HISTORY 01? MALTA.

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Annual Expenditure, on an average often yearsfrom 1779 to 1788. ’

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Maltese Money. English Money.

Crowns, T. G. $. ti.

Article XLII.

Hospital.

Expence of removing the linen to a house fac-ing the hospital, which was extremely out of re-pair. This house was called La Camerata, and

cost the treasury . . . . . . >722 6 12 . . *12 5 1

Article XLIII.

Grand-Master's Palace.

This article included the 200 crowns paid an-nually for the repairs of this building, togetherwith the salaries of the grand-master, two audit-ors, and likewise those of two other persons em-ployed in the service of the palace. . . 562 11 3 . . 56 5 0

Article XLIV..

Falconry.

Expences of sending and presenting hawks bredin Malta to the kings of France, Spain, and Por-tugal, and the viceroy of Sicily. The order made

this present every year.1,033 3 19 . 103 18 7

Article XLV.

Tables:

By which was understood the table kept at theexpence of the treasury for the novices and pro-fessed knights resident in the convent, except acertain number of commanders, who, beingknights, received a revenue of 2000 crowns fromtheir commanderies. The chaplains and servantsof arms who had commanderies worth 1000crowns annually were also excluded. They