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1862); Council of State, 151, 837 fl. (it was 

 -0 fl. in 1862); Ministry of Foreign Af- 

 J,486,150 fl. (it was 2,644,882 fl. in 1862) ; 

 Ministry of State. 25,727,580 fl. ; Ministry for 

 Ecclesiastical Affairs and Public Education, 

 4.724.500 fl. : the Hungarian, Transylvanian, 

 and Croatian Chancelleries, 18,572,185 fl. ; the 

 Ministry of Finance, 21,584,766 fl. (in 1862 it 

 was 22.1 50,008 fl.) ; the Ministry of Justice, 

 9,150,567 fl.; the Ministry of Police, 2,645,- 

 676 fl. ; the Ministry of Commerce, 4,613,142 fl. 

 (in 1862 its expenses were no more than 383,- 

 400 fl.) ; other branches of the Administration, 

 1,386.200 fl. ; Ministry of War, 107.023.000 fl. ; 

 to this sum must be added 5,777,000 fl., which 

 is the " special revenue" (eigenes Einkommen) of 

 the Military Administration; Xaval Depart- 

 ment. 10,481,619 fl. (in 1862 it was 13,165,- 

 000 fl.) ; subventions and guarantees of in- 

 terest to private companies, 4,843.050 fl. ; in- 

 terest on the national debt, 113,698,750 fl. ; 

 State debts to be paid (Schuldentilgung) 18,- 

 870.500 fl. (these debts are specified) ; sums to 

 be expended for State railways and telegraphs, 

 and for subsidies to the fund for the emancipa- 

 tion of the soil, 5,061,961 fl. ; loss on bills and 

 coin, 7,118,420 fl. 



The receipts for the same year were estimated 

 as follows: Direct Taxes. Land-tax, 62.481,- 

 200 fl.; tax on buildings, 19,261,300 fl. ; trade 

 tax, 5,814,900 fl. ; personal steuer (poll tax), 5,- 

 271. 000 fl. ; legacy tax, 29,500 fl.; income tax on 

 all kinds of property, with the exception of land 

 and buildings, 15,157,7003. ; direct taxes levied 

 in the military frontiers, 1,799,100 fl. (this tax is 

 paid by men who are obliged to render military 

 service as long as they are able to shoulder a 



musket). Indirect Taxes. Excise of consump- 

 tion, 57,678,700 fl. ; customs, 15,247,515 fl. ; 

 salt, 33,059.600 fl. ; tobacco, 30,901,470 fl. ; 

 stamp duty, 13, 116. 519 fl. ; taxes and dues on 

 legal affairs and on legal acquisitions, 21,- 

 271, 639 fl.; lotteries, 6,034,400 fl. post office, 

 3,714,200 fl. ; tolls, 2,928,609 fl. ; stamping me- 

 tals, measures, &c., 66,500 fl. ; dues levied in 

 the Lombardo- Venetian kingdom, 106, 010 fl.; 

 indirect taxes levied in the military fron- 

 tiers, 155,564 fl. ; revenue from State domains, 

 mines, &c., 7,615,157 fl. ; other receipts, 2,- 

 874,520 fl. 



Austria has a very large public debt, which 

 on Oct. 31, 1862, was made up of the follow- 

 ing items: 



Old consolidated debt 66,237.696 florins.* 



Nfw consolidated debt 1.9S2.312.170 " 



Floating debt 419,777.163 " 



Lombardo-Venetian debt 70,713,807 " 



Grand total 2,539,090,536 florins. 



The standing army consists of 162, 218 infan- 

 try, 40.344 cavalry, and 46,018 other troops, 

 total, 248,680 ; in time of war, of 442,000 in- 

 fantry, of 52,760 cavalry, and of 92,935 other 

 troops total, 587,695. The highest military 

 officers are, 3 fieldmarshals, 15 generals of the 

 cavalry and field zeugmeister, 77 lieutenant 

 fieldmarshals, and 120 major-generals in active 

 service, and 31 generals of the cavalry and 

 field zeugmeisters, 131 lieutenant- fieldmarshals, 

 and 175 major-generals not in active service. 



The navy, in May, 1862, consisted of 64 

 steamers, with 11,981 horse power and 647 

 guns, and 51 sailing vessels, with 840 guns. 



The religious statistics, according to an offi- 

 cial census, taken in 1857, were as follows : 



* A florin is 50 cents ia American, money. 



