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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; married January 23, 1878, to his cousin, Princess Marie-de-las-Mercedes, born June 24, 1860, youngest daughter of Prince Antoine d’Orléans, Duc de Montpensier; widower, June 26, 1878.
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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, 1878.
Censo de la Poblacion de España, segun el recuento verificado en 25 de diciembre de 1860 por la Junta General de Estadistica. Publícase de órden de S. M. Fol. Madrid, 1863.
Estadistica general exterior de España, con sus provincias de ultramar y potencias extrangeras; formada por la Direccion general de aduanas. 8. Madrid, 1878.
Estado General de la Armada para el año de 1876. 4. Madrid, 1878. Guia official do España. 1878. 8. Madrid, 1877.
Nomenclátor de los Pueblos de España, formado por la Comision de Estadistica General del Reino. Publicase de órden de S. M. Pol. 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 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 Corunna, 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. 8. London, 1875.
Reports by Mr. Vice-Consul Wetherell on the trade of the Grand Canary Islands; and by Mr. Vice-Consul Topham on the trade of Lanzarote, dated January–April 1876; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ Xo. VI. 1876. 8. London, 1876.
Reports by Mr. Consul Barrie 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 the trade of Palma and the 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.
Reports by Mr. Consul-General Cowper on the commerce and agriculture of the Island of Cuba, and by Mr. Consul Palgrave on the trade and commerce of the Philippine Islands, dated August–September, 1877; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ Part I. 1878. 8. London, 1878.
Reports by Mr. Vice-Consul McPherson on the commerco of Cadiz and Sevilla; by Mr. Vice-Consul Pentington on the trade of Gijon; by Mr. Vice-Consul Diaz on the trade of Huelva; by Mr. Consul Wilkinson on the commerce of Malaga; and by Mr. Vice-Consul Suter on the wine culture of Xeres, dated December, 1877; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ Part II. 1878. 8. London, 1878.
Report by Mr. Consul Turner on the trade of Corunna, dated January, 1878; in Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ Part III. 1878. 8. London, 1878.
Trade of Spain with Great Britain ; in ‘Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions in the year 1877.’ Imp. 4. London, 1878.
2. Non-Official, Publications
Davillier (Baron Ch.), L’Espagne. 4. Paris. 1873.
Figuerola (D. Laureano), Memoria relativa al estado general de la hacienda, 8. Madrid, 1870.
Garrido (Fernando), La España Contemporanea. 8. Barcelona, 1865.
Jager (F.), Reisen in den Philippinen. 8. Berlin, 1873.
Lavigne (Germond do) L’Espagno et le Portugal. , 8. Paris, 1867.
Lestgarens (J.), La (Situation économique et industrielle de l’Espagne en 1860. Bruxelles, 1861.
Madoz (Pascal), Diccionario Geográfico, Estadistico, 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.
Ségoillot (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), Das pyrenäische Halbinselland. 8. Leipzig. 1866.
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Martin, F. (1879). Spain. In: The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253087_15
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