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AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 



nance is Benjamin de Kallaky, who was ap- 

 pointed on Juue 4, 1882. 



Area and Population. The population of the 

 Austro- Hungarian Empire on Dec. 31, 1886, 

 was estimated to be 39,640,834. The popula- 

 tion of Austria proper was 23,070,688, and that 

 of Hungary 16,570,146. In Austria there were 

 11.188,402 males and 11.882,226 females in 

 1885 ; in Hungary at the time of the census of 

 1880 the males numbered 7,702,810 and the 

 females 7,939,192. 



The number of births in Austria proper in 

 1886 was 876,063; deaths, 678,458; marriages, 

 180,191 ; excess of births over deaths, 197,605. 

 The births in Hungary in 1885 numbered 737,- 

 110; deaths, 522,650; marriages, 165,169; ex- 

 cess of birthf over deaths, 214,460. Vienna 

 contained in 1887, with its suburbs, 1,270,000 

 inhabitants, while Buda-Pesth, the capital of 

 Hungary, had in 1886 a population of 422,557. 

 That of Prague, the chief city of Bohemia, had 

 at the last census 162,323 ; the sea-port Trieste, 

 144,844; Lemberg, 109,746. 



The Occupied Provinces. The area and the 

 population in 1885 of the Turkish provinces of 

 Bosnia and Herzegovina, the area of Novi- 

 Bazar, which the Congress of Berlin likewise 

 gave over to the military occupation of Austria- 

 Hungary, though the civil administration was 

 reserved for Turkey, and its population accord- 

 ing to the enumeration of 1879, are shown in 

 the following table : 



Of the inhabitants of Bosnia and Herzego- 

 vina 492,710 are Musselrnan<, 571,250 Orthodox 

 Greeks, 265,788 Roman Catholics, and 5,805 

 Jews. There has been an increase of about 

 44,000 in the Mohamlnedan population since 

 1879. The Austrian military organization and 

 obligatory service has, with some modifications, 

 been extended to Bosnia and Herzegovina. 



Commerce. The total value of the exports of 

 Austria-Hungary in 1886 was 698,632,273 flor- 

 ins, against 672,033,194 florins in 1885. The 

 value of the imports in 1885 was 557,948,324 

 florins. The value of grain, pulse, and flour 

 exported in 1886 was 95,445,185 florins; tim- 

 ber, 57,570,588 florins; sugar, 49,119,976 flor- 

 ins; instruments, watches, etc., 48,311,398 

 florins; wool and woolen manufactures, 47,- 

 361,901 florins; live animals, 47,277,808 flor- 

 ins; animal products, 33,799,970 florins; bev- 

 erages, 29.284,292 florins; fruit, nuts, hops, 

 etc., 25,657,334 florins; leather and leather 

 manufactures, 25,127,130 florins; glass and 

 glass-wares, 19,446,478 florins; fuel", 19,324,- 

 155 florins; flax, hemp, and other fibers, 19,- 

 127,006 florins ; wood and bone manufactures, 

 18,186,692 florins; cotton manufactures, 15,- 



184,411 florins; minerals, 12,839,295 florins: 

 paper and paper manufactures, 11,914,262 flor- 

 ins ; iron and iron manufactures, 10,546,811 

 florins; tobacco, 7,625,530 florins. 



The value of the precious metals exported in 

 1886 was 1,797,057 florins, while the imports 

 were 12,282,529 florins. 



The following table exhibits the movement 

 of imports in 1885, and of exports in 1886 

 across the frontiers of contiguous countries 

 and by sea-ports: 



In Austria the area sown to wheat in 1885 

 was 1,194,059 hectares, yielding 17,015,680 

 hectolitres; 2,000,971 hectares were under rye, 

 producing 27,984,480 hectolitres; 1,166,416 

 hectares under barley, producing 18,344,870 

 hectolitres; 1,829,047 hectares under oats; 

 producing 33,389,650 hectolitres; 367,657 hec- 

 tares under corn, producing 7,008,060 hecto- 

 litres. Vineyards covered 228,949 hectares. 

 There is a considerable export of wine and bar- 

 ley, and in some years of wheat. 



The agricultural re turns of Hungary for 1886 

 give 4,070,360 hectares as the area devoted to 

 wheat and rye, and the yield as 51,850,560 hec- 

 tolithes. The crop of barley on 1,044,219 hec- 

 tares was 13,343,882 hectolitres. Corn was 

 cultivated on 1,914,159 hectares, and the crop 

 amounted to 29,767, 527 hectolitres. Vine- 

 yards covered 363.562 hectares, and the value 

 of the wine produced was 40,691,000 florins. 

 There are large exports of horses, cattle, and 

 sheep from both Austria and Hungary. 



Railroads. The railroads of Austria had a 

 total length of 13,618 kilometres or 8,512 miles 

 on Jan. 1, 1887. There were 3,596 kilometres 

 of state lines, besides 84 kilometres that are 

 worked by companies, 1.590 kilometres be- 

 longing to companies that are worked by the 

 Government, and 8,348 kilometres owned and 

 operated by private corporations. Hungary 

 had 9,352 kilometres or 5,843 miles, making 

 the total mileasre for the empire 14,355. The 

 state lines 'in Hungary had a total length of 

 4,243 kilometres and the lines of companies 

 were 5,109 kilometres in length, including 402 

 kilometres that were operated in connection 

 with the Government railroads. 



The Post-Office. The number of letters and 

 postal cards carried in the Austrian mails in 

 1886 was 408,475,000; patterns and printed 

 matter, 56.337,000; newspapers, 90,112,800. 

 The receipts amounted to 26,367,103 florins, 

 and the expenses to 22,619,102 florins. 



