. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 150 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. and the new railways have promoted the extension of commerce. The imports between 1855 and 1875 rose from £23,600,000 to £54,440,000 ; the exports from £23,900,000 to £55,100,000, and this notwithstanding the loss of some of the wealthiest provinces.* The maritime commerce of Austria-Hungary is naturally restricted, and exhibits but little progress, f The Danube, however, compensates to some extent for the small seaboard, and much of the merchandise which floats down that river has ports of the Black Sea for its destination.+
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 150 AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. and the new railways have promoted the extension of commerce. The imports between 1855 and 1875 rose from £23,600,000 to £54,440,000 ; the exports from £23,900,000 to £55,100,000, and this notwithstanding the loss of some of the wealthiest provinces.* The maritime commerce of Austria-Hungary is naturally restricted, and exhibits but little progress, f The Danube, however, compensates to some extent for the small seaboard, and much of the merchandise which floats down that river has ports of the Black Sea for its destination.+ This river trafîîc is capable of much Fig. 92.—The RAIL^YA\•s of Austria-Hungary. Scale 1 : , 100 MUes. development, and it will no doubt increase rapidly as soon as the obstacle presented by the Iron Gate shall have been removed. The railway system of Austria-Hungary is extensive, far more so than might be supposed from the amount of the foreign trade of the country. Engineering difficulties of no mean order had to be overcome when crossing the Brenner, the Semmering, the Carpathians, or the Carso. The network of railways is, however, as yet far from complete. Many branch lines remain to be constructed in Hun- gary, and the junctions witb the railways of neighbouring states require multipli- * The imports and exports in 1875 included— Articles of food Other raw produce . Manufactured articles Imports. £10,300,000 15,'200,008 29,400,000 Exports £11,000,000 12,600,000 31,500,000 tons. t The commercial marine consists of 7,608 vessels of 324,898 tons, inclusive of 99 steamers of 56,868 + The Danuhian Steam Navigation Company owns 156 steamers and 551 Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (
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