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FRANCE : — ALGERIA

Justice and Crime.

There is an Appeal Court at Algiers, and in the arrondissements are 16 courts of first instance. There are also commercial courts and justices of the peace with extensive powers. Criminal justice is organised as hi France for Europeans. Since 1902 there have heen criminal courts and special repres- sive tribunals for trying natives accused of crime.

Musulman justice is administered to natives by the Cadis in the first instance with an appeal to French courts.

Finance.

Europeans and natives pay the same direct and indirect taxes. The departments of War and Marine are excluded from the estimates, but the proceeds of the Military tax, the Government monopolies, and some other revenues are paid to France. The total expenditure (including military and extraordinary disbursements) exceeds the Algerian revenue by about 75,000,000 francs.

The budget estimates for five years were as follows in francs : —

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1917 1618

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1919

1920

1921

Revenue

Expenditure

132,091,326 159,859,921 132,080,652 1 169,857,9s5

222,948,810 222,732,317

510,602,801 510,640,736

501,859,318 501,625,219

The details of the 1921 budget were as follows : —

Expenditure

Taxes (direct) Taxes (indirect). State domain Customs

Receipts d'ordre. Special revenues. Miscellaneous Extraordinary

Tot*] (including all items).

francs.

43,088,500

89,721,215

10,893,398

44,754,880

21,634,010

1,219,000

11. ".,779,815

174,569,000

501,659,318

Administration, debt

interior.

Native affairs

Finance.

Posts and Telegraphs

Public Works

Agriculture, Ac. .

Miscellaneous

Extraordinary

Total (includini; all items).

Francs.

81,342,255 73,598,892 20,669,245 27,980,028 44,894,223 .13,244,132 18,761,316 83,010,839 174,569,000

501,525,216

For the Southern Territories in 1920 the revenue was put at 7,755,573 francs, and the expenditure at 7,743,618 francs.

Defence.

The military force in Algeria constitutes the XlXth Army Corps, con- sisting of 3 divisions. Firm-h residents are under the same obligation to serve
 * is in France ; natives are under the obligation to serve 8 years with the

colours and can be called up as reservists in case of mobilisation. The troops might be stationed in North Africa or employed on Colonial expeditions, but they belonged to the 'Metropolitan,' not to the Colonial Army. There are 3 regiments of zouaves, each of 3 battalions, of 5 companies ; 3 regi-