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were born ; more than 88 per cent, of the en- 

 tiro population were living in their depart- 

 ments. The agricultural population of France 

 is set down at 53.15 per cent, of the whole ; the 

 manufacturing 29.42 ; the commercial 4.1 1 ; the 

 various professions 4.15, and the clergy 0.5. 

 Statistical returns show that in England the 

 agricultural population is about 25 per cent, of 

 the whole, and it is stated that on the Con- 

 tinent the proportions fluctuate, in the different 

 countries, between 30 and 40 per cent. 



Algeria, which is divided into the three prov- 

 inces of Algiers, Constantine, and Oran, has a 

 population of 2,999,124 inhabitants, of whom 

 (1864) 204,877 were Europeans. 



The Government of France is constantly ex- 

 tending the frontier of its colonies, as will be 

 seen by comparing the following table with 

 that given in the ANNUAL CYCLOPAEDIA for 

 1864: 



Under the protectorate of France are the fol- 

 lowing countries : 



The budget for 1866, as voted by the Senate 

 and the Legislative Body, was as follows : 



Surplus of receipts, 3,654,558. 



According to the budget of the Minister of 

 War for 1866, the army was composed as fol- 

 lows: 



The navy, on January 1, 1865, was, ac- 

 cording to the Gotha Almanac for 1866, as 

 follows : 



The Blue Book presented to the Legislative 

 Body by the Government in 1866 has the fol- 

 lowing remarks on the navy: "During the 

 year 1865 the construction of vessels for the 

 new fleet has continued to the extent of the 

 credits allowed. The bases adopted in 1857 

 have been completed by new types of iron-clad 

 vessels more especially intended, some for dis- 

 tant missions, others for the defence of onr 

 ports, roadsteads, and rivers. Two of those 

 war vessels, belonging to the category of those 

 inserted in the tables presented in past years in 

 the statement of the situation of the empire, 

 have therefore been built; an iron-clad cor- 

 vette, and a coast-gua'rd vessel with a spur. 

 The number of vessels in this fleet, which (ex- 

 clusive of gunboats) was 123 on the 31st De- 

 cember, 1864, is 129 on the 31st December, 

 1865. They are subdivided as fpDows : 



Thus the new fleet has been increased by six 

 finished vessels, viz. : three iron-clad frigates, 

 of 1,000 horses' power; one iron corvette, of 

 500 horses' power ; one iron-clad coast-guard, 

 of 500 horses' power ; one corvette, not iron- 

 clad, of 500 horses' power. The steam fleet 

 comprises, now finishing or afloat, 11 vessels, of 

 7,050 horses' power. Lastly, the steam fleet 

 on the stocks counts 28 vessels, in different de- 

 grees of advancement." 



The general and special commerce of France 

 with the countries of America during the year 

 1863 was as follows (value expressed in mill- 

 ions of francs) : 



The commerce with some of the leading coun- 

 tries of Europe was as follows (value expressed 

 in millions of francs) : 



