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 | | The list appears to include the whole expenses of the prince and princess and some military and State expenditure, the total being 1,162,267 or, according to Vaillant, about 116,200l., an enormous sum in those days (1769). |
 | | In Vaillant's list referred to, the charges for the dresses of the princess is put down at 22,908 piastres, or 2,290l., against 36,000 piastres, or 3,600l., the entire expenses of the palace. |
 | | The list shows that the prince kept Turkish soldiers, musicians, andc., in his service, and had borrowed large sums in Constantinople before acquiring the hospodarship, as there is an item of 68,620 piastres for interest thereon. |
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