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IOWA. 



ITALY. 



Financial Statistics. The taxes levied for the 

 year 1881 amounted to $11,188,576.21, viz.: 

 State tax, $841,195.44; county and county 

 poll-tax, $2,230,463.92 ; insane-tax, $239,071.- 

 60; bridge-tax, $970,238.07; county school 

 tax, $425,431.02 ; district school tax, $4,114,- 

 647.34; road -tax, $486,454.36; special tax, 

 ~"5,521.05; judgment and bond tax, $329,- 



049.89; corporation - tax, $741,508.51. The 

 total of taxes for 1882 was $12,201,493.69. 

 The length and assessed value of railroads Jan. 

 1, 1883, were: Length, 6,792 miles; value 

 $28,332,739.70. 



The following statement shows the number 

 of live-stock, and the assessed value, for seven 

 years : 



Insane Hospitals. The report from the Insane 

 Hospitals for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1884, 

 shows at Independence 667 inmates, and at 

 Mount Pleasant 599. The cost of supporting 

 them for the quarter was, at Independence, 

 $24,816.24; at Mount Pleasant, $18,780.91, 

 or a total of $53,597.12. Every county in 

 the state is represented. Dubuque furnishes 

 the largest number, 46. July 30, 1883, there 

 were 580 inmates at Independence, and at 

 Mount Pleasant 472. The increase since that 

 period is 214. Both institutions are over- 

 crowded, yet this does not include the entire 

 insane population of the State; for, a few 

 years ago, so overcrowded became the hospi- 

 tals, that thousands of incurables were removed 

 to county hospitals and poor-houses. 



Election. On the 4th of November the Re- 

 publican ticket was successful. The following is 

 the vote for presidential electors : Republican, 

 197,089; Fusion (Democratic and Greenback), 

 177,316; Prohibition, 1,472. For Secretary of 

 State, the vote was : Frank D. Jackson, Re- 

 publican, 198,001 ; James Dooley, Democrat, 

 179,219 ; scattering, 233. 



The vote on the constitutional amendments 

 was as follows : 



The Fusionists elected Congressmen in the 

 First, Second, Fifth, and Sixth Districts, and 

 the Republicans in the other seven. 



New Capitol, The new Capitol was dedicated 

 January 17. The following are details of the 

 structure : 



Length, north and south, including porticoes, 363-8 

 feet : length, east and west, 246-11 ; length, north and 

 south fronts, 175 ; length, east and west fronts, 118-8 ; 

 height to top of cornice, 92-8 ; height of top of stone- 

 work on dome, 171-4 ; height of top of outside stone 

 balcony, 219-1 ; height to top of ball of main dome, 

 295-5 ; height of basement story, floor to floor, 13'1 ; 

 height of office story, floor to floor, 23-9 ; height of 

 second story, floor to floor, 22-9; height of third 



story, floor to ceiling, 20-9 ; square feet of ground cov- 

 ered, 54,850 ; above the level of the sea, 1.151 ; house, 

 floor, 74x91-4; height, 47"9; library, floor, 52-6 x 

 108-4 ; height, 44-9 ; Supreme Court room, floor, 34-5 x 

 50-2, height, 23*9 ; diameter of rotunda, 66'8. Foun- 

 dation granite hewed from Iowa bowlders ; yellow- 

 stone came from St. Genevieve, Missouri; gray-stone 

 came from Carroll county, Missouri. Total cost to 

 October 1, $2,362,531.60 ; height to top of finial, 

 275 feet. 



ITALY, a kingdom of southern Europe. (For 

 details relating to area, population, etc., see 

 "Annual Cyclopedia" for 1883.) 



Government. The King, Humbert I, born 

 March 14, 1844, the eldest son of Victor Eman- 

 uel, succeeded to the throne Jan. 9, 1878. Dur- 

 ing the cholera season of 1884 he distinguished 

 himself by visits to the infected cities, and per- 

 sonal inspection of the hospitals and means of 

 relief. The ministry is : President of the Coun- 

 cil, Signer Depretis; Interior, Signor Morana; 

 Finance, Signor Magliani ; Justice and Ecclesi- 

 astical Affairs, Signor Gianuzzi-Savelli ; For- 

 eign Affairs, Signor Mancini; War, Signor 

 Ricotti, since Oct. 24, 1884; Navy, Admiral 

 Racchio; Public Works, Signor Gelana; Agri- 

 culture, Industry, and Commerce, Signor Gri- 

 maldi ; Public Instruction, Signor Baccelli. 



The United States Minister in Rome is Will- 

 iam W. Astor, and the Italian Minister at 

 Washington, Baron S. de Fava. The Italian 

 Consul-General at New York, G. B. Raffo. 



Finances. At the close of the fiscal year, 

 ended June 30, 1884, Italy owed 11,000,000,- 

 000 lire, 2,000,000,000 of which represented 

 the floating debt, not paying interest; there 

 were therefore 9,000,000,000 consols, on which 

 the annual interest amounts to 442,312,977 

 lire; 435,904,897 thereof at 5 per cent, inter- 

 est, and 6,408,080 at 3 per cent. ; and there 

 was, besides, the 5 per cent, interest on the 

 debt due to the Holy See, which interest 

 amounts to 3,225,000 lire. The budget for the 

 fiscal year 1883, which estimated an income 

 of 1,310,000,000 lire, is shown to have pro- 

 duced in reality an income of 1,334,000,000, 

 or 24,000,000 more, while the expenditure 

 was 1,333,000,000, instead of the estimated 1,- 







