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PRUSSIA. 



the German Empire ; Camphausen (appointed 

 October 26, 1869), Minister of Finances; Count 

 zu Eulenburg (December 9, 1862), Minister of 

 the Interior; Dr. Leonhardt (December 5, 

 1867), Minister of Justice; Dr. Talk (January 

 22, 1872), Minister of Ecclesiastical, Educa- 

 tional, and Medical Affairs ; General von Ka- 

 meke (November 9, 1873), Minister of War; 



Dr. Achenbach (May 13, 1873), Minister for 

 Commerce and Public Works ; Dr. Friedenthal 

 (September 19, 1874), Minister of Agriculture ; 

 Von Bulow (June 6, 1876), Secretary of State 

 in the Foreign Office ; Hof mann (June 6, 1876), 

 President of the Imperial Chancery. 



The area and population of the different 

 provinces was as follows : 



In the budget for the year 1877-'78 the re- 

 ceipts and expenditures were estimated at 651,- 

 638,414 marks. The sources of revenue were 

 the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce, 

 Ministry of State, Ministry of Justice, Ministry 

 of Agriculture, Ministry of Worship, Educa- 

 tion, and Medicine, etc., as follows : 



SOURCES OF REVENUE. 



Marts. 



1. Ministry of Finance 828,019,288 



2. Commerce 278,787,420 



8. State 517,530 



4. Justice 45,877,900 



5. the Interior 8,112,292 



6. Agriculture 4,454,270 



7. Worship, Education, and Medicine 1,365/264 



8. " Foreign Affairs 4,500 



Total 651,638,414 



The expenditures are divided into per- 

 manent (fortdauernde), transitory (einmalige), 

 and extraordinary (ausserordentliche) disburse- 

 ments. The continuing or permanent are sub- 

 divided into current expenditures (Betriebs- 

 ausgaben), administrative expenditures (Staats- 

 Verwaltungsausgaben), and charges on the 

 consolidated fund (Dotationen). The different 

 branches of expenditures were as follows: 



CHARGES ON THE CONSOLIPATED FTND. Marks. 



Additions to the crown dotations of the King 4,500,000 



Interest on public debt 45,125,811 



Sinking fund of debt 17,213,140 



Annuities and management 1,790,049 



Chamber of Lords (Herrenhaus) 163.110 



Chamber of Deputies 1,204,520 



Total charges on consolidated fund 69,995,630 



Total ordinary expenditure 681,030.267 



Transitory and extraordinary expenditure. 20,558,147 



Total 651,638,414 



The public debt of the kingdom, inclusive of 

 the provinces annexed in 1866, was, according 

 to an official report laid before the House of 

 Deputies, as follows on March 81, 1877 : 



TITLE OF DEBT. Marks. 



1. Consolidated debt of 1842 141,892,500 



2. 1870 508.809,150 



8. " " 1878 and 1876. 100,000,000 



4. Non-consolidated loans 111,478,200 



5. State railway debt 46,881,616 



6. Preference loan of 1855. 27,080.000 



7. War debt of the Kurmark and Neumark 



SEARCHES OF EXPENDITURES. 



Marks. 



CTJEKKNT EXPENDITURE. 



Ministry of Finance 67,271,890 



Commerce 202,090,010 



State 509,175 



Total current expenditure 269,871,075 



ATlliTNISTBATrVR EXPENDITURE. 



Ministry of Finance 109.649,1 85 



Commerce 19,712.985 



Justice 67.253,300 



the Interior 86.020,098 



Agriculture 10,459.843 



Worship and Instruction 45,469,913 



State 2,237.188 



Foreign Affairs 411,600 



Total administrative expenditure 2S6.944.S18 



I. Total debt of Prussia 



II. Debt of Provinces annexed in 1 866 95,225.024 



III. Floating debt called " Schatzanweisungen" 80,000,000 



Total 1,058,550,472 



The Prussian Diet was opened on January 

 12th by the Emperor-King in person. King 

 William, in the speech from the throne, ex- 

 pressed the hope that the endeavors of the 

 Government to supply the wants of the coun- 

 try would meet with firm support in the Diet 

 The public revenue for 1877, estimated on the 

 whole to equal that of last year, offered the 

 means of satisfying any new and permanent 

 requirements of the State The King then 

 dwelt in grateful terms upon the proofs of af- 

 fection and fidelity which he had received from 

 the people on the celebration of his seventy 

 years' military jubilee, and said that he regard- 

 ed the sentiments then manifested toward him 

 as a sure guarantee that Prussia would con- 



