2.
Observations thereon by the author of this work, 293-306.
Correction of his mistaken view of taxes upon luxuries, 314-319.
Remarks on his doctrine concerning bounties on exportation,
420, 422-439.
Examination of his doctrine concerning the rent of land, 458-475.
And on gross and net revenue, 492-498.
Strictures on his principles of paper-currency, 503-508.
His statement respecting the advantages of the Scottish mode of
affording accommodation to trade, disproved, 515, 516-523.
Remarks on his doctrine relative to the comparative value of
gold, corn, and labour, in rich and in poor countries, 529-537.
_Spain_, commerce and manufactures of, injured by the low value of
money there, 307.
_Stamp-duty_, weight of, a bar to the transfer of landed property,
267, 268.
T.
_Taxes_, nature of, explained, 186.
Impolicy of taxes on capital, 190.
Taxes upon the transfer of property, 191.
On whom the several kinds of taxes principally fall, 192.
Objections to taxes on the transference of property, 192, 193.
Effect of taxes on raw produce, 194.
A rise of price in raw produce the only means by which
the cultivator can pay the tax, 195.
Such tax in fact paid by the consumer, 196-198.
Tax on raw produce and on the necessaries of the labourer,
raises the price of wages, 199.
Objections against the taxation of the produce of land,
considered and refuted, 201-224.
Tithes, an equal tax, 225.
Difference between them and a tax on raw produce, 226.
Objections to them, 227-231.
Tax on land, virtually a tax on rent, 232.
They ought to be clear and certain, 233, 234.
Effects of taxes on gold, considered, 247-261.
Ground rents, not a fair subject of taxation, 267. Taxes
on houses by whom ultimately borne, 266.
Taxes on necessaries, virtually a tax on profits, 269, 270.
Effects of taxation of profits considered, 270-284.
Taxes upon luxuries, 314.
Advantages and disadvantages of, 327-329.
Supposed absurdities in taxation, explained and obviated,
315-317.
Proper objects of taxation, 326.
Observations on the taxation of other commodities than raw
produce, 330.
Effect of taxes to defray the interest of loans, 332-334.
Remarks on the tax upon malt, and every other tax on raw
produce, 346-353.
Nature and operation of the p
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