R. Torrens
Published: 2015-07-02
Total Pages: 322
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Excerpt from The Principles and Practical Operation of Sir Robert Peel's Act of 1844, Explained and Defended To the First Edition of my Tract on the Principles and Practical Operation of Sir Robert Peel's Act of 1844, the following additions have been made: - I. A preliminary chapter on the question, whether Bank-notes, immediately convertible into coin, should be placed, in common with coin, in the category of money; or, in common with cheques and bills of Exchange, in the category of credit? II. A critical examination of the chapter on "The Regulation of a Convertible Paper Currency," in Mr. J. S. Mill's "Principles of Political Economy." III. On the effect of the new supplies of gold upon the Australian currencies. The length to which the reply to Mr. Mill has been carried demands some explanation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.