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GERMANY. 



213.^ — WlLHELMSHAFEX. 

 Scale 1 : 730,000. 



new order of things.* From the figures detailed below we learn that every 



German annually pays nearly 15s. 

 in direct and indirect taxes, exclu- 

 sively of shipping dues, tolls, and 

 similar imposts. This, however, 

 is not the whole of the sum exacted 

 from him, for irrespectively of the 

 military service he is called upon 

 to render, he has to pay an 

 amount in local taxes which in 

 very many cases far exceeds the 

 sums demanded from him for the 

 general government of the coun- 

 try. In Beidin the local taxes 

 amount to 24s. a head, and in other 

 towns they are sometimes even 

 higher. 



great 



I I Drfes af law IValer 

 ^ • } Less than' S Fathoms. 

 I I s to II Fathoms 

 ^M Orer 1 1 Fathoms 



— ^— — ^— 5 Miles. 



The national resources of the 

 empire of Central Europe 

 are, indeed, most formidable. But 

 great political bodies have their 

 growth and decay like individuals. 

 Germany is now in its period of 

 growth, and everj^thing tends to 

 show that the forces which impel 

 it onwai'd will continue to operate 

 for many years. Within its fron- 

 tiers there are no formidable ene- 

 mies to threaten its existence, and 

 if it has no sincere friends be3'ond, 

 it counts amongst its allies all 

 those who worship success, or whom 

 the dread of the future compels to 



Empire 



Prussia 



Bavaria 



Saxony 



Wiirttemberg 



Baden . 



Hesse . 



Mecklenburg- Sch werin 



Brunswick 



Oldenburg 



Alsace-Lorraine 



Three Free Towns 



All others 



Total 



Total 



Revenue. 



£22,467,562 



35,692,882 



10,795,230 



2,692,849 



2,383,470 



4,777,000 



872,376 



702,460 



557,995 



332,250 



2,070,673 



2,495,740 



1,743,213 



Eaised by 

 Direct 

 Taxes. 



7,653,150 



1,014,822 



658,185 



610,536 



505,749 



367,937 



60,000 



77,650 



102,366 



524,677 



466,000 



268,000 



Baifed by 



Indirect 



Taxes 



£12,848,997 



1,523,260 



1,953,110 



195,389 



519,978 



318,684 



127,820 



100,000 



22.325 



20,000 



731.648 



089,000 



288,000 



Debt. 



£3,886,566 



54,300,0UO 



55,447,740 



32,150,000 



16,660,700 



16,343,500 



2,994,550 



1,034,000 



4,099,572 



1,860,480 



10,469,200 

 2,676,900 



Direct and In- 

 direct T:ixes 

 Ci\-il per Head. 

 List. Shillings. 



610,964 



267,344 



172,670 



109,155 



89.418 



65,743 



60,000 



41,266 



12,760 



268,000 



.£87,583,700 £12,309,072 £19,338,211 £211,923,2U8 £1,697,320 



5-5 



7-1 



11-8 



6-2 



12-0 



10-9 



11-2 



5-8 



61 



7-6 



16-4 



393 



6-9 



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