1922 Encyclopædia Britannica/Indo-China, French

INDO-CHINA, FRENCH (see ). The French Indo-Chinese Union comprises the following areas:&mdash;

There were in 1914 1,273 m. of railway open and 154 m. under construction, less than half of the minimum required to satisfy the essential needs of the colony. The deficiency was made up by regular services in every part of the country having navigable waterways. In 1918 there entered Indo-Chinese ports 2,219 vessels, with a tonnage of 2,376,347; there left 2,087 vessels, with a tonnage of 2,222,935,—a total of 4,600,000 tons.

(M. R.*)