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GERMANY. 



Minister Freiherr von Krosigk. Schwarzburg- 

 Budolstadt Minister von Bertrap. Schwarz- 

 J)urg - Sondershausen Minister Freiherr von 

 Berlepsch. Waldeck Director von Sommer- 

 feld. Seuss (elder line) Faber. Reuss (young- 

 er line) Dr. von Beulwitz, State Minister. 

 Schaumburg-Lippe Councilor Hocker. Lippe- 

 Detmold Esclienburg. Lubeclc Dr. Kruger, 

 Minister Resident in Berlin. Bremen Dr. 

 Gildemeister, Burgomaster. Hamburg Dr. 

 Kirchenpauer, Burgomaster. 



The German Empire consists at present of 

 twenty-six states, of which four are kingdoms, 

 six grand duchies, five duchies, seven princi- 

 palities, three free cities, and one, Alsace-Lor- 

 raine, an imperial province (Reichsland). The 

 following table exhibits all the states of the 

 German Empire, the area, the population ac- 

 cording to the census of 1875, the number of 

 representatives of every German state in the 

 Federal Council, and the number of deputies 

 who represent each state in the Reichstag : 



Population of Berlin, December 31, 1877, 

 1,018,818. For the population of the other 

 principal cities see " Annual Cyclopaedia " for 

 1877. 



In the following table will be found the full 



exhibit of the governments of the particular 

 states, including the names and the titles of all 

 the sovereign princes, their years of birth and 

 accession to the throne, and the names of the 

 heirs apparent : 



Heir apparent. 



Frederick William, son. 

 Otho, brother. 

 George, brother. 

 William, cousin. 

 Frederick William, son. 

 Frederick Francis, son. 

 Ernest Louis, son. 

 Augustus, son. 

 Charles Augustus, son. 

 Adolphus Frederick, SOB. 

 Disputed. 

 Leopold, son. 

 Maurice, brother. 

 Prince Alfred, cousin. 

 Bernard, son. 

 Hermann, brother. 

 Henry XXIV., son. 

 Henry XXVII., son. 

 George, son. 

 Gunther, second cousin. 

 Charles, son. 

 Frederick, son. 



