INTRODUCTION CHAPTER Ⅰ ON THE CORN TRADE IN 1838 AND 1839 SECTION 1 Cursory review of the seasons and crops of 1836 and 1837 SECTION 2 Character of the season in 1838． prices and estimated produce of wheat SECTION 3 Character of the season of 1839． prices and estimated produce of wheat SECTION 4 Relative prices of wheat and barley SECTION 5 Influence of the corn laws on prices SECTION 6 Effects which a bounty would have had SECTION 7 Suggestion of the substitution of a fixed duty SECTION 8 Conjecture as to the prices at which wheat would range in the event of a free trade SECTION 9 On the effect of the prices of provisions on the condition of the working classes CHAPTER Ⅱ ON THE PRICES OF PRODUCE， OTHER THAN CORN CHAPTER Ⅲ ON THE STATE OF THE CIRCULATION IN 1838 AND 1839 SECTION 1 Causes of the recent depression of our foreign exchanges， and the consequent drain on the coffers of the Bank of England SECTION 2 On the regulation of the bank issues in 1838 and SECTION 3 Doctrine of the supposed duty of the Bank of England to accommodate the trade， and to support the commer credit of the country SECTION 4 Result of the review of the management of the bank in 1838 and SECTION 5 Vindication of the bank from some groundless charges SECTION 6 Examination of the effects imputed by mr． hume in his speech of the 8th of July， 1839， to the management of the Bank of England CHAPTER Ⅳ ON THE SEVERAL ALTERATIONS PROPOSEDIN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CURRENCY， WITH AVIEW TO REMEDY THE EXISTING DEFECTS SECTION 1 On the proposed total separation of the business of issuing bank notes from that of the deposits， and other mere banking operations SECTION 2 Plan proposed for retaining the present system of union of the two departments， with greater security against the risk of suspension SECTION 3 On the two schemes which offer themselves， consistently with the present standard， in the event of the bank charter not being renewed SECTION 4 On proposed plans for altering the standard SECTION 5 On the effects of a silver standard SECTION 6 On the effects of a double standard SECTION 7 On a system of paper circulation without a defined principle of limitation SECTION 8 Digression on the suspended american banks SECTION 9 Summary of the preceding review of the state of the circulation， and of some of the alterations proposed in our banking system CHAPTER Ⅴ OBSERVATIONS ON A RECENT PUBLICATION BY MR． SAMUEL JONES LOYD， 「ON THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CIRCULATION， AND ON THE CONDITION AND CONDUCT OF THE BANK OF ENGLAND， AND OF THE COUNTRY ISSUES DURING THE YEAR 1839」 Paper communicated by Mr． Pennington APPENDIX
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