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ii. Money, Finance, Paper Credit, and the National Debt.

(1) MONEY AND COINING.

OBSERVATIONS on a printed paper for the Encouragement of Coining. 8vo. London, 1695. [P. 329. (1.)]

LOCKE (John) Further Considerations on raising the Value of Money. 8vo. London, 1695. [P. 329. (2.)]

A REPORT, containing an Essay for the Amendment of Silver Coins. 8vo. London, 1695. [M. 19. 17.]

4to. London, 1764.

8vo.

HARRIS (Joseph) An Essay on Money and Coins. Two Parts. London, 1757, 1758. [P. 219. (1) (2.)] +Tables of English Silver and Gold Coins. *RUDING (Rogers) Annals of the Coinage of Great Britain and its Dependencies, from the earliest period of authentic History to the close of the fiftieth year of King George III. 5 vols. 8vo. with a 4to. vol. of Plates. London, 1819.

(2) REPORT OF THE BULLION COMMITTEE, TRACTS THEREON, AND ON PAPER CREDIT.

REPORT, together with Minutes of Evidence and Accounts, from the Select Committee, appointed to inquire into the Cause of the High Price of Gold Bullion, and to take into consideration the State of the Circulating Medium, and of the Exchanges between Great Britain and Foreign Parts. 8vo. London, 1810. [Gg. 4. 50.]

TROTTER (Coutts) The Principles of Currency and Exchanges, applied to the Report from the Bullion Committee. 8vo. London, 1810.

[Gg. 4. 52.] RICARDO (David) The High Price of Bullion, a Proof of the Depreciation of Bank Notes. 8vo. London, 1810. [Gg. 4. 52.] HUSKISSON (W.) The Question concerning the Depreciation of our Currency, stated and examined. 8vo. London, 1810. [Gg. 4. 52.] BLAKE (Wm.) Observations on the Principles which regulate the Course of Exchange, under the present depreciated State of the Currency. 8vo. London, 1810. [Gg. 3. 52.]

MARRYATT (Joseph) Thoughts on the Establishment of a new Chartered Bank. 8vo. London, 1811. [Gg. 3. 52.]

HILL (John) An Inquiry into the Causes of the present High Price of Gold Bullion in England, with Observations on the Report of the Bullion Committee. 8vo. London, 1810. [Gg. 3. 52.]

SINCLAIR (Sir John) Observations on the Report of the Bullion Committee. 8vo. London, 1810. [Gg. 3. 52.]

Another Copy. 8vo. London, 1810. [Hh. 2. 37.]

BOSANQUET (Charles) Practical Observations on the Report of the Bullion Committee. 8vo. London, 1810. [Gg. 3. 52.]

THORNTON (Henry) An Inquiry into the Nature and Effects of the Paper Credit of Great Britain. 8vo. London, 1802. [Gg. 4. 52.]

THE CASE of the Bankers and their Creditors, stated and examined by the Rules of Policy and Common Reason. 4to. London, 1674.

[M. 15. 33.]

(3) THE NATIONAL DEBT.

THE History of our Customs, Aids, Subsidies, National Debts, and Taxes, from William the Conqueror to the year 1761. 8vo. London, 1751. [O. 6. 49.]

GRELLIER (J. J.) The History of the National Debt, from the Revolution in 1688, to the beginning of the year 1800. With a preliminary Account of the Debts contracted previous to that æra. 8vo. London, 1810. [Gg. 4. 47.]

CARY (John) An Essay towards the Settlement of National Credit in the Kingdom of England. 8vo. London, 1696. [P. 239. (6.)] HUTCHINSON (Arcbibald) A Collection of Treatises relating to the National Debts and Funds. And also a Collection of Treatises relating to the South Sea Stock and Scheme. folio, London, 1721. [H. 9. 19.] HOOKE (Andrew) An Essay on the National Debt and National Capital. 8vo. London, 1751. [R. 18. 33.]

PRICE (Richard) An Appeal to the Public on the subject of National Debt. 8vo. London, 1772. [A. 16. 36.]

MORGAN (William) A Review of Dr. Price's Writings on the Finances of Great Britain. 8vo. London, 1792. [Hh. 3. 40.]

STANHOPE (Charles Mahon, Earl) Observations on Mr. Pitt's Plan for the Reduction of the National Debt. 4to. London, 1786.

[Gg. 1. 40.] GRELLIER (J. J.) The Terms of all the Loans, which have been raised for the Public Service; with Observations on the Rate of Interest paid for the money borrowed, and an account of the Navy and Exchequer Bills funded at different periods. Svo. London, 1812.

8vo.

[Dd. 3. 27.] FAIRMAN (William) An Account of the several Public Funds. London, 1816. [Gg. 5. 35.]

iii. Trade, Commerce, and Manufactures.

(1) GENERAL TREATISES.

