An essay on the publick debts of this kingdom ..To which is subjoined an enquiry into the general convenience of reducing farther the interest of our publick debts below 4 per centper annumIn a letter to a Member of the House of Commons . A N ESSAY O N T H E PUBLICK DEBTS. In a Letter to a Member of theHouse of Commons* SIR, ^^^^^W^ PON recoUeding theConverfation that wasthe Occafion of yourdefiring my Thoughtsin Writing on the Sub-jed: of our PublickDebts; I have conclu-ded, that I iliould bell anfwer your Ex- B peda-. (2) pedations from me in this Affair, by con-fining my Thoughts, • i I. To
An essay on the publick debts of this kingdom ..To which is subjoined an enquiry into the general convenience of reducing farther the interest of our publick debts below 4 per centper annumIn a letter to a Member of the House of Commons . A N ESSAY O N T H E PUBLICK DEBTS. In a Letter to a Member of theHouse of Commons* SIR, ^^^^^W^ PON recoUeding theConverfation that wasthe Occafion of yourdefiring my Thoughtsin Writing on the Sub-jed: of our PublickDebts; I have conclu-ded, that I iliould bell anfwer your Ex- B peda-. (2) pedations from me in this Affair, by con-fining my Thoughts, • i I. To the Confideration of what Ad-vantage to the PubHck may be reafona-bly expetfted from the Difcharge of thofeDebts, and the Redemption of the Du-ties provided for the Payment of theirIncereft. z. To an Enquiry into the Reafonswe have at prefent to exped: or hopethat thefe Debts, or any confiderable Partof them, will within any reafbnable Com-pafs of Time be difcharged and paid , 3. To fuch Reflexions as have oc-curred to me upon thofe Meallires thatmay for the future be enterd upon, forthe more fpeedy and efFedual Difchargeof our prelent Debts, from the Incomeof the Sinking Fund already providedfor that purpole; or lor flill farther in-creasing the annual Income of that Fund,by liich Reductions as may yet be madein the Interefh or Annuities payable forthe principal Sums of which the prefentDebt confifls. As to the firft of thefe, or the Ad-vantage arifmg to the Publick by theDifcharge of the prefent Debt
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