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BEKKER, ERNST I. 



BELGIUM, LEOPOLD G. C. F., KING OF. 



BEKKER) ERNST IMMANUEL. XI. Birth, 

 death, 70 ; career, philological writings, 71. 



BELGIUM. IV. Its King, 165 ; Government, 

 166; provinces, 166; cities, 166; commerce, 

 166 ; religions, 166 ; education, 166 ; internal 

 condition, 166 ; parties in the new Chamber of 

 Deputies, 166. 



V. King and heir-apparent, 119 ; council 

 of ministers, 119; area and population, 119; 

 inhabitants in large cities, 119; budget, 119; 

 public debt, 119 ; army, 119 ; imports and ex- 

 ports, 119 ; movements of shipping, 119 ; num- 

 ber and tonnage of ships, 119; accession of 

 Leopold II., 119 ; inaugural address, 119 ; royal 

 civil list, 120. 



YI. Government, 60; area, 60; finances, 

 60; commerce, 60; action of Legislative 

 Chamber, 60 ; difficulty with Holland, 60. 



VII. ^King and heir-apparent, 89; area, 

 89; population, 89; cities, 89; budget, 89; 

 debt, 89 ; army, 89 ; commerce, 89 ; navy, 89 ; 

 Chamber of Representatives, 89 ; barring the 

 Scheldt, 89 ; election to the Senate, 89 ; con- 

 vention with Switzerland for international 

 copyright, 90. 



VIII. Government, 71 ; population, 71 ; 

 ministry, 71 ; budget, 71 ; army, 71 ; imports 

 and exports, 71 ; shipping, 71 ; elections, 71 ; 

 active army, 71. 



IX. Government, 67 ; area, 67 ; population, 

 68 ; exports and imports, 68 ; railroads, 68 ; 

 convention with the United States on the sub- 

 ject of naturalization, 68 ; additional article to 

 the treaty of commerce and navigation, 69 ; 

 foreign trade, 69. 



X. Royal family, 66 ; ministry, 66 ; area, 

 '66; population, 66; provinces, 66; national- 

 ities, 66; debt, 66; budget, 67; army, 67; 

 exports and imports, 67; shipping, 67; mer- 

 chant navy, 67 ; railroads, 67 ; post-offices, 67 ; 

 telegraphs, 67; meeting of Legislature, 67; 

 church property question, 67 ; legislative elec- 

 tion, 67; speech of King on neutrality in 

 Franco-German War, 67. 



XI. Government, 71 ; area, 71 ; population, 

 71 ; finances, 71 ; commerce and shipping, 72 ; 

 army, 72; action as to Communist refugees, 

 72 ; religious troubles, 72 ; labor-strikes, 72, 

 73 ; meeting of Chambers, 73 ; excitement 

 over appointment of M. de Decker as Governor 

 of Limburg, 73; resignation of ministry, 73; 

 appointment of new one, 73 ; Count de Theux, 

 life of, 73 ; steamship-line to New York, 74. 



XII. Government, 61 ; ministry, 61 ; area, 

 61 ; public debt, 61 ; growth of Belgian com- 

 merce, 61 ; movement of shipping, 61 ; budget, 

 61 ; imports and exports, 61 ; merchant-navy, 

 61 ; telegraph-lines, 61 ; post-offices, 62 ; riot- 

 ous demonstrations at Antwerp, 62; occa- 

 sioned by the arrival of Count de Chambord, 

 62 ; Belgian minister with the Pope retained, 

 62 ; elections for members of the Chamber of 

 Deputies, 62 ; municipal elections, 62 ; success 

 of the Liberal party, 62; strikes among the 

 laboring-classes, 62; population, and density 

 of population, 287 ; ecclesiastical statistics, 287 ; 

 nationalities, 287 ; literature of the year, 452. 



XIII. Royal family of, 64 ; area, 64 ; popu- 

 lation, 64 ; religion, 64 ; salary of clergymen, 

 64 ; number of schools and of pupils, 64 ; uni- 

 versities, 64; institutes, 64; ministry, 64; 

 Chamber of Representatives, 65 ; new electoral 

 law, 65 ; political divisions, 65 ; receipts and 

 expenditures, 65 ; military system, 65 ; progress 

 of commerce, 65; session of the Legislature, 

 66 ; International Conference of Jurists, 66 ; 

 speech of the King at opening of the Cham- 

 bers for 1873, 66 ; literature, 424. 



XIV. Reigning family, 88 ; area, 88 ; popu- 

 lation by provinces, 89 ; social statistics, 89 ; 

 emigration, 89 ; population of cities, 89 ; Leg- 

 islature, 89 ; voters, 89 ; religion, 89 ; budget, t 

 89 ; note from the Government of Germany, 

 90 ; attack on the ministry, 90 ; elections, 90 ; 

 International Congress on questions of war- 

 fare, 90 ; session of the Chambers, 91 ; Brus- 

 sels, its improvements, 91. 



XV. Government, 72 ; area and population, 

 72; provinces, 72; emigration of workmen, 

 72 ; universities, 72 ; budget, 72 ; electors, 72 ; 

 schools and teachers, 73 ; army, 73 ; commerce, 

 73; railroads, 73; coal-fields, 73; diplomatic 

 complication with Germany, 73 ; complaints of 

 Germany, 73 ; answer of the Belgian Govern- 

 ment, 74 ; reply of Prince Bismarck, 74 ; ac- 

 tion of the Chamber of Deputies, 74 ; investi- 

 gations, 74, 75 ; action of the Senate, 75 ; fur- 

 ther replies of Bismarck, 75 ; the embassy to 

 the Pope, 75 ; military honors to the new car- 

 dinal, 75 ; subornation of the press, 75 ; elec- 

 tions, 76 ; new Chambers, 76 ; important law- 

 suits, 76 ; religious disturbances, 76 ; interna- 

 tional conference on sugar bounties, 77 ; de- 

 cease of M. d'Omalino d'Halloy, 77. 



BELGIUM, LEOPOLD GEORGES CHRETIEN 

 FREDERIC, King of. V. Birth, 120; mili- 



