GERMANY. 



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in. OAKKIBO.V. 



The military forces of the empire in time of 

 peace are as follows : 



The commercial navy of Germany was, in 

 1876, composed as follows: 



By the Constitution of April 16, 1871, the 

 Prussian obligation to serve in the army is ex- 

 tended to the whole empire, every German, 

 according to Article 57, being liable to service, 

 and no substitution being allowed. The move- 

 ment of shipping in the German ports was, in 

 1875, as follows : 



The total cost of construction of the rail- 

 roads of Germany (and Luxemburg) was as 

 follows (in marks) : 



The extension of electric telegraphs is shown 

 by the following table (in kilometres, 1 kilo- 

 metre = 0.62 mile) : 



The " World's Postal Union," founded by an 

 international treaty concluded October 9, 1874, 



at Bern, embraced at the close of 1876 an area of 

 46,000,000 square kilometres (= 17,760,000 sq. 

 m.), with 628,000,000 inhabitants. Among the 

 states belonging to the Union are all the states 

 of Europe ; in America, the United States and 

 the French colonies ; in Asia, Asiatic Russia, 

 Asiatic Turkey, British India, and the French 

 colonies; in Africa, Egypt, Zanzibar, Tunis, 

 Morocco, the French, Spanish, and Portuguese 

 possessions ; in Australia, the French colonies. 

 The postal statistics o/ the empire were, ac- 

 cording to the latest official publications, as 

 follows : 



