AU8TRIA-HUNGABY, 



nate*. and 40 from each of the lover hou* 

 House Of Deputies and the Hun. 

 Table of Rt*prc*eniativea. ' 'i UyitJoni meet 



and rote sriiarmtclr. except bcn there is 

 menu in which eeje the matter is decided i-> hint 

 Uliot. The common ministers are r*.p 

 t hr iHtlnfilinnt and may be impeached for any dere- 



.'. M f .,!> 



< Emperor of Austria and 

 Fmn Josef I. born h " 



claimed Emperor of n Dec, . 1848. 



....... r.r.iinand I aW .. : In - psequeno of 



a popular upruun?. Jle was crowned King of Hun- 



thai monarch? were'reetoml. The heir i.n- 

 ror*e nephew, the Archduke I 

 Ferdinand, son of the late Archduke Karl I. 

 and oai Anmmciata, daughter of 



I 



The minister* f,,r the whole monarchy at the 

 Ministers of Foreign Af- 

 fair* and of t he Imperial House, Count Agenor Maria 

 Adam (i- 'I:ni- 



.unii Filler von Krieghammer; 

 Mini>; IVnjamin dc Kallay. 



The Common Budget According to the Aus- 

 ylfifk or agreement in f.>n expenses 



ration of common affairs, after d- 

 .g from the amount required the ( : 

 the common customs and departmental receipts 

 and 2 per cent of the remainder, which is charged 

 to Hungary, are borne by the two halves of the 

 monarchy in the proportion of 70 JK.T cent, for 

 tria and &0 per cent, for Hungary. The budget lr 

 1897 wae estimated at 160,584,751 florins, of which 

 2,618371 florins are receipts of the Ministry of 

 J florins those of other ministries, 50,57 

 florins the surplus from customs, 2. 14 VM7 florins 

 Hungary's 2 i ' -rin- Au.-tria's 



Quota, and 81,537.47!) florins the quota of Hungary. 

 The appropriations for the Ministry of Foreign 

 Affairs are 4,019,500 florins for ordinary and 7 

 florins for extraordinary expenses; of the Mini-t ry 

 .tr..l25.:J8v'.:)rj tetni for ordinary and 14,797,- 



and 



florin- for extrordinary expenses of the army. 

 10.481,060 florins for ordinary and 3,600,200 



florins for extraordinary expenses of the navy : ..f 

 Ministry of Finance, 2,093,500 florins; of the 

 Bor .,1. 133392 florins. 



The revenue collecied in B<.-niaaml Herzegovina 



:6 was estimated at 14.413.590 florin-, and the 



expenditure at 14,368^1H> florins, exclusive of the 



extraonlinary expen<<es of the army of occupation, 



estimated at 3,533,000 florins. 



Public Debt The general debt, contracted he- 

 fore 1878, amounts to 2,766.1 83.0W florins. The 

 interest and sinking fund in 1896 amounted t.. rjr.- 

 877.468 florins, of which Austria Paid 

 and Hungary 80,311. 07:, florins. '1 ,,,,11- 



' . _ . ;:. mtint al UM end of ivi to 

 192346,145 florins. Austria's sfiecMal debt was 1. !.;'.. - 

 9981000 florins in 1895, costing 70,696.31*1 florins a 

 year. The special debt of Hungary has grown from 

 1,793,484,000 florins in 1890 to 2.144,780,000 florins 



Arra and Population. The area of Au-tria- 

 I! ii ngary m $40^43 eouare miles. The population 

 at the census of Dec. 81, 1890. wa41 J :i 

 tria, with an area of 115J908 square miles, had a 

 population of BS^99,41S, composed of 11,6- 

 malesand d. The number of mar- 



riages in 1894 was 194.233 : of hirthn. 928.739: of 

 deaths, 682^08: exoees of birth-. 24.V.MJ. The 

 populati na. the capital, in 1890 was 



L4>48; of Prague, 184,109; of Trieste, 158,844. 

