Excerpt from Considerations on the Trade and Finances of This Kingdom, and on the Measures of Administration, With Respect to Those Great National Objects Since the Conclusion of the Peace Evil, and affeeted every Money-tranfaeiion. Thefe are Circum lienees of very ferious concern, and important to the decifion of any enquiry into our national Situation: to Rate them therefore diftinetly to fet againft them the Advantages we have gain'd and to examine. Into the Meafures which have been urfued fince the Peace, as well thofe which will contribute to religore order to the Finances, to preferve or to recover Trade, and to improve our new Acquifitions as thofe which have a contrary Tendency in order from the whole view to form fome iudgment of the real State of this Kingdom, with refpeet to its Finances and its Com merce, will be attempted in the following Confiderations but Meafures having varied, and, the national Situation and Profpeets being thereby different at different times, it will be necefl'ary to diftinguith them into two Periods, the one ending in the lafl: Year, the other comprehending all fubfequent Operations: and I thall therefore endeavour to keep the Confideration of each egnrely feparate, 'as the only means of determining upon ei f er. 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.