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The following table exhibits the value (in 

 crowns) of Danish commerce in the year 1876: 



The staff of the army was composed of 25 com- 

 missioned and 21 non-commissioned officers. 



The navy of Denmark consisted at the end 

 of 18T7 of 28 steamers, of which 7 were 

 armor-clad ships, and the rest unarmored ves- 

 sels, the latter mostly of small size. The navy, 

 which is recruited by naval conscription from 

 the coast population, was manned by 2,830 

 men, and officered by 1 admiral, 9 command- 

 ers, 22 captains, and 102 lieutenants. 



The movement of shipping during the year 

 1876 was as follows : 



The following table exhibits the condition of the commercial navy from 1873 to 1876 : 



Besides, there were, in 1875, 10,920 vessels 

 of 4 tons or less. 



The aggregate length of railroads in opera- 

 tion on January 1, 1877, was 1,366-17 kilo- 

 metres (1 kilometre = 0'62 English mile), of 

 which 811*25 kilometres were state roads, and 

 554-92 kilometres private roads. 



The post-office in the year 1875-'76 carried 

 20,088,138 letters and 19,318,353 newspapers. 

 The total length of the state telegraph lines at 

 the end of 1876 was 3,040 kilometres, and of 

 telegraph wires 8,600 kilometres. The num- 

 ber of stations was 116. The telegraph in 

 1875 carried 886,917 messages, and in 1876, 

 940,655. 



In the spring session of the Eigsdag, the 

 Folkething on March 15th approved the 

 budget for the year 1878-^79, in the shape 

 proposed by the Right and the Moderate Left. 

 On March 23d the supplementary budget was 

 approved by the Folkething by 51 against 17 

 votes. On March 25th the Landsthing ap- 

 proved the budget for the year 1878-'79. On 

 April 30th the session of the Rigsdag was 

 closed. 



An insurrection broke out among the ne- 

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groes on the island of Santa Cruz on October 

 1st, which was subdued by the 4th by the gar- 

 rison from St. Thomas, after considerable in- 

 jury had been done by the rioters. Four fifths 

 of the town of Frederiksted was in ruins ; 14 

 plantations out of 80 were left standing ; about 

 3,000 of the white population were homeless 

 and reduced to beggary ; and this year's har- 

 vest of sugar-cane was mostly lost. The total 

 loss was stated by the colonial government to 

 amount to $959,181. 



The Danish Parliament was opened on Octo- 

 ber 7th. The debate on the budget was begun 

 on the 15th. Count von Holstein-Ledreborg, 

 the leader of the Moderate Left, declared that 

 his party would adhere to the policy which it 

 had hitherto pursued. He added that, although, 

 in the event of the ministry remaining in office, 

 the prospect would not be very hopeful, his 

 party wished to avoid conflicts. He criticised 

 several bills brought forward by the Minister 

 of War, and proposed that the increase in the 

 salaries of officials granted in consequence of 

 the rise in prices should now be reduced. After 

 a discussion continuing five days the budget 

 was referred to a committee of fifteen, con- 



