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GERMANY. 



relief of sufferers from famine in India. chieflv in 

 the provinces of Bisnunpur. Chandkari, an 

 luir. where Ite mWoMuf the Synod are situated. 

 Much was done for Sunday 



ntions nml oUMrviat,and inicr.-t in ti. 

 represented to be much larpT than heretofore, \ 

 plan fora I'ninnof all the \ >n 

 ha* I- M-d, hut thus far it has not yel 



i.l KM V N \ . an empire in central Kumpc 

 m htntes. The 



of Prussia is German Kmpcnir. nml as MI. 

 hann* of |*'litical nn<i military a 

 with . .melude |eace ami. in case <if an at- 



-nl.Ti.vs ,,f ih- . int. ire. ( declare 

 war: f-r an offensire war he mu-t bare the OOIttenl 

 .f the f. 1 leg slative 



* niv tin- BoMMmth. or Federal Council, and 

 Ihe lu-i.-h-ia-. or IiujH-rial l>iet. Tin- a-N <>n 



they agree become law _ tin- F.m- 



's n-seut nnl u-inj; ooantentenea ly the 



r' 



Chancellor of i Tin- Hunde-rath has 58 



members, appointed by the governments of the 



-tag has 397 im m- 



. 500 inhal.itaiits. elected l,y univer-al 



manhood suffrage and by secret ballot fur t he term 



of f\\e \ear-. 



i.ui Kmperor is Willu-lm II. IMTII .Ian. 

 00 ..f Fnedri'h 111 of I'ru-ia. 

 whom he succeeded on .lune 15,1888. The Chan- 

 cellor of the Kmpire is Prince Bobenlobe-SchU- 

 lmi:-fur-t. appointed Oct. 29. 1N94. on tin- retire- 

 ment of (ten. Caprivi. The following wen- the im- 

 jx-rial minister- at the beginniog of 1SD7: Minister 

 reii,Mi Affairs Freiherr A. M,n--i-!i;ill v.ii 

 HjeU-r-tein: Mini-ter of the Interior. Dr. Karl 

 Heforich YOU Botticher: Minimi. -r of Marine. 

 Admiral Hollmann: Mini-ter of Joatioe, A. Nie- 

 iH-rdin-: Mini-ter of the Treasury, (iraf A. von 

 Pondowky-Wehner; rj of state f<r the 



Imperial Post ()l1i<-e, I>r. von Stephan. 



Are ami Copulation. The area of th. 

 man Km pi re is 208,670 scjuan- miles. The popula- 

 tion on hee. 2. !*!:,. w.us .V,VJ7!.!(1. having j,,. 

 creased in five years from 49.4*, >v *.47o. in ten years 

 fn.m ;. and 



since 1M from 24.K:n.396. In the total pipulatin 

 in is'.*:, t,. male, and M.618,651 



females. The (Mipiilation dependent on aL'I'ieiil 



forestry, etc.. on .lime 14,1895, nuinlM-r.-d 



ih- indu-trial population, 20,253,241 ; the 



numlM-r de|>eridin^ on trade and traffic, 5,5*06,845; 

 <m <i r vice, 886,807 ; on the army and 



public s. without occupation. 



MW.W-J: total ,-nuinera'. ^84. 



The nuiiilnT of marriages in 1^'.? uas 408,066; 

 of birth-. l.!Mi|/J!l7; of death-, l.'jn; ess of 



births. 6iH;."7t. The nomber of emigrants in ]v~> 

 was 87.4JW. "f who: A, -nt to the United 



States, 1,405 to Iira/il. 2.:;")!> to other South Ameri- 

 can countries, 8H6 to Africa. 134 to A-ia. and 'Jll 



:IU. 



eniigration t.. 



and t -.444, 



Flianrew. The in.|K-riaI revenue i^ deriv.-d 



from c-ii-ioin-, certain excise duties, stamp-, the 



profit.Hof the post office, telegraphs, and rail: 



and awe>srnentH made on the states in proportion 



ir population to cover th- deficiency. The 



ordinary reveniM for 1897 was estimated at l.Ji!. 



