_Births_.--The births average 27,000, or 1 birth for every 12 minutes; of
the number, 8,760 are illegitimate.

_Gaming Houses_.--The annual receipt is £360,000.; the whole expenses
£60,000. Those who lease them clear in 6 years about £83,000.

_Wine Tax_.--The annual revenue is a million sterling.

_Theatres_.--There are 10,000 persons daily at the theatres, Of these, it
is estimated, 6,816 pay for admission. The annual average receipts of all
the theatres is £209,298.

_Tombs_.--The price for a tomb in _Pere la Chaise_, is about £4. without
the right to the grave; some have cost £1,400. Those erected to women
are fewer by half than those for men.

_Travellers_.--The average since the peace of 1814, is 17,676 English
residents or travellers in Paris.

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MOTTO AND TRANSLATION.


_Presto et Presto_.
Double quick time.

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