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FRANCE. 



The movement of population from 1866 to 

 1875 was as follows: 



The number of still-born children from 1870 

 to 1875 was as follows : 



1870 45,169 



1871 40,315 



1872 43,967 



1878 44.487 



1874 44,613 



1875 43,884 



Of the 950,975 children born in 1875 about 

 66,000 were illegitimate. The relation of 

 births to the total population from 1869 to 

 1875 was as follows : 



The relation of deaths to the total popula- 

 tion from 1869 to 1875 was as follows: 



The relation of marriages to the total popu- 

 lation from 1869 to 1875 was as follows: 



The budget for 1879, voted by the National 

 Assembly, comprised the following sources 

 of revenue and branches of expenditures (in 

 francs) : 



REVENUE. 



Direct taxes 417,729,800 



Stamps and registration 638,040,000 



Produce of forests 88.072,600 



Duties 283,020,000 



Indirect taxes 1,056,628,000 



Produce of posts 118,876,000 



Surplus of indirect receipts from the General 



Exposition 10,000,000 



Miscellaneous receipts 112,898,550 



Extraordinary receipts 122,912,854 



Total 2,793,177,804 



EXPENDITURES. 



Ministry of Justice 84.415,740 



Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12,719,800 



Ministry of the Interior 88.728,986 



Ministry of Finance 1,500,121,849 



Ministry of Public Instruction 114,864,289 



Ministry of Agriculture and Commerce 42,556,089 



Ministry of Public Works 234,631.586 



Ministry of War 588,326,499 



Ministry of the Navy } ioq ow 401 



Administration of colonies f 193 ' 952 > 491 



General civil government of Algiers 25,717,866 



Total 2,781,035,095 



The interest on the public debt, according 

 to the budget of 1877, was as follows: 



Consolidated debt 747,228,484 



Capital that may be called in 81 6,086,157 



Detteviagere 124,985,887 



Total 1,188,250,028 



On January 1, 1873, the new army law of 

 August 16, 1872, went into operation. Its 

 first article enacts universal liability to milita- 

 ry service. Every Frenchman capable of bear- 

 ing arms must serve for twenty years, namely, 

 four years in the standing army, five years in 

 the reserve of the standing army, five years 

 in the territorial army (Landwehr), and six 

 years in the reserve of the territorial army 

 (Landsturm). 



By a law of July 24, 1873, on the reorgani- 

 zation of the army, France is divided into 18 

 districts, each of which is occupied by an army 

 corps. One army corps is also organized in 

 Algeria. Each of the 18 army corps consists 

 of 2 divisions of infantry, 1 brigade of cav- 

 alry, 1 brigade of artillery, 1 battalion of en- 

 gineers, 1 squadron of the train, a general 

 staff, and the subordinate staffs. The compo- 

 sition of the army in time of peace will be as 

 follows : 



The number of voters who in 1876 were en- 

 iitled to vote at the general and municipal 

 i was as follows: general election, 

 9,948,070 ; municipal election, 9,691,442. 



In time of war the army will be composed 

 as follows : 



