BRITISH COLONIAL GOVERNORS.-Continued. Colony. Office. Name. St. Vincent...... Lieut.-Governor..... A. Musgrave, Esq. Tobago Antigua and Lee Date of Ap-Place of Residence. Salary. pointment. May 10, 1862 Kingstown............ the Government. Jas. M. Grant, Esq. Mar. 12, 1862 Castries................................ nior Member of Esq., C.B... Apr. 25, 1855 St. John's..... £1,300 1,300 1,300 700 3,000 the Council ad ministering the Government...... W. Robinson, Esq.. Mar. 31, 1862 Plymouth St. Christopher..... Lieut.-Governor..... Sir Benj. C. Camp 500 Government...... Dominica....... British Guiana..... Lieut.-Governor..... Thos. Price, Esq.... Oct. 21, 1861. Roseau................. 1,300 Trinidad............. Wynyard, C.B.. Mar. 10, 1859 Graham's Town..... St. Helena........... Governor Gold Coast........... Governor and Com-1 Lagos AUSTRALIAN POS SESSIONS. mander-in-Chief.. Governor and Commander-in-Chief.. Sir Edw. H. Drum mond Hay, Knt... Mar. 30, 1855 James Town......... 2,000 Nov. 21, 1854 Freetown 2,000 1,000 Sir G. F. Bowen, G.C.M.G.......... June 6, 1859. Brisbane............. 4,000 * Receives also a salary of £500 as Consul. Area (including Ionian Islands), 19,250. Popu- | under the title of George I.; and on the 6th of lation (1861, including Ionian Islands), 1,330,933. June, 1863, that prince accepted, as stated above, Government, Constitutional Monarchy. Legis- with the condition that the Ionian Islands should lature, composed of two Chambers. Capital, be reunited to Greece. On the 27th of June, the Athens. Religion, Greek Confession. National Assembly at Athens declared King George, then in his nineteenth year, to be of age. Upon his arrival in Athens, the young king made proclamation as follows: The reigning sovereign of Greece is King George I., who was born 24th of Dec. 1845, and accepted at Copenhagen the crown of Greece on the 6th of June, 1863. He is younger son of the present King Christian of Denmark. The principal events which led to his election as King of the Greeks were briefly as follow:-On the 13th of October, 1862, Otho, the late king, departed from Athens, ostensibly for a tour in the Peloponnesus. On the 19th a revolution, having for its object the expulsion of the reigning dynasty, broke out at Missolonghi, followed on the 20th at Patras, and on the 22d at Athens. On the 23d, a Provisional Government was formed, and a proclamation was issued announcing the overthrow of the dynasty of King Otho, and the formation of a new government; which was followed, next day, by a proclamation of King Otho, date dat Salamis, declaring his departure from Greece to prevent the effusion of blood. The country remained under the control of the Provisional Government and the National Assembly until June, 1863. Meanwhile, on the 30th of March, 1863, the National Assembly proclaimed Prince William of Schleswig-Holstein King of the Greeks, HELLENES:-On ascending the throne to which I have been called by your suffrages, I feel the desire to say a few words to you. I bring to you neither experience nor wisdom, qualities which you cannot expect at my age; but I come to you with confidence and sincere devotion, as also with a firm belief in the prosperity of our future, to which I promise to devote my whole life. I shall respect and conscientiously observe your laws, and especially the constitution, that keystone of the Greek edifice. I shall also endeavor to love and respect your customs and language, every thing that is dear to you, as I love you already. I shall collect around me the best and the wisest men among you, without any regard to past differences. Assisted by their intelligence, I shall endeavor to foster the numerous and happy germs of the material resources of your noble country, which henceforth is mine. My ambition is to make Greece the model State of the East. An allowance of £2500 has been granted for contingent expenses of Governor's establishment, under a local act, which has been confirmed by the Queen. Under the Constitutional Act, an allowance of £5000 is granted for his staff, travelling. expenses, &c. mentioned, 7 were steamers, of an aggregate force of 415 horse-power. COMMERCE OF GREECE IN 1860.