, 1873-11-19

CalH0 On' dlCeI NIL EIOug, EulLOr Ol y L It
drelandet" and Member of the Landsthing,
had made a very successful speech in men,
DRY of King Frederik VII.
AS I suppose, your readers know, our
present coinage is different from the
Swedish standard from the beginning of
1874, however, Denmark as well as Swe-
den will get a new coinage, identical tor
both countries. The SHILLING, our small
est coin, will be substituted by "Ore," 10
Orer corresponding to 4 Skilings; the
Rigsdaler by Crowns one Rigsdaler cor
responding to a Double crown silver, 2
Rigsdaler to II Four crown silver, besides
which there will be a Ten crown, and a
Twenty crown in gold. As q natural
consequence of the difference between the
new coin and the present, there will be
some slight difference in the payment of
goods and taxes, f. l.. the Inland postage,
which is now 4 Skillings for single rate
will be, not s, but 10 0rer, or | Shilling
more than now; the price OF al small
wares viii be proportionalIy higher than
now.
The harvest in Denmark in spite of the
rainy WGdGuCl III VIC harvest GtllGf ldS
this year been very abundant, indeed one
OF the largest in latter years, nevertheless,
the prices of provisions are very high
on account of the large export trade. A
great quantity of wheat, butter and cattle
being every year exported to England.
Curious as it may seem, q large part of
the meat consumed in Copenhagen, is
imported from Sweden, our own cattle
being, no doubt, too good for our own
use, or too dear for our means. A great
quantity of butter, produced here, is ex-
ported to South America by a stock COM
Pany'
The yea,ly Revenue derived from the
tax paid for holding title or rank mounts
to $4,000 Rigsdaler. Our State Reve-
nues for the year, from April 1872 to
April 1878, have been 24,944,985 Ri.
the state Expenses 23,678,OI3 Rdl. The
Reservefund has only contributed 1910,
557 Rdl. instead of 5000, 900 Rdl., as was
counted upon. Our State debt amounts
to 1~O5.338,375 Rdl., of which 79,771,1O0
Rdl. are due to the country itself, and %,
5G7,275 Rdl. to foreign countries.
Among the many petitions about support
pensions &C., which are every year laid
before the Rigsdag, there is this year a very
curious one, being at least a case of a very
respectable age. In the year 1859, or now
500 years ago, a Knight Niels Bugge was
murdered near the little town Middletart
in the island Of Funen. The owners of
the land, where the murder was committed,
were condemned to pay 3 Mark IN perpetui,
being at the same time called "Three Mark
Men," an appel'ation Of ignomiuy. Many
years ago the fine was altered to 3 mark
and l SHILLING; the posterity of Niels Bug
ge's murderers found it too hard to be I'M
der perpetual ignominy for no fault of their
own, yet the fine has to be paid. In latter
years it has been impossible to discover,
who is now the owner of the exact spot
where the murder did take place. Perhaps
it is now at the bottom Of the sea-a very
small part of the co st disappearing every
year into the sea and something can be
done in that way in the course of 500 years.
As the State nevertheless demanded the
"Bugge's money!" the magistrates of the
town were forced to pay the three marks
themselves and nave done SO to this year.
Now they have applied to the Rigsdag for
the repeal Of this queer penalty, but the
Rigsdag being now dissolved, they will, no
douht have tn nav If at east this wear