350 



GERMANY. 



The matricular contributions were divided 

 among the particular states as follows : 



STATES. 



Marks. 



saxony .. 



Wurtemberg.... 



Baden ......... 



| e ^ se . 



Mecklenburg-} 



8,289,999 



5,784,133 



4,249,774 

 i$w\285 



STATES. 



Marks. 



S.-Coburg-Gotha.. 



8^-Rudoistadi \ 



Sch.-Sondersh'sen. 



Waideck .......... 



Reuss (older br'ch) 

 Reuss (younger/ 

 branch) ....... f 



271,450 



117,547 



82,818 



73,810 

 '. 



During the winter of 1874-'75 the 228 Prus- 

 sian gymnasia were attended by 65,018 schol- 

 ars, and the preparatory schools connected 

 with them by 9,588. The scholars in the gym- 



nasia were distributed as follows among the Prussia ......... 82,051,251 



different provinces of Prussia: Silesia 10,796; 



Brandenburg, 10,283 ; Prussia, 8,316 ; Saxony, 



6 5 67: Rhine Province, 6,195; Pornerania, 



~il TTT i i v A ai a T> \4ioo TT 



5,297, Westphalia, 4,616 ; Posen, 4,122 ; Han- 



over, 3,144 ; Hesse-Nassau, 2,949 ; Schles wig- 



Holstein, 1,782; and Hohenzollern, 151 In . 4270 



the preparatory schools Brandenburg had the Mecklenburg-* 1q7<u1 Lubeck.... ....... 68,191 



largest number of scholars, 2,592. Then fol- streiitz ..... f ''J 



lowed-Silesia, 1,208; Prussia, 1,194; Pome- gSJSSt::": g?$S 



rania, 1,068 : Hanover, 892 ; Rhine Province, Saxe-Meiningen. 298,183 



840, etc. The different religious denomina- Saxe-Altenburg . 214,582 Total ........... 68,969,549 



tions were represented as follows in the gym- The ^ expenditures of the empire were 



nasia: Evangelicals, 44,305 and 7,598 m the estimated b as follows : 



preparatory schools ; Roman Catholics, 14,592 Msrks 



and 886; Jews, 6,114 and 1,103 ; Dissenters, 7 1. Chancery of the Empire ..................... 8,171,034 



and i. The number of directors and regular | S^~ ( j^\\\-;;j;;;:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;: Jglo 



teachers was 2,493; of the assistant teachers, 4] Administration of the * imperial Army. '.'.'.'.. '. '. 81ll894,ti05 



285; special teachers, 411; of parish priests 5. Administration of the Navy ................. 1 2&!lii 



giving religious instruction, 137; and candi- ?; g^^S^.?!^;:::::::::: *{$ 



dates on trial, 169. The 33 pro-gymnasia were 8. imperial Supreme Court of Trade ........... 351,540 



visited by 3,502, and their preparatory schools ,; t^g*^^^---:" *$$& 



by 398 scholars. The 79 Realschulen of the 11. Empire invalid Funds ...................... 28,870,748 



first class had 26,316, and the preparatory 12. "Rayon v indemnification rentes ............ 25,040 



classes 4,733 scholars. Of these Brandenburg Total 898 516 251 



sfa? l$l j ^SoS^aE? ! 2, P 824 S : ^ra'ordinary" expenditure's' are' thus 



Saxony, 2,785; Westphalia, 2,009 ; Posen, 1,- ' M . rkf 



444 ; Pomerania, 1,227 ; Hesse-Nassau, 1,023 ; i. chancerv of the Empb-e ..................... 292,304 



and Schleswig-Holstein, 207. Of these scholars 2. imperial Diet .............................. 20,000 



20,962 were Evangelicals, 2,972 Catholics, 2,- J pS\dmS 8 ^tion:::::::::::::::::::::: SSSS 



360 Jews, and 13 Dissenters (the latter all in 5. Administration of Telegraphs ................ 120,000 



Saxony) The number of directors and regu- tJSgSSEg&^.E^^ UftSS 



lar teachers was 899 ; of the special teachers, 8. Chamber of Accounts ....................... 60,000 



161 ; of parish priests giving religious instruc- Jj- g^g-UjK.^. M^lg 



tion, 54. The 67 Realschulen of the second n. Mint Reform ............. ... ....... : ....... ilsoo.ooo 



class were attended by 5,202 scholars, of which 12. Manufacture of Empire Bank-notes ......... 600,000 



1,382 were in Brandenburg, 1,154 in Hesse- Total... 121,502,812 



Nassau, 947 in the Rhine Province, 911 in m . 



Schleswig-Holstein, 566 in Saxony, and 239 in , T e following table gives the military forces 



Pomerania. (The other five provinces, Prussia, of the em P ire m tirae of war : 



Posen, Silesia, Hanover, and Westphalia, do _ FIELD ARMY. _ 



not have these schools.) Of these scholars, CLA8S OF TROOPS> officarg MeD> HoriM . 



3,988 were Evangelicals; 341 Catholics; 870 ____ 



Jews; and 3 Dissenters. The number of di- Higher staffs ................... 868 5,170 5,070 



rectors and regular teachers was 176. Jjjjjy ..... ; 10 '^ 4 ^o 1T,1W8 



The budget of the German Empire for 1875, Cavalry '.'.'.'.! 1 i!'.'.'.'.!!!'.!'.!!!!!! 2,144 59,'si4 65^608 



as declared by law of December 27, 1874, es- Artillery ........................ 2,286 78.120 77,482 



timates revenue and expenditure each at 515,- Train" 8 484 38451 46017 



018,563 marks (1 mark = 23.8cents). The rev- Administrations ................ 216 2^826 10,864 



enue was derived from the following sources : Total ~n#uT 687,594 233,592 



Marks. - '- - 



I: SSS^^^^SSSS^::::- ^ffiS The new fortifications at Metz may be re- 



8. Administ.rat on of postal affairs and newspapers 10,759,227 garded as almost Complete. The chain of forts 



tS5'S8M?5ESffi ...... :!-VSS?S 7 hi ? h s rro d ?, the town . forming a circle 



6. Receipts of various descriptions 1 590 450 is closed, and all the forts are ready, except 



iteMWisafafiSS i -. ; w$ ^ of n? ol ? p j r ', wliicl !. iB t ? f be t fi ? ish , ed io 



9. From the at. Gothard Raiiroad.7...!..'...... 969,023 18 76. The total number of forts is eleven, 



10. Profit from the coining of imperial money.'.'.'. 7.soo,'ooo four of which have been newly built by the 



S:SSS^t!21ff!^;:: ....... 94 9 ??2 Germans, and are now being supplied with 



13. Matricular contributions ............ !...!.!'.! 68^969'549 guns, ammunition, and provisions. The store- 



Total .................................... 515,018,568 nouses will, when finished, afford sufficient 





