The above account leaves a clear surplus of 5,164,569 guilders, or 430,3807., as profit for the Home Government, exclusive of commercial transactions. The revenue and expenditure of the West Indian and African colonies, in the year 1860, is shown in the subjoined statement: This leaves an annual deficit in the administration of the West Indian and African colonies of 94,226., which, however, is more than covered by the profits on commerce, drawn direct by the Government of the Netherlands. From documents issued by the Colonial Office in December 1862, it appears that the total amount realised by the Government in 1860 from its importations from the Dutch colonies was 58,493,399. guilders, or 4,874,4497. The produce represented by this amount was brought to the European market through the medium of the Netherlands Trading Company,' the Government's brokers. The expenses incurred in the cultivation and shipping of this produce, and for the governmental charges of the colonies, amounted to 35,194,720 guilders, which gives the home power a balance of profit of 23,194,720 guilders, or 1,932,8931. Slavery ceased in the West Indian colonies on the 1st of July, 1860. There were, at this period, 11,386 slaves, for each of whom, without regard to age or sex, the owner received 331. in compensation. All the emancipated slaves had to undergo an apprenticeship of three years, during which period one-half of their income was retained by the Home Government. For a detailed account of the principal colonial possession of the Netherlands, Java and Madura, see Part II. of the Statesman's Year Book. Money, Weights, and Measures. The money, weights, and measures of the Netherlands, and the British equivalents, are :— MONEY. The Guilder, or Florin = 1s. 8d. WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. = 2.2 lbs. avoirdupois. = = = Kanne = 2 imperial bushels. 22 imperial bushels, about 10.8 Muden to the ton. 10 imperial quarters. 13 imperial pints, about 4 to the imperial gallon. = 35.3 cubic feet. Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning the Netherlands. 1. OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS. Staats-Almanak voor het Koningrijk der Nederlanden. 1865. Met magtiging van de regering uit officiele opgaven zamengesteld. 8. s' Gravenhage, 1865. Statistisch Jaarboek voor het Koningrijk der Nederlanden. Uitgegeven door het departement van Binnenlandsche zaken. 's Gravenhage, 1865. Marine, Koninklijke Nederlandsche, op den 1 Januarij 1863. Verkrijgbaar aan het Ministerie van Marine. 8. 's Gravenhage, 1865. Naam- en Ranglijst der Officieren van het Koninkl. Leger der Nederlanden en van Nederlandsch-Indiën. Voor 1865. 33 jaargang. Gorinchem, 1865. Staat der Nederl. Zeemagt en Koopvaardij-vloot. Op. 1. Januarij 1863. 8. Amsterdam, 1864. Statistiek van het Gevangeniswezen over 1861. 8. 's Gravenhage. 1864. Geregtelijke Statistiek van het Koningrijk der Nederlanden. 4. 's Gravenhage, 1861-65. Reports by Mr. Ward, H. M.'s Secretary of Legation, on the Trade, Commerce, Manufactures, and Public Revenue of the Netherlands, dated June 27, 1862, and Jan. 17 and 27, 1863; in 'Reports of H. M.'s Secretaries of Embassy,' &c. No. VI. London, 1863. Reports by Mr. Ward, H. M.'s Secretary of Legation, on the Commerce, Industry, Railways, Public Credit, and Taxation of the Netherlands, dated July 2, 1863, and Jan. 23, Jan. 31, and June 20, 1864; in Reports of H. M.'s Secretaries of Embassy,' &c. No. VII. London, 1864. Reports by Mr. Ward, H. M.'s Secretary of Legation, on the Revenue, Expenditure, and Public Debt of the Netherlands, dated Jan. 11 and Feb. 3, 1865; inReports of H. M.'s Secretaries of Embassy,' &c. No. VIII. London, 1865. Report by Mr. Consul Newnham on the Trade and Navigation of North Holland during the Year 1863; in 'Commercial Reports received at the Foreign Office.' London, 1864. 2. NON-OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS. Bauer (F. C. D.) Berigten en Waarnemingen betrekkelijk den Watervloed in Gelderland, in Januarij en Februarij 1861. Met kaarten. 8. Nijmegen en Arnhem, 1864. Doorgraving, De, van Holland en de Amsterdamsche Kanaal-maat-schappij. Advies over het voorstel tot gemeente-deelneming in die maatschappij, door een oud-lid der Staten-Generaal. 8. Amsterdam, 1863. Geuns (J. J. van) Het Recht van Amendement der Parlementaire Vergaderingen. Historisch-staatsrechtelijke proeve. 8. Utrecht, 1864. Hardenberg (H.) Overzigt der vornaamste Bepalingen betreffende de Sterkte, Zamenstelling, Betaling, Verzorging en Verpleging van het Nederlandsche Leger, sedert den vrede van Utrecht in 1713 tot den tegenwoordigen tijd. Hoofdzakelijk op voet van vrede. 2e gedeelte. 8. 's Gravenhage, 1864. Huet (A.) Ontwerp eener vrije Verbinding van Nederlands Hoofdstad met de Noordzee. fol. Amsterdam, 1865. Kops (J. L. de Bruyn) Beginselen van Staathuishoudkunde. 