AREA AND POPULATION.

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Provinces

Area in square chilos

Population

Population per square chilo

| Porto Maurizio .

1,21034

121.330

100-24

1 Principato Citra

9,480-97

928,296

96-38

1 Principato Ultra

3,649-20

399,621

9749

Ravenna .

1,922-32

209,918

10899

I\egs;io Emilia .

2,288-00

230,094

10099

Eovigo

1,688-92

180.647

10698

Sassari

10,720-26

215,967

2019

Siena

3,793-42

193,939

51-12

Siracusa .

3,697-12

299,613

70-22

Sondrio

3,299-81

106,040

3293

Terra di Bari

9,937-92

994,402

9337

Terra di Lavoro

9,974-78

693,464

109-37

Terra d'Otranto

8,929-88

447,982

92-92

Torino

10,269-93

941,992

91-73

Trapani

3,149-91

214,981

6839

Treviso

2,431-36

308,483

126-87

Udine

6,430-70

440,542

6891

Umbria

9,632-86

513,019

93-26

Venezia

2,199-47

294,400

133-87

Verona

2,854-02

316,493

11089

A icenza

2,696-02

327,674

121-94

Total

284,223-36

24,273,776

84-22

The five provinces constituting the former ' Stato Pontificio,' annexed to the kingdom of Italy in October, 1870, are — Rome and Comarco, with 326,509 inhabitants; Civita Vecchia, with 20,701 ; Viterbo, with 128,324; Frosinone, with 154,559; and Villetri, with 62,013 inhabitants. Adding these, the 73 provinces of the kingdom comprise a total area of 112,852 English square miles, with a population of 24,965,882.

The extent and population of the former political divisions of Italy, previous to the foundation of the kingdom, excluding the ' Stato Pontificio,' is shown in the following table: —

Ancient Divisions

Area in Eng. sq. miles

Population in 1857

Continental Sardinian States .

15,373

3,780,967

Island of Sardinia .

9,547

573,115

Lombardy ....

7,765

2,764,912

\enetia .....

9,177

2,496,442

Emilia .....

8,821

2,044,108

Umbria and the Marches

5,997

1.393,824

Tuscany .....

9,150

1,812,253

Neapolitan States .

31,621

7,029,273

Island of Sicily

Total .

10,510

2,302,168

107,961

24,200,152