INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER Ⅰ ON THE CORN TRADE IN 1838 AND 1839 3
SECTION 1 Cursory review of the seasons and crops of 1836 and 1837 3
SECTION 2 Character of the season in 1838.prices and estimated produce of wheat 6
SECTION 3 Character of the season of 1839.prices and estimated produce of wheat 13
SECTION 4 Relative prices of wheat and barley 18
SECTION 5 Influence of the corn laws on prices 20
SECTION 6 Effects which a bounty would have had 43
SECTION 7 Suggestion of the substitution of a fixed duty 46
SECTION 8 Conjecture as to the prices at which wheat would range in the event of a free trade 48
SECTION 9 On the effect of the prices of provisions on the condition of the working classes 51
CHAPTER Ⅱ ON THE PRICES OF PRODUCE,OTHER THAN CORN 53
CHAPTER Ⅲ ON THE STATE OF THE CIRCULATION IN 1838 AND 1839 66
SECTION 1 Causes of the recent depression of our foreign exchanges,and the consequent drain on the coffers of the Bank of England 67
SECTION 2 On the regulation of the bank issues in 1838 and 1839 75
SECTION 3 Doctrine of the supposed duty of the Bank of England to accommodate the trade,and to support the commercial credit of the country 100
SECTION 4 Result of the review of the management of the bank in 1838 and 1839 112
SECTION 5 Vindication of the bank from some groundless charges 114
SECTION 6 Examination of the effects imputed by mr.hume in his speech of the 8th of July,1839,to the management of the Bank of England 120
CHAPTER Ⅳ ON THE SEVERAL ALTERATIONS PROPOSEDIN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CURRENCY,WITH AVIEW TO REMEDY THE EXISTING DEFECTS 174
SECTION 1 On the proposed total separation of the business of issuing bank notes from that of the deposits,and other mere banking operations 177
SECTION 2 Plan proposed for retaining the present system of union of the two departments,with greater security against the risk of suspension 187
SECTION 3 On the two schemes which offer themselves,consistently with the present standard,in the event of the bank charter not being renewed 203
SECTION 4 On proposed plans for altering the standard 209
SECTION 5 On the effects of a silver standard 211
SECTION 6 On the effects of a double standard 216
SECTION 7 On a system of paper circulation without a defined principle of limitation 218
SECTION 8 Digression on the suspended american banks 228
SECTION 9 Summary of the preceding review of the state of the circulation,and of some of the alterations proposed in our banking system 243
CHAPTER Ⅴ OBSERVATIONS ON A RECENT PUBLICATION BY MR.SAMUEL JONES LOYD,“ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CIRCULATION,AND ON THE CONDITION AND CONDUCT OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND,AND OF THE COUNTRY ISSUES,DURING THE YEAR 1839” 246
Paper communicated by Mr.Pennington 277
APPENDIX 286
