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15 The want of simplicity and certainty in respect of the terms of payment seems to have some share in the producing the effect The comparative want of simplicity in respect of
the terms and mode of payment in comparison of
a Bank Note can not but contribute have some share in some degree
to the comparative depretiation of an Exchequer
Bill. To be adapted to general circulation an engagement
of this sort as to the contents of it upon a level, ought to be such as is if possible
as every body of a condition high enough to have properly
to such an amount pass through his hands will
be able without effort to apprehend. The engagement taken
by the Bank, a promise on the part of an individual
to pay the sum in question on demand and to that
the Bearer, to any individual by whom the instrument of engagement
shall be produced fulfills possesses this property that condition in the highest degree
of perfection that can be conceived. In the instance
of the Exchequer Bill several circumstances conditions <add>articles</add> concurr
in keeping down the terms of the engagement considerably below
the that mark point of perfection. It is to be paid indeed, by to the
Bearer, that is if it be paid at all. But will it be paid
at all? — This appears to depend upon a variety of contingencies. viz: 1. if Aids happen to be granted for the
service of the next year, then out of the first of such Aids.
But it is stated will any such Aids be granted ? — This
is expressly stated to be a matter of uncertainty: it is stated
that perhaps no such Aids may be granted before the 5th
of July in the next year: making provision is accordingly made
for that contingency, and if no such Aids then the money
is to be paid out of a fund called the Consolidated Fund.
But if paid out of this consolidated Fund, when is it to
be paid? and where? and by whom? — These are questions it

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Identifier: | JB/002/343/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 2.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	15
Box	002	Main Headings	Annuity Notes
Folio number	343	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	Text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	Recto"Recto" is not in the list (recto, verso) of allowed values for the "Rectoverso" property.	Page Numbering	E25
Penner	Jeremy Bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	1082
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