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BOLETÍN MENSUAL

Oficina Internacional de las Republicas Americanas,

UNION INTERNACIONAL DE US REPÚBLICAS AMERICANAS.

Vol. XIX.

ENERO— MARZO.

1905.

WASHINGTON:

IMPRSNTA DEL GOBIKRNO.

1905.

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boletín mensual

OFICIXA ISTERNACIOSAL DE LAS REPÚBLICAS AMERICANAS.

Tomo TTT Húmeros 136-138, inolniive.

(t>u Ictiu ay b Indican el largo companllvo de los artículos del Boletín, |

PAglna.

Azpíboz, SbíSor Don Mavcel de, Fallbcimibsio sbl 505

BibuoqbapU: Venezuela —

Arbitraieb venezolanos de 1903" 251

Informe del agente de loe Eeladoe Unidos ante la Comisión de Recla- maciones Venezolana- Am encana 1 251

Bepúblicft de Costa Rica* 28

BoLm* :

Bonofldel Est&do, ley «obre emisión de* 10

Comercio exterior, 19030 11,269

Ley sobre emisión de bonos del Estado* 10

Libra esterlina, valor cancelat«río de 269

Bsasil:

InmigiBdón, 1875-1901 21

Ley de marcas de fábrica, nueva" 270

Límites, tratado de, con Ecuador" 32

Marcas de íábrica, nueva ley de" 270

Tratado de límites con Ecuador" 32

CniLE:

Aziicar, industria délo 282

Componías de s^uroe, ley sobre" 279

Ley sobre aplazamiento de conversión meUílica " 520

Colohsia:

Dineroe para contratos 277

Salinas de la República o 21

CoMSBCio DEi-t Ghan BbbtaSa CON Ambhica, 1904 309

CoNVBScióN Postal KNTEE México Ï Canadá" 544

CoKVBNCióN Rbspbcto al Ejbbcicio ug lab Profesiones Liberales con

EbpaRa" 294

Convenio sobre Validez db Títulos Académicos entre Guatemala ï EbpaRa" 288 CoOTA Bica:

Aduanas, producto de, abril-diciembre, 1904-5 278

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IV ÍNDICE DEL TOMO XIX.

CtTBA: Pagino,

Extradición, tratado de, con loe Estados Unidos" 514

InmigraciüD, 1904 " 28

Mataderoe, estad (áticas de loe, primer eemestre de 1904!' .' 29

Tratado de extradición con los Estados Unidos " 514

DisciRsonEi. Presidente Roosevelt, 4 de uabzo de 1905" 508

Ecuador:

Arancel, modiflcaeiones del —

Ley de aduanas " 531

Caucho, prima por plañía de 33

Comercio con San Francisco, 1904 » 286

Tratado de límites coD Brasil" 32

Elbctiók Presidencial es los Estados Unidos" 1

Eotaixih Unidos:

Aspfroz, Señor Don Manuel de, fallecimienlo del 505

Comercio con Espana, 186&-1904 ^ 288

Comercio con la América latina- Noviembre de 1903 y 1904 34

Dicienibre de 1903 y 1904 287

Enero de 1904 y 1905 638

Exportacián de manuCacturas, 1904 536

Extradición, tratado de, con Cuba" 514

Manufacturas, exportación de, 1904 636

Presidente Roosevelt, discurso del, 4 de marzo de 1905 6C8

Presidente Roosevelt, clecci<'in del " 1

Tratado de extradición con Cuba" 514

Extradición, Tratado de, kktbs Cuba y los EkrrADoe Unidos' 514

Goma Elástica, Producció-v dk" 510

Guatemala:

Convenio sobre validez de títulos acadi^micoa con Espafla" 28S

Ferrocarril Urbano, trasmisión de las concesiones y acciones del 291

Amapala, importación por, 1904 292

Conurcio exterior, 1903-4" 537

Deuda interior" 292

Exportación, ultimo trimestre de 1903-4" 539

Imporlacián, secundo semestre de 1903-4 51

Leoiklación Aduabbba db P^kamA " 267

Libros Iukirtanteíi, Dos, para los Pcebix» AMBaicANoe" 251

IJxiT)'3<, Tratado de, entre Eiuadob y Brasil" 32

Mapa de la Isla de Santo Dominoo, nuevo'' 511

Mexico:

Aspiroz, Seftor Don Manuel de, fallecimiento del 505

Convención postal con Canadá " . 544

Convención respecto «1 ejercicio de las profesiones liberales con Espafla". 294 Nicaragua:

Arancel, modiflcaeiones del—

Arroi 44

Derechos de importación 43

Frijoles 44 .

Comercio con San Fibjicíbco, noviembre de 1904 35

Concesión de M. Vaughsn para recaudar la renta de tabaco " 297

Ex)iortaciÚD de plata, decreto relativo ala 297

Ley consular, nueva" 35

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ÍNDICE DEL TOMO XIX. V

NlCaRAGüA— Contîniitt. Página,

Minas de oro en la Bepública» 44

Tabaco, renta de« 297

Panamá, Lsoisi^ciAn Aduanera db" S57

Paraguai:

Arancel, modiãcacionee del —

Azúcar â« fabrícAción nacional 4S

Carruajes 46

Envases para dulces 46

Guarniciones 46

Papel moneda 44

Extracto de quebracho 47

Yerba 47

Fibras textiles de la República o 300

Pkru:

Arancel, modiflcacionee del —

Alcoholes 47

Aiiicaree 61,52

Fósforos 53

Eirtadfstica minera, 19031 54

Goma elástica, exportación de, 1903« 66

Oflciiia Sanilaría Internacional, participación en la 305

Ynugay, provincia de, nuei'a , 53

Pbesidentk Roosevelt, discurso del, i sb harzo de 1905 508

Pbsiukntb Roosbvslt, Elección del" 1

Producción de Goma Elástica i : 510

Profbsionib Ljberaleb, Convención Respecto al Ejercicio de las, con

EspaSax 294

RBCLAMAClONBa DK INDEMNIZACIÓN PKCVMARIA, TrATADO PANAMERICANO

sobre» 4

República Argentina:

Arroz, cultivo del" 513

Comercio con Espafla. 1902a 267

Comercio exterior, primeros nueve meses de 1904 " 6

Exportación i Espafla, 1902" 267

Movimientos comerciaka —

Septiembre, 1904 8

Octubre, 1904 267,512

Noviembre, 1904 512

Repúbuca Dominicana:

Arancel, modíficacionee del —

Derechos de aduana 31

Derechos de exportación sobre diversos productos 30

Recargo especial 31

Recargo municipal 30

Comercio con Alemania, 1903* 285

Mapa de la isla de Santo Domingo, nuevo* 511

Minas, ley de " 522

Salvador:

Exportación, primer trimestre de 1904" 549

Santo Domingo, Mapa db l* Isla de, nuevo» 511

Tratado hb Extradición entre Clba y ias Estados Unidos" 514

Tratado db LfuirES entre Eccador ï Brasil" ... 32

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Tratado Panahbricaxo sobre Rbclahaoones dr Indrumzación Pecc-

Movimiento comertial de Montevideo —

Agosto de 1904

Septiembre de 1804

Octubre de 1904

Noviembre de 1804

Abogados extranjeroe ^

AcuÃación de cuatro millonea en oro

BibliografCa DRciona], formadõn de ana°

Minas de carbón en el Estado Falcún, eiplotacíÚD de ^..

Remedios de patente, tey Bobre ^

Tabaco, libre cultivo del " '.

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MONTHLY BULLETIN

International Bureau of the American Republics,

INTERNATIONAL UNION OF AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Vol. XIX.

JANUARY-MARCH,

1905.

WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

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INDEX

TO THK

MONTHLY BULLETIN

OF THE

ISTERSATIOXAL BUREAU OF THE A5ÍERICAS REPUBLICS.

Vol XIZ. Nob. 136-138, indnave,

[Tbe tígna a and b iudlcate tha compantlve leiwth ol the Bulletin utlclce.]

AcADRUic Titles, Convention CoNCERNiNa, between Guatemala and Spain". 362 Akobntinb Republic:

Agricultural eiporta, first DÍoe months of 1904" 67

Commerce, foreign, 1904" 661

Commerce, foreign, flret nine moDths of 1904" 65

Commerce with Spain, 1902 329

Cotton indnslry in f he State oí Tucuman 6 326

Exports, agricultnral, fiist nine months of 1904 ^ ...^ 67

Kiportu, fiiBtelevea months of 1904 322

ExpoHs, first ten months ot 1904 69

Exports oí flonr, 1 904 322

Exports of linseed, 1904 322

Exports of maise, 1904 322

Exports of wheat, 1904 322

EiportBto the United States, laslquarter of 1904" 666

Financial statement, 1893-19036 322

Financial statistics, 1904" 567

Fisheries in the Republic . 69

Flax area, 1904-5 72

Flour exports, 1904 322

Immigration, 1904 6 670

Importation of live stock, r^ulations concerning ^ 325

la Plata, port of, purchase of tbe ^ 72

Linseed exports, 1904 ; 322

Live stock importation, regulations concerning ^ 325

live stock statistics 68

Louisiana Purchase EipoBitioUj participation in tbe 420

Maize exports, 190* 322

Port movements—

September, 1904 70

October, I9Ó4 324,569

November, 1904 569

Postal statistics, 1904" 570

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Aroentine Republic — Cootànued. p«^.

Quebracho wood" ". 327

Railway statiatice, IQCWa 565

Rice grown in province of Tucuman * 571

Tariff, new 661

Tmde, foreign, 1904" 661

Tiade, foreign, flret nine months of 1904 " 65

Trade with Spain, 1902 329

Tucuman, State of, cotton industry in the ^ 326

Wheat area, 1904-5 72

Wheat eiports, 1904 322

Wheat pToduction, 18W-1903 68

Wheat shipments to Great Britain, 1904 » S66

Azpíroz, SeSos Dos Mancel Dk, Dhath of 557

Bolivia:

Bond issue for two million bolivianos^ 84

Budget for 1905 * 571

Coinage of money, 1903 85

Commerce, foreign, 1903" 74,330

Commerce through Moliendo, September, 1904 86

Commerce with the United States, August, 1004 85

Mining industry " 88

Moliendo, commerce through, Beplember, 1904 86

Money coined, 1903 85

Pound iterling, de<lared value of 330

Railway construction from Uaiba to Cochabamha ^ 86

San Juan de Oro River, exploitation of * 87

Trade, bireign, 1903" 74,330

Trade thraugh Moliendo, September, 1904 86

Tnide with the United States, August, 1904 85

Book Notbh: Bolivia- Mining in Bolivia 171,431

Brazil at the Louisiana Purcha.se Exposition 173

Diamond industry in the Stale of Bahia (German) 173

Qermanism in BOutheni Brazil (German) 172

Rulwaysin the State of Sdo Paulo (German) 172

Rio Juruá ( German ) 1 73

Chile- Commercial HtatisticB of Chile, 1903 (Spanish) 664

Germanism in southern Chile (German) 172

Life and institutions in Chile 431

Mining industry in the province of Tarapará (German) 17S

Cuba- Commerce and industries of Cuba 668

Dominican Republic —

fianto Domingo and the United Slatee 663

Mexico —

'■ El Oro," description of 665

Manzanillo, port of, improvements at the 664

Mining industry of Mexico 173,431

Tehuantepec railway 666

Patagonia- Expeditions to Patagonia (Vol. VIII, 2 sec.) 172

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Book Notes— Continued.

Peru — P»8e,

Glacier period in the Peruvian coast Andes (German) 17Ï

Gold and copper mining in Pern 17<>

Mineral industry 431

United States- Agriculture in the United Btatea 66&

Isthmian Canal Commiesion, first annual report of the 42^

Mineral industry 431

Notes and impresión of the United States (Spanish) 171

Santo Domingo and the United Sutes 663-

Venezuela —

Industrial and conunercial outlook in Venezuela 429

M iscellajieous —

Banana culture and transportation 431

Danger of introducing the boll weevil (German) 173

Mineral industry of the world 431

Panama Canal and its problems 431

Panama Canal at sea level, construction of the-. 66$

Panama Canal, present conditions of the 427

Panama Canal, revival of De Leseep's eea-level plan for the 430

Panama Canal, work of the Commission on the 430

BilUSDARY TrEATÏ BKTWBBN BtUZIt ASD ECUADOR" 112'

BomDARV Teeatv bbtwbbn Brazil and Peru, Extbvsiok of 621

Bbazil:

Agricultural conditíons in Southern Brazil" 341

Boundary treaty with Ecuailor'' 112

Boundary treatv with Peru, extension of ' 626-

Budget for 1905" 57Î

Coffee movement —

October, 19M 92

November, 1S04 340

December, 1904 340

Commercial conditions in Southern Brazil " 341

CoQsumptionduties, first half of 1904 92^

Cotton entries, first four months of 1904-6 582

Customs receipts —

September, 1904, and first nine months of 1904 M

October, 1904 9$

November, 1904 339

December, 1904, and calendar year of 1904 572

Exports from Pernambuco —

October, 1904 i ,. 9S

November, 1904 340

December, 1904 681

Exports, first nine months of 1904 337

Exporte of rubber, 1904 681

Immigration statistics, 1875-1901 94

Tmports at Santos, first eleven months of 1904 341

Industries, manufacturing" 95

Law, trade-mark " 330

Louisiana Purchase Exposition, partidpation in the 420

Manufacturing industries " 9^

Mercury mines worked in State of Minas Geraes 345

Bull. So. 3—05 17

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Brazil — Con tinned. rtet.

Monaztte deposits discovered instate of Eepirito Santo , 345

Para, general atatíetícs of ^ 344

Pernambuco, exports from —

October, 1904 93

November, 1901 340

December, 1904 581

Rubber exporte, 1904 581

Santos, imports at, first eleven months of 1904 3U

Sngar entriee, first four months 0(1904-5 582

Tariff concessioDB to the United States, annulment of 344

Tariff modifications— i

Beverages 682

Onions 581

Potatoes 681

Rice 581

Salt (common) 582

Tobacco 582

Xarque 581

Trade-mark law" 330

Treaty, txiundary, with Ecuador" 112

Treaty, boundary, with Peru, extension of 621

Concession granted M. Carbone) for eetablishing iron industry".... .. 00

Conversion bill " 684

Cnetoms receipts of Iquique, November, 1904 317

CuHtome revenue, 1904" 582

Harbor works at Valparaiso, constractionof" 98

Iquique, customs receipts of, November, 1904 317

Iron industry, concession ({ranted M. Carbonel for establiehit^". 99

Magellan district, development of the 585

Nitrate production, third quarter of 1904 97

Railway from ChaDaral to the Inca gold district, completion of 99

Sugar industry 0 346

Cocoa Peodlctios, THE World's, 190*-4íi 658

CoFFBE Maekbt, the Woeld'8, 1904* 418

Colombia:

Boundary trade with Veneiuela, prohibition of 411

Commerce with the United States, 1865-1904" 351

Contracte, moneys for 352

ICconomic conditions in 1904". ...... 348

Import duties, increase of 585

Moneys tor contracts" 352

Saltmines" 100

Trade with the United States, 1865-1904" 351

CoHMBRCE OF Amebica ANO Gbejt Bbitaih, 1904 416

COHUERCB OF GbEHANT WITB SOUTH AUEEICA, IB03 163

Conference, Peace, at Tbe Haove, Sccosn" 153

Convention concebninq âcadbhic Tttlbs bgtwrbn Guatbhala and SpainQ. 362 Convention fob the Pbacticb of Libbsal Propessioss bbtwben Mexico

AND Spain 374

Convention, Postal, bbtwrkn Mexico and Canada^ 614

COPFEB PBODI'CTION, THE WoRLD'B, 1901" 413

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IHDEX TO VOLDXE XIX. XIII

Costa Rica: Paca.

Banana induBtry" 585

CaBtomB receipte, April-December, 1904-5 355

LouiaiaiM Purchase Espoeition, participation in the. 420

Trade development with the United States " 353

Commerce, forteign, 1904 6 356

Cuetoms deciuone" '. 596

Extradition treaty with the United 8tat«fl « 588

Importe from the United SUtc», 1904" 597

Industrial conditions in 1904" 102

Patent medicines law o 693

Revenues and expenditoree, 1903-4" 107

Sisal hemp, cultivation of " 694

Slaughterhouse BtatistJcs, first half of 1904 109

Trade, foreign, 1904 6 866

Treaty of extradition with the United Stateeo 568

CcBToxs Provisions op thb Bbpi-buc of Panama 313

Dominican Bspublic:

Commerce with Germany, 1903 ^ 369

Economic conditions» 357

Sugar, import dutiee on, reduction of 698

Taiifi modifications — .

Customs duties 110,111

Customs surtax Ill

Export duties 110

Mimidpal surtax 110

Trade with Germany, ISOS^ 359

Ecuador:

Boaodary treaty with Brazil" 112

Bounty for rubber trees 113

Ciftarette paper. State monopoly of 361

Commerce, foreign, 1903 and first half of 1904» Ill

Coounerce with San Francisco, 1904 861

Matches, State monopoly of 361

Enbber trees, bounty for 113

Sm Frencisco, trade with, 1904 361

TariH modifications, customs law» 699

Tobacco, State monopoly of 361

Tmde, foreign, 1903 and first halt of 1904 * Ill

Ttade with San Francisco, 1904 361

Treaty, boundary, with Brazil» 112

ExTRADmoN Tbbatv between Cuba and thb United Stateío 588

Uc ATEM A la:

Academic titles, convention with Spain for the acknowledgment of » 362

Commerce with New York, 1904 362

Conceseiona andeliares of the Urban Railway, assignment of 364

Convention for the acknowledgment of academic titles with Spain » 362

Duties on parcels-post imports, annulment of 364

Goatcmala Northern Railroad, progress of 603

Trade with New York, 1904 362

HArri:

Industrial conditions * 114

Railway enterprises» 365

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XrV INDEX TO VOLUME XIX.

Honduras: Piige.

Amapala, importe at, 1903-4 367

Anrnpata, importe at, second half o(1903-i 115

Commerce, (oreign, 1903-4 6(W

Commerce with Sew York, 1903-4 -. 114

Debt, internal 367

Imports at Amapala, 1903-4 367

Importe at Amapala, eecond half of 1903-4 116

Internal debt 367

Louisiana Purchase Expoution, participation in the 420

Trade, foreign, 1903-4" 604

Trade with New York, 1S03-4 114

iNAUOfHAL AuDRBSs OK Prbsidbkt Boohbvklt, Mabcii 4, 1905° 559

Latin-American Participation in trb Louisiana PuRcnAse Exposition 420

Lead Oi-tplt, tre World's, 1903 " «5ft

Liberal Pkopbhbions, Convention for the Practtice of, dbtwben Mexico and

Spain 374

LiBBARV AccKsaioHe AND Files 174,432,666

LotTIBIANA Pl'RCH ASE El POSITION, LaTIN-AhBRICAK PARTICIPATION IN THE 420

Mexico:

Aspiroz, Señor Don Manuel de, death of 557

Bankeof issue, establishment of" 369

Casasus, J., modiãcation of concession granted * 375

Commerce, foreign —

August, 1904 117

September, 1904, and first quarter, 1904-5 116

October, 1904 367

November, 1904 605

Commerce with the United Stales, 1870-1904 377

Commercial transaction)', 1 903-4 <• 122

Concession ^ituited J. Casasus for wharf construction, modiñcatíon of ^ . . 375

Convention for the practice of liberal professions with Spain 374

Convention, postal, with Canada" 614

Copper mining, 1904 377

Cotton industry, development of" 611

Cotton mill tax, 1905 378

Customs receipts —

October. 1904 119

November, 1904 607

December, 1904 608

Dynamite factory eeUblishe<l iu State of Durango « 124, 613

Explosives factory established in State of Durango^ 124

Financial transactions, 1903-4" 122

Henequén shipments, 1904 375

Household goods, free importation of '. 608

Import duty on silver dollars 119

Law, monetary, new" 371

Lead production, 1904 " 612

Liberal professions, convention with Spain for the practice of 374

Lonisiana Purchase Exposition, participation in the 420

Manufacturing industry of State of Jalisco, 1904-5 378

Mexico City-St. Louie express service inaugurated 610

Mineral production, first half of 1903-4" 125

Mines, tax on, 1903-4 612

Monetary law, new" 371

Postal convention with Canada" 614

INDEX TO VOLUME XIX. XV

Mbxicxi — Continued. p»ge.

Public land», price of, 1905-6 376

tjuintana Roo Railway, opening of 376

Revenue from manuiactoriee, 1904-S 378

Spede holdiuge, 1903-4 378

Tax un mines, 1903-^ i 612

Timber trade of the Republic <" 373

Trade, foreign —

August, 190i 117

September, 1904, and first quarter 1904-5 115

October, 1904 367

November, 1904 609

Trade with the United States, 1670-1904 377

Tr«Hmiry statement, 1903-4 " 120

Wliarf coufitmction concession granted J. Casasus, modification of ^ 375

Nkaraoua:

Couceaaion granted Marcial Vanghan for collecting internal-revenue tax

on tobacco" 381

Duties, payment of 380

«old mining in the Republic 128

Silver, exportation of 380

Tariff luodificatioiu —

Beans 128

Import duties 127

Rice ,. 128

Panama, Ccstoms Provihionb op tbe Republic op 313

Pahaquaï:

Cabinet, new 619

President Gaona, election of 619

Quebracho exports, June-November, 1904 619

Tariff modifications —

Carriages 130

Harness 130

Paper currency issue 129

Quebracho extract 131

Sugar of national manufacture 131

Sweetmeat boxea 130

Yerba mate 131

Textile plants of the Republic o 383

Peacb Cosfebknck at The Haoue, Second" 153

Pkec:

Automobile freight line between lima and Callao, inauguration of 625

Boundar}' treaty with Brazil, extension of 621

Caoutchouc, exports of, from Iquitos, 1903 142

Commerce, foreign, through Iquitos, 1903-4* 139

Cotton ginaand presses, opening for* 13g

Electric and gas equipments, duty on 621

Export» of rubber and caoutchouc from Iquitos, 1903 142

Industrial development in the Republic" 619

International Sanitary Bureau, participation in the 395

Lcuisiana Purchase Exposition, participaron in the 420

Mineral industry " 389

Mining statistics, 1903 <" 140

Railroad construction" -621

Rubber, exports of, from Iquitos, 1903 142

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Peri' — Continued. fage.

Rubber industry* , 388

Sanitary Bureau, International, particiiiation in the 395

Tariff modifications^

Alcohols 132

Matches / 137

Sugar law 136

Trade, foreign, through Iquitoa, 1903-4» 139

Treaty, boundary', with Brazil, extension of 621

Yungay, province of, new 138

Plants, Fibbous, vmou Latin Auerica at the Louisiana PcntcHAsa Expo- sition" 420

PotfTAL CoNVE.VnOK BETWEEN MEXICO ANO CaNAOA ' 614

Salvadob:

Exports, firat quarter of 1904 fl 625

Louisiana Purchase EspoBÎtton, participation in the 420

Tin pRODucnoK, thb Wobld's, 1903 <• 658

Tkadb of Ahebi^a and Gbeat Britain, 1901 416

Tbarb of Gkemany with South Ahkhica, 1903 163

Tbadb OrpoBTUNiTiKs IN Latih Aueoica 163,422,660

Tbeaty, Bousdaky, betwbek Bhazil and Ecl-adob" 112

TbBATV, BoUNDARV, BBfWBBH BRAZIL AND pERU, EXTENSION OF 621

Tbe:atv op Extradition bbtwebn Cuba and the UstraD States 588

United States:

Aïpfroz, Señor Don Manuel de, deatlkof 557

Budget for 1905-6 6 «4

Coffee consumption, 190ia 644

Commerce, foreign —

November, 1904 152

December, 1904 402

January, 1905 636

Commerce with Latin America —

November, 1903 aJid 1904, eleven months ending November 142

December, 1903 and 1904, twelve months ending December 395

January, 1904 and 1905, seven months ending January 628

Commerce with Latin America, consuls' reports on 148,401,634

Conference, peace, at The Hague, second" 153

Drawback decisions 653

Exports of farm products, 1904" 642

Exports of manufactures, 1904" 638

Extradition treaty with Cuba" 688

Farm products, exports of, 1904 a J 642

Harvests of 1901 6 157

Immigration, 1904 1 404

Imparls of ruhl}er, 1904 a 649

Importa of tropical products, 1904" 651

India rubber consumplioa, 1904 » 403

Mi^uey plant ill the Philippines" 405

Manufactures, exports of, 1901 " 638

Mmeral production, 1901 > 403

New York, port movement of, 1904 » 408

Panama Canal zone, patents and trade-marks in tlie". 646

Panama water supply " 653

Patents in the Panama Canal zone" 646

Peace conference at The Hague, second" 153

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Philippines, maguey plant in the" 405

Pig-iron production, 1904» 646

Port movement ot New York, 1904 !< 408

Baiiway BfatiBtics, 1904 6 649

Receipts and expenditures, 1904" 155

Rubber imports, 1904" 649

Seal catch, 1901 406

Trade, foreign- November, 1901 152

December, 1904 402

January, 1905 836

Trade-marks in the Panama Canal zone" 646

Trade with Latin America —

November, 1903 and 1904, eleveu months ending November 142

December, 1903 and 1804, twelve months ending December 395

Jannary, 1904 and 1905, seven months ending January 628

Trade with Latin America, consuls' reports on 148,401,634

Treasury statement, 1904" 155

Treaty of extradition with Cuba « 588

Tropical products, imports of, 1904" 651

Water supply in Panama •> 653

Urcguay;

Commerce, foreign, first half of 1904» 409

Commercial intercourse with the United States, 1904» 656

Customs receipts, 1904 655

Customs receipts, October, 1904 168

Port movement of Montevideo —

August, 1904 158

September, 190Í 159

October, 1904 410

November, 1904 657

Trade, foreign, firat hell of 1904 » 409

Beans, free importation of 413

Boundary trade with Colombia, prohibition of 411

Cattle exports, 1904 657

Cigarette paper, importation of 657

Coal deposits, exploitation of 152, 413

Commerce, boundary, with Colombia, prohibition of 411

Importation of cigarette paper 657

Law concerning public lands 413

Laws concerning patent medicines" 411

Ixiuisiana Purchase Exposition, participation in the 420

Maize, tree importation of 413

Patent medicine laws " 411

Public land law 413

Trade, boundary, with Colombia, prohibition of 411

World's Cocoa Production, 1903-4» 658

World's Coffeb Market, 1904» 416

Woeld'b Copper Production, 1904" 413

World's Lead Output, 1903» 659

World's Tin Psoductios, 1903» 058

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VNION INTERNATIONALE DES REPUBLEOVES AMERICAINES.

Vol. XIX.

JANVIER— MARS,

1905.

WASHINGTON:

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Toi xa. Noi. 136-138, iiiolnñTe.

AzpÍboz, Senhor dom Manobi.de, Fallecí mknto do 677

Bolívia :

Comniercio citerior, 1903 194

Orçamento para 1905 685

Br.izil:

Limites, tratado de, com Ecuador IM

Marcas de fabrica e decommercio, lei de , , 447

Ttatadode limites com Ecuador 194

Chile:

Convere&o do papel moeda, lei de 686

Eetraiia de ferro desde Chaílaral &té o districto aorifero das Incae, conclueOo

da 196

Lei de conversão do papel moeda 686

Sitrato, producçâo de, terceiro trimestre de 1901 195

Rendas aduaneiras, 1904 687

Cobre, PRODie<.io de, 1904 470

Colombia:

Condições econoraicafl, 1904 453

Direitofl de importação, augmento dos 689

COXHEBCIO I>A AlLEUANHA COM A AnEItlCA DO ScL, 1903 214

Ctba:

Condições industriaee, 1904 196

Importações doe Eatadoa Unidoe, 1904 689

Tarifa das alfandegas, decieOee referenlee á 691

Ectaoor;

Tratado de limites com Braiil 194

Estados Unidos:

Azpfroï, Senhor Dom Manoel de, f al leoimento do 677

Borracho, importações de, 1904 697

Commeicío com os paises latiuo-americaoos —

Novembro, 1903el904 202

Dezembro, 1903 e 1904 456

Janeiro, 1904 e 1905 692

Commercio exterior, Janeiro de 1905 693

Commercio exterior, Novembro de 1904 204

Conferencia da paz na Haya, segumia 202

Decisões relativas ti restituição de direitos 696

Immigraç&o, 1904 458

ImportagSodoprodactoa tropicaes, 1904 694

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ImportaçdeB de borracha, 1904 697

Paz, s^unda conferencia da, na Haya 302

Producçâo de mineraee, 1904 457

Prwluctoa tropicaes, importação de, 1904 694

Situaïâo flnanceiríi, 1904 206

Haití:

Condições industriaee 207

Vias-terreaB, emprezasde 459

Honduras:

Comercio com Sova York, 1904 208

Limites, Tratado de, kstbb o Bbazil b o Ecuador 194

Mexico:

Aflptroz, Senhor Dom Manoel de, fallet'l mento do 677

Comercio citerior, tres primeiroa mezeH de 1904-í> 461

Hennequen, exportação de, 1904 466

Industria manufactureira do Estado de Jaliwo, 1904-5 460

Lei monetaria, nova 464

Opera<;0e« commereiaes e financeiras, 1903-4 462

Rendas aduaneiras, Dezembro de 1904 698

Rendas aduaneiras, Outubro de 1904 209

EBruitucA Aroentina:

Aníniaes vivos, ealatisticas sobre 189

Carnes congeladas, industria de, 190:1 193

Cereaes, exporla^'âo de, 1904 445

Comniercio exterior, primeiros nove mezes de 1904 187, 188

I-itatistica poHtal em 1904 685

Exportação em 1904 681

Kxportayfto ))ani os Kstados UnidoH, ultimo trimestre de 1904 683

Exportação, primeiros dei mezes de 1904 188

Exportação, primeiros onze raeí-es do 1904 445

Exportações de trigo i>araaGra Bretanha, I903-1 684

Gado, exportação de 188

Immigra^-Ao, 1904 684

Movimentos coinmcrçiaea dos portos —

Setembro de 1904 190

Outubro de 1904 446,680

Novembro de 1904 680

Pe«cas da Republica 190

Trigo, exportações de, para a (irtl Bretonlia, 1903-4 684

Trigo, producção de, 1 894-1903 1 89

Republica Domisicana:

Direitos de importação sobre oaasiicar e productos de acucar, redni'çâo dos. 692

Tratado de LuiiTœ entre o Brazil e o Ecuaihir 194

Uruuuaï:

Commercio exterior, primeiro semestre de 1904 468

Movimento commercial de Montevideo —

Agosto de 1904 210

Setembro de 1904 211

Outubro de 1904 469

Novembro del904 700

Rendas aduaneiras, 1904 699

Rendas aduaneiras, Outubro de 1904 213

Papel para cigarros, importação de, probibiçào da 700

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ONIAO INTERNACIONAL DAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

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1905.

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Hoa 136-138, iuoliu.

Aa>tBoz, BkSoB Don Haniibl de, hort de 701

Boiiïib:

Budget pour 1905 706

Agriculture, enoonragement del' ._ 225

Chemins de fer, développement dea 707

Conce«BÍona du t&rif accordées aux Etats-Unis, suppression des 488

Droits de consommation, premier semestre de 1904. 224

Immigration, 1875-1901 225

IndOBtrie, encouragement de I' 225

Indostries manufacturiirea 486

Recettes douanières, novembre 1904 489

Recettes douanières, octobre de 1904 224

Chiu;

Chemin de fer de Chai^aral au district aurifère d'Inca, achèvement du ... 226

Nitrate, production de, troisième trimestre de 1904 226

Kecettea douanières, 19(H 709

Recettes douanières d'Iquique, novembre 1904 489

Colombie;

Droits d'importation, augmentation des , 710

Ci-ba:

Commerce des ginis de peao 229

Conditions industrielles, 1899-190^ 227

Gants de peau, commerce des 229

DisposrrioNB Dolanièbes de la Rëi>ubli41'e de Pakama 473

Éqvatei'e:

Allumettes, mise en ré^e des 718

Modi fi cations douanières- Loi dedooane 714

Papier à cigarettes, mise en régie du 718

Tabac, mise en régie du : 718

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Azptroz, Sefior Don Manuel de, mort de 701

Caoutchouc, importations de, 1804 720

Commerce avec l'Amérique latine —

Novembre, 1903 et 1904 231

Décembre, 1903 et 1904 490

Janvier, 1904 et 1905 719

Commerce eilérieur, novembre 1904 231

Fonte de fer, production de, 1904 719

Immigration, 1904 ; 490

ImportatioDB de caoutchouc, 1904 720

Pho(|uee, pèche deo, 1904 492

Production minérale, 1904 491

Traction électrique pour la ville de GoaU-mala ; 722

H0NDt!R.te:

Commerce avec New York, 1903-1 232

Mbxkiub:

Azpfroz, SeDor Don Manoel de, mort de 701

Banques d'éoiiesion, renseignements eat 493

Boiede confltniction, commerce de 496

Chemin de fer de Quintana Itoo, inai^uralion du 499

Coca, culture de 234

Commerce avec lee États-Unis, 1870-1904 496

Commerce es teneur, premier trimestre de 1904-6 233

Concession accordée ¡1 J. Casasús pour construir un quai, modification de la. 496

Convention pour l'exercice des professions libérales avec l'Espagne 600

Meubles et ustensiles de ménage, libre importation de 723

Recettes douanières- Octobre 1904 498

Novembre 1904 722

Décembre 1904 723

Soie artificielle, fabrication de 725

Terres boisées duns 1b République 496

Terres publiques, prii des, 1905-6 499

Nicaragua:

Droits, payement des 600

Modifications douanières —

Droits d'importation 235

Haricots 236

Riz 236

Panama, Dwpositioss DouAnifiRHS de la R¿pi-BLiqi.'E dg : 473

Paraudav:

Cabinet nouveau 726

Modifications douanières —

Contenants pour sucreries 238

Difpositions douanières 236

Harnais 238

Herlrematé 239

L'extrait de quebracho 239

Sucre de fabrication nationale 238

Voitoree 238

Président Oaona, élection du 72S

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Commerce extérieur, 1903-4 246

Modiñcationa douanièree—

Alcools 239

Allumettes 245

Pucrea 243,244

Rkpi-blique Arobstinr:

Bétail, production de 215

Blé, production de, ].Sl)4-llKia 215

Chemins de fer, mouvement des, 1904. , 703

Comroeive extérieur, neuf premier mois de 1904 218

Exportations'affricolei', neuf premiere mois de 1904 483

ExportatJODS aux Etats-VnÍB, dernier trimestre de 1904 704

Exportations, dii premiers mois de 1904 216

Lois, nouvelles, promulgation de 223

MouTementâ commerciaux—

Septembre de 1904 220

Octobre de 1904 4M, 705

Novembre de 1904 705

Quebracho, bois de .' 485

Vian dee frigorifiées, industrie de 217

BtPrBi.iqi'E Dominicaine:

Commerce et conditions éconoiniígueii 711

Droite d'importation sur le sucre et lee produits sucrée, réduction des 710

McMÜ fi cations douanières —

Droits de douane 330

Droits d'exportation 229

Surtaxe municiiwile ; 229

Surtaxe spéciale 230

UaroLAY:

Bétail, l'importation du 501

Mouvement commercial de Montevideo —

Ao(ltl904 24(i

Septembre 1904 .-. 247

Octobre 1904 502

Novembre 1904 727

Recettes douanières, octobre 1904 249

VéKéziéla:

Aigrettes, commerce des, dans l'Orénoque 250

Papier ¿cigarettes, interdiction de l'importation du 727

Spécialités phannaceutiques, vente des 502

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Oficina Internacional de las Republicas Americanas,

übUb Lrte»aclaail ie BerAbtkas Amtrkmaa. Vol. XIX. ENERO DE 1905. No. 1.

LA ELECCIÓN PRESIDENCIAL EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA.

Todo el mundo sabe y repite, desde el 8 de noviembre último, que por la voluntad del pueblo de los Estados Unidos de América, expresada elocuentemente por mayoiías abrumadontíi, el Sefíor Theodore Roose- YELT, que funge abora como Presidente de la Unión, es el llamado á desempeñar, en nombre propio, y como directo mandatario, la primera Magistratura Nacional, por el período que comenzai-á el i de marzo de este año, y terminará, Dios mediante, el mismo día de 190^.

Sábese tambiénr y ^^^ ^1 mundo lo dice, quo el Honorable Señor Charles W. Fairbanks, Senador por el Estado de Indiana, en el Con- greso nadonal, aera el Vice- Presidente.

Pero & pesar de e^jta certeza, perfectauíeote fundada, existe el hecho hútórico y legal, de que la elección no sa liizo hasta el dm 9 del corriente iDe^, y lo que es má», quo do c:íta elección nada se sabe oãcialmente, ni podrá saberse, hasta el día 8 de febrero inmediato, en que se abrirán los pliegos que contienen las actas de aquellas, se contarán los votos que de ellas resulten, y se proclamarán los candidatos agraciados.

Por la Coostitiicíóo de los Estados Unidos de América y las leyes que con arreglo á la misma se lian dictado posteriormente, con relación á este importante punto, la elección del Presidente y Vice Presidente de hi Unión uo se luce por votación popular directa. El pueblo elige en cada Estado cierto número do funcionarios, que se designan con el nombre de " ElectM-es presidenciales," los cuales, cuando llega el día determinado por la ley, se reúnen en la capital de sus respectivos Estados, constituyendo lo qua se llama el '"Colegio Electoral" de cada uno de ellos, y determinan por su voto quiénes liabráu de sor en

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el cuadrienio siguiente el Primer Magítítrado de la Nación, y el que inmediatamente, en su cario, debei-Â suíitituirlo.

La elección de "Electores" es laque se verificó en todo el país, con los resultados que demuestra el adjunto cuadro, tomado de la impor- tante publicación que ve la luz en New York, con el título de The American Revíeis of Reviews," el S de noviembre ultimo. La efec- tuada por los "Electores" mismos, reunidos en Colegios electorales, cada cual en la Capital de su Estado, es la que tuvo lugar el 9 del presente mes de enero. La quo resultará del escmtinio de estos votos, hecho en presencia del Senado y de la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos do América, reunidos los doa cuei-poa en uno solo, biijo la presidencia del Presidente del Senado, es la que tendrá efecto el 8 del entrante febi'ero.

Seis han sido en esta ocasión los partidos políticos que han solici- tado los sufragios del pueblo. A lo-j dos grandes partidos históricos en que fundamentalmente está dividido el país, y son el, Republicano y el Democrático^ ae han unido en estas elecciones los llamados Demo- crático Social, Prohibicionista, Populista y Socialista dd Trabajo^ cada cual con sus respectivos programas y candidatos.

La tabla que sigue pone de manifiesto que el 8 de noviembre de 190-1: se emitieron nada menos que 13,544,705 votos en favor de los "Electores presidenciales" de todos los partidos, y que de ellos cori^espondieron :

A loBilel partido litpublicano 7,630, fi93

Á loBdel TkmocráUcxi 5, IM, 6J9

A loa del Democrático tonal 397, 208

A loa del ProMIricionuta 258, 039

A loa del Populitta 114,106

A loa del .Sbcíaíiíía (írf Trabajo 32,516

Votos esparcidos 5,294

Total 13,544,705

De ella también resulta que el número de Colegios electorales Repu- hUianon representa 32 en un total de 45; y que el número de los votos de estos Colegios Tepuhlicanos, incluyendo im voto de este color político del Colegio de Maryland, ascienda á 336, contra 140, que es el total de los ih'tiiocráticot.

Son de sumo interén las lecciones que se pueden aprender de p.-jta elección.

Una es que si bien el número de los votantes constituyó un ejército de 13,544,705 individuos de todas clases, blancos y negros, educados 6 ineducados, nacidos en el país y nacidos en otras tierras, ricos y pobres, agricultores & industriales, la elección se hizo sin que ocurrie- ran desói-denes, con perfecta legalidad, y sin tropiezo ni dificultad de ningún género, estando concluida en cosa de doce horas; y que el resul- tado fue sabido por todos y aceptado por cuantos habían tenido aspira-

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ciÓD contraria, antes de que alborase el siguiente día. Todo eso ea exponente del excelente espíritu del pueblo, de la perfecta organiza- ción política que existe en el país, y de la magnitud de loa recursos quo están siempre á la mano.

Otra es quo á pesar de todo lo que se ha dicho y repetido en los últimos tiempos, la voluntad del pueblo se ha declarado de una manera tan enfática como inequívoca en favor de los principios republicanos, tales como los ha entendido y proclamado el elevado personaje, sin duda el que hoy goza de la más grande popularidad en los Estados Unidos de América, á quien sus conciudadanos han llamado al primer puesto de la Nación.

Otra es, en fin,- y ella concierne más directamente que á nadie á los pueblos que constituyen la Unión Internacional de que es órgano este Boletín, que las ideas desarrolladas en las notables Instrucciones, que el mismo ilustro funcionario redactó para los Delegarlos de los Estados Unidos de América en la Segunda Conferencia Panamericana, tenida en la Capital de México en el invierno de 1901 á 1902, seguirán eu desarrollo natural, sin sufrir cambios sustanciales.

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TRATADO PANAMERICANO SOBRE RECLAMA- CIONES POR DAÑOS Y PERJUICIOS PECUNIA- RIOS.

Sc^n consta del Diario de las sesioney del Congreso de los Estados Unidos de Amírica (" Coiigres.sional Record") correspondiente al viernes 13 del corriente mea de enero, el Senado de los Estados Unidos de América tnvo por conveniente ditfiM>ner que se hiciem en público el tratado firmado en la capital de México cl 30 de enero de 1!>02 por plenipotenciarios debidamente acreditados de la República Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Co^ta, Kica, Chile, la lícpCiblica Dominicana, Ecua- dor, el Salvador, los Estados Unidos de América, Guatemala, Haití, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Paraguay, l'erú y Uruguay, para some- ter á la decision de arbitros lus reel ilinaciones por daños y perjuicios que no puedan resolverse diplomáticamente.

De este importante nsmito se ha ocupado el IÍoletiíí en otras oca- siones, pero mas en especial, y si a.sí pudiem decirse mas á fondo, en su número del mes de mayo de VM^, tomo XVI de la colección, donde en un extenso artículo, qne comienza en la pígina 1059, y se titula '■Reclamaciones do ¡ncloDinízación pecuniária i>or daños r perjuicioa ocasionados A cimliidunos de un Estudo americimo residentes, accidental ó pennanentamcnte, en otro Estado también americano," se dio la historia entí>m del movimiento panamericano en este imrticular, y se conservó en un cuerpo, facilmente accesible, lo que pudiera denomi- narse el expediente de la negociación.

Es de creerle que el Senado de los Estados Unidos de América al determinar lo que en su sabidiiríit estimó pn>ccdentc, respecto á &i aprobación del tratado, ó á su modilicación en el orden debido, siguió, en sus rasgos principales lí lo menos el programa trazado por el Señor

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Presidente Roosevelt en su Carta de instrucciones de 8 de octubre de 1901 Â lo3 plenipotenciarios de los Retados Unidos do Ain^riin quo negociaron y firmaron aquel tratado.

Es<w rasgos genemlps .«on:

1. Que el Tribunal sea un "Tribunal," no una "Comisión," ó en otros términos que sea uua instítucióo permanente, con autoridad no solo para decidir el caso particular que se le someUi sino para dar al mundo, como decía en 1875 el Señor Lawrence, Presidente de 1» Comisión de Reclamaciones de la Cámara de Representantes de los Estados Unidos de América en su libro T/m Law of 0(iu,ia agalnat Govern ineni», un sistema bien definido y autorizado, de reglas unifor- mas que puedan servir de guía segura para resolver las cuestiones que en lo futuro pudieran presentarse.

Ksc Tribnnal podría organizarse tomando por modelo el de La Haya, ó siguiendo en -sus líneas geneniles al menos el proyecto que for- muló el lloiiorable Señor Hamilton Fish, Secretario de Estado, en 27 de febrei-o de 1874, y está impreso como nota de la página 4 del liltro antes citado del Señor Lawkence.

% Que el Tribunal se constituya con la precisa condición de que sea un Tribunal do Equidad, y no de Derecho estricto, donde se juzgue humanamente, e-e lequo et hoiio, tomando noticia judicial de todo hecho histórico, y donde no sean posibles ni tolei-ados recursos técnicos, ni fór- mula.s ó principios de procedimiento que en un país sean permitidos y en otros ilícitos y hasta tal vez desconocidos.

3. Que se establezca el Tribunal, por lo pronto al menos, por vía de ensayo, á fin de poder jiuígar por experiencia de los resultados que con él se obtengan, y entonces continuarlo ó modificarlo,

X estos tnïs puntos do las instnicciones del Señor Presidente RoosEVKLT podría agregarse el de <|ue el Tribunal fuese "aineri- cano" en todos los conceptos, ponjue como dijo el inolvidable Secre- tario de Estado Mr. James G. Blaine, Presidente de la Primera Con- feí'cncía Internacional Americana, si bien es cierto, que en América delwnios todos preciarnos de ser descendientes de los pueblos de Europa, también lo es que nuestro destino común nos ha hecho habitantes do un hemisferio, que aquellos mismos pueblos por consenso uni'inime, expresado desde el día del descubrimiento, y continuado por más de cuatro siglos, declararon ser un Nuevo Mundo. Las situaciones políticas, sociales y económicas de los pueldos de Eurapa no son las situaciones políticas, sociales y económicas de los pueblos de América.

