Monthly Bulletin
International Bureau
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Interkational Union of American Republics.
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Monthly Bulletin
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American Republics.
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Spanish. . IV
English. V I Editorial contents: i Portuguese. VI
French. VII
List of Honorary Corresjwmlents. VIII
Latin-American Representatives in the lJnite United States Representatives in the I^atin-Anieruan Republics.. X Rates of Postage from the rnite Foreign Mails—Postage Rates from Latin-American Countries. XII Pari-els-Post Regulations. XIII Unitevl States Consulates in Latin Americra. XIV Consulates of the l^tin-American Republics in the Unitetl States_ XV Weights and Measures... XVII Metric Weights and Measures.. XVIII Publications of the Bureau.. XIX Value of Latin-American Coins.. XXII IV INDICE. inSTDIOE. PftRina. I.—El Fallecimibnto del SeSor Don Manuel (^andamo, Presidknte de la REPfiBLiuA DEL PerC. 1049 II.—Recepci6n Opicial del Nuevo Ministro de Paraguay..•. 1062 III. —Aviso Preliminar del Octavo Congreso GeogrAeico Internacional guE ha de REUNIRSE EN WASHINGTON EN 1904. 1064 IV. —Reclamaciones de indemnizaci6n Pecuniaria for DaSos y Perjuicios Ocasio- NADOS A ClUDADANOS DE UN ESTADO AMERICANO, RESIDENTF-S, ACCIDENTAL 6 PERMANENTEMENTE, EN OTRO ESTADO TAMBifeN AMERICANO. 1059 V. —ExposiciOn Universal de San Luis. 1083 VI. —RepCblica Argentina. 10S7 Comercio por varios puertos on onoro de 1904—PoblaciOn de la Repdblica ol 31 de diciembre de 1902. VII.—Brasil. 1088 Ley de presupuestos—Restablecimiento del modus vivendi coraen'ial ooncluldo en 1900 entre el Brasil y Francia-Modiflcaciones del arancel. VIII.—Chile. 1090 La industria del salitre. IX. —Costa Rica. 1092 Modiflcaciones del arancel—ComunicaciOn por tel6grafo sin alambres entre Puerto Lim6n y Bocas del Toro—Vapores entre Puerto LimOn y Manchester. X. —Cuba. 1094 Modiflcaciones del arancel—La riqueza forestal, 1901-2—RecepciOn oflcinl del Ministro de Espafla. XL—RepObuca Dominicana. 1098 Restablecimiento provisional de ciertos derechos de exportaciOii—Arancel de exportaciOn—LegisIaciOn de patentes de privilegio y marcas de Mbrica. XII.—Estados Unidos. 1101 Comercio con la America Latina—Cuota con quc contrlbuye A la importaciOn total de Ins demAs paises. XIII. —Honduras. IKB Resumen de la importaciOn general habida en la Repdblica durante el primer semestre del afio econOmico de 1902 A 1903—ConcesiOn para la exportaciOn de caoba y cedro. XIV. —Mtxico. 1106 Informe leido i>or el Presidente constitucional de la Repilblica al abrirse el cuarto peiiodo de sesiones del 21* congreso de la UniOn, el 1» de abril de 1904—Modiflca¬ ciones del arancel. , XV. —Nicaragua. IIB ExportaciOn por paises durante los afios 1901 y 1902—Minas en cxpIotaciOn en 1903. XVI. —Paraguay . li» Datos flnancieros y econOmicos—Comercio de Paraguay. XVII. —Peru. lia Modiflcaciones del arancel. XVIII.—.Salvador. lia El oro en El Salvador—Renta de licores en 1903. XIX—Uruguay. US Comercio del puerto de Montevideo en enero de 1904—La deuda pdblica del Uru¬ guay el 31 de diciembre de 1903. XX.—Venezuela. US Modiflcaciones del arancel. XXL—Comercio de la Gran BretaSa con America, Primer Tkimestre de 1904. US INDEX, V insriDEs:. Page. I.—Death op SeSor Don Manuel Candamo, President op Peru. 1139 II.—Eighth International Ueographic Congress. 1140 III. —OPPiciAL Reception op the new Minister prom Paraguay to the United States. 1146 IV. —Settlement op Pecuniary International Claims by Arbitration. 1147 V.—Pan-American Railway Committee. 1147 VI.—.\RGENTINE REPUBLIC. 1148 Foreign commerce in 1903—Report of the Buenos Ayres and Rosario ^ilway, 1908—Agricultural and live-stock statistics for 1903--klrop statistics, 1891-1903— Cotton growing in 1908—Port movements in January, 1904—Population of the Republic. VII.—Brazil. .... 1158 Tariff concessions to the United States—Customs receipts in 1903—Exports in 1908—Tariff modifications—New form for consular invoices—Coffee market in March, 1904—Brazilian fruit—Exports of rubber from ParA and ManAos in March, 1904—Imports at Santos for the month of February, 1901—Cotton grow¬ ing in the Repubiic. vm.—Chile. 1166 Customs receipts, February, 1904—Harbor dues—RAsum^ of nitrate exports, 1901-1903—.Award of Transandine Railway contracts—Proposed public works. IX. —t'OLOMBIA. 1174 Adoption of new Constitution—Postponement of the lease of emerald mine-- X.—CosfTA Rica. 1175 Tariff modiflcatlona—Cordiality existing between Costa Rica and Panama—Eco¬ nomic progress. XI.—CUBA. 1177 Financial statement for March. 1904—Tariff modifleations—Railway systems. XII. —Dominican Republic. 1178 Discovery of oil fields. XIII. —Haiti. 1179 Regulations for coffee exports. XIV. —Honduras. 1179 Foreign trade, 1902-3—Imports first half of economic year 1902-8—Market for American fruits—Concession for mahogany and c^ar logs. XV. —Mexico. 1183 Message of ft’esident Diaz—Foreign commerce in January. 1904—Crop produc¬ tion and commerce In 1902—Treasury statistics for March. 1904—Tariff modilica- tions—Mining laws—Real estate in 1903—Amended custom-house ordinances— Establishment of an agricultural station—Report of the Mexican National Railway—Ofificialguaranty for merchandise and trade-marks. XVI. —Nicaragua. 1221 Railway construction—Export destinations In 1901 and 1902—Number of mines in the Republic in 1903. XVII. —Paraguay. 1222 Trade with the Argentine Republic—Cotton cultivation—Financial and economic data. XVIII.—Peru. 1226 Tariff modifications—First electric roads—New navigation laws—Marriages of foreigners—Saltpeter and borax—Consumption duty on tobacco—Customs reg¬ ulations. XIX.—Salvador. 1231 Oold in Salvador—Tax on liquors in 1903. XX.—United States. 1233 Trade with Latin America—Foreign commerce for March, 1904—Recognition of Latin American consular oflicers^tock raising in the Philippines—Beet-sugar manufacture in 1903-4—Agricultural work in the Philippines—Gutta-percha in the Philippine Islands—Production of pig iron in 1903—Bessemer .steel proiiuc- tion in im. X. XI—Uruguay. 1248 Movement of the port of Montevideo during January, 1904—CiLstoms receipts for five years—The public debt on December 31,1903. XXII.—Venezuela. 1250 Tariff modifications—Trade of La Guaira in 1903—Customs returns of Lii Giiaira and Puerto Cabello—Municipal taxation in Caracas—Concession for the navi¬ gation of the Orinoco River. XXIII.—Bounties in Foreign Countries. 1256 XXIV. —Death of William R. Grace. 1529 XXV. —Ramie Trade of the World. 1159 XXVI.—Trade of America and Great Britain, First Quarter of 1904. 1261 XXVII.—Trade Opportunities in Latin America. 1264 XXVIII.—Book Notes. 1269 XXIX.—Libbaby Accbssions and Files. 1275 /I INDICE, insriDioE. I.—RECEPglo Official do Novo Minibtbo do Paraui'ay. II.—Fallbcimbxto do Sr. William R. Grace. in.—Repcblica Aroentisa. Movimento dos portos em Janeiro de 1904—Estatisticax tiobre a'< colheitai* de 1H91- 1903. IV.—Chile. A induHtria do salitre—Exportat-Oes de nitrato em 1901-1903—Rendax adiianeirax em Peverelro de 1904. V. —Ojlombia.. Adiamento da concestAo dax minax de exmeraldax. VI. —Extadob Unidob. Commerciocom ox paizex latino-americanox—A rolheitado alEOdtoem 1903—Prodiii*- (Ro de a^ de Bexxemer em 1903. VII. —Mexico. Menxagem do Presidente Diaz—Refonna da lei dax alfandegax. VIII. —Paraguay. Dadox flnanceirox e economicox—Cultura do algodRo—Commercio com a Repiiblica Argentina. IX.—Peru. Reguiamento aduanciro—Impoeto de conxumo xobre o fumo. X.—Uruguay. Movimento do porto de Hontevidil-o em Janeiro de 1904. TABLE DES MATIEKES. VII IDES M^TI±3EES. Page. I.—RtCKPTION OFFICICLLE DU NoVVBAU MiSIRTRF- W PARAOI’AY AVX feTATS-l'SIS. 1317 II.—RfeFTBUQUK AROENTINR. 1318 Surtaxe douani^re xur lea prt-parationH alcoollquea—Le ronunerre dea machine!) rktI- coles—Mouvement commercial dc Buenoa-Aire)) en 1908—Mourement de port en janvier 19(M—Formation d'unc compagnie argentine de pOche. III. —BRfellL. 1323 R6tabli! HONOMRY OOEEESPONDING MEMBERS OP THE INTERNATIONAL UNION OF AMERICAN REPUBLIOS. Countries. I Names. ^ liesidence. 1 Ai^rentiiie Rejuiblie.. Sefior Dr. Don Estanislao S. Zeliallos.1 Buenos Ayres. 1 Bolivia.1 Sefior Don Manuel V. Ballivian'i.! Iai Paz. Brazil.1 Dezembarga Firmino da Silva.i Florianopolis. 1 Chile.1 Sefior Don Moists Vargas. Santiago. Colombia.' Sefior Don Rufino Gutierrez.1 Bogotd. Coeta Riea.' Sefior Don Manuel Aragon.1 San Josd. Dominican Republic. Sefior Don Jos^ Gabriel Garcia*’.' Santo Domingo. Quito. Guatemala.; (tuatemala City. Sefior Don Rafael Montufar. Guatemala City. Haiti. Port au Prince. Hondura-s.■ Sefior Don E. Constantino Fialltts.I Tegindgalpa. (lity of Mexico. Citv of Mexico. Sefior Don Fernando Ferrari P4rez,. City of Mexico. Nicaratnia. Sefior Don Jo8<^ D. Gdmez. Managua. ( Paraguay. 1 Sefior Don Jos^ S. Decoud. Asuncion. Peru. Sefior Don Alejandro Garland. ! IJma. Uruguay. ' Sefior Don Jose 1. SchiflSano. 1 Montevideo. Venezuela. , Sefior General Don Manuel lAindaeta Caracas. 1 Rosdles. j Sefior Don Francistio de Paula Alamo.. Caracas. » Honorary Oorrespondinf? Members of the Royal (JeoKraphioal Society of Great Britain. b Ck>iTe8pondinf( member of the Academia Naeional de la Hiatoria de Venezuela. LATIN-AMEKICAN REPRESENTATIVES. I LATIN-AMERIOAN REPRESENTATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES. AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY. Mexico.Sefior Don Mantel i>e Azpiroz, 1415 I street N\V., Washington. D. C. ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARY. .\r}?entiiie Republic.Sefior Don MARTix (tARTiA Merot, 1612 Twentieth street NW., Washington. I). C. Brazil...... Mr. J. F. de Assis-Bra.sil Absent. Chile.Sefior Don Joaquin WALKER-MARTiNEZ, IHOON street NW., Washington, D.C. C()lotubia.Sefior Don Jose Vicente Concha, Absent. Costa Rica.Sefior Don Joaquin Bernarik) Calvo, 1329 Eighteenth .street NW., Washington, D. C. Cuba.Sefior Don Gonzalo de Qubsaua, 1006 Sixteenth street NW., Washington, D. C. Doininitan Republic.Sefior Don Juan Francesco Sanchez. Absent. Ecuador.Sefior Don Alfredo Baquerizo, Absent. Guatemala.Sefior Don Antonio Lazo Arriaua, Absent. Haiti.Mr. J. N. Legek, 1429 Rhode Island avenue, Washington, D. C. Nicarautiu.Sefior Don Luis F. Corea, 1704 Q street NW., Washington, D. C. Paraguay.Sefior Don Cecilio Baez. “The Gordon.” Peni.Sefior Don Manuel Alvarez Calder6n, 1701 Massachusetts avenue, Washington, D. C. Salvador.Sefior Dr. Don Rafael S. Lopez, Absent. Uruguay.Sefior Dr. Don Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, "The Normandie,” Washington, D. C. CHARGES d’affaires. Bolivia.Sefior Don Jorge E. Zalleb, “The Portner,” Washington, D. C. Brazil.Mr. Alfredo de M. Gomes Ferreira, 1411 Hopkins street, Washington, D. C. Ecuador.Sefior Dr. Serafin S. Wither, 11 Broadway, New York City. Guatemala.Sefior Dr. Don Joaquin Yela, 4 Stone street. New York. Venezuela.Sefior Don Augusto F. Pulido. The* Cochran. consuls-general. I Honduras.Sefior Dr. Don Salvodor C6edova 4 stone street. New York. DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS: WILLIAM WOODVILLE ROCKHILL. X UNITED STATES KEPKESENTATIVES. UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVES IN THE LATIR- AMERIOAN REPUBLICS. AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY. Mexico.PowKLi. C-’lavton, City of Mexico. ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARY. Argentine Republic.A. N. Beauhre, Buenos Ayres. Bolivia.William B. Sorsby. Brazil.I)avii> K. Thompson, Kio RATES OF POSTAGE FROM THE UNITED STATES TO LATIN- AMERICAN COUNTRIES. The rateii of poetaico from the United .^tstei. to all foreign eonntrie* and eoloniea (except Canada Mexieo, and Cuba) are as. follows: Cents. Letters, per 15 grams (1 ounce). 5 Single postal cards, each. 2 Double p Ordinary letters for any foreign country (except Canada, Mexico, and Cuba) mast la! forwarded, whether any {aistage is prepaid on them or not. All other mailable matter must be prepai.l, at least partially. Matter maile FOREio-asr iwa:-A.iijS. FOREIGN MAILS. PARCELS-POST REGULATIONS. ZIII PAROELS-POST REGULATIONS. Tablk Showing the Latin-Amekicax Countries to Which Parcels may be Sent FROM thkUniteo States; the Dimensions, Weight, and Rates ok Postage Appli¬ cable to Parcels, and the Exchange Post-Offices which may Dispatch and Receive Parcels-Post Mails. I ALLOWABLE bIMEN- | SIGNS AND WEIGHTS POSTAGE. EXCHANGE POST-OFFICE*. I OF PARCELS. I I u •o c s 3 combined. > t o 2 1 9S » h u 3 i 0 Greatest length. Greatest length and girth Greatest girth. £ Ft. in. Ft. ft. IJm. Cents. Cents. 3 6 6 11 20 20 Francisco. Chile. 3 6 6 11 20 20 Valparaiso. Francisco. Colombia. 2 0 . 4 11 12 12 1 Ali offices authorized to exchange maiis f t>etween the two countries. 2 0 4 11 12 12 3 6 6 11 12 12 leans, and San Retalhuieu, and Francisco. Puerto Barrios. Ooiana, British_ 3 6 6 11 12 12 Ali offices authorized to exchange maiis. 3 6 6 11 12 12 Tegucigalpa, Puerto leans, and San Cortez, Amapala, Francisco. and Trujillo. 6 6 11 12 12 2 0 4 11 12 12 3 6 6 11 12 12 leans, and San 1 del Norte, and Francisco. Corinto. 3 6 6 11 12 12 ! San Salvador. 1 Francisco. Veneiuela. 3 6 6 11 12 12 Ail offices authorized to exchange mails. iW XIV UNITED STATES CONSULATES. UNITED STATES CONSULATES IN LATIN AMERICA. Fre<|uent application is made to the Bureau for the address of United States Consuls in the South and Centnil American Republics. Those desiring to correspond with any Consul can do so l)y address- ing “The United Stab's Consulate” at the point named. Letters thus addressed must be delivered to the proper jwrson. It must be under¬ stood, however, that it is not the duty of Consuls to devote their time to private l)usiness, and that all such letters may propei'ly be treated as personal, and any labor involved may be subject to charge therefor. The following is a list of United States Consulates in the different Republics: Argentine Reitblic— Hondcras— Buenos Ayres. Ceiba. Cordoba. Puerto Cortes. Rosario. Tegucigalpa. Bolivia— Utila. la Paz. Mexico— Brazil— Acapulco. Bahia. Chihuahua. Para. Ciudad Juarez. Pernambuco. Ciudad Portirio Diaz. Rio de Janeiro. Durango. Santos. Ensenada. Chile— Ija Paz. Antofagasta. Matamoros. Arica. Mazatlan. Coquimbo. Mexico. Iqnique. Monterey. Valjiaraiso. Nogales. CoLOMBI.\— Nuevo I.iaredo. Barranquilla. Progreso. Bogota. Saltillo. Cartagena. Tampico. Colon (Aspinwall). Tuxpan. Medellin. Vera Cniz. Panama. Nicaragita— Costa Rica— Managua. Puerto Limon. San Juan del Norte. Punta Arenas. Paraguay— San Jo84. Asuncion. CCBA— Peru— Cienfuegos. Callao. Habana. Salvador— Santiago. San Salvador. l)O.MINICAN RePCBLIC— Uruguay— Puerto Plata. Colonia. Samana. Montevideo. Santo Domingo. Paysandu. Eccador— Venezuela— Guayaquil. La Guayra. Guatemal.a— Maracaibo. Guatemala. Puerto Cabello. Haiti— Cape Haitien. Port au Prince. LATIN-AMERICAN CONSULATES, XV CONSULATES OF THE LATIN-AMEEIOAN REPUBLICS IN THE UNITED STATES. AKliKMIM: KKPI KLIC. COSTA RICA—Continueil. Mobile. Califoniia. San Francisco. New Y'ork.1 New York City. Florida. Apalachicola. Ohio. Cincinnati. Femandina. Oregon.i Portland. I’ensacolu. Pennsylvania.I Philadelphia. Geonfia. Brunswick. Texas. Oalveaton. Savannah. Virginia.| Norfolk. Illinois. Chicago. Louisiana. New Orleans. CCBA. Maine. Bangor. Mobile. Portland. .lacksonville. Maryland. Baltimore. Key West. Masmehusetts. Boston. Pensacola. Mianisnimu. Pa.scagoula. Tampa. MIsBouri. St. Louis. Brunswick. New York. New York City. Savannah. North Carolina. Wilmington. Chicago. Pennsvl van ia. Philadelphia. New Orleans. Virginia. Norfolk. Baltimore. Boston. HOUriA. New York. California. San Diego. Philadelphia. San Francisco. .Arecibo. Missouri. Kansas City. Mayaguez. New York. New Y'ork City. San Juan. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. DOMI.MCAN REPCBLIC. BRAZIL. Florida. Jacksonville. Alal)ama. Mobile. Chicago. Califoniia. San Francisco. Baltimore. Georgia . Brunswick. Masmehusetts. Savannah. New York City. Louisiana. New Orleans. Maine. Calais. Philadelphia. Maryland. Baltimore. Agiiadilla. Massachusetts. Boston. Arecibo. Milwwippi. Pa.scagonIa. Humacao. Missouri. St Louis. Mayaguez. New York. New York City. Ponce. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. San Juan. Virginia. Norfolk. Vieques. Richmond. Mi AIHIR. CHILK. Los Angeles. San Francisco. Georgia . Savannah. Chicago. Hawaii. Honolulu. Boston. Illinois. Chicago. Butte. Maryland. Baltimore. New York City. Masnchusetts. Boston. Cincinnati. New York. New York CItv. Philadelphia. Oregon. Portland. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Charleston. Philippine Islands. Manila. Nashville. Porto Rieo. Virginia. Norfolk. Washington . Port Townsend. Tacoma. Ol'ATKMALA. COLOMBIA. Mobile. San Diego. Alabama. Mobile. San Francisco. Pensacola. luinois.;;;; Chicago. Chicago. Louisiana. Kansas City. Harylanil. Baltimore. Louisville. Maswohusetts. New Orleans. Michigan. Detroit. Maryland . Baltimore. Missouri. Boston. New York. New York City. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. New York City. Porto Rico. Virginia. Norfolk. .Seattle. CONTA RICA. HAITI. Mobile. Alabama. Mobile. Savannah. Oriifomia. Illinois. Chicago. Colorado. Bangor. nUooiR. Chicago. looisiana. New York City. Maryland. Wilmington. Massachusetts. Boston. Porto Rico. 1 Mayaguez. XVI LATIN-AMEBICAN CONSULATES. OONSULATES OF THE LATIN-AMERIOAN KEPUBLIOS-Oontinued. HONDCKAS. PABAGl'AT—Contlnard. Alabama. Mobile. Illinois. C California. Los Angeles. Indiana. Ii San Diego. Maryland. E San Francisco. Michigan. I Illinois. Chicago. Missouri. K Kansas. Kansas City. S Kentucky.... Louisville. New Jersey. E Louisiana.... New Orleans. T Maryland.... Michigan .... Detroit. j N Missouri. : St. Louis. 1 I New York.... New York City. \ Ohio. C Pennsylvania 1 Galveston. ! Washington.. j Seattle. PERI'. MEXICO. Alabama. N California. S Alabama i Mobile. s Arizona. , Nogales. Hawaii. E Phoenix. Illinois. C Tucson. Louisiana. ^ Yuma. Maryland. 1 California. San Francisco. New York. > Colorado. Plorida. Illinois. Chicago. Louisiana. New Orleans. SALVADOR. Maryland. Baltimore. Massachusetts. Mississippi. . Pascagoula. Missoun. St. Louis. New York. . New York City. I'RI Gl'AY. Ohio. . Cincinnati. 1 Oregon. Pennsylvania. Philippine Islands Manila. Florida. Porto Rico. . San Juan. : Texas. . Brownsville. Eagle Pass. g El Paso. Georgia. Galveston. Laredo. Illinois. 1 Rio Grande City. Louisiana. Sabine Pass. Maine. San Antonio. ■ Virginia. .i Norfolk. Maryland. Massachusetts. MCA RAG PA. 1 Alabama . California. Illinois. Kansas. Norfolk. Kentucky. Louisville.' Richmond. Louisiana. New Orleans. VEXEZPELA. Maryland. .. Baltimore. Massachusetts. Los Angeles. Michigan. .. Detroit. San Francisco. Missouri. Pensacola. New York. Illinois. Chicago. Pennsylvania. Des Moines. Porto Rico. Baltimore. Detroit. Texas. St. Paul. Virginia.. Jersey City. NewTOit News. New York'. New York City. Washington. Ohio. Cincinnati. Philadelphia. PABAGPAT. Arecibo. Mayaguez. Alabama. .. Mobile. i Ponce. Delaware. .. Wilmington. 1 San Juan. District of Columbia Galveston. Georgia. Norfolk. 1 II WKIOHTS AND MEASURES. XVII WEIGHTS AND MEASUEES. The followinj? table gives the chief weights and measures in commercial use in Mexico and the Republii's of Central and South America, and their equivalents in the United States. . Denomination. Where U8e Are. Metric. 0.02471 acre. Arols-. Paraguay.| 25 pounds. Arrobii (dry). Argentine Republic. 25.3171 pounds. Do... Brazil. 32.38 pounds. Do. Cul)a 25.3664 pounds. Do. Venezuela... 25.4024 pounds. Arroba (liquid). Cuba and Venezuela. 4.263 gallons. Barril. Argentine Republic and Mexic«)... 20.0787 gallons. Carga. Mexico and Salvador. ;i00 pounds. Centaro. Central Amerii-a. 4.2631 gallons. Cuadra. Argentine Republic. 4.2 acres. Do. Paraguay. 78.9 yards. Do. Paraguay (square). 8.077 square feet. Do. Uruguay. 2 acres (nearly). Cubic meter. Metric. 35.3 cubic feet. Fanega (drv). Central Amerua. 1.5745 bushels. Do, ■ . Chile. 2.575 bushels. Do. . Cultti. 1.599 bushels. Do. Mexico. 1.54728 bushels. Do.' Uruguay (double) 7.776 bushels. Do. Uruguay (single). 3.888 bushels. Do.1 Venezuela 1.599 bushels. Fiasco.j Argentine Republic 2.5096 quarts. Do.' Mexico. 2.5 quarts. Gram.; Metric. 15.432 grains. Hectare. do. 2.471 acres. Hectoliter (dry).do. 2.8;18 bushels. Hectoliter (liquid).do. 26.417 gallons. Kilogram (kilo).I.do. 2.2046 pounds. Kilometer.do. 0.621.376 mile. Paraguay. 4.6.33 acres. 1.0127 {xiunds. 1.043 pfuinds. Chile. 1.014 |>ounds. Do. 1.0161 pounds. Do. 1.01465 pounds. Do. 1.0143 pounds. 1.0143 pounds. 1.0161 pounds. 1.0.567 quarts. 1.0791 pounds. 1.5-6 acres. 0..507 pound. 0.9478 foot. 101.42 pounds. 101.61 pounds. 100 pounds. Quintal (metric)_' 220.46 |K)unds. 2,700 cuadras. {See Co- adra.) .34.1208 inches. 33.874 inches. Do. . :13..384 inches. Mexico. .3:1 inches. . 34 inches. Venezuela.. . 3.3.384 inches. Bull. No. 5—04-2 XVIII METRIC WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. METRIC WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. METRIC WEIGHTS. Milligram (l/KKX) gram) equals 0.01.54 grain. Centigraiii (1/100 gram) e METRIC DRY MEASURE. Milliliter (1/1000 liter) e METRIC LIQUID MEASURE. Milliliter (1/1000 liter) equals 0.27 fluid dram. Centiliter (1/100 liter) equals 0.3,38 fluid ounce. Deciliter (1/10 liter) eijuals 0.845 gill. Liter equals 1.0.567 quarts. Decaliter (10 liters) e<]uals 2.6417 gallons. Hectoliter (100 liters) etjuals 26.417 gallons. Kiloliter (1,000 liters) equals 264.17 gallons. METRIC MEASURES OF LENGTH. Millimeter (1/1000 meter) tHjuals 0.0394 inch. Centimeter (1/100 meter) equals 0.3937 inch. Decimeter (IflO meter) equals 3.937 inches. Meter equals 39.37 inches. Decameter (10 meters) injuals 393.7 inches. Hectometer (100 meters) equals .328 feet 1 inch. Kilometer (1,000 meters) equals 0.621.37 mile (3,280 feet 10 inches). Myriameter (10.000 meters) equals 6.21.37 miles. METRIC surface MEASURE. Centare (1 square meter) equals 1,550 square inches. Are (100 square meters) equals 119.6 square yards. Hectare (10,000 square meters) equals 2.471 acres. The metric system has l)een adopted by the following-named American countries: .4rgentine Republic, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Hon dunus, Mexico, Paraguay. United States of America, and Venezuela. PUBLICATIONS. XIX PRICE LIST OF PUBLICATIONS. Price. .\nniial Refiorteof the Director of the Bureau, 1891-1902. (Sent upon request.) Bulletin of the Bureau, published monthly since October, 1893, in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. Average 225 pages, two volumes a year. Yearly subscription. $2.00 Yearly subscription, foreign. 2.-50 Single copies.25 Orders for the Bulletin should be addressed to the Chief Clerk of the Bureau. Codeof Commen'ial Nomenclature, 1897. (English, Spanish, and Portuguese.) 670 |>ages, 4®, cloth. 2.50 Codeof Commercial Nomenclature, 1897. (Spanish, English, and Portuguese.) 645 i>ages, 4°, cloth. 2. .50 Cotie of Commercial Nomenclature, 1897. (Portuguese, Spanish, and English.) 640 pages, 4®. 2.50 Note.—Designates in alphabetical order, in equivalent terms in English, Portuguese, and Spanish, the commodities of American nations on which import duties are levied. SPECIAI- COMMKRCIAI, BITLLETINS. Commercial Directory of the American Republics, 1897-98, 2 vols. in 4®, cloth. 5.00 Worthington’s Commercial Report, 1899. (Argentine Republic, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay.) 178 pages, 8®..35 (\ reprint of reports 1 to 6 received from a special commissioner appointed by the British Board of Trade to repiort upon trade in certain South American countries.) Money, Weights, anti Measures of the American Republics, 1891. 12 pages, 8®. .05 Report on Coffee, with special reference to the Costa Rican product, etc. Washington, 1901. 15 pages, 8®.10 El cafe. Su historia, cultivo, beneficio, variedades, produccion, exportacion, iinportacion, consume, etc. Datos extensos presentados al Congreso relative al caf4 que se reunird en Nueva York el 1® de octubre de 1902. 167, iii pp., 8®. Bibliography, p. 164.50 Coffee. Extensive information and statistics. (English edition of the above.) 108 (lages, 8®. Bibliography, page 100.50 HANDRtKIKS (general DESCRIPTION AND STATISTICS). Argentine Republic. A geographical sketch, with special reference to economic conditions, actual development, and prospects of future growth. 1903. 28 illustrations, 3 maps, .366 pages, 8®. Bibliography, page 334. 1.00 Brazil. A geographical sketch, with special reference to economic conditions and prospects of future development. 1901. 233 pages, 8®.75 Guatemala. 1897. (2d edition revised.) Illustrations, 119 pages, 8®.25 Mexico. A geographical sketch, with special reference to economic conditions and prospects of future development. 1900. 385 pages, 8®. Bibliography, page 354. .75 XX PUBLICATIONS. I’RICl. Paraj'uay. Second e BIBLI(X)K.\rilH'AI, Bl'LLETINS. Brazil. .\ list of l)Ooks, magazine articles, and maps relating to Brazil. 1800- 1900. Washington, 1901. 145 pages, 8°. 1.00 Central .Vmerica. A list of lKK)ks, magazine articles, and maps relating h) Central Amerita, including the republics of Costa Ritra, Guatemala, Hon¬ duras, Nicaragua, and Salvador. 1800-1900. Washington, 1902. 109 i»ages, 8°.... .50 Chile. list of Inioks, magazine articles, and maj)s rcdating to Chile. Wash¬ ington, 1903.- 110 jiages, 8°. 1.00 Guatemala. From official and other sources. 1902. Scale of 12.5 miles to 1 inch (1:792,000). In 2 sheets, each sh»‘et 71 \ 70 cm. No. 1. General features. No. 2. Agricultural. 1.00 Mexico. From official Mexitan and other st)urces. 1900. Scale of 50 miles to 1 inch. In 2 sheets, each sheet 108 x 80 cm. No. 1. General map. No. 2. Agricultural areas. 1.00 List of Books and Maps in Course of Preparation. HANDBOOKS. The Unite LAW MANUALS. A comparative study of the Spanish code of commen-e and the *-ominercial laws of Amerita. (Full title will be given later.) Land ami immigration laws of .\merican Republics. (To replace e MAPS. Maps are in course of pre{>aratiun of the Kepublk«of Brazil, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicara^'ua, and Salvatlor. The Bureau has for distribution a limited supply of the following reports: Frick. BeiKjrts of the International .\ineritan Conference of 1890. ReiKjrts of coiu- mittees and discu.ssions thereon. (lievistsl under the direction of the exe«.:u- tive committee by onler of the conference, adopteil March 7, 1890.) Vols. 1, 2. 3, and 4, cloth, 4°. Set.$3.00 International Ameriian Conference Rejiortsand Recommendations. 1890. In¬ cludes reports of the plan of arbitration, rei-ipna-ity treaties, inten-ontinental railway, steamship communitation, sanitary regulations, common silver coin. Intents and trade-marks, weights and measures, |H>rt VALUE OF LATIN-AMERIOAN COINS. The following table shows the value, in United States gold, of coins representing the monetary units of the Central and South American Republics and Mexico, esti¬ mated quarterly by the Director of the United States Mint, in pursuance of act of Congress: ESTIMATE APRIL 1, 1904, Value I 1 ! InU. 8. ! Countries. i standard. Unit, gold 1 1 or 1 1 silver. ' I1 i Gold—Argentine ($4,824) and ArgentineRkpublic. Gold .... Peso ....i $0.965| i Argentine. Silver—Peso and divisions. Bolivia.| Silver ... Boliviano' .419 j Silver—Boliviano and divi¬ sions. i Gold—5, 10, and 20 milreis. Brazil. Gold .... Milreis .. .546| Silver—J, 1, and 2 milreis. Central American Gold—2, 5, 10, and 20 colons States— ($9,307). Costa Rica. Gold .... Colon ... .465] Silver—5, 10, 25, and 50 cen- 1 timos. British Honduras Gold .... Dollar... 1.000 Guatemala. Honduras. .419 Silver—Peso and divisions. Nicaragua. jsilver... Peso_ Salvador. f Gold—hjjcudo ($1,825), doub¬ loon ($3,650), and condor Chile. Gold .... .3651 ($7,300). Silver—Peso and divisions. Gold—Condor ($9,647) and Colombia. Silver ... Peso .... .419| double condor. Silver—Peso and divisions. Gold—Centen ($5,017), al- Cuba .. .926| phonse ($4,823). Silver—Peso. Gold—lOsucres ($4.8665). Ek:uADOR. Gold .... Sucre.... ,487| Silver—Sucre and divisions. Gold—1, 2, 5, and 10 gourdes. Haiti. Gold .... Gourde.. .965|: Silver—Gourde and divisiona Gold—Dollar ($0,983), 2J, 5, Dollar... 10, and 20 dollars. Mexico. Silver ... .455| Silver—Dollar (or peso) and divisions. Peru. Sol. . 487| Gold—Libra ($4.8665). 1 Silver—Sol and divisions. Uruguay. Gold .... Peso .... 1.034| Gold—5, 10, 20, 50, and 100 Venezuela . Gold_ Bolivar. .i«s| bolivars. Silver—5 bolivars. Paraguay has no gold or silver coins of its own stamping. The silver peso of other South American Republics circulates there, and has the same value as in the coun¬ tries that issue it. 4 Boleti'n Mensfat I)K LA Oficina International de lavS REPitBLiTAs Americanas, Uni^tii Interiiarional de Kepublicas Americana^. VoL. XVI. MAYO DE l\m. No. 5. EL FALLECIMIENTO DEL SENOR DON MANUEL CANDAMO, PUESIDENTE DE LA REPCRLICA DEL I’ERtl. (’uinple el lioLETf.v eon el tri.ste del)er de haeer <-onstar en .sus pa^ina-s el falleeiiiiiento, ocurrido el 7 del corriente mes, del Exeelen- tLiino Senor Don Manuel Candamo, Presidente de la Kepubliea del Peru, personaje de relevantes ineritos y de {jrande ilustraeion, que disfruti') con justieia de grande popularidad en su pats, y que elegido coiLstitucionalniente para la Presideneia de la Republica, deseniptulo tan alto puesto desde el 8 de setiembre de 11)03. En el moniento de su falleeiniiento, que fue debido a una coinplicaeion de enfermedades, se eneontraba el Sefior Candamo en el afio 62 de su existeneia. Toda ella, puede deeirse, habfa sido consagrada al bien de su patria, y asi eomo en esta, y en Europa, y en todos los paise.s de America, .se .supo con jiibilo su exaltacion a la Presideneia, cuando el veto de su pueblo lo llamo a ocuparla, asi tambien se recibio con univ'ersal tristeza la infausta nueva de su inuerte. F^l Senor Candamo recibio su primera educacion en Lima, y la coni- pleto en Paris. Ilizo despues extensos viajes por Europa, y visito tambien la China y el .lapon. Empt‘z6 su vida publica como Secretario de la Lt'gacion peruana en Chile, d ingreso despues en la i)olitica activa, afiliiindose en 1871 al ])artido que se denomino “civilista,'’ 6 ‘‘civil,” organizado en aquella epoca por Don Manuel Pardo. Ell 188t) fue elegido para representar a Lima en el Senado de la Republica, 3’en 1897 fue llevadoal mismo puesto jxir el Departamento de Ijambayeque. Fue muchas veces Pre.sidente del Senado. Larevo- lucion contra el Gobierno del General Caceres, que termino con el 1050 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANAS. Pacto de 20 de inarzo de 1895, y cred iiiia Junta de Gobierno Provi¬ sional, escogid al Senor Candamo para ocupar la Presidoncia de ('sta ' Junta y tomar a su cargo la cartera de Relaeiones Exteriores. En las elecciones de 1903 fue llainado a la Presidencia de la Repu- bliea por el tdrmino de cuatro anos, que empezaron a contarse el dia de la inauguracidn, que como se ha dicho fue el 8 de setiembre ultimo. Despues de iiupreso lo que anteoede recibid el BoletIn la siguiente resena biogratica del Senor Candamo, publicada en Lima, en enero de 1903: “Frisa en los sesenUi anos. Nacid en Lima. Hizo estudios de De- reeho en la Universidad de San Marcos, de Lima, hasta gi’aduarse de Bachiller en .lurisprudencia. Se inicid en el periodismo y pertenecio a la redaccidn de ‘ El Comercio ’ hasta 1865, epoca en que fue deste- rrado a Chile por formar parte de la juventud entusiasta de entonces, que protestaba contra los tmtados cpie nuestro Gobierno celebrd con el almirante espafiol Pareja, despues de la ocupjicidn de las islas de Chin- cha. De Chile, vino a tomar parte en la revolucidn pupular que esta- lld ese afio, y entrd a Lima con el grupo de jdvenes patriotas que reconocian como Jefe, al heroe del 2 de mayo, don Josf: Galvez. “Poco despues fue enviado a Chile como Secretario de la Legacion de que fue jefe don Jos6 Parix). A los dos anos dejd el servicio y, algiin tiempo mas tarde, emprendid un viaje al rededor del mundo. Estuvo en el Japdn, la China y la India, y regresd por Europa, al Peru, en 1872. “ Durante algun tiempo no tomd parte activa en la politica, ocupan- dose de negocios particulares, y fue Presidente del antiguo Banco del ‘Peru,’ Director del Banco ‘ Anglo-Peruano’ y miembro del Consejo Directiv'O de varias otras instituciones de credito, mereciendo ademas la honrosa distincidn de ser nombrado Prior del Tribunal del Consulado j y Presidente de la Camara de Comercio de Lima. 1 “En un viaje que por entonces tuvo el Senor Candamo (jue hacer a i Europa, recibid del Presidente don Manuel Pardo el delicado c encargo de arreglar cuestiones tinancieras de importancia, y lo hizo I con dxito completamente satisfactorio. “Al organizarse la Guardia Nacional, el Presidente Pakix), ilustre ( fundador del partido civil, que le tenia especial estimacidn, le contid el 1 mando de uno de los batallones formados en Lima, con el que salid a campana al Sur a combatir una rev’olucidn que en esa dpoca estalld. s “ En la guerra con Chile, sin puesto oticial, en los primeros tiempos, i pasd confundido entre los buenos ciudadanos que fueron si pelear a Miratlores, como simples soldados, en las tilas de la reserva; |)ero, mas tarde, cuando despuds de la ocupacidn de Lima por los chilenos, se restablecid el Gobierno nacional en el norte, el Senor Candamo fue su activo d inteligente Delegado en esta capital, hasta que las autoridades FAI.LECIMIENTO DEL SENOR CANDAMO. 1051 enemigas lo apresaron envianclolo a Chile junto eon otros peruanos dlstingnidos. “Despu^s de cerea de dos ano.s de cautiverio, ajnstada la paz, se le perinitio regresar a su patria. ‘‘Sobre las bases del antiguo partido civil y eon las vigorosas adhe- siones iinevas que rodeaban al General CXceres, se organizo el partido constitueional, de cnya primera Junta Central Directiva fud Presidente el Stnior Candamo, dando termino a su campana eleccionaria al quedar pr(M‘laniado el General CAcekes, Presidente constitueional del Pern. “ En 1886 ingreso al Senado, a cuya Presidencia se le elevo dos afios despnds. “Recobrando sn personeria el partido civil, exhibio nn eandidato propio, y por esa eausa, quedo ese jmrtido separado del constitueional, que obtuvo el triunfo en esas eleeeiones. “ Cnando triunfo la revolucion de 1895, luediante un arreglo por el eual el eaudillo de esta designo dos ciudadanos, y el Presidente que abandonaba el puesto otros dos, para formar una .Junta de Gobierno, el Sefior Candamo recibio la honrosa distineion de ser elegido Presi¬ dente de esa junta, encargandose al mismo tiempo del despaeho de la cartera de Relaeiones Exteriores. En esos puestos pennanecio cerca de seis raeses, esperando el resultado de las eleeeiones populares, que debian dar un Presidente constitueional, acreditando en el ejereieio de la Presidencia de la Junta Suprema, sus revelantes dotes administra- tivas, y en el desempeno del Ministerio de Relaeiones Exteriores su prudeneia y tacto diplomatieo. De la manera mas digna y satisfactoria para el Peru, arreglo directamente la serie de reclamaciones de acj^uella sangrienta Ineha civil. “El Senor Candamo, que desde hacia algunos anos representaba pa pel importante en el partido civil, fue reconoeido como su jefe desde 1896; y a su sagacidad, a su espiritu profundamente patriotico, que lo mdujo a anteponer siempre los intereses nacionales a los de su propio circulo, se debio la prep)onderaneia que bajo su direecion aleanzo aquel partido. “Fiel i esa politica restablecio la antigua alianza con el partido constitueional, euyo primer acto fue exhibirlo eomo eandidato a la Presidencia de la Republiea. “ El tino, el talento politico del Senor Candamo, se han revelado siempre en las circunstancias graves. Cuando en 1889, se discutia en el eongreso el contrato Grace, se pronuncio en contra de el; pero no por la.s consideraciones vulgares de la generalidad de los que lo com- batian, sino por una razon que los hechos han comprobado; la incon- veniencia de que el Peru asumiera la obligacion de pagar £80,000 anuales k los tenedores de sus antiguos bonos. En enero de 1893, cuando el Ministro de Relaeiones Exteriores reunio a la .Junta Consultiva para determinar si el Peru debia aceptar el arbitraje del Tribunal de Laus- 1052 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DK LAS REPUBLICA8 AMERICANA8. Sana, llainado {rLMieraliiiente de Herna, el Senor Candamo fue el linico que se opuso en forma elara y terminaiite a que el Peru reconociera ese Tribunal, y declare, con este inotivo, que vigentes las protestas del Peru, no era |X)sible, sin niengua de la dignidad nacional, aceptar su jurisdiction }’ someterse a sus fallos, opinando que debian emplearse las gestiones que se creyeran mas convenientes para oponerse al fun- cionamiento de ese Tribunal. “Cuando en 181)8, por espiritu de partido unos combatian ciega- mente el protocolo Billinghurst-Latorre, y otros lo ensalzaban, atribu- yendo sus liondades al respetuoso carino que suponian que el Gobierno peruano de entonces inspiraba a Chile, el Senor Candamo, contestsindo, como Presidente del Congreso, al Mensaje del Jefe de la Nacion que parecia inspirado en estas ideas, manifesto que aquel protocolo se dehia a ‘circunstancias tiansitorias,’ como lo han comprobado posterior- mente los hechos; y, sin embargo, inlluyo con decision por que se aprobara ese pacto, ])ara quitar a Chile el pretexto de atribuir a intemperancia de los peruanos la prolongacion del cautiverio de Tacna y Arica. Por ultimo, la lealtad conciliadora con que el Senor Candamo apoyo al Gobierno formado en 1895 por los adversarios tradicionales del partido civil, ha contribuido en una proporcion de que no se dan cuenta los espiritus superficiales al afianzamiento del orden publico y al mismo tiempo al desarrollo de las fuerzas del partido civil. “ El Senor Candamo mostro siempre una inteligencia poderosa, un espiritu culto y un corazon de patriota. Su respeto por la ley, por los derechos individuales y la dignidad del hombre, manifestaciones pro- pias de la nobleza de su caracter, son de todos conocidos. “X estos titulos que le valieron la estimacion de sus compatriotas, hay que agregar uno mfc; una honradez inmaculada, que impone res- petos aun a sus propios adversarios, realizada por la circunstancia de que este hombre publico, notable estadista y distinguido orador jiar- lamentario, de tanta influencia politica durante largos afios, jamas ha aceptado participacion en ningun negocio que, ni indirectamente siquiera, se relacionara con el Gobierno. “ Este es, a grandes rasgos, el ciudadano que dos partidos poderosos, el civil y el constitucional, ha proclamado candidate a la primera magistratura de la Republica. “Lima, enero de 1903.’’ RECEPCION OFICIAL del NUEVO MTNISTRO DE PARAGUAY. El 15 del pasado abril, el Senor Presidente de los Estados Unidos de America, recibio oficialmente al Senor Don Cecilio Baez, como Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario del Paraguay cerca del Gobierno de la U nion. .8. NITEVO MINISTKO DE PARAGUAY. 1053 CO I Los discursos quo se cambiaron en esta eeremonia furon como !ra \ sigue. lei El Senor BXez dijo: su “ ExcelentIsimo Senor: El Presidente de la Republica del Paraguay rse ha tenido a bien nombrarnie en calidad de Enviado Extraordinario y in- Ministro Plenipotenciario cerca del Gobierno de Vuestra Excelencia, en consecuencia de haberse creado para los Estados U nidos de America ?a- una Legacion permanente destinada principalniente a robustecer las )U- tradicionales relaciones de amistad de los dos paises, y a vincularlos ■no por los tirmes lazos del interes conaun. io, “Sientome feliz, Excelentisiino Senor, all considerar que para cum- |ue plir esta grata como patriotica mision, creo podre contar con la bia benevolencia y magnaniinidad de Vuestra Excelencia, (jue tan sabia- or- mente dirijis los gloriosos destinos del pueblo americano. 86 “ Os traigo, Excelentisimo Senor, los homenajes de consideracion y r a respeto del Senor Presidente del Paraguay, los votos que formula por ^na vuestra prosperidad personal y la expresion de su sentimiento de MO admiracion por la grandeza de la nacion americana, la patria de nues- lies tras libres instituciones y la escuela en que se ban formado los mas Ian distinguidos estadistas de nuestro continente. oy “A1 hacer personalmente mios estos mismos votos, tengo el honor de poner en vuestras manos la carta credencial que me acredita en el un eievado caracter invocado. los “He dicho.” »ro- El Senor Presidente contest©: “Senor Ministro: Con el mayor placer recibo de vuestras manos tas, la carta del Excelentisimo Senor Presidente de la Republica del Para¬ res- guay, que os acredita en calidad de Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro i de Plenipotenciario de aquella Republica cerca del Gobierno de los Estados lar- Unidos, y escucho de vuestra boca que es la intencion de vuestro Gobierno establecer una Legacion permanente en esta capital. ‘nte “Puede V. descansar con confianza para el desempeno de los deberes de su mision en mi buena voluntad personal y en los amistosos senti- 808, mientos de los empleados de este Gobierno. lera “Aprecio sinceramente los buenos deseos que V. se sirve trans- mitirme de Su Excelencia el Presidente del Paraguay por mi pros¬ peridad y por el bienestar de los Estados Unidos, y confio en que V. se scrvira asegurar a Su Excelencia que este Gobierno tiene un ardiente deseo de que crezcau constantemente la prosperidad del Paraguay, DE y se continuen sin alteracion las relaciones cordiales que por tanto tiempo ban existido entre los dos paises.” idos OHIO ruay 4lk 1054 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICA8 AMERICANA8. Y b AVISO PRELIMINAR DEL OCTAVO CONGRESO N GEOGRAFICO INTERNACIONAL QUE ha DE 0 REUNIRSE EN WASHINGTON EN 1904. d ii Hubbard Memorial Hall, y Wmhington^ D. C., E. U. de A., enero de 1901^,. L c Habiendo acordado la Comision Ejecutiva del S^ptimo Congreso Geogralieo Internacional, que se reunio en Berlin en 1889, convwar i 0 s su proxinia sesion en Washington, y como quiera que la Sociedad Geogratica Nacional es la organizacion que tiene a su cargo la direc- c e cion de las sesiones en los Estados Unidos, dicha Sociedad en sep- ( tienibre de 1904, dara la bienvenida al Octavo Congreso y d sus c amigos a la Capital Federal de los Estados Unidos. Se invita cordialmente a todos los geografos y partidarios del pro- 1 1 greso geogratico en todo el mundo, y esjiecialmente a los miembros de las sociedades geogralicas d imstituciones analogas de indole cientitica, e para que se reunau en Washington, D. C., el dia 8 de septiembre de 1 1904, para celebrar la Primera Reunion Internacional de Geografos en ( el Hemisferio Occidental. For invitacion de la Sociedad Geografica Nacional, las siguientes ( sociedades se unen para dar la bienvenida al Congreso, y al mismo ( i tieinpo se proponen cooperar para que tenga exito, .sobre todoen cuanto se relaciona con las sesiones que se han de celebrar en sus respectivas ciudades: ( La Sociedad Geogratica Americana. La Sociedad Geogratica de Baltimore. La Sociedad Geogratica de Chicago. La Sociedad Geogratica de California. La Mazamas. El Club Artico de Peary. La Sochedad Geogratica de Filadeltia. El Club “Appalachian Mountain.”. Ljv Sociedad Geogratica del Pacitico. El Club Sierra. El Club Americano “Alpine.” El Club de Viajeros de Harvard. El Congreso se reunira en Wfchington el jueves 8 de septiembre. en el nuevo local de la Sociedad Geogratica Nacional,celebrara sesio¬ nes el 9 y 10 de dicho mes, celebrandose esta ultima sesion bajo loe auspicios de la Sociedad Geogratica de Baltimore. Los miembros, asociados y hu^spedes del Congreso, saldran de Washington el dia 12. y la Sociedad Geografica de Filadeltia los obsequiara durante este dia, y los (lias 13, 14 y 15, los obsequiara la Sociedad Geografica en Nueva OCTAVO C0NGRE80 OEOQRAFICO INTERNACIONAL. 1055 York, donde se celebrarsin sesiones cientilicas. El dia 16 los iniem- bros del Congreso tendran la oportunidad de visitar la« Caidas del Niagara, de paso hacia el Oeste, en un tren especial, y el dia 17 los obsequiara la Sociedad (leografica de Chicago. El lunes y martes, es decir, el 19 y 20 de septiembre,. a los miembros del Congreso se les invitara para que tomen parte en el Congreso Internacional de Artes y Ciencias, que esta relacionado con la Exposicion Universal de San Luis. En este ultimo punto se haran arreglos para visitar las exhibi- ciones que revistan interes geografico. En ca.so de que un niimero considerable de miembros y asociados del Congreso lo desearen, desde San Luis se proyectara una excursion al interior del oeste, hasta la Ciudad de Mexico, y desde alii hasta Santa Fe, y luego desde alii hasta el Gran Canon de Colorado, y continuar hasta San Francisco y la Golden Gate, donde las Sociedades Geograficas del Oeste les daran una cordial bienvenida y les dispensaran hospitalidad, regresando despues por cualquiera via 6 ruta que prefieran por las Montanas Kocallosas y las llanuras interiores, hasta los puertos del este. Si la comunidad y los fondos existentes los justitican, a les delegados extranjeros se les invitara como hu^spedes del ('ongreso, desde Washington hasta San Luis, via Baltimore, Filadelfia, Nueva York, Caidas del Niagara y Chicago. En la excursion al interior del oeste, se obtendran precios especiales, reduciendose asi considerablemente el costo de transporte con carros de dormir y comidas. Acaso sea nece- sario limitar el numero de personas en la excursion al interior del oeste. Tambi^n se espera obtener precios de transporte especiales para los miembros extranjeros de uno 6 mas puertos europeos, con tal que se obtengan oportunamente los informes necesarios en cuanto a la con- veniencia y gusto de dichos miembros. En el progama preliminar del mes de junio de 1904, .se daran informes definitivos sobre estos puntos. Los temas que .se han de tratar y discutir en el Congreso pueden cla.sificarse como sigue: 1. La Geografia Fisica, incluso la Geomorfologia, Meteorologia, Hidrologia, etc. 2. La Geografia Matematica, incluso la Geodosia y la Geofisica. 3. La Biogcografia, incluso la Botanica y Zoologia, en sus aspectos Geograficos. 4. La Antropogeografia, incluso la Etnologia. 5. La Geografia Descriptiva, incluso las exploraciones y los reco- nocimientos. 6. La Tecnologia, incluso la Cartografia, Bibliografia, etc. T. La Geografia Comercial 6 Industrial. 8. Ijb Historia de la Geografia. 9. La Educaci6n Geogratica. Se proporcionara una oportunidad especial para discutir los m^todos de hacer los reconocimientos y los mapas, y para hacer la comparacion 1056 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS BEPUBLICAS AMERICANA8. de esto.s raetodos, tales eoino se siguen en otros paises, con los tra- bajos de las Oficinas de Reconocimientos Federales y del Estado en este pais. Los miembros del Congreso tendran derecho si tomar parte en todas las sesiones y excursiones, y d concurrir a todas las reuniones sociales que se verifiquen en honor de siquel. Tambien recibu’an, ya sea que concurran 6 no al Congreso, las publicaciones de este, incluso el programa diario y el compte rendu final, 6 tonio que contenga las deli- lieraciones de dicho Congreso. La afiliacion la pueden obtener los miembros de sociadades geognifieas y sociedades analogas al efeetuar el pago de $5 (25 francos 6 20 marcos) a la Coniision de Arreglos. Las personas que no sean miembros de dichas sociedades, pueden afiliarse efectuando un pago semejante y mediante la eleccion que del^ra hacer la presidencia. Las senoras y los menores que acom- panen si los miembros, pueden registrarse como asoeiados al efeetuar el pago de $2.50 (12^ francos, 10 chelines 6 10 marcos) y gozaran de todas las prerrogativas de los miembros, excepto del derecho de votar y de recibir los impresos 6 publicaciones del Congreso. X los geografos y si sus amigos que deseen concurrir al Congreso 6 recibir sus publicaciones, se les suplica se dignen hacer saber su inten- cion lo msis pronto posible, a fin de que puedsin envisirseles sin demora los avisos posteriores, y de hacer los preparativos 6 arreglos necesa- rios parsv su transporte. Al recibo de las subscripciones se enviaran por el correo d los subscriptores las Ixsletas de miembros y asoeiados. Las prerrogativas del Congreso, incluso el derecho de particii)ar de las excursiones y las reuniones sociales, solo pueden concederse a los que tengan dichas boletas. Se espera sinceiamente que el Congreso de 190-1 sea no solo una asamblea de instituciones geograficas y otras sm*iedades analogas, sino tambien de geografos particulares; y con este fin por la presente se hace una invitacion especial a dichas organiza- ciones, jrnra que tomen parte en el Congreso por conducto de dele- gados, sobre la base de un delegado por cada 100 miembros, hasta un maximo de 10. El registro de las instituciones se hard gratis, aunque se espera que los delegados se subscriban como miembros. y d fin de que la lista de instituciones afiliadas (que se ha de publicar en un aviso posterior) merezea absoluta confianza, la Comision de Arreglos se reserva el derecho de no publicar el nombre de cualquier institucion que est^ pendiente de resolucion por parte de la Presidencia. Los impresos 6 publicaciones del Congreso se enviaran gratis d todas las instituciones 6 sociedades debidamente registradas. Se desea especialmente que las sociedades geograficas del llemisferio Occidental, aprovechen la oportunidad que este Congreso les ofrece para e.stablecer relacdones mds intimas con las del Viejo Mundo, y d fin de facilitar esto, el idioma espafiol serd reconocido como uno de los idiomas del Congreso, junto OCTAVO CONORESO GEOORAFICO INTERNACIONAL. 1057 con el francos, cl ingles, cl alemsin y el italiano, de acuerdo con la cos- tumbre ya ('stablecida; y las comunicaciones que al Congreso se dirijan piieden cscribirse en cualquieni de estos idionias 6 en otros. A las institiiciones ciiya indole no sea estrictaniente geografica, asi como a las bibliotecas, iiniversidades, acadeinias de ciencias y sociedades cientiticas, se les invita especialniente st que se subscriban conio niienibros, a tin de que reciban las publicaciones del Congreso a nicdida que se publiquen. .( los inieinbros y delegados que deseen presentar comunicaciones ante el Congreso, 6 que deseen proponer teinas para discutirlos, se les suplica que hagan saber sus deseos cuanto antes, a fin de (jue los titu- los 6 tenias puedan incorpoiarse en el Programa Preliminar que se ha de publicar en junio de IDOl. Debera expresarse el tieinpo que se necesita para presentar las comunicaciones, de lo contrario se con- cedenin 12 minutos. Se cree que no podran concederse mas de 20 minutos para presentar las comunicaciones, a menos que la Presiden- cia decida extender el tiempo por virtud del interes 6 importancia general del tema 6 asunto. Tanto la presidencia como la completa organizacion del Congreso (incluso los delegados), se anuncianm en el Programa Preliminar que se publicara en junio de 1004. Todos los dotaimentos 6 sumarios (jue se desee presentar ante el Con¬ greso, y todas las proposiciones y solicitudes que a este se refieran, se someteran a la consideracion de una comision de programa que ha de resolver si dichos documentos 6 extraetos deben incorporarse en los avisos, por mils que las decisiones de esta comision estaran sujetas a quo la presidencia las revise despu^s de reunirse el Congreso. Cualquiera proposicion que se relacione con la organizacion del congreso, 6 con el programa para la sesion que se ha de celebrar en Washington, tiene que recibirse por escrito el dia 1® de ma3'o de 1904, i mas tardar. Las comunicaciones A. Laweence Rotch, del Club Apalachiun Mountain, de lioston. . ZoNiA Haber, de la Sociedad Geograliea de Chicago. George Davison, de la Sociedad Geografica del .Pacitico, San Francisco. Frederick W. D’Evelyn, de la Sociedad Geogratica de California, San Francisco. John Muir, del Club Sierra, San Francisco. Rodney L. Glisan, Mazanias, Portland. Angelo Heilprin, American Alpine Club. Herbert L. Bridgman, Peary Arctic Club. William Morris Davis, Harvard Travellei's Club. J. H. McCormick, Secretario. COMISI^N DE FONDOS. * John Joy Edson, Presidente, Presidente de la Washington Ijoan and Trust Company. David T. Day, Cnited States Geological Survey. Chas. G. Bell, Presidente de la American Security and Trust Company. Al Octavo C!ongrk8o Geografico Intbrnacional, Hubbard Memorial Hall, Waehinffton, 1). C., U. S. A. El infrascrito, por la presente solicita que se le registre c^omo miembro del Octavo Congreso Geografico Intemacional y se subscribe por una (dos 6 m4s) quotas de afiliacion de $5 (25 francos, £1 u 20 marcos), y por.la quota de asociado de $2.50 (12} francos, 10 chelines 6 10 marcos). f Giro postal * Incluyo el monto de mi subscripcion en c Libranza sobre un Ijanco, 6 un cheque pe^ ( sonal. Nombre. Tftulo y Po6ici6n. Direc(d6n por Correo Fecha. IXFORMBS ADU'IONALBB. El arriba firmado serd un delegado oficial del.y probable- mente se hallard presente en el Congreso; y es probable que presente documento .con el tftulo de. ’ Desearfa tomar parte on las sesiones que se ban de celebrar en San Lufs; y deset unirse & la excursion & Mexico y al Oeste de los Estados Unidos y, adeiii^s, se permite sugerir que por el correo se le envien ejemplares del aviso preliminar, 4 U siguiente direccifin 6 direcciones: _ ’• * Borrese lo que quiera omitirse. Las libranzas o giros postales deben enviarse 4 favor de John Joy Edson, Tesorero, & cuyo favor tambi^n deben girarse los chequta'j Sfrvanse llenar las plantillas de una manera k>gible y en la forma en que se deset | qne se inserten en las listas oficiales del Congreso. RECLA^IACIONKS DE INDEMNIZACION PECUNIA- RIA POR DAKOS Y PERJUICIOS OCASIONADOS A CIUDADANOS DE UN ESTADO AMERICANO, RESIDENTES, ACCIDENTAL 6 PERMANENTE- MENTE, EN OTRO ESTADO TA^IRIEN AMERICANO. Ljis nuincrosas ciiestiones dc interes {jononil y heneticio coniun u t(xlas las naciones do Aiiierioa quo con mayor 6 iiienor extension se discutieron en la Confcrencia Internacional Americana, tenida on Wasliinjfton desde el 2 dc octnbrc de 1SSI> hasta el I'J de Abril de 1890, determinaron al Senor Presidcnte de los Estsidos Unidos dc America, (jue era entonces el lamentado Senor William McKinlky, a nianifestar en su ultimo Mensaje al Conjjreso, quo seria conveniente para las referidas naciones reunirsc otra vez, y celebnir una segunda Conferencia, no ya en la capital de los listados Unidos, a quien ya se habia dispensado tal honor, sino en la de cualquier.i otra de las Repu- blicas (pie tuviesen a bien iiermitirlo. Consecuente con esta manifestacion del Primer Magistrado dc los Estados Unidos de America, el Senor Secretario de Estado de los mismos preiMiro una circular, que fu6 enviada a todos los Senores representantes diplomilticos de las naciones de America acreditados en Washington, desenvolviendo convenientemente el pensamicnto presidcncial, y proponiendo que se Ic llevase il cfecto tan pronto coino fuesc posible. Phi conversaeion particular con cl Senor P^mliajador de Mexico, manifesto poco depuds el mismo Sefior Secretario de Estado, quo su Gobierno miraria con coiiqilacencia (pie la ciudad dc Mdxico resultasc elegida para la celebracion de la Conferencia, si para ello no existia inconveniente. (Jonocido que fue, por la circular expresada, ciial era el pensamicnto del Gobierno dc Washington, los difei’entes Gobiernos de Amdrica se apresuraron il exponer, por sus resjiectivos representantes, adcmas de 8u aipiiescencia al jxjnsamiento en general, su aprolmcion de la idea deque la reunion se efectuivse en la capital de la ilustrada y floreciente nacion inexicana. Y no solo .se hizo ivsi, sino (pie por invitacion del Senor Don JoaquIn BkknardoCalvo, el miembro mils antiguo de la que entonces se llainaba Coinision P^jecutivade la Union Internacional de las Uepiiblic»s Ameri- canas, .secelcbro en Washington, el 23 de mayo de IIXX), en estaOticina Internacional de las Republicas Americanas, una reunion de los Senores representantes de la Union, en que dio lectura el Senor Calvo d un luniinoso infonne relative al asunto, que venia acompKiiiado, aunque conio era natural con solo cl caiac-ter de simple proyecto, un “ Pro- grama” de las tareas de (pie la Conferencia de Mdxico deberia ociijiarse. Bull. No. 5—04-3 1059 1060 OFiriNA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANA8. No hay iii'ccsidad do inoncionar on osto lugiir, dado el ohjcto de este artieulo, siiio quo el “ Proj^nima” del St'fior Calvo, aprohado jx)r la Coniision Kjeciitiva de la Union, eontenia conio teroer asunto de la Conferenela de Mexieo el relativo al e.stuhlecimiento do una “Corte Internaeional do Keclainaciones.” No ^iordio tienijx) el Gohierno de Mexleo, y el 15 de agosto del inisnu) ano se dirigid |)oi’ el, a los Senore.s Ministro.s de Relaeiones Exteriores de todas las naeiones de Ainei’iea, nna nota de invitacion para la (’onfereneia, sujdieandoles (pie enviaran a la capital inexicana los delegados que tiivieran a hien noinhrar, asi'gnrando a estos de anteinano la nnis cordial hienvenida, y inanif(‘stando (pie se hahia con- siderado el 22 de octuhre de conio el dia nnis a proposito jiara la inauguracion de la Asainblea. 'I'odo se liizo conio sc hahia deseado, y ciiando etn[X'zaron los tra- hajos, y (picdii organizada dehidaniente la Conferenela, entre las Coniisiones |ierinanentes (pie en ella sc estahlceieron, tigiiio coino “Coniish'ni Ciiarta,” la (pie tenia jHir ohjcto el estudio de algiin plan para el estahlecimiento do un ‘’‘Trihunal Pananiericano de Eipiidad, 6 de Keclainaciones.” Esta Comisuin, ipiese coinpusode siete niienihros, quedo constituida conio sigiie: —El Ilonomhle Sefior John Kauhkt, delegado de los Ustados Unidos de Ainiirica. —Los Ilonorahles Senores Don FiiANtaaco L. dk la Karra, deli'gado de Mexico; Don Luis Fklii'E Carho, deh'gado del Ecuador; Don Luis F. Corea, delegado de Nicaragua; Don Jose IIyoino Duarte Pereira, delegado por el Knisil; Don Antonio Lazo Arriaua, dele¬ gado jM»r (Tiiateniala; y Don Auousto Matte, delegado por Chile. En liigar del Ilonorahle Sefior Corea, qiie tiivo necesidad de ausen- tarse, fin' nonihrado para ocupar sii piiesto el Ilonorahle Senor Don Kaltasar Estui'ixi.xn, deh'gado por El Salvador, (pie reniinch') dos dias despiK's y fiKj siistituido por sii colega en la deli'gaciiin de la inisnia Kcpiihlica, el Ilonorahle Senor Don Francisco A. Reyes. El lanientado falleciniiento del Ilonorahle Sefior Don Jose IIyoino Duarte Pereira, delegado del Krasil, causii una segunda vacantc en la Coniisiini de (pie sc trata, y tiella se jiroveyo en si'guidacon el noni- hraiiiiento del Ilonomhle Sefior Don Juan Cuestas, delegado por Uruguay. El cuidado que se tiivo en elegir para esta Coniisiiin iin jx>rsonal tan hrillante, coinpuesto de ahogados, jieritos jx»r lo tanto en el asunto que so encoiiiendo ii su estudio, y de representantes de aquellas deternii- nadas naeiones que por su grandeza, su jxider, y otnis circunstancias, parecian nnis indicadas para influir con el peso de su opiniiin en la recta .solucion del problema, niuestra hien, jxir si solo, que a jwsar de la RECLAMACIONES I’ECITNIARIAS. 