§ "That, taking the average of Banknotes in circulation, in the years 1782 and 1783, from their amount in the beginning of the months of January, March, June, October, and December, in each year, and that of 1784, from their amount in the beginning of the months of March, June, October, and December (which are the returns before the House), it appears as follows:
1782 | 7,599,570l. |
1783 | 6,583,560l. |
1784 | 6,209,855l. |
§ "That the exchanges with Hamburgh, and the price of foreign gold, during the same periods, were as follows:
1782. | Exch. | for G. | ||||
January | 31. | 9. | £. | 3 | 18 | 6 |
March | 32. | 10. | 3 | 19 | 0 | |
June | 32. | 7. | 3 | 19 | 6 | |
October | 32. | 3. | 4 | 2 | 0 | |
December | 31. | 10. | 4 | 0 | 1 | |
1783. | Exch. | for G. | ||||
January | 32. | 7. | £. | 4 | 1 | 0 |
March | 32. | 5. | 3 | 19 | 0 |
June | 31. | 5. | 4 | 2 | 3 | |
October | 32. | 7. | 3 | 19 | 6 | |
December | 32. | 8. | 3 | 19 | 6 | |
1784. | Exch. | for G. | ||||
January | ||||||
March | 33. | 9. | £. | 3 | 18 | 0 |
June | 34. | 4. | 3 | 17 | 10½ | |
October | 34. | 7. | 3 | 17 | 10½ | |
December | 34. | 10. | 3 | 17 | 10½ |
§ "That the exchange with Hamburgh between the end of December 1784, and the 25th of February 1787, fell from 35.0 to 34.6.