See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

FRENCH See also:

• INDIA
• FRENCH INDIA

INDIA  , a See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general name for the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French possessions in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India—on the Coromandel See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast, See also:

• PONDICHERRY

Pondicherry, See also:

• KARIKAL

Karikal and See also:

• YANAON, or YANAM

Yanaon; on the See also:

• MALABAR

Malabar coast, See also:

• MAHE

Mahe; and in See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal, See also:

• CHANDERNAGORE

Chandernagore . In addition there are a few " lodges " elsewhere, but they are merely nominal remnants of French factories . The See also:

• TOTAL

total See also:

• AREA

area amounts to 203 sq. m., of which 113 sq. m. belong to the territory of Pondicherry . In 1901 the total See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population amounted to 273,185 . By See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree of the 25th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1879 French India was provided with an elective general See also:

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

council and elective See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• COUNCILS

councils . The results of this measure have not been very satisfactory, and the qualifications for and the classes of the See also:

• FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, franc, free)

franchise have been modified . The See also:

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

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
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• APPEAL

appeal (at Pondicherry) and five justices of the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace . The agricultural produce consists of See also:

• RICE (Greek 6p6 a, Latin oryza, French riz, Italian riso, Spanish arroz, derived from the Arabic)
• RICE, EDMUND IGNATIUS (1762-1844)
• RICE, JAMES (1843-1882)

rice, See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth-nuts, See also:

• TOBACCO

tobacco, betel nuts and vegetables .