THE

STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK

A STATISTICAL AND IIlSTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE

STATES OF THE CIVILISED WORLD

~fanual for

POLITIOIANS AND MEROHANTS

FOR THE YEAR

BY FREDERICK MARTIN

SEVENTH ANNUAL PUBLICATION

;Jon~nu

MACMILLAN AND C~

1870

Tbe ri;;ht of Tran&lation and R('f)rOduction U rebef'Ted

STATES OF THE CIVILISED WORLD STATES OF THE CIVILISED WORLD

Man sagt oft: Zuhlen rcgieren die Welt. Das aber ist gcmss, Z'lhlen zeii:;en, u·ic Eie regiert wird.

LOYDO!r : l'BUJ'l'ED JIY

ll'Ot'l:ISWOODB .c<D CO., ll'JIW·STEEl:r SQt'lllB

AND l'J..llLUllBZi't fi'IIl.I:RT

Goi:nm.

ISBN 978-0-230-25299-8 (eBook)

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CONTENTS.

lNTROD UCTIO~.

CHRONICLE OF TIIB 'STATES.MAN'S YEAR BOOK.'

NoYember, 1868-Dccembcr, 1869 rAGE

• xiii

COMPARATIVE TABLE~ r_\GE

The Soyereigns of Europe • :uuu Reyenue, Expenditure, and Debt

of the Principal States of Europe and America • • xxiv

Dem,iiy of Population of the Prihcipal States and Terri­torial Dhisions of the World. • xxY

The Impm:t Markets of Great Britain-Rank in !SGS and in 1869 - • X-•d

Tho E.•port Markets of Great Britain-Rank in 1868 und 1869 • . • . . XXYii

The Iron-dad NaYics bf France and Grca.t Britain • XXYiii

P ARl' TI!E FmsT.

THE STATES OF EUR OPE.

AUSTRIA:-Reigning Sovereign and

Family. Constitution and GoYcrn-

ment of fhe Empire • - - of German Austria • - - ofllnngary • Church and Education Rerenue and Expendituro

of the Empire - - of German Austria. - - of Hungary Army Nary • • • Area and Population. Trade and Industry • Railways • • • '"eights and ].feasures Books of Reference •

3

5 G 9

11

13 H 16 17 19 21 23 25 26 26

BEI,GIUM:-Reigning Soyereign and

Family • • , Constitb.tion and Gowrn-

ment . • • Church and Education ReYenue and Expenditure • Army • . • Area and Population • Tr-ade and Industry • Railways • WPights and Measures Books of Refore11co

DENMARK:-Reigniilg Sowrcign and

:Family. Constifution and GoYcrn­

ment

28

29 32 33 3,5 36 37 3LI 40 40

42

42

vi CONTENTS.

PA.OB

DE..'OURX:-

Church and Education , 45 ReTenue and Expenditure , 46 Army and Nary 49 Population • , 51 Trade and Industry 52 Colonies • • • 53 Weights and :Measures 53 Books of Reference , 5!

FRANCE:-

Reigning SoTercign and ~·amily. • • ,

Constitution nnd Go;ern-ment • • ,

Church and Education , ReTenue and Expenditure , Public Debt Army • • • Na TY • • • Area. and Population. Trade and Industry • Commercial Marine , Railways • Colonies • • , Weights and MPasures Books of Reference

GERMA.NY:-Constitution and Go1crn-

55

67 62 66 70 71 75 81 85 90 93 93 94 95

ment • • • • 98 Ro1enu1> and Expenditure • 99 Army and Population , 100 Trade and Commerco • 186 Weights and Measures 189 Books of Reference • 190

Co~7EDERA.TE STA.TBS OF Nonrn GEJULU"Y:-

1. Prussia:-Reigning SoTereign and

Family • • • • 104 Constitution and Gonrn-

ment • • • 107 Church and Education • lll ReTenue and Expenditure • 113 Army • • • • ll7 Nary • • • • ll9 Area and Population • 122 Trade and Industry • , 126

2. Sall:ony:­PAG8

Reigning SoTereign and Family. • • • 130

Constitution and GoTem-ment • • • • 131

Church and Education • 132 Rennue and Expenditure • 132 Population , 134

3. 1\Iecklenburg-Schwerin :-Reigning SoTereign . • 134 Constitution, RcTenue, and

Population • • 136 4. Oldenburg:-

Reigning SoTereign • • 137 Conotitution, ReTenue, and

Population • 138 5. Brunswick:-

Reigning SoTercign • • 139 Constitution, ReTenuo, and

Population • HO 6. Saxe-,V"eimar:-

Reigning Sonreign • • 141 Constitution, Re>enue, and

Population • 142 7. Mecklenburg-Strelitz. 143 8. Saxc-l'ileiningen 144 9. Anhalt • • 145

10. Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. 147 11. Saxe-Altenburg. • 149 12. Waldeck • • • • 150 13. Lippe-Dctmold • • • 151 14. Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt • 152 15. Schwarzburg • Sondershau-

sen • 16. Tieuss-Schleiz . 17. Schaumburg-Lippe 18. Rcuss-Greiz • 19. Hamburg • 20. Liibeck 21. Bremen

154 155 166 167 161 162

Nox-CoxnmEnur: STA.TES oF SOUTH GER)l.U."Y :-

1. BaTaria :-Reigning SoTCrcign and

Family. • • • 165 Constitution and GoTern-

ment • • • , 167 Church and Education , 168 ReTenue and Expenditure • 169 Army and Population , 170

CONTE:XTS. vii

PAGE 2. Wiirtemberg:-

Reigning Sovereign and Family • 173

Constitution and Go;ern-ment • • • 174

Church and Education • 175 Re;enue and Expenditure • 176 Army and Population 178

3. Badcn:-Reigning So;ereign and

Family. • • • 179 Constitution and Re;enue 179 lu:my and Population 181

4. Hesse:-Ileigning So;ereign and

Family. • • • 182 Constitution, Revenue, and

Population 183 5. Lichtenstein 185

THE ZoLLTEREL'I' oF GEnYA:i.-Y • 186 Weights and Measures 189 Books of Reference concern-

ing Germany. 190

GREAT BRITAIN and IRE­L.A.l'i"D :-

Reigning So;ereign and .Family • • l!J2

Constitution anil Go>ern-ment . • • 195

Church and Education 208 Re>enue and Expendi-

ture 215 Taxation 220 National Debt 222 Army 224 Nary • • 231 Iron-clad Navy • 235 Population-

England and Wales 239 Scotland 244 Ireland . 246 Emigration • • • 252 Income of the Population 287

Commerce and Trade-Imports and Exports 256 Shipping • • 263 Textile Industry • 268 1'Iines and Minerals 270

GREAT BRIT..\!X :-

Railways • • Colonial Possessions

GREECE:-Reigning Sovereign and

P.AGE

272 273

Family • 279 Constitution and Govern-

ment . • • 280 281 282 285

Church and Education Revenue and Expenditure • Army and Nary Population • • 286

288 289

Trade and Industry • Weights and ::.lfeasurcs Books of Reference • 290

ITALY:-Reigning So>errign and

Family • • 291 Constitution and Go>ern-

ment • • • 293 Church and Education 294 Revenue and Expenditure • 297 Public Debt • . • 299 Army and Na>y . 301 Area and Population. 304 Trade and Industry 308 Shipping • :HO

PAPAL STATES:-

Sovereign Pontiff , • 312 !.ist of Pontiffs ~ince A.n.

