FRANCE. 



nes, tobacco, and gunpowder, 195,483,470 

 i.iiues liom the post-office, 54,848,040 francs from 

 u-k'graphs and telephones, and 17,642,250 francd 

 from various enterprises; 50,801,180 francs came 

 from miscellaneous sources, 5,100,000 francs being 

 savings-bank profits, 253,500 francs the money re- 

 ceived from sales of Government publications, 

 4,494,030 francs receipts from railroads, 705,080 

 francs revenues from the colonies, 1,200,000 francs 

 fees received by diplomatic and consular repre- 

 sentatives, 3,722.030 francs fees for patent rights 

 on inventions, 4,213,000 francs the produce of 

 prison labor, 2,555,000 francs savings in the ex- 

 penses of the departments, 30,498,220 francs vari- 

 ous repayments, and 3,999,720 francs miscellane- 

 ous and accidental receipts; and 08,771,504 francs 

 were rcci'ttcs d'unlre, balanced by disbursements. 

 The total expenditures authorized in the law of 

 April 30. 1900, were 3,547,803,008 francs, of which 

 3.470.809,184 francs were for France and 71,053,- 

 824 francs for Algeria. Of the expenditure in 

 France 1.242,053,102 francs went for the service of 

 the public debt, of which 092,157,850 francs were 

 for interest on the consolidated debt, 319,100,110 

 francs for terminable debts, and 241,395,202 

 francs for floating debt; 14,075,500 francs were 

 the expenses of the public powers, 1,700,000 francs 

 going to pay the salary and household expenses of 

 the President and 12,375,500 francs the expenses 

 of the Senate and Chamber; and 1,705,077,545 

 francs were voted for the general services of the 

 Government. The sum allowed for the Ministry 

 of Finance was 20,117,010 francs, of which 9,521,- 

 470 francs were for the central administration; 

 the appropriation for the Ministry of Justice was 

 35,608,933 francs ; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

 required 16,283,100 francs; the vote for the Min- 

 istry of the Interior was 112,906,454 francs, of 

 which 19,522,197 francs were devoted to adminis- 

 tration, 18,322,744 francs to public safety, 16,460,- 

 417 francs to prisons, 12,349,000 francs to subven- 

 tions, 10,566,118 francs to charities, and 1,759,000 

 francs to various expenses; the sum devoted to 

 Public Worship was 42,986,978 francs; the 

 amount granted to the Ministry of War was 659,- 

 237,500 francs, and to the Ministry of Marine 

 312,776,332 francs; the Ministry of Public Instruc- 

 tion and the Fine Arts received 227,607,178 francs, 

 of which 208,154,163 francs were for the schools 

 and 19,453,015 francs for art; the appropriation 

 for the Ministry of Commerce and Industry was 

 38,842,553 francs, including 35,521,358 francs for 

 commerce and industry and 3,321,195 francs for 

 the service of the posts and telegraphs; the Min- 

 istry of the Colonies obtained 106,493,358 francs, 

 and the Ministry of Agriculture 31,607,678 francs; 

 the expenses of the Ministry of Public Works were 

 estimated at 81,039,470 francs for ordinary and 

 113,497,379 francs for extraordinary purposes, 

 making a total of 194,536,849 francs, the ordinary 

 expenses being made up of 28,490,970 francs for 

 administration, 31,291,200 francs for roads and 

 bridges, 12,350,000 francs for inland navigation, 

 and 8,907,300 francs for harbors and lighthouses, 

 the extraordinary of 3,975,000 francs for roads 

 and bridges, 12.050,000 francs for inland naviga- 

 ,226,500 francs for railroads, 12,064,000 

 francs for harbors and lighthouses, 71,718,579 

 francs for annuities due to railroad companies, 

 and 463,300 francs for other works; the cost of 

 rtgie and the collection of revenue was 404 508 755 

 francs, of which 28,961,590 francs were allocated 

 to direct contributions, 18,721.540 francs to regis- 

 tration, domains, and stamps, 32.521,590 francs to 

 customs, 40,923,520 francs to excise, 84,004,933 

 francs to Government manufactures, 00.000 francs 

 to foreign affairs, 184,733,999 francs to posts and 



telegraphs, and 13,981,583 francs to forests; 

 the repayments amounted to 40,494,162 francs. 

