... confeder-ationisevenmorebarren of incidentthan that of NewBrunswick,butit isinterestingbecause of theinterferencebyGovernment in thebusiness of banking in order tokeep in circulationtheGovernmentissuesalreadyreferredto,andthedevelopment of private ... themselvesaswell in asmall volume of businessas in the transactions of agreatnation. In attemptingto setforth the history of thecurrencyandkinking of Canada, uptothelastrevision of theBankAct,tactsfallnaturallyintothefollowinggroups:1608-1760,NewFrance.Cardmoneyandotherpapa?168517191710-1749,and1750-1760.AUTHORSPREFACEj3-1791,Britishoccupation.Countrywithoutpapermoney.Coins of severalcountriesalegalui1791-1812,Representativegovernmentestablished in mptsto ... 1817,theHouse of Assemblywasaskedbythebusinessmen of KingstontoincorporatetheBank of Upper Canada ;sothat thepeople of provincewerenot behind those of LowerA HISTORY OF seekingsuchprivileges.TheactwaspassedbythePro\Parliament,hutwas...