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FRANCE. 



French commerce, in 1871, 1872, and 1873, was distributed among the large divisions of 

 the globe as follows : 



The commerce of France with its colonies during the' same period was as follows: 



^ The following table gives a list of the prin- 

 cipal articles of import and export, in 1873 

 (value expressed in francs) : 



imports amounted to 3,672,286,000 francs, and 

 the exports to 4,022,162,000. 



The movement of shipping, from 1870 to 

 1873, was as follows : 



The merchant navy, in 1873, was composed 

 as follows: 



According to the report of the Minister of 

 Public Works on railroads, there were 



Kilometres.* 



In operation 20,771 



In course of construction. . . 7.608 



From January 1 to December 31, 1875, the 



Total 28,874 



Algeria has three roads in operation, from 

 Algiers to Oran, 426 kilometres; from Phi- 

 lippeville to Constantine, 87 kilometres; and 

 the little road from Bona to the mines of A'in- 

 Mokra, 30 kilometres; total, 543 kilometres. 



The number of letters forwarded by the 

 French Post-Office, in 1874, was 341,068,000. 

 The revenue of the department was, in 1874, 

 110,416,000 francs; the expenditures, for ad- 

 ministration, 71,797,000 francs. 



* One kilometre = 0.62 English mile. 



