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DENMARK. 



Previous to adjournment the following reso- 

 lution was unanimously adopted : 



Resolved, That this Convention gives no uncertain 

 sound on the prohibition of the liquor traffic ; and 

 while we ask for a local option Jaw from the Legisla- 

 ture of our State, yet we look forward to the time 

 when a prohibitory law shall be placed on our 

 statute-book by legislative enactment, fully en- 

 dorsed by the people of the State of Delaware. To 

 this end we shall labor, knowing that God is with 

 us, and that we shall reap if we faint not. 



DENMARK, a kingdom in northern Europe. 

 The reigning sovereign is Christian IX., fourth 

 son of the late Duke William of Schleswig-Hol- 

 stein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, appointed to the 

 succession of the Danish crown by the treaty 

 of London of May 8, 1852, and by the Danish 

 law of succession of July 31, 1853. He suc- 

 ceeded to the throne on the death of King 

 Frederick VII., November 15, 1863. He was 

 married May 26, 1842, to Louise, Princess of 

 Hesse-Cassel. The heir apparent is Prince Fred- 

 erick, born June 3, 1843, and married July 28, 

 1869, to Louisa, only daughter of the late King 

 Charles XV. of Sweden. Their children are 

 three sons, born in 1870, 1872, and 1876, and 

 a daughter, born in 1875. The King has a civil 

 list of 500,000 rigsdalers, and the heir apparent 

 of 60,000 rigsdalers. The present ministry was 

 formed on June 11, 1875, and at the close of 

 1878 was composed as follows: President of 

 the Council and Minister of Finance, J. B. S. 

 Estrup; Minister of the Interior, E. V. R. 

 Skeel; Minister of Justice and Minister for 

 Iceland, J. M. V. Nellemann ; Minister of Wor- 

 ship and Public Instruction, J. 0. H. Fischer ; 

 Minister of Foreign Affairs, O. D. Baron Rose- 

 norn-Lehn, appointed October 11, 1875; Min- 

 ister of War and of the Navy, General J. C. F. 

 Dreyer, appointed July 28, 1877. 



The area of Denmark proper, inclusive of 

 lakes, is 14,753 square miles; of European de- 

 pendencies (Faroe Islands and Iceland), 40,268 

 square miles; of American possessions, Green- 

 land, St. John, St. Thomas, and St. Croix, 759,- 

 000 square miles. The population in 1870 and 

 1878 (estimated) was: 



1870 to 3,525, in 1871 to 3,906, in 1872 to 6,- 

 893, in 1873 to 7,200, in 1874 to 3,322, in 1875 

 to 2,088, and in 1876 to 1,581. Nearly all the 

 emigrants went to the United States. 



The annual financial accounts, called stats- 

 regnskdb, for the years 1875-'76 and 1876-'77 

 (the financial year closes on March 31st), were 

 as follows (in crowns, 1 crown = 27 cents) : 



The accounts, according to the Constitution, 

 are examined by five paid revisers, two of 

 whom are elected by the Folkething and two 

 by the Landsthing. Their report has to be 

 submitted for approval to both Chambers. 



In the budget estimates for the financial year 

 ending March 31, 1879, the revenue was esti- 

 mated at 47,761,350 crowns, the expenditures 

 at 41,457,681 crowns, and the probable sur- 

 plus at 6,303,669 crowns. The chief sources 

 of revenue and expenditures were as follows : 



REVENUE. 



1. Domain, surplus of. 891,863 



Forests, surplus of. 776.597 



2. Interest of reserve fund 4,514,978 



8. Direct taxes 8.955,600 



4. Indirect taxes 28.961,500 



5. Postal and telegraph department 70,779 



6. Surplus of lottery 820,000 



7. Revenue from the Faroes 47.956 



Revenue from the Danish West Indies 25,00i) 



8. Miscellaneous receipts 1,192,559 



9. Reimbursements 1,504,514 



Total 47,761,850 



EXPENDITURES. 



Civil list 1,000,000 



Appanages 422,884 



Rigsdag 200,000 



Council of State 94,616 



Public debt 7,551,800 



Pensions, civil 2,627,180 



military 64-_>.i>90 



Ministry of Foreign Affairs 878,512 



" of Worship and Public Instruction 9!) 1 .f4!) 



" ofJustice 2,857,639 



" of the Interior l.Oi^.M-.' 



" of War 8,667,442 



" oftheNavy 5.298,281 



" ofFinance 2,988,604 



Administration of Iceland 109.567 



Extraordinary expenditure 8.771,740 



Public works 1,851,585 



Advances 915,500 



Total 41,457,631 



The national debt of Denmark has been in 

 the course of reduction since 1866, and from 

 1874 to 1877 was as follows: 



The emigration from Denmark amounted in 



The total strength of the Danish army at the 

 commencement of September, 1877, was as fol- 

 lows : 