1061 prudencia ex«]iiisita con (jiie ol llonorahlo Scnor Caia o se limito 5i for- mular nada mas (jiie por su titulo el particular ilc una “Corte Inter- nacional do llcclaiuacioiics,” la C\)nferoncia entcndio ih REOLAMACIONKS PECHNIARIAS. 1063 l^stas fucron sus palabras: “TKIBUNAI. INTEKNACIONAI. DE KECEAMACIOKES. “ Sc ha creido que podria no ser impi-acticable la organizacion de nn Tribunal encargado dc exaniinar y determinar reclaniaciones de indcinnizacion entrc las Rcpiiblicas amoricanas, roalizandosc dc esc modo nil cvidcntc progreso en la administracion dc justicia, piics asi se ajustarian nuichas difercncias onojosas, que till vez no jKxlrfan arreglarsc facilmcntc por nicdios diploniiiticos. Sin embargo, cl titulo de “ Tribunal de Rcclamaciones,” aunque propio hastii cierto punto, ticne el inoonveniente dc cstar ya dado a otros tribunales nuestros, y dc poder dar margen, usandolo intcrnacionalincntc, a niahis interpre- taciones. Sena tal vez mejor darlc el titulo de “Tribunal Intcrna- cional de Equidad,” por cuanto su cxclusivo objeto ha de scr tmtar con equidad d, los (pic creen halwr sufrido injusticia eu un piis extnin- jero, y earccen dc remedio judicial jxira rcpanirla. “El Gobierno de los Estados Unidos estil dispuesto, on principio, a favorecer cl estiiblecimiento de un Tribunal de esta clase para las Repu- blicas amoricanas, si es que esto puedo hacerse practiciimenb'; pero la forma en quo aquel deba constituirse estii sujetji a serias diticultadcs. Es de dcsear, si cs posible, que se eviten los bien conotudos males de las Comisiones mixtas, 3' que sc tenga un Tribunal permanentc, juiciosa- monte organizado, al (pie puedan sometersc, sin las demonis consiguien- tes a la formacion dc una Junta 6 Tribunal de arbitraje, las cuestiones dc indemnizaci()n. Los principios geneniles 3'a mencionados bajo el titulo de Arliitnije, delienin aplicarse en este ciiso. La constituciim del Trilninal de La Ilai'a puedc servir do base para un plan general de organizaciim, particularmcnte en lo que constitu3’c su pensamiento representativo, 6 sea que cada Potencia signataria suministre uno 6 mas miembros, y se constitu3'a dc entre ellos el Tribunal ad hoe cpie ha de conocer del caso, compuesto de uno, tres, cinco 6 siete miem¬ bros, segun la importancia del asunto. El Gobierno de los Estados Unidos no ticne, sin embargo, plan alguno especial que ofrecer, y cree que es prefcrible que toda projiosicion y proyecto acerca de este asunto venga de los deniiis Estados americanos. El 6xito de un Tri¬ bunal de estii clase dependera en gran manera dc su personal, y do la aceptiiciiSn con que sc recilmn sus primeros fallos. Us iiidudable quo toda oposiciiin a este plan se disminuinl considerablemente, si el Tribunal sc estiiblece por via dc ensa3'’o, y se deja su organizacion detinitiva pirsi una <5poca posterior, en que sc aprovechen debidamente los rcsultados de la ex|)eriencia. Si la Conferencia forinulase una convenciini general rcsjx'cto de este objeto, las probabiliihides dc su ratificaciini se aumentarian, si el experiinento se limitase a un cierto tienipo determinado, y no se diese si nada el canicter de oliligatorio. Todo esfuerzo fructifero para realizar su proposito aumentaria su vitalidad y lo haria acreedor gradualmento d la confianza pdblica.” 1064 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICA9 AMERIOANA8. El 5 de novieinl)re do 1901 fue cl primer di:i on (juo la Coiiferenoia de Mexico se ocupo de este asunto. El acta de la se.sion de aquel dia (AcOi No, 9) contiene entre otras cosas los si En el interesante informe (pie el Honorable Sefior Lazo Akuiaga dirigio a su Gobierno, el 15 de niarzo de 1902, y ha sido impreso con el titiilo de “Guatemala en la Segunda Conferencia Internacional Americana,’'' se da cuenta de este particular en los k'rminos (pie i continuaci(in se expresan: “COKTK INTERNACIONAL DE RECLAMACIONES. “ Rclacionado intimamente con la cuesti(>n del arbitraje, ya (pie mas bien pudiera decirse (pie forma jiartc esencial de ella, esta el tercer punto del prognima de la Conferencia, (pie se retiere a la organizacion de un Tribunal encargado de conocer 3' decidir todas las reclamaciones int(*rnaci()nales por danos y perjuicios pecuniarios. “Cuando me ocupii de prepanir el programa, incliu y logri^ liacer aceptar la idea de que crearanios una Cork internacional de esta indole (pie, en forma regular y pernianente, yiyya n^solyiendo las demandas jior danos y jierjiiicios, (pie con frecuencia intentan ciudadanos 6 cor- jKiraciones de un pais contra el Gobierno de otro. F^sta institucion constituiria—ii mi nKxlo de ver—el jirso pnietico mas avanzado que las naciones de Ann'i-ica danaii jnira arreglar difereneias (pie, ii veces, dificiiltan sus relaciones diplomaticas, y alteran el deseo natural ([ue las anima de aeerearse mas y mas cada dia, en beiieticio de sus coniunes intereses. “ Dos razones influj'eron en que 3*0 hiciei’a de este punto un ailiculo esjiecial, en vez de dejarlo incorjxirado en el general de arbitraje. End la primera, la natunileza casi excliisivamente juruliea de o.sU clase de reclamaciones, tan diferente de otros asuntos que, como los de Imiites, inkiqiretaciiMi de tratados, etc., asumen mas bien un caracter politico; y la segunda consistii'i en el deseo de facilitar su consideniciini por la Conferencia, jnies jxidia anticipar.se que, resjiecto de este negocio, no habria divergencias notables entre las delegaciones, mientras que era facil preveer las numerosas dificulta- nKC'T.AMACIONES PKCUmARIAS. 1065 (les, till voz insuixM-.ihlcs, nuo liallaruiiiios al (H'Uj)arno.s do la cuostion geiK'ral do arbitrajo. Kn otros U'nniiios, yo dosoaba (jiie si no llej^a- Ikiiiius si onteadernos i-espooto do lo ultimo, salviiiiimos del naufragio al monos lo primoro. “Mis prev'isiones estuvieron miiy ceresi do contirmarso; poro feliz- raonto ol 6xito <-orond nuestros esfuerzos on ambas oossis. “ Al (jiiodsir oi’ganizsida Isi Conforoncia, introduje, ol 6 do noviombro, Isi inicisitivsi (jiio tigiira ontro los anoxos, sioomi)ansindola do Itis fmsos quo on soguidsi tninscu'il)o: “Senokes 1)ELE(saik)s: Lsis roohimaoionos pordanos}’ porjuicios, do ciudsidsinos 6 oorixsrsioionos do un jsais oontrsi ol (Jobiorno do otro, son causa oonstauto (lo friooicni ontro nsioioiu's amigas, y si voces dan lugsir si corrospondsMicia diplomsitioa muy iMiojosa. “Aim on ol csiso do (pio Isis pari(“s intorosadsvs lloguon sd sicuordo do somotor sus diforoncisis si Isi dooisii'm do un juoz imparcial, subsisto por nuiolio tiompo la ponosa impivsii'm priHlucidsi por aquellas controvorsias y, no pocsis voces, contribuye si mantonor vivas doscontisinzsis y rocolos, con porjuicio do la buonaarmoiua (juo dolio oxistir ontro nsicionesamigsis. “ rA'itar, on lo posiblo, osas causas do friccii'm y dossicuordo oquivalo, simi juicio, si trsibajar del modo msis prsictico y ofoctivo ixir el man- ti'nimionto do Isi paz y buonsis ridsicionos ontro las Hojiublicas do Anu'rica. “Tsil (‘s ol nmvil quo mo gui(') cusindo, al tenor ol honor do formsir psiilodol Comiti' do rodaccii'm dol progi-simado ostaC’onforoncia, sugoid y logn' hacor acoptar, ol punto (pio so rotioro si la orgsmizsicifui do una Cort(‘ intornsicionsil do Equidsid, quo docidsi los lu'gocios do su couqx'- tencia. “Otrsis rsizonos do no menor importsiiuMsi, mo obligsiron si porsovonir, dosdo entoncos, on mi jinqx'isito do truer si la atoncii'm do osta C^mfo- roncia ol tnisc('n “Otros proycctos fueroii prosontudos por las delogat*iones de Mexico y de Chile y, despues de eonsidenirlos todos, la Comision respeetiva (|ue tuve el honor de presidir, cn el deseo de llej^ar a un acuerdo eon la delegacion de los h^sttulos Unidos de Anieriea, creyo prudente aceptar dos sugestiones que ella hizo, y que consistieron en fpie, en vez de organizar un Tribunal ainerieano de roelainaciones, soinetiei’ainos estas al conociiniento de la Corte de La Haya, y que se diera al convenio la dui’acion liniitada de cinco anos, a tin de “ EXP08ICi6.\ de motivos del PROYEtrrO DE CORTES T\TERNA('I0NALE8 DE RECLAMACIONES QUE SOMETE LA DELEOACK^N MEXICANA A lA SEGUNDA CONFERENCIA INTERNACIONAL AMERICANA. “ Senores Delegaikis: Pocas consideraciones necesitarii hacer la Delegacion Mexicana pain fundar, en especial, el pro3’ecto de tnvtado para la constituciini de Cortes Internacionales de Reclamaciones, (jue somete ii la sabiduria de la Confereneia. “ La dilicultad con que se ha tropezado en ocasiones para (X'lebinr tratados de arbitnije permanente, auncpie no .sea ilimitado, no puede existir pain aceptar el qu(> da medios facilcs, expeditos y |x>co co.stosos, que permitan resolver las cuestiones que surjan j)or las reclamaciones pecuniarias ipic .se pivsenten contra un Estado de los representados en la Confereneia. “En aquellos, ha^' en jui'go, <> pueden e.starlo cuando menos, intc- reses jxiliticos o .sociales (pie tienen el jieligro, apuntado por C’orsi, de despertar pasiones (pie lleven al Derecho Internacional la eoiu'epcion del honor, tal y como el feudalismo la concibio. En I'.ste, sc tinta S(')l() do intere.ses pecuniarios (pie dan liigar ii cuestiones que, por lo coniiin, pueden revestir formas juridicas. RECLAMACIONKS PECUNIARIAS. 1007 “No impkle, sin embargo, este proyecto quo la resolucion de tales cuestiones se sujete si los Tribunales que se constituyan conforine a lo acuerdos del Tratado general de Arbitraje 6 a jurisdieciones especiales. “ El tnitado de 12 de enero de 1897, entre los Kstados Unidos y la Gran Bretafia fue la base que atlopto la Delegaeion Mexicana al formar el proyecto adjunto. “ Moditieo aquel convenio en pimtos substiinciales; pero aeepto la inaneia sencilla y exjiedibi que acpiella reeoinienda para la eonstitucion do las Cortes Internacionalos. “ El tratado Olney-Pauncefotk (antes meneionado), inerecio los elogios de hoinbres de ciencia de estadisUis, y futi objeto de algunos abiques en el Senado amerieano. Este Cuerpo lo reehazo, fundado, prineipalinente, en que las cuestiones territoriales 6 (pie afecten la jxiUtica interior 6 exterior de los Estados Unidos, no debian ser sonieti- das a arbitraje y en cpie para oada caso en rpie se aeudiera a esta insti- tucuMi, debia constituirse un tribunal espeicial. “ Estos inconvenientes ipiedan salvados en el proyecto adjunto. “ Se consulta en el que los drbitros no sean nacionales de los jmises contendores, para buscar condiciones de imparcialidad, de acuerdo con la opiiii()n de Olivi, el profesor de la Universidad de Bolonia, y con los jMictos pam ese tin incluidos en el tratado de arbitmje perinanente ceicbrado entre Suiza y los Estados Unidos el 24 de julio de 1883 y cn la ConvenciiHi Postal Universal de 4 de julio de 1891. “ Se tijan plazos pi'udentes para la constituciiai del Trilmnal arbitral, para la producciiin de la sentencia y para la inter|K>sici()n de los recur- 80S, con cl objeto de inipedir que esos litigios se jierpetuen, creciondo cn iinportancia tal vez. No si'ilo ha deseado formar la Delegaciiin Cortes iinparcialcs y de facil eonstitucion, sino sujetas si procediniientos exiM'ditos. “X estos tres fines va encaminiulo el proyecto, y como son obvias las razones (pie los basan, se liniita la Delegaci()n Mexicana pedir aten- tamente (pie psise ese proyecto ti la Comision respectiva, si cuyo estu- dio se somete si la vez la Exposicidn general de inotivos (pie contiene las opiniones de los sulxscritos en materia de arbitraje y los fundamen- tos de ellas. “ Mi'xico, 23 de octubre de 1901. “(t. Raioosa, Prmhlcute. “ JoAQUtN I). CaSA.SUS. “Josf: I>'»1*KZ PoKTII.IX) Y R0.IAS. “ Emilio Paudo, .tk. “Paiux) Maceih). “Alfkeik) Ciiaveko. “ FitANciatx) L. de i,a Barra. “ Manuel SXnchez Marmol. “ UosENDo Pineda.” 10r»8 OFICINA INTEKNACIONAL DK LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANA8. “■ PROYECTO DK TKATADO (PKOl’UKSTO l*OK M^:XICO) PARA I-A CONSTI- TU<'I«'>N DK (’ORTKS INTER NACIONALKS DK REI^LAMACIONES. “AiirfcuLo 1". Ltis Alias I’lirtos (^onti-iitiintos se obligaii ti soineter al estudio y resohicion de las Cortes Interiuu-ionales ((iie se coiiNtituyan conl’ornio al proseiite eonvenio, las reclamacionos procedentcs de dafios pecuniarios y de jicrjiiieios experimeiitados por iin Estado 6 |X)r sus nacioiialos, con inotivo de actos u oinisioiies ilejjales tie otro Estado 6 de los nacionales de este, sienipre tpie no haA’an jtoditlo ser resueltas esas rt'clainaciones ])or la via diploinatica. Esta oliligaeidn naee desde el dia en tjne lo retpiiera uno de los (JohitM’nos discordes. “Art. ti". La C/orte Internacional de Keclainaciones se fonnara, en cada east), de la sijruiente inanera: eatla Parte noinbnira nn arbitrt) en la })ersona de un jiirisconsnlto tie renonibre, tjue nt> sea naeional tlel Estatlo (jiie It) nonibra, y los dos arbitros elej^iran un tereero tpie pre- sitlira la Corte y en tjuien se reuniran atinellas et)ndieiones. Si no pudieren jionerse de acuerdt) paiii el noinbrainientt), acudiran al Presi- dente tlel Supremo Tribunal de tlustieia de aljjuna tie las Kepiiblieas Ainerieanas, pani tpie designe el arbitro, el eual nt) ptalni ser naeional de lt)s Estados (jue tengan interes en la eontrttvei’sia, “Si no tpiedare ht'cha la designaeidn del Presitlente de la Corte tres nieses desput*s tie la fecba en tpie se bizo el noinbrainiento tie los dos arbitros, {Htdrsl revttearse estt*, y los Estados tpie los eligieron ixMlnin nt)nibrar nuevt)s arbitros del inodo establecitlt) anterittrmente. “Art. 8". Si fueren mas tie tlos lt)s Estados tpie aeuden al arbitraje, en la forma tpie estableee este Tratado, eada jMirte nombrara un arbitro, y los arbitros proveeran, de la maneni prt'scripta en el articulo ante- rit)r, al nombinmiento tlel Presidentt* tie la Ctirtt*. P^ste tentlni, pirn el east) tie em|)at(‘, voto tie calitlad. “Art. 4". A falta de estipulacion expresa en contnirio, la Corte senalara el lugar y la fecba tie sus sesiones y tleterminara el procedi- mientt) tpie se baya de seguir. El Estadt) tpie stistenga la reclamacion tijarii con ttsla claridatl y precision la materia tlel litigio; el demandado expondra sus defensas, y ainlKis presimtaraii a la Corte las pruelwis y alegatos tpie estimen |K‘rlinentes dentro tie lt)s plazos tpie tijt*, en cada caso, el comprtmiiso, d a falta tie aciu'rdo en este puntt), dentrt) de los que establezca la Ctirte. Esta |X)dra jiedir a las pirtes la prtKluccion de documentt)s, decretar el examen de testigtis 6 la pnictica de cuales- tpiiera otras diligencias tpie juzgue necesarias para ilustrar su opinion, en cualtpiier tiempo antes tie prtmuneiar el laudt). “Art. 6“. La sentencia sera dictatla dentro tie tres meses, contatlos desde la fecba en tpie se tleclard cerrada la instruccion; exjxmdra los motivosdel fallo v sera suliscripta pir ttxlos los miembrosde la Corte. Si se hubiert; dictatb) ptr maytiria tie votos, cl miembrt) 6 miembros disitlentt's ptxlran extender vt)to particular; jH‘ro subscribinin la sen- ttmcia. RFOLAMACIONES PECUNIARIA8. 1069 “Akt. 6". Si ^stsi Imbieresulodictatlopor uimuimidud de votos, sersi detiiiitiva, y ixKlni interponer.se el recurso de aclaracion de ella ante la inisina Corte, dentro de dos nieses, desde la fecha del laudo, en caso de (^pie su retlaceidn pueda dar lugar a dudas 6 a interpreta- cionos diversas 6 contrarias, 6 cuando .se haya oinitido la re.soluoi6n aeerca de alguno de los puntos litigiosos. “La Corte, oyendo a ainbiis partes, resolvent tlentro de un ines desde la fecha en (jiie .se haya interpu»*sto el recurso. “■ .\uT, 7”. Si la .sentencia huhiere sido di(‘tada por inayoria de votos, potlni int “Art. 1.5. La cle.nuiicia del Tratsulo, hecha por alj^uno do los Estadoa que lo subscriljen, .surtira sus efectos un afio despue.s de la feoha de ella, y .solo respecto a e.so Estjido. “ Las potoncias que de.seen adherirse a cste convenio, podrtin hacerlo en cualquier tieiiqx), Iwistando para ello dar il conocer su resolueion a las qiie lo huhieren celelu’ado, mediantc notiticaciou eseritii dirijflda al Gobierno do los Esbulos Uiiidos Mexicanos, (pie este conmnieara a los otros Gobiernos contmtantes. “ Mexico, 23 do octubre de 1901. “G. Ratoosa, Pnshhnte. “JoAQUfN D. CaSASU.S. “.losft Ij(5pez Poktii.i.<) y Rojas. “Emilio Pauik) (Jr.). “ Parlo Maceih). “Alfredo Ciiavero. “Francisco L. de la Barra. “Manuel SXnciiez M.\kmol. “Rosendo Pineda.” En la .sesion del 27 de enero de 1902 se dii) cutMita con el dictanien de l.a (yomisiini. El acta de la sesicni de ese dia (Act.a No. 30) dice a esc resjiecto lo “diCTAMEN de la COMISK'iN de CORTES INTERN Al'IONAI.ES DE RFJ’LAMACIONES. “Senores Deleoados: Li C’-oinision de Cortes Internacionalos de Reclanuiciones tiene la lionni de .soineter a la considemci(5n de la Con- ferencia el adjunto proyecto do tiatado, para la resolucicni, jair medio del arbitraje, de las cnestioiu's (pie surjan con motivo de las roclaina- ciones de particiilares, procedentes de danos y jicrjiiicios peciiniarios causados jxir un Gobierno. “Obvias son las mzones (pie fundan la conveniencia del proyecto. Las diticultades (pie existen,en opinii'ni dealj^unas do. bts IVlepiciones de e.sta Conferencia, para estalili'cer un tnitado {jenenil de arbitnije obligiitorio, no .se prcsentan en el asunto de este inforine; las cuestione.s que inenciona el articulo 1" son indeiiendientes de laspoliticas()s(x;iale8 que a]iasionan a los pueblos u tieneii relaci(5n diri'cta con los intereses vitales de estos. Adeinas, aipielliis cuestioncs ri'vi.sten, jior lo comuD, formas juridicas. “Se propone la sumi8i6n de esos ca.sos al 'I'ribunal de I^a Haya, con- I RECLAMACIONES I’ECUNIARIAS. 1071 forme a las temleneias (jue lia mostimlo unaiumcmeiitc estji Asjimhlca. “Creemos (jiie si os aprolwulo el proyecto, cuyos preceptos funda- reinos ampliamciite ante la Conferencia, si alguno de los Senores Delej^ados lo desca, sc liabrsi cvitado iina de las eausas mas cnojosas y frceiientcs de diseutimieiito entre Natdoncs uini^^. “rUOYKtTO 1>K TKATADO. “Akticulo 1”. Las Altas I’artes Contraiites se obligiin a somoter a arbitraje totlas la-s reelainaciones por dafios y perjuieios jMjeuniarios, que scan presentadas i)or sus ciudadanos respeetivos, cuando, conforme al Deroeho Internaeional, proceda la via diplomatiea, y no se hayan podido |M)ner de acuerdo aniistosainente jHir esc medio los Gobiernos interesados, sicmpre (lue el importe de la reelamacion exccda de diez mil })esos oro, y ipie el reelamante no haya servido 6 auxiliado volnn- tariamente, despues de la fecha de la ratiticiicion de cstc Tratado, a los enomigos del Gobierno eontm el quo sc prcscntc la reijamaeion. “Akt. 2”. En virtud de la facultad ((ue reconoee el articulo 26 de la Convcnciou para el arreglo jmatico de los eonflietos intcrnacionales, las Altas Partes Contratantes convienen en someter a la decision de la Corte Permancnte de arbitraje quo dicha Conveneion cstablece, t RECLAMACIONES PECUNIARIAS. 1073 , las nacioncs sijjnatjirias si acudir al arbitraje, cuaiulo Isis reclainsicionos seals do .sislicionto iniportanoia para ameritar los jfastos, palalsrsis elsis- j ticas y vsif^as, quo ahren una ancha puerta para spic cual(|uiera do Isvs Partos Coiitratantcs piit'da oludir cl cuinplimiento do las ohligaciones I impiiostas j)or ol proyeoto do Tratado. “S. K, ol Sr. i)E LA Bakka explico si S. E. el Sr. L^geu Isis nizones on quo so fHilda la iiiodiHosieion quo oncuentra tan poligrosa cl II. Dolc- I gado do Haiti. En el primer proyeoto de la Delegacion Moxicaiia y eii el de S. E. cl Sr. Lazo Akkiaga, no se sefialo minimum silgiino. Con postorioridad, la Comision croyo oonveniente tijarlo para cvitar que los gastos del arbitraje fiieran superiores si la cantidad que se demandara. llubo elivcrgonoia de opiniones en el seno de la misma Comision siooroa del monto spie dobia tijarse al rcferido minimum, <|ue por su naturaloza I niisinsi tiene spie ser arbitrario. Por liltimo, parecio lo msis rsicional, dadas esas ditieultades, redsiotar el articulo en los terminos quo acaba de esoucliar esta Asamblea. No es e.xaoto como asegura S. E. el Sr. L^xiKR que quoda abiertsi Isi puertsi pani eludir la obligaoion de some- terse al arbitraje: si surgiera una discusion sobre los gastos que delien erogsirse, la parte roclamante pudiora garantizarlos, <|uitando asi todo pretcxto si la que quisiersv invooar Isis palabras del articulo para lilwr- tarse de la mencionsvda oliligacion. Por otni parte, ni en dichas pala- bras, ni en ningunas otms del proyeoto, jKxlrisi ninguna nacion, sin faltar si su deooro, aixiyarse par.i infringir el psu-to tan olaro, tan ter- minante y tan preoiso, expresado en la primem jMirte del articulo al debate. *‘S. E. el Sr. Elmore, Dolegado del Porii, llamo Isi sitoncion do la Conferenoia sicer»-si do las ultimas {salalsras del articulo 1" *|ue estsiblece como condicibn jsarsi someU*r al arbitraje las roclamsiciones pordafiosy perjuicios pecimiarios, que ol reclamanto no Isaysi servido 6 auxilisido volimtsiriamente al Gobierno contra el quo se presenta la reclsimai-ibii. Tal como estsi redsictado el toxto, inqxsrtsi una rostrici’ibn al sirbitr.ije y haco de mojor condicibn al roclamante enomigo del Gobierno rcclsi- mado; y como de seguro no puode ser esa la mento de la Comisibn, pido si esta que suprima la psirto tinal del articulo 1". “■ Ilabiendo indicado S. E. el Sr. de la Barra quo Isi condicibn com- batidsi por S. E. el Sr. Elmore tiene por fundamento la necesidsid de proporcionar si los Gobiernos armas de defensa contra los pcrturlKidores del orden, S. E. el Sr. HENutyuEZ y Carvajal, Dolegado de la Kepublica Dominicana, hizo presente al H. Delegado de Mexico, ipie con sus explicociones no bsibisi destruido las objeciones de S. E. el Sr. Elmore, y que es evidente que de las psilabras del articulo se desprende (jue el hecho de ser el reclamante enemigo del Gobierno cierra la puerta, no & la reclamac-ibn, sino al arbitraje. “ S. E. el Sr. BERM>yo, Delegado de la Argentina, se manifestb con- vencido de que el proy’ecto (pie se propone importa un verdiulero 1074 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICA9 AMERI0ANA8. acleliiiito cn la j^rave materia clc hus reclamaeioncs peeuniarias, y cons- titiiye una {^arantia y iina defensa en favor do lo.s pueblos d^ibiles contra las injustas pretensiones dc los fucrtes. Por eso desea que se redaete dicho proyecto con el mayor acierto posible, y en consecuencia se proponw examinar las objeciones presentadas contra el articulo 1® en el curso de esta discusion, Respecto de las palabras intercaladas ‘de acuerdo con la Convencion dc La Haya para cl arreglo pacilico de los conflictos internacionales,’ micnti-as mas piensa el orador en el aleance (jue puedan tener, mas sc convcncc de que unicamente piieden referirse al articulo 19 de la mcncionada Convencion. Se manitiesta jfrandemente sorprcndido de que sc lijc como condieion indispensable, jiaraque sea obligatorio el arbitnije, que las reclamaeioncs scan de suli- ciente importancia para ameritar los gastos: en primer lugar, ni en cl Dereelio Puldico ni en el Dcreeho Privado, se ha sulxu’dinado nunca la justicia de una reclamaeion al monto de la cantidad a que ella asc-iende, y que siempre es relativ^a a los recursos del rcclamante, sirviendo tan solo la mayor 6 menor euantia de la dcmanda para fijar la jurisdiecion ante la cual debe acudir aqu61 para liacer efectivos sus derechos. Por otra parte, cs imposible lijar dc antemano la suma a que ascenden'm los giustos de un arbitrajc, porque sin conocer sus mayorcs 6 mcnores difi- cultades y la importancia de los trabajos dc los que cn ellos inter- vcndran, no hay base ninguna de qu6 partir para aprcciar diehos gastos. Finalmente, las reclamaeioncs de que aqiu se trata, no son sino de nacion contra nacion, y no es licito suponer que ningfin Cobicrno haga reclamaciones si otro por sisuntos insigniticantes. En eusinto si la condieion establccida resi^ecto al reclamante cnemigo del Gobierno reclsimado, opina S. E. el Sr. Bermejo que estsl fuera de lugar en el texto que se discutc, porque ella importa una regia impuestsi si los slrbitros para dictar sus resoluciones. “S. E. cl Sr. Buchanan, Delcgsido de los Estados Unidos, dijo: que se hablan hecho objeciones si cste articulo, por tres diferentes eapltulos: primero, el cambio de la forma de la redaecion original por la que ahora existe. Que si el le jmrccla que euestiones de tanta importsineia era mejor tiatarlas llanamentc y sin haecr referenda d los hechos del caso. Que si este articulo sc redactaba cn la forma indicada jKsr el Honorable Delegsido de la Republiea Argentina, el resultado podria scr, (jue en caso de no haeer ninguna limitacion 6 indicacion, respecto si lo que habrla de constituir una reclamaeion de suficiente importancia para justiticar su sumision al arbitraje, que una reclamaeion de mil pesos, por ejemplo, presentada por un ciudadano de un pals contra otro pils, en vez de ser resuelta quedarla indefinidamente pendiente; y esto graeias al simple ofreeimiento del pals demandado, de .someter d arbi¬ traje la reclamsicion, pues es prdctica universal que el reclamante tengsi que psigsir los gastos inherentes d la tramitacion de sus reclamaciones, y en consecuencia, la solucion podria esquivarse fundandose cn que el 6 RKCLAMACIONES PECUNIARIAS. costo del arbitmje habna de ser tres 6 cuatro veces mayor que el de la reclamacion misina. La cuestion relativa al monto de la reclamacion es a menudo de muy escasa importancia, pudiendo presentarse muy bien el caso de una reclamacion de mil pesos en la que estuvdesen implicadas cuestiones que diesen al a.sunto tal entidad ^ importancia, que los dos Gobiernos interesados llogasen a convenir en someter a arbitraje el caso, jwr tratarse de una cuestion de principios en el iniplicada. “Su Excelencia manifesto, ademas, que lo que aqui convenia era acercarse todo lo jwsible a un acuerdo unanime en el sentido de someter a arbitraje las reclamaciones de ciudadanos de un pais contra otro pais, permaneciendo al mismo tiempo consecuentes con la equidad y con las exigencias do las pnicticas seguidas por nuestros diferentes Gobiernos. En lo concerniente a la ultima parte del articulo 1®, en el cual se hace referenda a los ciudadanos que ban tenido participacion en rev'olu- ciones 6 disturbios ocurridos en otro pais, es practica universal que cuando los ciudadanos de un pais fomentan una revolucion 6 contribu- yen a ella en otro pais, esas personas pierden el derecho de ser aten- didas por su propio Gobierno, en cualquiera demanda ^jecuniaria que pudiera llegar si ser interpuesta por ellos. Su Excelencia, por ultimo, dijo que podrian, sin embargo, surgir en tales casos ciertas cuestiones de hecho, entreel Gobierno de que dependen esas personas y el Gobierno contra el cual se ban insurreccionado; pero que segiin ^1 entendia, esta parte del articuto em por completo previsorsi y adecuada, y estaba de acuerdo con el justo deseo que abrigaban todos los Delegados, de re- primir todos los actos de esa indole cometidos por los ciudadanos de los diferentes psiises representados en la Conferencia. Su Excelencia concluyo diciendo que no podrian traspasarse estos limites, jK)rque de hacerlo asi, se privaria a los ciudadanos del derecbo que siempre delien tener, de solicitar la intervencion diplomatica de su Gobierno en los casos que sean de justicia. “A la 1 p. m. se levanto la sesion, anunciandose que continuaria en la tarde, a la bora de costumbre. “ A las 4.45 p. m. continuo la sesion con asistencia de los Excmos. Senores Delegados que constan en la preinserta lista, con excepcion de SS. EE. los Sres. Volney W. Foster, de los Estados Unidos, Baez, del Paraguay y Cuestas del Uruguay; y babiendo estado pre- sentes en la sesion de la tarde, y no en la de la manana, SS. EE. los Sres. Anad6n, de la Argentina, y Pineda, de Mexico. “Seanuncio que continuaba la discusion del articulo 1® del nuevo texto del Dictamen de la Comision de Cortes de Reclamaciones. “ S. E. el Sr. de la Barra expuso: que teniendo en cuenta las obser- vaciones que se babian presentado en la sesion de la manana, la Comision babia reformado el articulo, suprimiendo de el las {lalabras ‘de acuerdo con la Convencidn de La Haya para el arreglo jiaciticQ Bull. No. .’v-04-4 1070 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REl'UBLICAS AMERICANA8. de los conflictos intcrnacionalos,’ y la parte final de dicho artieulo ( refcrente si que cl reclamante no haya nervido 6 auxiliado si los encini- gos del Gobierno contra el quo sc presenta la rcclania^'idn, (piedando el texto de la manera siguiente: “Art. 1“. Las Altas Partes Contratantes se obligan si sonieter si arbitraje todas las reclamaciones por dsinos y perjuicios peouniarios que sean presentadas por sus ciudsidsinos respectivos y (jue no puedan resolverse ainistosamente por la via diplomsitica, siempre (jue diclsas i reclamaciones sean de suticiente importancia para ameritar los gastos ( del arbitraje. ( “S. E. el Sr. LtoEU, Delegado de Haiti, contestando los razonamien- e tos de S. E. el Sr. Buchanan, le hace presente quo en primer lugar, en ( muchos casos el interns pecuniario de la reclamacion desaparece ante la importancia de los principiosde Dereclio Internacional ipiese ventilsin; kI y ademsis, generalmente no son los particulares los que psigsin los ( gastos del arbitraje. Cuando un Gobierno interviene en favor de uno de c sus nacionales, 6.ste desaparece, y no existe sino una diferencia entre I dos Esbidos que estsin obligados si psigsir, por regia general, por por- ciones iguales los gastos del procedimiento. Por estas razones las c que expuso en la sesion anterior, S. E. termino pidiendo que se s suprimieran las palabras ‘ siempre que dichas reclamaciones sean de suticiente importancia para ameritar los gastos del arbitrsije.’ <] “S. E. el Sr. Bekme.70, considerando tambi6n inaceptsiblcs dichas r palsibras, porque ellas abririan Isi puerta al capricho 6 mala voluntad i( de uno de los contratantes para eludir la obligacion de someterse al c arbitraje, pidio (pie se dividieraen dos partes al artieulo (pie se discute I y que fueran votadas separadamente. d “Puesta si votacion, fu6 aprobada por unanimidad la primera parte fi que dice: ‘l.(as Altas Partes Contratantes sc obligan si someter si arbi¬ li traje todas las reclamaciones por dafios y perjuicios pecuniarios que 3 sean pre.sentadas por sus ciudadanos respectivos y que no puedan t resolver.se ainistosamente por la via diplomsitica.’ e “Puestsi si votacion la segunda parte: ‘siempre que dichas reclama¬ s: ciones sean de suticiente importancia para ameritar el gasto del arbi¬ ti traje,’ fud aprobada por diez votos, que fueron los de las delegaciones 0 de Costa Rica, Chile, el Eemador, El Salvador, Estados Unidos de a America, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua y Peni, contra A los de la Argentina, Bolivia, Dominicana y Haiti. ii “Pue.sto si discusion en lo particular el artieulo 2”, sin ella fu^ q aprobado por unanimidad de votos. “S. E. el Sr. de la Barra suplico, en nombre de la Comision, que se H di.scutiera primero el artieulo 4“ del proyecto, que en concepto de di dicha Comision debe ser 3°, pa.sando si ser 4" el que en el proyecto L aparecia como 3“. ts “Habiendo anunciado la Secretaria, que se hacia el cambio de orden RECLAMACIONE8 PECUNIABIA8. 1077 CM la iiiiiiicnioion, se puso xi discusion el ai’ticiilo 3” (4” del proyeeto). “S. E. el Sr, Bello Codecido, Delegado de Chile, manifesto ipie hahia estado conforme con la supresion en el articulo 1“ de hus pakbras ‘ de aeuei’do con la Conv’encion de La Haya paiii el arreglo pacitico de los conllictos internacionales,’ ixorque en otros articulos del proyeeto (jue se discute, se I’evelaba clai'amente la idea, qiie pai’a la s 1 Delegacion chilena es fundamental, de que en lo relative it reclamxi- 8 ciones pecuniarias, solo estaria obligada su nacion para con his Potcn- 8 cias que hayan adherido xi la referida Convencion. Para (pie no quede duda sobre este punto, pide, 6 que se haga una declaracion general en l- el articulo 3° que esta al delxate, 6 que se agregue en el nombre de n Chile, en seguida de los de los Estados Unidos y de Mexico. ia “ Se suscito un acalorado debate en el que tomaron parte SS. EE. los Sres. Beumejo, de la Argentina; Guachalla, de Bolivia; Xlvakez 58 Cai.i)er6n, del Peru; Matte y Bello Codecido, de Chile; Buchanan, le de los Estados Unidos, y de la Barra, de Mexico, haciendo uso de la re palabra varias veces cada uno de los referidos Excnios. Senores. r- “ SS. EE. los Sres. Berme.jo, Guachalla y Alvarez Calder6n ata- as (»ron vivamente el texto propuesto por la Comision, exponiendo, en se sustancia, que no era racional establecer como una condicion, para ipie de los Estados Unidos de America y Mdxico se encontranin obligados, que los demxis Gobiernos adhirieran a la Convencidn de La Ilai'a, las porque tal condicion no dependia de la voluntad de dichos Gobiernos, ad los cuales no podian hacer oti*a cosa que lo que ya liabian hecho, esto al es, manifestar su adhesion y encargar xt los Cjobiernos de los Estados ate Unidos y de Mdxico que gestionaran su accptacion; que no era justo dejar al arbitrio de los dos unices Gobiernos americanos que habixin rte firniado la Convencion de La Haya el quedar 6 no obligados para con •l)i- ks denias naciones, pues a tanto equivale lo establecido por el articulo |ue 3®, desde el momento en que para lilxertarse de tal obligacion les bas- ian taria no hacer con erapeno y eticacia las gestiones que se les habian enconiendado; que el articulo 3® estaba en abierta contradiccion con cl ma¬ siguiente, porque el uno parece suponer que la base exclusiva del rl )i- tratado es la adhesion a la Convencion de La Ha3*a, y el otro, por cl »nc8 (»ntrario, preve el caso de que por cualquier motivo no llegue xi de abrirsc la Corte Permanente de Arbitraje d alguna 6 algunas de las atra Altas Partes Contratantes; que por todas estas consideraciones creian indispensable, 6 suprimir el articulo 3", 6 redactarlo en tales terminos fu6 que desaparecieran las gravisimas diticultades que acabatxan de senalar. “SS. EE, los Sres. de la Barra, Bello Codecido, Matte y Buc¬ xc se hanan, defendieronel texto de la Comision, manifestando la importancia 5 de de la adhesion unanime de las naciones americanas a la Convencion de ccto La Haya, y la conveniencia de sujetar al juicio de un tribunal tan respe- tablc, las reclaniaciones pecuniarias a (pie se refierc cl proj’ecto que se rden 1078 OnCINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS EEPUBLICAS AMERICANA8. discute, y sosteniendo que no bastaba, corao decian los inipujjnadores del dictamen, que los miembros do esta Asainblea hubienin nianifes- tado su adhesion, sino que era indispensable que esa la ratificaran log Gobiernos respectivos. “Despues de proponer la Coniision varias redacciones, de las cualeg unas fueron rechazadas por las delegaciones de la Argentina, Rolivia y Peru, y las otras por la de Chile, S. E. el Sr. de la Barka presento la siguiente, quo fu4 aprobada por unaniinidad de votos: “Art. 3°. El presente Tratado no seia obligatorio sino para los Esta- dos c|ue hayan subscripto la convencion para el arreglo pacitico de los conflictos internacionales, hrinado en La Haya el 29 de julio de 1S99, V para los que ratitiquen el protocolo unaniinemente adoptado por las llepublicas representadas en la Segunda Conferencia Internacional Americana, para la adhesion a las conv'enciones dc La Haya, de 29 de julio de 1899. “ Puesto il discusion el articulo 4", sin ella fu^ aprobado por una- nimidad de votos. “ Puesto ii discusion el articulo 5®, S. E. cl Sr. L^ger, no encon- trando en el la suticiente claridad, propuso una enniienda (pie fu4 aceptada por la Comision, quedando el articulo en los siguientes terminos: “Art. 5®. Este Tratado sera obligatorio para los Estados tjue lo ratiti(juen desde la fecha de la ratiticacion enviada por cinco Gobiernos signatarios, y estara en vigor durante cinco afios. La ratiticacion de este Tratado por los Estados que lo firmen, sera transinitida al Gobierno de los Estados Unidos Me.xicanos, el cual comunicara ii los demas las noticias de ratiticacion que reciba. “Puesto si votacion el articulo asi reforniado, fu^ aprobado por unaniinidad de votos, y so niandi'i pasar el expediente si la Comision de Kedaccion.” El “Nuevo Proyecto,’* 6 “Proyecto enmendado, que la Comision sustituyo al (jue habia presentado al principio, y ijue se agrego al acta corao anexo n®. 3, dice como sigue: “ NUEVO PROYEITO DE TRATADO 80BRE RECLAMAinOXES I'EC’UNIARIAS. “ArtIculo 1®. Las Altas Partes Contratantes se obligan a someter a arbitraje, de acuerdo con la Convencion de La Haj’a, para el arreglo pacitico de los conflictos internacionales, todas las reclamaciones por danos y perjuicios pecuniarios que sean pre.sentadas por sus ciudadanos respectivos y que no puedan resolverse amistosamente por la via dipi6- miitica, siempre que dichas reclamaciones sean de suficiente importanci* para ameritar los gastos del arbitraje, y que el reclamante no hay« servido 6 auxiliado voluntarianiente, despues de la fecha de la ratitica- i RECLAMACIONES PECUNIARIAS. 1079 cion de e.ste Tratado, a los cneniijfos del liohieriio contra el que se presente la reclainacion. “Art. 2”. En virtnd de la facultad que reconoce el articulo 2t) de la Convencion de La Haya pamel arreglo pacitico de los conflictos inter- nacionales, las Alias Partes Contnitantes convienen en sonieter a la decision de la Corte Pernianente de Arbitraje que dicha Convencion establece, todas las controversias que sean materia del presente Tratado, H nicnos que anibas Partes prefieran que se organice una jurisdiccion especial, conforme al articulo 21 de la citada Convencion. “ En case de someterse a la Corte Pernianente de La Haya, las Alias Partes Contnitantes aceptan los preceptos de la referida Convencion, en lo relativo ii la organizacion del Tribunal Arbitral, respecto a los procedimientos a (jue ^ste haya de sujetarse y en cuanto ii la obligacion de cumplir el fallo. “Art. 3". Siempre que por cualquier inotivo no llegue a abrirse ii alguna 6 ii algunas de las Altas Partes Contratantes la Corte Per- manente de La Haya, se obligan ii consignar en un Tratado especial las reglas conforme si his cuales se establecera y funcionarii el tribunal que haya de conocer de las cuestiones si que se refiere el articulo 1" del presente Tratado. “Art. 4®. El presente Tratado no obligarsi a los Estados Unidos de America ni si los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, sino para con los Go- biernos que se adhieran si la Convencion de I.(a Hava sobre arbitraje firmada el 29 de julio de 1S99. “Art. 5®. Este Tratado sersi obligatorio |)arael Estado quelo ratifi- que, desde la fecha de la ratiticacion enviada por el ultimo de los cinco prinieros Gobiernos signsitarios, y estani en vigor durante cinco anos. La ratiticacion de este Tratado por los Estados que lo firmen, .seni transmitida al Gobierno de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, el cual coinunicara si los demsis las notas de ratiticacion que reciba.” El texto del Tratado tal como quedo detinitiv^amente acordado y se tirmo el 30® de enero de 1902 es como sigue: “ TRATADO SOBRE RECLAMACIONE8 POR DAN08 Y PERJUICIOS PECl'NTARIOS. “Sus Excelencias el Presidente de-la Republica Argentina, el de Bolivia, el de Colombia, el de Costa Rica, el de Chile, el de la Repiiblica Dominicana, el del Ecuador, el de El Salvador, el delos Estados Unidos de America, el de Guatemala, el de Haiti, el de Honduras, el de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, el de Nicaragua, el del Paraguay, el del Peru y el del Uruguay; “ Deseando que sus paises respectivos fueran representados en la Segunda Conferencia Internacional Americana, enviaron a ella, debi- damente autorizados piara aprobar las recomendaciones, resoluciones, 1080 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANA8. convcMiciones y tniOido.s que juzgaren utiles a los intereses de la America, a los si^uientes Senores Dolcfjiulos: Por la Anjentina.—Excmo. Sr. Dr. D. .Vntonio Bekme-io, Excmo. Sr. I). MaktIn GarcIa M A la fecha en que esto .se escribe el aiitecedente Tratado esta ratili- cado y aprobado por Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Peru, y Bolivia, de manera que, conforme al articulo 5", se ha hecho obligato- rio para las naciones que acaban de nombrarse. Esta igualmente en estudio ante el Senado de los Estados Unidos de America, 3’ la ultima noticia que de el .se tiene es que la Coniision de Relaciones Exteriores de aquel cuerjx) emitio informe reconiendando su aprobacion. EXPOSICION UNIVERSAL DE SAN LUIS. 1083 EXPOSICION UNIVERSAL DE SAN LUlS. SU HISTOB.IA—AREA DE LOS TEBBENOS—ARQUITECTXJIIA—PA¬ LACIOS—PABELLONES DE LOS ESTADOS Y DE LAS NACIONES EXTRANJERAS—EXHIBICldN DEL OOBIERNO DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS—EL “PIKE.” Ijii Exjjosicion universal de San Lui.s, Misouri, consiste de una agloineracion inetodica que da a conocer, de una inanera practica, los pueblos del uuiverso, pues &tos exhiben alH su niodo de ser y de vivir, sus productos, industrias, diversiones, inedios de ti-ansporte, etc., todo lo dial constituye una eoneentracion univ'ersal de las artes, manufactures y producto.s del suelo, de la.s ininas, de las flore.stas y del mar. HI8TORIA. Sabido es que esta Exposicion conmemora el primer centenario de halier compredo los Estados Unidos a Frencia, en 18U3, el vasto terri- torio que se extiende desde el Golfo de Mexico hasta la frontere del Dominio del Canada y desde el no Misisipi hasta la cima de las Mon¬ tanas Kocallosas. Primitivamente pertenecia todo el valle del Misisipi il Francia por derecho de descubrimiento y de explorecion. En 1763 adquirio Espana el territorio de la Luisiana, despues del tretado de paz de Paris, cuando Francia, que habia cedido la Luisiana a Espana de acuerdo con el tre¬ tado secreto de 1762, abandono a la Gren Hretana todas sus posesiones en la America del Norte. Poseyo Espana el territorio durante treinta y siete anos y lo devolvio a Frencia al exigirlo asi Napoleon Ronaparte, fundado en el tratado secreto de San Ildefonso, el 1® de octubre de 1800. Los Estados Unidos de America, de.spues de su guerre de inde- pendencia, habian adquirido la soberenia del territorio (jue media entre el oc^ano Atlantico y el rio Misisipi. La ciudad de Nueva Orleans estaba aim bajo el dominio espanol a pesar de haber sido devuelto el territorio a Francia. propo8Ici6n de compra. La actitud hostil que asumieron los espanoles contra los americanos que navegaban por el rio Misisipi, produjo la agitacion que impulso al Presidente Thomas Jefferson a tratar de adquirir, por corapni, la Ciudad d isla de Nueva Orleans a tin de dominar la bo<.*a del Misisipi. Fueron comisionados el Senor Roberto R. Livingstone, Ministro de los Estados Unidos en Frencia y el Senor James Monroe (el de la doctnna Monroe)^ despuds Presidente de los Estados Unidos, pare efectuar las negociaciones del traspaso; piero Napoleon propuso en lugar de la venta de Nueva Orleans solamente, la de todo el territorio 1084 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLIC AS AMERIOANA9. de la Liiisiana i)or 15,(100,000 cle dollars y los rcpresonbuites de los Estados Unidos aceptaron, en cl acto, la j)roposici6ii y tirinose el tra- tado eri Pans el 30 de abril de 1803. traspaso, en toda forma, del territorio se veritico en Nueva Orleans el 20 de dieiemhrc de 1803 y el de la alta Luisiana en San Lius el 19 de marzo de 1804. EXTENSION DEL TERRITORIO. El territorio ad(iuirido media un millon de millas ouadradas (2,590, 000 kilometros cuadnidos) y estsi comj)uesto actualmente de los si- {ifuientes doce Estados y dos territorios; a saber: Luisiana, Ai’kansas, Misouri, Oklahoma, Territorio Indio, Kansas, Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Minesota, Dakobi Septentrional, Dakota Meridional, Wyoming y Montana. PROYECTO DE I.A EXPOSICIOn. A principios de 1898 comenzo a surgir el deseo de conmemorar, con una Ex|K)sici6n universal, la compra de la Luisiana y la Sociedad de la llistoria del Misouri acogio con calor la idea. CENTENARIO CONMEMORATIVO. Se hizo tan geiuH’al el clamor por la conmemoracion del primer cen- tenario de la adipiiscion de la Luisiana, (|ue el Gobernador del Estado Misouri invito a los Estsidos y Territorios, de que se compone hoy la antigua Luisiana, a enviar delegados Ji una convencion que se celebraria en San Luis el 10 de enero de 1899. CONVENCT6n 0RUANIZAIK)RA. A esta convencion asistieron noventitres delegjidos de los gobiernos respectivos, (luienes votaron, ixir unanimidad, que debia veriticarae una Exposicion internacional en San Luis. La convencion invito al Gobiernc Federal Americano a prestar su apoyo a la cmpresa y nombro una comisioii ejecutiva. ARBITRIO DE LOS FONDOS. Se decidio gastar en la Exposicion la misma suma de quince millones de dollars que pago el Gobierno por adijuirir la Luisiana y que una tercera parte se consiguiera por suscripcion particular, otra tercera parte la pagara la ciudad de San Luis y otra tercera jmrte se solicitara del Gobierno de la Union. consecuci6n de fondos. El Congreso voto los cinco millones; los otros diez quedaron con- signados; el Presidente de la Republica nombro una Comision nacioniil de nueve miembros, y decidiose inaugurar la Exposicion cl 30 de abril de 1904, como acaba de efeetuarse. A ^3. KX1*OSICi6n UNIVKRSAL DK SAN Ll’IS. 1085 AREA DK IX)S TERRENOS. Se eligio iiii inagiutico terrene inirsi la Exposicion que iiiide dos niillas (3.21 kiloinetros) de largo y ima milla (l.GOt) kilometros) de aneho; tiene una circunferenoia de seis inillas (9.65 kilometros) y coni- pronde un area de 1,240 acres (501 hectarea.s). La Ex|)osici6n de Chicago tiivo 633 acres (256 hectiireas), la idtima de Paris 336 acres (135 hectiireas) y la de Biifiilo 300 acres (121 hectareas). Por lo tanto, lii de San Luis es dos veces mayor que la de Chicago y tres vetoes mils gninde que la de liufalo. AREA BA.TO TEOHO. Los pilacios principales de.stinados a contener exhihicioiies en los terrenos de hi Exposicion de San Luis culiren un area de 121 acres (51 hectiireius). Los de Chicago cubrieron 82 acres (33 hectareas) y los de Biifalo 15 acres (6 hectareas). ARQUITECTURA IMIDNENTE. Lil iirquitectura de estos palacios tiene aspecto imponente y majes- tuoso. Todos son de color martil uniforme. En la de Chicago domi- naba cl bianco absoluto y en la de Biifalo el policromo. Solo los odificios de los paises extranjeros, los historicos de los Estados de la Union y los cosmopolitas ubicados en la extensa seccidn dcstinada a diversiones piiblicas, son de arquitcctum variada y a veces iinica en su genero, como es universal y grandioso el certamen. ni8POSI('l6N DE ixis EDincios. En una cima, a 60 metros de altura, esbi el Palacio de los festivales y las tres casciidiis que de-scienden ii un lago y se nimitican en (‘anales. De este centro se abren en forma de abanico todas las construcciones de la Exposicion. PAI.ACI08 MONUMENTALES. La parte principal de la Exposicion consiste de diez palacios monu- nientales destinados ti contener exhibiciones sobre Artes liberales, F^lectricidad, Agricultura, Horticultura, Medios de transporte, Minas y metalurgia, Miuiuinaria, Manufacturas, Educacion, Asuntos y pro- ductos de los bosques, de la pesca y de la caza. PABELLONES DE LOS ESTADOS. Hacia el este estan agrupados todos los editicios de los Estados de la federacion americana y hacia el oeste los pabellones que han con- struido las naciones extranjeras. Mas de cincuenta paises tienen valio.sas exhibiciones en los grandes palacios. 1086 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS BEPUBLICAS AMERICANA8. 1‘ABELLONES EXTRAN.JEROS, Solo los 19 paises anotados a continuacion, con indicacion de las suinas que han investido, construyeron pabellones propios en los terre- nos de la Exposicion, a saber: Alemania. .$250,000 Siam.$25,000 Francia. . 250,000 Mexico. 25,000 Gran Bretana. . 250,000 Austria. 24,000 Brasil. . 135,000 Cuba. 20,000 Ik'lgica. . 75,000 India. 20,000 Japon . . 60,000 Marruecos. 20,000 China. . 50,000 Nicaragua. 20,000 Italia. . 50,000 Suecia y Noniega. 20,000 Ceilan. . 35,000 I’afses Bajos. 10,000 Canadd. . 30,000 Alemania reprodujo alii su Charlottenburg, Francia su Grand Tria¬ non y Jardines de Versailles, la Gran Bretana su c41ebre Orangery, el Brasil una elegantisima construccion coronada por una graciosa cupula, Belgica un edificio raro que terinina en una corona real, Italia uno elegante de estilo renaissance, Mexico otro de estilo renacimiento espanol que ha amueblado lujosamente, etc. EXHIBICI6n del GOBIERNO AMERICANO. El Gobierno de los Estados Unidos, como lo acostumbra siempre, ha cditicado un vasto palacio y presenta en 41 una exhibicion de lo ni^ instructiva e interesante de todas las ramas de la administracion publica. Hay alii una seccion destinada especialmente a la exhibicion que hace la Oficina Internacional de las Republican Ainericanas. Es una colec- cion metodicamente arreglada de manera que se comprende bien lo exhibido, que consiste do mapas, pianos, escritos, volumenes, retratos, vistas y objetos historicos de los paises que foriuan la Union Interna¬ cional de las Republicas Ainericanas. EL “pike.” Hacia el norte esta liinitada la Exposicion por una via de uno y medio kilometros de largo, a ambos lados de la cual se ballan las con- cesiones de atracciones 6 diversiones publican, construidas a un costo de $5,000,000 por los concesionarios. A. esta seccion de la exposicion se le ha dado el nombre oficial de “ The Pike” que corresponde a una edicion corregida y aumentada del “ Midway” de Chicago 6 de Biifalo. Washington, D. C., 2 de mayo de 1904. N. Veloz-Goiticoa. REPUBLIC A ARGENTINA. 1087 REPCBLICA ARGENTINA. COMEB.CIO FOB VABIOS PUEBTOS £N ENEBO DE 1904. BUENOS AIRES. EXPOKTACIONKS. Mafz. .boL“as... 50,202 : Hiiesos y ceniza .... .toneladas.. 156 Trigo...id... . 3,765 ! Astas.....numero.. 16,790 Lino...id... . 13,171 1 Manteca. ...cajones.. 7,793 Harina. ...toneladas. . 2,782 1 Extracto de quebracho..bolsas.. 104 Lana. .fardos. . 26,522 Tripas. l>ordalesas.. 530 Cueros lanares_.fd... . 4,648 Vacuno. 250 Cueros vacunos: Cal)allos. 13 Secos. _numero. . 58,766 Mulas. 60 Salados. .fd... . 23,875 Sebo. bonialesas.. 2,144 Cuerofl potros: Tasajo.. .fardos.. 13,179 Salados. .fd... . 2,861 Carneros congelados _numero. 46,498 Secos. .fd... 100 Came conservada... _cajones.. 849 Cueros becerroa... .fd... 683 Lenguas ...fd.... 482 Cerda. .fan! os. 111 Pasto. .fardos.. 52 Cueros diverscjs... .fd... 736 Ovejas congeladas.. .trozos.. 13,000 Tortita de lino.... .bolsas. . 2,332 Came congelaila.... .fd.... 46,050 Cebada . ...toneladas. 39 Came menuda. .bultoe.. 2,573 .■tfrecho..fd... . 8,931 Tabaco. 315 Semillas. .ul... 73 Extracto de came.. _cajones.. 500 Aziicar. .fd..... 1,344 i SAN NICOLXs. Durante el mes de enero de 1904, salieron 3 vapores del puerto de San Nicolas. Su carga y destine fueron como sigue: Inglaten'o.—Maiz, 83 toneladas; lino, 273 toneladas. Aleinania,—Lana, 311 fardos. drdenes.—Lino, 934 toneladas. BAHIa BLANCA. Salio del puerto de Bahia Blanca 1 vapor durante el raes de enero de 1904, llevando a los paises mencionados a continuacion los siguientes productos: Belgica.—^Trigo, 500 toneladas; lana, 1,770 fardos. Alemania.—Trigo, 1,000 toneladas; lana, 230 fardos. Francla.—Lana, 4,676 fardos. LA PLATA. Durante el mes de enero de 1904, salieron 17 vapores del puerto de Gi Plata. Su carga fu4 como sigue: Maiz, 12,712,509 kilos; trigo, 65»‘),.S66 kilos. 1088 OB'ICINA INTKRNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANA8. POBLACldN DE LA REPTIBLICA EL 31 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1902. Sc ha publicado un folleto do la Oticina Dcniojfrafica Nacioiial, (|uc da a conocer los dates oficiales sobre el inoviiniento de la jwblacion de la Repiiblica durante el afio de 1902. Dc los datos referidos se despronde que el afio de 1902 fue uno de los mas criticos para el pais, en cuanto se refiere al desarrollo de la jiobla- eion, pues durante el afio expre.sado el creoimiento se redujo si un pequefio aumento vegetativ'o y al I’educido contingente de 17,682 jier- .sonas, como saldo si favor de la inmigracidn. Apuntanios il eontinuaeion las eifras que expresan el numero de habitantes de cadsi provineia y territorio hasta el 31 de dieieiubre de 1902 y el aumento d disininueidu respecto de 15*<)1: Aumento 6 1 Aumento 6 i’olilaeidn en I’oblacidn en^ di.sminueiOn diaminueidD 1902. 1902. 1 sobre 1901. I sobre 1901, Cnpital.1 865,490 +18,789 i Jnj'iy.' ,54,287 - 469 Buenos Aires. 1,208,937 +32,073 Mislones. 36,286 + 1,.572 Santa Fe. 676,385 +15,92t) 1 Formosa. 5,844 + 119 Entre Rios. 354,.596 + 4,734 12,968 + 386 C/orrientes. 288,426 -i- .5,695 i La Pampa. 48,391 + 901 C6rdol*i. 436,8.59 + 6,9.51 1 Neuqu^n. 16,874 + 520 San Luis. 93,976 + 1,265 i Rio Negro. 14,947 + 488 Santiago. 184,194 + Chubut. 4,911 + 378 Mendoza. 1.52,7-20 + 4,699 Santa Cruz. 1,631 + 68 San Juan. 97,803 f 1,136 1 Tierra del Fnego. 1,042 + 5 Rioja. 79.412 f 448 Los.\ndes. 1,166 2.5i;857 + 3:io Total. ' 5,022,248 +95,335 Salta. 132,613 - 1,412 1 1 BRASIL. LEY DE PBESUPUESTOS. [“Diario Official" de 1* dc cncro de 1901, No. 1.] En virtud dc la Ley de Presupuestos No. 11-44, los derechos aplica- bles SI la iiiqiortacidn de los siguientes artieulos quedan modificados conio SI continuacidn sc expresa: Reis. Tai DERECHOS ADICIONALES. Diez ixir ciento sobre los gastos de expediente de las iiiercancisis libres de derechos. Dos por ciento en oro, si la imjxirtacldn dc las mercancias expresadas en las partidas Nos. 93, 95 (cebada en grano), 96, 98 y 100 de la clase Vll del Arancel (cereales). HRASIL. 1081) DKKECHOS 1)K CONSUMO. I»s (Icrochos dc consunio aplicablcs a las licbidas a (‘ontinuaoion quodan establecidos como sigiie: Amer-Picon, bitter, Fernet Dranea, vermouth y l>e}>idas scniejantes: Keifi. Por litro. 000 Por l)otella.400 Por meilia-lM)tella. 200 El mismo rejrinien sc aplieara si las siguientes Isebidas, clasificsidsis en la partida No. 131 de la clase IX del Anincel: ajenjo, aj^uardiente de Francia, de Jamaica, del Reino 6 del Kin, brandy, eonsic, laraj^iidia, encalipsinto, {rinebrsi, Kirseh, rom, whiskey y demsis similares, si cxcepcion del si En la clase VII, partida No. 114, lease; Ilojas, flores, etc., lupulo, 150 reis pov kilognimo. En la clase IX, partida No. 124 (bebidas ferinentadas), lease: Cerveza coniun; en bandies, 1,200 reis; en botellas, 1,500 reis. En la clase X, No. 159, lease: Alinagre, aniarillo y tierra I’oja, 100 reis por kilogranio, tanto por ciento de los derechos: 50. En la clase XII, partida No. 353: Qiieda derogado, con resp>ecto k esta clase, el articulo 12 de la ley No. 953, de 29 de diciembre de 1902, (vease 8“ supleniento), restableciendose los derechos sefialados a la clase XII, partida No. 353, asi conio los que constan de la 5* parte de la nota 42 de la tarifa aprobada por decreto de 19 de inarzo de 1900. Quedariin libres de derechos de iinportacion, sujetandose solo al de expediente de 5 por ciento, las hojas estampadas destinadas a la fabri- cacion de latas para mantequilla y inanteca de cerdo, cuando se iuiporten dircctamente jk)!’ las fabricas. KESTABIiECIMIENTO DEL. MODUS VIVENDI COMEKCIAL CON- CLUIDO EN 1900 ENTBE EL BBASIL Y FBANCIA. [“Diario Official” de20de enero de 1904, No. 16.] Por cambio de notas entre el Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores del Brasil y la Legacion de Francia en el niismo, de fecha 11 de enero de 1904, se ha restablecido el modus vivendi de 1900, que el Ministro de Francia habia denunciado el 15 de junio de 1904. El plazo para la denuncia de este nuevo acuerdo se ha iijado en un afio, en vez de .seis nieses. MODIFICACIONES DEL AKANCEL. I.—Decreto No. ^S79, de 7 de juUo de 1903., extahlecie7ido nn derecho sobre el valor de las hnportacionts que se efectuen poi' el jnierto de Rio de Janeiro. [" Diario official ” de 8 de julio de 1903, No. DW.] ArtIculo 1°, Se establece, durante el presente ejercicio, el derecho de 1.5 por ciento oro sobre el valor de las importaciones que se efectuen por el puerto de Rio de Janeiro. Art. 2". El referido derecho se recaudanl jior la Aduana de esta Capital desde el 15 del presente mes. CHILE. LA INDUSTBIA DEL SALITBE. Acaba de aparecer la 33* Memoria trimestral de la Asociacion de Propaganda Salitrera, que contiene intere-santes datos, dignos de 11a- niar la atencion. Elios demuestran (jue la industria del salitre se CHILE. 1091 eiicuciitra en excelcntos fond’u-ioin's y uu^uran an con.sklemble auniento de las entnulas dol Fiwa on los proxiinos afios. Como sc salM', cl ano salitrcro cinpicza el 1“ de marzo, psira terniinar cl 30 dc abril s’ljjaicntc, de mancm que los datos apuiitados sc rcfieren, en unos casos, al ano coiniin, y en otros, al penodo especial tijado para el sjilitre. En cl afio conu'in de 1903, la produccion total de salitrc se elevo Ji 32,2HS,d7S (piintales espanoles; en 1902, solo fu^ de 29,S29,I>T9, lo cual da an aanuaitodc pnxiaocion de 2,458,999 tpiintales. En los mismos anos la exjKirtacion y el consiaao estan representados por las sioiiientes eifnis: ExiKjrtacion en 1902, 30,089,440 (jaintales; en 1903, 31,082,444 qain- tales; consamo en li)02, 28,4 Total. 38,000,000 Como se ve este calcalo es bastante razonable, paes tres millones de qaintales, saponen an aamento macho menor en 1904-5 (jae en 1903-4, y dos millones bastarian apenas para dar al mercado cierta segaridad de que no escasee el salitre. y ' Bull. No. 5—04-5 1()*.)2 OFICINA INTKKNACIONAL 1)K LAS UKI’FHLICAS AMERICANA8. COSTA laCA MODIFICACIONES DEL ARANCEL. I.