CHAP. III. Is the loss which the course of exchange marks upon 25 the trade of Great Britain with France, real or apparent, Reason for proposing this question, — Suppositions, — Principles, 25 How the paying for coinage affects the profits on goods 26 _exported_, When the balance is favourable, 27 And how, when unfavourable, 28 How the paying for coinage affects the profits on goods — _imported_, When the balance is favourable, — And how, when unfavourable, — The more trade is favourable, the more adviseable it is to 29 impose a price upon coinage, CHAP. IV. Of the different methods of imposing coinage, and of 30 the influence they respectively have upon the value of the money unit, and upon the domestic interests of a nation, Two ways of imposing coinage, — Plan laid down in this chapter, 31 How coinage is imposed by authority, — How by consent, — When by authority, what the consequence, — The metals are exported, — How, in France, this is prevented in some measure, 32 French policy as to coin not generally understood, — How coinage influences the price of inland commodities, 33 A case not to be resolved by this theory, but left to be — verified by experiment, An objection answered, — Coinage affects the price of bullion immediately, and that 34 of commodities indirectly, Consequence of the price of coinage, when imposed with — consent, That bullion is brought to the mint, when trade is 35 favourable, How the mint price of the metals may be allowed to vary, 36 Influence of this method of imposing coinage, on the price 37 of commodities, and value of the pound sterling, CHAP. V. How an experiment may be made to discover with 38 certainty the real effects of the imposition of coinage, Plan of the experiment proposed, 39 The consequence of this will be, to recall the old guineas — from abroad, During this experiment a close attention must be had to the 40 rate of prices, And if they vary how to discover the true cause, — Farther consequences of this experiment, —