THE . .
HISTORY

OF THE
PUBLIC REVENUE

OF THE

BRITISH EMPIRE.

VOL I.

THE

HISTORY

OF THE

PUBLIC REVENUE

OF THE

' BRITISH EMPIRE.

CONTAINING

An Account of the public Income and Expenditure from the

remotest Periods recorded in History, to Michaelmas 1802.
With a Review of the Financial Administration of the Right
Honorable William Pict.

By Sir JOHN SINCLAIR, Baronet, M.P.

IL N'Y A RIEN QUE LA SAGESSE, ET LA PRUDENCE: VOIVENT

PLUS REGLE, QUE CETTE PORTION QU'ON ỘTE, ET CETTE
PORTION QU'ON LAISSE AUX SUJETS.

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