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FRANCE. 



seeds, and roots 265,847,000 francs, of animals 

 and animal food products 398,259,000 francs, 

 total imports of articles of consumption 1,865,- 

 659,000 francs; the exports of fermented liquors 

 313,487,000 francs, of animals and provisions 

 275,985,000 francs, of colonial goods 132,837,- 

 000 francs, and the total exports of articles of 

 consumption 917,750,000 francs. The imports 

 of textile materials amounted to 989,990,000 

 francs, of timber, etc., 248,508,000 francs, of 

 hides and leather 242, 378, 000, the total imports 

 of raw materials 1,935,106,000 francs; the ex- 

 ports of textile materials 319,659,000 francs, of 

 hides and leather 217,101,000 francs, of all raw 

 materials 610,842,000 francs. The imports of 

 textile manufactures were 260,377,000 francs, 

 of metal wares and machinery 162,245,000 

 francs, of all manufactured articles 571,865,- 

 000 francs ; the exports of textile manufact- 

 ures 930,986,000 francs, of hardware and ma- 

 chinery 166,752,000 francs, of jewelry and art 

 manufactures 143,193,000 francs, of leather 

 and fur manufactures 141,541,000, of all manu- 

 factured articles 1,626,785,000 francs; the im- 

 ports of miscellaneous articles 621,726,000, the 

 exports 369,517,000 francs. The import of 

 specie in 1883 amounted to 148,200,000 francs, 

 the export to 236,200,000 francs. 



Navigation* The number of vessels entered at 

 French ports in 1883 was 34,085, the tonnage 

 13,238,103, against 12,443,231 tons in 1882; 

 the number sailing under the French flag 9,- 

 654, tonnage 4,461,886. The total number 

 cleared was 23,663, tonnage 8,793,726, against 

 7,886,608 tons in 1882. 



The merchant navy at the end of 1880 con- 

 sisted of 14,406 sailing-vessels, of 641,539 tons, 

 and 652 steamers, of 277,759 tons, employing 

 altogether 92,379 persons. There were 9,987 

 vessels engaged in the fisheries, 2,399 in the 

 coasting trade, 1,743 in ocean commerce, and 

 929 in port service or yachts. 



Railroads. The total length of lines open to 

 traffic in 1883 was 28,804,000 kilometres, of 

 which 26,287 kilometres were lines of general 

 interest, 2,084 kilometres of these belonging 

 to the state, 1,921 kilometres were lines not 

 chartered, 2,305 kilometres were lines of local 

 interest, and 212 kilometres were industrial 

 lines. 



The Post-Office. The number of stations in 

 1881 was 6,158; the number of letters in 1883 

 was 605,761,089, postal-cards 34,564,536, let- 

 ters with declaration of value 14,918,724, news- 

 papers, circulars, etc., 728,534,985. The re- 

 ceipts in 1881 were 123,472,000 francs, ex- 

 penses 81,898,988 francs. 



Telegraphs. The number of stations in 1882 

 was 4,373 ; the length of the state lines 75,- 

 091, of wires 232,451 kilometres. The number 

 of messages forwarded in 1883 was 26,174,547, 

 of which 22,006,765 were domestic and 4,167,- 

 782 international. 



The Colonies. The following table exhibits 

 the area of the French colonies and protect- 

 orates, their population in 1881, the births and 

 deaths in 1880, as far as reported, the com- 

 merce in 1881, and the colonial budgets for 

 1884 of some of the colonies : 



Algeria. The area of Algeria is 667,065 

 square kilometres. The area of the three de- 

 partments of Algiers, Oran, and Constantine 

 is 318,334 square kilometres. Their popula- 

 tion in 1881 was 3,310,412. The population 

 comprised 233,937 French, 35,665 naturalized 

 Israelites, 2,850,866 native Mussulmans, and 

 189,944 foreigners ; of the latter number 114,- 

 320 were Spaniards, 33,693 Italians, 15,402 

 English and Maltese, 4,201 Germans, and 22,- 



328 of other nationalities. The population of 

 the principal towns in 1881 was as follows : Al- 

 giers, 70,747 ; Oran, 58,530 ; Constantine, 38,- 

 379. The births in 1882 were 14,018 in num- 

 ber, the deaths 11,740. The net immigration 

 in 1880 was 17,436. 



The receipts of the Treasury in 1883 amount- 

 ed to 34,650,100 francs, the disbursements to 

 38,267,424 francs, including 3,879,000 francs 

 of extraordinary expenditure. 





