AUSTEALASIA. 



AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN MONARCHY. 



In 1870, the imports and exports in Victoria 

 and New Zealand were as follows : 



Import*. Exports. 



Victoria 12,455,756 12,470,014 



New Zealand 4,753,895 4,012,131 



The most important article of export, next 

 to gold, is wool. The value of the amount ex- 

 ported was, in 1869, as follows : 



New South Wales ... . . 2,503,704 



Victoria 3,363,075 



South Australia 1,127,568 



Queensland 1,098,174 



Western Australia 68,400, 



Tasmania 803.209 



New Zealand 1,371,230 



Total. 



The movement of shipping is shown by the 

 following figures, representing the aggregate 

 number of tons of the vessels entering and 

 clearing in the several ports, exclusive of the 

 coasting-trade : 



New South Wales... .. 1,574,617 



Victoria 1,452,235 



South Australia 331.507 



Queenstown 288,015 



Western Australia 728,517 



Tasmania , 226.975 



New Zealand 498^495 



Total 4,500,361 



The merchant navy, on January 1, 1871, 

 consisted of 



The number of post-offices, and of letters 

 and newspapers passing through them, was, 

 according to the latest dates, as follows: 



At the close of 1870 the length of 

 roads in operation was as follows : 



Province*. 



New South Wales. 



Victoria , 



Queensland 



South Australia... 



Tasmania 



New Zealand 



the rail- 

 Miies. 



218 

 126 



Total.. 



1<046 



The following table shows the length of the 

 telegraph-lines which were in operation, ac- 



cording to the latest dates, as well as tlie num- 

 ber of offices and telegrams: 



ATJSTRO - HUNGARIAN MONARCHY, 

 an empire in Europe. Emperor, Francis Jo- 

 seph I., born August *18, 1830; succeeded his 

 uncle, Ferdinand I., on December 2, 1848. 

 Heir-apparent, Archduke Rudolph, born Au- 

 gust 21, 1858. The ministry for the public 

 affairs of the whole monarchy was at the be- 

 ginning of the year composed as follows : 

 Count Beust, Chancellor of the Empire and 

 Minister of Foreign Affairs ; Count Loyay, 

 Minister of Finances ; Baron Kuhn von Kuh- 

 nenfeld, Minister of War. 



The area and population of the empire, ac- 

 cording to the census of 1869, were as follows : 



Square Milct. I Population. 



The increase of the total population, from 

 1857 to 1869, is 10 per cent. The following 

 cities had over 20,000 inhabitants, according 

 to the census of 1869 : 



Vienna 825,165 



Pesth 201,911 



Prague 157,275 



Lemberg 87,105 



Grfttz 80,732 



Brflnn 73,464 



Trieste 70,274 



Szcjredin 69,014 



Maria-Theresienstadt 56,269 



Buda 54,577 



Cracow 49,834 



Presburg 46,544 



Debreczin 43,517 



Kecskemet 42,089 



Czernowitz 34,000 



Temesvar 32,754 



Arad 31,796 



Lintz 30.510 



Grosswardein 29,249 



Cronstadt 28,014 



Zombor 25.304 



Klausenburg 25,080 



Fiinfkirchen 24,014 



Laybach 23.032 



Stuhlweissenburg . . 22,628 



Kaschan 21,742 



Wieselburg 21,146 



Versecz 21,096 



Agram 20.637 



Raab 20,252 



