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The movement of population in 1879 was as 

 follows : 



The budget of the German Empire for 1881- 

 '82, according to the law of March 28, 1881, 

 estimates the revenue and expenditure at 

 592,956,554 marks each (1 mark = 23-8 cents). 

 The revenue was derived from the following 



Marki. 



1. Customs and excise ......................... 335,490,150 



2. Stamps on playing-cards .................... 1,100.000 



8. Stamp-duty on bills of exchange ........... 6,106,900 



4. Statistical dues ........................... 800,000 



6. Post-Office and telegraphs (net) ............. 18,697,145 



6. Railroads (net) ............................. 11,039,400 



7. Imperial printing-office ..................... 1,061,520 



8. Imperial and other banks ................... 1,505,4-30 



9. Miscellaneous receipts ...................... 5,815,501 



10. From the imperial funds for invalids ........ 81,071,344 



11. Surplus of former years .................... 6.529,730 



12. Interest from invested capitals .............. 8,842,650 



18. Extraordinary receipts ...................... 67,108,806 



14. Matricular contributions .................... 103,288,523 



Total 592,956,554 



The expenditures of the empire were esti- 

 mated as follows (in marks) : 



592,956,554 



The public debt of the German Empire con- 

 sists of three loans, one of 77,731,321 marks 

 (authorized by the law of June 14, 1877), one 

 of 97,484,865 marks (law of June 14, 1878), 

 and one of 68,021,071 marks (law of June 13, 

 1879), of which there had been issued up to 

 February 1, 1881, 251,000,000 marks. In ac- 

 cordance with the laws of July 9, 1879, March 

 26, 1880, March 28, 1881, and May 24, 1881, a 

 new loan amounting to 102,540,008 marks had 

 been contracted. There is also a floating debt 

 consisting of Treasury notes issued for short 



periods only. In accordance with the law of 

 April 20, 1874, the Imperial Government has 

 issued paper money (Reichscassenscheine) to the 

 amount of 120,000,000 marks, which has been 

 distributed among the several states in propor- 

 tion to their population on December 31, 1871. 

 The same law authorized the issue of paper 

 money to the amount of 54,889,940 marks to 

 facilitate the carrying out of the reform in the 

 coinage. The amount in circulation on April 

 1, 1881, was 155,785,540 marks. 



The military forces of the empire in time of 

 peace are as follows : 



The following table gives the military forces 

 of the empire in time of war (exclusive of the 

 Landsturm) : 



I. FIELD ARMY. 



II. RESERVES. 



