The Sun.
London, England, 1863-03-30 00:00:00

STATISTICS OF FRANCE.

The population of France in 1861 was 37,38'2,000
persons, which, according to the present area of
that country, including S Avoy and Nice, making a
total of 209,420 square miles, gives a mean popula-
tion of 179 persons to the square mile. The popu-
lation returns show a decennial increase of only 2.23
per cent., while the increase in England and Wales
during 1851 and 1861 was 12 per cent., the density
of population being 344 persons to the square mile.
Under the head of agriculture we find the gram
crops, 28.30 ; other miscellaneous cereals, s'oo ;
artificial meadows, 500 ; fallow, 10.80; natural
fields, 9.50; vineyards, 4.10 ; orchards, chestnut
forests, olive and mulberry groves, &c., 0.20; pas-
ture and waste lands, 13.50 ; forests, rivers, and
lakes, roads, houses, and uncultivated, 23.60. Under
the head of wheat we find that the total quantity
raised in 1861 was 25.1 million quarters. The total
number of live stock in 1861 was—horses, 3,000,000;
donkeys, 400,000 ; mules, 330,000 ; horned cattle,
10,094,000 ; calves, 4,104,000 ; sheep and lambs,
35,000,000 ; goats and kids, 1,400,000; swine, in-
cluding sucking pigs and wild boars, 5,400,000. Few
facts in these returns are more striking than those ex-
hibiting, on one hand, the vast extent of uncultivated.
l country in France, and on the other, the great num-
ber of cattle imported for food. During the years
from 1856 to 1860 these averaged in France 528,200,
while during the same period in England they only
averaged 303,500. Under the head of wine, the
mean annual production, taking the average of 15
years, is 1,09,000,000 gallons; of which 67 per
cent. is consumed in the country, and 33 per cent.
exported. The production of silk has greatly di-
minished. The average production from 1846 to
1852 was 53 million lb., while from 1858 to 1861
it was only 261 million lb. The quantity of
coal raised in 1861 was about eight million
tons, and the average price 10s. ld. per ton.
The total quantity of iron and steel produced
was 1,595,000 tons. The increase in steam-
power is very remarkable. In 1847 this was re-
presented by a total horse-power of 145,007, while
in 1859 it was 513,092. The tonnage of steam-
vessels has increased in the same period from 21,134
tons in 1847 to 33,690 tons in 1859. The railways
at the latter end of 1861 extended to 6,269 miles,
and the number of letters conveyed by the Post-
office has more than doubled between 1847 and 1861.
There is a great increase in the quantity of tobacco
manufactured by the Faench Government, amount-
ing, as compared with 1847, to no less than 22
million lb. Other articles of home consumption,
such as sugar, salt, &c., also exhibit a large in-
crease; but the result of all the returns is, that
while the resources of France are almost him,.
haustible, they remain most imperfectly developed.

APOTHECARIES'- HALL.— The following gentle.
men passed their examination in the science and
practice of medicine, and received certificates to practise, 012
Thursday, March 2G.—John Page Pulian, Durham ; Henry
Seekamp Ward, Horncastle ; Thomas Lawson Craisters
Leeds ; Francis Blake Hutchinson, London ; Frederick
Page Atkinson, St. Thomas's Hospital; G. Ireland Rua..
sell, Gravesend ; Henry Charles Wine, Bristol ; Thomas
Baker, Birmingham ; Samuel Lloyd, Smethwick; Robert
Sidney Stone, Bath; Jas. Allen, Hale, near Liverpool.
A GREAT CINGALESE WEDDING.—A Ceylon cor-
respondent writes :—" Colombo has been enlivened
by a grand Cingaleso wedding. The bridegroom is reported
to be very wealthy—worth £3oo,ooo—and the bride had
about £20,000 of her own. The marriage took place a few
miles out of town ; a hundred Europeans wore present, and
endless numbers of natives. The band of the rifle regiment
was there discoursing sweet music. The wedding cake was
quite a sight—seven feet high and five feet in circumfer-
ence. The bride's dress cost, lam afraid to say how much,
being ornamented to a great extent with rich and precious
stones, chiefly pearls and amethy.sts. The presents were
splendid—one of them very peculiar and recherche, namely,
seven thousand sovereigns laid out on a side table, the gift
of the bride's beloved papa 1 All this wealth has been made
by coffee—coffee, like mercy, twice blessed."
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THE WESTMINSTER and SOUTHWARK
BANK (Limited).
To be Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862.
Capital -21,000.000, in 10,000 Shares of £lOO each.
First Issue, 5,000 Shares.
Deposit, £1 per Share, and a further payment cf Z 1 per
Share on allotment. , It is not proposed to call up more than
Lts per share, in calls not exceeding £5 per share, nor at in-
tervals of less than three months.
DIRECTORS.
W. S. Hale, Esq , Alderman (Warren Stormea Hale and
Sons), 71, Queen-street, Cheapside, E.C., Chairman.
William Holme Twentyman, Esq , late Sheriff of London
and Middlesex, the Manor Hall, St. Johu's-wood Park,
Deputy Chairman.
Thomas Cotterell, Esq (Director of the London and Pro-
vincial Marine Insurance 'Cumpany), 50, Eaton-square.
Henry Alexander Kennedy, Esq., Cumberland-street,
S.W., and 134, King's-road, Brighton.
Charles Kitto, Esq., East India Agent, 41, Gresham House,
Old Broad-street, and Highbury New Park.
Sir Herbert Maddock (Director of the Soinde,Panjaub, and
Delhi Banking Corporation), Maida-hill.
Frederick William Sedgwick, Esq., (late of Messrs. J.
Gaury and Co., Director of the Cora and Kinsale Railway
company), Hyde-vale, Blackheath.
James Mellor Smethurst, Esq., Marlborough-hill, N.W.,
and Chorley, Lancashire.
George Smith, EE q. (Director of the Great Western Rail-
way of Canada), Conduit-street, W., and 21, Thurloe-square,
South Kensington.
Thomas Staunton, Esq., Conservative Club, and 11, Por-
ches ter-square, Hyde Park.
Joseph Thompson, Esq., 43, Gloucester-terrace, Hyde Park.
Henry William Wessels, Esq. (Merchant), Muscovy-court,
Tower-hill, and Westbourne Park, W.