ITALY. 



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succeeded Ms father as King of Sardinia, on 

 March 23, 1849 ; assumed the title of King of 

 Italy, on March 17, 1861. Heir-apparent to 

 the throne, Prince Humbert, born March 14, 

 1844; married April 22, 1868, to Princess 

 Marguerita of Savoy, daughter of the late 

 Duke of Genoa, brother of King Victor Em- 

 manuel ; their son, Victor Emmanuel, Prince 

 of Naples, was born at Naples, November 11, 

 1869. The ministry, in October, 1871, was 

 composed as follows: J. Lanza, President and 

 Minister of the Interior ; E. Visconti-Venosta, 

 President and Minister of Foreign Affairs ; M. 

 de Falco, Minister of Justice and of Public 

 Worship; Lieutenant-General Ricotti Mag- 

 nani, Minister of War ; G. Sella, Minister of 

 Finances; Bear- Admiral A. Kiboty, Minister 

 of Marine ; 0. Oorrenti, Minister of Public In- 

 struction ; M. Devincenzi, Minister of Public 

 Works ; E. Castagnola, Minister of Commerce 

 and Agriculture. 

 In the budget for the year 1871 the total 



revenue was estimated at $266,101,027, expen- 

 ditures at $296,770,085, showing a deficit of 

 $30,669,058. The interest on the public debt, 

 payable in 1871, amounted to $81,899,118. 

 During the period from 1869 to 1871 the ex- 

 penditures and receipts of the kingdom were 

 as follows : 



The receipts of the various railroads through- 

 out the kingdom amounted, in 1869, to $17,- 

 204,518 : those of the telegraph-lines to $998,- 

 747. 



After the incorporation of Rome with Italy, 

 the kingdom was divided into sixty-nine prov- 

 inces. The following table exhibits the area 

 and population of each province, as well as of 

 each of the large geographical divisions of the 

 country : 



