Excerpt from Public Expenditure Apart From Taxation: Or Remarks on the Inadequate and Excessive Pay of Public Servants Thing, - not a mere fiscal question - but a a most comprehensive principle, involving moral or political questions of the deepest interest, I am led, by the fitness of doing so, to dedicate my book to you, whose name is become almost another word for economy in government. Economy, pro perly speaking, signifies a due expendi ture, neither too much nor too little. I have also endeavoured to point out some of the evils which result from too small an expenditure. This part of the book may, I trust, obtain attention from those who, irritated by the profusion of our govern. 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.