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270,000 as the most able-bodied and apt for 

 military service. Out of these 84,387, only 

 29,541 could read and write, and 3,897 could 

 read ; 51,194 were what the Italians call inal- 

 fabeti (illiterate), that is, more than 60 per 

 cent, of the whole. The soldiers get some 

 education during their time of service, but the 

 great desideratum, as General Torre points 

 out, is that they should be educated, at least as 

 far as reading and writing go, before they 

 enter the ranks, and it is to be hoped that this 

 will soon be the case. The last conscription 

 shows some slight improvement on previous 

 ones. The returns of the marriages contracted 

 in Italy in 1869 show a frightful state of igno- 

 rance. Out of about 205,000 men who mar- 

 ried in that year, 125,000 could not sign their 

 names to the register ! 



The imports and exports from 1869 to 1871 

 were as follows (in lire) : 



The movement of shipping in 1870 was as 

 follows : 



The area of Italy is 112,622 square miles. 

 A new census of the population was taken 

 in 1871. The following table exhibits the pop- 

 ulation of the large divisions and of each 

 province in 1871 and 1861 : 



The following towns, according to the cen- 

 sus of 1871, had a population of upward of 

 30,000 : 



ToTvns. Population. 



Catania 84,397 



Towns. 



Populatio 



Naples 448,743 



Rome 244.484 



Palermo 219,398 



Turin 207,770 



j Milan 199,009 



I Corpi Santi 62,976 



Florence 167.093 



Genoa 130.269 



Venice 128.901 



Bologna 115,957 



Messina 111,854 



Leghorn 97,090 



Ferrara.., 

 Lucca . . 

 Verona. 

 Padua.. 



r2.447 



67,080 



66,107 



Ravenna 58,904 



Alessandria 57,079 



Modena 56.690 



Resgio (Emilia). .. 50.657 



Bari 50,524 



Pisa 50,341 



Perugia 49,503 



