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of theparticularRent or Annuity to be purchafed, wi th a moderate 
degree of diligence in the Manager, and theufual indulgence 
pradis’d by Men of Bufincfs in this Cafe towards one another 
beobferv'd, a reafonable Eftimate maybe alfo made of the iofs 
of time ; In which ’tis to be noted, that Intereft Money being 
ufually paid in fmall Sums, when any Sum of Money to be 
made up of feveral fuch Payments, is intended to be put out 
at Intereft, the whole muft lie dead till the lad Payment be 
made ; alfo that the Principal lies dead fometimes as well as 
the Intered; and that on the other hand, to fave time. Bor- 
rowers may be found out, and treated with during the time of 
Colledion; but this Advantage is in a great Meafure lod by 
the difficulty of fixing the rime or Quantum of a Loan, rill the 
whole be paid in. Note alfo, that if the Charge of Colledi- 
on, orLofs of time, on the Rent, or Annuity, of any par- 
ticular Edate or Place, be found to differ from that of the In- 
tereft of the Purchafe Mony, and fo much exa&nefs be requi- 
red, as that the Computation be made with regard co fuch 
difference : It muft be done, either by afluming a proper 
Medium for both, or more accurately thus : For the reduc’d 
Rate of the ^ Jntereft-Mony \ P ut ) t ( Then r : J : : 
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r 
and X • i 4 t\ — i 
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To give a Specimen of this Method in Numbers, firft the 
Quantities c and t are to be afTum’d, which are not here to be 
accomodated to any particular Place or Eftate, but to be ta- 
ken in general : And firft for c the Charge of Management 5 
the ufual Rates of Colle&ors Fees in thele Kingdoms, asl am 
inform’d, are6<^. i id. and i %d.per Pound, but the moft ufual 
ixd. which is 5 perCmt. However to be withincompafs, I 
fhall take 4 per Cent, for the Medium, including what further 
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