ABSTRACT
BOOK II. TAXATION ON THE INCREASE. 1688-1815.
CHAPTER I.
AFTER the Eevolution, in the course of a debate on the subject of the revenue, February 27, 1689, the house of commons ordered a computation to be made of the produce of the chief branches of the revenue at this date. And in pursuance of the order, sir Robert Howard delivered to the House, March 1, a
return, showing the produce, clear of all charges of collection, to be approximately as stated at the end of the last chapter.1
