IhaveomittedasmuchofMrPearse\'spaperasregardedtheamountofbanknotesincirculationbeforetherestrictiononbankpayments,becausewhilstthepublicpossessedthepowerofobtainingspeciefortheirnotes,theexchangecouldnotputbemomentarilyloweredbytheamountofthebankissues。
Theaverageamountofbanknotesfromtheyear1797to1809
inclusive,inthefollowingtable,iscopiedfromtheReportoftheBullionCommittee。Theratesofexchangeareextractedfromalistpresentedbytheminttoparliament。TherehavebeenthreereturnsmadetoparliamentbytheBank,oftheamountoftheirnotesincirculationintheyear1810;thefirstforthe7thand12thofeachmonth;thesecondaweeklyreturnfromthe19thJanuary,1810,to28thDecember;andthethirdalsoaweeklyaccountfromthe3dMarchto29thDecember,1810。Theaverageamountofnotesabove5l。includingbankpostbills,accordingtothefirstaccountis*15,706,226ofnotesunder5l。*6,560,674
Second……16,192,1106,758,895
Third……16,358,2306,614,721