752 313 Constitution and Go;ern-

ment • • • . 315 Ecclesiastical Organisation 316 List of Cardinals • • 317 Rewnue, Army, and Popu-

lation • • • • 3 l!J Trade • . . 322 Weights and :Measures 323 Books of Reference con-

cerning Italy 324

NETHERLANDS:-Reigning Sovereign and

Family. • 326 Constitution and Govern-

ment • • • 328 Church and :Education 329 Rewntle and Expenditure • 330 lu:my and Nary 334

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NETHERLAXDS :-

Arc.1 and Population • Trade and Industry , Shipping • Colonies • • , Weights :1.nd l\Ieasures Books of Reference

PORTUGAL:-

PA.OR

• 336 337 338 339 341 342

Reigning Sovereign and }'amily . • . • 3-13

Constitution and Govern-ment • • • 345

Church and Education • 346 Revenue and Expenditure • 348 Army and Na•y • 350 Arra and Population. 351 Trade and Industry • 352 Colonies . • • 353 ·weights and l\Iensures 353 Books of Reference • 354

RUSSIA:-Reigning Sovereign and

Family • • • • 355 Constitution and Govern•

ment • • • 3.57 Church and Education , 362 Rc.enue and R'Pcnditure • 365 National Debt 368 Army 372 Nary • • • 477 Area and Population . 379 TmdP and Industry 38.5 Shipping • 387 Railways • 388 ].\fanufactures • 3 8 9 'VPights and Measures 390 Books of Reference 391

SPAIN:-

Constitution and Govern-ment • • .

Church and Education • Revenue and Expenditure •

303 396 399 401 National Debt . •

Army and Navy • Area and Population • Trade and Industry 1\Iinerals Railways Colonies

• 403 405

• 409 • 410 • 410

412

SrA1x:-

'" eights and )f('nsures Books of Reference •

SWEDEN and :NORWAY:-

Reigning So•ercign and Family.

Dynastic Union

SwEDEx:-Conotitution and (fovern-

ment . • . • RBwnuc and Expenditure • Army and Nary . Arra and Population • Trade and Industry , Railways • • • Colonial Possession ,

PAGE

415 416

417 418

419 421 423 425 426 427 435 435 ,y eights and l\Ieasurcs

l3ooks of Reference • • 436

NonwAY:-Constitution and Go•ern-

mcnt • • • • 42!1 Revenue and Expenditure • 431 Army and Navy • 431 Arca and Popul.ition • 433 Trade and Industry • 434 'Veights and Measures 435 Books of Reference 436

SWITZERLAND:­

Constitution and Gowrn-ment . • . 438

Church and Education 410 Revenue arrd Expenditure • 441 Army • • • 4H Are:i. and Popul.ition . 446 Trade and Industry • 448 Haihn1ys • • . 449 'Veights and ::V!rasures 449 Books of Reference • 450

TURKEY and TRIBUTARY STATES:-

Reigning So•creign and Family • • • , 451

Constitution and Govern-ment • • • • 452

Religion and Education , 454 Re•enue and Expenditure • 451 Public Debt 459

CONTE~TS. ix

P.\Gll

Ti:mXEY:-Army and Nary 461 Arca and Population 465 Trade and Commerce 469 Manufactures , 4i0

EoYPT:-See Part II. Arn1cA.. Romu.~L\ :-

Constitution and Go>ern-ment • • • • 471

Rennue, Army, and Popu· lation , • • • 4 72

Roum:mia :-P.\GB

Tr(lde a.nd CQnunori;a • 474

SERVJA.:-

Go>ernment • • • 4 i 4 Re>enue, Army, a.nd Popu·

lation • • • • 475 Trade • • • 476 Weights and Measures • 4 77 Books of Reference con-

cerning Turkey 478

p ART THE SECOND.

THE STATES OF AMERlCA, AFRICA, ASIA, .AND AUSTRALASIA.

I. AMERICA. ARGENTINE CON.FEDERA·

TlON:-Constitution and Go>ern-

ruent • • • • 480 Rennut', Army, and Popu-

lation • • • • 481 Trade and Industry , 483 Railways • . • 484 Weights and Measures • 485 Books of Reference • • 485

BOLIVIA.:-Constitution and Go>ern·

ment • • . • 487 Re>enue, Army, and Popu·

lation • • , • 488 Trade and Industry • 489 Weights and Measurea • 489 J3ooks of Reference • , 490

B"RAZIL:-Reigning Sovereign and

Family • • • 491 Constitution and Go;ern-

ment • • • -i92 Church and Education • 494 Re;enue and Expenditure • 495 Public Debt 497 }.xmy and Na-ry , 499 Population • • 500 Trade and Commerce. 502 Weights and Measures 605 Books of Reference • 506

CA.i.'ll"ADA and BRITISH NORTH A.;.l!ERIOA:-

Constitution and Go1ern • ment • • • 508

Church and Education • 510 R~rnnue and Expenditure • 511 Army and Nary , , 512 Population • , , 514 Trade and Industry • 516 Shipping • • • , 518 Weights and Measures 519 Books of Reference , 520

CIIILI~-

Constitution and Go;ern· ment • • • •

Rerenue, Army, and Popu-lation • • • •

621

522 523 Tr-ade and Indwrtry •

Railways • • • Weights and Measures Books of Reference ,

• 524 525

• 525

COL011IBIA :-Constitution and Go;-ern-

ment • • • • 526 Reve~ue, Army, and P<;>pu-

lation • • , , 527 Trade and Industry • li28 Welghts and Measures li29 Dooks of Reference • 530

L'ONTENTS.

l'.l.GK

COSTA RICA:-Constitution and Govern•

ment • • • • 531 Rewnue, Population, and

Trade • • • • 632 Weights a.nd Measures • 633 Books of Reference • • 634

.ECUADOR:-Constitution and Govern·

ment • • • • 635 Revenue, Population, and

Trado • • • 636 Weights and Measures 636 Books of Reference • 687

MEXICO:-Constitntion and Govern-

ment • • • • 638 R..-nnue and Expenditure. 639 Public Debt • • • 640 Area and Population • 541 Trade and Industry • 642 Weights, and Meallures 6H Books of Reference • • 545

PARAGUAY:-Co11stitu.tion and Govern-

ment • • • 546 546 547 MS

Rerenue and Arrny • Population and Trade 'Veights and Measures Books of Reference , • 549

PERU:~ Constitution and Govern-

mffit • • • • 650 Revenue, /umy, and Popu-

lation , 651

Pxxu:- PAGE

652 663 5!H

'frs.de and Industry • Guano exports • • Weights and Measures Books of Reference • • 555

