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Foreign News May 5, 1796

Gazette Of The United States

Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania

What is this article about?

Citizen Carra's statement details daily allowances for French ministers (14,576 livres each, totaling 39,904,132 annually for seven), Executive Directory members (29,152 each, totaling 53,205,551 for five), and deputies (1,749 each, totaling 478,875,000 for 750), summing to 571,966,683 livres in assignats yearly.

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According to a statement published by citizen Carra, the daily allowance of each French Minister amounts to 14,576 livres in assignats, which makes 39,904,132 livres a year, for all the seven ministers.

The daily allowance of a member of the Executive Directory has daily 29,152 livres, which amounts annually for the five members to 53,205,551 livres.

The daily allowance of a deputy is 1,749 livres, which makes 478,875,000 livres for 750 deputies.

The sum total of the annual expense under this head amounts therefore to 571,966,683 livres in Assignats.

What sub-type of article is it?

Economic Political

What keywords are associated?

French Ministers Allowance Executive Directory Deputies Pay Assignats Expense

What entities or persons were involved?

Citizen Carra

Where did it happen?

France

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

France

Key Persons

Citizen Carra

Outcome

annual total expense: 571,966,683 livres in assignats

Event Details

Statement published by citizen Carra on daily allowances: each of seven French Ministers receives 14,576 livres (39,904,132 annually); each of five Executive Directory members receives 29,152 livres (53,205,551 annually); each of 750 deputies receives 1,749 livres (478,875,000 annually).

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