Download or read book Modern State of Spain, Vol. 2 of 4 written by J. Fr Bourgoing and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Modern State of Spain, Vol. 2 of 4: Exhibiting a Complete View of Its Topography, Government, Laws, Religion, Finances, Naval and Military Establishments; And of Society, Manners, Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, and Commerce in That Country; Translated From the Last Paris Edition of 1807; To W The sale oftobacco is one of the most consider able branches of the royal revenue. In 1776 it amounted to more than eighty-seven millions of reals; in 1777, to more than eighty-five; in 1784, about seventy-three; The introduction of rappee has rapidly increased the produce. From 1787 it has amounted to 129 millions of reals. It must have been much more considerable since the last war. The king, to keep pace with the expense it necessarily required, having been obliged to augment most of the interior taxes, raised the pric'e'of rappee snuff from twenty-six to forty-two reals the pound and' this augmentation will pro bably for some time survive its cause. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.