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No. III. Notices regarding the Merino Sheep in Scotland 183

No. IV. Table of the' Live Stock of Scotland, compiled from

the Reports of the different Counties - * 185

CHAPTER XV.

On the Price of Products, compared with the Expense (f rais-ing them - ------- 187

CHAPTER XVI.

No. I. On Political Economy, or those Circumstances con-nected with the Improvement of a Country, whichdepend on Legislative Authority, or Public En-couragement. By the Rev. Charles Findlater,

Newlands ------- 189

Preliminary Observations - - - - - ~ ib.

Sect. I .—Of Industry in general, and the Classes into which

it may be divided - - - - - 195

Sect. II . —Of Agricidtural Industry, and the Means of

promoting it - - - - - - 200

1. Regulations relating to the Commerce and Ma-nufacture of Agricultural Produce - - ib.

if the Internal Commerce <f AgricidturalProductions - - - - - ib.

Of Corn Laws, for the Regulation of theCommerce of Grain with Foreign Na-tions ------ 202

2. Of Facilities to Interchange, by Fairs, Mar-

„ Lets, Regulation of Weights and Measures, fc. 206Weights and Measures - - - 213

Regulation of Prices (f Provisions, and ofLabour, Sf-c. - - - - 215

S. Of the Establishment of Facilities of InternalCommunication, — by Roads — Canals—IronRail-Ways, for the Advancement of NationalIndustry - - - - - - 217

Of the Roads in the Highlands of Scotland 227Sect. III._ Of the producing Industry of Mines and Fish-eries - - ■ - - * - - 232

1. Of Mines .... . . 233

2. Of Fisheries - - - s - 234

Salmon-Fishing * - - ib.

Herring Fishery of the Hebrides , and West-ern Coasts ..... 235

Sect. IV.— Of Manufactures and Commerce - - 240

Sect. V. — Of the Poor - - - - - - 243