Tin A 



140 letter* and postal cards. 90.071.800 samples and 

 N and 8M00.600 newspapers; re- 



.. .-; ;,: :' :,-. tipensea, i.-r.M:-^ -- 



esipla.45, 



to*! the Hungarian port 

 Istfrri and IMI 



portal card*, not 

 franked IrttJr*. SU.aW.000 



part of the imperial expenses than heretofore, but 

 the Hungarian represent at i\ < objected strenuously 

 i.. the principle put forth bv their Austrian col- 

 forwarded leagues that the numb.-r of the population in the 



:he dual monarchy should hen. 

 furnish t!. Ulaiion, They ur-cd on 





Muni'lt-N He., and K.- 



,- , ' \ .--., .-. , la] . gtfa of 

 ..., ' . s,-, .. s, ;> ,. : :,. 



..., 

 The 



i|?fJ*S w "! 



here were 12.47:< miles of 

 .. hm* will kjttO miles of wire, 

 r of dispatches in 18M was O.lM 



i . |i . - . ,..'-!..; \..*\ 



miles of line and 4^83 miles ^' <. and 



r of luutsiins that were sent in that year 



*Be*aia and Henefrovina.-'!'!,. Turkish i.n.v- 



ilmtita ami Herzegovina, in accor 

 * provision of the B< ) , !."' IHVM ad- 



!H- A list f' : liirllt 



im 1*7*. Bosnian Bureau i* subject to the 

 I!M- Imperial Minister ..f Fit 



. rnmeiit . ". divided 



the depar: ntcrnal n:' 



and justice, is assisted by an a. I v consist- 



_.-.- r th. '.:. k Ohuroh and 12 

 representatives of the people. Bosnia and I! 

 govina have an area of 23.362 soiiare miles. The 

 sanin N > i<amr M oocupi^l ly Au-tr-liuii- 



ganan troop*, but is alinini-tcn .1 l.y 'I'urki<h <>ili- 

 ciaU. Tin- i-ipulatioii of tin- -cii|,ic.l j.rnvim-.- in 

 18B5 was 1,568,092, oompriMi. inal>s an.l 



73MCB female*. There were 67: j it, (,,-,, k ortho- 

 : ;. >; . . /: , :;..V.Mi Kx :m ^-li.-al, 

 an.l 351 other Christian inhabitants. r,iv;.:-J Mo- 

 hammcvlans, 8^13 Jews, and 12 <>f other iv!mi..ns. 

 t the Albanians of the southern p.ut and 

 scattered nrpaies the people are of th* S. -r\ ian race. 

 Tobacco is the most valuable product. Wheat 

 corn, and other trains, potatoes, flax, and hemp 

 are cultivated. Dried prunes are exported i 

 lv. Cattle breeding is an Importanl todasteT. 

 there were $33.322 hones, 1.4 tie, 1,447,- 



<; _ - ::.-.'.;'..;-jn ibeep, and ;,.'.,> 12 hoffi in 

 1805. Nearly half the country i with for- 



est. In-n. <"|']r. manganese, antimony, chroini- 

 urn. rjin.k-ilv.-r. leaii. and xin<- an- mined, 'm- 

 paborr military service has tx-< n introduced, and 

 0.185 mei. r-.llHl in the l<K-al fon-t- in 



18H5. The Austrian army of occupation numbers 



Renewal of the Vn-tn. Hunirurlnn ( umpro- 

 Mlse. The ne^ottati n> for the n-newiil of the 

 Austro-Hunganan Autgleich, the settlement of the 

 amount to be contributed by each half of the mon- 

 archy to the cor -nses, were not concluded 



by the Awtrinn and Hungarian deputations, which 

 separate 1 with mutual expressions of regret that 



'iad failwl to c-me to an agreement. I! 

 in virtu.- of the ^.n-titutional law. the micstion was 



ii'-h -ul.mitt-il 



their decMon to the parliaments in Vienna and 

 Bu.la-Pc*th. Count Baden i nnl Bar-.n BanfTy de- 

 sjldtd to aotttifjat the exfiiring troHty for mie 

 morr further iii-ir*.- : u.ier'the 



present armn^rocnt Austria nays 8-6 j--r 

 anl 1 It NTfcnt. Ij. 