-In the year named, the exports were of the value of 26,931,413 drachmes, and the imports were of the value of 53,979,899 drachmes. The effective force of the merchant marine was 4070 vessels, measuring 263,075 tons. The number of Greek seamen was 23,842. The arrivals for the same year were 77,958 vessels, measuring in the aggregate 2,298,158 tons; and the departures were 78,107 vessels, with an aggregate tonnage of 2,321,048 tons. The exports of the Ionian Islands in 1862 were of the value of £1,108,519, and the imports were of the value of £1,273,134. POPULATION OF THE PRINCIPAL CITIES. Athens and the Piræus.... ... 47,723 Hermopolis (Island of Syra).................... 35,000 Patras 20,000 .............. 20,000 15,000 Zante (town).............. Corfu (town) XXIII, HAMBURG.-Republic. One of the Free Cities of Germany. Area, 135 square miles. Population (1860), 229,941. Government, Republican. Legislature, Senate and Assembly. GOVERNMENT, 1863. First Burgomaster and President of the Senate..Nicholas Ferdinand Hal ler. Second Burgomaster.......A. William Lutteroth Legat. Syndics Charles Hermann Merck, Hermann L. Behn. LEGISLATURE.-The Senate is composed of 18 Senators, chosen for life by the Burgherschaft, or Assembly; and the latter consists of 192 members, chosen for six years, 84 of whom are elected by a direct vote of all the people, 48 by the voters having a limited property qualification, and the other 60 are chosen by the colleges and guilds. One-half of the Burgerschaft retire every three years. The President (1863) was J. Wolffson. FINANCES, 1862.-According to the budget of 1862, the expenditures were 4,112,172 thalers, and the receipts were 4,532,217 thalers. In 1863 the expenditures and receipts were estimated, each, at 4,178,753 thalers. The total of the public debt, January 1, 1862, was 29,568,183 thalers. This thaler is about 73 cents of American money. Of the importations there was from the United States the value of 12,997,300 marcs banco. The marc banco is about half a thaler, or about 36 cents of American money. Since 1857 no accounts of exportation can be given, owing to changes in the commercial regulations at that time. The sea-going vessels of Hamburg, in 1862, were as follows:-Sailing-vessels, 486, measuring 128,442 tons, and 20 steamers, of the capacity of 10,306 tons. The arrivals for the year were 5083, measuring 1,299,822 tons; and the departures were 5054, measuring 1,288,128 tons. POPULATION. Hamburg City (1860).. Geestland (1855). Marschlande (1851). Ritzebuttel (1851) Bergedorf (1857)........ Total.... Minister of King's Household..... ...Charles O. de Malortie. Minister of Interior........William C. de HammerMinister of Public Wor ship..... ....Charles W. Lichtenberg. Minister of Justice.........Louis Windhorst. Minister of Finance.......Charles A. Erxleben. FINANCES.-The budget for 1863-1864 estimated the annual receipts at 20,001,032 thalers, and the annual expenditures at 20,066,011 thalers. Spanish colony from 1492 to 1630, when French flibustiers became masters of the west coast. Colony adopted by French Government, 1677. Insurrection of the negroes against French, Aug. 23, 1791. Capture of Cap François, and massacre of whites, June 21-23, 1793. Toussaint L'Ouverture recognized by Directory as general-in-chief of all the troops in St. Domingo, 1794. Spain cedes east part of isle to France in 1795. May 9, 1801, Toussaint grants Constitution independent of France; is made prisoner; is sent to France, and dies,1803. New insurrection, headed by Gen. Dessalines (negro), 1803, and the French evacuate the island, Nov. 1803. Dessalines elected emperor (Jacob L.), Oct. 8, 1804; is assassinated, Oct. 17, 