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If we express the world's indebtedness, the national debts, in the terms of our currency, as nearly as we can reduce the currency of other nations to such an expression, we find the national debts as follows, in 1890: Denmark $ 33,004,722 Great Britain 3,848,460,000 United States 915,962,112 Germany 1,956,217,017 Austria-Hungary $2,666,339,539 France 4,446,793,398 Russia 3,491,016,074 Italy 2,324,826,329 Spain 1,251,433,096 Netherlands 430,539,653 Belgium 360,504,099 Sweden 64,220,807 Norway 13,973,752 Portugal 490,493,599 Greece 107,306,518 Turkey 821,000,000 Switzerland 10,912,925 These debts aggregate $22,955,386,008
Between 1870 and 1890, for example, the population increased 63 per cent., while the number of laborers engaged in manufacturing increased nearly 130 per cent. By the latter year, 6,099,058 persons, about a tenth of the total population, were employed in transportation, mining and manufacturing. It was noticeable, also, that the wage earners tended to concentrate.
The amount of land thus granted has been 61,028,430 acres. 3. #To the States for Internal Improvement.# There was granted to the States during the years from 1828 to 1846, for the improvement of rivers, building of canals, wagon roads, railroads, etc., 162,230,099 acres. There have been sold in all 192,584,116 acres, realizing $233,000,000.
The number of stamps issued in the year 1854 to the principal newspapers was as follows: Times, 15,975,739; Morning Advertiser, 2,392,780; Daily News, 1,485,099; Morning Herald, 1,158,000; Morning Chronicle, 873,500; The Globe, 850,000; and The Morning Post, 832,500.
Drachmas Athens, with a population of 22,309 collects 159,000 Piraeus, ... 2,099 ... 27,300 Kekropia, ... 2,158 ... 3,759 Marathon, ... 1,214 ... 1,708 Phyle, ... 2,659 ... 7,000 Laurion, ... 1,470 ... 2,356 Kalamos, ... 2,000 ... 2,747 33,909 ... 203,870
A drunken marcher fell. The lights faded. We turned into the room. Douglas was laughing. What was the result? General Taylor had 1,360,099 votes and 163 electoral votes; Cass had 1,220,544 votes and 127 electoral votes. The Abolitionists polled 300,000 votes in the country. The Free Soilers had polled 291,263 votes in the country. Illinois was lost to General Taylor.
From all sources, exclusive of the postal service, the receipts of the Government for the last fiscal year aggregated $560,396,674. The expenditures for the same period were $506,099,007, the surplus for the fiscal year being $54,297,667. The indications are that the surplus for the present fiscal year will be very small, if indeed there be any surplus.
The annual mail transportation on these routes is about 36,228,962 miles, having been increased about 10,359,476 miles within the same period. The number of post-offices has also been increased from 10,770 to 12,099, very few of which receive the mails less than once a week, and a large portion of them daily.
Additional portions of the former will continue to become redeemable annually until the year 1835. it is believed, however, that if the United States remain at peace the whole of that debt may be redeemed by the ordinary revenue of those years during that period under the provision of the act of March 3rd, 1817, creating the sinking fund, and in that case the only part of the debt that will remain after the year 1835 will be the $7 millions of 5% stock subscribed to the Bank of the United States, and the 3% Revolutionary debt, amounting to $13,296,099.06, both of which are redeemable at the pleasure of the Government.
North 10,582,099 South 7,649,660 Doubtful 3,582,684 West 9,140,390 Outlying States and Territories 741,090 Total 31,695,923 Each of the three interests would consider itself wronged by the division above made, but the South would probably be the loudest in asserting its grievance.
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