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Wilhelm I., German Emperor, and King of Prussia, born March 22, 1797, the second son of King Friedrich Wilhelm III. of Prussia, and of Princess Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz; educated for the military career, and took part in the campaigns of 1813 and 1814 against France; Governor of the province of Pomerania, 1840; Military Governor of the Rhine provinces, 1849–57; appointed Regent of Prussia during the illness of his brother, Oct. 9, 1858 ; ascended the throne of Prussia at the death of his brother, Jan. 2, 1861. Commander-in-chief of the German armies in the war against France, July 1870 to March 1871; proclaimed Emperor of Germany at Versailles, January 18, 1871. Married June 11, 1829, to
Augusta, Empress . of Germany, and Queen of Prussia, born Sept. 30, 1811, the daughter of the late Grand-Duke Karl Friedrich of Saxe-Weimar.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Germany
1. Official Publications
Deutschor Reiehs- und König. Preussischer Staats-Anzeiger. Berlin, 1873.
Die vorlaufigen Ergebnisse der Volkszahlung vom 1. December 1871 im Deutschcn Rciche. Fol. Berlin, 1872.
Königlich Preussischer Staats-Kalender für 1873. 8. Berlin, 1873.
Preussischo Statistik, herausgegeben vom Statistischen Bureau in Berlin, fol. Berlin, 1873.
Jahrbuch für die amtliche Statistik des Preussischen Staats. 3 vols. 8 Berlin, 1863–69.
Uebersichten, stat., über Waaren-Verkehr und Zoll-Ertrag im deutschen Zoll-Vereine fur das Jahr 1871. Zusammengestellt von dem Central-Bureau des Zoll-Vereins nach den amtlichen Ermittelungen der Zoll-Yereins Staaten. fol. Berlin, 1873.
Staatshandbuch für das Königreich Sachsen. Dresden, 1873.
Zeitschrift des Statistischen Bureaus des Königlich Suchsischen Ministerium des Innern. Dresden, 1873.
Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreichs Bayern. 8. Miinchen, 1873.
Königlich Wurtembergisehes Hof- und Staats-Handbuch, herausgeg. von dem Königl. Statistisch-topographischemBureau. 8. Stuttgart, 1873.
Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Grossberz. Baden. 8, Karlsruhe 1873.
Hof-und Staats-HandbuchdesGrossherzogthumsHessen. 8. Darmstadt, 1873 Grosshcrz. Mecklenburg-Schwerinscher Staats-Kalender. 8. Schwerin, 1873.
Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Grossherzogthums Oldenburg. 8. Oldenburg, 1873.
Hof- und Staats-Handbuch fur das Herzogthum Anbalt. 8. Dessau, 1873.
Hamburgischer Staats-Kalender aufdas Jahr 1873. 4. Hamburg, 1873.
Staats-Kalender der freien Hansestadt Bremen auf 1873. 8. Bremen, 1873.
Lübeckischer Staats-Kalender auf das Jahr 1873. 4. Liibeck, 1873.
Reports by Mr. Hugh Wyndham, H. M.’s Secretary of Embassy, on the Finances of Prussia and North Germany, dated Jan. 12, and Jan. 31, 1867; in ‘Reports of H. M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ No. IV. 1867. London, 1867.
Reports by Mr. William Lowther, H. M.’s Secretary of Embassy, on the Commerce, Manufactures; Mines, Agriculture, &c. &e. of Germany, dated July 28, 1866; in ‘Reports of H. M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ No. I. 1867. London, 1867.
Report by Mr. H. P. Eenton, H.M.’s Secretary of Legation, on the Introduction and Present Condition of the Manufacture of Beet-root Sugar in the. States of the Zollverein, and on the Importation, Exportation, and Consumption of Sugar, Coffee, and Tea in these States, dated Munich, Juno 1868; in ‘Reports of H. M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ London, 1869.
