How much did the munitions cost in " livres tournaises " ?
Accordingly , much of the early funding for construction came from the king 's own purse , funded by revenues received from his " appanage " as well as revenues from the province of New France ( Canada ) , which , while part of France , was a private possession of the king and therefore exempt from the control of the Parliaments ( Bluche , 1986 ; 1991 ; Chouquette , 1997 ) .