—Ih'crcto de [•■ Iji (iafela ” do 9 dc onoro do 190-1, No. 5.] Por ol jiivsoiito florreto se iHspono (juo (*n lo sucosivo st*a tanihion lilirc de derechos la iinportaeidn de. los tejidos de alainhre ordinariode aeero j^alvani/ado, eon tal ipie lo.s espaidos de alanibre ii alanihre no q seaii inenores de ocho eentinieti’os de aliertura. e r Jl. Dcci'i fn de 20 de enero de lOOIf., coneedlendo frtnu/xleHt de deree/im r de Adifiiua ;/ ^fxellitje d Ins fuhns de cexnuto rnimmo y tela de d (damhre de tejldnjxxn, yue se hdrodxzcan jmra see xsndos exchisim- tnenfeen el pwrto de. L'nnnn. [“ Iji fJaoota” do 29 dc onoro do 1901, No. Hi.] AutIculo 1".—Se exeeptuan del pajfo de derechos de Aduana y Muellaje, los tuhos de harro, cemento roniano s tela de alainltre de tejido lino, «|ue se introduzean para ser iisados excliisivamente en el puerto dc Liindn, en construeciones di* de.sajyi'ie.s, aeeras de casas, sohires \ ventiladores «> celosias de pueidas y ventanas. Art. 2". Esta c.xencion durara liasta el 31 de dicieinbre de esto aho, y estara sujeta a las sij^uientes condiciones: 1“. Los ^lateriales dichos, (pie se intriKliizean al ainparo de esta coneesidn, deben ser »-onsijrnados a la orden del (iobernador de la coniiirca; 2". Qiic antes de aiitorizar el retiro de cuahpuera cantidad de esos articulos, dicho funcionario exija del interesado declaracidn tirinada respecto del luj^ar donde liaya dc eniplearse, confornie a esta ley; Que los proprietarios de los articnlos paouen, en projiorcion & sus introducciones, los jjastos de bodega y denias indisjien.sables que tenj^a ipie liacer el (lolK'rnador pani ejeeiicidn de estc decreto. Akt. 3". Si los inateriales retinidos del dejKisito se usaren fuera del puerto d en otros objetos (pie los autorizados, el intriMluctor pajpira iina nmlta de tres vi'ces el valor de los di'reehos de Aduana y Muellaje, y iM'rdera, adeinas, la tela de alanibre, el ciniento y tul>os dc barro (pie conserve en depi'isito, a la orden del (ioliernador COMUNICACldN FOR TEL^GRAFO SIN ALAMBRES ENTRE PUERTO LIMdN Y BOCAS DEL TORO. En la Lejjaci(')n de Costa Kica en Washington .se han recibido infor- nies del canicter mas satisfactorio relativos si las expresiones de cor- dialidad y buena arinonia (pie se coinbiaron entre los Gobiernos de I COSTA RICA. 1093 Costa Rica 3’ do Panama, con motive do la inaujjuracion el 26 do marzo ultimo de iin sistoma do comunicacion tolejjniHca sin alambres entre Puerto Limon, en la primera de las dos Repuhlicas y Bocas del Toro en la segunda. Ijas estaciones establecidas en am bos puertos son las prlmeras de su clasc no solo en Centro-America, sino en todos los 1 poises llispjino-Americanos. VAPORES ENTRE PUERTO EIMdN Y MANCHESTER. Informes recibidos de Costa Rica contienen la imjMirtante noticia do quo la comunicacion entre acpiella Republicsi y los paises de Europa cstii para aumentiirse con tres nuevos vapores (pie hanin servicio nipido V barato entre Puerto Ijinn'in y Manchester, y se dedicanui no solo al transporte de bananos y otras mercancias, sino tambi^n al I do jiasajeros. El “Noticiero” de San Jos^ do Costa Rica dice a este respecto los siguiente: “rUKKTO I.IMl'lN Y MANCHK8TKR. “Se nos informa que los Senores Elders & Fiffes tienen \*a listos tres nuevos vapores, (pie hanin en lo sucesivo la carrem entre Puerto Linmn y Manchester. Llamanse Jfatina, Mlauti y MaiuHte,, y cada I uno de ellos es capaz de conducir 4:.5,(XM) nicimos de liananos. Sus dimensiones son 363 pies de eslora, 461 de manga y 321 de altura. En cuanto ii su eipiiiK), puede atirmarse que es mu^’ superior al de cuaUpiier otro biupie empleado hov en el comercio de fruta; y esta adnnacidn se extiende no solo a las lineas que suplen il los Estados Unidos, sino il todas las que recorreii el litoral del Mediternlneo y los centros fruteros del Africa Occidental. Ademils del tratico especial para el (pie se les destina, estos vajKires conduciran jiasajeros, ofre- ciendoles una tarifa moderada y tcxlas las comodidades apetecibles. “I»s Senores Ei.deus & Fiffks continuaran, como hasta ahora, de- seinperiando un servicio (piincenal entre Puerto Liiium y Manchester. Para este olijeto reservan exclusivamente los tres buques aludidos. ISegun nuevos arreglos, el ^fatina debo zarpar de Puerto Limon el 8 de abril, y los otros dos le seguinln por turno. “ Mas el programa de la Compania no acaba alii. Los vapores con que principiaron a llevar Ininanos il Manchester, (pie son el Chu'hi- homiiii/, el Gremhrier, el AiUMnnatUfx, y el Orocahema^ seguinln arri- bando il Puerto Limon con el fin de cargar fruta destinada il Bristol, de suerte que en lo futuro podremos dar salida a nuestros productos en varios mercados ingleses a la vez. No ha^' necesidad de encarecer las ventajas de ese arreglo. Mils mercados signific-a menos monopolio y inejores oportunidades para el productor; y este contingente nos acerca tambiiui a Europa en condiciones de nipidez de transporte y banitura de fletes como no las tuvimos antes. Estamos, pues, de 1094 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL 1)K LAS RKPUBLICAS AMERICANA8. phtceine.s, y lo unieo (jue resta es (luo los ajjrii-ultoro.s y fonierciaiites nacionales aprovecheii en crecientc eseala la ocasion que se les hrinda. “ El Mdthm^ priniero de los biiques que haran cl trafico direeto eon Maiiehestcr jM)r euentji de Elder Tyffer, arriho ayer. Tiene 350 pies de largo, 12^^ niidos de v'cloeidad, 3,809 toneladas y una tripulaeion de 45 inarineros al inando del Capitan Blowed. Puede llevar 50,(XK) raeiiiios de bauanos. lai sii primer viaje llcva 35,000.” CUBA. KODIFICACIONES DEL ABANCEL. I. —Lt'ijde 7 de menjo de IdOS, rehxtiea a hi organlzaeUm y cnhranza de loK impnextos cnnHiynndoH en Jfi Ley de Emprestito. [“ (iacota OHcial ’’ Articulo 1". Se autoriza al Ejeeutivo pam procetler imnediatamente a la organizacion y eoliranza de los iinpuestos consignados en la Ley de Emprestito, II. —lejy firnd de Id de junto de lOOd, refonnnndo hi de Emjn'estito de 27 defehrero del inimno aho. AurtcuLo 1". El iiiciso (piinto de la clase tercera de la Ley de 27 de febrero del presente ano," disponiendo la contnitacion del Emprestito de trienta y cinco mi Hones de j)e.sos, se reforma estableciendose el impuesto de medio centavo por eada eajita de cincuenta fosforos. Art. 2". El inciso B, dc la clase cuarta, relative al impuesto sobre cigarros, .se modilica estableciendose un impuesto de un tercio de cen tavo (i) .sobre cada cajetilla de diez y seis cigarros, 6 .scan 21 centavos por cada mil ocbo cigarros. III. —Ley de 10 de enero de 190^^ rehdiva (d. aumento de hm derechon de i nrportacion. ("Gaceta Oficial” dc 16 de encro de 1901.] ArtIculo 1®. Se autoriza al Ejeeutivo pani aumentar hasta un 30 por ciento los derechos de importacion que pagan en las Aduana.s de Cuba todos los articulos extranjeros. Art. 2. El Ejeeutivo u.sara de esta autorizacion dentro de las estipu laciones del Tratado con los Estados-Unidos. Art. 3. El aumento si que se retiere el articulo 1“ tendm el canlcter de tninsitorio, y regirsi hasta la promulgacion de los nuevos Aranceles. CUBA. 1095 i I.A RiaiTEZA FORESTAL, 1901-2. i La Provincia de Pinar del Rio posee r»,00!> fincas eon 65,780 caballe- rias y 189 eordeles de tierni. Tiene 3,850 de inoiites altos y 608 do 1 niontes liajos en e.xplotacidn y 6,569 altos y 3,083 bajos sin explotar. 8 X 51,6(73 aseienden las eaballenas de tierni no niontuosa en la fertil e rejfion pinarena. 0 De 1901 a 1902 prodnjo Vnelta Abajo ^15,209.31 en maderas, ^7,925 en lena y si'll,965 en carlnin; total, ^>^18,099.31. La Provincia de Ilabana, con 46,231 caballerias ipie ociijia, tiene 1,318 d(‘ inontes altos y 288 de inontes bajos en explotacidn y 575 altos )' 1,129 bajos sin explotar, teniendo 42,918 eaballenas de tierra no niontuosa. El producto de toda esa rupieza fue de $36,68(> en inadems, ^21,210 ’.a en lefia y ^22,342 en ciiltiv'o; es decir, un total de ^SO,232 en el ano de 1901 Vi 1902. La provincia de Matanzas ocupa 44,683 eaballenas y 323 eordeles de tierra. Tiene 194,136 de inontes altos y 134,307 de inontes bajos en te explotacion, y 1,280.77 altos y 1,819.30 bajos sin explotar, con 41,255.97 le de parte no niontuosa. El producto fu6 1,36)4 pesos en lena y !i^7,943 )n en carbon. Total, ^9,3o7 en un ano. La provincia ile Santa Clam ocupi 111,527 caballeriasy 216 eordeles. na Tii'iie de niontes altos 2,209,194 y de niontes bajos 132,171 en explota- do cioii, y 8,397.24 altos y 5,926.60 bajos sin explotar, con !*5,042.94 de parte no niontuosa. En 190l a 1902 protlujo 1155,893.22 en niadenis, d« en lefia $32,457.50, y $22,510.25 en carlion. Total, $119,860.97. Puerto Principe, el Camagiiey, ocupa 87,399 caballerias de tierra y 194 eordeles. Tiene 5,810,288 de niontes altos en explotacion de y 12,033,189 bajos sin explotar, (piedandole 47,394,115 de part*' no ito niontuosa. Pnxlujo la riqueza forestal del C.’aniaguey en 1991 a 1992: el $32,417.80 en maderas, $740 en lefia y $1,425 en carlion. Total 133,582.80. brc Y Santiago de Cuba tiene 113,832 caballerias con 248 eordeles sup«*r- en- ficiales. De niontes altos tiene en explotacion 3,103.16 y sin explotar vos 21,884 altos y 11,338 bajos, con 77,507 de parte no niontuosa. Pro- dujo en maderas $35,925.33, $7,751.75 en lefia, y en carlMin $4,76>8.59. «de Total, $18,445.58. Ijas tineas existentes en Cuba, durante el pt‘ri 1 30 Provincia «le Pinar del Rfo. 6,069 Provincia de Haliana. 8, 795 8 de Pntvincia de Matanzaa. 5,255 Provincia de Santa Clara. 10,969 ipu- Provint ia de Puerto PrineijR'. .3, ;>49 Provincia de Santiai;o de Cuba. 8,869 cter Total 43,306 ;les. 1096 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANAS. UESUMEN. La ricjueza ru.stica y fovestal, tal como ha side posible medirla y apreeiarla, comprende en totla la isla 43,306 tineas eon 469,4(51 eaba- llerias y 200 eordeles de tierni. En explotaeion hay 16,357 calmllerias y 88 eordeles de inontes altos y 1,1(54,234 de inontes bajos; sin explotar hay (50,817 eaballerias y 284 eordeles de inontes altos y 35,330,155 de inontes bajos, eon 355,791.87 de parte no niontuosa. La prodiieeion forestal file en 1901 a 1902, por inaderas, 176,125.70; por leiia, $71,448.25, }' jxir earbdn, $72,953.75; es decir, $320,527.70; jiiidiendo atirniarse ipie para obtener los $17(5,000 de eaobas y eedros se destriiyo mas de medio milldn de pesos de madems a eosta del por- venir de la Republiea. BECEPCidN OFICIAIi BEE MINISTKO DE ESPAi;rA. En la tarde del 6 de abril del corriente ano de 1904 se efectuo en la llabana la recepcion oticial por el Seiior Presidente de la Republiea del primer representante aci'editado por Espafia eerca del Gobierno Cubano eon id eameter de Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Pleni- jiotenciario. A1 dar euenta de este suee.so notable, (jue eomo eni natural desperto mueho la ateneion piibliea, se expresa el “Diario de la Marina” de la llabana, en la edicion de la mailana de su numero del 7 del expresado > mes, como sij^ue: “Ayer tarde presento sus credeneiales y fue recibido por el Seiior Presidente de la Republiea, el Sefior Don Ram6n GavtXn oe Ayaia, primer Minist ro Plenipoteneiario de Espafia en Cuba. “ El Senor Ministro fue eondueido a Palaeio en uno de los coehes del Seiior Presidente de la Republiea, siendo aeompaiiado hasta la resi- dencia presideneial jKir el Capitan Ayudante Seiior Cardenas, dandole guardia de honor un jiiipiete de eaballeria de la Guardia Rural. “Desde mueho antes de que el Sefior GaytXn de Ayala llegase palaeio, un piiblieo mimeroso habia invadido la Plaza de Armas y las boeaealles de Obispo y O’Reilly, sivido de ver llegar al primer Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipoteneiario do la Madre Patria. “Apenas desemlioeado por la ealle del Obispo el coche que eondueia al Sefior Gaytan, el piiblieO se deseubrio respetuosamente. “Tambien eseueho el piiblieo la mareha real espafiola, que toeo la banda munieipal al salir el Enviado de Palaeio. “Freute al editicio presideneial una eompafiia de artilleria eon ban- dera hizo los honores al Ministro de Espafia. “Yaen preseneia del Jefe del Estado, y despues de entregadas las credeneiales, el Sefior GaytXn de Ayala, leyo el siguiente discurso: “Senor Presidente: Nombrado por Su Majestad el Rey Don Alfonso XIII su Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipoteneiario d cun A, 1097 ceira dc la Repiiblica Cubaiia, teiifjo la honra dc eiitrejifixr a Vuestra Excolencia las cartas credcnciales quo me acroditau on tsil concepto. “La elovada mlsion (pio Su Majostad ol Roy so hadi}^nadoconforii-me mo impuso el dobor, tan •jrato como honroso, dc ostn'char y foinontar la cordialklad do rolacionos quo afortnnadainonte oxiste ontro Espafia y la Ropiiblica do (’nba, y ol do nititicar la amistosa union do los lazos iiitornacionalos ya (‘stal)lecida ix)r ol Sofior Mkkchax, al t<»inar {Kxsosion do sn cargo do Ministro Plenijxxtonciario do la Ropnl)ru‘a Cnbana on Madrid, “ El profnndo agradociniionto (jne dobo a Sn Majostad ol Ro}', mi Augusto SolH-rano, jx)r la inmorocida distincidn d(‘ KEPriHLKU DOMINICANA. BESTABLECmiENTO PROVISIONAL DE CIERTOS DERECHOS DE EXPORTACldN. [ “ (iaceta Otii-ial ” do Santo ItomiiiKo. de 9 de abril de 1904.] PJ Consojo tie Socrotarios do Estado, oncargado del jKKlor ejocutivo provisional, Considorando tpie los compromisos creados jior la Administracidn anterior sobre el producto de las rentas aduaneias fueron do tanta cuantia que, no tan solo han hecho forzosa la irrogularidad en el {lago de toda la deiidti nacional on el exterior y de la interior tlotante, sino que tambien hacen imposible cubrir las necesidados del siMvicio publico, cuyas exigencias han aumentado considorablomento con la prolongada alteracion del orden en la Repiiblica; Considei-ando (pn', tanto el completo rostablocimiento do la paz como los sacriticios poouniaritis (|ue la consorvaoion de ella exigo, hacen REPi'bLICA DOMINICAN a. 1099 necosario crpar con pcrentoridatl recursos pro|X)r(*ionado.s y liinitar la inversion do l(»s proventos fiscalcs a esas atencioncs de canicter vital par.i cl Estado, dccrcta: AuxteuLO 1“. A partir del dia 20 de los corrientes, (picdan rcstahlc- cidas transitoriainentc los derechos tiscales sobre la cxportacidn de los prodnetos que se einl)aniucn porlos puertos halnlitados dc la Kcpublica par.i el extRinjcro, con las inoditicaciones si ARANCEL DE EXPORTACKSN. [“(iacetn Otifial” de Santci lK>niiiiK<>, atiril »de IlKH.] El arancel dc ex|K>rtiu-i6n del Id do noviomhro do 18d8, oon las inodi- ficaciones heohas on dl dooroto del godiorno provisional do focha {> de abril de 11>04, y (|ue vegira dosdo el iiO del inisino nn's con canicter transitorio, es eonio sigue: Abey, el uiillar de pien.$2.00 Almiddn, el liarril.50 Astaa de rea, el « iento. 25 Azuear, el quintal.22 Bera, la tonelada. 1.00 Brasilete, la tonela LEGISLACldN DE FATENTES DE PRIVILEOIO Y MARCAS DE fAbrica. Aiinquc la con.stitucion politica del Estado gtirantiza la propiodad de los descubriinientos, priKlucciones cientificas, artisticas y literarias, no existe una ley especial ESTADOS UNIDOS. COMERCIO CON LA AM]gBlCA LATINA. IMl-OKTACIONES V KXItlKTACIONES. En la pagina 1233 aparece la ultima relacion del comercio entre los Estados Uuidos y la AiiuM’ica latina, tomada de la compilacion hecba por la Oticina de Estadistica del Departmento de (\)mercio y Trabajo de los Estados Uuidos. Estos datos se retieren al valor del comercio arriba meucionado. La estadistica corresponde al mes de marzo de lltoi, comparada con la del mes correspondiente del afio anterior, y tambien compreiide los datos referentes a los luieve meses que termi- naron en marzo de 1S>04, comparados con igual pt‘rio CUOTA CON QUE CONTRIBUTE A LA IMFORTACldN TOTAL DE LOS DEMAS PAlSES. La siguiente tabla muestra de una ojeada el valor total de las impor¬ taciones de varios paises en al ano de 1902, que es el ultimo de que ban podido recogerse datos completos para este trabajo especial, y la porcion que en el dicho total corresponde a los Estados Unidos. 1 102 OKICINA INTKKNACIONAL DK LAS RKl'UBLICAS AMKRICANA8. Tanto |M)r I m(M>rtariOn Iin|M>rta*'ioii 1 I (■lento de Dulses. de los Extados I total. 1 I'nidox, 1 loM Extatto rnidos. ft!, 571,416,000 1 *617,859,000 : 24. OS 1,310,17S,00t) 212,534,000 : 873,055,000 91.220,000 10.79 KI8,tR!6,000 81,99:1,000 1 9.67 459,472,000 5:1,2:17,000 ! 11.59 319,228,000 27,569,000 7.89 312,718,000 40,710,000 11.89 Rusia (1901). 305,614, WH) 17,984.000 5.H8 278,054, (XX) 4.028,000 1.4S 224,814,000 128,790,000 67. a 217,80:1,000 11,890,0(X) 5.46 204,7ti8,000 18,957,000 9.2$ 20:t,O14,0W) 24,283,000 11.92 177,872,000 22,446,000 1-2.62 166,531, OCX) 15,847,000 9.50 146.107,000 833, OU) .57 135,322, (XX) 24.‘229,000 17.90 ]31,(X)5.000 2,792,000 2.07 117,131,tXX( 0351,000 .30 116,714,000 19,157,000 16.41 11:1,288.(XXI 11,156,000 9.85 99,4;«,000 12,838,000 12.91 77,779,tXX) 3,333,000 4.29 Natal.'. 76.190.000 5,710,000 7.45 73.'229,000 974,000 1.S3 T2,.561,(X)0 965,000 1.3S rxi,229,0(Xt :t9,017,000 58.91 58,826, IXX) 25,714,000 43.71 55,121,000 6,419,000 11.65 Chile. 48,:i;w,ooo 5,251,000 10.87 :t7,282,000 12,666,000 33.97 ;13,312,000 4,15:1,000 12.46 Fenl.. 21,(X>2,000 2,573,000 12.22 13.914, (XX) 6,027,000 4^32 8,6lX),000 2,737,000 31.97 « L>s KxtHilds t’niddx. Lii inisina OiMa |)<»r parO's d»*l luiindo eii voz de iiacioiips. Tanto por cientoco- luiportachin de lii>|Mirta('ioii rrexpon- Partes del iniiiiihk. lix( E.stadox total. diente i I’nidox. lus Exta- dusDnidot. *.8,141,951,000 *1,211,356.000 14.88 410.7T3,0(X( 215,866,000 52.1% :149,69I,000 4:1,878, IXX) 12.56 9tW>,5‘i0,WXI .50,167,000 6.20 292,107, (XXI :«, 85.5,000 11.90 436,'256,000 24,333,000 5.56 HONDURAS. RESUMEN DE LA IMPORTACldN GENERAL HABIDA EN LA RE- PXlBLICA DURANTE EL SEMESTRE DEL AI^O ECONdMICO DE 1902 A 1903. [IK' •• Iji (iawta” No. •J382.] 1-OR P.\iSK.S DE PK(K:EDENCIA. Valor oro ne- Valor Plata se- Bnltox. Pest) en kilos. Dertxrhos. gi'in faetnras. gdn raetiirax. Enro[H(; Alemania. 7,437 283,8101 *61.519.93 *17,801.88 Inglaterra. 6,712 314,3011 75,:167.77 .50,748.17 Franeia. 1,271 69,051 •29,088.12 22,624.88 E.xuufia. :i,330 102,7601 11,37.5.72 7,615.25 BiMgioa. 249 14,:i98 l,5i:i.(X) 2,176.60 211 10,379 4,803.00 2,677.1* Eacoiea. 11 .5:17 41.00 72.24 Total. 18,-^21 800,'2601 183,738. .51 HONDURAS, 1103 Jtfsiiiiif'n df In imfiortnnon geiicrnl htdndn fn In rtpAMIcn dnmnh'd KenifKlre dd nno erniiomhi) df 1;H)J a liHli—C'ontiniia. 11>u I'AisHS DK rR(X;Kl)KNCIA—Contiiuia. Valor oro nc- Valor Plata se- llultiw. tVxn eii kiliiK. Iterechos. Riln factura.s. fnln facturaa. Asia: Imlia. 8 •2, .660 |'2t>.6.00 r>l.‘20 Amerii-a del N«irto: Kstados rniilos. 80,006 4,091,067 fi0S,4-27..69 4W, («!.:» Mexico. 1 38 t80.00 76.00 Total. 80,006 4,091,096 (m, 4-27 .69 80.00 Antillas: Uran CaimAri. 300 13,800 t'lOO.OO 5&2.00 America Central: Bellcc. 187,6'29 :!6,'200.:» ■29,632.% Guatemala. 19,891 •20,016.14 6,469.09 Nicaragua. 103,6811 24,611.60 46, •22:1.-27 El Salvador. 10,586 2,326.00 1, IWi.fvl Coata Rica. 4:0 320.00 260.03 Varios paisea. 5,0'21 798.00 663.01 Total. 10,269 327,148l| :i6,20t).30 58,131.61 America del Sur: Colombia_ 49 2,742 . 1,012.66 748.98 Iferechos—Stima total... 687,660.08 EXTRA«TO. Europa. 18,'221 800,'2601 183,738. .61 133,716.18 Asia. 8 •2, .660 •26.6.00 61.‘20 America del Norte 80,006 4,091,096 608,4‘27. .69 80.00 468,168. :i9 Antillaa. :'4I0 13,800 t’lOO.OO 862. Ot) Amf'rica Central .. 10, 3'27,1481 36,'200.:i0 .68,131.61 81,323.3:1 America del Sur... 49 •2,742 1,012. .66 748.98 Total. 108,863 1 .6,-237,fi06 1 829,-231.43 59,2'24.20 (W7,.Vfl.08 I*OR ADIIANAS. Amapala. •26,317 1,481,6741 *3,63,687.85 *47,887.06 *294,094.66 Ptierto CortOs. 51, •202 •2,759,9131 361,0'28.85 6, .698.14 ■297,80.6.78 Trujillo. 6,'273 308,'201 38,9'20.66 4,739.00 31,7T2.84 17,662 666,6101 66,3.68.‘29 53,‘209.40 7,409 131,2061 10,'235.78 7,677.40 Total. 108,863 5,237,606 8-29, •231.43 59,224.20 687,560.08 CONCESidN PARA LA EXPORTACldN DE CAOBA Y CEDRO. [1X‘ "Iji Gaceta,” No. '2384.] Tkcuckialpa, 12 de enero de lOOlf.. El Presidento acuerda: Aprobar on todas sus partes la contrata tpie litei-alinentc dice: “Emiiao Mazier, Subsecretario de Estado on el Despaclio de Fouiento y Obms Piiblicas, en representacioii del Gobienio de la Republiea, VIII. El ooncesionario potlhi de.sfonibmr, liinpiar y siprovechar Io.s tern-nos nacionales, gratuitamente, \’a .sea pini la sieinbra de granos y leguiiibres, ya imra formar potreros, con tal (jue sea para el .servieio de la enipre.sji y (pie en esta operacion no eorte los pinos, los arI)oles de hide ni la zarzaparrilla. Tanibien ]x>dra u.sar la hoja del arljol denoininado inasica n oju.ste para alimento de l)e.stias, pero.sin de.struir el arlK)l. IX. Ijos enipleados y trabajadores al .servieio de la empresa, siendo hondurenos, estantn exentos del servieio de guarnicion duninte el tieinpo (jue |X!rmanezean ocupados en ella. X. CuaKiuier desacuerdo que .surja entre el (iobierno y el eonce.sio- nario eon inotivo de este eontrato, del>ent .soineterse a la decision de dos aniigables coinponedores, nombrados nno por eada parte, quienes en ca.so de de.saeuerdo [)odi*an nombnir un tereero y si en ello tampoco .se pusieren de aenerdo lo nombrara el Senor Jue/. de I^etras de lo Civil de este departaniento. El Tribunal se organizarsl en esta ciudad y el fallo que pronuncie .sera obligatorio pam ainlwis partes y no eabra contra el recurso alguno. XI. Es eonvenido que los derechos y franquicias otoi’gados al eon- cesionario por este contmto, no afectanin de ningun modo los derechos de tereero, adquiridos legalmente y con anterioridad. Asimi.snio es eonvenido (pie este contmto (piedani de hecho rescindido y sin efecto alguno |K)r la falta de cuniplimiento, por parte del coneesionario, de cunltpiiera de las obligaciones cpie eontrae. XII. Siendo indispen.sable al coneesionario el proceder desde luego a la eonstrucei()n e instalacion de algunas obms preparatorias para la iniciaeion de la empresa, es entendido y eonvenido que el coneesionario eshi facultado jiani hacerlo, y en este ca.so gozarii de los derechos y fmnquicias comprendidos en los nuineros 5®, 7”, 8” y 9®; pero en caso de MEXICO. INFORMS LSfDO FOB £L PRESIDENTS CONSTITUCIONAL DE LA I BEPTTBLICA AL ABRIRSE EL CUARTO PERIODO DE SESIONES / DEL 21° CONOBESO DE LA UNidN, EL 1" DE ABRIL DE 1904. Senokes I)iruTAix).s Y Senaik)kes: La ropoticion oon (pie, dos voces al afio, me presento ante vosotros, en iiada disminuye el placer (pie esta honra iiie ocasiona, ni la satisfacciini con (pie venjjfo a cum- plir im delior impuesto por la le}' fundamental, el de informaros acerca de los asuntos 6 intereses nacionales contiado.s al Pixler EjiH-utivo. Desde luego me complazco en manifestaros ipie nuestras relacioncs exteriures sif^uen, sin alteracnni, presentando el caracter de amlstosas y en ciertos casos de verdaderarnente cordiales, extendii'ndose cada dia mas, liasta comjirendcr aljjunas naciones (pie minca las hahian culti- I ' vado con Mexico. 1 En mi anterior informe, tuve la honra de anunciaros (jue la Cotni- 1 si('m Mixta estahlecida entre Mexico}' Venezuela se hahia reunido en a Caracas y comenzado a ejercer sus funciones. Aumpie en dicho con- t venio se estipulo solamente (pie la Comisiim conoceria de las reclaina- ciones mexicanas, consultado el Gobierno de Mi'xico sobre si podian admitirse las de la jiarte contraria, parecio debido y conforme a equiilad el declanirlo asi, y en tal sentido se contesto a la Comision y a la can- : cilleria de Venezuela. Me es grato referiros hoy (pie, segun era de esperarse, la Comisiini cumpli() concienzudamente su delicado encargo, 3 fallando el arbitro en favor de los represenbintes mexicanos, (piienes, en calidad de cesionarios de su Gobierno, tenian la justicia de su parte, dado el origen de esa antigua deuda, (jue el gran Bolivar consider6 sagrada. Harto conocidos son los sucesos de Panama y en que circunstancias esa antigua percion de Colombia proclamo su independencia. El Gobierno mexicano, iisando de la mayor circunspeccion en sus rela- ciones internacionales, espero a ver el resultado de aquel paso trascen- dental, antes de reconocer el nuevo orden de cosas. Desde un princi- pio, gran niimero de naciones europeas y algunas americanas prestaron su reconocimiento a la nueva Republica. Al tin, el sufragio popular el en aipiellas comarcas dio al nuevo Gobierno un caracter de regularidad, er sin que, por otra parte, exista el temor de que pueda ser pronto y facilmente derrocado. En vista todo esto, el Gobierno de Mexico k) ha recoiKX'ido, deseando al mismo tiempo al nuevo Estado americano se la mayor prosperidad y una era de paz no interrumpida. de El (iobierno del Peru ha comunicado a nuestm Secretaria de Rela- (•i( clones Exteriores su aprobacion del tratado de arbitraje obligatorio E.« M MEXICO. 1107 que .‘ie rirmo en e.stu capital, el 2l> de enero do 1902, por varies dele- {jados de las naciones <(uc asistieroii a la Conferencia Pan-Americana. Ilabi^ndose notiticado al Gobierno niexicano, por los representantes diploiniiticos del Japon y de Rusia, que existe un estado de ffuernv entre esas dos naciones, me he apresurado, aun cuando no parezea urjjente, por la distancia que media entre Mexico y el teatro de la contienda, a dictar las medidas de neutrsilidad (|ue requieren las condiciones de nuestro pais amigo de ambos beligerantes. Pam corresponder ii la mision especial qua Su Majestad el Shah de Persia tuvo a bien enviar a Mexico, fud despachado el Ministro mexi- cano en Paris con cl caracter de Embajador Extraordinario y Plenipo- tenciario, en mision tambi^n especial, a la capital de aquel imperio. Alii y en el territorio persa quo hul)o de cruzar, nuestro Enviado recibio senaladas muestras de atencion y cortesia. Esta visita ha venido a cimentar las excelentes relaciones de amistad establecidas por la mision de Persia en nuestro pais. El Gobierno imperial de China ha designado a su representante en Washington pira que, con igual caracter, venga il Mexico, fista st'ra la primera oportunidad que tengamos de recibir a un diplomatico de aquella interesante nacion, con la ciial nos liga, desde hace anos, un tratado de amistad y comercio. Habiendo manifestado el Gobierno de la Gnin Bretana el deseo de reducir las tarifas correspondientes ii cartas dirigidas de Nueva Zelandia aM( 'xico, se tirmo ultimamente laconvencion relativa, (jue hoy mismo se enviarii al Senado para los efectos constitucionales. Tambien se remitirii li esa alta Camam un convenio que se tirmo el 31 de diciembre ultimo, el cual tiene por objeto arreglar las relaciones amistosas entre Mexico y Austria-Hungria, en los t^rminos del cele- brado el 17 de septiembre de 1901, difiriendo de el tan solo en que para su validez se ha tijado el plazo de un afio ii partir del canje de sus ratiticaciones. Para la seguridad piiblica, prestan servicios de mucha iiniwrtancia los cuerpos de guardias runiles de la Fedemcion. Con el tin de mejo- rarlos hasta donde es posible, se han dictado algunas disposiciones que tienden ii beneticiar al personal, entre otras, lade consultar un aumento en sus haberes. Con fecha 28 de enero ultimo, expidio la Secretaria de Gobernaci6n el reglamento sobro expendios de bebidas embriagantes al menudeo, encaminado d evitar el abuso que do ellas se hace, sin peiqudicar los interescs logitimos del comercio. Con fecha 14 de Noviembre y previa aprobacion del Ayuntamiento, se tirmo entre el Director Genenil de Obras Publicas y el representante de la compania llamada La Internacional, el contrato pam laconstruc- c’ion del nuevo Rjistro de Ciudad, con todos los adelantos modernos. Este contrato habia sido anteriormente concertado con la (/orporacidn Municipal y se le hicieron algunas reformas venbijosas para el publico. Bull. No. 5—(M-6 1108 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANA8. K1 plan d(* las t)l>ras del saneamienU) de la capital ha continuado ejecutandose. han constnudo cuatro mil novccientos metros de nuevas atarjcas, i-iento cnarenta coladems para las aguas do lliivias y mil doscientos once metros do alhafiales. ^ ***** * Continiia acentuandose la diminucidn de la mortalidad en la cindad de Mexico, lo (jiie dels^ atrilmirse en gnin parte a la inducncia de las ohi*as de saneamiento. La diferencia entre las defunciones ocurridas en las anos de llHtl y es de cuatro mil setecientos ocho en favor del ultimo, cifra albimente signiticativa y satisfactoria. Tomando las que corresponden a cuahpiiera enfermedad de las evitahles, los resul- tados son, igualmente, favorahles a la |)oblaci6n. Las relativas al tifo, |K)r ejemplo, son las siguienti's: en 1901 ocurrieron mil trescientos setenta y nueve fallecimientos, en lSMt3 fueron mil trescientos treinta y ocho y en 11M>3 no llegaron mas ******* La liebre amarilla tomd duninte el ano anterior la forma epidemica en Veracruz y Tampico, extendiendose de este ultimo lugjir a Ciudad Victoria, Linares, Mojiterrey y Laredo, jm)!’ una parte, y por la otra, en peipieha proporcion, aOzuloama, TantoA'uca, Iluejutla, Valles y Tancan- huitz, habiendo ocurrido casos aisladosen otras poblaciones inmediatas a las antedichas. El foco <|ue endemicamente cxiste en Merida produjo tanibi4n una pequena epidemia (jue se propago a Dzitas y otros lugares. El Consejo Sujx'rior de Salubridad y los Gobiernos de los Esbidos inv^a- didos jK)r la plaga, desplegaron los mayores esfuerzos pam combatirlay obtuvieron el exito deseado, pues la epidemia ha desaparecido de todos los lugares donde atacd. El Ejecutivo ocurrio a la Camara de Dipu- tados solicitando una suma de cien mil pesos, que fu4 concedida, jmra activar las medidas contra la fiebre y para procurar la extincion de sus gdrmenes. Con esos recursos y con la coopemcion de los Gobiernos de los Estados interesados, se ha puestoen campana una brigada sanitaria que, sujeta a un programa bien meditado, esta realizando energicas medidas de protilaxia en todos los lugivres alcanzados l)or la epidemia. En Veracruz se ha e.stablecido, con laa3’uda pecuniaria del Gobierno del Estado, un servicio esjwcial con el objeto de extinguir la liebre amarilla, y .se tiene la espeianza de conseguirlo. ******* En uso de la facultad concedida al Ejecutivo por la ley de 14 de diciembre de 1999, .se ha expedido por la Secrebvria de Gobernacion, con fecha de febrero ultimo, la lev de organizacion politica y municipal del Territorio Quintana Roo. ******* La ley .sobre roljos falsilicacion de moneda, fecha 15 de diciembre proxinjo pisado, comenzd tambi4n a regir el dia 1“ de enero, y aunque MEXICO. 1 no ha tninscurrido tieinpo hsistanto para dott'rininar todas las ventajas de osta loy, puodo atirniarso ya Acalni dc instalarso el Consultorio Nacional do Enseiianza Dental, y a-si <|ueda orj^iiizado por la priinera vez en M^xieo un sistema eom- pleto de edueacion para lo.s dentistas, llenando a.si un vacio que en la ensenanza habia venido lanientandose. Se ha esLihleeido la fruetuosa pracdiea de enviar a los alumnus de la Escuela Nacional de Artes y Oticios, al terniinar su.s estudios en dicha cscuela, a visitar algunos de los centro.s fahrile.s importantes en el pai.s. F^.s de notar que los "rupos de escolares que han heeho tales excursiones, no solo han visitado esos centros, sino que adenias han toniatlo parte activa en los trahajos de los mismos, como lo revelan las memorias y dibujos descriptiv'os que han presentado a la superioridad. Algunos de los estudios que habian venido haciendose en la Escuela SujK'rior de Comercio, estaban lejos de producir todos los buenos resultados (jue se esperaban, porque, para semejantes estudios, los aliunnos no tenian la preparacion suficiente. Phi consecuencia, se han organizado someros examenes de adniision (pie, sin diticultar grande- niente el acceso de v'arias clases, aseguran el debido aprovechamiento de los concurrentes. En la inisma escuela ha sido preciso limitar el numero de inscritos, pues la atluencia fue tal que inaterialmente llego a no haber espacio donde recibirlos. No obstante las dificultades que ocasiona el cambio de un regimen de ensenanza por otro, se planted a fines del ano proximo ^msado, asi en la Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes como en el Conservatoria Nacional de Miisica, el sistema de concursos para poner de relieve el estado en que se eneontraban los conocimientos de los alumnos y para facilitar el rapido avanco de los mas aventajados. Por iniciativa del Director de la Escuela Preparatoria, se va a establecer en ella el medio-internado con cardcter puramente provi¬ sional, si fin de conocer si sus resultados son favorables si la edueacion moral c insti’uctiv'a de los alumnos que puedan acogerse al beneficio de esta institucidn. El medio-internsido consistira. en la entrada de los alumnos en las mananas y su salida hasta en las tardes a las horas reglamentaria.s de la escuela, para evitsir asi sus divagaciones y faltas de asistencia a las labores escolasticas. A la mitad del dia se les servira una comida sana, suficiente d higienica, por la que pagaran mensualmente un moderado estipendio. En las Escuelas Nacional Preparatoria y de Bellas Artes, se han v'enido haciendo delicadas obras de adaptacidn de los edificios d Isis crecientes exigencias de los mdtodos modernos, y a la necesidad dc volver si cada momento msis practica la ensenanza. Se han hecho asimismo algunas obras de reparacion inqiortantes en la Escuela Nacional de Artes y Oticios para Mujeres, y continuado las muy co.stosas de la Biblioteca Nocturna sinexa si la Nsicional. .'****«• Lsi Industria Mineni no ha interrumpido su marcha pi’ogresiva en el desarrollo de los diversos asuntos que con ella se relacionan. MKXICO. 1111 I)itnint« el primer scmestro del ano liseal eii fursj*, liaii exi)edido mil doscientos ocdienta titulos, (jue amparan iina su|H‘rlieic de tres mil noveeientas setenta y siete heetiireas, lla eontiimado la explohioioii de otros metales distintos de los que comumnente se han explotado en el pais, pues se han expedido alffunos titiilos para minas de manganeso, mereiirio, cobjilto, inquel, estano y hismuto. Del mes de septiembre a la f»*cha, eelebrose un eontrato de explo- raeion minera en Urique, Estado de Chihuahua, |)ara minas de tenia clase. En virtud de la invitaeion heedia a Mexico, se ha aoeptado recibir en la capital de la Republica, el ano de el decimo Congreso Geologico Internacional. En prevision de este acontecimiento, se ha procedido d«‘sde luego a la reorganizacion del Instituto Geologico Nacional, emprendiendo los trabajos necesarios para recibir dignamente a los miembros (jue formen aquel congreso, y habiendo aumentado desde luego el personal corresjwndiente. Se ha destinado la seccion respec- tiva de ese personal al estudio de los minerales del ixiis, para dar a conocer su importancia mineralogica y geologica. Se han hecho visitas por los empleados designados al efecto a las oticinas veriticadoras de pesos y medidas y al comercio de los Estados de Morelos, Durango, Guanajuato y Colima. En la actualidad ocho visitadores llevan a calK> la veriticacion periodica, como lo previene la Icy, de las basculas de los ferrocarriles, de las compahias de navega- cion, de los expresos y de las aduanas. En el Observatorio Nacional de Tacubaya se han proseguido los trabajos relativos al catalogo internacional fotogratico en la zona del cielo que le corresponde. Se han comenzado a recibir e instalar los nuevos instrumentos adquiridos recientemente, y se espera que lleguen los que se mandaron perfeccionar para mejorar los diversos servicios del observatorio. El Observatorio Meteorologico Central procura extender su impor- tante servicio en la Republica, y los gobiernos de los Estados de Veracruz, Oaxaca y Morelos, estan cstableciendo sus secciones meteo- rologicas. El Ilerbario del Instituto Medico Nacional se enriquecio con el aumento de ochocientos ochenta y siete ejemplares de plantas del pais, y se termino el contingente que el instituto envia a la Exposicion de San Luis, Misouri. Distribuy^ronse entre particulares y gobiernos de los Estados, hue- vecillos de gusanos de .seda que se importaron de Europa, tub^rculos de cotufa, semilla de algodon egip<*io y sarmientos de vid. Se han celebrado contratos psira la explotacion de maderas y extrac- cion de gomas y resinas en terrenos nacionales del Territorio de Quintana Roo. La Comision de Parasitologia continua sus trabajos sobre la plaga 1112 OFICINA INTERN ACIONAL DE LAS REPL'BLICAS AMERICAN AS. (lol aljfodon y so ha dodicado al ahi(|Uo do la “Mancha do hierro," phifja dol cafoto ijuo aparoci«') on el Estado do Oaxaca. Durante el poriodo del Id de septienihre ultimo a la fecha, se han otorjjado siete contirinaciones de derechos al uso de aguas \ se han cele- brado diez y ocho contratos para el aprovechamiento de ellas coino riego y fuerza motriz. Se expidieron diez }' i ueve titulos, de los cuales doce fueron de contirniacion de derechos y siete de concesiones nuevas. Se han presentado y cstan en tramitacion sesenta solicitudes de concesiones y quince contirmaciones de derechos para diversos Estados de la Republica. En el primer semestre del presente afio fiscal se expidieron dos- cientos setentsi y nueve titulos de propiedad, por medio de los cuales quedaron reducidos a propiedad particular quinientas cuarenta y ocho mil novecientas cuarenta y cinco hectareas de terrenos nacionales y liakUos, produciendo al erario federal cuatrocdentos trece mil novecien- tos sesenta y tres pesos. Las comisiones cientificas eneargadas de la exploracion del territorio nacional, continuaron sus trabajos, extendiendo la (ieografico-Explo- nidora sus operaciones a los Estados de Chihuahua 4 Hidalgo y acti- vilndolos en los de Veracruz, Tamaulipas y Nueva Leon, para lo cual ha sido considerablemente reforzado su piersonal. La (Jomision Geodesica termino el proyecto de la triangulacion que debe cubrir el meridiano de nov'enta y ocho grados al Oeste de Green¬ wich, quedando reconocidos y elegidos los vertices que faltaban para pasar la Sierra Madre y llegar a las costas de Tamaulipas. Se midio una nueva base cerca de la Ciudad de Oaxaca. Se han celebrado dos contratos para el establecimicnto de colonos en terrenos del Estado de Chihuahua, y uno para establecer en nuestro pais familias de origen boero. Con empeno se tnita de ensayar en grande escala la colonizacion portorriquena en nuestras costas del Golfo. Recientemente se hicieron venir algunas familias de Puerto Rico por una empresa particular, y se esta organizando otra ijue traera a Tabasco nuevos grupos de esas familias. La Compania de Trafico y Transporte en Tabasco y Chiapas cons- tru^'o uii vapor, el cual hizo su viaje de inauguracioii el 27 de febrero ultimo. Se han concedido seiscientas trece patentes de privilegio y expedido cuatrocientos setenta y dos certificados de marcas de fabrica y de coniercio, habiendose publicado dos numeros de la “Gaceta Oficial” del ramo. I.as obras publicas en los puertos siguen adelantado. Se han colo- cado once mil quinientos metros de tuberia de hierro entre Tampico y el estero de (..'amalote y nueve mil en la Ciudad, y comenzando a abrir el canal para los tanques-filtros, asi como a construir el taiique dis- MEXICO. 1113 tribukior para el sanoaiuiento y provision tie aj^ua tie la Ciutlad. En el sisteiiia tie aturjeas, se ban eolorado nueve mil setecientos metros de tid)ena de barro y coiistruido la mayor parte de los jxjzos de visita. En la eanalizacion entre Tiixpam Tampico, en la division del Chijol, se ha excavado una lonj^itud de einco mil seiscientos metros; y en la del Medano tpiedo concliudo un tnimo de canal de mil metros, aproximadamente. lai Estacion Sanibiria en Veracruz estii conclinda, como tambien las obnis de saneamiento y provision de agua para la Ciudad. Adelantada la reconstruccion de la aduana mantima, se prosigue la construccion de los editicios para Correo y Telt%rafo. En Coatzacoalcos se ban acabado ocbentji metros en la escollera del Oeste, se ha hecho el terra- pl^n del pantano en (pie se ban de establecer las vias de los muelles y la estacion terminal del ferrocarril Nacional de Tehuantepec. Tambien se ha terminado el muelle de acero numero dos y el almac^n del niuelle niimero tres. En el rompe-olas de Manzanillo se ha hecho el coronamiento de con¬ crete en cerca de cuatrocientos metros de longitud, faltando del reves- timiento exterior solo veinticinco metros. En el di-agado de la Imhia, se ban extii.ido diez y seis mil metros cubicos de arena y se ha cons- truido el cunal de Ventanas. En Salina Cruz, de septiembre ultimo a la fecha, se ha constrmdo el rompe-olas dvl Oeste en una longitud de treinta metros y el del Este en ciento setenta. En la darsena, se ha hecho una excavacion de doce mil metros cubicos y ciento diez lineales de enrocamiento de los nuiros de proteccion. El malecon de esta, formado con monolitos de concrete, estii concluido en una longitud de setecientos metros con una altura de siete. Para el ditpie seco, se ban hecho catorce mij metros cubicos de excavacion, y pani el canal de entrada a la darsena ciento noventa mil. Estan casi concluidas las atarjeas y c-anenas de distribu- cion de agua, saneamiento y abasto de la Ciudad y en construccion las vias ferreas de la estacion terminal. Ha quedado instalado en Isla de Enmedio, un fanal para marcar el fondeadero de Anton Lizardo; se ha substituido el fanal posterior de luces rojas de enfilacion, en Coatzacoalcos, por uno de mayor intensi- dad luminosa. Se ha instalado un fanal de ocultaciones en Punta Celai-ain, y hecho repaiticiones de importancia a los faros de Isla de Ijobo, Santiaguillo, Isla Mujeres y Punta Molas, que fueron averiados por el ciclon de agosto ultimo. Cuatro boyas ban sido colocadas en el canal de La Barra de Altata y se continua la construccidn de los faros de Puntii Jerez, Xcalak y San Benito; habiendose principiado la instalacion de una baliza luminosa permanente en Isla Verde, asi como la construccion do un faro en Cabo Falso, y la instalacion de una luz en la Atalaya del Carmen, para utilizarla como faro. Las lineas ferreas haii tenido un aumento de trescientos tres kil6- 1114 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPLBLICAS AMERICANA8. inotros, do los (|U(‘ so ostan proiiml^aiido on ostos dias y |H)iKlran a iiuo.stra lojjis- lacidn on osa inatoria a la alt uni do las mas libonilos. w -■ « La Comision Monetaria nombi’ada por la Secrotana do Hacienda para estudiar las diversas ouestiones ipie se relaoionan con el problema de la tijaoidn del valor on oro de nuestni moneda, ha concliudo ya sus tnabajos, presentando datos, opinionesy dictanienes on losque segura- niente encontrani el Gobierno elementos importantes pani ilustnir su criterio. Me complazco en hacer esta publica manifestacion del aprecio que haoc el P^jeeutivo de esos trabajos tan honrosos para la Nacion coiuo para las poi*sonas que los llevaron a cabo con tanto celo 4 intoligencia. Senores Diputados y Senadores, concluida mi I’esena de cuanto ofrece algun interos en la tarea administrativa que al Ejecutivo corresponde, solo tongo ([ue congratularme con vosotros por los progresos alcanza- dos en lo (jiie atafie a la riqueza del pais y a su cr^dito en el exterior; ventajas quo se ban obtenido a pesar de dificultades inherentes a la marcha de todo pueblo que, abandonando el tentador camino de la revo- lucion, rara vez fecundo en utiles conquistas, se empena en la hermosa via de la paz y del trabajo. La patriotica y eticaz ayuda que continueis prestando en esta obra de transformacion nacional, por fortuna ya muv adelantada, acabara de elevar a Mexico al envidiable puesto que el destino le reserva entre las naciones. MODIFICACIONES DEL ABANCEL. 1.—Extrueto del decreto de 7 de mayo de 1903, relativo al impuesto del timhre apUcable d los tahacos. 1“ Diario oticial ” de 7 de mayo de 1903, No. 109.] Art. 3. Desde el 1° de julio proximo, las estampillas del impuesto a los tabacos labrados, establecido por la ley de 10 de diciembre de 1892, y su reglamento de la misma fecha, se expenderan a los precios siguientes: I. Las de cigarros y puros recortados nacionales, a razon de 50 centavos el 100. II. Las destinadas pani cigarros extranjeros importados, a 85 centavos el 100. III. Las de puros de perilla nacionales: A. Para cajas 6 paquetes hasta de 5 puros, a $1.80 el 100. 11. Para cajas 6 paquetes de mas de 5 puros hasta 10, d $3.60 el ciento. C. Para cajas 6 paquetes de mas de 10 puros hasta 25, a $9 el 100. IV. Las destinadas para cualquiera clase de puros extranjeros impor¬ tados, a doble precio de los que respectivamente se fijan en la fraccion anterior para las de puros de perilla nacionales. V. Las estampillas para paquetes de un kilogramo neto de tabaco MEXICO. 1117 naeionul cernido, picado, on hehra. d II. —Zey de 26 de inuyo de 1903^ relativa d la» luermneiax que se intro- duzvun p»r lae AduamtH cMtahlecid^ie en el Ternttndo de Quintana RooA [•• Oiariu ofleial" de 26 dc mayo de 1906, No. 125.] Articulo unico. Se prorroga por el teniiino de un ano, contado desde el dia 1" de julio proximo venidero, la vigencia del decreto de 7 de junio de 1902, por virtud del eual estan exceptuados del pago de totla clase dederechos de importacion, asi como de los de pixerto, los efectos extranjeros que constan detalladamente eii el referido decreto y que se introduzcau por las Aduanas estableeidas en el Territorio de Quintana Roo, para ser consumidos exclusivamente en el mismo Territorio. III. —EjL'traeto de la ley de Pt'esupueMos de P dejunia de 1903^ relativo d derechos de exjHtrtaekm. [“ niario ofleial ” de !• de junio de 1908, No. 130.] Por la presente ley de Presupuestos se crean los nuevos derechos de salida ([ue a continuacion se expresan: III. Derechos de exportacion .sobre los siguientes productos natu- rales: Ilaiz de zacaton, a razon de 60 centavos los 1(K) kilogramos, jieso briito. B. Chicle, a razon de 2 centavos el kilogranio neto. C. Orchilla, ii razon de 5 pe.sos por tonelada de 1,(M)0 kilogramos, peso bruto. IV. Derechos deexportacdon sobre los .siguientes productos agncolas: A. Henequen en rama, il razon de 50 centavos por *‘ada 1(K) kilo¬ gramos, peso neto. B. Ixtle en rama, a razon de 50 centavos los 1(K) kilogramos, p<‘.so neto. C. Cueros y pieles sin cuiliir. Los de venado y chivo, ii razon de 2 pesos 25 centavos los 100 kilo¬ gramos, peso bimto. Los de res u otros, a razon de 75 centavos los KM) kilogramos, peso bruto. IV. —Ley de 2 de junio de 1903, relativa d la impartacidn de exphmvon. [“ Diario ofleial ” de 2 de junio de 1903, No. 131.] AktIculo 1“. Se faculta al Ejecutivo para que de acuerdo con el contrato celebrado por la Secretaria de Fomento con la Campania 1118 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANA8. Nacional dc Diiiamita y Explo-sivos S. A., o.sta])lezc‘a un iinpue»to interior de foiisuiiio soIht t«Klas las dinaiiiitiis y explosivos industriales (pio so iinporttMi del cxtranjoro 6 so fabrijpion on la Ropuhlica, ol cual impuesto so oausara d('sdo la feoha y on la forma (jue el mismo Ejecutivo sonale. Art. 2”. Las bases para el establecimiento del referido impuesto interior de eonsumo so ran las siguientes: I. Las dinamitas y explosivos indiistriales que se introduzcan por las Aduanas de la Republica 6 se fabriquen en el territoriode la misma, se gravaran eon la eantidad de 210 pesos por eada tonelada de 1,000 kilogramos, peso bruto. II. Podni eximirse del referido gravamen la polvora eomun, negra para minas, d j)ara pirotecnica y caza, en euya eomposicion se utilicen unieamente el azufre, el carbdn y los nitratos de sosa y de potasio, eon tal de (jue carezea de nitro-glicerina, clorato de potasa y de cual- quiera otra substancia quimiea explosiva. III. La Campania Nacional Mexicanade Dinamita y Explosivos S. A., satisfara el impue.sto interior de eonsumo que causen los productosque manufacture, en la forma y bajo las condiciones que determina el referido eontrato (jiie celebro con la Secretaria de Fomento en 12 de agosto de 1001. V. —Ley (h ft de pinio de 190d, releitiva a la hnjxyrtacion de cabaUm, [“ Diario oticial ” de 6 de juiiio de 1903, No, 135.1 Articuht unico. Se prorroga hasta el 30 de junio de 1904, la fran- quicia que otorga el articulo 4“ de la ley de 4 de junio de 1901, por el que se declararon libres de derechos de importacion los animales de la espt'cie eijuina que se introduzcan al pais. VI. —DeiTetn de IS de junio de 1903^ relativo d la, importacion dd trigo. [“ Diario oficial ” de 18 de junio de 1903, No. 145.] Articvlo unico. Se prorroga hasta el dia 31 de julio del corriente ano, el plazo que senalo el decreto de 7 de febrero ultimo para U admision, libre de derechos de importacion y adicionales, del trigo que se introduzca por las aduanas de la Rep6blica.“ V<'*a8e 8“ supl. al presente cuaderno, No II, NICARAOUA 1110 NICARAGUA EXPOBTACldN FOR PAlSES DURANTE LOS Aj^OS 1901 Y 1902. [Del “Diario Oflcial,” Manaxtia, 4 de febrero de 1904.] Valor declarado en mone 1901. 1 1902. 297,693.10 $6,014,661.61 70,698.66 244,003.96 138,266.60 140,637.20 2,033,738.16 1,277,750.18 754,721.48 960,977.71 1,130,3M.07 1,861,069.77 67,630.40 100,890.51 16,399.72 48,656.00 357,340.71 672,375.10 27,266.68 31,6'i6.47 120.00 Chile. 1,272.50 436.00 11,400.00 7,67,6.00 22,447.80 11,803.32 4,499.77 6,909.00 Italia. 178,109.97 219,118.25 900.00 Pert. 260.00 6,817.80 7,428.34 2,430.00 Total. 10,062,693.10 10,630,862.71 Kesunien de la exportacidn por aduanas: Aduanas. Bultos. Peso en kilos. Valor. 168,160 12.167,409 91,909,511.00 H BluR. 1,890,947 146,160 2,879,214.24 19,948 860,406 128,409.35 1,400 4.6,016 290,128.70 35,146 2,111,699 1,714,629.32 16,866 660,696.10 2,996 48,623 43,990.00 138 4,275.00 Total. 2,134,587 15,369,302 10,630,862.71 MINAS EN EXPLOTACldN EN 1903. [Del “ Diario 0/leial," Managua, 11 de febrero de 1904.] Se encuentran en explotacion en la Republica 103 niinas, segdn la clasificacidn que sigue, jxir distritos minerales d que pertenecen: Departamento de Chinandega. 5 Departamento de Chontalee. 20 Departamento de Matagalpa. 6 Departamento de Jinotega. 35 Departamento de Nuevo Segovia. 25 Departamento de Zelaya. 6 Distrito del Cabo de Gracias A Dios. 6 Total. 103 £ 1120 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS KEPUBLICA8 AMERICANA8. De estc nuinoro la mayor parte son de oro, hahiendo de plata en pecpicfia cantidad, y unadecstafio; dando un producto medio mensual de: Onzu. Oro. 4,886 I’lata. 42 Oro y plata. 158 Estano. 47 Total. 5,133 Durante el ano de 1903 se hieieron deiinneiaH de ininaa en cantidafi de... 106 IV laa eualea fueron mljudicadas. 70 Y qiiedaron pendientes. 36 De law adjndicadaa eatdn en explotaeion. 37 Y por einprenderse los trabajoe en. 33 Snma. 70 T1ERRA8 BALDIah. Dennneifw heelios en el aflo. 146 Fueron adjudiemlas. 34 liue El niimero de man/anaa denunciadaa fuf* de. 22,832.7 Con valor de.$31,740.26 PARAGUAY. DATOS FINANCIEBOS Y ECONdMICOS. El Senor Don Naroiso M. Acuna, Director y Secretario General de la Camara de Comorcio do Asuncion, ha presentado recicntemente a la asamblea jreneial de dicha .sociedad, a principio del corriente ano, una notable memoria (pie merecio la aprobacion de su directorio de la * ciial extractamos los interesantes datos estadisticos que siguen: | FRE8UPUESTO GENERAL DE LA NACI6n. j l.(Sv Ley de Presupuesto General de la Nacion para 1904 fut? promul- I gada en 19 de octubre, con un calculo de recursos de ^2,483,403.35 ! curso legal y §1,394,205.70 oro, contra un gasto general de $10,803,960 cur.so legal, y $413,566.80 oro, dando asi un superavit de $14,865 oro: Los recursos a oro estan (jalculados asi: Importacidn y adicionales.$867,000.00 Exportation. 390,000.00 Otros derechop de aduana. 118,135.00 Patente 6 impuesto de sanidad. 3,000.00 Derethos consulares. 16,000.00 Descuentos jxir jubilacioues. 70.70 TARAGUAY. 1121 Kti los pistos r«»rivs|)«)iul(> anuiilnionte: (tlirwi Ifgal. Oro. *1),183.B45 1-11.1,074. W 492.00 aw.sM Total. 10,(«3,969 413,566. >40 (^lu'dando sisi repartidos los pistos del poder ejeeiitivo: Oro. I*ap»'I. *118,200.00 2,676,08.5. (X) Relacionwiexterlon's. 195,010.00 281,814.00 Hacit-nda. 2!«,794.84 1,004,062. »l Jaxticia, comercio 0 InatrucoiOn pilblica. 23,304.00 2,546,820.00 Guerra. . 1,NOO.OO 2,596,044.00 Total. 413,074.80 1 9,183,045.00 COM£BCIO DE PARAOUAT. [Del “ Bolctlii Qulncenal dc la CAmara dc Comereio," de la AHunci6n.] Ann exiando las fuertisiiiias oscilaciones de los eainbios experi- montados durante casi todo el ano, debido a la earencia de oro en plaza y a la incertidumbre en que se estaba respecto a los planes tinanciero-economieos del Gobierno, haeian difieil la niareha regular y segura del comercio, este ha podido salvar el mal afio sin quebrantos muy notables, aunque sufriendo penurias. Se comenzo el ano con una eotizacion de 1,050 por eiento, que a mediados de febrero bajo a 1,000, para ir subiendo paulatinainente hasta 1,045 ii prineipios de inarzo, Imjando hasta 090, repuntando nuevanientc desde el 3 dc abril, para llegar ii prineipios de mayo hasta 1,090 por eiento, bajando en junio ii 1,065 jrara voh'er il subir el inismo mes hasta 1,110, declinando en seguida hasta 950 en la primem quincena de julio y en la segunda ii 915; en 14 de agosto a 900, y ii fin de ines a 890, tipo en que permanecio hasta el 30 de sep- tienibre. En todo wtubre inantuvose a 880, para llegar en noviembre a 875, tipo que regia en plaza hasta haee pocos dias. Naturalmente que esas bruscas oscilaciones influyeron notableniente en los precios de las inereaderias y de los frutos del pais, sufriendo todos por igual las consecuencias. A falta de una moderna y justiciera legislacion aduanera, el comercio de importacion sufre constantes y notables perjuicios, debido en la mayor parte de los casos, ii las continuas discusiones que se originan entre desiMichantes y la aduana, porque asuntos identicos son resueltos 1122 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANA8. nuu'has voces do iiiodo diforonto. Estji caiiuira no roouorda quo on la aduana so haya sentado ningiin preoodonto. Homos tenido o|)ortiinidad do haoer notar la falta do un arohivo y musco on quo consten on riguroso ordon alfabotioo, numerioo y orono- logico, los casos dudosos ocurridos on los dospiiohos <1110 fuoron resuel- tos i)or arbitrajo, coino tainbien una soooion especial oncargada unica y cxolusivamonte do toner al oorrientc a la Administracion do Aduanas do las altoracionos, on calidad y precio do fabrica, quo sufian las prin- cipales mercaderias Oro. Oro. Francia. $412,455.00 Belgica .... $15,945.00 Alemania. 325,185.00 Uruguay... 7,050.00 Argentina. 295,300.00 Brasil. 4,140.00 Italia. 202,350.00 Varioe. 17,450.00 Estados Uiiidos de Norte Total 2,332,295.00 Am(?rica. 109,115.00 Eepana . 79,415.00 Seria muy dificil hacer una comparacion con el ano 1903, pues s61o hemos conseguido terminar los detalles de la lm|)ortaci6n del primer semostro; mas como algo puede decirse, apuntaremos los (jue, en i 1 PARAGUAY. 1123 Viilores, eorresj)oiKle a cada pais cii la iiinxjrtacion de los seis priinero.s niesi's: On). Oro. Uniii Uretaila. 614. 77 Uruguay. $15,540.36 .Vk'iiiiuiia. 239, m 64 llidgiia. 6,540.42 .ViVi’ntiiia. 182, :131.61 Brasil. 2,6:13.25 Frimcia. 169,218. 47 Varios. 184,895.76 l>l);ifui. 99,:m93. Total. 1,662,8:13.00 Italia. ‘.18,199. 73 Estados I'nidoH dr N. A_ 71,161.06 Este valor total de Iti inijiortacit 1, estti repsirtido en los sijruientes raiiios: On). On>. Tejidos. $552,014.87 PerfuuK-n'a. $12,754.11 C<)iin‘stil)U*«. 357,849. 69 Cueros y pieles. 11,25»1. 71 Frrretorfa. 184,2:16. 46 Locen'a y eri. (Kii on).] lyut (st»iH Kamos. 1W2. nifses). 8230,742.W 8101,8:10.09 8:V)7,849.69 19ft, .W. 87 173,008.8:1 10.ft,379.31 Tejictox. 497,(y)f). 12 (lift, 80:1.43 ,ft.ft2,01.ft.87 6,493.'2ft 14,0:11.77 20,161.22 28,287.0ft 4,249.67 2,733.61 3ft, 332.00 22,202.09 .62,930. a 62,->18.9:1 74,4:l.ft.82 52,438.37 79,ft9.ft.97 170,720.88 181,236.46 8.ft,314.90 24,0ftl.2:i 18,71.ft.6ft 3,:«8.26 74ft. 31 2,070.42 32,388.21 818,212.91 138,66.3.02 Total. l,2.ft7,326. 13 1 2,332,296.00 1,6'22,833.00 Como se vo, la iinportaeion de medio ano de 11K)3 es easi an 33 por ciento mas tpie la de todo el ano 1882; poro entonecs, aliora 22 afios, la oxportaeion fue unicainente de $1,050,6711 oro durante todo el afio, mientras (jue la del I*' semestre de 1903 subio a $1,763,939.36 oro. kxi*oktaoiAn. Sin referirnos til dettille estadistico de la exjKtrtaeion, daremos aljru- Dos datos geneniles. Bull. No. 6—04-7 1124 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPVBLICAS AMERICANA8. 1^1 ])r<)diurion ha aiiiiUMitado notahlomontt* (‘ii coinpanu-ion ron los afioM antoriores, ahii cuando el prccio <1110 so obtioia* |x»r la niayona de los frutos no os todo lo ronuinonitivo i PARAGUAY. 1125 hull iiuincntiido sus procios do iMijjo por el iiljfoddn, Hjandolo »'onio iiimiiiio, lo Otr<»< pro(hic‘to.s.—La ajjricultura, tsin rica en productos, tienc ancho caiupo dc accioii en este pais, y esto se dcinucstra con el lieclio de (pie en los ultinios anos heiiios venido exportando productos que antes iniportabamos, tales coiiio alfalfa, niaiz, etc. En lo que llaniareiiios industrias extractivas, se nota tambicn un moviiiiiento de adelanto, cada dia mas inqwrtante. El Paraguay exporta ahora aceites varios, afrecho de coco, alinidon, aguardiente, aserrin, cera, carbon vegetal, esencia dc naranjo, extracto de (|uebracho y yerba-mate. De esencia de naranjo, aun cuando su precio en cl principal niercado dc consumo ha venido bajando, dcbido a la gran [iroduccmn, la expor- tacion aumcnU). En l8!tS se exporto por valor dc $b,59S oro; en los afios sucesivos ^12,212, $26,750, $20,154 oro, para (piedar en 1003 en $23,070 oro. El extracto dc (piebracho con la instalacion dc nuevas Mbricas podcrosas desdc hace dos afios, toma gmn impulso. Su consumo en Europa puedc decirsc ipic cs ilimitado, como lo cs su produccion en cl Paraguay. La exportaci()n ha sido: 1 Cantidad. Valiir, oro. Kilnt. \ 1900. 316,000 ‘ r2fi,280 1901. 1,174,600 93,801 1902. •2,7.V.>,0S0 220, ICO 1903. 3,757,856 1 300,628 Tan importantisima industria ha aportado al pais grandes capitales, aumentando asi la riqueza piiblica.. Como productos forestales cxporta cl pais almcndra de coco, cascara de curupay, cedro en vigas, durmientes, hojas medicinales, maderas duras varias en vigas, naranjas, palmas, postes, rollizos en general, de quebracho y otras maderas, tablas, tablones y varillas. En los ultimos cuatro afios la exportacion de estos frutos ha sido: Oro. 1900 . $956,596 1901 . 1,178,693 1902 . 1,300,335 1903 . 