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 the part of the Chancellor of the Exchequer; and into the hands of thoe two gentlemen was previouly put a memorandum, ealed up, of the lowet terms that would be accepted on the part of the public, to prevent any poible coliuion, by a combination among different ets of perons offering for the loan, it would be difficult to compute, with any degree of correctnes, the exact ums that have been aved by this ytem, firt introduced, and teadily adhered to by Mr. Pitt; but, referring to the actual premiums at which the Omnium on the loans fold, on the firt appearance of each in the market, in the years tated in the note it would be a mode

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