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GERMANY. 



The budget of the German Empire for 1877- 

 '78, as declared by the law of April 28 and May 

 26, 1877, estimates revenue and expenditure 

 each at 540,608,165 marks (1 mark=23.8 cents). 

 The revenue was derived from the following 

 sources : 



Marks. 



1. Customs and excises of consumption 253,053,810 



2. Stamp-duty for bills of exchange 6,914,000 



8. Administration of postal affairs and tele- 

 graphs 11.709,636 



4. Administration of railroads 9,944,000 



6. Imperial Bank, and other receipts 1,550,000 



6. Receipts of various descriptions 10,165,158 



7. From the imperial funds for invalids 83,569,111 



8. Surplus of the year 1875 11,528,595 



9. Profits from the coining of imperial money. . . 10,200,000 



10. Interest of invested capitals 7,781,728 



11. Extraordinary receipts 103,147,956 



12. Matricular contributions 81,044,171 



Total. 



The matricular contributions were 

 among the particular states as follows 

 STATES. 



Prussia 



Bavaria 



Saxony 



Wurtemberg 



Baden 



Hesse 



Mecklenburg-Schwerin 



Saxe- Weimar 



Mecklenburg-Strelitz 



Oldenburg 



Brunswick 



Saxe-Meiningen 



Saxe-Altenburg 



Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 



Anhalt 



Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt 



Schwarzburg-Sondershausen 



Waldeck 



Reuss (older branch) 



Reuss (younger branch) 



Schaumburg-Lippe 



Lippe 



Lubeck 



Bremen . . 



Hamburg 



Alsace-Lorraine. . . 



540,608,165 



divided 



Mark*. 



86,375,264 



19,717,313 



4,008,861 



fl.874,942 



5,048,550 



1,210,808 



790.981 



403,260 



131,122 



439,754 



474.628 



266,471 



201,031 



251,996 



298,782 



104,311 



91.806 



73,579 



64,815 



127,507 



46,161 



152,672 



83,782 



208,153 



562,585 



8,041,087 



Total 81,044,171 



The regular expenditures of the Empire 

 were estimated as follows : 



Chancery of the Empire 



Imperial Diet 



Foreign Office 



Administration of the Imperial Army. . , 



Administration of the Navy 



Interest of the debt of the Empire , 



Chamber of Accounts 



Imperial Chancery for Alsace-Lorraine. 

 Railroad Office of the Empire. 



General Pension Funds 



Empire Invalid Funds 



Administration of Justice .... 



Marks. 



4,190.471 



319,700 



5,908,255 



823.553.398 



21,672.073 



8,895,000 



403.866 



171.760 



272.750 



18.069,510 



83,569,111 



798,217 



The extraordinary expenditures are thus es- 

 timated : 



1. Chancery of the Empire 



2. Imperial Diet 



8. Foreign Office 



4. Postal administration, and administration of 



telegraphs 



5. Army of the Empire 



6. Administration of the Navy 



7. Chamber of Accounts 



8. Railroads of the Empire 



9. Mint reform 



10. Expenditures arising from the war with 



France 



11. Administration of Justice. . . 



Mark. 

 1,750,864 

 80.COO 

 1,034,050 



11,768,888 

 51,316,424 

 28,577,000 

 10,000 

 8,771,231 

 7,800,000 



21,800,622 

 6,000 



Total 127,848,899 



The following table gives the military forces 

 of the Empire in time of war : 



I. FIELD ARMY. 



II. RESERVES. 



III. GARRISON. 



Total :. 412,824,111 



The military forces of the Empire in time of 

 peace are as follows : 



