When I was Prince William £ was placed for a long time under the Chief President of the Province of Brandenburg, von Achetibach, in order that I might learn about home administration, get experience in economic questions, and, moreover, take an active part in the work. Spurred on by the captivating discourses of Achenbach, I derived from this period of my life a special interest in the economic side of the inner development of the country, whereas the purely judicial side of the administration interested me to a lesser degree. Improvements, canal construction, highway _building, forestry, improvement in' all kinds of transportation facilities, betterment of dwellings, introduction. of machines into agriculture and their ce-operative development—all of these were matters with which I busied myself later on; this being especially true of hydraulic work 4
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