PRUSSIA. 



705 



The expenditures are divided into permanent 

 \fortdauemde), transitory (einmalige), and ex- 

 traordinary (ausserordentliche) disbursements. 

 The continuing or permanent are subdivided 

 into current expenditures (Betriebsautgaberi), 

 administrative expenditures (Staats- Verwal- 

 tungsamgaberi), and charges on the consolidat- 

 ed fund (Dotationeri). The different branch- 

 es of expenditures were as follows: 



BRANCHES OF EXPENDITUKES. 



CURRENT EXPENDITURES. Marks. 



Ministry of Finance 67,845,090 



" of Commerce 19^,221,745 



" . of State 502,275 



Total current expenditures 267,569, 1 10 



ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURES. 



Ministry of Finance 113,887,161 



" of Commerce '. 19,910,716 



" of Justice 69,456,000 



" of the Interior 86,810,048 



" of Agriculture 10,479,542 



" of Worship and Instruction 45,896,041 



of State 2,275,728 



" of Foreign Affairs 411,600 



Total administrative expenditures 299,566,831 



CHARGES ON THE CONSOLIDATED FUND. 



Additions to the crown dotations of the King. . . . 



Interest on public debt 



Sinking fund of debt 



Annuities and management 



Chamber of Lords (Herrenhaus) 



Chamber of Deputies 



Total charges on consolidated fund. . . . 



4,500,000 

 48,762,979 

 17,472,618 



1,804,403 

 164,310 



1,199,520 



"737903,830 



Total ordinary expenditures 640,599,771 



Transitory and extraordinary expenditures 73,257,993 



Total 713,857,764 



The public debt of the kingdom, inclusive of 

 the provinces annexed in 1866, was as follows 

 on March 31, 1877 : 



TITLE OF DEBT. Marks . 



1. Consolidated debt of 1842 141,882,500 



2. " " of 1870 503,809,150 



8. " " of 1873 and 1876 100,000,000 



4. Non-consolidated loans 111,478,200 



5. State railway debt 46,881,616 



6. Preference loan of 1 855 27,030,000 



T. War debt of the Kurmark and Neumark 2,743,982 



I. Total debt of Prussia 933.325,448 



II. Debt of provinces annexed in 1866 95,225,024 



III. Floating debt called Sohatzanweisungen 80,000,000 



Total 1,058,550,472 



Besides this, there were outstanding rentes 

 VOL. xvin. 45 A 



to the amount of 26,300,000 marks, and a debt 

 not bearing interest, making the total capital 

 1,085,953,053. 



The Prussian Diet assembled on January 

 8th. The principal subjects before it were the 

 laws providing for the execution of the Feder- 

 al laws (Reichsjustizgesetze), and the supple- 

 mentary estimates to carry out the organic 

 changes in the Cabinet proposed by Prince 

 Bismarck. The former were finally passed in 

 March, after having been under consideration 

 in the committees of both Houses. The dis- 

 cussion on the supplementary estimates was 

 begun in the Lower House on March 23d. 

 Prince Bismarck energetically supported the 

 proposal submitted, especially in regard to the 

 creation of a Ministry of Railways. He said a 

 different administration of the railways must 

 be instituted, otherwise it would be impossi- 

 ble for him to remain in power. Without a 

 solution of the question as to the person who 

 was to hold the office, it was impossible to 

 think of settling the Imperial Railway question. 

 On the same day a letter from the Ministry of 

 State was read, announcing that the King had 

 accepted the resignation of Herr Camphausen, 

 the Minister of Finance. This resignation was 

 caused by differences which had arisen be-, 

 tween Prince Bismarck and Herr Camphausen. 

 (See GERMANY.) Herr Hobrecht, Chief Bur- 

 gomaster of Berlin, was appointed in his place, 

 and Count Stolberg-Wernigerode was appoint- 

 ed Vice-President of the Ministry, and rep- 

 resentative of the Imperial Chancellor. On 

 March 7th the supplementary estimates were 

 read for the first time, and the debate on the 

 second reading then began. A motion pro- 

 posing that the administration of the forests 

 and crown lands should be transferred from 

 the Ministry of Finance to that of Agriculture 

 was rejected, as was also the proposal for the 

 creation of a Ministry of Railways. The only 

 grant voted was that required for the salary of 

 the Yice-President of the Ministry. On March 

 24th Dr. Achenbach, the Minister of Com- 

 merce, sent in his resignation, in consequence 

 of the severe criticisms made by Prince Bis- 

 marck, in his speech in the Lower House on 

 the administration of the Rail way Department 

 by the Board of Trade. Herr May bach, Under- 



