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Alfonso XII., King of Spain, born November 28, 1857, the son of Queen Isabel and of the Infante Francisco; proclaimed King of Spain at Madrid, December 31, 1874; landed at Barcelona and assumed the government, January 9, 1875; betrothed, November 1877, to Princess Marie-de-las-Mercedes, born June 24, 1860, youngest daughter of Prince Antoine d’Orléans, Due de Montpensier.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Spain.
1. Official Publications.
Anuario Estadistico de España, publicado por la Direccion general de Esta-distica. 4. Madrid, 1877.
Censo de la Poblacion de España, segun el recuento verificado en 25 de diciembre de 1860 por la Junta General de Estadistica. Publicase de órden do S. M. Fol. Madrid, 1863.
Estadistica general exterior de España, con sus provincias de ultramar y potencias extrangcras ; formada por la Direccion general de aduanas. 8 Madrid, 1877.
Estado General de la Armada para el ano de 1876. 4. Madrid, 1877.
Guia official de Espana. 1877. 8. Madrid, 1877.
Nomenciátor de los Pueblos de España, formado por la Comision de Estadís tica General del Reino. Publícase de órden de S. M. Fol. Madrid, 1868.
Report by Mr. E C. H. Phipps, British Secretary of Legation, on the imports and exports of Spain in 1874, dated Madrid, March 24, 1875; in ‘Reports by H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ Part III. 1875. 8. London, 1875.
Report by Mr. E. C. H. Phipps, British Secretary of Legation, on the finances of Spain at the close of 1876, dated Madrid, January 25, 1877; in ‘Reports by H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ Part I. 1877. 8. London, 1877.
Report by Mr. Consul Barrie on the trade of Alicante; by Mr. Consul Prat on the trade and commerce of Barcelona ; by Mr. Vice-Consul Pcnlington on tho trade of Gijon ; and by Mr. Consul Cooper on the trade, commerce, and industry of Porto Rico, dated January–March 1874; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls on the manufactures, commerce, &c, of their consular districts.’ Part III. 1874. 8. London, 1874.
Report by Mr. Consul Young on the trade of the consular district of Biscay and the results of the Carlist insurrection, dated Bilbao, September 30, 1874 ; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ No. I. 1875. 8. London, 1875.
Reports by Mr. Consul Turner on the trade of Coruuna, and by Mr. Vice-Consul March on the trade of Santander, dated November 1874 and January 1875; in ‘ Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ Part II. 1875. S. London, 1875.
Report by Mr. Consul Rieketts on the trade of Manila, dated Manila, Sept. 2, 1875 ; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ Part I. 1876. 8. London, 1876.
Reports by Mr. Vice-Consul Wetherell on tho trade of the Grand Canary Islande ; and by Mr. Vice-Consul Topham on the trade of Lanzarote, dated January-April 1876; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ No. VI. 1876. 8. London, 1876.
Reports by Mr. Consul Barrio on the trade of Alicante; by Mr. Consul Prat on the trade and commerce of Barcelona ; by Mr. Consul Young on the trade and industry of Bilbao and Biscay; by Mr. Consul Turner on the trade and commerce of Corunna: by Mr. Consul Wilkinson on the commerce and shipping of Malaga; by Mr. Consul Ricketts on the commerce of Manila; by Mr. Acting-Consul Constant on tho trade of Palma and tho Balearic Islands ; and by Mr. Consul Pauli on the commerce and population of Porto Rico, dated January–May, 1877; in ‘Commercial Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ Part V. 1877. 8. London, 1877.
Trade of Spain with Great Britain ; in ‘Annual Statement of tho Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions in the year 1876.’ Imp. 4. London, 1877.
2. Non-Official Publications.
Davillier (Baron Ch.), L’Espagne. 4. Paris. 1873.
Fiquerola (D. Laureano), Memoria relativa al estado general de Ja hacienda’ 8. Madrid, 1870.
Garrido (Fernando), La España Contemporanea. 8. Barcelona, 1865.
Jager (F.), Reisen in den Philippinen. 8. Berlin, 1873.
Lavigne (Germond de) L’Espagne et le Portugal. 8. Taris, 1867.
Lestgarcns (J.), La Situation économique et industrielle de l’Espagne en 1860. Bruxelles, 1861.
Madoz (Pascal), Diccionario Geográfico, Estadístico, y Histórico de España y sus provincias de ultramar. 16 vols. 4. Madrid, 1846–50.
Mazade (Ch. de). Les révolutions de l’Espagne. 8. Paris, 1869.
Polin (D. José Lopez), Diccionario Estadistico Municipal de España. 4. Madrid, 1863.
Segoillot (H.) Lettres sur l’Espagne. 18. Paris, 1870.
Vidal (J. L.), L’Espagne en 1860. État politique, administratif, législatif; Institutions économiques; Statistique générale de ce Royaume. 8. Paris, 1861.
Villa-Atardi (Baron de), Consideraciones sobre el Estado Administrativo y Económico de España. 4. Madrid, 1865.
Willkomm (Heinrich Moritz), Pas pyrenäische Halbinselland. 8. Leipzig. 1866.
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Martin, F. (1878). Spain. In: The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253070_15
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