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Leipzig. Danzig

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1904

3,250

2

10 4 in. .

2

— 13,200 23-5

Konigsherg

1905

3,400

2

10 4 in. .

2

— 13,210 23-5

Stuttgart. Niirnberg.

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1905

3,450

2

10 4 in.

2

— l?.,20o' 23-J

Stettin

Emclen Dresden

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1006

P., 600

2

12 4 in.

2

—

13,500 24

Kolberg. Mainz


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1907

4,300

2

12 4 in. .

2

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20,000

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Koln Augsberg.

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IPCS

4,350

2

12 4 in.

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Breslau Magdeburg Stralsimd.

1910

5,500

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2 6 in., 10 4 in.

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Germany subsidises, as auxiliary merchant cruisers, seven vessels with a nominal speed of from 18 to 24 knots or more, viz. the Kronprinzessin Cecilie, Kronprinz JFilhelm, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, Kaiser Willielm II. , George Washington^ Prim F. Wilhelm, and Berlin. There are also suh- veutioned to some extent the Amerika and Kaiserin Augustc Victoria (26,000 tons), of about 17 knots speed.

The German navy is manned by the obligatory service of the maritime population {seenidnniselieBevdlkerung) — sailors, fishermen, ships' carpenters, and others ; and also of the semi-maritime population — that is, of those who have smaller experience of the sea. All these are freed on this account from service in the army. Great inducements are held out for able seamen to volunteer in the navy, and the number of these in recent years has been very large. The total seafaring population of Germany is estimated at 80,000, of whom 48,000 are serving in the merchant navy at home, and about 6,000 in foreign navies. The naval personnel is 33,500 plus a reserve of about 110,000 men. It is extremely efficient, especially in torpedo service. Practically the entire fleet is always in commission. Very elaborate precautions are taken to keep i\v& personnel free from certain diseases which imperil efficiency.

Production and Industry.

I. Aghicultuiie.

In Germany (except the Mecklenburgs) there is complete free trade in

land. Generally speaking, small estates and peasant proprietorship prevail

in the West and South German States, while large estates prevail in the

north-east.

According to the latest returns (1893 and 1900), 91 per cent, of the area of Germany is productive and 9 per cent, unproductive. The subdivision of