Impreso lo que antecede llega A noticia del Iíoi.etÍs, que el Senado iiprol)ú el tratado y aconsejó su ratificación,

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REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA.

COMERCIO EXTEBIOB DURANTE IA)S PBIHEB08 NUEVE MESES DE 1904.

De la compilación hecha por la Direcciúit General de Estadística de la nación, correspondiente á los primeros nueve meses del corriente año, se toman los siguientes datos.

He aquí las cifras correspondientes & la importación, compai-adas con las de iguales meses de 1903:

Nueve mesea de 19(M ÍI38,T62,263

Nueve meaes de 1903 100,362,117

Excedente para 1004 38,400,146

Lacxportación, también comparada con el mismo pcnodo de 1903, da:

Om.

Nueve meses de 1904 $203.192,919

Nueve meses de 1903 176,081,534

A favor do 1904 27,111,385

Del examen de esas cifras resulla que el comercio exterior argentino ha crecido este año, sobre el anterior, en más de sesenta y cinco millo- nes de pesos oro y mucho más sobre el de 1&02.

He aquí un estado que demuestra el acrescentamiento del comercio exterior durante los primeros nueve meses de los años de 1902, 1903 y 1904:

EL nOMERCIO KXTË11IOK l-Oll PAÍSES.

Kl comercio de importación y expoliación por países en los tres trimestres tiuscurridos de este año se distribuye a.sí:

ACrica

Alemania ....

Bolivia ü!!.":

Bnuúl

Cuba

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KEP^BLICA ARGENTINA. 7

En otras procedencias están englobadas Ina siguientes, con los valores correspondientes:

AiiBtraliíi f36,77.t [ Peni $3,265

Austria-Hungría 877,974 Portugal 213,866

Canadá 788, 715 Posesiones franoeeas 3,586

Colombia 252 Pose^ionea Holandesas 26, 252

Coí-ta Rica 118 Poeesionea Inglesas 3, 220, 136

China 3T5, 728 Posesiones norteaniericanaa . . 20, 756

Dinamarca 3, 764 Bueia 152, 290

Ecuador 18,883 San Salvador 225

I^ipto 8,567 Buecia y Noruega 396,786

Gr«ia 7,001 Suiza 1,202.282

Japón 74,803 Tun^uta 23,688

México 8, 356 Venezuela 4, 192

En otros destinos están englobados los siguientCíi, con los \'alore3 correspondientes:

Canadá $106,035 I Posesionea inglesas $28,205

Peni 14,159 Rumania 46,819

Portngat 48,296 i Suécia y Noruega 24,335

El aumento de ^8,400,146 oro, en la importación se ha operado proporcionalmente en los siguientes rubros de los artículos que el país pide al exterior:

Animales vivoB (141,649

Subi^tincias alimenticias animales 492, 039

Frutas 135,188

Legumbres y cereales 711,065

Substancias para iufugioues y bebidas calientes 350,312

Harinas, féculas y otros productos alimenticios 8, 025

Tabaco y sua aplicaciones 627, 232

Bebidas 432,596

Aguardientes y licores 259, 446

Demás bebidas 81,ft51

Tejidos de seda 292,128

Tejidos de lana 3,479,912

Tejidos de algodón 6, 270, 427

Demiis fibras textiles ¿2, 837, 693

Aceites fijos, minerales volátiles y medicinales 1,642,259

Substancias y productos químicos y farmacéuticos 1,050,334

Colores y tínt«s 131, 070

Maderas y otras substancias lefíosas y sus artefactos 4, 188, 557

Papel y sus artefactos 615, 081

Cueros y sus artefactos 215, 531

Hierro y sus artefactos 9,787,039

Semda metales y sus artefactos 693, 713

I^edras, tierras, crislalería y pro<)uctos cenlmicos 2,200,523

Artículos y manufacturas diversas 1,567,408

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El eomeroío de exiK>i'taciân dividido en grandes t*ecLones, arroja los siguientes resultados:

Gaiiiilerfa $77,408,537

Agrivultura 119,913,814

Productos forestales ^ 3,247,825

Productos lie la ininerfa 354, 390

ProiiuctOÉ de la caza 298,01*

Productos varios 1,970,328

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Duraste el mes de septiembre, salieron al vapores del puerto de La Plata, y durante los primeros nueve raeses'de 1904 salieron 232 vapores 5 6 veleros del mismo puerto. Su carga fué como sigue:

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BAHÍA BLANCA.

Durante el mes de septiembre, salieron 7 vapores del puerto de Babfa Blttnca, y durante los primeros nueve meses de 1904 salieron 1 14 vapores y 4 veleros del mismo puerto. Su carga y destino fueron como signe:

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Salieron del puerto de San Nicolás 24 vapores durante el "mea de septiembre y 143 vapores y 3 veleros durante ' loa primeros nueve meses de 1904, llevando & los países mencionados á continuación los siguientes productos;

Artículos }■ países.	Sepllcm- bre.lMM.	PrimcRM
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			l.TTS
	6:988
Baleies:			70
Alemania:
	18,144	27,7Í4
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BOLIVIA.

IXT SOBBE EHISHÍN DS BONOS DEL SSTADO. IsMAEi, MoxTES, Presidente Constitucional de la República. Por cuanto el Congreso Nacional ha .sancionado la siguiente ley. El Con- greso Nacional decreta:

BOLIVIA. 11

Aetícl'lo 1. Se iiutonzn n\ Poder Ejecutivo para hacer una emisión <le Bonoíi del Estado, por la cantidad de dos millones de boliviano», destinada á cancelar los créditos de los líaneos "Nacional," "Argan- doña" 6 "Industrial."

Aet. 2. Los bonos emitidos conforme á esta ley, ^narán el interés del diez por ciento j' tendrán el seis por ciento de amortización, debiendo asignarse anualmente, en el Presupuesto Nacional para ambos servi<úos, la cantidad do trescientos veinte mil bolivianos, hasta la amortización total de los bonos.

Akt. 3. Los bonos se sortearán semestralmente el 20 de junio y el 20 de diciembre de cada año, y el 30 y 31 de dichos meses se pagarán los intere.ses del semestre vencido y la cantidad amortizada mediante el sorteo.

Art. i. Queda afecta A la garantía de los bonos la totalidad de las rentas nacionales y particularmente todos los ingresos de la Aduana de La Paz,

AitT, 5. Los Bancos pueden conservar en los bonosque se emitan la totalidad de un fondo de responsabilidad.

AitT. 6. Los bonos serán al portador y representarán el valor de cien y qninientos bolivianos respectivamente, cada uno.

Art, 7. Toda fianza que según ley sea obligatoria prestar, podrá constituirse con los bonos á que se refieren las disposiciones anteriores.

El Ejecutivo reglamentará la presente ley.

Comuniqúese al Poder Ejecutivo para los fines constitucionales.

Sala de sesiones del Congreso Nacional, LaPaz,nov¡embre4del904. Eliodoro Villazón. Carix>8 V, Romero. José Carrasco, S, S. Abigail Sakgines. Arturo Molina, C. D. S.

Por tanto: La promulgo para que se tenga y cumpla como lej' de la Rppíiblicn. Palacio del Supremo (iobierno en La Paz, á 7 de noviembre de 1904.

Ismael Montes.

D. DEL CaSTILIXJ. ESTADÍSTICA COUERCIAL,

Aunqae un tanto atrasadas, pues corresponden al año de 1903, se publican en este número del Boletín, en atención á su importancia intrínseca y al hecho de no ser conocidas, las siguientes noticias estadísticas sobre el comercio de Bolivia. Están tomadas del último ejemplar recibido en esta oficina del " Boletín de la Oficina Nacional de Inmigración, Estadística y Propa^nda Geográfica," publicado en La Paz en 1904.

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Comparando los valorea Je las importaciones do cada Naoión en 1903, con los del aílo anterior, se obtienen los siguientes resultados:

K-.*...	en 190a,	Imporlarloncn 2,9t«,í»9. 17 WO 789.03 Î3B.H75.Ï1 ,ss 1.071,710.27	En 1903.
Aumento.	Quelinmlo.
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	11,113,312.31	16. 252,886. 30	2,109.642.99

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M„™.	GraTa<1iiB <:aiHldad.	por Arancel. Valoren.	Liberadas. 1 T	tal.
Cantidad. | Valore». | Oaniidad.	ValoK».
Amofasnsm ÜFu!	53i:75« 42.316 i»;i8i	BolMaiun. 4,6'J:í,792.14 l.V»2.ñU,f¡ «i;6«6.R* 117:31Ü.3I	6,803,276 1,357.031.92 15.Í82,237 iilieBlws : 2:42i;ia7.« "IjijisM	5.980,wi 5,401.6.M 2,222.390 811.632 661.817 «6,78: 303:971	36
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Tolal	18,633.23U	I0,(llõ,»ri.89	57,367.669	6,3'i9,B2«.50	76,000,890	16,3H.(»9	39

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Winrrta Aericill..™... Pniiluctonanl-	ilft.Wj,»» 21,.^Jl,:«4.fi9 1,321,031 2.977,819.32	1.337,2(11 589,890 7S2,S46 1!6:78>	1A-W.85 , 66..'i27.202 121,674,629.01 530,172.02 1,910,9» ■ 3,B0Í,9ai.84 438.288.20 752,846 1 4W.2N8.20 116,767.6(1 172,23.5 1 232,0ï7.6« 56,522.07 llO,7i>5l 56.5'£¡.07	in
Manulaiiuras.	Í,Í7Í ÍÍ5,26Õ.ÒÓ	.89
Total....	«6,513,913 24,6^,414.01	2,966,035	I.Ï7.>,OH.30 , 69,179,978 .'5,999,158.31 109.00

116 aquí ahora los detalles ó sea la nomenclatura de todos los artículos y producto.^ que con-itituyen las exportaciones, con especificación de grujK)s y aduanas:

Hestimen por Adiiann». MINEBIa (S3.06 FOR ClENTO|.

AdUBtlBB.	a™	,.a... 1 iib„i	T0I.1.
Omlidad.	valore.. Cantidad. 1 Valorea.	Cantidad.	VHlore«.
Pï^i	KUogramol. i:S;:S	i,34i!Ht^so 'm m.w	las 4.^31,31» 2.51Z.ÍM	Bof frteNi». 10,601,319.28 7,480,1^.78
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	2881626: SO	üüm 38,858 71,145	270,047.63 68,131.% 138,812:20
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iíf.iinííH jior .l(íucuK« — Continiía.

AGBICULTVBA (13^ FOR CI ES TO)— Continua.

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■STABÍSnCAS DZ INICIBBACIUN.

Se^ÚD los datos publicados en el Boletín N°. 2135 del Deparíamonto de Comercio y Trabajo de loa Botados Unidos de Amórica, fecha diciem- bre 17 de 1904, ol movimiento de inmigración en el Brasil de 1ST5 á 1901, ha sido como aigue:

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(	207,021 68,078 44,5fil 39,388	nulidades
	:;0L0	MBIA.

EZTBA<?IO DSL DTFOBUE HECHO FOB El. ABHIinSTBAIlOB OKNSBAI. DE LAS aALtHAS DE I.A HSPtiBUCA SL Ifi DE JUNIO DE 1908.

[Del -' Diario OauUl " di? BoRD'á de Be[>Uembrc H de 1904.] SALINAS DEL PACÍFICO.

Las de A^adnlce j Chiriqu! bastan para el consumo del Estado de Cauca, dejando un sobrante considerable para exportar £ Costa Rica. Para beneficiarlas, dando & la sal forma comercial transportable, so

22 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

deberá estudiar por una persona competente, para implantarlo en el país, el mítodo do prensarla usado en el Perú; ó si fuere más conve- niente, el de compactación, usado en Cundinanmrca. La forma es de mucha significación, pues deberá procurarse la que prefiera el con- sumidor, la que contribuya á evitar el fraude y la que suprima el eni¡)aque, siempre más valioso que la sal misma.

Bien por administración ó por contrato adjudicado en licitación pfí- blica, en la que puedan tomar parte los empresarios del Perú, Chile y Costa Rica, en términos equitativos y con garantías efectivas, estas Salinas de primer orden pueden librar al Tesoro del tributo que cons- tantemente paí(a á otras naciones por la sal que se importa para el Estado de Cauca, tributo que se paga en oro, pudiéndose no solamente librarnos do este gasto quo me atrevo á llamar vergonzoso y depresivo, sino obtener oro en cambio del producto colombiano, excedente que pueda exportarse á Costa Rica.

fiALIXAS DKI. ATI-ÁNnCO,

Estas salinas, que pueden abastecer un continente, dan con dificultad la sal necesaria para los Departamentos que la consumen; y no tienen satisfactoria explicación el hecho frecuentemente repetido de intro- ducir el artículo de Curazao, pagadei-o en oro. Su adniinistmción se ha reducido de tiempo atrás á celebrar contratos para la recolección de la cosecha, el empaque y transporte á los almacenes de los puertos, pagando por estas operaciones sumas cuantiosas que ascienden á can- tidades mayores en mucho á lo que cupsíjí la explotación y elaboración del artículo en las Salinas terrestres. No se comprende por qué paga el Tesoro mucho más por recoger la sal marina que no tiene labor de mano distinta de la de recogerla, que por la de bancos terrestres que exige trabajos serios de minería y tratamientos de física y de química industrial. La sal marina la da el océano y la cristaliza el aire seco por millones de toneladas; la sal de los bancos terrestres hay que arran- carla de la roca en su forma natural, y el hombre tiene que trans- formarla artificialmente por arrobas, empleando combustible, hornos y difíciles labores. La sal marina se consume en seis Departamentos, y la terrestre on tres; y, sin emliargo, la rentji de las S:ilinas marítimas no alcaníta á veces á cubrir mu.s gastos, y nada, ó casi nada, entra á las arcas nacionales.

Kn la admini.stración de estas Salinas dcbei'á atcndci-se & la produc- ción, recolección, empaque, transporte, almacenaje, vigilancia, provisión nacional y á la colocación de la sal excedente.

En cuanto á la producción deberán destinarse de preferencia las mejor situadas para el consumo nacional, procurando so perfecta vigilancia, la mejora de sus productos y las facilidades de su explotación, de acuerdo con lo que la ciencia y la práctica aconsejen; arrendar todas las sobran- tes en licitación internacional, á la que pueden concurrir la isla de

COLOMBIA. 23

Cuba, alguna otra de las Antillas y los Kstabos Unidos, & donde podi-á llevarso la sal como lastre de los buques mercantes que ricnen & cargar en puertos del Atlántico, especialmente los que transportan plátano á Neuva York, El contrato deberá hacerse, siendo de cargo del arren- datario todos los gastos. Esta sal, que no tendrá otro transporte que el maFÍtimo, no necesita de cambiarle la fonna, pues la natural, en grano, es la más conveniente para conducirla como lastre á granel, evitándose el empaque.

La vigilancia puede ser ejercida por alguno ó varios de los buques nacionales, destinándolos á cruzar la^ aguas colombianas, haciendo el servicio de resguardo marítimo para evitar el contrabando, así de la sal que se quiera sustraer de las Saliuas, como de la mercancía extran- jera que se pretende importar clandestinamente. Los demás buques se podrán destinar á la movilización de sal á los almacenes oficiales y á llevarla á puertos extranjeros, en el caso de no convenir el arrenda- miento de las Salinas y ser preferible exportarla por cuenta del Gobierno á comiíiíonistas ó compradores de fuera. En tal caso, los buques declarados mercantes, podrán hacer viajes redondos y trayendo fletamentos á flete, j lastrándose con sal á la ida.

Haãta hoy hemos sido tributarios de otros pueblos por un artículo que la naturaleza nos da con tanta prodigalidad, que bien podríamos repartirlo profusamente entre otras naciones; librémonos del tributo que pagamos y busquemos los medios de obtener algún provecho de los valores que sobran á nuestras necesidades.

Con tales propósitos, tan pronto como me hice cargo del puesto que desempeño, me he dirigido i varios comerciantes do Costa Rica, la )»la de Cuba y Nueva York, solicitando informes sobre el particular, los que tendré el honor de poner en conocimiento de V. S. tan pronto como sean recibidos.

Como queda dicho, el Gobierno deberá destinar al consumo nacional las Salinas que ofrezcan mayores ventajas; á la exportación de sales, las que se hallen más distantes, ya sea por arrendamiento, ya por administración, dando sus productos á precios que faciliten al comercio la colocación de la mayor cantidad posible, pues cualquiera que se obtenga, pagadero en oro, representa una renta nueva que el país ha debido procurarse de tiempo atrás, que contribuirá á balancear nuestros presupuestos; y, finalmente, deberá inutilizar aquellas que no sean necesarias á ninguno de los objetos.

Este asunto, que puede parecer á primei'a vista erizado de dificul- tades insuperables, es,á mi juicio, perfectamente factible y no requiere sino ser reglamentado.

ALMACENAJE.

Se hace difícil y costoso el almacenar la sal, debido á no haberse pensado sino en depositarla ensacada, y el saco vale mucho más que la

34 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS BEPÜSLICAS AMERICANAS.

BS.L Jazgo que deber» etjtudtarHe este otru método; ea loe puertos donde sea. conveniente munteoer loe aJoMoetiefi, enoerrar con paredes de altura y solidez Hii3eientei:í, área» de e'xt«Dsiãn cilculada pan man- tener la sal del coBsumo en aquella loealíOad, de uca á otra coíiecha. Dentro d«! área cercada ae levaatar¿ii grandes {alas de sal, las que, recubiertas oon uaa capa de paja ó raoia seca que al ser incinerada TÍtriftea la stiperfitíe haciéndola impermeable á la homedad, pueden oon- servarye i ndeân idamente, como ae hace en Itis Salinas; por este loedio »e teodrá á cubierto del fraude y de la intemperie; se evitará el costoso eovpaque, y ae dará á la venta al precio de la especie, siendo de car^ del negociante el embalarla como á bien ter^a.

Conocida la producción, el coasiiiuo iaterior y lu cantidad expor- table, sería coDTeoiente hantllizar las demáa Salinas que no fuesen œ- cesarias, á fin de reducir el campo de vigilancia concentrándola coa mayor actividad á uu radio Dtcner, donde pudiera hacerse el contra- bando.

PEOVISIÓX ItE SAL Á LOS DEl'ARTAMESTOS DEL INTERIOR.

Este asunto deberá estudiarse separadamente, á fin de evitar á todo tranee el monopolio que el caiMtal 6 el fai-oritismo han solido imponer con perjnicio del pueblo «wsumidor y en prorecho de un solo hombre; y me permito hacer las indicRciones signientes:

Para proveer S Antioquia de sal marina podrían establecerse alma- cenes oficiales en Puerto Berrío y en Magangué, los que bastarían para abastecer todo el Departamento; para Santander podrían instalarse en Bucaramanga: paraTolima, en Honda: para Cauca, en Bnenarentura y Tumaco.

SALIXAS TERRESTRES,

Pueden dividirse laã que se hallan en explotación es dos gruides grupos, así: las de Oundinamairea : Zipftquirá, Xcmocós, Seequilé, Tausa y Gacheta; y lae de Boyacá: Cbita y Chámeza; quedandoademás tres aliñas saialadati: la de Caaianeha, en Boyacá; Cumaral y U^, ea el Territorio Nacional de San Martín, y las de CoeIk>, en el Tolitua, las que dcben'm estudiara por reparado.

SALINAS DE rCXDINAMABCA.

La de Zipaquíníse halla hoy en capacidad de producir 00,000 arrobas de sal compactada; 12,000 de sal cristalizada en grano; 35,000 de sal \-iuja de 1", y (^,000 de viaja 2", n^cnsualmente; y necesita urgente- mente de las siguientes mejoras: alumbrado eléctrico en laa fábricas y socavones.

Durante mi ndmininti-ación hice practicar los estudios del caso por los Ingenieros Srw. Pablo Vanegas y Leotolix) ÓitTTZ, y do sus trabajos técnicos aparece que no hay fueiza hidráulica suficiente S lae

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iumediaeioDes para desarrollar la energía eléctrica que el alumbrado requiere; y la ioatalación . <le Iu2 iocandeâcente costaría de 25,000 á 30,000 peaos oro, cantidad que en estos momeatos no sería prudente exigir del exhausto Tesoro, aun cuando esta clase de alumbrado se imponga como vi más économies j adecuado á las teuebrosas galerías de )a mina. Deberá establecerse tan pronto como lois recursos â.scales lo permitan.

Vasa de la adm-inustradón. — Se ban levantado los planos de esteediBcio que deberá construirse en el lote de propiedad nacional situado en la plaza de esta ciudad. Aun cuando esésta una necesidad urgentemente reclamada por ei decoro oficial, la comodidad y la economía, no se ha emprendido esta obra, prefiriéndose pagar fuertes arrendamientos mensuales, cuyo importe hubiera bastado en pocos aRos para cubrirlos gastos de la constmcción del edificio. Deberá autorizarse el gasto de 50,000 pesos mensuales aplicables á dicha mejora.

Se halla en completa ruina. No produce sino l,.'íOO arrobas de sal de grano de caldero, 7,000 de vijúa de 1" y 20,500 de 2" en el mes. El socavón es un abismo de donde se extrae la sal á cs^wldas de mujeres y de niSos, con peligro inunente de la vida; y exigiendo este trabajo brazos que no se consiguen, apenas se puede extraer una cantidad suficiente para la demanda; y de allí provienen las quejas iacesantes de unos, la emulación de otros y el monopolio del artícuk>.

Es absolutamente indispensable construir á culaquier costo un acen- sor mecánico para extraer toda la sal que se pida, librando á los obreros de la dificultad y el peligro con que trabajan, lo que es verdaderamente inhumano y cau-ta la deformidad de los niños y de las mujeres que ganan la vida en aquella tarea impropia de seres civilizados. El ga.sto que -se hiciere quedaría pronto remunerado coo la maj'or producción propor- cionada al pedido.

£1 bfioco de gcana de esta salina fué abierto siguiendo una aguja que se incUsa al Oriente, estrechada entre dos respaldos que no permiten una explotación reguLu-: y el socavón se halla inundado hace algún tiempo, inutilizando varias galerías, formando un lago de aguas satu- radas en el interior de la mina, que se extraen por medio de bombas para cristalizar la sal en calderos 6 compactarla en el horno rccientc- iBe^e construido.

Los socavones, sin dirección científica, tienen en el interior declives del 50 por ciento, por donde se saca la sal á espaldas basta llegar al plano de la carrillera del tranvía que lo conduce al exterior.

La explotación de esta mina, como lo indiqué en mi primer informe, debería hacerse atravesando el i'espaldo occidental abriendo el socavón

26 OE'ICINÁ lirrBBMÁOIONAL DE LA3 REPUBLICAS AHEBICANA3.

por el lado de Boitá, para coger el banco á mayor profuadidad obte- niendo mejor clase de sal, en un plano amplio y cómodo para fábricas y demás edificios sobre la vía nacional del Norte, y á donde las a^as saladas del lago interior de la mina lle^rían por su gravedad sin nece- sidad de bombas. Este plan, costoso eo su instalación remuneraría con creces en breve tiempo el dinero que costará, quedando una Salina de primer oi-den, pues el banco es magnífico, muy bien circunscrito entre los respaldos y en posición ventajosa para el comercio. Si no se emprendiem esta mejora radical no-vale la pena hacer otras.de impor- tancia, bastando conservar lo que hoy existe.

SALINA CAUMARAL Y UPÍN.

Arruiuanas por la guerra, nunca bipn explotadas, merecen la aten- ción oficial para que puedan ocupar el rango que su importancia les asigna.

Haj' dos contratos pendientes á la explotación de estos bancos, y ambos deberán cancelarse por las razones que aparecen en los respec- tivos expedientes.

Esta sal convendría destinarla únicamente á San Martín; y como el mayor consumo es para loa ganados, sería conveniente venderla & la mitad del precio oficial con el objeto de favorecer debidamente la industria pecuaria de! llano. En tal caso se debería establecer una Aduanilla en el puente do Susumuco, donde se cobrara un derecho do tránsito igual al precio oficial de la respectiva especie en las oti-as Salinas, á fin de evitar que viniera á competir con las sales do Cundi- namarca en los mercados del oriente del Depai-tamcnto.

IjOS bancos explotados á tajo abierto deberán serlo por galerías, sistema el más racional y económico.

SALINAS DE MENOE CUANTÍA.

Abundan las salinas pobras, tales como las de Pínsaima, Nimainoa y Chaguan!, Mámbita y Barital, en Cundinamarca; Sisbaca, Recetor, Muneque y otras, en Boyacá. Su administración es improductiva, sus beneficios nulos para la renta; su vigilancia costosa y las más de las veí;o9 inefectiva. Si algunas de ellas pudieran producir algo, sus rendimientos hay que descontarlos de los de las salinas principales.

El Cíobierno debería, á mi juicio, dar impulso á las Salinas princi- pales de Cundinamarca, á Chita y Chámeza, de Boyacá, introduciendo los métodos más perfectos de explotación de los bancos y elaboración de las aguas saladas, mejorando las vías de comunicación, poniendo la administración en manos hábiles remuneradas equitativamente, con sueldos eventuales que estimulen al mayor esfuei-zo y libren al em- pleado de faltar á la probidad impulsado por la escaso?, de medios de

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Kuhsistenda, y castigando cl fraude con kxia severidad ; concentrar su renta y sus cuidados á estas Salinas, que se hallen bien situadas, y cerrar definitivamente todas la» demás, haciendo los g&íítos que fueron necesarios para inutilizarlas en absoluto, de modo que no necesiten de resguardo.

EXPLOTACIÓS I>E I,A3 SALINAS.

Kepitiündo lo que varías veces he indicado, se deberá dar preferencia, al aprovechamiento de las vertientes saladas, porque en ellas se han efectuado natui-almente y sin costo alguno los tralmjos preliminares de toda elaboración, la explotai-ión de la sal y su disolución, y porque constituyen verdaderas fuentes de riqueza que corren gratuitamente & donde se les necesita.

Cuando surten á baja graduación se deberán concentrar á saturación antes de beneBciarlas, ya sea enriqueciéndolas con sal vijúa, donde la haya, ó por evaporación mecánica menos costosa que al calor.

I^ compuctación que hoy se hace por e! método indígena deberá mejoi-arse adoptando el uso de vasijas metiílicas, tan pronto como algunas imperfecciones de detalles sean corregidas por los inventores del sistema patentado.

La explotación de los bancos debería mejorarse u.sando los procedi- mientos más adelantados.

LIBBB ELABORACIÓN.

Esta industria, que ha obtenido algún desarrollo en Cundinamarca^ deberá hacerse extensiva á todas las Salinas terrestres. En Chita se puede fomentar vendiendo ó arrendando los bosques nacionales por lotes de poca extensión, mediante ciertas obligaciones. En Chámeza comprando los bosques adyacentes y dándolos en los mismos términos ú colonos que quieran á establecerse en aquel desierto.

En general, la libre elaboración deberá favorecerse é implantarla en todas las Salinas terrestres. Sus resultados serán los siguiejitcs:

Se reducirán la atención oficial y los gastos de administración.

Habrá un número considerable de individuos sostenedores del Gobierno, ó por lo menos intei-sados en que haya paz.

La renta mejorará vendiendo únicamente las materias primas, pues la elaboración es siempre más costosa al Gobierno que á los particulares; y los ingresos aumentarán con la venta de la hulla y de la lefia que hoy se consume en las fábricas oficiales.

Disminuirá el fraude desde el momento en que se reducen, el radio- donde se ejerce y la materia que lo provoca.

Para que la libre elaboración no se convierta en monopolio, el Go- bierno deberá conservar en almacén la mayor cantidad posible de sal compactada, y estar prevenido con los elementos necesarios para una Ball. No. 1—05 1

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activa producción; abrir la venta cuando los precios en cl mercado suban excesivamente sobre los ofícíales, y suspenderla cuando busquen su nivel. En suma, cl Gobierno no debe ser elaborador sino regula- dor de los precios, y el que llene el balance entre la demanda y la oferta. Dejo así condensadas la^ ideas sobre asunto tan vasto como el que ol Gobierno ha tenido & bien confiar á mi cuidado; j quedo dispuesto á tratav más extensamente cualquiera de los puntos que pudieran necesitar explicaciones más lentas.

COSTA RICA.

UNA PUBLICACltíN IMPORTANTE.

Como suplemento al número de 2!) de diciembre de 1904 del " Moni- tor Oficial del Comercio," que se publica en París, se ha dado á luz un folleto titulado ^'KépubHquc de Costa-Rica," que será leído con profundo interés por cuantos siji^uen con admiración y simpatía el nunca interrumpido movimiento de progreso legítimo que se observa en aquel país. El folleto, que se compone de 55 páginas en 8', y es simplemente un Informe Consular, enviado á su Gobierno por el SeBor Khile Jork, Cónsul y Chargé d'affaires de Francia en Costa Rica, está dividido en cinco partes. La primeis que se denomina "Ojeada gene- i-al sobre la Ilepúblic-a de Costa Rica" contiene, como puede suponerse por el título, nmchos datos de valor. La segunda se ocupa del ''Co- mercio exterior de Costa Rica"' y el movimiento de importación y exportación. La torcera se dedica ai "Comercio y los intereses franceses en Costa Rica, con datos y noticias útiles para nuestros nacionales," es decir para los franceses. La cuarta es una "Lista de los principales comerciantes importadores y exportadores de la Repú- blica." Y la quinta tiene por título: "Movimiento marítimo: Limón y Pun til- A renas."

El hecho de haber llegado e^ite folleto, á poder del Bolf.tíx, á última hora, y casi en cl momento de salir para la imprenta, impide darse de él en este número una idea más completa.

CUBA.

UnaORACION en la isla en 1903 7 1904.

Según los datos transmitidos al Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos de América respecto á la inmigración en Cuba, por

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lalidadês y sexos, en loe dos aùoij que terminan rcspcotimmente el 30 de Judío de 1903 y el 30 dej nnio de 1904, resulta lo que stgiie:

	n^^ïïiw.		m	_ isi) «ta	1«H.
Mujen-í.	T.lt8l.
	7» il '1 141	1 î? 19 3ZS	50

BSTASfsmCAS DE LOB HATABEBOS EN EL FBIHER SEUESTBE DE 1904.

El siguiente cuadro es un resumen general demostrativo, del número y clase de resé» que han sido sacrificadas en los mataderos municipales de 1& República durante el primer semestre del aBo 1904, con expre- sión del peso de las mismas y de los precios mayores j' menores que han obtenido las carnes por kilogramo.

CiASADO VACIXO.	L'sntidxl.	ríwioi
	Númpio	(^1 kilo en
	MáKlnio.	Mínimo.
i	ï,MO 10;4M 16,WH fi.NI 10,76»	Í:ÍÍ 1.012,934 2.2IÍ,267	isij	: CnUn.-^-

Hsbana

Flou del Uo

Matannii

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gamuftuilvraba ..

Tomi

G.\NA1>0 DE CERDA.

CPiHodf Número

ProvLnHa». polilncion, ilc

PlnardFlRIo

■■tiiniiu

OaiUK^T - - ' ■ -

Santiago de Cuba...

1
	M,«l	'■iS-Z
331,-15	r,:3si	3a»,7ivi
l,fiTï,7.7	7^,711	8.sai.'jM 1

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■«.,..,„	Censode poblHclon.	"r-	Cantldail.	.Milirlmo.	Mínimo.
	<Z7,514 170. SH 827.-15	w	t'Uogramoi. 3S,3-V¿ 6,ft36	mía 66.3 4o:o	tt«,««.^
	1,6T2,79T	3,ÍH7	5ñ,rJ3

onsunio poi cadn 100 lisblMiittii:

Uaiuufo wnno 1,05(1.13

línniulo ãe cenlii í», 12

Uanado lunitp j- c«brIo 3. 5i

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UODIFICACIONES AL ABAN CEL.

ï.—îiesoluciôn d'> O de ahrtl de 190^, relativa á hi iwait^ación de Ion tnnttis por ciento de recirgo.

I- (jareta Oflïial " de í-i de abril de 19W, So. I.tOS.]

Ell virtud de la presente Kesoluciôn, la recaudación de los tantos por ciento de recargo, respecto de los artículos expresados en la tarifa de Recargo Municipal, deberá seguirse efectuando sobre cl produeido del 84 per ciento de aforo de dichos artículos.

II, — Dtíffto de 30 de ahril de lOOJf, rchifiro i't derechos de ej^portacivn.

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Por el pre.sente se decreta:

Artículo 1°. Derogar en todas sus partes la tarifa do exportación de fecba 11» de noviembre del año Ifíl'íi, puesta en vigor por decreto de fecba 9 de abril del corriente año.

Art. 2". Desde la promulgación del presente decreto, sólo paganín derccbos, con caráct^^r transitorio, los artículos que á continuación so expresan:

Cacao (jdintal.. fl.-ÎO Concha de carey libra.. fO. 25

Cafí ¡(1 l-í Cuayacyln tonelada.. ,50

Cera id 2.50 Miel de alicja.H ealúii.. .01

Ciwros de cabra id 2. .50 i Yaya tonelada.. ..50

CueroBderwi id 1.00 ,

PdiT'ifo. En el impuesto del cacao están comprendidos los tO.õO de impuesto de gucri'a.

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Respecto del azúcar, se declara vigente el decreto del (íobierno Pro- visional presidido por el General Horacio VXsqubz, de fecha U de marzo de 1903, que establece un impuesto de dies cniitavm orOy por cada quintal de azÉÍcar que se produzca en la República, y encarga al Ciudadano Ministro de Hacienda y Comercio, dictar ke reglas proce- dentes para la recaudación de dicho impuesto.

El presente decreto deroga todo oti-o que le •*%& contrario.

111. — JiemhífivH tJf JO de abril de 1904, reláfica al pago do derechos de Adua7ia.

[■■Garata Oflclul" de 30 de abril dü J9(H. ii- l.-^.J

Por la presente se resuelve:

AHTfcuix> 1". Derogar el artículo 3" del decreto de fecha 9 de abril corriente.

Art. 2°. Desde la promulgación de la presente Resolución, solamente se aceptarán, en pago de derechos y en la proporción de un 2ã por ciento, los vales emitidos por el actual tiobicrno.

IV. — DccrfU) dt¡ 14 dv mayo de 1004, rtlatliti al pa<jo de ãi-rcclujs de Aduana y á la creación de u» recanjo especial.

[■-Ilaceta0fli-l»l" de H de nisyode 19W, n- 1541-1

Artículo 1°. Decide la publicación del presente decreto y mientras las circunstancias lo exijan, las Oficinas Fiscales de la República no admitirán en pago de los impuestos aduaneros cre-ados con anterioridad á esta fecha mus que un 25 por ciento en documentos de los emitidos legalmente ó á cuenta de los contratos que hayan sido celebrados en debida forma, hasta la completa cancelación de unos y otros compro- misos.

Art. 2°. Se continuará admitiendo también el ã por ciento en billetes del Banco Nacional sobre los derechos de importación, debiendo ser entregados á la Junta Incineradora las sumas en billetes que se recau- den por este concepto para que proceda conforme lo establecido por la ley de su creación.

Abt. 3". Se crea, aunque con carácter de transitorio únicamente, un recargo especial que consistíi-á en un 8 por ciento efectivo calculado sobre el aforo impuesto á la mercancía de adeudo, que empezará á cobrarse desde esta fecha.

Art. 4°. Este decreto deroga toda otra disposición que le sea con- traria, y queda sujeto en cuanto ú su ejecución á las órdenes del Minis- terio de Hacienda.

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ECUADOR.

TRATADO DE LtHITBS ENTBE EL ECUADOR T El. BRASIL.

(Aprobddo por el Gobierno del Ecusiior el 3 de iifliiljre de 19M.]

La República del Ecuador y la República de los Estados Uuidos del Brasil, deseando evitar dificultades posibles en lo futuro, y cimentar sólida y duraderamente la i-ordial inteligencia que entre las dos naciones debe siempre subsistir, resolvieron reannudar y concluir la negociación iniciada en Quito el afío 1853, en la cual el Flenipoteneiario del Ecua- dor y el del Brasil estaban de acuerdo acerca de la necesidad y el uiodo de definir la frontera de los dos países; y con tal tin nombraron Pleni- potenciarios, á saber:

El Presidente de la República del Ecuador al Sr. Dr. D. Carlos R. Tobar, su Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario en el Brasil; y

El Presidente de la República de los Entados Unidos del Brasil al Sr, José María da Silva do Paranhos Rio-Bra\co, Ministro de Estado de las Relaciones E.\terÍores.

Quienes, después de mostrarse los respectivos Plenos Poderes y de hallarlos en buena y debida forma, convinieron en Io:f artículos siguientes:

Artículo I.

La República del Ecuador y la República de los Estados Unidos del Brasil acuerdan que, terminado favorablemente para el Ecuador, como esta República espera, el litigio que sobre límites existe entre el Ecuador y el Perú la frontera entre el Eciiador y el Brasil, en las partes en que confinen, sea la misma señalada por el artículo VII de la Convención que se celebró entre el Brasil y el Perú, en Lima, el 23 octubre de 1851, con la modificación constante en el acuerdo, asimismo firmado en Lima el II febrero de 1874, para la permuta de territorios en la línea del Iza, ó Putumayo, esto es, que la frontera sea — en todo ó en parte, según el resultado del antedicho litigio — la línea geodésica que va de la boca del riachuelo San Antonio, en la margen izquierda del Amazonas, entre Tabatinga y Leticia, y termina en la confluencia del Apaporis con el Yapurá 6 Caqueta, menos en la sección del río Iza 6 Putumayo, cortada por la misma línea, donde el íilveo del río, entre los puntos de intersección, formará la divisa.

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Las dos Altas Partes Contratantes declaran que, celebrando el pre- sente tratado, no tienen la intención de perjiídicar ningún dci-ccho que puedan comprobar ulteriormente las otras naciones cecinas, esto es.

que no tienen la intención de modificar Ias cuestiones de límites pen- dientes entre cl Brasil y Colombia y entre el Ecuador, Colombia y el Perú, propósito que el Brasil tampoco tuvo cuando negoció con el Pcríi la Convención de 23 de octubre de 1851,

AsTÍíarLo III.

Este tratado, después de aprobado por el Poder Legislativo do cada una de las dos líepúblicas, será ratíticado por los respectivos Gobiernos, y las ratilicaciones serán canjeadas en Río de Janeiro, en Quito ó en Santiago de Chile.

En fe de lo cual, nosotros, los Plenipotenciarios arriba nombrados, firmamos este tratado en dos ejemplares, cada uno en las lenguas caiíte- Uana y portuguesa, poniendo en ellos nuestros sellos.

Hecho en la ciudad de Río de Janeiro, á los seis días del mes de mayo de mil novecientos cutero.

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Sota. — El decreto de aprobaeii'm por el Gobierno del EetiAdor del aoterior Iratado, ■e publicó en el Be^ietrú Oficial de la República del Ecuador, niimero del 13 de Octubre de 1904.

SECRETO QVS CONCESE TNA PBIHA DE DIEZ CENTAVOS POK CADA FI.ANTA DE CAUCHO QTTE SE SIEMBRE EN LA REPÚBLICA.

(Sancionada el 30 setiembre de 1904.) El Congreso de la Repi'iblica del Ecuador, decreta: Artíci'lo 1°. El decreto legislativo sancionado el 17 de octubre de 1902, que faculta el Ejecutivo para que reglamente la prohiliición de estraer cl caucho de los bosques nacionales situados on cl Occidente, dirá, en su artículo segundo:

'• El Poder Ejecutivo gratificará, de fondos comunes, con una prima de diez centavos por cada planta de caucho que se siembre en cual- quiera parte del territorio do la República, siempre que la plantación no baje de quinientos árboles y que éstos cuenten cinco aüos de. vida."' Art. 2". El Poder Ejecutivo reglamentará la forma y el sistema como deben hacerse la» plantaciones.

Dado en Quito, Capital de la República, á veintitrés de septiembre de mil novecientos cuatro.

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ESTADOS UNIDOS.

COUEBCIO CON LA AltÊBICA LATIKA.

IMPORTACIONES V EXPORTACIONES.

En la página 142 aparece la última relación de! comercio entre los Rstados Unido.s y la. .América latina, tomada de la compilación hecha por la Oficina de E^itadística del Departamento de Comercio y Ti-almjo de \oa Estadoü Unidor. E^ítos diito:í se refieren al valor del comercio arriba mencionado. La estadística corresponde al mes de noviemlire de 1904, compai'ada con la del mes correspondiente del año anterior, y también comprende los datos referentes á los once uiese.s que termi- naron en noviembre de I!)04 comparados con igual período de 1903. Dcl>e explicarse que las estadísticas de las importaciones y exportaciones de las divei'sas aduana» referentes á un mes cualquiera no se reciben en el Departamento de Hacienda basta el 20 del mes siguiente, necesitán- dose algún tiempo para su compilación é impresión; de suerte que los datos estadísticos correspondientes al mes de noviembre, por ejemplo, no se publican basta enero.

HONDURAS.

nCPOBTACIÓN DEL SEOUNDO SEHB8TBB DE 1903-4.

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NICARAGUA.

ESTADÍSTICA DE EXFOBTACldN DEL PtTEBTO DE BAV FAAK- OISCO, CAUFOBNIA, À LOS PUESTOS DE NICABAGTTA DUBANTE EL MES DE NOVIEHBBE DE 1904.

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KTTEVA LET CONSULAR.

(Sancionada el 26 de Octubre de 1804.)

La Asamblea Nacional Legislativa, decreta:

Artículo 1°. Habrá establecimientos consulares en loa países cxtnin- jeros en que el Poder Ejecutivo lo juzgare conveniente, de acuerdo con los Tratados, Convenciones ó prácticas internacionales.'

Art. 2". Los Consulados tienen por principal objeto promover y fomentar el comercio entre Nicamgua y las demás naciones; y prestar la protección que el Estado debe dispensar en territorio extranjero á las personas é intereses de sus nacionales.

Art. 3°. El establecimiento de Consulados y el nombramiento y remoción de los funcionarios que hayan de servirlos corresponden al Poder Ejecutivo.

Art. 4°. Los establecimientos consulares serán: Consulados Gene- rales, Con.sulados, Vice Consulado», y Agencias Consulares.

A los fimcionarios que las sirvan se designará en esta ley con el nombre geníírico de Cónsules.

Art. 5". Sólo podrá establecerse un Consulado General para cada nación.

El Poder Ejecutivo podrá sin embargo, establecer más de un Consu- lado General para los dominios de una nación, cuando éstos fuesen demasiado extensos ó distantes unos de otros, 6 la conveniencia del comercio entre las dos naciones û otras circunstancias especiales lo exigieren.

Art. 6". Los Consulados serán e.stab!ecidos para un distrito consular determinado, el cual podrá comprender varios puertos ó plazas comer- ciales; 6 para un .-iolo puerto 6 plaza de importancia.

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AitT. 7". PodnÍ nomliraríte Vice Cónsules f«ra un puerto ó plaza comercial de menor importancia, Ó para que subroguen interinamente á los Cónsules Generales y Cónsules,

Art. 8". Tanto los Cónsules Generales, como los Cónsules, tendrán la facultad de nombrar agentes consulaies para plazas mercantiles ó puertos comprendidos en su distrito consular, cuando la protección á nicaragüenses ó á intereses nicaragüenses lo exigiere; pero el agente consular obrará por comisión y bajo la responsabilidad del Cónsul General 6 Cónsul que lo hubiere nombrado.

Akt, 9". Los funcionarios consulares de Nicaragua, cualquiera que bea su categoría, son de dos clases: de profesión y de elección.

Los primeros delnírán ser ciudadanos nicaragüenses y reunir las demás condiciones que establei'C et artículo siguiente. Los segundos, nicar^Qenses ó extranjeros, deberán reunir los requisitos del artí- culo 11.

Abt. 10. Para ser nombrado Cónsul de profesión se requiere: 1°, teuer no menos de 21 años de edad, ni más de 55, y acreditar antece- dente.-* honorables; 2", hablar y escribir correctamente el idioma cas- tellano y conocer el del país á que haya de ser destinado; 3". nociones generales de Hi.storia Universal y Geografía; 4", conocimiento com- pleto de la Constitución Potític-a, Historia, Geografía Física y Política, Legislación Civil, Comercial, Fiscal y Marítima de Nicaragua: 5°, nociones generales de Economía Política y conocimiento de la legisla- ción nicaragüense en general, de la estadística comercial, de las producciones naturales del país y del estado de sus industrias; 6°, cono- cimiento del Derecho Internacional Público y Privado y de los trata- dos existentes entre Nicaragua y los demás Estados; 7", conocimiento teórico y práctico de la Notai'ía; b", versación en Contabilidad.

,E1 Reglamento Consular determinará la forma en que el intei'esado habrá de justificar que reúne los requisitos anteriores.

El candidato podrá ser eximido de nuevas pruebas en todas aquellas materias acerca de las cuales hubiere ya obtenido aprobación en esta- blecimentos de enseñanza secundarla, públicos ó autorizados por el Gobierno. Podrán ser nombrados sin rendir prueba alguna los que tengan título académico de Doctor en Derecho.

