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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. There were 9,992,329 ‘électeurs politiques,’ or persons possessing votes, at the last general election, in 1878. 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 whom 75 hold their seats for life, the vacancies being filled by the choice of the Senate. The remaining 225 seats are divided by lot into three classes of 75 each, one class going out at successive periods of three years. The election of these 225 senators is by an indirect process.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning France
1. Official Publications
Annuaire de, la Marine et des Colonies. 1879. 8. Paris, 1878.
Annuaire statistique de la France. 1879. 8. Paris, 1879.
Budget des recettes et des dépenses de l’exercice 1879. ‘ Journal Ofiiciel’ 4. Paris, 1879.
Bulletin des Lois de la Republique française. 8. Paris, 1879.
Bulletin officiel du Ministère de l’Interieur. Paris, 1879.
Compte général de l’administration de la justice civile et commerciale en France pendant Tannée 1876 4. Paris, 1879.
Compte général de l’Administration de la Justice criminelle en France, par le Garde des Sceaux, Ministre de la Justice. 4. Paris, 1879.
Dénombrement de la population de la France et d’Algérie, 1876. 8. Paris, 1878.
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Enquête sur la marine marchande. 4. Paris, 1878.
Ministère des Finances: Comptes généraux de l’Administration des Finances. Paris, 1879.
Ministère de l’Agriculture, du Commerce et des Travaux publics: Archives statïstiques. Paris, 1879.
Rapport fait au nom de la commission de la réorganisation de l’armée, par M. Ie Général Chareton. 4. Versailles, 1875.
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Report by Mr. L. S. Sackville West on the Tenure of Land in France, datcd Paris, Nov. 19, 1869; in ‘ Reports from Η. M’s Representatives respecting the Tenure of Land in the several Countries of Europe.’ Part I. Fol. London, 1870.
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 Mr. F. O. Adams on the Returns of Revenue and Foreign Trade of France in the year 1875, dated Paris, Feb. 10, 1876 ; in ‘Reports byH.M’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ Part I. 1876. 8. London, 1876.
Report by Mr. F. O. Adams on the Budget of 1876 and 1877, and the National Debt of France, dated Paris, April 12, 1876; in ‘Reports of H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ Part II. 1876, 8. London, 1876.
Report by Mr. F. O. Adams on the French Budgets of 1877 and 1878, dated Paris, January 29, 1877; in ‘Reports by H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ Part I. 1877. 8. London, 1877.
Report by Mr. F. O. Adams on the Finances and Railways of France, dated Paris, Feb, 20, 1878; in ‘ Reports by H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ Part II. 1878. 8. London, 1878.
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Report by Mr. Vice-Consul Stigand on the Commerce and Industry of the Consular District of Boulogne, dated Sept.-Dec. 1875; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ Part I. 1876. 8. London, 1876.
Report by Mr. Consul Wooldridge on the Trade and Commerce of French Guinea, dated Cayenne, March 11, 1876; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ Part IV. 1876. 8. London, 1876.
Reports by Mr. Consul Hotham on tho Trade of Calais; by Mr. Consul Shortt on the Commerce of Corsica; and by Mr. Consul Perry, on the Trade of Réunion, dated April-May, 1876; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls’ Part V. 1876. 8. London, 1876.
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Reports by Mr. Consul Rainale on the Trade and Industry of the district of Brest; by Mr. Vice-Consul Hayes-Sadler on the Commerce of La Rochelle; by Mr. Consul Mark on the Trado and Commerce of Marseille; and by Mr. Consul Clipperton on the Trade and Commerce of Nantes; dated March-May, 1877; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls’ Part III. 1877. 8. London, 1877.
Reports by Mr. Consul Vereker on the Trade of Cherbourg; by Mr. Consul Bernal on the Commerce and Shipping of Havre; and by Mr. Vice-Consul MacGregor on the Trade of St. Malo, dated Jan.-Feb. 1878; in ‘Reports from HM.’s Consuls’ Part II. 1878. 8. London, 1878.
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Martin, F. (1880). France. In: The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253094_4
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