BAVAKIA. 



i, 1 mission, 2 missionaries; 



M'rica, ti stations, 5 missionaries, 



1 Millions, :! missionaries i; 



r.s; Norway, 1 station and 



llu- returns from the stations 



>!'crfeet that no statistics were given. 



of tlio previous year gave 17,177 as 



;uml>er of nominal Christians connected 



\vitli the minions. 



i;.\YAi;l \, a kingdom in South Germany. 

 Kiii^r, Lmlwig II., born August 25, 1845; suc- 

 1 liis fatluT, Maximilian II., on March 10, 

 Prime minister (since January 1, 1867), 

 Priiiiv Clovis von Hohenlohe-Schillingsfiirst. 

 Uav.iria lias an area of 28,324 square miles, and 

 ding to the census of 1864 (after deduct- 

 the inhabitants of the districts ceded in 

 to Prussia), 4,774,464 inhabitants. The 

 n of religious denominations was 

 taken in 1852, and showed 3,176,333 Catholics, 

 .894 Protestants, 5,560 other Christians, 

 and 56,033 Israelites. In 1867 the number of 

 'it s was estimated at 3,300,000, Protes- 

 tants 1,320,000, other Christians 6,000, Israel- 

 1,000. The census taken on December 3, 

 1867, showed a largo increase of the population 

 in all the cities, but the official total has not 

 yet been published. The capital, Munich, had, 

 in 1864, 167,054 inhabitants. The army, in 

 numbers 73,582 men ; in time 

 of war, 96,583 ; the reserve consists of 124,- 

 721 men. In the budget for the financial period 

 L861-'67, both revenues and expenditures are 

 estimated at 46,720,597 florins. The public 

 dcl.t in April, 1866, amounted to 334,405,150 

 florins (of which 121,739,300 was railroad debt). 

 <>u January 19th, Prince Hohenlohe, the 

 Minister of Foreign Affairs, defined in the name 

 of the (ioviTiiment the policy Bavaria would 

 follow in the German question. He stated that 

 -ho would adhere to no alliance of the States 

 ith Gennany under the protectorate of a 

 .-a power or under the direction of Austria, 

 but that she desired an alliance of South Ger- 

 many with Prussia and the North German Con- 

 xion, placing in case of war the Bavarian 

 army under the command of the King of Prussia, 

 but upholding the sovereignty and independence 

 of the country. On April 12th, 115 Bavarian 

 deputies, of all political parties, constituting the 

 immense majority of the Chamber of Deputies, 

 :ted Prince Hohenlohe with an address, in 

 which they adhere to the declaration of the 

 N'oi-t !i ( iermnu Parliament against the purchase 

 of Luxemburg by France. On October 21st, 

 Prince Hohenlohe announced in the Cham- 

 of Deputies that at the last confefenccs 

 relative to the treaty, which had been held at 

 Berlin, the Prussian Government had distinctly 

 ivd that it could agree to no other pro- 

 - on the subject than those based on the 

 principles which Prussia herself had laid down, 

 "inl that if those did not satisfy the South 

 in States they were at liberty to form a 

 Zollverein, with which Prussia would be 

 glad to maintain friendly relations. " With this 



alternative before her," said Prince Hohenlohe, 

 " Bavaria must come to the conclusion that the 

 advantages of the Zollverein arc greater than 

 the sacrifices which it will impose. If we secede 

 from it, we must form a new one with 1 

 and Wurtemlierg, which those States have al- 

 ready refused, or we must remain isolated. In 

 the latter case the customs' rates would be far 

 too heavy, and a policy of free trade, on the 

 other hand, would be Bavaria's ruin. The dif- 

 ficulties of a political character connected with 

 the new treaty are exaggerated. The compe- 

 tency of the Zollverein Parliament is limited, 

 and its extension without our consent is impos- 

 sible. It is true we cannot answer for the fu- 

 ture according to the development it may take, 

 so perhaps our programme may be modified." 

 Herr Barth, in the name of the Fortschritt 

 party, who advocate the entry of the Southern 

 States into the North German Confederation, 

 announced that his party would not oppose the 

 policy of Prince Hohenlohe, although they did 

 not consider it went far enough. The Chamber 

 of Deputies adopted the treaty (October 22d), 

 by 117 against 17 votes. The Upper Chamber 

 at first rejected the treaty, but was finally pre- 

 vailed upon, by the urgent warning of the 

 Government as to the consequences of a rup- 

 ture with Prussia, to adopt it. (See GERMANY.) 



BELGIUM, a kingdom in Europe. King, 

 Leopold II., born April 9, 1835 ; succeeded his 

 father, Leopold I., on December 10, 1865. 

 Heir-apparent, Prince Leopold, born June 12, 

 1859. Area, 11,313 square miles; population, 

 according to the census of December 31, 1865, 

 4,984,451. The following cities had above 

 100,000 inhabitants : Brussels, 189,337; Ghent, 

 126,333; Antwerp, 123,498; Liege, 104,905. 

 The budget of 1867 fixes the receipts at 166,- 

 046,290 francs, and the expenditures at 166,- 

 774,028 francs. The public debt, on May 1, 

 1867, 667,850,264 francs. The Belgian army 

 consists of 86,272 men. The imports, in 1865, 

 amounted to 756,420,000 francs, the exports to 

 601,652,000 francs. The amount of shipping 

 during 1865 was as follows : Arrivals, 4,526 

 vessels, of 920,831 tons; clearances, 4,444 ves- 

 sels, of 911,749 tons. The merchant navy, on 

 December 31, 1865, consisted of 112 vessels, 

 together of 39,729 tons. 



In the Chamber of Representatives, on Jan- 

 uary 18th, an amendment to the Penal Code 

 Bill, aiming at the abolition of capital punish- 

 ment, was rejected by 55 against 43 votes. On 

 May 24th, M. Rogier, in the name of the min- 

 istry, communicated conclusions arrived at by 

 the foreign engineers on the question of the 

 Imrring of the Scheldt. The engineer from 

 Prussia has pronounced in favor of Holland ; 

 the one from England in favor of Belgium ; 

 whilst the French engineer declares that the 

 proposed barring will not injn .rests 



of France. The new election to the Senate, 

 which was held in June, was unfavorable to 

 the Liberal party. The Senate, in 186C, con- 

 tained 37 Liberals and 25 Catholics. The 



