Chapter III: Part IV: Of public Credit

CHAP. I. Of the various consequences of public debts, 348

CHAP. II. Of the rise and progress of public credit, 351

CHAP. III. Of anticipations, or borrowing money upon 354
assignments to taxes, for the discharge of principal and
interest,

CHAP. IV. Of the state of public credit in France before 367
the reign of Louis XIV. and of the sentiments of the
great Richlieu upon that subject,

CHAP. V. Of the present state of public credit in Great 380
Britain,

CHAP. VI. State of the public credit of France; their 402
debts, funds, and appropriations, at the peace 1763,

CHAP. VII. Comparative view of the revenue, debts, and 438
credit of Great Britain and France,

CHAP. VIII. Contingent consequences of the extension of 441
credit, and increase of debts,

CHAP. IX. Of bankruptcies, 456

CHAP. X. Methods of contracting and paying off public 465
debts,

BOOK V.

Of Taxes, and of the proper application of their amount.