I'KTSSIA. 



706 



The sentence of deposition was signed by six 

 bishop*. 



1'KI >S!.\, ;i kingdom of Europe, forming 



i-niiiM Kinpiiv. Kin;/, William 



: man Kmperor and King of Prussia (tee 



GERMANY). Tlio following table exhibit* the 

 ares of the provinces into which the kingdom 

 is divided, according to the latest official ac- 



<.. unts, as well as tlu-ir population and their 

 religious statistics : * 



Among the Christian sects, there were 

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

 052 Mennonites, 9,875 Baptists, 2,531 Free Re- 

 ligionists, 1,870 German Catholics, 884 Chris- 

 tian Catholics, 874 Anglicans, 1,857 Apostolic 

 Catholics, 987 Free Congregationalists, 600 

 Methodists, 68 Presbyterians, 254 Irvingites, 

 and 592 others. Besides these, there were 

 also 17 Mohammedans, 13 Gypsies, 81 Budd- 

 hists, 1 Fire-worshipper, 1 Chinese, 14 pa- 

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

 inhabitants the religion was unknown. The 

 Old Catholics are recognized by the Govern- 

 ment as a division of the Roman Catholic 

 Church, and their bishop receives an annual 

 salary of 16,000 thalers. 



The non-German population of Prussia com- 

 prises : 



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, 87.8 ; in Dantzic, 27.3 ; in 

 Gumbinnen, 21.9 ; in Kdnigsberg, 17.1 ; in 

 Breslau, 4.3 ; and in KSslin, 0.7. 



According to the budget for the year 1874, 

 the revenue and expenditures were as follows 

 (value expressed in marks; 1 mark = 23 cents) : 



REVENUE. M,.,,. 



Ministry of Finances 879,726,298 



Ministry of Commerce 268,644,579 



Ministry of State 448,700 



Ministry of Justice 42.525,000 



Ministry of the Interior 2.764,808 



Ministry of Agriculture 8,401,655 



Ministry of Education and Ecclesiastical Af- 

 fair* . 767.016 



Total 696,274,051 



EXPENDITURES. 



I. ORDINAKT EXPENDITURES : Mrk. 



Costs of administration 261,599,619 



Charges on consolidated debt 66,180,530 



Administrative expenditures 268,514,094 



Total ordinary expenditures 596,244,243 



II. EXTRAORDINARY EXPENDITURES 102,029,808 



Total of all expenditures 698,274,051 



The public debt, according to the budget of 

 1874, was as follows : 



I. INTEREST-BEARING DEBT: MA. Muk*. 



1. Of the old provinces 817,987,206 



2. Of the new provinces 146,950,878 



3. Floating debt 27,900.000 



992,88,144 



II. RENTES 28,500.000 



III. DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST 60,044,163 



Total 1,081,382,307 



According to the budget of 1873, the total 

 debt was 1,317,888,534 marks, showing a re- 

 duction of the debt within one year of 286,- 

 506,227 marks. In 1874, out of the total sum 

 of 1,087,000,000 marks, 450,000,000 were de- 

 voted exclusively to the construction of rail- 

 ways, and interest thereon is paid out of the 

 profits of the state lines, with the yearly-in- 

 creasing dividends. 



The attention of the Prussian Diet, which 

 was in session at the beginning of the year 

 1874, was chiefly engrossed by the conflict be- 

 tween the state Government and the heads of 

 the Catholic Church. The majority of the 



* For a list of the administrative districts into which 

 the provinces are divided, with the area, Protestant, 

 Catholic, and Jewish population of each, tee ANNUAL 

 CYCLOP ADIA for 1873. 