UNITED STATES:­Constitution and Govern-

ment • • • , li5G Lists of Presidents • 557 Congress • • • , 569 Revenue and Expenditure • li63 National. Debt • , 566 Army • 568 Navy • • • 571 Iron-clad Navy • • • 572 Arca and Population. , 67a Immigration • • 679 Trade and Industry , 6S-t Mines ~nd Minerals • 588 Railways • . , 589 Commercial Marine • , 591 Weights and Measures • 691 Books of Reference • • 592

URUGUAY:-Colliltitution and Govern-

ment • • . • 59·1 Revenue, Army, aud Popu-

lation • • • • 594 Trade and Industry • • 695 Weights and Measures • 697 :Books of ncference • • 597

VENEZUELA:-Constitution and Govern-

ment • • • • 598 Re'l"enuc, Population. and

Trade • • • • li99 Weights and Measures • 600 Books of Reference • • 600

2. AFRICA.

ALGERIA:-Go'l"ernment, Revenue, and

Army • • • Area and Population • Trade and Industry • W l'ights and :Measures 'Books of neference •

601 603

• 603 • 605 • 605

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE:-Constitution and Govern-

ment • • • • 606 607 608 610

Revenue and Expenditure. Area and Population • Trade and Commerce Books of Reference • , Gll

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CONTENTS, xi

P.!GK PA.Gii EGYPT:- LIDERIA:-

Gonrnment, Re>enue, and ·weights and Measures . 621 Army • • , 613 Books of Reference . 621

Population and Trade 615 Weights and Measures 617 NATAL:-Books of Reference • 618 Constitution and GoYern-

ment 622 LIBERIA:- Rennue and E:tpenditure. 622

Constitution and Gowm- Population • . 623 ment 619 Trade and Commerce . 624

Population, Rennue, and Books of Reference . . 625 Trade . 620

3. ASIA. CEYLON:-

Constitution and Go.em-ment • • • • 626

ReYenue and Expenditure 626 Population • • 627 Trade and Commerce 628 Weights and Measures 629 Books of Reference • 629

CHINA:-Constitution and Gowrn-

mcnt • • • 630 631 63!

ReYenue and Population Trade and Commerce Treaty Ports • • Weights and :Measures Books of Reference •

• 635 638

• 639

HONG KONG:-Constitution and Gonrn-

ment • • • • 641 641 642

ReYenue and Expenditure • Arca and Population • Trade and Commerce Weights and Measures Books of R~fertnce •

• 643 • 645 • 645

INDIA:-Constitution and Goyern-

ment • • • • Rennue and Expenditure • Land Tax. Debt Army • Population .

646 6!8 652 656 658 659 661 Caste and Religion

Trade and Commerce Shipping ,

• 66! • 668

ll.-I>IA.:-

669 Railways • • • ·weights and Measures • 673

JAPAN:-Constitution and GoYern-

ment • • • 674 675 Area and Population,

Trade and Commerce Weights and Measures Books of Reference •

• 677 679

• 680

JAYA:-Constitntion and Govern-

ment • • • • 681 682 68!

• 685

Re•enue and Expenditure Army and Navy • Area and Population • Trade and Commerce Weights and Measures Books of Reference •

• 686 687 688

PERSIA:-Reigning So>ereign and

Family. • • • GoYernment, Religion, and

Education • •

689

689 691 693 695

Re•enue and Army • • Area, Population, and Trade Weights and Measures Books of Reference • • 696

SIAM:-Go>ernment, Re•enuc, and

Army • • • • 697 Population and Trade , 698 Weights and Measures • 700 Books of Reference • , 700

xii CO!'iTR'.:!ITS,

4. AUSTRALASIA.

P..l.Gl!: NEW SOUTH WALES:-

Constitution and Go.,ern-ment • • • , 701

Revenue and Exp<>nditure • 702 Area and Population • • 702 T?ade and Industry , • 704 Mineral Productions , , 706

NEW ZEALAND:­Constitution and Go.,ern-

ment • • • • 708 Rewnue and Expenditure • 709 Area and Popula:tion • • 7 ll Immigration • , 713 Trade and Industry , , 714

QUEENSLAND:-Con~titution and Go.-ern-

ment • . • • 716 Re•enue and Expenditure. 716 Area and Population. 717 Trade and Industry • 718

SOUTH AUSTRALIA:-Constitution and Go'\em·

mcnt • • • • 720 721 722

Rewnue and Expenditme • .Al:ea and Population. Trade and Industry • • 724

INDEX •

PAGE Socrn AcsTIULrA. :-

Mines and Mineral Produc-tions , 726

TASMANIA:-Constitution and Govern·

ment • • • 728 Re;enue and Expenditure • 728 Area and Population. 729 Trade and Industry 731

VICTORIA:-Constitution and Go'\crn-

ment • • • 732 Re.•enue and Expenditure. 733 Area and Population. • 735 Immigration • • • 738 Trade and Commerce • 739 Mining Industry , 742 Railways • • • 743

WESTERN AUSTRALIA:­Cot1stitution and Govern·

111ent • • • • 745 Retenue and E.."'i:penditure • 7 45 Population and Trade 746 Books of Thiference con·

cerning Austrulai;ia , 7 4 7

• 749

CI-IRONICLE OF TIIE

STATESMAN'S YEAR-BOOK.

NOYE.MEER, 1868-DECE..'l:IlER, 1869.

1868. November.

11. Proclamation for dissolving the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and summoning another for the 10th of DecPmber.

12. Ukase of the Emperor of Russia for a general conscription, of 4 in 1,000, throughout the Empire.

14. Decree of the Emperor of Austria, ordering tho territories under hi9 crown to be designated henceforth, officiaUy, the ' Oesterreichisch­Ungarische Mona.rchio'-Austro-Hungari:m :Monarchy.

19. Elections for the New Parliament in many parts of Great Britain and Ireland.

20. Presentation of ~Ir. Il11rlingame, special ambassador of the Emperor of China, to Queen Victoria.

23. First appearance of the deputies of Croatia in the Hungarian Diet.

2!. Opening of the Italian Chambers by royal commission.

26. ln•estiture of the Khedive of Egypt with the Order of the St:i.r of India, at Cairo.

29. Republican demonstration at )fadrid.

30. Insurgent mo•cmcnt in Qqba, to declare the indopcndence of the colony from Spain.

December.

1. Bill passed in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, declaring the subjects of the Papal States to be citizens of Italy.

2. Resignation of the ministry of :i.'rir. Disraeli.

3. Riots at Paris, and numerous arrests by the police.

4. AudieMo girnn to :M~. Gladstone by the Queen, at Windsor Castle.

4. Opening of the Chambers of Wiirtemberg by the King.

6. Republican insurrection at Cadiz, defeated by troops and the fleet after a ten hours' struggle.

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xiv Deczmber.

CHRO~ICLE.

