DENMARK. 



Thyra, wife of the Duke of Cumberland, who 

 is the claimant to the throne of Hanover. 



Tin- Kin;,' lias a rivil list of 500,000 rigsdalors, 

 and the heir-apparent of 60,000 rigsdalers. 



The ministry of 1880 continued in office dur- 

 ing the year. 



The area of Denmark is 3S,302 square kilo- 

 metres; the population on February 1, 1880, 

 was 1,969,039. The urea of the colonies is 

 r.t-J.-Jn'.t square kilometres (1 square kilometre 

 = 0-886 square mile), with a population of 

 130,350. The area and population of the sev- 

 eral provinces and colonies were as follows : 



reguskab, for the- years 1878-'79 and 1879-'80 

 (the financial year closes on March 81st), were 

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



The population of the principal cities was as 

 follows in 1880 : 



Cltira. . Population. 



Copenhagen 234.S5D 



Copenhagen (with suburbs) 278.823 



Aarhuns 24.881 



< )<U-ne 20,804 



Aalborg 14,152 



Kanders 13,457 



Uorsen 12,052 



The population in 1880 was distributed as 

 follows among the different religious denomi- 

 nations : 



Denominations. Population. 



Lutherans 1,951,861 



Ke formed. 



Catholics 



Baptists 



Irvingians 



Mormons 



Other sects 



Jews 



Mohammedans 



Belonging to no denomination. 

 Unknown 



1,868 

 8,000 

 8,687 



792 

 1,722 

 1,919 

 8,946 

 8 

 1,074 



167 



Of the total population in 1880, 1,904,750 

 were born in Denmark, and 64,289 abroad. Of 

 those born abroad, 535 were born in Iceland, 

 212 in Greenland, 225 in the Faroe Islands, 

 334 in the Danish West Indies, 33,152 in Ger- 

 many (of these, 2,207 in the province of Schles- 

 wig), 24,148 in Sweden, 2,823 in Norway, 454 

 in England, 384 in Russia, 182 in Austria, 138 

 in France, 328 in other European countries, 

 512 in non-European countries, and 862 un- 

 known. 



The number of emigrants in 1880 was 5,667, 

 of whom the majority went to the United 

 States. 



The annual financial accounts, called stats- 



In the budget for the year 1880-'81, the rev- 

 enue was estimated at 47,246,558 crowns, and 

 the expenditure at 41,672,448 crowns. 



The national debt of Denmark has been in 

 the course of reduction since 1866, and from 

 1877 to 1880 was as follows: 



The total strength of the Danish army in 

 1880 was as follows: 



The staff consisted of 25 officers and 16 non- 

 commissioned officers. 



The navy in 1881 was composed as follows : 



In addition there were the following sailing- 

 vessels: 2 frigates, 1 brig, 2 cutters, and 20 

 tran sport-vessel s. 



The commercial navy was as follows in 

 1880: 



The movement of shipping in 1879 was as 

 follows : 



