

tad in 



now called. 13,500 square mile*. 



INWI a 



r 1804 was esti- 



07,989 l-i. 'f t IIP reve- 



rotnmiinlrstloM. There are MO miles ot 

 rmilr. 



lalegraphi 



mails carried IIJHMJDOO 

 litter* newspaper*. eta. 



.ii.-hi attempting partially to 

 and modernUe the ytrm of taxation 

 merc ul t'rrai i,- .: 



on the renewal of oom 



ous stair*, the liulgar.m 



ta fed -r. ftp* :..,'.. ,: . \ , . ' 



tithes would be reduced 40 par emu, and the 



of t the Us on 



Hi.- lni.<l tat. Ai.-l thr tat on 



. 



front 

 rn i 





vineyards, the land Us. ami the tax on sheep 



peasant*, nave amounted to nearly twice m 

 much each rear as the indirect taxes. The 



hav,. i., f, i. |...l more than tviot m 



meat M the inhaiiitanu of the towm- irtS 



Boo- 



it i ii i a. Scrvia, and Bonk the tithes and other 

 ajttiqnaln! taxc have been reformed ; and afirr 



i 1.1 i lit 



n! aiidUfMOO 





Army.- 

 service to ofctfcti 



infantry. 4 of ca 



' : . - .r ornnted -.n 



i usteri ng in tum 



and men. and having a 1 



mnal army, in which 

 ^iments of 



1 ; Mitt !.'- ? ' -i 



ttrii not I briftfa 



. ' BSJ . HUM ^ n 

 it 



in. -ii. w:'h ,'^ ft- rl gjU - ind '' n.. .:/ i.:. j .:,- 



SilistriA an* fortresses on 

 the Danul" <>n the Black Sea, and 



Shiiinln npar tl.- S-rvian lanil fn>nli^r. A flo- 

 tilla of nnmll gunboaU is kept for the defense of 



tf TlM Bulgarians are a fur 



iurt in wheat. Other 

 an* animals, wool, tallnu 

 INT. Hax. LUM.T. cheese, and hides, The v n ltu> 



thev were payable in kind, bavin 



muted into a money tax on the 1mb of the 



price* for agricultural produce 



prevailed. $ome countries wbc 



treaties were about to expire were 



an increase in the import duti<* 

 i. ad ra/orrm. In ad. 

 light excb. centimes a kilo, was im- 



posed by an act passed by the Sobranjt upon 



tobacco duty was doubled 

 rc.but had yielded only three fourths 

 of th. ,<d 12^)00.000 franca, A pro- 



rWonal ...M.I.,, r, : ,: -..-.. 



lunganrWforether 



passed on Dec. 80. 1894. As soon as the bill was 

 signed the Autn- II mi 



of thi* cruiu r\|M,rt- in l-!:i ii* : t. 000.53d lei ; 

 vlexporte4l, 6,585,000 h?i. The 



1 ma- 



table, 

 gtring values in lei : 



.-:.. 



UfSJLflf 



a 







a protest, representing the new tax as an 



Government in it* rrplv conic 



, , . .- \ 



foreign merrhants iJZd the 

 excise tav r. f..Mt.- to allow an inwlorj of 



re hind 



i.y the .A|.KuUti*4i*,aiHl 



excise was cmlculat 

 fran.^.an.l thr increawd 



\ 



MVP tax on the income* of I raders and manuf AC 



torrrx foreigners as well as Bulgarians required 



pitulalion the assent of the powers* 



was not given to a similar law |iasmi in 



18H5. The new internal-rrrcnue duty and the 



tnrreapd custom* dutv were threatened ith 



o action of tu if the dif- 



- V - . , - '. !' - 



threaleoed to levv a proportionate excise duty 

 and a differential custom* dutv of 2 per cent 

 on Bulgarian product*. The Bulgarian Prime 

 lenna, and on May 9 an 



