This prince caused this abuse to be stopped and succeeded in recovering the sum of 5,344 livres which he had been made to pay unlawfully under this right"] [Footnote 1217: Necker, "Administration des Finances:" ordinary taxation (la taille) produced 91 millions; les vingtiemes 76,500,000; the capitation tax 41,500,000.] [Footnote 1218: Raudot, "La France avant la Revolution," p.

51 .-- De Bouille, "Memoires," p.

44 .-- Necker, "De l'Administration des Finances," II, p.181.The above relates to what was called the clergy of France, (116 dioceses).

The clergy called foreign, consisted of that of the three bishoprics and of the regions conquered since Louis XIV; it had a separate regime and paid somewhat like the nobles .-- The decimes which the clergy of France levied on its property amounted to a sum of 10,500,000 livres.] [Footnote 1219: De Toqueville, ib.

104, 381, 407 .-- Necker, ib.