Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . irreus and Phalerum, was opened in 1869,and is 12 kilometres long (1 kilometre = ). The aggregate length of the electrictelegraph-lines is 1,600 kilometres; that of thewires, 1,800 kilometres. The Chamber of Deputies, after having dis-posed of forty-three out of one hundred andfour of the bills brought before it by the Gov-ernment, was adjourned by the King early inFebruary, because a quorum could not be ob-tained. On the 22d of April King Georgewith his family departed from Athens to visithis native land, D
Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . irreus and Phalerum, was opened in 1869,and is 12 kilometres long (1 kilometre = ). The aggregate length of the electrictelegraph-lines is 1,600 kilometres; that of thewires, 1,800 kilometres. The Chamber of Deputies, after having dis-posed of forty-three out of one hundred andfour of the bills brought before it by the Gov-ernment, was adjourned by the King early inFebruary, because a quorum could not be ob-tained. On the 22d of April King Georgewith his family departed from Athens to visithis native land, Denmark, and the other coun-tries of Europe. Many speculations were in-dulged in as to the object of his visit and itsprobable duration. Some professed to thinkthat he would not return, or that his returnwould be made conditional upon certain alter-ations being made in the constitution. Min-ister-President Kumunduros was credited withthe remark that the country would prove, whilehe and his fellow-ministers conducted the Gov-ernment in the absence of his Majesty, how Export*.. PLAN OF ATHENS AND THE PORT TOWNS. i 76,868,00067,,882,000 The movement of shipping, in 1873 and 1874,is shown by the following table : ENTERED AND CLEARED. Year. Vessels. Tons. Ocean navigation 1878 1878 1-741874 1(,,009 2, Coast Ocean 8,660,025 Coast ,406 well it could do without the King. After thedeparture of the King the minister addresseda circular to the departmental prefects, inwhich he referred to the quiet which prevailedthroughout the country, and expressed the hope•that, even in the existing precarious state offoreign affairs, the peace of the nation wouldbe preserved; for in the Eastern question theGovernment would pursue a policy friendly toTurkey. This circular was also sent out tothe Greek representatives in foreign seems to have had a wholesome effect OHthe mind of the Turkish Government, for thePorte expressed a wi
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