No. 35.
Mr. Kasson
to Mr. Evarts.
Vienna, February 14, 1880. (Received March 1.)
Sir: The Austrian authorities, who are engaged in the work of administration in what may be fairly called the new annexed provinces, have completed a census of their population, which is probably more accurate than any previous enumeration effected by the Ottoman Government. It presents the following summary for Bosnia and Herzegovina combined:
| Masculine population | 599,026 |
| Feminine population | 543,121 |
| Total population | 1,142,147 |
This shows an augmentation of 90,662 above the figures of the Ottoman authorities in 1876.
The distribution according to religion is as follows:
| Christians, Greek Oriental | 487,022 |
| Christians, Roman Catholic | 208,950 |
| Mahommedans | 442,500 |
| Israelites | 3,496 |
| Various | 249 |
Of the total number there are—
| Unmarried | 627,414 |
| Married | 446,138 |
| Widowed | 68,595 |
The list of occupations shows that—
| The landed proprietors and fund-holders (rentiers) amount to | 94,393 |
| Formers i. e. working the lands of properties | 83. 402 |
| Various manufactures | 10,876 |
| Laborers and servants | 54,779 |
There are 37 cities; and the number of villages reaches 4,894; the number of houses, 187,510. The largest city is Serájewo, with 21,377 inhabitants. The Mahommedans predominate in the population of the towns; the Christians in that of the country. Nearly all the Israelites are found in the towns.
I have, &c.,