Qu. Whether that, which increaseth the stock of a nation be not
a means of increasing its trade? And whether that which increaseth
the current credit of a nation may not be said to increase its
stock?
230. Qu. Whether it may not be expedient to appoint certain funds or
stock for a national bank, under direction of certain persons,
one-third whereof to be named by the Government, and one-third by
each House of Parliament?
231. Qu. Whether the directors should not be excluded from sitting
in either House, and whether they should not be subject to the audit
and visitation of a standing committee of both Houses?
232. Qu. Whether such committee of inspectors should not be changed
every two years, one-half going out, and another coming in by
ballot?
233. Qu. Whether the notes ought not to be issued in lots, to be let
at interest on mortgaged lands, the whole number of lots to be
divided among the four provinces, rateably to the number of hearths
in each?
234. Qu. Whether it may not be expedient to appoint four
counting-houses, one in each province, for converting notes into
specie?
235. Qu. Whether a limit should not be fixed, which no person might
exceed, in taking out notes?
236. Qu. Whether, the better to answer domestic circulation, it may
not be right to issue notes as low as twenty shillings?
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