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HISTORY OF MALTA.

Annual Expenditure, on an average of tenyears, from 1179 to 1788.

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Maltese Money. English Money..

Crowns. T. G. £. s. d.

the different forts and castles, was included in this

article. The expences of 1779 could not be re-garded as those of a common year, since a veryfine cistern in the Floriana, near the church of the

Conception, was finished at that time. . . 2,920 5 14 . . 292 1 0

Article LIY.

Postage of Letters.

The following persons being exempted frompaying postage, caused the expence of this ar-ticle :—the grand-master, his receiver, his threesecretaries for the different departments of France,

Spain, and Italy ; the inquisitor ; the members ofthe ordinary chamber, consisting of six persons;the commissioner of the post-office; and finally,

all ambassadors and receivers. .... 20,396 2 11 . 2,039 12 6

Article LV.

Annuities left by Will.

Annual pensions given by the knights to dif-ferent people, which at their death were allowedby the treasury, and a fifth part of their effects

employed for that purpose. .... 2,971 9 17 . . 297 3 8

Article LVI.

Annual Pensions ,

Paid by the treasury to different persons by com-mand of the council and the order at large. . 10,930 11 10 . 1,093 I 10

Article LVII.

The Interest of different Loans.

This article included the interest of moneyborrowed at different periods—first, from Home,