The international geography . ly that title. The foreign relations, the army and navy, aswell as the customs-tariffs and currency, are common affairs to thewhole Monarchy. In their internal administration both moieties of theMonarchy have complete independence, with theirown parliaments and governments. Delegateselected by both parliaments arrange a new mutualtreaty {Ausgleicli) every ten years, and control thecommon affairs, which are administered bycommon Ministries for Foreign affairs, War, andFinance ; the last named also administers Bosniaand Hercegovina. The ofticial title of Austria is,
The international geography . ly that title. The foreign relations, the army and navy, aswell as the customs-tariffs and currency, are common affairs to thewhole Monarchy. In their internal administration both moieties of theMonarchy have complete independence, with theirown parliaments and governments. Delegateselected by both parliaments arrange a new mutualtreaty {Ausgleicli) every ten years, and control thecommon affairs, which are administered bycommon Ministries for Foreign affairs, War, andFinance ; the last named also administers Bosniaand Hercegovina. The ofticial title of Austria is, The Kingdoms and Countries represented in theReichsrat (Austrian parliament); Hungary is called The Lands of theHungarian Crown. Thus, independent in their own administration, bothmoieties are mutually dependent on one another in all foreign matters;and both together form one of the six Great Powers of Europe with acommon flag. EH Fig. 152.—Aiisiria-Huvgnry, shcnctng countries andpnn-inces. Austria white, Hungary Fig. 153. — Austro-Hun-garian Merchant Flag. 302 The International Geography II.—AUSTRIA By Dr. Albrecht Penck, Fo7-Mterly Professor of Ccogi-cfphy in the Uni\>ersiiy of Vienna. The Empire of Austria.—Austria embraces the old Habsburgpossessions of the Alps (Lower and Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria,Carinthia, Carniola, Tirol, Gorz, Triest), most of the lands of the old king-dom of Bohemia (Bohemia, Moravia. Silesia), parts of the former kingdomof Poland (Galicia and Bukovina), and the Venetian colonies on the eastside of the Adriatic (Istria and Dalmatia). These four historical groupscorrespond in general to the natural groups of the Alpine, Boian, Car-pathian, and Dinaric lands. Each of these groups consist of provincesor Crown lands (Fig. 152), which still bear their old titles such as kingdomor duchy, &c. Each has its governor, called StaWialter, and its ownprovincial diet or parliament. They are all represented together in theReidisrat, or A
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