348 



GERMA1TY. 



The postal statistics of the Empire were, according to the latest official publications, as follows: 



The extension of electric telegraphs is shown by the following table (in kilometres ; 1 kilo- 

 metre = 0.62 mile): 



On January 1 Oth elections took place through- 

 out Germany for members of the Reichstag. 

 Of the 397 districts into which the Empire is 

 divided, 70 held supplementary elections. The 

 final result was as follows : 40 Conservatives, 

 38 belonging to the German Imperial party, 96 

 to the Centre, 126 National Liberals, 35 be- 

 longing to the Party of Progress, 12 Social 

 Democrats, 14 Poles, 35 belonging to no party, 

 while one seat remained vacant. 



The total number of personsnHowed to vote 

 at the elections was 8,943,012. The number 

 of votes cast was 5,557,767, or 61 per cent., of 

 which 5,535,778 were counted as valid, and the 



rest rejected. The votes counted were dis- 

 tributed as follows among the different parties : 



