AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 



toiy, which includes Bosnia and Herzegovina, 

 were valued at 1,696,400,000 crowns in 1900, and 

 the value of the special exports at 1,942,000,000 

 crowns. The imports of raw cotton were 144,136,- 

 000 crowns in value; of coal, 112,317,000 crowns; 

 of wool, 88,886,000 crowns; of silk, raw and 

 manufactured, 74,324,000 crowns; tobacco, 55,- 

 551,000 crowns; machinery, 51,978,000 crowns; 

 hides and skins, 49,468,000 crowns; coffee, 48,- 

 100,000 crowns; flax and jute. 45,972,000 crowns; 

 books and prints, 39,042,000 crowns; copper, 

 35,510,000 crowns; eggs, 27,405,000 crowns; wine, 

 24,892,000 crowns; corn, 19,099,000 crowns; hogs, 

 8,327,000 crowns; wheat, 4,212,000 crowns; rye, 

 897,000 crowns; lard and bacon, 366,000 crowns. 

 The exports of lumber and wood manufactures 

 were 254,295,000 crowns in value; of sugar, 186,- 

 551,000 crowns; of eggs, 99,262,000 crowns; of 

 lignite, 69,560,000 crowns; of cattle, 61,768,000 

 crowns; of horses, 54,948,000 crowns; of glass 

 and glassware, 52,733,000 crowns; of barley, 

 51,786,000 crowns; of malt, 50,802,000 crowns; 

 of gloves and shoes, 46,675,000 crowns; of 

 woolen manufactures,. 41,087,000 crowns; of coal, 

 23,050,000 crowns; of poultry, 21,387,000 crowns; 

 of ban-el staves, 19,626,000 crowns; of geese 

 feathers, 18,879,000 crowns; of beans, 15,876,000 

 crowns; of hops, 14,210,000 crowns; of beer, 

 12,134,000 crowns. 



The values in crowns of the imports from 

 and exports to the principal countries in 1900 

 were as follow: 



The area under cultivation in Austria in 1900 

 was 28,243,198 hectares, of which 10,624,851 hec- 

 tares were under farm crops, 7,127,327 acres in 

 meadow and pasture, 9,777,935 hectares planted 

 with forest trees, 371,242 acres in gardens, 242,- 

 063 acres in vineyards, and 106,445 acres covered 

 with fish ponds and lakes. The yield of wheat 

 from 1,065,000 hectares was 14,741,000 hecto- 

 liters; of barley from 1,234,000 hectares, 20,525,- 

 000 hectoliters; of oats from 1,899,000 hectares, 

 37,021,000 bushels; of rye from 1,701,000 hec- 

 tares, 19,906,000 hectoliters; of pulse from 282,- 

 000 hectares, 3,144,000 hectoliters; of buckwheat 

 from 164,000 hectares, 2,158,000 hectoliters; of 

 corn from 385,000 hectares, 5,426,000 hectoliters; 

 of other cereals from 91.000 hectares, 1,370,000 

 hectoliters; of potatoes from 1,168,000 hectares, 

 117,020,000 quintals; of sugar-beets from 240,000 

 hectares, 52,282,000 quintals; of other beets from 

 175,000 hectares, 27,648,000 quintals; of wine 

 from 253,000 hectares, 5,213,000 hectoliters; of 

 hops from 19,000 hectares, 90,000 quintals; of 

 tobacco from 3,700 hectares, 53,000 quintals; of 

 hemp from 33.000 hectares, 52,000 quintals; of 

 flax from 72.000 hectares, 227,000 quintals. The 

 production of coal in Austria in 1900 was valued 

 at 47,795,000 florins; of lignite, 56,317,000 flor- 



ins; of pig-iron, 41,152,000 florins; of lead, 

 2,361,000 florins; of silver, 1,954,000 florins; of 

 zinc, 1,582,000 florins; of quicksilver, 1,248,000 

 florins; of copper, 769,000 florins. The total 

 product of the mines was valued at 116,727,240 

 florins; value of furnace products, 49,987,900 

 florins. The production of coal in 1899 was 109,- 

 925,000 centners; of lignite, 215,399,000 centners; 

 of iron ore, 18,944,000 centners; of salt, 3,302,- 

 000 centners; of graphite, 336,000 centners; of 

 silver, 39,572 kilograms; of copper, 8,811 cent- 

 ners; of zinc, 67,415 centners; of iron, 10,- 

 002,067 centners; of lead, 106,503 centners; of 

 quicksilver, 5,104 centners. The value of fish 

 caught in 1900 was 1,584,268 florins in summer 

 and 1,076,652 florins in winter fishing. The pro- 

 duction of beer in 1899 was 19,573,547 hecto- 

 liters; of alcohol, 1,538,189 hectoliters. 



