FRANCE. 



341 



Field army (d'^ed into 19 army corps and 9 di- 

 visions of cavalry) 880,000 



Battalions, squadrons, batteries, etc.. of the armed 



active remaining in France and Algeria 50,000 



Garrison troops 220,000 



The territorial army 660,000 



Garrison troops of the territorial army 20,000 



Corps forestier and douaniers 20,000 



Total 1,750,000 



The navy was composed as follows, on Janu- 

 ary 1, 1878, according to a report submitted 

 to the Chamber of Deputies by the Budget 



Committee: There were in all 223 vessels; 

 of these 50 were iron-clads (among them 19 

 of the first class), 39 cruisers, 40 dispatch-boats, 

 26 transports, 7 torpedo-boats, and 60 sailing 

 vessels. The fleet was manned in 1876 by 48,- 

 303 sailors, and 16,000 men composing the ma- 

 rine infantry. 



The following table shows the commerce 

 of France with the foreign countries chiefly 

 interested in its trade in the years 1874, 1875, 

 and 1876 : 



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



The following table exhibits the movements of French commerce from 1859 to 1877 : 



The classification of the principal articles of imports and exports in the years 1876 and 1877 

 <ras as follows : 