7. Joint rernlution of tho Congress of the United States, requesting th President to recall l\Ir. Renrdy Johnson from his po~t as cn\'oy ~ Great Brit'lin.

9. Installation of Mr. Gladstone as First Lord of the Treasury; Mr. John Briglit sworn into office as Privy Councillor.

10. Formal opening of the first seosion of tho twentieth Parliament of tho United Kingdom by royal commission.

15. Adjournment of Parliament for two weeks, to issue writs for the election of new members.

20. Arrirnl of Lord Mayo, fifth Imperial Governor-General of India, at Bombay.

21. Allocution of the EOvercign Pontiff, sererely censuring the actions of •the king of Sardinia.'

26. Spread of tho insurrection in Cuba.

29. Formal re-assembling of Parliament, and further adjournment to February 16, 1869.

1869. l'anuary.

1. Reception of the foreign diplomatic body at Paris bv the Emperor Napolfon, who declares that 'a Epirit of conciliation animates all the Powers of Europo.'

2. RPpublican insurrection at Malaga, subdued by the troops after a. sanguinary street fight.

4. Opening of tho Diet of Portugal by King Luis.

5. Occupation of Asuncion, capital of Paraguay, by the allied troops of Brazil and the Argentine Confederation, President Lopez retreating with his army towards the north.

6. Capture of fort Ngatapa, Po;crty Bay, New Zealand, stronghold of the ~Iaori chief, Te Kooti.

9. Meeting of a Conference of plenipotentiaries of the chief European Powers at Paris, to settle the disturbed political relations of Turkey and Greece.

12. Publfo reception of the new Go;ernor-Gener.il of India at Calcutta.

13. Audience giren at Jeddo to the representatires of all foreign States by tho Mikado of Japan.

14. Con•ention signed in London for the settlement with the Gorernment of the United States of tha disputed questions known as the Alabama claims.

18. Opening of the French Lcgislatire Body, by the Emperor Napol~on.

18. Opening of the Diet of Sweden by King Carl.

19. Departure of Sir John Lawrence, Governor of India 1863 to 1868, from Calcutta.

CIIRO.'.'ICLE. xv J'anuary.

20. Protocol of the Paris Conference on the affairs of Turkey and Greece declaring that the Powns of Europe will not allow any diHurbanc; of peace.

21. Death of the Prince Royal of Belgium. 22. Encounter between the colonial insurgents and the Spanish troops

near lfayannah, Cuba.

24. First public performance of a Protestant religious sernce at ::lfadrid. 25. Assassination of the civil GoYernor of Burgos, Spain, in the cathedral

of the city. 26. Dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies of Portugal. 30. Procl.imation of the Captain-General of Cuba, threatening death to

all rebels not submitting within a month.

February. 2. Resignation of the ministry of Greece.

3. Appointment of a new Greek administration, giving assent to the resolutions of tho Paris Conference.

5. Death of the Marquis de :lloustier, ~Iinister of Foreign Affairs of France.

11. Opening of the sittings of the Comtituent Cortes of Spain by the Presid~nt of the Council of :llinioters, head of the ProYisional Government.

12. Bill passed by both Chambers of the Prussian Diet, confiscating the property of the ex-king George of Hanover.

13. Death of Fuad Pasha, for a time Grand Vizier of Turkey. 16. Actual opening of the first session of the twentieth Parliament of the

United Kingdom, the speech from the throne being read by royal commission.

18. Six thousand men despatched from Spain to Cuba, to aid in suppres· sing the insurrection.

19. Final sitting of the Paris Conference to declare that diplomatic rela­tions harn been re-established between Turkey and Greece.

20. Destruction, in the waters of Lissa, Adriatic Sea, of the Austrian man­of-war, 'Radctzki,' with the whole of the crew.

22. Resignation, pro forma, of the President of tho Spanish Council of ministers, and re-instalment into office by tho Conotituent Cortes.

26. Fifteenth amendment to the Constitution of the United States, establishing negro suffrage, passed by both Houses of Congr~ss.

28. Insurrection of two Arab triLes in Algeria.

March. I. First reading in the House of Commons of a bill 'to put an end

to the Established Church in Ireland, and to make provision in respect of the temporalities thereof.'

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xvi CHRONICLE,

Jlarch. 2. Resolution passed in both Houses of Congress of tho Unitt'd State5,

declaring that tho faith of the nation is 'solemnly pledged to the payment in coin of all its obligations.'

3. Defeat oftho Spanish troops by the Cuban insurgents, at Yilla Clara. ~. Inauguration of General Gr.mt as t'"'°enty-first President of the

United States of America. 4. Oponing of the Parliament of the North German Confederation by

the King of Prussia. 4. Supplemental grant of 3,600,000l. for defraying the cost of tho

Abyssinian Expedition, submitted in Committee of the House of Commons.

li. Closing of the session of the Prussian Diet by royal commission. 8. Resolution in fJ;rnur of union with the Dominion of Canada passed by

the Legislature of Newfoundland. 11. Ilill for an externalloan of 1,000,000,000 reals, or 10 millions sterling,

passed by the Constituent Cortes of Spain. 13. Closing of the royal dockyard a.nd na>al establishment at Deptford. 18. Partial opening of the Suez Canal, tho waters of tho Mediterranean

being admitted into the Ilitter Lakes. 19. Note of the Belgian )Iiniskr of Foreign Affairs, accepting pro·

posals of the French Go•ernment for settling disputed railway arrangements by a eommission.

20. Arrh-al of a speeiB.! enrny from the insurgents of Cnba at Wash­ington.

23. Second reading of the bill 'to put an end to the Established Church in Ireland' carried in the House of Commons, by 368 against 250 votes.

27. Meeting between the Governor-General of India and tho Ameel' of Afghanistan at Umballah.

31. First reading of the new Constitution or Spain, drawn np by the Pro· visional Go•ernment, in the Constituent Cortes.

April 2. Reduction of the African squa.dron for the suppression of thP shrn

trade announced in the House of Commons by the First Lord of the Admiralty.

4. Decree granting the introduction of Bibles, printed in foreign lan­guages, issued by the Prorlsional Go.rrnment of Spain.

7. Announcement made in tho Constituent Cortes that King Ferdinand of Portugal will not accept the crown of Spain.

8. Iludget estimates for 18G9-70 submitted to the House of Commons by the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

9. Acceptance by the Hudson's Bay Company of the propos;-,l of the Ilritish Go>ernment to cede all their territorial rights in North America to the Dominion of Canada.

CHRO:'\ICLE. xvii April.

IO. Declaration of sympathy with the insurgents of Cuba passed by the House of Hepresentativcs of the United St.ites, by 98 against 25 votes.

11. Mas,acres of British settlers at Mohaka, New Zealand, by the Maori chief Te Kooti.

12. Grant of pemions by the Emperor Napoleon to all the surriring eol­diers of the :Firot Empire,' to re-awaken great historical memories.'

