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FRANCE

Armoured Cruisers.

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1892 1805

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1808 1800

1000

to

1904

1005

Name

•

Armour

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P?

o

Armament

Potliuau

Jeanne d'Arc

/Montcalm. ■jDupetit Thouari VGueydon.

/"Desaix ■I Dupleix iKleber

(Conde Gloire Amiral Aubo Marseillaise

L. Gambetla I J. Ferry.

Victor Hugo I J. Michelet ^Ernest Reiiau

IBdgar Quinet iW. Ronsseau

5,360

^i

1 7

11,270

6

6

i

'S

1 9,517

6

8 1

\ 7,700

4

4

ll0,060

n

8

1 12,416

<3|

i 8

1 13,644

«3

8

J 14,300

03

8

2 7-6in. ; 10 6-4in. 2 7'6in. ; 14 5-5in.

1(2 7-6in. ; 8 6-4in. ;) it 4 4in. . .J

6'4in, ; 4 4in. .

\(2 7-6in. ; l\ 6 4in.

8 6-4in. ;)

4 7'6in. ; 16 6 4in. 4 7-6in. ; 12 6-4in.

16 7.6in.

hH O

4

10,000

2

28,500

2

19,600

2

17,100

4

20,500

5

27,500

5

/20,000) \36.000/

5

40,000

Max. speed

19 21

21 21

21

22 23-5

24

PrincijjaL Protected Cruisers.

1893

D'Entrecasleaux

8,014

i';|

2 9-4iu.

12 5-5iu.

C

14,600

18

1805

TGuichen \GhateaurenauIt.

1 8,200

—

n

2 6-4in.

6 G-4in.

24,000

23

1897

J. de la Gravi^re.

5,500

„

—

8 G-4in.

'

2

17,000

23

Minor cruisers include the aerial depot ship Foudre, the Descartes, 3,988 tons (designed 1892), 4 6-4in., 6 5-5in. guns, present speed about 15 knots ; 3 Friant type, 4,000 tons (designed 1891), 6 6-4in., 4 4in. guns, speeds about 17 knots ; Lavoisier Q,n^ D'Estrces, 2,300 tons (designed 1892) 4 5 Sin., 2 4in. guns, speeds about 20 knots ; also 2 old cruisers of Jean Bart class, and a few gunboats, etc.

Production and Industry.

I. Agriculture.

Of the total area of France (130,799,000 acres) 23,043,107 acres were under forests injl910,- and 9,656,415 acres were returned as moor and un- cultivated land, and 90,314,246 acres, of Avhich 58,329,593 acres were arable, were returned as under crops, fallow and grass. The following tables show the area (1 hectare = 2 "47 acres) under the leading crops and the pro- duction (1 hectolitre of cereals = 275 bushels ; of liquid = 22 gallons : 1 tjuiutal = 220 '4 lbs.) for four years : —