GERMANY. 



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In the following table will be found a full 

 exhibit of the governments of the particular 

 states, including the names and titles of all the 



sovereign princes, their years of birth and ac- 

 cession to the throne, and the name of the 

 heir-apparent : 





It will be seen from the above table that the 

 ducal line of Brunswick is likely to become 

 extinct by the death of the reigning duke. 

 The succession is disputed by the ex-King of 

 Hanover and the Emperor of Germany. It is 

 also interesting to notice that in only twelve 

 of the twenty-two sovereign houses which be- 

 long to the German Empire the heir-apparent 

 is the son of the reigning sovereign. 



The legislative functions of the empire are 

 vested in the Bundestag, or Federal Council, 

 and thejleichstag, or Dii-t of tin- Kmpire. The 



* The figures marked * give the definite, the others only 

 the preliminary, statement. 



Bundesrath represents the individual states of 

 Germany, and the Emperor must have its con- 

 sent to declare war not merely defensive. The 

 members of the Bundestag are appointed by 

 the governments of the individual states for 

 each session. On January 1, 1876, the Ger- 

 man Bundesrath was composed of the follow- 

 ing members : 



Prussia. Prince Bismarck, President and 

 Imperial Chancellor; Hofraann, President of 

 the Imperial Chancery; the ministers Camp- 

 hausen, Count Eulenburg, Leonhardt, Kaiueke, 

 and Achenbach; BQlow, State Minister and 

 Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign 



