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Subject Area: Economics
Subject Area: Political Theory
Subject Area: War and Peace
Topic: The American Revolution and Constitution

No. VI. Table of the Disposition of the 4 th Sum, amounting to 29,782,761,461 liv. 13 sous. - Richard Price, Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution, and the Means of Making it a Benefit to the World [1784]

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Observations on the Importance of the American Revolution, and the Means of Making it a Benefit to the World. To which is added, a Letter from M. Turgot, late Comptroller-General of the Finances of France: with an Appendix, containing a Translation of the Will of M. Fortuné Ricard, lately published in France (London: T. Cadell, 1785).

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No. VI.

Tableof the Disposition of the 4th Sum, amounting to 29,782,761,461 liv. 13 sous.

Towards building 100 towns, containing each of them 150,000 souls.

In order that these towns may be wholesome and convenient, it will be proper to consecrate to each of them a very large circular piece of ground, containing 6000 acres; which being estimated at the highest, may be valued at 1000 livres each acre. By judging from the towns which now exist, there will not be required more than from 4 to 5000 houses for 150,000 inhabitants; but it is not conducive to the health of mankind, to be so crowded together. I suppose then that each of these towns may contain 7500 houses* , which, one with the other, will cost 35000 livres in building. Each town will cost

Livres.sous.
Six thousand acres of ground at 1000 livres per acre6,000,000—
7,500 houses, at 35,000 livres each house262,500,000—
Public buildings, town houses, bridges, churches, &c.29,000,000—
Total297,500,000—
The preceding sum multiplied into 100, gives29,750,000,000—
Reserved towards defraying the expences of the executors,32,761,46113
Total,29,782,761,46113
No. VII.
TABLEof the Disposition of the 5th Sum, amounting to 3,912,516,739,074 liv. 15 sous 3 den.
The national debt of France,6thousandmillions.
— of England,12
A fund towards dividing annually 15 hundred thousand livres among the pacific powers of Europe,30
A similar distribution among all the powers of the world,100
Abolition of lotteries,1
Extinction of useless offices,1
Suppression of venality in offices of of importance,1
A domaine to be offered to his Majesty,1
A fund to be employed in annuities and pensions,2
An addition to the settled stipends of the clergy,1
Allowance to children under three years of age,2
A foundation for 500,000 small freeholds with commodious cottages,4
Enfranchisement of vassals,2
Foundations for houses of education for the people,6
Houses of industry,20
Asylums for penitent young women,1
Hospitals of Angels,2
Statues, busts, and public honours,1
Houses of health,10
Total of appropriated sums,203
Remain unappropriated,3,709,516,739,074153
Total,3,912,516,739,074153

FINIS.

[* ]It would have been much better if M. Ricard had allowed a house for every family, which would have made the number of houses about 30000.