Report of Mr. George Bancroft, Minister Resident of the United States, on the Constitution of the German Empire, dated Berlin, May 6, 1871; in ‘Papers relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States.’ 8. Washington, 1871
Reports by Messrs, Ward, Harriss-Gastrell, Herslet, Barnard, Phipps, and Baillie, on Trade, Agriculture, and the Tenure of Land in Germany, dated Oct.-Dec. 1869; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Representatives respecting the Tenure of Land in the teveral Countries of Europe.’ Part I. Fol. London, 1870.
Reports by Mr. W. A. White, British Consul at Danzig, on the Population, Trade, Industry, Agriculture, and General Resources of Prussia, dated Dec. 1869, and January, 18 70; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Representatives respecting the ‘Tenure of Land in the several countries of Europe.’ Part II. Pol. London, 1870.
Report by Mr. J. Hume Burnley on the Population, Trade, and Agriculture of Saxony, dated Dresden,May 6, 1870; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Representatives respecting the Tenure of Land in the several Countries of Europe.’ Part III. Fol. London, 1871.
Report by Mr. Vice-Consul Behnck, on the trade, industry and population of Lübeek, dated Lübcck, Peb. 10, 1872 ; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ No. I. 1872, 8, London, 1872.
Report by Mr. Consul Ward, on the trade, population and finances of Bremen, dated Bremen, April 15, 1872; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls’ No.II. 1872. 8. London, 1872.
Report by Mr. Consul Annesley, on the trade, industry and population of Hamburg, dated Hamburg, May 23, 1872 ; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ No III. 1872. 8. London, 1872.
Report by Mr. Consul Hertslet, on the history of the German Zollvercin, dated Königsberg,March, 1872; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ No. III. 1872. 8. London, 1872.
Report by Mr. Consul Kuchen, on the trado of the Zollvcrein, dated Prankfort, March, 1872; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls.’ No. III. 1872. 8. London, 1872.
Report by Mr. Consul White on the Trade of Danzig, dated Danzig, Jan. 16, 1873; in ‘Reports from H.M.’s Consuls on the Manufactures, Commerce, &c, of their Consular Districts.’ No. II. 1873. 8. London, 1873
Reports by Mr. Consul-General Ward, on the Commerce and Industry of the Zollverein; by Mr. Consul Ward, on the Trade of Bremen; by Mr. Consul Annesley, on the Trade of Hamburg; by Mr. Consul Hertslet, on the Trade of Königsberg; and by Mr. Consul Blackwcll, on the Trade of Stottin, dated Oct.-Dec. 1872; in ‘Reports by H, M.’s Consuls on British Trado abroad.’ Part I. 8. London, 1873.
2. Non-Official Publication
Engel (Dr. Ernst), Dio Gemeindcn und Gutsbezirko des Preussischen Staats und ihre Bevölkerung nach den Urmateriallen der Volkszählung von 1871. 8. Berlin, 1872.
Engel (Dr. Ernst), Zeitschrift des Königlich Preussischen Statistischen Bureaus. 4. Berlin, 1860–74.
Engel (Dr. Ernst), Dio Verlusto der Deutschen Armeen im Kriege gegen, Frankreich 1870 und 1871. Pol. Berlin, 1873.
Gothaischcr gcnealogischer Hof-Kalender auf das Jahr 1874. 111 Jahrgang. 32. Gotha, 1873.
Kolb (G. Fr.), Handbuch der vergleichenden Statistik, der Volkerzustandsund Staatenkunde. 8. Leipzig, 1871.
Petermann (Th.), Zeitschrift des Königlich Sächsischen Statistisehen Büreaus, 17 Jahrgang. 4. Leipzig, 1872.
Viebahn (Dr. Geo von), Statistik des zollvereinten und nördlichen Deutschlands. Unter Benutzung amtlicher Aufnahmen. 3 vols. 8. Berlin, 1868–70.
Wagner (Dr. H.), Die Entwickelung des Deutschen Eisenbahnnetzes. In Dr. A. Petermann’s ‘Mittheilungen.’ No. VI. 1873. 4. Gotha, 1873.
Waitz (Georg), Deutsche Verfassungsgeschichte. 2 vols. 8. Kiel, 1871.
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Martin, F. (1874). Germany. In: The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253032_5
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