 The special services included in the budget as. 

 recettes d'ordre are represented by the total of 

 135,900,091 francs, of which 4,839,700 francs per- 

 tain to the mint, 0,022,050 francs to the national 

 printing-house, 10,252,429 francs to the Legion of 

 Honor, 17,352,512 francs to the naval invalid 

 fund, 751,500 francs to the Central School of Arts 

 and Manufactures, 48,622,000 francs to state rail- 

 roads, 11,728,500 francs to the railroad and port 

 of Keunion, and 29,792,000 francs to the national 

 savings-bank. The actual ordinary revenue in 

 1898 was 3,019,946,888 francs, and the expenditure 

 was 3,527,535,005 francs. 



The capital of the public debt on Jan. 1, 1900, 

 was 30,055,398,099 francs, of which 22,001,914,539 

 francs represent the consolidated debt, 3,836,833,- 



000 francs amortizable 3-per-cent. rentes, 189,633,- 

 930 francs the Morgan loan, 1,313,655,624 francs- 

 annuities guaranteed to railroad companies, 531,- 

 154,244 francs obligations incurred for local rail- 

 roads and school buildings, 88,743,000 francs ex- 

 penses incurred in Madagascar and Siam, 87,206,- 

 702 francs annuities of the savings-bank, 26,710,- 

 801 francs schoolhcuse debts, 30,723,357 francs 

 debts incurred for the improvement of rivers, 

 canals, and harbors, 730,191,891 francs railroad 

 annuities, 6,038,770 francs various annuities, 

 1,054,106,181 francs the floating debt, 37,276,000 

 francs short-timed treasury loans, and 121,210,000 

 francs a special war account under the law of 

 Feb. 17, 1898. 



The Army. Every Frenchman at the age of 

 twenty is liable to conscription. Active service 

 is for three years except in the case of students, 

 who serve one year only on the condition that 

 they complete their studies. Soldiers who can 

 read and write if they attain military proficiency 

 at the end of the first year may have indefinite 

 leave of absence. There are 145 regiments of in- 

 fantry of the line, each composed of 62 officers 

 and 1,591 men; 18 regional regiments, each com- 

 posed of 51 officers and 1,560 men; 30 battalions 

 of chasseurs, having 4 or 6 companies of 19 officers 

 and 552 men; 4 regiments of zouaves, each com- 

 posed of 73 officers and 2,551 men; 4 regiments of 

 Algerian tirailleurs, each composed of 103 officers 

 and 2,632 men ; 2 regiments of the Algerian foreign 

 legion, each of 5 battalions of 4 companies; and 

 5 battalions of African light infantry. The cav- 

 alry consists of 13 regiments of cuirassiers, 31 

 of dragoons, 21 of chasseurs, 14 of hussars, 6 of 

 African chasseurs, each regiment composed of 37 

 officers and 792 men, with 722 horses ; and besides 

 these regiments there are 8 remount companies of 

 299 men, 3 regiments of spahis in Algeria, and 



1 regiment of Tunisian spahis. The field-artillery 

 consists of 40 regiments, comprising 428 mounted, 

 52 horse, and 16 mountain batteries, and there are 

 4 mounted and 8 mountain batteries in Algeria 

 and Tunis. The foot-artillery consists of 16 bat- 

 talions of 6 batteries, and in Africa there are 4 

 batteries. The engineers consist of 6 regiments of 

 sappers and miners of 3 battalions and 1 company 

 of sapper conductors, except 1 regiment which has 

 4 battalions ; and there is 1 regiment of railroad 

 sappers. The train has 12 squadrons of 4 com- 

 panies and 8 of 3 companies, 12 companies be- 

 ing in Algeria. The peace strength of the army 

 as provided in the military budget for 1901 is 522,- 

 013 men, including 27,044 officers, in France; 57,- 

 292 men, including 2,255 officers, in Algeria; and 

 19,460 men, including 691 officers, in Tunis; mak- 

 ing a total of 598,765 men, of whom 29,990 are 

 officers, with 143,667 horses. There are 4,418, in- 

 cluding 3,717 officers, on the general staff in 



