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The following table shows the public debt of the several German states (exclusive of war 

 loans and the debt for the liquidation of the ground rent) : 



In the budget of the German Empire for the 

 years 1872 and 1873, as fixed by a law of De- 

 cember 4, 1871 (modified by an additional law 

 of June 20, 1872, and by the law of July 20, 

 1872), the revenue and expenditures are, for 

 the year 1872, 116,990,000 thalers, and for the 

 year 1873, 118,840,489 thalers. Bavaria, Wur- 

 temberg, and Baden, have their own taxes on 

 beer and brandy ; and Bavaria and Wurtem- 

 berg have their own administration of postal 

 and telegraph affairs. These states have, there- 

 fore, to contribute comparatively larger sums 

 to the common expenses of the empire. The 

 total debt of the empire, at the close of the 

 year 1871, was 256,508,120 thalers. 



The movement of shipping in the ports of 

 the German Empire was, in 1871, as follows : 



The vessels were distributed among the 

 maritime states as follows : 



The emigration from the ports of Bremen 

 and Hamburg was as follows : 



The number of railroads in operation on 

 January 1, 1872, was 13,095 miles. The ag- 

 gregate length of telegraph-lines was 22,076 

 miles; of telegraph-wires, 71,407 miles; the 

 number of telegraph bureaux, 3,726. 



The postal statistics of Germany, in 1871, 

 were as follows : 



