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FRANCE : — TUNIS

The fisheries are principally in the hands of Italians and Tunisians. In 1919, 2,489 boats (5,894 tons) were engaged in this industry, with a total of 9,548 men. Sardines, anchovies, allaches, tunny (5,513 tons of fish, valued at 514,6902, in 1919) were caught.

Commerce.

Commerce. — The imports and exports in recent years have been to the following amounts (including precious metals) : —

1915

1916

1917 ,

1918

1919

Imports Exports

£ 4,289,860 5,021,476

£ 5,370,213 4,751,798

£ 5,681,667 5,026,883

£ 8,297,703 5,181,928

£ 11,430,440 8,081,155

Imports and exports in 1919 were :-

Imports

Textiles 1. ., Colonial produce. Marble, stone, and minerals Manufactured metals Hides .... Yarns .... Timber .... Animal products Mealy foods

Paper .... Chemicals

Value

£

2,761,535 2,185,263 1,310,626 S97,976 444,325 349,485 852,376 338,827 227,502 185,586 169,074

Exports

Grain, mealy food.

Oils

Marble, stone, minerals

Crude metals

Beverages and wines

Textiles.

Animal products.

Fruits and seeds.

Fishery products.

Live Animals

Chemicals

2,835,123

1,165,373

1,058,889

430,867

366,251

231,276

206,614

134,129

77,942

76,474

72,000

1 These goods coming chiefly from England. The distribution of the trade in 1919 was as follows :-

Country

Imports

Exports

£

Country

j Imports

£

Exports

£

£

France

! 3,692,349

5,197,285

Tripoli

88,713

154,394

United Kingdom.

[ 2,684,243

624,037

Brazil.

i 235,275

—

Algeria

537,052

819,821

British India

! 237,548

—

Italy.

1 811,377

525,348

Egypt

j 149,800

54.00S

U.S. of America.

I 873,099

7,375

Malta

62,150

98,517

Japan.

446,084

China.

154,427

—

Spain.

293,678

35,242

Sweden

! 145,007

—

Helgiuin

10,534

301,415

.Switzerland

81,775

5,160

In the year 1919 there entered the ports of the Regency 8,615 vessels of 1,614,355 tons ; and cleared 8,471 of 1,587,977 tons.

Good roads to the length of 2,878 miles have been constructed between 1882 and 1919.

Length of railways, 1,044 miles on January 1, 1920.

There were in 1919, 2,287 miles of telegraphs; 479 telegraph offices; messages (1919), 1,830,130. In 1919 urban telephone systems had 845 miles of line ; inter-urban systems had 3,137 miles of wire. There were in 1919, 492 post offices ; letters sent and received, internal service, 37,835,304 ; external service, 53,101,516.