was founded in Zadar and the unified National Organization for Dalmatia in Split. These bodies soon started to independently govern Dalmatia. In the last days of the Monarchy, General Stjepan Sarkotić managed to convince Hungarian Prime Minister Sándor Wekerle and Emperor Charles I. to support the unification of Dalmatia with Croatia, but that didn't happen until the collapse of the Monarchy in 1918. On October 29, 1918, when the Austro-Hungarian Parliament dismantled, the Croatian Parliament passed a decision by which Croatia-Slavonia terminated state-law relations with Austria-Hungary and, together with Dalmatia and town of Rijeka, joined State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs. Demographic history 1818–1857 According to M. Lorković, the total population of Dalmatia numbered 297,912 in 1818; 326,739 in 1825; 338,599 in 1830; 390,381 in 1840; and 393,715 in 1850. Based on the 1857 census, the Kingdom of Dalmatia had 415,628 inhabitants. According to an analysis of the 1857 census, 318,500 (76.5%) inhabitants were Croats, 77,500 (18.5%) were Serbs, and ca. 20,000 were Italian-speakers (5%). The percentage of Dalmatian Serbs had been 19.9% in the 1830–50 period. In the cities, the inhabitants were 71% Croat, 22% Italian and 7% Serb. There were 745 Serbs in Kotor; in all other cities there were fewer than 400. The number of Serbs in Dalmatia fell; however, in the north it rose. Among the Orthodox, there was one priest for every 400 people, while among the Catholics, there was one priest for every 330 people. 1880 The 1880 Austrian census, recorded the following ethnic groups in the Kingdom: 371,565 Croats 78,714 Serbs 27,305 Italians 1900 The 1900 Austrian census: Religion 496,966 Catholics 96,279 Eastern Orthodox 539 Others Language Serbo-Croatian: 565,276 (95,2%) Italian: 15,279 (2,6%) German: 2,306 (0,4%) Total: 593,784 1910 According to the official 1910 Austrian census, population by religion and mother language was: Religion 539,057 Catholics 105,332 Orthodox 1,257 Others Language Serbo-Croatian: 610,649 Italian: 18,028 German: 3,081 Others: 3,077 Cities The major cities were (1900): Zadar, the capital, with 13,016 inhabitants Split (18,547) Šibenik (10,072) Dubrovnik (8,437) Administrative subdivisions From 1822 to 1868 the Kingdom of Dalmatia was administratively divided into four circles (counties, Italian: circoli or capitanati circolari, Croatian: okruzi or okružna poglavarstva) - Zadar, Split, Dubrovnik and Kotor - these were subdivided into smaller districts (Italian: distretti-preture, Croatian: kotari-preture), each comprised municipalities (Italian: comuni, Croatian: općine). In 1868 the circles were abolished and Dalmatia was divided into 13 larger (administrative) districts