3. Profits of the communal Monts de Piété (pawn-shops).
4. Donations, bequests and the product of collections in churches.
5. The product of certain fines.
6. Subventions from the departments and communes.
7. Income from endowments.
(R. Tr.)
Colonies.
In the extent and importance of her colonial dominion France is second only to Great Britain. The following table gives the name, area and population of each colony and protectorate as well as the date of acquisition or establishment of a protectorate. It should be noted that the figures for area and population are, as a rule, only estimates, but in most instances they probably approximate closely to accuracy. Detailed notices of the separate countries will be found under their several heads:
| Colony. | Date of Acquisition. | Area in sq. m. | Population. |
| In Asia— | |||
| Establishments in India | 1683-1750 | 200 | 273,000 |
| In Indo-China— | |||
| Annarn | 1883 | 60,000 | 6,000,000 |
| Cambodia | 1863 | 65,000 | 1,500,000 |
| Cochin-China | 1862 | 22,000 | 3,000,000 |
| Tongking | 1883 | 46,000 | 6,000,000 |
| Laos | 1893 | 100,000 | 600,000 |
| Kwang-Chow-Wan | 1898 | 325 | 189,000 |
| Total in Asia | . . | 293,525 | 17,562,000 |
| In Africa and the Indian Ocean— | |||
| Algeria | 1830-1847 | 185,000 | 5,231,850 |
| Algerian Sahara | 1872-1890 | 760,000 | . . |
| Tunisia | 1881 | 51,000 | 2,000,000 |
| West Africa— | |||
| Senegal | 1626 | 74,000 | 1,800,000 |
| Upper Senegal and Niger (including part of Sahara) | 1880 | 1,580,000 | 4,000,000 |
| Guinea | 1848 | 107,000 | 2,500,000 |
| Ivory Coast | 1842 | 129,000 | 2,000,000 |
| Dahomey | 1863-1894 | 40,000 | 1,000,000 |
| Congo (French Equatorial Africa)— | |||
| Gabun | 1839 | 700,000 | 376,000 |
| Mid. Congo | 1882 | 259,000 | |
| Ubangi-Chad | 1885-1899 | 3,015,000 | |
| Madagascar | 1885-1896 | 228,000 | 2,664,000 |
| Nossi-be Island | 1840 | ||
| Ste Marie Island | 1750 | ||
| Comoro Islands | 1843-1886 | 760 | 82,000 |
| Somali Coast | 1862-1884 | 12,000 | 50,000 |
| Réunion | 1643 | 965 | 173,315 |
| St Paul | 1892 | 3 | uninhabited |
| Amsterdam | 19 | ||
| Kerguelen[24] | 1893 | 1,400 | |
| Total in Africa and Indian Ocean. | 3,869,147 | 25,151,165 | |
| In America— | |||
| Guiana | 1626 | 51,000 | 30,000 |
| Guadeloupe | 1634 | 619 | 182,112 |
| Martinique | 1635 | 380 | 182,024 |
| St Pierre and Miquelon | 1635 | 92 | 6,500 |
| Total in America | 52,092 | 400,636 | |
| In Oceania— | |||
| New Caledonia and Dependencies | 1854-1887 | 7,500 | 72,000 |
| Establishments in Oceania | 1841-1881 | 1,641 | 34,300 |
| Total in Oceania | 9,141 | 106,300 | |
| Grand Total | 4,223,905 | 43,220,101 |
It will be seen that nearly all the colonies and protectorates lie within the tropics. The only countries in which there is a considerable white population are Algeria, Tunisia and New Caledonia. The “year of acquisition” in the table, when one date only is given, indicates the period when the country or some part of it first fell under French influence, and does not imply continuous possession since.