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GERMAN EMPIRE: — BAVARIA
The contribution of Bavaria to the Imperial army in 1897-98 was as follows in officers and men: —
Meu
2,069
1,180
169
Officers
Meu
Officers
Infantry
. 1,372
41,551
Pioneers .
79
Jiiger
36
1,226
Train .
37
Landwehr
71
599
Special .
360
Cavalry
261
7,239
Artillery
396
9,074
Total
. 2,612
63,107
The number of horses was 10,206.
Production and Industry.
Of the total area of Bavaria, nearly one-half is nnder cultivation, one- sixth under grass, and one-third under forests. The number of separate farms in 1882 and 1895 was as follows: —
—
Under 1 Hect.
1-10 Hect.
374,907 372,683
10-100 Hect.
100 Hect. & over
594 621
Total
1882 1895
174,056 156,971
131,964 133,510
681,521 663,785
In 1895 their total area was 5,945,736 hectares.
These farms supported in 1895 a population of 2,585,858, of whom Ij 331,105 were actually engaged in agriculture. The areas (in hectares) under the chief crops, and the yield per hectare in metric tons, in 1897, were as follows: —
Area, iu hect. Yield
Area, in hect.
Yield
Wheat
Rye
Barley
318,038 550,755 357,694
1-29 1-20 1-27
Oats
Potatoes
Hay
461,714
322,019
1,284,462
1-35 9-64 5 '34
Vines occupied 21,182 hectares in 1897, and yielded 521,524 hectolitres of wine as against 846,550 hectolitres in 1890; 3,418 hectares (1897) were planted with tobacco, yielding 6,592 metric tons of dried leaf.
The total value of the leading mining products of Bavaria in 1896 was 9,385,797 marks.
The brewing of beer is a highly important industry in Bavaria (see Gcr^
man Empire, p. 554). The quantity manufactured in 1896 was 16,198,126
hectolitres. In 1896, 6,133 distilleries produced 1/4,000 hectolitres of alcohol.
In 1897 Bavaria had 3,908 miles of railway, of which 3,335 miles belonged
to the State.
British Minister Resideiit. — Victor A. W. Drummond, C. B. , appointed 1885.
Consul. — John S. Smith.
References.
Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Konigsreichs Bayern. 8. Mlinchen 1897.
Statistisches Jahrbuch fiir das Konigreich Bayern. 8. Miinchen, 1898.
jBaedefcer(K.), Handbook for Southern Germany. 8th ed. Leipzig, 1895. The Eastern Alps. 8th ed. Leipzig, 1895.
£rucA;?naji'8 Illustrated Guides: Munichj the Highlands of Bavaria. [Eng. Translations.] Munich, 1895.
Koestler (C), Handbuch zur Gebiets und Ortskunde des Konigreichs Baiern. 4. Miinchen, 1895.
Piloty (R.) (Editor), Die Verfassungskunde des Konigi-eiChs Baiern. 8. Miinchen. 1895.
Riezlfr (a.), GescliiChte Baicnis. 4 vols. Leipzig, 1898.
