【目录】 CONTENTS PART I ON THE PRICES OF CORN FROM 1840 TO 1847 SECTION 1 Character of the season of 18391840． Prices and estimated produce of wheat4 SECTION 2 Character of the season of 18401841． Prices and estimated produce of wheat8 SECTION 3 Character of the season of 18411842． Prices and estimated produce of wheat12 SECTION 4 Character of the season of 18421843． Prices and estimated produce of wheat16 SECTION 5 Character of the season of 18431844． Prices and estimated produce of wheat18 SECTION 6 Character of the season of 18441845． Prices and estimated produce of wheat20 SECTION 7 Character of the season of 18451846． Prices and estimated produce of wheat26 SECTION 8 Character of the season of 18461847． Prices and estimated produce of wheat31 SECTION 9 On the variation of the supplies of wheat from Ireland37 SECTION 10 On the probable future course of the prices of wheat in the United Kingdom40 PART IION THE PRICES OF PRODUCE OTHER THAN CORN SECTION 1 On the concurrent variations of prices， the circulation， and the rate of interest， from the close of 1839 to the autumn of 184448 SECTION 2 On the same phenomena， from the autumn of 1844 to the close of 184768 PART IIIA GENERAL REVIEW OF THE CURRENCY QUESTION IN ITS VARIOUS PHASES FROM 1797 TO THE CLOSE OF 1809 INTRODUCTION89 CHAPTER I THE PERIOD FROM 1797 TO 181992 SECTION 1 On the progress of the discussion from 1797 to 180992 SECTION 2 On the steadiness of the exchanges， and on the variations in the prices of commodities， during the first twelve years of the restriction102 SECTION 3 On the comparative magnitude of the advances by the bank to the government during the same period—（17971809）104 SECTION 4 On the progress of the discussion from 1809 to 1811108 SECTION 5 On the opinions of the bullion committee on the phenomena of the circulation in 18091811111 SECTION 6 On the policy of the government in rejecting the recommendation of the bullion committee for a speedy resumption of cash payments128 SECTION 7 On Lord Kings requisition to his tenants to pay in gold130 SECTION 8 On the possibility of the bank counteracting the fall of the exchanges in 18091811133 SECTION 9 On the alleged excessive issues by the bank， 18081814; and on the distinction between small and large notes139 SECTION 10 On the readjustment of the relative values of gold and paper between 1814 and 1819145 SECTION 11 On the uniform coincidence of the periods of improved exchanges and diminished foreign expenditure152 CHAPTER II THE PERIOD FROM 1819 TO THE CLOSE OF 1847 SECTION 1 On Sir Robert Peels speeches of May 1844． The rationale of a fixed metallic standard159 SECTION 2 On Sir Robert Peels definition of “money”171 SECTION 3 On the currency principle184 SECTION 4 On the error of confounding paper credit with paper money190 SECTION 5 On the circumstances which determine the outstanding amount， and the effect on prices， of a currency of convertible and of inconvertible paper204 SECTION 6 On the effects of different modes of issue of a convertible and of an inconvertible paper． Mr． Ricardos hypothesis of a gold mine in the bank221 SECTION 7 On the effects of an influx of gold，caused by a favourable exchange， as distinguished from an influx caused by increased productiveness of the mines229 SECTION 8 Digression concerning Russian paper money234 SECTION 9 On a metallic circulation， as the type of a perfect currency243 SECTION 10 On the distinction between currency and capital; and on the actual and imputed functions of country bank notes252 SECTION 11 On the alleged insufficiency of convertibility to prevent excessive issues of bank notes， as asserted to be proved by the history of the American banks281 SECTION 12 Summary of the argument against the theory of the measure of 1844290 SECTION 13 On the former monetary crises， asserted by Sir Robert Peel to prove the danger of overissue of convertible notes293 SECTION 14 On Sir Robert Peels statement relative to bankrupt banks306 SECTION 15 On the anticipations respecting the success of the act of 1844， as expressed by its advocates and opponents312 SECTION 16 On the operation of the act of 1844， from September， 1844 to January， 1847328 SECTION 17 On the operation of the act of 1844 in the year 1847338 SECTION 18 Comparison of the crises of 1825 and 1847368 SECTION 19 On the defence of the act of 1844， by Sir R． Peel， in his speech of the 3rd of December， 1847392 SECTION 20 On the arguments advanced to prove that the act of 1844 has already averted or diminished the risk of a suspension of cash payments413 SECTION 21 The conclusion of the argument on the act of 1844443 APPENDIX SUPPLEMENT TO PART Ⅰ453 Average prices of corn in England and Wales454 Home supplies of wheat， in harvest years， as indicated by the offi returns for England and Wales： 18391847463 Prices and foreign supplies of wheat， in harvest years， since 1828464 SUPPLEMENT TO PART Ⅱ467 Tables of prices of produce other than corn479 The accounts of the bank of England， from 1840 to 1847 inclusive484 Correspondence between the government and the bank of England— 25th Oct． 1847508 Statement of the quantity of gold produced in Russia during the 28 years， 18191846510 Imperial manifesto513 Extracts from the evidence of Mr． Tooke before the select committee of the house of commons， on banks of issue， in 1840523 Extract from the report of the select committee on the state of commer credit— April 25th， 1793567 【作者简介】