AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 



12,682,701 tons; cleared, 105,413, of 12,686,481 

 tons. Of the vessels, 88 per cent., and of the ton- 

 nage, 90 per cent., was Austrian. The merchant 

 shipping of Austria on Jan. 1, 1899, comprised 157 

 vessels for ocean navigation, of 172,286 tons; 1,400 

 coasting vessels, of 24,623 tons; and 10,958 fishing 

 vessels and small craft, of 23,112 tons. The total 

 number of sailing vessels was 12,418, of 58,097 

 tons ;' steamers, 187, of 161,924 tons. 



The number of vessels entered at Hungarian 

 ports during 1899 was 19,415, of 2,129,752 tons; 

 cleared, 19,420, of 2,128,595 tons. Of the vessels, 

 84 per cent, and 60 per cent, of the tonnage was 

 Hungarian. The merchant shipping of Hungary 

 consisted of 62 vessels for ocean navigation, of 

 57,192 tons; 149 coasting vessels, of 5,483 tons; 

 and 283 fishing and small craft, of 442 tons. Of 

 the total number, 424, of 16,023 tons, were sailing 

 vessels and 70, of 47,094 tons, were steamers. 



Railroads, Posts, and Telegraphs. There 

 were 11,444 miles of railroad in Austria at the 

 close of 1898, of which 4,763 miles were state lines, 

 1,681 miles belonging to companies but worked by 

 the Government, 4,938 miles lines owned and 

 worked by companies, and 62 miles foreign lines. 

 The number of passengers carried in 1898 was 

 126,087,000; tons of freight, 111,198,000; receipts, 

 287,817,000 florins; expenses, 178,930,000 florins. 



The length of railroad lines in operation in 

 Hungary at the close of 1899 was 10,527 miles, 

 of which 4,750 miles were Government lines, 

 3,719 miles lines of companies worked by the 

 Government, and 2,058 miles lines owned and 

 worked by companies. The number of passengers 

 carried in 1899 was 61,581,000; tons of freight, 

 39,933,000; receipts, 258,300,000 crowns; expenses, 

 141,600,000 crowns. 



The number of letters and postal cards that 

 passed through the Austrian post-office in 1899 

 was 980,477,790; samples and printed matter, 131,- 

 712,730; newspapers, 102,609,700; receipts, 99,059,- 

 448 crowns; expenses, 85,425,706 crowns. 



The number of letters and postal cards that the 

 Hungarian post-office forwarded in 1899 was 281,- 

 679,000; newspapers, 111,989,000; samples and 

 printed matter, 47,098,000; money and postal or- 

 ders, 20,005,000; registered letters and parcels, 

 18,509,000. The receipts, including those from 

 telegraphs and telephones, were 45,507,000 crowns; 

 expenses, 32,713,000 crowns. 



The length of telegraphs in Austria in 1899 

 was 33,235 miles, with 100,332 miles of wire. The 

 number of messages sent in 1899 was 14,697,898. 

 There were 253 telephone systems, with 102 cir- 

 cuits between cities, having altogether 68,445 miles 

 of wire. The number of conversations in 1899 

 was 83,402,544. 



The telegraph lines of Hungary had a total 

 length of 14,015 miles, with 69,750 miles of wire. 

 The number of messages, including railroad mes- 

 sages, was 13,919,737. There were 46 telephone 

 exchanges and 27 intercity circuits, with connec- 

 tion with Vienna and Berlin. The length of wire 

 was 31,380 miles. 



Austria. The legislative authority for the em- 

 pire is vested in the Reichsrath, but each province 

 possesses a large measure of autonomy and has a 

 Landtag to legislate on matters not reserved by 

 the Constitution for the Reichsrath. The upper 

 house of the Reichsrath, called the Herrenhaus, is 

 composed of 18 princes of the imperial family, 67 

 heads of noble families having large territorial 

 possessions, 5 cardinals, 6 bishops possessing the 

 rank of prince, and 140 members nominated for 

 life. The lower house, called the Abgeordneten- 

 haus, is composed of 425 members elected for six 

 years by 5 classes of electors large proprietors, 



cities, chambers of commerce and trade councils, 

 rural districts, and the class embracing the whole 

 body of electors. The Council of Ministers ap- 

 pointed Jan. 19, 1900, was composed a,s follows: 

