4 AUSTEIA-HUNGARY. 



their work, for in the eastern provinces they almost monopolize trade and 



industry.* 



* Nationalities of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1869) : — 



Chechians, Moravians, and Slovaks .... 6,730,000 



Ruthenians 3,100,000 



Poles 2,880,000 



Northern Slavs .... 12,710,000 



Servians 1,520,000 



Croats 1,424,000 



Slovenes 1,260,000 



Southern Slavs .... 4,204,000 



Germans 9,000,000 



Magyars 5,500,000 



Eumanians 2,875,000 



Italians and Ladins . . . . . . . . • 593,000 



Jews. 1,154,000 



Gipsies 156,000 



Total .... 36,192,000 



