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have at the end of the five years both his 

 house and his original income of £9000 ? 



"The States are in precisely the same 

 position as regards the £13,000 which they 

 have to pay out of their income during the 

 five years included in the same table. This 

 sum will be paid in instalments of £2600 per 

 annum, with as much ease as were much 

 heavier engagements in 1826 and 1827. 



"The time has passed when the public 

 could be frightened by exaggerated reports 

 about the debt ; most complete publicity 

 keeps every one acquainted with the real state 

 of affairs. My greatest wish is that nothing 

 should be hidden." 



The notes issued for the Market amounted 

 altogether to £11,296, which were all eventu- 

 ally cashed to bearers out of the liquor duties 

 and the rents derived from the butchers' shops 

 inside the Market-house. A bonfire seems to 

 have been made every six months for the 

 destruction of these notes. The public, that 

 is, the contractors and the workmen who 

 were building the Market-house, as well as 

 the ratepayers, seem to liave entered into the 

 scheme with zest, and the States notes, instead 

 of being taken shyly in payment of wages and 



