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the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer; and into the hands of thoſe two gentlemen was previouſly put a memorandum, ſealed up, of the loweſt terms that would be accepted on the part of the public, to prevent any poſſible coliuſion, by a combination among different ſets of perſons offering for the loan, it would be difficult to compute, with any degree of correctneſs, the exact ſums that have been ſaved by this ſyſtem, firſt introduced, and ſteadily adhered to by Mr. Pitt; but, referring to the actual premiums at which the Omnium on the loans fold, on the firſt appearance of each in the market, in the years ſtated in the note it would be a mode

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		Premium.
In	1781	8½	to	11	In	1800	1¼	to	1½
	1782	4	to	5		1801	1¼	to	1½
	1783	6	to	7¾		1802	3½	to	3¾
	1790	½	to	¾		1803[1]
	1794	¾	to	1½		1804	3¾	to	4
	1795	4	to	4¼		1805	3¾	to	4¾
	1796	3½	to	4		1806	3¾	to	4½
	1797[2]					1807	¾	to	1¼
	1798	1	to	1½		1808	2¾	to	3¼
	1799	3½	to	4		1809	1	to	1¼

rate

1. Par, and 1¼ Diſcount.
2. This year the Loan was at a Diſcount from 2 to 2½.