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the u Annario estadistico de Espafia," Madrid, into which the kingdom is divided, were, in 

 1870, the area and population of the provinces 1867, as follows : 



At the end of 1868 the population was esti- 

 mated at 16,732,052; in 1869, at 16,783,779; 

 in 1870, at 16,835,395. The population of the 

 Spanish colonies in America, according to the 

 latest dates, was 2,030,082 ; of those in Asia, 

 4,348,459 ; of those in Africa, 5,590 ; aggre- 

 gate population of Spanish colonies, 6,384,131. 



The estimates of the revenue for 1871-'72 

 were as follows (1 peseta = 18 cents) : 



Direct taxes 206.827,944 



Taxe son rents, pensions, etc 41 ,300,000 



Indirect taxes 88,630,000 



State monopolies (tobacco, lottery, and stamp 



tax) 156,467,477 



Revenue from state domains 34,961.050 



Reveque from the riiilippine Islands 5,000,000 



War indemnity from Morocco and Cochin- 



China, together with divers receipts 85,500.000 



Total 588.686,671 



The expenditures were estimated, at 627,397,023 



Showing a deficit of 38,710,352 



The length of railroads in operation, in Jan- 

 uary, 1870, amounted to 3,373 miles. 



The report of the postal administration, for 

 1869, states the total revenue at 10,074,935 



pesetas; expenditure, 5,713,457 pesetas: show- 

 ing a surplus of revenue of 4,361,478 pesetas. 

 Number of post-offices in 1868, 2,257. On 

 January 1, 1870, the telegraph-lines in opera- 

 tion had an aggregate length of 6,955 miles; 

 length of wire, 15,815 miles. 



Amadeo, who, on November 16, 1870, had 

 been elected King of Spain, and who on Decem- 

 ber 4th had formally accepted the crown from 

 the hands of a deputation, landed at Cartagena 

 on December 30th, and on January 2d entered 

 Madrid, where he was received with great en- 

 thusiasm. On January 20th the King addressed 

 to the sovereigns of Europe a letter, in which 

 he announced that he had accepted the crown 

 offered to him by the Spanish Cortes. The 

 following is the full text of the letter addressed 

 to Queen Victoria, those to the other sover- 

 eigns, except the King of Italy, being worded 

 alike : 



Don Amadeo I., by the grace of God and the na- 

 tional will, King of Spain, to the Queen of Great 

 Britain, etc. 



The Sovereign Cortes of the Spanish nation having 



