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AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 



bered : In Austria, 8,736,199 : in Hungary, 4,211,- 

 141 ; in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 219,829. 



The receipts from posts and telegraphs in 

 Austria for 1889 were 29,530,836 and expenses 

 25,187,836 florins; in Hungary, in 1888 the re- 

 ceipts were 12,303,559 and the expenses 8,618,1 14 

 florins. 



Common Finances. The budget for com- 

 mon affairs in 1891 called for 117,290,284 florins 

 for the army (including 14,450,439 florins of ex- 

 traordinary expenditure), 11,344,533 florins for 

 the navy (including 1,860,500 florins for extraor- 

 dinary purposes), 4,861,100 florins for foreign 

 affairs, 2,011,610 florins for the Ministry of Fi- 

 nance, and 126,710 florins for the Board of Comp- 

 trol ; making a total of 135,634,237 florins. The 

 net proceeds of customs were reckoned at 40,- 

 669,500 florins, and receipts from the various 

 ministries at 2,708,352 florins. In accordance 

 with the last Ausgleich, Hungary pays 2 per 

 cent, of the expenses after deducting the re- 

 ceipts, and what remains is apportioned 70 per 

 cent, to Austria and 30 per cent, to Hungary. 

 Hungary's 2 per cent, for 1891 is 1,845,127 florins, 

 her quota of the remainder 27,123,377, and Aus- 

 tria's contribution 63,287,881 florins. The cost 

 of administering the occupied Ottomali prov- 

 inces for 1891 was estimated at 10,136,149 flor- 

 ins, which is covered by 10,187,450 florins of 

 revenue, but does not include military expenses, 

 for which the sum of 4,282,000 florins is allowed. 



The general debt of the empire, owed in com- 

 mon by the two monarchies, amounted in 1890 

 to 3,122,010.000 florins, besides floating obliga- 

 tions represented by treasury notes totheamount 

 of 411,994,644 florins, of which 323,140,194 flor- 

 ins are paper currency. 



The Army. The whole monarchy is divided 

 into 106 military districts, 1 for each of the 

 102 infantry regiments, 1 for the Tyrolese 

 Jager, and 3 on the coast for the marine. 

 Bosnia and Herzegovina are divided into 4 re- 

 cruiting districts. The two Landwehrs, which 

 have independent administrations under the 

 direction of the Ministers of Defense of the two 

 halves of the monarchy, recruit their 184 bat- 

 talions of infantry and 16 regiments of cavalry 

 from the same territorial districts as the regular 

 army. Every regiment has four battalions, 

 making 408 battalions of the line. Besides 12 

 battalions of Tyrolese rifles, forming the regi- 

 ment furnished by Tyrol and Vorarlberg, there 

 are 30 battalions of Jager. There are 21 bri- 

 gades of cavalry, of 2 regiments each ; 14 regi- 

 ments of field artillery, comprising 153 batteries 

 of heavy and 28 of light artillery, 16 of mounted 

 artillery, and 12 with mountain guns; 12 bat- 

 taliens of fortress artillery, of 6 companies each ; 

 2 regiment? of engineers, forming 52 companies 

 in time of war ; 1 regiment, forming 25 compa- 

 nies, of pioneers ; and 1 regiment of 8 companies 

 of railroad and telegraph troops. 



The Landwehrs on the peace footing main- 

 tained 15,580 infantry and 11.892 cavalry, and 

 for war can muster 407,684 infantry and 26,645 

 cavalry, and enrolled in the Landsturm were 

 441,122 men, making the total force of trained 

 troops 1,449,483 infantry, 100,600 cavalry, 109,- 

 490 artillery, and 158,840 technical and other 

 troops. The number of guns in peace time is 

 856, in war 2,008 ; the number of horses, 66,880 



in peace and 274,060 in war. More than 4,000,- 

 000 men can be summoned into the Landsturm 

 in case of war. 



The strength of the regular army in 1891 was 

 as follows : 



The Navy. The armor-clad navy consists of 

 11 battle ships, of which the " Stephanie " and 

 " Kronprinz Rudolf," launched in 1887, carried 

 respectively two and three 48-ton guns, mounted 

 en barbette, and the rest are central-battery 

 ships, except one old broadside frigate. The 

 steel ram cruiser " Kaiser Franz," steaming 18^ 

 knots, will be excelled in speed by her sister 

 ship, the " Kaiserin Elisabeth," anil is already 

 by some of the twelve new sea-going torpedo 

 cruisers. The torpedo flotilla consists of 57 

 boats carrying machine guns, with which all the 

 vessels of the navy are abundantly provided. 

 There are 2 river monitors, 3 avisos, 4 training 

 ships, 19 station and service ships, 6 harbor and 

 coast-service ships, 9 school and barrack ships, 

 and 4 hulks. The crews are recruited from the 

 districts of Trieste, Fiume, and Zara. 



Austria. The Reichsrath, consisting of the 

 Herrenhaus and Abgeordnetenhaus, legislates 

 for the whole Cisleithan monarchy, conjointly 

 with the Emperor, except in such 'matters con- 

 nected with municipalities, taxation, agriculture, 

 education, worship, charity, and public works as 

 are reserved for the exclusive or concurrent leg- 

 islation of the provincial diets or Landtage. 

 The Austrian Cabinet is composed of the follow- 

 ing ministers : Premier and Minister of the In- 

 terior, Count Edward Taaffe, appointed Aug. 19, 

 1879; Minister of Education and Ecclesiastical 

 Affairs, Dr. Paul Gautsch von Frankenthurn ; 

 Minisfer of Finance, Dr. J. Dunajewski ; Minis- 

 ter of Agriculture, Count Julius Falkenhayn; 

 Minister of Commerce and National Economy, 

 Marquis von Bacquehem ; Minister of Defense, 

 Field-Marshal Count S. von Welsersheimb ; Min- 

 ister of Justice, Count Friedrich von Schoen- 

 born ; without portfolios, Baron von Prazak and 

 Ritter von Zaleski. 



Finance. The receipts of the Austrian Gov- 

 ernment for 1890 were estimated as follows: 



SOURCES OF REVENUE. Florins. 



Council of Ministers 718,800 



Ministry of tlie Interior 1,159,201 



Ministry of Defense 206.156 



Ministry of Worship and Education 5.000,204 



Finance administration 8.159,910 



Land tax 85,310,000 



House tax 81,472.000 



Industrial tax 11,108,000 



Income tax 25,334,000 



Customs 87,291 ,000 



Excise 102.369,600 



Salt 20.679,800 



Tobacco 82,391.31)0 



Stamps 18,800,000 



Judicial fees 38.770,000 



Lottery 21,500,000 



