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PART I.

FOREIGN COUNTRIES;

THEIR

AREA, POPULATION, FISCAL AFFAIRS, AGRICULTURE, INDUSTRIES, COMMERCE, SHIPPING, RAILROADS, TELEGRAPHS, BANKING, AND MONEY.

EUROPE.

GREAT BRITAIN.

AREA AND POPULATION.

The area and the distribution of population of the United Kingdom were as follows at the census taken April 1, 1891, and at previous enumerations:

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The estimated population at the end of June, 1897, was: England and Wales, 31,055,355; Scotland, 4,218,279; Ireland, 4,550,929; total United Kingdom, 39,824,563. Total population in 1861, 29,321,288; in 1851, 27,745,942; in 1841, 27,057,923.

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EMPLOYMENTS OF POPULATION IN ENGLAND AND WALES IN 1891.

274

139

207

175

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REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.

The following table shows the actual revenue and expenditure for the years ending March 31, They are revised so as to exclude, in accordance with the system now adopted, the army and navy extra receipts, and the contributions by India for military charges, formerly brought to account

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EXPENDITURES FOR 1894, 1895, 1896 AND 1897, YEARS ENDING MARCH 31.

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*Deduct £975,000 for additional relief to agricultural rates, making revenue £101,729,000.

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The following statement shows the oscillations of the National Debt of the Kingdom from 1748:

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At the commencement of the Seven Years' War, 1756.

74,575,025

2,753,566

Increase during the war.

58,141,024

2,279,167

At the Peace of Paris, 1763..

Decrease during twelve years' peace.

132,716,049

5,032,733

5,873,238

329,214

At the commencement of the American War, 1775.

126,812,811

4,703,519

Increase during the war.

118,220,334

4,837,737

At the end of the American War, 1784.

Decrease during the peace.

Increase during the war..

At the Peace of Amiens, 1802.

Increase during war with Napoleon..

At the Peace of Paris, 1815...

Decrease during forty years.

At commencement of Crimean War, 1854.

Increase during the war....

Debt in 1857...

Decrease since the Crimean War.

243,063,145

9,514,256

3,399,724

109,077

At the commencement of the French War, 1792..

239,663,421

9,432,179

297,989,587

10,836,372

537,653,008

20,268,551

323,386,041

12,377,067

861,039,049

32,645,618

91,956,500

4,930,415

769,082,549

27,715,203

39,026,173

834,836

808,108,722

28,550,039

151,109,781

3,550,039

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25,000,000

Debt on March 31, 1897

648,474,143

25,000,000

640,773,679

25,000,000

AGRICULTURE.

The statement following shows the acreage in cereals and green crops in Great Britain and Ireland respectively:

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The following statement shows the quantities of coal and iron ore produced in the United Kingdom for the years named:

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The production, exports, home consumption, stocks and prices of pig iron have been as follows for the years named:

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