PRUSSIA. 



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the diocese, " and to himself as a dignitary of 

 the English Church, as to officiate with minis- 

 ters of various denominations in a communion 

 service which differed materially from that of 

 the English and American Prayer Books." 

 He also addressed similar notes to the Dean 

 and to the Archbishop of Canterbury. As- 

 sistant-Bishop Cummins, of Kentucky, replied 

 to the letter of Bishop Tozer, by avowing that 

 lie also had participated in a communion ser- 

 vice with non-Episcopal ministers, on the Sun- 

 day following the communion in which the 

 Dean of Canterbury had participated, at the 

 Presbyterian church on Fifth avenue, of which 

 the Rev. Dr. John Hall was pastor. Bishop 

 Cummins justified both his own act and the 

 dean's, with the assertions that there was no 

 law of the Church prohibiting such com- 

 mnnion services, and that the authorities of 

 the Church of England had repeatedly recog- 

 nized Presbyterian orders as valid, and had 

 admitted Presbyterian ministers to Episcopal 

 pulpits without reordinntion. He cited in- 

 stances from the history of the Church in illus- 

 tration of his points. The positions assumed 

 by Bishop Cummins were controverted by 

 several Episcopal ministers in letters published 

 in the newspapers. A voluminous corre- 

 spondence took place, in which the points at 

 issue were discussed in their various bearings. 

 On the 3d of November, Bishop Potter pub- 

 lished a letter in which he commended and 

 sustained Bishop Tozer for the course he had 

 taken in censuring the Dean of Canterbury, 

 and explained the objections to such mixed 

 communions as those in which the dean and 

 Bishop Cummins had participated. On the 

 10th of November Bishop Cummins addressed 

 Bishop Smith, of Kentucky, a letter resigning 

 the office of Assistant- Bishop of Kentucky and 

 declaring his intention to transfer his work 

 and office to another sphere of labor. [This 

 letter will be found in full in the article RE- 

 FORMED EPISCOPAL Cnrnon.] In accordance 

 with the rules of the Church, Bishop Cummins 

 was held for trial. Charges were formally 

 presented against him for abandoning the 

 Church, and a Board of Inquiry was appointed 

 to investigate them. The board is required 

 to meet in Kentucky, at a time and place to be 

 designated by the presiding bishop. Bishop 

 Cummins is entitled to six months' notice of 

 the charges preferred against him. At the 

 end of this period he may be deposed. He 

 may, however, retract his abandonment of the 

 Church, in which case further proceedings may 

 be suspended. 



PRUSSIA, a kingdom of Europe, forming 

 part of the German Empire. King, William 

 I., German Emperor and King of Prussia (tee 

 GERMANY). The table on the following page 

 exhibits the area of the provinces and districts 

 info which the kingdom is divided, according 

 to the latest official acconnts, as well as their 

 popnlation and their religions statistics: 



Among the Christian sects, there were 



1,565 Greek Catholics, 20,011 dissenters, 14,- 

 052 Mennonites, 9,375 Baptists, 2,531 Free 

 Religionists, 1,370 German Catholics, 384 

 Christian Catholics, 874 Anglicans, 1,357 

 Apostolic Catholics, 987 Free Congregation- 

 alists, 600 Methodists, 68 Presbyterians, 254 

 Irvingites, and 592 others. Besides these, 

 there were also 17 Mohammedans, 13 Gypsies, 

 32 Buddhists, 1 Fire-worshipper, 1 Chinese, 14 

 pagans, 6 Mormons, 1 Rationalist, and of 4,410 

 inhabitants the religion was unknown. 



The non-German population of Prussia com- 

 prises : 



NATIONALITIES. 



Lithuanians.... 



Poles j- 



Czechs 



Wends j- 



Walloons 



Danes 



Others 



ID th Province! of 



Prussia. 



Silesia. Posen, Pros- I 

 pia, and Pomerania. f 

 Silesia, 



Brandenburg and 81- 1 



lesia. f 



Rhine Provinces 



Schleswick-Uolsteln... 





cenlg 



146,8QO 



2,43-2,000 



60,000 



83,000 



10,400 

 145,000 

 30,000 



0.6 

 10.1 

 0.2 

 0.4 



'b'.6 

 0.1 



Of these, only the Poles and the Danes con- 

 stitute a compact majority in some of the elec- 

 toral districts, and are represented in the Diet 

 by deputies who desire an ultimate separation 

 of their nationalities from Prussia and from 

 Germany. The Poles constitute, in the dis- 

 trict "of Oppeln, 60.1 per cent, of the popula- 

 tion; in Posen, 59.3; in Bromberg, 46.9; in 

 Marienwerder, 37.8 ; in Dantzic, 27.3 ; in 

 Gumbinnen, 21.9 ; in Konigsberg, 17.1 ; in 

 Breslau, 4.3; and in KOslin, 0.7. 



According to the budget for the year 1873, 

 the revenue and expenditures were as follows: 



REVENUE. Tktlm. 



Ministry of Finances 117.007,651 



Ministry of Commerce 76,835.623 



Ministry of State 41,750 



Ministry of Justice 14,005,000 



Ministry of the Interior 931,679 



Ministry of Agriculture 1,055,480 



Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Af- 

 fairs. 166,284 



Total 210,043,467 



EXPENDITURE. Thkn. 



Costs of administration 72,951,468 



Charges on consolidated fund 35,506,150 



Administrative expenditures: 



1. Ministry of State 697.211 



2. Ministry of Foreign Aflairs 135,600 



8. Ministry of Finances 33.273,443 



4. Ministry of Commerce 20.594,488 



5. Ministry of Justice 20.156,430 



6. Ministry of the Interior 10.830,546 



7. Ministry of Agriculture 8,656,490 



8. Ministry of Education and Ecclesiasti- 



cal AiTaira 12,841,646 



Total 210,043,467 



The public debt, according to the budget of 

 1873, was as follows : 



a. INTEREST-BEARING DEBT : Thim. 



1. Oftheold province* 841.271.861 



2. Of the new provinces 69,623.914 



8. Floating debt 10,000.000 



b. RENTES 7.470.000 



c. DEBT BEARIKO NO INTEREST 20,930,403 



Total 439,296,178 