13. Hejection by the Senate of tho United States of the Alabama. Claims Treaty, signed in London on the Hth of January, one vote being given in its farnur, and fifty-four against it.

14. Appointment of the lion. John Lothrop 1Iotley as en>oy of the United States to Great Britain.

17. Authorisation gi>en by the Sp.mish Constituent Cortes to the Provi­sional Government to send tbe whole fleet of war to Cub:i. for the supprcs;ion of the insurrection.

18. Trade riots of miners and engineers in the coal districts of Belgium. 21. Proposal for proclaiming the republic passed over by the Con;tituent

Cortes of Spain without a vote. 2!. Opening of the two Houses of the Hungarian Diet by the King. 25. Protocol signe<l at P.1ris for settling disputed questions of railway

management between the Governments of France and Belgium. 26. Close of the session of the French Legislatirn Body by c11mmission. 28. F.ital riots at Londonderry, on the arrival of Prince A.rthur. 29. Closo of the session of the Diet of Bavaria by the heir of the crown.

:May. 1. Lon:londerry proclaimed under the Peitce Presermtion Act. 4. Conspiracy for restoring the Bourbons to the throne of Spain dis­

covered at Barcelona . .5. Opening of the Congress of the Argentine Confederation by the

President. i. Passing of the bill to put an end to the Established Church of Irela.rid

through committee of the House of Commons. 12. Opening of the Brazilian Legi~lature by the Emperor. 13. New proposal to proclaim the republic rejected in the Spanish Con-

stituent Cortes by 182 against 64 votes. H. Fatal election riots at Paris. 1.5. Close of the session of the Austrian Reichsrath by the Emperor. 15. Close of the session of the Swedish Diet by the King. 15. Completion of the Atlantic and Pacific Oc~an Railw.-.y of the United

States. 16. Ministerial crisis in It<tly. 20. Bill for abolishing the exemption of clerical candidates from conscrip·

tion adopkd in the Italian Senate by 223 against 25 '\'Otes.

:xviii CHRONICLE.

May.

21. Adoption in the Sp:misb Constituent Cortes of the article establishing monarchy by 214 against 71 Yotes.

2!. Election for tho Legislati>o Body at Paris, resulting in the return of six declared republican deputies.

25. Anti-Imperialist manifestations at Amiens, Lille, Toulouse, and other French towns.

31. Third reading of the bill for the disestablishment of the Irish Church in the House of Commons.

lane. 1. Adoption of tho new Constitution of Spain by the Cortes, by 214

against fi5 ;oles.

2. Forced resignation of the Captain-General of Cubn. by tho Yolunteers of tho colony.

3. Opening of thA Zolkerein Par!in.ment of Germany by the King of Prussia.

6. Promulgation of the new Constitution of Spain at ~fadrid.

7. New elections for the Legislative Body at Paris, and return of three more republicans.

8. Conclusion of a treaty bet'l!"een Turkoy and Persia for the regulation of the line of frontiers.

9. Admis5ion of Newfoundland into the North American Confederation •oted by the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada.

11. Republican riots at Paris.

14. Marshal Serrano elected Regent of Spain by 193 against 45 votes of the Constituent. Cortes.

17. Inauguration of the harbour of Wilhelmshawn for the nary of the North German Confederation by tho Kin~ of Prussia.

18. Second reading of the bill for tho disestablishment of the Irish Cimrch agreed to in the House of Lords by I i9 against 146 Yotes.

22. Prorogation of the Parliament of the Dominion of Canada by the Governor.

22. Close of the Zollvercin Parliament of Germany by tho King of Prussia.

24. Proclamation of the Emperor Napo!Con to the army at the camp of Chalons, exhorting the troops to 'keep in remembrance the battles of their fathers.'

28. First meeting of the newly-elected Lcgislafrrn Body of 'France.

J"uly. 2. Fatal Orange riots at Portadown, Belfast.

5. Adoption by the House of Common~ of the proposal of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to provide funds for the purcha>o of all existing telegraph companies of the United J{ingdom by the Gorcrnment.

5. Opening of tho sittings of tho State Council of Switzerland.

CHUOXICLE. xix J'uly.

8. Rejection in the House of Lords of a bill for tho creation of Life Peers.

10. Reconstruction of the Spanish ministry. 12. Mcssago of the Emperor Napoleon to the Lcgislati;e Body, promising

the grant of extended parliamentary liberties. 12. Closo of tho session of the Austrian Reiehsrath by Imperial com­

mission. 13. Publication of a decreo of the Emperor Napoleon, proroguing, for an

indefinite time, the session of the Lcg!slati;e Body. 13. Resignation of the French ministry. 14. Close of the session of tho Ser-rian Skoupschina by the President of

the Regency. 18. Formation of a now ministry in France. 21. Carlist risings in se;eral parts of Spain. 24. Completed submersion of a new Atlantic telegraph cable between

France and :Massachusetts, United States. 25. Proclamation of martial law throughout Spain. 26. Royal assent gi;cn to the bill for the dise>tablishment of the Church

of Ireland. 27. Prorogation of the Cortes of Portugal by royal decree. 30. Insurrection at Toledo in f.i;rnur of Don Carlos, pretender to th~

crown of Spain. 31. Renewed hostilities between the British colonists and the nati;es of

Now Zealand.

August. I. Defeat of insurgents, under the loadership of Don Carlos, by the

troops of the Spanish Go;ernment near Zala;era. 2. Draught of a Scnatus Consultum for modifying the constitution of

the Empire laid before the French Senate. 2. Declaration of the Brazilian prime minister in the Chamber of Depu­

ties, that no peace shall be made with President Lopez of Paraguay. 3. Budget of India laid beforo the House of Commons. 6. Act passed by the General Assembly of New Zealand to pronde for

tho part payment of British troops, if allowed to remain in the colony.

7. Defeat of President Lopez of Paraguay by the Brazilian troops, at Yalcnzucla.

9. Protest of the Turkish Go;ernment against the independent attitude assumed by the Khedi;e of .Egypt.

IO. Resignation of the Portuguese ministry. 11. Prorogation of the Imperial Parliament till the 28th of October. 12. Installation of a Pronsional Go;ernment at Asuncion, capital of

Paraguay.

xx CHRONICLE.

August. 13. Death of Marshal Niel, minister of war of France. 14. Defeat of President Lopez at Caraguatay by the allied BI".izilian­

Argentino forces under General Barreto. Iii. Complete amnesty for all political offences proclaimed by the Emperor

Napoleon III., 'to celebrate the centenary of the birth of Napoleon I.'

17. Proclamation of the Provisional Go•ernment at Asuncion, Paraguay, declaring President Lopez an outlaw.

18. Defeat of Carlist insurgents at Yalencia, Spain. 18. Declaration of the Go•ernor-Gencral of British North America at

Toronto, that 'England has no interest of her own to consult in Canada.'

19. Conciliatory reply of the Khcdi>e of Egypt to tho demands of the Turkish Go•ernment.

20. Prorogation of the Italian Parliament. 22. Publication of two decrees of the Emperor of Austria, dissolring the

feudal organisation of the pro>ince C'1lled the }lilitary Frontier, and placing the samo under the ci>il Government of Hung-.iry.

