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tion in the Netherlands.—Spain.—Italy.—General esti-mate for Europe and America. —Quantity reproduced.—Trade with India and China.—Estimate of the gold trans-mitted by this means.—By the trade with the Levant.—General estimate of the quantity of coin; its diminution.

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CHAPTER XXVII.

Of the gold and silver of Africa and Asia.—African company.Quantity of gold imported by them.—General producevery small.—Eastern Africa.—Silver and gold from Tur-key.—Arabia and Persia.—Ava, Assam, Tibet , CochinChina.—East India Company.—Malay peninsula.—InChina none of the precious metals coined.—Indian Is-lands.—Mines in Borneo.—Japan.—Estimate of thewhole amount of gold and silver produced in Asia. —Ofthat coined.—Small quantity of coin required in China .—Chiefly silver.—Care taken of it.—Stationary prices.—Estimate of the quantity of the precious metals con-sumed for private use . . . 324

CHAPTER XXVIII.

On the proportion which that gold and silver which is coinedhears to that existing in other forms.—Consumptiongreater than the supply from the mines.—Consequent useand diminution of the stock of coin.—Proportion of cointo silver and gold in the possession of various classes ofsociety.—Consideration of each.—Of the stock of jew-ellers.—Of that in the Bank of England.—Total pro-portion.—Estimate of proportion in France , the rest ofEurope, and America. —Of the transfer of one stock intothe other at various times . . . 348