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Alfonso XII., born November 28, 1857, the son of Queen Isabel and of the Infante Francisco; proclaimed King of Spain at Madrid, December 31, 1874; assumed the government, January 9, 1875; married January 23, 1878, to Princess Marie-de-las-Mercedes, born June 24, 1860, youngest daughter of the Due de Montpensier; widower, June 26, 1878; married, in second nuptials, Nov. 29, 1879, to Archduchess Marie Christina of Austria, born July 21, 1858. Offspring of the second union is a daughter, Marie-de-las-Mercedes, born September 11, 1880.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Spain. 1. Official Publications.
Anuario Estadistico de Espana, publicado por la Direccion general do Esta-distica. 4. Madrid, 1880.
Censo do la Poblacion de España, segun el empadronamiento hecho en 31 de Diciembre de 1877. Pol. Madrid, 1879.
Estadistica general exterior de Espana, con sus provincias de ultramar y potencias extrangeras; formada por la Direccion general de aduanas. 8. Madrid, 1879.
Estado General do la Armada para el año de 1879. 4. Madrid, 1879.
Guia official do España. 1880. 8. Madrid, 1880.
Nomenclátor de los Pueblos de Espana, formado por la Comision de Estadis-tica General del Rcino. Publiease de órden de S. M. Fol. Madrid, 1878.
Report by Mr. E. C. H. Phipps 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 Sir George F. Bonham on the commerce of Spain, dated Madrid, October 23, 1878 ; in ‘Reports by H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ Part I. 1879. 8. London, 1879.
Report by Mr. Hugh Wyndham on the finances of Spain, in ‘Reports by H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ Part I. 1880. 8. London, 1880.
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.’ No. 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 Pauli on the trade and commerce of Cadiz ; by Mr. Consul Wilkinson on the commerce and shipping of Malaga ; and by Sir. Consul Mackenzie on the commerce of Manila ; dated January–May, 1877; in ‘Commercial Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ Part II 1879. 8. London, 1879.
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 commerce 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 1880.’ Imp. 4’ London, 1881.
2. Non-Official Publication’s.
Davillier (Baron CL), L’Espagne. 4. Paris. 1873.
Figucrol (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 de) L’Espagne 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.
Marade (Ch. de), Les révolutions do I’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. (1882). Spain. In: The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253117_15
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