YK1A. 



Ml 



dmi -i at the beginning of 1807 was 

 Area and I'OJMI la tion.-The area of tb* original 



ot84jMOMitiar 



iria, at 13,300 square miles. The total population 



ilgaria. l 



-tiana. Sofia, the capital. 



il The nutnljorof 

 IgM in 1808 was 31.64"; of l.ir 



was 







nits. 



I mil 



! t)u> communt titan 



he boys and > 



..'. .'.:-.;- :-..- . .., [,., 



loUl *alu. 



uf . hicb tumyooo tf *aii for iriui^rSSSEfloo 



. 

 ' - 



roMohiatfY. The . Kng- 



land, Germany Prance, atM Turk FT amounted to 



- ,. ... - ;.,, ., 



for. 



u Urgrly made in Bulgaria. 



... n&. *: 



Tllr trad. ith forrtgti eountrtc* in IKtf to tfcown 



h fi%c* thf dim* 



r 1806 was estimated 



r .-venue 88,777305 lei were de- 

 ics, and dire.-t taxes pit*: 





piilili 



11 Id for the public 



'Hi lei 

 preliminary e>timtUes for 



and ti. 



aga 



railroads, harbors, etc,, 

 valued at 157J800.80G 



-..KlO.OOOdue to U,,~. 



accon iiverance, nor the unpaid 



bate, 

 nor the share of the 



The Arm?. All u.!.-l--li.-.| Bulgarians are lia- 

 ble to be railed into military service. Of n 

 40,000 who reach the age ninually 16,000 



und an* r-<|uin--l to serve two yean 

 in th hreeyears in the lit her arms. 



The |.- a . eeffecthrt i* .;'..::.' oflfa ^ .it,. I ?.- . a, 1 ,. 

 war strength <>f thr armr is about 175.000. The 



!.. Mnni.: 



>l with 1 ; IDJ and 12 mountain guns 



peace footing;, with an -.juul muni 

 guns and t -untnin c 



umerre and 1'rodn. 



Ir^al tr land, as under the 



h rfffimt. ami the landlf ttial 



K-H ..".. d.-. ending n. th< r fainili >> .: cai 



the tint-eminent n lit: 

 il |'rln M kind. Most 



ire less than 6 arrrs. Po^turr and 

 woodland art* .v iiinen and used 



rtt. and silk. 



-e 7.060800 abeep, 1.453JOO goats, and 

 H> hogs in 1808. Coal. iron, and Mil are the 

 .pal mineral product*. All mines bak>t 



ment. (. n an ian, and Austrian 



merchants have most of the foreign trade. 



NaTliration.-Therewcr* 76? ressrls. of 45? JOS 



-rl <>f Vrna during 1C**. and 



;;.:. Q| r,vm BS, . .. * 1; .. B .-. i m ' 

 879,188 tons, were enterrd. 



( MiiiiiiiinlratloBJi. There were 588 miles of rail- 

 mad in 1896. The slate trlrgraph lin lia^ a 



h ,.f ::.!:: | ,:;,-. with 6.048 miles of wr 

 1894 tin- i.tunU -r ..f messafes sent was 1.208.094. 

 Tl ! i r*, newspapers, etc^ that nesird 



thr, 1*4 wa* 



receipts of the postal and telegraph services were 



I Nti .1 I i eU.- While the trial of the mur- 

 MnmbulolT was pn- 



- liutantly 



i 



-tify, demanded why, instead of the 

 mistr real asiaaiius. the men who 



form the prwn f Bulgaria, wen not 



placed on trial. The trial was oondwded at the 

 of January. 1HU7. uh the con v id ion of 

 the actual | rpH rators. On Jan. 8 the Sobranfo 

 passed a decree granting aa amnesty to all Bul- 

 garian oJBcen who deserted and took terrier 

 the Russian flag after the 



-1UC4 



.stores their pensions to 



the Kigali M-ni.v ul~,|...nt t.. Ai* '.'. l^,ai.d 







..,: . ' ' 



ffc . N: 



hare atnred ten years in both armies. Pending t be 

 coming into operation of the new cnstonu treaties 

 on May 1, 180B, a provisional import tariff was ira- 

 posed on all goods coming from abroad. The Min- 



rm had no floating debt, and was under no 



of contracting new loans, although an 

 additional railn.l would be built which 

 as a supplement a r> guarantee for the whole debt. 



:tionlrM. the t+* 



olmn tnlMite. ami three loans amounting to 

 ilgaria had wired 



.7JOOJB06 franca, onnsistiag of 



88346.430 franca had been |-ndl. and 4UM&.- 



853 francs inrmted in the National Bank and laid 



Ml oaput> , 



Daring the Onek war aome bands of 



