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CONTENTS.

Smuggling, 419. Effects of Mode of Taxation on Manufactures, 420—422. Bounties, 423. Effects of Removal of a Monopoly in the Bobbin-net Trade, 425. Present State of that Trade, 427—429. Number and Distribution of Machines, 430. Of Patents, 432. Expense, 433. Of Copyright, 434. Of limited Partnerships, 435. Restrictions on Emigration, 436.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

on the exportation of machinery.

[Page 364—378.]

Reason for and against, § 437. Competition between Manufacturer in poor and in rich Country, 439. Impossible to prevent Exportation of all whilst that of any is permitted, 442. Makers of new Machines interested in supplying the Home Market, 443. Foreign Orders charged higher, 444. Comparison of internal Communications in England and France, 451. Manchester Rail-Road, 452.

CHAPTER XXXV.

on the future prospects of manufactures, as connected with science.

[Page 379—392.]

Union of Theory and Practice, § 453. Difficulties opposed to Cultivation of Abstract Science, 454. Royal Society, 455. British Association for the Promotion of Science, 456. Effect of Public Opinion on Science, 458. Manufacturers discovered Iodine and Brome, 460. Peruvian Bark, 461 Views of the Future, 463. Conclusion.