ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS
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FRANCE.
Area, Population, and Commerce of Colonies {see pp. 814-815),
The area and population of the colonial domain of France in 1911, as given in the Report of the Budget Commission on the Budget fo.' 1912 are as follows : —
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Year of Acquisition
' Area in Square Miles
Population
I7i Asia : —
India
1679
196
273,0<:mj
Annam
1884
- 309,980
Cambodia . . .
1862
Cochiu-China .
1861
14,500,000
Tonking .
1884
Laos ....
1892
>
Total Asia ....
310,176
14,773,00(1
In Africa : —
Wapviai^^^^^^^^^ Territory ^ioeria j g^J^Jt.J^eI.n Territory
•
1 1830-1902 1
60,197 141,8701
5,069,522 494,306
Sahara ....
—
1,544,000 3
800,0003
Tunis
1881
45,779
1,878,620
Senegal
1637-1889
f 1,250,000
Upper Senegal and Nie;er
1893
5,100,000
Guinea Ivory Coast
1843 1843
^ 1,585,8102
J 1,900,000 1,400,000
Dahomey .
1893
900,000
Mauritania
1893
\^ 250,000
Congo
1884
553,030
3,900,000
Reunion .
1649
970
174,000
Madagascar
1043-1896
226,015
3,150,000
Mayotte .
1843
840
94,400
Somali Coast .
1864
5,790
14,000
Total Africa ....
4,184,401
25,573,848
In America : —
St. Pierte and Miquelon ....
1635
96
4,200
Guadeloupe
1634
688
212,500
Martinique
1635
378
185,400
Guiana
1626
34,060
48,800
Total America ....
35,222
450,900
In Oceania :~
New Caledonia .,.,..
1854-1887
7,200
60,500
Tahiti, &c
1841-1881
1,544
30,600
Total Oceanic.
8,744
81,100
Grand Total
4,538,543
40,878,848
1 Including the Algerian Sahara. ■' Approximate figures.
- Including Military Territories.
