988
SERVIA
year on September 14. There is also a Great National Asseralily, which meets when it is necessary. The number of its representatives is double the number fixed for the ordinary Skupshtina, and the restriction as to University degrees does not apply. The deputies receive travelling expenses and a salary of 10 dinars a day. Personal liberty, liberty of the press and conscience are guaranteed. The legal Constitution having l^een suspended in 1894 by the King, and the Constitution of 1869 provisionally put in force, a special Com- mission of leading members of the several political parties is to be called by the King to draft a new Constitution in accordance with the wishes of the nation.
Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs. — M. Yladan Georgevitch.
The other ministries are for the Interior, War, Finance, Public Works, Commerce, Instruction, Justice.
Counties, districts, and municipalities have their own administrative assemblies. For administrative purposes, according to the new Constitution, Servia is divided into 15 provinces or counties, 1,290 communes, which include 4,029 villages and 74 towns or cities.
Area and Population.
The area of the Kingdom of Servia amounts to 19,050 square miles. From the administrative point of view Servia is divided into 15 provinces, the capital, Belgrade, and Nisch city, wdiich have their own administration.
The following table shows the area and population of the provinces according to the census of December 31, 1895
Population
Okrug
Area in
Total
Pop. per
(Province)
sq. ui.
Male
Female
sq. m.
Belgrade City
4
34,455
24,660
59,115
14,725
Valyevo
1,121
62,383
59,328
121,711
109
Vranya
1,620
83,241
78,948
162,189
100
Kraguyevatz .
927
75,933
72,502
148,435
160
Kraina
1,257
47,706
46,244
93,950
74
Kruzhevatz ,
1,256
81,850
78,753
160,603
128
Pirot .
1,214
64,500
61,760
126,260
104
Podrinye
1,300
96,493
93,076
189,569
146
Pozarevatz
1,404
111,409
106,922
218,331
155
Rudnik
2,056
81,994
78,703
160,697
78
Toplitza
1,400
69,357
64,360
133,717
95
Ujitze .
1,676
72,954
72,581
145,535
87
Tzrna Reka .
555
38,060
36,023
74,083
134
Morava
1,200
89,325
85,087
174,412
145
Podunavlye(Danul)e)
1,246
114,441
109,823
224,264
180
Timok .
810
50,254
48,303
98,557
121
Nisch City . Total .
4
12,239
8,817
21,056
5,262
19,050
1,186,594
1,125,890
2,312,484
121-9
In 1895, 308,673, or 13-3 per cent., lived in towns, and 2,003,811 lived in the country ; 2,217,393 were born in Servia, and 95,091 in other countries ; 2,083,482 spoke Servian, and 229,002 spoke other languages ; 1,926,494 Avere dependent on agriculture, and 385,990 on other occupations. As to race, in 1895 there were 2,083,482 Servians (who, according to language, are Slavonic by ra(^e) ; other Slavs, 3,731 ; 159,510 Roumanians, 46,212 Gipsies, 6,437 Germans, 5,048 Jews, 1,962 Hungarians, and 6,102 others
