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Many, very many, were deeply impressed. The old crown weighed more than seven pounds; the new one, made for this coronation, but three pounds. The value of the jewels in the crown was estimated at L112,760.

Eight 12 inch guns, sixteen 4 inch guns, three 21 inch torpedo tubes. Complement, 900. Cost, $8,000,000. INVINCIBLE 17,250 tons; 562 feet long. Eight 12 inch guns, sixteen 4 inch guns, three 21 inch torpedo tubes. Complement, 731. Cost, $8,760,000. DEFENSE 14,600 tons; 525 feet long. Four 9.2 inch guns, ten 7.5 inch guns, sixteen 12 pounders, five torpedo tubes. Complement, 755. Cost, $6,810,000.

My own estate in 1843 had 116 tenants, in 1880 it had 105 tenants on 5,760 statute acres. The difference in the rent paid in 1880 over that paid in 1843 is L270, barely six percent on the whole rental, which is almost 16 percent over valuation.

She married an American and twice visited the United States, after his death. If time permit, and the pocketbook too, most interesting side trips to the other islands of the group may be made, especially to the active volcano, Mauna Loa, 13,760 feet high, with Kilauea on its eastern slope, situated on the Island of Hawaii.

The society had, however, little reason to complain of want of public support. In 1762 the exhibition produced over £520, and in 1763, £560. In 1764, the receipts rose to £760. But the internal economy of the institution was in a less satisfactory state.

In his volume of reminiscences there is an interesting statement connected with finance. It quotes Hagiwara Shigehide, commissioner of the Treasury, as saying that the shogun's estate at that time yielded four million koku annually, in addition to which there accrued from 760,000 ryo to 770,000 ryo in money, representing the proceeds of dues and taxes.

During this period were circulated 649 Bibles and 232 New Testaments. There were circulated from March 5, 1834, up to May 26, 1848, 5,746 Bibles and 3,760 New Testaments. During this period, £74, 9s. 10d. was expended of the funds of the Institution on this object.

Ep. 720 p. 670. He wrote also some lines on the chest, in which Grotius was confined. Burman's Collection of Letters, let. 211. Ep. 925. Ep. 1. Ep. Utengobardi. Præst. Vir. Ep. p. 383. It is printed among his theological works. See above, § IV. L'Abbé Longlet, Catalogue des Auteurs du Droit Canenique, p. 175. Ep. 19. p. 760. Grotius was at no loss what country to chuse for his asylum.

The dates of his birth and death are unknown, but he lived from about 760 B.C. to about 700 B.C. He was married and had three sons the children referred to in Isaiah viii, 18; and he appears to have resided near Jerusalem. The style of these last twenty-seven chapters, also, is different, and the tone is more elevated and spiritual.

The Bulgarians demand from the Servians still 10,240 square miles. According to Bulgarian pretensions Bulgaria should get 61,520 square miles and Servia only 25,760!"