An essay on the publick debts of this kingdom : Wherein the importance of discharging them is considered; the Provisions for that Purpose by the Sinking Fund, and the Progress therein hitherto made, are stated and explained; the Sufficiency of those Provisions are demonstrated; some general Mistakes about the Nature and Efficacy of this Expedient, examined and removed; and the Progress of the Sinking Fund described and computed from Midsummer, 1727. To which is subjoined, An Enquiry into the General Convenience of reducing farther the Interest of our Publick Debts below 4 per Cent. per Annum. In a letter to a Member of the House of Commons.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gould, Nathaniel, Sir.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Debts, Public--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Debts, Public.

Sinking-funds--Great Britain--Early works to 1800.

Sinking-funds.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii,120p. )

Edition:

The fourth edition.

Other Title:

Essay on the publick debts of this kingdom.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Peele, at Locke's-Head in Pater-Noster-Row. MDCCXXVII. (prince One Shilling and Six-Pence.), [1727]

Notes:

Anonymous. By Sir Nathaniel Gould.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

Hanson, 3606n

Goldsmiths', 6549

English Short Title Catalog, T33408.

OCLC:

642570302