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The present constitution of France, voted by the National Assembly, elected in 1871, bears date February 25, 1875. It vests the legislative power in an assembly of two houses, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, and the executive in a chief magistrate called President of the Republic. The Chamber of Deputies is elected by universal suffrage, under the ‘scrutin d’arrondissement,’ adopted by the National Assembly, November 11, 1875. The law orders that every arrondissement has to elect one deputy, and if its population is in excess of 100,000, an additional deputy for each 100,000, or portion thereof. The only requisite to be an elector is to be possessed of citizenship and to be of the age of twenty-one years, while the only requisite for a deputy is to be a citizen and twenty-five years of age. There are 532 members in the Chamber of Deputies. The Senate is composed of 300 members, of which 225 are elected by the departments of France and the Colonies, and 75 are nominated, in the first instance, by the National Assembly, and subsequently by the Chamber of Deputies. The senators for the departments are elected by Electoral Colleges for the term of nine years, retiring by thirds every three years, while those nominated by the National Assembly or the Chamber of Deputies sit for life.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning France.
1. Official Publications.
Bulletin des Lois de la République française. Imprim. nationale. 8. Paris, 1875.
Bulletin officiol du Ministère de l’Intérieur. Paris, 1875.
Circulaires et Instructions officielles relatives à l’Instruction publique. 8. Paris, 1875.
Colonies françaises, Tableaux de population, de culture, de commerce et denavigation pour l’année 1874. 8. Paris, 1875.
Compte général do l’administration de la justice civile et commerciale en France pendant l’année 1873. 4. Paris, 1875.
Compte général do l’Administration de la Justice criminelle en France, par le Garde des Sceaux, ministre do la justice. 4. Paris, 1875.
Dénombrement de la population de la France, 1872. In ‘Bulletin des lois de la République française.’ No. 114. 8. Paris, 1874.
Documents statistiques réunis par l’administration des douanes sur le commerce de la France. 4. Paris, 1875.
Enquête sur la marine marchande. 4. Paris, 1875.
Ministère des Finances : Comptes généraux de l’Administration des Finances, Paris, 1875.
Ministère de l’Agriculture, du Commerce et des Travaux publics : Archives statistiques. Paris, 1875.
Rapport au Président do la République française par le Ministre des Finances; Budget ordinaire de 1874, et comparaison du Budget de 1874 avec celui de 1869. In ‘Journal Officiel do la République française.’ Versailles, November 2, I873.
Rapport fait au nom de la commission de la réorganisation do l’armée, par M. le Général Chareton. 4. Versailles, 1875.
Rapport fait au nom de la commission du budget sur le budget do l’exercise-1876. Procès-verbal de la séance du 21 Juin, 1875, de l’Assemblée Nationale. 4. Versailles, 1875.
Situation économique et commerciale do la Prance. Exposé comparatif pour les quinzo années do la périodo 1857–1871. Paris, 1875.
Statistique de la France. Mouvement de la population pendant les années 1869–73. 4. Paris, 1875.
Tableau du Commerce général de la France, avec ses Colonies et les Puissances étrangères, pendant l’Année 1873. 4. Paris, 1875.
Tableau général des mouvements du cabotage pendant l’année 1873. Direction générale des douanes et des contributions indirectes. 4. Paris, 1875.
Report by Mr. L. S. Sackvillo West, on the Tenure of Land in France, dated Paris, Nov. 19, 1869; in ‘Reports from H. M.’s Representatives respecting the Tenure of Land in the several Countries of Europe.’ Part I. Fol. pp. 540. London, 1870.
Report by Mr. L. S. Sackville West, on the Revenue and Expenditure, the Railways, and the State of Education in Franco, dated Paris, Feb. 1, Feb. 27, March 16, March 22, and July 1, 1870; in ‘Reports of H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ No. I. 1871. 8. London, 1871.
Report by Mr. L. S. Sackville West, on the Commerce and the Finances of France dated Paris Jan. 13, 1872; in ‘Reports of H.M.’s Secretary of Embassy and Legation. No. I. 1872. 8. London, 1872.
