710 



SWEDEN AND NORWAY. 



Ministerialists did not rote, and 



would not resign, baring accepted office on t !..- 



r . -.,_. -.-..- i. .... -. ,;.i 

 pport them iii passing the budget 



1 



idol ,. : apt. I'riniitivu riavijo. an 



infantrv officer who hal a _-:IIM-I him. 



A proposal t ai-.li'h tin- e\p..rt duty <>n wheat 



unlM r i n June \M. 



, , - , - i .-. llano, Mmist.-r <*f the 



.Colonies offered his resignation been > 

 Robfodo. w "i an undue inllu.-n. in 



dome*ti<- affair*, attempted to imp.- hi* will 

 N. in colonial i inaugurate a ; 



.' !; :n < IDA, 



I < ..lonle*. The colonial possessi- 

 Spain are t'uba and Puerto Ki<-.. in tl.. 

 Indies, with an area of 45,205 wpiar.- miles and 



; ; , .', .. . ,. : :, -., Cl III,; 111." Philippine 



Island;! and their dependencies in tlu-Snlu Archi- 

 pelago, including: 'he Caroline Island-. I 

 and the Marianne Man K having a total area of 

 tiki and 7.PJU7-J Inhabitants; 



and the bland <>f Fernando P... with its .!.[.. n-i- 

 U.ni and Cori-co. KM 



Annoboni 



Juan in Africa, h <|iiare 



Spain claims a 



- :. -.. : i; de < >r and the Adrar tT- 

 :n northern Afri'-a. which have air extent 

 Of,000 s.piare mil. -and 100.0OO p.-..ple. 



the Philippines for 1 *'.." -hows 

 .. ' L.'^l-V.^o -i, rlinir. derived from di- 

 rect and indirect taxation, a lot t.-ry. railroad 

 and an expenditure of 1^.650.026. Tin- imports 

 in 1808 were valued at $34,000.000 and exports 

 at $80.500.000. The regular force maintained in 

 - 1U.571 men. which was increased during 

 1885 by an expeditionary force and the enli-t- 

 ment of guerrillas to 90,000 men. In Puerto 

 Rico 187 officers and ::.-.' >o m ,-n form th- 

 rison ; in the Philippine-. 57-J ollic.-rs and 

 men. Besides the insurrection in Cuba the Span- 

 ish Government had to deal in 1H5 with dis- 

 tnrbances in the Philippine Mand-. In an en- 

 counter with Mhammelan Malays in Mindanao 

 on Man-h lo the Spani-h killed los. including 

 the rebellious sultan, and lost 17 killed and 198 

 wounded. In July a Spanish force wasambushed 

 ; irth.-rn part of Lu/on by the natives who 

 suddenly rose in revolt. They were subdued 

 later bra column - nt from Manilla under <i.-n. 

 Kia, who captured their fortified town, killing 

 116 and losing 17 killed and the same number 

 -r th.-re was fighting on 

 the small inland of Tatau between the crew of a 

 Spanish gunboat and some native soldiers, who 

 were overcome and taken to Manilla, whe; 

 wT*tril by court-martial and shot. Th. 

 ishOovrmm-nt fu-edther- 



f th? I'tni. . r that the American 



missionarfe* be permitted to return to th< 

 ttae ItUrvl* and resume their 1. 

 t ftWKDKN AND Nni:\\ if f f kingdoms 

 in nntfhrrn Knn.pe. unit, d in with 



trB ^* f KW -" i-M. in the 



tb* sovereign. The throne in loth 



: ImOgl ni- 



: rnadotte, 



.tot rn d^Ure war and conclude peace. 

 A naira common to the two monarchies are re- 

 tend to a mixed Council of State. The reign- 



ting is Osrar II. born Jan. 21, ISO!*, who 

 Iher, Sept. IK 



N\>, .,| ( ., i. . ; ,v, r 



._-. c..n-i>! in^ < f luo hoii-.-x. '|'| u . 

 ...... ml'eix eleelrd by 1 | H - 



licial and municipal bo.li. - f.-r HUM 

 : ( 'liambei- . ..n-i-t- of .':;( m< 

 o| \vh ;.-d in ili. 



1 !." in tin- rural di-trie!-. part by 

 and part by mdiivrt *n\] 



vote a Swede must ..wn land \\.>rih I.HIMI kr.n.r 

 or farm land of the taxed value of 1*1.0110 i 

 or |M n aii ineoine of MHI K i . 



The ministry in the be-innini; of is'.i 

 eoinposed as rollows: Mmi-i. 

 (.u-iaf lt..stroin : Mini-ti-r of i 

 < 'ail Leweiihanpt : Mil. 



August Ostergren : Mm 



I ; Mini-t.-r of I 



l-'r.-drik : Minist.-r of 



.a-tical All'air-. 



(Jilljam : Minisl.-r of \\ ar. I'.ar-n A 

 Minister >f Marine. .larl ( . I-'.. < hri-: 

 CoiliK-ilors of Male. P.ar 'ii Alb.rl ' 

 Ak.-rhielm and S\.-n ll.-rinan NVikblad. 



I inances. The revenue is e-iimated in the 



ISJM; at KHI 

 '.'KM) knmor ai> 

 r.-ipts. ;; i.oo i kr >nor are -urj.lu- 



.".(Ko kronor are pro 

 the -tale bank for is'.U. and ; 

 an- what are called extraordinary n-c.-ip' 

 the ordinary receij.!-. 'J.l.Vi.ooo kronor ai 

 : '.M.II. tonnage dues. 2.4(K.(H 



domains, 005,000 poi: >.ooo n, t , 



of railroad-. 1. 



1,000 produee of forests, and 1." 

 cellancous. of the extraordinary i 

 000,000 kronor come from cu.sion. 

 from 1,0.1- in -lamp-. 1 M 



from the tax on -pint-. 7.0OO.OOO from the duty 



on beet -:. .'MM! fr.'IU the inc. I: 



and v -in \arioiis sources. Th- 



expenditures are made to balance th r- 

 --.'I kronor of ordinary c? 

 n.nor are for the royal bou> 

 ""ill for justice. ()OC>. 7")i> for for.-i- 1 

 lions, for the army. 6. 



navy. r,..-,lKJ,406 for the interior, 

 education and worship. ::.l IT..OIO f. 

 and 17.|::.".loo for financial admini-trat. 

 thi-la-t -urn. -J..V.t::.<KM) kronor are required f ( 



collect iliu r 'he cll-toiil- <i ] 



control of the el '.""< for the po-' 



"oo f.. r telegraphs, l.M7.i<' for 



and :>.7"").1OO for ot li> 



dinary e\p,-n<lil un-s are 1 1 . Hi l.o;r, kr :. 



which J.ll 1.700 kronor are f,, r tin- arn 



- M ther purposes: : 



i of the .lebt. 10,207,400 kr 



for the in-iirance of workingmen aLTam-t disa- 

 bilit -. kronor. 



The public del 



for the i-..iist rue-lion of railroad-, amoui 

 , krrmor. pa>ini: fron 



percent, inter.-t. In.lanuarv. isti.-,. the (i 

 in-iit negotiateil with Swedish. French. (^ 

 and Kngli-h bankers for the convej 

 4-per-<'ent. b..nls. amount 

 nor, into a new loan paying :i per 



