Research: Abstract of the Napoleonic Era


Government Finances.
France:  Money Spent on Seaports: 1804 - 1813

Note: All monies are in Francs.

Name of Seaport

Estimated Expenses for All Ports

Sums Spent 1804 - 1813

Cherbourg
26,000,000
Antwerp
18,000,000
Flushing
5,600,000
New-Diep
1,500,000
Le Havre
6,300,000
Dunkirk
4,500,000
Ostend (with Canal)
3,600,000
Marseilles
1,500,000
Saint Valery
200,000
Calais
500,000
Dieppe
1,100,000
Bayonne
430,000
Cette
900,000
Total For All Ports
142,700,000
70,130,000
Works on Other Ports
47,198,710
Total
117,328,710

 

Source:

Bourrienne, Louis Antoine Fauvelet de. Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. 4 New York : Charles Scribner's Sons; 1895. P. 442



 

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