▁French ▁East ▁India ▁Company ▁for ▁each ▁woman ' s ▁crossing , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁furn ishing ▁her ▁tr ous seau . ▁The ▁Crown ▁also ▁paid ▁a ▁dow ry ▁for ▁each ▁woman ; ▁this ▁was ▁originally ▁set ▁at ▁four ▁hundred ▁livres , ▁but ▁as ▁the ▁Tre as ury ▁could ▁not ▁spare ▁such ▁an ▁exp ense , ▁many ▁were ▁simply ▁paid ▁in ▁kind . ▁ ▁Those ▁chosen ▁to ▁be ▁among ▁the ▁fill es ▁du ▁roi ▁and ▁allowed ▁to ▁em igr ate ▁to ▁New ▁France ▁were ▁held ▁to ▁sc rup ul ous ▁standards , ▁which ▁were ▁based ▁on ▁their ▁" m oral ▁cal ib re " ▁and ▁whether ▁they ▁were ▁phys ically ▁fit ▁enough ▁to ▁surv ive ▁the ▁hard ▁work ▁demanded ▁by ▁life ▁as ▁a ▁colon ist . ▁The ▁colonial ▁officials ▁sent ▁several ▁of ▁the ▁fill es ▁du ▁roi ▁back ▁to ▁France ▁because ▁they ▁were ▁de emed ▁below ▁the ▁standards ▁set ▁out ▁by ▁the ▁king ▁and ▁the ▁Int endant ▁of ▁New ▁France . ▁ ▁As ▁was ▁the ▁case ▁for ▁most ▁em igr ants ▁who ▁went ▁from ▁France ▁to ▁New ▁France , ▁ 8 0 ▁percent ▁of ▁the ▁fill es ▁du ▁roi ▁were ▁from ▁the ▁Paris , ▁Norm andy ▁and ▁the ▁western ▁regions . ▁Al most ▁half ▁were ▁from ▁the ▁Paris ▁area , ▁ 1 6 ▁percent ▁from ▁Norm andy ▁and ▁ 1 3 ▁percent ▁from ▁western ▁France . ▁Most ▁came ▁from ▁urban ▁areas , ▁with ▁the ▁H ô p ital - G én éral ▁de ▁Paris ▁and ▁the ▁Saint - S ulp ice ▁parish ▁being ▁big