K) marks and extraordinary receipt* from 



loans, etc.. at 28,159.000 marks, making a total of 



"K) marks. The ordinary exjx-nditures 



were calculated at 1.227.169.000 marks, the extraor- 



dinary expenses for military and other purposes at 



the amount of the extraordinary receipts; total, 



1,255,318,000 marks. The receipt* from customs 



iMirir the total 



itcd States had 



and exci-e wen- estimated a " '<) marks; 



Stamps. 6l.<xxJKMi mark-: po-ts and tele^i'aphs, 

 UMH> mark-: print ii ""<> marks; 



railr I.(KM mark>: Imperial Hank. 5 



000 mark-: departmental 



mark :, valid fill 00 inarU; 



! k- ; l-'ederal eontri- 

 lmti> :iark-. The ordinary . \| . udi- 



tnre under the rarioos heads was estimated a- fol- 

 lows: Kei-h-ta^. r.VI.JKMi mark*: Imperial Chan- 



celle! || alTair-, Hl.r.'" 



mark-: In 



l.HM.HK) mark .al trrasui 



marks; railroads, 355,500 mark-: d< l>t <>f the - m- 



pire. . marks; audit. ;:::.::m mark- ; 



Invalid fin 



500 marks. The actual expenditure was I.!' 1 

 marks less than \\a- antici|>ated in the 



Than was a saving "'mark- in the 



mated BIpanM "f tin- arm\ ami of n the 



amount re.piire.l for the debt, while ti- 

 (piired -15.|.(MH) marks more than \\a- e-Jimated. the 

 col. uiial department of the Foreign <>lli< 

 marks more, the Mini-try of the Interior l.oi 

 marks more, ami the j.o-tal and telegraph -. ! 

 l.i:!l.O(H) marks more. The revenue receipt - 



1.145 mark- al>\e t h<- e-t imaie-. The receipts 



ffcOBD CUStOmS and t' .e<|ed the e-tl!, 



by 7^.000,000 mark-. The law of Man 

 required 50.000,000 marks ..f the -urpln- n 

 t" lie applied to diminishing the imperial delit. 

 after deducting which th. 11 a -urplu- of 



: 15 marks. 



The funded delit "f the empire on Mareh :>,], 

 l^'.i.".. amounted to 2.0*1. 'Jl'.i.siMl mark-. 

 3|, and 4 per cent, intere-t. Then- \\cre in addi- 

 tion 120.0(10,000 marks of tn-asurs -bills. Ti 

 valid fund amounted at the same date i 

 5(K) marks, and the war treasure of r,'M.mim<M 

 marks in gold wa,- i in the fort i 



Spandau. 



Thi- following talile L.'i\e-. in mark-, the ordinary 

 budget- and the debts of t ', (lerman 



I'-.r l v !'7. or. in the case of a : 



ST\1 



aJsaev-LatimlM. 



Anhalt 



r.nin-wjek 

 Hanihiir^ . 



BeaM 



enbtirff-Sehwerin 



in/... 



.1.IIJII.IKMI 



PnMfa 



S.i\,- Mt.-nh.i: 



uru"i"tl,a .. 



s i\. M.-ininjfea 







S<-hnniii.iirk'I>!npe.-.. 



Soh wa rzbunc bonders 



. .-k 





V 4 #IV f *f I I 1 '. If.l.-.M ' 



|^00JB8,1 U989.f88.lW ,< V 



. 





. 

 77.604^60 



MM,7BB 



lilnKltfH 

 70,900,447 







.. 



77,04.0 



2,757,700 



71,744486 



!"..". 1 1 '.1>.V I 



i:. :;::;. ;is 



8,907,088 



The Army. The Kai-er is the supreme chii f of 

 nil German tlOOfW, though Havaria. Saxony, and 

 Wurtemberjr have separate military organizations, 

 He has the riirht to erect fortresses at any point, to 

 declare any district in a state of siege, and to con- 



