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was $10,839,093 ; wages paid during the year, 

 $3,692,195; materials used, $10,206,397 ; value 

 of products, $16,791,382. 



The total number of religious organizations 

 was 267, having 252 edifices, with 87,899 sit- 

 tings, and property valued at $1,823,950. The 

 leading denominations were as follows : 





The total number of libraries was 473, hav- 

 ing 183,423 volumes. Of these, 221, with 91,- 

 148 volumes, were private ; and 252, with 92,- 

 275 volumes, wer| other than private. There 

 were 17 newspapers and periodicals, with a 

 total circulation of 20,860; copies annually 

 issued, 1,607,840. Of these, there was 1 daily 

 with a circulation of 1,600; 3 semi- weekly, 

 circulation 3,660; 12 weekly, circulation 13,- 

 600 ; and 1 monthly, circulation 2,000. 



DENMARK, a kingdom in Europe. King, 

 Christian IX., born April 8, 1808 ; succeeded 

 King Frederick VII., November 15, 1863. 

 Heir, Prince Frederick, born June 3, 1843; 

 married to Princess Louisa of Sweden, July 

 28, 1869 ; oldest son, Prince Christian, born at 

 Copenhagen, September 27, 1870. The new 

 Cabinet appointed May 28, 1870, was partly 

 modified in June, 1872, and was then com- 

 posed of the following members : Count Hol- 

 stein-Holsteinborg, President of the Council ; 

 Rosenornlehn, Foreign Affairs; Haffner, War 

 and Marine, ad interim; Fonnesbech, Interior; 

 Krieger, Finance ; Hall, Public Worship ; Klein, 

 Justice and President of the Marine and Com- 

 mercial Court. Area of Denmark Proper, 14,- 

 698 English square miles; of the dependencies, 

 Faroe, Iceland, Danish settlements in Green- 

 land, the islands of St. Croix, St. Thomas, and 

 St. John, in the West Indies, 40,214 square 

 miles. Minister of the United States in Den- 

 mark, M. J. Cramer (November, 1870). Charge 

 d" 1 Affaires and Consul-General of Denmark in 

 the United States, Baron Hegeman Linden- 

 crona, appointed in 1872. 



The religious statistics of the kingdom, in 

 1870, were as follows : Lutherans, 1,769,583 ; 

 Reformed, 1,433; Catholics, 1,857; Baptists, 

 3,223; Mormons, 2,128; Jews, 4,290; Free 

 Congregation, 1,211 ; 260 Methodists, 349 Ir- 

 vingites, 74 Anglicans, 28 Friends, 12 Greek 

 Catholics, 88 of different other sects, and 205 

 without any definite creed. The Lutheran 

 State Church is divided in its administration 

 into eight stifts, each under a bishop. The 

 Roman Catholics are placed under the Bishop 

 of Osnabrtick in Prussia, as Vicar- Apostolic. 



In the budget for the year 1872-'73, the 

 revenue is estimated at 20,954,063 rix-dollars; 

 the expenditures at 20,568,526. The public 



debt, on March 31, 1872-'73, amounted to 

 116,370,350 rix-dollars. The army, in 1872, 

 was composed as follows : 



On a war-footing the total army numbered 



The fleet, in 1872, consisted of 29 steamers, 

 inclusive of 7 iron-clads, with an aggregate of 

 287 guns, 2 sailing-vessels, 8 gunboats, and 20 

 transports. 



The emigration from Copenhagen, in 1871, 

 amounted to 6,422 .persons, of whom 3,906 

 were Danes. The emigrants, with few excep- 

 tions, were bound for the United States. 



The imports and exports were, from 1869 to 

 1871, as follows : 



The movement of shipping from 1869 to 

 1870 was as follows : 



The merchant navy, exclusive of vessels of 

 less than four tons : 



Vessels. 



1869. 2,842 



1870 2,808 



1871 2,735 



178,504 

 178,646 

 181,494 



According to the official census of February 

 1, 1870, the area and population of Denmark 

 and its dependencies, in 1870, were as follows: 



The most important dependency of Denmark 

 is Iceland. The majority of the people of this 

 island desire to make it an independent state, 

 and to be connected with Denmark only by a 

 personal union. The Althing (Legislature) of 

 Iceland, on August 19, 1871, rejected the prop- 



