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SAIGON-CAMBODIA.
CHOLON.
C. E. Gaillard, * administrator of native
affairs, mayor
MUNICIPAL COUNCIL.
A. Cornu, O. Du Crouzet, E. Laplace, Tran Tuong Thoai, Nguyen Quan Biểu, Nguyen Tap Le, Ban Hap, Truong Nimh Hanh, Duong Van Trinh, Cham Leng, Yo Sing Toung, councillors
Secretariat.
G. Guyot, secretary
P.C. Gogeard, accountant
Roads.
S. Prunier, architect of roads
L. Ippolito, draftsman
F. Batard, chief surveyor of roads
F. Gonnord, overseer of roads
MUNICIPAL TREASURY.
Ange Costa, receiver
Marydassou, writ server
POLICE.
H. Buquet, commissioner
Fardonnet, brigadier
Gérolami, Pech, sub-brigadiers
MUNICIPAL BOYS' SCHOOL.
Fontaine, director
A. Révony professor
MUNICIPAL GIRLS' SCHOOL. Sister Louise de Jesus, directress Sister Martha, teacher
HOSPITAL.
Sister Lawance, superior, Sisters Em- manuelle, Marcellin, St. Paul, St. Fran- cisco, Virginie
CHOLON STEAM RICE MILL. Administrator-Manager-A. Cornu
Chief Engineer-B sse
Mont de Piété
N. Reynand
H. Péré
E. Duraffour A. Huyvenaar
V. Léon
CAMBODIA.
Cambodia, or the Kingdom of the Khmer, as it is called by the natives, extends from 101 deg. 30 min. to 104 deg 30 min. longitude, 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, Angcor 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 Laos, and on the north. west and west by Battambang and Angcor. The noble river Meikong flows through the kingdom, and after passing through French Cochin-China, empties itself, by a number of mouths, into the sea. The Meikong 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 cardamons are cultivated. Coffee and spices of all sorts could be grown. Among woods, ebony, rose, sapan, pine, iron, and other valuable sorts exist, no less than eighty 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.
Cambodia was once an extensive and powerful state, and proofs that it possessed a much higher civilisation than now prevails are to be found in the architectural remnants of former grandeur. The noble ruins of the ancient city of Angcor 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 Budd- hism. The people are aj athetic and indolent, and have allowed the trade to fall into