

KKANCB, 



OB 10 article*, including oh****, walehe*. music 

 base*, embroidery, and spun silk. Care was 

 uk. not to concede a 9pre;.>l taniT f.-r article! 

 that can be produced cheaply in (i.-rmany. 



imtrytindrrthel Knink- 



ininiiiium tariff 

 granted by France to other mil 



IP.' commercial convention N- 



twatU ItnU and Tunis w a> .|.-II..MII.-. 



ration, dur- 



ta* which time negotiation* will be earned ,, 



the French anil the Italian govern- 



if) 

 c.untrio< I* inerrial treaties with Tunis 



Htenta for a new arrangement. 'I 



nd standm;; ii> the way of its inclusion in the 



i . r. in kMtrll and Ki.-'and. 



Under -..tm-m- made by the Iley of 



f Tuscany, 



Sardinia, and Naples. Italians in Tunis are en- 



iii oat favored na- 



not excluded. 



1ft I X position of P.MMI..- TI..-<; 

 Bent adopted plans for tin- I.I-M international 

 exposition, ami made the first appropriation 

 in the budget for 1896. The aut horities 

 of Nancy and some other towns protested against 

 hl-iinc the exposition, llleging that it would 

 I i an promote bu-in-- ami pro- 

 duction, that Paris alone would receive what- 

 r\i-r Un.tii- th.-re were, and that, instead of 

 promoting the export trade, it would injure it 

 by enabling foreign cotn|etit<>rs to watch the 

 and di-cnver the f French 



u fart ii re*. The Paris Municipal Council 

 agreed to bear one fifth of the cost, this fifth 

 not to exceed 20,000,000 francs, on condition 

 that the ultimate profits be divided between the 

 citv and the st. 



Cvloiitft and Dependencies. Algeria has 

 an area of 184,474 square miles and a popula- 

 tion of 4.194.782 persona. The population of the 

 is 82,585. The military force 

 in Algeria consists of the Nine- 

 Corns of the French army, numbering 

 about 54.000 men. The revenue estimated in 

 the budget for 1805 is 48,582,081 francs, of 

 which 13,160.531 francs 





frotn direct taxes, 

 11.440.500 francs from -''.150 francs 



from other indirect taxes. 5,148.600 fran- from 

 monopolies, and 8,096,300 francs from forests 

 and state lands. The expenditure is estimated 

 at 78j851j842 franca, of which the chief items 

 are 88.252,000 francs for public works, 15,208,- 

 007 francs for collection. i i.7'Jfl.K:{7 francs for 

 .'.747, 150 rranct for foftioe, and 



n.ulturc. The total value 



. ,...:,- 



of which 1H4.754^22 francs came from Prance; 

 !.! ffi 181 tran i, <.f whi.-h 

 France to,.; .70 francs. 



u nominally a dependency of Turkey, 

 but *ince 1881 has been administered by France 

 aa a retidency or recency, the minister resident 

 rjoriring hb directions from the Minis' 



EPR 4.W 1 ** J? 16 P 11 " 60 ^ I reiu li resident 

 bRtrt Millet. The titular rul.-r is the Bey 

 Sidi AIL Tbt area it about 45.000 square miles ; 



I . resident 

 nnrnber^OOa Toe estimated revenue in 1894 



, 5 n , 



Tba chief j|porU are wheat, barley, 



live ponies, wine. \. 



vies, ami sardino. The fish-i-ie> and 



and trade :ii, 



on by Italians. The total value -f imp 

 1808 was 88,888,22T> fran. s. and o! , 

 29,685325 francs. The , itv ,,f TIM. 



i into a -ra; . : |.\ tlie nitiini: of a ship 

 canal, completed in ls:i. from (iol.-tla. I' 

 [n Jane. 1805, the landlocked h.-.r 



a. until then riovrd 1>\ a '-and IM 

 it military harbor, in which the 

 li Mediterranean lle.'t ean laK 

 The l-'ri-iieh ( 'oiiL'o and (ialmn have all area 

 estimated ' -.piare mil--, \\ith a popu- 



lati..- "(i natives, and the ; 



pil, the (iiiinca territories, and the l-'reneh S..u- 

 dan i- r-tniiated at 550,000 sijuaiv n 

 population of 8,000.000 01 



!l side of .\fl 



it the cntr; 



-a. \\ith a population . ,,,,| a n 



<.f li.SC.O s ( |i m re miles. l',\ a Lomidary 

 iiient with <iieat I'.ritain. biith -. 

 1 to respect the independence of II 

 whirh country has since Keen included 



rf influence claimed ly Italy, 

 m 1-ln^land has acknowledged in a 

 tion with Italy, but Fnmce disput- 

 eastern coast of Afri a l-'ram-r ha- ! 

 the island of h'eunion and the Co' 

 and Mayoite. producinu' siiL'ar an<l 

 outposts in the conquest 

 has been contemplated f.r centuries and 

 finally achieved in 1895. 



ii-h Indo-China. embracing Annan, 

 (juin. Cambodia, and (Whin-China. 

 of 188,000 square mile-, not including ab.nt 

 100,000 square miles east of the Mekoi 

 was annexed t Annam in isjKI; the total 

 lat inn is 18,691,000. The protector.-, 

 n am and Cambodia have their own g< 

 with Kin^r Tham Thai at the i 

 King Norodom chief of the other, ('ochiii 

 i- a l-'renrh colony, represented in the Hi 

 by one Deputy. Tonqiiin is a pr.t 

 ministered under the supervision .,! 

 cials. The (ioveriK r Uneral of hid-Ch;: 

 control over all. 



The foiirdependencies are united in a cii 

 union. The total imp<.rts in 1HJJ2 were , 

 878 francs; exports. !.">.( 71..">70 francs, 

 more than a quarter of the trad. 



portal-]'- products ,,f Annain 

 cinnamon, and dves; of Cambodia. 

 tobacco, cotton, "bean-, and fi-h ; of ( 

 China, rice, cotton, hides, fish, p< 

 copra: of Tonquin. rice, supir. silk. c..ti 

 bacco, pepper, oils, iron, cop] 

 product-. b'i<-e is the chief crop 

 and Cochin-China. i 

 The local revenue of Cochiii-Chiim is uboi 



- ><MX) fran. 



in 181)'"> to military expenditure in Amifi 

 Tonquin. while l-'rance e\pen<led in < 

 China ::.II.-,I.IMMI francs. Tin- . 

 Tonquin in ls;rj \\ : . 

 expenditure r.f France in Tonquin. 

 was 26,250,000 fran<->. The number of - 

 maintained in Tonquin in 1"*!"> was 1 s - 

 whom 6,600 were native troops A rai 

 miles long, from Phulung-Ti 



