FRANCE. 



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According to tho plan for the reorganization 

 of tlio navy, it is t<> l>o composed in future 

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

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

 fs, 8 corvettes, 88 avisos, 25 transports, 



82 gunboats ; and, besides, a number of n< -hool- 

 ships, tenders, etc. 



The following table exhibits tho movcuu-n: 

 of French commerce from 1850 to 1872 (in 

 francs) : 



YEARS. 



tan, 



1871. 



mo. 



Annual .-ivrra-e, M'.r, 1*711. 

 1801-1865. 

 1856-1860. 



GENERAL COMMEHCE. 



Import*. 



1^01,600,000 



8,868,400,000 

 8,497,800,000 

 1,00,100,000 

 8.231,100,000 

 JMUMMXM 



1 i| :'.. 



1186,000,000 



8.278,000,000 

 8,485,800,000 



8.887,100,000 



.i. IIS.MHI.IH.il 



OOLD AND PHECIOCB METAU. 



Import!. 



8,867,400.000 

 8,018^00,000 

 1,447,400,000 

 1,793,700,000 



Export*. 



B.TVMOOrOOO 



9,879,600.000 



*,9S4,700.000 

 8,604.800,000 



I-porta. 



889,000,000 

 801,000,000 



410,000,000 



701,000,000 



1 ,;. -.. 



884,000,000 

 608,000,000 



KUXNMNM 



465.000.COO 



889,000,000 



Tho foreign countries chiefly interested in 

 tho trado of France, in the years 1871 and 

 1872, were the following (the value being ex- 

 pressed in francs): 



The movement of shipping, from 1870 to 

 1872, was as follows: 



The merchant navy, in 1872, was composed 

 as follows : 



According to the report of the Committee 

 of tho National Assembly on Railroads, there 

 were, on June 1, 1878: 



Ellometm.* 



In operation 19.974 



In course of count ruction 0,647 



Total 26,621 



Algeria has three roads in operation : from 

 Algiers to Oran, 420 kilometres; from Phi- 

 lippeville to Constantine, 86 kilometres; and 

 the little road from Bona to the mines of Aln- 

 Mokra, 30 kilometres. 



The number of letters forwarded by tho 

 French post-office in 1873 was 359,433,000. 

 The revenue of the department was, in 1873, 

 91,454,850 francs ; the expenditures, for admin- 

 istration, 51,755,000 francs. 



At the end of the year 1871 there were 

 46,500 kilometres of lines of telegraphs in 

 operation, comprising 127,500 kilometres of 

 wires. The number of telegraph-offices was 

 about 3,800 ; the aggregate revenue, in 1872, 

 11, 994, 000 francs; the expenditures, 12,695,000 

 francs. 



The area and population of Algeria, accord- 

 ing to the census of 1872, were as follows: 



In the column of Frenchmen are included 

 34,574 native Israelites. The total number of 

 Europeans is 245,117, against 217,990 in 1866; 

 192,801 in 1861 ; 159,282 in 1856 ; 131,283 in 

 1851 ; 99,801 in 1845 ; 35,927 in 1841 ; 14,561 

 in 1836 ; 7,812 in 1833. The number of French- 

 men has, ever since 1841, been about one-half 

 of the European population, it being 16,677 in 

 1841; 66,050 in 1857; and 129,621 in 1872. 

 The number of Spaniards in 1872 was 74,OQO. 



The imports of Algeria were valued, in 

 1872, at 199,' 00,000 francs, the exports at 

 206,000,000. The movement of shipping in the 



same year (entrances and clearances) was as 

 follows: 



The French colonies and dependencies had, 

 according to the latest official reports, the fol- 

 lowing area and population : 



* One kilometre = 0.68 English mile. 