1,593,600 Entre los productos forcstales anotanios las naranjas ii causa de que su cultivo ha conienzado recientcmente y, como es natural, no puede apreciarse la produccion, por separado, dc los naranjales primitivos y de los cultivados. El afio ultimo ha sufrido un pequefio descenso la exportacion de naranjas, pues habiendo sido en 1900 de 86,529,000 finitas, subio en 1901 a 114,115,000 frutas; en 1902 a 126,712,(500 frutas, bajando en 1903 a 105,600,000 frutas. PARAGUAY. 1127 La exportarion de inadoras duni.s en vijjas, ha sido cn los ultimos cuatro anos— Hetrofl. 1900 . 1,130,000 1901 . 1,150,212 1902 . 1,400,976 1903 . 1,577,357 Debido al aumento de la produccion de estracto de quebracho, que hace enorme oonsumo de esa madera, la exportacion de rollizos de la niisma haja notablemente. Pero oonsideramoM nmcho mils conveniente para el pais que el producto saiga manufaoturado ya, y no en la forma primitiva. El rarao de la riqueza pfiblica que toma notable impulso, es la gana- deria, por si y por sus industrias alines. Los renglones exportados basta ahora son: animales en pie, astas, oerda,_carne tasajo, cueros vacunos, grasa, garras, huesos, lana, len- guas y sebo vacuno, habiendo sido los valores totales: Oro. 1900 . 9a5,990 1901 . 1,188,309 1902 . 1,486,692 1!X)3. 1,726,433 En esos totales corresponden los sumandos principales d los cueros, de los {jne se ha exportado: Como se ve, disminuye notablemente la exportacion de los cueros secos, aumentando, en cambio, la de los salados, lo que no es causado por ningun mal, sino por la demanda de los mercados de consume que es mayor para los salados. Ya previendo esto la Ciimara de Comercio, ii indicacion de algunos expoi*tadores, repartio hace anos una circular, rocomendando il los acopiadores se dedicaran mas a los cueros salados que ii los secos. En la importancia de valores de esta seccion sigue la came ta.sajo (pie comenzo ii exportarse en 19(X). Dicho ano s61o salieron del pais, JM)!- el unico saladero exi.stentc, 157,636 kilos por un valor de ^15,610 en oro—exportacion que en 1901 subid il 774,927 kilos por $74,994 en oro, en 1902 ti 932,215 kilos por $95,495 en oro, siendo en este filtimo ano dos saladeros los que operaron. No erraremos si recomendamos ii la atencion de los capitalistas extranjeros esta importante industria, y mas aim la instalacion de frigo- rificos en las zonas que recorre el Rio Paraguay. 1128 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPtBLICAS AMERICANAS. C’oiicoptuanio.s PEliC. MODIFICACIONES DEL ABANCEL. I. —lieHolKvion [" K1 IVniaiio” do 14 do niiiyo de lawi, Xc». IOC.] Por la presente resolueion se suspenden los efectos del articiilo 2“ del supremo decreto de 11 de diciembre de 1897 y del articulo 1" de la suprema disposicion de 19 de dieiembre de 1901, y en eon.seeuencia, las aduanas recibiran en pago de sus derechos soles de plata, eonforme a la ley de moneda, hasta nueva orden, II. —Ley de 17 de. diciemhre de 1902^ relntlva d la intrnduceu’m de etnharcaciones. [" El Porimno” de 17 de jiilio de IDOll, No. l.l.] Por la presente ley se declara libre de todo dereeho tiseal la intro- duccidn de emliarcaciones de.stinadas al comereio de eabotaje d expor- tacidn, ya .sean cpie arriben por si 6 que se importen en piezas para armarse en el pais, siempre que lleven la bandera naeional. III. —Ley de 20 de neeidemhre de 1902, extahleelendo el reyhnen aplicahle d la Itnjxaiacldn de eei'veza en la Peoelneia del Ceeeado del Cazeo. [“ El I’eniano ” de 21 de jiilio de 190H, No. 18.] Por la pre.sente ley se establece un impue.sto de 10 eentavos jior cada botella de (“erv’eza (jue se interne a la Provineia del Cercado del Cuzco. IV. —Ley de 11 de xeptleinhre de 1903, relativa d la iinjxertaeldn del xata'o antipextoxo. [" El PcTuano” de 2C de Heptiemliri' de 1903, No. CT.] En virtud de la presente ley, el suero anti|)estoso .se admitiril a la importaeidn eon fran(|uieia dedereehos de aduana y de tinlo gravamen. t per(t. 1129 \.—L*'i/ (le 11 [“ El I’lTuaiio ” (U‘ 28 Kn virtiid de la presonto ley, la.s niiiquinas de escrihir .se adnntirana 111 importacion con fraiiquieia de dereehos de adiiana. V’l.—Zey de dO de xeptleinhri de 1903^ rehitiva d la hnqHU'tacidn de nntinndmlex. [“ El Pemano” de 8 de octiibre de 190:!, No. 77.] Por la pre.scnte ley .se concede f raiMpiicia de tmlo derecho tisoal a los antomoviles (pie se introduzcan al pais. VII. —Ley de 28 de um'iemhre de 1902^ n'eando uu det'eeho adicional aplicalde d lax mercancktx que xe iiajxa'fen par el qnierto del Callao. [“ El Pemano” de 13 de ootiibre de 1903, No. 81.] Por la presente ley se crea un derecho adicional de 1 por ciento apli- cahle a las meriuinclas qiie se introduzcan en el puerto del Callao, cuyo producto se destinara a la construccion del Teatro naclonal. VIII. —Ley de 11 de agoxto de 1903., relativo al regimen aduanero de lox azucarex. [“ El Pemano” de 27 de octubre de 1903, No. 93.] Por la presente ley se resuelve que el Gobierno del Perd se adhiera a la Convencion azucarera de Bru.selas, debiendo niodificarse, para ese efecto, la partida No. 2189 del Arancel de Aforos, il tin de que los az6- cares refinados y sus similares no paguen un derecho mayor que el de soles 2.44 y soles 2.23 por 100 kilogmmos, equivalente a 6 francos y 5 francos 50 centimos, respectivamente, eomo iinpuesto diferencial con los similares nacionales, en conformidad con el articulo 3 de la men- cionada convencion. IX.—Ley de 23 de (xluhre de 1903, relatlva d lapaja Oxjmlla. [“ El Pemano” de 28 de oetnbre de 1903, No. 94.] Por la presente ley .se suprime el impue.sto departamental .sobre la paja toquilla, creado a beneticio del Colegio Nacional de Piura, substi- tuyendo.se con el de 40 centavos, (jue gnivara cada dcx'ena de sombreros inanufacturados ([ue .se exporte al extranjero por la Aduana lie Paita 6 se destine al comercio de caliotaje. 1130 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REl'UBLICAS AMERICAN AS. X. —Ley dc dO de octuhre dc 1003^ rclutica d las naiyulnm y dcstmados d la petforacidn de pozos artesiauos y tahulares. [•• El Peniano" Por la presente ley sc declara libre del pa<^o de derechos fiscales la iniportacion ^xir las Aduanas dc la Republica, dc las nuuiuinas y aece- orios, destinados a la perforaeion de pozos artesianos y tubulares. XI. —Ley de llf de nftvhmhre de 11)03, relativa d la imp [“ El I'oruano” do 14 do noviembro do HKW, No. 109.1 Por la presente ley se declara libre de derechos la iinjwrtacion de saeos destinados al servieio de la agrieultura y la niineria, inoditicandose en est a parte el articiilo 3" de la ley de 2 de mayo de 1S9S. XII. —Ley de 18 de nmnemla'e de 1903, 'atodljicatuht el Araneel cm respecta d las laei'caneias (pie se laijiorfea d (',rj)orten pat' las Adaanas del Deyxirtainetdo de Jjn'eto. [“ El IVruano” de 27 de noviembro do 1903, No. 120.] ArtIculo 1". Son libres de dereeho de iinjxirtacion, por las Aduanas del Departaniento de Loreto, los articulos sijjuientes: Arroz, nianteea, harina, aziicar, papas, menestms, eebollas y ajos; herrainientas y inii- quinas para la ajjrieultuni, elementos exclusivamente navales, }• libros y litiles de ensenanza; eonservas de earne 6 jmscados 'y aniniales vivos. Art. 2. Las demas mei’caderias (jiie, segun el Anuieel de Aforos, se liallan exentas de derechos, pagaran en lius inisnias Aduanas el 8 iwr ciento sobre su avaluo. Art. 3. Los demas vtveres comprendidos en la seecion 7" del Aran- cel de Aforos, asi eonio el jabdn, el kerosene y id vino tinto de nie.sa, alxmanin el lb por ciento. Art. 4. Tixlos los demas articulos sujetos a derechos dc internaeion, pajfanin cl 30 per ciento sobre el mismo avaluo, eon cxeepcion de la joyeria de oro }' plata y las piedras prcciosas, (pie pagaran un 3 jxir ciento ad valorem. Art. .5. La tarifa para la exportaeion de gonias sera la siguiente: Centavos. Jebe (llibil. kilopratnoH.. 8 Caucho. .id.... 10 Sernaniby dc jclie ... .id.... 10 Sernaniby dc caucho .id.... 12 Je))e fino d ahiringa . .id.... 20 Art. 6. Esta ley empezara a surtir sus efectos ciento veintc dias despues de su promulgacion. SALVADOR. 1131 XIII. Li ijde 10 de dicienihrc dc lOOd^ I'llatim d la bnjHn'tacldn de matt rias priman jntra la fahricactdn de itid SALVADOR. EL OBO £N EL SALVADOR. [Del “ Boletin de la S [XM-o St* lui (‘stahlecitlo el trataniiento tie las hrttzas de oro plata jtor la ciaiuiraeion. La lev de estas hrozas es de 7c a so on/as de plata por tonelada, y 2 onzas de oro. Ix)s dos valores juntos hacen unos $70 oro por tonelada. K1 C’orozal, de los Sefittres McKav. El inettKlo de ciannraeidn se ) ha estaldecido desde hace seis ineses. llt'iieticit) tliario, 10 toneladas, eon valt)r cada nna de ^3o, oro. Rtxihmu.—San Sebastian, KM) toneladas de $2tM» ji $1,000, oro. Loina Ijarjja, 20 toneladas de $30 a $K>, oro. Los Encnentros, 10 toneladas do $70 a $S0, oro. El Corozal, 10 toneladas do $.30 a $40, oro. En eonjnnto 140 toneladas diarias con sn ley en oro. Itesnlta tpie el t^rinino medio del producto de las 4 niinas princi- pales en actual explotaeion es de 140 toneladas j)or dia a razon de $S0, oro, cada nna, 6 sean $11,200, oro, tpie en un mes hacen $330,(MM), y en nn ano $, 4032,(HM), oro. Segun los cuadros estadisticos de exjx)r- tacion de prodnctos del pais, cuadros eorrespondientes al trimestre tpie terinino el dia ultimo de marzo del corriente ano, aparecen emharca- dos por el pnerto de La Union, solamente $25,(KM), plata. Ningiin minero embarca brozas minerales, pues no seria para el ningiin negocio, ahoi-.i tpie estsi. conoeido y aplicado el m^todo de la ciannraeion que con nna ley de $5, oro, i>or tonelada, deja benefieio enantioso al explotador. Se pnede calcnlar que los mineros ponen en eireulacion, mensual- mente $3o,(M)0, plata. Esto es lo que se saca de $336,(M)0, oro, que jirodneen las minas del Salvador, oro que no se sabe, como, ni euando, ni para donde se va. Como nnestros minerales produeen plata y oro, habria suficiente cantidad de esos metales preciosos, pam darle oenpacion eonstante a la Casa de Moneda; y tendriamos nnestro patron de oro y plata, sin necesidad de admitir monedas de baja ley despreciadas y depreciadas por nnestros comerciantes. Los embai’qnes de oro, se hacen cada tpiince dias por el pnerto de Ijh Union, j)or los dnenos de las minas, en cajas de 2 a 4 arrobas de peso cada nna. Cnando se exjwrtan brozas, van en costales 6 en zurrones de cuero, en bnltos de 5 a (> arrobas de peso cada uno. Y estas brozas se remiten solamente para ensayos; para negocios causarian perdidas. • Exportanse, en raras veces, brozas qne contienen concentrados muy ricos de oro 6 plata, brozas tpie contienen cobre y plomo, con oro y | plata, y si estas ban ido antes, ha .sido como muestras, ahora ninguna I de esas brt)zas se exporta. RENTA DE LICORES EN 1903. [Del “ Diiirio Del Salvador” K1 iinpuotsto sohre !i},nuirduMites so coltro ])<)r la cantidiul do 1,714,127 botollas y pnalujo ^l,7*>2,5o8.57. La piHKliiccidn do alcohol naftaliimdo fue de 17,303 botollas (pie le dejaroii al Fisoo ^245.85. El pr URUGUAY. COMERCIO DEL PUERTO DE MONTEVIDEO EN ENERO DE 1904. Las salidas de buques y las exportaciones de Montevideo duninte el mes de enero do 1904 fueron oonio sigue: Br(JUES. Vaporcs. 40 Veleriw. 4 KXPORTACIONES. Artirulos. Cantida Eatailos Cnidoa: IX^Igica—oontind a Cueros vatMinos seco»..nAmeroa..l .53,000 Lino.bolsaa.. 9,325 Cerda. ....fardoa.. 50 LenKua.s.cajonia*.. 1,(XIU Taaajo. .id.... 815 HuesoH y ceniza.bolaaa.. 543 Id. toneladaa.. 49 Portu^l; Hiiesos y ceniza .. .id.... 503 (^eroa vacunoa 8ecoa..niiniero8.. 5,475 Alemania: Lana.fardoa.. lU Ciieroa vaciinoa secos. .nOmeroa.. 12,103 Taaajo.id_ 315 CiUTOH vaeiinoH naladoK ....id.... 24,634 Id.toneladaa.. 28 Cerda. _fardoa.. 2 Sebo.pipaa.. 100 Lana. .id.... 6,243 Inglateira: Cueroa lanares. .id.... 459 Lana.fardoa.. 1.50 Seix). .pipas.. 75 Taaajo.id_ 220 Afreeho. ....bolaas.. 4,399 Lenguaa.cajonea.. 1,098 Lino. .id.... 8,864 Braail; Francia: Taaajo.fardoa.. 61,731 Ciieroa vacunoa aec<». .ndmerew.. 4,017 Id.toneladaa.. 4. .537 (Hieros vacuiKw Miladtia .... id.... 10,197 Sebo.bordaleaaa 167 Lana. _fardoa.. 1,189 Harina.bolsaa.. 100 Ciieros lanares. .id.... 1,540 Afreeho.id_ 200 Huesoa y ceniza. _bolsaa.. 4,612 Maiz.id_ 8, .590 Id. toneladaa.. 39 Alpiate.id.... 1,200 Eapafia; Ovejaa.. 860 Cueroa vacunoa s LA DEUDA PUBLIC A DEL URUGUAY EL 31 DE DICIEMBRE DE 1903. I Dol Boletin (luincenal quc publica en Montevideo la csimara francesa do comercio de acjuella capital, numero 4S3 del afio XXII, correspon- diente al 22 de niarzo del corriente ano de 1SH)4, se toma el siguiente ^ rosunien, forniado con datos oticiales, de las deudas del Uruguay, i hasta el 31 de diciemhre de 1903. / “La deuda publica del Uruguay, en deuda interior, deuda exte¬ rior, y dciula internacional. “ La deuda interior so descompone como sigue: Deuda de garantta. $3, .399,000.00 r Deuda interior unificada .. 4, .%2,050.00 Deuda de liquidaeion. 266,634.79 , Deuda de eertificados de Tesorerfa 4,588,150.00 “ Empn'*8tito extraordinario de 1897. 2,990,900.00 Id. id. aegunda serie.. 2,2X1,100.00 0 Id. id. teroera aerie. 1,260, .300.00 Empn'stito extraonlinario de 1901 931,400.00 , Deuda amortizable, segunda serie. 2,716,707.08 Total de la deuda interior. 22,948,241.82 1 “ La deuda exterior .se de.Hconipone como sigue: 1 Deuda consolidada del Uniguay.$91,132,812.00 j ( Enipr^stito uruguayo de 1895. 6,566,652.00 Total de la deuda exterior. 97,699,464.00 “La deuda internacional se de.sconipone como sigue: Deuda i^imilola. $98,250.00 ^ Emprestito brasilero. 3,008, .500.00 ^ - t Total de la Total. 123,754,455.82 “El servicio de interes y amortizacion, de 1" de enero de 1902 6 21 I de diciembre de 1903, repre.sento las siguientes sumas (pie fueron j ® satisfechas: Deuda interior: Intereses . $9,384,417.77 Amortizacion .. 5,146,613.61 -$14,5.31,931.38 t Deuila exterior: Intereses. 41,130,199.60 ' Amortizacion ... 3,393,884.10 ^ - 44,524,083.70 j, Deuda internacional: Intereses. 2,112,622.85 Amortizacion. .. 2,283,868.15 4. .396,491.00 Total general satisfecho 63,451,606.08 VENEZUELA. 1135 VENEZUELA MODIFICAGIONES DEL ARANCEL. )0D- ;nte ) RtmAuci&ti de 19 de enero de 1904, por la cual ne desiyna la cUue nrtntcdaria I'n quc han de uforarne lo» iuboa 6 cunductos de goma. lay, I [Gaccta uficial de 19 de eucro dc 1904, n* 9056. xte- Por la pre.sente Re.soluci6ii se di.spono 41.82 112.00 COMERCIO DE LA GRAN HRETANA CON AMERICA, 152.00 PRIMER TRIMESTRE DE 1904. 164.00 Los “Informes relatives at tralico y navegacion del Keino Unido,” publicados en marzo de 1904, conticnen los siguientes dates referentes >50.00 al comercio de dicho Keino con las naciones de America en el primer iOO.OO trimestre de 1904. Todos estos datos cstan conqmi'ado.s con los de 750.00 1902 y de 1903. IMPORTACIONES. 241.82 464.00 Artfculos y pafsvs. 750.00 1904. 455.82 Animale$ vivo$. Gtnado varuno: 2 6 21 Repilblica Argentina. £64,«JS Estadoa Unidos. £l,.'iM,378 1,227,573 £1,952,003 ueron Gtnado lanar: Repilblica Argentina. 21,776 Eatadoa Unidoe. 148,728 74,665 164,087 Oomestibles y bebidas. Trifo: Repilblica Argentina. 246,034 I 787,953 1,319, .517 Chile. 13,754 ; 12, .546 4.5,640 E.,tados Unidoe.. 2,848,383 ! -2,768,812 1,316,-284 ail.38 Hirina de trigo; Eetados Unidos. 1,7.52, .544 I 1,679,363 -2,010,615 Cebada; Estadoe Unidos..... 340,825 ' 478,441 604,663 Arena: Estados Unidos.. 10,418 49,702 11,928 ,083.70 Mail: j Repdbllca Argentina. 351,607 1 173,216 833,517 Estados Unidos. 214,-230 ' -2,197,627 1,092,107 Came de vaca, fresca: I Repdblica Argentina. 356,145 I 407,076 481,970 ,491.00 Estados Unidoe. 1,31,5,381 I 1,346,168 1,474,130 Cwne de camero, fresca: Bepilblica Argentina. 458,0-28 I 610,756 519,690 ,606.08 1136 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANA8. IMI’OKTACKtNI-^S—(■((iiliiniK. Valor. ArtirnloN y 14(180^. !««. 1903. 1904. ('(mfftMfg y Miirfaji—('ontiniia. (’amp clp puprco, frosca: E-Mados I'noloH. f2Sl,7(« £133,809 , £»l,»il TiHMni>: FXadoa I'nidoa.. Al.Vi.OT.'i •2,010, .314 1,97-2, .319 Carno de vaca. salada: Kstados I'liidos. .si,:m 72.6I1» 1 .3.3,163 Jamonea: Estados I’liidos. ai3,s;V) 649,187 1 6-22,76S Caff: Brasil. 140,302 •201,968 ' 89,006 Contro Amf riea. 191,060 1 •280.573 , •248,037 Azdcar sin retinar: Repnhlipa ArRpntina. 174,l.il 21,060 ' Brasii. 47, M3 11,996 •26,891 IVni. 16,212 16,849 j 98,1.« Talwipo en rama: Estados I’nidos. 162,706 , .317,366 j .3H'2,511 Tabapo labrado: Estados Unidos. 366,4tM 314,810 1 ;?31,030 Mdalrt. Cobrp: Chik-. 46,,M6 ' 6.3, •2.34 61,888 E.stados I'liidos. .\44.'i i 1..316 1 » RfRiiIo y prei'ipitado: Chile. 7.S6.V. ' 8'2,678 49,802 Peril. 29,669 27,744 31,179 Estados Cnidos. 161,662 39,344 53,085 Hierro forjado y no foriado; Chile. •231,306 * 1.38,862 •283,959 Estados Cnidos. 1,057,76.'> 1 •>.39,7:?5 8.32,100 Hierro en llngotes: Estados Cnidos. 22,076 1 4,"3'» 27.697 Plomo en linRotes y lAminas; Estados Cnidos. l.»,691 1 108,799 96.040 Malrriai jirimat jmra ftfhrim* de Irjidog. 1 AlKoflbn en rama: 1 Brasil. 340,26;? 318,013 339, .310 Estados Cnidos. 11,6.34,2:?9 11,295.1'27 10,963.614 Lana de eamero: Slid Ameriea. 134,3V. 19.3,330 159,383 Lana de alpaea, llama y vienfla: (;hile. 6.S29 , ■23,189 31,691 Pen!. 62.731 60,175 1 84,919 Malrrmn priwias jatra varias industriae. Ciieros erudos: Repi'iblicas Argentina y Crutfuay. 19, >33 67 Brasil. ■200 SelM> y estearina: 1 ™ Repiibliea Arpentina. r21,.3KI 131,637 70,150 E.stados Cnidos. 69,666 &3,-277 97,756 lUtindog nmnujacturadof. Pa pel: Estados Cnidos. 91,978 82, ^OS 78,288 Miscclanea. Caballos: Estados Cnidos. P23,.V24 33, .375 •24,206 Linaza y semiiia de linaza: Rep’iibliea Arpentina. 775, ,385 1 306,903 .Vi0,.Tffl Estado Cnidos. P28,446 30,215 705 EXPORTACIONES. Suslanring nlimenticias y hebidof. Apiias paseosas: £53,681 £68,001 £61,448 !4al, pema y eristalizada: •24,771 P2,753 i 13,646 Espiritus: 1 Estados Cnidos. 69,004 85,7^23 1 103,641 VENEZUELA 1137 KXI’<)RTA<'IOXK.S—t'liiiliiniH. 1 Valor. ArliciiIiM iiafws. 1902. 1903. 1901. MnU rhi* primn*. ('Hrlx'iii de piedra. ooko. etc.: ! Kcpdbtu-a ArKentinn. £2.t6,971 £208.617 £206,706 1 Krasil. 190.912 161,076 180,825 , <'hile . 71,007 32,676 :rr,;it« ' Kstndos I’nidos. s,4ia .518.079 2.5. ;«7 rriiKiiay. l:i2. .009 126, 191 87, Oil Lana dc oamcro: Kstadoa Unidoa. LVI.XU 191,9.'« Artlruliit vianif/a Ar1nMil Estadoa I’nidos. .Mft.fsW 62>t. 863 161, *.•91 CniKnay. X2,20l 99, 570 100,2.V9 \ eneznela. 52,130 27,769 119,733 Hilaza de jute: Braail. W),781 8.5,8,58 18, MH Katadoa Cnidos. 2,016 2,S6H 8, S70 Artiriiloa de jute: Kepdbliea Argentina. 22,601 r>i6 61,296 Brasil. 2,63i 1,306 1.2.53 Kstados 1 nidoH. 269.01.0 211,812 233.;tf.2 Hilaza de lino: KMadoa I'nidoa. 11,797 12, .508 16,:1.59 Gt'neros de hilo eii piezaa: Kepubliea Argentina. 20,318 11,1.37 15,932 Brasil. 13, l.M Colombia. 2,271 3; 659 .5,380 Mexico. 12,951 7,857 8.172 Estados I’nidoa. .MK tdl,712 636,7:17 Tejidos de lana: Reptiblica Argentina. 33,913 42, tWiO 97,116 Chile. 37162'. 29; 190 .56; 920 Estadoa L'nidos. iiLsio i5i;i9i 108;717 Crnguay. 10,067 12.101 22,665 Tejidna de estambre: Repilblica Argentina. 38, .512 11,915 70,1:'>1 Brasil. 29.108 29,820 21,8:17 Chile. 13,118 27,:i70 23,271 21,316 5 975 Estados Cnidtis. 258; .500 ;t06; i.57 295; 220 1 riiguay. 16,771 18,735 17,867 Alfombras: Repdblica Argentina. 21, .506 16,117 22.902 Estados Cnidos. 18,299 19; 91^ ii;.>59 Metalf* y nrllrii/im tie mrtal. Cuchillerla: 2.711 2 .594 5 .509 Br^il. . 6; .5-28 si'w 7;:i2i Chile. Estados Cnidos. 23;171 is; 781 Ferreteria, no enumeraila: Repiihiiea Argentina. 5,967 1..5,55 10,061 Brasii. 5,6.31 9,601 18,6-20 Chile. .5,970 .5,161 6.692 Estados Cnidos. 13,626 9,302 8,337 Hierro en lingotes: Estados Cnidos. 103,995 .531,890 .59, .561 Hierro en barras, varillas, etc.: Repdblica Argentina. 7,215 8, .510 7,171 Brasil. 7,80:5 .5,962 6,180 Chile. 8,158 7, .501 6. .598 Estados Cnidos. 21,989 21,799 17,720 Hierro galvanizado en hojas: Repi'iblica Argentina. 27,059 77,953 161.365 Centro America. 6,119 3,029 5,137 Chiie. 7,2M 13, .577 19,056 Mexico. 18,113 27,510 28,183 Uruguay. 12,206 10,191 10,921 i 1138 OFICINA INTERN ACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLIC AS AMERICAN AS. IMI’OKTACIONKS—(’oiitiiiuii. Valor. lOtK. 1903. 1901. ihialts y urticii/tM ile viftal—(^oiitimia. 1 1 Udjii du lata: Kstados Uiiidiis. £276, jC2I1,5.s5 ! £187, it! . MiUinimiria. Locoraotoras: i Sud Ami-rica. a'),7iy 1 58,191 1 82,267 Estados Unidos. 6,573 311 ' Mai|uinaria aKricoIa; Sud America. 3,5'22 10,207 j 9,011 157 1,883 Maqiiinaria de laa doniaa cIilscs; Sud America. :tl,9S8 ,50,798 1 61,673 K‘4tado8 Unidos. 502 .5,081 1 4,434 Instnimentos de agrieultura: Sud America. 11,451 1.5,723 ! 25,4.51 105 1 110 M&quinaa de coscr: Sud America. 7,112 1.5,1,51 13, ,589 Maquinarias de minus: Sud America. S.tMH .5,8:18 H,92r> Estados Unidos. 215 i:i0 362 Maquinaria tcxtil: Sud America. 45,571 34,481 Mi, Mrfi Estados Unidos. 113,168 117,190 90,173 Misctliinia. Cimiento: Repdldica Argentina. 6,079 11,6.51 3,713 3,062 Estados Unidos. 1,498 91363 L»i57 Loza: Rcpiiblica Argentina. 9,956 29,607 24,079 17,^51 17,091 24.102 Estados Unidos. 115,422 141,008 154.698 Aceite de semilia: 18,319 10,289 13,268 Monthly Bulletin OF THE International Bureau of the American Republics, International Union of American Republics. VoL. XVI. MAY, 1904. No. 5. DEATH OF SEKOR DON MANUEL CANDAMO, PRESIDENT OF PERU. The death of Peru’s President, Senor Don Manuel Candamo who hud been ill for some time, occurred on May 7,1904, at Arequipa, and is the occasion of deep regret both in his own and other lands. The State Department of the United States was officially informed of the death of President Candamo by a cable dispatch from the United States Consul Gottschalk at Callao. Secretary Hay informed the President, and sent a message to United States Minister Dudley at Lima instructing him to convey to the Government of Peru assurances of the sincere sympathy with which the President and the people of the United States heard of the death of President Candamo. Manuel Candamo was born in Lima, Peru, in 1842. His education was received in his home city and at Paris. To complete it he traveled on the Continent and in Asia. On his return home he was made secre¬ tary of the Peruvian Legation in Chile. In 1871, he joined the Civil party, which was organized by Manuel Pardo. During the adminis¬ tration of the latter he became manager of one of the leading banks and a director of several financial and industrial institutions. In 1875, he became Colonel in the National Guard, and later was elected Mayor of Lima. In the war with Chile he enlisted as a private in the reserve army that defended the Capital, and fought in this capacity at the battle of Miraflores on January 15,1881. After the fall of Lima he was deported to Chile, together with many of the leading citizens of Peru, and held a prisoner until the Treaty of Ancon was signed, in October, 1883. Bull. No. 5—04-8 1139 1140 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. On Ills return to Peru he aided material!}' in the reorjjanization of the Civil party and became an ardent partisjvn of General Caceres, who Avas fighting for the supremacy of the constitution, which had been in abeyance since the war. When, in 1886, General Caceres became Constitutional President, Senor Candamo Avas elected Senator from Lima and shortly afterwai’d was chosen President of the Senate. On the death of Dr. Francisco Rosas, the chief of the party, he Avas elected to fill the vacancy. In 1893, the Civil party nominated him for the Presidency, but the subsequent political events made it necessary for his party to join forces with the Democratic party under the lead¬ ership of Senor Don Nicolas de Pierola, and consequently his can¬ didacy was not persisted in. But, in 1895, in the interregnum between the downfall of General Caceres and the inauguration of Senor Pierola as Constitutional President, Senor Candamo became President of the Junta and Minister of Foreign Affairs. In 1897 he was elected Sena¬ tor froniLambayeque and President of the Senate. He was a member of the Council of State, and on several occasions a seat in the Cabinet and diplomatic posts were offered to him, all of Avhich he declined, giving his time to the support of his party and its leadership in Congress. In 1899, he Avas again mentioned as a possible candidate, but he with¬ drew from the contest and pledged the supptirt of his part}' to Senor Romana. Lsist year he became candidate for President to succeed Rom an A on a ticket with Dr. Lino Alarco for First Vice-President and Senor S. Calderon for Second Vice-President. This ticket was elected in May and the new officials were inducted into office in September. President Candamo, besides his public offices, had been at the head of the Lima Chamber of Commerce several times and ])resident of the Benevolent Society. He was a member of the boards of many of the principal financial and commercial enterprises in Peru, associated with mines and railroads, and occupied a high social position in the country. He was regarded as an able orator, a fine debater, and a skillful leader. As President his administration was regarded as promising. By the law of Peru an election must be called within three months. In the meantime Senor Serapio Calderon, Second Vice-President, will head the government, the First Vice-President being dead. Senor Serapio Calderon was in charge of the administration Avhile the President was at Arequipa, where he had gone to take the baths. EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CONGRESS. The International Bureau of the American Republics received on March 21, 1904, an invitation to participate in the meetings of the Eighth International Geographic Congress, to l>c held in the city of EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CONGRESS. 1141 Washington in September, 1904. The Bureau was furtlicr recpicsted to l)e the medium for bringing the Congress to the notice of the sev¬ eral countries composing the International Union of American Repub¬ lics, and to extend to each of them a formal invitation to take part in its sessions. The purposes of the Congress are set forth in the following pam¬ phlet, reproduced for the information of the nations desirous of par¬ ticipating therein: PBELIMINAB,Y ANNOXTNCEMENT EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, 1904. Hubbard Memorial Hall, Washington, T). C., U. S. January, 190^. The Executive Committee of the Seventh International Geographic Congress, held in Berlin in 1899, having voted to convoke its next ses¬ sion in Washington, the National Geographic Society, as the organiza¬ tion responsible for the management of the sessions in the United States, will welcome the Eighth Congre.ss and its friends to the National Capital of the United States in Septemher, lOOlt.. Geographers and promoters of geography throughout the world, especially memlK^rs of geographic societies and cognate institutions of scientific character, are cordially invited to assemble in Washington, D. C., on September 8, 1904, for the first international meeting of geographers in the Western Hemisphere. On the invitation of the National Geographic Society, the following societies join in welcoming the Congress and undertake to eoo{)erate toward its success, especially in so far as sessions to be held in their respective cities are concerned: The American Geographical Society. The Geographic Society of Baltimore. The Geographic Society of Chicago. The Geographical Society of California. The Mazamas. The Peary Arctic Club. The Geographical Society of Philadelphia. The Appalachian Mountain Club. The Geographical Society of the Pacific. The Sierra Club. The American Alpine Club. The Harvard Travellers’ Club. The Congress will conv^ene in Washington on Thursday, Septeml)er 8, in the new home of the National Geographic Society, and will hold sessions on the 9th and 10th, the latter under the auspices of the Geo¬ graphic Societ}*^ of Baltimore. Leaving Washington on the 12th, the members, associates, and guests of the Congress will 1x5 entertained 1142 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. din ing that day by the Geographical Society of Philadelphia, and on the i3th, 14th, and 15th by the American Geographical Society' in New York, where scientitic sessions will be held; on the Ibth they will have the opportunity of visiting Niagara Falls (en route westward by special train), and on the 17th will be entertained by the Geographic Society of Chicago; and on Monday and Tuesday, September 19 and 20, they will be invited to participate in the International Congress of Arts and Sciences connected with the World’s Fair in St. Louis. Ai’rangements will he made here for visiting exhibits of geographic interest. In case any considerable number of members and associates so desire, a far- West excursion will bo provided from St. Louis to the City of Mexico, thence to Santa Fe, thence to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, and on to San Francisco and the Golden Gate, where the western geo¬ graphic societies will extend special hospitality ; afterwards returning by any preferred route through the Rocky Mountains and the interior plains to the eastern ports. If the membership and finances warrant, the foreign delegates will be made guests of the Congress from Washington to St. Louis, via Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Niagara Falls, and Chicago. On the far-West excursion special terms will lie secured, reducing the aggregate cost of transiwrtation, with sleeping-car accommodations and meals, materially below the customarv rates. It may l>e necessary to limit the numlier of persons on the far-West excursion. It is planned also to secure special rates for trans|)ortatlon of foreign mem¬ bers from one or more European jiorts to New York, provided re((ui- site information as to the convenience and pleasure of such memliei's be obtained in time. Final information on these points will Iks given in the preliminary programme of June, 1904. The subjects for treatment and discussion in the Congress may be classified as follows: 1. Physical geography, including geoniorphology, meteorology, hydrology, etc. 2. Mathematical geography, including geodesy and geophysics. 3. Biogeography, including botany and zoology in their geographic asjKscts. 4. Anthropogeography, including ethnology. 5. Descriptive geograph}’, including explorations and surveys. fi. Geographic technology, including cartography, bibliography, etc. 7. Commercial and industrial geography. 8. History of geography. 9. Geographic education. A special opportunity will be afforded for the discussion of methods of surveying and map making, and for the comparison of these methods as pursue Alenibors of the Congress will lie entitled to participate in all sessions and excursions and to attend all sot'ial meetings in honor of the Con¬ gress; they will also (whether in attendance or not) receive the publi¬ cations of the Congress, including the daih' programme and the final compte rendn^ or volume of proceedings. Memliership may be acquired by memliers of geographic and cognate societies on payment of ^5 (25 francs, one pound, or 20 marks) to the committee of arrangements. Persons not members of such societies may acquire memlx'rshi]) by a similar payment and election by the presidency. IjJidies and minors accompanying members maybe registered as associates on piymentof 1^2.50 (12^ francs, or 10 shillings, or 10 marks); they shall enjoy all privileges of members except the rights of voting and of receiving publications. (leographers and their friends desirous of attending the Congress or receiving its publications are requested to signify' their intention at the earliest practicable date in order that subsequent announcements may be sent them without delay and that requisite arrangements for transportation may lie effected. On receipt of subscriptions, members’ and associates’ tickets will lie mailed to the subscribers. The privileges of the Congress, including the excursions and the socdal gatherings, can be extended only to holders of tickets. It is earne.stly hoped that the Congress of 1904 may be an a.s.sem- blage of geographic and cognate institutions no less than of individual geographers, and to this end a special invitation is extended to such organizations to participate in the Congress through delegates on the basis of one for each 1(X> members up to a maximum of 10. No charge will l)e made for the registration of institutions, though the delegjites will l)e expected to subscribe as members, and in order that the list of affiliated institutions (to be issued in a later announcement) may be worthy of full confidence, the committee of arrangements reserve the right to withhold the name of any institution, pending action In' the presidency. The publications of the Congress will l)e sent free to all institutions registered. It is especially desired that the geographic societies of the West(*rn Hemisphere may utilize the opportunity afforded by this Congress for establishing clost'r relations with tho.se of the Old World, and to facilitate this, Spanish will l>e I’ecognized as one of the languages of the Congre.ss, with French, English, German, and Ihilian, in accordance with previous u.sage; and communications before the Congress ma}' be written in any one (or more) of the.se languages. Institutions not strictly geographic in character, libraries, univer¬ sities, academies of science, and scientific societies are especially invited to subscribe as memliers in order to receive the publications of the Congress as issued. lMeml)ers and delegates desirous of presenting communications before the Congress or wishing to propose subjects for discussion are 1144 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. requested to signify their wishes at the earliest practicable date in order that the titles or subjects may be incoiqiorated in a preliminary programme to be issued in June, ISKH. The time required for pre¬ senting communications should l>e stated; otherwise twelve minutes will be allotted. It is anticipated that not more than twent}’ minutes can be allotted for any communication unless the presidency decide to extend the time by reason of the general interest or importance of the subject. The presidenc}’, with the complete organization of the Con¬ gress (including delegtites), will l)C announced in the preliminary pro¬ gramme of June, 1904. All pa^wrs or abstracts designed for presentation before the Congress, and all proposals and applications affecting the Congress, will Ikj sub¬ mitted to a programme committee who shall decide whether the same are appropriate for incorporation in the announcements, though the decisions of this committee shall be subject to revision by the presi¬ dency after the Congress convenes. Any proposal affecting the organization of the Congress or the pro¬ gramme for the Washington session must be received in writing not later than May 1, 1904. Communications designed to be printed in connection with the Congress must be received not labw than June 1, and any abstracts of communications (not exceeding 300 words in length) designed for printing in the general programme to l)e published at the l>eginning of the Congress must be received not later than August 1, 1904. Daily programmes will be issued during the sessions. All correspondence relating to the Congress and all remittances should l)e addressed— The Eighth International Geographic Congres.s, Hub})ard Memorial Hall, Washington, D. C., U. S. A. COMMITTEE OF ARRANGEMENTS. W J McGee, National Geographic Society, Washington, D. C., chairman. Henry G. Bryant, Geographical Society of Philadelphia. George B. Shattuck, Geographic Society of Baltimore. A. Lawrence Rotch, Appalachian Mountain Club, Boston. ZoNiA Baber, Geographic Society of Chicago. George Davidson, Geographical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco. Frederick W, D’Evelyn, Geographical So FINANCE COMMITTEE. John Joy Edson, chairman, president Washington Loan and Trust Company. David T. Day, United States Geological Survey. Charles J. Bell, president American Security and Trust Company. APPLICATION for REGISTRATION. To THE Eighth International Geikiraphic Congress. Habbanl Memorial Hall, Washington, D. C., U. 8. A. The undersigned herewith applies for registration as a member of the Eighth International Geographic Congress, anil suhscribes for one [two or more] Memlier- ship fee of $5 (or 25 francs, or one (Miund, or 20 marks), anil fur.Associate fee of 12.50 (or 12J francs, or 10 shillings, or 10 marks). [Post-office onler.* The amount of my siilisiTiption is encloseil in < Bank draft. I Personal check. Name.... Title and position. Post-office address Date. •Erase what is not desired. Drafts or post-office orders should he drawn in favor of “John Joy Edson, treasurer,” to whom also checks should lie maile payable. Please fill the blanks legibly and in the form you desire entered in the official lists of the Congress. additional information. The above signed will.be an official delegate from the.; will probably.be present at the Congress; will probably present.paper..under the title..!.; will.desire to participate in the sessions at St. Dniis; will.wish to join the excursion to Mexico and Western United States; and would suggest that copies of the preliminary announcement lie mailed to the following addresses: 1146 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. OFFICIAL RECEPTION OF THE NEW MINISTER FROM PARAGUAY TO THE UNITED STATES. On April 15, 1904, the President of the United States received, in his official capacity, Sefior Don Cecilio Baez, as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from Paraguay near the Government of the United States. Upon his presentation, Sefior Baez said: “Most Excellent Sir: The President of the Republic of Paragua)’ has l)een pleased to appoint me in the capacit}' of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiaiy near the Government of Your Excellency, in consequence of the establishment in the United States of America of a permanent legation, whose chief object will be to strengthen the traditional relations of friendship l>etween the two countries and to bind these relations with the strong ties of common interests. “1 am happy, most excellent sir, to feel that, in the discharge of this pleasing and patriotic mission, I may rely on the good will and magnanimity of Your Excellency who so wiseh’ presides over the glo¬ rious destinies of the American people. “I bring to you, most excellent sir, the tributes of consideration and respect of the President of Paraguay, the wdshes he forms for your personal prosperity, and the expression of his sentiment of admiration for the greatness of the American nation—the mother country of our free institutions and the school which trained the most distinguished statesmen of our continent. “Personally offering my own wishes in the same sense, 1 have the honor to place in j'our hands the letter which accredits me in the afore¬ said high capacity.” President Roosevelt replied in the following terms: “ Mr. Minister : It is with great pleasure that I receive from your hands the letter of His Excellency the President of Paraguay, accred¬ iting you as Envoy Exti-aordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from that Republic to the United States, and learn that it is the intention of your Government to establish a permanent legation at this capital. “ 1 beg to assure j'ou that you may rel^' in the performance of the duties of your mission on my personal gootl will and the friendly sentiments of the officers of this Government. “ I sincerely appreciate the kind wishes conveyed to me from His Excellency the President of Paraguay for my prosperity and the welfare of the United States, and trust that you will assure His Excel¬ lency of the earnest desire entertained by this Government for the growth and increased prosperity of your Republic, and for a continu¬ ance of the cordial relations which have so long continued between the two countries.” SETTLEMENT OE PECUNIARY INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS. 1147 SETTLEMENT OF PECUNIARY INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS BY ARBITRATION. An im{x>rtnnt step toward obligatory arbitration of international disputes has b«>en taken b\'the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. It has re|)orted the treaty covering the arbitration of pecuniary claims, drawn up and signed at the Second International Conference of the American States, held at the City of Mexico in IbOU. F’avonible action was taken on this treaty, so im]X)rtant in the scheme of international arbitration and to the g(KHl relations l)etween the countries of the Western Hemisphere. This is the first ])ractical and imp)ortant recognition of the results of the Conference that has been made by Congress, and since the whole world is now looking to the United States Senate to advance arl)itra- tiona.step l)eyondThe Hague Conference, this action is of world-wdde interest and will attract attention in Eurojie as well as among the American Republics. The treaty was submitted to the Senate during the first session of the last Congress, and a favorable report was ordered on a viva voce vote with practical unanimity. Under this treat}’the several Republics obligate themselves fora period of five years to submit to the arbitration of the court at The Hague all claims for pecuniary loss or damage which may be presented by their respective citizens and which can not be amicably adjusted through diplomatic channels when such claims are of sufficient importance to warrant the expense of arbitration. Should lK)th parties prefer that a special jurisdiction be organized according to Article 21 of the convention of The Hague, this may be done, and if the permanent court of The Hague shall not l)e open to one or more of the signatory Republics for any cause they obligate themselves to stipulate then in a special treaty the rules under which a tribunal shall Ik; established for the adjustment of the matter in dispute and the form of procedure to l>e followed in such arbitration. The signatory powers, l>esides the Unitt'd States, are the Argentine Republic, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Chile, the Dominican Repub¬ lic, Ecuador, Salvador, (Inatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Nica¬ ragua, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay. A complete history of the puiposes and progress of this measure is published in Spanish on page — of the present issue (May) of the Monthly Buixetin. PAN-AMERICAN RAILWAY COMMITTEE. The Second International Conference of American States, held in Mexico, in creating the permanent Pan-American Railway Committee, provided that this committee should have power to increase its mem- 1148 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. bcrship. Such action has been taken with a view to insuring the publicity and the general information, which is its object. At the meeting held on April 16 ^Ir. Charles M. Pepper, the Special Com¬ missioner, made the final rei)ort of his 3'ear's work in visiting the various Republics, and thanked the committee for the very effective cooperation which had been extended him. He also referred to the fact that the United States Senate, in ordering the printing of the official report made by him to the State Department, had provided for the circulation of several thousand copies in connection with the exhibit of the Bureau of American Republics at the St. Louis Exposi¬ tion. Mr. Pepper further stated his indebtedness to the Bureau for the aid it had given him, particularh' for the tninslation of the official report into Spanish. His lalnirs as Commissioner having been con¬ cluded, on the motion of Chairman Davis he was unanimously elected a memlx'r of the committee, so that it now consists of the Hon. H. G. Davis; Andrew Carneoie; M. de Aspfuoz, the Ambassjidor from Mexico; Manuel Alvarez Cali)er6n, Minister from Peru; Anto¬ nio Lazo Arriaoa, Minister from Guatemala; and Charles M. i Pepi'er. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. FOREIGN COMMERCE IN 1903. United States Minister Barrett, at Buenos Ayres, forwarded to his home Government under date of February H and 11, 1904, the following: “From data just prepared by the Argentine National Bureau of Statistics, 1 am able to make a brief report upon the foreign com¬ merce of the Argentine Republic for the year ended December 31, 19(t3. “ The total value of imports and exports for the calendar year 1903 was §3.")‘2,191,124, against $282,525,983 for 1902, an increase of $69,665,141, or approximate!}’ 23 per cent. Ten years ago (1893) the total trade was only $190,313,787. The increase in a decade was therefore nearly 90 per cent. “The imports into the Argentine Republic in 1903 amounted to $131,206,600, against $103,039,256 in 19(>2, an increase of $18,167,344, or 17 per cent; the exports amounted to $220,984,524, against $179,486,727 for 1902, an increase of $41,497,797, or 23 per cent The excess of exports over imports was $89,777,924, a balance of trade that means much for the wealth of the Republic. “Aside from the foregoing figures there were precious metals or coin imported in 1903, under the head of “metallic,” amounting to $26,086,184, while the exports amounted to only $1,196,152. AROENTINE REPUBLIC. 1149 “Notinjf now the share of the United States in the trade of the Argentine Republic, we discov'er some interesting and instructive figures. The imports from the United States for li»< >3 were ^ld,()84,I>54, agJiinst ^13,303,504 in 10(t2, an increase of $3,381,450, or 20 jK'r cent. Exports to the United States were $8,126,346, against $10,037,576 for 1902, a loss of $1,911,230, or approximately 20 per cent. The total trade between the United States and the Argentine Republic (imports and exjx)rts) for 1903 was $24,811,3(X>, or only about 8 per cent of the latter’s entile trade, against $23,341,090 for 1902, a small increase of $1,469,220. The balance in favor of the United Sbites in 1903 was $8,558,608. “The imports and exports of the Argentine Republic from and to the principal countries were as follows during the j’ear 11H)3: C'ountry. IiuportH. Exports. Total trade. $14,8-26.749 $35,600,9-22 $80,4-27,671 1-2,71)8,-238 34,-291,945 47,003,183 17,009,322 -26,812,873 43,8-2-2,195 6,448.872 -20,143,012 25,591,881 16,684,961 8,126,316 ‘24,811,:i00 Italy. 14,702,193 14,70-2,193 5,350,976 8,545,127 13,896,10:? 9,170,910 9,170,910 3,574,961 3,574,951 10,900,315 78,290,389 89.190,7;?4 131,-206,600 -220,984,f>24 | :152,191,124 “There are a few facts to which I would call particular attention, viz, that the trade of the Argentine Republic is much larger than that of any of the other South American Republics and that the United States sells annually more to the Argentine Republic than to any of the other South American Republics. “Favorable as the year 1903 has been for Argentine trade, the indi¬ cations for 1904 are that its high-water mark of prosjK'rity will sui'pass that of 1903. It is a sjife prediction, moreover, that the Argentine Republic is now entering upon a period of general progress and legitimate development. The day of revolutions seems to have passed and permanent stability of government to have been established. “A few general observations will give some idea of the value of this field. The Argentine Republic has an area of 1,120,000 square miles. This area, except a very sifiall iwrtion, is located in the south tem¬ perate zone. It is, therefore, strictly suited to white labor. In this vast extent, however, there are as yet only 5,000,000 inhabitants, while it can easih' support 75,000,000. Buenos Ayres, the capital, is one of the most prosperous and beautiful cities in the world and has a population of nearly 1,000,000. Neither in this city nor in the interior is there any considerable Indian or negro element, such as is found in other South American countries. The population is 99 per cent of white extraction. 1150 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS, “The signs of prosperity and progress on ever}’ side, not only in Buenos Ayres, but in the pi'ovinees, impress the student of economic conditions. Money is abundant and the banks are overburdened with deposits. Wages are exceptionally high for this part of the world and labor is scarce. Rents are high and good houses or offices are l(?ased only with difficulty. The railroads are doing an immense busi¬ ness and paying good dividends. The financial .status of the Govern¬ ment is excellent, and it has so much gold on hand that it is reported to have put out at interest the money it received from the Japanese Government for the cruisers recently .sold. The advertising and the news columns of the Buenos Ayres daily papers, which compare most favorably with the best papers of the United States, are a consfiint evidence of the general business and agricultural activity and develop¬ ment that prevails. The population is growing, but immigration is slow, because of reports of unfav’orable conditions of taxes and land purchase or tenure in the interior, which it is hoped the Government will soon remedy. “There are 245,000,000 acres of amble and 235,000,000 acres of pastoral land, and yet only 21,(KK),000 acres are under cultivation, although the soil is equal to that of Illinois and Nebi’aska, and the general conformation of the land not unlike our Central West. The number of landowners—that is, of farms and ranches, not city and town lots—is only 225,000. Hundreds of individual men in every State or Province own each from 75 to 300 square miles of land, w'hich will l>e ultimately divdded up into small holdings and will support a great farming population. In .short, the major portion of Argentina is in the same undeveloped agricultural condition as Kansas, Nebraska, and the Dakotas w'ere fifty years ago. “As commerce is often termed the ‘life blood’ of a nation, it is significant that the foreign trade of the Argentine Republic (imports and exports) for the year 1903 should have amounted to the remark¬ able total of approximately $352,000,000, an average of $70 per head— a figure unequaled by any other country. The imports from the United States were approximately $16,700,000 and the exports to the United States $8,125,000. In imports the United States ranked after Great Britain and Germany; in exports after Great Britain, France, Ger¬ many, Belgium, Africa, and Brazil. “To make this report the more comprehensive, I would name what I consider some of the principal influences needed to build up the trade and interests of the United States in the Argentine Republic. They are stated, in the order of their importance, as follows: “1. The negotiation by the Governments of the United States and the Argentine Republic of reciprocal tariff treaties. I have no hesi¬ tation in predicting that the trade between the two countries would ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 1151 f)C tripled in thi'ec 3’ears if both countries inudc reasonable reciprocal tariff concessions. “2. The establishment of a line of fast mail and passenger steamers running twice a month between the River Plata and New’ York. Vessels of this kind, averaging 5,0U0 to 6,000 tons, with usual freight space, might not pa}’ at first without Government assistance, but there is an absolute, abiding necessity for them if the United States would get into close touch with this nation and market. At present there are six such lines to Europe, but none direct to the United States. In this connection 1 would point out, in deference to existing lines, that there are good slow-freight facilities from New York to Buenos Ayres, with steamers leaving once a w’eek, and small mail steamers once a month for Rio de Janeiro, but no regular mail vessels from the United States to Buenos A^’res and the River Plata, such as other countries have or as the United States has across the Atlantic and Pacific and to the West Indies. “ 3. The opening in Buenos Aj’res of a high-class North American bank, which w’ould Im) a branch of one alreadj’ established in New York Cit}' and London. Such an institution, I am convinced, would pay from the start, and be a great agency for the grow’th of trade with the United States. There are constant imjuiries at this legation jis to the |x>ssible establishment of a North American bank, and the majority of responsible American business men in Buenos A^’res are ready to give it sup[x)rt from the day it opens. “4. The location in Buenos Ayres of branches or agencies of North American manufacturers, merchants, exporters, and importers, in their own name or under the direct charge of competent men sent out from the United States, who can speak Spanish and who are suited to deal w’ith the people of this part of the world. There are a few’ such houses here idread}’, and thej’ are doing sufficiently well to warrant man}’ more following their example. “There are other important considerations, but 1 shall leave discus¬ sion of them to supplemental reports. These include (1) sending thoroughly reliable men, who speak Sjjanish, to investigate opportu¬ nities and build up trade for a firm; (2) the exercise of greater care in packing for the long journey through the Tropics from New York to Buenos Ayres; (3) the use of Spanish only, in printed catalogues, cir¬ culars, and letters; (4) the granting of time payments, as is done by German, British, and French exporters; (5) the preparation of exports specially for the peculiar demands of this market. “ Nothing in this report should be interpreted as reflecting on the know’ledge and judgment of companies and men w’ho are well estab¬ lished in the trade with the Argentine Rejmblic. There are several American firms doing an excellent busine.ss, and w’ho thoroughly understand the field. To them special credit is due. They are them- 1152 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. selves the proof of wliat can be done l)y others workinj,^ along right lines. This report is intended chiefly for general perusal, or particu¬ larly for those who have not yet made a study of Argentina. “Ido not, moreover, take credit to myself of initiating any new ciimpaign or jjropaganda, but am simply endeavoring to supplement the excellent efltorts of former ministers—my predecessors—and of former and present consuls who were and are stationed in this Republic.” Additional statistics of the Argentine Republic for 1903 are pub¬ lished in “Export,” a German trade journal, of March 17, 1904, as follows: “There was an important trade balance in 1903 in the Argentine Republic’s favor. This found expression in the impoilation of ^1,000,000 gold. “A large part of the gold imported found its way into the cash box of the fund for the conversion of j)apcr money into gold, l)eing then exchanged at the rate of §227.27 paper for $100 gold (44 cents gold for $1 ])aper). This large increase of a safe circulating medium brought al)out a decrease in the rate of interest. This had been main¬ tained during the j’ear at 4 and 5 per cent, hence the business of dis¬ counting has been far from profitable. Inland, Argentine securities went up to i>oints never attained till 1903. The 7 per cent National Cedillas—II went to points above par, even though new bunches were offered daily. The National Government 6 per cents fluctuated between 98 and 100. The increase in national capital appears in increased power to consume, and in the very considerable increase in the acreage under wheat, etc. This led to a rise in the prices of land, particularly in the western part of the Province of Buenos Ayres. In many cases the prices doubled. “The outlook for the crops of 1904 are exceedingly favorable. It is thought that this j’ear’s exports of grain will be far ahead of those of 1903. “ Special attention is being called to the remarkable results achieved and now being achieved in the production and utilization of iiuebracho wood. The forests are being cared for, eut carefully, and properly cultivated. The wood and wood extracts are being exported at highly remunerativ'e priees, and make up a valuable part of the eountry’s exports. “The flnaneial situation is essentially lietter than it has been for some time. This is due in part to higher tariff rates, but more par¬ ticularly to the transfer of several remnants of old loans, that were still partly in the possession of the Government and partly on deposit in London, for short loans. The sale of two battle ships to Japan toward the end of the year brought in a large sum ($1,.500,000). By these means the Government was able to abolish the 10 per cent extra AROENTINE REPUBLIC. 1153 taritl, which had boon udoptod and oiiforood for the purpose of o))tain- ing funds for army and iiav^y purjHJsos. ‘•The gold exchange stood during the year at the official mte—44 cents gold for $1 paper. The amount of gold in the conversion fund was only a few thousands at the beginning of the year. As early as April it amounted to $20,OCK),000 and at the end of the year it was $38,000,000. The Banco de la Nacion Argentina converted a large part of its paper into $12,000,0tM) gold. Thus by the end of the j'ear these two financial factors had $50,000,000 gold. “ The political conditions of the country were not less favourable than the financial. Every effort was concentrated on developing the industrial and commercial relations. At home, as well as abroad, there was peace. “The quantities of the principal exjx>rts of the Republic during the last three yeai’s were as follows: Description. ia03. laf.!. 1901. Cattle hides; Diy.number.. •2,_>98,259 2,421,957 Salted.do_ 1,46S,.530 1,(K!,111 Horsehides: Dry.do_ 1.58,009 125,745 Salted.do.... 146,4K5 135,615 Sheepskins.liales.. 86,265 74,799 Hair.do_ 6,244 6,1.59 Tallow.pipes.. 33,722 36,397 Do.Ijarrels.. 95, .599 66,078 Do.quarters.. 54,607 25,009 Goatskins.bales.. 3,996 4,351 Wool.do.... 440,956 532,942 tTozen mutton.number.. 3,429,222 2,722,727 Wheat.tons.. 550.096 972, .514 Com.do.. 1,248,306 1,129,431 1 Flaxseed.do_ 348,469 371,.599 Flour.do.... 41,812 63,464 Clover seerl.do_ KM, 912 96,932 Fine.sacks.. 204,286 309,676 Oil seed.do_ 136,147 108,132 Beef.qiwrters.. 830,213 497,375 Hay.liales.. 1,721,774 1,814,423 Quebracho wood.tons.. 263,758 184,654 Tobacco.Imles.. 19,977 17,087 Butter.boxes.. 