n 



AUSTRIA-HUNGARY, 



. . -. 



of the army U coroj 

 aad I JftMUMO men, with 881.- 



Tar *avy.-Tb. Auxrian navy. designed f< r 

 'ofUeos*a,hat>> 



Rudolf an.i 

 launched 



andOincbr"frm..rrv*|- 

 |y o tJhe wait* line, and rarrv one 1 8- and the 

 otter 184Mb ( in barbel ice, and each * 

 *dary armament of 8 guns. There are 7 

 caseejMled ironclads that were built between 



ml 187* an old r,,n, lad fru 

 veil** ftvnboaU. 4 river monitors, and 8 new 

 . i , ihj -Marts 



. , ;s, f ;, ,... 



of S Oi-inch, 6 6 

 .. and a nominal speed 



oflO 



Three coast-defense armor clad*, of 



0400 low dbpbcemeot, are br: 



andani<: )>< large lorp.d.. fl<.(illa is 



for. There are now 24 flrst-class, 81 

 and ? (hinl-claM torpedo boats and 

 cruiser*. The nary is recruited by 

 like the army, and has also its 

 It ha<i in 1H94 820 officer 

 numbering 11.884 men. 

 Nai IralloB. The number of vessels entered 

 at the Aufttrian HBfiOfftS dvittf 1892 was 77.6: 15, 

 of 9.004383 tons; cleared, 77.457. of 0,082,401 

 of the total tonnage 87 per cent, was 



Austrian, the Italian tonnage ranking next, and 

 British third. At the Hungarian | - n of 1 mine 

 8J87 vessels, of OH7.000 tons, were entered in 

 1800. and 8.258. of 982,500 tons, were cleared. 

 Commerce and Production. The total 



valu* of the mere hand 1*0 imports into the Aus- 

 .njrarian customs union in 1808 was 883,- 

 he values of the exports, 799,- 

 Tbe value* of the principal 

 i : Cotton, 5S.400.000 florins ; coffee, 

 >: wool, 85^00,000 fl 

 .24,300,000!! 



and jirllnr. 2.400.000 florins; leaf tobacco, 21,- 

 OOOgdOO florins; machinery. 19.400.000 florins; 

 woolen yarn. 17,100,000 florin*: leather. IT.lui.- 

 000 florins: books, etc.. 15,800.000 florin- 

 ton yarn. 12JOO.OOO florins; silk manufacture^. 

 IS.o60jOOO florins; hardware and 

 11500.000 florins; woolen goal 

 in.; grain. 10,800400 florins; cattle, 9.800.000 

 florins: colors and tanning materials, ii.700.000 

 florins; man ufanured tobacco, 4#,000 florins. 

 The valurs of the principal exports v 



Sugar. 97.100.000 flm .- : cram. 88.700,000 flor- 

 in*; Umber. 59.000.000 florins; cattle, 81,200.. 

 000 florin*: coal 80.400.000 florins; eggs, 24.- 

 100JOOO florins: hardware, ^OOW)Torins; 

 sloire*. 81.100.000 florins ; woolen goods. 20.200,- 

 000 florins: w<| manufactures, 18.900.CX- 

 ins; glass and gla~wr <*t florins; 



paper and paper manufacture*. 17.600.0rx 

 in*: iron anufactore* and iron. 12.800,000 

 florins: feather*. 12^00.000 fl 



ins: w,|. ll.IOO.OfiO florins; 



10400.000 florin*: linc-n yarn. 



000.000 florins. 

 The imports of cold and silver coin and I ul- 

 lion tol ^J^JW10 florins, and the ex- 

 potts 20,079,808 florins in value. 



Tin- import and export trade with the prin- 

 D ..muni'* in MM was in lli-rin>. jui 



I::.. 



I :. :..: BMH 



l.\77.\<MM 





14407,000 

 1,140,000 



10348,001 



444,868,000 



M3M.OOO 



88^76,000 



18000 



1,000,000 



18,008,000 



About half tlu> population of th<- \ii-in.-m 

 provinces and a iniirli lar^- >n in Iliin- 



ffarr are dspSOdSQt on a^ricullm.'. In . \u-tria 

 36*7 per cent, of the laid an -a and in II 

 42*58 per cent, is occupir<l with farms an 

 di-n-. nearly 24 JMT cnit. in li-.th cunni! 

 meadow and pastiirt* land. :{><> ami 'JO-s p< m-nt. 

 respectively is under fon-sts, 0*8 per nt. and 

 1'82 percent, is covered with vim-yards and 0-4 

 ami 0-:t2 percent. c.n-ixts of lakt- ami fi-h ponds. 

 The product of wheat in Austria in IM-. 

 15,388,000 hectolitres; of barley, is.502,000; of 

 oats, 81,503,000; of r LOGO. The Hun- 



garian CTOIW for 1892 were: Wheat, 50,289,000 ; 

 l.arl.-y. is.:{l 7.000 : , at s, 22,007,000; rye, 18.414,- 

 iMMi : Indian <-orn, 41,075,000. Austria pro.hic.-.l 



'00 centners of poi 

 siiiriir ln-ets, and 'j:'..-J(H.'.(MMl of othn- !..!> in 



Iw8 while dongaryin the pteoeding year raised 



40,100,000 centners of potatoes. i:;.:;r,s.(HX) of 

 sugar beets, and 80,008.000 of other beets. The 

 wine crop was 4,535,000 hectolitres in Austria 

 ami 7!0.oiM) in Hungary. The value of the. 

 mining nnnluce of Austrian mines, chirtl 

 and coal, was 76,750,410 florins in is'.i:;. iho 

 value of furnace products, 82.r)lni..Vj| fl.iHns. 

 The industrial establishments of Austria gave 

 employ im-iit in 1890 to 2,880,897 workers, en- 

 gaged in the metal and textile industri* - and in 

 making earthen and glass wares, machinery, 

 chemicals, alimentary preparations, and vaiioiis 

 special manufactures rei|uirin^ skill and taste. 



i oiiiiiiniiiratioiiH. At tlie end of ]s!>:{ the. 

 Austrian (iovi-rnincnt owned 4.3HO mil-s of rail- 

 roads, and operated 2.477 miles more that had 

 not yet been acquired ly the state, while tho 

 oompanies still had 8,577 miles under their pri- 

 vate management In Hungary there were 

 2,744 miles owned outright, and 8,888 miles of 

 ii-' lines worked ly the (iovernmeiit, 

 whili- l.HHl miles remained under the direction 

 of companies. 



telegraph lines of Austria in 1*02 had a 

 total length of 17.6(H> miles, with 50.154 miles of 

 wire; those of Hungary had a length oi 

 miles, ami :'..". :'.,'M miles of wire; in I'.-.-nia and 

 Herzegovina there were 111 miles of lim. and 

 1,780 miles of wire. Thn number of m 

 during the year was 12,088.o4 m Austria. 9,969,- 

 844 in Hungary, and 425,696 in the occupied 

 pr -. bwea, 



rian post office during 1893 handled 

 588.008. 120 letters, 78.620,870 samples and books, 

 and 70,898,600 journals. The receipts for both 



