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FRANCE : — ALGERIA

140,546,561 francs ; for 1912 the estimated revenue and expenditure were as follows : —

Revenue

Expenditure

Francs,

Francs.

Taxes (direct)

13,928,191

Administration, debt.

25,578,615

Taxes (indu-ect).

44,133,432

Interior.

26,157,645

State domain

8,270,469

Native affairs

5,793,893

Monopolies, &c. .

9,691,324


 * Finance.

9,636,114

Various

2,714,636

Posts and Telegraphs.

12,161,876

Receipts d'ordre.

28.569,463


 * Public Works

19,113,273

Extraordinary.

37,859,000

Agriculture, «fec. . Various .... Extraordinary

Total.

8,582,555

273.000

37,859,000

Total.

145,167,014

145,155,971

(5,806,681?.)

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(5,806,239/.)

For the Southern Territories in 1912 the revenue was put at 6,523,301 francs, and the expenditure at 6,513,284 francs.

At the end of 1906 the debt of Northern Algeria amounted to 53,513,000 francs in capital and 107,997,045 francs in annuities, amortisation and interest.

Defence.

The military force in Algeria constitutes the XlXth Army Corps. French residents are imder the same obligation to serve as in France ; natives are under the obligation to serve 3 years with the colours and 7 in the Reserve, but the total number taken is fixed, and there is a ballot, substitution being allowed. The troops are permanently stationed in North Africa, but they belong to the ' Metropolitan,' not to the Colonial Army. There are 4 regiments of zouaves, each of 5 battalions, and 5 battalions of African light infantry, each of 5 companies ; 6 regiments of cavalry (Chasseurs d'Afrique), of 5 squadrons; 12 'African' field batteries, and 2 garrison battalions; also about 12 companies of engineers. These are all European troops and in the case of the artillery and engineers their recruiting depots are in France. JThe Foreign Legion of 2 regiments of 4 battalions is recruited from foreigners of any nationality, but officered chiefly by Frenchmen ; the headquarters of both regiments are in Algeria, but battalions are sent to any colony where they may be required. The Natives are 4 regi- ments of Algerian Tirailleurs each of 6 battalions (one has now 8), and 4 regiments of Spahis (Arab cavalry) each of 5 squadrons. The officers and a proportion of the non-commissioned officers, of the native regiments are French. The troops are organised in 3 divisions with headquarters at Algiers, Oran, and Constantine, respectively ; but some of them at present form part of the field army in Morocco. Those in occupation of Tunis form a fourth division, headquarters at Tunis. The Algiers and Constantine divisions each consist of only one infantr}'- and one cavalry brigade, with a field artillery division of 3 batteries. The Oran division, and that in Tunis, have each 2 infantry brigades, and a cavalry brigade. The Oran division has 3 field batteries, the Tunis division 6 field batteries. The battalions of garrison artillery are at Algiers and Biserta, and the headquarters of 2 engineer battalions are at the same places. The strength of the troops in Algeria, according to the budget estimate for 1912, is 56,164 of all ranks.

Agriculture and Industry.

There exists in Algeria a small area of highly fertile plains and valleys in the neighbourhood of the coast, mainly owned by Europeans, which is