 The total cost had been 500,000 "livres", and the colony's budget was exhausted.In 1723 Gilles, comte de Nos de Champmeslin (c. 1653–1726) was named commandant-general of all the seas, islands and the mainland of South America, while Étienne Cochard de Chastenoye, governor of Le Cap, was named interim governor-general of Saint Domingue.On 6 December 1723 Sorel was replaced by Gaspard Charles de Goussé, chevalier de La Rocheallart.