In Hungary the crop of wheat in 1900 from 

 3,564,000 hectares was 41,432,000 centners; of bar- 

 ley from 1,080,000 hectares, 12,362,000 centners; 

 of oats from 1,082,000 hectares, 11,061,000 cent- 

 ners; of rye from 1,114,000 hectares, 10,793,000 

 centners; of pulse from 893,000 hectares, 3,008,- 

 000 centners; of buckwheat from 25,000 hectares, 

 167,000 centners; of corn from 2,588,000 hectares, 

 37,174,000 centners; of mixed grain from 141,000 

 hectares, 1,463,000 centners; of other cereals from 

 71,000 hectares, 572,000 centners; of potatoes 

 from 575,000 hectares, 48,622,000 centners; of 

 sugar-beets from 92,000 hectares, 19,857,000 cent- 

 ners; of other beets from 176,000 hectares, 43,- 

 794,000 centners; of wine from 260,000 hectares, 

 1,944,000 centners; of tobacco from 40,000 hec- 

 tares, 599,000 centners; of hemp seed from 67,000 

 hectares, 282,000 centners; of rape seed from 

 34,000 hectares, 251,000 centners. The produc- 

 tion of silk cocoons, in which 87,825 families were 

 engaged, was 1,354,120 kilograms in 1900, val- 

 ued at 2,517,267 crowns. Bees were kept in 

 12,042 villages, producing 38,508 centners of 

 honey and 2,884 centners of wax; total value, 

 3,820,217 crowns. The forest in 1900 had an area 

 of 9,040,677 hectares, of which 2,414,985 hectares 

 were oak, 4,731,803 hectares were beech, and 

 1,893,889 hectares were pine. Exports of forest 

 products in 1899 were valued at 86,411,000 

 crowns, and imports at 14,984,000 crowns. The 

 value of lignite raised in Hungary in 1900 was 

 34,331,000 crowns; of coal, 14,486,000 crowns; of 

 iron ore, 9,002,000 crowns; of ores containing 

 lead, copper, silver, and gold, singly or in com- 

 bination, 5,137,000 crowns. The value of gold 

 produced was 10,721,000 crowns; of silver, 2,306,- 

 000 crowns; of pig iron, 37,772,000 crowns; of 

 copper, 260,000 crowns; of lead, 836,000 crowns; 

 of coal briquets, 1,157,000 crowns; of anti- 

 mony, regulus, and antimony ore, 801,000 

 crowns; of pig pyrites, 727,000 crowns; of other 

 mineral products, 1,453,000 crowns; total value 

 of minerals and ores, 63,142,000 crowns; of fur- 

 nace products, 56,037,000 crowns. The quantity 

 of beer brewed in Hungary was 1,448,252 hecto- 

 liters in 1900; of alcohol distilled, 1,058,862 hec- 

 toliters; of sugar produced, 2,504,501 centners. 

 The total value of the special imports into Hun- 

 gary for 1900 was 1,110,354,000 crowns; of ex- 

 ports of Hungarian produce, 1,327,484.000 

 crowns. The imports of cotton goods were 124,- 

 518,000 crowns in value; of woolen goods, 81,- 

 233,000 crowns ; of silk goods, 28,194,000 crowns ; 

 of wine, 24,124,000 crowns; of coal, 20,316.000 

 crowns; of ready-made men's clothing, 19,424,000 

 crowns; of machinery, 18,892,000 crowns; of 

 women's garments, 18,855,000 crowns; of boots 

 and shoes, 18,044,000 crowns; of tobacco, 17,889,- 

 000 crowns; of refined sugar, 16,933,000 crowns. 



