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East India company, 590. The interest ofthe consumer sacrificed to that of the pro-ducer in raising an empire in America , 621.The annual revenue of,compared with its an-nual rents and interest of capital stock, 774.The land-tax of, considered, 779. Tithes,780. Window-tax, 798. Stamp duties, 813.817. Poll-taxes in the reign of William III ,821. The uniformity of taxation in, favour-able to internal trade, 054. The system oftaxation in, compared with that in France ,859. Account of the unfunded debt of,866..Funded debt, 867. Aggregate and generalfunds, 069. Sinking fund, 871. Annuitiesfor terms of years and for lives, ib. Perpe-tual annuities the best transferable stock,874. The reduction of (he public debts dur-ing peace, bears no proportion to their accu-mulation during war, 876. The trade withthe tobacco colonies, how carried on, without

the intervention of specie, 897. Tim trade with

the sugar colonies explained, 898. Ireland andAmerica ought injustice to contribute towardthe discharge of her public debts, 900. Howthe territorial acquisitions of the East Indiacompany might be rendered a source of re-venue, 902. If no such assistance can beobtained, her only resource pointed out, ib.

Bullion, the money of the great mercantilerepublic, 407. See Gold and Silver .

Burghs, free, the origin of, 372. To whatcircumstances they owed their corporate ju-risdictions, 373. Why admitted to send re-presentatives to parliament, 375. Are allowedto protect refugees from the country, 376.

Burn, Dr. his observations on the laws re-lating to the settlements of the poor, 137, 139.

Butchers’ meat, no where the necessary oflife, 829.

Calvinists , origin of that sect, 759. ilicirprinciples of church government, 760.

Cameron, Mr. of Lochiel, exercised, vsithinthirty years since, a criminal jurisdiction overhis own tenants, 384.

Canada , the French colony there, longunder the government of an exclusive com-pany, 531. But improved speedily after thedissolution of the company, ib.

Canals, navigable, the advantages of, 146.JIow to be made and maintained, 678. Thatof Languedoc, the support of, how secured,680. May he successfully managed by jointstock companies, 7J1.

Canlillou, Mr. remarks on his account ofthe earnings of the labouring poor, 70.

Cape of Good Hope , causes of the prospe-rity of the hutch settlement there, 595.

Capital, in trade, explained, and how em-ployed, 259. Distinguished into circulatingana fixed capitals, ib. Characteristic of fixed<:a pitals, 262. The several kinds of fixedcapitals specified, ib, Characteristic of cir-culating capitals, and the several kinds of,ib. I 1 istd capitals supported by those whichare circulating, 263. Circulating capitals

how supported, 264. Intention of a fixed ca-pital, 267. The expense of maintaining thefixed and circulating capitals illustrated, 268.Money, os an article of circulating capital,considered, 269. Money, no measure of ca-pital, 272. What quantity of industry anycapital can employ, £76. Capitals, how farthey may be extended by paper credit, 288.Must always be replaced with profit by theannual produce of land and labour, 314. Theproportion between capital and revenue, re-gulates the proportion between industry andidleness, 318. How it is increased or dimi-nished, ib. National evidences of the in-crease of, 324. In what instances privateexpenses contribute to enlarge the nationalcapital, 327. The increase of, reduces profit*by competition, 333. The different ways ofemploying a capital, 338. How replaced tolho different classes of traders, 341. Thatemployed in agriculture puts into motion agreater quantity of productive labour, thanany equal capital employed in manufactures,3-12. That of a manufacturer should residewithin the country, 314. The operation ofcapitals employed in agriculture, manufac-tures, and ioreign trade, compared, ib. Theprosperity of a country depends on the dueproportion of its capital applied to these threegrand objects, 345. Different returns of ca-pitals employed in foreign trade, 340. Drather employed on agriculture than in tradeand manufactures, on equal terms, 356. Israther employed in manufactures than in fo-reign trade, 357. The natural progress ofthe employment of, 358. Acquired by trade,is very precarious until realised by the culti-vation and improvement of land, 392. Theemployment of, in the different species oftrade, how determined, 417.

Capitation taxes, the nature of, considered,820. In England, 821. In France , 822.

Carriage, land and watrr, compared, 25.Water carriage contributes to improve artsand industry, in all countricswhne it can beused, 26. 146. 203. Land, how facilitatedand reduced in price,by public works, 678.

Carrying trade, the nate e And operationof, examined, 349. Is the symptom, but notthe cause, of national wealth, and hence pointsout the two richest countries in Europe , 352.Trades may appear to he carrying trades,which are not so, ib. The disadvantaged of,to individuals, 417. The Dutch , how ex-cluded from being the carriers to Great Bri­ tain , 426. Drawbacks of duties originallygrunted for the encouragement of, 463.

Carthaginian army, its superiority overthoHoman army, accounted for, 658.

Cattle and corn, their value compared, inthe different stages of agriculture, 147. Theprice of, reduced by artificial grasses, J 49- ^ owhat height the price of cattle may rise in animproving country, 215. The raising a stockof, necessary for the supply of manure tofarms, 216. Cattle must hear a good price to