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A Ride of Eight Hundred Miles in France

A Ride of Eight Hundred Miles in France

Cobbett, James Paul

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1151342645
ISBN13: 9781151342645
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.31
Height: 0.21 Width: 9.01 Depth: 5.98
Language: English
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1824. Excerpt: ... KECEIPT3 FOR 1822. i, Francs. From land and landed income 273,000,000.. Persons and moveables 41,000,000.. Trades 31,000,000.. Stamps 157,000,000.. Customs and Excise 208,000,000... ' F. 770,000,000 Sterling: 11,400,000 1,700,000 1,300,000 0,300,000 11,100,000 32,000,000 EXPENDITURE FOR 1822. Francs. Sterling. Debt (Public) 178,000,000 7,400,000 Royal Family 84,000,000.... 1,400,000 Ministry of Justice- 17,000,000.... 700,000 Pensions in this Department J 325,000.... 14,000 Foreign Affairs 6,000,00 240,000 Interior (ordinary service)..! 11,100,000.... 460,000 Pensions in this Department J 580,000.... 24,000 The Church 23,400,000.... 975,000 Public Works, Roads, and Bridges 31,000,000.... 1,300,000 Charitable Institutions 2.200,000 91,000 Contingencies 33,500,000.... 1,390,000 War (active service) 173,200,000 7,200,000 Half Pay 16,000,000 660,000 Marine 52,000,000 2,200,000 Ministry of Finance 75,000,000 3,100,000 Charges of Collection and Ma-nagement 116,500,000.... 4,812,000 F. 769,805,000 31,906,000 K5 262. The reader will please to observe, that, in turning the francs into pounds, I have not carried the calculations further than the first two or three figures towards the right hand, If the calculations had been carried quite out, the totals, under the heads of sterling, would have been a little different from what they now are. This is, however, of no consequence. The above is quite nice enough for every useful purpose. 263. This statement offers matter for interesting observation, particularly in a comparative point of view. The French say, that they have thirty millions of persons from whom to collect this revenue. TheCft-rcA, wesee, costs these thirty millions of persons only nine hundred and seventy-five thousand pounds a-year; whil...

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