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of the world, 278. But the increase in the quantity of, would depreciate its own value, 281. Circumstances that might counteract this effect, ib. Historical view of the variations in the value of, during the four last centuries, 282. Remarks on its rise in value compared with corn, 285–6. Circumstances that have misled writers in reviewing the value of silver, 286. Corn the best standard of judging of the real value of silver, 292. The price of, how affected by the increase of quantity, 293. The value of, sunk by the discovery of the American mines, 297. When the reduction of its value from this cause, appears to have been completed, 298. Tax paid from the Peruvian mines to the king of Spain, 306. The value of silver kept up by an extension of the market, ib. Is the most profitable commodity that can be sent to China, 312. The value of, how proportioned to that of gold, before and after the discovery of the American mines, 316. The quantity commonly in the market in proportion to that of gold, probably greater than their relative values indicate, 317. The value of, probably rising, and why, 319. The opinion of a depreciation of its value, not well founded, 348. The real value of, degraded by the bounty on the exportation of corn,

87.

Sinking fund in the British finances, explained, 516. Is inadequate to the discharge of former debts, and almost wholly applied to other purposes, 521. Motives to the misapplication of it, ib.

Slaves, the labour of, dearer to the masters than that of free men, 184. Under feudal lords, circumstances of their situation, 488. Countries where this order of men still remains, ib. Why the service of slaves is preferred to that of free men, 489. Their labour why unprofitable, 490. Causes of the abolishing of slavery throughout the greater part of Europe, 490 – 91. Receive more protection from the magistrate in an arbitrary government, than in one that is free, 169. Why employed in manufactures by the ancient Grecians, 270. Why no improvements are to be expected from them, 271.

Smuggling, a tempting, but generally a ruinous employment, 213. Encouraged by high duties, 477.

Remedies against, 479. The crime of, morally considered, 495.

Society, human, the first principles of, 118.

Soldiers, remarks on their motives for engaging in the military line, 211. Comparison between the land and sea service, ib. Why no sensible inconvenience felt by the disbanding of great numbers after a war is over, 46. Reason of their first serving for pay, 279. How they became a distinct class of the people, 286. How distinguished from the militia, ib. Alteration in their exercise produced by the invention of fire arms, 287.

South Sea company, amazing capital once enjoyed by, 330. Mercantile and stock-jobbing projects of, 333. Assiento contract, ib. Whale fishery, ib. The capital of, turned into annuity stock, 335

Sovereign and trader, inconsistent characters, 409.

Sovereign, three duties only, necessary for him to attend to, for supporting a system of natural liberty, 274. How he is to protect the society from external violence, 279, 296. And the members of it, from the injustice and oppression of each other, 297. And to maintain public works and institutions, 310.

Spain, one of the poorest countries in Europe, notwithstanding its rich mines, 345. Its commerce has produced no considerable manufactures for distant sale, and the greater part of the country remains uncultivated, 518–19. Spanish mode of estimating their American discoveries, 6. The value of gold and silver there, depreciated by laying a tax on the exportation of them, 90. Agriculture and manufactures there, discouraged by the redundancy of gold and silver, ib. Natural consequences that would result from taking away this tax,

91. The real and pretended motives of the court of Castile for taking possession of the countries discovered by Columbus, 140. The tax on gold and silver, how reduced, 143. Gold, the object of all the enterprises to the new world, ib. The colonies of, less populous than those of any other European nation, 150. Asserted an exclusive