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Machinery, effects of, in fixing the relative values of commodities, 34-41.
Malthus (Mr.), examination of the opinions of, on rent, 549-566. The real cost of production regulates the price of commodities, 567, 568, 572, 573. Increase of population no cause of the rise of rent, 569; nor agricultural improvements, 570, 571. His supposition, that net income is diminished, in proportion to a diminution of gross income, disproved, 579-583. Loss of rent, the effect of a low price of corn, 587, 588.
Manufactures, improvement of, in any country, tends to alter the distribution of the precious metals among the nations of the world, 157-170. Manufacturers pay less poor rate than farmers, 359-362. The market price of manufactures, but not their natural price, raised by bounties on their exportation, 436-438.
Mines, distinguished by their fertility or barrenness, 77-79. Effect of discovering the rich mines of America on the price of the precious metals, 80. Observations on the rent of mines, 462-467.
Money, effects of the rise of, in value, on the price of commodities, 43, 44. The rate of profit not affected by variations in the value of money, 46-48. Different value of money in different countries, accounted for, 170-173. The value of money, generally, diminished by improvements in the facility of working the mines of the precious metals, 178. The demand for, regulated by its value, and its value by its quantity, 250, 251. Low value of, in Spain, prejudicial to the commerce and manufactures of that country, 307. Observations on the rates of interest for money, 412-416, 512, 513. The value of, though partially degraded by a bounty on corn, yet not permanently degraded, 432-434. The quantity of, employed in a country, dependant upon its value, 500. Effects of the state charging a seignorage on coining money, 501, 524, 525.
Monopoly-price, observations on, 340-345.

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