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In the distribution of the kinds of wood the pine and fir are found in 
the south of Germany, oak and beech in the west and southwest, and. 
the Scotch fir in the north and northeast, while Central Germany, to a 
greater or less degree, contains all these varieties. 
Since 1831 the forest area of Prussia has diminished about 5 per cent. ; 
in most of the other German States a barely appreciable diminution has 
taken place, while there has been a steady increase in Bavaria, Baden, 
and Saxony. On the whole, Germany has wood enough to meet do- 
mestic demand for many years to come. 
PRODUCTION OF SALT IN GERMANY.—By the discovery of new salt- 
mines and a more vigorous development of the old, the production of 
salt in the Zollverein states of Germany during the decade from 1860 
to 1870, increased 110 per cent. The amount of mineral salt obtained 
in 1860 was 112,803,429 hundred-weights against 783,495,100 in 1369, or 
an increase of 594 per cent. The yield of kitchen-salt for these two 
years was, respectively, 555,732,922 hundred- weights against 618,664,221, 
or an increase of 11 per cent. Germany, with this increased production, 
is now in condition, not only to meet domestic demand, but to export 
great quantities. The amount of salt exported in 1869 was 159,267,468 
hundred-weights. The home consumption for this year amounted to 35 
pounds per capita against 21 in 1860. This is owing to the increasing 
demand for salt for industrial and agricultural purposes. The average 
amount for table use per capita is about 174 pounds a year. 
THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN EMPIRE.—From an official publication of 
the Austro-Hungarian commission at the Centennial, it appears that 
this nationality is described in the Imperial writ of November 14, 1868, 
as the Austro-Hungarian Empire, or Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. It 
is a unique political organism, embracing two groups of subordinate 
states united on different principles. The Austrian state territory, or 
western half of the empire, recognizes Francis Joseph as Emperor of 
Austria; the Hungarian state territory, or eastern half of the empire, 
knows him as King of Hungary. The respective areas of these two 
sections are as follows: 
AUSTRIAN STATE TERRITORY. HUNGARIAN STATE TERRITORY. 
Square miles. / Square miles. 
Archduchy of Austria, Lower ---. 6,533 | Kingdom of Hungary. .----..--- 85, 668 
Archduchy of Austria, Upper.... 4,559 | Kingdom of Croatia and Slavonia — 8, 972 
Duchy of Saizburg ..--.. 2-<2.--- 2728 |- City of Biumes 2-2. 2522S ooeseee 3 
SLYLIA. 2 conse eect ----- 8,533 | Grand Principality of Transyl- 
Carinthia: 22-2222 tee. 3, 942 WANLANA So 7." bale, Tes 20, 880 
CARMIOl’ A. te ce eee . 3,795  Croato-Slavonian border district. 7,716 
Principality of Goritz and Gradisca, | 
Margrayviate of Istria, and city of Total eastern half. .----.......-- 125, 062 
Trieste .----- te thang Sera an PaaS 3,036 | Add western half .......... ...- 113,070 
Principality of Tyrol and Vorarl- | —. 
Pans Co Salers oi oer). ober etl 11, 144 Total area of monarchy... 236, 132 
Kingdom of Bohemia-..-.--...---- 19,741 | 
Margraviate of Moravia ....-..-.- 8, 447 | 
Duchy of pilesia. oo les 1,956 | 
Duchy of Bukowina ....-.-....-- 3, 971 | 
Kingdom of Dalmatia ........-.- 4, 861 | 
Kingdom of Galicia and Lodome- 
1 eS aS ee ae 29, 829 | 
Total western half.....--. 1138. 070 
The Austrian state territory is governed by a general legislative body, 
called the Reichsrath, a local autonomy being exercised by provincial 
diets in the subordinate states. The Hungarian state territory is under 
