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The Origins of Contemporary France
Volume 5 (of 6)

CHAPTER I
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off; this, however, is the fate of this sort of property throughout France."-- Ibid., III., 534 (January 1809): "In Normandy, investments on patrimonial property bring only 3 %., while State property brings 5 %.

"-- Moniteur (January 4, 1825).

Report of M.de Martignac: "The confiscated property of the emigres finds its purchasers with difficulty, and its commercial value is not in proportion to its real value."-- Duclosonge, former inspector of domains, "Moyens de porter les domaines nationaux a la valeur des biens patrimoniaux," p.7.

"Since 1815, national property has generally been bought at a rate of income of 3 %.

or, at the most, 4 %.
The difference for this epoch is accordingly one-fifth, and even two-fifths."] [Footnote 3193: Treaty between the Pope and the French government, July '5, 1801.


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