PRUSSIA, \Vns-r, A province of Prussia, bounded by the Baltic on the north. East Prussia on the cast, Russian Poland and the Province of Posen on the south, and the provinces of Brandenburg and Ponwrania on the west : Prussia. 11 2). Area, over 9500 square miles. The surface is mostly flat, and in some parts lies below the level of the sea. It is traversed from west to east by a range of hills which reaches its greatest height in the Turniberg. 1080 feet. The chief indentation on the coast is the Gulf of Danziger, which is separated from the sea by the long spit known as Vela Peninsula. The southwestern part of the Frisehes Half also belongs to \Vest Prussia. The province is watered principally by the Vistula and its tributaries, and contains many squall lakes. The climate is somewhat raw in the lower parts. Agriculture is the principal industry, and rye. potatoes, and oats arc the chief products. Sugar beets and tobacco are produced on a very large scale, and stock raising is also well developed, the province being noted for its fine horses. The manufacturing
industries are as yet unimportant. and are con fined entirely to the cities. The principal in dustries are ship-building, notably at Danzig and Elbing. and lumber manufacturing, in many of the cities along the Vistula. Linen and other textiles are produced in the rural districts. The chief article of commerce is lumber, which is imported extensively from Russia to Thorn and Danzig. For purposes of administration the province is divided into the two districts of Danzig and Marienwerder, with Danzig as the capital. It is represented by 22 members in the Lower House and 13 in the Upper House of the Prussian Landtag. and returns 13 members to the Reichstag. The population of the province was 1.433.681 in 1890 and L563.439 in 1900. in 1895 the lImnan Catholics numbered 758.168 and the Protestants 702,030,