(His daughter was designated by the prefect of the Basses-Alpes.)--Comte Joseph d'Estourmel, "Souvenirs de France et d'Italie," 239.

(Details of this description of the young ladies to be married and the circular from the duke de Rovigo, minister of police.) the eight column of the form was "reserved to describe the physical charms and deformities, the talents, the conduct and the religious principles of each of the young ladies."] [Footnote 3336: "Statistiques des Prefets." (Doubs, by Debry, p.

60; Meurthe, by Marquis, p.

115, Ain, by Bossi, p.240.)] [Footnote 3337: "Statistique de l'Ain," by Bossi, p.1808.From 1140 in 1801, the number of employees and others under state pay amounts to 1771 in 1806.

This increase is attributed by the prefect to causes just stated.] [Footnote 3338: Napoleon, "Correspondance." (Note of April 11, 1811.) "There will always be at Hamburg, Bremen and Lubeck from 8,000 to 10,000 French, either employees or gendarmes, in the customs and depots."] [Footnote 3339: One officer may be counted to every 50 men in the infantry; in the cavalry 1 officer to every 25 or 30 men,--This ratio of one officer to every fifty men indicates that, among the 1,700,000 men who perished between 1804 and 1815, there were 24,000 officers, which gives about 3,000 vacancies per annum, to which must be added the vacancies due to the wounded, disabled and and retired.