III. chap. 8 and chap. 9.
[109] The world is obliged to M. de Calonne for the pains he has taken
to refute the scandalous exaggerations relative to some of the royal
expenses, and to detect the fallacious account given of pensions, for
the wicked purpose of provoking the populace to all sorts of crimes.
[110] See Gulliver's Travels for the idea of countries governed by
philosophers.
[111] M. de Calonne states the falling off of the population of Paris as
far more considerable; and it may be so, since the period of M. Necker's
calculation.
[112]
Travaux de charite pour subvenir
au manque de travail a Livres. L s. d.
Paris et dans les provinces 3,866,920 161,121 13 4
Destruction de vagabondage et de la
mendicite 1,671,417 69,642 7 6
Primes pour l'importation de grains 5,671,907 235,329 9 2
Depenses relatives aux subsistances,
deduction fait des reconvrements
qui out en lieu 39,871,790 1,661,324 11 8
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Total 51,082,034 2,128,418 1 8
When I sent this book to the press, I entertained some doubt concerning
the nature and extent of the last article in the above accounts, which
is only under a general head, without any detail. Since then I have seen
M.
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