Choiseul writes that he has heard from the Pays de Gex that the King has chosen to form a trading establishment in Nerroy in the hopes of revitalising the province. Nerroy will be given the same advantages as the city of Geneva which gives the city a great superiority over Versailles. The way to establish equality between these two places would be to separate Gex from the five large farms and to declare it to the General Farm to be a foreign country. This project, Choiseul writes, was proposed several years ago and had been approved of by Jean Charles Philibert de Trudaine de Montigny. Choiseul states that he has sent a copy of the draft letters patent and thinks it favourable to renew the proposal. He asks for Jean Charles Philibert de Trudaine de Montigny’s opinion and asks for advice on how the project could be made a success that is visibly advantageous for both the Kingdom and the Pays de Gex since it would provide a considerable amount of foreign trade.