FRANCE. 



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The special commerce of France in 1877 was as follows : 



The principal articles of imports and exports in 1877 and 1878 were as follows: 



The number of vessels entered and cleared in 

 1878 was as follows : 



All the railroads in France are private roads, 

 which are assumed by the Government at the 

 expiration of their charters. The number of 

 kilometres in operation on January 1, 1878, was 

 as follows : 



Main roads 21.228 



Local roads 2,670 



Total. 



The commercial navy in 1878 was as follows : The statistics of telegraphs were as follows : 



Length of lines in 1877, kilometre* 57.110 



Length of wires in 1877, " 150,506 



Government stations in 1877 2,984 



Private and railroad stations in 1877 1,477 



Inland dispatches in 1877 8,684,909 



Inti-rnational dispatches in 1877 2,877,208 



Official dispatches in 1 877 1,460,000 



Total dispatches in 1877 13,422,119 



On December 81, 1876, there were 684 au- 

 thorized savings banks. Of these, 162 had 786 

 branches. The number of books out on Decem- 

 ber 81, 1876, was 2,625,209, and there was due 



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