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INDIA, FRENCH

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 421 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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INDIA, See also:FRENCH , a See also:general name for the French possessions in India—on the Coromandel See also:coast, See also:Pondicherry, See also:Karikal and See also:Yanaon; on the See also:Malabar coast, See also:Mahe; and in See also:Bengal, See also:Chandernagore. In addition there are a few " lodges " elsewhere, but they are merely nominal remnants of French factories. The See also:total See also:area amounts to 203 sq. m., of which 113 sq. m. belong to the territory of Pondicherry. In 1901 the total See also:population amounted to 273,185. By See also:decree of the 25th of See also:January 1879 French India was provided with an elective general See also:council and elective See also:local See also:councils. The results of this measure have not been very satisfactory, and the qualifications for and the classes of the See also:franchise have been modified. The See also:governor resides at Pondicherry, and is assisted by a council. There are two tribunals of first instance (at Pondicherry and Karikal), one See also:court of See also:appeal (at Pondicherry) and five justices of the See also:peace. The agricultural produce consists of See also:rice, See also:earth-nuts, See also:tobacco, betel nuts and vegetables.

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