Articles of revenue. Fr. money. Sterling ditto. livres. l. s. d. The first twentieth penny on all income 23 800 000 1 057 777 15 6½ Ditto upon tradesmen and merchants incorporated 6 500 000 288 888 17 9¼ Ditto upon the Jews 1 400 000 62 222 4 5¼ —————————— ————————— Total of the twentieth penny, which formed a sinking fund, shut up in 1759 31 700 000 1 408 888 17 9¼ The farm of the posts and _relais_ of France 6 000 000 266 666 13 4 Two shillings in the pound of the capitation added to it 5 520 000 245 333 6 8 The farm of stamp-duties on leather, and duties on tanners bark 2 960 000 131 555 11 1¼ The farm of duties upon gunpowder and saltpetre 2 988 000 132 800 — — Two shillings in the pound of the twentieth penny added 3 170 000 140 888 17 9¼ Total of this second branch of } French taxes } 52 338 000 2 326 133 6 8 —————————— ————————— Appropriations of this fund, as follows: 1. For paying, during 10 years, a part of the 990 millions, of livres, of old Annuities, charged above on the King’s ordinary revenue, and bearing an interest of 2½ _per cent._ the yearly sum of 5 000 000 222 222 4 5¼ 2. To the India Company, in discharge of a debt due to them: for 12 years 2 000 000 88 888 17 9¼ 3. For paying the prizes of the bankers lotteries every year as they are drawn: for 12 years 3 800 000 168 888 17 9¼ 4. Towards making good deficiencies upon the funds appropriated for the war, yearly, till paid 18 700 000 831 111 2 2½ 5. Ditto upon the funds appropriated to the new _Ecole militaire_ 1 200 000 53 333 6 8 6. For payment of perpetual annuities created during last war 14 500 000 644 444 8 10½ 7. For making good deficiencies upon the artillery and magazines, during the war 1744: for 12 years, the annual sum of 1 800 000 80 000 — — 8. Ditto upon the article of foreign affairs 8 690 000 386 222 4 5¼ Total appropriation 55 690 000 2 475 111 2 2½ —————————— ———————————————— This branch of revenue appears, by this state, to be totally appropriated to certain purposes.