AGRICULTURAL POPULATION OF HUNGARY: 245 



An Act has been passed by the Legislature ot the Isle of 
Man, promulgated on 5th July last, 
whereby the owner or occupier of land in 
Weeds Actin the 
that Island may be required to cut down 
Isle of Man. ‘i 
weeds growing upon such land so as to 
prevent them from seeding, the term 
weeds being defined as including thisties, cushags, and 
common docks. 

According to the results of the latest Census the number 
of persons engaged in agriculture,forestry, 
Agricultural = and occupations connected therewith in 
Population of : : ; : 
Hungary. Hungary, including Croatia and Slavonia, 
Was 13,328,786, this figure comprising 
5,708,317 persons actually occupied and 7,620,469 dependents. 
Of the persons occupied, 1,233,664 were returned as day 
labourers (650,843 males and 582,821 females) and their 
dependents numbered 1,1 60,07 Dihevother classes recunned 
as occupied numbered 4,474,653, of whom 3,438,115 were 
males, and their dependents amounted to 6,430,791 persons. 
The proportion of the agricultural population to the total 
population of Hungary (17,463,791) is shown by the following © 
percentages: 
Proportion of persons actually occupied in agriculture \_ 
to total occupied population J ZAG 
Proportion of persons occupied in agriculture with their) : 6:8 
dependents to total population jf as 
From this it would appear that in 1890 agriculture supported 
70°83 per cent. of the entire population of Hungary, including 
Croatia and Slavonia. In Austria, the number of persons, 
including dependents, living by agriculture, according to the 
Census of 1890, was 13,351,379, which represented 56°32 per 
cent. of the entire population. 
[Die Landwirthschaft Ungaris. | 
