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The whole annual consumption of gold and silver, therefore, in

all the different countries of the world where those metals are

used, may, perhaps, be nearly equal to the whole annual produce.

The remainder may be no more than sufficient to supply the

increasing demand of all thriving countries. It may even have

fallen so far short of this demand, as somewhat to raise the

price of those metals in the European market.