Volume 5 (of 6) by Hippolyte A. Taine]@TWC D-Link book Volume 5 (of 6) 40/64 I.p. 263.)] [Footnote 3223: Necker, "De l'administration des finances," I., 164, and "Rapport aux etats-generaux," May 5th, 1789. (We arrive at these figures, 179 millions, by combining these documents, on both sides, with the observation that the 3rd vingtieme is suppressed in 1789.)] [Footnote 3224: Charles Nicolas, "les Budgets de la France depuis le commencement du XIXeme siecle" (in tabular form) .-- De Foville, ibid., 356 .-- In the year IX, the sum-total of direct taxes is 308 millions; in the year XI. 360, and in the year XII, 376. The total income from real-estate in France towards 1800 is 1,500 millions.] [Footnote 3225: It is only after 1816 that the total of each of the four direct taxes can be got at (land, individual, personal, doors and windows). |