, 1879-01-12
BRITAIN.


to the world the most complete exhibition OF q
n.t;on,s ,if. and manners ever presented by q
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sps'e e puosasoA .as, ~ ~ ~ as,,o+; 1 ~uuoa 81,
a brief table ot popniatson' revenue, ETC,
presents says the editor, ia result unparalleled
in this worlds history. The British Empire is
Greater than those of Grccce or Rome. and it
h s9 [a9s,s ,',ss that is r1e ;s more ,
may oe eaaely aseel1eo t.at .'a 1u'e - n.o'e W.
nchcent." 1he totals OF thls taole feach tnese
enormous proportions: Area in square miles,
8.9S2,1 population, 2S7, 100, 900: revenue,
r1eo INK nm. nuh,ic debt cqfx; o50 mn: i'm
ports anu exports, 1'so'ooV'o"' ins'
"arca" Is mostly colonial. Greae Britain
and 1re1apd have only I'll 10 square
miles Texas has2S1 :Sl}, T., %hi1e M British lnda nas
l,559,2254, Australia 3,l533lo, anu the NoFta
American provinces 362o5oo The popa!atlon To-,
while that OF The Indian provinces Is III, ,oV,oU4
The home property leads however, IN other
reports; the debt is 9'3oOoo,Up, the revenue aG
SO 1000, and imports ana exports % s. arc s66
e1iooooooo, and revenue ot -, ,ooo, 900, with
imports aud exports, 9103: ta o,oW' Australia's
public debt Is G6D, ,NN,u}o, with reyenue OF
!e16,000,0 ,0o0, and the North American Posses-
sions' debt is 4~|,0U,0O', Wlth revenue Oh
e5.MW.0W
Inc Eng1sn deot mas nuct1ateu consloe1aols
in the last half century, but 1t Is less nov than
at any other time. In 1877 it was GS4o, ,S3O, All.
In 1859 it vas over 3oto,oUJ,ooO: since then
it has steadily declined to the present heufe
LORD beacons1e1o mas ho" thaue - as!steuInec
part OF it; in 1878 IL, 913 was Cancelled
The Almanac 1lgures our actual Indebtedness
at $3.50 ,05G, 81 md says: ssU1r1o9 the last
fiscal year ending June ~, 1910, tne oeol was
reduced BY EAST. .7s. making s!nee !e = MaISh ,a
nation which Gan pay on us uens Al tnls nus
rate has reason to believe in its ability TO Par
off the whole in course OF time: IN lstJ
the entire debt was less than 4l@,ouo,&o, equal
to not quite eight sh1ll'ngs per mead OF me
population. IN 1000 tue %lV1l war na4 inSIsaseu
the DEBT to the enormous tola1 u %ao@,-oo'ot4,
equal to nearly &l6 per capita Last year the
debt Tas equal to about ~ Us pei, caplta."
The totals OF expense Tor clVlt service anu
various institutions: scicntlhc and other, are
liberal arc the annulr'es 70 @ tne IL Koyai 1amly.
To her Majesty Is allowed 43sooU; as ioliows: ,
Priry purse. 46u,0o0: saiafles o1 nouscno1o, ,
e13l :o260; expenses OF housenod, @1tx,2VU :S nso
Royal bounty, I159n:: unoppfoppIaaadnco, p aan -oo1u.
Inc p1;ctsa rrloee Go @ 0d the nnKe If Eipburp
600, and SO on GOWN through tae lamlty 70 Tue
Duchess OF Mcckienbnr2.Strehtz,w who gets oniy
Il, 2S,O00. The Queen enjoys me assls.anse Q!
tbirty-four aldes-dc-camp "tth the fahh Oh
Colonel -. >xaaax., oa;oar-
In the little army the pay OF general 81 ofheers T
amounts to E13o.oo. There are ABOUT lD uen-
erals, about ~ Lientenant. Generals, aud oyer
$50 MaMalor-Gcncrals. 1h1s ooes aot lnc1uoe
the Indian army.
Religion hourishes ia the Empire put the "a
riety OF sccts equals that in the Gnitea States.
1t is notable fac: that the EsSab!1shed n C6nrch
is in q minority, having 12,500, 0oO out OF tue
total population. Uut OF all the EnEllsh"speak-
ing population in the world, s0,25o,Co0, there
arc 17,75o, 200 EpiscoDaans- The MetnodIsss, s HS
OF all descriptions. come next, l4.NOuoo;
the Roman Catholics next, 13,5uUO OUJ. tfcn
Prcsbyterians, 10000 coo; Baptists, e,0O,6MeH0;
Conoreeationalists, 7.o0o 900; Un'tarians, ~,
coo; minor religious scGts, ,5oMo,o0; M " anu .ol
no religion in PARTICULAR" 7,5V,uooNa very
curious item.
The list Of distinct religious sects IN Great
Britain numbers over 13o: and some Of the
names are odd denoush,-belieyers IN the DIVINE