162,509 55,696 Sugar.tons.. 30,822 67,931 Railrtxtd ntntuiirn. Gross In¬ Gross total [ Net total Net income! Freight car- Year. Miles. come per income. income, j per mile. ri^. mile. Tons. 1902 . 10,800 $42,480,423 $393.30 $19,992,951 $185.10 14,544,359 1903 . 11,366 53,008,346 466.30 1 26,291,352 j 231.20 17,436,446 REPORT OF THE BTJEKOS ATBES AND ROSARIO RAILWAY, 1903. The report of the Buenos iVyres and Rosario Railway for 1903, as published in the “South American Journal” for April 10,1904, shows gross receipts of £3,251,182, an increase of £954,034, and working expenses of £1,032,082, an increa.se of £417,035, leaving a net profit 1154 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. of X'1,619,100, ail increase of 41536,990. The percentage of working expenses was 50.20, a decrease of 2.69. Receipts from passengers and special trains were 41723,356, an increase of 4)137,476; receipts from parcels and excess luggage were 4)77,068, an increase of 4)15,144, and from goods and live stock 4)2,247,945, an increase of 4)732,751, and from other sources 4)202,813, an increase of 4)68,663. The numlier of passengers carried numbered 7,553,271, an increase of 756,985. The gross weight of goods carried was 5,559,128 tons, an increase of 1,777,027 tons. The net revenue of the combined systems to December 31, 1903, shows net receipts for the year, £1,619,100; interest on investments, £7,629; registration fees, £1,530; remittance exchange account, £31,899; total, £1,660,158; less debenture stock interest, Western annuity and general interest, bill stamps, etc., £397,901, leaving net revenue for year £1,262,256. The balance brought forward Avas £9,520, making £1,271,776. Interim dividends paid October, 1903, absorbed £466,014. There has been transferred to general reserve fund £100,00<1, to fire insurance fund £10,000, and to staff pension fund £20,000, leaving balance available £675,762. For the six months ended December 31, 1903, the directors recommended a dividend of 3 per cent on the consolidated ordinary stoc*k, being at the rate of 6 per cent per annum, and making, with the interim divi¬ dend, 5 per cent for the year, and a dividend of 5 per cent on the deferred stock for the year, leaving £17,288 to be carried forward. To meet the depreciation of Government and other stocks held by the company on account of reserve, the securities have been written down to their respective market values on Decml^er 31, 1903, and the general reserve fund has been reduced accordingly. The balance to credit of this fund, including £100,000 transferred from net revenue, less provision for income tax on that and other transfers mentioned above, is now £247,216. In the course of February, 1904, a consid¬ erable number of the employees went out on strike, which led for a short time to a disorganization of traffic, particularly at Rosario. The approximate gross receipts from January 1 to April 2, 1904, w’ere £945,933, as against £869,381 for the corresponding period of 1903—an increase of £76,552. In view of the great increase of traffic, the directors have authorized the placing of orders for 30 heavy locomotives and 1,000 covered wagons, each of 40 tons capacity, to be delivered during 1904. The only addition to the mileage of the railway since that reported in Octo¬ ber, 1903, is a small deviation at Villa Casilda, on the western Santa Fe section, by which the total length of the railway in operation has U'en increased from 2,346 to 2,347 miles. The law under which the Government of the Argentine Republic invited tenders for the purchase of the Andine Railway having been rept'aled, the company’s provisional tender, referred to in the directors' report for April, 1903, became inoperative and was withdrawn. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 1155 AOBICULTUBAL AND LIVE STOCK STATISTICS FOB 1003. The .statistical department of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Argentine Republic, under the charge of Seiior E. Lahitte, in an otlicial bulletin, publishes the following details concerning the pre¬ vailing conditions in agricultural and live-stock industries from 1896 to 1903, inclusive. The general population in 1903 numbered 5,022,248 individuals, as compared with 3,954,911, the total for 1895. Railway mileage grew from 14,462 in the former period to 18,294 in 1903, and cultivated areas advanced from 4,892,005 hectares to 9,118,216 hectares. The amount of land under ditferent products in 1902-3 was as fol¬ lows: Wheat, 3,695,343 hectares; linseed, 1,307,196; maize, 1,801,644; oats, 20,773; Imrley, 35,822; rye, 2,154; birdseed, 9,250; alfalfa, 1,730,163; tobacco, 9,833; sugar cane, 60,012; vines, 51,625; cotton, 1,112; peanuts, 27,965; rice, 3,533; potatoes, 36,143; beans, 17,634; vegetables, 41,993; yerba mate, 19,613; mandioca, 10,826; castor-oil plant, 3,390; fruit orchards, 84,335; gardens, etc., 144,295 hectares. The exports of live stock since 1896 have numbered as follows: Year. Cattle. Sheep. Horses. Mules. Asses. lR9fi. 382,639 512,016 11,936 18,105 7,515 1897. •238,121 5(M, 128 13,615 16,317 16,390 189H. 359,-296 577,813 14,360 10,205 7, .534 1899. 312,150 .543,4.58 7,2.59 7,740 6,^234 1900. 160, .560 198,102 32,969 13,179 10,252 1901. 119,189 •25,746 9,761 •20,468 8,793 m.'. 118,303 122,501 16,008 54,928 14,2^23 1903. •203,066 155,777 17, (M9 13,890 23,644 The imports of tine stock for breeding pur|K>ses have been as follows: Bull. No. 5—04-9 1156 INTEENATIONAL BUREAU OE THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. CHOP STATISTICS, 1891-1903. The Statistical Department of the Argentine Ministry of Agriculture has recently issued a comprehensive compilation giving all available official statistics upon the acreage, production, and exportation of wheat, corn, and flaxseed in the Argentine Republic from 18!>1 to 1903. The figures upon area and yield are for the four principal i)ro- ducing provinces, Buenos Ayres, Santa Fe, Cordoba, and Entre Rios; the figures on exports are for the entire Republic. The statement is valuable as furnishing, so far as available, the official statistical his¬ tory of the development of the culture of these crops and of the growth of the export trade in them for the past thirteen years. In the orig¬ inal statement the area is given in hectares and the yield and exports in metric tons, which have below been reduced, respectively, to acres and to bushels (wheat, 60 pounds, and corn and flaxseed, 56 pounds). The statement is as follows: WHEAT. Exportx. Wheat. Flour. of ^,000 Acret. Bush, of 60 lbs. Bush, of 60 lbs. pounds. 1890-91. 2,970,704 31,048,427 1891. 14,5.T4,154 7,733 1891-92. 3,-261,773 36,008,826 1892. 17,-273, ,681 -20,777 1892-9:1. 8,953,664 68, .632,714 1893. 37,042,683 41,81-2 189:1-94. 4,546,714 82,-232,401 1894. 59,094,1-21 14,928 1894-95. 4,942,080 61,361,979 1895. 37,121,0-21 .69,46:1 189V96. 6,584,550 46,407,293 1896. 19, .547,686 57,025 1896-97. 6,177,600 31,599, .682 1897. 3,74-2,16-2 4.6, 1897-98. 6,424,701 .63,388, .696 1898. 23,705,602 :i.6,-200 1898-99. 7,907,328 104,981,785 1899. 6-2,967,721 66, .648 1899-1900. 8,030,880 101,664,716 1900. 70,903,436 .66,44-2 19UM901. 8,351,496 74,7.62,780 1901. 33,226,924 79,082 1901-2. 8,144,711 66.379,717 1902. 1902-3. 9;i3i;340 100i635i593 1903. 6i; 778,175 791344 CORN. Crop year. Acreage. IToductlon. Calendar year. 1 Exporta. : 1 1 1 Acres. Bush, of S6 lbs. 1890-91. Not given. Not given. 1891-92. ; Not ^ven. Not ^ven. 1892. 1892-93. Not ^ven. Not given. 1898. 1893-94. : Not ^ven. Not given, i 1894. 1894-95. Not given. Not given. 1 1895 . 189V96. 3,074,423 88.184.880 ' 1896-97. Not given. Not given. ' 1897-98. Not given. Not given. : 1898. 1898-99. 2,100,384 66.184.880 1899. 1899-1900. 2,493,-279 56,611,590 1900. 1900-1901. 3,102,010 98,841,550 1901. 1901-2. 3,473,778 84,018,341 1902-3. 4,451,934 148,422,436 FLAXSEED. 1890- 91.. Not given. Not given, v 1891. 480,804 1891- 92.. Not given. Not given, i' 1892. 1,692,323 1892- 93.. Not pven. Not given. I 1893. 2,842,348 1893- 94.. Not pven. Not ^ven. 1894 4,111,423 1894- 95.. Not given. Not ^ven. . 1895. 10,883,077 1896-96.. 967,093 9,133,434 1896 9,011,90:1 1896- 97.. Not given. Not given. 1897. 6,396,435 1897- 98.. Notpven. Not given. 1898. 6,265,772 1898- 99.. 822,332 8,639,441 1899 8,670,980 1899- 1900 878,082 8,86.6,139 1900 8,789,237 1900- 1901 1,600,791 18,851,807 1901 1.3,339,066 1901- 2... 1,934,628 14,370,789 1902 13,422,093 1902- 3... 3,222,804 30.076,398 1903 23,369,003 ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 1157 The exports of corn from the Argentine Republic from January 1 to April 1904, have been 9,216,000 bushels against 1,692,000 bushels for the corresponding period last year. From January 1 to April 9, 1904, the Argentine Republic exported 30,940,000 bushels of wheat; exports for the same period a year ago were 24,355,000 bushels. COTTON GB.OWINO IN 1903. The “ Bulletin Commercial" published in Brussels, prints under date of December 26, 1903, a report from the Belgian Legation in Buenos Ayres, which states that in the territory of Chaco, Argentine Republic, about 5,000 acres of cotton are under cultivation and also about 1,000 acres in the territory of Missiones. Owing to the good results that have beeri realized a cotton spinning mill is being erected at Bella Vista, in the Province of Corrientes. The production of Chaco, it is said, has l)een sold by contract for a period of four yeara at about $63.31 per ton of cotton, stipulated to yield 30 per cent of fiber. The product of the Missiones plantation is also sold for delivery. The quality of cotton produced is stated to be equal to that of Ix)uis- iana cotton. Trials have also been made with Georgia cotton. The quality proved to be excellent, but the yield was much less as regsirds weight than that of Louisiana cotton. At present the cultivation of Egyptian cotton is being tried and good results are hoped for. PORT MOVEMENTS IN JANUARY, 1904. The following figures, published in the Buenos Ayres ‘‘^Jlamtels- Zeitung" {Revista Financiem y Comerciai), indicate the commercial movement of the principal ports of the Argentine Republic for the month of January, 1904: BUENOS AYRES. Article. Quantity. I ArUcIc. Quantity. Com. 50,202 Bones and bonea.sh_ 156 Wheat. 8,765 Homs. 104 Linseed. 13,171 Butter. 16,790 Flour. 2,782 Quebracho extract. 7,793 Wool. 26,522 Intestines. ...hogsheads.. 530 4,648 250 Oxhfdefl: Horses. 13 l>ry. ...number.. 58,766 Mules. .do_ 60 Salted. .do.... 23,875 Tallow. ...hogsheads.. 2,144 Horsehides: Jerked beef. 13,179 2,861 Frozen wethers. 46,498 .do.... 100 Conserved meat. 849 .do 683 Tongues. ..do_ 482 111 Hay. 25 Variou-s hidea. 736 Frozen sheep. .quarters.. 13,000 Flax cakes. 2,332 1 Frozen meat_'...... 46,050 Barley. .tons.. 39 1 Various meats. 2,573 Bran. 8,981 315 Seed*. .do.... 73 1 Meat extract. 500 1,344 1158 INTL'KNATIONAL BUREAU OE THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. SAN NICOLAS, Diirin" the month of .himiaiT, 190-1, 3 stoamshius cleared from (lie port of San Nicolas, carry inj;f the followin<; merchandise to the enumer¬ ated countries: Knghind.—Corn, 83 tons; linseed, 273 tons. Gennany.—Wool, 311 liooks. Ordtt'n.—Linseed, 934 tons. UAIIIA BLANCA. One steamship cleared from the port of Bahia Blanca durinjj the month of January, 1904, carrying? the followinj^ merchandise to its destinations: BfJij'nun.—Wheat, 5(X) tons; wool, 1,770 hales. Gerinuiiy. - Wheat, 1,000 tons; wool, 230 hales. Fr LA PLATA. Ouring the month of Januar}', 1904, 17 steamships cleared from the port of La Plata, carryinj^ the following merchandise: Corn, 12,712,509 kilos; wheat, 050,860 kilos. POPULATION OF THE REPUBLIC. [From the "Boldin rfc la Union Indnetrial Arnnitina" of Marcli ir>, 1'J04.) The National Demographic Bureau of Buenos Ayres has published a pamphlet giving the oHicial figures of the jKipidation of the Argen¬ tine Itepuhlic in 1902. During the period referred to the iiopulation increased hut slightly, as will lie seen from the following tsihle: Population, Increa.se or P4>pulatlon, Inc-ren.se or City, Province, or State. Dec. 31, der-rease : City, Province, or State. Dee. 31, decrease 1902. over 1901. 1992. over 1901. Capital. «6.'i, 490 4-18,789 Juiuy. M,827 - 469 Buenos .Vyres 1,20S,937 073 Misiones. 36,‘286 4- 1,572 Santa Fe . 676,3)« 4-16,926 Formosa. .5.814 4- 119 Entre Rios_ 3.>4,ft96 4- 4,7:44 Chaco. 12,958 4 386 Corrientes.... 288,420 4- 6,695 La Pampa. 48,391 4- 901 C6rdoba. 436,859 4- 6,951 Ncnc|u6n. 16,874 4- 520 San Luis. 9:1,976 4- ,265 Rio Ne^ro. 14,917 4- 48S SantiaKo. 184,194 4- 795 Chubut. 4,911 + 375 Slendoza. 162,720 4- 4,699 .Santa Cruz. 1,631 4- 68 San Juan. 97,803 4- ,136 Tiemi del FueKo. 1,012 4- 6 Rioja. 7a,442 4- 418 Los .\ndes. 1,166 0 CaUinarea_ lOD,613 - .59 Tucuman. 261,8,57 4- 3:40 Total. .5,922,218 -t-95,335 Salta. 132,613 - 1,412 BRAZIL. TARIFF CONCESSIONS TO THE UNITED STATES. The United States secretary of legation at Petro|xdis, Brazil, Mr. Thomas C. Dawson, cabled to the Deptirtment of State on April 17, 1904, that the President of Brazil had signed, on the preceding day, a BRAZIL. ll.W decree b}’ which Brazil jjrants tariff concessions to the United Sbites on the followinj; articles to the amounts given: I'er cent. Flour. 40 Rubber inanufaetures. 25 I’aintfl and varnishes. 25 Con CUSTOMS RECEIPTS IN 1903. The total receipts of the custom-hou.ses of the Republic of Brazil for the year I'dOS, were as follows, the values being given in mi!rein: Castom-lioascs. Cnatom-hoiises. Receipts. Mnn.4n The receipts in 1902 amounted to 192,73(J,65.S wt/rrix, jind in 11*01 to 170,855,02.S milrels. EXPORTS IN 1003. The following figures, compiled b}' the Bureau of Commercial Statis¬ tics of Rio de Janeiro, show the values of the exports of Brazil in 11*03 compared with those for 11M*2 and 11*01: 1901. 1902. met. i Milrci*. MUrcit. Milrci*. Animals and animal products. 27,1.58,369 3.5,929,918 41.:il8,377 Mineral priHlucta. 17,098,8.52 17,331,858 18,7.52,027 Vegetable prcMlncts. 816,569,473 ('■82,678,319 68-2, .561,874 Speck*.1 1 1,.310, .599 (’^6,199 2,072,558 Total. 1' 862,137,298 736, .586,324 1 744,701,8:16 TARIFP MODIFICATIONS. \.—Di ('Tee No. dated July 7,1903, extahlhhinej a xurtne of l.rt pei' cent ill (jold, on the ralue ifyoodx hnixirted through the jxa't of Rio de Janeiro. [“ Diario Official” No. 159, of July 8,1908.] Artiot.k 1. A tax of 1..5 percent, gold, on the official value of imiior- tations at Rio de Janeiro is established for this fi.seal period. 1100 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. Art. '2. Said tax shall be levied by the customs of Rio de Janeiro from the 15th instant. Under date of January 11, 1904, United States Consul H. W. Fur- Niss, of Bahia, Brazil, transmits information as to the changes made in the Brazilian tariff, as enacted by the revenue law for 1004, which went into effect on January 1. The Brazilian duties are payable as follows: In gold, 25 per cent; in paper money, 75 per cent. The paper money is constantly fluctuating. On the day that Consul Fukniss transmitted his report 1,000 reis, which equal 1 milreis, were worth 24 cents in gold. One milreis (1,000 reis), when at par, is worth 54.6 cents; 1 kilogram equals 2.2046 pounds. The tax on imported jerked beef is increased to 140 reis per kilo¬ gram, and on cattle to .30 milreis per head; it was 15 milreis per head. Substitutes for lard, such as are known under the names of “gord- pure,” “vegetol,” “cotolene,” and the like, as also those prepared of tallow in mixture with other oils, vegetable or animal, when intended for foodstutt' as a substitute for lard, are increased to 500 reis per kilogram. NEW FORM FOR CONSITLAR INVOIOES. Following is a complete translation of the regulations respecting consular invoices, reference to which was made on page ,351 of the Monthly Bulletin for February, 1904, and copies of the form in which invoices are henceforth to be prepared; also the official nomen¬ clature for the description of merchandise in such invoices corrected and brought up to date in accordance with the latest alterations in the tariff. The form of consular invoices now required is as follows: eS ® ® SS r 0/CL Q* G g C c, O' o c8 •= s, 1 £ s ^ G^ :I C Sk : 2 « .2 - g OS ^ s s - 111 .2 2 ; I s 5 > : 6 . s ® O O O' " S o c 2 « S •S o = o t; ^ S 2 I O CS Os® £ .2 6 BRAZIL. IIGI FACTURA CONSULAR BRASILEIRA. N. declaravau. Declar.solemnemente que so..das mercadorias mencion- iidas nesta faotura oontidas nos.volumes indicados, a qual t; exaota e vcrdatleira a toilos os effeitos, sendo esas mercadorias destinadas ao jx)rto de .do Brazil e consignadas a.de_...... (Data.) [sELLo.] .{Assignatura.) .(Agente do exportador.) Nome e nacionalidade do navio d vela. Nome e nacionalidade do navio a vapor. Porto do embarque da mercadoria. Porto do destino da mercadoria. Porto do destino da mercadoria.com opgao para . Porto do destino da mercadoria.em transito para Valor total da factura, inclusive frete e despezas approximadas Frete e despezas approximadas. Agio da moeda do paiz de procedencia. OBSERVA^OEB DO CONSUL. Referendada: The following is printed on the back of this fonii: Elspeciflcac&o Peso em kilo- Relacfto dos i Volumes. grammaj). c da mercadoria volumes que de conforml- Valor parcial ! pelos motivos a , dade com a declarado por | Paiz de expostos dei- 3 lettra K, do artigo in¬ origens XAram de a > o Art. 13 do clusive ou ex¬ de eada entrar nesta tarifa. Alfandega. Deere to clusive fretes artigo. Marcas e N. 1103 de 21 Bruto Bruto e despezas. numeros. 08 de Novembro Especie. Liquidu real. dos volumes. Outras unidades da Quantidade. de 1903. da mercadoria. 1162 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. BRAZILIAN CONSULAR INVOICE. No. of invoice. Consulate.at. DECLAKATION. I / We.solemnly declare that I am / we are.of the mer¬ chandise specifie REMARKS OF THE CONSUL. Countersigned: The following is printed on the back of this form: Packages. | Weight in kilogs. | Description of Specification Partial de¬ the p^kagcs of merchan¬ clared value which, for the dise, in accord¬ per article, in¬ reasons given, ance with Country clusive or of origin were not letter K, Art. of each entered in this 13. of decree exclusive of freight and article. custom-house. No. 1103 of '21st November, shipping Harks and packages. numbers. charges. 1903. merchandise. Description. Marks and numbers. Quantity. Gross weight of Gross weight of Net of goods. other tarifT units. j 1 The Regulations permit merchants or shippers to print consular invoice forms for their own use wdth interlineal translation (part or whole) in an^' European language, without, however, altering in any manner the form or wording of the model. Invoice forms in Portuguese will he furnished by Consuls gratis to merchants or shippers. BRAZIL. 11G3 COFFEE MARKET IN MARCH, 1904. According to the '"'‘Boletim dn Associafdo Commercial ’’ of Santos, tlie coffee movement of the ports of Rio de Janeiro and Santos for the month of March, 1904, as compared with the same month in 1903, was as follows: Rio de Janeiro. | Santos. 1901. 1903. 1904. 1903. liiigf. i Bag». liilOf. Uaq». 181,108 ■290,246 189,648 501,353 93,316 270,135 227,996 476,246 11-4000 167,000 304,00) 374,000 Dally average entries. 6,Sl-> 9,363 6,321 16,-269 Daily average shipments. 4,757 1 7,622 7, .599 1.5.3t'>:4 Entries from July 1. 3,475,748 1 3,182,067 5,81.5,811 7,165. .583 Shipments from July 1. 3,409,792 3,405,940 5.550,398 7,02-2,962 stock on band Mar. 31. 770,-206 ,508,957 927,570 999,003 Exports of coffee from Sontoe hi March, 1904. Bags. Bags. Hamburg. KXt, 994 Cadiz. 500 New York. 28,018 Seville. 500 Rotterdam. 22,032 Santander. 250 New Orleans. 16,854 Palermo. 125 Havre (at option). 13,840 Sydney. 5 Antwerp_.. 9,450 Naples. 1 (ienoa. 5,785 Leixoes. 1 Barcelona. 4,668 227,986 Bremen. 3, .375 Coastwise: Buenos Ayres. 2,787 Villa Bella. 4 Ix)ndon. 2,500 Bahia. 4 Rosario. 2,308 Paranagua. 2 Malaga... 1,951 Trieste. 1,750 Total. 227,!«t6 Co|ienhagen. 1,292 BRAZILIAN FRUIT. “ O Pais" of April 8 states that the National Agricultural Asso¬ ciation of Brazil is taking steps to start a propaganda in the Argentine Republic and in European countries in favor of Brazilian fruits. For this purpose it is proposed to hold expositions at regular intervals at Buenos Ayres and Rio de Janeiro for the purpose of making known tlie cost of fruit in the countr}’ of origin, the co.st of transportation, import duties, and selling price in the markets of con.sumption. A shipment of fruit has already been sent to Lisl)on and Paris. 1104 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. EXPORTS OF RUBBER FROK THE PORTS OF PARA AND MANAOS IN MARCH, 1904. The exports of rubber from the ports of Parii and Manaos during the month of March, 1904, were as follows: To United Quality. To Europe. States. 1 parA. Kilos. Kilos. 1,-200,201 632,425 232,619 I 59,879 607,698 270,8-29 269,397 1 433,733 2.309.915 1 1.396.8t-|6 manAos. 889,445 1 398,841 172,‘223 1 32,923 190,326 14-2,048 •250,484 1 234,968 Total. 1, .502,478 1 808,780 IMPORTS AT THE PORT OF SANTOS FOR THE MONTH OF FEB¬ RUARY, 1904. Articles. Value. Articles. Value. MUreis. MUreif. Animals and animal products.■ 7,880 Paper and its manufactures. 125,310 Hair and feathers. 37,917 1 Stones and minerals. 133,237 Skins and hides.i 8-2,373 ; Porcelain and gla.ss. 77,232 Beef, lish, and animal prcHlucts. •238,20t> I Gold, silver, and platinum. 2,273 Ivory, mother-of-pearl, tortoise Copper and its alloys. 100, 434 shell, etc. 6,597 Lead, tin, zinc, and their alloys. I. 5,467 Fruits. 15,375 Iron and steel. 599,265 Cereals and vegetables. 1,98.5,737 ' Metalloids and other metals. 2,-298 1‘lants, seeds, roots, barks, spices, etc .. 13.3,273 I Ammunition and war supplies. 23,447 Vegetable juices, alcoholic bever¬ Cuttlcry. II, 111 ages, etc. 1,043, .5-20 Jewelry. 6,926 Perfumery, dyestuffs, etc. 150,128 Vehicles. 28,548 Chemical and pharmaceutical prisl- Mathematical, chemical, and optical ucts. 132,263 1 instniments. 45,649 Lumber. 12,172 I Surgical and dental instruments.. 12,914 Cane, liamboo, etc. 1,048 :> Mitsical instruments.. 10,015 Straw, pita, pia.ssava, and other fibers.. 27,183 I Machinery and tools.. 176,511 Cotton. 653,481 I Miseellaneoas articles.. 8:1.670 Wool. 177,973 I Preliminary articles.. 14,815 Linen. •289,497 I .Silk. 44,f>65 Total 6,517,500 COTTON GROWING IN THE REPUBLIC. From a report of Hon. Eugene Seaoer, Consul General at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, it appears that the Brazilian cotton crop for the year 1903-4 is estimated at 490,000 bales of 85 kilograms, or 187 pounds, each, distributed as follows: Pernambuco, 270,000 bales; Parahyba, 100,(K»0; Maceio, 50,000; Rio Grande do Norte, 30,000; Mossoro, Ara- caty, Cearii, 40,(MK). Mr. D. C. Deiko, Brazilian Vice-Consul at Manchester, England, has published a pamphlet on “Cotton-Growing Po.ssibilities in Brazil,” partly reproduced in No. 1921 of the “ Daily Consular Reports” of BRAZIL. 1165 the United States Department of Commerce and Labor, in which he says: “1 am heartily in sympathy with and fully cognizant of the impor- bince of the scheme which is being promoted for the development of cotton growing within the limits of the British Empire. The exten¬ sion of the industry in Brazil, however, so far from being an antago¬ nistic proposal, might be carried on in perfect harmony. There is, however, an essential difference between these two proposals which should not be lost sight of. Whereas the scheme for British Empire grown cotton is in the initial and experimental stages and can not be expected to bring relief for a ver}' long time, the cotton-growing indus¬ try in Brazil is already well established and there are no insunnount- able difficulties in the way of its enormous and rapid development. It may be argued that in the latter event the British manufacturers would not have so advantageous a control over the supply as in the fonner; but, on the other hand. I think it will be admitted that any considerable increase in the supply, from whatever quarter, and especially from out¬ side the United States, must tend to render cornering operations more futile, and to ease prices. Moreover, the labor problem does not pre¬ sent such difficulties in Brazil as in Nigeria and other regions sug¬ gested. The cotton-growing States of the great South American Republic already contain over 6,000,000 people; the natives are in a fairly advanced stage of civilization, and there are many white settlers.” After admitting that the lack of adequate or efficient means of transpKjrtation offered serious objections, he claims that “there is no scarcity of rivers” which can be improved by the removal of sand banks, reefs, etc., and that a system of railways to connect the interior with the coast is necessary. During 1902, 235,331 bales of cotton were produced, though the production in 1903 fell off to 175,033 bales. The Pernam cotton, he claims, “compares favorably with the best cla.sses coming from the United States.” Mr. Deiro thinks that there would be but little difficulty in arrang¬ ing a scheme of cotton-growing development which would receive the support of the Brazilian Government, though he sa3’s that, in view of the exjjerience of his countiy in the recent depression in the coffee industry- there, “the Brazilian Government might feel it necessary’ to ask for some conditions by which its interests would l)e safeguarded should it undertake to assist in the development of the cotton-growing industry.” He admits that there are plenty of difficulties in the way, one of which he states as follows: “ Supposing such an impetus Ije given to cotton growing that the supply in the near future should exceed the demand, what will become of the people who have l)een induce CHILE. CUSTOMS RECEIPTS, FEBRUARY, 1904. The statement of the Superintendent of Customs, Senor Francisco Valdes Vergara, as presented to the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Chile, for the month of February, 1904, reports that the customs revenue for the month amounted to 1^6,858,855, as compared with #5,948,267 in the corresponding month of the preceding year. An increase for February, 1904, of $910,588 is thus noted. The amounts corresponding to duties on exjxirts and imports for the two months under comparison are as follows: 1 Febniary— 19(M. 1903. S3, m 674 S:l,7ii3,396 2,878,091 2,l»l,870 CHILE. 1167 The only exjKjrt duties are those levied on nitrate and imline, and the amounts received at each nitrate jwrt for the i)eriods coinpjired were as follows: Fi'hnmry— im 1901. 1741,09S StiOl, .610 2,083,76ti 2,17-1,983 633,731 ,>19,336 87,72li 282,780 TalUl.\. 307,076 369iU36 3,763,390 1 3,980,674 The amounts received for import duties at the various custom-houses of the Republic for February, 1903 and 1904, were as follows: Febniary— 1903. 1904. »7,788 SS,023 100,7o;i 239.119 32,476 8.»>87 39,320 68,388 Taltal.. 6,684 38, .619 32,965 »1,3.61 10,603 21,.661 73,470 71,693 1,479,001 1,829,7.69 291,391 483,061 46,700 36,197 21,488 26,7»1 4,371 4,602 . Total. 2,191,871 2,878,091 The custom-houses at Aricaand Sama, which are subject to the spe¬ cial conditions created by the treaty of truce with Bolivia, yielded for Chile in February ltW)4, $13,885 as compared with $12,901) in the correspondinj? month of the preceding year. HARBOR DUES. Translation of a law recently passed by the National Congress and approved by the President of the Republic, in re harbor dues imposed upon vessels entering Chilean ports, is as follows: “CHILEAN HARBOK-DUES LAW. “Article 1. Steamers and sailing vessels running on the Chilean coast will be charged with a contribution for light-houses and l)uoys according to the prescription of the law. “Art. 2. Without prejudice to the actual hospital dues, which will still lie charged at the rate of 10 centavos (3.5 cents) per registered ton, in conformity with the law of Septeml)er 15, 1S65, the dues of light-houses and buoys will be recovered yearly on the registered ton¬ nage as follows: All vessels, whether proceeding from a foreign coun¬ try or sailing on the coast of the Republic, whatever their nationality, 1108 INTERNATIONAL RUKEAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. will pay, per registered ton, yearly: Steamers, 1.60 pesetas (58.4 cents); sailing vessels, 2.40 pesetas (87.6 cents); sailing ships working exclusively in the coast trade, 30 centavos (10.95 cents). *‘Akt. 3. The following are exempt from paying these duties: “ 1. Men of war of all nationalities, including tx’ansiiorts of war sailing with the privileges of an ordinary man of war. “2. All vessels of 25 tons or under. “3. Vessels running exclusively on the submarine telegraph cable’s service. “4. Steamers calling for some reason or other at Chilean ports, so long as they do not receive, land, or transship passengers or mer¬ chandise, or do any commercial operation, as well as those in ballast. “Art. 4. These duties will lie paid at the first Chilean port at which the steamer from a foreign country may call and at the ship’s port of registry for the national mercantile navy. Steamers not included in this article w'ill pay these duties at the first port after the year has begun.” The new regulation becomes effective six months after the date of its publication, which was January 25, 1904. BESTTK^ OF NITRATE EXPORTS, 1901-1903. The following resume of the nitrate cxiKirks shipped from Chile during the years 1901 and 1903, inclusive, were compiled by the clacion Salltrera de ProjHKjandu''' and published in the “Chilean Times” for February 6, 1904, the (juantities (in Spanish quintals) and ports of destination being given. Destination. 1908. 1902. 1901. QuinteiU. Quintali. QuintaU. United Kingdom or Continent (for orders) 6,556, .Ml 7,924,414 6,570,482 United Kingdom (direct ports). 1,606,178 1,322,445 1,293,062 Germany. 8,788,434 7,362,216 7,877,7.57 Belgium. 1,77.5,457 1,277,068 390,050 Holland. 2,051,3.51 1,416,306 2,162,633 France. 4,759,3.^5 2,034,217 3,580,015 Italy. .562,123 1,162,662 488,813 Spain.. 124,000 70,628 Austria-Hungary.. 47,1.55 47,060 129,973 Sweden.. 44,000 88,477 89,240 Mediterranean port.s. 1.59,590 383,671 138,2.59 United States (east coii.st).. 4,931,029 5,042,382 3,763,141 United States (west coast).. 982,646 558,4.57 619, .559 British Columbia. 13,209 28,000 27, .563 West Indies. 49,332 85,817 Japan . .%5,8ll 440 56,100 Sandwich Islands. 262,472 213,572 128,2:{2 Africa. 90,291 113,877 Ceylon. 30,690 .! Mauritius Island. .5:4,627 48,893 Australia. 26,844 70,806 Guatemala. 42 San Salvador. hb 20 Brazil. 1 316 Argentine Republic. 565 .570 502 Uruguay. 342 20 Ecuador. ■273 403 287 Bolivia. 10 49 77 Peru. 6,408 11,163 5,4.59 Chile. 3.5, .523 80,381 27,330 Total 31,683,294 j 30,089,440 | 27,385, ’28 CHILE. libU The fijjures for the final month (l)ereinl)er) of the year 11H>3 are given a.s 4,054,911) quintaI)S. The total production of nitrate in the liepublie in 1903 amounted to 32,288,678 Spanish quintals, as compared with 29,829,679 (piintals in the preceding year, a gain of 2,458,999 quintals. The deliveries for consumption in 1903 amounted to 32,627,481 (piintals, as compared with 28,400,831 in 1902, a gain for 1903 of 4,226,650 quintals, thus making it the record year of the nitmte industry. The visible stocks in Europe and the United States ashore and afloat on January 31 last was 16,470,332 (juintals, which would, it was esti¬ mated, cover the demand for February, March, and April. The report further states that the future of the industry appears to depend on an increasing demand. From the intei'csting data contained in the Thirty-third Quarterly Report of the Nitrate Association it is seen that the nitmte industry is, at the pi*esent time, in a flourishing condition, and the prospects indicate a considerable increase in the output during the next few j’^ears. The special nitrate year commences March 1 and terminates on the 30th of the following April, so that the data contained in the report sometimes refer to the economic or common year and sometimes to the special nitrate year already mentioned. In the economic year, 1903, the total production of nitrates aggregated 32,288,678 Spanish (piintals. The same prcxiuction in 1902 was 29,S2f>,679 (piintals, which shows an increase in 1903 over 1902 of 2,458,999 (piintals. During the period referred to the exportation and consumption of nitrates were as follows: Ex|>ortation in 1902, 30,089,440 (piintals; exporta¬ tion in 1903, 31,682,444 quintals; consumption in 1902, 28,40(),831 (luintals; consumption in 1903, 32,627,481 (piintals. Up to the pre.sent time the year 1903 has shown the largest consumption of nitrates ever known to the nitrate industr}*. Considering the figures relating to the special nitrate year the results are much more flattering, and show a minimum of consumption of 33,000,266 quintals from Maj' 1, 1903, to April 30, 1904, a quantity in exce.ss of all expectations. According to article 4 of the nitrate agreement, the exports for the year shall not be less than the minimum consumption of the previous year, but now the association proposes to go further and to leave a wide margin for the increased consumption that maj’ occur in the special nitrate year 1904-5, inasmuch as it fears that there will be a shortage of the neces.sary nitrate to supply the demand of the season and that a sharp rise in the price may diminish the consumption. It is not definitely known what this margin will be, but it would be a conservative estimate to place it at 5,(XX),000 quintals, since the 1170 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. increase in iB03-4 was more than -t,(KKl,(MM) quintals. The production for lhOlr-5 would then be, accordinjf to this estimate, as follows: Quintals. Mininiiiiii exiiortation. 33, (XX), 000 Increast^ (lurinj; tlio year. 3,000,000 Shortatre in the market. 2,000,000 Total. 38,000,000 This estimate, as will be seen, is a ver}’ conservative one, inasmuch as 3,(MX»,00(> (juintals is founded on a much smaller increase in 1904—5 than that which actually occurred in 1903—4, since 2,000,0(X) quintals would scarcelv give to the market a sufficient quantity to prevent a shortage of nitrate. AWARD OF TBANSANDINE RAILWAY CONTRACTS. Tenders for the Transandine Railway were opened on May 2, 1904, in Santiago, and contracts for the work were divided between Clark & Co., S. Pearson & Son, of London, and William K. Grace & Co., of New' York, the total amount of the bids lieing $6,750,000. This action has given great satisfaction to the people or Chile. The Transandine Railway project was approved by the Chilean Congress in .lanuary, 1903, and the Government was authorized to call for tenders for the construction of the road on the basis of a guar¬ anty of 5 per cent interest on the cost of the work. The Government of Chile is understood to be preparing to expend $25,000,000 on rail¬ road and other public improv'cments. PROPOSED PUBLIC WORKS. United States Consul R. E. Mansfield, under date of December 7, 1903, forwarded from Valparaiso, Chile, to his Government, a printed report on a plan for public works in Chile, submitted to the Congress in ordinary session. The plan involves a total estimated outlay of over 256,(XK),000 pesos ($93,440,000). The con.struction of railways figures largely in the plan, the principal line of which is designated as the “Longitudinal Railway,” to extend north and south along the coast leading to the rich nitrate fields in the Provinces of Arica and Tarapaca. This involves an estimated outlay of 76,204,727 pesos ($27,814,725), divided into sections as follows: CHILK 1171 I.ONOITUDINAL KAII-WAY. [ 1 kilomi'tiT—0.1121376 mile. 1 meter.i3a.37 inches.) Section. I.ellKth. ItaiiKC. Cost. Kitiimi U I f. Mrtfrf. Pim>». AricB to Jiizpampa. . l.'iU 6.000,000 f2,190,000 (tranja.s to Tm-o. . Ml 5,760,000 2, l(X2,40O To«‘o to I’ampii Alt*. . 113 4,520,000 1,619,300 I’nmp* Alta to AKUa.s Blanca.s. . ItU 6, .560, US) 2,394, 100 AKiim< Hlancus eo Santa Catalina. . IIH 1 4,720,000 1,722,3(X) Santa Catalina to Ihiehlo IlnintKlo ... . 130 1 7,200. OtH) 2,627, (XX) 1 nca dc Oro to Copiapfi. . 100 l,000,tH)0 1,460,000 Coniapf) to Vallenar. . 160 1 6,400.000 2,336.) XX) Vallenar tt) Vizcachita.s. . 17 1 1 2, .500,000 912, ,500 Vizcachitas to La Serena. . 100 1 1 6,400.000 2,336,000 Paloma to San Marcos. . 43 1 1.424,727 ,521,1-25 San Man’os to Illapcl. . 123 1 5,120,000 1,363,300 Vilos to Liirna. . lA) 1 4.300,000 1,7.52,000 Osomoto RioNcftro. . 27. I.6S 1,300,01X1 474,.500 Kio Neffro to Puerto Montt. . 10) l.fis 8,000, (XX) 2,920,000 Anciul to Castro. . 100 .ti 1,.500,000 517, .500 Total. .11 76,201,727 27,314,82.5 HKAM'H IJNK.S TO TMK COKDILLEKA. The liraiu-li line.s to the eordillera repre.sent ii total length of 217 kilometers (IMo niile.s) and a total cost of (540.821 [X'.sos (^:3.518,1((M»), as under: Branch. i LeiiKth. i (iauRe. , Cost. I KilomrU'r)^. ■ -Vrtrrs. 1 Anim>i.s to Los Puzos. 1 :V20.000 } 'i ' 9116,300 ChoajHi to Salamanca. ! 1 1,(M0,UU() i 379,600 Providencla to Mercado. 1 *2 1.63 KV),()U0 1 310,2.50 San Vicente to Peralillo. 33 1.63 2,2JS0,001) 832,200 San Clemente to Rio Colorado. 25 1 1,000.000 I 36.5,000 Pua to Curacaiitin. 47 1.63 2,370,171 1 86.5,000 Anjcles to Antuco. 66 1.63 1.730.6"i0 1 619,930 217 j 9,640,321 3, .518,900 1.1 BRANCH LINES TO THE COAST. The branch lines to the coast represent a total length of 380 kilome¬ ters (23(5 miles) and a total cost of 16,685,532 pesos ($(5,090,219), as under: Branch. Length. i (iauge. Cost. 1 Kitometerf.' yffterii. Pffon. ! 15 1 336,097 1 *140,929 24 ' 1 619,'200 236,958 37 1.6.H 2,131,000 796,065 5 l.es .551,235 201,201 23 1.68 1,428,000 52i;'220 40 1.68 2,000,000 731,000 96 1 3,810,000 1,401,600 Rucapeciuen to TomO. 1 100 1 4,050,000 1,478,250 Caflete to Lebu. 1 -iO 1 ' 1,600,000 583.000 Total. ' :»o j 16,685,532 6,090,219 1 Bull. Xo. 5—04-10 1172 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. NARKOW-OAUOE LINES. Tho narrow-fTiiufjo lines represent a total lentjtli of 32o kilometers and a total eost of +,890,o(Kt pesos (!^l, Lino. ^ Lvilcrtli. 1 Cost. i Kitomrtrr*. Trapii’ho ti) I'ctori'R. . Ifi •J40.000 1 SS7. fiOO Calora to Catcmii. . :to :wu.ooo 1 UK^'iOO San Felipo to I’niaondo. . 17 '-'OO.OtIO 7:l 000 Batiioo to Liimpa and YniiKai. . :«it), titio 109, .'■>00 Santiago to tVfion (Las Condos). . l.S 2(»0.00U 73,tHH) San Bornardo to San ,IosO do Maipo. . 1.'21)0,000 430,000 Chilean to Las Tormas. . l:V)0,ooo 494,7.i0 Loncoohe to Villarrioa. . 40 000,000 219,000 Total. . 1 t,:t9o,ooo 1 1,602,350 1 HYDRAULIC WORKS, The hydraulic works are lumped as the “construction of moles and breakwaters,” at an estimated cost, in round nundiers, of 2,000,(M)0 pesos (^73(>,O0(»), Fhn'ial v'mh'x. These arc described as improvements to facilitate navigation in the rivers Maullin, Imperial, and Valdivia and the pro¬ tection of the banks against inundations, at an estimated cost, also in round nundiers, of 2,0(KI,(MM» ])esos (^730,000). IrrUjatUm niul miter i>oti'ei'.—'riiesc* arc given as “dams at the rise of the River Co RAILWAYS. Line. Length. (iange. | Kilometer*. Mrter*. Ovalle to Trapiehe.'' 15 1 0*17 *140,926 IMia to Ciiraeantin. 47 1.^ 2,:57l).171 865,112 Animas to Los Pozos. 12 1 320.000 . 116,800 Paloina to .Sail .Mareos. 48 1 1,421,727 521,1'20 Ravado to Papndt>. 21.4 1 619,-200 229,658 Provideiieia to Mereado (bajo nivel itielnyendo estaeion Provideiieia)..'. 1 2 l.tVs H.'|0. oou 310,-2.50 Pnangue to San Antonio. 37 1.68 2.181,000 7%, 065 Cardonal to Aria■!. 5. 1 l.rtK .wi,'2:v> 201,-206 San Vicente to IVralillo. I.OH 2.280.000 832,-200 OHirno to Rio Negro. 27. l.tw i,;)0o,ooo 474, .500 Chilian to Tonn' I* M'ceion . 18 1.68 700,000 2.5,5, .500 Artiflcio to Catenin . :» .0 300,000 109, .500 Batuco to Lamiai and Yungai. iVi .<> 300,000 109, .500 Puerto Alto to Rio Colorado. 23 .0 1-27,750 Vallenar to Vizcacliitas. 17.-W I 2..‘>00,(»)0 918,600 Ravado to Trajiiche. I 1.200.000 438,000 Trapiehe to Petorca. it; .0 240. IMH) ' 87.6)0 Cunei'i to iliialafle (.Morrillo). 20 \.t\x •ViO.OOO 200.7.V) Chilian to laisTermas (i’into). 31 .6 510,000 186,150 Total. 486. *57 . 18.962.130 1 6.9-21.187 MAKITIMK WORKS. Dt'MTiplion. Cost. MMitnn' port. Talcahimiio. 6.000.000 *2,190.000 l»(H k Constitiu'ioii. -207,000 1 75,555 .Mole Iipiique. 20.H()I 1 7,593 Kepairs, breakwater, C Total . 6, .539,148 ^ 2,386,789 I FLUA'IAL WORKS. Description. Cost. PftOf. 9. .560 .30,978 ii, w 16,721 , 6,103 19,778 la-fetise of Tainho.j 10,:).59 3,781 Itcfenw'of Iji Ligna. 5,4.53 [ 1,990 Defens»‘o( I'ntaendo. .51, 136 1 19.863 Defense of Hierro Viejo. .5,975 1 2.181 Defenst* of (-alera. 7,262 1 2,651 Defense of “El Olivo” (en la Calera). .5,000 i 1,8-26 5,410 1 1.974 Defense of Coplap<5. 88,-276 ' 13,871 Canalization. Quebraila of Paipote in Copiaj85. 11.440 1 4.175 Defenst* of Talagante. 48, .591 16,911 Defense of Camtno of Pennio at Llallanquen. 17,613 6,4-29 Defense of " Lo Valdivia”. 4.725 1 1.725 Defense of Los Anjeles. 2,203 811 Total 288,7S0 105,405 1174 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. BlUIMJES. I>ewription. Cost. I PlVIlll. Unasco, at .‘'nn F Total. 2,171,-227 I 793,.692 Ill the foroffoinj^ estiiimtos, tij(iires showinjj values are given in ('hilean dollars, ei|iiivalent to 8*».5 cents United States curi’ency, and di.stances and nieasiirenients in kilometers. COLOMHLV. ADOPTION OF NEW CONSTITUTION. The Constitutional A.s.senil)ly of Colombia approved, on May 2. ltK)4, the new Constitution, giving the President a term of six A’ears instead of four, as jirevioiisly. Beginning in May, the Republic will be divided into thirteen suites. A divorce law was also adopted. POSTPONEMENT OF THE LEASE OF EMERALD MINES. The Colombian National Council of Amortization has i.ssued a decree postponing indefinitely the auction for the rent of the emerald mines of COSTA RICA. 1175 Muzo and (’osouez, which was to have taken place on Deceinl>er 31 last. The Council states, as reason for having thus post|K)ned such action, that, in accordance with memorials presented to the Council and verbal in ormation received from reliable persons, that some of the pro- posjils have not been transmitted by their bidders, and further that the Council is desirous of studying at greater length the manner in which the mines should be administered with the object of obtaining the largest jHissible return. COSTA RICA. TARIFF MODIFICATIONS. I. —LdH' of Jaumry A', lOOJt,^ dddnttimj (luttj-fn e anumon gnlvnnhed Hti el wire netting. [“ l.a Gacfta ” No. 5, of January 9, 1901.] Common galvanized steel wire netting shall be admitted duty free, provided the space In'tween the meshes be not less than S centimeters. II. —Decree of the Permanent Commisxion of Congresx, dated January JO, 190^, to admit free from eu^tomx datiex and quay daex earthen¬ ware pipex, roman cement, and file wire xcreenx imported for e.eclu- xire axe in the Port of Limon. [" Im Gactia" No. Ifi, of January 22, 1904.] Article 1. No customs duties or fpiay dues shall lie payable on earthenware pijies, roman cement, and tine wire .screens when im¬ ported to lie used exclusively in the Port of Limon, such as water¬ works, pavements, sidewalks, and ventilators and latticework for doors and windows. Art. 2. This exemption, which shall hold good up to Decemlier 31 of the current year, shall be subject to the following conditions: 1. In oi’der to enjoy the privileged treatment the materials must lie consigned to the governor of the district; 2. Previous to permitting entiy of aiy iiuantitj' of such materials the gov'ernor .shall refpiire from the interestinl |HM‘.son a signed decla¬ ration specifying the place where the materials are to lie employed, in accordance with the present law; 3. The owners of the materials shall paj’, on deliverv thereof from IkjiuI, the warehouse dues and other neces.sary expenses chargeable to the governor under the present decree. Art. 3. In ca.se materials removed from bond should Ije used else¬ where than in the iH)rt, or iipplied to other works, the importer will 1176 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. incur a fine equivalent to treble the amount of duty of customs and t|uay dues, without prejudice to the forfeiture of the fine wire screens, cement, and earthenware pipes still remaining in depot subject to the »^overnor's order. CORDIALITY EXISTING BETWEEN COSTA RICA AND PANAMA. MES.SA WERE ESTARLISIIEI) CONNEI'TINO I.ATIN-AMERK’AN COUNTRIES. The Costa Uican Legation in Washington has lM*en advised that mes¬ sages showing the existence of most cordial relations between Costa Rica and the new Republic of Panama were exchanged .March 2t!, l!»(>4, on the occasion of the inauguration of wireless communication con¬ necting Port l.iimon, t'osta Rica, and Hoi-as del Toro, Panama, when two stations of the new system, the first in Centi-al .\merica and, in fact, in the Latin-American countries, were established. 'Pile system will be extended along the .\tlantic coast of C'entral America and the MVst Indies, where the Cnited Fruit CVnnpany of Boston, Mass., owns larg(‘ plantations anti carries on an extensive cattle and fresh fruit commerce, esjM'cially in Costa Rica, it has 72 steannu’s engaged in this business. ECONOMIC PROGRESS. Flrxt hi i-nti i'jrriKe.—Owing to the industrious and energetic charac¬ ter t)f theCosta Ricans, their love for order and the «'onse(pient stability of their government, they enjoy the di.stinction of not having a single exile, and of having been the first among their neighbors in the u.se of telegraph lines, electric lights, trolley system of tramways, railroads to both oceans, and now of the Marconi .system, all of which evinces their progressive and succe.ssful enterprise. A new railroad will soon be built from Port Liinon to Bocas del Toro, the surveys being made by a ])arty of !<• American engineers. lieronl nf hupnrtx. As shown by the “Monthly Summaiy of Com¬ merce and Finance" of the Cnited States, December, ItKCl, the inqK)rts from Costa Rica into the first-nanu'd country are steadily increasing. In HUM) they amounted to !i'2,95St,4:W; in lltul, to $6,196,221; in 1902, to $2,291,54.^, ami in 1902, to $2,742,627. 'Phe imports from the other C^Mitnil American States during last year were as follows: (luatemala. $2,46S,77S; Monduras, $l,7o7,142; Nicaragua, $1,577,222, and Salva¬ dor, $S94,418. 'Phe exports for the .same year. 1902, amounted to: Costa Rica, $1,828,716; Guatemala. $977,315; liondums, $l,234,o70; Nicamgua. $1,544,799, and Salvador, $827,791*. 'Phe monetary sysUuu of Costa Rica is the gold standard. CUBA. 1177 CUBA. FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR MARCH, 1004. The statctneiitof receipts and dishurseinents of the general treasury of Cuba during the month of March, IhO-l, is as follows: on Fel)niary 29, lt'04 $4,218,06:100 keceipto: Customs (lues. $l,a59,492. 79 Postal (lues. 87,712.42 InUTior taxes. 76, 460. 2:t Other taxes. 8, 7:W, 978. 20 Consular rei*eipts. 22, :K:1 89 Keiinburseinents. 9,265.85 Debts |ien Total. 6, 710, .5:16.19 Payments in March 2,048, .521.83 Cash for .\pril . 4,662,014. 36 .1. M. (iarcIa Monte.s, Sfcretary of Finance. II.WANA, April /, lOOIf.. TARIFF MODIFICATIONS. I. —Fiscal late of Alay 7, I90-i, relatiny to the organization and collec¬ tion if the datii-s estahlished hij virtue (f the liHin lau\ [“ ihu’fla nficial" of May S. IWKi.] Article 1. 'I'he E.xecutive power is authorized to proceed immedi¬ ately to the organization and collection of the duties established by virtue of the loan law. For that purjKise he may, in his di.scretion, incur all necessary ex|)enses chargeable u|)on the special duties created by the liiw afon‘said. Art. li. Cut tobacco intended to lie exported shall enjoy the .same exemption as is granted by the loan law to sugar, manufactured tobacco, and cigarettes. II. Fiscid hue of June 13. 1903. amending the hxtn law of Febru¬ ary 37 if the same year. Article 1. Paragraph h of Class Ill of law dated F'chruary 27, IWS, authorizing the Ciovernment to contract a loan of 3o,0(M»,(KH» jtesos., is amended b}’ establishing an imjwrt duty of one-half centavo per box of 50 matches. Art. 2. Section B of Cla.s.s W. relating to the duty on cigarettes, is amended by establishing an exi)ort duty of one-third centavo per packet of 16 cigarettes, namely. 21 centavos per 1,008 cigarettes. 1178 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. III.—Lav' of January 16^ lOOJf,, amending the eufdoms tariff. [“ Gaetta oflcinl" of January 16, 1901.] Article 1. The Executive is authorized to increase up to 30 jier cent the import duties paid at Cuban customs-houses by all foreign articles. Art. '2. The Executive shall u.se this authority, within the provisions of the treaty, with the United States. .Vrt. 3. The increase referred to shall be of a temponiry nature, and shall govern until the publication of the new tariff. RAILWAY SYSTEMS. There are approximately l,r)00 miles of railroad in Cuba. The largest road belongs to the Cuba Company, and runs from Havana to Santiago along what is called the backbone of tlie island. The through line was finished in the latter part of ll*(i3, and there are no shitements of earnings at hand to show how the road is pro¬ gressing, though consideralile progress is being made. The next important system is the United Railways of Havana, having 250 miles of road. Its territory comprises tiie .section in and around Havana, and it derives considerafile traffic from the adjacent sugar and tobacco plantations. Other important sy.stems are the Cardenas and Jucaro, 20(> miles long; the Western Railway sy.stem, a tobacco road in Pinar del Rio, and the Matanzas Railroad, lOH miles long, a road in the sugar .sec¬ tion. There is also the Cuba Central road, 2(M» miles in length, hauling principally lumber tonnage. There are besides many smaller roads in various districts of the island. It is expected that the roads will do an increased business in 1!*04, esjjecially the sugar and lumber roads, as a result of the reci¬ procity treaty. The island now is (‘merging from its industrial gloom, and the progress of its railroads will reflect the prosperity of the entire ])eople. DOMINICAN HEPUHLIC. DISCOVERY OF OIL FIELDS. The di.scovery of rich oil fields in Santo Domingo i.s reported to the State Department by ITiited States Minister Powell, who (jnotes a civil engineer as sa^’ing that the oil lies so close to the surface* that it l>oils and bubbles as if issuing from the crater of a volcano. The oil fields are located near Azua, in the southwe.stern part of the island. An American compaiu’ has already .secured from the Government a concession which embraces over 22u, HAITI. REOUIiATIONS FOR COFFEE EXPORTS. Under date of March 7, 1004, United States Vice-Consul-General d. B. Tkkres, of Port an Prince, reiK>rts that the recent extraordinary session of the Haitian Legislature reduced the exp)ort duty on coffee to ^2 per loO ])ounds and p«*rmits the exportation of coffee pickings. The previous ex|X)rt duty on coffee was $3 per KM) ]K)unds and fhe expoi-t of pickings was prohibifed. The same session of the Legisla¬ ture fixed the duty on ligiium-vita* at $1 per l,fMM) pounds. HONDURAS. FOREIGN TRADE—1902 3. The Government of Ilondunis has recently made public the official figures <-overing the importations and exjxn'tations for the first quarter of the fiscal year 1902-3. No statistics by (juarters of the preceding j’ear are at hand, but the proportion of the first cpiarter of the fiscal year, if maintained through the ensuing three (juarters, will show a marked falling off in the volume of trade. For the previous year the iin|K)rtations amounted to $4,377,161.42, and at the present mtio the total importations will reach onl^' $4,082,5(M). The exportations of 1901-2 amounted to $)»,170,353.27; for the first cpiarter of 1902-3, $1,454,079.32. At this ratio the ex|K)rtations for the full fiscal year 1902-3 should approximate $♦*»,(MM),(MM), which is only $170,353 less than for the j’ear prc'ceding. This showing is excellent, considering that lS)ol-2 was the banner yc‘ar for the com¬ merce of Honduras. 'rhe United States leads the list of importing nations, having entered imjK)rts to the value of $309,i)77.88 gold, or about 79 per cent of all the inqK)rtutions, paying therc'on 72 ^ler cent of all the revenue received. 1180 INTKRNATIONAL BUKKAU OK THK AMERICAN REPUBLICS. The United States received also from Honduras the jrreat hulk of the exjK>rts, amounting to 8^47,.Mo.78 <;old. or alamt dO per cent of the total, thus maintaining her averaj^e. England follows the United States in value of imports, and (Jermany is credited with all the exptirts ilestimsl for Europe, if we (*xcept consijjnments to British Honduras transshipped ultimately to England. The ex|K)rtation of fruit, nearly all of which is shipped to the United States, on the l»asis of the lijiures of the lirst «piart(*r of Ihoi-Ik would show an (Miormous incn'ase in this industry, amounting to about 40 jmu’ cent. I'he value of cotl'et' (‘xisu'tation has declined to a consideiiihle decree, and this is triu* also of ruhher. I'hese last conditions are due to the low ])rices obtained, and the fact that the j^rowine' of coH'ee and ruldK'r trees is at jnescmt laiyely a native (uiterprise, conducted without a view to coinnu'rcial lu'cessity. Of the ports of entry, .Vmapala, on the ikiy of Fonseea (Pacitic), is the leadine one. beine' the ocean terminal of the j^reat hiy;hway to Tejifucijralpa, the capital, and of the other lar^e cities in the interior. Amapala is six days by sea from Panama and sixteen from San Fran¬ cisco; but these periods include days allowed for a number of stops at various ports, both north and south. Puerto Cortes is the most important harbor on the Caribbean Sea and does a thriving business in the exjMU'tation of fruits. The imports consist maiidy of merchandise for the towns alonj^ the line of the rail¬ road, which extends inland as fai' as Pimienta, some tJo miles from Puerto Cortes. IMPORTS FIRST HALF OF ECONOMIC YEAR 1902-3. I'he total lm|M)rts from foreij^n countries into Honduras during; the tirst half of the «‘«-onomic yt'ar lh02-3, consisted of 108,858 paekages of merchandise, weighing 5,ti87,t> MARKET FOR AMERICAN FRUITS. Alfml K. Moo, I’nitod States t'oiisul, writiiijr from Tegucigalpa, under date of April 4, 1!«>4, in regard to a market in llondunis for foreign fruit.s, states that the ahundanee of tropical fruits, such as orange.s, lemons, hananas, pineapple.s, mangoes, and iK)megr Iwick, as well as the crushing effect of the lassos or ropes used to hind the cargo to the pack saddle. The terms of payment are generally three months ctish. The large business houses in this district are all tonducted by German merchants, whose business methods are safe and reliable. Shipments are made and delivered with satisfactory promptness. I have yet to liQar of any statement to the contrary. The tariff duties are levied on the gross weight, as follows: Fruit extracts, 10 centavos per half kilogram (1.1 pounds); fruits, preserved, 10 centavos; fruits, bi-andied, 10 centavos; fruits, crystallized, 10 centavos; fruits, fresh, 1 centavo; fruits, dried, o centavos. In addition thereto a small fee is charged for sanitary inspection, liesides the usual customs-house charges and commission fees. In general, it may be comjiuted that the fees, exclusive of the tariff dues, will amount to 4 pesos ($1.72) per “lot” of 125 pounds, deliv¬ ered on the mainland of Honduras at San Lorenzo. On every UK) pounds of cargo entering Tegucigalpa there is levied an impost of 1 peso. Considering the extreme cheapness of American fruits, the excep¬ tional facilities for handling, carrying, and delivering them at the port of Amapala at a minimum exp<'nse, it is difficult to suggest how' trade could be increased. A remission of duties and jK)rt charges in Hon- dui-as would give an impetus to the market. To educate the public taste to these goods would retpiire more time. CONCESSION FOR MAHOGANY AND CEDAR LOOS. Under date of Januar}’ 12, 1904, the Government of Honduras pub¬ lished in the “ Official Gazette ” of the Republic, the text of an imjx)r- tjint concession granted to Senor Juan Ferrera Vargas, authorizing him, for a period of three years, to cut and export mahogany and cedar logs obtained from the public lands of the nation situated on the right bank of the Cuyamapa River, in the municipalities of El Is’egrito and Morazan. The concessionaire agrees to cut annually at least 1,090 logs of the woods mentioned, unless prevented from doing so by causes bevond his control, such as war, plagues, or other unavoidable circumstances, and to pay the Government of Honduras at the rate of $5 American gold per tree, or its equivalent in silver. Should the concessionaire fail to cut 1,(K)0 trees per A’ear, unle.ss prevented by the causes already mentioned, he shall nevertheless pay the Government for that numl)er, the first i)ayment, or that covering the 1,000 logs, to be made at Puerto Cortez within thirty days from the date of the signing of the present agreement. * The concessionaire agrees to pay anj' expf)rt tax which may now l)e in force or which may in future l>e established on the logs exported. MKXICO. 1183 . lie i.s also aiithorizod to import, for the exelusivc use of the enter])rise durinj^ the life of the concession, free of all federal ^IHXICO. MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT DIAZ. The open in jr of the fourth |)eriod of the sessions of the Twenty-Hrst C'onj^ressof the Republic of Mexico, which t States of VeraiTuz, Osixaca, and Morelos are estahlishinj; meteoroloj;- ical laireaus. “The herltarimn of the National Medical Institute has been enriched l)V the addition <)f S.S7 speciineiis of native plants, and the exhihit of the Institute for the Kx])osition of St. Louis, Missouri, has Ihmmi com¬ pleted. Silkworm ej;jfs, imjiorted from Kurope, tul»ercles of trutlles, seed of Kfiyptiau cotton and slips of the jjrapevine were distrilmted amon^ j>rivate individuals and State (Jovernments. C’onti-.icts have been entered into for the exptoitati(»n of wo(h1s and the extinction of jfums and resinous substances on iiiitional lands in the Territory of Quintana Koo. 