 There were 19.146 elementary schools in 1894, with 

 68.038 teachers and 3,312,530* pupils, out of a total 



IH, pulation of school age of 8,807,:J7<>. These schools 



: JT the < iiimunes. Tin- Mil>je.-t- ..f 

 in>tr . ...:_. \\ i-iiing. language, 



urithnit ti- and elementary geometry, geography. 



brai natural history an"l 



phyeic.dn 



doin- f compulsory attend* 



i- from six to fourteen. There are 81 training 

 . ll( p - f..r beaohen, 



The area of Ilnngjr .an mile-. 



|Nipuhitionin 1890 was 17, 

 !;i male- and \7l.V>o-J females. The nuinl.. r of 



MM in l^'.iJ v ; ,,f hirtl 



..f deal hs,:)(W.r>5H; excess of Lirths. l!^.(l|!i. |J,ida- 



Pc-th. the capital, had 01 pula- 



t imt of i r(KJ. :w4. In Hungary education i> i-ompui- 

 wry between the ages of M\ and tweh 

 were 16,536 prima; | In 1898, iril : 



Bra and J.-VUUSi pupils out of a total of 



nool age. F.-I- ieadier> fc] 

 normal schools. 



The numlNT of emigrants from Anstria-IIin 

 in ISIM was 25,566, against r..V.H in IN'.'. 

 1892. and 7s..VJl in 1MM. The d.->tinati..: 

 in 1S'J4WM North America. In 1N.5 the nnml.er 

 of Au-trians emigrating was 18,256. and of linn- 

 garim S !HJ there were 84,19* ; 



o.s'is Hungarian emigrants. 



Hie Army. The military .system e.stal.li.-h.-d l.y 

 the Austrian and Hungarian la\\>ol" Ifij 

 the military forces into the army and it- I 

 troops. i,r : .Mimon to the whole mon.i 



ami the Landwehr. with its Kr>at/ res- 

 linal institution in eaeh half of the empire. Mm 

 who do not belong to either the army or t he Land- 

 wehr ami those who have serve. 1 the'ir time in the 

 Landwehr are enrolled in the Landsturm f. 



. The period of service in th> :ny is 



three years, beginning at the age of t\vetit\ 

 then :s in the reserve. Those not called 



into active service >p,-nd the u'.H.le ten yeai> in the 

 Krsitz reserve. Men transferred from the army 

 serve two years with the Landwehr: oti 

 years. There are 15 army corps, usually <-on>i>ting 

 of 2 divisions of 2 brigades of infantry. 1 l.ri-;. 

 cavalry, and 1 brigade of artillery." The annual 

 contingent of recruits for the regu Tar army i> KI::.- 

 100 men, 60,389 being furnished l,\ Au-tria and 

 1-J.711 hy IIuiiL'ary. The annual cont ingeiit for the 

 Austrian Landw.hr i- 1 (.."( M. and for the Hunga- 

 rian Honvcd 1'J. ."ino. The peace strength o! 

 Austro-Hungarian army in is;o wa- 'j.",.i7i; ofl 

 and :;:;i.7i7 men; total; 859^88, with 47.14'. b 

 There were 3,738 staff olli. .r>. with :5>i:: H,, 



n in the >anil.. 



officers and 7,680 men in the military s< 

 other establishment-. 10.MI7 infantry oflicer- and 

 :-J infantry men. 1>74 ollicer- aiid 4."..".oi men 

 in the cavalry.' 1 .:!<; oflicer> and -Js.l-VJ men in the 

 field artillery." I TJ oflicer> and 7.7o<) men in ih- 



tress artillery, .",;: otiie. , n in the 



pioneer-, railroad, and te], -raph .. ami 



iVici-rs and l.s'.ii men in the artillery train of 

 the regular army. The Austrian Landwehr coii- 

 si-te.; n in the infan- 



try and IJMi ofliciT> and !>!!) m. n in tin- civalry; 

 th'e Hungarian Hoim-d of 'J.i:{'J infantry oflicers 

 and 'J1/J:!-J men. and :5!M oflic- .'M men in 



the cavalry. The war -t n-ngt h of the arm\ is >taied 

 to be 45,238 officers an<: nen, with 



886 horses, not count in- tin- Landsturm, estin 

 at more than 4,000,000 men. There are 1,048 field 

 guns in peace and 1,864 on the war footi 



The* Nary. The Austro-Hungarian navy i- 

 small, but is kept up to the modern requirements 

 for the defense of the port- and commerce, of the 

 empire. There are 8 battle ships, 8 port-defense 



