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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, based on fundamental laws passed in 1848, came into force May 29, 1874, having received the national sanction by a general vote of the people, given April 19, 1874. It vests the supreme legislative and executive authority in a parliament of two chambers, a ‘Ständerath,’ 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 145 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 Reference concerning Switzerland
1. Official Publications
Eidgenössische Volkszählung vom 1 December, 1880. 4. Bern, 1881.
Feuille Fédérale. Bern, 1885.
Geschäftsberichte des schweizerischen Bundesraths an die Bundesversammlung. 8. Bern, 1885.
Message du Conseil fédéral à la haute Assemblée fédérale concernant le recensement fédéral du 1 décembre 1880. 8. Bern, 1881.
Résultats du compte d’état de la Confédération suisse pour l’année 1884. 4. Bern, 1885.
Uebersichts-Tabelle der Ein-, Aus- und Durchfuhr im Jahr 1884,mit Angabe der Grenzstrecken über welche dieser Verkehr stattgefunden hat. Fol. Bern, 1885.
Schweizerische Statistik. Herausgegeben vom Statistischen Bureau des Eidgenöss. Departements des Innern. 4. Bern, 1885.
Statistik über das Unterrichtswesen in der Schweizim Jahr 1881–83.
Voranschlag der Schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft für das Jahr 1886. Bern, 1885.
Report by Mr. Horace Rublee, Minister Resident of the United States, on the revision of the Constitution of Switzerland, dated Berne, July 3, 1871 ; in ‘Papers relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States.’ 8. Washington, 1871.
Report by Mr. Beauclerk on the commercial position of Switzerland, dated Berne, July 23, 1878; in ‘Reports by H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ No. IV. 1878, 8. London, 1878.
Report by Mr. G. Jenner, Secretary of Legation, on the general condition of British trade with Switzerland, dated Berne, December 6, 1873 ; in ‘Reports by H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ No. III. 1874. 8. London, 1874.
Report by Sir H. Rumbold on the finances of Switzerland, dated Bern, April 29, 1879 ; in ‘ Reports by H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ Part IV. 1879. 8. London., 1879.
Reports on exports from Switzerland to the United States, in ‘Reports from the Consuls of the United States.’ No. XXXI. July 1883. Washington, 1883.
Report by Mr. Thornton on Cattle in Switzerland, in ‘Reports of H.M.’s Secretaries of Embassy.’ Part I. 1883. London, 1883.
Report by Mr. Conway Thornton on Watchmaking in Switzerland, in ‘Reports of H.M.’s Secretaries of Legation.’ Part I. London, 1884.
Report on Swiss Exports and Industries in ‘ Reports from the Consuls of the United States,’ No. 53, 1885. Washington, 1885.
2. Non-Official Publications
Almanach Fédéral Suisse pour 1885. Berne, 1885.
Bericht der Basler Handelskammer. Basel, 1885.
Bericht über Handel und Industrie von Zürich. Zürich, 1885.
Harfin (J.), Statistische Tafel der Schweiz, 1881. Fol. Zürich, 1882.
Gisi (Dr. Wilh.), Zeitschrift für schweizerische Statistik. Herausgegeben von der Schweizerischen Statistischen Gesellschaft, mit Mitwirkung des eidgenössischen Statistischen Bureaus. 4. Bern, 1884.
Grote (George), Letters on the Politics of Switzerland. 8. London, 1876.
Kolb (G. Fr.), Beiträge zur Statistik der Industrie und des Handels der Schweiz. 8. Zürich, 1869.
Lombard (Dr. H. C.), Répartitions mensuelles des décès dans quelques cantons de la Suisse. 4. Bern, 1868.
Maguin (H.), Notes et documents sur l’instruction populaire en Suisse. 8 Paris, 1878.
Officieler Katalog der Schweizerischen Landesaustellur g. Zürich, 1883.
Rapport du Chemin de fer du Gothard. Zürich, 1883.
Wirth (Max,), Allgemeine Beschreibung und Statistik der Schweiz. Im Verein mit gegen 60 Schweizerischen Gelehrten und Staatsmännern herausgegeben. 3 Vols. 8. Zürich, 1871–75.
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Keltie, J.S. (1886). Switzerland. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230253155_17
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