'I'he «‘ommission of ])anisitolojfy continues to combat the cotton ])est, and is also iittackinj; the ‘ iron stain,’a p«'st of the coffee tree, which has appeared in the State of Oaxaca. “Durinjf the period embraced between September last and the present time 7 contirmations of water ri«rhts have been jjranted, and IS contracts have been let for the utilization of water for irripition and motive-|M)wei' purposes. Nineteen title deeds were issued, of which 12 represented contirmations of ricfhts and 7 new concessions. 'I'here have lH*en presented and are now jH'udiu*; bit applications for concessions and 15 contirmations of rijjhts in various States of the Republic. “ In the first half of the present tisi-al year there were issued 279 title deeds, whereby 54S,'.I45 hectares of national and vacant lands were rcdiu-ed to |)rivate property, yieldinj; to the Federal Treasury. “'Phe scientific commissions havinj; in hand the explonitions of the national territory continued their labors. The jyeoorapiru'al explora¬ tion commission hasextendeil itsoiH'rations to the Statesof t'hihuahua and llidaljjo and has <;iven an impetus to them in the States of Vera¬ cruz, Tamaulipas, and Nuevo Leon for which purpose its jiersonuel has been considerably reenforced. The jjeodetic commission termin¬ ated the project of trian^ulatiou that is to cover the meridian of 5*8^ west of (ireenwii-h and the vertices were surveyed and chosen that were lackinj; to cross the Sierra Madre and arrive at the coast of Tamaulipas. A new base was measured near the city of Oaxaca. “Two <*ontracts have been entered into for the establishment of colonists on land situated in the State of ('hihauhua and one for the settlement in our country of families of Boer orit;iu. Karnest efforts are beinj; made to experiment on a larjre scale with colonists from I’orto Rico on our (iulf coast. Recently a private corjK>n»tion broujrht some families from I’orto Rico and another com])any is bein^ orjran- ized to settle more groups of those families in Tabasco. “d’here have iM'en jjranted bid j)atents and there have been issued 472 certificates of rejjisti-iition of trade-marks and (•ommercial mark.s. Two numlHM's of the ‘Ollicial (Jazette of Patents and Tnidemarks’ have been issued. 118<» INTERNATIONAL KUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. “The proj^ress of piildic works in the iM)rts luis l»eeii iiiiiintuiiicd. There have i>oen laid ll.oOO meters of iron pipe line between Tampico and the Estuary of Camalote and in the city. A iH'j'inninjj has l)een made in the excavation of the canal for the tilterinjj beds as well as on the construction of the service reservoir for the city's ssinitation and water supply. In the seweraj^e system there have l)een laid9,7(M) meters of earthenware pipe, and the majority of the manholes have been constructed. On the C'hijol division of the Tuxpan and Tampico canal, the excavation has been completed for a distance of meters, and on the Medano division about 1 ,(kki meters of canal have l)een com¬ pleted. “The ssinitary station at Veracruz has been completed as well as the citj^'s sanitation and water supply. The reconstruction of the custom¬ house is well advanced, and work is profjressinjf on the erection of the post-ottice and t»‘lejrraph buildinjfs. At Coatzacoalcos, the western jetty has In'en completed for a disbince of SH meters. The marshy oroniid t)n which the pier tracks are to be laid and on which the ter¬ minal station of the Tehuantepec railway is to be erected, has been tilled in and traded. Steel pier No. 2, and the warehouse on pier No. 3 have l)een completed. The concrete copinji^ of the Manzanillo break¬ water has been completed for a distance of nearly meters, and only 'J-i meters of the exterior cappinj^ remain to l«> tinished. “In the dredj;ing of the bay lb cubic meters of sand have l)een extracted. 'Phe Ventamts Canal has been excavated. At Sallna Cruz, since St‘pteml>er last, the western breakwater has Iummi completed for a Icnj'th of 3H meters, and the eastern breakwater for a length of 70 meters. For the dock 12,000 cubic meters of (‘arth have l)een exca¬ vated and llo linear meters of rubble foundation for the protection of the walls have la'en laid. The A iH'jrinninjr has Ih'cii made in tiie installation of a jiermancnt lumi¬ nous buoy at Isla Wrdo, the construction of a light-house at Cal)o Falso, and the creation of a light at Atalaya del Carmen. “The mil ways show an increment of 303 kilometers, of which 78 have l)een contributed by the Mexican Central Railway on its line from San Pedro to Paredon and on its Panuco line; 74 have to be credited to the Mexican National, 52 to the Pan-American, 28 to the Kansas City, Mexico and Orient, 27 to the Coahuila and Zacatecas Railroad, lo to the Hidalgo Railroad, 10 to the Oaxaca and Ejutla Railway, and the remainder to other lines. I'he nation’s railway sj’s- tem now aggn'gates 10,221 kilometers. “The following work has been ai-complished in the reconstruction of the National Tchuantejxn* Riiilway: 41,cubic meters of grading; 32,(MM> ties renewed; substitution of 80-j)<)und rails on 8 kilometers and ballasting of 28 kilometers. In the woi’k of repairing bridges, 1..5(K) cubic meters of masonry work were erected and 270 tons of steel entered into the superstructures. At the new station of Rincon Antonio a numlx'r of dwellings for employees, officers, warehouses, and other accommodations have lieen erected. Stations have been completed at Cardenas, Ubero, Tolosa, and Saravia. and the station at C'oatzacoalcos has been put into a good state of rejwir. Tanks for storing |)etrolemn, to l>o used as fuel l)y the engines, have been installed at Coatzacoalcos, .lulie, Santa Lucrecia, Rincon Antonio, and Salina Cruz. “The privileges that had been granted to various railway com¬ panies to charge 15 ixr cent aliove their authorized tariffs were revoked as from November 25, 1903, owing to exchange having settled below 220 pm’ cent, and in accordance wdth a proviso of the privileges themselves. “ In the peri “With regiird t«> toh‘j;nipli linos, 521 kiloinotors have lK*en rooon- structod, and the lino from .lonnta to I’alizada, forinorly ])rivato prop- orty, and tho line from Topotitan to domita, which the govornmont of Tabasco made over to the Federation without any charjfe, have Im'Oii incorponitod into the Federal telej;raph system. If the military lines in Quintana Koo be included, as they have lieen, the increment of the sy.stem amounts to l,(»h5 kilometers, A subtluvial cable, S(K) meters Ion*;, has l>een laid in the Usumacinta Uiver, o|K)site donuta. and the two iron wires of the line ladween Meriila and Projjre.so have l>een replaced by copper wires. Seven new telejrraj)h olHces and one tel¬ ephone olHce have been openi'd in the jieriod under review. .Vnother move of importance has been made in this connection, naimdy, the introduction In'tween the C'ity of Me.xico and Puebla of apparatus caiKible of printinjf ordinary characters. A new contract has been signed for the operation of the lonj^-distance telephone .system in combination with the Fedeml tele^i-ajdi lines in the States of Dumnijo, C’oahuila, and Nuev*) Leon. “The yield of Federal ta.xes has continued on the increa.se. I'hecol¬ lections from import duties and the stainj) ta.x in the jH'riiMl comprised between .lul}' and December, IhOd, as compared with the collections from the same sources in the corre.spondinjf .semester of the previous year, are sutHciently satisfactory, esjK'cially if one considers that in 15M)2 they were exceptionally j^oikI. 'I'he increase in the collections from im|K)rt duties was excluding the yield of the extra duties which have been collected from the loginning of 15>03. In the .stamp revenue the gain was nearly a million, and it must lie Ijorne in mind that such revenue did not include in lt>03, as it did in lStU2, the yield of the 7 |)er cent tax on import duties and that the Federal contribution is now 25 jhm- cent additional, as against 30 per cent formerly. The increase on spirits and tobacco has been increa.sed, but this does not offset the reduction in the Federal contril)ution. “The emission of Treasury notes for §3,0(K),(MK> gold authorized by the law of September, l!>03, was unattended by the slightest difficulty, and such notes, as well as those for ^b,5(K),(KK> gold, issued some months previously, are being dealt in without any disi'ount, notwith¬ standing the fact that they command a rate of but 4^ per cent per annum. The.se i.ssues of Treasury notes have been devoted to the prosecution of certain public works, notably the purcha.se of the .shares of the National llailway of Mexico by the (lovernment. “The modifications that were made in the import duties, in accord¬ ance with the decree of February 4, l!t04, are inspired by the desire to facilitate the imixudation of certain foreign articles of general use and of imparting temponirily a iiKHlei-.de degree of prob'ction to certain Mexican indiLstries, which are capable of easy and vigorou-s development. Some articles, such as coffee and sugar, no longer need that protection to the .same extent as hitherto. MKXiro. 1189 II- “The iiionetarv eoininission :ip|M>inted by the IVpartinent or Finance P- to study the varied ipiestions connected with the problem of the value of of the currency of the country in jfold has e«nupleted its lalnirs, en haviii}; presented a mass of data, opinions, and rejxirts which will ie>s prove of value to the (lovernment. he “In order that the prejKinition of the j^enenil map of the Kepublic •rs ma\- be jmshed with the utmost activity, the pi'rsonnel forminjf the he technii-al bureaus of the military zones and commanderies has been en attached to the (leojjraphieal Kxplorations t’ommission. In conse¬ el- quence, that commission has had an accession of nearly tidrty otiicers, ler most of them iM'lon^inj; to the technical corps and all of them ex|)eri- lie enced in tojiojjraphical surveys. 'I'he commission has also la'cn sup¬ tus plied witli a considerable number of seientitic instruments.” ■en in FOREIGN COMMERCE IN JANUARY, 1904. The Treasury Department of the Kejmblicof Mexi»-o issued on April 24, l!>(l4, the preliminary statistics of im|M>rts and exjKirts for the ol- month of danuarv, ltKi4, and for the first seven months of the current ■ ■lanuary— | Seven months— [ by IWM. 1‘Jt*!. ll«!-l. 1 190‘2-;l. Ity, ! jiiie JMif.,951..M SttB, 008.40 Si, 170,843.65 ' *2.79J,812..50 l,UW,7tt».(l0 1,311,800. tW 8,23^2,h94.17 I 7,606,000.72 ith- Mineral aubstaiiees. , 10 1,011,981.47 r2.^2.'V2,.T33.60 ! 1-2,811,308. 47 Dry RtMxla. 7:tl,10t).l>4 oo8,:ior>.98 1 6,r>84,061.fi8 1 6, •22.5.-290.40 per Cheinleal ami iiliHrmiieelitleal siilixtaiiees. i'B.TSO. 10 2ttl,^2:i6.10 1,737, •2-22.36 1,.527,698.14 lleventBea. ' •201,003.72 277,387. .M 1 1,793,672. •26 1,756,46-2.75 the Paper and ila applleatiniis. •211, STB. 77 150, •225.47 i 1,3V2,163.40 1,1,57,73.5.70 Maelilnery and ap|«ratiis. 0l7,0:«.ti9 IBS, 693.18 5,785,316.43 ,5,084,488.13 the Velilelea. •21S.:i6M.37 99,313.00 1,141,311.76 862,708.79 .\rms and explosives. •2JC2,713.66 143,090.89 l,^224,071.-24 9.51,086.6.5 •2-25, 160,927.99 , 1,38.5,421.14 1,-208,385.71 ord- Total. fi,.'ifi0,07S.99 5,975,129.41 j 4:1,719,314.68 1 4-2,919,883.96 1 ‘sire EXPORTS. use [Silver vahiatlnn.] II to 1 1 rolls Prpt’ioud metals. .. $10.04-2,097.81 $7,098,785.87 $61,441,.509.81 $.51,725,247.92 Other Hrtieles... ..| 9.958,563.05 need 8, .580.60:1.70 1 58,90:1,0:19.35 i .54,-208,817. .58 Total, ..j •20,000,6f«.89 1 15,679,389. .57 T'23,404,549.16 108,934,066.50 1 1 1 ll‘.)0 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REUUHLICS. The (loUiils of the export trade for the jxiriods under comparison show the followinjj classitication and Hjfures: January— I .Seven months— I'.mt. mi. 1903-1. 19(42-3. Mexiciin gold coin. 811,422.00 807,Cifl‘2.00 Koreitrn Rold coin. 1,-237.U) 0,320.00 (iold in imrs. 1 8i,2i;,7i6.74 81,311,93.3.39 11,.V10,7.53.13 .5,31-2, 105.33 Gold in other forms. 39,300.49 .537,333.12 •20.5,ti67.96 Total golil. 1,271;. 919.02 1,3.01,79.5.33 r2,a51,25,5.‘2.5 0,09-2,04.5.31 Mexican silver coin. 3,131,114.00 0.3,000.00 1.5.3-24.431.00 17,-223,-200.00 Foreign silver coin. 3. ■.’23.00 20, Tili? 07 4.5.704.00 02,306.07 Silver in bars. 3,090,774.29 4..V10.027.70 •23,in,79‘2.9.5 •27,17.5,040.32 Silver in other forms. 1,9S|,002..‘)3 1,113,375.00 3,373,270.01 4,171,.VV5..59 Total silver. H,70.'>. 11S.32 6,740,990.49 .52.390,-2.51..50 IS, 03:4.20-2. .53 ' 2,790,017.79 1..534,‘274.50 V2,.V10.743.11 11,‘231,-235.13 410,103.00 731,077.00 2,940,393. 45 3,371,371.00 other mineral i>r Followinj; is a resunic of the vtilinitions of Mexican exports durintf tlie periods under coinpiirison, with rt'ferencc to their countries of destination: January— S«‘ven month.s— Country. j 1904. 190;l. 1903-4. ' 190-2-3. Ktirope.j 8fl,4.'48,730.39 81,9.55,035.00 $33.1.57,849.-22 $•20,4.53,396. .52 Asia.1 6,417.00 1 30. two. 00 North America.1 13,309,313.20 ' 13,174,4‘27.0.5 . 37,190.439.99 78,799, .530.00 Central America. 39,949.30 i •27,0-23.32 j •200,371.95 ‘231,001.32 South America.1t •2,6.50.00 %,909.00 33.24.5.00 West Indies. •209, .507.00 i .5-22,303.00 2,037,.56'2.00 3,330,392.003 Total. ' 20,000,('i00.39 j 1.5,079,339.67 1‘23.404..V19.16 103,934,06.5.50 Followint; is a resume of the valuations of Mexican im|X)rts durinjf the periods under comparison, with reference to their countries of oriffin: January— j Seven months— Cimntry. 1904. 190:4. 1903-4. 1 1902-:4. 1 * 83,132,725.94 82,796,470.00 $19,539,321.99 813,081,7.52.02 09,131.09 I .57,4-23. .52 36.5,967.32 :499,839.62 4,-237.00 1-2,361.00 :4.5,433.00 41,859.69 North America. .3,321,27-2.39 :4,050, .594.36 •23. .534,737.71 •24. .530,044.91 3-2.5.57 1 1, •22.5.13 3,34-2.-29 10,733.51 21,310. .5) •27,34-2.-25 109,0-24.37 116,960.46 9, .510.00 •22,007.00 7-2, :131.00 73,41.5.00 Oceania. ' 490.00 6,099.00 :4,0ll.00 45,-283.75 1 Total. j 0. .Vsl. 07H. 9.» .5,97.5.1-29.41 43.719,344.68 949,883.96 I MEXICO. 11‘.»1 CROP PRODUCTION AND COMMERCE IN 1902. Tlio "Aiiiiiiriii KxtmliHtH'n de hi Rc/iiihllai A[t,i‘!cinio," recently received, iiuikcs uvaihiblc for the first time the official lijjures u|)oii the crops of Mexico for ltH»2. The orijjinal tijfures are expres.sed in units of the metric sy.stem, which has lx*en the lejral standard of weijfhts and measures in Mexico since lSt»5. Reduced to their etpiiva- lents in units of American ! iw-'. 1901. .bushels.. 8,417,110 12,021,03:{ . ..do.... 6,o<4.6:it; 7,727,196 C«irii. ....do.... 78,098, tBT) 9:1, 4.>.8,<.h-,0 kii'f. .uiunds..' 39,961, i:i3 41,776,606 HvHIIM HIkI IH'IISC .bushels.. 9,091,576 11,306,106 .|a>unds.. 46,776,129 :17,867,161 .bushels.. :I46,669 3:1.5,800 .isainds.. 181,4.57,778 l."i0,.39r),4t>8 _do.... 1.50,017,280 172,861,773 ....do.... 104,081.591 181,01:1.5% .bushels.. fi0,622 406,072 ....do.... 289,023 300,027 ....do.... 108,769 93,318 ....do.... 1.51,987 lt>5,472 ....do.... 44,183 18,711 .isainds.. 120,:!*’i6,N50 1.80,06.8,4.')0 3,9.52,861 eollee.rtu.... 21,009,91) ('■0. 460,469 Totjaci-o.«,6U,1« 26,2V), 400 Chicle.ilo.... EOSS.-VW 4,182,:i;«i Oraiigex.<1<)_ 19,76:1,087 62,979,31:1 lA-muns.ilo_ 17,884,101 4,960,6:11 Umes. The commeive In'tween Mexico and foreign countries in the aliove- mentioned products, as far as they are .separately stated, 5vas as follows for the calendar years 15)02 anil 1SM)1: Foreitjn commerce of Mesico in undermentioned producle. Fix ports. Im|a>rls. Wheat.bliahels.. 71 «1,057,20:1 Wheat flour.IjarreN-.l 46,906 Bariev.bushels..I 5 109,437 1,905,705 2, .5-20,778 Seed.s aiul Brain.do.. 6 4,400,805 Sesame.do.. 212.883 Beans and pens.bushels l’olat Includes imports of other cereals not s|>eeifleil. t) For food not elsewhere specifled. 1192 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. TREASXTIIY STATISTICS FOR MARCH, 1004. Till* followin*; is th*‘ statfiiioiit of tho, reoeipts and dishiirso- inents in the Federal Treasury of the Mexican (foverninent dnrinjf the month of March. l!»o4, as sid)initted hy 'I'reasiirer (ieneral Zamacona: Ca. Total receipts. 2, 0:«, 2:19. 91 Dislnirseiiients. 2, 471,892. :1S Surplus, forward to April. 101,.‘147.o:? TARIFF MODIFICATIONS. II.—Krtruct from the (beree of Milif 7, ox to the stomp (hitij on totioeeo, [“ Diario oiiciKl " Xu. <>( May 7, ISitK.] Art. From tlie first of .Inly tiext, the sttimps for the tax on mann- factnred tobacco cr(*iited hy lh(‘ Itiw of 1 )e<'ettilM‘r lo, lStl2. and its rules of practi<-(* of the sam«! dat(* will l»e .sold tit tin* followinjr prices: I. Tin* stiintps for native ci*;ar(*tt(“.s tind cln*roots at all c»*ntavos |M*r hnndr«*d stamps. II. Tin* stamps for foreijrn itnported cii;ar«*ttes at S."» centavos jM*r hnndr(*d staitips. HI. The stantps for itative ciyars: (o) For boxes or packajrt's contiiininjr tiot itiore than five citfars, $1.S() per himdr(*d stiimps. {h) P'or boxes or jtiickajjes (*ontaittin III ,—Lmc dated Maif '20, 190-i, l•t'^at^ia/ to the (jooih iinjHfrted theoagh cnxtoiii-lioaMi H of the (Quintana Roo Teteitory. Diario Olicial" So. l'2.\ of May'Jii, laiXJ.] So/e ai't/ele. 'I'lie iippliciitioii of the (leoreo datod .luiu* 7, irliev- inj< all artiflos iiii|H)rtod exclusively for consumption within the I'erri- torv of Quintana lioo from all imiM)rt duties and jxu’t dues has Ix'en extended for another year from July 1 next. IV.—Ketraet feoo) /oidgtt laie of Jane 1, lOOi, in fes/^ert to ex^Kn't datieK. [•• niario Oticial” No. i:«), of .lum* I. 1903.) This law ostahlishes fiirtluM* ex|M)rt diitios us IkMow; N.Vri'K.\L I'ROOrtK. Pesos. A. Br.)om ro .\(;Rici'i.TrK.\i. l•nol>^^•K. neni«)uen, nninannfactnrcd.100 kilos, m-t weight.. 0.50 15. Ixtle, nnniannfactiirial.do.50 ('. I lilies and skins, nntaninHl: Deer and kid.100 kilos, gross weight.. 2. 25 Ox or other.do.75 V.—Late of Jane 2, 1902, fr/tttire to t/o taxee on e.rjdtntirt .'i. [“ Itiariii oticial ” No. 131, of June 3, 19U3.] .Vktici.k 1. 'rite Kxeeulive is empowered, in aecordatiee with the eontraet tmtered into hy the Department of 1‘tthlic Works with the Niitional Company of Dynamiteand Kxplosiv**s, ti joint stock company, to esDihlish an inttMintl consumption tax on all kitids of dynatnite and indtistrial explosives imiKtrted from ahroad or mantifacttir(‘d in the Kcpitldic, .siiid titx to Ih* payahle at such date and iti stich matmer as the Kxecittive nwiy (hdermine. Akt. 2. The basis for the creatittn of ssiid interior-constunption hix shall Im‘ as follows: I. Dyniiiniteand indtistrial explosives im|)orted throujrh thecustom- hotis»*s of the Reptthlicor mamifact tired in the territory of the Keptib- lic shall pay 21(1 jx*sos |M‘r ton of 1,(M)<1 kilograms oross weijjht. II. Kxemjttion from said tax may be allowed in the ca.se of common fr(m|)owder, black jrunjtowder for mines, and 4rtm|K)wder for fireworks or for hunting purjMises, in the comjxisition of which the only iiifrre- dients used are sulphur, carlKni, and the nitrates of scsla and )KdH.sh, and not nitrojrlyi-erin, chlorate of )H>tash, or other chemical explosive. III. The Natiotial Company of Dynamite and Explosives, a joint 1194 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. stock company, will pay the internal consumption tax on the pnKiucts 1 manufactured by them in the form anti subject to the conditions pro- I vided l>y tlu' above-named ctmti-.ict which the company made with the ^ Public Works Department on Auj^ust 12, IBUl. \'l.—Jjtn' ihditl 100 i, tit*' ') m port nil* m of horses. [“ IJiario tHU'iul’’ No. of June H, 19Ui.l Sole (trticl*. —'Fhe exemption from duty {granted by Article 4 of the law dated dune 4, IBUl, on the importation of horses is prolonjfed until dune HU, 19U4. Vll. —Deerre dated Jane Id. 190i. in reference to the hnjtortatum of tcheat. [" Diario Oticial ” No. H.'S. of .liini' IX, 19015.] The limit assi};ned by decree dated February 7, 19UH, for admitting wheat through the custom-houses of the Republic free of import and additional duties, is extended until duly HI of the current year. MINING LAWS. Sf.ction 1.—Mlaltaj property. | Article 1.—Mining property in the Fnited States of Mexico shall be governed by the following principles, to be regulated by the Executive (Government in accordance with its constitutional faculties. Art. 2. Subjc'ct to the present law iire those mineral sid)stanc»‘s which can not be worked unless previous concession be obtained and tho.se for whose (“xtraction work is re»|uired which may put in danger the lives of the workmen, the safety of the works, or the stability of the surface. Art. H. The miiuM-al substances for working which a previous con¬ cession is rf'fjuired iire thost* which are hei'eafter enumerated, what¬ ever be the nature, shapt', or situation of their respective ore bodies: {a) (Gold, platinum, silver, iron (except mar.sh ores, loose surface ores, and och(>rs which are worked as coloring matter), lead, copper, tin (except float tin), zinc, antimony, nickel, cobalt, mangane.se, bismuth, and arsenic, whether found in native state or mineralized. (Z») Precious stones, rock salt, and sulphur. Art. 4. Tin* owirm- of the ground can work freely, without necessity for a .sjKJcial concession in any case whatever, the following mineral ' sub.stsinces: j The mineral combustibles; oils and mineral waters; the rocks of the ground in general, whether they serve directly or form part of materials for construction or ornamenhition; the matter which forms the grounds, jis earths, sands, and clays of all kinds; the mineral sub- MKXIOO. 1195 t«tiinces exceptt'd from foncoss'K)ii in artirln 3 of this law; and, generally, all those that are not mentioned in the same. Sup«‘rtieial or suhU*rraneous »*xeavations whieh the working of any of these siihstanees may require shall always l»e subject to the regula¬ tions which are decreed for t)rder and security in the mines. Akt. r>. Legally actjuired mining j)ro|M'rty and that which in future may he acquired in accordance with this law shall Ik* irrev 14. When a coiumunieation, diti'erent from the one descrilted in cdause l:i, actually ventilates one or more workinj^s, this service of pnalucinj^ ventilation shall not ‘five a rijjhtto the miner who made the communication to exact indemnity from the owners of the other work- injjs that have l>een ventilated, nor shall these on their side acipiire a lejral rijjhtof way which Imrdensthe mining j)ropt‘rty which furnished the ventilation. lo. If. while driving workinijs optuied for the purimse mentioned in ciau.se l:i. payinij ore 1m‘ found, the provisions applicable in the ca.se of clauses t!, and .S shall he observed. IB. 'I'lie provisions of clause •» shall also Ik* observed as far as they .suit the case. 17. All the ex\x*n.ses occasioned by the workin«;s which may have to be made in order to obtain ventilation and tho.se for keepinjf them in future in j; Section 2.—K,rphn'atlou luxl innxml cimvexHitnix. Art. 13. Any inhabitant of the Republic can make freely, in (tov- ernment ground, explomtion conducive to the discovery of mineral MEXICO. not) Inxlios; Imt if, instoad of borings, excavations should W made, tliese shall not exceed lo meters in extent, either in length or in depth. No license shall l*e necessjirv for this work, but previous notice shall he given to the res|)ective authorities accoitling to the provisions of the regulations. In ground of private prop<*rty no mining explorations can Im' made without the permission of the owner or his rej)resentative. In case, however, that this iiermission can not be obtained, it can be requested from the respective admiifistrative authorities, who shall give the same in accordance with the provisions of the regulations, lM)uds iM'ing previously given by the explorer for the damage which may 1m* cjiused, after the authorities have heard the owner of the ground or his rep¬ resentative. Inside of private buildings or their l)elongings explorations can only Ik* made with permission of the owner. No explorations shall 1m* per¬ mitted inside the precincts of j)opulated places, public works, public buildings or fortifications, or in their neighborhood. The regulations shall tix in all these cases the minimum distance within which said works of investigation can Ik* allowed. During three months’ time, which can not l*e prolonged, counted from the date of the notice of the pei*mission or of the administrative resolution mentioned in this article, only the explorer shall have the right to receive mining fields. -Vrt. 14. The unit of conce.ssion, or the mining field (iM*rtenencia), in future shall be a solid block of unlimited depth, defined above ground by that jmrt of the surfa<*e which in horizontal projection gives a s«piare with sides 1(K» meters long [32S feet] and bounded under ground by the four vertical j)lane.s corresjx>nding to the same. This unit of mining field (pertenencia) is indivisible in all contracts concerning mining concessions or ownership of the same. Art. 15. Except as regards the final disposition of article 13 of this law, the coiu-essions shall l)elong and shall always be given to the first applicant, and shall embrace, in all ca.ses in which there is sufficient free ground, the number of mining fields which the interested ])arty may Jisk for, but he shall clearly sp KXPIX)RATION. .\rt. 10. Each and ever^" inhabitant of the Republic shall have the right to carry on mineral explorations on any section of national lands, due notice thereof being given the agent at the respective zone. 1200 INTKKNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. as (lescrilMnl l»y law. 'I'lu' notifu-ation must Im* tciuU'ml in duplirato, sjH'rifyiii^ tlioroiii tlio liiuits of the zoiio to Im* oxploml. Tlie ajjeiit shall ivturu tin* oxploi in*; party a copy of said iiotiticatioii, s|M'cifyin«j thereon the date and hour it was presented and warninjf him that any dijrjrinjr should he done strictly in conformity with article 13 of the law and 1+ of these re<;ulations. Art. 11, If the explorations are to Ih‘ made on private pro|M'rty, the explorinj; party should first ol»tain due |H‘rmission from the owner of the pro|M*rty or his attorney, wh«>, if authorizint; it. will jjive the explorer a written statenumt s|H*cifyin}; thereon tin* limits of the j;ronnd to he explort'd. 'Phis statement must he presented to the resjH'ctive ajfent, who, after making the pr«)p*>r entry in the record, shall return it to the explorinj; party, naming the ilate and hour when presente*!. .Vkt. 12. If the own**r of the ])ro|M-rty or his representative should fail to {fitiiit the ])ermission *'all*‘d for, the explorinjr party should apply to the a<;«*nt for same, statin*; at the same time his security therefor. This petition shall he present*'*! hy the ajjent to the owiu'r of the pr*)perty, wh*>, failinj; t*) ])rot*'st within a hutnioht, shall h** un*lersto*Kl t*> jfrant his *'*)nsent. At the expirati*)n of the af*)resai*l fifteen days th*‘ a*;ents shall adopt the pr*)per pr*)c*'e Section 3.—Acquinnij inininq vintcrKxlottH. Art. 16. The Department of State and of l)*'velo|)ment shall name, in the States, Territories, and Fe*leiiil District, sjH'cial agents in its service, before whom the applications for mining concessions shall l>e MEXICO. 1201 presoiited. These aj^ents are authorized to eolleet fees aeeoniini; to the tariff to Ih? fixed l»y tiie nepartuient mentioned. .\kt. 17. The agents of the Department of Develojanent sliall reeeive the applieations for mining eoneessions and shall note down immediately on the rejjister the day and hour of presentation. They shall thereu|H)n prin-eed with the puhlieation of the applieation and the measurement of the fields (jH'rteneneias) hy the exj)ert or the man whom they shall appoint, and in ease there 1k‘ no opiatsition the}’shall st'iid a e«)py of the pna-eedinos and of the map to the De|Kirtment of Develo])ment for the eorresjHUidlii'; approval and the extension of the titles. The n‘oulati«)ns shall fix tin* time within whieh these aets have to take plaee and shall detail the nuKle (’llAITEK :l. (iKNEKAT, MlNINO HeoUI.ATIONS. Art. I."*. The j)etition for concession of claims or extensions must Ihi present»*d in duplicate to the resjieetive agent. These petitions 1LM)2 INTKKNATloNAL BUREAU <»E THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. shall olcarly oxpri'ss tho mimlM'r of claims \vaiit(*d, their situation on the j^round, and the relative position of said {rrouiid with regard to the correspondin'^ municipality, tixinj; the most notable |)oints of the locality for identification and sjx‘cifyin<( at the sjuue time the mineral substance to be develoiH'd. Should the ajjent judjje the ixtition as lackinj( clearness and accuracy on any |K)int he shall have the right to (piestion the petitioner in order to ol)tain the same, all such infor¬ mation being affixed to the duplicate petition in the presence of said petitioner. Ignorance or inability on the part of the ix'titioner to afford the desired information shall Ix' no obstacle in the wa}' of registering the |M'tition or sufficient cause for sus|X“nding the proj-eeding. Art. lb. 'fhe agent shall admit no other jx'tition for the same site until the Ih'partment of l‘ul>lic Works has given its final decision on the provision for ea«'h petition. Art. 17. On presentation of a jM'tition to the agent this functionary shall ju’oceed to register the same in the presence of the petitioner, stating on the margin of t)oth petition and dupli«-ate thereof, as well as in the official register duly authorized by the Department, the date, hour, and numerical ortfer of presentation. The petitions must Ih' registered strictly in the order of dates anil liours of day presented, having no space in blank l)etween the inscription. Art. Is. In the event of two or more petitions for claims or exten¬ sions on the same site fieing presented at the same time the decision shall l>e cast f)V lots. Art. 111. Withiti three days following the presentation of a petition for a concession of mining claims the agent shall apjx)int a titled ex|X'rt or, if such is not to be found, a practical surveyor to take the measurements and draw the plans of the claims and extensions solicited, expressing clearly thereon the monuments marking said claims, as well as those of all other claims within an area of 100 meters all around. The agent may appoint the surveyor suggested l)y the petitioner, provided said surveyor meet all the reipnrenients prescribed f)y law. Art. 2t». Within the next eight days following the appointment referred to in the foregoing ai ticle the surveyor must communicate with the respective' agent, stating whether he accepts the apiK)intment or otherwise. If in the first case he should also state that arrange¬ ments had In'en concluded fx'tween himself and the petitioner as to tin amount of fees to be collected, the agent shall thereupon make the proper entry in the respective ])rovision. At the request of the peti tioner the agent may extend, on one single occasion, the aforesaid period of eight days to another eight. Art. 21. On making the entry referred to in the foregoing article, the agent shall fix a ])eriod not exceeding sixty days for the presenta¬ tion of drawings referred to in article ll>, acconumnied by an explana- MEXICO. 1203 tory rej)ort by the sui'veyor; the agent shall then proeeed to draw up an extmet in duplicate containing the following data: 1. The petition, specifj’ing in a clear and precise manner the name and dwelling of the petitioner and the numencal order of the corre¬ sponding title. 2. The name, residence, and acceptance of the surveyor appointed. 3. Due notice that within a pei'iod not to e.xceed four months from the date of .said extract the title shall Ih' tinally substantiated at the resjx*ctive agency. A cop\' of the note shall l>e published in the bul¬ letins ti.xed on the exterior of each agency, the petitioners furnishing the revenue stamps neces.sary for said publication. The notice shall remain on the bulletin l)oards for a jxsriod of one month, due entry thereof l>eing made in the corresixmding title. Another copy of the notice shall be handed the petitioner, who, at his own expense and risk and within forty days after the date of .said notice, shall have the .same published three con.secutive days in the official jraper of the respective State, Territory, or Fedenil District, copies of which issues must l>e delivered at the agency of the ^wtitioner in order to have the same attached to the corre.sponding title. Art. 22. The publication of the notice, as stated in the previous article, shall .serve as summons to all such as ma}’ deem them.selves justified in protesting against the concession of the petition in question. Art. 23. On making the entry referred to in article 20 the agent shall hand expert a certified cop}’ of his appointment, which must close with the warning that who.soever may resistor oppose the execu¬ tion of an}' work undertaken by the expert shall make himself liable to the penalties esbiblished in article 004 of the penal code of the Federal District or the law of the respective State. Art. 24. Should the experts meet any opposition or positive resi.st- ance in the execution of the previous article they may call the lo<‘al authorities to their assistance. Art. 25. The experts shall pay due attention to all remarks offered by the petitioner, as well as by those who have opposed or may oppose the petition; but they shall resei've their views on the subject for the written report referred to in article 21, the presentation of which, within the period therein stipulated, shall be for the sole account and responsibility of .sjiid surveyor, as well as all damages that may spring from the nondelivery of .said reports and maps. Art. 26. Opposition to the concession of a p>etition for any of the following reasons shall only be admitted during the four months stipulated in clau.se 3 of article 21, viz: 1. By the dissent of the property owner. 2. By invasion or trespass on adjacent claims or extensions. 3. By prior rights or petition regarding the claims of extension. Art. 27. On a receipt of a protest to any petition, the agent shall Bull. No. 5—04-12 1204 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. notify'the iwtitioncr l)y moan.s of a written notice placed on the hul- letin boards durinjj three consecutive days, expressing thereon the names of the claimant and opponent, respectively, as well as the numerical order of the corresponding title, wherein due entry shall be made of said publication. Art. 28. Save in the event of the jx^titioner notifying the agent that he desists from his claim, the latter shall have the opponent’s protest preserved on tile until the survej'or's report and plans are presented. Art. 29. On presentation of these documents the agent shall proceed to call a meeting of the parties to take place within the next fifteen days, publishing said summons on the agency bulletins during three consecutive da\’s, and expressing the number of the provisions, names of the parties, and date and time of day apjwinted for the meeting. At this meeting it shall be the agent’s mission to bring about a compromise between the dissenting parties in order to avoid legal complications. Of all these particulars due entry shall be made in the respective pro¬ visions. Art. 30. If the opposition should spring from the landowner and the expert’s report should point to indications of mineral dejxjsits on the surface or any explorations in said deposits, the agent shall carry the administrative proceedings on the provision to a conclusion, so that the Department ma}’ issue the proper title in favor of the petitioner, since this, according to articles 7 and 11 of the law, is either siinpl}’ accountable for the undei’ground openited upon or otherwise leaves to the jurisdiction of the courts the extension and appraisements of the surface occupied b}' the miner. At the conclusion of these proceed¬ ings, which shall be duly placed on record, the agent shall notify the parties that they are at liberty to have recourse to the usual tribunals, according to article 20 of the law. Art. 31. In any other of the cases of opposition enumerated in arti¬ cle 26, should the agent be unsuccessful in bringing the parties to a compromise, he shall at once suspend all further proceedings and deliver the respective provisions to the petitioner, who, on his own responsibility and within a reasonable term appointed by the agenc}', must present it before the corresponding local judge of first instance. Art. 32. If an}' reasonable opposition, based on causes not provided for in article 26, should be produced, the agent shall simply affix the same to the corresponding provision without suspending the proceed¬ ings on this account. Art. 33. In the event of any opposition l)eing made after the deliv¬ ery of the surveyor’s maps and reports, but before the expiration of the four months stipulated in clause 3 of article 21, the proceedings referred to in articles 29 to 32 shall be continued without interruption, this iKjing the only instance (aside from the reference to the tribunals) where the agent may delay the substantiation of the provisions for MEXICO. 1205 thirty-five days after tiie said four luuiitlis, providetl the oj)|K)sitiun tie made within twenty days of the expinition of the above-named four months. Art. 34. If the four months I'eferred to in article 2r) should liave ( tninspired without any opposition beinj^ made, or in the end referred to in articles 30 and 32, or should the provision be returned by the ! tribunals with a judgment in favor of the petitioner, the agent is strictly enjoined to forwanl to the Department of Public Works, within the next fifteen days following and under registered cover » copies of the provisions and maps, unless the jx'titioner should undcr- l' bike to lie the bearer of those documents, in which case the agency j shall give due notice thereof to the Depirtment. Art. 35. The petitioner shall furnish the agency with the amount I of revenue stamps recpiired for issuing the title. These stamps shall accompany the copies of provisions and maps forwarded to the Depart¬ ment under I’cgistered cover and will lie returned through the agent to ^ the petitioner if the Department should disapprove the provisions and, consequently, refuse the title. If the \)etitioner should so desire, ho 1 may appoint the party who must deliver the stamps at the Depirtment. j Art. 36. Any omission or neglect in presenting the jwtitions, fur- I nishing the stamps or printed notices, payment of fees, or nonappear- Iance at the meetings, and, in general, of ani' reipiirement mentioned in this chapter imputable to the claimant or the opponent, respectively, shall imply on the part of the former the relinquishing of all claims and his petition, and on the latter that he desists from his opjjosition and consequently acknowledges the legality of the petitioner's claims. Art. 37. After due consideration and approval of the provision by ^ the Depirtment, the proper title shall l)e issued and forwarded to the i agent, who must deliver the same to the petitioner, with a copy of S the maps duly stamped by the Department of Public Works, this I Department furnishing that of Finance with a detailed report on the concessions granted. Should the provision meet the disapproval of ^ the Department, the agent shall lie notified thereof in order that any errors or deficiencies may be rectifieil within the term appointed by ; the Department, provided said errors or deficiencies are not chargea- I ble to the petitioner or the agent himself, in which case a different course shall be adopted, in accordance with article ID of the law. I Section 4.— General provisumif. \ - Art. 24. The partnership or companies formed for working mines = shall be governed by the disposition of the commercial code, except as ■ regards associations which are not admissible in mining affaira. I Art. 25. The contracts for furnishing money to the miner, known j as “avio,” shall in future have the character either of partnership in I which case the provision of the foregoing article shall lie oliserved—or 1206 INTERNATIONAL KUREAU OE THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. of niortgaj'o. The mort^jage in mining matters can lie freely given in accordance with the regulations of the civil code of the Federal dis¬ trict, hut the indivisibility of the mining held (pertenencias), estab¬ lished in article 14 of this law, shall be taken into account, and the regulations of the commercial code as regards the register shall be observed, and for this purpose a special book of mining operations shall be opened. The holder of the mortgage shall alwaj's have the right to pay the tax mentioned in article 5 of this law, and shall through this payment acipiire a right of preference over the owner of the mine in regard to his own mortgage. Art. 27. The trials by court in mining matters shall take place and be decided in the Federal district and Territories and in each State before the judges and tribunals which there are competent according to the regulations of commercial code, and that which is prescribed in chapter 9, title 1, book 4 of said mercantile code shall be observed, based on this, that the lirst expense of the administration indicated in the second clause of article 1030 of the same code is the payment of the tax. Art. 29. Default of payment of the property tax, levied in accord¬ ance with the regulations and procedure of the law which establishes the same, shall constitute, from the date this present law goes into force, the only reason for forfeiture of mining property, which in this case remains free of all burden and shall be conceded to the first appli(*ant, in accordance with the provisions of this law' and its regulations. Art. 39. The industrial branch of mining shall belong to the Depart¬ ment of State and of Development, Colonization, and Industrv, which, therefore, can dictate, in accordance wdth the regulations of this law, all the measures it judges necessary for the promotion of the prosper¬ ity of the mining industiy, and which shall watch that the said law' be enforced. It shall name the inspecting mining engineers it may think necessarj' to visit the workings of mines or mineral substances, to study the .same, to make investigations, and to fulfill, in general, w'hat- ever commissions the Department may giv'e them, in accordance with the details prescribed by the regulations. Art. 39. The maps of the respectiv'e claims must be neatly andaccu- ratel}' drawn on strong paper for the better preservation of said docu¬ ments. The copies thereof may be protluced on tracing cloth. The maps must be made in decimal proportions. Art. 40. The selection and surv'ey of the claims upon the ground confer no rights to the occupation of the same, but shall serve simply to .show the limits embraced in the mining conce.ssion thus obtained. For the final acquisition of the surface required by the petitioner for the development of his mining conce.ssion, or that covering the total MEXICO. 1207 ami of his claims, ho must either arrange with the owner of the prop¬ erty bj' means of purchase or otherwise present an action before the corresponding trilmnal for the expropriation of said ground, as pre¬ scribed ))y article 11 of this law. Art. 41. The monuments to lie fixed on the ground must meet the following requirements: 1. Their position must be permanent, as they are intended to make spots not to be changeil as long as the concession for the claims under¬ goes no modification. Their construction must be solid and they shall be kept in good repair. 2. A sufficient number of them shall lie erected in the most con¬ venient places, so that from any one monument the preceding as w'ell as the following one may easily be seen. Care should lie taken to distinguish the same in shape, color, or any other characteristic mark from those of adjacent claims. Section 5.—Tranxltnnj protuHionx. Article 1. The denouncements of mines or surplus ground (demasias) which are in prcx-edure when this law goes into force shall bc' continued and substantiated and shall l>e decided according to the provisions of the same. Art. 2. The surplus ground or open spaces existing Indween neigh¬ boring mining properties, and which have not been denounced when this law takes effect, shall correspond and shall lie given to the first party who applies for the same. Art. 3. The contracts for the explomtion and working of mining zones made with the Department of State and Kxpc'dition of Develop¬ ment, Colonization, and Industry which are in force when this law takes effect, and in virtue of which the concessionnaires are comply¬ ing with the respective stipulations, shall remain in force for the whole time of their duration if the concessionnaires so desire. The concessionnairc can, however, within a 3’ear's time, counted from the date this law goes into force, choose the provisions of the new' law, and as soon as he makes declaration to this effect before the Depart¬ ment he shall 1h' relieved bj- the same from the obligations which said contracts imposed on him, and shall receive again in the corresponding deposit. Remaining subject to this law and its regulations onh*, he shall acquire and conserve perpetually his mining concessions as long as payment is made of the Federal propn^rty tax. Art. 4. Existing mining properties which are being worked or are held by special permit (amparo) when this law goes into force, not withstanding that they are not in accordance with the same, shall remain in existence, and the mines shall be governed by the former measures, though these be different from those now established. As 1208 INTERNATIONAL BTTREAli OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. rojjards the tax, however, the unit mentioned in article It) of this law shall serv'e as a basis. The owners, however, can ask for a recti¬ fication of the concession and for a new property title. Art. 5. The contracts for furnishing money (avio) to the miner, and all those relating to mining business which are in existence when this law tsikes effect, shall l)e governed by their respective stipulations as regsirds |K)ints which may have been omitted by the mining law which was in force at the time these contracts w’ere made, but it shall l)e indispensable to the validity of the future operations which have their origin in these contmcts that these Imj registered according to the dis¬ positions of articles 24 and 25 of this law within a year’s time, counted from the date it takes effect. Therefore, whenever a mining business is tninsferred, under whatev'er pretext, to a third owner, the latter shall l)e responsible for the obligations resulting from said contracts, supposing that any (piestion in court should arise from the same. Art. d. The work which is being done in the mining fields (jxjrte- nencias) of another owner in accordance with the law still in force (“an not b<‘ proseciited after the date on w'hich the present taw takes effect, unless it have the consent of the owner of this field. FINAL PROVISIONS. This law will go into force in the whole Republic on July 1, 1892, and from that date the mining code of Novemlier 22, 1884, and the circular orders and provisions relating to same shall be abolished. Article 10 of the law of June 6, 1887, shall lie abolished from the date of the promulgation of this law. MINE TAX. Article 1. In accordance with the provisions of the articles relating to the new mining law, there shall be established a Federal property tax, which shall consist of two parts; one part, which has to ]>e paid once only, in stamps, to be fixed to all titles of mining property, and another part which has to be p)aid yearly for each one of the mining fields of which a grant is composed. As regards the tax, the mining field (pertenencias), or unit of concession, shall be that established by article 14 of the new mining law. Consequently, all old and new mining fields existing in the Republic, whatever be their extent, shall be valued according to this unit. For the fractions of mining fields that amount to one-half or more, the tax shall be paid as if they were whole fields, and nothing shall lie paid for the fraction that is less than one-half. Art. 3. The property stamps of the mines shall I)e of the value of $10 and be affixed to the titles of the property, one for each mining field of 10,000 square meters (107,642 square feet), the rules estab- MEXICO. 1209 lishetl ill article 1 to lie followed an regards fractions. These stamps must lie canceletl hy the ofiice of the treasury authorized to receive the titles which were extended up to the 3Uth of June of the jiresent year, the Department of Promotion canceling those Ixdonging to the titles which are extended in accordance with the new mining law. Aut. 1. From the 1st of tiuly, 1892, all owners or proprietoi-s of mines shall l>e obliged to pay the sum of i^lO annually for each one of the lields (jiertenencias) of which their grants are composed. The amount of the tax shall lie the same whatever may be the nature of the substance which is lieing worked, on the understanding that the mine lias been acquii*ed through denouncement, or by special grant liefore the tlate on which the new mining law takes effect, and that in future it shall 1hi acquired by grant and title, in accordance with the new law. Only those mines shall be exempt from the payment of the annual contribution on mining fields, and of the stamps on the titles of the projierty, which have lieen expressly freed from the same by contracts made with the Executive Government in virtue of the authority given b}- the legislature and approved by tbe same. The exemption shall only last for the time .stipulated in the contract, with¬ out op|K)rtunity for prorogation. Akt. 5. The yearly property tax on mines shall be paid in three advance payments during each fiscal year, this payment to be made during the first month of each one-third part of the year, in the office of the treasuiT, which the regulations of this law shall determine and to which the taxpa3’ers are obliged to go in order to make their pay¬ ments without further need of notitication or an}' other excu.se on which they might found delay. Aut. (). Failure of presentation of the title, which secures the jws- sessions of the mine, within the time fixed in article 21 shall be pun¬ ished by a fine equal to the amount of the stamps which the title has to carry, if the same lie presented within two months following the expiration of the time allowed. For every additional two months that the presentation is delayed the holder shall incur a tine equal to the amount of the stamps. The concealment of the numlier of mining fields shall be punished with a fine eipial to double the amount of the stamps which the title ought to have had for the conceded mining fields (pertenencias), to which shall be added double the amount of the yearly tax for the whole of the time that the same has not been paid. This shall not interfere with the civil or criminal responsibility to which the concealer is liable and to which he shall be subjected in due time. Failure to pay the annual property tax within the first month of each one-third part of the year shall cause the owner to incur a line amount¬ ing to 50 pi'r cent of the amount of the tax in ca.se he pay during the .second month. If the payment lie made in the third month the tine 1210 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. shall be oiiiiul to the amount of the tax. When onee this last-named I space of time has expired without the tax and the accumulated tines S being paid, the mining property shall be lost to the owner without recourse whatever. The Department of the Treasury shall make the corresponding declaration and shall publish the same in the official pajx'r, so that any other party ma}' petition for the property. Art. 7. When the owner of the mine sells the same he shall give the respective notice for annotation in the register, and the bill of sale which is given shall carry the stamps which, according to the sUimp tax, it should have. Art. 8. In case it no longer suits any person or company to con¬ tinue working the mine or mines which he or it may possess, the cor¬ responding office of the treasury shall be advised in writing, so that the tax may l>e settled up to the date of the notitication and the corre¬ sponding annotiition l)e made in the register. Art. 22. Each one of the quarterly payments referred to in article oof the law must be made previous to July 31, November 30, and March 31 of each year. For this purpose the respective principal or substamp office (administracion principal 6 subalterna del timbre) will deliver to interested parties a printed ticket or placai’d containing— ) 1. The title or heading, “Mining tax” (impuesto minero). \ 2. The name of the State and municipality to which the office issu¬ ing the ticket or placard may correspond. 3. The name of the mine, numl)er of deix'iidencies (pertenencias) for which the tax is paid, municipality in which the siime is located, name of owner or company which may be in possession thereof, and the registry number of the titles. 4. The (luarterly amount payable. 5. Three blank columns destined to receive the stamps corresjwnd- . ing to each quarter, which stamps arc to In? duly canceled. The interested parties are required to place the ticket or placard referred to in this article in a visible part of the office of the negotiator or owner of the mining properties, with the stamps accrediting the pay¬ ment affixed thereto. Art. 25. Upon the expiration of the terms referred to in the final part of article <5 of the law, and the tax still remaining unpaid, the principal stamp offices (administraciones principales de la renta del timbre) will immediately advise the Treasury Department (Secretaria de Hacienda) in order that the latter may at once declare the loss of the property and the Department of Public Works (Secretaria de Fomento) disjMJse of the mine. This ruling will be published in the “Diario Oticial” (official daily). MEXICO. 1211 y BEAL ESTATE IN lOOS. ^ The op)erations recorded in the public register of properties during the year 15>03 in the City of Mexico amounted to $190,784,fi73.31f. t The record for each month is as follows: January. $25,091,366.15 August. $16,475,395. 60 February. 8,802,545. 34 iSeptember. 13,230,940.42 Manh.!. 21,672,983.831 October. 22,691,957.09 April. 18,297,734. 77i Noveml)er. 12,572,006.18 May. 7,546,853.34J December. 14,139,277.89 June. 18,036,053.44 193, 784,673. 311 July. 12,227,559.25 The operations include mercantile and railway deals, transmissions and transfers of properties by deed or by private contract, etc. AMENDED CUSTOM-HOUSE ORDINANCES. (To be continued.) The changes in the custom-house ordinances of the Republic of Mexico, providing for a more liberal system of importing merchandise into the country, as published in the “ Diario OfivlaV' and translated for the “Mexican Herald,” beginning with the is.sue for April 8,1904, read as follows: “PoRFiRio Diaz, constitutional President of the United Mexican States, to the inhabitants thereof, know ye: “That in the exerci.se of the authority granted to the executive by article 2 of the law of June 1, 1903; and “IVhereas the rules to which the operations of the custom-houses are at present subject are no longer compatible with the rapidity necessary in handling the greatl}' increased foreign commerce of the Republic or with the methods which our administrative organization has perfected; and “ Whereas, though it is true that the rules in <)uestion ha\’e been of great utility in preventing operations of a nature detrimental to the interests of the treasury, their existence has no raison d’etre at the present time, when the continual proofs of morality and honesty afforded by the commercial community .show that that community respects the interests in question and does not seek to impair them; “1 have .seen fit to i.s.sue the following decree: Article I. The following articles of the general ordinances of maritime and frontier custom-houses are amended: “Art. 7. Foreign articles imported into the Republic will pay duties in accordance with the rates which the tariff .schedules of these ordinances provide and in accordance with other enactments in force. 1212 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. and if they arc articles which arc unspcciticd the duties on them will I i 1)C fixed in accordance with the precepts which these ordinances con- ^ i tain. There are no other exceptions to these rules than those which i are expressly contained in existing laws. i “By way of addition to the import duties the custom-houses will collect, for the benefit of the municit^silities in which the}' arc situated, 1.50 or 2 per cent, as provided by the several decrees on the subject, said percenhige being jis.sessed on the total imjx)rt duties collected. “Articles expressly consigned to the ministries of the Federal (lov- ernment for the use of the Federation arc exempted from the addi¬ tional duties. I “Art. 11. The powers of the Executive in regard to importations ! are as follows: | “ V. To fix, by means of decrees of general observance, the rates I that appertain to articles which at the time of their importation are I not included in the tariff .schedule, and on which the duties have l)een | as.sessed by analogy or by their resemblance to other specified articles. | The rates in question will l>c .such as arc determined by the operations effected in accordance with this law, but said rules may l>e modified f by the Department of Finance when the latter sees fit, through the ! in.strumentality of a new decree which will be issued subject to the I studies and reports w’hich the case may call for. “ IX. To prohibit the importation of articles of food or industrial products which, in the opinion of the superior board of health, are injurious to health. “Art. 23. The captain of any vessel receiving cargo abroad for one or more ports of the Republic is under the obligation of forming, on the plan of model No. 1 of these ordinances, a general manifest of said cargo for each port for which it may be intended. I “These manifiests will contain: | “Section II. The ordinal numl)er of the bills of lading; the marks, j countermarks, and numbers of the packages; the partial quantities thereof expre.ssed in figures; the kind of packages; the generic desig- i nation of the merchandise as manifested by the .shippers in the bills of j lading; the names of the partial consignees of the merchandise accord- j ing to the sjvme bills of lading or the designation “to order” if the consignment is in that form; and the total numl>er of packages expres.sed in figures and letters. In manifesting cargoes or lots in bulk, the fact of their being in this form will be stated, and, moreover, the kind and total weight of the goods will be set forth. All the data mentioned in this .section must he set forth separately, in order to be able to identify each package, and the marks, numbers, kind.s, and contents of the packages contained in each division of the manifest must be clearly .stat'd. “Section III. The date on which the do I signature of the captain, or, in his iaehalf, that of the agent or con¬ signee of the vessel at the port from which the cargo is ship|)cd. The fact of the manifest being signed by another person on behalf of the captain does not relieve the latter from the liability ac-ci-uing to him II from the noncompliance with the requirements of this law, for he is held to have assumed all responsibility by the fact that he accepts and takes with him the document in question, drawn up in the aforemen¬ tioned manner. “Art. 24. The captains of ves.sels consigned “to order” or to per¬ sons not residing at the port, and not havinga repre.sentative there, will be regarded as the consignees of the vessels commanded by them, 18 unle.s8 they designate a person established or residing at the port to act as such. ?S “If the person designated by the emptain declines to accept the *e appointment, the procedure will lie the same as in the event of the sn resignation of the consignment. (See arts. lOd and 115.) 