' The King of France in 1750 accidentally shot and killed one of his courtiers instead of a hare, at which.he thought he was aiming. ; The budget of the Stated was saddled with ;an ; annuity' of 12,000, francs, which has been paid : regularly to the heirs of the neighbour who had the honour to be killed by-'"the" King. : The last of the heirs died recently and the annuity stopped, v This bit of bad marksmanship on the part of the King cost ■ the ■ State' 1,872,000 francs, for the annuity was paid 156 years.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13455, 4 June 1907, Page 5
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