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CHOLON-CAMBODGE
DIRECTORY
Président de la Commission Municipale-Herry de Tastes, administrateur des Services Civils
COMMISSION MUNICIPALE
J. Jessula, lèr adjoint
A. Mazet, conseiller municipal Thomas,
id.
Phan van Nam, 2e adjoint Annamite Truong-van Lung, conseiller Annamite Nguyen Minh Huy,
Ngô-Vinh-Thanh, conseiller Chinois
Khuu Eng-Truyen,
Luong-Hong,
id.
id.
id.
ADMINISTRATION MUNICIPALE
Secrétariat de la Mairie-M. Bierè de l'Isle,
secrétaire général
Comptabilité-M. Cateau, chef de bureau Etat-Civil-M. Billès, chef du bureau Voirie Rochelle, chef de service
Police municipale Duval, commissaire
central de police
Police de sureté-Laurent, commissaire de
police
Recette municipale-Couderc, payeur Contrôle des contributions'
Varin d'Ainvelle, contrôleur
directes
Service médical-Dr. Lalung Bonnaire Epizotie-Brondin, vétérinaire
Enseignement- M. Bulliard, directeur des
écoles
HOPITAL DROUET
Dr. Biaille de Lagibaudière
SOCIÉTÉ
FRANCAISE
DES
RIZERIES
D'EXTREME ORIENT-Usines à decorti- quer le riz
SOCIÉTÉ DES EAUX ET D'ELECTRICITÉ
Brisset, directeur
CAMBODGE
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Cambodia, the kingdom of the Khmer, extends from 101 deg. 30 min. to 104 deg. 30 min. longitude E. of Paris, and from 10 deg. 30 min. to 14 deg. latitude. It was reduced to its present proportions in 1860 by the annexation of its two richest provinces, Angkor and Battambang, to Siam. Its area is about 62,000 square miles. It is bounded on the south-west by the Gulf of Siam, on the south-east by French Cochin-China, on the north by the French Laos, and on the north-west and west by Angkor and Battambang. The noble river Mekong flows through the kingdom, and, after passing through French Cochin-China, empties itself, by a of mouths, into the sea. The Mekong is the grand waterway of Cambodia, and, like the Nile in Egypt, lays the greater part of the country under water annually, greatly increasing its fertility. The soil of Cambodia is rich and productive, and rice, pepper, indigo, cotton, tobacco, sugar, maize and cardamoms are cultivated. Coffee and spices of all sorts could be grown. Among woods, ebony, rose, sapan, pine, and other valuable sorts exist, no fewer than 80 different kinds of timber being found in the forests. Iron of good quality has been discovered, and it is affirmed that there are gold, silver, and lead mines in the mountains. The fisheries of Cambodia are very productive, and salt fish forms one of the chief articles of export. Large quantities of fish oil are also produced.
Cambodia was once an extensive and powerful State, and proofs that it possessed a much higher civilisation than that which now prevails in the country are to be found in the architectural remnants of former grandeur. The noble ruins of the ancient city of Angkor are monuments of a people much superior to the feeble race which now inhabits Cambodia. The Cambodians differ entirely from their neighbours, the Annamites, both in features and customs. Polygamy is practised among them, The prevailing religion is Buddhism. The people are apathetic and indolent, and have allowed the trade to fall into the hands of Chinese, of whom there are about