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besides, pays 1,562,000 florins, or 130,000/., annually to the clergy. The Archbishop of Munich has a Government salary of'20,000 florins, or 1,667/., and the Archbishop of Wiirzburg, 15,000 florins, or 1,250/. Three of the bishops have an allowance of 10,000 florins, and the other three of 8,000, exclusive of episcopal residences. The Constitu- tion guarantees complete religious liberty to all inhabitants of the State, and Protestants as well as other dissenters enjoy unrestricted freedom of worship, and are eligible to all civil offices and military appointments.

In the year 1861 there were in the kingdom 7,126 schools, with 8,205 teachers. Elementary schools — ' Volksschulen ' — exist in all parishes, and attendance on them is compulsory for all children till the age of fourteen.

Revenue and Expenditure.

The actual public revenue and expenditure of Bavaria for the financial year ending September 30, 1866, were as follows: —

Revenue Florins

£

Direet taxes ......

Indirect taxes .....

State monopolies and establishments State domains .....

Miscellaneous receipts ....

Total net revenue ....

Proceeds of part of a government loan

voted by the Chambers, June 24, 1866

Total revenue

9,975,513

22,690,604

10,755,004

10,283,243

390,722

831,293

1,890,884

896,250

856,937

32,566

54,095,156 16,448,102

4,507,930 1,370,675

70,543,258

5,878,605

Expenditure

Florins

■ &

Interest on the public debt

13.828,657

1,152,388

Civil list

2,985,799

248,817

Council of state and legislature

79,786

6,649

Ministerial departments ....

7,345,732

612.144

Government establishments

9,261,814

771,818

40,894,759

3,407,896

Contributions to provincial funds

626,928

52.244

Public buildings .....

1,018,393

84,866

Pensions of civil servants

761,689

63,474

Miscellaneous expenses ....

957,729

79,811

Extraordinary expenditure for various

purposes ......

Total expenditure ....

512,099

42,675

78,273,385

6,522,782