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GERMANY

The number of divorces in Germany was in 1914, 17,740, being 26-2 per 100,000 inhabitants ; in 1915, 10,791 or 15'9 ; in 1916, 10,494, or 15'5 ; and in 1917 (exclusive of Alsace-Lorraine), 1.1,603, or 17'3.

The following table shows the annual number of German emigrants for three years : —

Total

Destination

Year

Countries'
 * European

United States

Brazil

Other American

Countries

Africa

Australia

1912.

1913.

1914.

18,545 25,843 11,803

90 68 51

13,706

19,124

9,614

225 140

77

4,198 6,120 1,241

4

32

8

322 359 282

1 All to Great Britain.

III. Principal Towns. German towns are officially distinguished as large towns (with 100,000 inhabitants and upwards) ; medium towns (20,000-100,000 inhabitants) ; small towns (5,000-20,000 inhabitants), and country towns 2,000-5,000 in- habitants). In 1905, only 1 town had over 1,000,000 inhabitants ; 10 others over 250,000 ; 30 others over 100,000 ; 43 between 50,000 and 100,000 ; and 137 between 20,000 and 50,000. According to the results of the census of October 8, 1910, the population of the principal towns at that date was : —

Town

Berlin

Hamburg

Munich

Leipzig

Dresden

Cologne

Breslau.

Frankfort-on

Main. Diisseldorf Nurnberg Charlotten

burg. Hanover Essen. Chemnitz Stuttgart

Magdeburg

Bremen

Kbnigsberg

Neukolln

Stettin.

DuJsbtirg

Dortmund

fOj..

J?0l).

State

(8 Oct.,

Town

State

(8 Oct.,

1919)

wiff)

Prussia

. 1,902,509

Kiel.

Prussia

205,330

Hambur;

I 985,779

Mannheim.

Baden.

229,576

Bavaria

630,711

Halle-on-Saale

Prussia.

182,326

Saxony,

EL 604,380

Berlin-

>>

529,326

Schoeneberg

>i

175,082

Prussia

633,904

Altona.

>)

168,729

> t

528,260

Elberfeld Gelsenkirchen

157,218 168,557

ft

433,002

Barmen

>»

156,326

»»

. 407,338

Aachen.

>> •

145,748

Bavaria

352,675

Cassel.

»»

162,391

Brunswick.

Brunswick

139,539

Prussia

322,766

Bochum

142,760

>>

310,431

Karlsruhe

Baden.

135,952

f y

439,257

Crefeld.

Prussia.

124,325

Saxony,

E. 303,775

Plauen ,

Saxony, K.

104,918

Wiirttem

Miilheim-on-

berg

309,197

Ruhr

Prussia.

127,027

Prussia

285,856

Erfurt.

»» •

129,646

Bremen

. 257,923

Mainz.

Hesse.

107,930

Prussia

260,895

Berlin-Wil-

262,127

mersdorf

Prussia.

139,406

? j

232,726

Wiesbaden.

>> •

97,566

f i

244,302

Saarbriicken.

>> •

—

>» •

295,026

Augsburg §j.

Bavaria.

154,555