6a9 young’s travels in

FRANCE .

Expenditure.

Intereft of the public debt,

Army, - -

Ordnance, -

Fortifications, royal houfes, and public buildings,Houfhold, ....

Collection of the revenue,

King’s privy purfe,

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m m

m m

* 4,73^5840110,700,000359,0441,458,9982,500.000

3,572,3 98711,425

24,040,705

Sterling,

£ 1,202,035

If, as calculated, there are two thoufand eight hundred and eighty-two fquare French leagues in the King’s continental dominions, the revenue amounts to 10,920 livres per.league; and as the population is three millions, it is 8 livres 2 i f. per head. Savoyproduces 2,432,137 livres; Piedmont, 11,444,578 livres; and the provinces acquiredby the treaties of Worms and Vienna, 1,972,735 livres.

Milanese. — Milan .—One livre on the manufacture of each hat; duty of h j\f perpound on the export of filk. There are entrees at the gates of Milan upon moft com-modities. Wine pays 4.2 f. the brenta , of ninety-fix bocali, of twenty-eight ounces, orfomething under a common bottle. Salt in the city is 12 f the pound, and 1 \ \f. inthe country. No perfon is obliged to take more than they think proper.

Brought forward,Carne,

Carta bollata,

Polveri,

ContravenzioniGabella giaochi,

Reggio lotto del feminario,Gran cancellaria,

Dritti infinuazione,

Regie pofte,

Domaniali,

Cafuali,

8,2y 7,2031,240,2302451,103215,78822,3*0

I 37>3®9

388,487

162,537

44,047

394,214

442,884

J >4dS>548

13,044,370

Sardinia , in 1783, produced 1,318,519 livres; the population 450,000 fouls.

* The debt amounts to 58,000,000 livres, originally at four, now at three and a half per cent., and thefund is above par. There are 17,000,000 of bank notes, which at firlt bore four per cent., then two, andnow none.

•}■ Guards,

Fifteen regiments of the line,Twelve regiments of militia,Legion,

Invalids,

Sundries,

Infantry,

Cavalry and dragoons,.

Of which foreigners,

r >397

>7.784

7,200

1,71a

28,099

2,400

1,141

31,640

3,289

34,9 2 9

7,536

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