An Inquiry into the Principles of Political Oeconomy (Vol. 2 of 2) / Being an essay on the science of domestic policy in free nations. In which are particularly considered population, agriculture, trade, industry, money, coin, interest, circulation, banks, exchange, public credit, and taxes

by Sir James Steuart

No attempt was made to validate all the references in the Index. Several issues did arise during the preparation of this transcription:

The entry for ‘Remuage’ is corrupt, indicating a note on p ‘50?’. The note now appears as note 46 on p. [550].

The entry for ‘Ustensil’ misspells the word ‘Ustencil’, and transposes the last digits of the correct page number (‘496’) as ‘469’.

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Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. The following issues should be noted.

The changes requested in the Errata table above have also been made, and are marked with an asterisk. The brackets show the specific change made to the line. The editor’s final request

[2.8]	*	[of/as] affecting	Replaced.
[7.1]	*	manufacture[r]s	Inserted.
[9.32]	*	their g[r]ains will purchase	Removed.
[15.26]		Is not this called par[./?]	Replaced.
[66.15]		a[n/u] cours du jour	Replaced.
[71.26]	*	5[5/1].162 : 55.38 :: 100 : 108.2.	Replaced.
[73.13]	*	801.6[1/8] :: 1 : 14.47	Replaced.
[77.13]		23 mar[k/c]s 7 ounces 152 grains	Replaced.
[77.22]		23 mar[k/c]s 7 ounces 152 grains	Replaced.
[85.15]	*	f. 2[4/5].572 in silver florins	Replaced.
[86.9]		[i/I] this case	Capitalized.
[87.1]	*	the weight of the p[ri/ie]ce	Replaced.
[93.15]	*	1201[.]26 aces fine	Removed.
[93.17]		263 : 12012[0/6>]	Replaced.
[103.23]		to shew how eve[ry/n] the most surprizing effect	Replaced.
[118.16]	*	26th chapter of th[is/e] second book	Replaced.
[119.18]	*	hen a state [seems/comes] to contract	Replaced.
[132.32]	*	at a very [in]considerable interest	Added.
[143.27]	*	[c/e]ase of transfer	Replaced.
[149.9]	*	depends the pro[per/speri]ty of trade	Replaced.
[152.24]	*	in security of th[at/eir] good faith	Replaced.
[156.4]	*	of their advance[-/;]profits[,]	Replaced./Removed.
[157.26]	*	are quickly thrown[ back] into circulation	Removed.
[158.17]	*	searching after[ the] principles, not after facts,	Removed.
[168.31]	*	What are the consequences [of/to] circulation	Replaced.
[182.26]	*	these bills will be b[r]ought from	Removed.
[197.15]	*	and pay [no/the same] interest	Replaced.
[249.3]	*	the [l/E]ast India company	Replaced.
[254.13]	*	upon the value of 500[0] livres	Removed.
[261.15]	*	If that was [t]he case	Added.
[326.9]	*	for articles of [ex/im]portation	Replaced.
[333.23]	*	he will sell his bills [to/on] the country	Replaced.
[344.16]	*	in regulating exchange[-property].	Removed.
[368.19]		far beyond [t]heir due proportion	Restored.
[369.21]	*	when taxes were [mixed/raised]	Replaced.
[394.12]	*	perpetual or [in]determinate annuities	Added.
[406.10]	*	library[ and archives of France]	Added.
[411.24]	*	during the war 17[62/44]	Replaced.
[469.5]		the whole [t]he> lender	Restored.
[524.24]		extrava[va]gance of your neighbour	Removed.
[588.5]		exportation and importa[ta]tion	Removed.
[608.20]		their own debt[) / (']and it is so,	Reversed.
[613.6]		and the fatal catastrop[h]e	Inserted.
[627.21]		In order to make [t]his change of policy	Added.
[646.29]		no farther knowle[d]ge	Inserted.
[659l.22]		Usten[s/c]il	Replaced.