INDEX.

Absentee tax, the propriety of, consider-ed, with reference to Ireland , 848.

Accounts of money, in modem Europe ,all kept, and the value of goods computed,in silver, 43.

Actors, public, paid for the contempt at-tending their profession, 106.

Africu, cause assigned for the barbarousstate of the interior parts of that continent,27.

African company, establishment and con-stitution of, 692. Receive an annual allow-ance from parliament for forts and garrisons,694. The company not under sufficient con-trol, ib. History of the lloyal African com-pany, 697. Decline of, ib. Rise of the pre-sent company, 698.

Age, the foundation of rank and prece-dency in rude as well as civilized societies,666 .

Aggregate fund, in the British finances, ex-plained, 869.

Agio of the bank of Amsterdam explained,441. Of the bank of Hamburgh, 442. Theagio at Amsterdam , how kept at a mediumrate, 448.

Agriculture, the labour of, does not admitof such subdivisions as manufactures, 44.This impossibility of separation prevents agri-culture from improving equally with manu-factures, ib. Natural state of, in u new co-lony, 93. Requires more knowledge and ex-perience than most mechanical professions,and yet is carried on without any restrictions,126. The terms of rent how adjusted betweenlandlord and tenant, 142. Is extended bygood roads and navigable canals, 146. Underwhat circumstances pasture laud is more va-luable than arable, 148. Gardening not avery gainful employment, 151. Vines themost profitable article of culture, 152. Esti-mates of profit from projects, very fallacious,153. Cattle mid tilluge mutually improveeach other, 215. Remarks on that of Scot­ land , 217. Remarks on that of North Ame­ rica , 219. Poultry a profitable article in hus-bandry, 220. Hogs, 221. Dairy, 222, Evi-dences of land being completely improved,224- The extension of cultivation, us it ruisesthe price of animal food, reduces that of ve-getables, 238. By whom and how practisedunder feudal government, 315. Us opera-tions not so much intended to increase, as todirect, the fertility of nature, ,842. lias beenthe cause of the prosperity of the British co-lonies in America , 345. The profits of, exag-

gerated by projectors, S53. On equal terms,is naturally preferred to trade, 356. Arti-ficers necessary to thecarryingiton,ib. Wasnot attended to by the Northern destroyersof the Romau empire, 359. The undent po-licy of Europe unfavourable to, 369. Waspromoted by the commerce and manufacturesof towns, 388. The wealth arising from, moresolid and durable, than that which proceedsfrom commerce, 392. Is not encouraged bythe bounty on the exportation of corn, 470.Why the proper business of new colonies, 569.The present Agricultural system of politicaleconomy adopted in France , described, 624.Is discouraged by restrictions and prohibi-tions in trade, 632. Is favoured beyond ma-nufactures, in China , 639. And in Indostan,641. Does not require so extensive a marketns manufactures,643. To check manufactures,in order to promote agriculture, false policy,646. Landlords ought to be encouraged tocultivate pnrt of their own land, 784.

Alcnvnla, the tax in Spain so called, ex-plained and considered, 853. The ruin of theSpanish manufactures attributed to this tax,854.

Alehouses, the number of, not the efficientcause of drunkenness, 340, 454.

Allodial lights, mistaken for feudal rights,383. The introduction of the feudal lawtended to moderate the authority of the allo-dial lords, 384*

Ambassadors, the first motive of their ap-pointment, 687.

America , why labour is dearer in North America than in England, 71. Great increaseof population there, 72. Common rate of in-terest there, 92. Isa new market for the pro-duce of its own silver mines, 199. The firstaccounts of the two empires of Peru andMexico , greatly exaggerated, ib. Improvingxtute of the Spanish colonics, 200. Accountof the paper currency of the British colonies,308. Cause of the rapid prosperity of theBritish colonies there, 345. Why manufac-tures for distant sale have never been esta-blished there, 357. Its speedy improvementowing to assistance from foreign capitals, 358.The purchase and improvement of unculti-vated land, the most profitable employmentof capitals, 389. Commercial alterations pro-duced by the discovery of, 412. But two ci-vilized nations found on the whole continent,ib. The wealth of the North American colo-nies increased, though the balance of tradecontinued againt them, 460. Madeira wine,