# The Wealth of Nations/Volume 3

THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
BY
ADAM SMITH, LL.D
PART THREE
NEW YORK
P. F. COLLIER & SON
MCMII
18
SCIENCE
CONTENTS
VOLUME THREE
* BOOK IV—continued Of Systems of Political Economy
* Chap. IX.Of the Agricultural Systems, or of those Systems of Political Economy, which represent the Produce of Land as either the sole or the principal Source of the Revenue and Wealth of every Country ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
* BOOK V Of the Revenue of the Sovereign or Commonwealth
* Chap. I.Of the Expenses of the Sovereign or Commonwealth ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................44
* Part I. Of the Expense of Defence ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................44
* Part II. Of the Expense of Justice ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................68
* Part III. Of the Expense of Public Works and Public Institutions ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................85
* Article 1st. Of the Public Works and Institutions for facilitating the Commerce of the Society. First, for Facilitating the general Commerce of the Society. Secondly, for facilitating particular Branches of Commerce ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................86
* Article 2d. Of the Expense of the Institutions for the Education of Youth ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................135
* Article 3d. Of the Expense of the Institutions for the Instruction of People of all Ages ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................171
* Part IV. Of the Expense of supporting the Dignity of the Sovereign ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................210
* Conclusion of the Chapter ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................211
* II.Of the Sources of the general or public Revenue of the Society ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................213
* Part I. Of the Funds or Sources of Revenue which may peculiarly belong to the Sovereign or Commonwealth ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................213
* Part II. Of Taxes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................224
* Article 1st. Taxes upon Rent; Taxes upon the Rent of Land ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................228
* Taxes which are proportioned, not to the Rent, but to the Produce of Land ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................241
* Taxes upon the Rent of Houses ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................246
* Article 2d. Taxes upon Profit, or upon the Revenue arising from Stock ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................256
* Taxes upon the Profit of Particular Employments ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................264
* Appendix to Articles 1st and 2d. Taxes upon the Capital Value of Lands, Houses and Stock ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................272
* Article 3d. Taxes upon the Wages of Labor ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................281
* Article 4th. Taxes which, it is intended, should fall indifferently upon every different Species of Revenue ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................285
* Capitation Taxes ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................286
* Taxes upon consumable Commodities ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................289
* III.Of Public Debts ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................343
* Appendix
* Index
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This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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