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366,940 florins. A short line connecting Mos- 

 tar, the capital of Herzegovina, with the small 

 port of Ernetkovic, on the Dalmatian coast, 

 was opened June 13, 1885.' Mostar is to be 

 connected with the Austrian system by a line 

 to Serajevo as soon as a parliamentary credit 

 is granted. 



The question of nationalization of the Great 

 Northern Railroad was decided by the Reichs- 

 rath, in the spring, in the negative. The char- 

 ter of the company was prolonged upon con- 

 ditions arranged with the Government, in ac- 

 cordance with which the company reduced the 

 tariffs 25 or 30 per cent., and engaged to in- 

 vest 40,000,000 florins a year in extending its 

 lines. 



Telegraphs. In 1883 there were 32,684 miles 

 of telegraph lines in Austria, with 59,732 miles 

 of wire; number of messages 6,559,3^3, re- 

 ceipts 4,053,360 florins, expenses 3,646,400 

 florins. The length of the Hungarian lines in 

 1882 was 9,894 miles, of wire 35,456 miles; 

 the number of messages 3,415,640; receipts 

 1,609,770, expenses 1,729,360 florins. In Bos- 

 nia and Herzegovina there were in 1882 1,560 

 miles of telegraph-line, and the number of 

 messages was 373,352. 



the Post-Offlce. The Austrian post-office in 

 1882 forwarded 312,470,050 letters and postal- 

 cards, 44,987,650 circulars, etc., 80,573,400 

 newspapers, and 32,077,500 packages; the 

 Hungarian post-office, 98,188,000 letters and 

 cards, 13,700,000 circulars, etc., and 41,310,- 

 500 packages. The post-office receipts in Aus- 

 tria were 19,150,650 florins, while the expenses 

 were 15,886,360 florins; the receipts in Hun- 

 gary were 7,360,080 florins, and the expenses 

 5,744,140 florins. 



Navigation. The Austro - Hungarian mer- 

 chant marine in 1884 comprised 66 ocean- 

 steamers, of 67,562 tons, 68 coasting-steamers, 

 of 10,717 tons, and 9,040 sailing-vessels, in- 

 cluding coasters and fishing-smacks, of 243,123 

 tons, employing collectively 28,971 seamen. 

 The Austrian trade with the East is carried on 

 in the Austro-Hungarian Lloyd line of steam- 

 ers, subsidized by the Imperial Government at 

 the rate of 1,730,000 florins per annum. This 

 company had in 1884 a fleet of 84 vessels, of 

 69,818 tons. The tonnage entered at Austrian 

 ports in 1882 was 6,774,677; cleared, 6,784,- 

 896. The tonnage under the Austrian flag was 

 87 per cent, of the total. 



The Army. Military service is universal and 

 obligatory. The annual recruit is 94,000 men. 

 The active army and its reserve are under the 

 direction of the common Minister of War, the 

 Landwehr of the two monarchies under the 

 control of Austrian and Hungarian Ministers 

 of Defense in times of peace. The Austrian 

 military system has, with some modification, 

 been enforced in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

 The period of service is three years with the 

 colors, beginning with the twenty-first year, 

 seven in the reserve, and two in the Landwehr. 

 The effective in 1883 was as follows: 



On the peace footing there are 18,678 offi- 

 cers, and in war 32,763; in peace, 52,176 

 horses; in war, 205,316. 



The Navy. The naval forces in 1884 con- 

 sisted of 13 ironclads, 11 cruisers, 15 coast- 

 guards, 5 transports, 22 torpedo-boats, in- 

 cluding 4 of the first class, arid a number of 

 school-ships, etc. The largest ironclad is the 

 Tegethoff, with 14|-inch armor, and carrying 

 6 27-ton guns. The cruiser Custozza has 9-inch 

 plates and 8 22-ton guns. In course of con- 

 struction is the Kronprinz Erzherzog Rudolf, 

 of the Tegethoff class, with 16-inch steel plates 

 and a speed of 16 or 17 knots; also, two torpe- 

 do cruisers of novel construction and high speed. 

 The navy, in time of peace, has 6,890 sailors. 



Finances. The common expenditures of the 

 empire are borne by Austria and Hungary in 

 the proportion of 68'6 per cent, by the former 

 and 31*4 per cent, by the latter. The surplus 

 from customs is applicable to common expend- 

 itures, and the excess over these and other 

 receipts, estimated in the budget for 1885 at 

 97,862,860 florins, is assessed on the two mon- 

 archies. The total budget for that year is 

 119,453,510 florins, of which 4,380,700 florins 

 are assigned to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 

 102,235,135 florins to the Ministry of War for 

 the army, and 10,738,589 for the navy, 1,972,- 

 570 florins to the Ministry of Finance, and 

 126,516 florins to the Board of Control. 



The expenses of the administration of the 

 occupied provinces in 1885 are estimated at 

 7,892,630 florins, of which 6,360,000 florins 

 are the cost of the army of occupation. 



Meetings of the Emperors. The Czar of Russia 

 met the Emperor Franz Josef at Kremsier, in 

 Moravia, on August 25. The conference was 

 attended with elaborate ceremonial, military 

 display, profuse luxury, and various pageants. 

 Extraordinary precautions were taken to guard 

 the life of the Czar, as on the occasion of the 

 meeting of the three Emperors at Skiernie- 

 vice, the year before. The whole route from 

 Hullein was lined with troops, and all the sta- 

 tions through which the Czar passed were 

 closed to the public. The absence of the Ger- 

 man Emperor from the present conference was 



