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election every fifty indirect electors choose a delegate, and the delegates vote along with the direct electors of the Colleges. For the Senate there are only two Colleges. The first consists of those electors having property yielding annually at least 80^. ; the second, of those persons whose income from property is from 32/. to SQL per annum. Both Senators and Deputies receive 20 "lei for each day of actual attendance, besides free railway passes. The King has a suspensive veto over all laws passed by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. The executive is vested in a council of eight ministers, the President of which is Prime Minister, and may or may not have a special department.

Senate (1912) : Conservatives, 88 ; Liberals, 24.

Chamber of Deputies (1912) : Liberals 35, Conservatives 146, Conservative Democrats 10, 2 Independents.

Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. — M. Majoreseo, Oct. 27, 1912.

Local Government. For purposes of local government Wallachia is divided into seventeen, Moldavia into thirteen, and the Dobruja into two districts, each of which has a prefect, a receiver of taxes, and a civil tribunal. (The chief difference between the Dobruja and the other districts is that it does not elect senators or deputies., In Rumania there are (1909) 372 arrondissements (plasi) and 2,664 communes) 71 urban and 2,593 rural, hi the rural communes there are 8,487 villages, and 1,048 hamlets. The appellations 'urban' and 'rural' do not depend on the number of inhabitants, but are given by law.

Area and Population.

Departments sq_ jj^^gg

Population

(Jensus

Census

'

19 Dec. 1912

Den. 1899

Bacau 1 1,540

232,146

195,194

Botosani

. ' 1,220

197,118

171,437

Covuiiui

. : 1,140

171,710

143,784

Dorohoi

. 1 1,090

184,357

159,461

Falchiu.

. ; 850

108,324

93,831

Jassy.

. ' 1,210

213,196

192,531

Neamtsu

. : 1,540

169,794

149,711':

Putna.

- i 1,250

181,103

151,249

Roman.

810

128,190

111,588

Suchava

1,320

158,971

131,596

Tecuchi

980

142,993

121,179

Tutova.

920

129,858

116,377

Vaslui.

840

127,704

110,184

Argesh.

1,710

242,946

207,605-

Braila.

1,680

181,033

145,284

Buzau.

1,880

277,598

221,263

Dambovitsa.

1,340

258,367

211,666

Jalomitsa

. ' 2,620

242,611

187,889

Ilfov.

. i 2,230

678,769

541,180

Muschel

. 1 1,140

135,616

115,180

Oltu.

1,000

171,262

143,843

Prahova

., 1,800

389,785

307,302

Romnicu-Sai-at

. 1 1,260

164,166

136,918

Teleorman.

1,810

296,759

238,628:

Vlashka

1,730

259,482

202,759

Dolj.

2,540

437,517

365,579

Gorj.

1,810

200,859

171,300

Mehedintsi.

1,910

295,548

249,fi8S

Rumanatsi.

1,770

248.401

203,773

Valchea

1,640

231,572

190,903

Constanta.

2,670

217,740

141,056

Tulcha

. : 3,330

172,566

126,752

Tota

1

.

. ( 50,720

7,248,061

5,956,690

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