24. Despatch of 6,000 fresh troops from Spain to Cuba. 26. Closing of the Portuguese Cortes by the King. 27. Serious illness of the Emperor Napoleon III. 30. Close of the srssion of the Austro-llungarian Delegations by the

Chancellor of the Empire. 31. Departure of Don Carlos from Guipuycoa, Spain, in a vcsgel bound for

England.

September. I. Speech of Prince Napoleon in the French Senate, urging liberal

reforms, on the ground that ' one can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.'

4. Reception of the Duko of Edinburgh by the :Uiicado of Japan. 6. Adoption of the Scnatus Consul tum, modifying the constitution of the

French Empire, by 134 against 3 >ates of the French Senate. 7. Prosecution of three Spanish bishops by the Pronsional Government

for disobedience of orders. 10. Renewed republican manifestations in Paris. 12. Closo of tho Congress of the Argentine Confederation by the Pre$ident. 14. Meeting of a general synod of the Church of Ireland at Dublin. Iii. Interriew of General Prim, war-minioter of Spain, with tho Emperor

Napoleon. 16. Despatch of 5 frigates and 2,000 troops from Spain to Cuba. 20. Opening of the States General of tho Netherlands by the King.

21. Disturbances at Tarragona, Spain, and assassination of the ;;ec;ctary of the city gonrnor.

0 ICLE.

September. 23. )fodification of the Danish ministry. 23. Prorogation of the Brazilian Chambers.

xxi

25. Republican insurrectiou at B.ircdona, and encounter between the troops and tho ;olunteer~.

28. Resolution to propose the young Duke of Genoa as King of Spain, passed at a meeting of the regent and council of mini~ters of the Pro>isional Go>crnment.

30. Opening of the Diet of S.i::rony by the King. 30. Declaration of King Luis of Portugal, that he will not accept the

crown of Spain.

October. 1. Closing of the royal dockyard and na>al establi~hment at Woolwich. 4. Insurrectionary monments in Dalmatia. 7. Procbmation issued for the prorogation of Pnrliamcnt from the 28th

of October to the 23rd of December. 8. Riots at St.. Auuin, near Toulouse, quelled by the troops.

10. Mass meeting at Duulin to demand the release of the Fenian prisoners. 10. Anninrsary of the outbreak of the Cuban rebellion, celebrated at

New York 11. Proclamation of the republic at Valencia, Spain. 14. Capture of fort Dragaei by the insurgents of Dalmatia. 15. Close of the General Assembly of Brazil by the Emperor. 16. Rout of the republicans of Valentia, after a ten hours' bombardment. 18. Announcement from the First Lord of the Treasury, that he cannot

adrise tho release of the Fenian prisoners. 20. Encounter between Austrian troops and the Dalmatian insurgents

neJ.I Cattaro. 21. 11Iinisterial changes in Italy. 22. Resignation of the minister of the interior of Hungary. 24. Promulgation of a decree of the Spanish Government, establishing

religious liberty in Cuba and Porto Rico, at Ha¥annah. 25. Death of the Earl of Derby, for a time First Lord of the Treasury of

Great Britain. 26. Resignation of the minister of finance of Prussia. 28. Declaration of 110 members of tho Spanish Constituent Cortes to sup­

port General Prim in elevating tho Duko of Genoa to the throne. 30. Reconstruction of the ministry of the Dominion of Canada.

November. 1. Changes in the council of ministers of the Pro;isional Go¥ernment of

Spain. 2. Encounter between Austrian troops and Dalmatian insurgents at

Zuppa, Cattaro.

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November.

CHRONICLE.

4. Resignation of Admiral Topete, minister of marine in the Government of Spain.

6. Dangerous illness of King Vittorio Emanuele of Italy. 9. Opening of the Legislafrrn Chambers of Belgium by royal commission.

10. Decree of the Emperor Napolfon for improring 'the relations between the Government, Council of State. Senate, and Lrgislative Body.'

11. Birth of a hrir to tho crown ofltaly, at Naples. 12. Arrest, at Cadiz, of the bishop of Ilarnnnab, charged mtb conspiring

against the Spanish Gcrrernment. H. Proclamation of the King of Italy, granting complete amnesty to all

political offenders. 17. Inauguration of tho Suez .canal, by a. fleet of ~teamers carrying the

Emperor of Austria, the Empress of the French, and a number of other princes, and representatives of States.

18. Opening of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Italy.

19. Riots at Turin, and close of thr university. 20. Resignation of the Italian ministr_y. 21. Decree for the establishment of a Superior Council of Commerce in

France, to investigate the results of free-trade legislation. 22. New elections in Paris, resulting in the return of four republican

deputies to the Legislative Body.

24. Draught of a new Constitution for Cuba and Porto-Rico laid before the Constituent Cortes of Spain,

26. Despatch of an 'ultimatum' of the Sultan to tho Khcdive of Egypt, desiring compltte submission in financial affairs.

27. Resignation of the Barnrian Ministry. 27. Opening of the Roumanian Chambers by Prince Karl.

!28. Resignation of Prince Gortschakoff, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia.

29. Opening of the Legislative Tiody by tho Emperor Napoleon, who decldre~ that Fran~e -wants order with liberty- 'L' ordro j"en reponds!'

December. 2. Chari;e against ex-Queen Isabel II. of ha\;ng taken the Crown jewel~

of Spain, made in tho Constituent Cortes by the Minister of Finance. 4. IIIotion for the mthdra.,ml of the Anglo-French Treaty of Commerce

of 1860 laid before the French Lcgislati"rn Body. 6. Opening of the second session of the 4lst Congrcs~ of the United

States, and 3Iessage of the President, stating that 'the country is blessed -with peace at home and without entangling alliances abroad.'

8. Commencement of the sittings of the CEcurnenical Council at Romo, attended by 800 ecclesiastics, from all parts of the world.

CO~PARATIVE TA13LES. xx iii

TIIE SOYEREIGNS OF EUROPE.

States Reigning Titlo .Age Ilcir·Apparcnt Age Sovcrcign3

Ai:;STilLI. . . . Franz Joseph I. Emperor 40 Son 12 BeWIUll . . Leopold II. J\:ing 35 Brother 33 I DE:>l!ARK : . Christian IX. "

52 Son 27 I FIU."CE • ~ • • . Napoleon III. Emperor 62

" 14

GER~L\.:>Y, NORTH:-Prussh • . . Wilhelm I. J\:ing 73

" 39

Saxony . Johann I. " 60

" 42

Mecklenburg-Schwerin :Frd. Franz II. Grand-duke 4 i "

19 Oldenburg . Peter I. " ! 43 "

18 Brunswick . . Wilhelm I. Duke 64 - -Saxe-Weimar . Karl Alt'x. I. Grand-duke 52 Son 26 Mecklenburg-Strelitz Friedch. ·w m. I.

