NETHERLANDS, THE. 



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In 1875 the national debt was represented 

 by a capital of 936,638,926 florins, divided as 

 follows : 



The army of the Netherlands in Europe con- 

 sisted, in 1875, of 2,057 officers and 60,014 men; 

 the East Indian army numbered 1,342 officers 

 and'29,803 men. 



The navy of the Netherlands, on July 1, 

 1875, consisted of 88 steamers, with 474 guns, 

 and 27 sailing-vessels, with 195 guns: total, 

 115 vessels, with 669 guns. 



The merchant navy, on December 31, 1874, 



consisted of 1,747 sailing-vessels, of 440,880 

 tons, and 80 steamers, of 71,102 tons: total, 

 1,827 vessels, of 511,982 tons. 



The aggregate length of railroads in opera- 

 tion was, on January 1, 1875, 1,586 kilometres 

 (1 kilometre equals 0.62 English mile). 



The aggregate length of the state telegraph 

 lines was on January 1, 1875, 34,311 kilome- 

 tres ; the aggregate length of the wires, 12,- 

 365.4 kilometres. 



On April 5th the First Chamber passed a 

 bill providing for the amortization of 10,000,- 

 000 florins of the public debt. On April 22d 

 the 'Government brought in a bill in the Second 

 Chamber, providing for the resumption of gold 

 coin by July 1, 1875. It also provides for the 

 coining of gold-pieces of five and ten florins, 

 and prohibits the issuing of silver coins on pri- 

 vate account before 1877. The bill was adopted 

 by the Second Chamber May 27th, and con- 

 curred in by the First Chamber on June 4th. 



On April 25th General Weitzel resigned his 

 position as Secretary of War, and was replaced 

 by Colonel Enderlein of the Engineer Corps. 



The imports and exports, in 1872 and 1873, 

 were valued as follows (value expressed in 

 florins) : 



The most important articles of import and export of the Netherlands are given in the 

 following table : 



