BAVARIA
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Since January 1, 1912, the direct taxes are income-tax, trade-tax, house- tax and land-tax. The estimates of the extraordinary budget for each of the years 1912 and 1913 balanced at 3,120,163Z.
Debt, December 31, 1910, 118,887,902^., 94,302,194Z. being railway debt. Gross receipts from the State railways (estimates for 1912 and 1913), 15,416,640?. ; net receipts, l,500,0OOZ.
Army, — The Bavarian army, though forming an integral part of the German army, is in time of peace under the command of the King of Bavaria, and has its own administration. The military supplies, though voted by the Bavarian Parliament, must bear a fixed proportion to the amount voted for the rest of Germany by the Reichstag. The Bavarian troops form the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Bavarian army-corps, not numbered consecutively with the other German army-corps ; and there are certain differences in the matter of uniform permitted to the Bavarian troops. The administration of the fortresses in Bavaria is also in the hands of the Bavarian Government during
peace
The peace strength of the Bavarian army is between 72,000 and 73,000
men.
Production and Industry.— Of the total area, nearly one- half is under cultivation, one-sixth under grass, and one-third under forests.
The areas under the chief crops, and the yield in 1911, were as follows : —
Area, i Metric i acres ' Tons
Area, acres
Metric Tons
Wheat 717,652 Rye 1,376,387 Summer-barley ' 923,700
431,397
764,852 671,269
Oats
Potatoes
Hay
1,280,507
924,370
3,193,180
741,151 2,510,811 4,628,075
Vines, 51,425 acres, yielding 15,697,242 gallons; 43,437 acres under hops yielded 4,800 metric tons.
In 1911 the output of coal was 2,311,637 metric tons, iron ore, 375,409 tons, pig iron, 165,684 tons, cast iron wares, 171,977 tons, sulphuric acid, 170,039 tons.
The quantity of beer brewed in 1911 was 432,116,080 gallons. In 1910-11, the distilleries produced 3,579,796 gallons of alcohol.
Strikes and lockouts in 1910 and 1911 : —
Number
Workmen affected
Results.
Entirely successful
Partially
successful
Unsuc- cessful
Strilces (1910)
(1911)
Lockouts (1910)
(1911)
2(30
265
76
18
18,968
19,439
19,71-2
5,335
66 68
7 8
131
105
57
2
63
92
12
3
British Minister Resident. — Sir V. Corbett, K.C.V.O. British Consuls. — Lucien Buchmann (Munich) ; S. Ehrenbacher (Nurem- berg).
British Vice-Consul. — Arthur Abbott (Munich).
References.
Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Konigsreichs Bayeru. Munich. Statistisches Jahrbuch fiir das Konigreich Bayern. Munich. Baedeker's Southern Germany. 10th ed. Leipzig, 1907.
