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GERMANY. 



haven, Geestemtinde, Brake, and a small part 

 of Baden, m all 390 square kilometres, with 

 594,750 inhabitants. It also includes the Grand 

 Duchy of Luxemburg and the Austrian com- 

 munity of Jungholz. The imports and exports 

 for 1878 in the* customs territory of Germany 

 were estimated as follows (value in marks 

 1 mark=$0-238) : 



CLASSES OF GOODS. 



Grain 



Malt and other liquors 



Colonial produce 



Tobacco and cigars 



Seeds and fruits 



Animals and animal provisions . 



1. Articles of food... 



Fuel 



Minerals and ores , 



Raw metals 



Hair, hides, and leather 



Spinning material , 



Wood and timber. . . 



2. Raw material. . . 



Pottery and glassware 



Metals 



Metal ware 



Machines and vessels 



Leather, etc 



Yarn 



Cordage, woven goods, and cloth'g 



Caoutchouc and wax goods 



Paper 



Wood and carvings 



Jewelry and art goods 



Manuscripts, articles for printing. 



3. Manufactured goods 



4. Miscellaneous goods 



5. Precious metals 



Total. 



The result of last agricultural census showed 

 that there were in the Empire 3,352,231 horses, 

 13,315 mules and donkeys, 15,776,702 head of 

 cattle, 24,999,706 sheep, 7,124,088 swine, 2,- 

 320,002 goats, and 2,333,484 bee-hives. The 

 number of families possessing live-stock was 

 found to be 5,028,023. 



The total length of railroads of Germany, 

 open for traffic, was as follows on April 1, 

 1880 (in kilometres 1 kilometre = 0'62 mile) : 



STATES. 



Prussia 20,680-91 



Bavaria 4, 795'09 



Saxony! 2,090-35 



Wiirtemberg 1,504'22 



Alsace-Lorraine '. 1,208-86 



Baden 1,813'04 



Hesse 830-56 



Oldenburg 318'46 



Schaumburg-Lippe 24' 33 



Saxe-Meiningen 19MO 



Hamburg 18-96 



Bremen 104- 89 



Saxe-Weimar 209 67 



Brunswick 366'04 



Mecklenburg 354'95 



Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 26'40 



Saxe-Altenburg 8- 60 



Total 34,039-00 



In regard to their administration and impor- 

 tance these roads were divided as follows: 



The postal statistics of the empire, accord- 

 ing to the latest official publications, were as 

 follows: 



The extent of electric telegraphs (in kilometres) and the amount of their business are 

 shown in the following table : 



The German Parliament was opened on Feb- dent of the Prussian Ministry, who read the 

 ruary 12th, by Count Stolberg, the Vice-Presi- Emperor's speech. It was stated in the speech 



