Rank.
Nlim-
i g ei
Salaries.
oz. 1 T o ta l.
Tau-ton» - ■ • - _ " t.8r4000. 72,0^0
Tfung-ping '¿¿¡¿'À 6'z -2 400 148,800
Foö-tfp$ig'n - . \ 121 ! 300 r57»3P°:
Tchoo-tfung -- '•I .38 165 800 132,000
Tchoo-tze - - 373 600 2''23,8oO
Too-tzé 4 25 4OO 170,000
Sciou-foo . 82 Ç 2 20 264,000
Tfìen-tfung 1 .■16,80 l6p 268,800
Pa-tfung - - 3 6 2 Ì ’-30 4.70,.870
Cómiiiiiiaries of-provifions offirftrank . 44 S « 14,080
CommiiTarie^ p f proyißpns o f f^çp^d; rai^k
* 33P 52,800
Total W4»4 5°
i»oop,oop infantry, at two ounces o f illyer. each, per month, 7
proviiions included * - - | 24,000,000.
800^000 cavalry, at four ounces c&clu prpvifipns and 7 „
forage includfd - - ) 3S,+».oos
800,000 hories, coft at twenty-ouncqseach, i6>ooo,ooooz. 7' «-
the annual wear and tear at 10 per cent, will be y ** 00,000
Uniforms for 1,800,000 men once a year, at four ounces ' 7,200,000
Yearly wear and tea* o f arms, accoutrements, and contia-71 *»o800,0.00 gencies, at one ounce J>er man
-73,000,000
Total ounces- 74,974,450
And as no allowance Is made in the above eftimate for the ex-
pence o f artillery, tents, war equipage, nor for veifels o f force
on the different rivers and canals, the building and keeping in
repair the military polls, the flags, ceremonial dreffes, boats,
waggons, mufical bands, all o f which are included in the extraordinaries
o f the army, thefe may probably be equal to the
ordinaries; thus the whole military-eftablifhment-would require-
the fum o f 149,948,900 ounces, or 49,982,933!. fterling.
The
The difpofal o f the revenues will then Hand as follows:
Total amount o f the revenue - jC. 66,000,000
Civil eftablilhment - ■£. 1,973,333
Military ditto - 49,982,933
—— ---------------------51,956,266
Surplus, being for the Emperor’s eftabliihment ^.14 ,0 43 ,734
■which accords pretty nearly with the furii. faid to be remitted
to Pekin in the year 1792.
It will appear then that i f the revenues' be admitted as aCcu-
rate, and I fee no juft reafon for fuppofing the contrary, they
are more than fufflcient to meet the expencfis o f fo apparently
an enormous eftablilhment. If, however, the King o f Pruflia,,
the Monarch o f a- fmali indiftinguilhable Ipeck oh the globe,
when put in companion with the empire o f China, can keep
up an army o f one hundred and eighty or two hundred thou-
fand men, I can perceive nothing either extravagant or extraordinary
in fuppofing that a Sovereign whofe dominions are
eight timeS the extent o f thofe Of France, before her late
ufurpations, fhould have ten times’ as’ great a force as that o f
the Kin g o f Pruffla. It may perhaps be aiked in what manner
are they employed, feeing the nation is fo little engaged in
fofeign5 war ? The employments for which the military are
ufed differ materially from thofe among European nations.
Except a gteat part o f the Tartar cavalry, who are Rationed on
the northern frontier and in the conquered’ provinces o f Tar-
tary, and the Tartar infantry, who are diftributed as guards
for the different cities, o f the empire, the reft o f the army is
parcelled;