8. “Art. 25. When the captains or their agents commit an error in IS forming their manifest, they may remedy said error prior to the con¬ *cl sular certification, provided that the rectification is the same in the le four copies of the manifest. The custom-house of the port of desti¬ ae nation, when an amended manife.st is presented to it, will compare it with the copy in its possession, and, if it finds that thej' tally, will al accept it without hesitation. re “Corrections made in a manifest after consular certification will not l)e penalized, provided that they do not alter the quantity of pack¬ ne ages either as to their total or as to the partial quantities constituting on that total; but if the collection is made with re.spect to those particu¬ lid lars it will be penalized with a fine not exceeding 50 pesos. “Art. 26. Captains will deliver to the Mexican consular agent residing at the point where the cargo is made up, four copies of the cs, general manifest, of which one copy will be returned to them duly ies legalized. The captain will take this copy with him to be delivered ig- to the commander of the custom-house guards at the port of destina¬ of tion when the visit which follows the arrival of the vessel is made. rd- “If the cargo of the vessel undergoes variation after the legaliza¬ ;he tion of the manifest by the consul the captain may present to the .same I or more Mexican |X)rts without carryinjj cargo for an^* of them the I captain must provide himself with a consular manifest in Irallast for ( the first port at which he is to touch. J “ If the vessel has merchandise on l)oard for some and not for other Mexican ports at which it is to touch during its trip, the manifest in ballast is only obligator}' for the tirst port at which it is to call in case it has no cargo for that port. “If the vessel calls at various foreign |X)rtsand does not take cargo on lK)ard at any of them for Mexican ports, it will suffice if it provides itself with a manifest in hall&st at the last foreign jwrt of its route for the tii’st Mexican jwrt at which it is to arrive. “Akt. 34. Captains of vessels having merchandise on l)oard for vari¬ ous Mexican ports and for foreign ports w’ill deposit in the custom¬ house at each port of the Republic at which they may call the manifests of the other cargo which they may have on lK)ard. “The collectors of the custom-houses at the ports of call will place on record the fact of this deposit having been made. “ In case the articles destined for a foreign port are not covered by a manifest, the ship’s captain is obliged to draw up a minute list of said articles and to deliver it to the custom-house officials as provided j in Section VII of article 28, w'ith the understanding that if any goods are found on lx)ard that have not been manifested the captain will not be obliged to land them for examination and will l>e liable to the pay¬ ment of double duties. “Art. 62. A shipper, who, after the consular certification of his invoices, shall observe an error therein, may present to any Mexican consul or consular agent a statement in (quadruplicate, setting forth the error committed. The consul will return to the interested party one copy of this declaration, sealed and certified to, to be forwarded to the consignee of the merchandise, who must present it to the custom¬ house with the consular invoice when requesting the clearance of the goods. “ If the declaration shall have been presented to the consul before the arrival of the merchandise at its port of destination it will remedy the error committed in the invoice. If the declai'ation should increase the value of the goods as stated in the invoice and such alteration should cause a difference in the amount of the consular fees, the custom-house will collect said difference. “Art. 65. Packages of merchandise must have only one mark and serial number, so that they may be easily identified. When packages have other marks and serial numbers in addition to those mentioned in the consular invoice and manifest, the consignee will be fined a sum not exceeding one dollar for each package. But in this connection, the factory sign or direction imprinted uniformly on all packages will not Im? regarded as a mai'k; only the initials, figures, and serial num- 1216 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. })or (listinj^uisliiiijr eiich |)ackage from the others will be regjircled as j such. , “The penalty mentioned by this article will only be imposed when ; the duplication of marks and numbers renders difficult the identitica- J tion of each packaj^e, in the opinion of the custom-house officials. “Art. 68. The obligations of the consuls or consular agents of the Republic in foreign paits, in connection with the terms of these - ordinances, are as follows: “I. To receive the four copies of the manifest presented to them for I their certification, taking care that the totiil numl>er of packages and I the signature are the same in all four copies; and if any notice any correction or erasure, any words stricken out or written betw’een lines, the\' will sec to it that such alteration occurs in the same form i in all four copies. “ II. To extend on one of the copies, on the same paper and immedi¬ ately after the last written line, a certiticate to the effect that said doc¬ ument was presented to them, stating the name of the captain or of the person signing the manifest in his behalf, the number of pac*kagcs mentioned therein, the number of sheets of which the manifest consists, and the date of the presentation thereof, sealing, dating, and signing > the whole. On the other three copies there will be affixed only the seal of the consulate, the date of presentation, the serial number, and the amount of fees collected. “III. The legalized copy of the manifest made out as indicated in the foregoing section will be returned to the interested party. “IV. To receive and certify the four copies of the declaration in regard to the manifests of ships sailing for a port of the Republic as provided by article 26, as well as statements in regard to errors or I omissions in invoices, as provided by article 62. The certificate will state the day and hour of the document’s presentation. “Of the four copies mentioned, the consuls or consular agents will return one to the interested party and will deal with the three others in the same manner as is provided for manifests and consular inv’oices. “Art. 69. All the rules laid down in the foregoing articles in regard ^ to the manifests of vessels are applicable to the invoices which shippers niust present to consuls for their certification. That certification may be extended by consuls either on the paper of the invoice or on a sepa¬ rate paper, which they must attach by means of a very adhesive paste, | affixing the seal of the consulate at the joint of the pajier of the certifi¬ cate with the paper of the invoice, so that part of said seal may be on one and part on the other. “Ikifore extending a certificate to an invoice the consul or consular ! agent will take care to ascertain that the shipper has made an affirma- I tion or oath, according to the laws of the country where the invoice is ! MKXICO. 1217 made out, that the value ascribed tlierein to the ginids is the true value, and he will adjust his procedure to the resjiective regulations. . n / “Akt. 70. The three copies of the manifest and invoice, which in 4- compliance with this law must be left by captains and shippers with the consuls or consular agents, will be treated by the latter as follows: IC “II. With the third copy of each manifest, and the third copy of SC each invoice they will form two dockets, in which those documents will lie liled apart in the order of their serial number. or “ Art. 71. If there be presented to consuls for their certification a id manifest or invoice for goods that have already left the imrt of depar¬ ture, they will certify said documents in accordance with the rules laid ly en down in article 08, sotting forth the date of de|>arture of the vessel •m which has the goods on board. The custom-house ofiicials may accept those documents, provided that the date of the certification is prior to li- the date of the arrival of the goods. )C- “Art. 70. The consuls or consular agents ma}’’ only issue certified he copies of do«'uments existing in their files at the reijuest of the inter¬ fCS ested parties. Such copies will replace the originals in ca.se of loss, ts, and will produce the same effects. ng I “Subject to the same conditioji, viz, only on the re(iuest of an the interested party will the consuls or consular agents extend other cer¬ ind tificates destined to attest facts of which they have knowledge or state¬ ments made to them in regard to the documents which they may have in extended. “Art. 78. Consuls or consular agents will collect, for the certitiai- in tion of the documents that have to Ihj presented to them bv ship as captains and shippers of merchandise, the following fees: or “I. For the certitication of a manifest with respect to a vessel hav¬ •ate ing on lK)ard merchandise for the Republic: B. For vessels of less than fifty tons press tonnage, sailing from British Hon¬ will duras to the territory of (Quintana Roo, exclusively.$2.00 lers “II. For the certification of the manifest of a vessel cleared in ces. ballast: ^ard I B. For vessels of h>es than fifty tons gross tonnage, sailing from British Hon¬ ocrs 1 duras to the territory of Quintana Roo, exclusively.$1.00 nay upa- “ III. For the certification of each set of consular invoices: iste, D. If the invoice l)e presenteii for certification later than two business days after •titi- dejwrture from the port of shipment of the vessel having goods on l)oard, the e on charge will be double of the fees mentioned in the foregoing sections. “Art. 79. Consuls will only certif}’ the copy of the invoice returned ular by them to the interested pirty. On the other copies it will suffice if rma- they affix the seal of the consulate, the serial number, the date of the ce is certificate, and the amount of the fees collected. 1218 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OB' THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. “Art. 93. Cu.stom-hou.se eollectors ma}' i)ermit vessels to discharge j or take on cargo at extra times, i. e., hy night or on holidays, when a recjnest to that effect is made hy ships'captains or consignees, and pro- j vided that the}’ consider such operations to he necessary or desirable. With regard to ojjerations l)y night, the collectors will take into consideration the conditions of the port, with a view to determining whether tho.se operations can he carried on without risk either to per- .sons or to the gomls, and whether fiscal vigilance can he satisfactorily exercised. “In case a custom-house collector thinks tit to refuse a permission that has been requested to carry on extra oi)erations, he will at once report hy telegraph to the general custom-house bureau, setting forth the reasons of his refusal. “ For opt'rations hy night the following rules will l>e observed: “ I. A f/tm non condition will he that the captain or consignee of the vessel, or the company or pt'rson to whom it belongs, shall, to the entire satisfaction of the custom-house collector, give ample and sufficient lK)nd to guarantee liabilities that may ari.se from contraven¬ tions of the law’ or special custom-hou.se regulations that may he com¬ mitted during the extra oiH*rations and to protect the custom-house collector from claims that might he made against him hy reason of the i granting of the permit; but in no case is it to Ih‘ understood that either 1 the permit of the custom-house or the existence of the bond exoner- ! ates the captain or the owner of the vessel from liability to the owners of the goods. “II. For night o^xn-ations the captain or coiusignee of the vessel w ill pre.sent a petition, stating whether work is to he carried on until midnight only or is to he kept up after that hour. In the fornier case the custom-hou.se collector, acting in concert w ith the commander of f the custom-hou.se guards, will appoint one set of overseers to watch !| operations, and in the second case, two, one to w’atch operations during the first part of the night and the other to watch them until daw’n. j For this extraordinary service a compensation will be paid to the j custom-house, equivalent to a day’s pay for each of the employes | engaged in the operation. “The compensation will he received hy the custom-house, will he applied to the account of deposits and will be distributed in full among : the employes in question. A conterfoil of the memorandum of the , distribution of the compensation w’ill be forwarded in each case to the custom-house bureau, which will consult the Department of Finance ' and obtain its final decision as to the representations w’hich the bene¬ ficiaries may make w’ith respect to the amount of their share. “In case a request for extraoi’dinary operations to continue after midnight has l)een made and said operations come to an end earlier, or the interested party should decide to suspend them, the custom-house MEXICO. 1219 collector will In'! entitled to re»|uire pa^’inent of the compensation ap|>ertainin«; to the eniploj'es who ha«l previously in'en desijrnated to keep watch duriiifj the second |)art of the nioht and will distribute it anioiiff them. “III. Another essential condition for the gnintin^ of a jK'rmit for the nijfht unloadinj; of vessels will he an enouf^cment on the part of the captain to comply aiul enforce compliance with the rules laid down h\- the custom-house or contained in the s|K‘cial rej^ulations for the exercise of vijrihmce ovei’ the extraordiimrv ojK'rations. 'Phis enj^ige- ment will Ini underhiken l>v the applicant in the j)etition for j)ermission to unload at extra hours. “ 1 For openitions authorized on holidays the custom-houses will collect, as com|HMissition for the emph»yes of the custom-house «;uard detailed to watch said ojK'rations, a sum equal to the daily |)ay which each earns, and the money will U' distrihut«*d in the iwescrila'd form. “V. Extraordinary OjK'rations will not Iki jK*rmitted on national holi¬ days save in cases of_/h/'cc «e/yV«/v, reiuleriii}; necessary the j)rompt uuloadiiijr of a shij) in order to save said shij> or its caroo.’’ ESTABLISHMENT OF AN AOKICULTUBAL STATION. The Mexican (iovernment has concede KEFOBT OF THE MEXICAN NATIONAL BAILWAT. 'I'he National Railroad of Mexico has issued its annual rejKirt for the year enainji December 31 last, in which it is stated that, in Mexican currency, the {^ross earninjis amounted to ^11,344,U Tlic iH't earninjfs 1 liw:!. 19l«. 1 Net enmities. 91,329,4'.>9 Interest, etc. ! \ l.S.tV-T Total. 1,345,0.^ Taxes and rentals. •is.sai IS, |S1 Balance. _ l.tr.’fi.W.') Other income. 383, Total. •2.(Ma.So3 1 1,710,171 CharKt.s. 1 i.tno, I'ittI 1,077, •►>6 Balance. los.7:to 1 32,W6 I’rcvious Mirplas. Total surplus. 1 I4i,i;7i . OFFICIAL GUARANTY FOR MERCHANDISE AND TRADE-MARKS. At the Mexican Consulate-General in Ncm' York advices have been received regarding a circular recently issued by the State Department in Mexico as to guaranteeing merchandi.se and trade-marks. The cir¬ cular, of which a translation was made at the consulate, says: “ The Department of the Interior has entered into a contract M’ith 9 NICAKAOUA. V'rii. the ‘ ( 'tmti'ol Qii/nixi'o Iiitrrnationdl dr Mciriro^ S. ^1.,’ autliorizinjj said coinpsiny to fjuanintee to the public tlio purity aud «ro NICAKAGUA. RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION. Accordinj; to the “ Board of Tnide Journal” (British) for April 14, ltM»4, tin* (iovernment of Nicamgua has a corps of civil enj;iiu*ers sur¬ veying; the line for a railway from San Miguelito, on the southeastern shore of Lsikc Nicaraj;ua, to Monkey Point, on the Caribln'an Sea. 'Phis route has been previously surveyed for an Enj;lish syndicate, whose surveyors reported the route as favorable to railway construc¬ tion, especially the eastern half thereof. With capital to keep the work it) opt* rat ion, the work can lx; completed in altout two years from its actual commencement. EXPORT DESTINATIONS IN 1901 AND 1902. [From the “ Diario Oflcial ” of Ft’l>nmry 4. laot.] [Value in natiniial money.] 1901. 1902. ; rniti'<) States. *.">,297,693.10 *.5,014, .551.51 Salvador. 70,.VJS.6."> 244,00:1.96 Honduras. 136,2.'«.fl0 140,637.-20 EiiKland. 2,a«,7:iS. 16 1, ■277,7.50.16 7.>1,721.4H 9f«,977.71 Oennany. l,l:i0.3S4.07 1.«v4,069.77 The port of San Jnan del Norte, Nlearaftna 67,.>30.40 100,H90..51 ‘ (iiialeraala. 16,399.72 4«,656.U0 Costa Rica. s.w.ato 71 67-2,;175. 10 ; Colombia. 27,-266.6« 31,.W..47 Kt'iiador_ __ i,-272.W 435.00 11,400.00 7, .57.5.00 ; 22,447. "lO 4,499. 77 6; 909.(10 173,109.97 219.118.-25 ! 250.00 6,817. .50 ! British Hondursa 7,428.34 ' 2,430.00 with 1. 1222 INTEliNATlUNAL liUKEAU OE THE AMERICAN UEPUBLICS. Silii"/>-'‘ix oj t'.i/nHix hif riixhmi-liiHiXi'X. I'nrW nr <‘lls|o||i-||ollM*S. Oniiiitily. VhIiic. Kill)*. Il'iS, ItDI 12, 111", lint H,!lll9,fill.«l Kl Hliill. l.v.SI.'.tIT , 1 III, iriO 2,K79,21I.21 I'.t.’.MS j K'lit, uni 12H, 4ini. :v» 1. UN) ' 01.'. 290.12S. 711 r., 1 III 2, iii,i'.y9 1,714,1129. IIJ I.S, KVl fili0.l»5. Ill •-MWf) 1 ■IH.I'C? 411.'.nni. (HI i:ir. 4,27.MlU ' ir»,:iii'.i,:ii>2 i(i,r.;io,iv.2.7i NUMBER OF MINES IN THE REPUBLIC IN 1903. (Kniiii till' liiiiriii olit'iitl" of Ki'lirimry 11, r.Ol.] 'I'liere are at the pre.sciit time lo;5 mim*s in e.xploitation in the Republic. 'I'liesi* are cla.ssiliod by mineral districts as follows: . 5 . 20 Matairulpa... (i . 35 Nuevo Se;;ovia. . 25 . 0 . li Total. . 103 'I'lu' ores ill most of these mines are «'old-iK*ariii<' ores cuntaiiiiii^ a small quantity of silver. Amoiij; the mmilH'r is one tin mine. The averaj^e monthly prochietion is as follows: c unices. (It.1.1.4,SS« Silvor. 42 Silver aiul jiol.l. l-'iS Till. 47 Total.5,133 In lUOd elaiins to the niimlM>r of 1(M! were taken np. St'vcnt}’ of these, were adjudicated, and dT of these new mines are now in exjtloi- tation. PARAGUAY. TRADE WITH THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. Aecordinjf to ottieial returns i.ssued hy the Uepuhlic of Paniguay, the tiiide between that country and the Arjfentinc Republic in lS)(t3 amounted to ^1,233,743 j^old. Para«juuy imported Arjjentine goods m I’AKAUUAY. to the valuo of $173,004, shipping to that <‘ountrv oxj»rts to tho value of !?l,O.V.>,s:-{0. In 10(t2 tlje n'turns from the eoinmeree amounted to !^I, COTTON CUIiTIVATION. The “/>«//<’//« Connrurdal" (Brussels) for March 12, 1004, pub¬ lishes some information furnished hy the Btdtrian consul at Asjuicioii reoardiu}; cotton cultivation in Barajruay from which the followinj; is taken. Cotton is indifjenous to I’arajxuay, and has been cultivated by the natives for centuries, but the annual output of niw cotton has never exceeded 1.50 to 2(M» tons. 'I'he soil is said to be singularly adapted for the jjrowth of this staple. l‘anij;uay would therefore api)ear to otfer special advanbij;es to the cotton planter, more especi¬ ally as it is now possible t«) obtain };(M)d land at from 2s. (id. to .5s. per hectare. It is further added, however, that until it is |)ossible to secure ad FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC DATA. Mr. Nauci.so M. .VrrNA, llirector and tienend Secretary of the Board of Trade of Asuncion, made, at the lH*<;innintf of the present year, an interestinjjf tinancial and economic report concerniii}; the sta- tistic.s of the Republic of l*ar.ij;uay, an extnict of which is as follows: “nrOCKT OK TIIK NATION. “The budcret for 11KI4 was promul«;at«‘d <*n Octoln'r lb, Ibo:-’,, the estimated receipts beinj; !^2,4s:^,4o:’,.:{;5 currency and st'1,31 *4,20,5,70 };old and the (*stimated exixmditures a Kullnuilfil rrcviftlK for lni[ic>rt.s. $n:7, niii). no Kx|N>rt8. ;t Total I.IRM.JIk'.. 70 1224 INTKRNATIONAL BUREAU OK THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. inn ill’ll I’.tpfmlihiriK for l!K)4. Ciiriviicy. (iol)l. Kxociitivc IK'iMirtmont. $9,lS3.M.i.OO W13,W7I.S0 lAvixliiiivt- l>i-|i)irtuu'iit.j ! ea3.4SU. oo 492.(10 WSi.SM.*' Total. 1 1U,H03,9U9.UU 1 41:l.f>ti(i.K( “'riif! «*xpons(*s<)f tho Kx«*ciitiv<‘ 1 may Im‘ further itemized as follows: Kxlimuti'd expfnxt'H nf Ihe Ejrriilirf Ih’/mrliiinit for lt>04. Ciirreiiey. tiold. . j President. $n«,2oo.oo 1 2,57li,OS.').t)0 asi,«i4.oo jor>,o4o.(io 1. wa.tivj.iio 2Nti,794.N0 •A.'V«i,S20.«) 23,301.00 2, .591,(^4.00 1,N(H>.0() j y,lt«,(14.5.00 413.074.no The eommerce of the nation was interrupted to a considerahlo extent hy the sharp fluctuations durinji^ the entire year in the rate of exchantye. N'otwithstandinf^ this fact, the total foreijin eommer«-e of the llepubrn- in ll>o8 was !?l,U83,.sr)4..5.5 {fold in excess of that of H»o2, as will he seen h\’ the followin|f table: 1 PJtrj. 1903. $2,3142,29.5.00 *3,053,1.5,5. .55 3, syo, (i.5N. 00 4, ■2.53,0.52.00 0,222,953.00 | 7,300,N07..">5 “The imports by c«>untri(>s, in I'.xrj were as follows: (iold. (inlil. (ir(‘at Britain. .455 Belgiiirii. $15,945 Fraiict!. . 412,4.5.5 Urn>;u:iy. 7,050 .‘125, 185 Brazil. 4,140 Arocntiiie RciniWlid... 29.5, < itliLT <-(>mitrit‘s. 17,450 Italy . . 202, :»o Total. 2,:{32,295 UniUsl States. . 109,115 Sjtaiii. . 79,415 “The returns showinjr the imports for are not 3’et obtainable in a detaih'd form, so that an itemized comparison with the imports of 11102 can not now be made. The principal ex|)orts in 11103 were as follows: ’‘‘‘Titfxu vo.—One of the most importsint af;ricultural products of the Republic is tobac<-o, the The o.\|K)rts <>f this product in ll»OH afTj4refr.ite(l kilofifnuns, valued at S8:il,r)7l.y(>. ‘‘^Cotton.—lu llMtl au active propaganda was coiuiuenced favoring the cultivation of cotton in the Itepnhlic. It was shown that cotton could not only he raised with great ease and facility in Panignay, hut that it was also one of the most protitahle of agricultural pnalncts. Much valuable printed matter concerning the cultivation of this plant was circulated in the Kepuhlic, with the result that in the exports of cotton aggn'gjited kilognuus, valued at $8,32!>.3o gold. ^'Sputye.—The. cultivation of this usefjd medicinal plant increitse.s from year to year, and the arrival of new ma«-hlnery to lie used in preparing it for ex|M)rt renders its cultivation jxjssihh' on a large s«-ale. “/Vff/o/Av.—The estal>lishment in the country of a iuuuImm- of oil kictories has given a great impulse to the cultivation of ]i«'anuts. The exjK)rtation of the prcsluct also increases continually. In ISMK} the ex|x)rts amounted to 5H0 kilograms, valued at gold and .S!»,!»!»0 kilograms of hran, valued at gold. “ Hire.— Itici* is one of the sUiple priKliictions of Paraguay. Almost enough is now raised for home consumption, and the smalt cpiantity that is imiK)rtt>d is of the higher grades. There is a large extent of 1‘araguayan territory suited to the cultivation of this grain. “ Mixcrllaiifoiix iiiifH-idfunil />/•<»/Krf.s.—.\ few years ago Paraguay im|H)rte Yfar. WriKlil. VAlii<>,K<>ld. Kilos liKIO. Slfi.UH) Umi.I 1.17»,St)0 ftt.SW I'.ne..! •2,752,«.vi I ■►.D.ltio I'JtW. 3.757.S5ti 3111). «2S “The exports from the forests of the Republic i'onsist of cocoauuts, curupay l»ark, ctalar logs, li(>s, medicinal leaves, hard w«hk1s in logs, oranges, palms, p«)sts, logs, iHaiius, or joists of ironw(MKl and other 1220 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. woods, hoiirds, sliihs, iind scuntlinjif. 'I'lio exports of the produets just mentioned w(‘re, durinj; the last four y(*ars, as follows: Colli. UKM). r>'t« 1!M)1. I,17S,IM>;{ I‘»(i2. i,:’>uo,:{;i.") . “The exports of oranges durin Yrars. Iiry liiilrs. ShH 1 Tc itHl. i . lai.ltKS 22r». 213 D.KII. liS.fiDI •jcrj, SIC. 110.'Ml 147. mil ais.sij *n!, I M 170, jys •->71,719 rKUii. TARIFF MODIFICATIONS. I.—litisolufhpn of Ajirll -tO, lOO.f rehithui to t1o‘ jpatpoeut of oKxfovis tint lex i/I xllrrr xofex. \“Kl I'cmnnit'' N<>. UK', "f Miiy I I. 19011.) This resolution suspends the operation of artieh* 2 of decree dated December 11, l.SilT, andof article 1 of decree dated December IB, IBOl. Until further orders, therefore, the customs shall receive silver .w/c* ill payment of duties of customs, ])rovided the provisions of the cur¬ rency law have been complied with. PKRIT. 1227 II.—Latn of Dteimln-r /7, A'X^, an to hnjhoi'nxj nhtps. [“Kl 1‘irHnno,” No. 15, of Jtiiu-17, 19(1(1.] No iiniMirt duty sliall l>o pi^’alile on ve.s.sel.s intondod for iiavipition, coastiii}; trade, or tlie eoiivoyanee of ex|X)rt gcMwls, whether the vessids come whole into the country or are imported in .seetion.s to Im‘ titted up, provided always that they carry the national fla};. III. —Loif'of jVort^mhry 20, 1902, dUHesMhxj duty on ht r hiifutrtid into the Proelnee of t'efcado del Cuzco. l"Kl I'rruano" No. 18, of July 21, 1908.] This law a.ssosses a duty of 10 centacon ])er liottle of lieer imjxirted into the Province of Cercado del Cuzco. IV. —Law of Septcudur 11, 1902, yruuthxj free hujMtrtuttou of U7)tf- juxt xerum. [“£/ l*t'runno** No. rj, of Soptomber26, 1903.] This law exempts importial anti]M'st serum from customs duties and all other charjfes. \'.—Lutr dated Stpteinhcr 11, 1902, eu-empthtij typeirnterx from im. 1*4n't duty. (“A7 I’rruitnit," So. (W, of Sf|iU‘liilR‘r 28, 191X1.] Cnder this law the imiMirtation of tyix'writin}; machines is exempt from duty. VI. — Lair of Septcmher 20, 1902, ax to the imjxa'tation of motor earx. [**El PfTHttno,*' No. 77, of OcIoIhtS, 19(Kt.] In virtue of this law. motor cars iiufMirted into the country are free from all fiscal duty. VII. —Lair of Xoremher 2S, 1902, /eryiiiy a xurtaj' on the inijxirtathm o fmerchandixe throuyh the jmrt of Callao. [“Kl I'rruani)," No. 81, of (h'tolirr 13, 190(1.] .\ecordin VIII. —I^nr of Auyuxt 11, 1902, reyulatiny the cuxtomx treatment of xuyar. [“El Prriiaiw” No. 9(1, of (Molier27,1903.] Hy the jiresent law it is resolved that the (iovernment of Peru shall adhere to the Hrus.sels Suj^ar Convention, and that No. 21fcih of the 122H INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. customs taritf is to l>c amoiulcd accordinjrly, so that rctined and simi¬ lar sujrjirs shall not pay hiji^hei' duties than 2.44 and 2.2:-} soles |)er loo kilo«(nims, heinjf the Cijuivalent of ♦*» and 5.50 fmnes, respectively, hy way of ditierential duty, as compared with similar floods of national production, in conformity with article 3 of said convention. IX. — Ltiivi t>f (Mofu-r 190-}^ ax to tlw chixxlticatio)) of hot strotr. [**Kl Ptruano" No. W, of fk'tolKT 2S. 1903.] This law repeals the departmental tax established for the benefit of the National C’ollejfe at Piura on ]>o}o toqoUlo"' (hat stniw) and supersedes same by a duty of 40 antorox charjjeahle jier dozen of manufaidured hats exported throujrh the Paita custom-house or intended for the coasting trade. X. —Lorn of Octofho' 29, 1902, f/roothoj fiYc tmjxoiattfm of mochloex 00(1 ocecxxoni'S r('t/u!rtol !o tio- jo i[f(o'ottoo of ortexioo oo(/ tohaloi' irt-llx. [“K? Pi ruanit," X«. yn, of XovciiiIkt 2, 1903.] Machines and accessories re»|uired in the p«‘rfoiation of artesian and tubular wells are exempt from import duty. XI. —Loo' of Xoraoher 1903, ox to free entry [‘‘Kl Piruano." No. 109. of NovoiiiImt 14, 1903.] This law exempts from import duty hags intended for agricultural and mining purposes. Article 3 of the law dated May 2, ISPS, is moditif'd accordingly as regards this im{X)rtation. XII. —Loir (f Xoreniher 13, 1903, mnendlny the euxtomx tariff in vexjiret to yoodx imported or e.rp(0'ted ot eoxtom-hooxex in the Deixirt- ment Art. 5. Tho export tariff of i iiWIhm’ shall l»e as follows: Centavos. Weak naiii (jel>e tlehil).kilog.. 8 Unf)lK'r (cnucho). Art. ♦!. The present hiw shall enter into opemtion one hundred and twenty days after its proinulf^tion. Xlll.—Linn of I)i'i‘i niJtfi' 10, 100-i, rnhitimj to the importation of min materialx for inann factarini/ machinrn, Aecordinj^ to the ])re.sent hiw, which shall enter into foree one hun¬ dred !ind tw»*nty days after its pronuil^ition, no duty whatever shall Im‘ charjyed on iin|)ortation of the followinjf articles, which con.stitute raw materials for the manufacture of machines for use in the indastries of the country: Nonthreaded iron tul)es for Imilei’s, ettpper water tfau«;es, copper and hronze pipes, pieces of steel of various shapes, round axles of hammered steel, injeetors and ejectors, threaded oilers of hronze for iinudiines, and iron and .steel plates of from one-eighth to tive-eijfhths inch in thickne.ss. FIRST ELECTRIC ROADS. [From CnitiHl States Consul Guttschalk, Callao, IVm.] I'he electric tramway from Lima to Chorrillos, the first electric- traction road to Im* o^MM-ated in Peru, was inaug'urated on February 17, 'riie new road is 8 miles lonjj and reaches at present to Barranco, a popular neighhoriiiff seaside resort. The purjx).se of the road is to afford cheaj) and itipid tninsit Indween Lima and the much fretpiented liathin^ resorts of Miniflores, Barranco, Buen Ptvstor, Chorrillos, eU‘. The road is destined to do much toward the future extension of Lima, which is rapidly losinjj its almost media'val character and is reachinor out «|uite pt'rceptilily in various directions, the new movement l>einj; characterized by the erection of hand.some buildinjifs of nuxlern archi¬ tecture and the layinjf out of broad streets and Imidevards. 'I'he cars and electric plant are of American manufacture. A few months more will witness the completion of another electrie- tnunway line lad ween Callao and Lima. The road is alM>ut lo miles lonj; and will have a double track. The openiuff of this road will have a marked effect in drawinj; Lima and its poid Callao even more closely than they are at pre.sent, and it will probabh' caus4' a sensible dinmni- tion in the rather hi};h ])assentrer rates now charged by the two (steam) railroads in oixM-ation In'tween Callao and the capital. 1230 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. NEW NAVIGATION LAWS. Unitpcl Stiitps C^onsul A. L. M. (r«>TTS<’iiALK, of C^vllao, Pi'ru, uiulor MARRIAGES OF FOREIGNERS. United States Consul A. L. M. (lottschalk, of Callao, Peru, under dat<* of February lBtt4, r(*ports as follows: “In view of the fact that ditlieidties have in the past ari.sen over the lack of positive knowledj^e as to the former records of foreigners desirinj^ to enter into the marriajje contract in Peru, it is decreed as follows: “ ‘ Bc'foi’e, celebratinjf a marriage )»etween foreijjners, or between a Peruvian and a foreijrner in IVru, the authorities, lK>th civil and eccle¬ siastic, shall exact, in addition to the testimony of two witnesses, a certificate of bachelor or .spinster hood; .said document to emanab' fn»m the le<;ation or considate of the country to wirudi the foreijrner about to marry owes alh'jriance. Should there be in Peru no lejjsition or consulate of the nation to wiiich tin* foreijrner owes allejriance, he or she shall pre.sent a certificate of baclndor or spinster hood, emanatinjr fromac<)miM>tentotliciaI within his or her own country; said document to be didy certified by a minis¬ ter or consid of Peru residinjr within such foieijrn country, and, fail- injr such minist(‘r or consul of Peru abroad, the certification shall l>e made by the Foreijrn OlHce (Miniat^rio dr RiUtcUmrx Krtri'ions).'"'' SALTPETER AND BORAX. 'I'lu* (Jovernmentof Peni has withdrawn saltpeter an«l lM>raxdeixisits from actjuisition by private pTsons by demamcement. CONSUMPTION DUTY ON TOBACCO. Accordinjr to a law of February IS, ll»o4, a consumption taxon raw and manufa<‘tured tobacco is levierl in Peru, puidiiijr the establishment SALVADOR. 1231 of ii tobaooo iiiono|W)ly. In the ca.so of innM)rtod tol«u-fos this tux is colleotod in addition to the rofjulai' import duty, 'i'lie rates of taxa¬ tion are as follows: rniimniifactim'd tolsieeo: Sols. Of iiationul prtMliirtidii. kil<>p< (net).. :t.t)0 From ^A•ua(lo^ (to .June ItO, liHM). :{. .V) Kn)ni Fsauulor (from .Inly 1, 1!KM).-l.tlO From Mexit'o, Central ami Smtli .Vmeriea. 4.00 FoiH'inn toltaeow from eli^ewhere. 4. .SO Mannfaetnretl tolnieeo, ini|M>rt(sl: Chewing tobacco, amt in |Hiwtler. 4. (K) Otlier. 'I'ohaeeos from Bolivia, Brazil, and I’aiaj^tiay remain subject to the conditions of the international tn'aties in force. 'rin> place of orijrin of inuMU'ted tolKiccos mu.st Ik^ eertiried by Beruvian «-onsuls. 'I'he law ftirther re.striets the taxes that may Im* levied on tolKicco by iminieipalities to 4 cents |)«‘r kilotri-jun for unmanufactured and .s cents |)er kilogram for manufactured tolitieco. CUSTOMS KEOULATIONS. 'riie “ Dhtrto of I’crti, for .laniiary 10, 11M>4, «‘ontains the text of a Presidential de»‘ree reenforcing the articles 41 and 4.‘» of the K(‘gulations of (’omtuerce and Cu.stoms which had been abrog;it»*d by a resohition of Atigust 2D, 1002. Article 41 provides for the exami¬ nation by two customs in.s|K‘etor.s, together with the consignee, of any jKickagi's which it is im|K)ssible to declare in the detailed manife.st, after which the detailed manifest is to liedmwn up and signed by two insj)e<-tors and the consignee and pre.sented in du])lieate. Article 43 declares that in ease of doubt as to the valuation of any merchandise, it shall, at the recpiest of the interested party, ela.ssi- fied and valued by an in.s|K'ctor or ins|H*etors; and in the event of this not giving .sjitisfaetion to the interested party, the cla.ssitieation is to lie .submitted to the tariff «-ommittee. 'Phe det-ree also enacts that double duties .shall not be im|K)sed when a difference is found to exist ladween the cfa.ssitieation resulting from the iiisjKiction of the list of gootls and the merchandise borne on the appraiser's inventory. SALVADOR. GOLD IN SALVADOR. (From the " IMrlln tie la SarinUvi ilr .WiiwThi,” No. Smitiniro, Chile.) There are now four gold mines in exploihition in the eastern jKirtof the Republic. The.se mines are situated in the Department of Li Union, and their production at the present time is of coasidemblo importance. 1232 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. One of these mines, 8sin Seiwstian, l)eIon<^s to iin An»rlo-Anu‘riean company. Two years ago, a cyanide plant was estahlislied there, and gold is nowlM'ing extracted from the ores by this j)r TAX ON LIQUORS IN 1003. [From “ Kl Pinrio In 1003 the (government IssiumI 302 licenses for the sale of foreign Ii(|Uors, and 7,578 for the sale of dome.stic aguardiente or bnindy. The amounts derived from the first cla.ss of licenses during the year amounted to $20,015 silver, and from the .second $136,300 silver. A tax was collected on 1,714,127 bottles of aguardiente, aggregating 1,762,558.57 pesos. 'Phe production of wood alcohol wa.s 17,.303 bot ties, on which there was a tax of 245.85 pesos. 'Phe gross receipts from liquors in 1003 were $1,044,830.71 silver. The cost of collect¬ ing this amount was $121,473.46) silver, leaving the net revenues to the Government from the tax on liijuors $1,823,.357.25 in 1003, or an excess of $87,526.32 silver, over the receipts from this source in 1902. 1 UNITED STATES. UNITED STATES. TRADE WITH LATIN AMERICA. STATEMENT OK IMPORTS AND EXIDRTS. Followiiiff is the latest statement, from tijrures eompiled l)y the Hureau of Statisties, United States Department of ('ommerce and Lal«>r, showin«( the value of the tnide Indween the United States and Latin-Ameriean eountries. The rejKn’t is for the month of Mareh, with a eomparative statement for the eorres|M)ndinjr month of the previous year; also for the nine months endin*^ Mareh, ltn>4. as compared with the ssiine jK^ritwl of the preceding liseal y»‘ar. It should be explained that the Hfrures from the various custt)m-hous4*s, showinjj ini|)ortsand ex|)orts for any one month, are not received at the Treasury De|Kirtment until about the 2Uth of the followiii}; month, and some time is necessarily consumed in compilation and printing, so that the returns for March, for exami>le, are not published until sometime in May. IMIDRTS OK MERCHANDISE. Man-h Nine months ending - Mareh— Articlvs and cnviiitrivs. l'Jl«. 1 mu. I'Jlt!. I'Jtn. i CKi-nlralH, rtr.: L<>Kwo Coal, bitnminnns (iVirbtjn hitumiuDiU); I'anAo bitu- 1 winiMU); thnrboH dr terre): Mexico. •«o 7f>() 103 C 1234 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. IMHJRTS <»K MKRCHANDISK—< Mareli— Nine months einliiiK Artifles and 1 1 i;«t. 1901. p.Kei. 19(t|. Fur HkiiiK (/*<>/<*»Prllrtt; Funrrurt*)'. I IhilfarK. Ihtffarn. Ihdlartt. 1 thtHarm. South Amcrira. ! l.(Ki:i 1.V>,.'.74 ! IKl, 799 llhU*Hiindskiiis(#*«rrrwi T/mnw r Vuim j tlltraiif): I ('•■iilral AmiTica.' rsi, 11(1 491.049 I 362, •A17 Mexico.j 127, .Wi ;f27.19l 1 2.946.1:16 , 2, 411,616 South America.j 2.oii..'>i:t 924,367 10,:ty7,707 6, .605,966 IiKlia nihlHT, ctihIo {<»owri Itttrrnrha rr«u; i 1 I lA‘ail. in hars, ete. (/Yo#«o tH ffttlafmtftn*. tmrntti, etc.; fhiunfutnn IhiffHtuhN*, hftrrmt, tir.; litnnh fti ittiuinauft, at htirnit, *tr.): Mexico. 241. Jit. rvsh 2,61H. :t2i» 2,367,772 Soutti Anu*ri«‘a. 1,S22 2.VJ r27.162 r»H, (,'.10 Su^ar, not alNive No. hi iMileli stamhint (.lcMf*(ir, no ftnitrrior dr fa tsrala fmfaiidrsa: Antnirar, arlo uti jirrior ao A’o. Jf! *tr intdr/ltt fndtandtz: Sum ^ pan aU’dfftjttut dn fu/tt' htdlattdain Ao. Jti): 1 (Central America. !*, 173 ♦>, -157 72,311 H2. fi2f> ' Mexico. 2, lys 329 7,(h;7 s, 7(52 (hitia. 3,.'»S7,tt7tl 2.'>,7(T7,:i:ii :r2.02.'i.H7:i Brazil. 14,90'.l 1. (list, 076 2i5.(Niri ttther South America. iT'j, :f.*H 4,662,069 •2,210.973 ToI>hchm», leaf ( Tabtiro rn rama: TafHtm n» J*tfha: Tiihwni fi ll Him): Mexico. 5, (MO TiO. KkI 16.1(14 (’ulia. .S73.73I 9:10,37(1 7. r»w, 770 7,.''61.4-29 WoikI, iiiahoKaiiv (t'uo/ai; .Wor/nu,- Aiiijiiii): t'eiitral America. h4», :ioo yi.y7K .'>.61,146 I■2■.l,■2•'^4 Mexico. 77.7»lo f»7, 70k 326,747 .'616. t73 t'uha. .M,77y 3t..'>2l ll.'U, 476 •261,4.61 Soutii America. 2,226 .6,027 •24,021 WiHil (Lana; Iai; lAtiiu): Soutli America— Class 1 (elothiiiK). lilVi,<.l|3 34.S.7WI 697,117 sn", KW ‘ Class 2 (comhiiiK). 13.2<.r2 10.670 1(ri,T.I.6 •2A6,'.W7 Class 3 (carpet). 13I,ST2 I3M,IHl 41.6,697 .600,765 RXlttR'IS t)K MKRCHANllISK. ABriculturalim|>lemeiilH( ln»trnmrnU>»ilrniirir»lliirn: InutrumentDAilr mirirnttHrii; Mm hinix ii(/r/c BrcadstalTK: j Corn (Mnlz; Milho; .Vais): Central America. 2,(r27 4,773 1 ■21,462 •24, OKI Mexico. 4,713 :i6, [m I 14.174 •2(>.6,027 Cuba. 49,932 42,146 1 414,267 .6o:i.:4ii6 South Amenea. 1,107 1,913 17,036 I6.ir2l Wheat ( TriV); Triifii: IIU): 1 Central America. l,:i79 171 10,200 ; 16,339 Mexico. 4,012 1 341,.'V22 (•>37.1-25 South America. 12 •241,63.6 ! •23,866 Wheat t\ Mexico. lt,n.Vi 12,674 161,247 1 •20,967 CnlMi. I7S,KI9 374,600 1.431,.')96 1,94:1,373 Brazil. . 2(i7,(i;H l(i3.»'>9 1,697,067 1,405,667 Colombia. :«,r.7o 39,044 194,66:1 367,476 Other South America. 76,222 199,322 1,117,976 1,436,^225 UNITKD STATES. 1235 EXIMRTS OF MERrHASDISE—Conliiiuod. Nine months ivh— Mareh- Articles mul ismiitrit-s. ^ 19I>1. mt. 1 Carrlavps, rtr.: t'arriHires. i-ars, etc., an Colombia.. Venezuela.. Other South Aiiicnca. Cycles, an ArKentiiie Republic Colomliia. Venezuela. Other South America. Copper (Ctibrr; Oihrr; Cuirrr) t'oltoB: Cotton. unmauufHcture South Ameri«’a. Cotton cloths ( Tejiilin dr at;gidi)ii; Mcoidus dr idgi dnii; Odim, maunfariurf): Central America. Mexico. Aivenline RepulOit Colombia. Venezuela. Other South America. WeariiiK aj>|>arcl (dr nligriim; Kniifni dr itl;g>- dn ArKentiiie Republii Colombia. Venezuela. Other South America. Electric ami scientific apimratiis (.4/Hirufos tUrtrinm g rindifrn*; .4p;HiivfA»s rlrrlrioM r rriridifinir; Apimmlr flrrlriiiiim rt Central .America. ArKentiiie Repnblu Venezuela. Other South America. Iron and steel, maanrarlarrs of: Stet*l rails {I'nrrilrn dr armi; Trilhm dr Argentine Republic. Hull. No. 5—04 123G INTEUNATIONAL liUKEAU UF TUE AMEIUCAN ItEl'UELlCS. EXl-UKTS UK MKKt'lIANDl.SE—<'«mliiiuca. Nine months ending March— March— ArliclfM uiiil eouiitrios. I'JtB. loot. 1003. 1001. Inin anil Ntrrl, nianufai'luroN uf—CoiiliiiiU'il. BnililtTs’ hiirilwiiru, mill kuws ninl tiails, i-tc.—Cimt’il. DullurK. IhAliirii. flo/fars. Ihilinrt. Brnzil 1.1,117 ■25, l.Vj 1.12,12:i ■221,070 Chile fl, fiOS 0,07.1 r23,0(K; 1:11,011 Cuhimbia il,:iui 7, %7 f>4,210 10.8,02:1 V’eiieziiela •2,17s 4,301 II.IXK) 3I,7:ki Other Siiuth Anierieii 1-2, W1 ■23,001 128,710 101,80.1 Sewing mnehinea. and parts iif (J/rn/n/nus tie nmr y acetgurion; Mitchiiia^ ilc coecr c aeccimuriwi, atichiiuit tUn): (;entriil America. Mexico . 00,170 107,8:11 7(»2, (>r>i 0.1s; 4.’K) Cuba. .1,174 01,470 11.1, UU. Argentine Kepublie... Brazil. Colombia. Other South America. 71,U?J T>|iewriting machines, and jiarts of (.Vdi/ii/naj) tte escribir y (tcciw/rios; MarhiiiiiK KX1MKT.S OK MEKCIIASUISE—Cuiitiiiuml. March— ] Nino inunthsoiulliiK Muroli— ArtiulcH uiiil L'uuntrieM. I'JlB. 1904. i 1903. 1901. XiTil StorfH—(Vmtiiiiied. Oils, miiu-ral, refliiol, or mnniifactiirL'd (AnAfs vUiurakt, reftiiiiiliin 6 munu/uelurinliHi; (Hint mi- 1 nenien, nfiiuuliHi mi munufucturailot; lluiUn mini riUig, rajfiiUiii uu luaiiiifaiiuritii): IHjlIarit. iMtllnrit. IhilUirf. Coiitnil Americu. 4.M71 13.5, OIS 193,166 Moxk-o.1 19.0111 14, :ai 16l,.5:iS 1)12,401 (.’iibii. 19,«V> 44, Ull.OlU •226,3-20 ArKfiitine KepublU-. lt«, ,'i7fi 1«'2.703 9II.3KI 1,-2S{,214 Brazil. ll'2,i.M 192,490 l,:i67,377 1,511,173 Chile. ifi.tMa I^O.lH.'^i 330,421 553,507 (k)lonibia. bl.CiSO 9,N3l OO.Uti 151,161 Venezuela.I H, .V>2 1S.):17 iW),(4)s 1-A1,799 other South Aiiieriea.] bl.'JSU 7,'(,'J'A) 1.53, l.V> .523,369 Oils,ve>retHble(Act'((<.<)i'('^’(ufe«; Okot nijcUu.!!; lluilm 1 re Chile. no li7A) 9^ «79 •2:« Other South Ameriea.■ 2t;, 72y 10,133 140,497 1-25,560 ProTlaloBH, roniprlHliiK meal anil dairy pnidurlN: Beef,eauue EXI’UKTS (»K MERCIIANIUSE—CoiitimuM). March— Nine mmiths endinft March— Arliclos iiiul coiiiitrU'fl. lytw. 1004. I'A);;. 1904. l*ri>vlKl<)iii>, clc.—('oiitiiiiiol. {MtuitrifHilln; Manlthfii: JUurrr): lUillnrt. Ihillitrf. Ihfibirs. DolUirn. CfiitrnI AiiiiTicii. ;t. 7tH .5,135 000 42,802 Mexico. s, Itll 10,674 |■|0..5•24 75,4MI Cuba. i,4ur. •2,513 1-2.184 19,743 Brazil. 10. .5,0tr2 77,2ir2 90.111 Coloniliia. l,(V.W 700 11..".01 10.447 VeiK*/.iK*lu.. . 4.170 .">4.714 IW. 201 OlluT Siaitli America. a.tio'.i l,4:i4 18. .546 (^neijo; Froimuff): Central America. 1.070 •2,741 17,028 •22,-2:40 Mexii-o. 4, ISO 31.105 :4i,9:47 Cuba. W7 •2, vrjo 0, xvx* 8,019 10 ;$2 •27 Colombia. thK> 45ti 8,021 4,8-22 Other South America. 3ir. M 1,741 879 Tobacco, utimaiiufacturcl ( ThImko iii> iiiitnn/miii- rafio; Tiiinint udn maiiu/nrtnrnfio; Tafnir non vmuHjavhfr^): Central America. 1,0.04 •2. S07 :10,05.5 •27,3."iO Mexico. I7,j;a: 3, ‘M)S 1.50.333 1:47,'.W ArKctititie Kc|>ublic. 010 4,101 11,090 •22,4.57 Colombia. i.ttio 3M •27, ITtl 4o.ino Other South America. S,47'J 7, VH« .58,859 02,007 Tolaic<-o. manufactures of (.t/uiia/iicfam* ilr tnhurn; Manujmiurmi tic ittimm; Ttiimc/nbritjuc): Central America. r>, 72V* H, m 65,9H5 48,7.58 Mexico. i.tfc'i:! 2, 11,008 17.011 Cuba. 13, l.-O 13, ItK'. 100, •2.55 91,075 Arir..ntiiw* _ ?2 15 Hnizil_'____ . 119 41 Colombia. 4,111 l.> ;I0.781 •2.5,740 Other South America. i.ysi 4,010 •22,404 40,313 MihhI. anil manufactures af: VVimmI, uiimanufacturcl {Miutini no niiinn/itiiiirwlii; yftvicint niitt nuuniftiriHrntlti; brut): Central America. 7,:i>i7 3, si 7 in, 7T2 82,170 Mexico. . ll.STitt 71,^2SO 329.800 :4‘2H, V*l*6 Cuha. .Mtltl \m 41,428 8.100 Argentine Kc|.ublic. 5,021 4,'215 :«*, :r22 21,341 Brazil. 3, 111 71 4.111 ('hill*. I7,7UV» •23,080 3.:i70 7,494 12,700 741 •21,289 LiuhImt (Mtuiernit: Mtulciras; Hois tit ctnistrmiittH): Central America. 5,5tir» 5,975 3.5,399 84..">18 Mexico. ii:t,3l7 UO.SOIt l,tM4,274 1,8.56.0)3 Cuha. S9.S74 110,3S7 .Wi, v*91 808,091 ArKculiue Kciaiblic. 131,7131 •2.57,000 710,148 1,00:4,810 Brazil. K$, 1S3 4l,lir2 •270.881 401,807 Chile. 10,070 45, .521 1.59,401 34.5,472 Colomhia. S, 'KM 2, K^O 37,814 68. ,550 Venezuela. ■itv. 0*29 •2,813 10.7:10 Other Smith America. .V>,31H S5, ;!31 313, •2fa 6-22,746 Purtiitiire 1 .l/Hih/is; Mohilio; MinMin): Central America. 1,701 5, 107 •28,842 43, .513 41,7lW .59,S7I 424, .537 4:40.4.56 Cuba. IH.fiOl 38, SOO 181,495 300. .560 ArKciitine Teiaiblic. 11,1107 5,110 1 9:4,4:40 92. .Ml Brazil. \m 0, ' 12,1:45 18, •260 Chile. H*2« 3,tSJ7 r2,270 16,319 Colombia. 4,s:«» 4, •200 •23, .">32 30.478 Venezuela. 1 5*21 79:1 .5,001 7,407 Other .South America. 1 151 5,478 314,080 .51,9»n 1 FOREIGN COMMERCE FOR MARCH, 1004. 'riic “ Monthly Suinmsiry of ComnuMH-c and Finance,” is.sued by the Hnreaii of Stsitistics of the Department of Commerce and Lalmr of the Cnited Stat(‘s, shows decreases in both im|K>rts and exports in the month of March, as compared with March, 11)03. UNITED STATES. The falling off in imports was altogether in those on which customs duties are levied, which amounted to •♦5(5,579, against $5:^, 14T,0(;(5 for March, 1903. The im{H)rtations free of duty amounted to !^3,259,0(58, against 5^3,••S3,5191 for March, 19<^3. The percentage of imports free of duty was 47.37 in March, this year, against 51.(15 in Kehruary, this year, and 44.77 in .March, 19t^5). For the nine months ending March 31 the total value of imports was !i'745,4s5.S71, against ^'777,(K^2,217 for the same jMM-iod last year. Of the total for this year im{)orts free of duty amount<'d to ^5543.545.7*54 and dutialile inuxu'ts to ^••l,i(4(t,l(t7. The free imi)orts for the nine months last year amounted to $5-52(t.42(5.31(^ and the dutial>le to im5<5.575,9(^7. The p<‘rcentage of free to the total for tin* nine months this year wa.s 4(5.08, agsiinst 41.24 last year. The value of domestic exports during the month «)f March amounted to §117,184,552, against !f512(5,2t(5,(^03 for .March, 11«^3. The value for the nine months was §1,149,5551((,(57<^, against §!.• •955,22(5.8SJ> for the same }M*riod last year. 'Phe decline in exports of domestic merclian- dise during March is altog(*ther due to the falling off in exjxuts of agricultural pro Articles. mt!. 1001. J13,3ir.,7S7 *15,71.5,013 3, •2.51.013 l,4.52,SiO 7r>i>,«ii i;:l05,777 fi,9(W,N‘W f>, :t03. iiw l,5S(>.0tI 1,7‘26.662 2a,soi,.'>i7 43,760,:t:i6 fi,S70,070 4.1-20.026 12,7H9.001 3,S07.UVJ 4,161, 1:50 (ilas.s niul RliLsswiirc. l,.VJfi,220 1. i:i0.1'26 i,r>N«,ii.5 2,360, ;i;t2 i.soo.os:! 1,610, .569 3, lfiM,(170 3, no. .526 5, SKI, 116 6,.500. fiO 6H,9.'>7 1,56.5,677 1,105,711 i,2o:i,.5ia 3,6IS, HIWi 4, Itw,.571 3,731,605 6,711,712 1,113,006 1,161, OIS 057,210 1.103.0'20 4,1%, 001 3. \m, (wi 2’062! I % 2!0'2‘2; i:io 8,600,001 3,076, 101 i!710!.571 2. K20, -IKS .3,161,-20’2 3,H:»i,.56S 4,16:l,6l'.l r,6si,6'2:i 0,860.1.5 RECOGNITION OF LATIN-AMERICAN CONSXJLAB OFFICERS. The International Bureau of the American Kepuhlies has been informed by the Department of State of the Cnited States, under date FNITKD 8TATKS. 1241 of April l‘.> and May !<•, 11M»4, of tho rocofjiiition of tin* followiii}' consular olHccrs of Ijsitin America: Di’dlky Haktlktt, Consul of Chile at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Kitoknio C. Anduks, Consul of Peru at Hoston, Massachusetts. E. D. lUssETT, Vice-Consul of Haiti at New York. STOCK RAISING IN THE PHILIPPINES. From reports and other data on tile with the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department, the followinj; facts i-elative to stock raisinj; in the Philippines have been taken: The industry must he built up anew as a result of the mvaj^es of war, followed by the losses occasioned by the rinderpest, which carried otf nearly all the liovine animals of the archi\)ela};o. One writer stated that j)rior to the outbreak of hostilities he saw herds of «‘attle and horses and droves of sheep and floats everywhere, (tener.vl Otis also, in his report, speaks of large herds of cattle, and states that some local¬ ities are distinctively cattle-raising districts. Fine grazing lands arc to 1m' found in eastern Pangasinan, northern Nueva Ecija, Nueva Vizcaya, Isaliela, and Cagayan, and probabh’ in other ju'ovinces of Luzon, and certainly in other islands. In the three provinces first named are rolling uplands, and in the latter broad prairies, although as far as abundance and quality of the gra.sses are concerned, there is appsirently no difference, the same spe¬ cies growing both on the prairies and hills. These grasses <'onsistof one or two .species of Panicum and Eragros- tis and many representatives of .several of the all tine¬ stemmed, tivc-leaved grasses, which, in the ITiited States, would lie known as “bunch” gras.ses, as they grow in small tufts, not In'ing truly turf-forming; yet there is sufficient of the latter to prevent gul¬ lying or washing, notwithstanding the heavy tropical rains b) which the region is subject. The grazing lands of Pangasinan, Nueva Ecija, and Nueva Visca3’a are distinguished bv their hill\', rolling character, the ravines and small valleys, tops of the higher hills, and surrounding mountains lieing densely forested. In ever}' small valley is a .stream of clear, pure water. Hence there is an abundance of feed, water, and shel¬ ter—the requisites for an ideal cattle country—and the topographical features of the country permit herds of cattle to l>e i.solated in the valleys and thus guarded for months against infection by contact or through the water supply. The water supply is e.specially to lie noted, as in tho numerous mountain streams the water is pure and as clear as crystal, except immediately following a heavy rain. The grazing lands of Isaticla and Cagjiyan differ fr<»m the alM)ve in 1242 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. ulinost l(>vel, or hut j^eiitly roll'mj^ typical prairie lands, extcnd- in«r almost as far as the eye can see in all directions, limit'd hy the coast range' on the I'ast and the great central range on the west. This great valley consists of open country with isolat'd trees, or some¬ times small groves, with more or less forest land along the streams. The country is well w'atered hy the numerous trihutaries of the Cagayan River. Cattle raising for the home market should he very protitahle, judg¬ ing from the prevailing high prices of meat in Manila, and the fact that pi’actically all the meat consume BEET-SUOAR MANUFACTURE IN 1903-4. The quantity of heet sugar manufactured in the Cnited States dur¬ ing the season of is estimated hy .Me.ssrs. Wii.i.ktt and (iKay, sugar statisticians of New Yoi’k, at 208,ISo tons of 2,240 |X)unds each, against an outjmtof 105,4GB tons in 1002-B. This is given as the tinal estimate on the 1003-4 crop, and is suhstituted for the preliminary estimate puhlished last Decemher of 210,(KM> tons. The following statement shows hy States the numiH'r of factories in opc'ration, the acn*age of heets sown, and the quantities of sugar j)ro- duced in the two seasons: lii il-mtjtir /iroilnrtiou of the Ignited Stolen. [Tims of ’J,240 imhiiuIm.] 1 1902-3. Stutos. Faftorii-s I •SoKar |inv ' Factories Sngar pro- Aroa sown. Area sown. ofa-ratiHl. 1 (liiced. oiK'nitcfl. II need. 1 .Im*. Time. Aerett. Ton*. Now York. 7,00(1 4,479 2 0,.500 2,799 Wisoonsin. i 1 .^«00 4,911 1 1 3,400 3,41'k! Ohio. 1 2,.')00 2,009 1 2,4.50 1,473 .MiohiKiin. 20 117. IW) 67,U'>4 10 9M,000 MiiiiipstitH. 1 1 S.StIO 3,125 1 4, .500 3, tvs Noliraska. 3 1 11,400 «,009 3 9, OHO 9,430 Vt >lora Total. 292.295 1 20H, I;i5 •2.59, .513 196,4('>3 L " The nq«)rt furth(*r states: ‘‘There wer<* nine new factories <*.stah- lished and operat«*d this sea.son, and a much larger increase in the crop would hav»' resulted if it were not for the unfavorahle conditions which prevailed in Michigsin and in some parts of Nehraska, Colorado, Wash¬ ington, and California. Many acres of heets were lost in Michigan hy the la'avy rains in Sf'ptemlw'r, and the freezing weather which set in before harvesting was completed. Established factories not working UNITED STATES. 1243 this season include those in Watsonville, California, and Gmnd .1 unc¬ tion, Colorado. The new factories building at Mount Pleasant and Charlevoix, Michigan, and at I’hoenix, Arizona, were not completed. There are two factories contraeted for to be built in the I’^nited States for the coming si*ason, lJH)4-5, on which work has iM'giin and of which one is at Sugar City, Idaho, and the other at Chipjxnva Falls, Wiscon¬ sin. One factory is l)eing moved from Dresden, Ontario, to danesville, Wisconsin. The production of Ix'et sugar in the Cnited States in was ir»3,12d tons and in was tons.” AGRICULTUKAL WORK IN THE PHILIPPINES. The report of the Philippine Bureau of Agriculture, as contained in the last annual report of the Philippine Commi.ssion received by the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department, shows marked progress in the (h'velopment of this im^K>rhint industry. Experiment farms have lM*en operated by skilled agriculturi.sts, and improved plants and se(‘ds have been imjKU’ted from America and Euroja* for the purpf)se of increasing the yield lK)th in (piantity and (|ualitv. Stock farms have also Ikhmi established, and well-br<*d cattle, horses, and jacks have l)een im|)orted for the puriK).s<‘ of crossing the same with the native stock and developing thos«* (pialities that the country seems to demand, and the results of the.se will l)e apjMirent in the near future. A dozen bulletins have l»een published, lH)th in English and the ver¬ nacular, on the cultivation of cai-ao, rice, <-ommercial tilHM*s, tol>acco, cocoanuts, <*tc., and distributed among those itjtereste GUTTA-PERCHA IN THE PHILLIPPINE ISLANDS. The Bureau of Insular Affairs of the United State.s, War Depart¬ ment, has received from the Bureau of (Jovernment LalM)r.itorie.s, Manila, Philippine Islands, a hulletiii which treats of gutta-|a‘rclm and ruhiM'r in the. Philippine Island.s, from which the following items of genend interest have l)een taken: The commendal histor\’ of guthi-jiercha runs parallel with that of suhmarine and suhterninean electric tahles, for three-fourths of all the gutta produced has been used on them. With the construction of th(‘ great tians-Atlantie cables in the sixties and .seventies the demand for gutta-ptu’cha l>ecjime enormous. When the Malay Peninsula, adjacent to Singiipore, failed to supply suflicient quantities to meet the demand, the adjacent islands of the Rhio Archi|Mdago and Sumatra w’er(‘ invaded and rich finds made. Finally Borneo was included in the producing zone, and lastly the Philippines. The area of dlstrihution of gutta is sharply defined. Be5’ond the sixth (h'gree north on the Malay Peninsida the trees iM'c’ome .scjirce or cease altogether; on the northern end of Sumatm they are likewise lacking. Java, iKirdering clo.se on Sumatra, conhiins none, and Celelws, to the east of Borneo, has l>een found cipiall}’ destitute. This area inchides .some 4.'>0,(KM» .s(piare miles of land, of which onl}’ a very small per cent is or ever was covered by gutta-percha trees. In the Philippines the n*gions which i)roduce gutta for market are con¬ fined to the Islands of Mindanao and Tawi-Tawi. The l)e.st mctho iT ITNITED STATES. 1245 determine. The trees are in the tropical forest regions which arc )n. inhahited only hy the wildest pagan trilies. These natives arc the ill! natural gutta-jiercha collectors and, as a matter of fact, have done all iit- the collecting since the lieginning of the industry. The}' desired to iOt secure the maximum yield from each tree with the minimum exjH'udi- ture of work or time. They first cut down the tree and the larger hranches are at once lopjx'd off, the collectoi's say, to prevent the rst gutta-percha milk from flowing hack into the small hranches and of leaves. The milk or latex is contained in the inner layers of the hark Iry and leaves, in small capillary tiilies or ducts. To open these, so as to tho permit the maximum amount of milk to escape, the natives cut rings op, in the hark alnjut 2 feet apart along the entire length of the trunk. ['od The milk as it flows out is collected in gourds, co<*oanut shells, or on large leaves. ase After one or two hours, when the milk has cea.sed to flow, the con¬ tlio tents of the reccptjicles an* united and lioiled over a fire to finish the ilti- partial coagulation. The gutta gathered in this way jaiys well for the amount of work exjK'iided. The two vital defects of the method are— 1. It is very wash'ful, the yield from each tree In'ing lait a small pro|)ortion of the total amount, the quantity mngiiig from one-fourth art- of a pound to 2 |wunds per tree. ■ics, 2. It leaves fhe future unprovided for. The natives invariahly fell •cha the trees, and the only saving feature of the situation is that only full- cms grown trees contain enough gutta to rejiay the work of felling. Other¬ wise fhe complete extennination of the gutta-jK'rcha forests would lie t of hut a matter of a short time. all As soon as the Forestry Hureau was established in ISffO, the felling n of of fhe gutfa-jx'rcha trees was prohibited, and rules were provided for land tapping the tree with a ImiIo in such a manner as to secure the milk alia, without destroying the tree; but the wild natives never practiced this , the meth PRODUCTION OF PIG IRON IN 1903. The American Iron and Steel Ass l* ! Tout. Timt. TIom. I Tint*. First liulf. . , 7,t!74,613 >t,HOM,.'i74 1 9,707,:Ui7 half.... . C, 14ti,ti73 ' H, 203,741 9.012,7:« «,:!01,.s3.’i ToIhI. . 