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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 Maria-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 are two daughters: 1. Maria-de-las-Mercedes, born September 11, 1880; 2. Maria Teresa, born November 12, 1882.
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Statistical and otherBooks of Reference concerning Spain. 1. Official Publications
Censo de la Poblacion de España. 1877. Tomo I. Madrid, 1883.
Estadística general exterior de España, con sus provincias do ultramar y potencias extrangeras; formada por la Direccion general de aduanas. S. Madrid, 1834.
Estado General do la Armada para el año de 1884. Madrid, 1884.
Gaceta do Madrid. 1884.
Guia oficial de España. 1884. 8. Madrid, 1884.
Memoria sobre las Obras Públicas, 1873–81, comprendiendo lo relativo á Curateras. 2 vols. Madrid, I883.
Memorie sobre las Obras Públicas do 1881 y 1882, en lo relativo á ferrocarriles. Madrid, 1884.
Nomenclátor de los Pueblos de España, formado por la Comisión de Estadística General del Reino. Publícase de orden de S. M. Fol. Madrid, 1878. Report by Mr. Hugh Wyndham on the finances of Spain, in ‘ Reports
by H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ Part I. 1870. 8. London, 1880.
Report by Mr. Bansen on the imports and exports of Spain for 1882; in ‘ Reports of II.M.’s Secretaries of Legation.’ Part V. 1883. London, 1883.
Report by Mr. Hardinge on Cuban Reform, in ‘ Reports of II.M.’s Secretaries of Legation.’ Part IV. London, 1834.
Report by Consul Perry on the trade and commerco of Cadiz in Part II. ; by Consul Prat on Barcelona in Part IV.; by Consul Perry on Cadiz; Vice-Consul Lapurth on Linares mining district; Consul Honey on Manila in Part XIV.: by Consul Young on Bilbao; and Vice-Consul March on Santander in Part XV. of ‘Reports of II.M.’s Consuls,’ 1882.
Reports by Consul Dupuis on Teneriffe in Part II. ; by Consul Prat on Barcelona, and Vice-Consul Carden on Havanna in Part III. ; by Consul Wilkinson on Manila in Part IV. ; by Consul Bidwell on Malaga in Part VII.; by Consul Dupuis on Teneriffe in Part VIII.; by Consul Young on Bilbao, Consul Perry on Cadiz, and Vice-Consul March on Santander in Part IX. of ‘Reports of ‘H.M.’s Consuls.’ 1883. London,’ 1883.
Reports on the trade and commerce of Puerto Rico in Part I. ; of Barcolona, Iloilo, and Manilla in Part IV.; on Teneriffe in Part V. ; on Cadiz in Part VI. ; on Teneriffe in Part VIII. ; on Bilbao, Corunna, and Santander in Part IX. of ‘Reports of II.M.’s Consuls.’ 1884. London, 1884.
Trade of Spain with Great Britain ; in ‘ Annual Statement of tho Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions in tho year 1883.’ Imp. 4. London, 1884.
2. Non’-Officials Publications
Almanaque Politico-economico de El Dia para el año 1884. Madrid, 1883.
Armed Strength of Spain. London, 1883.
Davillier (Baron Ch.), L’Espagne. 4. Paris. 1873.
Figuerola (D. Laureano), Memoria relativa al estado general de la hacienda. S. Madrid, 1870.
Garrido (Fernando), La España Contemporanea. 8. Barcelona, 1865.
Jagor(F.), Reisen in den Philippinen. 8. Berlin, 1873.
Lavigne (Germond de), L’Espagne et le Portugal. 8. Paris, 1883.
Lcstgarcns (J.), La Situation économique et industrielle de l’Espagne en I860. Bruxelles, 1861.
Madoz (Pascual), Diccionario Geográfico, Estadístico, y Histórico de España y sus provincias de ultramar. 16 vols. 4. Madrid, 1846-30.
Mazade (Ch. de). Les révolutions de l’Espagne. S. Paris, 1869.
Murray’s Handbook to Spain. London, 1882.
Polin (D. José Lopez), Diccionario Estadistico Municipal de España. 4. Madrid, 1863.
Reclues (Elisée), Geographie Universelle. Vol. I. Paris, 1879.
Ségoillot (H.), Lettres sur l’Espagne. 18, Paris, 1870.
Vidal (J. L.), L’Espagne en 1860. Etat 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.
Webster (Rev. Wentworth), Spain, in ‘Foreign Countries and British Possessions.’ London, 1882.
Willkomm (Heinrich Moritz), Das pyrenäische Halbinselland. 8. Leipzig, 1886.
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Keltie, J.S. (1885). Spain. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253148_15
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