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 846 FRANCE : — TUNIS

systems had 697 miles of Hue ; inter-urban systems had 2,545 miles ol" wire. There were in 1910, 415 post offices ; letters sent and received, internal service, 31,006,891 ; external service, 39,192,146. The savings banks had 5,620 depositors with deposits of 6,073,000 francs in 1910.

Money, Weights, and Measures.— The Banque d'Algerie has begun operations in the Regency and issues Tunisian bank notes.

The legal coinage since 1892 consists of pieces similar to the French, the pieces being coined in France.

The ounce — 31*487 grammes ; the multiples of the ounce are the various denominations of the Rottolo, which contains from 16 to 42 ounces.

The Kaffis (of 16 whibas, each of 12 sahs) =16 bushels.

The principal measure of length is the ^I'A;; the /Ji'^^rii for linen = '5392ydv ; the pik Turki for silk = '7058 yd. ; the pik A^idonlsi for cloth — *7094 yd.

French weights and measures have almost entirely taken the place of those of Tunis, but corn is still sold in kaffis and whibas.

British Consul- General at Tunis. — Ernest J. L. Berkeley, C.B. ; appointed July 1, 1899.

Vice-Gonsul. — P. Wilkinson.

Vice-Consuls at Bizerta, Sfax, and Susa, Consular Agents at Mehdia, Monastir, Gabes, and Gerba.

Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Tunis.

Correspondence respecting the Establishment of French Tribunals, and the Abrogation of Foreign Consular Jurisdiction in Tunis. London, 1884.

Journal Officiel Tunisien.

Foreign Office Reports. Miscellaneous Series and Annual Series. London.

Annuaire Statistique de la Tunisie. Paris.

Proces verbaux de la Conference Consultative. Paris. Twice a year.

Rapport au President de la Republique sur la situation de la Tunisie. Paris. Annual.

Ashbee (H. S.), Bibliography of Tunisia. London, 1889.

Bacdefeer's Southern Italy. [Contains chapters on Tunis.] 15th ed. Leipzig, 1008.

Bemier (Prof.) and others, La Tunisie au Debut du XXe Siccle. Paris, 1904.

Broadley (A. M.), Tunis, Past and Present. London, 1882.

Charmes (Gabriel), La Tunisie et la Tripolitaine. Paris, 1883.

Daubiel (J.), Notes et Impressions sur la Tunisie. Paris 1897.

Faucon (N.), La Tunisie avant et depuis I'occupation franQaisc. 2 vols. Paris, 18U3.

Graham (A.) and Ashbee (H. S.), Travels in Tunisia. London, 1887.

Hesse-Wartegg (Chevalier de), Tunis, the Land and the People. 2d ed. London, 1899.

Johnston (Sir Harry), The Colonisation of Africa. Cambridge, 1899.

Loptc (P. ), Les Civilisations tixnisiennes. Paris. 1897.

Loth (G.), La Tunisie et I'CEvre du Protectorat Francjais. Paris, 1907.

Maanillan's Guides : The Western Mediterranean. London, 1902.

Murray's Handbooks for Travellers. Algeria and Tunis. 5th edition. London, 1902.

Olivier (h.), La Tunisie. Paris, 1898.

Ortroz (F. Van), Conventions Internationales concernantl'Afrique. Brussels, 1898.

PJas/air(Lieut.-ColonelSir R. L.), Travels in the Footsteps of Bruce in Algeria and Tunis. London, 1877.

Bcc?tt8(Elisee), Geographieuniverselle. Vol. XI. L'Afrique septentrionale. Paris,1885.

Riviere (C.) and Lecq (H.), Cultures du Midi de 1' Algt^rie et de la Tunisie. Paris, 1906.

Salvator (Archiduc L.), Bizerte. Paris, 1901.

Saurin, Manuel de I'emigrant en Tunisie. Paris.

Schoenfield (E. D.), Aus der Staaten der Barbaresken [Tripoli and Tunis]. Berlin, 1002.

Sladen (Donglaa), Carthage and Tunis. London, 1907.

rt/;so« (Charles), Exploration scientiflque de la Tunisie. 2 vols. Paris, 1 884-87.

VivianiU ), Tunisia and the Modern Barbery Pirates. London, 1899.