sent a clear, but brief and compendious, view of the finances of the United Kingdom; and, as the substance of the Essay has formed the subject of a course of lectures in King's College, I have had recourse to some historical and collateral information to render the whole attractive and instructive.

10, Farrar's Buildings, TemplE,

June, 1860.

LEONE LEVI.

IV. Taxes on Carriages, Horses, and Dogs 161

P. 19, line 29, for 2,146,000l., the amount of annuities which fall in
in 1860, read 1,292,583l.

P. 91, line 27. The duties on British spirits have since been fixed at
8s. Id., instead of 88. per gallon; and the duty on brandy and
geneva at 8s. 6d. per gallon.