AitT. 11, Para ser nombrado Cónsul de elección debe el candidato acreditar que cuenta con recursos que lo permiten vivir con indepen- dencia y decoro, ó que ejerce una profesión ó industria honrosa y que goza de consideración social en hi localidad.

Serán motivos de preferencia, respecto de los extranjeros, el conoci- luieuto del idioma español, haber residido algún tiempo en Nicaragua 6 tener intereses comerciales en la Kepública.

AitT. 12. Ijos emolumentos ó derechos que los Cónsules percibieren en el ejercicio de sus funciones, pertenecerán al Estado, excepto los que

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facultatívameote y en calidad de viático exigieren de conformidad con el artículo 29 de la preítente ley.

Art. 13. Loa Cónsules de profesión gozarán de sueldo fijo y su les podrá acordar ademas una asignación suplementaria; pero no podrán ejercer el comercio ni desempeñar otra ocupación extraña & su empleo, j les eã prohibido aceptar en propiedad un cnrgo consular de otro Gobierno sin autorización del Poder Ejecutivo.

Art. 14. El sueldo de los Cónsules de profesión será de ciento cin- cuenta pesos mensuales.

El Poder Ejecutivo podré acordarles también la asignación suple- mentaria de que habla el artículo anterior hasta en cantidad de ciento cincuenta pesos mensuales, tomando en cuenta la importancia del Consul&do, el trabajo que acarree y las condiciones de vida del país en que van á residir.

Los cónsules de elección no gozan de sueldo fijo, pero tienen derecho al 2õ por ciento de los honorarios que están obligados á percibir.

Los gastos de oficina asi como la remuneración del Canciller, si lo hubiere, serán de cuenta de los Cónsules.

Podrá, sin embargo, el Poder Ejecutivo acoi-dar en casos especiales á los Cónsules de elección, un auxilio que no exceda de veinticinco pesos mensuales para gastos de oficina â otros desembolsos que hiciere necesarios ol desempeilo de sus funciones.

Abt. lã. Cuando por primera vez se estableciere un Consulado de profesión, el Poder Ejecut¡^'o podrá asignar para la compra de muebles y útiles de la oficina consular, una cantidad que no exceda de mil pesos.

Akt. 16. En los casos en que por enfermedad, ausencia û otro impe- dimento, un Cónsul de profesión fuere reemplazado iotcnuamcnte en ans funciones por un Cónsul de elección, éste tendrá derecho al 25 por ciento de los emolumentos que percibiere con tal que dicho 25 por ciento no exceda del sueldo del Cónsul de profesión.

Akt. 17. Los Cónsules deben rendir ant« el Ministerio de Hacienda una fianza basta de mil pesos antes de entrar á ejercer su cargo. El Ministro respectivo determinará el monto de dicha fianza en proponión de ios fondos que hayan de manejarse.

Art. 18. El E,stado reconocerá íntegramente á los Cónsules de pro- fesión los gastos de viaje bastael iugarde su destino. Podrá abonarles, asimismo, la tercera parte de los de su esposa y de los de sus hijos menores de edad. En ambos casos, los Cónsules presentarán una cuen- ta, en cuanto fuese posible, documentada de tales desembolsos.

Art, 19. Si por motivos justificados los Cónsules de profesión renun- ciasen el cargo ó fue^n removidos por causas no imputables á mal desempeño de sus funciones, y quisiesen regresar á Nicaragua, el Es- tado lea reconocerá á ellos y á sus familias los gastos de viaje en la forma prevista en el artículo precedente.

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Art. 20, Los Cônsules de profesión no podrán ausentarse del lugtir de 811 residencia sino hasta por ocho días y por razones justifícatívas; debiendo obtener previamente para olio autorización de la Legación de Nirai'agua, si la hubiere.

A ios que hubieren permanecido más de cinco años consecutivos en el desempeflo de su cargo y quisieren venír á Nicaragua, el Ministro de Relaciones Kxteriores podrá otorgarles una licencia que no exceda de seis meses, gozando del sueldo que les cori-epponde.

En este caso tendrán derecho á que los sean reconocidas la mitad de loe gastos de su viaje y la cuarta parte de los de su familia. El mismo auxilio les será acordado para volver á su puesto.

Abt. 21. Los Cónsules de elección pai-a ausentarse del lugar de su residencia, aunque fuese por tiemiio indeterminado, no tienen más que dar aviso a! Cónsul General óá la Legación; proponiendo, sino lo estu- viere de antemano designada, la persona que deba reemplazarles. Esta persona di.'if rutará, en lugar de dichos C-ónsules de elección, de los emolumento-H que por la ley cori-esponden á éstos,

Akt. 22, L/m Cónsules son ministros de fe pública, y en tal carácter pueden intervenir en los actos y desempeñar las funciones que la ley señala á los Notarios Públicos.

Art. 23. Los Cónsules harán las veces de oficiales del Registro Civil para registrar los nacimientos, matrimonios ó defunciones de nicara- güenses que ocurran en su jurisdicción, siempre que los interesados lo solicitaren; conformándose para estos actos á lo que dispone la ley sobre la materia.

Art. 24. El 1° de cada mes los Cónsules remitirán al Ministerio de Hacienda por medio de la Legación, ó á falta de ésta, directamente, la cuenta documentada del mes anterior y un cheque por valor del saldo á favor del Estado; y el Ministro dictará las providencias necesarias para que esos fondos ingresen al Tesoro Público.

Por falta del envío puntual de estos documentos, serán amonestados la piimera vez, multados en veinticinco pesos la segunda, y la tercera, podrán ser removidos de su cargo ó suspendidos provisionalmente por el agente diplomático sin perjuicio de la responsabilidad pecuniaria á que hubiere lugar.

AiiT. 25. La jurisdicción de los Cónsules será determinada en el acueixlo en que se les nombre. En caso contrario, la jurisdicción con- sular comprenderá la residencia de los cónsules y los demás lugares del país ante ol cual están acreditados, que se hallen á máa corta distancia de esa residencia que k de otro Consulado.

En caso de díñcultades el Ministro de Pelaciones Exteriores por sí ó por medio del agente diplomático determinará la jurisdicción respec- tiva t!e los Cónsules entre los cuales existiere desacuerdo.

Art. 26. Ixis Cónsules establecerán en sus respectivos distritos una caja de auxilios para los nicaragüenses desvalidos. Formai'án este

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fondo de socorro el 5 por ciento de los derechos que percibieren; las multas impuestas á loa Cónsules por cualquier motivo, y las demás sumas que determinará el Reglamento Consular.

Dicho fondo quedará en manos de los cónsules y de él se dispondrá con estricta sujeción á la ley y á los fines para que ha sido creado.

Art. 27. Los cónsules percibinín por los respectivos actos (-on.sula- res loa honorarias siguientes:

Visita. — Por visitar todo buque nicaragüense que llegue A un piierto de su jurisdicción:

Si no excede de 20 toneladas $0. 00

Hi no excede de 50 toneladas 1. 00

Si no excede de 10(t toneladas _ _ a. 00

Si no excede de 200 toneladas _ _ 4. 00

Si excede de 200 toneladas 6. 00

Fallirás. — Por visar un juego de facturas consulares:

Si el valor no excede de *100 $2.50

Si el valor no excede de $200 3. 00

Si el valor no excede de f 5O0 5, 00

Si el valor no excede de $1,000 10, 00

.Si excede de $1,000, además del honorario anterior, el 1 por ciento sobre el excedente.

Manífiextoit de carga. — Por visar un juego de manifiestos de carga destinada directamente á puertos nicaragüenses, 20 por ciento sobre los honorarios que corresponden por la legalización de las facturas consulares contenidas en dicho juego.

Los mismos honorarios se cobrarán por visar el manifiesto ó sobordo de carga destinada á puerto» nicaragüenses y que haya de reembar- carse etr Panamá.

Manifiesto» en laitre. — Por visar un juego de manifiestos en lastre, cinco pesos.

C'onociiuirntoit. — Por visar un juego de conocimientos, sea cual fuere el valor de la factura, dos pesos.

Patffíte de mnitíad. — Por expedir ó visar la patente de sanidad de todo buque que no exceda do 20 toneladas, $1.

Si no excede de 100 toneladas - . _ $2. 00

Si no excede de 500 toneladas _ 3. 00

Si excede de 500 toneladas _ _ ti. 00

Carta salida. — Por expedir ó visar la carta salida de todo buque que no exceda de 20 toneladas, $1.

Si no excede de 100 toneladas 2. 00

Si no excede de 500 toneladas 3.00

Si excede de 500 toneladas 6.00

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EuL — Por formar el rol de la tripulación, cuatro pesos.

Por anotar variaciooes en el rol, dos peyos.

Trasbordo. — Por k visación de un pliego de trasbordo, cinco peaos.

Salarlos. — Por intervenir en el arreglo de aalarios ó alimentos de individuos de la tripulación y autorizarlo, dos pesos.

Lo mismo cobrarán por decidir si hay ó no lugar á la resolución de los contratos de la gente de mar.

Pasaje. — Por la resolución que pronunciaren en caso de controversia entre el capitán y los pasajeros i'elati\'a al pasaje, dos pesos.

Pasavante. — Por un pasavante ó patente provisional pam que un buque enarbole el pabellón nicaragüense y navegue para algún puerto de la República á fin de matricularse allí, veinte pesos.

Venta (le buques. — Por intervenir en la venta de un buque nicara- güense de cien toneladas, ó menos, y autorizarla, diez pesos.

Si el buque fuere de más de cien toneladas, veinte pesos.

Pivtesta. — Por recibir la protesta marítima ó declaración que los capitanes de buques mercantes están obligados á hacer, sobre lo ocurrido en el viaje, ante los cónsules de los puertos donde arriben dichos barcos por causa de averías, tres pesos.

Sí hubiere quo tomarse declaraciones á individuos de la tripulatãón 6 que hayan estado en el buque, cobrarán además cincuenta centavos por declaración.

Depósito (íc pajM-les de mar. — Por el depósito que debe hacerse en el Consulado, de los papeles de todo buque nicaragüense quo mida cien toneladas ó menos, dos pe:-os.

Si el buque midiere más de cien toneladas, tres pesos.

Confrontación. — Por la confrontación que practicaren para reconocer la conformidad del cargamento en sus bultos, números y especies, y loe contenidos en la póliza, guia ó maniñesto de la aduana de procedeucia, cuatro i)esos.

Sellos. — Por poner sellos en los marcliamos de los bultos, cuando tal opcmción se solicitare, cincuenta centavos por cada bulto.

At'eríus. — Por ia resolución que dictaren, en vista del informe de peritos, en que se autorice al capitán para descargar las mercaderías, repararlas, reembarcarlas, mantenerlas en depósito ó venderlas en pública subasta, etc., cinco pesos.

S'avfroffio. — Por asistencia en caso de naufragio ú otro accidente, los gastos de viaje y diez pesos diarios.

. Mercaderías averiadas. — Por intervenir en la i'enta de los restos del buque ó de mercaderías averiadas ó que no puedan conser^-arse hasta la reparación del buque, 2i por ciento sobre el producto de la venta.

Empréstito. — Por intervenir, cuando fueren requeridos, en el acto de levantar un empri^stito á la gruesa, \\ por ciento sobre la cantidad emprestada.

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Pasaporta. — Por expedir 6 visar un pasaporte, un poso.

Escritura. — Por extender en su registro cualquier instrumento con el carácter de Notario público, además de lo escrito, seis pesos.

Testa^ii&nio.—^OT autorizar un testamento cerrado ó por presenciar su apertura, diez pesos.

Legalisación. — Por legalizar documentos ó firmas, en general, cuatro peM>s.

Copia. — Por testimonio, certificación ó copia de actos otorgados ante elloíí, ó de papeles 6 documentos depositados en el Consulado, cincuenta centavos por cada medio pliego escrito, incluyendo los simplemente comenzados, sin contar los honorarios de legalización de dichos eF>oritos.

Extado civil. — Por registrar actas de nacimiento, matrimonio, defun- ción ó cualquiera otra anotación relativa al estado civil de una persona, doti pesos.

Por expedir una copia de uno de estos asientos, dos pesos.

Ceríi^cadi* de vida. — Por un certificado de supervivencia, dos pesos.

Diligencias judicial^es. — Por diligencias en que obren en el carácter de funcionarios judiciales, dos pesos.

Asistencia judicial. — Por practicar una inspección ocular, aposición de sellos, reconocer 6 quitar los que se hubieren colocado, ejecutar un embargo, cuatro pesos.

Inventario y j>artición. — Por hacer un inventarlo: Si los bienes no exceden de $1,0()0, 1 por ciento; sí'los bienes no exceden de $5,000, el honorario anterior y e! medio por ciento sobre el excedente do $1,000.

Si exceden de $5,000, el honorario anterior y un cuarto por ciento sobre el excedente.

Por hacer uns partición, los honorarios anteriores duplicados.

Por intervenir en un inventario ó en una partición, cuatro pesos.

Por practicar un avalúo de bienes ó intervenir en é\, 1 por ciento sobre el valor de los bienes valuados.

Venia piihlica.~^ox intervenir en la venta pública de bienes, cuando su intervención fuere requerida, li por ciento liasta la cantidad de cinco mil pesos y medio por ciento sobre lo que excediere de esta suma.

Adminis/raciwi y venta de híenes. — Por intervenir en la administra- ción de bienes de ausentes ó de intestados, ó en la venta de los mismos, 1 por ciento sobre los que simplemente administraren, y 2 por ciento sobre el precio de venta.

Lo mismo percibirán cuando por las leyes ó prácticas del país en (¡iie funcionen, les incumbiere en persona ejercer la itdministmción ó rea- lizar la venta.

Di'péstio.—Por el depósito hecho en el Consulado, de mercaderías ó dinero, 1 por ciento sobre el valor de las primeras ó sobre la cantidad del segundo.

Si el depósito fuere de documentos, dos pesos.

42 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPÚBLICAS AUERICAHAS.

Pi-oouración. — Por representar y defender derechos de nicaragüen- ses ante los tribunales del país, los mismos honorarios que correspon- derían á los pi'oeui-adores judiciales en dicho país.

Art. 28. Cufios imprevistos. — Por ser\'icios no comprendidos en esta tarifa, á falta de convenio previo con el interesado, cobrarán los hono- rarios que por actos análogos cobran en el lugar de na residencia los Notarios públicos. Pero si el acto fuere de los que no pueden ejecu- tar los Notarios, cobrarán sus honorarios de conformidad con la tarifa consular vigente en el país donde residan.

Aht. 29. Asintencia fit^ru dd CotiKithuh). — Cuando tengan que .salir de su odcina para un acto cualquiera, además de los honorario.s que cori-esponden al acto, ^Avíjí obrar dos pesos por la primera hora 3' uno por cada hora de las siguientes.

Pero si el neto tuviese lugar fuera de su residencia, t-iidrán derecho á los gastos de viaje y diez pesos diarios.

En el primer caso la dieta nunca excederá de diez pesos diarios.

AuT. 30. Exencionen. — No percibirán honorarios:

Por las diligencias en que intervengan en causa criminal, ni por los expedientes y sumarios á que ésta diere lugar.

Por los actos que interesen á nicaragüenses" notoriamente pobres, á juicio prudencial de los Cónsules,

Por facturas consulares y demás actos ejecutados para el Estado.

Por inscribir á los nicaragüenses en el libro de matrículas ni por expedirles la certificación respectiva.

Art. 31. Eqniralenciiifi. — Pam los efectos de esta ley, el peso nica- ragüense se reputa de igual valor que los pesos de las otras Repúblicas hispano-americanas y que el dollar âe los Estados Unidos y equivalente & cuatroirhelines de la Gran Bretaña, cuatro marcos de Alemania, cinco francos de Francia, cinco liras de Italia y cinco pesetas de España, En los países que no quedan enumerados aquí, el peso nicaragüense se reputa igual á cinco francos 6 al equivalente de cinco fi-ancos en la moneda del país de que se trate.

Art. 32. Las autoridades do aduana cobi-arán y remitirán al Minis- terio de Hacienda, para que se hagan figurar en la cuenta de los (Cón- sules, los derechos que hubiere correspondido á éstos percibir por la expedición ó visación de documentos relacionados con el buque ó su carga, y que fueren presentados sin haber cumplido esta formalidad.

AI mismo tiempo cobrarán por vía de pena y á favor del Fisco, una suma igual á los derechos que debieron haberse pagado en el consulado.

Amhas sumas podrán ser pagadas en la moneda nacional al cambio del día.

DISI'OSICIOXES transitorias.

Art. 33. Los nombramientos de Cónsules de profesión se harán ú medida que el Poder Ejecutivo lo estimare conveniente, tomando en

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cuenta las consideraciones debidas á laa personas, nicaragQenscs ó- extraujeros, que estuvieren desempeñando funciones consulares á satis-^ focción del Gobierno.

Abt. 34. Queda autorizado el Poder Ejecutivo para emitir un regla- mento consular de conformidad con la presente ley, y desde la fecha- en que dicho reglamento entre en vigor, quedará derogado el de 16 de. octubre de 1880 y toda otra disposición relativa á esta materia.

Akt. 35. Esta ley comenzará á regir el 1° de enero de 1905.

Dado en el Salón de Sesiones. Managua, 15 de octubre de 1904.

KOSIFICACIONES SEI. AHAKCEL.

I. — Decreto ãe H de Mayo de 190^.^ relativo al pago de loa derechos d^ hnportación.

["Dinrlo Oficial " de 17 rtc Msjo de ia04, n- 222S.)

Artícclo 1°. El valor de loa derechos aduaneros de importación y su recargo se pagará en moneda de oro 6 en giros comerciales de primera clase y á la vista sobre los Estados Unidos ó Europa.'

Akt. 2°. Para el efecto de ias liquidaciones, se procederá en un todo- sobre las bases actuales y, una vez tijado el monto total de los derechoa de importación en cada póliza, se hará al pie de ella la reducción á oro^ en la proporción de cinco á uno, ó sea del veinte por ciento.

Art. 3". Queda á opición de los deudores cancelar sus obligacionea en oro ó su equivalente en billete nacional, al cambio comercial de venta de giros en esta plaza á la fecha del pago ; para lo cual el Minis- terio de Hacienda recogerá las cotizaciones de I«í: casas que estén en posibilidad de vender giros, y hará lijar tales términos en la Tesorería General.

Aht, 4°. Los bonos circulantes no concurrirán en el pago de Ift» pólizas por derechos marítimos; más aquellos que actualmente tuvieren tal privilegio serán amortizados mensualmente en cantidad de diez mil pesos, mediante pago en efectivo, distribuyéndose dicha cantidad entre las varías clases de dichos bonos, proporcionalmente; dicha amortiza- ción se efectuará todo día último de mes.

Art. 5°. Para la práctica del artículo anterior, todos los tenedores de los citados bonos ocunirán á presentarlos en la Tesorería General para su registro, dentro de los primeros quince días de ia vigencia de este decreto, para que por sorteos sean designados los que deben amortizarse cada mes.

En este acto intervendrtn siempre, como los testigos, tenedores do

los bonos que tienen derecho á sorteo, no debiendo en ningún caso

intervenir menos de dos tenedores; y ejecutado el acto por Tesorero

General, se practicará inmediatamente el pago y se levantará el acta

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del cseo firnuda por k» concurrentes, que ae publicara es el "Diarío Oficial."

Akt. 6°. £1 presente decreto no comprende í Its Adiiuiaa de £1 Bluff y d« El Cabo de Gracias á Dios, y caspezarí á reg^ir treinta días despuéd de bo fecha.

II. D'fj'eto ãe Sã ilujiniSo de J90i, relativo á Iti ñajtoría^Un Úe arroz y frljdes.

[■■ IM»rí« Ondiil " a* 29 de lDnk<4e IWM.)

Desde la publicación del presente bosta el 31 de diciembre de este aïïo, será libre la introdución de arroz y frijoles.

TSSShM DE OBO BV ITICABAOUA.

En la parte inglesa del Boletín se da cuenta del Informe enrído al Departamento de Estado de los Estados Unidos de América, con fecha !* de no^-^embre íiitímo, por el SeRor John Todd Hill, Consul de los Estados Unidos de América en San Juan del Norte, relativo i las niintis de oro de Nicaragua, y la actividad de que abora disfruta aílí ei'la industria.

De él aparece qne están ya en eiq>lotaci6n, ó preparáodoee par» estarlo muy en bi'ere law rkas minas de esta «lase denomifiadas de " Bonanza'* y de la "Estrella Solitaria" en el distrito de Tunkey, las pertenecientes i. la Gompafiía Minera k SiempreWva, las llamadas "La Constância," " La Luz," y ''Los Angeles," estas tíos ultíniae en el distrito de Ciicuina, y las de la Compañía denominada "Topaz Min- ing Company." en el disftnto de Mico, eerca de Rama.

PARAGUAY.

KODCncACIONES DEL A&AVCXL.

I. Jùiriicto, Tíh'fíro á di-rechos df adiiatta, de la ley de IJ^ dejijío de 1003, aiiUtrisatido al l'wíer Jíjecutivo á elevar la onieión del p9j>el iiwiieda ett círcvlactón.

(■■Diario Oliclal " ite IC fle Jnrio de ]«M. Vo. USB.]

Art. 6". Por el presente artículo se crean los siguientes recursos á oro;

Incj.«i A. * • * Ocho por ciento sobje el valor de las madeíae en geuei-al, á excepción de las aserradas, que pagariin el 4 per ciouto. Auuiento del adicional creado por Ley 20 de enei-o de 1902 «obre la exi>ort)»'ión de la yerbit molida y mborobiré en nueve y doce centavos

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respectivamente^ amneiitos de los derechos de exportación de cueros en treinta y cinco centavos.

lucião B. Tres por ciento oro adicienal sobre la importación de nier- caderías sujetas &. derechos, 6 su equivalente en papel moneda de curso legal si tipo corriente del día.

Abt. 14. La exportación de cuero:^ vacunos queda sujeta á los iinpitestos y condiciones sifjuientesi

Inciso A. El aumento de treinta y cinco centavos oro por .cada cuero Tacnooi, segân el «rtículo 4°, tboíso A.

Inciso B. Ia mitad de los <«tero8 vacunos que fte presenten para la exportación serán entregados á las Administi'aciones de las Aduanas de la República, las cuales pagarán por aquéllos, con el descuento de seaentft centavos oro por cada cuero, los siguientes precios: Por cada kilo de enero seco, fO.26 oro; salado, Í0.16 oro; fresco, t0.12 oro; desecho, la tercera parte de los precios antecedentes sepín la clase.

Inciso C. ÍJas Administraciones de Aduanas debci'án pagar estos pre- ãoe en oro sellado 6 su eqTl^^■alentt! en papel moneda al tipo corriente del día y como máximum al de 900 por ciento.

Inciso D. Si los precios de los cueros sufren variaciones que excedan del 10 por ciento en los mercados consumidores, el Poder Ejecutivo procederá á la revisión de los precios establecidos en el inciso B, en proporción á aquellas variaciones.

Abt. 15. Desde el 1° de enero del afío 1904, y toda vez que la coti- atcióiQ del oro esté arriba del dOO, la exportación de la yerba mate qued&rá sujeta á las condiciones siguientes:

A más de Jos impuestos vigentes y los creados por esta ley, la mitad de la yerba mate que se presente para su expoliación á las Aduanas de la Kepública, será entregada á éstas, abonándose por ella los pi'ecios establecidos por la tarifa de a\-alúos en oro ó en papel al tipo del 900, á volnotad del Gobierno. Los exportadores del artículo mencionado quedarán á salvo de la antecedente disposición, siempre que vendan al Gobierno giros á oro al tipo del ÜOO por el valor que ascienda el importe de la porte de yerba comprendida por esta ley.

Abt. 32. Derógase el artículo 2" de la Ley de Piesupue^to Genei-al de Gastos en la parte que se fija á 850 el valor del oro para el pago de los derechos aduaneros y debiendo cobrarse en lo sucesivo en oro efectivo 6 eu equivalente en papel moneda al tipo corriente del día.

Abt. 34. Qnc^ facultado el Poder Ejecutivo á enajenar al precio de costo á sus miónos dueños los t^ueros tomados por las Aduanas, de acuerdo con el artículo 14, inciso B, cobrándose su import* á oro y hasta tres meses, mientras el Poder Ejecutivo tome las medidas del caso para la colocación de los cueros en el exterior.

Art. 37. Las ventas de oro sellado se efectuarán con preferencia & prorrata eotrc los comerciantes importadores, según las cantidades de mercaderías que hubiesen introducido al país, pagando derechos

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aduaneros, lo que se justificará con certiñcado» ú otros comprobantes expedidos por las Aduanas. A este efecto, dicha repartición pública remitirá cada quince días íí la Caja de Conversión un cuadro de valor total de las importaciones hechas por los comerciantes.

Art. 38. Deróganse todas las disposiciones contrarias á la pre- sente ley.

Art. 33. El Poder Ejecutivo reglamentará la presente ley.

II. — Ley del" de agosto de 1903, exonerando de derec/ios de iinporUu-ion los camiajes y guamicioneê para los mi«mos.

[" Diario oncial" de g de agoslo de 19Q3, No. HtS.)

AhtIcülo 1°. Desde la promulgación de la presente ley hasta el 1° de enero de 1905, decláranse exonerados de derechos de importación los carruajes y guarniciones para el atalaje de los mismos.

Art. 2°. La exoneración á que se refiere el artículo anterior sobre guarniciones comprenderá las que corresponden á cada carruaje introducido.

Art. 3°. * • •

IIL — Ley de i de septíemhre de 1903, declarando Ubre de dei-echos, por el término de cinco años, los envases para didces.

[ ' Diario oncial " d« S de sepliembre de IMO. No. Sil.]

Articulo 1°. Desde la promulgación de esta ley, que<lan libres de derechos de importación por el termino de cinco años los envases de hojalata litografiados y frascos de cristal ó vidrio labrados 6 grabados, para las fábricas de dulces ó acondicionamientos de frutas al natural 6 en almíbar.

Estos envases podrán tener la mención escrita del nombre del fabri- cantej denominación del establecimiento, naturaleza y clase del pro- ducto y de que son fabricados en la República.

Art. 2°. Se exonera igualmente de los derechos expresados, la intro- ducción de peqnelíos cestos y canastillos que sirven para el acondiciona- miento de frutas secas y dulces secos y abrillantados.

Art. 3°. • * •

IV. — Den'tfo de 19 de noviembre de 190i, declarando exento del impuesto de eslingaje todo azúcar de fabricación nacimial.

{" Diaria Oflelnl " de 21 de noviembre de 1903. No. SM.|

Artículo 1". Declárase exento del impuesto de eslingaje todo azúcar de fabricación nacional que se embarque ó desembarque en los puertos habilitados de la República, siempre que en esas operaciones no se haga uso de los muel>lcs ni otros útiles de las reparticiones fiscales.

Art. a". * * *

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V, — Decreto de 18 de forero de lSO¡f^ relativo á la e.Tporiaci6n del extracto de qtuòraeho.

\" DlBiio Ofloial" de S de mano de 1904, No. 1018.1

Artículo 1°. Desde la feclia y á los efectos del pago de los impuestos aduaneros con-espondientes, queda fijado en ocho centavos oro sellado el kilogramo de extracto de quebracho de producción nacional desti- nado á la exportación.

Art. 2". * • *

VI. — Decreto de 10 de mayo de 190^, viodijicando la actual Tarifa de Avalúos.

[-' Diario Oflelat " de 1^ de maso de 1«M, No. lOTfi.]

Artículo 1". Modifícase la mencionada Tarifa de Avalúos en la forma siguiente:

Yerba molida en buen estado 10 kilos., 1,200

Yerba molida picada ...'. id 600

Yertta molida ahaoiada id 400

Yerba mborobiré en buen estado fd 1,200

Yerba mborobiré picada (d 600

Yerba mborobiré ahumada íd 300

La yerba mojada ó absolutamente picada, de cualquier clase qtie sea, ee considerará sin valor. Art. 2°. • * •

PERÚ

HODIFICACIONES DBL ABAHCEL.

I. — Ley de S6 de marzo de J904, cue grava el consiiiiio de alcoholes.

["El Peruano-' dcOdeabril de IttM, No. T3.]

Artículo 1°. Los alcoholes y las bebidas alcohólicas pagarán en toda la República un impuesto de consumo, con arreglo á las siguientes tarifas.

tarifas. Pbodccción E.itranjbra.

Por litro de cerveza, ocho centavos.

Bebidas alcohólicas que no sean vino, y Ioíí alcoholes de cualquiera graduación, el litro, ochenta centavos.

Vinos tintos ó blancos de Borgoña, Cereza, Chipre, Chino, Fronti- Sán, Jerez, Malvasia, Marsala, Málaga, Moscatel, Oporto, Pedro Jiménez, Peralta, Rhin, el Vermouth y demás vinos generosos, el de Asti y demás cspuiuantcs, que no sean champaña, el litro, cuarenti- cinco centavos.

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YÍD06 blancos ¿ tintos da Burdóos, Garlón, Catalán, Chianti. Prio- rato, San Vicente y los demáíi de esta cla-ie, el litro, trc¡ntis¡et« centavos.

Champaña, cl litro, oclienta centavos.

Se considerarán como champaRa todos los vinos qtie en su «tiqueta lleven est* nombre.

En el <}epartamento de.Loreto regirá esta tarifa, con la modificación que sigue:

Los vinos tintos extranjeros importados en barriles 6 en damajuanas pagarán veinticinco (untaros por litro.

Kl vino generoso de Oporto, treinta centavos por litro.

K>itos vinos para gozar de la excepción que se les concede deberán acreditar su pureza y procedencia con el certificado que, al efecto, expedirá la autoridad consular respectiva y que será entregado en Iquitos al representante de la Compañía Nacional de Recaudación.

Art 2°. Los vinos que contengan más del dieciseis por ciento en volumen de alcohol, pagarán por el exceso cl impuesto fijado para los aguardientes <Íe uva.

Akt. 3°. Lbs imitacionee heclia.s en cl país de los vinos y licores extranjeros que se expendan como tales, ya seaen botellas ó en envases mayores, pagarán un impuesto igual al de aquellos que traten de imitar.

I^s vinos con marca francamente nacional pagarán el impuesto de uno ó veinte centavos respectivamente, según lo dispuesto en p1 artículo 1".

Los licores que imiten los extranjeros, pero con etiqueta ó marca francamente nacional, paparán un impuesto equivalente al cincuenta por ciento del que corresponde á su similar imitado, con deducción del que hubieren abonado por el alcobol que sirve de nmtcria prima.

Art. 9°. El impuesto se recaudara con sujeción á las reglas siguientes: 1. Los artículos importados del extranjero lo pagaran cuando ap

efectúe su despacho en las aduanas marítimas 6 fluviales, quedando

prohibida su internación por tierra.

A«T. 10. El impuesto se recaudará por medio de certificados de pago, impresos, numerados, sellados con el sello de la Recaudación y firmados por el Recaudadoi-.

Art. il Los articulœ granidos con este impuesto, hayan 6 no pa- gado la tasa que les corresponde, no podrán ser movilizados fuera de las p ('oblación es, stn alguna de las guías ó contraseñas otorgadas por el Recaudador.

*i>y Google

Art. 16. Las materiaíi primas nnsceptíbles de ser transfoniiadas en alcoholes no podrán ser internadas — sin licencia de la Recandafión — á los establecimientos donde se fabriquen alcoholes ó bebidas alcohólicas.

Art. 17. Es prohibida la introducción de materias primas, excep- tuando ta uva, y de alcoholes de otro origen que de uva. It los estable- cimientos de bebidas alcohólicas de esta clase. El azâcar sólo podrá introducirse en la proporción necesaria para la alimentación de ios que habiten en esos estable^mientos.

Art. 18. ha Recaudación permitirá el depót^ito de alcoholes y de bebidas alcohólicas en los lugares en que — por exigencia del comercio — sea indispensable reunir esos artículos antes de fijarles destinos.

Art. 19. Si el depósito se liace én almacenes de la Kecaudaciún, podrli ésta cobrar almacenaje, á razón de dos centavos por cada cien litros 6 menos, por meses que se computarán desde el primero del sifi uiente al del depósito, considerándose cumplido el mes en que el artícnlo sea extraído para el consumo.

Art. 20. Quedan exceptuados de este impuesto— previa orden del Gobierno en cada caso— los artículos despachados por los ministros diplomáticos para su uso personal.

Los que se consumen cu los buques de guerra extnuijci-os. surtos en los puertos de la República.

Los que se exporten directamente de los lugares de producción ó de depóyito, si son nacionales, ó los que se reeinbarqucn 6 transborden para el extranjero, si son extranjeros.

El alcohol desnaturalizado conforme al reglamento que dicte el Gobierno.

Los alcoholes y bebidas alcohólicas nacionales que se exporten al extranjero quedarán exentos de derecho de consumo: debiendo de- volverse por la Recaudación lo que hubieren pagado ó cancelarse la fianza otorgada, en vista del certificado que expida la aduana por la que se verifique la exportación.

Abt. 24. Estúii í-ujeto« á la pena de cotui&o;

{«) Los artículos que transiten de un lugar á otro dentro de la República, sin la correspondiente guía de tránsito expedida por la Recaudación.

(J) IjOs que de la verificación resulten ser distintos de los expresados en las guíte ó contraseñas, cualquiera que sea el impuesto.

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('■) Lo8 que sin haber pagado el impuesto se internen á distintos lugares de los expresados ea las guías ó contraseñas.

lã) Los que transiten en horas declaradas inhábiles por el Gobierno pai-a el tranco de alcoholes entre localidades determinadas.

(c) Los que transiten con guías de fecha posterior á la de la salida del lugar de procedencia, salvo caso fortuito debidamente coniprolmdo.

(./) Los existentes en los establecimientos de venta, sin la constancia de haber sido iutcrnados legalmente.

{ff) El alcohol desnaturalizado que se venda como potable ó que haya sido revivificado.

{/() Los artículos en cuya composición entren substancias nocivas á la salud.

(«') Los artículos elaborados sin aviso á la Recaudación.

(_?') Los que se fabriquen ó vendan en lugares en que esta ley lo prohibe.

Art. 25. Si del reconocimiento de los artículos no resultaren confor- mes el núniem de litros ó el impuesto con los manifestados en las guía.s ó contraseñaí», se estará á las siguientes reglas:

{«) Si fuere inferior la cantidad ó el impuesto de los artículos, se cobrará por la guía 6 contraseña.

{b) Si fuere superior el impuesto de los artículos, se cobrarán dere- chos dobles sobre la parte que se trate de eludir,

(c) Si fuere superior la cantidad de los artículos, se cobrará el impuesto sobre el exceso, con sujeción á la siguiente escala: I. Si el exceso pasa del cinco por ciento, derechos dobles. II. Si pasa del diez por ciento, derechos triplos.

III. Si pasa de veinte por ciento, derechos cuadruplos; y

IV. Si pasa de cincuenta por ciento, caerá en comiso todo el lote en que se descubra el exceso.

Art. aC. La infrawión de cada uno de los artículos 13°, 14°, 16° y 17° será penada con multa de una á treinta libras, según la entidad de la falta.

Toda infracción de la.s disposiciones que el Ejecutivo dicte para re- glamentar esta ley será penada con multa de cinco soles á cinco libras.

DISPOSICIONES OBSERALES,

Akt. 39. Las Municipalidades no podrán gravar los artículos á que esta ley se refiere con mayores impuestos, cualquiera que sea su denomi- nación, que los expresados en la siguiente tarifa:

l'KODUCCIÓN KACIONALE,

Licores alcohólicos imitando extranjeros, el litro, <

pROriL'CClÓS EXTRANJEHA.

Cerveza, el litro, dos centavos.

Bebidas alcohólicas, que no sean vinos, y los alcoholes de cutilquiera graduación, el litro, seis centavos.

Vinos tintos ó blancos de Borgoíia, Cereza, Chipre, Chino, Frontiñán, Jerez, Malvasia, Marsala, Málaga, Moscatel, Oporto, Pedro Jiménez, Peralta, Khin, el Vermouth y demás vinos generosos, el Champaña y demás espumantes, el litro, seis centavos.

Vinos tintos ó blancos de Burdeos, Carlón, Catalán, Chianti, Prioi-ato, San Vicente y demás de esta clase, el litro, cuatro centavos.

Aht. 40. El Poder Ejecutivo dii^pondi-á lo necesario á la des- naturalización del alcohol; dictará las reglas especiales pam la exportación ó depósito de alcoholes ó bebidas alcohólicas; determinará las demás obligaciones de cai-ácter reglamentario que los productores, fabricantes y vendedores de estos artículos deben llenar; reglamentará el uso de las guías y contraseñas, y fijará la escala de multas que conforme á esta ley deben aplicar.se á los contraventores de la misma.

Art. 42. Quedan derogadas toda» \as leyes y reglamentos dados anteriormente á la presente ley, para la recaudación del impuesto al consumo del acoholes.

Abt. 43. Los alcoholes del Brasil que se importen por el Amazonas y sus afluentes quedan sujetos á las estipulaciones de los tratados vigentes con aquella República.

II. — Le¡/ de ^6, de Marzo de 190i, relativa á aziieares.

["El Peruano" de 20 de abril de 19M, n- Sü.]

Artícuix) 1°. Desde la fecha de la promulgación de la presente ley, los azúcares de cualquier origen, puestos al consumo, pagarán:

A. Por cada kilogramo de azúcar granulada, de primer caldo, blanca, lavada, en polvo, cuadrítos ó cualquiera otra forma, cuatro centavos.

B. Por cada kilogramo de azúcar moscabada, conci'eta ó marqueta, cualquiera que sea su forma, dos centavos.

C. Por cada kilogramo de chancaca amoldada, un centavo.

Art. 2°. í^te impuesto será pagado tan pronto como el azúcar salga de las aduanas ó fábricas, para su libre circulación, siendo respon- sables del pago los dueños de las fábricas en que se hubiese elabonido.

Abt. 3°. El Poder Ejecutivo determinará la forma y plazos en que se deba hacer efectivo el impuesto y dictará, de una manera general, todas las medidas que aseguren la exacta ejecución de esta ley.

Art. 4". Prohíbese en lo futuro gravar el consumo de azúcar y de sus similares, de que se ocupa esta ley, con impuestos de carácter local.

Art. 5°. El Gobierno podrá establecer depósitos fiscales para el

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ai^ñoKF que, extraída de Ish uluanas ó fábnc&s, no se ponga inmediata- mente á la ciiciilación y señalará el arancel del almacenaje.

111. — Renohtción de 9 t/e al/ril de 190^, dicíada «i ejfeiiciíjn de la (inte- rior ley sohre asÑcare».

|"£f /Granito '* de 20 de HbHI dP 19M. No. »2.]

1". Enciírgase á la Companñía Nacional de Recaudación la cobranza del impuesto al azdcar en toda la Repííblica.

3". Este impuFsto será pagado cuando el azúcar salga de las Adua- nas, si es importada del extranjero, ó de las fábricas, si es de produc- ción ntu-ional.

Si el impuesto no excede de S. 100, el pago se hai*á al contado; pero si pnsara de esta suma podrá hacerse ó al contado 6 en letras '6. sesenta días, á voluntad del interesado.

Cuando el nzíicar sea importada, pagará el impuesto el consignata- rio; cuando sea de producción nacional, lo pagará el productor.

En todo ca^o, la Recaudación adoptará las precauciones que garan- ticen el pí^o det impue^íto.

4°. FA azficar que no salga directamente para e! consumo podrá depo- sitarse, previa ñanza, i'i satisfacción de la Recaudación, por los derechos que refwcsente, los que se harán efectivos á medida que el producto salga del depósito.

Mientras se establecen depósitos fiscales, so permitirá el depósito en locales ¡Mirticulares. En este caso la Recaudación ejercerá las funcio- nes de vigilancia que la ley le concede, cu todo el local del depósito, sin limitación ninguna.

El depositante es responsable del impuesto sobre el azúcar deposi- tada, sin más deducción que la merma natural, en la proporción que sigue: Si el depósito dura tres meses, 1 por ciento; seis meses, 2 por ciento; nueve meses, ."i^ por ciento: doce meses. 5 por ciento.

4". El azúcar que se exporte es libre de impuesto.

El interesado afianzará los derechos del azúcar que se exporte y acre- ditará la exportación mediante el certificado de la Aduana extranjera de despacho, en un término no mayor de noventa días, .sin cuya forma- lidad pagará el impuesto.

5". El azúcar debe transitar con un documento de la Recaudación, á saber:

Con certificado de pago, cuando se movilice de la Aduana ó fábrica;

Con guía de tnínsito, cuando se movilice despuis de pagado el impuesto;

Con guía de depósito, cuando se movilice de la fiíbrica para ser depositada;

Con guía de exportación, cuando se movilice para el extranjero.

6". E) azúcar en Ias plazas de consumo debe acreditar la le^ltdad de BU internación con un documento de la Recaudación.

7°. La infracción de cualquiera de estas dispo^ciones será penada con el comiso del artículo.

8". La presente resolución se cumplirá en Lima y Callao desde la fecha y en los demás pueblos de la República en el termino de la distancia.

IV.—Lfy rfe se de mirzo de íWi. que grava d coim/mo âe f'>fnrt>».

("El Peruano" de Í2de ebril de 190), N° Si.]

Abtícuix) 1. Desde la promulgación de la presente ley, se cobrará en toda la República una contribución sobre el consumo de fósforos, conforme á la tarifa siguiente:

A. Por cada sesenta fósforos de palo ó fracción de sesenta, cualquiera que sea el envase, un centavo.

B. Por cada sesenta fósforos de cera, ó fracción de sesenta, dos centavos,

C. Por cada veinte fósfoi-os de pa^ci ó c&i'tón, ó fracción de veinte, un centavo.

Los fósforos deberán estar en envases adecuados, quedando absolu tamcnte prohibida la introduccióo á granel.

AiíT. 2. Este impuesto se hará efectivo por medio de timbres que se adlierirún á los envases ó cajas de los fósforos.

Abt. 3. Loa fósforos de producción peruana pagarán el impuesto al extraerlos de las fábricas; los de fal>ricación extranjera, ai despa- charlos en la.-< aduanas sin perjuicio del derecho con que está gravada su iutroducción.

Abt. 4. Las existencias de fósforos en depósitos particulares ó en establecimientos de venta, al promulgarse esta ley, pagarán el impuesto correspondiente, dentro de los plazos que señale el Poder Ejecutivo, para cuyo efecto se levantará el inventario del caso. Se Icvantai-á también el respectivo inventario de las existencias que hubiere en aduanas y fábricas para los efectos del artículo precedente.

Abt. 6. El Poder Ejecutivo adoptará las disposiciones necesarias para la exacta percepción de este impuesto.

CREACKÍN BE JTSA. NTTEVA FBOTINUIA CON IX NOIORE DE TUNGAT.

La Legación de los tetados Unidos de América en el Perú, comunicó al Departamento de Estado en Washington, que por ley dictada recientemente por el Congreso peruano se ha creado una nue\a Pro- vincia que se denominará de Yungay, que consistirá de los dítítritos hoy llamados de Yungay, Macos, Quillos y Supluy, y tondní por cabecera 6 capital provincial la ciudad de Yungay.

54 OFICINA INTEBNACIONAL DE LAS BEPtJBLICAS AHEBICANAS.

ESTADÍSTICA MUIEBA EK 1903.

[Del -' Boletín ilv la 8(K)L-<lai] lie liigenlenM" No, 10,]

En los 62 distritos minerales del país había, al terminar el aOo de 1903, 6,763 perteoendas mineras ain incluir concesiones de boratos, fosfatos y sales alcalainas que según ei padrón llegan & 3,624 estacas, rada una, de 40,000 metros cuadrados ó sea en total 14,496 hectáreas.

De estas 6,763 pertonencias, que aproximadamente representan una extensión de 13,000 hectárea», corresponde el primer lugar al departa- mento de Puno como productor de oro en hus 803 pertenencias sobre yacimientos auríferos que dan al año 566 kilogramos, y el segundo, al departamento de Junín, por su producción de plata y cobre que ha sido en 1903 para este sólo departamento: Plata, 62,086 kilogramos; cobre, 8,325,000 kilogramos; en sus 2,383 pertenencias que tienen un total.

En cuanto al plomo, su producción aparece mchor de la que es en realidad, pues lo que ocurre es que en las cuentas de venta sobre mine- rales exportados que no tienen más de 10 por ciento, no se le considera generalmentedeningún valor por su bajo precio con relación á los otros metales, pero es sabido que son muchas las minas que lo contienen en forma de sulfures y como compañero inseparable de una gran parte de los minerale-s platosos que se exportan; el producto pues de 1,302 toneladas al año es soto el resumen del plomo contenido en minerales que pasan de 10 por ciento, quedando por averiguarse lo que se exporta en minerales inferiores.

El mercurio boy por hoy sólo se trabaja cu pequeña escala en los célebres yacimientos de Cinabrio de Huancavelica. La estadística no tiene por el momento fuente mayor de información, pero de todos modos su producción es insignificante y consumida en el mismo país.

Sobre otros minerales como el zinc, antimonio, ete., no habiendo exportaciones especiales ni mucho menos instalaciones para su bene- ficio, no es posible apreciar cual es el monto de su producción.

