this occasion be in the
next. The Warrant will be given as at present in the
practice of the Bank: and on serve delivery of the Warrant, the
individual will be paid either in Cash or by an Clerk, or in Annuity Note paper by another, as he thinks fit.

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Identifier: | JB/002/474/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 2.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	002	Main Headings	annuity notes
Folio number	474	Info in main headings field	art. 20
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d5
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	<…>m 1798
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	frances wright
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1798
Notes public		ID Number	1213
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