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HUNGARY

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 officials appointed for life. The counties and cities invested with similar rights are independent municipalities. Eaih has its council constituted similarly to the representative body of the com i- lines; and the members are elected also for six years. All electors for the P iliament are qualified to vote. In Budapest they must be able to read and wi te. The executive is in the hands of the official body of the municipality / who sit and vote with the council.

Area and Population.

The Treaty of Neuilly, signed on June 5, 1920, and ratified by Hungary on November 13, 1920, mentions in general terms the boundaries of the new State with Austria, Czecho-Slovakia, Yugo-Slavia and Rumania. The exact boundaries with Yugo-Slavia and Rumania are to be determined by a mixed commission.

The new State is roughly about one-third the size of the old Kingdom of Hungary. The northern boundary commencing at Pressburg runs parallel with the Danube as far as Gran ; then north and north-east to Mogoslizet, om the Theiss ; then south-west to N&gylak on the Maros ; then west as far as Beremendo, on the Drave ; then north-west to Toka along the Drive; and then north to Pressburg.

Until the boundaries of the new Stite are determined and statistical returns are available, it is impossible to state exactly the area and population of Hungary as it is. The following figures give details for old Hungary. At the last four census enumerations the total (civil and military) population of the old Kingdom was as follows : —

Tear

Population

Absolute increase

1,724,532 1,631,928
 * , 7 90, 7 68

Yearly increase per cent.

1880 1890 1900 1910

15,739,259 17,463,791 19,254,559 20,886,487

1 09 103 0-85

Of the total in 1910, Hungary proper hud 18,264,533 in an area or 109,188 square miles. The population of Hungary according to the census of 1921 is 7,840,832, and its area 35,164 square miles.

PniNcirAL Towns, with Population in 1910.

Budapest (Cen-

Ujpest.

55,197

Kiskunlrlcgv

susJan.l, 1921)1

184,616

Miskolcz

51,459

Mako.

Szeged.

118,328

Pecs

49,822

CzegliA.

Debreczen

92,729

(Ivor

44,300

Szeiites.

Kecskemet

68,424

Bekcscsaba

4 2,699

Erzse'betfaiva

Hodmezo-Vasar

Nyiregyhiiza. Szekesfehervar

38,198

Ssombathery

hely.

62,445

36,625

Kispest.

34,918 33,942 81*893 30,970 30,947 30,212

Religion.

Religious toleration is, one of the fundamental principles of the Hungarian State. There is- perfect equality amon^' all legally recognised religion:;. which include the Roman and Greek Catholic, the Evangelical (Augsburg