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direct taxes, is entitled to vote ; Servians 30 years ot age, pajdng 30 dinars in direct taxes, are eligible to the Assembly provided they reside permanently in Servia. Government employees, except ministers, state councillors, judges, professors (of middle-schools and universities), and Communal Mayors are not eligible. The Assembly meets each year on October 14, and elections take place every fourth year on September 21. The deputies receive travelling expenses and a salary of 15 dinars (12s,) a day.
Prime Minister : — M. Pashitch (September, 1912).
Other ministries are for Foreign Affairs, Instruction and Worship, the Interior, War, Finance, Public Works, Commerce, Agriculture and Industry, and Justice,
Counties, districts, and municipalities have their own administrative assemblies. For administrative purposes, Servia is divided into 17 provinces or counties, 1,407 communes, which include 4,207 villages and 85 towns or cities (1905).
Area and Population.^
Area
Population, 1910
Total
Total
Pop,
Departments
sq, m.
1910.
1905
per
Male
Female
sq. m.
Belgrade .
782
79,436
76,879
155,815
139,962
179
Valy^vo .
949
81,788
75,860
157,648
143,710
152
Vranye
1,67)
129,885
123,052
252,937
280,702
138
Kraguyevalz .
886
97,278
91,747
189,025
174,750
198
Kravina .
1,123
56,880
55,253
112,142
104,450
93
Kruzhevatz
1,046
85,987
81,384
167,371
150,287
144
Morava .
1,120
105,107
98,531
203,638
186,900
167
Nlsh .
988
105,368
93,400
198,768
183,854
186
Pirot .
934
57,657
54,657
112,314
104, OS 6
111
Podrinve .
1,371
121,742
116,533
238,275
219,755
161
Pozarevatz
1,605
133,275
126,631
259,906
243,705
152
Rudnik .
606
43,783
41,557
85,340
78,111
129
Smederevo
493
72,800
70,416
143,216
134,574
273
Timok
1,234
77,767
71,771
149,538
140,807
- i4
Toplitza .
1,096
57,498
52,720
110,218
102,592
04
Uiitze
1,270
74,950
71,813
146.763
138,760
109
Chacliak .
1,466
71,189
67,722
138,911
130,980
89
Belgrade City .
5
51,112
38,764
89,876
80,747
15,563
Total
18,650
1,503,511
1,408,190
2,91] ,701
2,688,747
144
In 1910, 382,882 lived in towns, and 2,528,819 lived in the country ; 2,890,602 were Servian subjects, and 21,086 were foreigners, of whom 5,518 were Hungarian, 6,060 Turkish, and 6,605 Austrian subjects ; 2,778,706 speak Servian, 32,556 Servian and Rumanian, 7,494 German, 2,151 Albanian, and 1,956 Hungarian, other languages in use being Greek, Bulgarian, Turki.sh, Bohemian, &c. Of the Jews, 2,636 spoke Servian or other Slav languages, 462 German, 40 Hungarian and 1,544 Spanish, other languages 1,047 (5,729), Of the Gipsies, 27,846 could speak Servian, 4,709 Rumanian, 181 Turkish, and 13,412 Gipsy, Of the whole population in 1910, 2,093,947 were dependent on agriculture; 6,440 on other primary production, 166,599 on the industries, 109,998 on commerce, and 116,566 on public offices or liberal professions.
The principal towns (1911) are : Belgrade (Beograd) (the capital) with 90,890 inhabitants; Nish, 24,949; Kragouyevatz, 18,452; Leskovatz, 14,266; Pozarevatz, 13,411 ; Vrany^, 11,439 ; Pirot, 10,737.
1 See note Popjilation and Area, under Turkey.