Respecto al carbón, corresponde tjimbién al privilegiado departa- mento de Junín el primer lugar, pues él sólo, con sus 442 pertenencias, tiene más de 70 por ciento de los yacimientos amparados á la fecha en toda la República; y por último, el petróleo, cuya producción en 1903 ha sido de 37,079 toneladas métricas, es sólo proveniente del departa- mento de Piura que figura con 328 pertenencias de las 330 inscritíis en el padrón de minas.

Ilaciendo un resumen de las pertenencias registradas en esta publi- cación oficial, atendiendo á la natumleza de los yacimientos, podemos agruparlas ast:

FertenendA*.

Oro 1,241

Oro y plata 109

Plata 2,4^

PEEü. 55

Pertenenclaii.

Plata y robre 1, 022

Cobre y piorno 351

ODbre 349

Cinibrío 78

Fierro 39

ADtiinonio 7

Aíúíre 160

Cloruro de ao<iio 39

Cirbón 626

Petróleo 3;10

Tnrba 9

ToUl 6,763

de laa qae se puede asegurar que á lo más 10 por cientx) están en tra- bajo, probando esto mismo, cual puede llegar á ser nuestra produccióa de metales en el mundo si sólo lo amparado basta boy fuese objeto de más serias explotaciones que las actuales.

Por lo pronto el monto de ella en oro, plata, cobre y plomo es la siguiente según el minucioso y meritorio estudio becho por el Señor

Lo REDO.

Oro: Kllm.

Obtenido de Goncesiotiee registradas 701.980

Obtenido por loe indígenas 1 35. 067

Exportación en minerales y concentrados 85.208

Exportación en productos melalúrgicoe 156. 081

1,078.336

Plata:

En barcas 19,651

Eneulfuroa 31,890

En minenües diveraos : 39, 435

Enmatas 45,661

En minerales cobrizos .* 13,458

En minérales plomoEOB 17,829

En piemos de obra 2,682

En cementos 198

170,804

Cobre:

En matas de cobre argentífero 5,334,569

En minerales de cobre argentífero 4,150,060

En cementos 11,854

9, 496, 683

En minerales argentíferos 1,125,836

En barras de plomo argentífero 176,629

1,302,365

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56 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DB LAS BEPÜBUCAS AHEBICANAS.

Producciones que están perfeetainente estimadas con los siguientes Talores :

14G.3É5

4TG,K9t

Aiïadiendo á esto el valor de las siguientes producciones:

Lrbma penianaa»

2,4fi6 toneladas de borato? dd 40 por ciento de Jcido bórico 22, 194

25,440 toneladas de petrfileo cnido y derivadop de 11,639 toiielR<)a!< 149, 290

11, 636.9 toneladas de sal romiín 17, -637

Total..

6Ín eontar el valor de lo producido en carbón, aznfre, y otra.s especies minerales se llega á ta refípota,ble mima de l,3íí6,254 libras peruanas, bien halagadora por cierto, como valor de nuestra producción minera en el afio último y que nmnitiesta lo que puede esperar el Perú de su» minaR, si como hasta boy marcha esta industria apoyada eficazmente por nuestro Gobierno.

Kl Cuei-po de Ingenieros ha hecho pues labor provechosa, sintetizando en un trabajo como ol que ha publicado, todo un gran problema econó- mico del país.

EXFOBTACIÚN DE OOKA ELABIXCA EX 1903.

Julio C. Arana

Weeehe y Cía

KahnAPolack

Kahn ACÍa

LnioF. Mtrrej-

pavid Calés

Mariue & Lí vy

Uanuel Koi-lia (• llijotí

Pintii Hermanos

Hernández, Maf^ie & Cfa . . . A.Morey yCía

82,005

ü Hermanos

Bcnnsayflf!, Toledano y Cía,,

a. Delgadoé Hijo

Meza & Brügmann

Karache & Hermano

TomiÍB Kamirez A Hno

J. Dalmien, jr

Gladiado A Rivoro

Gnillermo A. deHrito

Tolal

KUoe. 69,363 55,963 47,831 42,683 22,877 10,229 2,955 2,457

, 1,736,374

KiiMHiirii'-ii ii-ir ih-ndim eii I!I0;S.

Kilo*.

Para Liverpool 1, 014, 129

Parad Havre 716,668

Paro New York, tránsito pir Mimaos 5, 679

Tiital 1,736,374

mzed By Google

PEBÍ. 5T

Ei-porlaciàn por rarMtdet 4e proáuetaê y detliuo eu 190S.

	Para Liverpool.	"íôtk*"	?SS	Toüil,
	k-iloé.	*'ÏV	î!;15î 351, 15J	41,3ri2
	3. M»
		7iû.fiM 1 ¡,-m.s:i

Ei'porlacláit por rapara duraiUe ISOS.

	Nombre.			»,..	c„.n^.
		'■'XTi
			gS

IWor (fr fn importada» y erparlación de la Adutma Flnria/ ée JqtíiUm, t mfK* df marzo á JvUo liicliitlreí del jirenenle aiin de J904.

Meu**. I laporluriAn. Kiporlin-ifin. j

itoDo '■ 44, ú* s ei . -«.ia; osa

Abril fS.m» O 7fi 27.0,17 O W

Mum ■- 47, œi 1 íH í4.ii« 5 ai

JnnJo ' M.iat l W 31,69» 7 90

JoliB .-. ■ «,017 H 69, 13,;26 9 40

Del preoodente cimdio fliiren lassigiiienteBobscn'iifiones: 1% que el monto (1*1 nioviíBÍcnto <'omerpiaI dp esta plaim, de iiiaiKo á julio último, hfi eido de £434,<>3Et flât-h.; y 2p., que e! relativo tmincnto de valores que se advierte en los renglones de importación y exportación, diimntc el mismo período, depende en gran parte de la aplicai-íón de la nneva tarifa de derechos de Aduana fijada por ley de 11 de noviembre de l!lí)3, que comenzó íl regir en IquÍtos el 18 de marzo pasado.

Eb vprdaderamcjite sensible que no existan datois pormenorizados respecto del valor de importación y exportación por iguales iiiesos del año de 1903, por no haT)or estadística men.iual durante e.se período; pero comparando los derecha^ i^ecaudados en f\ con los dereclios cobra- dos en 1904, vemos (|uc hay una diferencia á favor de los cinco meses

58 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPÚBLICAS A1CERTCANA3.

del año en curso de £28,676 2ch. 31p., como se palpará aÚD más del siguiente cuadro:

tienes.	„»,.,«..	ADode	«..	™mm<í"°
	^ eft. p. 4,8*5 9 20	.Î:S 13, 116 11,60» 11,B20	ft 09	* <A. p.
	b.lXH 1 93
	27, Ml 6 19	M. 167 7 60	28.676 2 31

Prodacto de ¡a aduana ftitt'tal de Iquiio» durante el año ewnúiiiico del 1' dejuT al Sí de mayo de 190f.

Meses.	Eiportaclfin.	ImporUcfón.	'SST ! "SSïS- 1 >"<-■
190a.	¡5.16 Síi ''tÎÎ 0 S9 4.366 3 41 174 9 B5 1,390 S 63 1^143 & 00	£ eh. u. 4,919 0 £9 S,618 6 36 Slsil 7 17 Si y 6,947 3 91 6S S 88 5,6(2 S 30 5,11a 9 44 8,912 1 64	ÎÏ4 7 n 6 2 «8 409 5 33 718 0 .05	¿l'U	^ eh. p.
	84 6 61
	3.203 4 84 '¿¡S
1904.
	15,916 4 96	S8.303 4 85	4,667 7 35 1 B,726 6 05
	'
Menés.	DeicchiM COD- «ulnre».	Almacenaje, i Muellaje.	■ss-i"	ToUl.
,unu>..j:T:.	£ eh. p. 25 4 60 1 SO 1 6 40	ítfi 4L S 03 30 6 55 16 G 06 81 a 64	iti 54 T 65 «6 8 56 100 S 66 63 » îfi 162 8 09	í'í-fe lïi ili	6 4Í2tfe
	8.304 S 47
	¿JXl 5 67 12,550 1 17 8,4.54 0 80
	1(8 S OT	160 a 49 110 0 50	77 3 19. 41 6 86 M 2 4Ï 154 a 52
	81302 0 14
		1.126 5 93	717 1 at

URUGUAY.

COHEBCIO SEL PVEBTO DE MONTEVIDEO EN AGOSTO DE 1904.

has Balidas de buques y las exportaciones del puerto de Montevideo durante el mes de agosto de 190i fueron como sigue:

URUGUAY.

EXPORTACIOSES.

Ar,U-ul<«.	c..,a^.	Artículos,	Can Helad.
EsludoeUnldiia'	».2„ 16ÍSI7 sil H 1M,616 ■500! Ji	IMl^ca— Conliniia.	«,c«..	e.4-3
Alemania; Cueros TRcanos Mwo* ... .nútoero. . Cueros vacunos KBiados là....	AslHM Ponugal: Cuero» VRCunos neo Inglaterra;	número.. "::::°.ffiS:: ....tonelada».. v:."b¿i¿;te::	7B,0f«
MMi Id.... Francia: Cueros vacuDoa ffiladoa Id.... Cerda fardos.. Lana Id....	»,000
AsUa númcio..	Carne conservada Afrecho ïfe::::;::::::	«Jone».. '.'.'.'.'tonelada»!! v.vi¿«.S:: ::::::::::S::::	"1
Espana; "n?=::::::::i3H:;	'200
Tripa» fardos..	Cuba:		Tï-H
Cueros lanares lardos..	Chile: 8tbo	...boidaleww..	IDO
	ïfc:::::::::;:: Grasa Islas Malvinas: ?,'rfhV.:-.v.r.::-.-.	üüüüüldüü
Bvlglca: Cueros vacunos seco» Id....	200 m
	Trigo	Id....

Las salidas de buques y las exportaciones de Montevideo durante el mea de septiembre, j durante ¡os primeros nueve meses de 190i, fueron como sigue:

	EXrORTAClOXEM.	- - -
		Scpllem- hn^. IWM, 40	mo	*"?I9<M.
&twfc<i Unidos:
			i3.¡¡»í
■Tasajo

60 OFICINA INTEElfACIONÃL DE LAS BEI>1JBLICA8 AMERICANAS.

	EXP0RTAC10KE8-C<	mllntli..
î,rS:	Prlmn™
fstftd™ fnidiH— Coiilluúa.		tol>«Ud»		im
			8.707
AtciDiinla;		número	61,931
OirrORvacunoaHiladOT ..		fart""
			ÏOl
			777 "■g
			'■f
Fnnrla:		j	Il 09.S
fuero» VKCunoa wlndos. . .		.:.;::::;;;i.Si.::	1*1,313
CucToa lanares		Îsrcios..	'■?
			fi, 916 3,4»
	I.UKS
Trfpmi lardoe..

Divcrw»

am.va» esi.o

Imeio..

*&:•

	::::::::::::::::::::::::X-^:.	3.^1
BflKle»:
	TÎfl ■■
AsUs

S31

G,56t S,OW S,l«>

4,831

S3«,875

2aa,03s

■ifX

u,Ta

VBUODAr.

EXPOBTArroSES-Conirnila.

	gîi;ï^:	Prlmïn» meses. 19W.
Pürtuísl;		s. 000
iDRlalem:
		'6 330 20 161
Sííí^-S^::;;-.:-.::"::::::::::"".:	:::;:::::::::::::::::;:::::íd:::'
		28, «47
		Í6¡
l.Ü»
	^...«ijoniw.
*™jíi-	...»	100
	;::;;;;;:;;;:;;:"::;:.. fairt^:
	SI, 411
		"•S
		10 1,]99
		S,6S3 222
		13fi
		W
		'i
		2 4,000
I>k> Hatvinu:	Î.11S
		*ã
	Id		4 812
	nnm.r«.
«^::;;;;:";;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:;;;		i,W	!'mû

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VENEZUELA.

DEO&ETO FOB. EL OUAI. SE DISPONE LA EXPLOTACIÓN DE LAS HIÑAS DE CAABtíN EN EL ESTADO FALCÚH.

Cipriano Castro, Presidente Provisional de los Estados Unidos de Venezuela, en uso de las facultades que me fiieion conferidas por Decreto del Congreso Constituyente, fecha 2 de mayo último, sobro Organización Provisional de la República, decreto;

Artículo 1°. Se dispone la explotación de las minas de carbón en el Estado Falcon.

Art. 2". Por Resolución sepai-ada se nombrará una Junta de tres miembros pai-a la dirección y administi-ación de los trabajos.

Sección. Esta Junta quedará encargada de la reglamentación de dichos trabajos, y de dictar los Estatutos, que serán sometidos previa- mente á la aprobación del Ejecutivo Nacional, que deben servir de norma á la Junta Directiva de ellos, para el buen desempeño de su cometido. •

Aht. 3°. Se asigna, por ahora, la suma de (B. 500,000) quinientos mil bolívares que será empleada en dichos trabajos por quintas partes, de á (B. 100,000) cien mil bolívares.

Art. 4°. La explotación de estas minas, en la forma acordada en el presente Decreto, queda Imjo la inmediata dirección del Ministerio de Hacienda, el cual hará abrir una cuenta especial que se denominará "Cuenta de Explotación de Minas."

Akt. 5°. IjOs Ministros de Hacienda y de Fomento quedan encarga- dos de la ejecución de este Decreto.

Dado, firmado, sellado con el Sello del Ejecutivo Nacional y refren- dado por los Ministros de Hacienda y de Fomento en el Palacio Federal, en Caracas, á 18 de octubre de mil novecientos cuatro. A3o 94°. de la Independencia y 46° de la Federación.

[l. s.] Cifkuno Castpo,

lío fren d ado.

EI Ministro de Hacienda,

[i., s.] ■ J. C. DE Castro.

El Ministro de Fomento,

[i., s.] Arnaldo Mobales.

decketo declaralfdo libre el cttltivo del tabaco.

General Cipriano Castro, Presidente Provisional de la República, en uso de las facultades que me han sido conferidas por la Ley de 5 de mayo próximo pasado, la cual crea la Renta de Tabaco y Aguardiente, decreto:

Artículo 1". Se declara libre en toda la República el cultivo del tabaco.

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Art. 2". Eii las capitales de los Estadas y en ios puertos habilitados de la Kcpíiblica, se harán los depositas á donde llevarán los produc- tores de la respectiva iurisdiccíón el tobaco que cosechen. Entregada la especie en el Depósito, el depositante percibirá un recibo en que conste su nombre y apellido, el número de pacas, su peso, la calidad bien especificada y las respectivas marcas.

Art. 3°. Queda á opción del productor guiar la especie para cual- quier otro punto de la Kepûblica donde lo crea conveniente y donde exiíttan depósitos; y tambií^n pasarlo de un depósito á otro. Al efecto, recibirá del Jefe del Depósito despachador una guía en la cual conste el número de pacas, su poso, calidad, marcas ; contramarcas, nomitre del remitente y el del depósito al cual va guiada la especie.

Sección única. El Jefe de este último, al recibir el fruto extenderá al depositante recibo por duplicado, sirviendo uno de estos ejemplares como tornaguía que justilique ante la Superintende ocia del lugar de origen, que la especie ha llegado á su destino.

Art. 4". Las ventas de tabaco se verificarán por los Jefes do loa Depósitos Nacionales á presencia del proprietário y con su autorización y aprobación 6 de las personas que representen & éste.

Art, 5". Se esta>)leco el impuesto nacional de un (25 por ciento) veinticÍDco por ciento sobre el monto total de cada venta que so haga de la especie, derecho que pagará el comprador al acto de sacar la especie del depósito.

Akt. 6°. AI verificarse la venta de la especie, queda facultado el Jefe del Depósito para adquirir, por cuenta del Gobierno, el producto que se negocia, siempre que á su juicio el precio sea mucho menor que el de su cotización en la plaza.

Art. 7°. Todos los embarques de tabaco estarán sujetos á las dis- posiciones de la Ley de Aduanas vigente.

Art. 8". Todo lo referente á multas, comisos, etc., como lo relativo á la contabilidad, se regirá por las disposiciones contenidas en el Decreto Eeglamentario vigente de la lienta de Licores y licsolucíones 8ubsigu¡ent«s.

Abt. 9°. Este Decreto empezará á regir el día 1° de noviembre del presente año, y los Ministro de Relaciones Interiores y de Hacienda y Crédito Público quedan encargados de su ejecución.

Dado, firmado, sellado con el Sello del Ejecutivo Nacional y refren- dado ixjr los Ministros de Relaciones Interiores y de Hacienda y Oríidito Público, en el Palacio Federal, en Caracas, á 22 de octubre de mil novecientos cuatro. Año M° de la Independencia y 46° de la Federación.

[l. b.] Cipriano Castro.

Refrendado.

El Ministro de Relaciones Interiores,

[l. a] Lucio Baldó.

El Ministro de Hacienda y Crédito Público,

[l. 8.] J. C. DE Castro.

64 OFICINA INTEKNACIOWAI. DE LAS EEPfBLICAS AMERICANAS.

DEGUSTO KAin>Ain>0 AOUfiAB CUATBO KELLONSB EN ORO.

CiPUiANo Castro, Presidente Provisional de los Editados Unidos de Venezuela, en uso de la^ atribuciones conferidas por el Congreso Constituyente, coa fecha 2 de maj'o del presente año: Decreta:

Artículo 1". Por la Casa de Moncda-i de París se hará la acu&ación en oro, hasta de (B. 4,00(1,000) cuatro millones de Ijolívares en piezas ce á B. 20, de ucueMo con los requisitos que establece la I^ej de 9 de julio de 1S91, vigente, sobre la materia.

Akt. 2". El ministro de Hacienda y Crvdito Público, queda encar- gado de la ejecufiíín de esto Decreto.

Dado, tirmado, sellado coo el Sello Nacional, y refrendado por ol Ministro de Hacienda y Crédito Público, en el Palacio Federa! del Capitolio, en Caracas, fi 7 de diciembre de 1904. Año 94". de la Inde- pendencia y M". de la Federación.

[l. 8.]' Cipriano Castro.

Refrendado.

El Ministro de Hacienda y Crédito Público,

[l, s,] J. C de Castro.

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Monthly Bulletin

OF THK

International Bureau or the American Republics,

International Union of American Republics.

Vol. XIX.

JANUARY, 1ÍW5.

No. 1.

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

FOBSIQN COKMERCE, FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1904.

The figures puMislied- hy the National Statistical Bureau of tlie Argentine Republic, under the direction of Señor F. Latzina, for the first nine tuouths of the year IDOi, show the impoi-ts for the time in reference to have attained a valuation of $138,702,203 and the exports $203,192,919, gold. Both branches of the foreign ti-ade show an increase over the corresponding period of 1903, the increase in imports being $38,400,146and in exports, Í27,lll,38õ. The imports of bullion were íaOjSõijâl 1, a decrease of í!3,7l7,G09, and the exports §1,148,437, a decrea^ of §87,054.

Thus it appears that the foreign trade from January to September, inclusive, left a balance in favor of the country of $64,430,656, gold. In 1903, the balance was $75,700,000 and in 1902 it was $58,800,000.

Of the imports the amount subject to duty waM $110,609,350 and of the exports $57,372,074.

The following figures Indicate, in gold, the tmde valuations shipped and received by the various countries participating in the Argentine trade:

country.	_i.""'"™L	Expo^-.	Counlrj-,	Imports.	s.,.,».
Alrir»	W,8M,fi49 % 690,53» 87. »1 1,140. rat 1.36Ï.S88 7,ï16,«)fi	Fran™	ÎI3,Î1«,W2 709.630 i,ïin.gK tm.m 7. 179, we	1:^1;
«ermany	.... 13,6«,768
			¿m.u&
Oiitod' SÜü^	....; 16,32S,ÏM

66 INTERNATIONAL BÜEEAU OF THE AMEEICAN BEPUBLIC3. The classification of impoits shows the following items and values:

Lumber and appliaDcea $10, 674, 43U

Paper and applla Leather and applia

Hardware

Various metals

Glass and ci

Livestock $640,911

Food aiibBlancea 10, G31, 143

Tobacco and products 3, 361, 319

Wines, Hpirits, etc 5,684,607

Textile materiaU 44, 701, 571

Oila 4,635,207

Clheinicals and drnga 4, 616, 945

Dyea and colors 885, 870

The classification of exports is as follows:

Pastoral products $77,408,537 I Mineral products

Agricultural products 119,913,814 Products of the chase ..

Forest products 3,247,825 1 Various

2, 87(1, 791

1,063,463 29, 305, .168

3, TM, 88ft 11,324,243

4,609,500

$354, 399

298,016 1,970,328

The increase in the imports has taken place principally in the follow- ing classes of merchandise: Tobacco, $C27,O00; liquors, $775,000; woolen goods, $3,480,000; cotton goods, $6,300,000; other textiles, $-2,800,000; oils and medicinal substances, $l,6iO,000; chemical and pharmaceutical substances, $1,000,000; woods and manufactures thereof, $4,190,000; paper and manufactures thereof, $615,000; iron and its manufactures, $9,790,000; other metals and their manufactures, $695,000; glass, earthenware, porcelain, etc., $2,200,000.

The United Kingdom stands at the head of the list as regards both ¡inports and exports, the value of the merchandise received from that country having been $48,955,730, and the exports sent to it directly being valued at $27,026,447. But the exportation "for ordem" fig- ures for $78,327,770, of which a very large portion was on British account.

(ierraany and France are almost on the same plane in the total of the trade figures, the imports from those countries having been $18.646,758 and $13,418,502, respectively, and the exports $22,500,55S and $23,659,214.

The value of imports from the United States was $16,325,334; from Italy, $15,126,277; and from Belgium, $7,098,010; while from Brazil and Spain the values received were $4,665,864 and $3,535,153, respec- tively. The respective values of the exports to those five countries were $7,216,808, $2,384,845, $13,482,924, $7,843,809, and $1,363,398. As regards the increase in the imports, Germany had the largest share, $5,216,261; those from the United States show an augmenta- tion of $5,074,934; from Italy, $4,017,842; from France, $3,498,427; from Belgium, $3,716,431; and from Spain, $728,769.

The progress of the German trade is explained by the longer credit given by German firms, by the cutting down of prices, and by the greater willingness shown by German manufacturers to meet the requirements of their customers in the Argentine Republic. The steady increase of imports from Italy is due, no doubt, to the fact that

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for many 3'cars past a very larjje proportion of the immigration has been from that country.

The customs revenues during the nine months amounted to $:i6,361,83'l, gold, and f521,387, paper, an increase over the same period of 1903 of *2,392,259, gold, and ¥100,090, paper.

AGBICTTLTrniAI. EXPOBTS, FIRST NlNi: MONTHS OF 1S04.

The following figures indicate in detail the principal articles of agri- cultural production exported from the Argentine Itepulilic during the fii-st nine months of 1904, the figures for the corresponding periods of the two previous years being also given for purposes of comparison.

	.'.'.'.'.' .'.".'.'.'.' .'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.' .'.'.' do.l'	1004.*	1*03.	i«.
LITE caille Uie sheep	91,697 22 «05 69,072 131,363 81i;875	1«,.M7 ItftllS 60.018 60.7«9 10. MT 119,637 1! 6131749 49(.:559 8S,616	S;S
		it'mh
	67,97a

A comparison of the ligures for 1904 with those of the year preced- ing, shows increased exports in 1904, amounting to 9,054 tons of frozen mutton, 6,954 tons of frozen hcef, 45 tons of butt«r, 55,446 tons of maize, 423,361 tons of wheat, and 316,310 tons of linseed. The decreases, on the other hand, include 51,990 head of cattle, 142,212 sheep, 2,346 tons of jerked beef (lasajo), 18,274 tons of wool, and 43,426 tons of hay {pasto seco). The decline in the exports of live cattle and the much greater falling oflf in tlie shipments of live sheep can only be attributed to the continued closing of the British ports against live animals from the Kivev Plata. There is. however, some degree of compensation afforded in the increased shipments of beef and mutton, so that if fewer animals were exported on the hoof, more were sent away in carcass foi'm, which involves the employment of additional labor.

Of the 69,072 tons of frozen mutton exported in 1904 (nine months), 55,453 tons, or about foui-tifths of the total, were sent to the United Kingdom. Also, of the 67,743 tons of frozen beef shipped during the first nine months of 1904, the United Kingdom took 57,000 tons, or five-sixths of the whole quantity. The jerked-bccf export trade is on the decline and exists chiefly with the neighboring Republics of I'lu- guay and Brazil. Of the shipments of 131,363 tons of wool, France took 55,949 tons; Germany, 36,861 tons; Belgium, 16,841 tons; the United States, 8,917 tons; the United Kingdom, 4,298 tons, and Uru- guay, 2,238 tons. The increase in the exports of butter was not so pro-

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noimced as it was last year, Three-fourtlis of the total was shipped to Great Britain. More than one and one-half millions of tooã of maize are shown to have been e}:porte(l. Over half of this quantity was shipped to await ordei-s, but 204,(H6 tons were sent direct to the Unittid Kingdom, 1 16,481 tons to üerniany, 100,5Í*4 tons to Belgium, 8!t,237 tons to France, 32,7GO tons to Italy, and 16,170 tons to Spain. Upward of 2,000,0(XI tons of wheat were shipped, three-fourths of it to await orders. Direct shipments include 1-18,145 tons to Great Britain, 131,204 tons to Brazil. 111,627 tons to Belgium, and C9,0U8 tons to Germany. Exports of linseed have increased, but more than half the total was shipped to await orders. However, 100,117 tons were sent direct to Germany, 74,252 tons to the United Kingdom, 51,355 tons to France, and .j0,099 tons to Belgium. The exports of hay show a decline, one-half of the nine-months" shipments of 40,000 tons being sent to Brazil.

The statistics of the world's wheat crop as published in "Broom- hall's Corn Trade Year Book" in March, lí'Oí, relate to the ten years from 1804 to 1[H)3, inclusive, and the figures given represent the crops harvested in July and August of the respective years, except as regards the Argentine Kepublic. Australia, and some other southern countries, where the hiirvost is about four mniiths later, and India, which is still later.

Taking the year 1!I03 only, the United .'^tates of North America heads the list with 80,000.000 quarters (of 480 pounds), which quan- tity was exceeded in 1002 by 5,000,000 quarters and in 1901 by 14,000,000 quarters.

\cxt comes Russia with 76,400,000 <|uarters. This, however, is (wlieved to be an overestimate, as is that of 76,000,000 quarters for 1002, as the production did not at any period in the preceding eight years exceed 52,0(K),OO0 qiiarters.

France stands third, with 45,800,0i>0 quartei-s, the average for the preceding nine years having been 41,450,000 qiiarters. Next comes India, with 38,0it0,000 quarters, the estimate of the growing crop, the average of the years from 1804 to 1902 having been about 20,000,000 quaiters. Italy produced 22,400,000 quarters, exceeding by 2,400,000 quarters the highest previous record, in 1901. The average of ten years was 10,400,000. The production of Ilungaiy was 18,900,000; in 1902 it was 21.800,000, and the average for the ten years was 17.100,000.

The Argentine Kepublic is placed in the seventh rank, with 17,000,000 quarters, the figures for 1902 being 13,000,000 quarters. It is anticipated that the yield of the growing crop (1904) will exceed the figures for 1903.

AKOENTINE REPUBLIC. 69

Tlie average production of Germany in the ten years vas atout 16,SítO,000 qiiartera; of Spain, 12.600,000, and of Canada. 7,700,000 but the cultivation of wheat in the northwejttern territories of Canada is iucreaaing iitpidl^' every j'ear.

As regards cattJc and sheep, the following statistics are given in Mr. Sebbeb^s book, "Great Argentina," the export niuulier forming the unit of comparison: CattJe: United States, +4,000,000; Argentino Republic, 28,000,000; Rus-sia in Europe,. 24,000,000; Australia and ^'ew Zealand, 10,000,000. Sheep: Argentine Ilepublic, 110,000,000; Au.stralia, 91,0<X»,000; Russia in Europe, 38,000.0(X), and Uruguay, 15,51 KJ,000.

Tho figures quoted for Argentine exports of üheep are 10,000,000 less tban thoee of the official estimate of the Division of " Gaiiadi.r/'a" of the Ministry of Agricullure.

AltOENTINS FISKEBISS.

The "Buenos AyiTs Standard" for November 13. li)04. contains the information that the unlimited fishing wealth on the Argentine coe.st is at last to be turned to a propor account by the " OmijMiTiia Aryenlina de 7î«C(ï," under the direction of Señor Glillekmo NuSrr. All the fishing ci^aft of the company has lieen built in Norway, and the pioneer Bteani trawler sailed under the command of Captain Laksex, of the Nordenskjold South Pole Expedition, early in Noveniher,

Whales and seals will l>e the chief aiui of the company's catch, but the edible fi.sh on the south coa^t will also be procured,

EXPORTS, FIRST TEN UOHTHS OF 1904.

The principal exports from the Argentine Republic during the ten

months, January to October, 1904, were as follows, the figures for

the same period oí the preceding year being also furnished for pur-

pose?4 of comparison:

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POST XOVEMBfTTB POB SEPTEUBEB AND FIBBT NINE MONTHS OF 1904.

The Buenos Ayres " Ilandeh-Zeltung'''' {'■^Revista Financiera y Com- ercial"), publishes the following figures, showing the movement of the different ports of the Argentine Republic during the month of Sep- tcml)cr, and the first nine months of 1904:

BUENOS AYRES. EXPORTS.

.«*.		«,.««..	1901.	Arüclcs.	Sopj^bcT,	months of 1904,
	loi»	102,781	60S,78t quebracho eilracl.
		6,89H
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		Î2,648	120, Wfi			6,2»
	ne #sh,
	^'^	"■^	Toba™ bãic*..
				Blood, dry s»dn.	1,226
		3,7W	Frozen lamb No.	2,B6i

During the month of September 31 steanmhlpa cleared from the port of La Piafai and, during the first nine months of 1904, 232 steamships aiKl (} sailing vessels cleared from the same port. The mercliandise carried by tlicse ships during the respective periods was as follows:

1 '^''■'*"-	Fir-t nine lioJ!	1 Frozen beel kilo. Frozen mutton do , ç3 ûl	Peptom-	monlhü vi
mm kilos.. Wheal do....	18,2TO,99! 2.790.000 KH.OOD 1,000 w;910	96,694,ÎH loil'lÙDM 22IÍ000		6.1C8.G91 1^412.623 Ml. 998
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Flour do....	""ÍÍ7.'2ÕÕ' 1««,6Ï0	18,723 ' nTóod dr) do	t.Ma
Oata do....	B3fl,S23	\ Horses head

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ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. BAniA BLANCA.

Dui-iiig the month of September 7 steamships, and during the firiit nine mooths of 1904, 114 steamships and 4 sailing vessels cleared from the port of Bahia Blanca, carrying the following merchandise to the different destinations:

Article*.	Septem-	nw nine monlhsol 1904.	Articles.	Seplcm-	First Nine
-X'Si, ,™..		Î;S 1 1,938 J 100,862 »,rao	^"^F^^fiL	S,"*™.
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SAN NICOLAS.

Twenty-four steamships cleared from the port of San Nicolas during the month of September, and 143 steamships and 3 sailing vessels dur- ing the first nine months of 1904, carrying the following merchandise to the enumerated countries:

Articles.	September,	ffsi"':	Article».	Seplember	First nlno
"«ifS^.			3% S ¡Où 2, «00	France;
	::il:-:	1.77fi
^Xb^t .	ton...	70 S.471	Blnliveed....
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OeJ^"'	do...		""'ï;orn	■~-	î,530	3609
Holl»nrt:
	^o ■■	13,141
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CROP ASSAS, ie04-S.

The Division of Statistic» and Kunil EVxinoniy of the Department of Agriculture of the Argentine Republic has issued a preliminary esti- mate upon the area sown to wheat and flax in that country for the season 1904-5. The estimates seem to be tentative, in that their pnh- lication is accompanied by the statement that they are l>ased upon answers to 60 per cent of the schedules which had been sent out by the division. The estimate by Provinces, expressed in Americnn units of measure, is as follows:

Area ufvhmt Oini.Au* m lhe Argenihie Rei>uhlk- in IH04-S.

		Prov.-oe.		Z,70S.ïS5 '7UÎ:446	Flux.
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PUBCHASE OF THE PORT OF LA PLATA.

liy a law approved by Congress on September 24, 190+, the Executive is authorized to acquire of the government of the Provinoo of Buenos Ayres the port of La Plat^i, with all it^ lands, installations, and acces- sories, for the nse of the nation, the latter having, by waj- of compen- sation, to assume a part of the external dcJ)t of the Province, with interest at 4 per cent and one-half ¡>cr cent amortization, to the amount of n,R"l,00() pesos gold (*l!,45.'>,ñl5 Unite<l States currency). The transfer of the port does not imply the rccognit ion as of pri\Tite prop- erty of the lands and existing installations in the pos.'jessiion of pri^Tite persons without legal title; and. on the contrary, the Province will transfer to the nation all itt privileges, rights, and shares, to be dis- posed of upon the occasion and in the form and manner that may be deemed convenient. The formal transfer took place on October 9.

The following communications concerning the transfer have been received by the Bureau of the American lîepublics: "Hon. JoiiK Hat,

'• Secreim-y -if Sfni^, Wi^hinífton, D. C.

"Sir: Supplementing iny No. 33 of September 12 last, concerning the purchase hy the Federal (¡overnment from the IVovinces of Bucno-s Ayres of the port of \j& Plata in said Province, I have the honor to report that a law. No. 4436, authorizing this transaction was approved by Congress on the 24th ultimo, and lias since received the sanction of

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tbc Executive. The formal transfer in to take place on the 9th instant, accompanied by fitting ceremonies. I inclose herewith a copy of said law, taken from the ' BoUtin OJidaJy No. 3290, on the 4tli instant, and a translation of the same into English.

"I am, sir, your obedient serrant,

"A. M. Beaupeè."

[From the " floWin Ojlifof Xo. 3290, o( October t. 1ÍW1,— Transiu Uon.]

"ministry op puboc works, ^'' Law 3^. iiS6^ avthorhing the acqiilsHion of the jxirt of La Plat».

'• Whereas the Senate and Cliamber of Deputies of the Argentine Nation, united in Congress, etc. , have .sanctioned with the force of law : "Article 1. The Executivo U authorized to acquire of the Govern- ment of the Province of Buenos Ayres the port of T^a Plata, with all its lands, installations, and accessories, for the use of the Nation, the latter bavijig, by way of compensation, to assume a part of the external debt of that Province, witli interest at 4 per cent and one-half per cent amortization, to the amount of 11,871,000 pesos gold. The fact of the transfer of the port does not imply the recognition, as of pri- vai* property, of the lands and existing installations in the possession of private persons without legal title, and, on the contrary, the Pi-ov- ince will transfer to the Nation all its privileges, rights, and shares, to lie disposed of upon the occasion and in the form and manner that may be deemed convenient.

"Art. 2. Let this l>e communicated to the Executive. "Given in the Hall of Sessions of the Ai-gentiiie Congress, at Buenos Ayres, the 24th day of September, 1904.

"N. QriKXo CowTA. "Adolfo J. Labouglk,

'"Sicrtfcrij of the Senate. "Julian Iíakraqukiío. "Juan Ovanik), "Secretar;/ of the Chainlicrof Uejnitiex. " Registered under the No, 4436.

" Therefore, let it be done; let it be communicated, published, and inserted in the National Register.

" Koca. "Emilio Civit."

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BOLIVIA.

FOBEIQN COHMERCE IN 1903.

The following official statement of the value and extent of the for- eign trade of Bolivia for the year 1903 is obtained from the Bulletin of the National Bureau of Immigration, Statistics, and Geographical Propaganda {""^ Boletín de la Oficina Nacional de Inmigración, Estadís- tica y Propaganda Geográfica"), La Paz, 1904.

The following figures show the foreign commerce of the Kepublic in 1903:

	Value.
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	16.M2.88ft.S0 26,169. 118, W	». 858,717. M 10. 621. m 69
	41, 122,03», «6	n.lS0,09S.29

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	8,Ï27,IMÎ.Ï0
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1901. ] , 190H.
	IMh'iaaot. 2,616. 31.'i.l7 7M,017.46 D17, 144. «2 IK. 093. 83 12.3111.00 13ÍI1H.32 («5.1S9.15 71»! 31 ,,iSi:Si:S l.lOO.filS.OR !,10»,m»4 10.M.''<.IW 1,293.390,94 i,7w.oa ï,702;4«;!31	2,9810«.i; i,om!2o 1,074. 710. Ï7	IloHi-innm. 4i;-^Tíi4.aa «6,772.17	JWÍ,.íano,.
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Rtcapitulaiion by rtatoi'i-lioiisfx. MININO (83.M PER CEXT).

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Tupiza	4.2Sl,34-'> 2,371, IS3.I.S 2.M2.3Õ9 1 1.Ï11. 087.80

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					33	Boííríuiux.

BOND ISSUE FOB TWO HILUON BOLIVLUTOS.

The International Bureau of the American Republics has received from the Department of State of the Unitid íSUtes the following trans- lation of a decree of the Bolivian Government providing for tfie issue of bonds, to bo known as. "l>on(ís of the State,"' to the amount of 2,000,000 holivlanoa, for the cancellation of the total of the debt due by the Government to the several local banks.

'*IssuEL Montes. Constitutional President of the Repnblic,

"Whereby the National Congress has sanctioned the following law:

"'The National Congress decrees:

'"Article 1. The Executive Power is authorized to make an emis- sion of bonds of the State, for the amount of tn'" mtU'iou Jwfh'iai)'>s, . for the purpose of cancelling the credit of the banks "Nacional," "Argandoña" and "Industrial."

'"Art. 2. The bonds issued in conformity with tbe law shall bear interest at the rate of 10 per cent, with C per cent amortization, and the amount of 320,000 lol/'ftanon shall lie designated annually in the National Budget for both sen'ices until the total amortization of the bon<ls.

"'Art. 3. The bonds will be drawn by lots the twentieth of June and the twentieth of Dccenilier, annually, and on the thirtieth and thirty-first of said months the interests accrued for the six months past, and the amount of amortization, will be paid by the medium of drawings.

'■ 'Art. 4. These bonds shall be guaranteed by the total of the National rents and particularly by all of the customs receipts of La Riz.

" 'Art. 5. The Imnks may conserve in the bonds issued the total of a fund of responsibility.

" 'Art. 6. The bonds will be payable to bearer a<vd will represent a value of one hundred and five hundred boliviano, respectively, each.

" 'Art, 7. The bonds refetTed to in the foregoing dispositions may constitute all obligations that according to law are obligatory.

" ' The Executive will establish the rules for the present law. To be communicated to the Executive Power for constitutional purposes.

BOLIVIA. 85

" ' Salon of Sessions of the National Congress, La Paz, Norember 4, l!»04.

" ' EUDDORO VllJ^ZO.X.

"'Carlos V. Romero. " 'Jose Carrasco, S, S. " * Abigail Sanoines, D. S. " ' Arturo Mousa, C. D. tí.' "Therefore, it ia hereby promulgated that it nia)' have and he enforced as a law of the Republic.

" Palace of the Supreme Government in La Paz, Noi'ember 7, 1904. "ISMAKL Montes. "D. DEL Castillo. " In conformity with the original.

" HiKAM Loayza, " ChlffoftJw Dlmmu» uftlu- Treamn/.''

COINAGE OF HONEY IN 190S.

In 1903 there were purchased, for coinage at the mint, 19,187,010 kilograms of .silver, for which a payment of Sfi6,595.4ii holli-ianoa ($365,703.27) wa.s made. During the same year 20 and 50 cent coins were minted to the value of 930,929 lolllianos ($392,852.0-1). The operations of the mint in 1903 resulted in a loss which aggregated 2,022.57 loliman'^ (*853,52).

Of the 2,300,000 boliviano'^ (lî970,fi00) in nickel which the Govern- ment has ordered coined at different times, only 190,258 bolivianos ($80,288.88) remain on hand unissued. Of the amount of nickel coin which has already been placed in circulation, there are in the vaults of the banks the sum of 92,126 bolivianos ($38,877.17).

COKMEaOX WITH THE mnXED STATES HT AUOUST, 1004. The merchandise exported from New York to Bolivia during August, 1904, was as follows:

ArtlclM.	Pack-	involved vulue. «,091-48 IM.OO ],S6«:86 e^8io!i6 77.»	Anieles.	Pboí-	Involc'ïd
AniMMidammunillon	67 1	Vin Pará. Arms and ammunition.	ISl	*^lïï
	Total
	• ï«9
	B97
	m	12, MO. 97
	]Ï,S«.97
Via MoUnUto.	110 6J »	S,STS.il am. 00 2,H0.W	i-lÏMoue^.".::::::::::::: VJal^rá
	i,Ke
	4M	'■""

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From Entalam) 69, 621 . 36

From Germany 41,560. 15

From the United Statea 21 , 030. 28

Fnim Italy 18,860.29

From Bi^lglun) 13, aiO. 30

Fri)m France 12,641.00

From other countríei 2, 23Ó. 00

Forei(rn merchanáise from other t-ountricH reexported, called "national- ized merchandise" 5,23S.H8

To Frani» 134,136.93

To England 96,15(1.5.5

To Germany 68, 693. «9

To rnit«d States 3, 485. 00

To other countries 814. 58

RAILWAT ENIEKPBISE8.

Mr, Castelfob Quirckía, in representation of a strong and reliable company, has petitioned Congress for pcrniission to construct a rail- waj' from Gaib» to San Javier, and from thence to Santa Cruz and C'ochabaniba via Chiiuoré. The petitioner asks no pecuniary aid from the Government in the construction of this railway, nnd limits himself solely to a request for alternate leagues of land bordering the railway for the purposes of colonization. TWte engineer, who is the promoter of the enterprise, has furnislied some interesting data to a representa- tive of the Government, the substance of which is given below:

''Our mines and mining claims are so promising that we need said railway for the exportation of the ores. This industrial highway will be opened to public traffic in 1{K>6 at latest. Onr petition is of the most favorable nature to the interests of the Government and highly promising to the country, inasmuch as it does not burden the State iinancially, but on the other hand enables us to avail ourselves of the cooperation of the con.>ítruction company of the Jujuy to Quiaca and Tupiza Railway, with whom our representative at Buenos Ayre» has ju,st made an important contract specifying the freight tariff upon ores, etc,

'•Santa Cruz can produce and export 375,000,000 kilograms of cot- ton, the duty on which at 1 cent per kilogram, or 10 cents per arroba of 10 kilograms, would yield to the National Trea.sury 3,750,lXH) bolivianos ($1,582,500) annually, and this too at a trifling expense and in the short simce of six months, without tiie loss of life attendant

BOLÍVIA. 87-

upon the collection of crude rubber. The illustration of this propo- sition is very simple, as will be seen from the f<^Iowing calculation:

"A hectare of land will accommodate 1,600 cotton planU, each of which will yield at least 2 pound» of ginned cotton or, in round num- berrt, 3,000 pounds, or 1,500 kilograms. Taking for example 50,000 families, ench of which will cultivate on an average 5 hectaret^of land, we lind that in the course of isîx months the avci'age production oí cotton per family would be 15,000 pounds or 7,500 kilograms. Mul- tiplying this quantity by 50,000, the number of families given in our illustration as engaged in the raising of cotton, the fabulous yield of 375,000,000 kilograms, or 37,500,000 arrobas, of cotton is obtained, which quantity, if taxed at the i-ate of 10 cents per arroba of 10 kilo- gram.s, would return a revenue to the Government of 3,750,000 bolivi- anos (*l,582,5t'0),"

Mr. Leon L. Mousnier, a prominent civil engineer, has made a report on the two bids submitted for the construction of a railway from Santa Cruz to Chímoré to connect with the proposed railway from Chimoré to Cochabamba. One of these bids, that of Mr. A. Perla, which enters more into detail than does the other, contains a number of important suggestions concerning the route to lie followed.

When the railway reaches Chimor^, a tieautif ul river, without exten- five beaches or precipitous banks, having an even current, the velocity of which is 80 meters per minute, Santa Cruz will have done her part toward the liuccess of this road, inasmuch as up to this point Cocba- bambe has a number of country roads opened to traffic and used by pack trains. The distance from this river to Santa Cruz is shown in the following table:

The C«pital to Terebinto 5

Terebinto to La Caranda 8

lACarraiKla to tlie banks of tbe'Saguayo to Yacapanf 8

Yacspanf to Martillo del Atorado, in Moile 6

Moile to Ichilo, by the Pirapará curve 4

Ichilo to Chimoré, approximately 8

Total 39

From Cochabamba 34

DiHtance between the two capitals 73

EXPLOITATION OF THE BAN JUAN DE ORO BXVEK.

