PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRY

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The general debt amounted on December 31, 1911, to 5,179,073,910 crowns ; on June 30, 1912 it had fallen to 5 167,835,630 crowns.

The special debt of Austria on December 31, 1911, consisted ot consolidated debt, 6,711,294,745 crowns; floating, 350 333,563 crowns; total, 7,061,628,313 crowns. The charge for interest of the general and special debts was in 1911, 484,220,289 crowns, of which 209,283,047 crowns was for the general State debt, and 274,937,242 ci:owns for the special State debt.

Production and Industry.

I. Agriculture and Forestry.

The cultivation of the soil furnishes employment to nearly half the population. The proportion of productive land is greatest in Dalmatia, Silesia; Moravia, Bukowina, Bohemia, and Galicia ; least m Salzburg and

'^'^ An enumeration made on June 3, 1902, showed that there were at that date 2,856,349 holdings of land, of which 2,133,506 were for agriculture; 713 382 for agriculture and forestry ; and 9,461 for forestry only. Of the agricultural holdings, 19,746 were vineyards, 3,445 ^ere gardens, 112,067 (of 175,070 hectares) were under sugar-beet, and 27,767 (ot 20,020 hectares) under hops. Of the holdings 2,054,035 were owned by the occupier ; 631,042 were partly owned and partly rented ; 151,649 were rented and 19,623 were held in shares, or for service, or otherwise.

Size of holdings

Under 1 hectare 1—5 ]iectares . 5—20

20—50

50—100 ,,

Number of holdings of Total area shown in cols. 1 &4

690,876

1,36-2,336

636.171

130,582

17,947

Number of holdings of productive area shown in cols.l <fc i

Size of holdings

713,324

1,354,312

625,624

127,828

17,872

Number of Number of

holdings of holdings of

total area productive

shown in area shown

cols. 1 & 4 in cols.l & 4

100—200 hectares 200—500 500—1000 „ Oyer 1000 ,,

Total .

8,211 6,281 2,212 1,733

8,099 6,050 2,1Q0 1,640

2,856,349 2,856,349

Cultivated area, 1911

Arable land

Gardens

Pastures and meadows

Vineyard

Woodland .

Lakes and fishponds

Percentage c

Hectares

total area

10,624,852 .

. 37-6

371,242 .

1-3

7,127,327 .

. 25-6

242,063 .

0-9

9,777,935 .

. 34-6

106,445 .

0-4

28,249,864

The statistics of the leading crops (a ^ Imperial gillous ; a quintal = 220-4 lbs. avoir.)

hectolitre =» 2 75 bushels or 22