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The fifth and last chapter treats of the different effects which

the different employments of capital immediately produce upon the

quantity, both of national industry, and of the annual produce of

land and labour.

CHAPTER I. OF THE DIVISION OF STOCK.

When the stock which a man possesses is no more than sufficient

to maintain him for a few days or a few weeks, he seldom thinks

of deriving any revenue from it. He consumes it as sparingly as

he can, and endeavours, by his labour, to acquire something which

may supply its place before it be consumed altogether. His

revenue is, in this case, derived from his labour only. This is

the state of the greater part of the labouring poor in all

countries.