HKKM VXY. 



to extinguish the obligations at a rapid rate. 

 Of IhedeU of Brunwtck 80 per cent, was con- 

 irmotrd in order i build railroad* The lebt of 

 Hamburg I mainly for poblk 



from which. (' \t i i\'-s, 1 1"- largest 



iir tl debt ..i Beanfe- 



I4&OJO marks ar railway d. bt, and against the 



rwrt ar*hold4.166.ri08 mnri funds. hi 



UpfM, whrr* i In* rvvm>K n the lan.l. 



i% th property of tl..- prince. the debt is 



IMS than the active iun.U. The debt of Meek- 



, . than covered l.y j.r..- 



daeUve funds. The budget iriven Includes only 

 that part of I ho grand-ducal revenue that is ap- 

 pttadto public mi rp<c.N not the separate reve- 

 ' the- grand duke. nuiouni :!K),000 



mark* y-r. In Meeklenburg-StreliU the ad- 

 tefalnii'ivc expense* are paid out .r the privy 

 pur* of the grand .Ink.-. and no public a-f,.uut - 

 in* is made. Most of the .1. l.t of 8axe4!einin- 

 -..,; Inotin capital : >-,, third* 

 ie- AlteoboJv and one third 

 of that of Saxe-Meiningen is tin- usufruct of 

 duraJ estates now applied to public purposes. 

 Sae- Weimar gets a largo part ..f tin- revenue 

 from the state forests. The budget of Saxony 

 include* 21.690.700 marks of extraordinary reve- 

 for extending tin- public works; the 



Mains more than half its revenue 

 state forests domain*. au.l railroads, the 

 latter Yielding a net in.. MIL ,,f 80,686,585 marks 

 in 1804. >f tli- debt ,,f Wurtembc- 

 000 marks were rontractcil f..r railroad>. from 

 which the *tt<- deriv^l a not profit of 11 

 442 marks in 189'. 1 . 'Die Prussian revenue i- !- 

 rired from the following sources: Domains and 

 foresU,88,l1.474 marks: dinx-t Uxes, 1JMJJJ.- 

 irks; indir.-c-t Uxes, 71.221,000 marks; 

 lottery, 79.266,500 marks: marine bank, 1,876,- 

 000 marks; mint. ^Vt^O marks: ininc-. ir.n 

 furnaces, and salt works, 128.188,97;! marks: 

 state railroads, 068,751.676 marks; finance ad- 



n. 8S5.55:J.:W7 marks; Mini-" 

 Justice, 60.913.300 marks; Mini-try of the In- 

 tertor, 11.075^90 mark-: Mini-try of A^ririil- 

 tun-. ,.irk-: Ministry '.f I'uMic In- 



(.080J800 marks: other departments. 

 9.809,160 marks. The expenditure is distributed 

 as follows: Working expenses of the domains 



- --. ll.l!H.o:MI marks; of the finanee 



lmii rfcs; ..f the ad- 



minbtmtiMti of mines, etc.. 11 uirks; 



of the administration of 



mark*: ftiipplemeni t-. the Kin-/- revenue fn.m 

 ruM funds .0(IO.O() marks; public 

 debt. 388^00.810 IIM ,, m rks 



for interest, 374^84.067 marks for am..rti/ation. 

 1.432.736 for annunitie.. and 1 

 ministraUon ; matricular (mtributioii to imjK- 

 rial rx|nnditurp. 24 7.9H6.090 marks; appa 



,. ;.:;.; ,, i; "k^ 

 hs, 17MBQ marks : < -iiamU-r of 



.; i: 



\:r., ; -. :,:;-.<HN 



mark*. M T V ..f l : marks. 



f whieb. 48.fJ07.9O4 are for civil pennon- and 

 rewanK 5.466.100 marks for the widows' fund, 

 MAHMJOO marks for presidencies and i: 

 meots, , 8JBKUWO marks for the general funds, 

 and LM8.775 for atlmini*tration and otl. 

 Ministry of Public Work-, 



640 marks; Ministry <-f Comnieive ;m ,l I n ,l us . 



..f .lu-ti. 



918,200 marks; Mini-try ..f thi- hit. : 

 HJ,4"Ui in.,' 



polle. 



.rk- for house- ion. ami 1 



adininis|rati\r and oih. 



Knses : Ministry of A^i-ieiilture. |)..maii; 

 . D . 



are |,,r ihe -m<l ; Mini 

 and 1'iil.lic Ii.-trt.et...,,. lo:,.s|:; s(; mai 

 whi.-h 80,489,883 marks are f..r puMir in 

 tion. in.si'i.i.-.i narki Era expenses comn 



\\orsl.ip and instruction. 



evangel tea I worship. 'J.r>(l4.7. s !' marl. 



. 061,091 marb for m \> 



fine a 



'.' I mark- f>r technical instruction, and 

 .'IS for other e\peii-es; adm.iii-lra! 

 the ars.nal. 128,122 marks. The total ordinary 

 expenditun 



traordinary expendit ure is .">*.< t;;;.;is| m;( . 

 which the" chief items are 20,865,00* ' 

 railnmds, n5/,:{:,.4!o marks f,, r other pul.lic 

 works, 4,707.'J<K) marks f..r jusii. . 

 mark- for wor-hip. 1 



ture. and 4.474.047 marks for linai.ce. 

 Prussian debt consists of 3,592,667,8.">< > mi 

 consols paying 4 per cent, inter, -t. l.HM'..- 

 marks paying 3$ per ceir '."< marks 



paying 3 per cent., IT 1 mark- of 



and loans of railroads bought by the sta 

 089,800 marks of treasury bills, and son 



The Army. Every able-bodied (ierma 

 less exempted by lot, i- (ailed int.. th. 

 army at tne age of twenty. The milita 

 of 1893, adopted for the period ending 

 ::i. 1*5)9, reduced the time ..f a-ti\ 

 two years in the infantry. |i-a\ini: it still thlfl 

 years in the cavalry and field artillery. This 

 added about 60,000 men to the annu.> 

 tingent. Young men who have reached tlu; 

 highest grade in a gymnasium <>r a Mai 

 if they e.juip an<l board them- \\>-. can fulfill 

 their military duty by serving a sin::!' 

 From these one-year volunteers, of whom then 

 are about 8.000 every year, are taken ma 



CCrS of the Lalldwehr. These Volllir 

 counted in the peace effect jv. -. I,' 



olic priests are in-, ribed in thr depot n 

 and are not oldiged to train. Natix. 

 land are cxemj.t from military dm . 

 but those born after the ,-, .on of t In- 

 to Germany. Aug. 1 1. 1^!">. will ha- 

 Schoolmasters are reipiired to -.-rve in ' 

 tivc army only n 



three years of service with the colors the re- 

 cruits "return to civil li! 

 a lopt the military profession an<; 

 gaged as noncommissioned oflicers. \\'h< 

 me., become too old for the service, tl 

 i|iief.tly obtain civil employment on tl 

 roads, or as forest ranger-, or the lik 

 time-expired soldiers are enrolled for 

 vears in the reirular army 

 into the Lamlwehr. where the term 

 five year- in the first and 

 ond bans for the men who have -erveil tu 

 as infantrymen, engineers, foot artilli-ryrn- 

 but those who have served throe years in the 



