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Source : forum des Grenadies à pied de la Garde du Consul
Food:
Coffee (per pound): 8 francs
Sugar (per pound): 5 to 6 francs
A piece of venison: 5 francs
Chocolate sweets (per pound): 2 francs
Six oranges: 1.50 francs
One eel: 1 franc
Meat from butcher's shop (per pound): 70 cents
Butter (per kilo): 2 francs
Meat (beef, veal or mutton, per kilo): 70 cents
Bacon (per kilo): 80 cents
Bread (1st quality, per kilo): 30 cents
Bread (2nd quality, per kilo): 19 cents
Bread (rye, per kilo): 11 cents 2/3
Cheese (decaliter): 2.85 francs
Rye (decaliter): 1.90 francs
Butter (per kilo): 1.60 to 2.20 francs (1807)
Cheese: 0.60 to 1.80 francs
Eggs (per dozen): 0.45 to 0.70 francs
Poultry: 0.20 to 0.40 francs (in 1800)
Rabbit: 1.25 francs
Hare: 2.40 francs
Salted sardines (per dozen): 0.80 franc
Herrings (dozen): 0.80 franc
Eel: 1 to 3 francs
Small fishes (per dozen): 0.30 franc
Pike: 2 to 4 francs
Walnut oil (per kilo): 2.40 francs
Sugar (per kilo): 4 francs
Beans (per decaliter): 3 francs (in 1814)
Prunes (per decaliter): 1.40 francs (in 1814)
Drinks:
Ordinary red or white wine (per bottle): 1.97 to 2.96 francs
Champagne and fine wines (per bottle): 3.06 to 6.91 francs
Extra-fine liqueur wines (per half-bottle): 7.90 to 9.87 francs
“La chenette” or migraine: 2.50 francs
White wines: 3 francs
Chambertin: 5 francs
Clos Vougeot: 6 francs
Fine white wines: 8 francs
Vin du Cap : 10 francs
Vermoutte: 10 francs
Extra-fine liqueur wines: 13 francs
Regular Beaune wine: 2 francs
Extra-fine red wines: 18 francs
Livestock :
Horse: 150 francs
Cow : 60 francs
Heifer : 40 francs
Mule : 360 francs
Lamb: 8 francs
Bullock: 400 to 600 francs
Cow: 250 francs
Pig: 100 francs
Calf: 70 francs
Ram: 50 francs
Clothes:
Men's shirt: 3.75 francs (in 1814)
Cotton stockings (per pair): 6 francs (in 1800)
Clogs (pair): 1.20 francs
Shoes (pair): 5 francs (in 1805)
Boots (pair): 18 francs (in 1801)
Pair of sheets: 30 francs
Shirt: 8 francs
One pair of stockings: 4.75 francs
Lighting and heating :
Lamp oil (per kilo): 2.31 francs
Candles (per kilo): 2.33 francs
Wood (per stere): 14 francs (in 1807)
Charcoal (per 100 kilograms): 10 francs (in 1814)
Entertainment:
Admission to the Tivoli (drinks plus show): 3 francs
Also at the Tivoli, a garden party: dances, entertainment, shows, fireworks: 2.20 francs
Hameau de Chantilly (concert, illuminations, games, dances): 1 to 1.50 francs, including 0.75 francs for consumption.
Also at the Hameau de Chantilly, large decadal festivities: 2 francs
French theater :
Lodges: 6.60 francs
Galleries: 1.80 francs
Mardi gras ball 1801 at the Opéra: 2 francs
Other items:
Tea towel: 1 franc (in 1814)
Tobacco (per kilo): 4 francs
Soap (per kilo): 1.70 francs