[46] Mean temperature at Bucharest, 46° F.; maximum, 113° F.; minimum, −22° F.; difference, 135° F.
[47] Mean volume of the Danube (according to C. Hartley), 2,000,000 gallons per second; maximum volume, 6,160,000 gallons; mean volume of Kilia mouth, 1,276,000 gallons; mean of St. George’s mouth, 572,000 gallons; mean of Sulina mouth, 176,000 gallons per second. Mean alluvial deposits of Danube, 2,119 cubic feet per annum.
[48] Approximate population of Rumania in 1875, 5,232,500 souls, of whom 3,260,000 were in Wallachia, and 1,972,500 in Moldavia. There were 4,460,000 Rumanians, 90,000 Bulgarians, 40,000 Russians and other Slavs, 50,000 Magyars, 130,000 Tsigani, 400,000 Jews, 10,000 Armenians, and 52,500 foreigners (30,000 Austrians, 10,000 Greeks, 5,000 Germans, 1,500 French).
[49] Of the total area of Rumania 6,000,000 acres are corn-lands, 600,000 acres produce wine, tobacco, &c., 5,000,000 consist of forests, 9,000,000 of pastures and meadows, and 8,000,000 are uncultivated. In 1874 there were 600,000 horses, 2,900,000 head of cattle, 100,000 buffaloes, 5,000,000 sheep, 1,200,000 pigs, and 500,000 goats.
[50] Exports, average of 1865–75, £6,700,000; imports, £4,300,000.
[51] Railroads, 1,800 miles; high-roads, 2,650 miles; telegraphs, 2,500 miles; steamers on the Danube, 29, of 7,620 tons burden.
[52] Number of inhabitants of the principal towns of Rumania (official spelling; vulgar or phonetic spelling in parenthesis):—
Wallachia.—Bucuresci (Bucharest), 221,800; Ploiesti (Ploeshti), 33,000; Braila, 28,270; Craiova, 22,764; Giurgiu (Jurjevo, or Giurgevo), 20,866; Buzeu (Busau), 11,100; Alecsandria, 11,000; Campulung, 9,900; Pitesci (Piteshti), 8,500; Caracalu, 8,600.
Moldavia.—Jasi (Yassy), 90,000; Galati (Galatz), 80,000; Botosani, 39,900; Barladu (Byrlat), 26,600; Smeilu (Ismail), 21,000; Focsani, 20,300; Peatra, 20,000; Husi, 18,500; Roman, 16,900; Falticeni, 15,000; Bacau, 13,000; Dorohoi, 10,000; Bolgradu, 9,600; Chilie (Kilia), 8,900; Reni, 7,600.
[53] Average annual expenditure, 1871–76, £3,650,000; public debt, £19,500,000, including £13,000,000 expended upon railways; estimated value of the domains, £20,000,000.