develop 



the Austrian depatatka that the Bulgarian o,uota 

 ought to be ratted to 48*16 per cent, and tl 



Ha reduced to 56-84 prrrcnt. Hungary, which 

 in the last decade has enjored a comparal 

 greater degree of growth and prrwpcrity than A n-'- 

 tria. though Mill possessing far lew wealth and in- 

 dustrial development, was willing to bear a heavier 



vi.-w of the great 

 t <>f Huriganr it wan urp- 



the part of Hungary thai the oti.'ia should ! 

 basect on the revenue deriv.-d from ta\ati..n in 



f.alf of the monarchy, -ince the ^(-.at ma- 

 jority of the population of Hungary is agricul- 

 tural and comparati The depUtatiOD 'f 



the Au-lr..' i-ath in Ma> n .lu.ed th, 



tril>utin d-manled fnun II ''>'< \ ] 



. I. ut the Hungarian deputation would imt 

 , hi-her i|iila than :!:!'2 |- r cent. The 

 lations were l.r'ken "IT. and llie HIIIIL- 



inn-lit \\ouid not renew theiDf being unwill- 

 ing to commit itself to ;iny | n ihe 



.1' -. Ql 6 Ol :n. a-^uraiice that 1 In- A'i-M'iali (i'lVern- 

 ment could secure the sanction of the Kc i. h-rat h 

 for any definitr Au-trian 



culturiil intd-.-t- wanted protection a^aii.st llun- 

 :i Hour, while th LTn-winir imin-l rial interests 

 of HiiiiLr.-iry would willini:l\ 06 tl;.- customs union 



la|.s,. in order to establish protective dut 



Austrian manufacture-. Hence tl. 

 infill' >rk in loth halves ,,) the monarchy 



teiidin- to retard a set t leineiil . \. p :., , i 

 l.c-un in Scpteml.er for the provisional extension 

 of the e\i-t in^ r .1 iixt/li i i-li. The two premiers agreed 

 to an extension for twelve months, and I- 

 thori/e th:- rueiil \\r, introducrd in lioth 



parliaments. The temporary extension inchnles 

 the customs and commercial treaty and the under- 

 standini; between the two governnienls and the 

 Auslro-llunt;arian 1'ank. 



Intern;i1ional I'olilirs. The visit of C..unt 

 (Joiuchowski. Austrc-Hungarian Ministerof i-'. 



Affairs, in I'.erlin in .Fanuary. l^'.'T. -h"Wcd \\ith siif- 

 licient clearness that the ntppnektmtlU bciwi-en 

 Austria and Ifussia created no coldne- 

 Au-tria and (ierinanyand did not aff-ct their de- 

 fensive alliance. In 'the (Jrecian jm-.iion Ai. 

 which was the first ooerdve measures, 



acted throuu'hoiit in evident harmony with 

 many, and both in a spirit of compliance toward 

 or agreement with Ku-sia that contrasted with the 

 wavering attitude of Ku ia'- ally, the French KY- 

 public. The (Jerman Kaiser, in-tead of m. 

 the Emperor Fran/ .Josef at a frontier waterinir 

 j.lace. this year visited Vienna, where he WM re- 

 I with royal honors on April 21. The Aus- 

 trian Kmperor visited the C/ar at St. Petersburg, 

 and there an understanding is supposed to have 

 been reached n-L'ardini: matter- that miirh' 

 eventuallv to a rupture ! Mria-Ihn 



and Ku--ia. and causes of difT' pi ].,n to 



have been, for a time at lea-t. siuoot 



The liVjchsrath in ls!r. sanctioned a -o-called in- 

 ve-tment loan, free of taxes and bear" 

 cent, inter. MKHXH) florins for the pa>- 



ment of debts incurred lv the variou< ministc 



the costs incurred in the transfer to th- 

 of the telephone system, to increase the rolling 

 of tin- state railroads, and to set aside a -urn for new 

 In February t he (loveniment issued 

 nting the amount of tin- 



new loan, which was taken at the net price of !2 

 per cent, by a syndicate composed of the firm of 



Rothschild, two Vienna banks, and the 



'ink. with the understanding that all 

 profits accruing to the syndicate from Hib-crip- 

 tions ov,.r and above the price of li:{i per cent. 

 shall ! Chared equally with the (Jovernment. This 

 is the fir- \u-tria that bear- n low a 



cent, interest, the previous average 

 annual rate, being 4 per cent. 



