HISTORY OP MALTA.

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Article LXX.

Annual Expenditure,on anfrom 1779 to

Maltese Money.Crowns . T. G.

Assistance sent to the Inhabitants of Calabria andMessina.

The most tremendous earthquake having laidwaste Calabria and Messina in 1783, the order im-mediately dispatched galleys to the relief of thesufferers: the expence of this expedition was esti-mated at 17,038 cr. or 1,703/. 16s. . . . 1,703 10 0

Article LXXI.

Expences relative to the last general Chapter.

The confirmation of the statutes of the above-mentioned chapter cost the order 5491 cr. or549/. 2s. . 549 I 14

Article LXXILPurchase of Freeholds.

A small house bought for the use of the hospi-tal, 1,854 cr. or 185/. 8s. 185 5 0

Article LXXIII.

Expences of different Kinds.

This article included a variety of objects, tootrifling in their nature to be placed under separateheads. .. 3,090 10 7

Article LXXIV.

Extraordinary Expences.

All the different sums paid by the treasury dur-ing ten years, towards discharging, in part, thedebts it had incurred, amounting on the annualaverage to . ...... 25,400 7 1

average of ten years,1783.

English Money.£■ s. d.

170 7 8

. 54 18 3

. . 18 10 10

. 309 I 9

2540 1 2

Total amount of the general expence

1,236,459 6 3 . 123,645 19 1