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GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
army and navy in periods of war, dates from the time of the Revolution, and grew up in the proportions sketched in the following table : —
Historical Periods
Capital of Debt, fancied and unfunded
Interest
and manage- ment
♦ Debt at the revolution, in 1689 Excess of debt contracted during the reign of "William III. above debt paid off
Debt at the accession of Queen Anne, in 1 702 Debt contracted during Queen Anne's reign
Debt at the accession of George I., in 1714 Debt paid off during the reign of George I., above debt contracted
Debt at the accession of George II., in 1727
Debtcontraetedfrom the accession of George
II. till the peace of Paris in 1763, three
years after the accession of George III.
Debt in 1763
Paid during peace, from 1763 to 1775
Debt at the commencement of the American
war, in 1775
Debt contracted during the American war
Debt at the conclusion of the American war,
in 1784
Paid during peace from 1784 to 1793
Debt at the commencement of the French
war, in 1793
Debt contracted during the French war
Total funded and unfunded debt on the 1st of February, 1817, when the English and Irish exchequers were consolidated
Debt cancelled from the 1st of February, 1817, to 5th of January, 1836
Debt, and charge thereon 5th of January, 1836
Debt, and charge thereon 31st of March, 1870
£ 664,263.
15,730,439
£ 39,855
1,271,087
16,394.702 .37,750,661
1,310,942 2,040,416
54,145,363 2,053,125
3,351,358 1,133,807
52,092,238 86,773,192
2,217,551 2,634,500
138,865,430 10.281,795
4,852,051 380,480
128,583,635 121,267,993
4,471,571 4,980,201
249,851,628 10,501,380
9,451,772 243,277
239,350,148 601,500,343
9,208,495 22,829,696
840,850,491
32,038,191
53,211,675
2,894,674
787,638,816
29,143,517
747,551,048
27,046,653
The state of the national debt for the to 1870, has been as follows : —
sixteen years, from 1856