" 51

" 22

Saxe-~einingen . Georg II. Duke 44 "

19 Anhalt . Leopold

" i6

" 39

&xe-Coburg-Gotha . Ernst II. 52 Nephew 26 " Saxe-Altenburg . Ernst I. "

.J.l Brother 41 Waldeck . Georg Victor I. Prince 39 Son 5 Lippe-Detmold Ll'opold II. 49 Brother 46

" Schwarzburg·Ilndolstadt Albert "

72 Son 32 Schwarzburg-Sonders·

69 hausen . . . Gunther II. " "

40 Reuss.Schleiz . Ilcinrich XIY. 38 12

" " Schaumburg-Lippe. Adolf 53 24 " " I Reuss-Greiz • . Heinrich XXII. 24 Cousin 12 " . GEnMAxY, Soi;-rH :-

Ila;aria • . . . Ludwig II. King 25 Brother 22 ·wurtemberg . Karl I.

" 47 Cousin 22

Baden . . . Friedrich I. Grand-duke H Son 13 Hesse . Ludwig III. 64 Brother 61

" Lichtenstein . Johann II. Princo 30 Brother 17 GRE.l.T BnIT.\IX & Im:uxn Yictoria.L Queen 51 Son .29 GREECE Georgia> I. l{ing 22

" 2

·~TALY . VittorioEman.II "

50 "

26 : NETJIERLl.l>""DS . . Willem III.

" 53

" 30

:Ponn:aAL . Luis I. "

32 " 7

'Ilt:SSl.I. Alexander II. Emperor 52 ,. 25 ! SWEDEX A!\""D NORWAY . Carl XV. King 44 Brothn· 41 jTuRKXY . Abdul-Aziz I. Sultan 40 Nephew 30

xxiv COllP.A.R..\TlVE TABLES.

REYEXUE, EXPEXDITURE, AND DEBT OF TIIE PRINCIPAL

STATES OF EUROPE AND AMERICA.

: "S~l~ I I Ilud~t Expendltnrc "'" " States Revenue Debt ,. "~A

I Year ~~Es

Europe:-; Austria, Cislci- £ £ £

' than . 1869 29,628,417 29,932,667 210,686,290 7

' ,, 'l'ransleithan 1869 12,92!,059 15,!03,859 96,294,123 5 Belgium . . 1870 7,061,000 7,059,127 27,360,9GO 4 Denmark • 1869-70 2,55!,126 2,533,630 13,239,872 5 France 1869 85,148,872 85,133,626 553,268,928 61 Germany:-

I Prussia . 1869 25,130,474 25,130,474 65,186,368 2! I s,\xony . 1868-9 2,005,659 2,005,659 11,289,609 5! I Bararia 1868-9 4,8iii,715 4,875,715 29,669,267 6 I . I "'iirtemberg 1868-9 1,790,151 1,790,101 10,571,706 6

Great Britain and Ireland . 1868-9 72,591,991 75,!97,816 749,31!,132 10

; Greece . 1868 1,196,71! 1,619,575 12,035,000 10 ltalv . . 1868 31,155,.521 39,918,618 251,000,000 8

' . Netherlands 1869 8,069,719 8,060,585 80,642,409 10 Portugal . . 1868-9 3,757,808 5,120,836 59,330,000 15

i Russia . 1869 66,038,278 66,038,278 240,110,000 4 : Spain . . 1868-9 25,846,747 26,56!,787 225,093,091 9 I Sweden 1869 2,311,682 2,!27,722 6,063,791 2}

No=ay . 1868-9 1,116,220 1,116,220 6i4,900 t Switzerland . 1868 85!,505 813,743 611,979 !§-Turkey . . 1869 14,500,000 17,000,000 88,413,363 6

'America:-I Argentine Con-

fl'deration 1868 2,6!7,200 1,581,649 8,762,297 3 Br-.izil . . 1868-9 8,315,552 8,358,350 32,307,450 4 Canada . . 1867-8 3,019,623 2,9!2,745 16,148,418 5 Chili . . 1867 1,85!,98! l,OU,073 4,933,!05 3 Colombia. • . 1867 470,000 470,200 9,929,200 21 Costa Rica 1867-8 300,357 318,885 600,000 2 Ecuador 1866 280,260 267,934 2,800,000 10 1£exico . . 1866 3,300,000 5,900,000 63,471,450 19 United States . 1868-9 50,600,000 47,700,000 499,21!,0H 9! Yenezuela . 1866 821,012 8-59,6:?1 4,860,311 6

COMPARATITE TA:BLJl.!S. xxv

DENSITY OF POPULATION OF TlIE PRINCIPAL STATES .AND TERRITORIAL DffISIONS OF THE WORLD.

Stntes and Territorial CP.IlSU3 Area I Population per Population Engli•h Divisions Year sq. miles square mile

I :Belgium . . . 1866 4,839,09! ll,267 430

England and Wales 1861 20,066,22-l 68,320 347

Saxony . 1867 2,423,586 6,777 346

Netherlands . . 1865 3,735,682 13,464 285

China.. . . . 1812 367,632,907 1,297,999 283

Gt. Britii.i.n and Ireland 1861 29,321,288 119,92.f: 253

I ''liirtemberg 1867 I,i78,-l79 7,67/i 234

Italy • . . 1862 2.f:,2i3,776 107,961 225 I Germany . . 1867 38,522,366 206,575 185 I I Ireland . . . 1861 5,798,967 31,874 181 I . France . . 1866 38,067,09! 207,480 177 I . I I Prussia. . . . 1867 24,106,8-17 137,066 176 I

Ba"l"aria . . . 1867 4,824,421 29,3!7 166 I I ...... , ..... . 1860 2,510,494 15,233 158

Au~tria • . . 1867 34,706,400 227,23-l 157

I British India . . - I3ij,634,2H 933,722 145

; Denmark . 1860 1,608,362 14,553 no I ! ~cotland . . 1861 3,062,294 30,685 101

I Portugal . . . 186ij 3,987,1167 36,510 99

I j Spain. . . . 1860 16,301,850 182,758 90 I

• Grecco • . . 1861 1,332,508 19,0!l 66 I ! United States 1860 31,445,089 1,486,917 21 I J Turkey • • - 35,350,000 1,812,0!8 20

I I Swed~n and Norway 19()5-7 5,897,046 291,903 19

Russia • • . 1858 73,92(),000 7,210,374 10

i :Mexico . . . 1857 7,995,426 1,030,442 7 I I Persia . . . - 4,400,000 648,000 6

, Brazil . - 11,780,000 4,891,394 2 I - --- --- - - . --

xx vi CO~[P ARA.TIVE TABLES.

THE IMPORT MARKETS OF GREAT BRITAIN.

