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The War Bonds 573 Nemzeti egyesült Textilművek r.t.; ‘National United War Products’, plc., textile works, plc. Budapest  223,380,678 Magyar földberlők szövetkezete ; cooperative of Hungarian estate holders Budapest  183,011,698 Nemzeti egyes. Textilművek és tsaik magyar pamut- és vászonárúk szállitó társasága ; Hungarian cotton and linen goods delivery company for the Imperial and Royal Army Budapest  175,775,324 Kisjenői föherczegi uradalom haszonbérlete r.t. szarvasmarha, termények ; plc for the leasing of the Kisjenö archducal domain, animals, products  Budapest 143,686,590 Hafner Radivoj ; animals Karlovac 134,516,076 Croatian-Slavonian purchasing central office of the Imperial and Royal War Ministry for slaughter animals Zagreb  133,397,646 Dohányjövedéki központi igazgátoság (magy.kir.) ; central office of the Imp. and Royal tobacco admin. Budapest 119.722,483 Magyar gyapjuárú-, katonaposztó és takarógyár ; Hungarian wool- len products, military fabric and blanket factory  Zsolna  112,320,530 Ganz és Tsa. ‘Danubius’ gépgyár, waggon és hajógyár r.t.; Ganz & Co. ‘Danubius’ machine factory plc  Budapest  108,300,774 Sertésátvételi bizottság ; pig acquisition commission of the Imp. and Royal War Ministry Budapest 100,759,280 Szab. osztr. magy.- államvasút Társaság ; private Austro-Hungar- ian state railway association Budapest  100,638,088 It is noticeable that for the figures for both the Austrian and Hungarian halves of the Empire, while the owners of large domains and territories who were listed frequently appeared as war suppliers, the columns for data on the war bond subscriptions re- mained empty, or showed relatively modest amounts. This applied to some members of the upper aristocracy such as the Auersperg, Szécheny, Teleky, Windisch-Graetz, Kolowrat and Potocky families, as well as to the comital houses of Hoyos, Lankoronsky, Nostitz and others, and in a strange way corresponds to the fact that it was precisely the upper and middle aristocracy that tended to keep its personal war contributions at a low level. A comparison with the nobility in the German Empire is almost shocking (I shall return to this subject later). Even so, it would be inaccurate to conclude from the low degree of willingness to subscribe to the bonds on the part of the ancient nobility and the comital houses, as well as very wealthy members of the lower aristocracy, that they did not subscribe to any war bonds at all. However, there is no doubt that a whole series of members of the upper aristocracy and large landowners1335 behaved in stark contrast to the practice of the ruling Prince Johann Nepomuk von und zu Schwarzen- berg, who  – while making no large deliveries to the treasury  – did however arrange for his establishments and assets in Admont, Murau and Hlubotká nad Vltavou (Frau- enberg) in Bohemia to subscribe a total of 72 million kronen to the war bonds. For