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AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN MONARCHY. 



The commerce of Austro-Hungary, compris- of bullion, was as follows in each of the years 

 ing imports and exports of merchandise and from 1868 to 1876: 



The following statement shows the strength 

 of the commercial marine of Austro-Hungary 

 on the 1st of January, 1878 : 



The army of the Austro-Hungarian Mon- 

 archy was in August, 1878, composed as fol- 

 lows : 



The naval forces at the end of the year 1878 

 consisted of 14 ironclads and 37 other steam- 

 ers, the majority of the latter of small dimen- 

 sions, constructed chiefly for coast defense. 



The total length of railways in operation 

 on January 1, 1878, was: In Austria Proper, 

 11,211 kilometres; in Hungary, 6,773 kilome- 

 tres; total, 17,984. The length of the tele- 

 graph lines and wires, and the number of 

 stations and messages carried were in 1877 as 

 follows : 



The number of post-offices in 1877 was 

 4,366 in Austria Proper and 1,960 in Hungary. 



The area and population of the occupied dis- 

 tricts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, according 

 to the " Neue Freie Presse " of Vienna, were 

 divided as follows: In Bosnia there are 4,499 

 square miles under agricultural cultivation, 



8,659 of forest and woodland, 2,750 of meadow 

 .and pasturage, and 530 of sterile soil; altoge- 

 ther, 16,438 square miles. The population in- 

 cludes 325,020 Mussulmans, 390,460 Orthodox 

 Greek Christians, 136,287 Roman Catholics, 

 2,145 Jews, and 8,290 gypsies ; total, 862,202. 

 The occupied portion of the sanjak of Novi- 

 Bazar has 700 square miles under cultivation, 

 1,592 of forest and woodland, 509 of pasture- 

 land, and 721 of mere sterile desert ; altogeth- 

 er, 3,522 square miles. The population is set 

 down at 61,150 Mussulmans, 79,948 Oriental 

 Greek Christians, 95 Jews, and 807 gypsies; 

 total, 142,000. Tlie Herzegovina has 806 square 

 miles under cultivation, 849 of forest, 573 of 

 pasturage and meadow, and 2,080 of sterile 

 soil; altogether, 4,308 square miles. The pop- 

 ulation is composed of 56,000 Mussulmans, 

 101,348 Orthodox Greeks, 49,217 Roman Cath- 

 olics, 65 Jews, and 1,340 gypsies ; total, 207,- 

 970. The entire area of the occupied prov- 

 inces therefore amounts to 24,277 square miles, 

 and includes a total of 6,005 square miles un- 

 der cultivation, 11,100 of forest and woodland, 

 3,841 of meadow and pasture land, and 3,331 

 of sterile soil, most of which is probably irre- 

 claimable, with a total population of 1,212,172. 

 This population is distributed as follows: 442,- 

 170 Mussulmans, or 36*48 per cent, of the 

 whole; 571,756 Orthodox Greeks, or 47-17 

 percent.; 185,504 Roman Catholics, or 15'31 

 per cent. ; 2,305 Jews, or 0-18 per cent. ; and 

 10,437 gypsies, or 0-86 per cent. 



The Reichsrath reassembled after the Christ- 

 mas recess on January 15th, and, after the trans- 

 action of some minor business, began the dis- 

 cussion of the Treaty of Berlin. There were 

 28 speakers announced against and 12 for the 

 treaty. In the general debate Pacher moved 

 to reject the treaty and to proceed to the or- 

 der of the day. Dunajewski denied the right 

 of the Reichsrath to come to a decision on the 

 resolutions of a European Congress, and moved 

 that the House receive the treaty. Deputy 

 Fux of Znaim also spoke against the treaty, 

 and moved the order of the day, or, in case the 

 treaty be accepted, a declaration with regard 

 to the constitutional difficulties in the way of 

 the occupation. The debate was then ad- 

 journed. It was continued on the 21st, when 

 the report of the committee was made. Pro- 



