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| Section | Subject | Page |
|---|---|---|
| Section 2. | Of the principal objects of national expenditure | 288 |
| Of the cost of civil and judicial administration | 296 | |
| Of military and naval costs | 304 | |
| Of the costs of public instruction original: "instruction"; refers to public education | 311 | |
| Of the costs of public benevolent institutions original: "benevolent institutions"; refers to charities and social welfare programs | 324 | |
| Of the costs of public buildings and works | 331 | |
| VII. | Of the actual contribution to public consumption | 338 |
| VIII. | Of taxation: | |
| Section 1. | Of the effect of all kinds of taxation in general | 341 |
| Section 2. | Of the different modes of assessment, and the classes they press upon respectively | 372 |
| Section 3. | Of taxation in kind original: "taxation in kind"; taxes paid with goods or produce rather than money | 402 |
| Section 4. | Of the territorial or land-tax of England | 406 |
| IX. | Of national debt: | |
| Section 1. | Of the contracting of debt by the public authority, and of its general effect | 414 |
| Section 2. | Of public credit, its basis, and the circumstances that endanger its stability original: "solidity" | 421 |