Ilalf·ycar ending June :J() Rnnk Rank Imports from In in

ISGS ISC~ JSGS 1€69

--£ £

United States. . . . 29,550,324 21,863,889 1 1 Fronce . . . . 15,850,855 16,73!,85! 2 2 Egypt . . . . . 9,313,718 7,481,190 3 6 Germany . . . 7,727,647 8,401,239 4 4 British India • . . . 7,722,769 10,775,491 5 3 Russia . . . . . 6,392,153 3,814,393 6 10 Australasia . . . . 5,199,817 7,313,648 7 6 Nether lands . . . . 4,529,999 5,655,869 8 7 China . . . . 4,496,929 4,614,241 9 8 Brazil . . . . . 3,953,018 3,801,508 10 11 Belgium. . . . . 3,431,637 4,364,118 11 9 Turkey • . . . . 2,925,0!6 2,953,758 12 13 Spain . . . . . 2,737,573 3,111,660 13 12 British West Indies . . 2,162,H8 1,935,139 14 15 Italy . . . . 1,925,363 1,972,772 Iii 14 Sweden and Norway . . 1,898,163 1,864,383 16 16 Chili . . . . . 1,897,365 1,313,809 17 19 Peru . . . . . 1,644,434 1,090,350 18 22 Ceylon . . . . . 1,605,732 1,488,708 19 18 Cuba and Porto Rico . . 1,501,130 1,727,1.132 20 17 Austria • . . . 1,216,183 1,256,16,1, 21 21 Denmark . . . . 1,211,618 845,177 22 25 Portugal . . . l,l·ll,439 1,308,250 23 20 Cape of Good Hope . . 1,053,48()' l,<J53,i<J9 2-i 23 British Guiana . . . 1,002,874 794,US3 2/i 26 British North America . . 834,593 529,387 26 29 :Mauritius . . . . 756,150 448,255 27 32 Sing-Jpore . . . 736,368 991,fl8 28 24 Western Africa . . . 705,054 538,353 29 28 Philippine Islands • . . 692,958 695,953 30 27 Colombia . . . . 514,109 457,287 31 31 Argentine Confederation . 510,911 523,534 32 30 Uruguay . . . . 271,178 263,8'37 33 34 Greece . . . . . 2-15,524 272,001 34 33

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COMPARATIVE TABLES.

THE EXPORT MARKETS OF GREAT BRITAIN.

j Exports of British and Irish produce Hn!I-year ending Jane 30 Rank Rank

in in l to ISGS ISC9

ISGS ISG9

--I Germany •

£, £, . . . 11,351,822 II.450, 167 1 2 I British India • . . 10,937,395 8,703,083 2 3

United States. . . 10,540,940 13,293,426 3 l Fwnco . . . 6,325,.171 5,798,833 4 5 N ethcrlands . . . . 6,293,004 5,260,918 5 6 Australasia . . . . 5,256,617 6,515,109 6 4 Turkey . . . . . 3,701,870 3,715,484 7 7 Egypt . . . . 2,933,556 3,292,Q23 8 9 China. . . . . 2,919,842 3,607,010 9 8 Brazil . . . . 2,218,602 3,258,837 IO IO

Italy . . . 2,071,942 2,9II,103 Il 11 British North America. . . 2,019,216 2,240,1!6 12 12 Belgium. . . l,500,783 1,894,480 13 14 Russia. . . . . . 1,315,616 2,171,805 14 13

Colombia . . . 1,180,436 1,319,603 15 15 Spain . . . . l,155,II3 964,058 16 18 Cuba and Porto Rico . 1,074,.541 299,701 17 33 Hong Kong . . 1,073,868 1,010,461 18 17 British West Indies . 820,890 812,161 19 21 Argentine Confederation . 806.273 1,035,680 20 16 Portugal . . . 787,213 759,396 21 23 Singapore . . . . 762,548 822,781 22 20 Chili . . . . 712,493 881,112 23 19 Capo of Good Hope . 621,219 616,462 24 28 Denmark . . 585,458 669,765 25 26

i Swedru and Norway . . M6,9!3 701,522 26 24 I Peru • • • . 628,II4 65:!,817 27 27 j Japan • • • . . 1501,776 800,280 28 22 I Philippine Islands • . . 480,912 3il,589 29 31 i Austria. • • . . . 468,261 674,008 30 25 I Mexico • • . . . 461,549 278,o78 31 34 I Western Africa . . . 446,205 435,889 32 30

I Uruguay • . . 430,006 1579,419 33 29 Greece • • . . 387,891 328,955 34 32

xx vi

xx.iii COMPAR!TIVE TABLES.

i -- -

I THE IRON-CLAD NAVIES OF FRANCE AND GREAT BRIT,UN.

I FREXCH Inox-cuns. BRITISH Ino.l!·CL.\DS.

-- --Horse- Horse-

Name Guru l)fH\'Cf Name Gum power

Solferino . 52 900 Warrior . . 32 . 800 Gloire . . 32 800 Agin court 28 . 1,350 Invincible . 32 800 Black Prince . 28 . 1,250 Normandie 28 800 Northumberland )!8 1,350 Gauloiso • . 17 . . 900 Achilles 26 1,250 Guyenne . 17 . 900 1\Iinotaur 26 1,350 Heroine . 17 . . 900 Caledonia 2.f . • 1,000 Rernnche . 17 900 Lord ClydA 24 • 1,000 sa.oie 17 900 Ocean . 2.f • 1,000 Yaleureuso . 17 900 Prince Consort 24 • 1,000 Pron nee . 16 . 900 Zealous 20 . 800 Survcillanto 16 . 900 Lord Warden 18 • 1,000 1\Iagnanimc . H . 900 Royal Alfred . . 18 800 Rochambeau • H 1,000 Valiant . . 18 . . 800 Flandro 13 . . 900 Dcfe11ce . 16 600 Friedland . 12 . . 950 Resistance . 16 600 Marengo. . 12 . 950 Bellerophon 15 • I,000 Ocean . 12 . 950 Hercules . 14 . • 1,200

i Suffren . . 12 . 950 Innncible- . 14 800 Almn. . 12 . 450 Iron Duke . . 14 . 800 Anni de 12 . 450 Swiftsuro 14 . 800 Atalanta. 12 . . 450 Triumph . 14 800 Jeanne d'Arc . 12 . 450 v·anguard . 14 800 Lagalissonniere . 12 500 Sultan . 13 . 1,200 :Montcalm 12 . . 450 Repulse . . 12 . 800 Reine Blanche 12 . 450 Penelope. . 11 . 600 The tis . . 12 . 450 Fa'"ourite . . 10 . 400 I

llfagent&. . 10 900 Pallas . 8 600 I Couronno . 10 . 800 1\Ionarch. . 7 . 1,100 Ilelliqueuse . . 10 . . 450 Captain . . 6 . 900 Ilelier . . 2 530 Royal Sonrcign 5 . . 800 Boule Dague • . 2 . 530 Prince Albert . 4 . 500 Cerbere . . 2 530 Scorpion . . 4 3.jO Tigre . . 2 . . 530 Wh·ern . . 4 . . 350 Onondaga . . 2 250 Hot~pur • 2 . 600 Taureau . . 1 . 480 Glatton 2 . . 500

I I