Author: Committee on Finance
Title: The State of the Nation with Respect to Its Public Funded Debt, Revenue, and Disbursement; Comprized in the Report of the Select Committee on Finance, Appointed by the House of Commons
Description: London, H. D. Symonds, 1798-1800. Leather. A scarce complete four volume set of this insightful report of the nation's finances as of 5th January 1798. Complete in four volumes. Scarce. An examination of state of the nation with respect to public funded debt, revenue, and disbursement. Containing the total amount of the public debts, and the interest and charges attending the same as they stood on the 5th January 1798. With a detailed and comprehensive report of the receipts and disbursements of the several undermentioned offices, including: Treasury, Exchequer, Secretary of State, Custom House, Stamp Office, and more. Including the names of the superior officers and clerks in each department and their salaries or fees, with the amount of additional pensions or salaries they receive. Produced by the Committee on Finance, as appointed by the House of Commons. In the original half calf binding. Externally, worn with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Loss to the head and tail of the spines as well as the board tips. Fading to the spine with marks to the boards. Tape repairs to the spine of volume one, front board detached but present to volume two with cracking to the rear joint, front board detached to volume three with cracking to the rear joint, and front board and front free endpaper detached but present to volume four with cracking to the rear joint. Remaining hinges tender. With creases to the external pages of volume three. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd spot and age toning to the extremities. Fair . Ill.: None. Fair .

Keywords: State of the Nation Public Funding Debt Public Finance None


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