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 388 HUNGARY

1. The Ministry of Finance. — Dr. Ladislaus de LuMcs ; appointed January 15, 1895.

2. The Ministry of National Defence (Honvedelem). — Baron Geza Fejervdry ; appointed October 28, 1884.

3. The Ministry near the King's person {ad latus). — Baron Desiderius Bdnffy {ad interim).

4. The Ministry of the Interior. — Desiderius de Perczel ; appointed January 15, 1895.

5. The Ministry of Education and of Public Worship. — Dr. Julius de JVlassics ; appointed January 15, 1895.

6. The Ministry of Justice. — Dr. Alexander Erdely ; appointed January 15, 1895.

7. The Ministry of Industry and Commerce. — Baron Ernest de Daniel ; appointed January 15, 1895.

8. The Ministry of Agriculture. — Dr. Ignatius de Dardnyi ; appointed November 2, 1895.

9. The Minister for Croatia and Slavonia, — Emerich de Josipovich ; ap- pointed August 23, 1889.

The Croatian-Slavonian Provincial Diet meeting annually at Zagrab (Agram), consists" of 90 members, elected for five years, representing 21 town districts and 69 rural districts, and of personal voters (not more than half). The electors must have a low property qualification, be of certain professions, or pay a small tax. Personal voters are certain eccle- siastical and political dignitaries, and the members of certain noble families (Magnates) possessing the right by inheritance or by royal nomination. They must pay at least 1,000 fl. of land tax.

IT. Local Government.

In Hungary a distinction is observed between communes which are large or small, or may be townships with regular magistrates, and municipalities, which are regarded as communes of a higher order. The communal electoral right is possessed by every inhabitant over twenty years of age who for two years has paid the State tax. The representative body is composed half of members elected for six years, and half of persons who pay the highest taxes. The committee consists of members appointed, in the towns for six years, in the rural communes for three years, with ofiicials appointed for life. The counties and towns invested with similar rights are independent municipalities. Each has its council constituted similarly to the representative body of the communes ; but members are elected for ten years All electors for the Parliament are qualified to vote. In Budapest they must be able to read and write. The executive is in the hands of the oflicial body of the municipality, who sit and vote with the council.

In Croatia and Slavonia each county has an assembly (Skuptschina) similar to the Hungarian local representative bodies. The electoral qualifica- tion is the same as for the Diet. The municipalities within the county (except Zagrab and Eszek) send delegates, and the higher county officials also sit and vote. In the rural communes the representative body is the council, elected for three years ; in the towns for four years. In the former the executive is in the hands of the magistrates ; in the latter, of the municipal council.