PORTUGAL. 



formed Independent Roman Catholic Church, 

 which *v on page :: 



1'iHM I (, VI.. a eon-titutional inonar< 

 southwestern Kur..|-. The ihnme is hereditary 

 in the family of Saxe-Coburg-Braganxa. The 

 legislative power is Tested in the Cortes, consist- 

 ing of a Chamber of Peers and a Chamber of 

 Deputies. There are 58 hereditary peers remain- 

 <>f th.- others, 13 are spiritual peers, 50 

 were elected l>> d. -legates of districts and learned 

 bodies, and 189 hare been api>oinied b\ th.- 

 crown. The Deputies are elected for four years, 

 . continental di-tnct-. the Azores, and 

 Madeira, and 12 by th.- --! m.-s. The size of 

 both (Mute* and the conditions of reprcsen 

 have been changed for the future. 



is Carlos I, born Sept. 28, 

 1868. The ministry at the beginning of 1895 

 contained the following members: Pn-i-h-nt "f 

 the Cout. -il and Minister of Finance, 1 !;. 

 Hintze Kibeiro; Minister of Foreign AlTair-. 

 Carlos Lobo <i'Avila: Mini-t.-r of the Int. : 

 F. PiutoCa-tello Itranco; Minister of .lust ice and 

 Wnr*hi| . A. d'AzevedoCastcllo Branco; Mini<- 

 t-r ..f War. C..1. L. A. Pimcntel Pinto; Minister 

 of Marine and the Colonies. .1. A. <! Brissac dos 

 Neves Ferreira; Minister ..f Public Works, Com- 

 merce, and Industry, Campos Henrique*. On 

 Jan. 16 the Minister of Marine reined, and 

 ('apt. Ferreira Almeida was appointed h 

 <-. . r. Id- in turn resigned on Nov. 25, owing 

 to differences respecting naval reform s. a- 



by Jacintho Candido. L. De Soveral 

 the late Lobo d'Avila as Minister of 

 Foreign Affairs on Sept. 20. 



1 1- Armr and Nary. Portugal has a stand- 

 ing army of 80,000 men raised by conscript ion. 

 The year's contingent was 19,017 men for 1895. 

 The soldiers serve uninterruptedly through the 

 ftrrt year, and have four Booths' leave in the sec- 

 ond and eight months' in the third year. About 

 2.000 men besides are furloughed*. The war 

 efective is about 100.000 n 



The nary consists of 1 ironclad corvette of 

 :':.' .'.< r-.. v 1 I graboata, " ni..nitors. 

 10 sloop gunboats, 2 armed -. and 4 tor- 



; : ! / . 



Ctameree. The value of merchandise im- 

 ~ '! 199 milrei-. and of ex- 



ports 28,911.793 milrets. The ini|K>rts ..f pn- 

 dons metals were 826,030, and the exports 8,883,- 

 n pd Impoffa an oeimls, 

 cotton, sugar, fish, coal, cotton cloths, iron, wool, 

 animals, hides and l-ath-r. silks marhin-ry, 

 opfca, rtaves, ri' i Js, petroleum, spirits, 



aadlobaeoo. The values of the xports 



ww: Wine, 9.742.000 milreis: 



: copmr, 2^88 milr-i* : animn 

 Ms: frufls, 987.000 milreis: sardines, 760,000 

 HMs; cotton foods, 669,000 milreis; onions, 



MjjjBi W sailing Teanels. of 488,000 

 5.118 t, 



** consist of 67 steamers and 486 sailino- 



nod on Jan. i:i. 



taxation, emigration, the army, ami other mat- 

 ters, on,- imposnl capital punishment 



f political olTenses or n i 

 Another n-.jiinvd all pi-r-ons. n , 



.. l>\ land to tak. QUl 



ports. On Marc; raa pui.lisl,. 



v.lvin^ the Cliiinilirr and tran-formim; ti. 



The ntiml'. r <>! I . 

 reduced to 120, of whom ill n-pn 

 kingdom and (I the colonies. Naturali/. 



rs were ma<le ineli-il-le. also manup : 

 direct.rs of companies having conce 

 the state, and many classes of pu!>li< ii, 

 aries. The Deputies will receive salaries. 



and medical professions HUM n. 

 more than 20 repfe 

 does away with the represenUtion of mn 

 and introduces the system of 



a decree was issued riT.-etim,'.-! 

 in the Chamber of Peers, which will h.-n 

 c'.ii-i-t .l ;() life memU-r>. in addition 

 liishops, the princes of the Mood royal, and the 

 hereditary memU-rs whose peerages'. 

 extinct. The nominated peers may be s. 

 without distinction of class, though 

 (jualificatiotis are imposed. The elect 

 of the Chamber <.f Peers ceases to exi-t. 



i decree issued on Mar. 

 re autonomous institutions. T 

 sion crowns a series of measures for the 

 administration of these islands. 



During a national feast held in .Ii in 



brat ion of the seven-hundredth birthda\ 

 Anthony .if Padua, who wa> a native ..f |. 

 anarchistic manifestoes were circulated and 

 popular demonstrations against the <-l.-r-_ 

 i-peeially against the JesniK tiM.k ! 

 oitixens of Lisbon and other town>. . -\ci-pt the 

 Clericals, regarded the festivities with cool in- 

 lilTereiice. The democratic papers elm 

 for the enforcement of the law prohibiting the 

 continuance of religions confraternitic-. 



iment issued a circular to the bi*h ; 

 daring that it would punish severely all at 

 upon priests and the Catholic religion. : 

 would not allow Catholics to mak- 



for (.olitical object-. Kim: Carlo 



P-Htlr.1 



steamers and 486 sailing 

 -The system of parlia- 



!fT!iSll %l ^ l ^ r ^'^"^l^tSTfat not 

 WKHber and flnancial and other letrisla- 

 Uo.ictlb T r or Jd e c. AJri^rf 



had vi-ited England, arranged to j.a 



October to hi- uncle. th<- Kini; of Italy, but the 



trip was abandoned when the papa 

 informed the Portuguese Government il. 



'.\onld consider Mich a vi-it a ]< 

 alTront. The Italian Government, wli 



1 that th- 'lit had 1" 



for this reason, replied by expressing a h< i 



..-al would recover her imlej 

 action. A treat y of cominen-e Let 

 gal and Hussia was signed at Lisbi 



[larliament 



17. The Republicans ttn<: 

 districts ab-tained from voting a L'am-t tl 

 ernment Candida;.-, and the p.-op.. 

 showed the utmo-t indifTei. 



( olonie-. I .lonial [K.S-. 



t:al in Africa comprise the Cape Verde I 

 with an area '.f 1. ()."() srjuan- n. 

 inhabitants; Portutru(-e (Juinea. with n- 

 of M.HK - M iiare mile- and HfKMKt'i inhal>. 

 Princes island and St. Thomas, with an 

 454 square miles and 21,040 inhal.it a:. 



