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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, and Empress of India, born 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 Karl 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
Agricultural Returns of Great Britain. Annual. S. London. Royal Commission on Agriculture, First and Second Reports, Minutes of Evidence (4 vols.), and Reports of Assistant Commissioners on various Counties of England and Scotland (20 vols.). London, 18500. Final Report of Royal Commission on Land in Wales and Monmouthshire, with Evidence and Appendices (6 vols.), 1800. Returns as to Number and Size of Agricultural Holdings in Great Britain in 1895. London, 1896.
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Army Estimates, Annual. Army Accounts, Annual. Army List, Quarterly. Army: General Annual Return. London.
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Canals and Navigations : Returns made to the Board of Trade for 1888. Fol. London, 1890.
Census of England and Wales, 1891. Preliminary Report. London, 1891. General Report and Detailed Returns. 4 vols. London, 1893. Of Scotland, 1891. Report, with Supplement. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1893. Of Ireland, 1891. Report. Dublin, 1892.
Consolidated Fund : Abstract Account. Annual. London.
Customs : Report of the Commissioners of H.M.’s. Customs. Annual. 8. London.
Duchy of Cornwall: Annual Accounts. Duchy of Lancaster : Annual Accounts.
Education : Elementary Schools in England and Scotland. Annual Return showing Education Expenditure upon Grants, and Results of Inspection and Examination. 8. London. Annual Reports of Committee of Council on Education in England and Wales ; in Scotland. Annual Report of the Science and Art Department. Annual Report of the Intermediate Education Board for Ireland. Annual Report of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland. Report of Royal Commission on Secondary Education in England. 9 vols. London, 1895. Annual Reports from University Colleges participating in Grant of 15,0001. Charity Commissioners’ Annual Report on Intermediate Education in Wales.
Electoral Statistics, Annual Return of, in County and Borough Constituencies in England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland. Annual Return of the number of Electors on the Register of each County in England and Wales, in Scotland, and in Ireland. London.
Emigration: Annual Statistical Tables relating to Emigration and Immigration. Annual Emigration Statistics of Ireland.
Factories and Workshops Act : Return of the Number of Factories Authorised to by Inspected, Persons Employed, &c, for 1890. London, 1891. Report of Chief Inspector. Annual. London.
Finance Accounts (Annual) of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Annual Financial Statement. Financial Estimates. Return showing Revenue and Expenditure (England, Scotland, and Ireland) for 1896–97. London, 1897. First Rerort of Royal Commission on Financial Relations between Great Britain and Ireland ; Evidence (2 vols.); Final Report; London, 1896. National Debt Accounts (Annual). National Debt during GO years, Annual Return.
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Judicial Statistics of England and Wales ; of Scotland ; of Ireland. Annual.
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Local Government : England and Wales ; Scotland ; Ireland ; Annual Reports.
Local Taxation Returns : England ; Scotland ; Ireland.
Merchant Shipping : Tables showing the Progress of British Merchant Shipping. Annual. Navigation and Shipping. Annual Statement. London.
Militia: Return showing Establishment or each Regiment. Annual, London.
Mineral Statistics (Annual) of Great Britain and Ireland. Inspectors’ Annual Reports. List (Annual) of Mines worked. General Report (Annual) on the Mineral Industry of the United Kingdom.
Mint Report. Annual. London.
Navigation and Shipping of the United Kingdom, Annual Statement of. Imp. 4. London.
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Railway Companies of the United Kingdom, Annual Rerort. Railway and Canal Commission, Annual Report.
Railway Returns for England and Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Annual. Fol. London.
Reformatory and Industrial Schools of Great Britain ; of Ireland ; Annual Reports of Inspectors.
Roll of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal. Annual. London.
Savings Banks, Annual Returns. Trustee Savings Banks, Annual Report on Transactions of each Bank.
Statistical Abstract for the United Kingdom. Annual. 8. London.
Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions, Annual Statement of. Statistical Tables (Annual) showing Progress of British Trade and Production. Trade of British Empire and Foreign Competition. Despatch to Governors of Colonics, and Replies. London, 1897.
Volunteer Corps: Annual Returns. London.
Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues : Annual Report of the Commissioners. Fol. London.
Yeomanry Cavalry Training Return. Annual. London.
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Keltie, J.S. (1898). Reigning Queen and Empress.. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253278_1
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