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GERMANY — WURTEMBERG.

Schutz unci Aufsichtsrecht — of the Evangelical Protestant Church, which is considered, though not formally declared, the religion of the State. The Roman Catholics are under a bishop, who has his seat at Rottenburg, but who, in all important matters, has to act in conjunc- tion with a Catholic church-council — Kirchenrath — appointed by the government. The Jews likewise are under a special board, nominated by the minister of ecclesiastical affairs. Most independent of the State are the small number of Christian Dissenters, including a singular sect called the Kornthaler.

Education is compulsory in Wiirtemberg; every child between the age of 6 and 14 must attend school ; and there must be a public school in every community of 30 families. It was ascertained, according to recent official returns, that there is not an individual in the kingdom, above the age of ten, unable to read and write. There are about 2,500 elementary schools, attended by 350,000 pupils; besides numerous seminaries for imparting a classical edu- cation ; four Protestant and two Roman Catholic training establish- ments for ministers, and seven colleges, at Stuttgart, Heilbronn, Ulm, Ellwangen, Ludwigsburg, Hall, and Rottweil. The whole educa- tional system is centred in the university of Tubingen, founded in 1477, which is attended, on the average, by nearly a thousand students.

Revenue and Expenditure.

The Chambers grant the budget for the term of three years, com- mencing on the first of July. The last budget embraces the period beginning July 1, 1867, and ending June 30, 1870. For this financial period of three years, the income was calculated at 64,445,459 florins, or 5,370,454Z., and the expenditure to the same sum. The revenue for the two triennial periods 1861-64 and 1864-67 was as follows : —

Sources of Revenue

1861-64

1864-67

State domains .... Direct taxes .... Indirect taxes .... Other sources ....

Total for the 3 years | Flor,n |

Florins

20,414,404

10,995,000

13,515,105

2,258,134

Florins 24,344,103 11,190,000 14,692,682

47,182,643 3,931,887

51,226,785

1,268,899

The annual expenditure during the two triennial periods ending June 1864, and June 1867, was as follows : —