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1,774 years and 341 days for Shillings.

3,549 years and 817 days for Sixpences.

21,299 years and 79 days for Penny pieces.

42,598 years and 159 days for Half pence.

If any Being had begun to tell out this sum in half pence, ⟨at the⟩ above rate, thirty six thousand years before the creation of the ⟨world⟩ and continued telling it out till the present, at the end of s(illegible text) hundred years after this it would not be all told out.

III. Suppose this sum were either in gold, silver, or ⟨copper⟩ What length of a wall 35 inches high, and 10 inches thick, ⟨would⟩ it build in each of these metals? Also: What area of square p(illegible text) of land would each of those walls inclose?

Ans. A Gold wall of one mile and 344 1/2 ⟨yards⟩ nearly, which would inclose a square piece of land (illegible text) 57 1/6 acres. A Silver wall of 28 3/4 miles, which ⟨would⟩ inclose a square piece of land of 50 square ⟨miles.⟩ And a Copper wall of 147 miles, which would ⟨inclose⟩ a square piece of ground of 1350 1/2 square miles.

IV. Suppose this sum either in Bank of England Pound ⟨Notes⟩ 512 to a pound weight, gold, silver, or copper: How many ⟨horses⟩ and waggons will it require to carry the national debt? Also (illegible text) annual interest of the national debt at four and a half pound cent? Allowing the Bank Notes, and Copper, avoirdupois wei(illegible text) the gold and silver troy weight; and each horse and waggon to ⟨carry⟩ a ton weight.

Ans. The horses and waggons necessary to ⟨carry⟩ the National Debt, will be for Bank Notes, 87(illegible text) Gold 9522, Silver 148,809, Copper 6,696,478. ⟨The⟩ annual interest at £4 1/2 per cent is 15 millions. ⟨The⟩ horses and waggons necessary to carry the annual ⟨interest⟩ will be for Bank Notes 392 1/5, Gold 428 1/2, ⟨Silver⟩ 6696 4/5, and for Copper 301,34l.

V. How many miles of a road would these horses and ⟨waggons⟩ cover, allowing each horse and waggon 20 yards?

Ans. For the National Debt. 99 miles and 14 ⟨yards⟩ carrying Bank Notes, 108 miles carrying Gold, 1,(illegible text) miles carrying Silver, and 76,096 1/8 miles carrying ⟨Copper⟩: which in copper is upwards of three times ⟨round⟩ the globe of our earth.

Ans. For the Annual Interest. 4 1/2 miles ⟨carrying⟩ Bank Notes, 4 miles and 1530 yards carrying ⟨gold⟩