INTRODUCTION1 CHAPTER ⅠON THE CORN TRADE IN 1838 AND 18393 SECTION 1 Cursory review of the seasons and crops of 1836 and 18373 SECTION 2 Character of the season in 1838． prices and estimated produce of wheat6 SECTION 3 Character of the season of 1839． prices and estimated produce of wheat13 SECTION 4 Relative prices of wheat and barley18 SECTION 5 Influence of the corn laws on prices20 SECTION 6 Effects which a bounty would have had43 SECTION 7 Suggestion of the substitution of a fixed duty46 SECTION 8 Conjecture as to the prices at which wheat would range in the event of a free trade48 SECTION 9 On the effect of the prices of provisions on the condition of the working classes51
CHAPTER Ⅱ ON THE PRICES OF PRODUCE， OTHER THAN CORN53 CHAPTER Ⅲ ON THE STATE OF THE CIRCULATION IN 1838 AND 183966 SECTION 1 Causes of the recent depression of our foreign exchanges， and the consequent drain on the coffers of the Bank of England67
SECTION 2 On the regulation of the bank issues in 1838 and 183975 SECTION 3 Doctrine of the supposed duty of the Bank of England to accommodate the trade， and to support the commer credit of the country100 SECTION 4 Result of the review of the management of the bank in 1838 and 1839112 SECTION 5 Vindication of the bank from some groundless charges114 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 England120 CHAPTER Ⅳ ON THE SEVERAL ALTERATIONS PROPOSEDIN THE MANAGEMENT OF THE CURRENCY， WITH AVIEW TO REMEDY THE EXISTING DEFECTS174 SECTION 1 On the proposed total separation of the business of issuing bank notes from that of the deposits， and other mere banking operations177 SECTION 2 Plan proposed for retaining the present system of union of the two departments， with greater security against the risk of suspension187 SECTION 3 On the two schemes which offer themselves， consistently with the present standard， in the event of the bank charter not being renewed203 SECTION 4 On proposed plans for altering the standard209 SECTION 5 On the effects of a silver standard211 SECTION 6 On the effects of a double standard216 SECTION 7 On a system of paper circulation without a defined principle of limitation218 SECTION 8 Digression on the suspended american banks228 SECTION 9 Summary of the preceding review of the state of the circulation， and of some of the alterations proposed in our banking system243 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”246 Paper communicated by Mr． Pennington277 APPENDIX286
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