The Political Institutions and Theories of the Hindus: A Study in Comparative Politics c11.t19.8

c11.t19.8

None of these property dues were of course prices charged by the government for economic or other services rendered to the people. They were all deduced from the power of the state to obtain revenue by "compulsory dues and charges upon its subjects", i. e. taxes in the strictest sense of the term. None of them can moreover be regarded as income from "state property" and "state monopolies", the two sources that contribute about 25 per cent of French revenues.¹