GERMANY. 



343 



State, under authority of an act ap- 

 proved January 18, 1872 8307,500 



8-per-cent. bonds issued under authority 

 of an act approved February 19, 1873 

 (maturing) 900,000 



7-per-cent. bonds issued to pay the past- 

 due interest on the $1,950,000 nrst- 

 mortgage bonds of the Macon & Bruns- 

 wick Kailroad Company, and the North 

 & South Eailroad Company, $240,000, 

 both indorsed by the State of Georgia, 

 under authority of an act approved 

 February 24, 1876 542,000 



6-per-cent. bonds issued to redeem the 

 $1,950,000 Macon & Brunswick, the 

 $240,000 North & South, and the 

 $34,000 Memphis Branch Railroads, 

 indorsed by the State, and the accrued 

 interest thereon, under authority of an 

 act approved February 19, 1877 2,298,397 



AGGREGATE. 



6-per-cent. currency bonds due 1878-1886 $900,000 



7-per-cent. currency bonds due 1886 3,600,000 



7-per-cent. gold bonds due 1890 2,098,600 



7-per-cent. currency bonds due 1892 307,500 



8-per-cent. currency bonds due 1878-1886 900,000 



7-per-cent. currency bonds due 1896.... 542,000 



6-per-cent. currency bonds due 1889 2,298,397 



$10,645,897 



INDORSED LIABILITY. 



Bonds indorsed by the State of Georgia, $8,000 

 per mile, of the first-mortgage bonds of the South 

 Georgia & Florida Eailroad, of 58 miles, beine 

 $464,000. 



The floating or temporary debt of the State is rep- 

 resented by the executive obligation for $1000,000, 

 borrowed from the Fourth National Bank of New 

 York, bearing 6 per cent, interest per annum, of 

 date March, 1877, and due in November, 1877. 



The aggregate valuation of property for the 

 year was $235,659,530, a decline of $10,194,- 

 220 from that of 1876. Reports are, in general, 

 very favorable regarding the progress of in- 

 dustrial interests ; and peace and good order 

 have prevailed throughout the State during 

 the year. 



GERMANY, an empire in Europe, reestab- 

 lished January 18, 1871. The Emperor, Wil- 

 liam I., was born March 22, 1797, and was 

 married June 11, 1829, to Augusta, daughter 

 of the Grand-duke Charles Frederick of Saxe- 

 Weimar. The heir-apparent, Frederick "Wil- 

 liam, born October 18, 1831, has the official 

 title of Crown-prince of the German Empire, 

 and Crown-prince of Prussia. He was mar- 

 ried January 25, 1858, to Victoria, Princess 

 Royal of Great Britain and Ireland, born No- 

 vember 21, 1840. Offspring of the union are, 

 three sons: Frederick William, born 1859; 

 Henry, born 1862, and Waldemar, born 1868 ; 

 and four daughters: Charlotte, born 1860; 

 Victoria, born 1866 ; Sophia, born 1870, and 

 Margaretta, born 1872. Imperial Chancellor 

 (Reichskanzler), Otto, Prince von Bismarck- 

 Schonhausen. President of the Imperial Chan- 

 cery (Reichskanzler-Amt), Hofmann, Minister 

 of State, appointed in 1876. 



The following table exhibits all the states of 

 the German Empire, the area, the population 

 according to the census of 1875, the number 

 of representatives of every German state in 

 the Federal Council, and the number of depu- 

 ties who represent each state in the Reichs- 

 tag: 



This is an increase of 1,666,514 over 1871. exhibit of the governments of the particular 



The population decreased since that time in states, including the names and the titles of all 



Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the sovereign princes, their years of birth and 



and Alsace-Lorraine. accession to the throne, and the name of the 



In the following table will be found a full heir-apparent : 



