596 



NETHERLANDS. 



The imports and exports in 1875 and 1876 were valued as follows 



The movement of shipping in 1877 was as follows : 



The army of the Netherlands in Europe con- 

 sisted, in 1878, of 2,057 officers and 60,844 men ; 

 the East Indian army numbered 1,482 officers 

 and 37,931 men. 



The navy on July 1, 1878, consisted of 99 

 steamers, with 400 guns, and 16 sailing vessels, 

 with 103 guns: total, 115 vessels, with 503 

 guns. 



t The merchant navy, on January 1, 1878, con- 

 rted of 1,168 sailing vessels, of 809,510 metric 

 tons, and 79 steamers, of 149,142 metric tons 

 total, 1,247 vessels, of 958,652 metric tons. 



The aggregate length of railroads in opera- 

 tion on January 1, 1878, was 1,681 kilometres 

 [1 kilometre = 0-62 English mile), of which 891 

 were state railroads. 



The aggregate length of the state telegraph 

 lines on January 1,1878, was 3,519 kilometres; 

 aggregate length of wires, 12,882 kilometres; 

 number of offices, 346 ; number of telegrams 

 carried in 1877, 2,405,240, showing a rapid 

 increase; revenue, 779,559 florins; expendi- 

 tures, 1,333,500 florins. 



The number of post-offices in 1877 was 1,299. 

 The number of inland letters was 39,457,097 ; 

 of foreign letters, 10,624,842; of postal cards, 

 11,638,740; and of newspapers, periodicals, and 

 pamphlets, 30,723,619. 



The colonies of the Netherlands are consid- 

 erably larger and more- populous than the coun- 

 try itself. Their area and population were esti- 

 mated as follows in 1878 : 



