Part IV: Agricultural Economy in General 



AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY. 



AGRARIAN TAXES IX BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA. 

 Official sources: 



Verwaltungsbericht fur 1906-1911 (Report of the Achninislyation i(,o6-i9ii). 



Other sources: 



SCHJiiD (Dr. F.) : Bosnien und die Herzegovina uuter der Verwallung Otsterreich-Ungams 

 [Bosnia and Herzegovina under the Administration of Austria-Hungary) . Leipzig, 1914. 



DnviiTz (L-) : Die forstlichen Verhaltnisse imd Einrichlungen Bosniens und der Herzegovina 

 {Forestal Conditions and Institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina). Vienna, 1905. 



§ I. Agrarian taxes ix the period of Turkish dominion. 



In the period of Turkish dominion agriculture in Bosnia and Herze- 

 govina was burdened with the following dues : 

 i) the tithe, 



2) the Stilus and Verghia taxes, 



3) the taxes on live stock. 



4) the military taxes. 



We will examine them separately : 



i) The tithe. — This agrarian tax, called " Pscior ' in the language of 

 the country, burdened land strictly proportionately to the quantity of 

 its products. In the beginning it could be considered to be a species of 

 due which the occupiers of the land had to pay to the State, that is to the 

 institution which the Koran declared and recognized to be the sole owner 

 of the soil, it being possible to grant only a usufruct in the soil to private 



