*The present average number of volumes annually added to the Royal Library at Paris is stated to be 12,000 to the British Museum, 30,000; to the Royal Library of Munich, 10,000 that of Berlin, 5,000; that of Vienna, 5,000; that of St. Petersburgh, 2,000; the Ducal Library of Parma, 1,800; and to the Royal Library of Copenhagen, 1,000. The number of public libraries in Europe is 385; viz., France, 107; Austrian Empire, 48; Prussia, 44; Great Britain and Ireland, 28: Spain, 17; Papal States, 15; Belgium, 14; Switzerland, 13; Russia, 12; Bavaria, 17 Tuscany, 9; Sardinia, 9; Sweden, 8; Naples, 7; Portugal, 7; Holland, 5; Saxony, 6; Denmark, 5; Baden, 4; Hesse, 4; Wirtemberg, 3; and in Hanover, 3. London. Remarks. The Isle of Man having got into the possession of the Stanleys, Earls Taken by Sir George Rooke in 1704. Under British protection since 1814. In 1795. Purchased of the Arabs, in 1839, by the East India Company, and Ceded to Britain. Sierra Leone in 1787; Gambia in 1601; and Cape Coast Castle, which is a well-built fortress. Taken from the Dutch in 1806. Constitutes a dependency of Cape Colony, under a lieutenantgovernor. |