The National Debt

CONTENTS

CHAP.
I	THE ORIGIN OF THE DEBT
II	THE SINKING FUND
III	CONSOLIDATION. THE ORIGIN OF THE STOCKS
IV	THE SEVEN YEARS WAR AND THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
V	EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY VIEWS ON THE DEBT
VI	THE REVIVAL OF THE SINKING FUND
VII	THE WAR WITH FRANCE—I
VIII	THE WAR WITH FRANCE—II
IX	THE ABANDONMENT OF THE SINKING FUND
X	1830–60
XI	TERMINABLE ANNUITIES
XII	TWO AND A HALF PER CENT.
XIII	WAR AND POST-WAR BORROWINGS
XIV	THE PROBLEM OF REPAYMENT
	TABLES
	BIBLIOGRAPHY
	INDEX

Note.—In the footnotes the abbreviation P.I. & E. refers to Public Income and Expenditure: Parliamentary Papers, 1868–9, XXXV.