Certain lines not open to public traffic are not included in the above figures. The total length open in 1903 was 33,490 miles. The statistics include the traffic on 6 narrow-gauge lines, which are worked in connection with the normal gauge lines. In 1902 364,629,000 metric tons of goods, including live cattle, were carried by German railways, and paid 1,261,700,000 marks. The number of passengers conveyed in 1902 was 882,988,000, yielding 554,700,000 marks. In 1902 there were in Germany 186 tramway concerns with 1,972 miles of tramway. The length of railway line of normal gauge belonging to or managed by each of the States, the length of private line, and the length of street tramway lines in the various States were as follows at the end of 1902 : : II. CANALS AND NAVIGATIONS. At the end of 1902 the canals and inland navigations of Germany were as follows: The Kaiser Wilhelm canal, connecting the North Sea and the Baltic, was begun June 3, 1887, and opened for traffic June 19, 1895. Its breadth at the bottom is 72 ft., and at the surface 213 ft. ; depth 29 ft. 6 in. The cost of construction was estimated at 7,800,0001; revenue, 1902-03, 2,300,000 marks; expenditure, 2,525,000. III. POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS. The postal and telegraphic services in Bavaria and Württemberg are retained in the hands of their respective Governments; but all other parts of the Empire are united to form an imperial postal district (Reichspostgebiet). The following table shows the number of employés and offices of the post and telegraph services for the year 1903 : The amount of business transacted by the post-offices is illustrated by the following statistics of articles transmitted by post, and the value of post-office orders, in marks, for the year 1903 : The financial condition of the united postal and telegraphic and telephonic services in 1903 was as follows (in marks) : In the German Empire (including Bavaria and Württemberg) in 1903 20,821 towns with telephonic communication had 449,529 telephonic systems. The urban systems had 45,670 miles of line and 859,300 miles of wire; conversations, 799,009,646. The 5,009 interurban systems had 26,190 miles of line and 263,400 miles of wire, by means of which 128,268,985 conversations were held. Money and Credit. The following table shows the value (in thousands of marks) of the money coined since the foundation of the present Empire: The following table shows the average financial condition of the noteissuing banks (Notenbanken), in thousands of marks :— 47,589 1,322,203 2,238,636 911,528 50,808 1,049,428 2,240,795 60,131 901,408 2,354,253 984,604 2,356,511 'Reichskassenscheine,' small paper notes for 5, 20, and 50 marks, were in circulation at the end of March 1898 to the value of 120,000,000 marks. These are not legal tender. Money, Weights, and Measures. The Mark, of 100 Pfennige is of the value of 11 d., or 20 43 marks to the pound sterling. The Thaler is 3 marks. Gold coins are 20, 10, and 5-mark pieces, called respectively doppel-krone, krone, and halb-krone. The 20-mark piece weighs 796495 grammes 900 fine, and consequently contains 7·16846 grammes of fine gold. Silver coins are 5, 2, and 1-mark pieces, and 50 and 20-pfennige. The mark weighs 55 grammes 900 fine, and thus contains 5 grammes of fine silver. Nickel coins are 10 and 5-pfennige pieces. There are bronze coins of smaller denominations. The standard of value is gold, but old thalers are still legal tender. Other silver is legal tender only up to 20 marks. The metrical system of weights and measures came into force in Germany on January 1, 1872. Diplomatic Representatives. 1. OF GERMANY IN GREAT BRITAIN. Ambassador.-Count Paul Wolff Metternich, G. C.V.O.; accredited Nov. 14, 1901. Councillor and First Secretary.-Count J. von Bernstorff. Third Secretary.-Herr H. von Riepenhausen. Naval Attaché.-Captain Coerper. Military Attaché.-Captain Count F. von der Schulenburg. Director of Chancery.-Hofrath C. Lentze. Chancellors.—F. R. Moebius, F. Spies, and V. von Bojanowski. Germany has also Consular representatives at the following places: Aberdeen, Belfast, Bradford, Cardiff, Dublin, Dundee, Glasgow, Hull, Leith, Liverpool, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Peterhead, Plymouth, Southampton, Sunderland. 2. OF GREAT BRITAIN IN GERMANY. Ambassador.-Right Hon. Sir F. C. Lascelles, G. C. B., G. C. M. G., appointed October 24, 1895. Councillor.-J. B. Whitehead. Military Attaché.--Lt. Col. Count Gleichen, C. V.O. Commercial Attaché.-W. S. Harris-Gastrell. There are also British Consular representatives at the following places :Cologne, Danzig, Düsseldorf (C.G.), Frankfort-on-Main (C.G.), Hamburg (C.G.), Stettin, Mannheim, Bremen, Kiel, Lübeck, Breslau, Harburg, Wismar, Husum, Swinemünde, Konigsberg, Memel, Cuxhaven, Emden, Flensburg, Hanover, &c. Books of Reference concerning the German Empire. (See also under Prussia, Bavaria, &c.) 1. OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS. Amtliche Liste der Schiffe der Deutschen Kriegs- und Handelsmarine, mit ihren Untercheidungs-Signalen. Abgeschlossen am 1. Januar 1900. Herausgegeben im Reichsamt der Innern. 8. Berlin, 1900. Amtl. Mittheilungen aus den Jahres-Berichten der Gewerbe-Aufsichtsbeamten. Zusammengestellt im Reichsamt des Innern. Berlin. Annual, since 1879. Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions for the year 1899. London, 1900. Central Blatt für das Deutsche Reich. Herausgegeben im Reichsamt des Innern. 1900. Berlin, 4. Denkschrift über die Deutschen Schutzgebiete. Jährlich in den Reichstagsdrucksachen. Berlin. (See also under "Foreign Dependencies.") Deutscher Reichs- und Königl. Preussischer Staats-Anzeiger. Berlin. Deutsches Handelsarchiv. Zeitschrift für Handel und Gewerbe. Herausgegeben vom Reichsamt des Innern. Berlin (monthly). Deutsches Meteorologisches Jahrbuch für 1898 (Beobachtungs-Systeme: Deutsche Seewarte, Königr. Preussen &c., Bayern, Sachsen, Württemberg, Bremen, Elsass-Loth. ringen), gr. 4. (Since 1887.) |