808
FRANCE
Cleared
With
Cargoes
In Ballast
Total
Vessels
Tonnage
6,716,747 6,061,706
Vessels
17,989 1,125
Tonnage
1,215,197 735,178
Vessels
Tonnage
1909 French :— Coasting trade . Foreign trade i.
55,111 7,008
73,100 8,223
7,931,044 6,706,974
Total French . Foreign vessels.
62,209 13,024
12,778,543 15,093,316
19,114 8,085
1,950,375 6,645,814
81,323 22,009
14,728,918 21,739,130
Total .
76,133
27,871,850
27,190
8,506,189
103,332
36,468,048
71,015 8,088
70.103 22,228
1
1010 French : — ; Coasting trade . Foreign trade i ;
53,227 7,020
6,610,707 6,753,688
17,788 1,068
1,320,348 603,036
7,940,055 6,947,624
Total French . i Foreign vessels .
60,247 13,894
12,864,305 15,666,870
18,856 8,334
2,023,284 6,810,305
14,887,670 2'j, 486,175
Total . . '
74,141
28,531,265
27,100
8,842,580
101,381
37,373,854
^ Inclusive of colonies and maritime fishin-
The most important ports were (1011) Marseille, with 4,595 arrivals and 4,083 de- partures ; Bordeaux, with 1,556 arrivals and 867 clearances; Havre, with 2,277 arrivals and 1,624 clearances ; and Calais, with 1,783 arrivals and 1,530 clearances.
Internal Communication.
I. Rivers, Railways, etc.
On January 1, 1911, there were in France 23,721 miles of national roads, in addition to the vicinal roads.
Navigable rivers (1910)^ 5,450 miles; actually navigated, 3,843 miles; canals, 3,104 miles; actually navigated, 3,051 miles; rivers navigable for rafts, 1,908 miles.
By a law of 1842, the construction of railways was left mainly to companies, superintended, and if necessary assisted, by the State ; which noAv constructs lines which the companies work, and works on its own account one important State system. There are lines of local interest subventioned by the State or by the departments. The concessions granted to the six great companies expire at various dates from 1950 to 1960 ; the periods of State guarantee of four of them terminate at the end of 1914, and of the others in 1934 and 1935.
The length of line open for traffic in 1912 was 25,390 miles of lines of general interest and 6,001 miles of lines of local interest. Total cost to December 31, 1908, 744,800,000^., receipts (1909) 708,400,000^., expenses 41,480,000Z., passengers carried 491,936,930, goods carried 165,027,920 metric tons. On January 1, 1909, the Western Railway system was trans- ferred to the State under laws of July 13, and December 18, 1908.
On December 31, 1911, the length of tramways worked was 5,613 miles.
II. Posts and TELEGRAnis.
In 1911, France had 14,379 post-offices. The receipts on account of posts, telegraphs, and telephones, amounted to 376 million francs ; the ex- penditure to 302'million francs. The number of letters, kc, carried in 1911
