INTRODUCTION1
PART ⅠON THE EFFECT OF THE SEASONS
CHAPTER ⅠGENERAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT9
CHAPTER ⅡEFFECTS OF QUANTITY ON PRICE12
CHAPTER ⅢON THE CHARACTER OF THE SEASONS AND THE STATE OF
PRICES, AND THE CONDITION OF THE AGRICULTURAL
INTERESTS PREVIOUS TO 179324
SECTION 1Period ending in 169224
SECTION 21693 to 171434
SECTION 31715 to 176542
SECTION 41765 to 177567
SECTION 51775 to 179382
PART ⅡON THE EFFECT OF WAR
CHAPTER ⅠGENERAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT97
CHAPTER ⅡEFFECTS OF TAXATION ON THE FLUCTUATION OF GENERAL PRICES98
CHAPTER ⅢEFFECT OF THE EXTRA DEMAND OR CONSUMPTION SUPPOSED TO ARISE OUT OF A STATE OF WAR IN GENERAL101
SECTION 1Extra demand or consumption arising
out of a state of war in general101
SECTION 2Effect of the extra demand or consumption attributed specially to the last war111
SECTION 3On the effects of the monopoly of trade enjoyed by this country during the last war115
SECTION 4Effects of the stimulus or excitement supposed to
have been occasioned by the government
expenditure during the last war120
CHAPTER ⅣEFFECTS OF WAR, AS OBSTRUCTING
SUPPLY, AND INCREASING THE COST OF PRODUCTION124
PART ⅢON THE CURRENCY
CHAPTER ⅠGENERAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT131
CHAPTER ⅡARGUMENTS OF THOSE WHO ASCRIBE A GREATER EFFECT TO THE
BANK RESTRICTIONTHAN THAT INDICATED BY THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE MARKET PRICE AND THE MINT PRICE OF GOLD139
SECTION 1On the alleged effect of the bank restriction
in depreciating the value of the precious metals141
SECTION 2Effect of the bank restriction
on the economised use of money153
SECTION 3Effect ascribed to the bank restriction of the substitution of credit for currency, and of the
excessive issues of country paper155
SECTION 4On the alleged constant excess of issue by the
bank of England, and thence of the whole of the circulating medium162
SECTION 5On the regulation of the
bank issues during the restriction171
SECTION 6On the effect of the bank
restriction in raising the prices of commodities176
SECTION 7On the alleged invariable connection of increase of price
with the bank restriction, and on the effect of the near approach of the termination of the restriction producing a fall of prices greatly
exceeding the difference between paper and gold178
PART ⅣHISTORICAL SKETCH OF PRICES, AND OF THE STATE
OF THE CIRCULATION, FROM 1792 TO 1837
CHAPTER ⅠINTRODUCTION185
CHAPTER ⅡON THE STATE OF PRICES, AND OF THE CIRCULATION,
FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF 1793 TO THE CLOSE OF 1798187
SECTION 1On the seasons in connection with the prices
of provisions, from 1793 to the close of 1798190
SECTION 2On the prices of commodities from 1793 to 1798199
SECTION 3Bank circulation, 1793 to 1798203
SECTION 4Summary of the preceding survey220
CHAPTER ⅢON THE STATE OF PRICES, AND OF THE
CIRCULATION, FROM 1799 TO 1803223
SECTION 1Rise of the prices of provisions and other articles of
European produce from the spring of 1799 to the spring of 1801224
SECTION 2Rise of wages from 1799 to 1801237
SECTION 3Statement of the general causes of the rise of the
prices of commodities and labour from 1799 to 1801240
SECTION 4Great fall of the prices of transatlantic produce
from the spring of 1799 to the spring of 1801247
SECTION 5Fall of the prices of provisions from the spring of 1801 to the close of 1803251
SECTION 6On the state of the circulation from 1799 to 1803254
SECTION 7Summary of the preceding survey267
CHAPTER ⅣSTATE OF PRICES AND OF THE CIRCULATION FROM THE
COMMENCEMENT OF 1804 TO THE CLOSE OF 1808269
SECTION 1Deficiency of the harvest of 1804273
SECTION 2Seasons of 1805 to 1808, both included280
SECTION 3Instances of some of the most prominent of the variations of the prices of commodities besides those of corn287
SECTION 4New fields of enterprise opened for exports290
SECTION 5General excitement and speculations in shares in 1807 and 1808292
SECTION 6On the state of the circulation from 1804 to 1808295
SECTION 7Advances by the bank to government301
SECTION 8General remarks on the state of prices,
and of the circulation at the close of 1808302
SECTION 9Summary of the preceding survey305
CHAPTER ⅤSTATE OF PRICES AND OF THE CIRCULATION, FROM 1809 TO 1813307
SECTION 1Prices of agricultural produce, from the commencement of 1809 to the summer of 1811308
SECTION 2Fall of prices of commodities, and
commercial distress, from 1809 to 1811316
SECTION 3Revival of credit, and improved
prospects of trade, in the summer of 1811334
SECTION 4Rise of the prices of agricultural produce, and high range of them, between the harvest of
1811 and the harvest of 1813337
SECTION 5On wages and salaries as connected
with the prices of necessaries347
SECTION 6Advance of prices on the continent
of Europe in 1811 and 1812350
SECTION 7Prices of commodities from the
summer of 1811 to the summer of 1813360
SECTION 8Fall of the prices of corn, and
of other European produce, in 1813362
SECTION 9Rise of prices of exportable commodities in 1813365
SECTION 10State of the circulation from 1809 to
1813, both years included369
SECTION 11Summary of the preceding survey393
