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National Gazette
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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The French National Assembly presented estimates on December 30, 1792, for 1792 public expenses totaling 774 million livres (over 32.25 million pounds sterling), with 244 million attributed to the St. Domingo revolt and other upheavals.
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Maintenance of the princes, five millions of livres;
army, two hundred and twenty-one millions;
foreign affairs, six millions;
marine and colonies, forty-three millions;
general administration, five millions;
public worship, eighty-one millions;
pensions to ecclesiastics, sixty-eight millions;
national assembly, five millions;
civil list, twenty-five millions;
bridges and roads, four millions;
high national court, and court of appeal, four hundred and fifty thousand;
schools and academies, one million;
interest of public debt, twenty millions;
life annuities, one hundred millions;
perpetual annuities, three hundred millions—
Making a total of seven hundred and seventy-four millions of livres, or upwards of thirty-two millions two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling.—
Of this vast sum, two hundred and forty-four millions of livres are upon the list of extraordinaries, caused by the revolt in St. Domingo, and other national convulsions.
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France
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30th Dec. Last
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total of seven hundred and seventy-four millions of livres, or upwards of thirty-two millions two hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling. of this vast sum, two hundred and forty-four millions of livres are upon the list of extraordinaries, caused by the revolt in st. domingo, and other national convulsions.
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A general estimate was presented in the French National Assembly, on the 30th Dec. last, of the public expenses of the year 1792—which stand as follow:—Maintenance of the princes, five millions of livres; army, two hundred and twenty-one millions; foreign affairs, six millions; marine and colonies, forty-three millions; general administration, five millions; public worship, eighty-one millions; pensions to ecclesiastics, sixty-eight millions; national assembly, five millions; civil list, twenty-five millions; bridges and roads, four millions; high national court, and court of appeal, four hundred and fifty thousand; schools and academies, one million; interest of public debt, twenty millions; life annuities, one hundred millions; perpetual annuities, three hundred millions.