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271 Year Total Don Gratuit & Other Charges Milit. Expends.a Debt Service Roads 1695 800 314 422 64 0 1700 450 318 51 70 11 1705 646 316 236 84 7 1710 700 318 249 125 8 1715 650 412 62 166 10 1720 500 312 38 140 10 1725 600 334 96 160 10 1730 600 322.5 109 155.5 13 1735 650 355 156 128 13 1740 520 331.5 69 116.5 13 1745 725 353 240 113 19 1750 750 347 201 183 19 1755 700 360 108 213 19 1760 900 545.5 130 204.5 20 1765 745 356.5 118 230.5 40 1770 745 366.5 118 220.5 40 1775 772 357.3 118 224.2 72.5 1780 800 477.7 129.2 202.5 90.6 1785 900 295.6 168 200.8 135.6 Source: Figures derived from annual budgets found in BM, F 1065, Assemblés. Handled separately from the general budget, the head-tax and twentieth-taxes are not reflected in these figures. Unfortunately, the papers detailing how these taxes were apportioned and levied no longer exist. a. Comparable figures for Burgundy can be obtained by consulting the two tables (covering the years 1675–1790) provided in Swann, Provincial Power, 170 and 312. Appendix Table A-1. Evolution of Provençal Budgets as Expressed in Livres Imposed per Feu ...

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