Contents
EXPLANATION OF PLATES VII
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION IX
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDlTION XXIX
CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTJON AND OUTLINE I
CHAPTER II : OPINIONS OF PREVIOUS WRITERS 15
CHAPTER III : GEOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE QUESTION 40
CHAPTER IV : OF THE COST OF COAL MINING 56
CHAPTER V : OF THE PRICE OF COAL 79
CHAPTER VI : OF BRITJSH JNVENTION 100
CHAPTER VII : OF THE ECONOMY OF FUEL 137
CHAPTER VIII : OF SUPPOSED SUBSTJTUTES FOR COAL 158
CHAPTER IX : OF THE NATURAL LAW OF SOCIAL GROWTH 191
CHAPTER X : OF THE GROWTH AND MIGRATIONS OF OUR POPULATION 202
CHAPTER XI : OF THE CHANGE AND PROGRESS OF OUR IXDUSTRY 233
CHAPTER XII : OF OUR CONSUMPTION OF COAL 261
CHAPTER XIII : OF THE EXPORT AND IMPOR1 OF COAL 285
CHAPTER XIV : OF THE COMPARATIVE COAL RESOURCES OF DIFFEREN'T COUN1RIES 320
CHAPTER XV : OF THE IRON TRADE 368
CHAPTER XVI : PROBLEM OF THE TRADING BODIES 410
CHAPTER XVII : OF TAXES AND THE NATIONAL DEBT 437
CHAPTER XVIII : CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS 454
INDEX 461