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FRANCE. 



KXPENDITUKES. Francs. 



Public debt and donations 1,223,199,474 



Leaving the children below six years of age 

 aside, it appears from the table that about 

 thirty per cent, of the population of France are 

 unable to read and write. For the male sex 

 alone, this proportion would be 27.41 per 

 cent. ; for the female sex, 33.47 per cent. 



The differences between the departments, as 

 regards the statistics of illiteracy, is marked, 

 the number of illiterates ranging from 6.9 per 

 cent. (Doubs) to 61.8 per cent. (Haute- Vienne). 

 The following table shows the proportion of 

 every department : 



Ministry of Justice 33,777,473 



Ministry of Foreign Affairs 111,255,500 



Ministry of the Interior. . . : 05,976,049 



Ministry of Finances 19.950,950 



Ministry of Public Instruction 96.852,514 



Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce.. 17,063,040 



Ministry of Public Works 156,949,219 



Ministry of War 493,776,321 



Ministry of the Navy 127,131,711 



Administ ration of Colonies 31.467,831 



Revenue collection 247,902,849 



Deficits and repayments 19,143.900 



Total 2,584,452,831 



The public debt, according to the budget of 

 1873, was as follows : 



Total 2,563,460,624 



