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FRANCE : — ALGERIA
Finance.
The receipts of the Government are derived chiefly from direct taxes, customs, and monopolies. The natives pay only direct taxes. The depart- ments of Public Debt, War, and JMarine are excluded from the estimates. The estimated revenue and expenditure for 1899 were : —
Revenue
Exiicnditure
1
Francs.
Ministries :
Francs.
I Direct Taxes
11,713,841
Finance ,
565,450
i Registration, Stamps, &c.
7,905,300
Justice and Worship
3,620,420
1 Customs
12,641,400
I Interior .
23,458,480
^Monopolies .
5,442,300
Instruction, &c.
6,562,130
Domains and Forests .
4,452,150
Pul^lic Works .
22,031,000
Various
8,563,240
Regie, &c. .
16,044,169
Receipts d'ordrc .
3,434,140
Repayments, &;c.
1,088,800
Total .
54,152,371
Total .
73,370,449
Defence.
The military force in Algeria constitutes the 19th Army Cor})S. It consists of the following troops : — 3 regiments of zouaves, 3 regiments of tirailleurs, 2 foreign legions, 3 battalions of light infantry, 3 discipline companies 5 regi- ments of diasseurs d'Afrique, 3 regiments of Spahis, 3 companies of remount cavalry, 12 batteries of artillery, 3 companies of engineers, 9 companies of train, and 1 staff and recruiting section. There is also a territorial army reserve, consisting of 10 battalions of zouaves, 3 sipiadrons of cavalry, and 10 batteries of artillery. Another body of troops is being formed for the defence of the extreme south. The infantry will be called tirailleurs sahariens, and the cavalry sp'xhis sxharicns. The budget estimates for 1899 provide that the Algerian military force consist of 55,112 men, of whom 2,195 are officers, and 13,138 horses. [See under France.]
Industry.
A great part of the land of Algeria is held undivided by Arab tribes by the tenure called ' arch ' or 'sabega.' Freehold property, 'melk,' is not common. Most of the State lands have, under various systems, been appropriated to colonists. The population engaged in agriculture in 1895 was 3,482,358, 205,642 l)eing Europeans. About 20,000,000 hectares are occupied by the agricultural population. The principal cereals and the area cultivated in 1895-96 are shown in the following table : —
Cereals
European Culture
Native ('ulturc
Total
Area
Hectares
124,102
187,228
307
120,497
05,590
11,.530
459,353
Quantity
Area
Hectares
54,314
1,005,819
05
1,314,899
6,209
38,745
2,420,111
Quantity
Area
Quantity
Wheat, soft .
, , liard Rye . Barley Oats Others
Total .
Quintals
971,480 850,347 1,900 938,279 704,902 98,159
3,565,133
Quintals
270,634
4,978,510
518
7.473, 9.S4
50,152
238,658
Hectares
178,476
1,143,047
.372
1,435,390
71,865
40,308
2,879,464
Quintals
1,242,114
5,828,857
2,424
8,412,263
755,114
336,817
13,012,456
16,577,589
