*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.
Edinburgh.
7,000,000 Dublin.

Remarks.

The Isle of Man having got into the possession of the Stanleys, Earls
of Derby, passed into the hands of the Murrays, Dukes of Athol,
who ultimately disposed of their sovereign rights over the island
in favour of the Royal Family of England. The Channel Islands
have been annexed to England ever since the Norman Conquest.
Capitulated in 1807.

Taken by Sir George Rooke in 1704.
Capitulated in 1800.

Under British protection since 1814.

In 1795.

Purchased of the Arabs, in 1839, by the East India Company, and
used as a depôt for the supply of coals to the steamers engaged
in the intercourse between Great Britain and India.
By Treaty in 1843.

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.

* Note to Channel Islands, British Foreign possessions ;

Square miles.

Population.

Jersey.

62

57,000

32,000

1,000

Sark (with Herm)