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sea. Pop. (1905) 54,745, of whom 8749 were French (exclusive of troops), 152 Europeans of other nationalities, about 30,000 Annamese, 14,000 See also:

CHINESE, JAPANESE AND

Chinese. The town is enclosed by the river Saigon on the See also:

east, the Chinese See also:

ARROYO (O. Sp. arrogio, Lat. arrogium, a rivulet or stream)

Arroyo on the See also:

south and the Arroyo of the See also:

AVALANCHE (adopted from a French dialectic form, avalance, descent)

Avalanche on the See also:

north, while on the See also:

west it extends towards the neighbouring town of See also:

CHOLON (" great market ")

Cholon. See also:

Double rows of trees give shade in all the streets, the width and uniformity of which, together with the beautiful gardens (including the zoological gardens), make Saigon one of the finest towns of the Far East. It is lighted chiefly by See also:

ELECTRICITY

electricity and its See also:

WATER

water-See also:

SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply is secured by a filtering See also:

RESERVOIR

reservoir. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief public buildings are the See also:

government See also:

house, the See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of the See also:

LIEUTENANT

lieutenant See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Cochin-China, the See also:

law courts, the See also:

THEATRE (BEarpov, " a place for seeing," from OeacOae)

theatre, the See also:

POST

post-See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office and the See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral. The commercial See also:

PORT

port, at the mouth of the Chinese Arroyo, carries on a large See also:

rice See also:

trade. The See also:

NAVAL

naval See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour comprises an See also:

ARSENAL

arsenal and has a repairing See also:

DOCK

dock. Saigon is the seat of two See also:

chambers of the See also:

court of See also:

APPEAL

appeal of French Indo-China, of tribunals of first instance and of See also:

commerce, and of the See also:

VICAR (Lat. vicarius, substitute)

vicar apostolic of Cochin-China. Its municipal See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council consists of eight French and four native members elected by universal See also:

SUFFRAGE (Lat. suffragium)

suffrage. This See also:

BODY

body elects a See also:

mayor and two assistants.

Before the French "See also:

CONQUEST

conquest, Saigon, then known as Gia-dinhthanh, was the capital of See also:

LOWER

Lower Cochin-China, which consisted of the " six See also:

SOUTHERN

southern provinces " of the Annamese See also:

EMPIRE

empire, and constituted a See also:

VICE

vice-See also:

ROYALTY (0. Fr. realte, reialte, royaulte, from Med. Lat. regalitas, the substantive of regalis, of or belonging to a king, rex)

royalty under the government of a kinhluoc. In 1836 it was fortified for the See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Gia See also:

Long by See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel 011ivier. The French captured it in 1859, and it was See also:

PART

part of the territory ceded in 1862.

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