Note 33 — PART IV. OF PUBLIC CREDIT. (continued 2)

This free gift was imposed upon all cities, towns, buroughs, villages, and suburbs, in France. And those lying within the jurisdiction of every Intendant were joined in one sum, leaving the repartition of them to those magistrates, as the custom is.

For the generality of Amiens 153 300

For the generality of Orleans 356 000

For the generality of Paris 1 578 000

For the generality of Chalons 200 900

For the generality of Poitiers 265 200

For the generality of Soissons 60 700

For the generality of Tours 34 434

For the generality of Rochelle 131 800

For the generality of Bourges 105 600

For the generality of Moulin 91 770

For the generality of Riom 165 628

For the generality of Lyons 397 454

For the generality of Artois 150 000 Sterling.

Sum total 3 690 786 £164 034 18 8

The duties imposed by this arret are to be levied upon all classes of the people, nobility, commons, clergy, even nuns and monks; no exception is made except in favour of hospitals for their own consumption only.