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North America was 1,761, of 1,179,179 tons, in 1,338,456 tons, in 1873, and 2,257, of 1,509,265 

 1873 and 1,824, of 1,242, 328 tons, in 1874. The tons, in 1874. The commercial navy was as 

 number entered from that country was 2,065, of follows on December 31, 1873 and 1874 : 



The imports and exports during the past 

 years were as follows : 



were as follows : 



The United Kingdom had on December 31, 

 1874, 16,449 miles of railway, against 16,082 

 in 1873. Of these, 11,622 were in England, 

 2,700 in Scotland, and 2,127 in Wales. The 

 capital in 1874 was 583,506,000 in England, 

 84,131,000 in Scotland, and 36,701,000 in 

 Ireland, making a total of 704,338,000 against 



588,320,000 in 1873. The total number of 

 passengers amounted to 478,316,701 in 1874, 

 against 455,634,767 in 1873. The total re- 

 ceipts were 59,256,000 in 1874, against 57,- 

 742,000 in 1873 ; while the net receipts were 

 26,643,000 in 1874, against 29,989,000 in 

 1873. 



The number of letters forwarded in 1873 

 was 907,000,000, and in 1874, 965,000,000. Of 

 these 802,000,000 were in England, 90,000,000 

 in Scotland, 73,000,000 in Ireland. The num- 

 ber of newspapers and book packets was 254,- 

 000,000 in 1873, and 238,000,000 in 1874. 



In 1874, 15,900,562 inland and 320,941 for- 

 eign money-orders were issued, amounting to 

 26,296,441 and 1,211,231 respectively, mak- 

 ing a total of 16,221,503 money-orders, amount- 

 ing to 27,507,672. 



The length of the telegraph-wires at the end 

 of 1872 was 105,051 miles; the number of 

 offices in 1873 was 5,600, and the number of 

 messages delivered in 1874 was 19,116,634, 

 exclusive of press, service, and news messages. 



The value of the principal articles of import 

 and export was as follows in 1874: 



The British army is filled up exclusively by 

 recruiting. The term of service is twelve years, 

 after which a soldier can serve for nine years 

 more. At the end of three years he can also 

 enter the reserve, one year in the regular army 



being counted as three in the reserve. By the 

 reorganization of 1872 the United Kingdom is 

 divided into sixty-eight military districts. In 

 each district there is one brigade depot of 1*82 

 men, two battalions of the regular army, which 



