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HISTORY OF MALTA.

Annual Expenditure, on an average of ten years,from 1779 to 1788"

The total expence of the military department

in ten years . . 1,730,389 cr. 9 t. 3 g.

In one year . . 173,038 11 14

BUILDINGS and EXTRAORDINARYREPAIRS.

This article does not require explanation.

Article XXXI.

New paving the Streets.

The treasury, in 1771, advanced money forpaving the streets entirely anew; likewise formaking canals in them all, to carry away filth ofevery kind. The proprietors of houses engagedto pay a just proportion of the expence : butthe greatest part of the buildings in the city Va-letta belonging to the treasury, a large sum re-mained to be paid.

Article XXXII.

The Quays in the Por.

Expences occasioned by the damage done bythe frequent inroads of the sea.

Article XXXIII.

Arsenal for the Galleys.

This new building, began in 1776 and finishedin 1783, cost 63,986 crowns. ....

Article XXXIV.

Rope Yard.

This article included principally the expenceof building storehouses for hemp in the rope-yardwhich formerly were situated at a distance.

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