A less general remedy, but an effectual one,
was to prohibit the oils of all _European_ nations: the treaty with
England requiring only that she should be treated as well as the most
favoured _European_ nation. But the remedy adopted was to prohibit
all oils without exception.
To know how this remedy will operate we must consider the
quantity of whale oil which France consumes annually, the quantity
she obtains from her own fishery; and if she obtains less than she
consumes, we are to consider what will follow this prohibition.
The annual consumption of France, as stated by a person who has
good opportunities of knowing it, is as follows.
_pesant_. _quintaux_. _tons_.
Paris according to the
registers of 1786 . . . . 2,800,000 28,000 1750
27. other cities lighted by
M. Sangrain . . . . . . . 800,000 8,000 500
Rouen . . . . . . . . . . . 500,000 5,000 312 1/2
Bordeaux . . . . . . . . . 600,000 6,000 375
Lyon . . . . . . . . . . . 300,000 3,000 187 1/2
Other cities, leather and
light 3,000,000 30,000 1875
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8,000,000 80,000 5000
Other calculations, reduce the consumption to about half this.
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