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RELIGION

641

Emigration statistics to the United States

Year

Through German ports (Hamburg, Bremen, Stettin)

Through

other , rp , , European ^^^^^

ports

Year

1

1909

1910

■ 1911

Through German ports (Hamburg, BreiDcn, Stettin)

61,641 56,861 39,008

Through

other ^ . , European ^°^^^

ports

1906 1907

1908

100,464 112,788

22,682

77,706 1 178,170 96,381 ' 209,169 26,683 49,365

67,696 1 129,337 63,040 119,901 34,646 1 73,654

IIL

PniNciPAL Towns, with Population

,

1900

1910

1900

1910

Budapest

732,322 880,371

Miskolcz

43,096

51,459

Szeged .

102,991

118,328

Ujpest .

41,858

55,197

Szabadka

83,593

94,610

Kassa

40,102

44,211

Debreczen

75,006

92,729

Fiume .

38,955

49,806

Pozsony

65,867

78,223

Bekescsaba

37,547

42,599

Zagvab (Zagreb)

61,002

79,038

Brasso .

36,646

41,056

Hodmezo-Vasarliely

60,883

62,445

Mako .

33,722

34,918

Kecskemet .

57,812

66,834

Sopron .

33,478

33,932

Arad

56,260

63,166

Gyor .

37,543

44,300

Temesvar

59,229

72,555

Nyiregyhaza ,

33,088

38,198

Nagyvarad .

50,177

64,169

Szekesfehervar

32,167

36,625

Kolozsvar

49,295

60,808

Szentes .

31,308

31,593

Pecs

43,982

49,822

Czegled .

30,106

33,942

Eeligion.

There is perfect equality among all legally recognised religions. These are :— The Roman and Greek Catholic, the Evangelical (Augsburg and Helvetian), the Unitarian, the Greek-Oriental, the Gregorian-Armenian, the Baptist (since 1905) and the Jewish. Each has the independent administra- tion of its own affairs.

The following figures relate to 1911 : —

Priests secular (not including bishops,

canons, vicars, provosts, &c.) : —

Roman Catholic Church . . . G,733

Greek Catholic Church . . . 2,305

Greek Oriental Church . . . 2,821

Members of orders : — Roman \ Mile Catholic i Female . Greek Catholic (male) Greek Oriental (male) Protestant clergy Jewish clergy .

2,463 6,522 39 151 3,799 1,795

The following table gives the division of the total population according to religion on the basis of the census of 1910 : —

Religion

Number

Per cent, of pop.

Roman Catholics

! 10,888,338

52-1

Greek Catholics

2,025,425

9-7

Greek Oriental ....

2,986,874

14-3

Evangelical Augs.

1,340,195

6-4

Evangelical Helv.

2,621,501

12-5

Unitarians ....

74,296

0-4

Jews

932,406

4-5

Others . ...

17,452

20,886,487

01

Total .

100-0

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