The reports received concerning the companies contemplating the exploitation of the San Juan de Oro River are very promising. The directors of these different corporations, which were organized in England and in Buenos Ayres, with capital contributed by citizens of both countries, have appointed Doctor Federico Qhuahro their rep-

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resentative to treat with the Bolivian authorities concerning the busi- ness of these important companies, which are destined to play such a notable part in the progre^^s and development, on a lai^e scale, of the latent wealth of the Republic, and especially of the mining industry. Concerning these industrial corporations "i<i J^e?)sa," of Buenos Ayres, says in substance concerning the Bolivian railways that, sitbough btit a small section has been completed— a great deal less than that specified in the contract— the construction company which has the con- tract for the building of the railway to Bolivia has just received the first consignment of freight via the national highway. This consign- ment consisted of materials intended for the dredging of the San Juan de Oro Kiver in southern Bolivia. These materials were delivered at Jujuy and the railway transported them to Volcan, a distance of 27 kilometers. No part of the line baa yet been opened to public traffic. It is hoped, however, that the Minister of Public Works will soon go to Volcan to inaugurate the Volcan branch, representing about one- half of the total distance between Jujuy and Plumamarca. This section should have been ready for traffic in July last.

"Za yacmt " says that Mr. Lu:8 Doosset is delivering at Volcan the first consignment of dredging material for the San Juan de Oro Com- pany, The total qiiantity of this freight is 3,000,000 kilograms, and the freight charges from Jiijuy will aggregate from $150,000 to $200,000. The large mineral deposits discovered in the region between Hiimahuaca and Bolivia have awakened considerable interest. A num- ber of freighters with dredging material are on the way to Bolivia, and will return with a cargo of silver ores and tin.

'• /;7 Diario " says that a shipment of 300 tons of material and gold- di-cdging machinery has arrived from New Zealand and England con- signed to the three dredging companies operating in the San Juan de Oro Kiver for use in the mines. One hundred tons of this freight will be shipx>ed to Strcmiz & Co., at Volcan, to be transported overland to San Juan de Oro Kiver. The section between Jujuy and Volcan is the most difficult part of the route, and the delivery of the material at that point will greatly facilitate its transportation to the mines. Other consigimientij arc due to arrive in a short time, and it is quite probable that the plant will be in operation before the time calculated upon. Not long ago 20 caits of Keystone perforating machinery arrived at San Juan de Oro River without any difficulty whatever. This machinerj' haa been erected and is now in opemtion.

HINIHO orpnsTBT.

The statistics of the mineral production of the Republic of Bolivia for the year 1902, published in the British "Mining Journal, Rail- way and Commercial Gazette" of December 81, 1904, show the follow- ing general conditions: Silver, 8,287,64(i ounces; tin, 7,082 tons, which

cuinprises bars and barilla (black tin) in the proportion, more or less, oí 1 to 4; copper, 1,905 tone, mostly bars, bat probably gome in min- eral form; bismuth, 159 tons, in bars more or less refined. In values, are given the following figureis: Lead, $144 (Bolivian); wolfram, $16,461; antimony, $17,0^0; lime, $445; alum, $1^4.

As regards wolfi-am, «only one arm produces and exports, at the present time, to the amount of about 15 tons monthly, oonlâining (15 to 75 per cent tungstic aeid. As a rule Bolivian tin is exceedingly f r<!G from wolfram, so that in spite of the present high prices of the latter it is not to be expected that wolfram will be produced to any extent as a by-product, and imdoubtedly there exists no machinery, as yet, for separating casiterite and wolfram. The above-mentioned productiou is obtained from what may be called pure wolfram lodes, as the only other metallic mineral practically present is mispickcl, with quarter gangue, crossing rock of indurated slates and quartzites.

Transport charges prohibit extensive mining of galenas for leatl: still the officiai figures of its production are undoubtedly far too low, as moat reduction works in the country consume annually a certain amount of Bolivian lead — for cxaBiple, in some cases as packing rings for Root's boilers — which ¡s bought for 45 the hundredweight, and generally contains some 20 ounces of silver to the ton, I'recise official statistics can not, therefore, be kept of the lead production. Eren wbco galenas contain 100 ounces of silver to the ton, their exploitation in the interior is seldom productive, as in the case of the massive galena lodes of the Andacaba núnes, 9 league» from Potosí, on which, in years gone t>y, a good deal of work was doue and a fairly large reduction works constructed and run at a losi^. Amalgamation, lixivia- tion, and some smelting trials were nmde. The latter could not be prolitabie on account of the scarcity and dearness of charcoal. Amal- gamation and lixiviation did not give good silver extraction results owing to the rebellious nature of the ore. The last lixiviation process adopted was the one for which a Bolivian doctor was given patent lights, and which, according to the uninitiated press, would revolu- tionize silver mining here, but which had never any hopes of giving better results than amalgamation. It comprised ati addition to the Ãgustia process, employing a warm saturated salt solution with the addition of a small per cent of copjwr chlorides, depowiting the silver on copper, and using over again the solution after bringing up to standard in sodium and copper chlorides. As was to be expected, this procoss has also been abandoned now at Andacaba, and equally so in Calqnechaca, where it was tried on the silver blende ores.

Besides the well-known Corocoro Company, the only other pro- ducer of copper to any notable extent is the Cobrizos mine in Lipez, owned privately. This also is a native copper proposition, the ore being treated simply by concentration. It has good silver values.

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The mine water i-ontaina salts of botli these metals in solution, as deoionsti-ated by a drill found which had been coated ãr^ít with copper and then with a deposit of HÎlrer.

Although large solid veins of antimony ore exist and have been worked to some extent, the primitive means of communication and the low price of this metal leave little margi» for profit from their exploitation.

The Department of Oruro is situated entirely on the high Bolivian plateau, and incloses within iti^ borders a large part of the plains or "jiJffrti/XM," in which are situated the "Poopó"' lakes. It embi'aeea also a strip of the Cordillera Real, and it is in this Ntrip, which forms a part of the great central chain of the Andes, and in a few outlying hills that are scattered like islands in the great plains, that the chief mineral wealth of the department is to be found. Since the time of the Spanish conquest, and probably to a very small extent before, sil- ver ores have been mined, and the District of Oruro has contributed ife sbai'e toward the production of the famous Potosí mines, the term Potoai applying then to a much greater extent of territory than the present department of the same name. At the prosent time the mining and metallurgy of ores are pnncipaliy devoted to the extraction of m1- ver and tin, the latter gmdually assuming more and more importance.

The principal silver mines are found in the Department Oruro, and are worked by two companies, namely. La Comjiañla Minera ãé Oruro, a Chilean company, and La Compañía Miiui-a de San José, a local com- pany. There are other mining properties in the same group of hills, but they are not at present being worked. The fall in silver has affected these enterprises very seriouslj-, but as the currency of the country is founded on a silver standard they have been able to make some headway against adverse conditions.

Oruro is connected with the port of Antofagasta by a railway 9'i4 kilometers (.574 miles) long. Transport charges on this line are at the rate of 1 cent per 100 kilograms and per kilometer fi-om Oruro to the coast and 2 cents from the coast to Oruro. There are certain special reductions, however, on these terms. The cent is the hundredth part of a Bolivian dollar on that part of the railway that runs through Bolivian territory, and of the Chilean peso on the section running through Chilean territory.

The ores from the Oruro mines are worked for silver and tin.» A certain amount of o.xidized ores from near the outcrops are worked for tin, but the bulk of the mineral comes from the sulphide zone, and consists principally of a mixture of iron pyrites, antimonial minerals of the Jamesonite type, tin oxide, varying quantities of the mineral andorite or snndJte (a .sulphoantomonidc of lead and silver, which, pure, contains over 10 per cent of silver), and o<'ca8Íonally a little stao-

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iiite And galenn. These ores are sorted at the minos and then süot by rail to the reductioa works.

The ^^ Compañía Minera de Orufo'' has its establishment at Macha- camarca, which is of a capacity for silver ores of about 50 tons per day. Alachacamarca is 25 kilometera from Oruro; here the ores are treated by the hyposulphite lixiyiation process, which ¡a eminently suitable to them on account of their low tenure in lead and zinc, and the resulting silver sulphide which contains four or live ounces of gold to the ton, sometimes even moie, is shipped to Europe. Th& ores contain tin oxide, and this is taken out by a special concentration plant, raised to about 60 per cent metallic tin and also shipped to- Europe. These ores come from the mines called " Socavou de la Vi'rçen" and from those of the " Comjmñía Minera de Iton,''^ a conceriï controlled by the ^''Compañía Minera de Oriiro." The ores from the 8an José mines, belonging to the " CompañUr. Minera de San José" are sent by rail to Poopõ, on the lake of that name, 5U kJlometers from' Oruro, where they arc treated in the works of the " Compacta Benfji- ciadora de Poopó?'' The silver is extracted by the above-mentioned tixiviation process, but the tin is extracted and treated in water-jacket furnaces and sent away as bar.

In the range of hills immediately to the east of Poopó, silver and tiir. are found, and one mine, the so-called Tricacria mine, is working now. The character of this ore is very different from that of the Oruro mineral. Its distinctive feature is a special and rare mineral called cylindrite or ryllndrite which, as the first name implies, assumes a. peculiar cylindncal crystalline form. It contains principally antimony, lead, zinc, arsenic, silver, all combined with sulphur. This ore contains as much as three-fourths of 1 per cent of silver, and, though found spar- ingly, is the mineral which mainly gives value to the ores. It is found associated with iron pyrites, zinc blends, a little tin, and sometimes galena. These ores are treated by lixiviation and concentration in the Bella Vista works at Poopó.

The prosperity of the department at present depends on the tin- mining industry, which is assuming more and more importance, thanks to the good prices that have been ruling for the last few years, and to the comparative richness of the lodes. In this connection, Oruro and Poopó have been already mentioned. The other districts tliat produce tins are the big mountain Chualla Gi'ande, 9 miles from Pazna station on the Antofagasta railway and 25 kilometers from Oruro town, has three enterprises working on it, namely, Avica3'a, the Totoral mines, and the *" Chancho" mines at Antequera. These companies send their concentrates, ranging from 65 to 73 per cent metallic tin, to Eiimpc.

The Huanuni district, another important mining center, has several enterprises working fin lodes, ^uch an the Iluanuni Tin Company, Bull. So. I-O.'j 8

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Tellez Hermanos, Andrew Penny, James Huncan,and other establbh- rnent^, in somo of which British subjects are largely interested. They all export their concentrates as such. Tin is found extensively dis- tributed in the mountains that ran along the eastern part of the department, and many other names might be mentioned, as, for in- stance, the mining district of Morococala and Negro Pabellón, but work is not at present being carried on to a very great extent there. It is an industry that is new, and promises a very considerable devel- opment, provided the price of tin suffers no great fall. The depart- ment at present exports over 5,000 tons of tin concentrates and cars per annum.

Although the two metals, silver and tin, are practicídly the only ones at present worked, on account of the peculiar local conditions prevailing, which include scarcity of fuel and high freights, they by no means exhaust the mineral wealth of this department. Lead, cop- per, zinc, bismuth, gold, and antimony are all found, but not worked, partly because they do not pay, partly for want of sufficient capital, and in other cases because they await further development of trans- portation facilities in the country.

BRAZIL.

COFFEE UOTEMBHT FOB THE MONTH OF OCTOBBB, 1904.

The coffee movement at the ports of Rio de Janeiro and Santos for the month of October, 1904, compared with the same month of the previous year, was as follows:

Rio tie J&ueira.

DÎilly arerage olahipmenu

EnlrteilromJulvl..

ShtpmentH from loly!

mi

lotcrSl...

wf,i

1.084,378

COKSUHFTION DUTIES, FIBST HAI.F OF 1004.

Consumption duties in Brazil for the first halt of 1904 yielded 18,502,397 mt'lrch, as against 14,060,499 mUrch in the corresponding period of 1903, an increase of 3,811,898 milrcis being thus indicated. The movement was ns follows:

ri:,v Google

Textiles, in(

Beveragee, increase 763,956

TobaiTO, increase 489,000

Salt, decrease '. 417,924

Playing cards, decrease 2,384

Uataaod cape, det^ease 97,984

CTTSTOUS BECEIFT8, OCTOBER, 1904.

The following 6gures show the revenue of the Brazilian custom- houses for which returns bad been received for the month of October:

1 1««.	im.		19W.	190S.
	sia.pj MÍSÍS ''Sí' «9 wins 1,0«,007 6,«3,95T	MUrrii,. i,;66:s8d '■^J:ÎS3 a, 22», 327		'ifs m, 806 m.vS, 49, IM	'is
		972,673
	Santa Anna do ¿iï»
	32,283 «,535
		ll.KW
	Total (10 inO¿ths).
	iM.ow.zTe	I51.M6,779

Customs revenue in October show an aggregate increase of 1,478,883 miireU, compared with September, and of 639,110 7iiibvis, com- pared with October, 1903. For the ten months, January-October, there is au aggregate increase of 5,540,500 milreis, as compared with the preceding year.

SXFOBIS AT THE PORT OF PEXLNAUBtTCO FOB OCTOBER, 1004.

The ^^Boletin MenȟV of the Commercial Association of Pernam- buco publishes the following statistics of the export trade movement at that port for the month of October.

Sugar kilos..

Cotton do...

Brandy pipes..

Alcohol pipes..

Do .

Honey pipes..

Cotton aeed bags..

Hiilee number..

Sole leather do...

Csntanba was bags..

8,616	Mandioca flour,.	bags..	3.13!)
254	Do	balea..	19
2,242	Teitilea	do...	S6S
372	Corn	bags..	2,185
255	Skins	....bales..	6»
1	Cantor oil aeeds..	bags..	4,691
1,547	Coffee	do...	820
1,738	«oap	boxes..	16,250
1,920	Oil	do...	],327
168	Do	...barrels..	66

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94 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMEKICAN BEPÜBLIC8. CUSTOHS RECEIPTB FOR BEFTEHBEK.

The receipts at the custom-bouses of Brazil for the month of Septem- ber, 1904, compared with those for the corresponding month of 1903, were as follows:

C»...l.o„. j .»..	1*03.	Cu-t torn-house.	190..	1903.
	2.003; 837 iogImo 219, BW	1,999! 143 73.(167 iS ''2«;«i 39|56& 1,2J0.JS0		Mür^U.	Xilr/lt.
		'7f603 62; 818
tt^tj"^
âlî;^"*	26,SS4 l.tOl.MG	ToWl
16,6a2.9M	16,970,617

CnSTOHS BSCEXFTS EOR THE FIRST NINE HONTHS OF 1904.

The revenues collected by the vai'ious custom-houses of Bmzil dur- ing the first nine months of the present year, compared with those for the corresponding period of 1903, were as follows:

Cuslom-hoiue.	1901.	1903		'■"■	1903.
	1 7	Milrfif. 6,209,981 H.470,;34 S.070,SÏJ 2,K(0;084		Xl/rci». SS,4Sl|4ï6 ■£!,M1,Í02 '889;M4 710,082	.U«r.i,.
	Porw Alegre Uruírii»J-aii» Snnt' Adi» do Llvis-
	233,812
	IM, 929, 971

ZBCHIOaATION STATISTICS.

According to Brazilian figures the immigration movement info Brazil for a period of years was as follows:

.V(im'/*T of immiffranli into Brazil in llie i/ior« IS73 lo lt>Of, inclufite.

1S751O1BÍ0	380.33.Í
	aiifiïO
	S-iî

	1
iBoi ;6.ïK

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The total nuuibcr was 2,023,093, of whom 68,078 were Germans, 4i,561 Austriana, 2,740 Belgians, 207,021 Spaniards, 3,339 English, 454,400 Portuguese, 39,388 Russians, 2,344 Swedes, 10,511 French, 996,814 Italians, 7,700 Swiss, and 180,785 from all other countries.

THE HAHITFACTUBINO INDUSTBIES OF THE BEPVBLIC.

In "Dun's Review"' for January, 1905, a paper treating of the manufacturing industries of Brazil, as demonstrated bj' the exhibit of that Republic at the St. Louis Exposition, states that the exhibit is chiefly remarkable aa affording evidence of the development of manu- factures, especially of boots and shoos. The progress along this lino is the more notewortliy in view of the large foreign importation of footwear. In commenting on this subject, Capt. Cordeiro Da Gra^a, National Commissioner for Brazil at the Exposition, says that it may be well to mention that the rapid growth of the boot and shoe making industry ¡s not entirely due to the entei'prise of the manufacturer. Nature has provided the raw material of exceptionally liigh quality. The materials used in the preparation of the hides and dressing the leather are found in abundance and of such superior quality as to assure for Brazilian leathers a durability and softness entitling them to rank with the productif of any other country. The leather thus prepared is suitable for all commercial purposes, such as belts, cliair seats, art work, etc. The principal agents used in the preparation of the hides are *■ Jaz-ía tinao,''' containing 90 per cent of tannin; niautjiw, which has been found superior to oak bark; amriVrf,' and seveml other barks. The superiority of the Brazilian hides is fast becoming known to the world, and already a great number of manufacturers of Europe and America have representatives in the Brazilian market.

Another promising Brazilian industry is connected with the culti- vation of cotton and its manufacture into cloth, and also the manu- facture of straw, silk, wool, and felt hats. The States of Silo Paulo and Rio Grande, as well as the city of Rio de Janeiro, have large hat manufacturers who dispose of their entire pro<luct to the home mar- ket The importation of hats is confined entirely to those of extra fine quality, and though all raw materials used in this branch of man- ufacturing industry are found in Brazil in large quantities, the import lists still report numbers of them.

Captain Da Graça further states that during the civil war in the United States tlie cotton industrj- of the world would have received a death blow had not Brazil come to the rescue. The manufactories of Manchester and other large cities would have been compelled to !shut down for lack of raw material. The cotton grower of Brazil spurred to increased activity by the growing demands for cotton was soon joined by his neighljor, who had previously devoted himself to the

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culture of sugar cane and coffee. Tlie war ended, cotton from the fields of the United States again began to take possession of some of the European markets that it once controlled exclusively. Brazilian cotton was thus thrown back on its homo market, and the people soon found that it was necessary to develop manufactories to use up the raw cotton produced. At present there are several hundreds of these factories whose products are equal to the foreign goods.

The grazing lands of the south of Brazil are unsurpassed and destined to support growers of live stock, who in time will become serious rivals to those of the Argentine Republic. The wool growers of Rio Grande have already taken advantage of the natural conditions to establish themselves in a arm manner, as is demonstrated by the products of the Rheinjautz woolen factory, which find a ready and profitable market. The Government added stimulus to the industry by adopting the homemade woolens for the military uniforms of the countrj-, and as a result of this policj- another factory was speedily established at Rio de Janeiro,

In the front rank of those industries which are in a flourishing con- dition in Brazil must be placed the manufacture of household furniture. The attention of all visitors was attracted to the Brazilian exhibits in the Palace of Forestry, Fish, and Game. The visitor found there woods of the finest grain and color, that are also proof against worms and other destructive insects. The red peroba is said to be equal to the iiest teak wood, and there are several varieties that rival in durn- biiity the mahogany and French érable. The furniture made of perolrn reves&a will last indefinitelj-, and the wood known as "jaca- randa" is mostlj- exported to France, where it is called "Brazilian jacarandá," and is sold by weight, always commanding a very high price. There are pieces of household furniture now in Brazil, made over three hundred years ago out of this wood, that are in a state of perfect repair, in addition to the production of high-grade or art furniture, Brazilian manufacturers supply many cheaper lines of substantial and tastefully designed articles.

The "Dépêche CtÀontale" states that the government of Rio de Janeiro has instituted a aeries of premiums for the encouragement of agriculture and manufactures. Sums of ¿'200, £80, and £40 will be allocated to the three largest exporters of cotton; £200 will be awarded to the factory which first exports a certain fixed quantity of lard, and a further award of the same value to the first agriculturist who shows more than 1,000 feet of new cacao plants in full production.

As regards manufactures, an annual subsidy of £480 will be made to the first factory established in Rio de Janeiro with a capital of not less than £8,000, furnished with the tx>st machinery for the prepai-a- tion of jams, dried fruits, and sweets capable of competing with similar foreign products. Tlie said factory will also be exempt from indus-

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trial taxes, but the raw material must, as far as possible, be ),rrowii in the State.

In the suburb of Moóca, 10 miles from the center of SSo Paulo, the new and important shoe factory belonging to the Companhia Calçado Clark (Limited), successors to Clark & Co., whose principal establish- ment 13 in Scotland, was recently inaugurated. The factory is built on columas in wings and covers an area of 1,400 square meters (15,070 square feet). The internal partitions are made of wood, and all the sections are completely independent. The machinery is of the most perfect type. The material used in the factory is of the best, both national and imported, preference always being given to the former as long as it meets the requirements of the manufacturer. The monthly production is 15,000 pairs of shoes, which are to be sold in all the markets of Brazil, from the State of Amazonas to that of Rio Grande do Sul, importation of the shoes made by the same house in Scotland having been stopped. The technical management of the factory is intrusted to skilled English and American workmen, all the other employees being Brazilian.

CHILE.

MITRAIB PBODVCnOH, THIKD atTASTEB OF 1904.

According to the thirty-sixth report of the '"'' Anociadw. Salitrera de Propagatíãa" for the third quarter of the current year, the produc- tion of nitrate in Chile reached a total of 9,107,950 Spanish quintals, which is an excess of 716,554 quintals over the production in the corre- sponding quarter of 1903. The exportation reached a total of 7,294,767 Spani.sh quintals, a triñiug excess of 60,025 quintals over the corre- sponding quarter of 1903. Deliveries for consumption amounted to 4,261,230 Spanbh quintals, which was 3(>S,647 quintals less than intlie corresponding quarter of 1903.

The production in the six months of the nitrate year 1904-5 (April-September) amounted to 17,391, 74S Spanish quintals, an excess of 766,479 Spanish quintals over the production in the corre- sponding half year of 1903-4. This is, however, an insignificant amount when it is taken into consideration that the quota of exporta- tion in 1904-5 is 3,500,000 quintals in excess of that of 1903-4. In order that the total quota of exportation agreed upon for the niti'ate year ending March 31, 1905, might liavc been exported within the given time, it would have been necessary to produce this year about 350,000 quintals a month more than during last year. Nevertheless, in the six months that have elapsed, the production has been but 760,000 quintals in excess of that of the corresjxinding period of 1904,

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altbougli the number of works producing in the six months of 1904 averaged 78, against 7-i in tlie corresponding period of 1903.

HAB30B WOBXS AT VALPABAI80.

The act of Congress authorizing the construction of harbor works in the Bay of Valparaiso in accordance with tlie Krauss plans waa offi- cially promulgated on Saturday, November 19, 1904, thereby becoming a law of the Chilean Republic.

The President of Chile is empowered by the act in question for the term of two years to enter into a contract for the execution of the enterprise on the lines therein indicated. Tenders are to be called for with at least one year's notice. The price is not to exceed £2,570,000, plus interest at ã per cent on the money ex pended during the construc- tion, to bo liquidated half-yearly, but the interest will be paid only in case of payment of this contrnct being made after the conclusion of the work. The President may order or empower modifications in the plans at the time of calling for tenders, or during the execution of the work, provided, always, that the alterations do not affect the dura- tion or stability of the works nor increase the stipulated total cost.

Two methods are provided for the payment for the work: Either ca.sh, in which case the President is empowered to mise a loan to yield £2,570,000, bearing interest of not more than 5 per cent and with a cumulative sinking fund of 2 per cent, or he may grant the contract- ors the use of the work for a period of time sufficient for the total payment of the works on a basis of 5 per cent, and a yearly cumu- lative sinking fund of not less than 1 per cent, to be guaranteed by the State, the guarantee to commence to run as the work is opened to the public. If the net profit of the company should exceed 7 per cent a year, the excess is to be paid to the State in payment of the sums it may have disbursed on account of the guarantee.

The State may put an end to the contract with the company at any time by paying, with 10 per cent extra, the still unpaid portion of the contract price. Other circumstances being equal, preference will be given to tendei-s accepting the latter condition. No offer will be con- sidered which is not accompanied by security equal to 2 per cent of the sum tendered, and with the certificates of the bidder having exe- cuted maritime works of importance. The contractor will be held responsible for the works executeil, although they may have been paid for, and he will be required to keep them in a good state of preserva- tion and fit for service until the termination of the concession of until the final delivery. The conti-actor may not claim compensation for loss, damage, or injury caused through carelessness, want of foresight or investigation, deficiency of means, mistaken management, orsfonns. The Ciovornmcnt only accepts responsibility for acts of war, earth- quakes, and tidal waves provided always they do damage in the vicinity.

Tbe company, although composed of foreigners nonresident in Chile, are to be considered as domiciled in Chile and subject to Chilean law and are in no case to prefer claims diplomatically. Questions between the Government and the contractor are to be decided, in the first instance, by s judge of the Supreme Court, and in the second instance, by the remuinder of this tribunal. Tariffs are to be fixed by the President, and provision is made for the expropriation of public and private property for the works.

BAILWAT EXTENSIOIf.

The British Consular Agent at Copiapo reports that the extendion of the State railway from Chañaral to the Inca gold district has been completed and opened to traffic, and that recently the Government voted 70,000 pesos for the laying out of the continuation of the line 100 miles to Copiapo and the work is under progress. This line will pass through the important mineral districts and will undoubtedly be tbe means of opening up mines hitherto worked on a small scale only. It will also afford a direct line of communication bj- mil between the ports of Caldera and Chañaral. The line is part of the projected lon- gitudinal Government railway, and will eventually connect with Val- lenor, ¡n the south, a distance of 160 miles,

CONCESSION FOS IRON INI>178TBY.

According to the "Chilean Times'' of November 2, 1904, the Com- mission appointed by the Government of Chile to treat with a Frencli firm for the establishment of the iron industry in that country has ter- minated their labors, and has drafted an agreement ad referendutn for presentation to Congress.

By this agreement the President of the Republic is authorized to enter into a contract with M. Carbonei. for the establishment of the iron industry in Chile, subject to certain specified conditions. It is íilípulated that the Chilean Government shall pay to il. Cakbonel a bounty on the iron and its derivatives produced in Chile for home and foreign consumption. No bounty will be paid, however, on the arti- cles for home consumption when these articles are protected by an import duty equal or superior to the bounty.

The period during which the bounty is to be paid is fixed at twenty years, and the bounty is iixed at Í10 per metric ton on pig iron and $20 per metric ton on manufactured iron and steel. After the twentieth year the bounty is to be decreased hj' one-tenth por annum, so that it will cease altogether in _the thirtieth year. The bounty to bo paid quarterly, but payment of bounty is to cease when the production reaches 35,000 tone per annum, it is to l>c supposed, but the published copy of the agreement does not say so.

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It is stipalated that the Government shall gire a 5 per cent guar- anty on the capital invested in the nndertaking, subject to the follow- ing limitations: The total sum guaranteed is not to exceed $3,000,000 for works capaUe of producing 7,500 tons a year; ÍM:,000,000 for 15,000 tons; *5,000,000 for 25,000 tons; í«,000,000 for 35,000 tons, and $7,000,000 for 45,000 tons. The guaranty is to take effect from the day the first blast furnace is in operation and is to be continued for thirty years. The guaranty, however, will not be p&3~ab1e if the production should not exceed 7,500 tons a year in the course of the five yeaiy after the first year's operations, and 15,000 tons in the fol- lowing years, accidents &adf(irw majeure excepted.

The Government are to have the right to appoint inspector» of the works and of the accounts. At the cod of May of each year a Italance is to be struck to show the not profit of the undertaking and the dif- ference between the guaranteed interest aud the net profit to be paid by the Government in the course of the first quarter of the following year. "When the net profit exceeds C per centón the invested capital, the excess is to be paid to the State as a reimbursement for the money, without interest, it may have paid on account of guaranty.

The State makes to il. Cakbunel a free grant of 100 hectares of land; the right to exploit during thirty years in Valdivia 80,ÜÜO to 100,000 hectares of forest, the concessionnaire part of the forest. Within six months after the delivery of the forest the concessionnaire is to deposit, under penalty of forfeiture of concession, $100,000 as guaranty for the fulfillment of the agreement, which sum will be returned to him as soon as the first blast furnace is in operation. If within the term of three years, to be counted from the delivery of the forest and land, the first bla.st furnace should not be in operation, the concei!sion to become null and void and the guaranty to be forfeited.

COLOMBIA.

8AI.T XrtŒB OF THE BEFUBLIO.

The '■'■Diiirio Ojidid " of llogota of September li, 1904, publishes in full the interesting report made to the Secretary of the TrCKSury on Juno 15, 1903, concerning the salt mines of the Republic. The salt mines of Colombia may properly be divided into three great dii'isions, embracing the saline deposits of the Pacific coast, those of the Atlantic coast, and those encountered in the interior of the nation.

SALT MIXKS Of THE PACIFIC COAST.

The salt mines at Aguadulce and Chinqui produce a sufficient yield to. s>lpp!yth3 consumption of this article in the State of Cauca, leav-

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¡Dg a considerable surplus for export to Costa Rica. The report recommends the adoption of raore modern and improved processes of retining the crude product, and advocates the packing of commercial salt in such a manner and quantity as to render it easily transportable, and su^ests the use of the method of compression at present in vogue in Peru, or, if it should be deemed more desirable, the method now cur- rent in Cundinamarca. The administrator further suggests that when these salt mines are leased to private persons by the Government of Colombia, that individuals or companies engaged in the mining, extraction, and refining of salt in the Republics of Peru, Chile, and Coeta Rica be given an opportunity of introducing their methods of exploitation in Colombia, and, where possible, be accorded permission to work the salt deposit», in order that the production of this article of prime necessity may be increased to such an extent that the needs of Colombia will not only be supplied, but that there may remain a lai^e surplus for export to Costa Rica.

SALT DEPOSITS OS THE ATLANTIC COAST.

These salt mines, which are sufficiently extensive and rich enough to supply a continent, at the present time barely produce a sufficient quantity of salt to meet the consumption of the adjoining Departments or States, and it frequently happens that it is necessary to import salt into Curazao. The administrator argues that it is far preferable and, if scientiScatly done, far more profitable, to exploit ocean salt, which he says crystallizes in the dry air to the extent of millions of tons, than it is to obtain it from the inland deposits, which require mining operations and complex retining processes in its production. Notwithstanding the obvious natural advantages which the exploitation of the marine deposits have over the terrestrial ones, the latter are now much more profitable, due largely, it is indicated, to the methods employed in the extraction of t)ie salt and the packing, transporting, and storing of the same. The leasing of the Atlantic salt deposits to persons or companies from the Antilles or the United States is sug- gested as an excellent means for increasing the production, and it is believed that should the output exceed the consumption of salt in lho Republic of Colombia a profitable export trade in this product could be secured with Cuba and the United States. The transportation of salt to Cuban and American ports could be effectuated at a very small cost, inasmuch as salt could be carried in ballast on banana steamers which ply between American and Colombian ports.

One of the most difficult and costly operations in the present state of the commerce in salt in Colombia is the sacking and storing of the same. Sacks are expensive, in comparison with the value of the salt, and the storage requires care and the proper conditions in order to con- serve the salt in a fresh and pure state.

102 INTEBKATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN BEPUBLJCS. TEKKESTIIIAL SALT DEPOSITS.

The principal salt deposits in the interior of the i-ountry ai'e those of Ciindinamarca, Boyacá, Cumaral and Upin, and Coello. The inland salt mines have been developed to a greater extent than have the inari- time deposits, and the output is therefore greater. Many of the inland salt deposits are not now in exploitation, some of them having been abandoned because of internal dir>turbances in the country. The depositii, Iiowevci", are very large, and nearly all of them could be, in normal times, pi-ofitably worked. The i-oport contains numerous sug- gestions concerning the exploitation of the salt mines, the principal ones being the leasing of the deposit-^ to reliable foreign capitalists or the adoption by the Government of a better system in the extraction and the use of more modern methods in the refining of the product.

CUBA.

INDT7BTBIAI. CONDinONB IN 1904.

A report forwarded to the United States Department of Commerce and Labor by Consul-Gen eral Steinhart, at Havana, Cuba, contains the followmg data covering the industrial status of the Kepublic throughout the tiscal year 190^;

The following statement shows the value of the crops, minerals, animal pi-oducts, etc., of Cuba in 1904:

ToMi i-aliie of iïita.t proibicli' in 1904.

	Artlflcs.	V.,,,..
Siu[«r, including mol««e-i, ulcoh		K2.ft2a,im.K
	2. 712, 300, « a,ï60,ooo,i»
	l,44G.eC0.W
	W,3?l.«r7.86

The principal crop this year, as for some years past, has been sugar, of which the production has been 6l),817 tons in excess of that of last year. Prices obtained for sugar this year exceeded those of last year, and the value of the crop is consequently considerably raoi-e, and can safely be stat»id as ?50,000,0Ô0. The prices obtained during the first six months of 19U4 were as follows per 100 pounds: January, $1.77; February, Ç1.77; March, l-a.O-l; April, $3.18; May, S2.88; Juno, !f3.-13; average for the six months, #2.09. Sugar sold as high as $3 per 100 pounds in August, 1904.

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.Ct(¡í(ir o/ the erajie of 190$ mid 1904 cvporliil uiid on imiirf.

i^n.	Satki. .,S:S i;i	1«H.	1*03.	IBM.
	OR»: «7	Ik 11 8,033 6. Bi-	Sorti.
	85; 880
	ll, aso
	TÃÕM

B.;32,'M| 7,5Bi.34ñ\ I.lIO,Ill'i! 118,«

~"iwi,io»"l i.ms.nw I ímí'Sm j M,S1

The total crop of 1904 may be obtained au follows: Expoiled and on hand, 190-1:, 1,095,822 tons; consumed, January 1 to September 30, 1904, 32,721 tons; total, 1,128,543 tons; less sugar of 1903 crop on hand January 1, 1904, 94,835 tons; leaving for the crop of 1904, exported and consumed, 1,033,708 tons, against 972,891 tons in 1903.

The heav}' rains during May prevented the harvesting of cane, or else, so experts on the question state, the crop of 1904 would have been at least 1,250,000 tons, the estimated crop of last year. The crop of 1905 will greatly exceed the crop of this year.

The production of molasses in Cuba during the first six months of 1904 amounted to 42,200,0"X) gallons, disposed of a^ follows: Disposition of Cubnn molai'i'ei', Jirfl cii moiiihs of 1904.

Melhod of dliipofal. QusnlUj-. VhIuc.

BailinEinolwaMahlpned toPhnadclphla

DMIllmKmalBsgeafiLlppedloDtliETpoInU In foiled SUles

Diililllng molasses consumed In Ciiba

DlAtitllD^ TuolAneB shipped to Europe

ÜKd lor fuel and oLbet purposes oi unsold (or want ol tiaasportatlon.

To the foregoing should be added shipments made to the United States and Europe during the period from July 1 to December 31, 1903: To the united State.?, 3,053,630 gallons, valued at $244,290; to England, l,935,5]6gaIlons,valuedat $47,388; total, 4,989,146 gallons, valued at $291,678; making a grand total of 47,189,146 gailoufi of molasses, valued at $1,639,678.

Spirits produced from sugar cane amounted to 1,651,676 gallon.?, valued at $219,434. Most of the rum and aguardiente went to Uru- guay (550,990 gaIlon.s), Canary Irlanda (478,698 gallons), and England (301,961 gallons); only 29,782 gallons went to the United States.

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The total value of the sugar products of 1904, therefore, was as follows: Raw su^ar, ^50,668,995; molasses, $1,639,678; aguardiente, «219,434; total, Î52,52S,10T, gainst $41,940,955 in 1903; $30,863,S24 in 1902; *32,258,580 in 1901; $17,603,839 in 1900, aod 819,206,815 in 1899.

The tobacco crop in the past year was good in both quality and quantity, and may be safely valued at over $30,000,000. The exports during"l903 were valued at $26,046,431, against $25,400,000 in the previous year. The exports of leaf tobacco in 1904 exceeded those of the previous year by $600,000. The total exports of leaf tobacco amounted to 40,977,946 pounds, valued at 813,245,187, 24,128,430 pound» of which, valued at $9,931,802 went to the united States, and 10,306,574 pounds, valued at $1,921,079, to Germany, the next largest purchaser.

Tobacco stems, which are used in the manufacture of snuff, etc., were exported to the amount of 598,178 pounds, valued at $9,959, principally to the United States, Argentine Republic, and Germany.

"Cigars exported numbered 205,244,298, valued at $12,302,969, of which 45,769,422, valued at $2,888,111, went to the United States; 28,388,074, valued at $1,968,395, to Germany, and 92,559,817, valued at $5,197,785, to England. Of cigarettes, 14,662,209 packages (each package containing about 14), valued at $404,173, were exported dur- ing the year. Of these 287,767 packages, valued at $7,055, went to the United States; 16,693,372 packages, valued at $49,070, to Dut«1i possessions; 1,323,127 packages, valued at $40,926, to British islands; 7,259,354 packages, valued at $191,854, to Colombia, and 586,003 packages, valued at $17,C32, to Germany. Much of the remainder went to the Canary Islands. The export of cut tobacco amounted to 226,648 pounds, valued at $81 ,031 , of wliich the United States received 75.205 pounds, valued at $23,583, and Colombia 57,283 pounds, valued at$21,201.

Tobacco seed to the value of $3,112 was exported to the United States.

The pineapple crop during the. fiscal year ended June 30, 1904, amounted hi value to about $1,250,000. The fruit found ready sale in the United States and at higher prices than in preceding years, owing to the fact tliat large shipments arc now made direct from Havana to Chicago, instead of being all made, as heretofore, to Kew York, which naturally resulted in overloading the market in that city, and thus reduced the value of the fruit.

A decided increase in the shipment of fruit» other than pineapples, and in vegetables, is noted in 1904. The Cuban orange is a delicious fruit, and limes and lemons arc of good quality and abundant. Toma- toes, sweet potatoes, onions, peppers, eggplant, okra, etc., wei-e also up to expectation in quality and quantity and brought good prices. The

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value oí the crop of fruits (exclnsL\-e of pineapples) and vegetablcM amounted to ¡(2,712,300.

Nearly all fruit and vegetable» not consumed here are exported to the United States, except cacao, which is shipped in considerable quan- tities to Spain, Germany, England, and France. The value of the fruit exports to the United States daring the years 1899 to 1903 was as follows: 1899, $801,200; 1900, $1,181,700; 1901, $1,442,700; 1902, $1,906,600; 1903, $2,932,300. One of the finest fruit farms in Cuba is owned by an American, who has about 25,000 orange trees planted and win shortly plant 15,000 more.

Lumber (mahogany and cedar principally) to the value of nearly $3.000,000 has been cut, and oyer $2,000,000 worth exported; of which about $1,250,000 worth went to the United States and the rest chiefly to (jermany and England. Dyes to the value of $100,000 are exported to Russia, France, and tlcrmany, and textile fibers to the approximate value of $160,000 are shipped to Italy, Germany, and France. In for- est prodoots considerable increase is noted in exports. Since 1899 tbey have been as follows: 1899, $1,059,900; 1900, $1,265,400; 1901, $1.356,100; 1902, $1,874,800; 1903, $2,528,600.

The valno of shells, tortoise and other, gathered during the past year amounted to about $75,000, and of sponges, $500,000. Of the Utter the United States received about 35 per cent and Europe the remainder, France being the principal buyer. The exports of sponges and shells in 1904 amounted to $145,000 more than in 1899.

Skin.s, boms, and hoofs of animals are almost entirely shipped to the United States, and the exports amount annually to $500,000.

Honey is shipped to Germany, the United States, France, and other countries. The amount gathered this year exceeds $600,000 in value. About 80 per cent of the wax exported is shipped to Germany, the rest to the United Stfltes, France, and other countries; the total annual value is about $500,000.

The cattle industry, at one time one of the principal pursuits of Cuba, is to-day making rapid progress toward regaining its former prominence, and figures largely in the amount of importations into Cuba. From the following table, covering the calendar years 1899 to 1903, it appears that the importations from Mexico in the five years exceeded those from the United States by nearly $4,000,000.

IWn< of the ealtie imported inio Cuba in the five geari 1S9Ú lo ¡90a.

Whence Imparted.	im	1«0.	1901.	1902.	.«B.	Total.
Meik»	•iSS 788,900 :>38,wa 236,600	'as ¡as	•2,882,600 a; 674; 900 146,100 812,2(10	12, Ml, 300 ' 81»; 900	tl,ï38,B0I> I,'iSS,2O0 67Í.900 !, 370, 400 40S.600 1»;500	Í12, 005,000 7,225 900 (1216 a»
Unirwl Staiü' Colombl« Vmuaelk
	U.U3.900	7,17T,aW	8.443,100	b.iX.M¡	5,816,700

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It will be noticed that during the past five yearn Mexico has sup- plied about 33 per cent of all the cattle imported, and that the purchases from the United States, which exceeded those from Mexico in 1899, have steadily fallen off during 1900, 1901, and 1902, but appear to be again increatfiiig, which supports the argument that if stronger efforts to do business are made the object deaircd will be gained.

There are thousands of a*res of land in Cuba suitable for cattle raising which can be purchased at from $1 to $3 per acre. Cattle do well in this country. They fatten nicely and produce meat of good quality. The percentage of loss on account of sickness is small, and the short shipping distance from our Gulf port» in Texas, Louisiana, Florida, and Alabama should reduce losses on that account to the minimum.

The minerals most abundant in Cuba are asphalt, copper, iron, and manganese.

Of asphalt there are rich beds to be found in the provinces of Havana and Pinar del Rio. In Havana Province are the mines known as Jesus del Potóse and Santa Rosa, situated a little more than a mile to the South of Campo Florido, The Angela Elmira mine at Bejucal, in the province of Pinar del Rio, and the Rodas Concepción and Mí^- dalena mines are located at the inner end of the bay of Maricl. At Bahia Honda the Santa Elena mine has a reputation for excellent asphalt; so has the Union mine at Guanajay. In Sanctí Spiritus there are several asphalt mines; the ones best known are the Pozo Colorado and Amparo mines. During the past year considerable asphalt has been exported from Cuba, and as its quality is woll spoken of an increase in exports can Ijc safely predicted.

There is scarcely any metalliferous locality in Cuba where copper is not found in greater or less quantity. In Pinar del Río mention should be made of the Buenas Aguas, Recompensa, Unión, Caridad, and the Cuba Western copper mines. In Havana Province are the old mines of Uacuranao, and others at Jaruco and Mina.<i. In Matanzas Province a number of copper mines have been located. In Santa Clara Province valuable beds of copper have l>een found near Cienfuegos and Santa Clara city. The most important of the old minos are those known as San Fernando and Santa Rosa, from which excellent ore has been taken. In Puerto Principe Province are the mines of Bayatabo, between the cities of Puerto Principe and Nuevitas, also the Marion, the San Antonio del Cerro, and the Cubillas mines. In all these mines the prevailing ore was carbonate of copper, the extmction of which was found comparatively easy, because it is found at no great depth.

The most important province, however, for copper mining to date is Santiago de Cuba. The town of Cobre is built on very extensive beds of copper ore, which is also found at Bayamo, Sierra Maestra,

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Las Tunas, Holguin, and Jiguani. Competition from the mines of Chile and Rio Tinto, as well as those in the region of Lake Superior, has act«d as a drawback to the coppei-mining industry of Cuba, par- ticularly as low-grade ore has never been handled successfully there- Iron and manganese mines are of most importance at present, by reason of their being worked regularly and on a large scale in the province of Santiago de Cuba.

In the province of Santa Clara several gold mines of more or less importance are said to have been located, the most promising, perhaps, being the Meloneras mine, near the village of Guaracabuya, inthedis- trict of Placetas. In the district of Holguin old gold claims have also been redenounced, but nothing can be deãnitely stated as to the cause of their previous abandonment, nor, in fact, as to date of their work- ing, which by some is said to be as far back as the time of the abo- rigines.

The only marble of importance is that which is found in the two mountains cast and west of Kucva Gerona, on the north coast of the Isle of Pines. The marble is of good quality, ranging from a good white statuary stone through various shades of blue-veined to dark gray. Specimens with pinkish tints are also found. Some of the marble is reported by experts to be suitable for the finest statuary, the color being the purest white. Other varieties of different hues are suitable for ornamentation and art, as they take on a good polish. The stone is free from cracks, and will furnish slabs of any size, the deposits varj-ing from 5 to 25 feet in thickness, and being so situated as to meet all requirements of convenient and economical transporta- tion to points of shipment on the coast.

A salt deposit exists near Salinas Point, Isle of Pines. From this point to the third Salinas Point there are large clear salt pits, without trees, easy to work, which increase in width for some distance.

The annua) production of the number of mines actually operated — namely, 5 asphalt, 3 copper, 12 iron, 3 manganese, and 1 naphtha — give a total output valued at $1,446,000, as follows: Asphalt, H22,900; copper, approximately, $13,008; iron, $1,140,892; manga- nese, *163,140.

BBVENITXS Aim EZPENDITUBES, FIBOAI. TEAB 1904.

