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AUSTRIA

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German. Bohemian, Moravian,

and Slovak. Polish. Ruthenian

8,461,580 '

5,472,871 3,719,232 3,105,221

Slovene. [ Servian and Croatian Italian and Ladin , Roumanian Magyar.

1,176,672

644,926

675,305

209,110

8,139

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There were 193,710 foreign residents in Austria at the end of 1890, of whom 103,433 were Germans, 46,312 Italians, 18,149 Russians, 2,384 Turks, 6,777 Swiss, 2,261 British, 2,726 French, 1,729 Americans. These are exclusive of Hungarians, of whom there were 228,647.

In Austria, in 1890, the population, according to occupations, was as follows : —

Nature of Occupation

Masters, (fee.

Employed

Members of families, &c.

Total

Agriculture, forestry, (fee.

2,006,764

6,462,459

4,882,156

13,351,379

Mining, smelting, &c.

65,422

457,181

718,094

1,240,697

Machine making

20,938

58,802

112,612

190,352

Building ....

35.926

257,653

445,533

739,112

Textile industries

43,001

405,201

362,868

811,070

Foods and drinks

132,212

325,499

550,132

1,007,843

Clothing ....

I 218,706

385,111

551,166

1,154,983

Other industries

! 81,642

395,603

534,208

1,011,453

Banking, insurance, bl,lb9

12,562

325,680

889,381

In institutions, (fee.

241,084

—

—

241,084

Without occupation. Total.

69,773

—

53,980

125,753

3,842,640

9,726,647

10,326,126

23,897,413

II. Movement of Population. The following table exhibits, for the civil population, the number of births, deaths, and marriages, with the surplus of births, in Austria for a quinquennial period, according to the latest official returns : —

Year

Total Births

Stillborn

Illegiti- mate

Marriages

Deaths

Surplus of Living Births

1893 1894 1895 1896 1897

951,015 928,739 968,560 974,903 968,280

27,595 27,341 27,376 27,686 26,708

138,280 138,573 141,551 145,500

193,235 194,233 199,761 198,554 202,936

660,081 582,805 681,899 657,153 646,620

263,339 218,593 259,285 I 290,064 294,952