576
GERMAN EMPIRE
and telegraphs ; civil and ciimiual law ; financial accounts ; foreign affairs ; for Alsace-Lorraine ; for the Constitution ; for the Standing orders ; and for railway tariffs. Fach committee consists of representatives of at least four States of the Empire ; Init the foreign affairs committee includes only the representatives of Bavaria, Saxony, AViirttemberg, and two other represen- tatives to be elected every year.
Area and Population.
I. Peogress and Present Condition.
The following table gives the area and population of the twenty-five States of Germany in the order of their magnitude, and of the E-eichsland of Alsace-Lorraine, as returned at the three census-periods of 1885 and 1890, and Dec. 2, 1895 : —
states of the Empire
Area English sq. miles
134,603
Population Dec. 1, 1885
Population Dec. 1, 1890
Population Dec. 2, 1895
Pop. ^ Iter sq. 1 mile 1895
Prussia
28,318,470
29,957,367
31,855,123
236
9
Bavaria
29,282
5,420,199
5,594,982
5,818,544
198
7
Wiirtteml»erg
7,528
1,995,185
2,036,522
2,081,151
276
4
Baden .
5,821
1,601,255
1,657,867
1,725,464
296
4
Saxony
5,787
3,182,003
3,502,684
3,787,688
654
5
Mecklenburg-Schw.
5,135
575,152
578,342
597,436
116
2
Hesse ,
2,965
956,611
992,883
1,039,020
350
3 ;
Oldenburg .
2,479
341,525
354,968
373,739
150
7 1
Brunswick .
1,424
372,452
403,773
434,213
304
9
Saxc-Weimar
1,388
313,946
326,091
339,217
244
2
McckleiibuTg-Str..
1,131
98,371
97,978
101,540
89
7
Saxe-Meiningen .
953
214,884
223,832
234,005
245
5
Anhalt
906
248,166
271,963
293,298
323
5
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
755
198,829
206,513
216,603
286
9
Saxe-Altenburg .
511
161,460
170,864
180,313
352
2
Lippe .
469
123,212
128,495
134,854
286
6
Waldeck .
433
56,575
57,281
57,766
133
4
Schwarzl mrg-Rud.
.363
83,836
85,863
88,685
244
Schwar/burg-Sond.
333
73,606
75,510
78,074
234
9
Reuss-Schleiz
319
110,598
119,811
132,130
414
2
S chau in burg- Lippe,
131
37,204
39,163
41,224
314
7
Reuss-Greiz .
122
55,904
62,754
67,468
552
Hamburg
158
518,620
622,530
681,632
4.314
1
Liibeck
115
67,658
76,485
83,324
724
5
Bremen
99
165,628
180,443
196,404
1,983
8
Alsace-Lorraine . Total .
5,600
1,564,355 46,855,704
1,603,506 49,428,470
1,640,986 52,279,901
293-0
208,830
250-5
