A.

Provisions, causes of the high prices of, 203. First, a deficient supply, ibid.—204. Secondly, a gradually increasing demand, ultimately attended with an increased cost of production, 205. Thirdly, a fall in the value of money, 209. Fourthly, a tax on necessaries, 210.
R.
Rent, nature of, 49, 50, 52, 362, note. Adam Smith's doctrine of rents, considered, 50, 51. The different productive qualities of land and increase of population, the cause of rents, 54-58. Rise of, the effect of the increasing wealth of a country, 65, 66. Influence of the prices of corn on rent, 67-69. Effects of agricultural improvements on rent, 70-76. Observations on the rent of mines, 77-81. Tax on rent falls wholly on the landlords, 220-224. Corn-rents materially affected by tithes, 227. Examination of Dr. Adam Smith's doctrine concerning the rent of land, 458-475. And of Mr. Malthus's opinions on rent, 549-566. Increase of population is no cause of the rise of rent, 569. Neither are agricultural improvements, 570, 571. Loss of rent, the effect of low price of corn, 587, 588.

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