3e herziene en vermeerderde druk. Nieuwe (titel) uitgave in 1 deel. 8. Amsterdam, 1865. Mollerus (J. H. M.) Geschiedkundig overzigt van het Handelsstelsel in Nederlandsch-Indië. 8. Utrecht, 1865. Staat, Tegenwoordige, van het Koningrijk der Nederlanden. Beschrijving en afbeelding der steden, dorpen, heerlijkheden, landgoederen en verdere merkwaardige plaatsen in ons vaderland. Zuid-Holland. Door A. W. Kroon. Amsterdam, 1862. Sweijs (H.) Neêrlands vloot en Reederijen. Alphabetisch opgemaakt. 6e jaargang. 8. Rotterdam, 1864. Tijdschrift voor Staathuishoudkunde en Statistiek. Algemeen register op den inhoud der 20 eerste jaargangen door Mr. B. W. A. E. Sloet tot Oldhuis. 8. Zwolle, 1862. Verzameling van Wetten, Besluiten en Voorschriften, betreffende het Gevangeniswezen, over 1862. 8. 's Gravenhage, 1865. PORTUGAL. Reigning Sovereign and Family. Luis I., King of Portugal, born Oct. 31, 1838, the son of Queen Maria II. and of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg; succeeded his brother, King Pedro V., Nov. 11, 1861; married Oct. 6, 1862, to Pia, Queen of Portugal, born Oct. 16, 1847, the youngest daughter of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy. Issue of the union are two sons, Carlos, born Sept. 28, 1863, and Alfonso, born July 31, 1865. Sisters and Brother of the King.-1. Princess Maria, born July 21, 1843; married, May 11, 1859, to Prince George, second son of the King of Saxony. 2. Princess Antonia, born Feb. 17, 1845; married, Sept. 12, 1861, to Prince Leopold of Hohenzollern-Sig.. maringen. 3. Prince Augustus, born Nov. 4, 1847. Father of the King.-Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg, titular 'King of Portugal,' born Oct. 29, 1816, the eldest son of the late Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg; married, April 9, 1836, to Queen Maria II. of Portugal; obtained the title King,' Sept. 16, 1837; widower, Nov. 15, 1853; Regent of Portugal during the minority of his son, the late King Pedro V., Nov. 15, 1853, to Sept. 16, 1855. Great-Aunts and Uncle of the King.-1. Princess Teresa, born April 29, 1793, the daughter of King Joan VI. of Portugal and of Princess Charlotte of Spain; married, April 11, 1809, to Don Pedro of Spain; widow July 4, 1812; married, a second time, Oct. 20, 1838, to Don Carlos, pretender to the crown of Spain; widow, March 10, 1855. 2. Princess Maria, sister of the preceding, born July 4, 1801; Regent of Portugal from March 10, 1826, to Feb. 26, 1828. 3. Prince Miguel, born Oct. 26, 1802; Regent of Portugal, Feb. 26, 1828; declared King of Portugal by decree of June 30, 1828; abdicated May 29, 1834; married, Sept. 24, 1851, to Adelheid, daughter of the non-sovereign Prince of LöwensteinWertheim-Rochefort, domiciled in the grand duchy of Baden. Offspring of the union are four daughters and one son, who assume the title of Prince and Princesses of Portugal, but are not acknowledged as such by the Government of King Luis I. The reigning dynasty of Portugal belongs to the House of Braganza, which dates from the commencement of the fifteenth century, at which period Affonso, an illegitimate son of King Joan or John I., was created by his father Duke of Braganza and Lord of Guimaraens. When the old line of Portuguese kings, of the House of Avis, became extinct by the death of King Sebastian, and of his nominal successor, Henrique 'the Cardinal,' Philip II. of Spain took possession of the country, claiming it in virtue of his descent from a Portuguese princess; but in disregard of the fundamental law of the kingdom, passed by the Cortes of Lamego in 1139, which excluded all foreign princes from the succession. After bearing the Spanish rule for more than half a century, the people of Portugal revolted, and proclaimed Don Joan, the then Duke of Braganza, as their king, he being the nearest heir to the throne, though of an illegitimate issue. The Duke thereupon assumed the name of Joan IV., to which Portuguese historians appended the title the Fortunate.' From this Joan, through many vicissitudes of family, the present rulers of Portugal are descended. For two centuries the members of the line of Braganza kept up the ancient blood alliances with the reigning house of Spain; but the custom was broken through by the late Queen Maria II, who, by o union with a Prince of Coburg, entered the great family of Teutanic Sovereigns. Luis I. is the second Sovereign of Portugal of the line of Braganza-Coburg. 6 Luis I. has a civil list of 365,000 milreis, or about 82,000.; but His Majesty returns annually 26,000 milreis to the public exchequer, to be employed for educational purposes. The expenses of the whole Court, including the allowance to King Ferdinand and the other princes, amount to 675,000 milreis, or nearly 152,000l. King Luis has settled upon his consort, Queen Pia, sixty contos of reis, or 14,000l., from his own civil list, declining a proffered grant from the funds of the nation. The following is a list of the Sovereigns of Portugal since its conquest from the Moors : |