The revenues of the Republic of Cuba are classified as receipts from customs, internal revenue, postal and telegraph receipts and consular fees. The following table shows a balance on June 30, 1904, of $5,860,372.37, after deduction of the amount due for fees of honorary consuls, postal money orders, outstanding bills, and funds collected through stamp tax for sinking fund and intei'est on loan made for the payment of the Cuban army:

Boll. No, 1—05 9 ^ ,

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Kereniie and eAj/endiiure» of Cuba dunng Üufi*cal year ended Jvtk SO, 10Ù4,

Od hwid July 1, 1903 ÍÍ, 968,88». 57

Receipts diirmg year end«d July 1, 1904:

Costoma 518,299,470.01

Jnleroa) revenue 1,001,253-00

roetal&nd telegraph 544,600.00

Coneular fees 266,918.09

20, 112, 241. 10

Total i«ceipt8 23, 080, 93a 47

Expenses daring jeu 17,220,566.10

Balance June 30, 1904 5,860,372.37

Onhand July 1, 1903:

Postal orders onbrtanding Î183, 893. 03

OuUtanding bills 4,024.65

Coirectional coarte 15,855.06

1203,773.64

Beceipta daring year ended July h 1904;

Postal oidera 5,850,266.01

Hononuy conenlv £eea 6.45

Stamp tai for loMi 2,251,946.&2

Outstanding bille 6,821.89

Correctional courts 61,188.45

8,170,029.32

8,373,802.96 Esponditures during year ended July 1, 1904:

Peetalordere 5,870,439.85

Loon (interest and sinking fund) ., 1,209,486.48

OutetandinR bills 3,678.73

Correctional courts 77,044. 41

7,160,649.47

Balance in treasury to meet outstanding bills 1,213,153.49

Onbuid July 1, 1903:

General revenues K, 968.689.37

Troet funds 203,773.64

13,172,463.01

Secfipla during year ended July 1, 1904;

General revenues 20.112,241.10

Trust funds 8,170,029.32

28, 282, 270. 42

Total revenues 31.454,733.43

Expenditures during year ended July I, 1904:

General expenses 17,220,658.10

Trust funds 7,160,649.47

24,381,207.67

Balance June 30, 1904 7,073,525.86

1^88 outstanding debts 1.213.163.49

Net balam-e in treasiirj- June 30, 1904 6,860,372.37

SXl&ITGIHTBBEOUSE statistics fob first SALF of 1904.

CATTLE.

	Pópala-	Number		^X^S^.^n"-
		SS:	Zt
	«7,5U SI	48,654 3. no	8,578,70» 4*7,747 1,57^685 a, TOT, SOO 1,OTÎ,»Ï4	fitlH, M.b 1¿4 40. 9 40.0	Ctni..
M««n» „ SuMClsm. _	22:7 J8.1
	l,6íí,797	96,022	10,616,M2

	Popula-	Kmnber	«■■eight.	irtoeperJílto.
	siisoflSSS. 1 '""™-	Mill-	Ulnl-
		SO.<fil is.m	KUot. 1,218. «06 SoéilKt 2G3,m6	40:» «¡.7 40.0	(■«W,
	II	a>.o
tenüago ãé ciibã Total	15. Q
1,572,7S7| 75,711	S,226,2W	64.5	12,7

BHEEF AND GOATS.

	Sit.. am ul ISW.	Number	Weight.	Price per kilo, AUUlrilHUl
	Sïî=;
	II	4&4 2	ti.RK!	(VT,t.. CÍT.H,
	5^1 ^l
Sutlwo de Cobs _
	1,672,797	3,487	5fi,72:i
,

Oaommptlaii per 100 loluibilalili:

Ctltlo

Ilogï

Ebeep and goals

Bataha, Stttfnitr 30, uoi.

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

TABIFF H0DIFI0ATI0N8.

I. — Resolution dated AjM-U 9, ISOi, luaintalnlng the collectwn of the

viuntoipal surtax.

[" Gui-tiu Ofii-ial,-' No. las», of April 25, 18W,¡

Under this I'esolution the percentage chargeable on goods enuui- erated as coming under the tariff of municipal surcharge shall continue to be levied on 34 per cent of their evaluation.

II.— i?(-(7w of April -HO, 1904, fimending the e-vport duties.

[■■ Gaala OficM." Xo- 1^% of April 30, law.]

It iíí hereby decreed:

ARTICI.E 1. The export tariff under date of November 16, 1898, to which effect was given by the decree of April 9, instant, is repealed in its entirety.

Art. 2. From the promulgation hereof the under-mentioned goods ^hall alone be provisionally liable to export duties, at the following rates, namely:

. $1.50 Tortoiseehdl poiiml.. $0.25

. 15 Guaiacum ton.. .50

..do.... 2.50 Honey gallon.. .01

..do 2.50 Lance wood {"Ini/n") ton.. .50

..do.... 1.50

yECTiON — ■ The duty on cocoa is inclusive of the war tax of $0.50.

Aa regards sugar, the decree of the Provisional Government, under date of March 14, 1903, establishing a tax of 10 cetitacos gold per quintal of sugar of national production, is maintained in force, and the Minister of Finance and Commerce shall fi-ame the necessary regulations for insuring the payment of the said tax.

The present decree cancels all contrary provisions.

III. — Jies'ilutiori ofAj^fil SO, 190^, r<daiinff to tlèH payment of customs duties.

[■■ dupcta Oficiai" No. l.'-bft at April 80, 190J.)

It is hereby resolved;

Akticlk 1. That article 3 of the decree dated April 9, instant, lie

repealed.

Art. 2. From the date oí promulgation- of the present resolution,

' bonds issued by the present Government shall only be accepted for

urposc of discharging the duties in a proportion of 25 per cent.

TV, — Decree of May 1^^ 190^, respecting the jyayuient of eust<}iiis dutiea and the teri/ing of a customs aurlanr.

(" Caceta QXcfaJ." Xo. IMI, ui May 11, 19(H.|

Article 1. From the pablicatloii of the present decree and during such time as circumstances require, the revenue offices of the Republic «hall not accept, in payment of the customít duties estabUshed prior to the present date, more tbnn 25 per cent in legally issued securities or in sums on account of contracts concluded in due form until the i^ome have been complet«ly paid off.

Akt. 2. Five per cent of the import duties shall continue to be accepted in nattonul bank notes, and these are to be delivered to the incineration committee to be dealt with accoi-ding to the stipulations of the law of issue.

Art. 3. A special surtax of 8 per cent, effective on the amount of duty on dutiable goods, ia hereby created, but only temporarily; this surtax shall be payable from and after the present date.

Aht. i. The present decree cancels all contmry regulations, it shall, as reganls execution, be subject to the provisions to be adopted by the Minister of Finance.

ECUADOR.

FOllEION TBASE IN 1803 AmD 1904.

The United States Consul-General at Guayaquil repoi-ts as follows on the trade of Ecuador during 1903 and the first six months of 19(>4; the figures being published as supplementary to the report of the Chamber of Commerce of Guayaquil, which was recorded in the issue of the Monthly Bulletin for December, 1904:

"The exports from Ecuador in 1903 were valued at §9,313,17T, an inci'easo of $495,534 over 1902. The imports into I->uador in 1903 were valued at 15,524,907, a decrease of $1,498,820 from the value in the pi^eceding year. This decrease is supposed to be due to the bubonic plague that made its appearance on the coast of Chile »nd Peru, and the consequent measures taken by the superior boai-d of health of this port, which decided not to permit the entrance of any vessels that had recently called at infected ports.

'"The value of imports from the L'nited States in 1903 was $1,398,- 2Ô8, a decrease of $54,288 from their value in 1902, which really does not amount to much in comparison with the total decrease from all countries of $1,496,826. The principal articles imported from tho United States are lard, Sour, kerosene, lumber, railroad material, and hardware.

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"The total iaiports in the first half of 1904 amounted to $3,065,299, and the exports in the same period to $5,645,590. The declared value of exports to the United States for the same six months was $710,000, against $720,000 for a like period in 1903. The principal articles importecl during the six months were flour, lard, machinery, kerosene, iron pipes, and shoes.

"During the year 1903, 163 steamers, with a tonnage of 221,452, and 23 sailing vessels entered at Guayaquil. None of them were from the United St&tes except the yacht Didy Nan, of 80 tons."

BOUin>AKT TB.BATT WITH BRAZIL.

(Signed, May 6, 1904.)

The Republic of the United States of Brazil and the Bepuhlic of Ecuador, desiring to avoid possible disagreements in the future and to strengthen and render enduring the entente corãialf which should always subsist between the two nations, have decided to resume and conclude the negotiations begun in Quito in the year 1853, in which the Plenipotentiary of Brazil and that of Ecuador agreed on the neces- sity of and manner of defining the frontier of the two countries, and for this purpose have named their Plenipotentiaries, to wit:

The President of the Republic of the United States of Brazil, José Hakia da Silva Pakanhos do Rio-Branco, Minister of Foreign Relations;

The President of the Republic of Ecuador, Dr. D. Carlos R. ToBAB, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Brazil;

Who, after having exchanged their respective full powers, which were found in good and duo form, have i^reed on the following articles:

Article L

The Republic of the United States of Brazil and the Republic of Ecuador agree that, in case the boundary dispute existing between Ecuador and Peru terminates favorably to Ecuador, as this Republic hopes, the frontier between Brazil and Ecuador, in the parts where they border on each other, shall be the same as stipulated in Article Vit of the Convention concluded at Lima on October 23, 1851, between Brazil and Peru, with the modification specified in the agreement, also signed at Lima, February 11, 1874, for the exchange of territories on the line of the Iça or Putumayo; that is, that the frontier sliall be — wholly or in part, according to the result of the aforesaid dispute — the geodetic line which starts from the mouth of Santo Antonio Creek, on the left bank of the Amazon, between Tabatinga and Leticia, and terminates at the confluence of the Apaporis with the Japurá or

coqueta, save in the section of the Iça or Putumayo Eiver, which is cut by said line, wbere the bed of the river, between the pointa of inter- section, shall constitute the dividing line.

Article 11.

The two high contracting parties declare tliat, in celebrating the present treaty, they have no intention of prejudicing any right wliich the other neighboring nations may in the future prove to l>e theirs; that is, that they have no intention of modifying the pending boundary disputes between Brazil and Colombia, and between Equador, Colom- bia, and Pern, nor did Brazil have such intention when it negotiated with Peru the Convention of October 23, 1851.

Article III.

The .present treaty, after it has been approved by the legislative power of each of the two Kepublics, shall be ratified by the respective GovernDieats, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at Kio de Janeiro, at Quito, or at Santiago de Chile,

In faith whereof, we, the Plenipotentiaries above named, sign the present treaty, in two copies, each in the Portuguese and Spanish languages, and thereto affix our seals.

Done in the city of Kio de Janeiro on the 6th day of May, in the year 190*.

[l. 8.] RiO-BsANCO.

[l. s.] G. R. Tobak.

bouhtt fob bttbbeb tbees.

On September 30, 1904, the President of the Republic of Ecuador promulgated an important decree, passed by the Congress on the 23d of the same month, the text of which is as follows:

"The Congress of the Republic of Ecuador decrees:

"Articlb 1. Legislative decree approved on October 17, 1302, antborizing the President to regulate the prohibition concerning the extraction of rubber from the Oorernment forests situated in the western part of the Republic, is hereby amended so that the second article thereof shall read as follows:

" ' The President shall pay from the public treasury a bounty of 10 cents for each rubber tree planted in any part of the territory of the Republic, provided the number of trees planted be not less than 500, and that these attain the age of 5 years.'

"Art. 2. The President shall regulate the form and manner of making the plantations."

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INDUSTBIAZ. CONDITIONS.

The United States Consul at Port au Prince reports that there seems to be considerable activity in cutting and working the valuable woods of Haiti. The Government has jçranted two concession» giving pcrmis- aion to cut certain valuable woods on its lands in ditferent sections for a distance of over D miles from the sea shore inland. These two con- cessions were granted to Haitians, with the privilege of subletting them or of foi'ming a foreign company with the necessary capital to under- take the enterprise. In attempting to form such a company they have met with considerable encouragement from American capitalists. This industry, properly aided and encoui"aged by the Government, would add much to the prosperitj- of the conjitry, as its valuable woods are almost inexhaustible. One branch of this enterprise will be the cut- ting of Bayahond wood for I'ailroad cros.s-ties; for this use its durabil- ity is far greater than that of any other wood thus far used for the purpose.

He further states tliat the high prices obtained for cotton last year offered great inducement to planters here to cultivate this product on a move extensive scale, and they are rapidly increasing their planting. No doubt cotton would have become a great factor in the exports, and would have greatly added to the revenue of this country but for the great disturbance in Haitian finances, which cau.sed a rapid increase of all expenses and thus compelled the planters to reduce their planting. While there has been considerable increase over former crops, the improvement will not be as great as was expected.

This country is very stiitable for the gi-owing of cotton, and a large f|uantity could, no doubt, be produced at a largci' profit than in the L'nited States. Haitian cotton, once planted, continues to produce for twenty years without replanting, and I'equires but little care or culti- vation. The only expense is the gathering, ginning, and baling. The staple is of good quality. Sea-island cotton has to some extent been introduced with success and the planting is increasing, as it has proved to be very prolitable. This cotton, once planted, will produce four crops before the plant dies out.

HONDURAS.

IMPORTS FBOU NEW TOBK IN 1804.

Dr. Salvador Cordova, Consul-General of Honduras Republic, furnishes the following statistics of exports from Xew York to that country for the fiscal year ending July 31, 1904;

>.„.	WkngCfi.	Weight.	v^.,.
	li	Kilo». as, 207	UK, 776
	63,361	3,IKe,SI3
	■

The shipments consisted of cotton goods, machinery, drugs and medicines, flour, rice, provisions and canned goods, barbed wire, petro- leum, paper, liquors, perfumery, etc. Since the parcels post between Honduras and the United States went into effect, it was remarked by Mr. CoHDOVA, a great many shipments of tihoes and fancy dry goods are sent that way, thus avoiding the expense and trouble of consular invoices. These exports do not figure in the foregoing statement.

HCPOSTB AT AHAPALA, 1008-4.

The following table show^ the dutiable imports through the custom- house at Amapala during the second half of the fiscal year 1!)03-1 (January-June, 1904), together with the country of origin.

Origin.	Number	'S"	'd^Macíort^lo"'	Sîff
	Gold.	Silver.
	I.IJB» •■z S es BI 42fi	l,336.Vlñ i!î:!î? l| 29, 5W	•116,042.67 46! au. SB 62,131.71 25,S7e.BS fS '423! 64 157. «0 803.20		I91,8».3S
		42,113.77
		fVï^
	«270.00 6.214.00
	17,164	2.W4,7T0	249.628.64	5, 4M. 00

MEXICO.

FOBEION COKKEBCE, FIBST aUABTEB OF 1904-6.

The Bureau of Statistics of the Treasury Department of the Repub- lic of Mexico has issued the preliminary statement of imports and exports during July, August, and September, showing the foreign trade of the country for the first quarter of the current fiscal year, 1904-5, as compared with the same three months of l!X)3-4.

The statement shows the imports in the gold value of the invoice.'* preseated at the maritime or frontier custom-houses, with the mer-

116 INTEBIíATIOTíAL BUEEATI OF THE AMERICAN EEPUBLICS. I

cliandise, and in the corrcspoadíng value ia Moxican silver currency, calculated at the o£Scí&l rates determíued by tho Secretary of the Treasury each month in conformity with the law of November 25, 1902, relative thereto.

IMPORTS.

Gold value. snrtt raliK'.

190t-S »17,7ïO,ia7.15

IVB-t I n,47S,W».13

It will be observed that, calculated in the gold currency of tho for- eign invoice9, the amount of the imports in the tirst three months of 1904-5 increased $224,428.02, equivalent to 1.4 per cent over the imports in the corresponding three months of 1903-4, and that tbege same imports, calculated in the silver currency of the country, show a decrease of $2,150,225.42, equivalent to 5.34 per cent less than the imports in the same months of 1903-4, also calculated in silver. This anomaly is the result of the unstable silver cuiTcncy.

The details of the imports in the first three months of 1904, as stated in tho gold values in the invoices submitted to the customs-houses, were as follows:

Animal snbetancee $1, 455, 236. 1 3

Vegetable substance 2,356,374.03

Mineral substance* 4, 836, 941 . 53

DrygoodB 2,818,247.28

Chemical proiiucla 691,088.81

BrinkH, fermonted and natural 694,605.13

Paper and applicationa 593, 773. 26

Hadiinerv and apparatus 2,495,925.01

Vehicles.'....-. 347,3*2.06

ArniB and explosives 837,287.48

Mieccllaneous 593,386.44

Total 17,720,237.15

The following table shows the countries of origin and the value of imports contributed by each, the amounts contributed in the corre- sponding three months of the preccdinj; year being furnished for pur- poses of comparison:

	,m^	l«i^		! 1MM.&.	1«^
	I9.IÎ1,B13	2.M0.O»	g^¿ó-¿:;::::::::	..' iis-.ïoa M, 33»	tIIT,&31
Sfc::::::::::::::::;;	1 AiuUiii-Huag*r>-....	...'■ U7.0K	iiîî

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The export lists show valuations as declared in Mexican currency ii the custom-houses, as follows:

	Fir,tq	arlcr-
	1901.	1903.
Ook)	R.SeO.M0,8G 71». BIS. 07	2.6al,7î8,i« 17, «7, 013. 09
	12,060, 748. SO
	«,S«,10S.S0	«,729,0S5.96

FOBBIQH OOMHBKCE DT ATTOU8T, 1904.

According to statistics issaed by the Treasury Department of the Republic of Mexico, impoi'te and exports for the month of August, 196i, and for the first two months of the current fiscal year, 1904-5, »a compared with the same periods of 1903 and 1903-4, respectively, were as follows:

The total amount of importations durinj; the two months under review was $11,397,186.58 in gold currency, as declared in the custom- houses.

The exports for the two months were valued at $30,410,869.93, ahowinj; an increase of $450,302.30 over the same period of 1903-4.

The detailed imports during the two months were as follows:

U1K>RTS.

laol<) vsliuUon.]

	August—	T«-om	nlUs-
	1904.	1903.	.«»..,	1908-1.
	I«5,I«.90 '■iiîî 2S3,3I2.92 240.080.40 ■il6.7Vi.n	»m, 060.86 'eos; 774! 66 252.940.68 232,649.» 178, 167, S3 772,SÏS.«0 16;|S42!82 Î18,12S.19	(963.818,6; 490,739.43 403^459.24 1,5M.119.90 473:979:00 389,432.22
MlnmÜHibKaacei	3.987, 481.30
Chemical »nd ph¿rni»CTO«r«í rob-	4S9 212.B4
	S.MS. 716. 29	5,SB0,68Ï.»5	11,397,186.6.

EXPORTS. ; liver Tftluallon.]

Pnchnnmelala I

Other artlclea

Toul I 1

16.242,71», 1Î

11,890,612,96

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The details of the export trade for the period under compari-son show the following clasijitication and figures:

	__"'	1903.	T-omonlh.^
	1901-6. 1 190Í-4.
	05.000.00	»9,W9.M	t34,7SI.DO 116,678.89	no, 782. 00
	i,iw,«D0.a3 01,(04.09	'\k^i.n	1.8M.992.96 «1,067.83
	1. 281, «SI. 12	840. W.I»	Î,lîl.l09.fl9	1.679.86*. 59
	ISA, 970. 00	195.996.00 1.033,267.01	*^: 286:75 9,621.559.82 1,701,807.26	2.231, 786, 00
	7,071,463-08 843, Ml. W	7,702;44¿97 2.123.442-94
	S, MO, 985- 06	3.872.619-90	11,5U,6Ï7.B3	12,068,202.91
t^'—; :■■::	'«xÁlfiígloa 144.996. so ï,iu9;nH:oo Iï4!«37!l8 ¡89. 867- 00 "'kslî*::!» m; 730.00	î.an.oïj. 15 2IB.S43.fi8 n9,i2i.oo 1,8151 76?! 00 2'JO,S71.0O 52,91M.D0 i.imÍmsIòo 280,673.00 436.819. 60 70,483-00 108,005-00 27. 9Ï2. 00 52|8â8 2fi	i:2S>>!822:00 160, .578, 24 47fi,06a.M 4,939.SI«.00 'iiiîs 771.138.39 111,599.50	8,470.fi77..W
Oth«tmli>enü product»	298,361.84
	'•a:!ílü
HS"":;;;;;;;;::;:;;;;;;;
	'■Vi'SS
Olhermlmalproducta.	133,059.00
	sa. 104.00	104,466.00 387,841.52 m, 093. 80	69,993.88
	iÓi,Ím.«6

Following i:i a réHumé of the valuations of Mexican exports during tlie periods under couiparii^n with reference to their countrie» of destinntion:

	Augu		Two m	rnithii—
19W.	1903.	1901-5.	1903-1.
	16. an, 928- 67	tJ, 431. 996. 96 306.00	(9,514, 204- W	»7,016,.WÏ.21
Kurth"Am¿ííj;:::::::;:::. :::.::::::;:	''44Í433Í80 12,073.00 ail, 780. 00	20,000.043.11 is;90i:09 811,499.00	21,922,953.92
	17. 967, «08. 08	11, 890, .'512.95	30,410,889.92
	■

Following i» H réijuiué of the valuations of Mexican imports during the periods under compari.son with, reference to their countries of origin:

™„„.	AuguM-	Two m	»nth,-
«.787,980.83 LliswioO limbo	■664:00 *P06!74 10.492-50 8,874.00	1904-5.	1903-4.
	•.■1,090.928.29 '110,024-80 26.870.00 6,081,969.93 3,21«,H» 46.063.50 »:635-00 21,399.23	«5.160.801-64
™*'	5.903,71.S.29	S. 390. 682. 95	11,397,186-68	12,166.119-96

CUSTOICS BB0EIFT8, OOTOBEB, 1904. During the mooth of October, 1904, the collections at the frontier and maritime custom-houses of the Mexican Republic were as followa, the ordinary import duties being given separately for each custom- house and the extra import duties, export duties, port dues, and a in the aggregate.

Ordinary import duties.

Ordinary import duties:

Acapulco $13,

Agua Prieta . .

.Utata

Caroarfço

Campeche

Ciudad Joareí

Ciudad Porfirio Diaz. .

Ooatzacoalcoa

Cbetumal

Ensenada

Frontera

Gnaymas .,

lala del Carmen

La Aacendún

La Monta

La Paz

Larado de Tamau 1 ípaH .

Las Vacas

Manzanillo

Matamoros

Mazatlán

2, 486. 27
168.94
11,493.76
157,039.79
173,436.62
5,913.38
429.53
4, 220. 74
23,456.27
11,970.52
201.14
2, 110. 60
121.41
40,909.76
1,730.96
234,955.73
268.49
5,381.01
4, 058. 44
78,741.34
28,176.23

Noffalee 55,795. 17

ProRreeo 181,538.47

Puerto Ángel 782.83

SalinaCruz 1,572.37

San Blas 6,465.89

Soconusco 7, 1 70. 39

Santa Rosalía 499.75

Tampico 518,310.51

Tijuana 271 . 61

Tonala 967.75

Topolobampo 8. 87

Tuxpam 2,120.34

Veracruz 1,346,029.45

Zapaluta 604. 65

Mesicali 662.S7

Total 2,935,828.39

Total e-itra import duties. . 285, 006. 06

Total export duties 64, 894. 15

Total port dues 69,236.69

Totalarrears 4,676.23

Grand total . .

11,641.52

mPOBT VXJTT ON SILVER DOLLARS.

The President of the Republic, under the authority granted him by the law of Maj' 21, 1904, has decreed that:

Article 1. Silver money, of the national coinage, of the valu© of $1 each, where imported in quantities of less than five shall be admitted free.

Silver money, of the national coinage, of the value of $1 each, when ioiported in quantities of more than live shall pay an import duty of $10 per kilogram, gross weight.

Art. 2. The amount indicated in fraction 263 B of the tariff shnll be applied in all custom-houses even when the pieces ai'e destined for the free zone.

Art. 3. Fraction 111 of article 78 of the oustom-house law in force is amended as follows;

"E. The certification of consular invoices for shipments of Mexican coin, in dollar pieces, shall be charged for according to inserts A, B, and C, and, in its case, D of this fraction.

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" F, The ccrtiâcRtion of consular inroices coreriiig any other class of lawful money, gold or silver, national or foreign, or bank bills in circulation of the Imnlcs established in the Republic, in accordance with the law on institutions of credit, when no other mctchandlse is entered on the invoice free."

Art. i. Articles 2:12 and 52:t of the same law are amended as follows:

"Art. 242, Customs collectors are authorized to restrict the intro- 'duetion into the Repnblic of dollar coins, of natiotial mintage, when, taking advantage of the exemption on quantities of less than five, one person shall make frequent remittanoes; collectors are Hkewiseauthor- ized to restrict, as. far as may be necessary, the immunities enjoyed by passengers when these shall be, through any circumstance, ssspeeted of fraud. In -one or the other case the collectors shall notify the director of custom-houses of the orders they dictate to make the restriction effective, and the reasons for making such orders.

"Art. 524. Infractions of the two previous articles — such as the chmdestine importation (^ silver dollar coins of natiooal mintage — lAall be punished by the confiscatãon of the merchandise or objects specified and the administrative office shall proceed to secure them, holding them in deposit until definite sentence is pronounced, so as to dispose of them as such sentence may -(O'der."

' Transitory. This decree shall go into effect oh January 1, 190S,and \\& precepts shall apply to impcH^tions made in vessels which may andior in the port to whic^ they are consigned after 12 midnight of DoceHil>er 31, 1^04, and which are verified by frontier custom-houses of the Republic after the same hour and date.

TBEASUBT STATElfENT FOB THE FISCAL TEAS 1903-4.

On December 14, 1904, Lac. José Yves Limantour, Minister -of Finance of the Republic of Mexico, sent to the Federal Ccmgress two important financial documents.

One was the etatoment of the Federal Treasury for the fiscal year of 1903-4, ended June 30, 1904.

The other was the budget statement for the coming fiscal year of 1905-6, or the estimates of revenue and expenditure for that year.

The revenue account shows the following receipts from normal sources:

Inottali Í86, 4(3,800.94

In pay men Is made with public-debt set^uri ties 487,465.67

In normal receipts , 41,472.18

ToUl normal revenue 87,002,728.79

The account of exponditure under ordinary- budget appropriations shows a disbnruement in cash during the same y«ar of ¥7€,38Í,f»43.32.

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In consequence a comparùoa betweeo revenue and expenditure in cash, on normal accouats only, gives the followii^ result:

Bevenue from normal Bonrcea Ç86, 473, 800. M

£ipenditar« for normal purposes.. 76,381,843.22

Ezoe^of Donnai reveaoe ovet normal ex ¡tendí t4i re 10,092, 1S7. 72

The following talile refers to ordinary rcrenue and expenditures in cash, also showing the percentages which the annual snrpluscs repre- sent in proportion to the ordinary disbursements of the several years:

«»e«I j-edB.	OiTlln«Y cash.	Ordlne peodit		••ISS'-
1(I«_M	1 1 ( 39 < 61 1 11
	«8,83e,U&.sl % Ú.K
	».129:.00&.T6 es,osi,si3.73 «'MfOLM	« M.«9 f SÍ.84 1 M.M S 34.99 ¿ S
	M

It is shown that collections from import duties in 1903-4 were ¥35,332,232.49, against $32,310,802.01 in the year 1902-3, showing a gain of $2,821,430.48. In regard to this it is well to observe that if in the foregoing comparative statement there appears an Increase of 12,831,430.48 from import duties over the yield of the same duties in the previous year, the same shUetneot also shows diminutions of Î246,S96.38 and îl,308,7ll.90, respectively, in the yield of the 2 per cent port dues and 7 per cent stamp duties on imports, on account of these imposts having been merged into the import duties. Bearing in mind this circumstance, as well as the figures in regard to the varia- tions of foreign exchange which influence the yield of the extra import duties, it may be said thai the yield of the plain import duties, divested of all other factors, was $29,677,0t»l. 56 in 1902-3 and Í31,571,2ñl.80 in the year under review, 1903-4, as may be seen by the following comparison:

1902-3.

Import duties, net f 29, 677,001.56

2 per cent port dues in tbeSnt half of the year -. S46,296.3S

7 per cent eUmp tax in the first half of the year 1,308,711.00

ID per cent earcbarge in the eecoud half of the year 1,227,550.87

Total ,* 32,.Vii),620. 71

1903-4.

bnport dntJM, net r,l,.î71,261.80

lOperceDtfFurchmige 3,157,196.18

Total 34, 728, 387. 98

The increase in theaecond year was ^,16S,7tí7.27.

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Grouping together all forms of securities into three claHscH, the - aggregate of the public del>t on June 30, 1904, may be condensed as

follows:

Debt payable in foreign coin at llie rate of $5 per £1 sterling, fl per one American dollar JHO, 424, 041 . 20

Debt pa3-Bble in Mexii.'an mone}- — interest-bearing securities 144, 735, 525. 14

Debt payable in Mexican currency — uncollectcil lialancea and float- ing debt ! 1,291,887.11

Total debt on June 30, 1Í104 286,501,453.45

COmEERCIAI. AND FINAITCIAI. TRANS ACTIONS, FISCAI. TBAH 1903-4.

Recent returns of the volume of conmiercial and ânancial trau^^ac- tions in the Republic of Mexico and foreign trade whow a not incon- siderable increa.<!e in the gold value of foreign merchandise entering the country during the fiscal year 1903-4, as is indicated in the follow- ing table:

IMPORTS. IÜ,.I<1 TBlunHon.]

Fliciil fear. ; Fn-e foods. iDutlablegood.ii. ToUI.

Diflerfnce l,916,S93.il 1,371,558.» 2,tSS,«fi3.«

The exportai for the fiscal year 19U3-4 were as follows:

KXl^RTS. luolcl raliiHlion.]

«olj tlO.T2«.1S».<«

Silver 79,07<,gS9.ïî

Othec mineral producu Í9, «8.833. 7*

Total mineral prodncU 110,220. MI. M

Vegeuble produits .' 60,5«,STS.S0

Animal producto... -.........-...--..-..-.....-..........'...... -..'.. ----..- 10.871,318-22

ManaíBclured producía 5,M8,0TÎ.97

Sundry product» a22,2T«.M

The total exportations for the la^-t five fiscal years ai'c shown in the following table:

	yisoal jiur.	Not includiiiK premium on goli exported.	Including pre- mium on irold
1J.99-IÍM)		«50,086, 8«. 00 IW, «59, 001. 71 !»),««. 323. 66 192,9t».49S.68 1«, 690. 510.60	lis». «7. 933. 00
	171,776.449.81
	210,276:3-4.46

The gain does notseom so noteworthy in 1903-4 as in the preceding year; but it must be born In mind that the %'alues de(.-lared at the

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custom-houses are silver values and that, inasmuch as the rate of exchange was lower during the last year than in the preceding one, the total of i210,000,000 silver, to whifh the exports amounted in. 1903—4, represented in reality a gold value considerably in excess of that represented in 1902-3, by the total of $207,000,000 silver. ■ The $207,377,000 silver, representing the value of the exports in 1902-3 converted at an exchange i"ato of 250 on Sew York, is equiva- lent in gold to $82,950,000; the $210,2T6,0(X) silver, representing the value of the exports in 1903-4, at an exchange rate of 230, is equi^Ti- lent in gold to $91,420,000, thus the exports increased, on the basis- of a gold valuation, by $8,470,000. This increase is considerably in. excess of the increase in 1902-3 and over the year preceding it, whea it was $5,000,000 gold in round numbers.

In order to obtain a general idea of the total volume of the foreign trade in the year 1903-rt, it is desirable to compare imports and exports^ after reducing the values of both to Mexican silver dollars. [Silver «luiillon.l

Exports $210,276,374.46

Imports 177,861,362.34

Exceea of exports . .

The economic situation of the Republic shows that the tightness of money, which was characteristic of the year 1902-3, disappeared in the year 1903-4, as indicated in the following table:

	Date.	BunkKullbe : capital.	.U,.b.nU.	Total.
S^r^;;;;;;;	1903	132.601,323.80 , 37.456,699.90 38.641976.19 34,fi«ï.631.14	t24, 794, 719. 80 23.116,771.81 22,839 439.73 22,678,379.41 23440Í 868^99 22,4%, 19.96 22, «W7. 96.83 22,621,047.03 23.916,417.21 22,897,367.38 22,711,927.55	*67.39«,942.60 60,673,171.71
^=	1904	38,124,623.14 36,367,743.34 85,766,613.39 37,404,699,02	m) 662^809! 22 60, 02», 646.1» 63,921,144.7»
Eeee		39,622,480.42 41,206,517.24

In the first four months succeeding the close of the fiscal year 1903-4 the upward movement of cash holdings received a still more vigorous impulse, as may be seen by the following table:

Dale.	Baiika of the capital.	StnlBbanka. Tola!.
,„, .«^	t43,918,200.86 46.050.820.63 S;S:S:S	ã^ 211 617.41 23,141,038.74	«6,618,289.26.
	ass:^

Ball. So. 1—05-

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The sum of money accumuUtcd in tlie bdnks at the close of October, 1904, exceeds $72,000,000, a total nnparalleled in the history of the institutions of credit of the Republic of Mexico.

KAVXnf ACTUBS OF DTVAIOTE AlTD SXFLOBZTBS.

According to the British " Mining Journal Railway and Commercial Gazette" of November 26, 1904, the " Campania National Mexicana de I}inam,ita y ^h-plositvm," S. A,, has established a factory at Tinaja, in the Partido of Mapimi, in the Stat« of Durango, and at no great distance from the Central Mexican Railroad, this spot having been chosen in order to be as near as possible to the center of the mining regions of the country. The manufactory's capacity of production is considerable, being able to furnish the wholecountry with its prodncts, and this will increase according to requirements of the market.

In the building devoted to the preparation of nitric acid six ovens have been built for the purpose of causing the sulphuric acid to wort upon the nitrate of potash, together with the respective serpentine retorts, accessories, etc., for the condensation of the nitric-acid vapors. , Each of these ovens is capable of producing 1,000 kilograms of acid every twenty-four hours. Consequently the capacity of thi« factory is 6,000 kilograms per day. There is sufficient space left for erecting three further ovens as soon as they will be required.

Eight ovens have been erected for the prepañug of sulphuric acid, each oven capable of producing 1,500 kilograms of monohydrated sulphuric acid every twenty-four hours. In consequence this factory is capable of producing 12,000 kilograms of sulphuric acid per day, which can be increasect when the need occurs.

In the building which houses the power department are three motors, each of 130 horsepower, with their respective dynamos, for pi-oducing the electrical current which will be used by the several motors installed in the various parts of the manufactory, and also for the electric lighting purposes. Three boilers of sufficient capacity for the motors are erected in a building adjacent, with space for anoüier boiler when required. Near this power department three apparatuses for com- pressing the air have been erected for the purpose of raising the acids, etc.

The gun-cotton factory is composed of the following departments: A chamber for drying the cotton after being nitrified, a department for nitrifying the cotton, depots for the sulphuric and nitric acids and for the mixing of these acids, and turbines for nitrifying the cotton.

In the department for mixing of absorbent substances, sawdust, nitrate of soda, nitrified cotton, and ochcr and nitrate of soda are found. Near this department is another devoted to the separation of the excess of nitric and sulphuric acids from the nitroglycerin.

Workshops have been built with all accessories for smiths, carpeu-

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ters, plamber^i, etc., and also for the preparation of the paper used in aiveloiHiig the dynamite, and, besides, four warehouses for storing machinery, stores, etc., a building for laboratory, and another for offices.

At the spot destined for ûie establislunent of the factory for nitro- glycerin and dynamite two wooden booses hare been built for the fin- ishing of the dynamite and eighteen rooms for the packing thereof. A tunnel has been also built to facilitate the access to the various before-mentioned departments. The Mexican Central Bailroad has built a branch line to the manufactory, which will facilitate the trans- port of the dynamite and explosives for distribution to all parts of the country.

The need has long been felt in Mexico of manufacturing dynamite and explosives, principally those applicable to the mining industry. . ule great mining development which the country has undergone during the last few years, and the large quantities of dynamite and explosives which are used in the numerous mines of Mexico, made absolutely necessary the establishment of one or more factories for the manu- facture of these products, which in supplying the mines would also furnish IJie requirements of the Government, and thus obviate the necessity of depending upon other countries for these articles, as hitherto.

The great efforts which Mexico is making to become a large indus- trial center by filling her territories with numbers of factories which are being established iu tJie country, under the so liberal franchise which the Government has conceded to new industries, should forcibly embrace the manufacture of dynamite and explosives.

KonsQ nrousTRT.

The British "Mining Journal Railway and Commercial Gazette" of November 36, 1904, gives the production of gold throughout the Republic of Mexico during the first six months of the fiscal year 1903--4 at $5,829,321.90 gold, as compared with $5,011,549.96 gold daring the same period in 1902-3. As will be seen by these fignres, the increase in the production of gold during the first six months of 1903-4 over that of the preceding year was $784,771.94 gold.

The production of stiver during the periods under review was as ■ follows:

Dalt.	IBCB-l.	1«^,
	"AS T;Me;î09,ie 7;«k;ih:7*	G, S'il, US. «9 isw4:!ai,5i
	8, »«.»». 77
	«.C6.SÛT.SS

126 IMTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

The increase during the first six months of 1903-4, aa compared with 1902-3, rose to *4,437,743.94. The increase of the first sis months of 1902-3 over the production of the same period in 1901-2 was $4,350,000. As will be seen, the production of silver in Mexico has increased in considerable proportions, and this will be better under- stood when it is known that the number of silver mines working in the country increases every day.

The figui-es for the copper production in Mexico during the first six months of the fiscal years 1903-4 and 1902-3 were as follows:

	1 «^	1902-Î.
	Quântltr.	Value.	«uantlly	Valut.
g™K»¿		18.711,869.22 1.039,781.10	Tim». 1;S	•9,178.232.68
		9,741.130.32	»,3S6

From these figures it is seen that the increase in the production of copper during 1903-4 has amounted to 1551,437.64 silver.

The mining of antimony is beginning to be carried on in Mexico, which up to the present was not done at all. This metal is found in several parts of the Republic, and its production will be considerable when the exploitation of mines is made on a large scale.

Antimony ores refined during the fiscal year 1902-3, at the Metal- lurgiisal Works of Wadley, San Luis Potosí, amounted to 5,350,190 kilograms, and the metal '* singles" during the same period at the same works amounted to 2,158,578 kilograms. The cost of extraction of a ton of ore was, according to the manager of the works, $40.

Owing to the increasing mineral prosperity of the Republic there )iave been established many metallurgical companies with heavy capi- tal in the towns of Monterey, Chihuahua, San Luis Potosi, and Aguascalientes, and others to refine the ores. The amount of fine ores refined by these concerns is very considei-able, and increases progres- sively in ratio to the increase of exploitation in the whole country.

In the report of Inspector (Jonzalez de Leon, made to the Govern- ment on the works of the Metallurgical Company of Torreón, it is stated that during the fiscal year just ended the works of the foundry belonging to the company have been prosecuted in a regular and pro- gressive manner, having attained much greater development tlian during the preceding year. The ores received from mining concerna, protected indirectly by the metallurgical company on the one side, and from ^eiits established in different parts of the country on the other, have increased, and notably so those coming from the La Valadora mine, situated at Monterey, where the company which owns it has not spared any expense to give it all modern perfections. To this must be added the good results obtained in the exploitation of

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La Americana mine, acquired at Teri-azas. All this has decided the council of administi-ation to increase the plant of the foundry by adding 2 furnaces, making 6 in all, by which can be refined 25,000 tona per month, instead of 17,000, the amount refined before. This has naturally bi-ought an increase in expenditure; and as more money is required for the puipose of buying ores, the capital of the company has been increased by $ã00,000.

At the beginning of the fiscal year now past, there was on deposit 38,500 tons of mineral; during the year 93,000 tons were bought at a price of $3,630,000 silver, making a total of 131,500 tons, of which 113,000 were refined, which produced, not counting the gold and sil- ver, 7,800 tons of lead, which were exported to England, and 1,200 tons of cupreous residue, also exported to England for realization.

NICARAGUA.

TABIFF KOSIFI0ATION8.

Í dated May 1^, 190^ relating to the payment of hn¡)ort ditiii's.

Article 1. The amount of customs duties, including surtaxes, shall be paid in gold or in firnt-class bills at sight on the United States or European countries.

Art. 2. For the purposes of assessment of the duties the rules in force shall be complied with in regard to various clearances, and as soon as the total amount of import duty has been fixed for each state- ment the sum shall be converted in gold in the proportion of 5 to 1, namelj-, 20 per cent.

Art. 3. Persons paying duty may at their option discharge the sums due either in gold or bank notes of the country according to the commercial rate of exchange for the sale of bills on the market at the date of payment.

For this purpose the Ministry of Finance shall procure quotations from such establishments as are in position to sell bills, and the rate to be adopted shall be fixed by the General Treasury.

Art. 4, The bonds in circulation can not avail for the payment of harbor dues; nevertheless the bonds which at present enjoy this privilege shall be redeemed each month to an amount of 10,000 pesos by reimbursement in cash, and the said sum shall be allotted pro rata between the different kinds of bonds; the redemption to be effected on the last day of each month.

Art. 5. For the purposes of the foregoing article, all holders of the bonds afoi-esaid shall present them to the Genei-al Treasury for regis-

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tratioD within a fortnight from the date of effect of the present decree, in order that the bonds redeemable every montl) may be determined by lot.

Holders of bondai entitled to the drawing shall always attend the operation, as witnesses, the number of such holders in no case to be less than two. The lots shall be drawn by the General Treasurer and the reimbursement shall take place forthwith, a memorandum to that effect being drawn up, signed by the parties and published in the "Diario OÜcial."

Art. 6. The present decree, which shall not apply to the customs of LI Bluff nor of Cape Gracias & Dios, shall enter into force thirty days after the date thereof.

II. — Decreeo^JuneSo, 190i,relati/ig iot/t^iviportatiimqfricéaiiãbeana.

[■■Diario Oficial- of June 2». ISOt.)

From the date of publication of the present decree, and until the 31st of December of the present year, importation of rice and t>eaus shall be exempt from all duty.

OOLD UININO IN THE BXFÜBUC.

[From L'nLled SUtc« Codbo] HUI, San Juaa del Sone. Xlcangua.J

There is considerable activity among the mine operators north of Bluefíelds in the installation of new machinery and the application of modem methods, which promises to increase greatly the output of gold in this region.

The Bonanza and Lone Star mines in the Tunkey district are adding cyanide plants for the extraction of gold from " tailings." These are expected to be in operation by the end of the year. It is estimated that 50 per cent of the gold is lost in the " tailings," and it is believed that this process will save 70 per cent of what has heretofore been thrown away.

The Siempre Viva Mining Company is installing an electrical plant, to be run by water power from Piz Piz Falls, for the operation of the mill and working of the mines as well as the cyanide process, the total expense being $100,000.

The Constance, near the Siempre Viva mines, is just completing a 10-stamp mill, which will shortly be in operation. The La Luz and Los Angeles mines, in the Cuicuina district, are expending $30,000 in developing their water power and in other improvements. These properties are in active operation and so far have been paying well.

The Topaz Mining Company, in the Mico district, above Rama, also intends installing cyanide and electrical plants. The placer mines in Cuicuina district are making a good showing, and there is every pros- pect that by the end of another year the eastern coast of Nicaragua will produce a noteworthy output of gold.

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PARAGUAY.

TABIFF KODIFIOATIOHB.

I. Ettrtu^/rom the customê-dvty law dated Jvly 1^, 1903, authorising the Executive to increase the issue of paper citrrency in circulation,

[■' Diario Ofiiai " Xo. K». of July 1«, IM3.J

ÃBT. 6. By virtue of the present article, there shall be rained the following taxes, payable in gold:

Paragraph A. * * * Eight per cent on the value of wood in general, except sawed wood, which shall pay 4 per cent. The additional export duties Sxed by the law of January 20, 1902, on yerba mate {molida)Aad yerba mate {mhorobire) are increased to 9 and la centavos, respectively; those on hides to 35 centavos.

Paragraph S. An additional 3 per cent in gold on the importation of dutiable goods, or equivalent tbereof in paper currency at the legal rate of exchange of the day.

Art. 14, The exportation of oxhides sliall be subject to the follow- ing duties and conditions:

Paragraph A. An increased duty of 35 centavos in gold for every oxhide under paragraph A of article 6.

Paragraph B. One-half of the oxhides presented for export shall be delivered to the customs administrations of the Republic who will pay for the same, subject to a discount of 60 centavos in gold for everj' hide, the following prices: Dried hides, 90.26 gold per kilogram; salted hides, $0,16 gold per kilogram; fresh hides, ^.12 gold per kilogram; damaged bides, one-third of the above prices, according to kind.

I^ragraph C. The customs administrations shall pay the above prices in gold coin or its equivalent in paper currency at the rate of exchange of the day, which is not to exceed 900 per cent.

Paragraph D. Should the prices of the hides undergo fluctuations exceeding 10 per cent on the markets of consumption, the Executive power shall proceed to a revision of the prices laid down in Para- graph B in proportion to such fluctuations.

Art. 15. In case, after January 1, 1904, the premium on gold exceeds 900 per cent, the exportation of the yerba mate shall be sub- ject to the following conditions:

Over and above payment of the duties already in force or those created by this law, there shall be delivered to the customs of the Republic one-half of the yerba mate presented for export and the customs will pay for the same the prices established in the \'Hluation tr ñff, whether in gold or in paper currency at the rate of 900, at the

130 INTERNATIONAL BUREAD OP THE AMERICAN BEPDBLICS.

option of the (îovernment. This provision shall not apply to exportei's when they have sold to the Oovernment bills payable in gold at the rate of 900, for the amount of the part of yerba mate referred to in the present law.

Art. 32. The second article of the general expenditure estimate law is hereby repealed so far as it fíxes at 850 the value of gold for pay- ment of customs duties; these shall in future be levied in gold coin or its equivalent in paper currency at the rate of exchange of the day.

