[147] The comments in this letter occur at greater length in the last chapter of Ricardo's 'Pol. Econ. and Tax.': 'Mr. Malthus's opinions on Rent' (1st ed., 1817), McC. ed., pp. 243 seq.
[148] 'Additions to the Fourth and Former Editions of an Essay on the Principle of Population,' etc., 1817.
[149] Should be p. 17.
[150] P. 21.
[151] 10,488,000 is the figure given by Malthus, l. c. p. 18.
[152] Should be p. 21. Ricardo may have had a proof before him.
[153] Charles Grant, M. P., later Lord Glenelg. He was a Director in the preceding year (1816).
[154] Hon. Douglas J. W. Kinnaird.
[155] Pol. Econ. and Tax. ch. xxxii.
[156] One of whom was probably James Mill. See 'Autobiography of John S. Mill,' p. 27.