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Title: Sherlock's World's fair guide and bureau of information ..
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Sherlock, Eli J. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.)
Publisher: Kansas City, Mo., E. J. Sherlock
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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f a first-class Mexican city residence with an open innercourt. The Republic of Mexico is divided into twenty-seven states, oneterritory and one district, in all twenty-nine political divisions, withan area of 767,316 square miles, and a population of 13,570,545 accordingto latest estimate, on a basis of one in five. The Republic has 2.714,109men of military age. Her military strength on a peace footing is16,642 infantry, 7,406 cavalry, 1,733 artillery, 3,460 engineers, etc Total,29,241. Mexico is almost without a navy, she has one cruiser and nine gunboats, one transport, four tugs, fourteen heavy and fifty-six light guns. Gold Product, 1901, was $10,284,800; silver, 57,656,540 Oz. The Revenues of Mexico for 1901 were $66,000,000. The disburse-ments were about $62,500,000. Mexico Exported during 1902, $168,041,271, and imported, $64,648,-774, leaving a balance of trade in her favor of $103,392,597. The Public Debt in 1897 was $203,225,068. She has 10,840 miles ofrailway in operation.
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East India Pavilion. THE SAVEDISH PAVILION. Is located about one block distant directly west of Intramural StationNo. 3. At the Administration entrance about two miles northwest ofthe State Buildings entrance, in the northwest part of the expositiongrounds. It is a model of a high-class Swedish dwelling. Sweden and Norway contain 297,321 square miles. The population is7,376,321. The Total Peace Strengrth of the land forces of these two countriesis 57,469. The total war strength is 263,696. The Naval Strength of Sweden is 104 war vessels of all discriptions,which includes nine battle ships, six coast defense ships, four cruisers,twenty-nine river and sea going gun boats, two torpedo boat destroyers, 65 thirty torpedo boats, 202 naval officers, 4,412 enlisted men, 122 heavyand 396 light guns. The Naval Strength of Norway is 119 war vessels of all classes,which includes among others 44 sea and river gun boats, 34 torpedoboats, 146 naval officers, 2,950 enlisted men, 82 heavy and 302 ligh

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