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C H A P . III.
I. Remarks on the population.— II. Finances.'—III. Army
IV. Navy.— V. Church eliabli/hment in Denmark.
« I. 1 ' B ’HE following table exhibits the population in the
r‘ , A Daniih dominions.
Diocefe o f Zealand, including the ifles o f
Zealand, Moen, and Bornholm —
Diocefe o f Funèn, including the ifles o f Funen,
Langeland, Lolland, and Falfter —
Diocefe o f À a tfau s J -— —
Ô Ditto Riber I
¡.Jutland
Ditto Aalborg
Ditto Viborg J
Ifles o f Feroe —
("Diocefe o f Agerhuus
§ 1 Ditto Chriftianfand
o 1 Ditto B'erghen V. (_Ditto Drontheim
» , j f Diocefe o f Scalholt
keland- [D i t t o Holun - -
Dutchy o f Slefwicfc — —
Dutchy o f Holftein belonging to the king — .
Dutchy o f Gluckiburgh — —
Diftriit of Kid — — —
Number of fouls in the Daniih dominions -----
N o . o f Inhabitants.
283,466 I
143,988 (
i 17,942 r
99>9 231
80,872!
59.399 J
2I 5>°4 3 "|
113,024 I
*3°>352 J
164,722 J
34,2161
783-540
4,754
723>I 4 I
46,201
243,605
134,665
10,072
75,000
2,023,028
II. finances.— The revenues o f Denmark are principally-
derived from the cuftoms, duties.upon exports and imports,
excife on provilions and liquors, poll tax *, tax on ranks, on
* T h e p o ll- ta x take s place on ly in Denma
rk : it was a t firft laid upon the inh abi-
tants o f N o rw a y , but has been fince ab o-
-liihed, and another impoft fubftituted in its
r-oomi th e .peafants, w h o a re a ll fre e in th a t
k in gdom, having confidered it as a badge o f
fla ve ry . . T h e towns o f A lto n a and Bo rn holm
are alfo exempted from i t , upon the
pa yment o f an annual comp enfa tion.
T A X E S A N D A R M Y . 54S
places, penfions, and perquifites, on marriages % land tax, GHAP-
quit rents from the royal demefnes, licences on pnhUrir. .
houfes, privilege o f diftilling fpirits, for leave to hunt and
fhoot in the royal manors, leafes on farms and faw-mills,
profits o f the mines, ftamped paper, duty on fnuff, on cards
&c. See.
Bufching, who, as I am informed from perfons well verfed
in this fubjedl, has given a very accurate account o f the Daniih
finances for the year 176 9 , informs us, that the grofs
receipt amounted 10^1,252,454. The expences, o f which
he has alfo laid down an exa£t detail, are rated at ¿ 9 3 6 ,130 ;
o f which fum the army eftimates came to£350,000 ; and
thofe of the navy to ^ i8 o ,o o o . The debt?, in 1 7 7 1 , were
o a ly.C3>4i8,oo9 ; the intereft o f which was difcharged by
an annual payment o f ¿ 1 3 1 ,3 9 2; which muft be added to
the yearly expenditure t.
III. The army o f Denmark is compofed, 1. o f the troops
o f Denmark and Holftein ; and, 2. o f Norway.
1. The forces o f Denmark and Holftein are divided into
1. Regulars ; 2. National or militia. Thefe forces (the foot
and horfe guards excepted, who are all regulars) are notfe-
parated, as in our army, into diftinct regiments, but are
• formed in the following manner.
* T h e ta x upon marriages, as I am in formed,
has been aboliihed fince m y d eparture
from D e nm a rk ; a t a x w h ich no wife
leg ifla tu re will ever thin k o f im p o f in g ; and
■if impofed b y inadvertence, would tak e the
■firil opp o r tun ity o f repe aling, as h igh ly
d e trim en ta l to th e real interefts o f the com m
u n ity . T h is ta x was as equ itab ly laid on
in Denmark as fo injudicious an impoft was
capab le o f b eing diftribu ted , the peafants
and lowe r clafs o f people being exempted
from the pa yment o f i t .— L a portion la
“ p lu s nombreu fe ,” fays the au th o r o f L es
L e tt re s fu r le D an n em a rc , u et la plus
“ pauvre de la foc ieté, les payfans, les m a—
“ te lo ts, e t les fold a ts , n’ y font pas aflu-
’ * jettis-; mais fi le m ar r iag e doit ê t re en <
u pourage pa r toutes, les voies pollïbles, à
“ p lu s for te raifo a mérite -t-il d ’ê tre lib re
44 de tou te ch a rg e . C e lle qui fe paye ic i
<e moaique, q u ’e lle ne forme pas un
“ g rand obftacle à la p op u la tion .” p . 165.
f Por fu r th e r particul.ars fee B u t H ift.'
M a g . X IV . p . j to 9 2. and Erd -b e f. V o l . I .
p . 14 3 .