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GERMANY. 



III. GARRISON. 



The empire is divided for military purposes 

 into seventeen districts, each represented by 

 one corps cParmee. 



The illiteracy among the recruits during the 

 past five years was as follows : 



The only parts of Germany which furnished 

 a considerable number of illiterates were the 

 Prussian provinces of East Prussia (7*02 per 

 cent), West Prussia (8'75 per cent), Posen (9-91 

 per cent), the district of Oppeln (4'33 per cent), 

 and Alsace-Lorraine (2'24 per cent). All other 

 parts fall far short of the average rate of the 

 empire. 



The German navy was composed as follows 

 in 1881: 



The commercial navy was as follows on 

 January 1, 1880 : 



* Including Ministry of War, offices of commanding gen- 

 erals, etc. 



The trade and commerce of the empire are 

 under the administration of the Zollverein, or 

 Customs Union, which embraces the whole of 

 Germany with the exception of those parts 

 whose geographical position seems to make 

 their admission impracticable. In 1881 it in- 

 cluded the entire German Empire, with the 

 exception of the free ports of Bremen, Ham- 

 burg, Bremerhaven, Geestemunde, Brake, and 

 a small part of Baden, in all 390 square kilo- 

 metres, with 594,750 inhabitants. It also in- 

 cludes the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg and the 

 Austrian community of Jungholz, in all 542,081 

 square kilometres, with 42,337,974 inhabitants. 

 The imports and exports for 1879 in the cus- 

 toms territory of Germany were estimated as 

 follows (value in marks 1 mark = $0.238) : 



The movement of shipping in the German 

 ports was as follows in 1880 : 