HAYES (Richard) The Method of Modern Book Keeping. 8vo. London, 1739. [P. 98. (7.)]

POSTLETHWAYT (Malachy) The Universal Dictionary of Trade and Commerce, translated from the French of M. Savary, with large additions and improvements. 2 vols. folio, London, 1751-56. [O. 3. 24,25.]

Britain's Commercial Interest explained and improved, in a Series of Dissertations on several Important Branches of her Trade and Police. 8vo. 2 vols. London, 1756. [O. 6. 47,48.]

FORTREY (Samuel) England's Interest and Improvement, consisting in the Increase of the Store and Trade of this Kingdom. 8vo. London, 1673. [M. 19. 52.]

TEMPLE (Sir William) On the Advancement of Trade in Ireland. his Miscellanea, Part I. [P. 274. (12.)]

In

COLLINS (John) A Discourse on Salt and Fishery. 4to. London, 1682.

[P. 39. (22.)]

CHILD (Sir Josiah) A New Discourse of Trade. 8vo. Glasgow, 1751. [P. 322. (2.)] DAVENANT (Charles) Discourses on the Public Revenues and on the Trade of England. 8vo. London, 1698. [B. 7. 29,30.]

Essays upon Peace at Home and War Abroad. 8vo. London, 1727. [B. 7. 27.]

A Vindication of Dr. D'Avenant from the Charge of having reflected on the late King William and his Ministry, in his Essays on Peace at Home and War Abroad. 4to. London, 1703. [M. 14. 15.]

CLELAND (William) The State of the Sugar Plantations considered: but more especially that of the Island of Barbadoes. 8vo. London, 1714. [M. 19. 13.] KING (Charles) The British Merchant; or Commerce Preserved. 3 vols. 8vo. London, 1721. [G. 14. 5-7.]

GEE (Joshua) The Trade and Navigation of Great Britain considered. 8vo. London, 1730. [P. 60. (8.)]

An Impartial Enquiry into the Importance and Present State of the Woollen Manufactories of Great Britain. 8vo. London, 1742.

[P. 129. (17.)] 8vo. London, 1740. [P. 98. (3.)] The Draper's Reply to "Remarks on the Consequences of

WEBSTER (William) The Consequences of Trade.

Trade." 8vo. London, 1741. [P. 98. (6.)] DECKER (Sir Matthew) Serious Considerations on the several High Duties which the Nation and Trade labour under. 8vo. London, 1744. [P. 129. (18.)]

TOWNSHEND (Lord Visct.) National Thoughts, recommended to the serious attention of the Public; with an Appendix shewing the Damages arising from a Bounty on Corn. 8vo. London, 1751. [R. 18. 33.] WALPOLE (Horatio, Lord) The Complaints of Manufacturers relating to the Abuses in marking Sheep and winding Wool. 8vo. London, 1752. [P. 180. (8.] DALRYMPLE (Sir John) The Question considered, Whether Wool should be allowed to be exported, when the Price is low at home, on paying a Duty to the Public? 8vo. London, 1782. [Gg. 7. 20.] Forster (Nathaniel) An Answer to Sir John Dalrymple's Pamphlet upon Exportation of Wool. 8vo. Colchester, 1782. [Gg. 7. 20.] TUCKER (Josiah, Dean of Gloucester) Reflections on the present Low Price of Coarse Wools, its immediate Causes, and probable Remedies. 8vo. London, 1782. [Gg. 7. 20.]

the

A Brief Essay on the Advantages and Disadvantages which respectively attend France and Great Britain with regard to Trade; with some Proposals for removing the Principal Disadvantages of Great Britain. 8vo. London, 1750. [R. 18. 33.]

RAMSDEN (J.) Animadversions on Dr. Blagden's Supplementary Report on the best method of proportioning the Excise on Spirituous Liquors. 4to. London, 1793. [Gg. 1. 41.]

ATKINS (Mess. & Co.) An Essay on the Relation between the Specific Gravities and the Strengths and Values of Spirituous Liquors. 4to. London, 1803. [Gg. 1. 42.]

A Description of the Hydrometer and Scales of Atkins & Co. or ascertaining the degrees of Strength of Spirituous Liquors. 8vo. London, 1802. [Gg. 5. 26.]

WITHERS (John) The Dutch, the best Friends to the Monarchy, Church, and Trade of England. 8vo. London, 1713. [F. 21. 21.]

LOWNDES (Thomas) Seasonable Hints for our Coast and Pilchard Fishery. London, 1748. [P. 5. (16.)]

Britaine's Buss; or a Computation as well of the Charge of a Busse or Herring-Fishing Ship, as also of the Gaine and Profit thereby. With the States Proclamation annexed vnto the same, as concerning Herring Fishing. 4to. London, 1615. [M. 20. 38]

A Letter in Reply to the Edinburgh Reviewers, on the Corn Laws. folio. [F. 23. 30.]

Anonymous Tracts on Trade, &c.

