The imports of Hungary are derived chiefly from Au stria, the government having prohibited the admission of goods through any other channel. Turkey, however, is excepted, as a prohibitory system with respect to this country could not be carried into effect without great diffi culty and expellee. The great magazine for Turkish pro duce, which passes into Hungary by land, is at Schuppa nek. A considerable quantity enters also by the Danube at Panczova, Rubin, and Homolitz. The imports from Turkey by the city of Schuppanek, during the years 1803 and 1804, amounted to 2,652,473 livrcc: viz.
The imports which enter by the Danube are of the same description as those in the preceding Table; but their amount is comparatively inconsiderable. Of colonial produce, Hungary annually about spoo of coffee, and 10,000 quintals of sugar. Upon the w4the notwithstanding its commercial difficulties and obstruc tions, the exports of Hungary are to its imports in the proportion of more than lour to three. According to the calculations of Schwartner, during ten years, (trout 1777 to 1786,) its exports were valued at 148,229,177 florMs, and its imports at 106,721,371 florins.
Tile money, weights, and measures of this country cor respond nearly with those of Austria. In money, the common reckoning is in florins and kreutzers,-60 krcut zers being equivalent to one florin. The copper coins are, the polturak, equal to a kreutzer and a hall' ; the groszel, value of half a polturak; and the ungrisch, of which five are equivalent to three kreutzers. The ideal or fictitious money of Hungary consists of The measure prescribed for corn throughout the king dom is the Presbourg bushel. In the county of Zips this measure is called a kubel, and is divided into two koretzs ; but in other places the kubel is divided into four koretzs or veka. The eimer is the general measure for wine, but it varies in its contents in different parts of the country. At Oedenbourg it contains 84 halben or pints, and at Buda only 60. The great eimcr of Debretzm is 100 pints, and the small one 50. In consequence of this discrepancy of measures, the merchants presented a remonstrance to the committee of commerce appointed by the diet. On this subject they remarked, that such a variety of measures were hurtful to commerce, and destroyed their credit among foreigners ; that an antal of Tokay wine, which ought to hold an eirner and a half, in general contained scarcely an eimer ; and that a piece of wine, which ought to contain 64 halben, has seldom more than 58.
The foot of Vienna is the standard square measure for surveying. According to a regulation called urbarium, the jock or acre is fixed at 1600 square toises; but in some of the counties, where this regulation has not been introduced, this measure varies greatly ; as at Oedenhourg, for in stance, the acre measures only 900 square toises.
The weights are in general the same as at Vienna, (ex cept the stein used in Upper Hungary, which weighs 20 pounds,) viz.
to Gallicia, by Erlau, Kaschau, and Eperics ; to Transyl vania, by Dcbretzin, and also by Ketschkernet, Szegedin, Tcmeschwar, and Lugosch ; to Walachia, by Temesch war, Karansebes, Schuppenek ; to Semlin and Bel grade, by Theresienstadt and Neusatz ; to Croatia, by Stuldweissenbourg, Veszprim, and Kanischze ; and to Sti ria and Trieste, by Veszprim, Somogy, and Pettau.
The transportation of goods by water, though more ex peditious, suffers many interruptions, from the shallows and rapids in the rivers. The Danube itself is far from being free of these inconveniences; but 'boats with from 6000 to 8000 quintals of grain can pass as high as Komorn. The formation of canals, however, which has of late be come an object of improvement, promises to facilitate greatly the internal commerce of this country. Those that are finished are, the canal of Baatsch, the Bega canal, and the Tranzisci canal. The Bega canal commences near Facsed in the county of Krascho, and after forming a com munication between the rivers Bega and Temesch, tra verses all the Bannat, and falls into the Theisse. The Tran zisci canal was first opened only in 1802. It receives the waters of the Danube at Monoflor-Segh, and discharges itself into the Theisse at Foldwar ; and in its whole extent requires only four sluices. In 1804, there passed through this canal 634 boats, many of which carried from 4000 to 5000 quintals ; and their cargoes, which we here present to the reader, will enable him to form some idea of the in. ternal commerce of this country.