280 



EUROPE. 



increase of population in such of the European 

 countries in which an official census has been 

 taken as far back as forty years : 



is the proportion of miles of railroad to every 

 million inhabitants : 



Based upon the above figures, the following 

 table shows the average yearly increase of 

 population, its total increase in forty years, and 

 the time it would require to double the popu- 

 lation at this ratio of increase ; also the num- 

 ber of inhabitants per square mile : 



The railroads in operation in the several 

 countries of Europe, according to the latest re- 

 ports, were as follows : 



Italy , 145 



Austria and Hungary.. 140 



Norway 136 



Portugal 112 



Russia 79 



Roumania 83 



Turkey in Europe 19 



Greece... . 4.7 



Great Britain 476 



Belgium 411 



Switzerland 336 



Germany 299 



France 275 



Sweden 275 



Netherlands 265 



Denmark 237 



Spain 201 



The latest statistics of the postal service in 

 the several countries of Europe show the num- 

 ber of post-offices, and of the letters, newspa- 

 pers, and pamphlets passing through them, to 

 be as follows : 



The following table contains a statement of 

 the aggregate length of the telegraph-lines in 

 operation, as well as of the aggregate length 

 of wire, and the number of telegraph-offices, 

 in the various states of Europe : 



According to the above table, the following 



The following table (from the ester eischische 

 Militarische Zeitschriff) gives a comparative 

 view of the military forces of the several 

 countries of Europe, in the year 1868, and of 

 the relations between the military power of 

 each country on the one hand, and the popu- 

 lation and finances on the other: 



