FRANCE. 



RXVKNV8. 



Saovrat: 

 Direct taxes ..................... ----- 



Special taxes, aanliulhited lu tuu Ulruct 

 taxes ................................ 



Stamps ami enregUtreiaeut ........... 



Produce of forosta .................... 



........................... 



t IMC. ........................ 



orio 



375,068,188 



40,252,094 

 564,4*8,400 



. 

 341,1*7,000 



897,3,OUO 

 114I12S.UOO 



Revenue of universities 

 Kovnu of Algeria 

 Redaction of salaries 

 Miscellaneous recelpu 

 Algerian war-tax 



.- 



4 '!? 8 'if*! I 



l 



- 

 13,4SO,*S6 



Total 2,467,470,680 



Sptrtal Baotarca: 



Direct taxus 253,1163,385 



Department fiimls 74,700.000 



Taxes on carriages and hones ii,;.ii 



From the public schools v.'M) 



Kallroads 2,454,800 



Official Journals *n.i 



Other recelpu 7iij,i7> 



Total. 



333,375,368 



Ordinary Bxpautitunt: 



Public debt and dotation! ............. 



Ministries ............................ 



Ministry of Justice ............... 



MiuMry of Foreign Affairs ....... 



Minli-try uf tin- liiii-rior ........... 



Ministry of Finance ............ 



Ministry of Public Iiit ruction .... 



Ministry of Agriculture and Com- 

 merce ........................... 



Ministry of Public Works ......... 



Ministry of War .................. 



Ministry of the Navy aud Colo- 



1.1 -27,646,534 

 1,OW,605,86 



11,21,000 



107.o7i;.o:.:; 



16.401 .Sin 

 440,8aS),OUO 

 1S.653,140 

 18,sO,yoO 

 Total ........................... 2,3S4,739,8M 



Special Expenditures; 



Ministry of the Interior ............... 201,141,280 



M inirtry of Finance ................... 116,414,155 



Public schools ........................ 11,171,000 



Agriculture aud commerce. ........... - 



Public works .......................... 



Total ........................... "~8S; 



Revenue collection 

 Deficits and repayments 



The public debt, according to the budget 

 of 1873, was as follows : 



On January 1, 1873, the new army- law of 

 August 16, 1872, went into operation. Its 

 first article enacts universal liability to mili- 

 tary service. Every Frenchman capable of 

 bearing anus must serve for twenty yearn, 

 namely, four years in the standing army, five 

 years in the reserve of the standing army, five 

 years in the territorial army (landwafar), and 

 six years in the reserve of the territorial army. 

 By a law of July 24, 1878, on the re:r 

 zation of the artny, France is divided into 

 eighteen districts and subdivisions. Every 

 district is occupied by an army corps. One 

 array corps, moreover, is organized for AlgeriM. 

 Every district has one or several general maga- 

 zines of provisions ; every subdivision has one 

 or several magazines, which are supplied by the 

 (.'iMieral magazines of the district. In every snb- 



ion of a district, there are one or * 

 recruiting-offices. The active army compris. -.. 

 therefore, eighteen army corps, exclusive of 

 that of Algeria. Each of the eighteen army 

 corps consists of two divisions oi' int'untry, one 

 brigade of cavalry, one brigade of artillery, 

 one battalion of engineers, one squadron of the 

 train, a general staff, and the subordinate staffs. 



The composition of the army, in time of peace, 

 will be as follows : 



Infantry (156 regiments, 505 battalions, 2,4-15 com- 

 panies) 279,9^6 



Cavalry 67,888 



Artillery 58,096 



Engineers 13,551 



Train ._ 



Total 441,007 



To this number may bo added the second 

 division of the yearly contingent, amounting 

 to about 60,000 men, who serve from six to 

 twelve months, and swell the number of the 

 army to 501,007 men. In time of war, the 

 army will be composed as follows : 



Stan'llnc army 795,000 



Reserve of standing nrmv 510.000 



Territorial army (landwclir) 800.000 



Reserve of territorial army 600.000 



Total ~2,505,000 



The navy, according to the budget for 1873, 

 was composed as follows: 



According to the plan for the reorganiza- 

 tion of the navy, it is to be composed in future 

 as follows: 12 iron-clads, first class; 12 iron- 

 clads, second class; 20 iron-clad gunboats; 8 

 frigates, 8 corvettes, 38 avisos, 2."i transports, 

 i nboats ; and, besides, a number of school- 

 ships tenders, etc. 



The following table exhibits the movement 

 of commerce from 1856 to 1872 (in francs) : 



TUBS. 



1872. 



an. 



1R70. 



Annnal avenge, IM6-lTO. 

 MM-1865. 



I-'-. !! 



3.9M.10D.OOO 

 $.231.100.000 



T 



8.455.800.000 



1,812,800.000 



ooi.o tyo raicious HRAIA. 



8,447,400,000 8.978.900,000 



8.898,200.000 2.865.600.000 



J.M17. 1000111 J.s.M.lll.l.illlI 



S.0i.800.000 ! 2.984,700,000 



2,447.400.000 I 2.564JWO.OOO 



1.792.700.000 ! 2.087,900.000 



400.000,000 

 2W1.000.000 

 41B.OdO.000 



733.ono.ono 



576.000.000 



70l.nfl<MH> 



8S8.000.000 

 529,000.000 

 261,000,000 



465.non.nno 



526,0011.000 



