(Continued in volume X slice VIII.)
[1] By the Service géographique de l’armée.
[2] The etymology of this name (sometimes wrongly written Golfe de Lyon) is unknown.
[3] In 1907 deaths were superior in number to births by nearly 20,000.
[4] The following list comprises the three most densely-populated and the three most sparsely populated departments in France:
| Inhabitants to the Square Mile. | |||
| Seine | 20,803 | Basses-Alpes | 42 |
| Nord | 850 | Hautes-Alpes | 49 |
| Rhône | 778 | Lozère | 64 |
[5] Inspectors are placed at the head of the synodal circumscriptions; their functions are to consecrate candidates for the ministry, install the pastors, &c.
[6] Cultures industrielles.—Under this head the French group beetroot, hemp, flax and other plants, the products of which pass through some process of manufacture before they reach the consumer.
[7] Fibre only. In the years 1896-1905, 8130 tons of hemp-seed and 12,137 tons of flax-seed was the average annual production in addition to fibre.