Report by. Mr. L. S. Sackvillo West, on the Trade of France for the years 1871 and 1872, dated Paris, February 14, 1873; in ‘Reports of H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ No. I. 1873. 8. London, 1873.
Report by Mr. F. O. Adams on the Finances of France, dated Paris, March 23, 1875; in ‘Reports by H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ Part I. 1875. 8. London, 1875.
Report by Lieutenant-Colonel Playfair, British Consul-General, on the Population, Trade, and Social and Political Condition of Algeria, dated Algiers, November 15, 1872; in ‘Reports by H.M.’s Consuls on British Trade abroad.’ Part I. 8. London; 1873.
Reports by Mr. Consul Graham, on the Trade of Bayonne,; by Mr. Consul Hamilton, on the Trade of Boulogne-sur-Mer; by Mr. Consul Hotham, on the Trade of Calais; by Mr. Consul Vereker, on the Trade of Rochefort and the District of Charente Inférieure; by Mr. Consul Hamond, on the Trade of Cherbourg; by Mr. Consul Bernal, on the Trade of Havro; by Mr. Consul Elmore, on the Trado of Nice; by Mr. Consul Segrave, on the Trade of Réunion; and by Mr. Vice-Consul MacGrcgor, on the Trade of St Malo, dated September—December, 1872; in ‘Reports by H.M.’s Consuls, on British Trade abroad.’ Part I. 8. London, 1873.
Reports by Mr. Consul Hotham, on the Trado of Calais; by Mr. Consul Vereker, on the Trade of Charente; by Mr. Consul Hamond, on the Trade of Cherbough and St. Malo; by Mr. Consul Bernai, on the Trade of Havre; and by Mr. Consul Elmore, on the Trade of Nice, dated January to February, 1873; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls, on the Manufactures, Commerce, &c, of their Consular Districts.’ No. II. 1873. 8. London, 1873.
Reports by Mr. Vice-Consul Stigand and Mr. Vice-Consul Taylor on tlio Trade, &c., of Boulogne and of Dunkirk, dated October, 1874; in ‘Reports from H.M.’S Consuls.’ Part I. 1875. 3. London, 1873.
Reports by Mr. Consul Maegregor on the Trade of the districts of Cherbourg and of St. Halo, dated January 11–16,1875; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ Part II. 1875. 8. London, 1875.
Trade of Franco with the United Kingdom; in ‘Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions for the year 1874.’ Imp. 4. London, 1875.
2. Non-Official Publications.
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David (J.), Le crédit national. 8. Paris, 1872.
Dufour (Gabriel), Traité général du droit administratif appliqué ou Exposé do la doctrine et de la jurisprudence concernant l’exercice de l’autorité du chef de l’État, des ministres, des préfets, des sous-préfets, des maires, etc., 3 édition. 8 vols. 8. Paris, 1372.
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Frire (H.), Les richesses maritimes de la France. 8. Rouen, 1870.
Kleine (E.), Les richesses de la France. Étude complète sur la situation agricole industrielle et commerciale de la France et de ses colonies. 12. Paris, 1872.
Lion (M.), Do l’Accroissement do la Population en Franco et do la Doctrine de Malthus. 8. Paris.. 1866.
Moussy (N.), Tableau des finances de la France, années 1860 à 1874. 3. Paris, 1875.
Keymark (Alfred), Aperçus financiers (1868–1872). 8. Paris, 1872.
Prat (Th. de), Annuaire protestant : Statistique générale des diverses branches du Protestantisme français. 8. Paris, 1875.
Roussan (A.), L’armée territoriale et la réserve de l’armée active. 8. Paris, 1874.
Scrive (Aug.), Économie sociale et statistique. 8. Lille, 1872.
Statistique centrale des Chemins de fer. 4. Paris, 1875.
Tircks (A. Freiherr Von), Die Volkskraft Deutschlands und Frankreichs. Statistieke Skizze. S. Berlin, 1875.
Vraye (M. G.), Le budget de l’Etat. 8. Paris, 1875.
Villedicu (Eugène), Les finances de la France et la guerre, 12. Brest, 1872.
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Martin, F. (1876). France. In: The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253056_4
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