Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . els. Steamers. Portuguese : 6763,041 48 154 1,900 ,106 39 161 1,S67 Total 9,015 2,102 9,079 2,067 The commercial navy of Portugal consistedin 1876 of 575 vessels, of which 39 weresteamers. The total length of railways inoperation, in October, 1876, was 966 kilome-tres, exclusive of 85 miles of railroads in mines. C64 PORTUGAL. The aggregate length of telegraph lines was3,533; and of telegraph wires, 7,656 kilometres. The military system is based on the law ofJune 23, 1864, which has been modified byseveral
Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . els. Steamers. Portuguese : 6763,041 48 154 1,900 ,106 39 161 1,S67 Total 9,015 2,102 9,079 2,067 The commercial navy of Portugal consistedin 1876 of 575 vessels, of which 39 weresteamers. The total length of railways inoperation, in October, 1876, was 966 kilome-tres, exclusive of 85 miles of railroads in mines. C64 PORTUGAL. The aggregate length of telegraph lines was3,533; and of telegraph wires, 7,656 kilometres. The military system is based on the law ofJune 23, 1864, which has been modified byseveral decrees of the year 1868, as well as bydecrees of October 4, 1869, and December 15,1875. The strength of the army in 1876, onthe peace-footing, was 1,615 officers, and 32,-356 men; on the war-footing, 2,566 officersand 71,378 men. The trade of Portugal in 1872 was as fol-lows (value expressed in contos; 1 conto =1,000 milreis) : COUNTRIES. Great Britain France Spain Germany Kussia ,. Sweden and Norway Brazil United States Portuguese colonies Other countries Total, 1873 1S72. ,241 The following are the chief articles of im-port and export: MISCELLANEOUS. Cereals Seeds, fruits Colonial produce Beverages Animals and animal provisions a. Provisions and articles of indul- (^ gence ) Minerals Metals Wood H ides, skins Materials for spinning textures Other manufactured articles b. Raw materials and manufactured I articles J Total Imports. Exports. 518 507 3,458 669 421 2,440 2,176 8,950 15,725 2,095 2,744 420 1,011 1,489 318 4:5 10,444 ! 47H 363 481 25,096 7,890 34,045 | 23,615 According to a report on education in Por-tugal, transmitted to the Washington Bureauof Education by Hon. B. Moran, United Statesminister at Lisbon (dated December, 1875),the number of elementary schools was 2,244,of which 1,910 were for boys and 334 forgirls; the number of pupils was 113,097 (92,-834 boys, 20,263 girls) ; of teachers, 2,609 (2,-114 males,
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