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 RELIGION— INSTRUCTION — JUSTICE, ETC.— FINANCE 950

Saxon j contains (1910) 48,358 Luaatian Wends, most of them in the district of Bautzen.

The movement of the population is shown in the following table : —

Year

Marriages

24, I'll gStOOB

59,001

Total Birtb

lborn

imate

C. M 7,601

Total Deaths

,;.oo

J

1 or Decrease

101", 1917

lois

19191

61,16.i J5.130

S.172 2,«12

1,765 1,894 2,851

-,68, + 15,27!*

LeipzL-

. 604,380

Meissen

. 37,493

B>;chenbaeh.

Dresden

-.326

Zittau.

. 84,280

CritnmiUckau

Chemnitz

. 303.775

Freiberg

. 32,981

Meerane.

Plauen.

. 104,918

Bautzen

. 34,993

Qlauchau

Zwickau

'.',695

1 Preliminary returns. The population of the principal towns was, 1919 : —

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Religion. — The vast majority of the inhabitants of Saxony are Pro- testants. In 1910, there were Lutherans, 4,501,510 ; Roman Catholics, 233,872 ; Reformists, 16.531 ; other Christians, 36,750; Jews, 17,587 ; un- classified, 411. Of the Lutheran Church, the chiefgoverning body is the 1 Landes-Consistorium ' or National Consistory at Dresden ; and it also has a representative Synod (Synode) with 35 clerical and 42 lay members (1901).

Instruction. — On December 31, 1919, there were 2, 233 common schools, and 1,950 continuation schools (Fortbildungsschulen), or altogether 4,183. with a total attendance of 857,610, besides 50 private and chapter schools. In addition there were 1 technical high school at Dresden (summer term, 1920, 2,264 students), 1 mining academy at Freiberg (1919, 320 students), 1 forestry academy at Tharandt (91 students, summer term, 1919), further, 19 Gymnasia, 21 Realgymnasia, 9 'Oberrealschulen,' 36 other high schools, 25 seminaries, 11 higher girls' schools and 'Studienanstalten ' (1919), altogether 124 educational establishments, exclusive of the University and a large number of industrial, commercial, agricultural, musical, and art insti- tutes. The University of Leipzig is one of the largest in Germany. See under Oermany.

Justice and Crime. — Saxony has one 'Oberlandesgericht,' at Dresden, 7 ' Landgerichte', and 112 ' Amtsgerichte. ' The ' Reichsgericht ' has its seat at Leipzig. In 1914, 29,327 persons were convicted of criminal offences.

Finance. — The following table shows the estimated ordinary revenue and expenditure for five financial budget periods.

Revenue

Expenditure

1914-15 1916-17 1918-10 1 1920

1 Ordinary and extraordinary budget