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1866), and the number of deputies to which each department will be entitled during the 

 next legislative period, which begins in 1869 : 



The population of Algeria, according to the 

 census of 1866, was as follows : 



The population of the colonial possessions 

 of France was, in 1868, reported as follows : 

 ASIA. India Pondicherry, Karikal, Mahe, 



Yanaon, Chandernagor (1865) 275,063 



Cochin China the three old provinces . 502,116 



the three new prov- 

 inces (Vinhilong, Chaudoc, and Ha- 

 tien) 477,000 



Possessions in Asia '. .1,206,179 



AFBIOA. Senegambia 607,398 



Gold Coast 133 



Gaboon 186,000 



Island of Reunion (1865) 207,886 



Islands of Mayotti and Mossi-Be (1865) 20,717 



Island of St. Marie (1865) 6,110 



Possessions in Africa, exclusive 



of Algeria 1,028,244 



OOEANIOA. New Caledonia 29,000 



Loyalty Islands 15,000 



Marquesas Islands 10,000 



Possessions in Oceanica 54,000 



AMERICA. St. Pierre and Miquelon (1865) . . 3,799 



Martinique (1865) 139,109 



Guadaloupetmd dependencies (1865). . 151,594 



Guiana (1865) 25,432 



Possessions in America 318,934 



Total of French colonies 2,607,357 



Under the protectorate of France are the 

 kingdoms of Cambodia (1,000,000 inhabitants); 

 Porto Novo, on the Gold Coast in Africa; Ta- 

 hiti, Gambier, and other islands in Oceanica, 

 together with a population of 1,043,897. The 

 aggregate population of colonies and countries 

 under the protectorate amounts to 3,631,354. 

 The apparent decrease of the population in the 

 colonies, for which, in 1867, a population of 

 3,061,888, exclusive of the three new provinces 

 in Cochin China, was reported, arises from the 

 fact that a census in Cochin China showed the 

 population to be considerably inferior to the 

 former estimates. The territory of the Gaboon 

 colony, on the African west coast, was en- 

 larged, in 1868, so as to extend to the Fernand 

 Bay Kiver, in consequence of treaties con- 

 cluded with the kings and chiefs of the Kamma 

 and the Kembo. 



In the "Definite Budget, for 1867," the rev- 

 enue appears as 2,155,133,049 francs; expendi- 

 tures, 1,971,527,231 francs ; deficit, 183,605,818 

 francs, which will be met from the new loan 

 of 450,500,000 francs, contracted in 1868. The 

 " Kectified Budget, for 1868," gives the receipts^ 

 and expenditures each as 1,981,995,692 francs; 

 but 126,701,850 francs of the loan of 450,500,- 

 000 francs are employed for the budget of ex- 



