800
FRANCE
Armoured Cruisers.
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1892 1805
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1808 1800
1000
to
1904
1005
Name
•
Armour
a:
«
P?
o
Armament
Potliuau
Jeanne d'Arc
/Montcalm . ■jDupetit Thouari VGueydon .
/"Desaix ■I Dupleix iKleber
(Conde Gloire Amiral Aubo Marseillaise
L. Gambetla I J. Ferry .
Victor Hugo I J. Michelet ^Ernest Reiiau
IBdgar Quinet iW. Ronsseau
5,360
^i
1 7
11,270
6
6
i
'S
1 9,517
6
8 1
\ 7,700
4
4
ll0,060
n
8
1 12,416
<3|
i 8
1 13,644
«3
8
J 14,300
03
8
2 7-6in. ; 10 6-4in. 2 7'6in. ; 14 5-5in.
1(2 7-6in. ; 8 6-4in. ;) it 4 4in. . .J
6'4in, ; 4 4in. .
\(2 7-6in. ; l\ 6 4in.
8 6-4in. ;)
4 7'6in. ; 16 6 4in. 4 7-6in. ; 12 6-4in.
16 7.6in.
hH O
4
10,000
2
28,500
2
19,600
2
17,100
4
20,500
5
27,500
5
/20,000) \36.000/
5
40,000
Max. speed
19 21
21 21
21
22 23-5
24
PrincijjaL Protected Cruisers.
1893
D'Entrecasleaux
8,014
i';|
2 9-4iu.
12 5-5iu.
C
14,600
18
1805
TGuichen \GhateaurenauIt .
1 8,200
—
n
2 6-4in.
6 G-4in.
24,000
23
1897
J. de la Gravi^re.
5,500
„
—
8 G-4in.
'
2
17,000
23
Minor cruisers include the aerial depot ship Foudre, the Descartes, 3,988 tons (designed 1892), 4 6-4in., 6 5-5in. guns, present speed about 15 knots ; 3 Friant type, 4,000 tons (designed 1891), 6 6-4in., 4 4in. guns, speeds about 17 knots ; Lavoisier Q,n^ D'Estrces, 2,300 tons (designed 1892) 4 5 Sin., 2 4in. guns, speeds about 20 knots ; also 2 old cruisers of Jean Bart class, and a few gunboats, etc.
Production and Industry.
I. Agriculture.
Of the total area of France (130,799,000 acres) 23,043,107 acres were under forests injl910,- and 9,656,415 acres were returned as moor and un- cultivated land, and 90,314,246 acres, of Avhich 58,329,593 acres were arable, were returned as under crops, fallow and grass. The following tables show the area (1 hectare = 2 "47 acres) under the leading crops and the pro- duction (1 hectolitre of cereals = 275 bushels ; of liquid = 22 gallons : 1 tjuiutal = 220 '4 lbs.) for four years : —
