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K ASTERS GEGGRAP1 1 Y. 



CamhoJa. At one time embracing a great part of Further India 

 K-lw.Tii i]t>- i "liiriii Si-a inifl i.Iulf uf Slain* tin: anrient and flourishing 

 empire of < "ujnl'ija has huen gmducdly reduced by Siuniexc enerottrh- 

 meals on the mirth and went, and by Ami&mese conquests on the 

 south »nd east to a territory of scarcely 40,000 square miles on buth 

 sides of tin- C in-ill Lik-,- .iiji] :t - t-niir-ary. whh a < .mlnnMed .xealmurd 

 <if .-oiLir n> mile- between iIil- Mekhung delta and Shun* To *uve 

 thi* remmuit H'f liis pa-i.-ics-iuii.-. from complete absorption by those 

 rivnl Static, the feeble descendant of the royal builder* uf Ankln>r- 

 Ynt Wftl fain (o accept tin? proffered protectorate of France in 1864. 

 But this protectorate was practically converted iutu aniie\,-tt inn l^- 

 the treaty of 1HSG, in virtue of which the king constituted himself a 

 jn ii - i ■ -I » i • r uf I'r.tni-.-. abili'VUin.i: u]l I l in royal function*, and handing 

 over tiie administration of the kingdom h- the tinVi-rrmr ><\' Saigon, 



As nm-.tinitril n1 i}ir dnie of this treaty, (Vndiojn comprised the fkvo 

 walijiiiai d <>< >t. tw tu-i<iri< iJivisieuM. which pnwsesuHl \m iuI nsiliLstlTit i t'u 

 ehumcter, Imt served rather as appanages for the five ministers composing 

 Ihe llnya] I'rivy Council : 



3. Comjxmg~Svai r north of Ihu Great Like and its tnSwtrj. 



2. Train tj, between the vo-vm I -i.hji.Ii i ■ t" r 1 1>- Lutn-t ib-khong und 

 the coast. 



tf. Tfttny A'lattutt, nil tin- Mi-kljinj^. 



1. Ito-l'KQin, east of the Mokhong. 



ft. I'tf ('■■<'*, > • • I L 1 3 1 f »f tin.' <Jnul Like. 



'1'Ili m- ujipiuiiigcs were diviuYil iril o- ilfl y-^ix WiW, <a pruviin >-.■., i-U'li 

 adtaihistered by n governor wIl«j svim apjuiiim-n' 1 v tin- king, and ivho 

 generally .nelei-Ud his own lieutenants, sub-jin-fi-cSs, imd other minor 



Administration. ^The AnmftttieBe government ha* hitloTtn been 

 an alwdtiie despotism, tempered only hy a few i radii i< ■mil f.-nniila^ 

 and recently by treaties with France. Finance, war, justice, home 

 albiirs i.-li-i --ii, and piiblir work;- fnna numy niin:-l willi a 

 pn^iil^nl, t svi « vi< ■■ ptvsid'-nK iwo ronnnlli-rs, and a vice-chancel tor. 

 But over all, overshadowing the throne itself, stand the Chief4 on«>r, 

 head of the lettered classes,, assisted by two or three viec-censnrs for 

 civil affair* j and for war the marshal 1-in-chief, assisted by fniir mar- 

 Audits all these dignitaries forming the " Columns of State/' 



Notwithstanding the absolute character of the central Govern- 

 ment, AniJinu enjuy- e?itf]i?ivi.- ci-Timnnud rijil-, nnd ln:v, a> in 

 KJhino, there is no hereditary aristocracy, all imperial ftuwlions being 

 reserved for succcwfiil candidates at tlie public academy, corre^pi md- 

 ing in some respecte to our Civil Service examinations. The whole 

 population is further grouped in two main divisions : the inscribed. 



