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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 Duke of Cum- 

 berland, the son of the late King of Hanover, 

 and the Emperor of Germany. It is also in- 

 teresting to notice that the heir apparent is 

 the son of the reigning sovereign in only thir- 

 teen of the twenty-two sovereign houses which 

 belong to the German Empire. 



The legislative functions of the empire are 

 vested in the Bundestag, or Federal Council, 

 and the Reichstag, or Diet of the Empire. The 

 Bundesrath represents the individual states of 

 Germany, and the Emperor must have its con- 

 sent to declare war which is not merely defen- 

 sive. The members of the Bundestag are ap- 

 pointed by the governments of the individual 

 states for each session. On January 1, 1879, 

 the German Bundesrath was composed of the 

 following members : 



Prussia. Prince Bismarck, President and 

 Imperial Chancellor ; Count zu Stolberg-Wer- 

 nigerode, Vice-President of the State Ministry ; 

 the Ministers Hobrecht, Count Eulenburg, 

 Leonhard, Kameke, and Maybach; Bulow, 

 State Minister and Secretary of State in the 

 Ministry for Foreign Affairs ; Von Stosch, 

 Chief of the Admiralty; Hofmann, President 

 of the Imperial Chancery; Von Phillipsborn, 

 Director in the Foreign Office ; Dr. Friedberg, 

 Secretary of State in the Ministry of Justice ; 

 Postmaster-General Stephan ; Hasselbach, Di- 

 rector-General of the Indirect Taxes ; Mein- 

 ecke, Ministerial Director in the Ministry of 

 Finance; Herzog, Under-Secretary of State 

 for Alsace-Lorraine; Von Moller, Oberprasi- 

 dent of Alsace-Lorraine. 



Bavaria. The Ministers Von Pfretzschner 

 and Dr. von Faustle ; Von Rudhart, Ambas- 

 sador in Berlin ; Ministerial Director von Rie- 

 del ; and Major-General von Fries. 



Saxony. General von Fabrice ; the Minis- 



ters H. von Nostitz-Wallwitz and Abeken ; 

 O. von Nostitz-Wallwitz, Ambassador in Ber- 

 lin. 



Wurtemberg. Minister von Mittnacht ; Hu- 

 go von Spitzemberg, Ambassador in Berlin ; 

 Major-General von Faber du Faur ; and Coun- 

 cilor Hess. 



Baden. Turban, President of the Ministry ; 

 State Ministers Ellstatter and Stoszer. 



Hesse. Freiherr von Starck, President of 

 the Ministry; Ministerial Councilors Kempff 

 and Neidhart. 



Mecklenburg- Schwerin. Von Prollius, Am- 

 bassador in Berlin ; Oldenburg, Director of 

 Customs. 



Saxe- Weimar. Councilor Dr. Stichling. 



Mecklenburg- Sir elitz. Councilor von Prol- 

 lius. 



Oldenburg. Councilor Selkmann. 



Brunswick. Councilors Schultz and Von 

 Liebe. 



Saxe-Meiningen. Minister von Giseke. 



Saxe-Alteriburg. Minister von Gerstenberg- 

 Zech. 



Saxe- Colurg- GotJia. Minister Freiherr von 

 Seebach. 



Anhalt. Minister Freiherr von Krosigk. 



Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. Minister von Ber- 

 trap. 



ScJiwarzburg-Sondershausen. Minister Frei- 

 herr von Berlepsch. 



WaldecTc. Director von Sommerfeld. 



Reuss (elder line). Faber. 



Reuss (younger line). Dr. von Beul witz, State 

 Minister. 



Schaumburg-Lippe. Councilor Hooker. 



Lippe-Detmold. Eschenburg. 



Lubeck. Dr. Kriiger, Minister Resident in 

 Berlin. 



Bremen. Dr. Gildemeister, Burgomaster. 



Hamburg. Dr. Kirchenpauer, Burgomaster. 



The movement of emigration from the ports 

 of Bremen and Hamburg was as follows : 



