[67] M. Loucheurʼs statement to the French Chamber implied that the rate of conversion was applicable to material damage as well as to pensions, and I have assumed this in what follows; but precise official information is lacking.
[68] The figures of damage done, given by M. Briand, are generally speaking rather lower than those given ten months earlier (in June 1920) in a report by M. Tardieu in his capacity as President of the Comité des Régions Dévastées. But the difference is not very material. For purposes of comparison, I give M. Tardieuʼs figures below together with those of the amount of reconstruction completed at that earlier date:
| Destroyed. | Repaired. | |||
| Houses totally destroyed | 319,269 | 2,000 | ||
| Houses partially destroyed | 313,675 | 182,000 | ||
| Railway lines | 5,534 | kilos. | 4,042 | kilos. |
| Canals | 1,596 | ” | 784 | ” |
| Roads | 39,000 | ” | 7,548 | ” |
| Bridges, embankments, etc. | 4,785 | ” | 3,424 | ” |
| Destroyed. | Cleared from shells. | Leveled. | Plowed. | |
| Arable land (hectares) | 3,200,000 | 2,900,000 | 1,700,000 | 1,150,000 |
| Destroyed. | Reconstructed and working. | Under reconstruction. | |
| Factories and works | 11,500 | 3,540 | 3,812 |
A much earlier estimate is that made by M. Dubois for the Budget Commission of the French Chamber and published as Parliamentary Paper No. 5432 of the Session of 1918.
[69] A more recent estimate (namely, for July 1, 1921) has been given, presumably from official sources, by M. Fournier–Sarlovèze, Deputy for the Oise. The following are some of his figures:
Inhabited Houses
| At the Armistice: | Totally destroyed | 289,147 |
| Badly injured | 164,317 | |
| Partially injured | 258,419 | |
| By July 1921: | Entirely rebuilt | 118,863 |
| Temporarily repaired | 182,694 |
Public Buildings