THE CIRCLE of Commerce, or the Ballance of Trade in Defence of Free
Trade. By E. M. Merchant. 4to. London, 1623. [M. 30. 37.]
AN ESSAY upon the probable Methods of making a People Gainers in
the Ballance of Trade. 8vo. London, 1699. [B. 7. 28.]

A METHOD OF TANNING without Bark. 8vo. London, 1729.

[P. 80. (5.)] A BRIEF STATE of the In-hand or Home Trade. 8vo. London, 1730. [P. 80. (4.)]

REFLECTIONS on the Expediency of opening the Trade to Turkey. By a Sincere Well-wisher to the Prosperity of Great Britain. 8vo. London, 1753. [P. 180. (5.)]

A DISCOURSE on the Natural Disposition of Mankind respecting Commerce, intended as a Preliminary to a larger Work, viz. The Elements of Commerce and Theory of Taxes. London. [P. 180. (6.)] CONSIDERATIONS on Taxes as they are supposed to affect the Price of Labour in our Manufactories: Shewing by Arguments drawn from Experience that nothing but Necessity ever will enforce Labour, and that no State can make any considerable figure in Trade where the Necessaries of Life are at a low Price. 8vo. London, 1765.

[P. 250. (7.)] A COLLECTION of several Authentic Accounts of the History and Price of Wheat, Bread, Malt, &c. from the coming in of William the Conqueror to Michaelmas 1745. 4to. London, 1748. [Hh. 1. 35.]

A BRIEF and IMPARTIAL SURVEY of the Flour and Bread Trades. 4to. London, 1790. [Hh. 1. 35.]

8vo.

A GLANCE at the State of Public Affairs, as far as relates to the Influence of Money and Finance on Manufactures and Commerce. Svo. London, 1817. [Gg. 7. 7.]

(2) TRACTS ON USURY-INTEREST TABLES.

SALMASII (Claudii) De Usuris. 12mo. Lugd. Bat. 1638. [G. 18. 14.] Salmasii (Claudii) De Modo Usurarum Liber. 12mo. Lugd. Bat. 1639. [G. 18. 15.]

Salmasii (Claudii) Dissertatio de Fonore Trapezetico. Lugd. Bat. 1640. [G. 18. 16.]

A TRACT against Usurie, presented to the High Court of Parliament. 4to. [L. 15. 19.]

cleared in an Examination of its

HOLMES (Nathaniel) Usury is Injury;
best Apologie. 4to. London, 1640. [N. 8. 38.]

CULPEPER (Sir Thomas) The Necessity of abating Usury re-asserted; in
Reply to the Discourse of Mr. Thomas Manly, entituled "

Usury at six

per cent. examined." 4to. London, 1670. [L. 19. 30.] FILMER (Sir Robert) A Discourse whether it may be lawful to take Use for Money. 8vo. London, 1678. [N. 9. 43.]

SMART (John) Tables of Interest, Discount, Annuities, &c. 1726. [Gg. 1. 45.]

4to. London,

Another Copy, revised, enlarged, and improved, by Charles Brand. 4to. London, 1780. [Gg. 1. 46.]

WARD (John) Clavis Usuræ: or, a Key to Interest both Simple and Compound. 12mo. London, 1710. [Dd. 4. 53.]

(3) EAST INDIA COMPANY.

THE TRADES INCREASE. 4to. London, 1615. [M. 20. 38.]

THE DEFENCE OF TRADE, in a Letter to Sir Thomas Smith, Knt. Gouernour of the East India Companie, &c. from one of that Societie. 4to. London, 1615. [M. 20. 38.]

A TREATISE on the Advantages of the East India Company. 4to. London, 1681. [P. 41. (5.)]

A Report from the Committee of Correspondence to the Court of Directors of the East India Company on the formation of an Establishment at home for the Education of Young Men, intended for the Company's Civil Service. 4to. London, 1804. [E. 1. 25.]

A Preliminary View of the Establishment of the Hon. East India Company in Hertfordshire for the Education of Young Persons appointed to the Civil Service in India. 4to. East India College, (stereotyped) 1806. [Gg. 1. 14.]

MALTHUS (T. R.) A Letter to the Right Hon. Lord Grenville, occasioned by some Observations of his Lordship on the East India Company's Establishment for the Education of their Civil Servants. don, 1813. [Gg. 3. 56.]

[See further, CLASS V. HISTORY, SECT. IV. Asia, § 2.]

(4) THE SLAVE TRADE.

8vo. Lon

SHARP (Granville) Representation of the Injustice and dangerous Tendency of tolerating Slavery, or admitting the least Claim of Private Property in the Persons of Men in England. 8vo. London, 1769.

AN ADDRESS to the People of Great Britain, on from the Use of West India Sugar and Rum.

[G. 24. 7.] the Utility of refraining 12mo. Hull, 1791. [li. 1. 12.]

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