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FRANCE. 



The number of laden vessels entered and 

 cleared in 1876 was as follows: 



The commercial navy, on December 31 

 was as follows: 



, 1876, 



All the railroads in France are private roads, 

 which are assumed by the Government at the 

 expiration of their charters. According to the 

 " Statistique Centrale des Chemins de Fer," the 

 number of kilometres in operation on January 

 1, 1875, 1876, and 1877, was as follows: 



Kilometres. 

 W5 ....................................... 20,771 



lgj ....................................... 21,761 



J "7 ....................................... 22,671 



The statistics of telegraphs were as follows : 



Government stations in 1 876 ............. 2.890 



Lenpth O f lines in 1S76 (kilometres) ...... 54^550 



Length of wires in 1 876 " 145300 



Inland dispatches in 1 876 ............. '. '. ' 7,018 452 



International dispatches in lt>76 ....... 1 029 874 



Total dispatches in 1876 ................. 8,047*826 



Receipt* in 1877 (francs) ................. 19,000,000 



t On December 31, 1875, there were 532 author- 



ized savings banks. Of these 159 had 694 



branches. Of the 532 17 had not been in op- 



ation during the year and one had not re- 



>rted, leaving 515 which had reported at that 



The number of books out on December 



31, 1875, was 2,365,567. On January 1, 1875, 



^YhU, (lep sitor9 ^3,719,878 francs 

 and 244,030.037 francs were deposited. 



e e population of Paris, according to the 



Mood returns of the census of 1876, was 



48, or 134,965 more than according to 



he census of 1872. The number of birth! in 



18<6 was 55,016 or 28,275 males and 26,741 fe- 



j and of deaths 48,579, or 25,325 males 



and 23,2o4 females. Of the births 14,474, or 



more than 26 per cent., were illegitimate. The 

 number of marriages was 18,117. The budget 

 of Paris for 1878 was as follows (in francs) : 



Ordinary receipts 218.645,495 



Extraordinary receipts 35,417,840 



Total 254,063,335 



Ordinary expenditures 217,607,285 



Extraordinary expenditures 86,456,050 



Total 254,063,335 



The French colonies and dependencies had, 

 according to the latest official reports, the fol- 

 lowing area and population: 





The Chambers were opened on January 8th 

 in the usual manner. In the Senate, M. Gaul- 

 thier de Rumilly, a member of the Left Cen- 



