5. 1885. 1895. 1900. 1905.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs 396 368.7 333 433.4 493.8
Ministry of War 9005.4 10,085 12,539 13,887.5 18,087.7
(Army and Navy)
Ministry of Finance 154.2 167.2 170.4 175 177.1
Supreme Court of Accounts 10.5 10.6 10.7 12.5 13.3
Total 9566.1 10,631.5 13,053.1 14,508.4 20,430.3

_Revenue._

For the above Departments 432 258.2 260.7 260.3 331.9
Customs 997.4 402.2 4476 5202.3 4799.7
Proportional Contributions 8136.7 9971.1 8316.4 9045.8 15,650.4
Total 9566.1 10,631.5 13,053.1 14,508.4 20,430.3

_Debt._--Besides the debts of each state of the Dual Monarchy, there is a
general debt, which is borne jointly by Austria and Hungary. The following
table gives in millions sterling the amount of the general debt for the
years 1875-1905:--

1875. 1885. 1895. 1900. 1905.
232.41 231.02 229.67 226.81 224.31

_Delegations_.--The constitutional right of voting money applicable to the
common affairs and of its political control is exercised by the
Delegations, which consist each of sixty members, chosen for one year,
one-third of them by the Austrian Herrenhaus (Upper House) and the
Hungarian Table of Magnates (Upper House), and two-thirds of them by the
Austrian and the Hungarian Houses of Representatives. The delegations are
annually summoned by the monarch alternately to Vienna and to Budapest.
Each delegation has its separate sittings, both alike public. Their
decisions are reciprocally communicated in writing, and, in case of
non-agreement, their deliberations are renewed. Should three such
interchanges be made without agreement, a common plenary sitting is held of
an equal number of both delegations; and these collectively, without
discussion, decide the question by common vote. The common decisions of
both houses require for their validity the sanction of the monarch. Each
delegation has the right to formulate resolutions independently, and to
call to account and arraign the common ministers. In the exercise of their
office the members of both delegations are irresponsible, enjoying
constitutional immunity.

_Army_.--The military system of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy is similar in
both states, and rests since