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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India, born at Kensington Palace, London, May 24, 1819, the daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, fourth son of King George III., and of Princess Victoria of Saxe-Saalfeld-Coburg, widow of Prince Emich of Leiningen. Ascended the throne at the death of her uncle, King William IV., June 20, 1837 ; crowned at Westminster Abbey, June 28, 1838. Married, Feb. 10, 1840, to Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; widow, Dec. 14, 1861.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Great Britain and Ireland
1. Official Publications
Accounts relating to Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom for the months ended 31st Dec., 1885. 8. London, 1886.
Agricultural Returns of Great Britain for 1885, with abstract returns for the United Kingdom, British Possessions, and Foreign Countries. 8. London, 1885.
Agricultural Statistics, Ireland: General Abstracts for 1883–1884. 8. Dublin, 1884.
Annual Statement of the Navigation and Shipping of the United Kingdom in the year 1884. Imp. 4. London, 1885.
Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions in the year 1884. Imp. 4. London, 1885.
Appropriation Act, 1885. London, 1885.
Army Estimates of Effective and Non-Effective Services for 1885–86. Fol. London, 1884.
Army : General Annual Return for the year 1884. London, 1885.
Army (Annual) Bill, 1885.
Army (Colonies). Statement showing the amount included in the army estimates, 1885–86, for military purposes in the Colonies. Fol. pp. 5. London, 1885.
Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England: 46th Annual Report of the Registrar-General. London, 1885.
Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Scotland: 30th Annual Report of the Registrar-General. Also, 27th Detailed Annual Report (1881). 8. Edinburgh, 1885.
Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Ireland: 21st Report of Registrar-General. Dublin, 1885.
Census of England and Wales, taken on the 4th April 1881. Fol. London, 1881–83.
Census for Ireland for the year 1881. Dublin, 1882–83.
Census of Scotland, 1881. Edinburgh, 1881–83.
Civil Service Estimates for the year 1885–86. Fol. London, 1885.
Colonies: Papers relating to H.M.’s Colonial Possessions. Reports for 1883–84. Two parts. London, 1885.
Colonies: Return of the Cost of the several Colonies of the British Empire at the expense of the British Exchequer. Fol. London, 1875 and 1880.
Colonies: See ‘Statistical Abstract for the several Colonial Possessions.’ 8. London, 1885.
Colonisation Circular issued by the Colonial Office. London, 1884.
Consolidated Fund : Abstract Account, 1884–85. London, 1885.
Craik (Dr. H.). Report on Highland Schools. London, 1884.
Customs: 20th Report of the Commissioners of H.M.’s Customs. 8. London, 1885.
Cyprus: Papers relating to Revenue and Expenditure of 1884–85. London, 1885.
Debt, National Sinking Fund Accounts, 1885. Return relating to Debt, 1858–85. National Debt Bill, 1883 ; and Statement illustrating the Bill.
Duchy of Cornwall: Accounts of Receipts and Disbursements in the year 1884. Fol. London, 1885.
Duchy of Lancaster: Accounts of Receipts and Disbursements in the year 1884. Fol. London, 1885.
Ecclesiastical Commission: 37th Report, with Appendix. 8. London, 1885.
Education : Elementary Schools in England and Scotland. Return showing expenditure upon grants, and results of inspection and examination. 8. London, 1884.
Education: Report of the Committee of Council on Education in Scotland, 1884–85. London, 1885.
Education : 31st Report of the Science and Art Department. London, 1885.
Education : Report of the Intermediate Education Board for Ireland for the year 1884. London, 1885.
Education : Return showing number of Children of School Age, amount of School Accommodation, &c., in Scotland. London, 1880.
Education: Report of Committee of Council on Education for 1884–85. 8. London, 1885.
Education: 51st Report of the Commissioner of National Education in Ireland for 1884. Dublin, 1885.
Electoral Statistics: Return of, in County and Borough Constituencies in England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. London, 1884.
Electors : Return of the number of Electors on the register of each county in England and Wales, in Scotland, and in Ireland. Fol. London, 1884.
Emigration : ‘Statistical Tables relating to Emigration and Immigration’ for 1884. Fol. London, 1885.
Emigration Statistics of Ireland for 1884. Dublin, 1885.
Factories; Return of Factories Inspected. London, 1879.
