No. 48.
Mr. Kasson
to Mr. Evarts.
Vienna, August 7, 1880. (Received August 23.)
Sir: In my No. 2931 reported in part the results of the late census of Bosnia-Herzegovina; since then, the Austrian authorities have completed the revision of the enumeration, and the new statement makes some corrections of the former figures, and affords some additional information. The following figures are said to be exact: There are reckoned 43 towns and 1 suburb; 31 boroughs and 5,154 villages, with a total of 189,662 houses and 1,158,440 native inhabitants; of whom are males 607,789, and females 550,651.
| Religions: | |
| Mahomedans | 448,613 |
| Greek Orthodox | 496,761 |
| Roman Catholics | 209,731 |
| Israelites | 3,426 |
| Various | 249 |
Statistics of wealth taken at the same time show the following results:
| Horses | 158,034 |
| Asses | 2,721 |
| Mules | 413 |
| Cattle | 761,312 |
| Buffaloes | 775 |
| Sheep | 893,998 |
| Goats | 522,123 |
| Hogs | 430,354 |
| Bee-hives | 111,148 |
No statistics are yet given of the quantity or value of either wild or cultivated land, or of the crops produced.
I have, &c.,