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DENMARK. 



at 5,437,349 crowns. The chief sources of rev- 

 enue and expenditure were as follows : 



REVENUE. 



Crowni. 



j J Domain, net 887,411 



' 1 Forests, net 607,608 



2. State property 4,078,870 



8. Direct taxes 9,088,400 



4. Indirect taxes 28,183,000 



6. Postal and telegraph department* 



6. Surplus of lottery 800,000 



j Revenue from the Faroes 49,778 



J Revenue from the Danish West Indies 12,500 



8. Miscellaneous receipts 1,196,267 



9. Reimbursements 1,687,910 



Total 46,486,789 



Excess of cost of the posts and tele- 

 graphs over receipts 139,658 



Net receipts 46,847,086 



EXPENDITURES, 



Crowni. 



Civil list 1,000,000 



Appanages 422,884 



Rlgsdag 200,000 



Council of State 106,616 



Public debt T,490,300 



Pensions, civil 2,618,280 



" military 655,115 



Ministry of Foreign Affairs 878,512 



of Worshipand Publiclnstruction 982,086 



ofJustice 2,485,385 



ofthe Interior 1.699,697 



of War 8,722,842 



of the Navy 5,857,670 



of Finance 2,950,402 



Administration of Iceland 109,600 



Extraordinary expenditure 8,746,721 



Public works 1,394,982 



Advances 644,145 



Total 40,909,737 



The national debt of Denmark has been in 

 the course of reduction since 1866, and from 

 1875 to 1878 was as follows: 



187,145,8231181,773,245,176,248,442 



174,428,746 



The total strength of the Danish army In 

 1879 was as follows: 



The staff of the army was composed of 25 

 commissioned and 21 non-commissioned offi- 

 cers. 



The navy in 1878 consisted of 35 steamers, 

 of which 8 were armor-clad ships, and the rest 

 unarmored vessels, mostly of small size. The 

 navy is recruited by conscription from the 

 coast population. It was manned by 2,830 

 men, and officered by 1 admiral, 15 command- 

 ers, 34 captains, and 67 lieutenants. 



The following table exhibits the value (in 

 crowns) of Danish commerce in 1877: 



The movement of shipping during the year 

 1877 was as follows: 



The commercial navy was as follows in 

 1877: 



Several American Protestant churches have 

 established missions in Denmark, the largest 

 of which is that of the Methodist Episcopal 

 Church, with 8 Danish ministers, 618 members, 

 and 121 probationers. Other missions are those 



* The cost of administering the posts and telegraphs ex- 

 ceeded the receipts by 189,653 crowns. 



ofthe Seventh-Day Adventists, with one mis- 

 sionary, three native laborers, and 80 mem- 

 bers; the Disciples of Christ, with one mis- 

 sionary and 70 members; the Brethren (or 

 Tunkers), with one missionary and 8 members. 

 The Friends have one missionary, and the New 

 Jerusalem Church has ministers laboring in 

 the kingdom. 



The elections for the Folkething took place 

 on January 3d. In this election the Right 

 gained 10 members, having now 37. The Eadi- 

 cals elected 35, against 30 in the former Par- 

 liament ; but their former leader, Tauber, was 

 not reflected. The Moderate party lost 10 

 seats, electing 28 members only. The opposi- 



