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1'uder tii i to of France are in Asia the 



kingdom ol'Canil'odiu, 1, MI 111,11111 1 inhabitants in 

 . ,voon thedold Coa-t, L'lUi'H) in- 

 habitant-; in < I'-eaiiiea. the i-land, of Taliili, 

 :i, and Malta, tin- Touboiiai i - i, 

 nl ( Iambi. -r I"'.) i-lamN. The to- 

 tal population under the protectorate of Franco 

 \~ I.l".:'.'i7. 'I'll- lYeneh (iovernmcnt seems 

 'ally intent upon rnlargiii^ ii- t.Tritory in 

 Farther Iinlia and on the West Const of Africa. 

 Counting in tin- three provinces of Cochin- 

 China, which were annexed in 1867, the popu- 

 lation of the French dependencies has, during 

 the la-t throe year-, more, than doubled. 



The budget for 18C8 voted by the Senate and 

 Legislative Body was as follows : 



Probable surplus of receipts over expendi- 

 . 58,129 francs. The total capital of the 

 public debt amounted, in 1867, to 12,132,768,743 

 franc-s. According. to the report of M. Hague, 

 Minister of Finance, published in the Moniteur 

 of January 27, 1868, on the 1st of December, 

 1867, the floating debt amounted to 936,000,- 

 000 francs. In consequence of events beyond 

 control, the receipts of the budget of 1867 

 show a deficit of 26,000,000 francs as compared 

 with the estimates. Adding to this the extraor- 

 dinary credit voted by the Corps Legislatif 

 on the 31st May, 1867, of 158,000,000 francs, 

 and the cost of the expedition to Rome, ther'e 

 is a total of 189,000,000 francs necessary to 

 cover the outlay for 1867. The report details 

 various augmentations of expense which will 

 be felt by the budgets of 1868 and 1869, and 

 concludes that supplementary resources to the 

 amount of 82,000,000 francs will be required 

 to be shared between those two years. The 

 report shows that it is necessary to reform the 

 war materiel and the fleet to secure more effec- 

 tively the defence of the country and the na- 

 tional honor. By reports submitted by the 

 Ministries of War and Marine a sum of 187,- 

 000,000 francs is demanded for that object. 

 It would, however, be illusory to suppose that 

 these resources would suffice to cover every 

 requirement, but as regards the war materiel 

 every essential would be therewith met. The 

 details of less urgent importance would be com- 

 pleted in proportion to the annual resources. 

 The report concludes by proposing a loan of 

 440,000,000 francs, which would meet ail 

 exigencies. The loan should bo negotiated by 

 public subscription. The report proposes to 



* In the extraordinary budget are Included 124,560,967 

 francs, which arc the surplus of the ordinary receipts over 

 the ordinary expenditures. Deducting these from the total 

 amount of the extraordinary budget, wo have 1,951,525,244 

 francs as the total amount of all receipts. 



divide the monthly payments of it into twenty 

 instalments. 

 The army, in 1867, was composed as follows : 



From an official report of the French Minister 

 of War on the recruiting of the army during 

 the year 1865, it appears that on the 1st of 

 January, 1806, the army had an effective force 

 of 395,564 men, not including 5,181 enfant* de 

 troupe. Under the flag there were : 



In the Interior 286,690 



In Africa 69,988 



In the French division at Rome 8,812 



In the expeditionary corps of Mexico 80,074 



895,564 

 214,826 

 610,390 



5,198 



At the same period the reserve was 

 composed of 



Total effective 



To which must be added 5,198 men 

 of the class of 1859, sent to the re- 

 serve in execution of the ministe- 

 rial prescriptions of the 20th and 

 21st of December, 1865, who no 

 longer appear in the effective be- 

 cause they had been erased from 

 the roll of their corps, and they do 

 not yet appear in the reserve be- 

 cause they were en route to their 

 homes 



Eeal effective strength on the 1st of 



January, 1866 615,588 



The average effective force, including officers, 

 non-commissioned officers, and privates, during 

 1865 was 402,824, which in 1864 was 414,716, 

 being a reduction in favor of 1865 of 11,802 

 men. The reSngagements in 1865 were 12,- 

 700, being 4,464 more than in the previous 

 year. The number of exonerations was 18,777 

 in 1865, and 20,566 in 1864. Out of 198,196 

 young men examined before the Councils of 

 Kevision, 10,609 were exempted, not reaching 

 the standard of height. 



The composition of the French fleet, on Jan- 

 uary 1, 1867, is shown by the following table : 



The general and special commerce of Franco 

 with foreign countries, during the year 1865, 

 was as follows (value expressed in millioiuof 

 francs). By "special commerce" those im- 

 ports are understood which are intended for 



