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CHOLON-CAMBODIA
Man On Insurance Company
On Tai Insurance Company
Khean Guan Insurance Company
HOSPITAL
Superior-Sister Laurence
Sisters St. Paul, Adelphe, Louisa, Marie Rosalie, Jeanne, Gertrude
KLOSS & Co., Merchants
Walter Kloss (Saigon) Tan Tian San
MONT DE PIÉTÉ
N. Reynand H. Péré
V. Léon
MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
Councillors-Linger, O. du Crouzet, Dutriaux, Tran Tuong Thoai, Hà Minh Phai, Nguyen Ngoc Chân, Truong Minh Hanh, Cham Leng, Ban Hap, Luu Luc
Secretariat
Secretary-G. Guyot
Accountant-Passerat de la Chapelle
Roads
Architect of Roads-S. Prunier Draftsman-L. Ippolito
Chief Surveyor of Roads-F. Batard Overseer of Roads-F. Gonnord Municipal Treasury Receiver-Dejoux
Writ Server-Marydassou
Police
Commissioner-Micheli
Brigadiers-Rivière, Gérolami
Sub-Brigdrs.-Pietri, Boulanger, Denis
Municipal Boys' School
Director-Giroux
Professor-Mme. Giroux
Municipal Girls' School
Directress-Sister Louise de Jesus Teacher-Sister Martha
RIZERIE À VAPEUR DE CHOLON, Quai de
Mytho
do.
A. Linger, ingénr. dirtr. (Saigon)
A. Endel, comptable, Marchetti, chef mécanicien Georgi, Otts, mécaniciens
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 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 number 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, 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 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 160,000 in the country. The entire population of the kingdom in 1893 was 1,000,000. Slavery, since its abolition by the French Treaty of 1884, has almost entirely disappeared.
The Government of Cambodia is a monarchy, under French protection. The present King, Somdach Pra Maha Norodom, succeeded his father King Ang Duong in 1860. As in Siam, there is a Second King, Moha Obbarach, brother to the king, but the title is purely nominal. In June, 1884, Norodom signed a new treaty with France, by which the administration of the country was handed over to French
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