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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