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raw iron, 29,771,000 florins. The total value of 

 mining products was 84,181,329 florins; that of 

 furnace products, 3.V, ) <;2.7 > , ) 7 florins. The chief 

 mineral products of Hungary were coal valued at 

 5,040.000 florins, lignite valued at 11,218,000 florins, 

 and iron valued at 12,490.000 florins. 



The total value of the imports in the special com- 

 merce of the Austro-Hungarian customs union for 

 1896 was 705.800,000 florins, and of the exports 

 774,000,000 florins. The principal imports were 

 cotton of the value of 57,389,000 florins ; wool, 40,- 

 847.000 florins; coffee, 31,886.000 florins; coal, 31,- 

 391,000 florins; tobacco, 27,011,000 florins; woolen 

 yarn, 2:5.012,000 florins; machinery, 21,342.000 

 florins; leather, 18,983,000 florins ; hides and skins, 

 18,325,000 florins; metals, 17,087,000 florins; silk 

 goods, 14,403,000 florins; eggs, 13,027,000 florins; 

 \vinr. 11,763.000 florins; cereals, 11,084,000 florins ; 

 woolen goods, 11,303,000 florins; cotton varn, 10,- 

 T:!V! .000 florins ; cattle, 9,487,000 florins. The prin- 

 cipal exports were sugar of the value of 75,137,000 

 florins; cereals, 41,977,000 florins; eggs, 39,902,000 

 florins: lumber, 31,515,000 florins; lignite, 24,321,- 

 000 florins: glassware, 24,294,000 florins; horses, 

 23,841,000 florins ; cattle, 22,997,000 florins; leather 

 gloves. 2', ) .7!U. 000 florins; timber, 21, 996,000 florins; 

 malt, 20,510,000 florins; woolen goods, 18,599,000 

 florins; hides and skins, 14,830,000 florins; barrel 

 staves, 11,402.000 florins; feathers, 10,296.000 florins ; 

 shoes, 10.020,000 florins: beer, 7,981,000 florins; 

 wine, 4,757,000 florins. 



The imports of coin and bullion in 1896 were 

 68,806,845 florins in value, and the exports 42,534,439. 



The extent of the trade of Austria-Hungary .with 

 particular countries is shown in the following table, 

 values being given in florins : 



The imports of Hungary alone were valued in 

 1896 at 548,975,000 florins." and the exports from 

 Hungary at 544,704.000. Of the imports 444,679,- 

 000 florins came from Au>tria, and of the exports 

 417,092,000 florins went to Austria. Germany 

 furnish. -.1 89,048,000 florins of imports and took 

 53,905,000 florins of exports. The rest of the trade 

 was with Servia, Great Britain, Prance. Italy, and 

 Switzerland. Of the total value of the imports 79 

 per cent, consisted of manufactured articles, and of 

 the exports 38 per cent. Some of the chief imports 

 were cotton goods for 60,307,000 florins, woolen 

 goods f,,r -M.:!17.000 florins, clothing for 19,001,000 

 florins, silk goods for 13,273,000 florins, wine in 

 casks for 14,543.000 florins, refined suu'ar for 10,- 

 6.V..OOO flu-ins and cotton yarn tor 8,506,000 florins. 

 The chief exports were wheat, barley, and nnii/e 

 for 99,647.000 florins. Hour for 81.590,000 florins, 

 live animals for 09.90 > ,M)00 florins, wine in casks for 

 1!'..XH,000 florins, ca-k staves for 10,312.000 florins. 

