IX PAPER MONEY AS A STANDARD OF VALUE 149 



a larger profit to the Government on their issue than 

 there is now. 



A convenient form for £1 and £5 notes would probably 

 be very thin tough cards of the size of railway tickets, and 

 of different colours. They would thus be very portable 

 and easily distinguishable. They would constitute the 

 legal tender of the country, and would always purchase, on 

 the average, the same quantities of the chief necessaries of 

 life. They would thus constitute a permanent standard of 

 value— the ideal perfection of money ; and would have the 

 additional advantage of being a steady source of revenue to 

 the country. 



