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5 Annuity Note
Plan
II. Sale
Stock in hand
Agent's Pay

probably be found a large one. But say
five times: on that supposition, taking quantity of trouble
only into the account, a half-penny for each
note sold would be a sufficient recompence.
If, in consideration of the bative additional, degree of pecuniary
responsibility may be thought requisite, this
sum be quadrupled so that the entire recompence
for each transactionNote sold shall be 2d, whereof
one penny to be paid by the individual the
customer, the other by Government, the Vendor,
the allowance, it should seem, can hardly
be deemed too scanty.

A certain degree of pecuniary responsibility
it may be observed is a actually required
of the proposed Vendors of Annuity Notes, in
their existing character of Post Masters:—
security to a certain amount is taken
of them: the degree of pecuniary responsibility
an equivalent for which is to be pre supplied by
the proposed extra three half pence in addition
to the half penny for the trouble is therefore only
the difference what corresponds to between the quantum of security
found at present, and that higher addition amount, if any, which they might be
required to find, in the event of the additionattribution of
the proposed new business in addition to the existing
business of the Office. On this it may be observed
on the other side, that the quantum of security taken of






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