In the course of seven years the expense of collecting the taxes had diminished three-fourths in the arrondissement of M. sur M., and this led to this arrondissement being frequently cited from all the rest by M. de Villele, then Minister of Finance.

• 七年来，滨海蒙特勒伊一县的收税费用已经减了四分之三，因而当时的财政总长维莱尔先生曾多次提到那一县的情形来和其他县份比较。