ITALY. 



Marriage! 100.885 



Death'.! ' [ wcllMlve of till-blrth*. | ;- ''{JJf;^ 



Still birth* ... '.'.'.'.'.'.' 8l! 



EXCM* of birth* 108,020 



The number of emigrants in 1878 was 96,- 

 288. Of these, the largest number, 83,552, 

 went to Franco, 18,891 to Austria-Hungary, 

 10,782 to Switzerland, 10,105 to Brazil, Vene- 

 zuela, Mexico, and Central America, 1,993 to 

 the United States, and the remainder to other 

 countries. 



The receipts in the budget for 1878 were as 

 follows (in lire ; 1 lira = 19'8 cents) : 



1. Income from Government property 85,630,410 



9. Direct taxes : 



Ground-tax 128,820,000 



Building-tax 61.825,000 



Other taxes 178,538,581 



8. Indirect taxes : 



Registration 53,000,(00 



Stamp-tax 89,500,000 



Customs. 116,500.000 



Grist-tax 81,000.000 



Tobacco and salt monopoly . . . 198,500,000 



Other* 140,052,057 



628,582,057 



4. Miscellaneous receipts : 



Lottery 70,000.000 



Post, railroads, and telegraphs 71,690,550 



Returns of pay ments 18,115.213 



Miscellaneous 85,624,000 



195,429,763 



Total ordinary revenue 1,218,420,816 



The extraordinary receipts amounted to 109,- 

 968,310 lire, and special revenue from various 

 sources to 112,439,443 lire, making the total 

 revenue 1,435,828,569 lire. 



The expenditures were as follows : 



The public debt at the close of 1878 wa as 

 follows : 



tt* 



Funded debt 7,091,WO,661 



Redeemable debt in the " Rente* " of 8 and 5 



lrcc-nt 1,642,778,107 



Treasury bond* 188,010,600 



Paper currency 840,000,000 



Total 0,757,618,261 



The strength of the Itulian army on Sep- 

 tember 80, 1878, was as follows: . 



Infantry of the line 256,408 



Military district* 280,074 



Companies of the Alps 8,688 



Uoriwjfliuri 44.471 



Cavalry 81,421 



Artillery 60,417 



Engineers 1 1 ,8l 



Gendarmes (carbineers) 18,028 



Military school* 4.40T 



Sanitary companies 8,070 



Veteran* 1,070 



Stud depots 



Disciplinary companies 1,1S>8 



Penal institutions 1,776 



Officers In service ll,t>73 



Other officer* 2,161 



1. Standing army 693,005 



2. Provincial militia 281,610 



8. Officers of reserve 2,408 



4. Territorial militia 428,101 



Total 1,875,508 



The navy was composed as follows in 1877 : 



Total. 



1,408,212,949 



At the end of 1879 the navy contained 86 

 steamers, including 16 ironclads finished or 

 building, and armed with 676 guns. 



The movement of shipping in 1877 is exhib- 

 ited by the following table : 



