CONTENTS. XI 



CHAPTER XXIX. 



On the prospect of future supplies of the precious metals. 

 The decrease of capital and state of war operate against 

 an increase in the produce of the mines. Capital with- 

 drawn from Spanish America. Foreign capital required 

 and carried there. Thin population and scarcity of la- 

 bourers. Slavery. Mines in Russia . Page 358 



CHAPTER XXX. 



On the amount of paper money. On the decline of prices. 

 Conclusion. Review of previous calculation of current 

 coin. Paper money. In Russia. Its value. Its depre- 

 ciation in Austria. Paper money in the remainder of 

 Germany. France. England. United States. Slight 

 variation of the metallic value of paper money generally. 

 Amount of the circulating medium generally and its 

 diminution. Effect in lowering prices. Counter opera- 

 tion of other causes. Difficulty of estimating the changes 

 on any articles. General view of those in the prices of 

 the produce of the soil. Effects of rise or fall of prices 

 on society relatively considered . . . 365 