 eggs for 9,431,000 florins, and wool for 8,604,000 

 Santa, 



fom mil n lent ions. The railroads of Austria in 

 1896 had a total length of 10,240 miles, the Hun- 

 garian lines a length of 8,375 miles, and in Bosnia 



and Herzegovina there were 480 miles; total, 19,095 

 miles. The capital expended on 18,317 miles of 

 Austro-Hungarian railroads up to 1895 was 2,628,- 

 344,000 florins. Of the Austrian lines 4,533 miles 

 belong to the state, and of the companies' lines 

 933 miles were operated by the state and 4,774 

 miles by the companies. The total receipts from 

 106,443,000 passengers and 93,879,000 tons of freight 

 carried in 1895 were 89,586,000 florins, and 'the 

 operating expenses were 145,842,000 florins. In 

 Hungary 9,299 miles were state lines, 3,051 miles 

 companies' lines leased to the state, and 6,265 miles 

 were both owned and operated by companies. The 

 receipts from all the lines in 1893 were 102,591,000 

 florins, and working expenses 53,702.000 florins ; the 

 number of passengers carried 95,582,000; tons of 

 freight, 24,460,000. 



The Austrian postal traffic in 1896 was 740,904,- 

 060 letters and postal cards, 104,816,660 samples and 

 books, and 87.592,600 newspapers; the receipts were 

 44,373,724 florins and expenses 41,742,829 florins. 

 In the Hungarian post office 152,889,000 letters and 

 postal cards, 31,283,000 samples and book packets, 

 and 89,081,000 newspapers were forwarded in 1895 ; 

 the receipts were 16,771,000 florins and expenses 

 12,153,000 florins. 



The telegraphs of Austria in 1896 had 30.495 

 miles of posts and 89,100 miles of wire. In Hungary 

 there were 13,604 miles of line and 39,828 miles of 

 wire in 1895. The telegraphs constructed in Bosnia 

 and Herzegovina have 2,002 miles of line and 3,311 

 miles of wire. There were 13,213,633 messages sent 

 over the Austrian lines in 1896; in Hungary the 

 number for 1895 was 6.969,643 ; and in Bosnia and 

 Herzegovina in 1896 there were 547,046 messages 

 transmitted. 



Navigation. There were 92,637 vessels, of 10,- 

 695,978 tons, entered at Austrian ports during 1895. 

 and 92,566 vessels, of 10.692,058 tons, cleared. Of 

 the total number 88 per cent., and of the tonnage- 

 90 per cent., was Austrian, Italy, and then Greece, 

 having the next largest proportion. 



The Austro-Hungarian merchant navy in the be- 

 ginning of 1896 consisted of 244 vessels! of 202,352 

 tons, engaged in foreign commerce, 1,746 coasting 

 vessels, of 38,849 tons, and 9,922 fishing vessels and 

 harbor craft, of 22,992 tons; total, 11,912 vessels, of 

 264.193 tons, having 33,023 men in their crews, and 

 comprising 202 steamers, of 146,098 tons, and 11,710 

 sailing vessels, of 118,095 tons. Not included in 

 these figures are 231 steamboats and 978 barges on 

 the Danube and Elbe. 



The Austro-Hungarian Ausgleicli. The ne- 

 gotiations for the renewal of the ten years' Ausghich 

 between Austria and Hungary were prolonged be- 

 yond the term of the treaty on account of the dead- 

 lock in the Austrian Reichsrath, caused by the 

 conflict between the Government and the German 

 minority over the language question. The position 

 taken by the Hungarian Government was b;;sed on 

 the Constitution of the kingdom, which did not 

 admit of treating for the renewal of the Ausgleicti 

 otherwise than with the Austrian Parliament. The 

 act passed by the Hungarian Parliament provided 

 for the maintenance of the status quo only up to the 

 end of the year. In case the Austrian Government 

 .failed to secure the co-operation of the Reichsrath 

 in time to renew the decennial compromise before 

 May 1, then the only alternative left for Hungary 

 was to negotiate an ordinary treaty of commerce 

 between the two countries as independent states. 

 This would not affect the permanent, non-renewable 

 parts of the Auxy/rich. including the obligations of 

 both states to provide for the common defense, 

 which Hungary could discharge by contributing 

 her share, both of men and of money, according to 

 the Hungarian Constitution and" laws, leaving 



