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of births over deaths, the above number of 

 35,553,000 is obtained for the year 1867. 



The following is a list of the provinces into 

 which each of the two halves of the empire is 

 divided, with the population in 1867, as ascer- 

 tained by adding the excess of births over 

 deaths to the official statements of the census 

 of 1857: 



I. Cis-LeitTian Provinces (Austria Proper) : 



1. Lower Austria 1,762,784 



2. Upper Austria 719,427 



3. Salzburg 146,870 



4. Styria 1,091,647 



5. Carinthia 842,656 



6. Carniola 475,437 



7. Goertz, Gradisca, Istria, and Trieste 566,666 



8. Tyrol and Vorarlberg 878,733 



9. Bohemia 5,153,602 



10. Moravia 2,008,572 



11. Silesia 493,825 



12. Galicia 5,147,021 



13. Bukovina 516,418 



14. Dalmatia 446,660 



Total 19,750,318 



Adding army, and travelling popula- 

 tionabout 20,205,000 



II. Trans-LeitJian Provinces (Hungary) : 



15. Hungary 10,814,206 



16. Croatia and Slavonia 962,031 



17. Transylvania 2,095,215 



The Military Frontier 1,131,502 



Total 15,002,954 



Adding army, and travelling popula- 

 tionabout 15,348,000 



Total of I, and II., or the whole monarchy, 35,553,000 

 In no country of the world is the difference 

 of nationality of so great political importance 

 as in Austria, as it has been the primary cause 

 of all the territorial losses which the empire 

 has suffered since 1815, and of nearly all the 

 commotions which still threaten its unity. 

 According to the calculations of the Imperial 

 Bureau of Statistics, the statistics of nationali- 

 ties, in both cis-Leithan and trans-Leithan prov- 

 inces, were, in 1864, as follows : 



The religious statistics, in 1867, were, ac- 

 cording to the calculations of the Statistical 

 Bureau, about as follows (population expressed 

 in thousands) : 



* Inclusive of the army. 



A ministry for the affairs common to the 

 whole monarchy, Reiclis-Ministerium, was ap- 

 pointed on the 24h of December, 1867, con- 

 sisting of the following members: Count 

 Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, Minister of 

 Foreign Affairs, and of the Imperial House 

 (since October 30 and November 12, 1866), 

 Chancellor of the Empire (June 23, 1867); 

 Minister of State (December 24, 1867) ; Baron 

 Franz von Becke, Minister of Finances (Decem- 

 ber 24, 1867) ; Baron Franz Kuhn von Kuh- 

 nenfeld, January 18, 1868. 



The ministry for Austria Proper, or the cis- 

 Leithan provinces (appointed December 30, 

 1867), was composed in December, 1868, as fol- 

 lows (the Prime Minister, Prince Carlos Wil- 

 Tielm von Auersperg having resigned in Septem- 

 ber, 1868) ; Count Edward von Taaffe, Presi- 

 dent of the Council, pro tern. (September, 1868), 

 Minister for the Defence of the Country, and 

 Public Safety ; Ignaz von Plener, Commerce ; 

 Leopold Hasner, Chevalier von Artha^ Public 

 Worship and Education ; Karl Gislcra, Interior ; 

 Edward Herbst, Justice ; Rudolph Brestel, Fi- 

 nances ; JoJiann Berger, without portfolio ; 

 Count Alfred Potocky, Agriculture. 



The Parliament of Austria Proper consists 

 of two Houses. ' The Upper House, in 1868, 

 contained 11 princes of the imperial house ; 56 

 hereditary members, who are chiefs of noble 

 families, possessing very extensive landed pos- 

 sessions ; 9 archbishops, and 7 others, having 

 the rank of bishops ; finally, of 77 members ap- 

 pointed by the Emperor for life. President of 

 the House, Prince Joseph von Colloredo-Mans- 

 feld. The House of Eepresentatives consists 

 of 203 members, sent by the provincial Diets. 

 President of the Chamber, Moriz von Kaisers- 

 feld. 



In the budget of 1868, for the whole monar- 

 chy, the estimates of expenditure and receipts 

 were as follows : 



Expenditures. Austrian florins. 



1. Common Ministry for Foreign Affairs.. 4,375,221 



2. Common Ministry of War 97,914,132 



(1.) for the Army ) - ft . _. fi ^ 

 (2.)for the Navyf 8,45o,677 



3. Common Ministry on Finances 223,000 



Total ...110,968,090 



Receipts. 



Eeceipts of Ministry of War, . . 3,298,900 1 



Eeceipts from Customs 7,200,000 \ 10,610,900 



Eeceipts from Consulates 112,000 J 



Eemaining . 



100,357,190 



* Inclusive of the army. 





