[FOREIGN TRADE] REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE Appointed to Consider of the Means of Maintaining and Improving the FOREIGN TRADE OF THE COUNTRY,

WALLACE (Thomas, Chairman); PARLIAMENT.

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First Edition, 139pp., large folio, very good copy in blue boards, London, House of Commons, 1821. Chaired by Thomas Wallace, 1st Baron Wallace, (1768 - 1844) member of the Board of Control from 1807-1816 (responsible for overseeing the British East India Company), and Vice-President of the Board of Trade from 1818 to 1823. The Report includes evidence from Thomas Tooke (1774-1858) English economist known for writing on money and his work on economic statistics. As a follower of Ricardo, Francis Horner, and Huskisson, Tooke was a supporter of the principles embodied in the report of the bullion committee of 1810. The three years which followed the Resumption of Cash Payments Act 1819 were marked by a fall in the prices of nearly all commodities. An opinion gained ground that the fall was due to a contraction of the currency which was assumed to result from the return to cash payments.

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• Title: [FOREIGN TRADE] REPORT FROM THE SELECT COMMITTEE Appointed to Consider of the Means of Maintaining and Improving the FOREIGN TRADE OF THE COUNTRY,