AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 





Fifteenth Army Corps, numbering 



Commerce and Production. -The total value 

 of the special imports of merchandise into the 

 Austro-Hungarian customs territory in 1899 was 

 SU4.4(N).(NH) florins, ami of the special exports 

 930,700,000 florins. The imports of raw wool 

 were 54.920.000 florins in value: of raw cotton, 

 54.453.000 florins; of silk, raw and manufactured, 

 42,585.000 florins; of coal and eoke, 41,812,000 

 florins; of tobacco. 25 .00 1.000 florins: or machin- 

 ery, 22.007,000 florins; of eofl'ee. 20.008,000 llorins; 

 of copper, 14,92.~>,OOO florins: of flax and jute, 

 1 4.73 UMIO florins; of wine in casks, 14,700,000 

 florins; of eggs. 13.ti72.000 llorins; of prints and 

 books not hound. 13.3S5.000 florins: of hides and 

 skins. 7.090.000 florins; of corn, 0.918,000 florins; 

 of wheat. f>.449.000 florins; of hogs, 4,023,000 

 florins; of lanl and bacon, 2.070,000 florins; of 

 rye. 1.302.000 florins. The exports of wood and 

 wood manufactures were 116,303,000 florins in 

 value: of sugar, 80,509.000 florins; of eggs, 

 42.0119.000 llorins; of barley, 36,348,000 florins; of 

 brown coal. 32.198,000 florins; of malt, 25,249,000 

 florins; of glass and glassware. 24,990,000 florins; 

 of eattle, 24,885,000 florins; of horses, 23,234,000 

 florins; of gloves and shoes, 22,196,000 florins; of 

 woolen manufactures, 21,219,000 florins; of hops, 

 11.103,000 florins; of coal, 10.762,000 florins; of 

 bed feathers, 9,809,000 florins; of cask staves, 

 9.809.000 florins: of poultry, 9,793,000 florins; of 

 beans, 6,805,000 florins. The imports of gold and 

 silver coin and bullion were 21,557,000 florins, and 

 exports, 35,533.000 florins. The imports from and 

 exports to various countries in 1899 are given in 

 florins in the following table: 



The area cultivated in Austria in 1899 was 

 28,290,656 hectares, of which three-eighths was 

 under farm crops, over a third forest, and a quar- 

 ter pasture and meadow. The production of 

 wheat was 18,157,000 hectoliters; of barley, 

 24,250,000 hectoliters ; of oats, 43,052,000 hecto- 

 liters; of rye, 30,897,000 hectoliters; of pulse, 

 3,791,000 hectoliters; of buckwheat, 2,025,000 hec- 

 toliters; of corn, 5,115,000 hectoliters; of other 

 356,000 hectoliters; of potatoes, 107 903 - 

 K) quintals; of sugar-beets, 65.284,000 quintals- 

 of other beets and turnips, 25,977,000 quintals- of 

 3.368,000 hectoliters; of tobacco, 39^00 

 of hops, 108,000 quintals; of hemp, 

 50.000 quintals; of fl ax , 69,000 quintals- of 

 cocoons in 1898, 1,682,777 kilogrammes. 'The 

 forests cover 9,787,508 hectares, of which 6 828 - 

 ,o tares are P ine forest - The product of coal 



111 T- ^' 7 <? ' 000 fl rinS in lue ; of brown 



florins; of iron, 38,626,000 florins- 



f lead, 1,872,000 florins; of quicksilver, 1230000 



florins; of zinc, 2,020,000 florins; of silver,' 1 905- 



florins; of copper, 921,000 florins. The total 



value of minerals was 104,146,136 florins, and of 

 furnace products, 47,498,858 florins. The value of 

 fish caught by 14,385 fishermen in 3,404 boats in 

 the summer was 1,615,469 florins, and by 11,816 

 fishermen in 3,101 boats in winter was 1,054,146 

 florins. The quantity of beer brewed in 1898 was 

 19,206,585 hectoliters; of alcohol distilled, 1,3/3,- 

 32(> hectoliters. 