1:J.7K9,'.'42 i.s.ms.aM j 17,321,307 j 1H,009,2;'C! i The chief pig-iron j)rodueing Stat<*s in l!t02 were Pennsylvania, with 8,21 l,r>(M( tons; Ohio, with 3.287,848 tons; Illinois, with 1,*{92,375 tons, and Alabama, with 1,5<>1,398 tons. Of the total iron production in 19(18 only 5(»4,757 tons were made with charcoal as fuel, 927 tons with mix(‘d charcoal and coke, 1,911,847 .with cok)‘ and anthracite coal, and 15,.592,221 tons with bitumiiKuis coal. The division, a«*c(»rding to classes of iron made in lit02and 1908, was as follows: 1902. I9w:. 7V>n». T\ni*. 5,176,rifiK fi, 735,957 10, :m, 103 9,939,’.KM 2,033,.VJO 2,tM0.7Jfi 212 >131 19* I’xll Total. j 17,321,307 j I3,009,2.'V.' The stocks of pig iron which w<*re unsold in the hands of manufac¬ turers or which w(*n! under their control at the close of lJto8, and were UNITED STATES. 1247 not intended for their own consumption, amounted to r)!U.4:^»s tons, auainst 4‘.),951 tons at the close of 11M>2 and 7u,<»47 tons at the dose of 1901. The whole number of furnaces in blast on Deeember 91, I'.MKl, was 1S2 a^inst 307 on December 31, 1902, and 200 on December 31, 1901. BESSEMER STEEL PRODUCTION IN 1903. Accordinfj to complete statistics published by the American Iron and Steel Association, based on returns receiveil directly from the manufacturers, the total production of liessemer steel in»j«>ts and cast- injfs in 11MI3 was 8,577,22S jrposs tons, as compared with 9,13S,303 t(»ns in 1J>02, a decrease of .501,135, or over 6 percent. 'Phe production for 1902, how'cver, is sbited to have l)eeu the larjfest in tin* history of the industry in the United States. The followinjf table {jives the production of Ik'ssemer steel intjots and castin{js for the six years 1898-1'.M)3, inclusive; Tonx. Tons. 185W. K, \\W2. I iwk:. i.us. ijf. 1 l.fvSK.UlT 2,si3,.'>s:5 There was a lar{;e inerea.sc in 1903 in the production of Ik‘s.semer steel rails weijjhinjj 85 pounds and over as eom|vared with 11*02, and a considerable decrease in mils wei{;hin{r 45 |M>unds and over and le.ss than 85 )M)und.s. The production in 1!*<*3 of mils weighin{j less than 45 ]M)unds also shows a decrease. 1248 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF TUE AMERICAN REl'UBLICS. URUGUAY. MOVEMENT OF THE PORT OF MONTEVIDEO DURING JANUARY, 1904. Tlu! Buenos Ayres ""{Ih luxtd m ('nnm- ci(il) publishes the followiuj' figures showiiijf the couuiiercial move¬ ment of the j)oi’t of Montevideo durinj^ the month of January, 1U04: VKS.SKI.S cnKAKKU. St<'Uiiislii|iN. lU Siiiliiin vi'ssels. I KXl'OKTS. ) I'rcHliicls. Unantity., I’nHlufts. Unanlity. I'llilLil StiiU's: Ik-lKlnni—Con tin nod. Iliiir.. .hah's.. TotiKia's. .lM>XfS.. i’lNN) Jcrkeil . .<>o.... SI.'i Ikaies and Inaie asli. .M3 Do. .tons.. rj I'ortOKal; lioiK'.siiikI Ixiiif ash. .do.... ritt! (»xhi CUSTOMS RECEIPTS FOR FIVE YEARS. 'Pile “ Montevideo'Pimes” for January 14, 1U(»4, pul»Pislies the sub¬ joined statement of the eustoms receipts of the Kepul)lic of Rruj^uay UUUOUAY. 124*.) for the fij^ures for the four juveetliiij^ years Iteinjf also furnished for |)ur|K)ses of eoiiiparison: IWKt. $10,004,425 lilOO. 0,4:«,2()8 litOl. 0,054,441 1!K)2 . 0,840,0H4 1003. 10,310,075 THE PUBLIC DEBT ON DECEMBER 31, 1903. The Semi-Monthly Hulletiu, No. 473, of March 22, 11M»4, puhlished at Montevideo hy the French Hoard of Trade of that city, contains a recapitulation of the oilieial li*;ures of the Uruj^uayan (lovernment, showinj^ the debt of the Repul>lic on I)eceinl>er 31, 11103. The public debt of Fruj'uay may be divided into three parts, namely, the interior debt, the e.xternal del»t, and the international debt. The interior debt consists t>f the followinjj items: I Guarantml ilel)t. $.3,300, (KX). 00 Consoliilate Total interior debt. 22,048,241.82 The e.xterior debt consi.sts of the followinjr it4‘ms: Consolidateil debt of Unijiuay. $01, 1:12,812.00 Uruguayan loan of 1805 . 0, .5ti0, t>.52.00 Total exterior debt. 07,0!X», 404. 00 The international delit is made up as follows: Siianisb debt. $08,250.00 Brazilian loan. 3,008, .5tX). 00 Total international debt. 3, ItXl, 7.50. (X) The trnind total on DecemlK'r 31, 1JH)3, was as follows: Interior debt. $22, !M8,241.82 E.xU-rior debt. 07, 00!t, 404. tK) International debt. 3,100, 7.50.00 Total. 12.1,7.54,4.5.5.82 1250 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. The piiynients of interest and toward tlie redetuption of tiie debt from danuary 1, 11>02, to December 31, 1B03, were as follows: Intfrior »lebt: Interest.. iitt,:W4,417. 77 Kwlemption .. 5,146,61:5. til $14,5:il,(Wl.:i8 Exterior debt: Interest. 41,i:50,199.60 Retlemption .. :i, 884. lo 44,524,08:1.70 International debt; Interest. 2,112,622.85 Ke«Ieinption .. 2, 283, 868. 15 4,3i>6,491.00 (irand total 63,451,606.08 vp:neziiela. TARIFF MODIFICATIONS. lirttf tint ion (•‘fr'ariAi Ofiriiil," So. yOTifi, of .iHiiiiHry 19, I'JtM.l 'Phis re.solntion provides that the ctiotdfhttttc inhts ttr httsr cla.ssed in No. 294 of the tsiriff in force only include such tuln's or hose as are adaptable to pumps or hydrants, whether streiifrthened with stuff or not, and havintr an interior diameter of a centimeter at least. Caout¬ chouc tubes or pijx's of a .smaller diameter, imj)ort<‘d with irrijrateurs, are dutiable tojrpth(*r with the reservoirs of the latter, accordinjf to Class V, and if im|M)rted .separately therefrom, come under Class VI of the tiirilT (No. 441) as rtiontchour ntanttfacttirex. TRADE OF LA OUAIRA IN 1903. The followiiijr statement, forwarded to his (Jovernment by United States Consul I^ouis (ioldschmidt from I^a (hiaira, Venezuela, under date of February T), 19U4, shows the imports, by (piantities, at IA Ciuaira, the principal poi-t of tln‘ Uepublic, from the seveml countries note«l durinjf the. year 19(»3: Coiiiilry. (Quantity, jj Coiiiitry. raekiiK<’s tpiHiiiity. l' Sumh^. Mritic tonti. ' ytnithrr. Miirir loHt. lTnito The foregoing shows that the United States is far ahead of all other countries in the imports into both La Guaira and the whole of \'ene- zuela, and this fact is still more accentuated when we consider the class of merchandise imported and make certain deductions. According to this table England is .second in the (luantity imported, but when the nature of the imports is taken into account this position must l)e lai'gely moditied. Coal was imported to the amount of 11,447 tons, of which England furnished 8,753 tons, the United States 2,634 tons, and German}' 60 tons. Thus, if we deduct this article from the imports of these respec¬ tive countries we tind the standing of these three countries as follows: United States, 15,069 tons; England, 3,956 tons, and Germany, 7,258 tons. This item of coal Iwing about the cheapest item of imports, 1 thought that by making this deduction it would show the relative value of imports as near as can 1h‘ gathered here. The next items which might be eliminated in this calculation as being articles of great bulk and small value are timber (564 tons) and cement (2.874 tons). All the timber imported here during the past year came from the United States, and perhaps 25 per cent of the cement. Deducting these from the preceding totals leaves the imix)rts from the leading countries as follows: From the United States, 14,350 tons; from Germany, 5,821 tons; from England, 3,956 tons; from Holland. 1.334 tons. These ligures are given to show how far ahead of all other countries the United States is in her trade with this the chief port of Venezuela. Statement showing the total Impnrtx hg artielex at Im Guaira in HKtS. .\rtirle. Paoka^res. 1 Qnantity. 1 1 1 Xumher. Metric tong. IM, 7fi4 10,017 43.601 1,612 26,S.779 13, S'* I8.ls;i 936 57,a->0 2,02:1 4,037 663 17,291 2.873 Cn«l. 11,447 493 111 .■>17 102 Total. 1 .t61,694 I 43,M0 What stands out most prominently in the al)ove table is the small importation of timber, machinery, and railway materials. The coal that is imported from England is all for the railways, which have l)een running some years. The coal coming from the United States is used by the gas company of Caracas for the manufacture of gsis. The beginning of the last calendar year having l)een a rather dis- turt>ed one, both politically'and commercially, it is wonderful to note the amount of busine.ss done here during the year, and this shows plainly the recup«'rative power of this country. Bull. No. 5—04-15 1252 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. Table Klioirimj jurceaUtge of rarloun iiiifiorlK. 1 .\rticle. Per cent. Article. j Per cent. 1 Merchandise (drv goods). 23.01 Cement. .j 6.6 Hardware. 3.7 Coal. . 26.29 ProviMons and lienors. 31. S2 Ma<'hinerv. . .j.y Oil (other than kerosene). 2.1.) : Hailwav materials. . .24 Timlx-r. 1.29 Total. 100 Stalemeiil ehoiriuq the ehipphig eiilereil at La Guaira, and their freights, during the year Nationality. Ships. ■ Frt'ighl. I| Nationality. Ships, j F'reight. Xumitrr. i ilctrie tons. ' Sumbrr. '■ Mrtric tons. German. 16 7,471 Norwegian. 6 2,463 l'nite Italian . 191 Total. 217 j 43, .">10 This table is also gratify ’ing to United States commerce and ship- pinjj, as it shows that United States vessels lead in the oarrviiif); trade of this port, and it is more so when the faet is considered that these American vessels have solely carried United States products. Thus, only the United States ships and some British ships carry to this jxirt exclusively the products of their respective countries. The (Jermans hrintf cargoes which are not always of German origin, although they appear as (ierman products. ’Phe Spanish, French, Italian, and Austrian vetsels bring cargcws from the various Mediteri’anean countries. The Danish, Norwegian, and Kussian vessels mentioned in the table are exclusively those that brought coal from Cardiff, while some of till' United States coal and timber was brought in foreign bottoms. It may thus be stated that the United States ships entering Ijji Gualra bring only United States goods. The following stsitement shows the exports (articles and (juantities) from La Guaira during the year 11M)3: Pounds. Coffw (152,fi2o ba)^). 19,977, ItOO Cocoa (114,947 hags). 13,927,076 Hi. lea. .3,29(5,234 Suiidrii-s. 1,904,(500 Total. 39,165,210 Of the foregoing exports 2,4S3,800 |X)unds were in transit for Ciudad Bolivar. The countries to which the exports were shipped are not given, but it may be .stjited that most, if not all, of the hides go to the United States. The coffeetween the different Kurojtean countries and the United States. The c(K:(»a goes mostiv to Fiance and Spain. VENEZUELA. 1253 The coasting trade, as well as the import and export trade, has lieen affected liy the change in the commerce of Ciudad Ikilivar. This nt. commerce, which formerly 5vent through the British colony of Trini¬ >.6 dad and was there trans-shipped for Ciudad Bolivar, now comes through 5.J9 .25 La (Juaim and adds eonsiderably to the trade of this port. .24 0 CUSTOMS RETXTRNS OF LA OUAIBA AND PUERTO CABELLO. I'he following figures, reproduced the “Venezuelan Herald" for tear April 12, li>04, demonstrate the value of cu.stoms receipts at La Cluaira from May, 11K)1, to March, 1{»04, inclusive, and those of the lit. Puerto Caliello custom-house from Novendier, 11)08, to March, 11)04, the unit of valuation being holivarex. foil*. 2,4113 LA OUAIRA. 1,778 LA (iCAiRA—i:ontinue :)77, :too MUNICIPAL riON IN CARACAS. 927,076 200,234 A governmental decree dated .Tanuary 11), 11)04, inipo.ses certain taxes 064, tiOO on alcoholic beverages and tolnicco inutorted for consumption or dis¬ 165,210 tribution in the Fetleral District of Caracas. The duties leviable under this decree are as follows: sit for Agtianlientc: BoUvares. Per “load” of 80 l)ottle8 or-56 liters, of 51..52 kilos, weight, up to 21® III, but Cartier. 20. (X) United Per “load” of 100 l)ottles or 70 liters, of .59.80 kilos, weight, from 22° to untries 30° Cartier.;{0. oo Spain. 1254 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. Bolivares. Rum, p<'r “load” of whaUwver denomination or degree..20.IX) Brandy or eogna<- an ‘“Art. 1, Ax(jel MarIa (V)RA<), as the representative and the con¬ CO stituted attorne\' of Citizen (len. Manuel Corao, hereinafter called th<^ contractor, undertakes to establish within six months, counted tai from the date at which this contract l>egins to tak«* effect, a line of steamers for navigation on the Orinoco and its affluents and sub- Of VENEZUELA. 1255 iitHuents, the Apiire, Meta, Arauca, Apurito, Caui’a, Masparro, l*or- tuguesa, and Cojedes. The steamers of this line may extend their service to the port of La Guaira. ‘“Art. 2. The contractor undertakes that this navigation service shall Ije constant, obejdng the itinerary and tariffs tixed beforehand in agreement with the National Government. “ *.\rt. .S. The contractor underbikes to execute on the rivers which come within the line of navigation which he shall establish all the necessary cleaning and canalization for the Iw'tter service of the pub¬ lic, without having at any time any claim for compensation for the work which he may execute. ‘‘ ‘Art. 4. The ships of the line shall navigate under the Venezuelan flag and shall touch at Trinidad or Curazao to take provisions and coal. “‘Art. 5. The points to be tixed for the ships of the line to call at shall, as already said, be tixed by agreement with the Federal Execu¬ tive, but this shall l)e no objection to their calling at other points not specitied after previous notice, to l)e given by the contractor. “‘Art. ♦>. The National Government shall enjoy a relate of 50 per cent off the passenger and freight tariffs; and the troops and officers whom the Government shall embark on the ships of the line shall pay only a third part of the tariff price. “‘Art. 7. When the Federal Executive deems it tit it shall apjwint Government inspectors or suiKU'cargoes to suiK'rintend the service of the line, and the contractor undertakes to lend the said employees all necessary cooperation for the Ijetter discharge of their functions, and to take them on Itoard the steamers as tirst-class passengers without the Government having to jmj' anything for this. ‘“Art. H. The contractor undertakes to carry all corres|)ondence, and also undertakes that when, owing to public disturbances the Gov¬ ernment is under the necessity of transporting troops on the ships of the line, they shall perform this service in preference to any other, and shall likewise perform with preference any other commission or onler of the Government. “‘Art. y. The contractor undertakes to keep in active service at least two steamers which shall touch at least once a month at the various points of the itinerary of the line. “‘Art. 10. The National Government authorizes the ships of the line to navigate by all the mouths of the Orinoco, esjiecially by those of Macareo and Petlernales. “ ‘.\rt. 11. The ships of the line shall be exempt from all national rantributions. “ ‘Art. 12. The emphn’ees of the line shall Im' exempt from mili¬ tary service, except in case of international war. “ ‘Art. 13. The Federal Executive shall exempt from the payment of custom imjxu’t duties all materials, effects, and elements which the 1250 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. oontractor may rociuire for the establishment and needs of the line of steamships, but in evei’y case the contnictor shall Inform the Ministry of Hacienda beforehand what are the effects which he wishes to ‘ imiK)rt, and that department, with due knowledge, shall issue the recpiisite orders. “ ‘Art. 14. The ships of the line may take from the national forests such wood as it may retpiire, whether for fuel or for any other use, but in no case to traffic with same. “ ‘Aut. 15. This contract is exonerated from the payment of reg¬ istry dues. ‘Art. Id. The duration of this contract shall be fifteen 3’ears from the date at which the President of the Union signs the decree of the National Congress approving this contract, and during that lapse of time the National Government shall not make anj' like or similar con¬ cessions to an\' pt'rson or company^ for the cstalffishment of lines of navigiition between the points embmced by that which owes its origin to the present contract. “ ‘Art. 17. This contract shall not be assigned, either wholly’ or in part, to any person or company of foreign nationality’. The con¬ tractor may assign all or any of the rights which he accpiires only' to persons or companies of Venezuelan nationality’, after the approval of the transfer by’ the National Executive. “ ‘Art. 18. All doubts and controvei’sies of any nature whatsoever, which may’ arise under this contract, and which can not l)e resolved amicably’ bv the contracting parties, shall be decided bv the competent tribunals of Venezuela, in conformity with its laws, and shall not, for any motive or cause whatsoever, Im*, the occasion of foreign claims.’ “ Made in duplicate at Caracas, this 28th day of March, 11MJ4.” BOUNTIES IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES. In res|X)nse to a circular issued by the Foreign Office of the British Government, His Majesty’s representatives rejiorted on the existence of bounties, in the various foreign countries, other than those on ship¬ ping and navigiition paid by the State, including indirect bounties aris- I ing from the conditions attaching to “ tem|K)rary’ admission,” excessive :• diiiwbacks, preferential railway rates, and the like. A general stiitc- p ment on the subject is published in the “ Ikiard of Trade .Journal ” for April 14, lbo4, as follows: “ Direct bounties on the production or export of particular articles | ani not very’ numerous, but the following cases may’ lie cited: i “In Russia exjiorters of spirits and corn brandv are paid a direct f bounty’ over and above the remission of excise duties. [ BOUNTIES IN EORKION COUNTRIES. 1257 )f •• In Germany the arnmjjenient by whieh exiK)rters of mill products ■y secure permits from the customs to import certain )n- are paid on sujjar lieets by the State of Kansas, and on beet sugar by of the States of New York and Washington. Small subsidies are piid to (in agricultunil societies in certain States. Bt)unties are also paid for the planting of forest trees in Kansas, and of trees by the roadside in in Wisconsin, as well as for the destruction of wild animals and vermin on¬ in several Sbites. to “ In Chile, manufacturers of sugar and sulphuric acid and exporters of wine and alcohol secure direct liounties. “ Dniwbacks based on estimated yield are so called where the draw¬ 'cr, back is paid on exportation of manufactured articles based ou the ved estimated (juantity produced from taxed mw materials, and producing ;ont an indirect bounty. for ‘•The following cases are cited: “ In Russia, the drawbacks on the exportation of cotton yarns and tissues are intended to he e(|uivalent to the duties paid on the materials employed, but in practice they are paid on gcMxls made from home¬ grown cotton. There is also a ‘‘drawhsick” on the ex|K)rtation of hemp and tlax yarns and tissues, which, in this case is ssiid to lx* in eomp<>nsation for the customs duties paid on the machinery by which tish they are produced. fnc*e “In Germany the arrangements with regjird to the exjxirtation of hip- mill products not only amount, as already stated, to a direct bounty, iii’is- but also, as Ixung based on estimated yield, to an indirect bounty to wive I the better equippi'd mills. Drawbacks on tlie allowance system are tate- also accorded to exporters of imjxjrted woods worked up in transit ’ for warehouses, and there are drawbacks to compensate for im|X)rt or excise duU' on the raw materials to exjxjrtersof manufactures of c«x*oa ic-les ^ and tobacco and of sug-ared products. In Bavaria and Wurttemlx>rg there is a dniwback on the export of beer, based on the estimated quan¬ irect ® tity of taxed malt used in its pi-oduction. ‘*ln the Netherlands the dmwbacks on beer and vinegar exported 1258 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. are bas«‘(l on the estimated yield, and • may leave a slight advantage to t ie nianufaetiirers possessing the best appliances.’ “In Spain drawbacks are paid on the export of sugared products intended to compensate for tlie excise on the sugar contained therein. “In Greece there is a system of allowances by which raw materials ari' admitted free on condition of the i*xportation of certain propor¬ tional (juantities of manufactured priKluce within a given time. This incliuh's wheat for grinding, sugar for rahat lakoum, plate glass for mirrors, ceimmt and lime for bricks, various materials for straw and other hats, molasses for blacking, yarn for flannels and stockings. In some other cases an equal weight of the manufactured article must i be reexported—e. g., cardboard for boxes, silk for umbrellas, cotton tissues for handkerchiefs, etc. “In Japan, unrettned sugar is subject to duty, but there is a draw¬ back if it is refined within a year. “In Mexico, a flxed sum per kilogram is paid to exporters of cotton cloth in compensation for the duties paid on imported raw material. “The regulations for drawback on exportation from the United States of America and those with regard to temporary admission in France, Germany, Switzerland, etc., do not appear to be .so framed as to admit of a bounty arising therefrom. “ Railway rates on State railways are occasionally arranged .so as to encourage exporters of certain classes of goods. This appears to l)e the case with regard to exports of agricultural pnalucts in certain dii •ections. at least, from Italy, Ilungsiry, the Argentine Republic, and | Brazil. Preferential rates on the German State railways mainly affect ! exports of manufactured products, but cerbiin raw materials—coal, coke, pig iron, etc.—also benefit. In France, the bulk of the railways are company lines, but many have, with the sanction of the Ministry of Public Works, introduced specially low rates for the benefit of : exporters. In Sweden, a certain allowance is made on the State rail¬ ways for cheapening the cost of freight charges for crates, cases, etc., returned empty. “ Remi.xsion of import duty is .sometimes a»-corded for machinery or materials used by particular industries or j)articular State-encouraged factori»‘s. Occasionally such factoides benefit also by remission of State taxation. Portugal, Bulgaria, Servia, the Argentine Republic, and Uruguay, all accord remission of innK)rt duty on certain articles, while in Portugal agriculture is encouraged by exemption from suc- ce.ssion or transmission duty on waste lands which are planted with ^ vines or corn. The use of methods in combating disea.ses in the vines i and the u.se of chemical manure by agriculturists are also encouraged by the State in various ways. “Simple remi.ssion of excise duty when the excisable articles are exjiorted has not been specially nd'erred to above, but it should l>e DEATH OF WILLIAM R. GRACE. 1259 mentioned that the remission in connection with the oblijjation to export a certain proportion of suj^r in Russia is generally held to be equivalent to a bounty. “ Reference should also be made to a system recently in force in the .\i’gentine Republic of remitting in favor of one-fourth of the pro¬ duction of each sugar factory, if exported, a sum considerabh’ in excess of tht* excise levied on that amount. This system has now l)een modified. “ Definite statements as to the nonexistence of bounties, direct or indirect, are forthcoming in the case of Helgium, Montenegro, Per¬ sia, Siam, Egypt, Morocco, Zanzibar, Colombia, Peru, and Central America.'’ DEATH OF WILLIAM R. GRACE. The death of William R. Grace, of New York, occurred on March 21, 1904. In him a great expander of the world’s commerce, especially between Latin America and the United Stsites, has passed away. Mr. Grace was the head of the house of W. R. Grace & Co., of New York, and affiliated with the firm of Grace Brothers, of London, with branches in San Salvador, California; Lima and Callao, in Peru; Valparaiso, Santiago, and Concepcion, in Chile. Mr. Grace established, in 1892, the pioneer direct steamship .service between New' York and the west coast of South America. He was prominent in commercial circles, and was trustee and director in many of the leading corporations in New York. RAMIE TRADE OF THE WORLD. The chief centers of production and consumption of ramie fiber are treated of in “Commercial Intelligence” (British) for March 23,1904, the following details being furnished concerning a plant with who.se future trade values the countries of Central and South America are largely connected. In Europe, the principal ramie-con.suming countries are France and Germany. The imjKirtations into the latter country, in IIHH), amounted to 060 metric tons, valued at 422,0(X) marks; while in 1901, the imj^iort value rose to t)05,300 marks. All the fiber is of Chinese origin and reexportation is insignificant, as it is employed in domestic manufac¬ tures. The largest ramie mill in Germany is at Emmendingen, in Baden, employing alK)ut 8,000 spindles and jmying a dividend for the last seven years of from 5 to 7 per cent. In France there are four mills, with 15,000 spindles. The following 1200 INTKKNATIONAL lUIKEAr OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. tiffuros show the (jiiaiitities uiid Viiluiitioiis of ramie imports for home eoiisumptioM used in French factories from 1SH8 to IhOO, inclusive: Year. Quantity. ] Value. Ml trie tom. Fraiirr. 46(j 29S 179.IKK 1 4UI,UU) 1 'I'here are p<*rhaps 3,0(i0 spindles enj^aged on ramie in Switzerland. In England the principal nimie mills are the liunbeg Mills, in London, The consumption in North America is difficult to estimate, as the cus¬ toms statistics do not mention ramie. The imports of fibers not speci¬ fied in Lnited States sbitistics amounted, in 1900, to 5,121 metric tons, valued at $3(R>,0 [Value in haikwan taela.] Years. 1 Quantity. Value. Years. Quantity. | Value. 1 1 l‘irul». 1‘iruls. 1890. 3.1,5% 162,419 ' 1898. lOtl.MS 762,032 1895. 97,92t) 5.52,6:19 ' 1899. 166,205 1,323,366 1896. %,913 643,000 1900. 176,445 1,07:1,1.54 1897. 99,474 763,965 1901. 174,641 1,337,521 1 Most of the exports are to Japan, France, and Antwerp, German spinners obtaining their supplies from the last-mentioned city. A limited amount of ramie textile is produced in Japan and Korea. The island of Formosa, in 1898, exported 28,685 piculs of various fibers to China, the main part of which was ramie. Although the United States. Guatemala, Colombia, and Brazil are to a greater or le.ss extent producers of this fiber, its culture has not as yet reached the propor¬ tions anticipated, while in ^lexico, however, it seems to have good prospects and an excellent (piality has been obtained. Its value is universally ri'cognized, and used in conjunction with other textile materials it adds greatly to their duralnlity and beauty. TRADE OF AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN, 12G1 TRADE OF AMERICA AND GREAT RRITAIN, FIRST QUARTER OF 1904. The “Accounts Relating to Tnide and Navigation of the ITiited Kingdom,” puhlished in March, IhOd, contain a detailed statement of the commercial intercourse lietween Great Hritain and the various countries of America during the first quarter of 1904, as compared with the corresponding periods of the two preceding years. The classification of imports is as follows: Articles and countries. 1904. Animals, liring (forfood). Cattle: Argentine Republic. £M,S2t; !. United States. £1, Sheep and lambs; Argentine Republic. ,i. 21,776 . United States. !.iis’T-js' 74,665 , 164,037 Articles at food arui drink. Wheat: Argentine Republic'. 2t6,(m 787,9.5:1 1,319, .517 Chile. 13,I 12, .546 45,640 United States.. ‘A.msss 2,768,812 1,316,261 Wiieat flour; United States.. 1,679,36:1 2,010,615 Burley: United States. I :M0,S25 I 478,441 ! 604,66:1 Outs: I United States. 10,418 . 49,702 11,928 Maize: Argentine Repulclie. 351,.W 173,216 83:1, .517 United States. 214,2:10 2,197,627 1,092,107 Beef, fresh: Argentine Republic. 3.56,145 407,076 4.81,970 United States. 1,315,381 1,646,168 1,474,1:10 Mutton, fresh: Argentine Republic. 4.58,028 610,7.56 519,690 Pork,fresh: United States. 281,702 13:1,809 94,9.51 Bacon; United States. 2,1.56,975 2,010,514 1,9T2,.519 Beef, salted: United States. 51,3>M i 72,619 .5:1,165 Hams: United States. 813,835 649,187 622,768 Coffee: Brazil. 140,362 1 204,968 .89,006 Central America. 191,860 1 280, .573 24,8,037 Sugar, unreflned; I Argentine Republic. 174,1.51 I 24,0tM Brazil. 47,643 I 11,996 26,891 Peru. 16,212 I 16,649 98,156 Tolneco, unmanufactured: United States. 462,708 I .517,366 582,511 Tobacco, manufactured; United States. 388,404 I :U1,810 304,030 MetaU. cniie. 48, ,518 6:1,2.54 61,888 United States. .5,445 t,.516 30 Regulus and precipitate: Chile. 7.5,855 82,678 49,802 Peru.. 29,869 27,744 31,179 United States. 181,862 39.344 53,085 Wrought and unwrought: Chile.. 2W,306 1.58, ,862 263,9.59 United States.. 1,057,765 259,735 ,832,100 Inin, pig: Uniti'd States. 22,tl76 4,765 27,697 Lead, pig and shei't: United States. 1.59,891 108,799 96,040 1262 INTERNATIONAL BUREAIT OF THE AMERICAN REFCBLICS, 1 .Vrtieles and countries. 1901. Raw niatrriulr for lixtilr innnnfiuiurer. Cotton, raw; Brazil. c:$lll, 203 C318,013 £339,510 ii.ti:ii.2;ty 11,-29:>,127 10.90.0,014 W Alpaca, vicuila, and llama: Chile. 23,189 31,691 Peru. 1 .00,175 , 81,919 Hntv niattriafH far Hundnj haiuHtri*r. Hides, wet: iy.2:w 57 , Brazil. ■JOl) 1 70 . Tallow and stearin: Argentine Republic. 131,637 70, too .0.0.'277 97,756 .Vanufarturtd aiiifhr. ! Paper: United States. 91,97« ! 78,288 iliiwiUamon* iirtirteH. Horses: 1 United .Statiss. 1-23, .021 35, .075 24,200 Flax or linseed: Argentine Kepublii'. 772», .08.0 :t00.903 .000, .002 United States. 128,410 30,215 7U0 The cla.^siticatioii of t'.vjiorts is as follows; Articles anil countries. 1902. j l9o:i. , 1901. Artirlm nf/imhI mid drink. Aerattil waters: UnitcHl States. £.0:5,081 £68,004 1 £01, 148 Salt, rcM'k and white: t’nited States. 21,771 12,7.03 13,610 Spirits. I’nited States. 09. (Kll 8.0,723 1 103,611 Hmr inidirinU. 1 Coa], eoko, ete.: 1 Argentine Kepnl>lie. 2.00,971 208.f>17 ' 206,700 Brazil. 19.0,912 1 101,070 j 180,825 Chile. 71,007 32,670 37,908 United States. 8,118 1 .018,079 1 26,327 Urugtmy. 132..'i09 P26,491 87,923 Wool, sheep and lamtis': 1 United States. i;51.3:54 1 219, ,006 191,958 Articlfi inmin/iirfnrrd irhniiy or in jioii. Cotton mnnnfaetnres, all elasses: Argentine Kepublie. 'i3H. (SW 3-29, OOl I 406,037 Brazil. ■J77,76S :t90,138 i 378,468 Central Ameriea. i;9, UtW 73.700 I 109,318 Chile. HI,.'>12 179,390 I 198,475 Colombia. yl,ti99 107, .“iOl 111,073 Mexico. 7H,tr,«5 .')9,970 I 90, .074 Peru. QS.S.’ii 70,011 92,429 Unite Artiflos anil rimntrio!i. liWi. i9aa. 1904. 1 Articlfi* manti/aiittmi u'hitlhj or in part—('Miuinui'd. WiMilen tissues: Arjtentine Keimblie. .' tail,-MS £97,446 Hrazil . Chile. Mexico. l*oru. I’niteil States. CniKiiav. Worsteil tissues: Argentine Republic. . 3S,.5r.> t4.91.i 70,454 Brazil. Chile. -1, J# Mexico. Peru. . 6, S95 United States. Uruguav . Carpets: Argentine Repuhlic. . •Jt..'>06 It». U7 22,902 Chile. United States. 11* Mrtah, nml articles manu/arture Unlteil .states. Machinery, various: South America. United .states. Agricultural implements: Sotith America. United .states. Sewing machines: South America. Mining machinery: ■ 1 South America. United States. Textile machinery: South America. United States. Misrrliniiraiis. Cement; Argentine Republic. . 6,979 1 11,6-51 8,713 Brazil. United States. 1*6? Earthen and china ware: Argentine Repuhlic. . 9,9ri6 29.607 24,079 Brazil. United Slates. 1M*6W Seed oil; Brazil. _ _ 1 i2(>4 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. TRADE OPPORTUNITIES IN LATIN AMERICA. j 'Pho C’olonial Siij^ars Company is about to let contracts for equipment ® to be installed in its Cuban factory which will represent an expend!- ] ture of about ^.50o,(XK). The plant, when completed, will have a f capiieity of ,5.ouo tons of cane per day. The contract for ironwork j will be undertaken by the Birmingham Foundry and Machine Works | of Birmingham, Alabama. The American Tool and Machinery Com- i pany of Boston, Massachusetts, will build the centrifugals. The mills L will Im' of sjx'cial design and are expected to be contracted for very | shortly. The company, w'hich was organized under the laws of the State of New dersej' .Iidy 19,1902, with an authorized capital stock of i ^:i,n(K).(M»o, and authorized to issue ^1,000,000 first-mortgage bonds ] bearing 5 per cent interest, owns the Constancia plantations, located in the southerly part of Cuba, 12 miles from Cienfuegos, contiguous ’ to tide water reached by the navigable Damuji River. There are 5-1 i ])lantations, aggregating in all upward of 50,(MX) acres, some 13,00(» t i acres of which are now under cultivation. There are more than 5(> i miles of railroad on the estate, additional rolling stock for which is ' expected to be purchased shortly. The raw sugar will be shippi'd to (iramercy, Louisiana, where the company has a large refinery. The i llabana plant will be largely extended. f ( An electric lighting plant has Ijeen establi.shed in Asuncion, Bara- l ' guay, though the lamps have not yet Ixjen put up. If the enterprise i is successful it will 1)C extended so as to supply electric-motor ]X)wer, I the introduction of fans, etc. It seems as if the electric light will l)c f a success, and in view’ of this some j)ersons have applied at the f ( Cnited States consulate for catalogues of electric lamps, fans, etc., | ] a<’com})anied with export prices, if possible written in Spanish, j ( 'I'liere is also talk of an organization of a river navigation company, i and it seems to l»e in courae of realization. There is a desire for infor- j mation, acc-ompanied with plans and pictures of Iwats that are appro- i {)riate for river .servi<-e which might be offered for sale by the owners, t in which investors here would l)e willing to take from one-third to ( one-half share if the owners w’ould bring them here to navigate, or ( would purchase them outright in ca.se of rea.sonable offers. Carrying ] capacity should lx; from alxmt 2(X) to l,(KXj tons. Any lx>ats that coidd stand the mouth of the Mississippi River would Iw suitable to ( ply on these rivers. Offers along the lines al)ove stjited would l>e j heartily welcomed. j 'I'he construction of the great Rio de Janeiro harlx>r works and the ■ ] demolition and reconstruction of a numlx'rof streets in the city alrc'ady 1 commenced ought to furnish an exce])tional opjX)rtunity to United [ ( States building contractors—the Unite The Buenos Aires Grand National Tramways Company (Limite^l), is alK)ut to conv'ert its extensive horse-car system in the Arj^entine Republic capital into electric traction. The company operates alwut 50 miles of line. The estimated <'Ost of conversion is put at gold. A large portion of the equipment will l)e purchased in the United States. A concession has been granted by the Gov’ernment of the State of Campeche, Mexico, for the erection and operation of an electric plant in the capital of that State. The conce.ssion has been granted to Jose DE LAS Munecas Zimavilla, of Campeche, who, together with W. E. Herrmaxn, of Mexico City, has formed a company with an initial capital of $150,000, for the purpose of building and operating the plant. The Government of Nicaragua has leased the national railroads, including repair shops, buildings, stations, rolling stock, etc., for ten years, from January 1, 1004, with privilege of renewal, to Mr. Julio WiEST, a German citizen residing in Managua. Ten per cent of the gross income is to be applied to repairs, improvements, etc., 25 per cent turned over to the Government as rental, and 65 per cent to cover running expenses, contractor's profits, etc. Dui’ing the time of the contract Mr. Wiest will have the preference on any new line of rail¬ road that the Government may desire to construct, but he will not lx? allowed to transfer or sublet the road to any persons or companies not acceptable to the Government, nor under any circumstance to any for¬ eign government. Mexican advices state that the purcha.se of the extensive Hercules iron mines located in the northeast of Jiminez has been practically concluded on behalf of a French, Belgium, and Dutch syndicate. A company is now in process of formation to operate the property. It is the purpose of those interested in the enterprise to build a rail¬ road either from Jiminez, State of Chihuahua, to Sierra Mojada, State of Coahuila, and also to colonize land in that section. The ore will be shipped to Europe. The Pacific Steel Company, which was incorporated at San Diego, California, some dai'S ago with a capital of $10(),U0<),(K)(), has an option on the immense iron-ore deposits at the mouth of the Balsas River, on the Pacific Coast, in the State of Guerrero, Mexico, where it is planned to erect a large iron and steel plant. The chief object of the company in building the Mexican plant is reported to be for the purpose of supplying iron and steel products for the Panama ('anal and to export to Central and South American countries. The Mazapil Copper Company, of Concepcion del Gro, State of Zacatecas, Mexico, is to establish a large smelter plant at Saltillo. At the present time the company has a smelter at Concepcion del Oro and TKADK OPPOKTUNITIKS IN I.ATIN AMEKIPA. 1267 I owns II railway ruiminjjf between tliat point aiul Saltillo. Keeenth’ a launch line was built from a jxiint in the vicinity of Saltillo to a group D of in(le|H*iulent mines. The Conce|K-ion plant is not a custom one, and ) tlu' Saltillo smelter, it is intended, will take caiv of that class of work. A concession has lM*en obtained by Zkpehixo Romero to utilize for 1 f irrigation purixises 312 liters of water jmm' second from the River f (luayalejo. near Villa de Lleiii, in the State of Tamaulipas. The con¬ t cession carries the usual fninchises and obligations which the conces- E sioimaire guarant«*es by a deposit of Si..)(>(» in bonds of the 3 ptU' cent con.solidati'd silver debt. .1 1 riie Vnited .Mining and Milling (.'ompany is preparing to erect an e -■ electric-power plant on the Maconi River at a point located near Maconi, State of (^uen'taro. for the jmrpose of affording power for its mining machinery, etc. A waterfall on that I’iver will be used to gen- enite the electrii al current. iO Tnited .States Consul .1. N. Rri Pix. of .Vsuncion, Paraguay, on Feb¬ le ruary 24, lbu4, writes that the Paiiiguayan (rovernment has authorized iT a new issue of jiaper mom‘V, and bids for printing the .same will soon er Im' asked for. Alxiut .■).(Kki.U(IU notes will lx* printed. Particulars ma}’ ne f Ix' obtained by addressing the Minister of Finance, .Vsuncion, Paraguay. il- Mexican advices stati* that a consolidation has been effected of the Ik* properties of the Industrial Tran.siKirtation Company and the street rail¬ way company of San .luau Rantista. State of Taba.sco. The name of the mergi'd concern is 'rrans|X)rtes de 'raba.sco. Its present capital stock is S4<>(».(MKI, Mexican currency. Imjxirtant improvements and les I extensions of the consolidati'd .street-railway sy.stem will be made. iiy I 'Phe tirm of (1. I'c (). Brainiff, one of the largest handlers of Ameri¬ A t can machinery, etc., in the .southern republic. hi»s obtained a conces¬ ty- f sion from the Mexican (lovernment to build two lines of niilroad in lil- the State of (iuanajuato. both starting from his large estate, the Haci¬ ate enda de Jalpa. One road will run to the city of Leon, while the other be will go to Salamanca. The lines will run through extensiv’e grain rt'gions. Mexican advices state that the import duties on steel rails and other ion steel and iron jiroducts which went into effect on .\pril 1, 1904, are on already <•ausing much activity in the .steel and iron indu.stries. The lied Mexican company at the Monterey foundry and the .Vmerican com¬ any pany at the Durango iron mountain have all the orders they can exe¬ jof cute with their present jdants and e(|uipment. )ort The Spanish-.Vmerican Light and Power Company, Consolidated, which concern has the franchi.se for electric lighting Habana and ; of I at Matanzas, Cuba, is to lx* reorganized. The capital will lie reduced At ! and the concern will be incorjxuiiti'd under Culnin law.s. !ind [ Bull. Xo. 0—04-10 1208 INTKRNATIONAL BURKAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. Tho Alnioloya Company, which operates mines at Sierra Almoloya, State of Chihuahua, is atwut to let orders for the construc¬ tion and equipment of an electric power plant near the Dorado station, on the line of the Mexican Central Railroad. Sevilla & Portillo, of Mexico City, have secured a contract for installing ten mills at the Buena Vista y Anexas mines, located near La Yesca, in Tepic. New concentrators will also he put in this ])lant, which was wrecked by explosion rlanuary last. Tenders for the construction of a system of an overhead electric traction system l)etween the Plazsi de Mayo, one of the principal streets in Buenos Ayres, and the townships of Ortuzar, Devoto, and General Urguiza, are about to be let by the Secretariat of the munici¬ pality of the Argentine Republic capitsil. The Luz de lk)rda Mining Company is preparing to install an elec¬ tric power plant at its mines in the Maravatio district, State of Chi¬ huahua, Mexico. The water of the Trigueros River will be used to generate the electric energy. Some substantial contracts are expected to be placed in the market shortly for structural steel for shipment to the Argentine Republic. Some gold is to be expended in the construction of bridges. The capacity of the electric plant at Tezuitlan, State of Pueblo, Mexico, operated b\' the Tezuitlan Copper Company, is to be doubled in capacity. The existing machinery is capable of developing about l,4UO horsepower. The Siempre Viva Mining Conipany, of Bluetields, Nicaragua, is to construct an extensive electric power-transmission system to ot)erate its mines. The tenders invited by the Peruvian (jovernment for the <-onstruc- tion and operation of the projected railway between Lima and Pisco will be received up to Juh’ 14, 1904. 'Fhe San Miguel Planbition (Company, which owns a large i)lantation in the vicinity of ('hinameca. State of Vera (h’uz, Mexico, is contem¬ plating the construction of a l)ig sugar fa<‘tory. The Motzorango Company, whose headipiarters are in the Andros Building, (Chicago, is about to construct a .5 A larjfo reduction plant is to l>e built on the prop<'rty of the Dolores mine, one of the largest gold-silver producers in the State of Dhihuahua. The Harrell Stamp Mill Coinpsiny, according to Mexican advices, has secured a large contract from the San Jose Mining Company at Placer de (Tuadalouj>e, Chihuahua. Some ^550,000 are to 1m‘ expended by the Argentine Republic in the purchase of boring machinery. Kngineer Don Pablo Nogues, of Buenos Ayres, has the matter in hand. BOOK NOTES. Books and pamphlets sent to the International Bureau of the American Republics, and containing subject-matter bearing upon the countries of the International Union of American Republics, will be treated under this caption in the Monthly Bulletin. “‘Ijji Revue” (Paris), in its issue for .lauuary 1, 15)04, publishes a pajXM* by Dr. Latouche Tr^:vtlle, entitled ‘•Z<.v VntlK Decinin'eurs lie rAmeriqm''' (The Real Discoverers of America), in which it is indicated conjecturally that Buddhist missionaries from China, in the tifth century of our ersi, crossed from Kamschatka to Alaska and extended their religious propagjinda along the Pacific coast as far as Mexico. Certain Buddhists who have recently e.stablished themselves in California have discovered undeniable and remarkable prcxifs of a similarity of manner and religious customs l>etween the Oi-ientals and the Mexicans, obtained in the course of their travels in Mexico and through their visits to Mexican museums. The dwuments exhibited in support of their contention comprise historic traditions, religious l)elief.s, folklore, photographs of monuments and rnins, of Buddhistic images and symlx)l.s, and a study of anticpiities extending from Ahuska to the Lsthmus of Panama. Comimrative philology al.so presents some striking coincidence.s, the names of (Tiiatemala, Iliiatamo, and Ciiati- mozin (the last native. Km|H*ror of Mexico), showing a common origin with (Tuabima, a patronymic of Buddha. While such analogies are not insisted upon by the writer he, however, considers them of too freejuent (HaaiiTence to have lieen purely fortuitous. Further citation is made of the Buddhist statues found in Yucatan and the Isthmus of Panama, similar to the ancient carvings and statuary of India and t’hina; a divinity with the face of an elephant, discovered in the land of the Azte<‘s and undoubte Advance sheets from the Census Bureau on cotton yinniny in the jiio United States for the crop of lh03 yive many interestiny particulars, iny This repfjrt has l)een prepared under the supervision (rf Mr. W. M. tioi Steuart, assisted In' ex^iert special ayent Mr. Damei. C. Koi’ER. The dm features presented in this bulletin are as follows: First. The quantity of cotton reclaimed by thrashiny cotton bolls, the vitality of which of was destroyed by frost or insects. Second. An estimate of the quan- for tity of cotton destroyed by the Indl weevil, includiny map illu.stration the and analysis of the increa.se and decrea.s«‘ in the production of the to t BOOK NOTES. 1271 s the counties in the weevil-interested district of Texas. Third. The distri- iinal bution l»y States of tin* <{uantity of linter cotton saved by tin* cotton- le in seed oil mills from re : The Board of 'Prade Journal (British) for April 28,1!*04, reproduces in the , :i uin the report of the Belgian consul-general in Bolivia .some interest- ■ulars.; mg details of the cewa plantations in the latter country. The cultiva- iV. M. tion of coca forms the main industry of the Province of Yungas, pro- . Ihe ducing annually, in the northern part, about 34,00t) tons of coca, the antitv greaterprojairtionof whichisfor home consumption. From the leaves which of the shrub cocaine is extracted and the natives of Bolivia chew it qiian- for its invigorating qualities. Coroico, C’oripata, and Chulumani form :ration the center of coc-a culture, the plantations extending from the summit of the to the base of the mountains. Coedico is situated 3.500 feet aliove sea level. Iieiiig the highest point in the country where the plant is 1272 INTKRNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. grown. It is stsited that in spite of certain ditticulties of labor and I transjx)rt the cultivation of coca proves luci'ative, and that a good i plantation, bought at a normal price, shoidd produce from 10 to 15 per cent on the capital invested. | In the report of the l’^nit»‘d States (Geological Surve}’ for 1002 the following information is published concerning the output of coal in Mexico for the year under review. The (piantity is stated to have been 750,(>5-1 metric tons, produced by three companies: The Coahuila Coal and Coke Company, reporting 282,000 metric tons; the Fuente Coal Company, 82,60o tons, and the Mexican Coal and Coke Company, 305,054 tons. The production of coke during the year was 71,710 metric tons, of which the Coahuila Company made 18,700 tons; the Mexican Coal and Coke Company, 53,0lotons. The former company owns 120 ovens, of which 60 were in opiM’ation during the 3'ear, and the latter 226 ovens, of which 200 were in operation at the close of the 3'ear. ’‘'‘Panama ring in 1876 under the leadership of M. H. Wysk, a naval olHcer of France, who had previoush’ sp<‘nt some time in studying the (piestion i of an interoceanic canal in America, and the other late in the year 1877. M. Akmani) ItKen.us, the author of the volume in question, accomj)anied the expeditions, the results of which led in a great meas¬ ure to the inception of the Panama Canal Com])any’s enterprise. A preliminary statement of the previous efforts to establish this water- = wav, from 1513 to 1875, is also included. I’^nder the title “(Greater America,'’ Mr. Ahcuihai.d R. CoixiriioUN, of the Koj'al (Geographical Society, handles in an a|)preciative manner the problems not oid\' of nice and {Milicy, resource and wealth, which the phrase invokes, but also designs to present Anu'rican evolution as a whole. The bearing of the development of the Western Hemisphere, both as an entity' and in its component parts, upon the advancement of civilization throughout the world is succinctl}’ sketched, and eco¬ nomic situations existing from Canada to Tierra del Fuego are di*alt ' with in a manner of pronounced impartialit}'. From the press of Harper & Bros., publishers, the book is in an attractive form, and being issued in April, l'.((t4, it is probably' the latest word on this interesting subject. The Mercantile .Marine Atlas of the World (1604), received bv the Columbus Memorial Library, compri.ses the materials for a compre- BOOK NOTES. 1273 lid I hensive study of the means of commuiii«‘ation in all parts of the world, od I and differs from the ordinary atlas in that ocean highways rather than 15 ! land surfaces are classed as of primary importance. The charts have Ix'cn compiled es|K‘cially for this atlas and embody the most recent I results of geographical reseaivli. Upon these charts, nineteen in lie number, all oceans and seas have been so exhaustively mappi‘d that not ill a single sea route in any part of the world has been omitted. The ive leading niilway lines connecting important inland towns with the sea¬ lila board or linking one ocean with another are also indicated, while the iite physical geogiiiphy of the ocean has received adeipiate treatment in a •'V, ; series of introductory maps covering currents, cotidal lines, magnetic 710 variations, etc. In expressing the hope that it may prove an invalu¬ the able work of reference to shijxiwners, lirokers, exjxirters, forwarding lUiy agents, and all others interested in the (jiiestion of maritime supremacy, mid the publishers, George Philip & Son (London), ask coopenition in the the correction of such unavoidable errors as may be noted, in order that future editions may be as accumte and as complete as jxissible. lor- “'Pile Scientific American” for May H, IbOd, publishes a paper on ^ub- ‘‘'Ph(‘ Ruins of the Ancient liu-a Empire,” In'iiig supplementary to the the comments of Mr. Wai.tku L. Beasley, published in a previous nnni- ll as Ih'I', on the rich and artistic treasures which were»obtained from ancient eur- burial sites of the Inca empire in Pern and Bolivia by the Ikindelier !!• of expedition, sent out under the auspices of the American Museum of dion Natui-al History. In the present narrative a glimpse is offered of some year of the e.xisting architectural remains of this Indian empire, as well as tion, studies of the social and tribal conditions. What height Inca culture iieas- I might have attained had it been allowed to develop is, as Mr. Beasley . A states, a matter of conjecture and speculation, but judging from the ater- Cyclopean architectural remains and the records available treating of Inca government, it would seem that an advanced stage of economic rouN, progress had licen reached. inner vhich “ Social Progress,” a yearbook and encyclopedia of economic, indus¬ on as trial, social, and religious statistics (lb04), has lieen received by the die re, Columbus Memorial Libiary, the aim of the volume lieing to furnish iiiient adeipiate sources of inforniatioii concerning .social subjects and to meet 1 eco- the growing interest concerning them. Among the special topics ! (h*alt treated are child lalxir, the housing problem, public ownership, the ess of hours of work, wages, and tax reform. An interesting outline of lieing conditions prevailing in the various countries of Central and South csting America and the Republic of Mexico is contributi'd by .1. V. Noel, while other countries are covered by comjietent authorities. The present volume gives the stati.stics for the year 1903, and it is desigiu'd by the to make an annual i.ssue during March of each year. The statistical iinpre- 1274 INTERNATIONAL RI RKAr OK THE AMERICAN REPCRLICH. value of the previous works of the author. Dr. .Iosiah Sthoncj, is ample guaranty for the lu'W yearl»ook. A discovery of gi-tait importance to the trade in logwood has recently Iteen made hy certain New York liotanists. concerning which the “New York Sun” publishes the following general information: “The prob¬ lem of distinguishing betwe»‘n good and l»ad logwood for dyeing pur¬ poses has occui)led the attention of the scicmtists of the N»‘W York Botanical Garden for at least a year. Now it is believed that an imiMU-- hint point has bt'cn ascertained. In the trade, logwood has iM'en assorted into grades of good. poor, and worthless, with but little in the appearance of the chips to guide the purchaser in his selection except in the two extremes, the lirst (pialltv chips laung red as the grain of mahogany while the absolutely worthless wood is yellow. The intermediate grades, which contain oidy a modicum of dye, are often but little tinged with yellow. To the woodsman who fells the trees there is no guide by which th(> desiiable wood may 1m' distin¬ guished from the worthless. In October. Dr. F. S. Earle, assistant curator at the New York Botanical Garden, took up the sub¬ ject while on a visit to Jamai<‘a. lie found the logwocnl on certain plantations dying from a root rot caused by a white fungus of unde¬ termined variety, but neitla'r this nor any other disease seemed to enter into the .VDDITTONS TO THE (’OEUMBrS ^lEMOUlAE LIJiKAKY DUIHNO APIHE, 1904. [The .syiiiNil =. iiiilicutex h frilt.'l .MISCKLLAXKors. = .tincrifiiii Iron an I'iiris, Bureau tie rrnion luteruatiuuale LitU-raire et Artistuiue, 1904. XXXII, X70 p. 8°. =-uniourt jMjur la j)roteotion = MeiKlilmru, Mamiol OFFICIAL IT'BLIC-ATIONS. Bk.\zii.. Alinisteriode Bela(,-o<>s exteriort's: Rtdatorio aprestuitado ao Pn»sidente da Republica . . . em 28 de Alaio Coi.oMm.\. Tral«jos de la Oficina de Hi.storia Natural, Sw-cidii de minenilojjfa y f^ologfa. Cla- sificacidn de los minerah'S de Colombia jM)r Ricardo Lleras Cotlazi. Boj^ota, Inipnuita Nacional, 15104. :{8 |». 8°. C<» D«-]Mirtament»> nacional Cuba. Centro jjeneral »le (•omerciantes 6 indu.striaU-s: Memoria pn*s«‘ntada js>r la .Tunta Dirts-tiva il la a-samblea general el dia 18 de abril de 1904. Havana, Imprenta “ Iji Hal«nera,” 15104. xiii, 02 p. 8®. 1278 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. liiHtitutt) ItHEAT BkITAIX. Forei ( JfATEMAI.A. Mensaje del Presidente Hoxdcras. Memorandum sohre los eiiipn-stitos de 1 londura.s. Tegucigalpa, Tipografia Nacional, 1904. 33 p. 4°. Ministerio de iiistruccion piihlica y justicia: 'Meinoria presentaila al Congn*so Nacional en 1904. Tegucigalpa, Tiisigrafi'a Nacional, 11*04. 14 p. 4°. Mexico. R(‘glaiiiento de la ley de patentt*H NlCARAlitV. Ministerio de relaciones exteriort's: Meinoria presentada a la .Vsamblea Nacional U^islativa. 29 de enero de 11*02. Managua, Tijsigrafi'a Nai'ional, [1902]. x, 131* p. 4°. Sai.vaikir. Mensaje del S«*nor Pri-sidente la Repiiblii-a de El Salvador lefdo en el acto de la solemne ajs'rtnra de las sesiones onlinarias ile la .Vsamblea Nacional el dia 20 de febrero de 11*04. .San Salvador, Impreiita Nacional, [11*04]. 14 p. 4°. UxiTKii States. DKI'AKTMEXT OF AnRUTI.TI RK. Bureau of Statistii-s: Foreign trade in farm and forest products, 19<*3. (Cin-nlar No. 1.3.) Washington, (lovernment Printing OlHct*, 11*03. 2(* p. 8®. Divi.sion of Foreign Markets: Foreign im|Mtrt tariffs on fruits and nuts, 1903, by Frank H. Hitchcock. (Bulletin No. ,3*).) Washington, (tovernment Printing Oflice, 11*0.3. 69 p. 8®. -Foreign iiiijMirt tariffs on meat and im*at prislncts, 11*0.3. By Frank H. Hitch- ciK'k. (Bulletin No. 35.) Washington, < iovernmeiit Printing Office, IDOIl. 64 p. 8®. LIBRARY ADDITIONS. 127V) Otliiv of the SeiTetiiry: Stainlanl.x of purity for fcxKl prtKliu'ta. (Cireular No. 10.) Wa-xhington, (ioverniiient Printing Ofliee, Novemlier 20, lt»0:?. 13 p. 8°. k COXOKH'iS. Senate, 58th C'ongret«, 2d session, 1Kh‘. No. 20*5: Pan-Ainerii-an railway. Report sul>- niitteil to the Sei'retary of State hy Charles M. Pepjier, eomini.ssioner, to carry out the resolution of the Sei’ond International Confeieiuv of American States. TninsmitUsl hy the President to (Vmgress, March 15, ltt04. With map. IVash- ington. Government Printing ()tlic»‘, IIMM. 75 j». 8°. 1)EP.\KTME.\T OK COMMERCE .\XI> L.CBOR. Bureau of Statistics; Foreign commerve ami navigation of the United States for the year ending June 30, 1903. In two volumes. Vol. 1. Washington, Govern¬ ment Printing Office, 1903. 970 p. 4°. -.Montl.ly consular reports. Vol. LXXV, No. 28;i. April, ItKM. Washington, < iovernment Printing Office, 1904. 314 p. 8°. -Statistical abstract of the United States. 190;i. 26th numlier. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1904. 0.50 p. 8°. DEPARTMENT OK ST.ATE. Register of the Department of State. Corrected to January 22, 1904. Washington, Government Printing Office, ltK)4. 121 p. 8°. I.IHRARV OK CONORESS. Bibliotecatilipina, oseacatulogorazonadode toilos los impresos, tanto insulares como extranjeros, nJativos a la hi.storia, la etnografi'a, la lingiiistica, la Ixihinica, la fauna, la flora, la geologia, la hydrografia, la geografia, la legislai ion, etc., Select list of references on Chinese immigration. Compiled under the din>ction of P. C. Griffin, Chief of Division of Bibliography. 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