The expenses of administration, the home expenses, for the nurse ("nourrice sédentaire") or the wet nurse ("nourrice au sein"), the "prime de survie" (premium on survival), washing, clothes, and the outdoor expenses, which include (1) temporary assistance to unmarried mothers in order to prevent desertion; (2) allowances to the foster-parents ("nourriciers") in the country for board, school-money, etc.; (3) clothing; (4) travelling-money for nurses and children; (5) printing, etc.; (6) expenses in time of sickness and for burials and apprentice fees were borne in the proportion of two-fifths by the state, two-fifths by the "", and the remaining fifth by the communes.