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The republic of Switzerland, formerly a league of semi-independent states, or ‘Staatenbund,’ has become a united confederacy, or ‘Bundesstaat,’ since the year 1848. The present constitution, product of a short civil war, bears date September 12, 1818. It vests the supreme legislative and executive authority in a parliament of two chambers, a ‘Standerath,’ or State Council, and a ‘Nationalrath,’ or National Council. The first is composed of forty-four members, chosen by the twenty-two cantons of the Confederation, two for each canton. The ‘Nationalrath’ consists of 128 representatives of the Swiss people, chosen in direct election, at the rate of one deputy for every 20,000 souls.
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Statistical and other Books of Eeference concerning Switzerland
Schweizertsche Statistik. Herausgegeben vom Statistischen Bureau des Eidgenöss. Departements des Innern. 4. Bern, 1870.
Schweizerisehe Statistik. Bevölkerung. Eidgenössische Volkszählung vom 10. Dec. 1860. 4. Bern, 1862.
Statistique de la Suisse. Commerce de la France avec la Suisse pendant les années 1858–1868. 4. Bern, 1870.
Waarenverkehr der Schweiz mit besonderer Berücksiehtigung and don Zoll-verein und Oesterrcich. 4. Bern, 1865.
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Reports by Mr. Rumbold, H. M.’s Secretary of Legation, on the Finances of Switzerland; dated May, 1860, and Feb., 1867; in ‘Reports by H. M.’s Secretaries of Embassy.’ Nos. I. and IV. 1867. London, 1867.
Report by Mr. Rumbold, H. M.’s Secretary of Embassy, ‘ on the Trade and Industry of Switzerland, during the five years 1863 to 1868,’ dated December, 1868 ; in ‘Reports of H. M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ No. II. 1869. London, 1869.
Report by Mr. Consul Mackenzie ‘ on the Trade and Commerce of the Cantons of Switzerland,’ dated Geneva, July 24, 1868; in ‘Commercial Reports received at the ForeignOffice.’ No. XI., 1868. London, 1868.
Report by Mr. Consul Mackenzie on the Tenure of Land in the Canton of Geneva, dated October 1, 1869; in ‘Reports from H. M.’s Representatives respecting the Tenure of Land in the several countries. Part H. Fol. London, 1870.
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2. Non-Officials Publications
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Martin, F. (1871). Switzerland. In: Martin, F. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253001_14
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