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 ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS

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FRANCE.

Area, Population, and Commerce of Colonies {see pp. 814-815),

The area and population of the colonial domain of France in 1911, as given in the Report of the Budget Commission on the Budget fo.' 1912 are as follows : —

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Year of Acquisition

' Area in Square Miles

Population

I7i Asia : —

India

1679

196

273,0<:mj

Annam

1884

- 309,980

Cambodia. ..

1862

Cochiu-China.

1861

14,500,000

Tonking.

1884

Laos ....

1892

>

Total Asia ....

310,176

14,773,00(1

In Africa : —

Wapviai^^^^^^^^^ Territory ^ioeria j g^J^Jt.J^eI.n Territory

•

1 1830-1902 1

60,197 141,8701

5,069,522 494,306

Sahara ....

—

1,544,000 3

800,0003

Tunis

1881

45,779

1,878,620

Senegal

1637-1889

f 1,250,000

Upper Senegal and Nie;er

1893

5,100,000

Guinea Ivory Coast

1843 1843

^ 1,585,8102

J 1,900,000 1,400,000

Dahomey.

1893

900,000

Mauritania

1893

\^ 250,000

Congo

1884

553,030

3,900,000

Reunion.

1649

970

174,000

Madagascar

1043-1896

226,015

3,150,000

Mayotte.

1843

840

94,400

Somali Coast.

1864

5,790

14,000

Total Africa ....

4,184,401

25,573,848

In America : —

St. Pierte and Miquelon ....

1635

96

4,200

Guadeloupe

1634

688

212,500

Martinique

1635

378

185,400

Guiana

1626

34,060

48,800

Total America ....

35,222

450,900

In Oceania :~

New Caledonia .,.,..

1854-1887

7,200

60,500

Tahiti, &c

1841-1881

1,544

30,600

Total Oceanic.

8,744

81,100

Grand Total

4,538,543

40,878,848

1 Including the Algerian Sahara. ■' Approximate figures.

- Including Military Territories.