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WUETEMBEEG. 



1,748,328 in 1864, an increase of 1.72 per cent. 

 With regard to religious profession, 1,220,199 

 (68.6 per. cent.) were Protestants, 543,601 (30.6 

 percent.) Eoman Catholics, 3,017 other Chris- 

 tians, and 11,662 Israelites. The largest cities 

 had, in 1867, the following population : Stutt- 

 gart, 75,781; Ulm,24,739; Heilbronn, 16,730; 

 Esslingen, 16,591 ; Eeutlingen, 13,781. The es- 

 timates of the general budget for the term 

 from 1868 to 1870 are as follows : 1867-'68 : 

 expenditures and revenue, each, 19,957,708; 

 for 1868-'69 : expenditures and revenue, each, 

 21,301,667; 1869-'70: expenditures,' 22,430,- 

 472 ; revenue, 22,395,981 ; deficit, 34,491. Pub- 



lie debt, in May 9, 1868, 126,860,470 florins. 

 The army of Wurtemberg, in 1868, consisted 

 of 34,405, of which 14,150 were in active ser- 

 vice. 



The "Wurtemberg Diet, which closed on the 

 20th of February, adopted a new electoral 

 law, which provides for direct and universal 

 suffrage. A new election took place in 

 July, resulting in a triumph of the Democratic 

 party, to which a considerable majority in the 

 Chamber of Deputies belong. The National 

 party, which is favorable to a union with the 

 North-German Confederation, elected nine 

 members. 