Financial Statement, 1885–86. London, 1885.
Finance Accounts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for the financial year ended 31st March 1885. 8. London, 1885.
Fish Conveyed inland by Railway : Return for 1878–81. London, 1882.
Fish Exported : Return of, for 1873–82. London, 1883.
Income and Property Tax : Return of the Amount of Income and Property Tax in Great Britain and Ireland for 1814, and in each of the years 1842 to 1880. London, 1880. Also Annual Returns for 1883–84. London, 1885.
Inland Revenue: Report of Commissioners on the Duties under their Management for the years 1856 to 1869, with some Retrospective History and complete Tables of Accounts of the duties from their first imposition. 2 vols. Fol. pp. 168 and 219. Loudon, 1870.
Inland Revenue: 28th Report of the Commissioners. 8. London, 1885.
Judicial Statistics of England and Wales for 1884. 4. London, 1885.
Judicial Statistics of Ireland for 188 4. Fol. London, 1885.
Landowners in England and Wales : Return of the Owners of Land of one acre and upwards in England and Wales. 2vols. London, 1876.
Landowners in Ireland: Return of the Owners of Land of one acre and upwards, in Ireland. Dublin, 1876.
Landowners in Scotland: Return of the Owners of Land of one acre and upwards, in Scotland. Edinburgh, 1875.
Local Taxation Returns: England. Published annually. Fol. London, 1885.
Merchant Shipping: Tables showing the Progress of British Merchant Shipping. Fol. London, 1885.
Militia: Return showing establishment of each Regiment in 1884. London, 1885.
Mineral Statistics of Great Britain and Ireland for 1884. London, 1885.
Miscellaneous Statistics of the United Kingdom. Part XII. Fol. London, 1883.
Navy Estimates for the year 1885–86, with Appendix. Fol. London, 1885.
Navy: Statistical Report on the Health of the Navy for 1884. 8. London, 1885.
Navy: Steamships in H.M.’s Navy on the 1st of January 1880, and the 1st of January 1884. 8. London, 1884.
Navy: Tonnage of the Ships and Vessels of the Royal Navy. 8. Lon don, 1884.
Navy List, Quarterly, for January 1886.
New G-uinea and the Western Pacific: Correspondence respecting Now Guinea and other Islands. London, 1884.
— — Further Correspondence respecting New Guinea. London, 1885.
Poor Law, England : 15th Report of Local Government Board. 8. London, 1885.
Poor Rates and Pauperism, Returns relating to 1884–85. London, 1885.
Poor Relief, Scotland: 39th Report of Commissioners. 8. Edinburgh, 1885.
Poor Relief, Ireland : 13th Report of Local Government Board for Ireland. 8. Dublin, 1885.
Post Office: 37th Report of the Postmaster-General on the Post Office. 8. London, 1885.
Public Accounts : Report from the Committee. Fol. London, 1885.
Public Income and Expenditure: Account for year ended 31st March 1884. Fol. London, 1884.
Public Records: 46th Report of the Commissioners. 8. London, 1885.
Railway Companies of the United Kingdom ; General Report to the Board of Trade for the year 1884. Fol. London, 1885.
Railway Returns for England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, for the year 1884. Fol. London. 1885.
Distribution of Seats Act, 1885. London, 1885.
Reformatory and Industrial Schools: 28th Report of Commissioners. 8. London, 1885.
Reports by H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation on the manufactures, commerce, &c. of the countries in which they reside. 1885. 8. London, 1885.
Reports from H.M.’s Consuls on the manufactures, commerce, &c. of their Consular Districts. 1885. 8. London, 1885.
Representation of the People Act, 1884. London. 1884.
Roll of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in the 23rd Parliament. London, 1886.
Scotland: Report of the Educational Endowments Commission. London, 1885.
Statistical Abstract for the United Kingdom in each of the fifteen years from 1870 to 1884. No. 30. 8. London, 1885.
Statistical Abstract for the several Colonial and other Possessions of the United Kingdom in each year from 1870 to 1884. No. 21. 8. London, 1885.
Statistical Abstract for the Principal Foreign Countries, in each year from 1873 to 1882–3. No. 11. 8. London, 1885.
Taxation in England and Wales : Return for the financial year 1814–15, and for each of the financial years from 1842–43 to 1873–74. Fol. pp. 4. London, 1875.