 President of the Council and Minister of the In- 

 terior, Dr. E. von Korber; Minister of National 

 Defense, Graf Zeno Welser von Welsershoimb; 

 Minister of Kailroads, Dr. H. Ritter von Wittek; 

 Minister of Finance, Dr. E. Ritter Bohm von 

 Bawerk; Minister of Justice, Baron A. Spens von 

 Booden; Minister of Worship and Public Instruc- 

 tion, Dr. W. Ritter von Hartel; Minister of Com- 

 merce, Baron G. von Call von Culmbach; Minister 

 of Agriculture, Baron K. von Giovanelli ; without 

 portfolios, Dr. A. Rezek and Dr. Leonard Pietak. 



Area and Population. The area of the Aus- 

 trian Empire is 115,903 square miles. The popu- 

 lation at the census of 1890 was 23,895,413, corn- 

 posed of 11,689,129 males and 12,206,284 females. 



The number of marriages in 1899 was 213,631; 

 of births, 986,098; of deaths, 656,176; excess of 

 births, 301,997. The number of emigrants from 

 Austria arid Hungary in 1898 was 55,007, of whom 

 52,282 emigrated to the United States, 1,060 to 

 Brazil, and 605 to the Argentine Republic. 



Finances. The revenue of the Austrian Gov- 

 ernment in 1898 was 794,058,000 florins in cash 

 and 7,502,000 florins in bills; total, 801,560,000 

 florins. The expenditure was 803,547,000 florins 

 in cash and 5,787,000 florins in bills; total, 809,- 

 334,000 florins. The revenue for 1900 was esti- 

 mated at 1,585,811,822 crowns, the expenditure at 

 1,586,403,933 crowns. The budget estimate of 

 revenue for 1901 was 1,641,997,585 crowns, and of 

 expenditure 1,641,163,344 crowns. The sources of 

 revenue were: Reichsrath and Council of Minis- 

 ters, 1,661,800 crowns; Ministry of the Interior, 

 2,922,023 crowns; Ministry of Defense, 862,711 

 crowns; Ministry of Worship and Instruction, 13,- 

 936,032 crowns; Ministry of Finance, 1,148,589,- 

 848 crowns; Ministry of Commerce, 124,835,890 

 crowns ; Ministry of Railroads, 280,476,440 

 crowns; Ministry of Agriculture, 33,852,381 

 crowns; Ministry of Justice, 2,522,444 crowns; 

 pensions, 2,964,920 crowns; subventions and dota- 

 tions, 628,200 crowns; state debt, 26,356,296 

 crow 7 ns; debt administration, 19,600 crowns; sales 

 of state property, 401,000 crowns; payment by 

 Lombard railroads, 1,968,000 crowns. The branches 

 of expenditure were: Imperial household, 9,300,- 

 000 crowns; imperial Cabinet chancery, 182,143 

 crowns; Reichsrath, 2,585,224 crowns; Supreme 

 Court, 49,724 crowns; Council of Ministers, 2,931,- 

 714 crowns; contribution to common expenditure, 

 265,916,732 crowns; Ministry of the Interior, 67,- 

 570,603 crowns; Ministry of Defense, 59,194,751 

 crowns; Ministry of Worship and Instruction, 

 75,114,558 crowns; Ministry of Finance, 251,059,- 

 328 crowns; Ministry of Commerce, 125,772,230 

 crowns; Ministry of Railroads, 246,541,050 

 crowns; Ministry of Agriculture, 43,780,345 

 crowns; Ministry of Justice, 70,037,115 orowns; 

 Board of Control, 441,800 crowns; pensions, 58,- 

 283,518 crowns; subventions and donations, 16,- 

 114,610 crowns; state debt, 345,122,525 crowns; 

 debt administration, 1,165,374 crowns. 



The debt of the Austrian Government on Jan. 

 1, 1900, amounted to 1,581,728,212 florins, the con- 

 solidated debt being 1,566,030,111 florins and the 

 floating debt 15,728,101 florins. 



The Reichsrath. Elections for a new Reichs- 

 rath were held in January, 1901. The violent ob- 

 structive tactics of the Young Czechs, who by that 

 means endeavored to force the Government to 

 alter the language regulations according to their 

 ideas, had stopped the machinery of parliament- 

 ary government and brought on the dissolution 



