Glorious French HY1 1908 report

[maddox]

Economy:
                 Population   BP   IC   Revenue
European France   48   15   144   192
North Africa             8     1       8    16
Quebec                   5     2      15   20
Haiti                        2     0       1    1.2
Guyana                0.5     0       0    0.1
Ceylon                     4    0       2    2.4
Calcutta                 18    1       9   10.8
West Africa              4    0       1     1.6
East Africa               2    0      0.5   0.8
Indochina               16   1       8     9.6

Total:                107.5   20   188.5   254.5


Military budget
30 Reserve Advanced Corps - a 0,25 each = 7,5
40 Active Advanced Corps - a 1,25 each = 50

total 57,5




Marine Nationale.
560 Ktons active warships  Budget $19.3

Now, some infrastructure.
Naval bases
Type 4
Brest 4 DDs/2Slip.
Halifax 2DD/4Slips

Type 3
Toulon 4DD/2Slip

Type 2 Naval Ports
Marsilies
Bordeaux
Nantes
Cherburg
Le Havre
Oran
Mers-el-Kebir
Dakar
Saigon

Type 1
Algiers
Quebec
Calcuta
Colombo
Papete
Rabat
Ajaccio
Cayenne
Port au Prince
Mauritius

New Construction.
2 Valeur Class battleship                   0$     3BP  ($28 of 28 and 17BP of 33)
10 sloops Fleurus III class sloops      $1     6.5BP   ($6 of 6 and 12.5 BP of 12.5)
1 Chanson Class battleship  $ 1.85  0BP (11BP of 30 and $12.65 of  12.65)
2 Amble class cruisers           $ 1.8  4.5BP (13.5BP of 15.3 and  5.4 of 5.4)

5 Rattlesnake class medium cruisers export order. $14 5 BP ($40 of 40 and 40bp of 40)

Rebuild of the Dutch Flandren, 1 BP $0  (1 French BP, $2 from the loan to the Netherlands)   

Airships
L'aigle semi rigid airship 20000m³ envelope
Condor, semi rigid airship 25000m³ envelope
Busard , semi rigid airship 25000m³ envelope
Chouette semi rigid arship 25000m³ envelope
Vengenge rigid airship  30000m³  envelope
Mouette    rigid airship  30000m²  envelope
Upkeep $.5
New Construction 1 Hangar size 2 and 1 airship $4.25 (Fortress Greater Napoleon)

Research and development.  A strange occurence. France continiues research program on Torpedo propultion technology and Destroyers.
Aircraft development is started. R&D budget $4


$17 in gold bullion transfered to the Habsburg Empire, aquiring the Custom build Large cruiser Chevalier Rouge
$XX transfered to the Orange Republic, paying for the repair of Gloire

$12 gained from the DKB, sale of the 2 outdated Carnot Battleships 
Carnot and Charles Martel

$7.7 gained from Gran Colombia, sale of the 2 very elderly Formidable battleships 
Formidable and Jaureguiberry

Economic development, 3$ put into the Green cross. Hidden in the healthcare budget. But siphoned off into the military. (scandals anyone?)

$10 loan to the Netherlands. Civil budget, Dutch Congo as collateral.

[The Rock Doctor]

That is certainly a glorious report.

France is quite the "mover and shaker" with all the loans, sales, and such.

[maddox]

The latest years were boring in the offices of Glorious State finance.

And, with a fleet in need for renewal....And the greed for new lands to plunder after the loss of Brazil.