Art. 34. The Executive power is authorized to sell direct to the owners at cost price the hides purchased by the customs in pursuance of article 14, Paragraph B, and the value of the good» shall be col- lected in gold. The Executive power shall have this faculty during three months to enable adoption of the necessary measures for the sale of hides abroad.

Art, 37. The sale of gold coin shall be effected preferably amongst import merchants in proportion to the quantity of dutiable goods bi-ought by them into the country, which shall be proved by means of certificates or other documentary evidence issued hy the customs. To this effect the public service will remit every fortnight to the conver- sion counting-house a table showing the total value of merchandise imported by the merchants.

Art. 38. All provisions contrary to the present law are hereby repealed.

Art. 39. The Executive power shall issue regulations in reference to the present law.

II. — Law of Auçiu-Í 1, 1903^ exempting carriages and harness from import duty,

['- r>\arío Ofciiü " No. Mb, oí August 8, 1W3.J

Article 1. From the date of promulgation of the present law until January 1, 1905, carriages and their harness shall be free from duty on importation.

Art. 2. In regard to the harness, this exemption shall solely apply to such harness as corresponds to each imported carriage.

Art. 3. * • *

III. — Zaw of Septemher 4., 1903, exempting sweetmeat boxes from import duty during a period of five years.

{••Diaria Oficiai'' Ho. 871, ol September 9, 1903.]

Article 1. From the date of promulgation of the present law no import duty shall -be levied during a period of five years on litho- graphed tin-plate containers and figured or engraved crystal or glass Sagon.s to be used in sweetmeat factories for putting up fruits in natural state or in sirup.

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Such containers may bear the written designation of the name of the manufacturer and of the factorj', the nature or kind of the products, and state that the products are manufact-ired in the Republic.

Art. 2. Thia exemption also extends to small baskets or the like to be used for putting up dried fruits and dried glacé sweetmeats.

Art. 3. " • "

IV. — Deá-ee of Nocemher 19, 1903, acempting mtg'ir of ttattonnl manu- facture from the '"'• eslingaje" (iummal-lahor charge).

[■'IHjrioO/cíoí-'Xo.eM.ol November 21, 1903.]

Article 1. Sugar of all kinds of national manufacture is exempt from the ^'■eslingaje" (mçnual-labor charge) whether on being shipped or landed in the open ports of the Republic, provided that in the course of the work no use is made of the plant or implements belonging to the revenue authorities.

Abt. 2. • • •

V. — Decree dated FSntary 18, 190^, relating to the exportation of miehracho e-i'tract.

Abttcle 1. From the present date, the rate of export duty per kilo- gram of quebracho extract of national production is fixed, for the purposes of pn3'ment of customs duties, at 8 centavos in current gold

Art. 2. " • • VL — Decree of May 10, 190^., modifying the existing valuation tariff.

1- Diario Ofiflat" Xo. lOTfl, of Maj- 12, WW.]

Article 1. The existing valuation tariff is modified as follows: Yerba mate " molida:" Qolil.

Ingood condition per lOkiloa.. 1,200

Chopped .-. do.... 600

Smoked do 400

Yerba mate " mborobirf;"

In good condition do 1,200

Chopped do 500

Smoked do 300

Yerba niate moist or thoroughly cut, whatever be its kind, shall be considereii aa valueless.

Art. 2. * • •

Nora. — Paraguay baa no gold or silver coins oí its own stamping. The silver peso of other South American Republics circulates there and has the same value aa in lhe countries that issue it.

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132 INTEBNATIONAL BUBEAU OF THE AMERICAN BEPÜBUC8.

PERU.

TARIFF MODIFICATIONS.

J.— Law daUd March 26, 1904-, levying consumption duties on epiriU and alcoJiolic beverages.

['■£l/toiiaiM"No,7a.oÎAprilî,li»W.] .

Article 1. Alcohols and alcoholic beverages shall, throughout the entire Kcpublic, pay a consumption duty according to the following rates;

TABIFF OF RATES. FOBBION PkoDÜCTIOS.

Beer per liter.. 0.08

Alcoholicbeveragee, not being wines, and spirits of whatever strength ào 80

Wines, red or white: Burgundy, cherry (ftresa), Cypraa, Chino, Frontignan,

sherry, Klalmsey, Marsala, Malaga, moscatel, port, Pedro Jiménez, Peralta,

Rhine, vermnth, and other generous wines; Asti and other ep«rkling wines

not being champagne per liter.. .45

Winefl, white or red: Clarot, Carlon, Catalan, Chianti, Priorato, San Vincente,

and other hke wines per liter. . . 37

Champagne do 80

All wines labeled champagne are considered ae such.

in the Department of Loreto this tariff will be applicable, with the following mollifications:

Foreign red wines imported in casks or demijohns per liter. . .25

Generovia wine, port , ,..., do .30

To enable the aboye winee to benefit of the forgoing ccmcenion, their pnre- ncss and origin must be proved by a certificate issued to that eSect by the proper consular authorities, to be delivered at IqnitiM to the national tax- eoUccting company.

Art. 2. Wines containing more than 16 per cent in volume of alco- hol shall pay in respect of the excess the duties fixed for spirits made froni grapes.

Art. 3. Imitation foreign wines and liqueurs made in the country and sold as such, whether contained in bottles or lai^er receptacles, shall pa}' the same tax as is chargeable on those which they attempt to imitate.

Wines which are really labeled with a national brand shall pay the tax of 1 or 20 centavos, respectively, according to the provisions of article 1 (rates applicable to national production).

Imitation foreign liqueurs labeled or marked as national shall pay 50 per cent of the duty fixed for the imitated article, subject to a deduction of the amount paid on alcohol used in the original aiaou- iacture.

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Collection or tbb Tax.

Art. 9. The tax shall be collected according to the following rules: 1. Articles imported from abroad shall pay the tax at the time of

clearance through the sea or river custom-houses, importation thereof

by land being prohibited.

Art. 10. The tAxea shall be collectedly means of printed and num- bered certificates of payment bearing the stamp of the tax -collecting company and signed by the collector.

Art. 11. No article liable to the tax, having or not paid the corre- sponding rates, shall be removed from any locality without a pass approved by the collector.

Rah' Materials.

Art. 16, No raw material capable of being transformed into alcohol shall be allowed to enter the establishments manufacturing spirits or alcoholic beverageii without a license from the tax -collecting company.

Art. 17. The introduction of mw materials, with the exception of grapes and spirits made from materials other than grapes, is prohibited into establishments manufacturing spiribi of that description. The sugar necessary for the use of persons living in such establishments will alone be permitted to enter.

DbPOBIT in WARGnOl'Bffi.

Art. 18. The tax-collecting company shall allow the warehousing of spirits and alcoholic bever^es in localities where, for the requirements of trade, it is indispensable to store these articles pending their destination.

Art. 19. If the deposit is effected in the warehouses of the tax- collecting company a warehouse due may be payable at the rate of 2 ceniatioa per mouth for every 100 liters or fraction, to be computed from the Ist of the month following the storage; and the month dar- ing which the goods are withdrawn for consumption shall be considered as a full month.

Exaiimosa.

Art. 20. The following are excepted from the tax, subject to an order from the Government in each case:

Articles intended for the personal use of the diplomatic service;

Those for the use of foreign men-of-war lying in ports of the Republic;

Those exported direct from the places of production or deposit,

134 INTEBITATIONAL BUBEAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

provided they he national, or those which are reshipped or transshipped to a foreign country if of foreign origin;

Alcohol denaturated according to the rules kid down by the Govern- ment.

National spirit* and alcoholic beverages exported abroad shall be exempt from consumption duty; the tax -collecting company will be required to refund anj' duties paid or to cancel the bond on production of the certificate issued by the custom-house through which the exportation took place.

Art. 24. The penalty of forfeiture shall apply to:

(a) Articles crossing in transît from one place to another in the Republic without the proper transit pass issued by tax-collecting company.

(h) Those which prove to differ from the particulars contained in the pas.s, whatever be the duty payable.

(c) Those which without having paid duties are introduced into places ' different to those indicated in the pa^s.

(<?) Those crossing in transit during hours prohibited by the Gov- ernment for the traffic of spirits between specified localities.

{e) Those which cross in transit with passes bearing a date subse- quent to the time of leaving the place of origin, save in duly proved accidental ciisca.

(J) The stocks in selling establishments, unless proved to have been legally introduced therein.

(g) Denaturated alcohol sold as potable or which has been renovated.

(/i) Articles in whose composition articles injurious to health have entered.

(i) Articles worked up without referring to the tax-collecting com- pany.

(j) Tliose which are manufactured or sold in places prohibited by the present law.

Art. 25. If the examination of the articles shows a want of con- formity in the number of liters or i-ates assessable with those declared in the pass the following rules shall be applied:

{a) If the quantity of the goods or tax thereon is nnderdetdared, duty will be charged according to the pass.

{b) If the goods are dutiable at a higher rate, double the duty shall be charged in respection of the portion attempted to be defrauded.

{(') If the quantity of the goods is in excess, duty will be charged on the excess in the following proportions:

I. If the excesa is more than 5 per cent double duty;

il. If more than 10 per cent, treble duty;

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III. If inore than 20 per cent, quadruple duty; and

IV. If more than 50 per cent, the whole lot in which the excess was discovered shall be subject to forfeiture.

Art. 26. Infractions to either of the articles 13, 14, 16, and 17 shall be liable to a penalty of from £1 to Í30, according to the gravity of the offense.

Any violation to the provisions enacted by the Executive for regu- lating the present law shall be liable to a fine of from 5 solea to £5.

Ubxbral pRoviBiosa.

Art. 39. The umntctpalities shall not be entitled to charge on arti- cles referred to in the present law, heavier duties under whatever denomination, th&n those set foith in the following tariff:

Alcoholic liqueurs imitating foreign liqueurs per liter., 0.05

Beer per Hier,. ,02

Alcoholic beverages, not being wine, and epirits of any etrengtii do 06

Wines, red or white: Burgundy, cherry {"cereza"), Cyprus, Chino, Frontignan, eherry, Malmsey, Marsala, Malaga, muscatel, port, Pedro, Jiménez, Peralta, Rhine, vermouth, and other generous wines, champagne and other sparkhng

wines -^ per liter.. ,06

Wines, red or white: Claret, Carlon, Catalan, Chianti, Priorato, San Vincente, and other like wines per liter.. ,01

Art. -10, The Executive shall frame the necessary rules for the deoaturation of spirits; establish special regulations concerning the exportation or storage of spirits or alcoholic beverages; determine the other obligations which the authorities will require produceni!, manu- facturers, or venders of such articles to fulfill; regulate the use to be made of the jmsses and fix the scale of fines applicable under the pres- ent law to contraventions thereto.

Art. 42. All taws and regulations prior in date to the present law in regard to the collection of the spirit-consumption duty are hereby repealed.

Art. 43. Spirits from Brazil imported into the Amazon and ibi affluents are subject to the stipulations of the treaties existing with that Republic.

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[■■ B Peruano" So. B2, of April ÎO, 19M,]

Article 1. From the date of promul^tion of the present law sugar

of any orifis put into consumption shall pay:

Soles. Â. Uranulated Bugarof flrat production, white, deared ("latada"), in powder,

lumps, or in any other form.. ......per kilo.. 0.04

B. Muscovado or concrete or cakes, in any form do .02

C. "Chancaca amoldada" do 01

Art. 2. This tax is payable the moment the sugar leaves the custom- house or factory for consumption, the owners of factories in which sugar has been worked up being responsible for the payment.

Art. 3. The Executive will determine the form and period in which the tax shall be paid, and generally lay down all such measures as will insure the execution of the present law.

Art. 4. Taxes of a local character are prohibited to be levied in the future in respect of the consumption of sugar and the like to which this law refers.

Art. 5. The Government may establish fiscal depots for sugar removed from custom-houses or factories but not to enter into imme- diate consumption, and determine the rate of warehouse charges. • •••••»

III. — Resolution dated Aprild, 1904; adopted in pursuance o/ ike Ji/re- going sugar law.

[■■ El Pcmnna " Ko. 8!, of April », IBM.]

1. The national tax -collecting company is intrusted with the coUee- tíon of the sugar duty throughout the entire Republic.

« 4 « « 4< «( «

3. This taz shall be payable at the time the sugar leaves the custican- house, if it is imported from abroad, or at the time it l«*Tes the factory, if of national production.

> If the tax does not exceed 100 soles^ it shall be payable down in cash, but if it exceeds that sum the payment may be made either in ca^ or by sixty-day bills, at the option of the party in interest. > When the sugar is imported the' consignee shall pay the tax; frfaea of national production the duty must be paid by the producer.

In any case the tax -collecting company shall adopt the necessary measures to secure payment of the tax.

4. Sugar not going out direct for consumption may be warehoused, subject to a bond being given to the satisfaction of the tax-collecting company for the duties leviable thereon, which shall be actually col- lected according as the goods are cleared from the warehouse.

Pending the establishment of fiscal warehouses, storage shall bo allowed in private depots.

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PERD. 137

In this case the tax-collectiDf? company shall exercise the proper legal control over the different warehousing premises without any restriction.

The depositor is responsible for the tax on the warehoused suji^ar, without any deduction beyond natural waste, in the following propor- tion; If the warehousing lasts three months, 1 per cent; six months, 2 per cent; nine months, Si per cent; twelve months, 5 per cent.

4. Exported sugar is free from the dnty.

The interested party shall furnish bond for the dutien on the exported sugar and prove the exportation by means of a certificate from the foreign custom-house of clearance within a term not exceeding ninety days, in the absence of which formality he shall be called upon to pay the duty.

5. The sugar crossing in transit must be furnished with a document from the tax-collecting company, namely:

A certificate of payment when removed from the custom-house or factory.

With a transit pass when removed after payment of the duty.

With a warehouse pass when removed from the factory for storage in the depot.

With an export pass when removed abroad.

6. In places of consumption the legal entry of the sugar for con- sumption shall be established by means of a document from the tax- collecting company.

• ••»••«

7. Infi-actions to either of the foregoing provisions shall render the goods liable to the forfeiture.

8. The present resolution shall be enforced at Lima and Callao from this date, and in other localities in the Republic according to distance.

IV. — Law dated March 26, 190^, h-vying consumption duties on matc/ies.

[■' £1 i*nioiio" Xo. 84, oí April ÏÏ, IBM.]

Abticle 1. From the date of promulgation of the present law, there shall be levied throughout the entire Republic a consumption duty on matches, in accordance with the following rates:

Soltn.

A. Per sixty wooden matchea or tractioQ of sistf, howaoever pocked .. 0.01

B. Per Hizt}' wax vestoa or fraction oí siity 02

C. Per twenty papier or cardboard matches or fraction of twenty .01

The matches must be packed in proper containers, their importation in bulk being strictly prohibited.

Abt. S. The tax shall be collected by means of stamps to be affixed to the containers or boxes of matches.

Art. 3. When the matches are of Peruvian production, the tax is pavable on their coming out of the factories, and when of foreign

188 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLXCS.

manufacture, on clearance through the customs without prejudice to the import duties leviable thereon.

Art. i. Stocks of matches Trhich at the date of promulgation of the present law should be in prívate warehouses or in selling establish- ments, shall pay the corresponding dut}' within the time limits indi- cated by the Executive; for this purpose an inventory shall be made out in each case. This inventory shall, for the purposes of the fore- going article, include as well the stocks lying at the custom-houses in the factories.

Art, 5. The Executive shall adopt the necessary regulations for giving effect to the present tax.

NEW FBOVINOE 07 TVNOAY.

The President of the Republic.

Decree: Whereas Congress has passed the following law:

''Article 1. That a Pi-oviuce, called Yungay, be created in the Department of Ancash, to be composed of the districts of Yungay, Macos, Quillo, and Supluy, which shall have as their capital the City of Yungay.

"Art. 2. The limits of this Province shall be those which at present separate the above-mentioned districts from the Provinces of Huaylas, Huaras, Sauta, and Pomabamba.

His Excellency, the President of the Republic, therefore orders it to be printed, published, circulated, and that due fulfillment be given to it.

Given at the Uovernment House, in Lisia, on the 28th of Octo)>er, 1904.

José Pardo. Eulogio I. Romero.

INDUSTRIAL SEVELOFICBNT.

In a recent report, the United States Consul at Callao calls attention to the possible opening in that district for cotton gins and presses. The present cotton crop of the Department is small, but there is a growing interest in cotton planting (cbíeñy of the class known com- mercially as " Peruvian rough "), and it is probable that with the main- tenance of high prices there will be a much increased production. Many rice grower.'* in the Department are thinking seriously of turn- ing their attention in part to this field in future.

In the same report, the Consul states that the entire Chiclayo dis- trict, which is irrigated by canals and drains from the rivei-s, is anxiously awaiting the result of the Government's efforts to bore arte- sian wells at various points along the coast. This work, now being

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PERD. 139

done at lea, Ançon, and other places, is under the direction of ao American hydrologittt. The information is given that there is a strong prejudice in Peru against buying any machinery of this class on con- dition of accepting the service of an expensive expert.

Attention is further called to the fact that although the sugar estates in the Callao district make and sell alcohol, all possees the crudest sys- tem of making the tins or cans used for the purpoae of exporting it. The cans aned are of tin, similar in appearance to the 5-gallon kero- sene cans, and are packed for export in wooden boxes, one to each can. At present these boxes are all imported from the United States and France. lo the manufacture of the cans the cost of labor at Callao ia from 1^ to 2 pence per can.

FOSEION COHUEBOE, 1003-4.

Thi JoUoniiig labU àhoicè tiie commerce through the ctiiloiii-houte at Iquiloê during lhe fiteal year commencing June 1, lOOS, and ending May SI, 1904.

Dale.	Exporta.	taporu.		budgets.	«ne,.
IMS.	^ 1. d. SM » M ■i S i i.m s « 74 9 B-l ÍM 2 as i; 43 5 00	'£ 1. d. 4,919 0 99 ¿667 7 21 Î311 7 17 41066 8 19 fi,W7 S 91 SJlJt 9 44 llioïî 1 17	^ a. d. iîS 204 4 47 824 7 11 s'il	£ a. d. îïl 4 68 S,20a 4 84 l'i'è	^'V^i.
19M.
	15,916 4 M	^.303 4 86	4,607 7 86	B,7at 6 06
D«le,	Conaulnr	Storage, r (. d. î'i'à 16 « 08 103 i 97	Whariiige.	Dnuble duties.	Total.
im-	^ i. d. a 1 oD 1 70 4 4 30 7 S 98 26 4 60 4 4 K 1 80 7 3 ÎO 1 S «	r •- d. iii 1W> 6 66 162 H 09 110 0 60	£ t. d. i;i 43 « 36 21 2 «6 93 3 93 154 8 62	£ t. d. 6.412 6 08 M î î?
JnlT
Jl»[rli _	lî'sw 5 60
	80 0 71	m 9 12	1,126 6 98	717 1 0.

Bail. No. 1—05-

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140 TNTEKHATIONAL BÜEEAD OF THE AMERICAH EEPUBLICS.

The mlue of the imports and exports through Iquitoe from March to July, ioctttsiTe, 1904, was as follows:

	Hontli.	I»p««.	Biporto.	DdtleB.
		47,6211 n
	361, OSS Í 17	17>.003l«	M,1H 7 GO

At the cloae of the year 1903 there were in the 62 mining districts of the Republic 6,763 mines and mining claims, not including the con- cessions for the extraction of borates, phosphates, and alkaline salta which, according to the mining census last taken, consisted of 3,624 claims, each of which covered an area of 40,000 square meters, or a total of 14,496 hectares. The first place among these 6,768 mines and mining claims belongs to the department of Puno as a producer of gold obtained from its 803 gold mines, which yield annually 566 kilo- grams of gold. The second place must be awarded to the department of Junin for its production of silver and copper, amounting in 1903 to 62,086 kilograms of silver and 8,225,000 kilograms of copper obtained from the 2,383 silver and copper mines contained within its borders.

The production of lead is greater than that shown in the statistics compiled, inasmuch as the lead contained in ores exported which do not assay over 10 per cent of graphite was generally not included in the value of the ores, owing to the relativelj' small value of the lead in comparison with that of the precious metals which the ores con- tained. It is, however, a well-known fact that many of the sulphides, as well as a larj^c part of the argentiferous ores exported, contained lead. The production of lead annually in the exported ores containing more than 10 per cent lead is 1,302 tons.

At the present time mercury is only extracted on a small scale from the famous Huancavelica cinnabar mines. No statistics have been com- piled giving the quanUty of the production of this element in the Kepublic, but it is known that the output is ¡nsigniScant. The same istrue concerning zinc, antimony, etc., there having been no exporte of these elements except in combination with other ores, and there are no smelters in the Republic which produce these producte in the pure or metallic state.

The Department of Junín also occupies the first place in the pro- duction of coal. There are 442 coal mines in that Department, and

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the prodoction is 70 per cent of tbe total output from the cool mines of the Republic. Petroleum is obtained in the Department of Piura to the extent of 37,079 metric tona annually. The petroleum springs or deposits of the entJre Republic number 330, according to the last mining census, 328 of which are in the Department of Piura.

Tbe following table shows tbe number of mines or cbims in tbe Republic, compiled from official sources:

Gold	1,2« 109	Antimony SalphDr
	2.403 ],ce2
Slver and copper	Go^
Copper Cinnaliar Iron	349 78 39	Peat Total

It can be confídently asserted that more than 10 per cent of the mines enumerated in the foregoing table are now being exploited. The output from these mines, according to the careful and detailed estimate made by Mr. Losedo, is shown as follows:

Obtained irom registered

Obtained from the natives Exporte ÍD oree and con-

centrat«e

Exports in Rtnelter prod-

SÎ1 ver — Con ti nued . In other lorma .

198

170,804

Copper:

In Bi^ntiferouB copper

mattes 5,334,569

In argentiferous copper

oree 4,160,060

In cementa 11, 954

9,496,583

Silver:

In bars Jí

In sulphides 31

In snndiy ores - - - . . 3f

In mattes 4S

In copper oree 13

In lead orea 11

In other oree cootùning

teMi S

Tbe values of the foregoing productions are shown in tíie following table:

Id argentiferous oree 1,125,836

In argentfferooii lead bul- - lion 178,529

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142 INTEBNATIONAI. BüSEAD OF THE AUEBICAN BEPOBLICS.

To the value shown in the foregoing table maj be added the values

of the following products:

PeruTltin pvunds.

2,466 tone of borates, conlAiningW per cent of boric arid 22,194

25,440 tons of cmde petroleum, and 11,639 tons of by-prodacU derived from

the «me 149,290

11,636.9 tons of common salt 17,637

Total 189,121

The value of the miscellaneous productã not enumerated in the fore- going tables, conijisting of coal, sulphur, and other mineral produc- tions, amounted to 1,396,254 Peruvian pounds. The Peruvian pound is the exact equivalent of the pound sterling.

XXP0B.T8 OF RUBBER AND CAOITTCHOVC FBOM IttTJITOS IK 1903.

Produrl.	Uverpoul.	Eiporbito-	.. -...J	Total.
	KWit. ■m.wn	«"a,	Kitot.	Kitm.
		!I6,S78
	s,oe9
	I.OH.IÎB	6,579	m,m	1,7S»,S74

UNITED STATES.

IRAHE WITH LATIN AHEBICA.

8TATKMKNT OF IMPORTS ASD EXPORTS.

Following is the latest statement, from figures compiled by the Bureau of Statistios, United States Department of Commerce and Labor, showing the value of the trade between the United States and Latin- Amcrii^n countries. The report is for the month of November, 1904, with a comparative statement for the corresponding month of the pre- vious year; also for the eleven months ending November, 1904, as com- pared ,with the same period of tlie preceding year. It should be explained that the figures from the various custom-houses showing imports and exports for any one month are not received at the Treasury Department until about the 20th of the following month, and some time is necessarily consumed in compilation and printing, so that the returns for November, for example, are not published until some time in January.

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UNITED STATES. IMPORTS OF MERCHANDISE.

Eleveii months ending

Article! and counlris*.

imwooáifíiíloeamptche; POadeaimpalie; Campétítf):

eninl America..

íhoío; Carrito Wíit-

Cocca ( Cbrao.- Caco ou au

Central America

Bruil

Olber Sonlb AmeticH . .

Ocnlral Amei

.- C««; I

0PP*r(O)òrf; Oiòrt; Calrrr):

Slial imui ( Uent^tU»; Unoitiat: Hamn

Binanu {PUMatuu; Bana

il A^r^'. .'

rat tk¡ni( PielaJInai; Pellíi: Ihur

Ue»tnli»k¡af(Cuero*stilt¡t': Qmnw r (truca; Cuirt

OUicrSÜulh Amprim

Ia*4. ¡b piK?, bu*, etc. { PUhho n

Oc.; Cllum/iotta li ' - '-

¡Krior ao Xo. M île pãilrai QD-itemH dH lape kamadal

Central AniïrlcB

Uexleo

CatK

Bratll

Other Soutb America

■ Thdaco fm folha:

S.IK&.IOS 1,061, 7M 657, W5

58, »7 IW,611 763, H»

187,767 3.057,151 ll,T4S,fiT4

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INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. IMPORTS or MKRCHASDISE— Continued.

	Novcmber-	Eleven mODlhicDdlDK
	19(0. 1 ltd.	iva.	tS04.
Wood, mahiwitij- {Oaobt; Uogno; Acabou):	7t,3«7 90,244	DoOart. a\s7s ■6,4(1 -.m	ffilS 4, «IS 1,TM.M» 2n.wi aai.m	i>diir(.
CubH	■as
Wool (¿ana: Li: Laine):	1.KÍ7 93,424

r MERCHANDISE.

	10,731 i;iw t,<ni 43: 604 7(U	41 12,421 1,0M U.Utí S3. 075 i!o;gm 1,610 I.4Î0 323|SD» ;ii '11 slsit S 622 4,163	11,21* 288,891 76.671 233,077 l,iTS ¿IS AS U1.03R 25,131 23. 3W 1,626, M7 93, MU licsolisa 1, 437|2âO 104,161 1, 4M. 226 11 í2;B67 9,693 an. lia î,sî; 1 17,74» 6fi3,3M
	asî'ias
BrMiilaffii <=°¿s.ffil;íS!í:'-.^í:!;
	U,2IU
What ( Trífo; Trigo; BU,:
	Si 1,312 ■li i,M5 M7 3,797 iloî? i.ía¡ 8,630
VbttilünfmHarlnaiIctrigo: FaHOhadr trigo: Farine
	■■!»«
S3Cuï:-:::::::-:::::;::::::::::::;:::::;::::
	i.e».i77
ran-lagM. rtt.i CuTÍuc«, CUB, ele., and puta of I Cbrmata, nirrvi v nw,- Cnlnra. (MtfOM « (mrt partiu}:
	ÎÏS
	Si!
■^-feriSKiKSSKKr^SSi'"-	4n.
s¿.-":";:;;;;;¡¡;;;;::;;;;;;;;;;;;::;;;;:;;	i!:»!
	»,7»4
Omper [Oibrr,- Q*«; «linrj;	1,014.36»

DNITED STATES.

EZPOBTS OP HEKCHANDISE— CoDtiDard.

	Nov™b«r-	' ''"¿'(."^U'rl"''"''
	1«B.	1»4.	1903.	1901.
€atfan:	Cafiar». «3.200	Mtan. M»,901	Mbxf. 2,669,621	Boílliri, 2,879,696 24,630
Oouon clnUn (ItffdM dctíaoMit: Rundoë de algo- cáSii'iSiS".'!»"!*^	18.492 Ii 11.231 38,911 »,M3 mÍíto ¿967 Ii 3:«í 4.161 8,1119 » 30,391	114,430 34.077 37,741 18,361 Ii 15,282 6,839 3.416 6,242 89:354 80.W1 36, au 141, eoi III 42,943 ñ^4as io:*89 15:460 9,077 16:906 35: 941 iz:a84 14:317 29: lio 15,669	a»: 044 79,6.W 609,084 siií S56,0Ta 128:587 II 66:638 33,818 190,797 19.064 ^:I38^ Í39:670 307,6X2 310.361 II 218,118 as ITS, «10 5,888 6. 916
êES:'.".í!'".".".::::::::::::::::::::;::::::x:::	209,430 W,4>2
W«u^B «^fmr^^»d^alo«16«; Jto.pa de aJjo-
	39,368
ApparrOi flrelrí^ et KimliUqn/i):
	líS; 47
	ai ll.fiM ATO 6^ KB 11,913 lolûfis 4.370 19,01» 1 ia; 309	SSÍS
clfeSiTiS*' "■"""""'
	1I1.7U
	B.SM 6:916
		9.900	185.345	16¿435

146 INTEBNATIONAL BUBEAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. EXI'OBTS or MBRCHAMDlSB-ronUnued.

Anido and vouiitrlc*.	November-	Elei-en mcrnlh. endine S ovem bel—
	I90S.	1904.	1903.	1904.
cSéiS^}."?^'^'.'.	DvUan. 887 12, MS ■¿.b&. S,»7fi lis 9,986 )|7iW *,f*l 8,498 2ft. SS» 14,403 16.41Ï 9W 4.75»	Doilar,, 2.489 19,820 s: 748 2! «211 807 14>I8 24,4Ï6 8,869 4,297 2; 078 21, «* 98. M8 as s; 444 109,729 "■a i'i 937 849 3.478 109,376 23.479 14,801 w;î54 ■J33,6!M îû;m 7.8»a 49.069 3.4eo 4:!«4 13.032	7,8iig 29:279 10: 031 0S:ft80 20:293 'm 20: 670 31,489 47,22» 38,809 iî?:Si lîS:^ 13:69!> 37,873 14:0SS 9.9M 7.01ir7 45, 2M 128,024 41; 752 G8ft,£e2 «1,138 1K..W4 IS:S l.S78,0S9 2,ol^^40 m 071 "S 31	IiMart.
	^g
Leather, other than tole (Cuero tlMMo dn dt iiiH*: a™™ ,ao para mUu; CtiirM, autre gue pour
	sss
	30,472
Boolann^BhOMiOi/MdO; Calftido; OiiauÊxrr,):
Miai ■lonni Roiln. Ur, etc. (Itniim V alquUrlíii; Jtaina e alealran;
	»,163 2,804 '377 lr;i04 «in li«0 m 64:427 iíiS IÏ4.IMG fifi! 012 I8.1S7 unirai 2!2tlS a.ini 'wa 1S,S8Î
TaTprntine t Amarrât; Agaa-rai; ltribtHlhi»iv.
mlncraa. erút; HaOti miairatu-, brntri):
	S-li
	Ï'Îm'OÎS
	TS4.078
	toÎ'Îm
Oiis.-r^Uihle lAcrítarrgetalet: Oleoi if gtlaei: HaVci
Síí¡»a,íiM¡;::::::::;:::::;::::::::::::::::::	S 1.071
Chile	,s-s

L',.,lzerl:,ïG00gIc

UKITBD STATES.

EXPORTS OF MERCBANDISE-Contmued.

Artlclea aad couDlrioi.	Nove.,	bcr~	^""^îïïïïSi'rl'^'"'
	i.ces la ''i so 190 8,290 5«6	1904.	1903.	1804.
Beef.miiied ICùnuilemca m lotai: (Hthî dermca em lata»; Btt^f evmerrt):	8,691 80 a,«<s 3.74Î ■J 12.647 3,'J9« lilOS	lfil074 ;;| 2S;9í9 43,311 i.im 5,799 203Í2S8 291301 7,983 21,977 '■■" 26,438 29ã|814 "S:5!i 15,446 28.143 629)893 . 2.479 13.244 34,S'28 42; 910 259:S33 29, '278 13. œj 9R,Î86 479; 748 2Î?:îi: 837,800 41,107 86;;Õ6 2*;99i 20. mi 33,032 8,870 lé	Ooíiar».
	6.41Ï 1
Beet, nlted or pickled (Oinx <U mm. «lixJa A en maura; BaÛJ waUmen MumBiïï:
	1,405
	9,665
'^Í,T»'S£,S2-:.'".'":.	112 0fi6
		2,^ 6.-m 6|919 ■na lÍ'aw 49:660 4,206 4,»gS ^2I3 ÃS99 R,077 I2,3Í3 20, 2W "•■i 33,081 2,970 8,aT3 19,Ï7S 38.688 li;455 7:n33 1..'Í00 2.-00
	<,7»4 sois 7 9, ISO «6 83 8, OCT 542 îii 9.629 1J.1J8 <.2S8 22. oes
Buon (TbriM.- ïbutiuAo; Larafaméy.	23-40
Pork (Oirjií (faouírní,- OarM rie porco; Potí);
	127 04!
	IS[322 Í2,660 R.OÍO \s 7.199 4.Wg 2.439 SOS
"íSSíifí^S"- '"■**"■■ "^"'^
C^we (Ot^vi^ítío; /"roiBOíK):
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	~	Eleven months end ins Kovember—
	ira.	1»M.	1903.-	19M.
rodo; IhAoro «Ho viaHitfatíunido; Tabac non	Ï2.VK	DoOari. 6, MR 17,»Ï4 1:1 M. 06a	£>oItar). ».mi 145. ra %73» S1,W9 41,777 Î1.696 IS, 204 itw'wi ■iii si3,sm 68, Wl S,9S6 5M,»50 »,928 49Ï.867 •iSS	I>oiIar..
	ST 8,liO 48.228
	4*000 IM
	]«» 6, ma 12,714 7,ft77 IM.Wl 5»; m is s. 541
	1»,M0 4,5» BO! 1I},S&2 iî,4n x'.SK '!;S t,304 S,H6 1,MS 4,9H»	..aa

OONStn.AB TBASB BSPOBTS.

The following reports arc furnished the International Bureau of the American Republics by the various Latin-American consular officers at the ports mentioned:

The Consul-Gencral of Mexico at New York reports that during the month of November, 1904, 12 vessels proceeding from Mexican ports entered the harbor of New York, bringing 118,029 packages of mer- chandise. During the Aaœe period 11 vessels cleared from the port of New York, carrying 184,755 packages of merchandise, destined to Mexican ports. The imports in detail from Mexico through the port of New Y^ork during the month referred to were as follows:

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Articles.	Q».n.i.y,	ArUeles.		QianUtr.
AlllinitófBkliis	bales..	ki '■Z	HHt». loose	..number..	''Si
Broom mut	tMxn..		baies..	CIW
^Er^lVtai	Rabbér.crñjc SarupuUla	b»™.. ......log... .■.v.-.'To"::	at i3.m
^!:=";::;:::::;:	b¡aS..
	do....	6,967	i£s^-"^	bales.. boics..	^■]To
	bale»..

The Mexican Consul at Nogales reports that the value of Mexican products exported from the Eepublic of Mexico to the United States through Nogales in Norember, m04, amounted to 1,050,401 pesos. These exports consisted of the following products:

			silver.»
		"«1 M.NIS 2,012	fl2,S76
	'3-s
	îii.Tie
ToUl		1.060.W1

■ Tiic Tklaeol Maxloin doUaralQ Koi'anbFr. IWM, vaiWcentu Ameilaui godd.

The exports from the United States to Mexico through t^c custom- house at Kogales in November, 1904, were valued at $11S,364.2Õ gold. The following tables show these exports in detail:

I'roduet.	Vilue.
A i I buM
	Ss
	lelïlT.TS
	III. «OS. 60 W,2ZT.E0 8,609.00
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	CodDlry.	VitlDe.
.	«îHOQ
	¿aft.»
	n8.3M.26

-■ The Consul-General of Mexico at New York reports that during the mouth of December, 190i, 10 vessels proceeding from Mexican porta entered the harbor of New York, bringing 68,524 packages of nier- chandise. During the same period 13 vessels cleared from the port of New York, carrying 177,653 packages of merchandise con- signed to Mexican ports. The imports from Mexico in detail, through the port of New York, during the month referred to, were as follows:

AfUclti..		qunmlly.	Artlcl™.		auanlHr.
Alllgittor>b1iu	bale...	2,078 3,765 \^ 36	Hide.	bale*..	4.S19
Sa-ïi;;:::::;;:::;;;	boxos..	Sir':::::::;:::::.::;:: Lead bullion SSSSTi;::::::;;;;::::	;:;;;"Si:: ban.. ;;;:;:¿?S::	.ill 219
ooíKkVtip".: ;;.;.::.".' ; :.■.■ :	Rubber.crade S>r»p*ril1a	■.■.'.■.■.v.doü::
	Tobarcô.iéiï	bski.. boxes-.	M
	_.

The Mexican Consul at Philadelphia advises that the exports from Philadclpbjtt to Mexico during December, 1904, consisted of 6,074 packages of sundry merchandise, weighing 7,â{>0,C49 kilograms, valued at $28,044.40. These shipments consisted of books, coal, and powder, and were in detail as follows:

Artlflft	Weight.	Value.	DeMlnalIon.
	Klloê. »í:S S, MD. VOO	II.27S,«) 4.1W.40 ■j'.-m'.ta 1, 800. 00
	ProgreM). THBIplCO.
	Tampico.
	7.m«.	214.044.40

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Tbe CoDSul-Genei-al of Nícai-agua at San Fi-ancisco states that the exports from that port to the porta of the Republic of Nicaragua during the month of November, 1904, consisted of the following:

		CorlDID		8a	Juan de	Bur,
Anieles,	Numbel ol pack-	Weight.	™...	Namber	Weight.	v....
	1,786 «a 113 i,7«e 3S4	'IS 80, OKI			Kilo*.
	4,299 K 8.M7	90 05 M
	i	'■SÏÎ
	ITO	ÍB,Í)6	l,H|i.«
Toul	S,M1	•"•"•	«,6ia.88	■'-	1S,S92	1,«)1.42

The CoQsul-General of Venezuela at New York advises that the merchandise exported from the port of New York to the Kepublic of Venezuela during the month of November, 1904, consisted of 33,612 packages, weighing 2,169,228 kilograms, valued at 1,235,181.60 bolí- vares ($238,390.05), an compared with 49,151 packages, weighing 2,823,667 kilograms, valued at 1,835,474.25 hoUmrea (1354,246.53), shipped in November, 1904. The following table shows these exports in greater detail:

	Article-,		-	-Vovember, 1903.
Port.	iSi5«¡ «— "■	r- 1 Value.
			A.™
		T..'>S& 400,310.90 220, «48. IS
		S, 244 I1S,16«:00 64,03^.00
	49,151 , I.SZ3,6e7.4« 'l,B3&,<T4.25
	ArliclM.	Nov	mbcr, 190.		lnpreaiie(+)or
Port.	Number of P«cliBges.		'elgbl.	value.
		H.TO	Kilot.	a^íK	Boi/mn-j.
		7,789 1.010	iS;ÍS:ãS 6I,08S.00 2:901:0*	mÕM,iõ L'19.07i.î6 41,677,96 101. 111. 0& 22, WO, 00 8,405.00 1,969.30
auaES^iiiü"	:;:;:3S:;:::::;:;;::;:::::::::	- ÏÏ,4SJ.05 Í 'aim 00
Qwuioco	<to	+ 1,989.30
	as,fliî		1,236,181,60

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Statistics of the exports of domestic manufactures for the month of November and for the eleven months ending November 30, published in the advance sheets of the " Monthly Summary of Commerce and Finance," issued by the Bureau of Statistics in the Department of Commerce and Labor, show that the increase in the total value of such exports for November, amounting to $12,515,257, as compared with November, 1903, was dbtributed among a large number of articles.

One of the most notable increases was in tbe exportation of cotton cloths, which amounted to 58,711,103 yards, valued at $3,290,116 for November, 1904, against 13,086,101 yards, valued at f792,438, for N<n*ember, 1903. These exports, which fell to a very low level dur- ing the last fiscal year, are again assuming normal proportions. For the eleven months ending November 30 they amounted to 373,087,218 yards, valued at Í22,019,619, against 355,091,098 yards, valued at $18,549,818, for the corresponding eleven months in 1903, and 485,910,815 yard:?, valued at $24,773,608, for the eleven months in 1902.

Exports of steel rails, which also fell off in 1902 and 1903 to such an extent that in some months exportations nearly ceased, arc still increas- ing, notwithstanding the somewhat more active demand in the United States during tbe past few months. These exports for the month of November amounted to 53,723 tons, valued at $1,286,098, against but 5,141 tons, valued at $180,339, for November, 1903. For the eleven months exports of steel rail.s amounted to 395,799 tons, valued at $10,182,402, against 23,134 tons, valued at $734,038, for the eleven months in 1903, and 66,854 tons, valued at $1,881,180, for the elevea months in 1902. If the valuations given by tbe Bureau of Statititics represent the export price of steel rails accurately the average prioe of those exported during the past eleven months was $25.72 per too.

Other exports of manufactures of iron and steel increased materially during NoTuuber, but not at the same rate as those of steel rails. The total value of exports of iron and steel, not including ore, for November was $12,831,980, against $7,985,961 for November, 1903. For the eleven months exports of Iron and st«el, not including ore, amounted to $118,182,998, against $89,682,747 for the eleven months of 1903, and $90,136,024 for 1902.

Exports of copper ingots and manufactures durii^ the month of November continued to show a large increase over last year, their total value being $7,193,294, against $1,486,987 for November, 1903. For the eleven months the value of these exports was $68,005,169, against $38,417,414 for 1903 and $43,100,666 for 1902.

Exports of refined mineral oils, which show a large increa.se for the

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elcren montlu, iiicreAsed onlj slightly during Kovember, Üieír value íieing $6,346,034, i^ainst $5,974,742 for November, 1903.

The following table shows the values of some of the principal expoi-tfi of domestic manufactures for the eleven months ending Novem- ber, 1903 and 1904:

Axrlcnllmsl ImplemenU

Boob, DUBS, tu

Cjclea UM puta

Aiiloinobll«s and psrts... Oin, carTlwci.ele.. - - Cloetx and VUcb». Oopiier. iuoU ~ ' ~ CtHton dotht:

Colored

Cncolored

Fiber BUiuUctu res

eiansndgliaware ,

GtUCOM

Onnporder and eiploxiTe* ,

Indlk-nibbei m&DiiIactum

Blectrlad and sclcn tlBc apparalun

Sleelnlla

_ ._...__^ andiWel

MlKellueoni ouñlnsí

Caah KKtiten

Bectrlcal maiblner;

H etkl-irarklng machlnerr

Fompaand pumpbig roAublneiy

Sewing macblDH and parís

LoromoUira tagiata

Bollen and perls d[ engloes

IVpenlten aadparu

Mtocell «neon» machinery

Iran pipe and fllUnia

KfACclUuicoua iDanufactnrca ol Iron and steel.

Sede leather

Upper and otber leaUier. except gole

Mmdeal fmKTumentaand paru

Naval stoKa ^

Keflned mlncnil oils

VanUbleoila :

Paints, ptemenl»:. and «ilon

Panñn and wax ^...

ToHcoo mannfñrtures

Wood Butiolacltires

Woolen mana lactures

a].i5e,476
38,U7,ÍM	68,005,1»
B,8M.a«7	5.m,6«
fi,4IK.231
3.M4.S76 7, «9 333 734,038
1ÍÍ7S.W8	iiAwlsee

In his circular note to tlie Powers signatory to The Hague Confer- ence Secretary Hat completes the connection of the United States with the calling together of the second peat^e conference. The note wa.s made public by the State Department on December 23, I!>04, and was sent to the American representatives accredited to the Powers signatory to the conference. The text of the noto follows:

*' By the circular instruction, dated October 21, 1904, the representa- tives of the United States accredited to the several Governments which took part in the peace conference held at The Hi^e in 1899, and

154 IMTBRNATIONAI. BU&BAU OF THE AXERIOAN BEPÜBU08.

vhich joined in signing the acts thereof, were insti-u<;t«d to bring to the notice of those Governments certain resolutions adopted by the Interparliamentary Union at its annual conference, held at St. Louis in September last, advocating the assembling of a second peace con- ference to continue the work of the first, and were directed to ascer- tain to what extent those Governments were disposed to act in the matter.

*'The replies so far indicate that the proposition has been received with genemt favor. No dissent has found expression. The Govern- ments of Austria- Hungary, Denmark, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Luxemburg, Mexi<;o, The Netherlands, Portugal, Koumania, Spain, Sweden and Norway, and Switzerland, exhibit sympathy with the purposes of the proposal and generally accept it in principle, with a reservation in most cases of future considemtion of the date of the conference and the programme of subjects for discussion.

"The replies of Japan and Russia conveyed in like terms a friendly recognitionof the spirit and purposes of the invitation, but on the part of Russia the reply was accompanied by the statement that, in the existing condition of things in the Far East, it would not be practicable for the Imperial Government ut this moment to take part in such a conference. While this reply, tending as it does to cause some post- ponement of the pi-oposed second conference, is deeply regretted, the weight of the motive ivhich induces it is recognized by this Govern- ment, and probably by others. Japan made the reservation only that no action should be taken by the conference relative to the present war.

■'Although the prospect of an early convocation of an August assem- bly of representatives of the nations in the interests of peace and har- mony among them is defeired for the time being, it may be regarded as assure<l as soon as the interested Powers are in a position to agree upon a date and pluce of meeting and to join in the formulation of a geueraLplan for discussion. The President is much gratified at the cordial reception of his overtures. He feels that in eliciting the com- mon sentiment of the various Governments in favor of the principle involved and of the objects sought to be attained a notable step has been taken toward eventual success.

