The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-08-04
Commercial and Financial Csudt.
Austria.

Austria possesses 265 miles Of sea ex
grand basins of rivers, and that Of the ~
particular, which covers 5000 square Iarr
people are composed of four of the priasK
of the European population-Latins, Geraiz
and Sclavas. Most productions flourish @ 4,
soil of the country !; the forests are rich IN I'm
! the mountains in minerals. Austria, On Z
Eof II, 120 square leagues. counts l0,Wa.K
fhabitants-equal to 3,30S per square ed
the extreme thinness OF the populalia
Hungary, Volvodia and the Bukoyina, nz
vast field for cultivation.-The people DID
are still backward in everything that reaz1
culture and industrial pursuits. Ralsn
ever, are destined to create great chanssi
gary, which has been hitherto RETARDED i
gress by the want Of roads and other mems
m~unication.
The different races in Austria vary nj
seal peculiarities, but the generality Of u
are strong and healthy. The Magyar !
supple, the Italian firmly knit, the Tyrdz}
lar, the Sclave and Pole stubby and 81
Slowak well made, the Croat tough aud I'd
Serb and Dalmatian are well looking, I'd
Alps aud Corinthia cretinism abounds. ~
ger remarks that the inhabitants of the SD
Austria abandon themselves voluntarily q
that is to say, listlessness. His ~cbser'ada|
and to the point, are very valuable in SID
Germs the moral organization of the difsunii
the empire. With regard to the jews /
happy spirit of speculation has c~ontribuists
ly to the national fortune,' he says wa
Jews, many calamities of later days would u
spared to the country ; but also many snirj
great advantage would never have sen y
Let us confess he adds, :" we have . gul
learn from the Jews"
Three-fcurths of the Austrian population
cultural. The whole area of the cOnty1
about sixty-fve millions hectares Of laai 4
tillage, of which only one-half is in culfNtl
remainder consisting of forests and heaths
does not, as yet. produce sufficient grain tI
consumption. The deficit was covered nj
bad yearly imports of grain amountinst
OOOl. In ordinary years, Austria does Dol
grain to the value of more than 400,0M.
In spite of her fertility, Austria imp1
abroad $4,000 quintals of fruit, and uns
value of emf millions of forms. Ten
nishes a monopoly and revenue Of 26,5NH
The wine though improved in quality, De,
crease in quantity. The forests furnish rl
expectation to the amount of 100000 BORN
the forest laws are not well administered. "
tories of potash, resin, pitch and chsrciL
too much of the raw material. Austria : =
of large properties, and is subject to all tA
the concentration Of landed property IN e.
The people have also no proper ideas ss h'
vantages of the subdivision of labor, and the
of that primitive and patriarchal court7
their own butchers, carpenters and eEs
The total value of the agricultural PROM
Austria, including the pro1uct of the sf :
LAS, 243 900 forms. In the precious -
tria is. after Russia, the richest State oftar9
extracts annually gold to the amount o. ~
~tiorins, and silver to the amount OF o,oV''H'
Future historians will have to point GU,
markable fact, that in the middle Of zoe =
fury the country, the richest in Europe hs
silver, was the poorest in point ofconea - :
During the last thirty-six years the pnas
iron has quadrupled in Austria, out u hs--
fcient. she imports largely sheet and clSI .
steel. She possesses an abundance Of con-,
sumes very little estimated in TONS ns :
ton of coal is twenty times less than h' :.
ton of tobacco. The total value Of 20 !
wealth, including salt and coal. amounts = 4
600 fiorins. The principal branches y =
manufacturing industry are the gas ~
ufactures and the silk manufacture u :
The construction of machinery and n1-l
commencing on a fair scale at Prague s-al
The total value of her manufuctures = +
forms. To this amount Nj. SchwarIer &u. q
600 for the value Of the labor, when s'S.x.
600 forms as the true value q inc ~.
velopment of Austria. In railways soep =.
their commencement about 5000 sll0I, ,.s
ject, of which 5000 are still TO be comismss
The total value of her commerce, ~
ports and imports, transit and naS'g', !
600 900 forins. Austria possesses Voy
going vessels. The Austrian Lloyd oo~imi
sed in 1854 sixty steamers, but the p's Tss n
Enlistment have been insignificant.
Navigation Company, which enjoys : "a !
twenty years, and possesses more tnsn AL
besides an innumerable quantity Of sn ;,r,s
sells, appears to be more favorao! Al
revenue in 1856 amounted to I'D 4oV ,ssl
Schwarzer estimates the total value % Ir
Observation-Disclosures, metallic, indu Gs;a.
mercial-at 400, zoo 200 FORMS WIZ q
value Of the productions of Great Dr,.I =. m
at $40, 00O. 900 sterling, and that Q. 'e ri
Of France 10 milliards, or 400 miihons