Volunteer Corps : Annual Returns, 1884. London, 1885.
Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues: 62nd Report of the Commissioners, Fol. London, 1885.
Yeomanry Cavalry Training Return, 1884. London, 1885.
2. Non-Official Publications
Baxter (Dudley), The Taxation of the United Kingdom. 8. London, 1869.
Bevan (G. P.), British Manufacturing Industries. 12 vols. London.
Brassey (Sir T.), The British Navy. 5 vols. London, 1882–83.
Burrows (Montagu), Constitutional Progress. 8. London, 1869.
Catholic Directory for 1886. London, 1885.
Chalmers (M. D.), Local Government. London, 1883.
Clode (Charles M.), History of the Administration and Government of the British Army, from the Revolution of 1688. 2 vols. 8. London, 1869–70.
Cotton (J. S.), and Payne (E. J.), Colonies and Dependencies. London, 1883.
Craik (Dr. H.), The State in its Relation to Education. London, 1884.
Creasy (Sir Edward), The Imperial and Colonial Constitutions of the Britannic Empire, including Indian Institutions. 8. London, 1872.
Cunningham (W.), The Growth of English Industry and Commerce. London, 1882,
Dowell (Stephen), A History of Taxation and Taxes in England, London, 1884.
Elliot (Hon. A. D.), The State and the Church. London, 1882.
Ellis’s Irish Education Directory for 1885. Dublin, 1885.
Fairfield (Edward), Colonial Office List for 1885. 8. London, 1885.
Fowle (J. W.), The Poor Law. London, 1881.
Freeman (E. A.), The Growth of the English Constitution from the Earliest Times. New Ed. 8. London, 1873.
Gneist (Rudolph), Das Englische Verwaltungsrecht der Gegnwart, in Verleichgung mit dem Deutschen Verwaltungssytem. 2 vols. Berlin, 1884.
Hertslet (Sir E.) Treaties of Commerce and Navigation, &c., between Great Britain and Foreign Countries. London.
Hearn (W. E.), The Government of England. 8. London, 1870.
Hull (Prof. E.), The Coal Fields of Great Britain. London, 1881.
Hunt (Robert), British Mining. London. 1884.
Journal of the Statistical Society of London. Vol, XLVIII. 8. London, 1885.
Lyne (Charles), An Account of the Establishment of the British Protectorate over the Southern Shores of New Guinea. London, 1885.
Maitland (F. W.), Justice and Police. 8. London, 1885.
May (Thomas Erskine), Constitutional History of England. 2 vols. 8. London, 1861–63.
Molesworth (Rev.W. N.), History of England, 1830–74. 5th edit. 3 vols. 8. London, 1874.
Noble (John), National Finance. 8. London, 1875.
Palgrave (Reginald), The House of Commons. 8. London, 1869.
Palgrave (R. H. Inglis), The Local Taxation of Great Britain and Ireland. 8. London, 1871.
Payne (E. J.), European Colonies. London, 1877.
Pollock (Frederick), The Land Laws. London, 1883.
Scotland, the Church of: its Position and Work, Edinburgh, 1882.
Scott (Sir S.), The British Army. 2 vols. 8. London, 1868.
Seeley (Prof. J. R.), The Expansion of England. London, 1883.
Stephen (Sir J. F.), History of the Criminal Law of England. 3 vols. London, 1883.
Stephens (A. J.), New Commentaries on the Laws of England. 4 vols. 8. London, 1868.
Stubbs (Professor), A Constitutional History of England, in its Origin and Development. 2 vols. 8. London, 1877.
Todd (Al.), On Parliamentary Government in England. 2 vols. 8. London, 1867–69.
Traill (H. D.), Central Government. London, 1883.
Walpole (Spencer), The Electorate and the Legislature. London, 1882.
Walpole (Spencer), The British Fish Trade : Handbook in connection with International Fisheries Exhibition. London, 1883.
Wilson (A. J.), The National Budget, London, 1882.
Wright (R. S.) and Hobhouse (Henry), An Outline of Local Government and Local Taxation in England and Wales. London, 1884.
Young (Frederick), Imperial Federation of Great Britain and her Colonies. 8. London, 1876.
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Keltie, J.S. (1886). Great Britain and Ireland. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253155_6
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