VERSITY OF MUT

OF

DUGALD STEWART, ESQ., F.R.SS.

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE IMPERIAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AT ST. PETERSBURG ;
MEMBER OF THE ROYAL ACADEMIES OF BERLIN AND OF NAPLES; OF THE

AMERICAN SOCIETIES OF PHILADELPHIA AND OF BOSTON;

HONORARY MEMBER OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF

CAMBRIDGE; PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

EDITED BY

SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON, BART.

.

ADVOCATE; A.M. (OXON.); ETC.; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE;
HONORARY MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES; AND OP

TAR LATIN SOCIETY OF JENA; ETC. ; PROFESSOR OF LOGIC AND METAPHYSICS

IN THB CXIVBRSITY OP EDINBURGH,

VOL. IX.

EDINBURGH: THOMAS CONSTABLE AND CO.

LITTLE, BROWN, AND CO., BOSTON, U.S.

MDCCCLVI.

EDINBURGH: T CONSTABLR, PRINTER TO HER MAJESTY. ON

POLITICAL ECONOMY.

NOW FIRST PUBLISHED.

VOL. II.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,

PART THIRD

OF THE

OUTLINES OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY.

BY

DUGALD STEWART, ESQ.

EDITED BY

SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON, BART.

EDINBURGH: THOMAS CONSTABLE AND CO.

LITTLE, BROWN, AND CO., BOSTON, U.S

MDCCCLVI.

CONTENTS

LECTURES ON POLITICAL ECONOMY.

PART FIRST.-OF POLITICAL ECONOMY PROPER.

(CONTINUED.)

BOOK SECOND.

OF NATIONAL WEALTH.—(CONTINUED.)

CHAPTER III.

PAGE

OF TRADE,

3

Sect. i.- Of the Freedom of Trade,

3

SUBSECT. 1. Of Restraints on Domestic Commerce and Industry, 5

SUBSECT. 2. Of Restraints on the Commercial Intercourse

Different Nations,

22

Sect. ii.-Of the Corn Trade, .

47

SUBSECT. 1.-Of the Inland Corn Trade,

48

SUBSECT. 2._Of the Trade carried on by the Merchant Im-

porter of Grain for Home Consumption,

100

SUBSECT. 3.-Of the Trade carried on by the Merchant Ex-

porter of Grain for Foreign Consumption, 110

SUBSECT. 4.–Of the Trade of the Merchant Carrier, or Im-

porter of Corn for future Exportation,

120

SUBSECT. 5.— Miscellaneous Observations upon the Corn Trade, 121

Sect. ii.-On subjecting the Commerce of Money to the Regulation of Law, 146

Sect. iv.-On subjecting the Commerce of Land to the Regulation of Law, 195

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CHAPTER IV.

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Of Taxes,

Sect. i.-Of Taxes in General— Introductory,

SECT. ii.- Of Taxes upon Land,

SUBSECT. 1.-Of Taxes upon the Rent of Land,

211

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225

225

225

234