Edicts and Declarations on Revenue and Office Reforms
Paris dispatch outlines royal decrees altering customs offices suppressing hereditary positions and creating new offices with increased salaries. It details taxation of officeholders, payments over two months, and enforcement measures. Additional acts reduce appraisers, adjust clerks fees, and fix coin values for Spanish pistoles and reales to aid commerce while warning against powder and lead trade abuses. The document notes regulatory actions registered in Paris and concerns over liberty and governance amid ongoing treaty discussions.