Three-quarters of the people of Hungary de- 

 pend on agriculture. Only 5 per cent, of the soil 

 is infertile, 41 per cent, is farm land, 23 per cent, 

 pasture and meadow, 28 per cent, forest, and 3 pel- 

 cent, garden and vineyard. Two-thirds of the 

 land is managed by the owners and about half 

 the farms, occupying half the cultivated land, 

 are between 7 and 150 acres. The yield of wheat 

 in 1899 was 4*0,905,000 centners; of corn, 33,189,- 

 000 centners; of barley, 14,005,000 centners; of 

 oats, 12,705,000 centners; of rye, 12,668,000 cent- 

 ners; of buckwheat, 146,000 centners; of mixed 

 grain, 1,591,000 centners; of other cereals, 501,000 

 centners; of pulse, 2,216,000 centners; of potatoes, 

 38,651,000 centners; of sugar-beets, 16,224,000 

 centners; of other beets and turnips, 39,151,000 

 centners; of wine, 2,041,000 hectoliters; of to- 

 bacco, 435,000 centners; of hemp seed, 362,000 

 centners; of rape seed, 431,000 centners; of co- 

 coons, 1,244,728 kilograms; of honey, 33,518- 

 centners; of beeswax, 2,319 centners. The forests 

 cover 9,037,844 hectares, of which 4,728,527 hec- 

 tares are beech, 2,417,833 hectares oak, and 1,891,- 

 484 hectares pine. The exports of timber and 

 forest products in 1899 were valued at 85,506,000 

 crowns, and imports at 13,386,000 crowns. The 

 total value of ores and other minerals in 1899 

 was 57,383,000 crowns, the value of coal being 

 13,005,000 crowns; that of iron ore, 9,847,300 

 crowns ; that of lignite, 29,300,800 crowns, and that 

 of gold, silver, copper, lead, manganese, and other- 

 ores, 4,674,900 crowns. The value of pig-iron pro- 

 duced was 38,023,200 crowns; of gold, 10,059,900 

 crowns; of silver, 2,427,600 crowns; of antimony 

 ore and regulus and crude antimony, 855,700 

 crowns; of lead, 740,900 crowns; of iron pyrites, 

 639,800 crowns; of coal briquettes, 499,200 

 crowns; of copper, 239,100 crowns; of other fur- 

 nace products, 1,485,500 crowns; total, 54,970,900 

 crowns. The quantity of beer brewed in 1899 

 was 1,566,251 hectoliters; of alcohol distilled,. 

 1,161,871 hectoliters; of sugar manufactured,. 

 2,467,800 centners. The special commerce of 

 Hungary in 1899 was valued at 1,198,761,000 

 crowns for imports and 1,200,500,000 crowns for 

 exports. Of the imports, 22.66 per cent, was raw 

 material and 77.34 per cent, manufactured prod- 

 ucts, while of the exports, 62.11 per cent, was raw 

 material and 37.89 per cent, manufactured prod- 

 ucts. Of the imports, 78.27 per cent, came from, 

 and of the exports, 71.41 per cent, went to Aus- 

 tria, Germany coming next, and then Great 

 Britain, Servia, France, Switzerland, and Italy. 

 The cotton fabrics 1 imported were 142,316,000 

 crowns in value; woolen fabrics, 95,460,000' 

 crowns; silk goods, 36,476,000 crowns; wine in 

 casks, 28,927,000 crowns; wheat, 23,227,000 

 crowns; refined sugar, 23,049,000 crowns; coal, 

 20,732,000 crowns; boots and shoes, 19,785,000 

 crowns; cotton yarn, 19,784,000 crowns; coffee, 

 19,309,000 crowns. The value of flour exported 

 was 146,964,000 crowns; cattle, 86,127,000 crowns; 

 wheat, 70,211,000 crowns; barley, 61,063,000 

 crowns; hogs, 49,730,000 crowns; corn, 33,506,- 

 000 crowns; horses, 30,697,000 crowns; oats, 

 29,236,000 crowns; rye, 28,872,000 crowns; eggs, 

 28,533,000 crowns. 



Navigation. The number of vessels entered 

 at the ports of Austria during 1898 was 105,412, of 



