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<del>and</del> <add>compared with</add> others, as likewise as between these metals <del>as</del><lb/> compared with one another, will render it necessary<lb/> to fix the wholesale quantity at a different weight, <lb/> | <del>and</del> <add>compared with</add> others, as likewise as between these metals <del>as</del><lb/> compared with one another, will render it necessary<lb/> to fix the wholesale quantity at a different weight, <lb/> | ||
in these two instances. Provision for these differences <lb/> | in these two instances. Provision for these differences <lb/> | ||
is accordingly made | is accordingly made in the <del>Bill</del> text. <del>Possibly it</del></p> | ||
<p>Possibly it might be deemed advisable to<lb/> | |||
make a separate <hi rend="underline">class</hi> <add>of purchasers <hi rend="underline">for sale</hi></add> for the purchasers of these<lb/> | |||
<sic>pretious</sic> metals. But it seems probable that there<lb/> | |||
are not at present any purchasers for old gold<lb/> | |||
or silver in small quantities, but those who either<lb/> | |||
sell them as second hand in the same form as <lb/> | |||
purchased, or melt them down, to be sold in the<lb/> | |||
form of bullion, or made <add>again</add> into new plate. - in other<lb/> | |||
words, none: but what are Gold and Silversmiths<lb/> | |||
<del>by trade and nothing but Gold and Silversmiths</del><lb/> | |||
by trade, not dealing in old metals of any other<lb/> | |||
kind: because, while there are Gold and Silversmiths<lb/> | |||
keeping open shop as such, it <unclear>does</unclear> not some likely<lb/> | |||
that any <del>one</del><add>person</add> who has either Gold or Silver <del>of</del> to<lb/> | |||
dispose of, should think of addressing himself to<lb/> | |||
an old iron purchasing shop, or any other shop<lb/> | |||
the trade of which consists in the purchase of<lb/> | |||
second hand metals of the inferior kinds, unless in<lb/> | |||
the case of a thief who addresses himself to some <lb/> | |||
such <unclear>mean</unclear> shop with<add><unclear>the</unclear> the keeper of</add> which he is connected, and<lb/> | |||
in whom he chooses to ripose his confidence, in preference<lb/> | |||
to a regular <add>and reputable</add> Gold<del>smith</del> and Silversmith, by<lb/> | |||
whom he might be questioned and <del>detected</del> had malpractices<lb/> | |||
brought to light.</p> | |||
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If the Gold and Silver are retained in the Bill,
the great disparity in value as between these metals
and compared with others, as likewise as between these metals as
compared with one another, will render it necessary
to fix the wholesale quantity at a different weight,
in these two instances. Provision for these differences
is accordingly made in the Bill text. Possibly it
Possibly it might be deemed advisable to
make a separate class of purchasers for sale for the purchasers of these
pretious metals. But it seems probable that there
are not at present any purchasers for old gold
or silver in small quantities, but those who either
sell them as second hand in the same form as
purchased, or melt them down, to be sold in the
form of bullion, or made again into new plate. - in other
words, none: but what are Gold and Silversmiths
by trade and nothing but Gold and Silversmiths
by trade, not dealing in old metals of any other
kind: because, while there are Gold and Silversmiths
keeping open shop as such, it does not some likely
that any oneperson who has either Gold or Silver of to
dispose of, should think of addressing himself to
an old iron purchasing shop, or any other shop
the trade of which consists in the purchase of
second hand metals of the inferior kinds, unless in
the case of a thief who addresses himself to some
such mean shop withthe the keeper of which he is connected, and
in whom he chooses to ripose his confidence, in preference
to a regular and reputable Goldsmith and Silversmith, by
whom he might be questioned and detected had malpractices
brought to light.
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jeremy bentham |
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