The expenses are, yearly:
| Ducats. | |
| Civil List of the prince | 50,000 |
| The Ottoman Porte for tribute | 30,000 |
| Salaries of officials | 150,000 |
| Troops, 4000 men | 100,000 |
| Ten quarantine stations on the Danube | 20,000 |
| Hospitals | 5,000 |
| Schools | 12,000 |
| Post | 30,000 |
| Repair of roads | 8,000 |
| Total | 405,000 |
The capital of Wallachia is Bucharest, containing 12,000 houses and 80,000 inhabitants, of whom 10,000 are strangers.
There is one metropolitan, who lives at Bucharest, and has a revenue of 10,000 ducats; and three bishops, of Rimnik, Argessi, and Buzeo, who have 8000 each. The salary of the first minister is 3600 ducats yearly. There are three ranks of nobles. The highest consists of sixty individuals, who have the right of electing the prince; the second numbers 300, and the third 440. The prime minister is called the bano; the commander-in-chief, spathar; the minister of the interior, the great dvornic; the minister of justice, the great logothete. The greatest family is that of Brancovano, the revenue of its chief being 12,000 ducats. The titles of the great officers of state, and the principal people about the court of the Hospodar, are derived from the institutions of the Byzantine emperors. These nobles are divided into three classes. The following is the order of their precedence:
1st Class.
| 1. | Bano | Marshal of the Palace. |
| 2. | Dvornic | Lord Chamberlain. |
| 3. | Spathar | Commander-in-Chief. |
| 4. | Logothete | Chief Secretary. |
| 5. | Postemic | Foreign Minister. |
| 6. | Aga | Inspector of Police. |
2d Class.
| 1. | Clochiar | Commissary General. |
| 2. | Paharme | Cup-bearer. |
3d Class.
| 1. | Serdar | Commander of 1000 men. |
| 2. | Pitar | Inspector of the Ovens. |
| 3. | Consepist | Registrar General. |