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GERMANY. 



It will be seen from the above table that the 

 ducal line of Brunswick is likely to become 

 extinct by the death of the reigning duke. 

 The succession is disputed by the ex-King of 

 Hanover and the Emperor of Germany. It is 

 also interesting to notice that in only thirteen 

 of the twenty-two sovereign houses which be- 

 long to the German Empire, the heir-apparent 

 is the son of the reigning sovereign. 



The legislative functions of the Empire are 

 vested in the Bundestag, or Federal Council, 

 and the Reichstag, or Diet of the Empire. The 

 Bundesrath represents the individual states of 

 Germany, and the Emperor must have its con- 

 sent to declare war which is not merely defen- 

 sive. The members of the Bundestag are ap- 

 pointed by the governments of the individual 

 states for each session. On January 1, 1878, 

 the German Bundesrath was composed of the 

 following members : 



Prussia. Prince Bismarck, President and 

 Imperial Chancellor ; Hofmann, President of 

 the Imperial Chancery ; the Ministers Camp- 

 hausen, Count Eulenburg, Leonhard, Kameke, 

 and Achenbach; Billow, State Minister and 

 Secretary of State in the Ministry for Foreign 

 Affairs ; Von Stosch, Chief of the Admiralty ; 

 Von Phillipsborn, Director in the Foreign 

 Office; Dr. Friedberg, Secretary of State in 

 the Ministry of Justice; Postmaster-General 

 Stephan; Hasselbach, Director-General of the 

 Indirect Taxes; Meinecke, Ministerial Director 

 in the Ministry of Finance ; Maybach, Under- 

 secretary of State in the Ministry of Com- 

 merce; Herzog, Under-Secretary of State for 

 Alsace-Lorraine ; Von Moller, Oberprasident 

 of Alsace-Lorraine. 



Bavaria. The Ministers von Pfretzschner, 

 Dr. von Faustle, and von Berr; Freiherr 

 Pergler von Perglas, embassador in Berlin; 

 Ministerial Director von Riedel; and Major- 

 General von Fries. 



Saxony. General von Fabrice; the Minis- 



ters H. von Nostitz-Wallwitz and Abeken ; 

 O. von Nostitz-Wallwitz, embassador in Ber- 

 lin. 



Wurtemberg. Minister von Mittnacht ; Hu- 

 go von Spitzemberg, embassador in Berlin ; 

 Major-General von Faber du Faur ; and Coun- 

 cilor Hess. 



Baden. Turban, President of the Ministry ; 

 State Ministers Ellstatter and Stosser. 



Hesse. Freiherr von Starck, President of 

 the Ministry; Ministerial Councilors Kempf 

 and Neidhart. 



Mecklenburg -Schwerin. Von Prollius, em- ' 

 bassador in Berlin; Oldenburg, Director of 

 Customs. 



Saxe- Weimar. Councilor Dr. Stichling. 



Mecklenburg- Strelitz. Councilor von Prol- 

 lius. 



Oldenburg. Councilor Mutzenbecher. 



Brunswick. Councilors Schultz and von 

 Liebe. 



Saxe-Meiningen. Minister Giseke. 



Saxe-Altenburg. Minister von Geistenberg- 

 Zech. 



Saxe-Cdburg-Gotha. Minister Freiherr von 

 Seebach. 



Arihalt. Minister Freiherr von Krosigk. 



Schwarzburg-Rudohtadt. 



Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. Councilor Ru- 

 dolf von Wolffersdorf. 



Waldeck. Director von Sommerfeld. 



Eeuss (older line). Faber, President of the 

 Government. 



Reuss (younger line). Dr. von Beulwitz, 

 State Minister. 



Schaumburg-Lippe. Councilor Hocker. 



Lippe-Detmold. Councilor von Lieb. 



Lubeck. Dr. Kruger, minister resident in 

 Berlin. 



Bremen. Dr. Gildemeister. 



Hamburg. Dr. Kirchenpauer, burgomaster. 



Of the states composing the Empire, six 

 (Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Wurtemberg, Baden, 