1806. Empire divided in two parts (1808),-viz.: Kingdom of negroes, under Christophe (Henri I., who died 1820), and the Republic of mulattoes, President Petion. The two states reunite, and form one state (Nov. 26, 1820), under President Boyer (mulatto), who is nominated Regent for life. France recognizes independence, 1825. Boyer de posed, 1843. St. Domingo separates from Hayti, and forms itself into a Republic, under General Santana, Feb. 27, 1844. Republic of San Domingo recognized by France, 1848, and by Great Britain in 1850. President Soulouque assumes the t of Emperor Faustin I., Aug. 26, 1849. Revolution at Gonaives, Dec. 22, 1858, when General Fabre Gef frard proclaims a Republic. Faustin abdicates, Jan. 15, 1859. San Domingo reunited to Spain, March 18, 1861, by proclamation of General Santana. Acceptance of the Queen of Spain, May 20, 1861. Since then an attempt to conquer Hayti, and reduce the whole island to the dominion of Spain, has been in progress. Senators (36 in number) are elected for 9 years, by the House of Representatives, from lists of three names for each Senator, submitted by the President. The qualification for the Senatorship is that the candidate shall be thirty years of age, and be a landed proprietor. The members of the House of Representatives (50 in number) are chosen for 5 years by electoral colleges acting for the several districts. A Representative must be 25 years of age and a landed proprietor. The House meets annually, on the 1st of April. FINANCES.-In 1862 the revenue of the Republic was 1,457,682 piastres, or dollars, and the expenditures were 1,326,160. Public Debt.-The total of the foreign debt of Hayti in 1862 was 35,810,945 francs; the total of the domestic debt in the same year was 13,767,756 paper gourdes. The paper gourde is about 7 cents of American money. ARMY AND NAVY.-The army and national guard number 50,000 men; and the navy consists of 3 steamers and 3 sailing-brigs. COMMERCE, NAVIGATION, &C.-The total value of the imports into the Republic in 1862 was 38,689,956 francs, of which 19,204,217 was from the United States. The total value of the exports for the same year was 43,396,153 francs, of which 7,429,600 was from the United States. The arrivals and departures of vessels in 1862 were 1698 vessels, of the aggregate capacity of 310,333 tons. XXVI. HESSE-CASSEL-Electorate. One of the States of Germany. Area, 4430 square miles. Population, 1861, 738,454. Govern- Foreign Affairs... ment, Limited Sovereignty. Capital, Cassel. Religion, Reformed. The present Elector is Frederick William I., who was born August 20, 1802, and succeeded to the Electorate Nov. 20, 1847. Finance... War Interior MINISTRY. ..Conrad Abée. ..Chas. Dedehn-Rotfelser. The population of the year 1861 was 38,930. XXVIII. HESSE-HOMBURG.-Landgraviate. One of the States of Germany. Area, 106 square miles. Population, 1861, 26,817. Government, Absolute Sovereignty. Capital, Homburg. Religion, Reformed. The present sovereign is the Landgrave Ferdi nand, who was born 26th of April, 1783, and suo- XXIX. HOLLAND (with Luxemburg).—Kingdom. Area, 13,890 square miles. Population, 1862, 3,618,459. Government, Limited Monarchy. Legislature, composed of two Chambers. Capital, The Hague. Religion, Reformed. The reigning sovereign of Holland for the Netherlands is King William III., who was born 19th February, 1817, and succeeded to the throne 17th of March, 1849. War................. ...Major-General J. W. ..........J. D. Fransen van der Putte. FINANCES.-Budget of 1863.-According to the budget of 1863, the total estimates of receipts and expenditures were,-Receipts, 98,787,188 Dutch florins; Expenses, 98,020,792 florins. The Dutch florin is about 41 cents of the money of the United States. Principal Sources of Revenue. Direct Taxes............ .P. van der Maesen de Indirect Taxes... ..Chevalier Huysen van Navigation Licenses........................... 4,729,384 1,243,800 2,050,000 |