4^4 CALAIS ROYAL, 



iooo, and confequently his annual to 365,000 * livres,' 

 Or £15,208 6s. 8i. This would indeed be a mon- 

 firous expence. Let us how inquire a little how this 

 may ftand 2 



i tivre? £* s. d. 



His houfe-rent yearly 8,000 bi 333 6 8 



He keeps 20 perfons in 



the kitchen and in the 



dining-rooms, each of 



whom, dh an average, 



coils him 500 litres 10,000 or 416 13 4 

 Warning of napkins only 10,000 or 416 13 4 

 Wood and coals 12,006 or 500 o o 



Broken, ftolen, worn out 



verlds and utenfils in 



the kitchen aiid rooms 5>ooo or 208 6 3 

 Suppofe the profit 50 per 

 cent, on the dinners he 

 dreffes, his income a- 



mounts to 182,500 or 7,604 3 4 



Total - 227,500 or 9,479 3 4 

 There remains to him a furplus of 137,500 livres> 

 pr £5,729 3 St ^d. Deduct from this fum what he 

 employs in the maintenance of his family, together 

 with the intereft of the capital invefted in the under- 

 taking, the lodging and board of his people, the pur- 

 chafe of furniture, Sec. and at moft there will only be 

 a remainder of 10,000 livres-, or £416 13s. 6d. cer^» 



* In reducing the french money to the fterling denominations 

 I take the Iivre at ren peuce engiifli. 



tainly 



