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ITALY. 



King, in 1877, Victor Emanuel II. Heir-ap- 

 parent, Humbert, born March 14, 1844; mar- 

 ried April 22, 1868, to Margarita, daughter 

 of Prince Ferdinand of Savoy, Duke of Genoa ; 

 son, Victor Emanuel, Prince of Apulia, born 

 November 11, 1869. (Yictor Emanuel II. 

 died January 9, 1878, and was succeeded by 

 his oldest son, Humbert I.) 



A new ministry was formed on December 

 26, 1877, composed of the following members: 

 A. Depretis, President of the Council of Minis- 

 ters and Minister of Foreign Affairs ; M. Crispi, 

 Minister of the Interior; M. Magliano, Minister 

 of Finance ; P. 8. Mancini, Minister of Justice 

 and Worship ; Lieutenant-General L. Mezzaca- 

 po, Minister of War ; B. Brin, Minister of the 

 Navy ; M. Coppino, Minister of Public Instruc- 

 tion ; M. Perez, Minister of Public Works ; M. 

 Bargoni, Minister of the Treasury. 



The following table gives the area of the 

 larger territorial divisions (compartimenti), with 

 the population, male and female, of each, ac- 

 cording to the census of 1871, and the total 

 population at the close of 1876, according to 

 an official calculation : 



EXPENDITURES. 



In the budget for 1877 the revenue and ex- 

 penditures were estimated as follows : 



OKDINAKT REVENUE. 



Lira. 



1. Land-tax 



2. Income-tax 



8. Duty on grinding 



4. Mutation-tax 



6. Registration 



6. Customs 



7. Consumption duties (octroi) 



8. Tobacco and salt 



9. Lottery 



10. Miscellaneous dues 



11. Postal department, state railroads and tele- 



graphs 



12. Incidental receipts 



13. Receipts from state property and state as- 



sets 



14. Returns of payment and miscellaneous re- 



ceipts 



Total ordinary revenue 1,270,777,014 



The extraordinary receipts amounted to 94,- 

 222,585 lire, and the special revenue from the 

 ecclesiastical property to 33,410,000 lire, mak- 

 ing the total revenue 1,398,409,599 lire. 



182,325,686 

 81,000.000 



142,496,800 

 8,200,000 



106,000,000 

 69,634,757 



171,484,891 

 75,100,000 

 17,576,148 



71,682,776 

 7,127,479 



74,749,486 

 87,965,955 



The aggregate of the ordinary and extraor- 

 dinary expenditures amounted to 1,390,607,203 

 lire, leaving a surplus of 7,802,396 lire. 



The total debt of the kingdom amounted, in 

 1875, to a nominal capital of 9,883,589,226 lire. 



The value of the different articles of import 

 and export in 1876 was as follows, the transit 

 trade being included in both the imports and 

 exports (in lire) : 



The commercial value of the imports to and 

 exports from the different countries in 1875 

 was as follows (in lire) : 



