Part III: Credit 



AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. 



AGRICUI^TURAlv CREDIT IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. 



OFFICIAIv SOURCES : 



Die I,andwirtschaft in Bosnien und der Herzegovina {Agriculture in Bosnia and Herze- 

 govina) Vienna, 1899. 

 Verwaltungsberichte fur 1906- 1 911 {Government Reports for 1906-1911). 



OTHER SOURCES : 



V. Horowitz (E. R.) : Die Bezirkuncsunterstutzungsfonds in Bosnien und Herzegovina 

 {The District Loan Funds in Bosnia and Herzegovina) Vienna, 1892. 



ScHMiD {Dr. F) Bosnien und Herzegovina unter der Verwaltung Oesterreich-Ungarns 

 {Bosnia and Herzegovina under the Rule of Austria- Hungary) lycipzig, 1914. 



§ I. RURAI. CREDIT IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 

 UNDER TURKISH DOMINATION. 



In the time of Turkish domination social and economic conditions in 

 Bosnia and Herzegovina were Httle favourable to the development of cre- 

 dit in general and completely opposed to that of agricultural credit. In the 

 country the ruling s^'stem wa.s one of simple natural economy. Each farm 

 sought itself to produce whatever it needed or desired solely from its own 

 soil rendered fruitful by labour. Agricultural labourers made purchases 

 on the market only exceptionally, when they could not supply their needs 

 from the land they cultivated, as when they required colonial products, 

 agricultural implements, cotton stuffs, etc. Such purchases were so limited 



