Jean Etienne Bernard de Clugny de Nuits (Baron de Nuits sur Armançon)

received in January 1749 .

having access to the Dispatch Council .

He undertakes to reduce the powers of military leaders in favor of civilian administrators .
He takes over the financial administration , puts the accounts in order , reorganizes the keeping of public accounts .
December 1760: he sets up two chambers , part of agriculture and commerce in Cap Français and Port au Prince , which will be replaced in 1763 by two chambers of agriculture .
In 1761 : he orders a survey of the colony to be carried out .
He proceeded to abolish the exclusive, a measure that led to a boom in trade in the colony .
In January 1764 : he voted to lift the so-called "four million" tax for five years .

He put the finances of the port in order and liquidated the debts of the Navy .
During his stay in Bret he enlarged the port and the arsenal by completing the cleaning of the Penfeld and in particular built new stores, a bakery , an artillery store and a ball park .
Under his direction , the arsenal built between 1765 and 1770 , thanks to engineers Groignard and Ollivier , 10 vessels , 3 frigates , 3 corvettes and overhaul 10 vessels .
He improves the recruitment of apprentice gunners .

In February 1766 , he opened the Brest School of Hydrography and had the Brest Theater Hall built .
In April 1770 , he takes possession on behalf of the Navy of the port of Lorient , following the cession to the King of all the assets of the Compagnie des Indes .

appointed Deputy to the Minister of Marine .

He had the Kerguelen  Expedition project of Tremarec adopted for research on the Southern Continent .

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His action calls into question Turgot's reforms and the ideas of the physiocrats .
He re-established the corporations and the royal corvée . He created the Caisse d´Escompte to facilitate access to private credit .
To deal with the deficit he created the Royal Lottery .
He is in charge of financing the preparations for the American War .