Tt l; 



or land and proper from th> 



t*mettn.< | M -H-iits 



in lint <>f miliury ft from the 



//M. T tax im >h. ; ! .'.7:i from 



various oth-r dir.-.-t tav from 



-.in i.th. r ni.iin-.-i taxes, 



M tin- mi I'. 1.- 



the tobacoo !>'/" d 

 -.in tnl'iit. -. 'I'h. average annual 



re for i In- .-ivii IM. 

 '483,258 for the terrier of tin- pulilir del.t, 



1.1 7 J f>r the Kcndarr 

 i-.-J f..r II.- 



tiller 



hepartment. ' 



II f..r tli 



: I'. l.sji-J.i::; for the.. t her 

 deitartmenl 



The A FBI jr. The lvrs of 1880, 1886, and 1888 

 lurkish army ol The 



term of x-rvice in the JM -rmanent army is three 

 which ran U- shortened l.y a money pa\ nient, 

 Ai.idi any recruit can ol.tain indef- 

 inite leave of aliseiice aflt-r li\e months of active 



ni: in tin- active jinny . 



Turk is liaMe to duty fur three years in the Ichtiaf. 

 or reserve, thru f..r eiirht years in tin- Kedif, ..r ter- 

 ritorial army, and - In tin- Mustahfi/. or 



-ripts assigned 

 nnlly t- tin- T. rti>ani. -r d i 



nly from ^ix to nin- months. Tin- army is 

 divided into M.\-, M Ordiis. <>r military dist ri-t<. out- 

 tideof which an- two indt>|HMid<-nt dirifltODS, in ll--d- 

 jax, Araliin. and in Tripoli. Six of the nrdus have 

 ;ni>h in time of war cor/m d'armfe namely, 

 1 oor: im. or tnnip.s of tin- liii 



lif, and 1 corps ,,f MMstalifix. The five prin- 



each 64 battalions of 



i corps 82. The infantry is armed 



wilh MMIIMT riH'--. part havin- ?;:, ami p;c 



millimetres caliln-r. with -"> car- 



I'hi . ; vim ate stn ngth of Ni/.-im in 



18W was 850.(XMi. of the H.-dif :{(MI.(MM>. and of t he 



MttfUhfiz ^O..HMI : total. SMKMHMi men. of whom 



_-h military training. In thn-e 



of the Asiatic ' _ 



: : .-avalry. a militia <-ommand-d 



1*1 leader*, which furnish.- it- own hop*-, and 

 o<|uipiu. iit. while (tov.-rnment supplies the an 



Tif Narj. The Turkish navy i nuch 



negle Miany of the vessels are inefllcient 



ck of crews, repair- nent and 



nominal ( s :{ in.n- 



a-M-mat. I 'urn-t >|, 



r ai . . i -. . tes, 1 in.. ni- 



J 



boat- boats of the fint elan. MM! 



ie- 24 iinarmnrod vessels; 



IUmi.li. h." of 6.700 tons, carr\ n- ten lo.-j- 



inch join- in arentral halt. ry. the IfMoadiyi 



9.000 tonn. armeti with tw.-!\'e 10 itn h Armstrong 



" 0.4 ns. armed 



with 11-iivh Kr. :... and th- unfinished I 

 cruiser "Abdul Kuder." of 8,000 tons. The an. 

 rewrls are all out of dale, small, or t.-, woakly 



mad HMI ; - . - .. r - 



"iO tons and three smaller ones are in course 



Natation. There wen- 4G.228 steamers, of 

 .{.488 tons, and 14l.-:'i nailing vesweU. of 

 J>v\7(r, tons., -.-.. sh port! 



during 1806. The merchant navy in 1897 



prised 104 -.teamen*, of lV,7j | ; ..,;.,,, , 



Teasels, of 249,006 tons. 



. The eommeive with foivi-n 

 tries in 1804 is shown in th<- f.-H-.w \m- 



the values in Turkish piasters, \v 



OM N 1 l:lf v 





i Hungary 



Servia 



u . , 



IV, M.I 



Other oouotries 













18136^000 



The imports ,,f 8ll j n ,,, 



value; of ,M.l flour. 172,1< 



of cloths H57,7(NI.IMMI pi:,- 



IMIII ; ..ilen and cot: 



: of drills and Colors, I"'.'. I" 

 piasters; of cotton yarns, N!i..">iMi.(Mo p. 

 cotT.-e. SS.7JMMMMI piasters; , ' HI ,,j. 



'>()() jiiast, 

 animals. :,. ,,f madap-.laii: 



: ..f cash- 

 roleiim, 415. HM i.' 



(MM) | ' hard wa - ; of 



l.roadcl,th. 4'J.KXUHM) piasters; of timl 

 (MM) I ! raw silk aii'i 



piasters; of haU-rda-hcr. 

 initter and cheese, : 



of silk p- '.IMM piasters; of (. 



000 p: :' packing cloth, 24,900,000 pia 



..f clothing ',>4.(MM.(MMI piasters; of 

 (MM) piasters; ,,f f,-/es and hat 

 The exports of raisii, 



raw silk and f ,-e- 



:ind floir f mohair, 



of opium, 54,000,000 ; ad c.iiorini: 



matt. -MMI piasters: ..f L M|| nuts. 



hides ;,,,,[ 



skins, 4'J.!(I(I.(KMI pi.-, minerals. 



f legume- ; of olive 



3 100,000 pia 



of furs oMiHMMMi piasters; -f seed "Opi- 



l.KKHMKI nj 



(MM).(HMI piasters; c,f carp- 



aniin: auta, i i.ni(i.(KMi pi- 



< oiiiiiiiniicatioris. T \a in >pei 



in Septemher. ls7. had a total |e,,-th of 

 miles, of which l.'.'4! mil-< wi-r- in Kurope. l.:!47 in 



^Iino^. and "2\ \ in S\ 



The tele-raph lines have a total length 

 I'M mile-. .,f win-. Then- 

 : J-. 1 . ll." internationai. ..iint. 



and ^Mi.fMW si-rvi.-e dispatelies .sent in !>!:!. The. 



8H4 nifi 



The fK,stal traflic in 1 s '.'- Compria 00 in- 



tern. 10 international, and 2,048,000 transit 



l.-tter internal, 80.0CK) international, and 



" internal, 



1.089.<MK international, and 1,121,000 transit printed 

 inel.. prere -Jl. ::>.'. 11 and ex- 



I he \ rim MI, 111 Question.- In January, 1897. f ho 

 Armenians held in prison, except those, who were 

 under sentence of death, were released, and Arme- 



