 The expenses of the Commune were 42 million, the largest part going to pay the daily salary of the National Guard.Jourde first obtained a loan from the Rothschild Bank, then paid the bills from the city account, which was soon exhausted.The gold reserves of the Bank of France had been moved out of Paris for safety in August 1870, but its vaults contained 88 million francs in gold coins and 166 million francs in banknotes.