"Pending a definiteagreement for meeting when circumstances shall permit, it seems desirable that a comparison of views should be had among the participants as to the scope and matter of subjects to be brought before the second conference. The invitation put forth by the Govcnmient of the United States did not attempt to do more than indicate the general topics which the final act of the first conference of The Hague relegated, as unfinished matters, to consideration by a future conference — adverting, in connection with the important sub- ject of inviolability of private property in naval warfare, to the

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like views expressed by the Congress of the United States in its reso- lution adopted April 28, 1904, with the added suggestion that it may- be desirable to consider and adopt a procedure by which States non- signatory to the original acts of The H^ue conference may become adhering parties.

"In the present state of the project this Government is still indis- posed to formnlate a programme. In view of the virtual eei-tainty that the President's suggestion of The Hague as the place of meeting of a second peace conference will be acc«pted by all the interested Powers^ and in view also of the fact that an organized representation of the signatories of the acta of 1899 now exists at that capital, this Govern- ment feels that it should not assume the initiative in drawing up a pro- gramme, nor preside over the deliberations of the signatories in that regard.

^ It seems te the President that the high ta^k he undertook in seek- ing to bring about an agi'cement of the Powers to meet in a second peace conference is virtually accomplished, so far as it is appropriate for him to act, and that with the general acceptance of his invitation in principle, the future conduct of the affair may fitly follow its nor- mal channels. To this end it is suggested that the further and neces- sary interchange of views between the signatories of tlic acts of 189^ be effected through the international bui-eau, under the control of the permanet administi-ative council of The Hague. It js believed that in- this waj', by utilizing the central representative agency established and maintained by the Powers themselves, an orderly treatment of the preliminary consultations ma}' be insured and the way left clear for the eventual action of the Government of the Netherlands in calling a renewed conference to assemble at The Hague, should that course be adopted.

'' You will bring this communication to the knowledge of the Min- ister for Foreign Affairs and invite consideration of the suggestions herein made.

" I am, sir, j-our obedient servant,

"John Hay."

treasukt btatehbht for 1804.

The Treasury receipts of the United States Government for the cal- endar year 1904 were, according to a summary issued by the Treasury- Department on December 80, 1904, Í540,000,000, and the expenditures (excluding the Panama payment) $562,000,000, showing a deficit for the year of $22,000,000. As compared with the previous calendar year, the receipts show a falling off of $8,000,000 and the expenditure» an increase of $50,000,0iX>. The decrease in the receipts is accounted Bull. No. 1—05 ]2

156 uteebnational bubbatt of the americah republics.

for by a decrease of $9,000,000 in the customs revenues. The increase in expenditure is subdivided as follows:

Civil and miscelloneona eitpenditures '. $15,000,000

Expenditures of the War Department 9,000,000

Eipenditores of the Havt Departmeot 23,000,000

Fuñona 2,000,000

Interert 1,000,000

Tbe iacreasc in interest is due to the fact tliat a portion of the intereat of 1903 was anticipated in 1902. The fíg^res do not include t)ie postal receipts and expenditures, except that the postal deficit is included in the civil and miscellaneous expenditures.

The sununarj of foreign commerce, published by the Bureau of Statistics, throws light on the cause of the decrease in customs rev- enues. The figures of the Bureau cover the first eleven months of the calendar year 1904:

Imports for the eleven months, 1904 $39,000,000

Importe (or tbe same period ¡a 1903 17,000,000

Inirease 22,000,000

Imports free of duty for the same period increased $42,000,000, while dutiable imports decreased $20,000,000. In 1903, 43i per cent of the importa were free of duty, while in 1904, 47 per cent were free of duty, and in November, 1904, 49 per cent, were free of duty. Prac- tically the entire increase in free imports was in tlirfee articles; Coffee, india rubber, and raw silk. Although dutiable imports decreased $20,000,000, raw sugar and wool show increases aggregating $28,000,- 0OÜ. All other dutiable imports decreased nearly $50,000,000. Of this decrease, $20,000,000 was in iron and steel.

Other noteworthy features of the Treasury transactions in 1904 were the payment, out of accumulated surplus, of $50,000,000 for the right of way of the Panama Canal; the redemption of the outstanding 5 per cent bonds due February 1, 1904, and the various calls on the national-bank depositories for return of a portion of their public deposits. The redemption of fives during the calendar year was approximately $6,000,000. Public funds on deposit with the banks were reduced from $160,000,000 January 1, 1904, to $113,000,000 at the close of the year. The calls on the banks, to mature early in 1905", will further reduce these deposita and replenish the cash in the gen- eral fund of the Treasury to the extent of about $23,000,000.

The cash ¡n the Treasury, exclusive of the gold reserve and gold coin held against outstanding certificates, was $320,000,000 on January 1, 1904. At the close of the year it was $240,000,000, a decrease of $80,000,000 for the year. The Panama payment accounts for $50,- 000,000 of this decrease. The redemption of the fives of 1904 and national bank note i-edemptions account for $10,000,000 more. The

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balance îs due to the defícit incurred in carrying on the ordinary oper- ations of the Gorernment.

For the first si^ months of the cun'eat fiscal year, the deficit is approximately $22,000,000. The balance of the year will probably reduce rather than inci-ease the deficit. Receipt» show a tendency to increase. The greater part of the postal deficiency for this fiscal year faa^ already been met and the expenditure for various kinds of public works will be less for the next six months than for the six months just closed. Nearly $10,000,000 was disbursed in the last half of the last fiscal 3'ear, on aocount of the Lonisiana Purchase Exposition — an expenditure which will not be repeated during the present year.

THE HABVB8T8 OF 1904.

•F The final report of the Chief of the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Agriculture of the volume and value of the farm crops of 1904 has been promulgated. It shows a corn crop that has been but twice exceeded, namely, by the 1899 crop (as figured by the census) of 2,666,440,000 bushels, and by the 1903 crop of 2,523,648,000 bushels. It exceeds the 1903 yield by 223,000,000 bushels and has a farm value of $134,592,639 greater. The farm value of the wheat crop exceeds the 1903 figures by $67,465,048. The comparisons of other props follow :

Form mlue of principal èroptfor Ihrte year».

Crap*,	19Õ4. " "	December 1—
1B03.	J*OÎ.
	(1,087.461.440 a25,Cll,37î 279,000,013 SÎSŒ ¿sa SÎSS 5î,st«,»a	1 Si;»77 S fll,fl«5 i| Í IS 11,6-27	tl,017,m7,3«
	i»;496,M2
	n.m.-m
	6«,oae,SM «0,172,600

Following are comparisons of crops and acreage:

	Wheal.
	Winter. | Sprinc-	ToUI.
'»ïA'-r:~	SIMO. 610 3S,6)4I.6i6 gS:S!	S3'2,93íi,W9 i;,2ü9,a>o ï9».B67,2fiO 1^9B^,^57 411, 788.666 17,620,098 ««,»M,501 19.Í.S6.813 38I,9B5,2S0 20,129,057	Buihel,. 26)1.274,342 289,826,717 278,5(W,»92	Ane,. Sis tS, 896. sil	ButheU. 562,399,517
Censué report, 189»	65H,534,2ÍÍ¡

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	Co™.	o.,..	B„l„.
«"ÎÏS.'!-:'.-':... 1S03	E	Acta. 92,231,561 Ba,091,lW 94,04.1, «IS	2.467,4», 934 2,668,440,279	27.638,126 2S,£f>S,l44 28,641,476 Z9.639,6SS	'M4.l»6.«â TS4.094.199 S§7,842.71Z 736.80B,?24	5,145,878	Buthttê. 139.748,958 134; 954; 023 109,982,824
	Hj-e.	Buckwheat.	Ptrtatocs.
Offlditl tuirrcM: i9os::::::::::::::::	1,792,673 11906; 894 l,978,,-i48 1,987,S0S	27,2S4,56& 29,363,316 80,344|630	Aatt. 733. ft» M»4,S93 804.899	15.008.336 14,243,544 14. 5», 770 15,125,941	.4 era. B,01«.fl7B 2,916,366 2,965,587 2,864,335	Bu,!^ 33Î,«30.SOO 247, 1Ï7, 880 284,632.787 187.598, (W7
*'"'
{ Bar. Flaxseed.	•itlM.	Tobacco.
Offlctal hiuTwl:	S»,»33,Tri« 39.g!.S,2Z;	lb ao,«g G1,3C »;«	t^àiSi^	SXÚ	662,006	ííKfe	^¡à^^A*
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URUGUAY.

CUSTOMS BECBIPT8, OCTOBEB, 1004.

The custom-house receipts of Montevideo for the month of October, 1904, were as follows, according to figures published in the "South American Journal" for December 10, 1904:

ImportatioQ $676,163.10

Exportation .■ 60,837.80

Depart mentfl, estimate 60,000.00

Total 787,010.80

This compares with the same month in previous years as follows;

1903, $856,334; 1902, $909,692; 1901, $815,371; 1900, $707,120; 1899,

$841,591; 1898, $057,428; 1897, $851,540; 1896, $826,011; 1895, $880,-

659; 1894, $865,718. The customs receipts for the first ten months of the year show a

total (uncorrected) of $7,448,530, as compared with $8,904,132 in the

same period of 1903, h decrease of $1,455,602.

XOVXHENT OF THE POST 07 KONTEVTSEO DTTBINO ATTQITST, 1904.

The Huenos Ayres ^^Iland^-Zeituiig" {^'JÜeifüta Financiera y Comercial^') publishes the following ãgures showing the commercial movement of the port of Montevideo during the month of August, 1904:

VESSELS CLEARED.

SIcuTuihim 51

Sailing vesselí 3

URUGUAY.

EXPORTS.

	Quanlitr.		QuanUty.
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The Buenos Ayres "Jíandels-Zeitunff'^ ("Seviéta Financia-a y Comercial") publishes the following figures showing the movement of the port of Montevideo for September and the first nine months of 1904:

VESSELS CLEARED.

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VENEZUELA.

DBOBEE CONCSBNINa TKB EXPLOITATION OF COAL SUTES IN THE STATE OF FAXCCÍN.

I, CiPKiAXO Castro, Provisional President of the United States of Venezuela, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Die by decree of the Constitutional Congress, dated May 2 last, relating to tbe Provi- sional Organization of the liepublic, decree:

Article 1. The coal mines in the State of Falcon are hereby ordered to be exploited.

Art. 2. A board of three racnibers shall l)e appointed by a separate resolution to direct and administer the works.

Section 1. It shall be the duty of this board to make the rules gov ■ crning said works and to formulate the by-laws, which shall pre- viously be submitted to the approval of the National Executive, and shall serve as a basis for the Board of Directors in the performance of their duties.

Art. 3. There is hereby assigned, for the present, the sum of 500,000 hoUvars, to be employed in said works in installments of 100,000 hill ¡vara.

Art. 4. The exploitation of these mines in the manner prescribed In the present decree, is under the immediate supervision of the Department of Finance, which shall order a .«pecial account opened entitled "Account for the Exploitation of Mines."

Art. 5. The Secretaries of Finance and of Fomento are charged with the execution of this decree.

Given, signed, sealed with the seal of the National Executive, and countersigned by the Secretaries of Finance and of Fomento, at the Federal Palace in Caracas, October 18, 1904. The ninety-fourth year of Independence and the forty-sixth of the Federation.

Cipriano Castro.

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TRADE OPPOBTUNITIEH IN LATIN AHBRIOA.

TRADE OF GERMANY WITH SOUTH AMERICA.

The total foreign trade of Germany in 1903 reached a magnitude never before attained in any single year. The value of the imports was $1,504,482,252, and of the exports $1,221,004,260, an increase in imports of $122,707,564 and in exporta of $75,693,044 over those of 1902.

The trade with South America is «hewn in the following statement:

	Imports from Soufh	EiporU toBoulb America.
	1902.	lece.	111,233.800 IO,*M.«0 lÍ8w|40a 976. MM .,ÎS:S «75.800 FM, 000 119,000	.«.
	1, HÏ, 400 '■¿H.-iai>	IS S;|:| i^Mslsoo H7,«0	"lis
	860.800 i!s7s)wo
	ïa^lËOO
	115,001.800	131.7(0, «00

The total increase in the trad»with America in 1903 was $41 ,459, 600, of which $29,274,000 was in the trade witii South America. In other words, the development of German trade with North America was considerably lees than that with South America. The increase in impoits from South America was $16,779,000, the increase in exports $12,495,000. The most striking figures in connection with the import movement are furnished by the Argentine Republic and Chile; the imports from the Argentine Republic increased by $16,374,400, while the imports from Chile decreased by $3,787,000. Another interesting ' and important fact is that exactly one-half of the increase of expor- tations to South America were taken by the Argentine Republic.

The trade with Brazil ¡n 1903 has never been surpassed except in the three record years of 1890, 1891, and 1892. It was $5,950,000 higher than the average of the last ten years. This result is all the more important when one remembers that during the year the average price of the most important export product of Brazil — coffee — was considerably lower than in 1902.

TRADE OPPORTUNITIES IN LATIN AMERICA.

One of the largest mining projects in Mexico probably is that about to be undertaken by the Guanacevi Tunnel Company, a recently organ- ized company with a capital of $5,000,000 gold. It is nothing less than tunneling through a mountain for a distance of 10,000 feet, the

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tunnel at one point being 2,200 feet below the surface. When it U stated that OTer two handred known veins of silver, gold, and copper ore will be tapped in boring this tunnel it can be seen where the profit lies. The company haa a grant of 9,000 acres of land in the Guanaceri mining district, which embraces a territory 6 miles long by 4 miles wide. This area is the most densely rained camp in Mexico, there being now 1,000 claims owned and occupied, of a total \'alue of $100,- 000,000. The Guanacevi Tunnel Company now owns and operates a custom luiii of 300 tons capacity a month. They plan to erect a mill of 250 tons daily capacity at the confluence of two streams on their own property, which includes 4,000 acres of good timber land. Two rail- roads are now building toward Guanacevi — the Parral and Diirango from Kosario and the International from Tepehuanes, Work on the tunnel will be commenced early in 1905, and ¡t is estimated that 1,000 to 1,500 feet will have been dug by October, 1906. This section is expected to cut from twenty to thirty veins of ore, and it is thought will pay a handsome dividend at the end of the year. The tunnel is to be 8 feet high b^' 12 wide, and will have a double tramway track its entire length.

The United Railways of Yucatan intend shortly to make extensive improvements at Progreso and Merídâ, the terminals of the main line. At Progreso the company controls four wharves and half of the stor- age facilities of the port. The impi-ovenients at Mcrida include the building of a large imion station to take the place of three separate terminals now in use. The various railroads in Yucatan were acquired by thin company in 1902. There are 525 kilometers of track, 125 kilo- meters of which is standard gauge. Baldwin engines aré used and pull some of the heaviest trains in Mexico. When the company took over the lines the trains had no schedules and were operated by a tele- phone system which was very unsatÍHfactory. The company formed regular schedules for all trains and put in a good telegraph system. Nearly $3,000,000 were spent in new rolling stock, and the company was capitalized at $¿8,000,000, all of which is Yucatan capital. The fastest train in the Kepublic, the 58-kilometcr per hour train between Merida and Progreso, is nm by this company. It is an idea! country for the building of ft railroad as it is level as a floor in nearly all parts, in fact there is not one grade of anj' importajice on the system. But one bridge has been constructed, nature furnishing a solid roadbed.

Three valuable electrical concessions have been obtained by San Francisco firms in the State of Sinalo», Mexico. The concession which will be acted upon first is that of an electric lighting plant for the city of Culiacan, which has a population of 20,000. For this pur- pose the Culiacan Electric Company has been organized in San Fran- cisco. The capital stock will be $300,000. Work is to be commenced within three months on the lighting system, which is required to be

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completed in one year. All of the equipment and iiiaterialB for tbe plaohi under this and the other coocessions will be shipped from Sao Francisco. California redwood polea will be used throughout the systeiDâ, as the ants destroy other poles, including cedar. Another concession ia that for a local and long-distance telephone system extending throughout the Slate of Sinaloa. £iarge modern tolepbono exchangea will be instaUed at Culiacan and Alazatlan. At present the only telephone exchange in tbe State is* a private concern with 50 telephones in Aluzatlao. The third concession is for an electric street railway system in Culiacan, and suburban electric roads. The new company will be required to b^in work on the electric railway within one year, and at least 2 milee of the street line most be opened to the public within two years.

A Glasgow firm has secured the contract for sugar machinery for the Cofradía plant in the State of Jalisco, Mexico. The order, which amoants to $100,000 Mexican, was giren through a house in Guada- lajara. There are now 52 plants turning out reSned sugar in tbe State of Jalisco, the output during the present fiscal year being esti- mated at 11,212,030 pounds. Daniel Ochoa, of GuadalAjara, owns the largest factory in the State, the output being 1,958,000 pounds. Rafael Avus, a resident of Zapotlan, is a close second, with an out- put of 1,936,000 pounds. The third largest factory in the State, with an out)>ut of 1,320,000 pounds, is owned by Foedbbick A. Newton, an American resident in the city of Gaudalajara. The three factories mentioned are equipped with moderu machinery, but many of the other factories still have the old style of plant The mills turning out unrefined sugar in Jalisco number 272. According to estimates, the output this year will be 5,69S,933 pounds. Of the 272 mills there are 11 tlmt manufacture more than 100,000 pounds of panoche, and 32 that make moro than 50,000 pounds. The largest panoche mill is on the Ciosillo hacienda, of Gaudalajara, sad this 3-ear nearly 400,000 pounds of unrefined sugar will be manufactured there.

A concession has been obtained by Luis Gabcia Teboel, president and proprietor of the Oaxaca and Ejutla Railway, for the installation of a metallurgical and smelting establishment in the city of Oaxnca, Mexico, or in Ocotlon or Ejutla, in the State of Oaxaca, as be may elect. The capacity of the furnace shall be not less than 100 tons daily of gold, silver, copper, lead, or other ores. The machinery, apparatus, etc., required for the installation of the works may be imported duty free. Construction mu^t begin within one year from December 23, 1904, and must be completed within two years from the same date. The concessionnaire obliges himself or the company he may organize to invest the sum of $100,000 in the works, and to smelt on the average 22 tons of ore daily. To guarantee the due execution of the obligation accruing under the concession there has been depos-

166 INTEKNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMEEICAN BEPÜBLIC8.

ited in the National Bank of Mexico the sum of $5,000 in bonds. The concessionnaire i^ already preparing for the construction of this new smelter, and will soon announce the exact locality selected therefor on the line of the Oaxaca and Ejutla Railway, by which transportation \a secured for the products and for the ores.

A company which claims to own 170 square leagues of good ixtle- producing land in the State of Coahuila bus been organized at Mexico City with a capital of $1,500,000, said to be fully paid up. The com- pany will manufacture many varieties of twines, ropes, bags, etc., and wiil use as the raw material the. fiber of the ixtle plant, which is the same as the henequén in Yucatan. The main factory will be near the coal mines in Sabinas, Coahuila, on the Interoceauic Railroad, and by the middle of March, 190S, the plant is to be in full operation. The daily capacity of the factory will be 10,000 kilograms of the raw material, and the surplus of the fiber grown will be exported. The machinery to be used in this plant was made for and exhibited at the St. Louis Exposition this year. The prometera have recently retujned iroui' the United States, where they visited many rope and twine manufacturing plants of the larger cities. Besides the machinery which Was exhibited at St. Louis more will be imported from England and tiermany. The company will make a specialty of ropes for mines and ships.

The Great Southern Railway of Buenos Ayres has now in service several newly built first and second class coacha-i, fitted up with latest design of vestibule. It is understood that arrangements are in course for this (ypc of vestibule to be fitted for the present to some 30 more cars, iticluding restaurant cars and day and sleeping coaches. The company is now relaying their line with heavy 100-pound mils from Azul to Cañuelas. When this is completed the carrying capacity will be considerably increased, as the track will be heavy enough and suited for the new 40-ton cars that have been expressly made in Eng- land and are now being placed in commission to meet the approaching great grain hanest. Improvements, costing many thousand dollars, are lieing made at Constitución, the terminus of the road, including the moving of a steel bridge over the Riachuelo some 20 meters from its present location. These alterations are for the purpose of doing away with grade crossings in Constitución.

Arrangements have now reached an advanced stage for the construc- tion of a new railway in the Argentine Republic. The name of the railway will be the Buenos Ayres Southwestern, and it will run from Chacabuco, a point on the Buenos Ayres Pacific, through Sarganto Cabral to the southern part of the Province of San Luis— a total length of 500 kilometers, or about 310 miles. As to the territory through which the new railway will run, and the revenue prospecta of

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the company, the eugineeru have reported that it i» admirably adapted for the cultivation of cereals, lioaeed, and other agi-icultural pi-oduce, for the growth of alfalfa, and fpr stock mising. Much of the land is of excellent quality, the water level is near the surface, and the water generally pure. From an independent estimate of traffic, mude ia Buenos Ayres, a gross annual revenue of íl,375,O00 may reasonahty be expected within five years from the opening for traffic of the whole length of the railway. The new line will compete with certain parts of the Buenos Ayres Western, but the concession for the construction has been granted.

A new monthly steamship service from New York direct to Puerto Oortez is to be inaugurated. New Orleans will no longer have the advantage of having the only line to the east coast. The i\ew serv- ice will be operated by the Hamburg-American Line, and the first steamer to be disjutched will be the Frutera, sailitig January 11, to be followed by the Oraecia February 8. The west coast of Honduras is reached from New York by the Panama Kailroad Steamship Li ne via Colon and Panama, thence by connecting steamer of the PaciSc Mail Line to Amapala. There is talk of building a trolley line from Amapala to the capital, Tegucigalpa. The development of mines, factories, and railroads in Honduras has been very great in the past, year or two.

The work of repairing and rebuilding the Honduras Railroad, which was recently badly damaged by severe storms, is being rapidly pushed. Ten new cars have been ordered in New York for prompt shipment, and 15 others are being built at the company's shops in Puerto Cortes. The roadbed in many places and some of the bridges will have to be rebuilt, and orders have already been given for 500 tons of steel rails and 200,000 feet of timber, all of which will be shipped from Mobile. The improvements and repairs to be made to both passenger and freight rolling stock will be extensive.

A 250,000-Bcre tract of timber land on the Cuernavaca branch of the Mexican Central, in the State of Guerrero, is soon to be exploited by an English company. It is the intention of the company to estab- lish several sawmills and steam plants for the making of shingles and house trimmings generally. The logging operations in the district present some difficulties, which it is thought could be overcome by '<>gSÙ)K equipment such as is made by American concerns.

The River Plate Floating Dock Company has been organized nt Buenos Ayres for the purpose of building a pontoon dock at that poit for the accommodation of vessels up to the largest tonnage that visit the river. The rapid increase in shipping, both national and foreign, has made the matter of dry -docking facilities one of great importance. The present dry docks at Buenos Ayres do not fulfill the various neces-

168 IIÍTBENATIOWAL BUREAU OF THE AMEEICAN REPUBLICS.

sities of shipping with that promptnes» the trade demands. A specialty of the pontoon dock is the short time required in which a vessel c&n be docked and raised oat of the water.

The Central Railway of Southern Brazil has been organized in Port- land, Me., and articles of incorporation filed at Aagtista. The capital stock ia 15,000,000, of which $3,250,000 is preferred. The chief pnr- pose given in the articles of incorporation is to build and operate a railroad from some point on the extreme eastern boundary line of tbe States of Santa Catarina and Kio Grande do Sul to Jonrille, in the State of Santa Catarina.

A concession has been granted to Domingo Barrioz Gomez to establish a malt factory near Qiieretaro, Mexico. It stipulates that at lea-^t $150,000 must be invested in the institution, and the malt must be made from barley of the best quality and specially caltii-ated for this purpose. The concessionaire must submit the plans to the Depart- ment for approval within three months; the construction must com- mence within the following three months, and must be ñnished within five years. The free importation of construction material and machin- ery for the whole plant is allowed, and for the electric machinery to light tbe place. The importation of barley for the factory is allowed during construction and for one year more.

The contract for building tbe foundation and the steel structure for the National Theater in Mexico City has been awarded by the Govern- ment to the firm of Milliken Brothers, New York, who will also furnish all the material to be used for this purpose. The foundation will be constructed of concrete, and concrete arches will be used in the floors. The work will, be commenced in about two months, and the firm expects to have its contract completed and the building ready for the stone men within one year thereafter. The cost of the foundation and the erection of the steel structure will amount to about $1,500,000 Mexican mone^.

A group of mines known as the Chicago, in tbe State of Chihuahua, has been acquired by the Chicago-Mexican Consolidated Mining Com- pany, organized under the laws of South Dakota, and has already commenced development work. The ores are a chloride and are not difficult to treat. The company is arranging for a mil! to be erected on the premises at an early date, and while that is being done the work of preparing the mine for taking out large quantities of ore will be continued with sufficient force to place the mine in first-class con- dition. The new company is capitalized at $1,000,000 gold.

A company has recently been organized in Mexico City among sev- eral prominent men f(»r the development and exploitation of the coal fields known as "La Acujita," at Sabinas, in the State of Coabuila. The company lias been formed with a capitalization of $1,000,000, the

TRADE OPPORTPKITIEe IN LATHf AMEBIOA. 169

sliares numbering 10,000, at (100 per share, of which $300,000 hare already beeo paid in. It ia said that development of the property will commence soon.

The Matb> Grosse Company, with head offices in Buenos Ayres, haa been formed with the intention of taking over the property and equip- ment of the Anâtralian Company in the State of Matto Grosso, Brazil. The new company is capitalized at (500,000 gold, and iotend^ purchas- ing more dredges to replace tho8« destroyed by recent floods. There are some 1,200 miles of dredgable river and tiie properties are held from the Brazilian Government for twenty years, with the option of twenty-five more, and so on, the only royalty being one-eighth o£ 1 per cent of what is extracted.

Fernandez Castello & Payro, contractors of Mexico City, have obtained the contract for extensive drainage and sanitary work there. According to the terms of the contract, work must begin by January 15, 1905, and must be continued without interruption. By June 30, 1905, work to the value of $200,000 must be accomplished, and by June, 1906, at least $400,000 worth of improvements must be com- pleted. The limit of time for the entire completion of the plans laid out ia December 31, 1906.

The United States and .\ndcs Development Syndicate will esta))liuh general South American offices in Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic. - The objects of the syndicate are: To acquire and exploit concessions for electric railroads, power and lighting, waterworks and irrigation, stock breeding, colonization and agricultural lands, and every function of financial business in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. The company also has offices at Los Andes, Chile.

A concession has been granted to Tomas E. Rahos to construct and operate a nftrrow-gauge railroad from Hanucma, Yucatan, Mexico, to the port of Sisal. A telegraph and telephone privilege is also granted under the concession, which runs for ninety-nine years. Con- struction is to be concluded within five years from date of contract, and during that time all necessary material for the undertaking may be imported free of duty.

Papers have been filed under the laws of îiew York State for the incorporation of the Mexican Ore Purchasing Company, with principal offices in New York City. The objects of the company arc to deal in ores and metals, and the capital is placed at $10,000.

A syndicate controlling 110,000 acres of laud in Mexico will engage in the manufacture of furniture from native rosewood, mahogany, and cedar. To handle the entire product there will be established in Los Angeles an immense mercantile house. The capital of the company is said to be $300,000.

170 IHTGBNATIONAL BDBEAU OF THE ¿HEBICAN BEFUBLICB.

Among the American inventions that are admirably adapted to high altitudes in foreign countries lying in subtropical zones are portable oil heaters which can be carried from i-oom to room. A celebrated make of oil heater is having a large sale just now in Mexico, whore cold wares are unknown.

A tieruian syndicate has purchased the street-car lines of Rosario, Argentina Bepublic, with the intention of changing the motive power from mules to electricity. It is not known whether the municipality has gi-antcd the necessary concession to effect the transformation.

A Company has been formed at La Formosa, Argentine Republic, with a capital of $1,000,000 gold to exploit the quebracho wood industry.

Among recent developments in Bolivia are a brewery at Cochabamba and a sawmill at 8anta Cruz de la Sierra.

BOOK NOTES.

Booki and pamphlcta sent to the International Bnreau of the Amerioan Bepnblios, and oontaining subject-matter bearinif upon the countries of the International Union of American Kepnblios, viU be treated under this caption in the Honthly Bulletin.

"(ïold and Copper Mining in Peru" is the title of an article by Knriqub Laroza, E. M., published in the British "Mining Maga- zine " for January, 1905. The article is of great value and handsomely illustrated. The mining code of Peru, according to Mr, Laroza, contains the most liberal laws. The provisions in effect, since 1901, state that any peraon, native or foreign, may acquire proprietary rightjj in Peru. All that is required is a brief petition setting forth the num)>er of claims desired, which may be from one to sixty, the size of a claim being 200 meters long by 100 wide, and containing about 5 acres. Claims covering deposits of coal, gold, platinum, and tin are double — that is, 10 acres. The only duty required is $15 s year, and the law specifies that new duties may not be imposed prior to 1915. The richest copper districts are those of lea, Lomas, and Chimbóte, which contain also large amounts of gold and silver. The most important copper districts are Cerro do Pasco, Yanli, and Huaro- obiri. The first named is the chief producer, and at the present time is attracting the attention of the entire mining world. In 1903 the production of refined copper from Cerro de Pasco was 5,3<}9 tons, from 8,470 tons of argentiferous matte, carrying 88 to tí2 per cent copper and 0.03 to 0,1 per cent silver; and il tons of mattes with 52 per cent copper. The exports for the same year reached 4,593 tons, as follows: 8,130 tons of ai^entiferous copper ore, with from 32 to 34 per cent copper and 0.02 to 0.15 per cent silver; and 1,463 tons

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of ore with 25 to 3ã per cent copper. It b to be noted that this pro- duction does not iocliide the output of the Cerro de Pasco Mining- Company, whoije mines have been closed down the past two years on^ account of preparations being made on a larger scale. The district oC CeiTo de Pasco not only produces copper and silver, but comprises also- the important gold mines of Quinua. In the andesites to the south- east are veins of silver, lead, copper, atid bismuth, with a large pcr- ceatage of silver in the outcrop. Another item of importance in the- developraent of Cerro de Pasco is the occurrence of important deposits of coal. That of Quisuarcancha is of the first (¡uality and furnishes, good coke.

The British "Mininjf M^^ziue" for January, 1905, publishes an interesting article on mining in Bolivia by D. H. Bradley, jr., E, M. In regard to gold mining Mr. Bradley says that the history of gold mining in Bolivia extends into the remote past. The fabulous wealth of the Incas, which attracted shiploads of hardy adventurers from, beyond the seas, was doubtless accumulated from washings in Bolivian, streams. Gold-bearing quartz is of frequent occurrence throughout tiie Republic. The immense deposits of copper in Bolivia have ren- dered that branch of the mining industry protitablc for many years,. with no apparent diminution of the supply. Copper occurs native as a sulphide, usually carrying gold, and as a carbonate. As a tin-pro- ducing country Bolivia is second only to the Malay Peninsnla, the- source of Banca tin. With the exception of Potosí bar tin the- product of Bolivia is second in quality to none. The deposits are rich^ the output is rapidly increasing, and, at the present rate, it will soon surpass that of any other country. Mr. Bradley further states that the policy of the counti-y toward foreign investors is extremely liberal^ and every assistance ¡s given them in the development of the natural resources. Instead of taxing prospectors to the utmost limit, nil min- ing machinery is allowed to enter free of diity and only a sniatl tax is imposed on the exportation of tin, copper, gold, and silver. The raining laws allow foreigners to hold claims on equal terms with citizens of the country.

A volume containing the views of Señor Alberto Gutierrez, a. fonner Secretary of the Bolivian Legation iti Washington on the United States) NotoH e Impresiones de los Eataãos Unidof), has been received by the Columbus Memorial Library and covers such a wide range of subject» asare included in chaptei-s entitled, respectively; "The Model Democracy," "The National Character," "Social Life," "New York, and the Capital," "Chicago and Industry," "San Francisco, the Port of Asia," "Boston and Education," " Washington and Politics," "The Monroe Doctrine." The various ¡subjects are discussed with great breadth of mind and a keen perception of national characteristics, the Bull. Ko. 1—05 13

172 IKTEENATIONAL BÜBEAU OF THE AMEEICAN REPUBLICS.

author proceeding on the linos indicated iu one of the paragraphs of his introduction: "I consider that the sentiment of national person- ality is, for a people, correlative with the sentiment of personal dignity for an individual."

^^ Die Eis^ihaknen atishra«ilmnigchen Staaíes Sïïo Paulo" (Railways in the State of São Paulo, Brazil). This work, prepared by Alberto KuHLMANN and received by the Columbus Memorial Library, is a pamphlet of 39 p^^^s, containing interesting data referring to the development of railway systems in the State of SSo Paulo, "No country in the world," to quote the author, "excepting the United States, has shown such progress economical!}', and especially in the aphere of railways, as the State of Silo Paulo in Brazil. The fact that all these lines, with the exception of two or three, are working profit- ably is of the greatest consequence in the development of the railway system, showing, as it does, that it was not purely a speculative enter- prise. The immense capital, foreign and domcíitic, which is sunk in these lines, as well as the almost incalculable material necessary for the construction and working of them, are facts of general interest. The object of this pamphlet is to give a clear insight into the condition as well as future of the local railway transportation industry." Many excellent photographs and two maps arc attached to this work.

Volume VIII of the "Reports of the Princeton University Expedi- tions to Patagonia, 1890-1899," has been received by the Columbus Memorial Library, and, like the preceding numbers of this series, is a valuable addition to its collection of Americana. The volume in ref- erence treats, in continuation, of the botany of Patagonia and is embel- lished with numerous and interesting plates of the plant life of the country. The contents represent the research of Prof. Geoboe Macloskie, of Princeton University, and are edited by William B. Scott, Blair Professor of Geology and Paleontologj' of the same univeifiity.

A paper of great interest, particularly at the present time on account of its reference to the immigration question, has recently been received by the Columbus Memorial Library. These essays, " Das Deutschium in Suãbrasilién vnd Suã^hih" (Gennnnism in southern Brazil and southern Chile) are based upon personal observations made by the author, Dr. Alfred Hettner, professor of geography at the Univer- sity of Heidelberg, Germany, in the year 1890, and but only recently published.

'■'■ JiericIUe vler Huyidd imã Fiiduntrie" ot November 15 and Decem- ber 6, 1904, contain two articles of great value, the one published in November treating the mining industry in the Province of Tarapará,

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Chile, and the other the diamond industry in the State of Baliia, Rrn- zil. Tliej are reports of the German consuls at Iqiiiqne and Bahia, respectively.

"Brazil at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition," St, Louis, 1904, is the title of what is practically an up-to-date handbook of the Brazilian Republic and its resources. While originally intended as a souvenir of Brazil's participation in the Exposition, it has great value as a starting point for future investigation. The publication was prepared under the supervision of Col. F. M. de Souza Aguiar, president of the commission for the exploitation of Brazil's interests at St. Louis, and, in addition to its varied information of economic and statii<tiral value, is embellished with numerous and beautiful illustrations. A catalogue of exhibits forms a valuable addendum to the volume.

The " Engineering and Mining Journal" for January 5, 1905, con- tains a valuable article on Mexico, with special reference to the min- ing industry of the Republic by James W, Malcolmson, The open- ing paragraph is significant of the whole article, it being stated that the Mexican production of silver is greater than that of any other country, while as a producer of copper the country ranks second only to the United States, The various minend districts are treated of separately, and a map of communications adds value and interest to the paper.

The "Danger of Introducing the Boll Weevil "forms the subject of an article by Dr. Rudolph Enduch, of Mexico, published in "7>ir Tropenpñanser''' for December, 1904. Doctor Endlich says: " As the importance of this plague is greatly underrated outside of the blighted districts, I think it advisable to briefly compile the more important data concerning the habits, and damages, of this insect, aa well as the efforts made for its extinction, and to point out the great danger which lies in its unchecked propagation, threatening the cotton zones of the whole world."

^^ Pettrmaniig MltteUungtn" No. XI, 1904, publishes two articles, one by Dr. H. v. Iiibrinq, Director of the Museum at Sito Paulo, entitled "Rio Juruá" and the other by Dr. Alfrkd Benkatu, "Con- cerning a glacial period in the Peruvian Coast Andcíi.

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Al>eille . . . con una Introducción por el Dr. Louis Duvau. Paris, Lib. Emile

Bouillon, 1900. 434 p. 8°. [Anitn.] H^collectíons of a service of three yearif during the war of extermination

ill the RepublicBof Venezuela and Colombia, by ainifficer of the Colombian navy.

Lond., Hunt and Clarke, 1828. 2 v. 8°. Anlouiu, B.: Études sur I'hifitoire d'Haïti, snivieH de la vie du Général J. M. Bor-

gella par B, Anjouin. ParL», Dezobr>- et E. Magdelcine, 1853-1858. Illiis. 8 v.

Belot, Gustave de: La véritú sur le Honduras. Étude liistorique, géographique, poli- tique et coininerciale sur l'Amérique Centrale, par Gustave de Belot. Paris, Au Burenn du Journal des Considats, n. d. map. 95 p. 8°.

Bianconi, F., and Medina, Crisanto: République du Guatemala . . . Paris, Impr. Chaùc, 1890. inap. 31 p. sq. 8°.

Bianconi, F., and Vega, Luis Salinas: République de Bolivie . . . Paris, Impr. Chais, 1887. map. 29 p. sq. 8".

BinI, M. B.; L'homme noir; ou notes histi^riques sur l'indépendance Haïtienne. Dédiées au gouvernement et an peuple d'Haïti, psrM. B. Bird. E<linburgh, Murray et Uibb. 1876. 360 p. 12°.

Blair, E. H., and Robertson, J. A.: The Philippine islands 1493-1898 . . . Trans- lated from the originals, edited and annotated by Fmma Helen Blair and Jatnca Alexander Rolwrtson. vol. xx, 1621-1624. Cleveland, Ohio, The Arthur H. Clark Co., 1904. 306 p. 8".

Bimnycastle, R. H.: Spanish Ameriia; or a descriptive, historical, and geographical account of the dominions of Splun in the Weetem Hemisphere, continental and itisnlar ... by R. H. Bonnycastle. ¡Ilns. maps. Lond., Longman, Hurst, Reea, Orme, and Brown, 1818. 2 v. 8".

Borland, Francis: The history ot Darien. Giving a short description of that country, an account ot the attempts of the Scotcli nation to settle a iwlony in that place ... by the Rev. Mr. Francis Borland . . . Glasgow, Printed by John Bryce, 1779. 76 p. 12°.

Brinton, Daniel G.: The native calendar of Central America and Mexico, a study in linguistics and symbolism by Daniel G. Brinton . . . Philadelphia, MacCalla & Co., 1893. 59 p. 8°.

Chevalier, M. Michel: Mexico, ancient and modern, by M. Michel Chevalier, trans- lated under the author's eui>erintendence by Thomas Alpass. I>ond., John Maxwell & Co., 1864. 2 v. »".

Constantino Guerrero, Emilio: Sangre patria. Caraca?, Tip. J. M. Herrera Irigoven y C'a., 1904. 186, (1) p. 12°.

Colombo, Ezio: Iji repiibblica Argentina nelle sue fasi storiche e nelle sue attuali condizioni geografíclie, stalisticlie ed ecouomiche, di F.zio Colombo, map. Milano, Ulrico Hoepli, 1905. 330, 64 p. 16°.

Créqui Montfort, M. de, et M. Sénéchal: Rapport sur une mission Bcientiflque en Amérique du Sud. ( Bolivie, République Argentine, Chili, Pérou. ) Paris, Impr. Nationale, 1904. map. 81-129 p, 8°.

Delany, Frank J.: Argentina. From a grain man's point of view. Chicago, Nash- Wright Co.. 1904. 39 p. nar. 12°.

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Domínguez, Luis L.: Hiatoria Argentina. BuenoH Aires, Imprenta del Orden, 1861.

519 p. 8°. Doumatray & Rouliaud: Coup d'tpil aur la république de l'Amérique Centrale, et

particuliùremeut sur lea états de Nicaragua et Co8ta-Rica, accompagné d'une

carte de ces deus états, par MM. Dum&rttay et Rouhaud. Paria, J. Andriveau-

Goujon, 1832. map. 8, 12 p. sq. 8°. Descripciiin historic», geográfica y política de la república <le Colombia, ed. oficial.

BogoU, Impr. de "La I-uz," 1887. 23 p. 12». De Navarrete, Martin Femilndez: Colección de los viajes y d encubrimientos quo

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1858-59. Tomos 3-5. Madrid, Impr. Nac., 1829-37. 5 v. 8». Dépens, V.: Travels in parts of South America, during the years 1801, 1602, 1803,

1804; containing a description of the Captain -Generalship of Carracas, nitli an

account of the laws, ete., of that country, by F. Depons. I^nd., Richard

Philliiw, 1806. maps, 157, (3) p. 8=. = Duque- liletrada Gonzaga, L.; A arte brasileira. Pintura e esculpí ura. Kio de

Janeiro, Impr. H. Lonibaerts A C, 1888. 254, (1) p. 12°. d'Orbigny, Alcide: Voyage pittorewjue dana les ileux AmérIqueM . . . publie houb

la direction de M. Alcide d'Orbigny . . . Parie, Impr. de Henri Duptiy,

1836. illus. maps. 568 p. 8°. Engineering and Mining Journal: The minerai industry of the United States iliiriiig

1903 ... V. XII. N. Y. and Lond., Kngineering and Mining Journal, 1904.

193 p. 8°. Fernandes, Ricanio Guardia; Cuentos (icos. Cleveland, Burrows Brothertí, 1901.

293 p. 12°. =Fie1d Columbian Museum: The fresh-water fishes of Mexico north of the isthmus

of Tehuantepee. By Seth F~ Meek. Chicago, [Museum], 1904. (I'ubl. 93;

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inquiry for the junction of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. By Lionel (.Ünlxirne.

Lond., Saunders & Stanford, 1853. mapc. 238 p. 11°. Grossi, Vincenzo: Geografia commerciale dell' America del Sud. 1. Cliili. tienova,

Stabbilimento Artisti Tipografl, 1890. 62, (1) p. 8°. Grandidier, M. Ernest: Voyage dans l'Amérique du Sud. Pérou et Bolivie, l'aris,

Michel Levy Frùres, 1861. 310,(1) p. 8°. =Gntiérrei, All)erto: Notna é impresiones de los Estados L'nídos, por Alberto (iutié-

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p. 8°. Hakluyt, Richard: The principal navigations, voyagea, traffiquea and discoveries of

the English nation ... by Richard Hakluyt. Glasgow, James Maclehose &

Sons, 1904. v. 9-11. 8°. =Intemalional Bureau of the American Republics: Bolivia. Geographical sketch,

natural resources, laws, economic conditions, actual development, pro8|>ecIs of

future growth. Washington, (iovernment Printing Office, 1904. illus. 214 p.

8". = Exhibit of the International Bureau of the American Republics at the IjOiii-

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the republic of Haiti. Revised to October, 1904. Washington, Government

Printing Office, 1904. 343 p. 8°.

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==Internfttion8!Bijreaiiof the American Eepnblios:' Monthly Bulletin. Vol. IB, No. 8. Decenilwr, 1904. Washington, fiovemnient Printing Office, 1904. pp. 703-1068. 8". (Indes.)

Annusl Ri>port of Ihc Dlicclor.

Argentine RepubUc. Insugural «ddren bj- Prenident Quintilla; ei porta lo the Vnilcd

glale9, third qiwrter, IBM; InduMrlal rondilfoiiH in i»M; port moremeni» 111 Augiut, I9M:

railroads of Ihc Republic; Eblpmcnls of wool. Bnull. Uovemcat of the twrloi Pernambuco, eeptcmbec. IQIM; progresa of mangancM

mining: prccloue-alones Industry; condition of coflee culllvaUan in Sto Paulo. Chile. Customs recelpta, flrat nine mnnihe of 1«M: nitrate: warehouse conetriicllon at Gov

emmeiit i^tloii»: railway construptlon Itom Qoinlero to Calera and Nogale». Colombia. Prccioiis-ilones Induatr]-. CoBla Rica. Uarkcl conditions. Cuba. Rv>«im<!aftradecoadlÜonMB90-IWO: budget lorI»(l5; marLelcondillona; tradewllb

Ecuador. PorelgD trade In IMS: metüaseof President Placa: coalomg law, Jannary I,19M.

Halt!. Market condition!.

Mexico, Foreign Commerce. July, IBM; ciigtom-houae receipt», BepWmber, 19W: growth ol the mineral InduKlry: collón manufacturltig: banana culture; new railroad concesión; American tmdo in Ciiahulta: protection for Mexican producer; amended ciutnm-bouse

Nicaragua, MarLet conditions.

Peru, Tungsten rtcposil; Peruvian sulpha r enterprise: precious stones in Peru.

ITnlted Stnles. Trade with Latin America: consular trade reporta: foreign commerce in Oclobcr, 1901; arrangement of pending questions with Panama; mewagi' of Preddcnl Roosevelt: commercial Intercourse with Mexico; agricultural wealth in IKOl.

rruguaj-. Foreign commerce, flrat quarter of IKM; customs receipts, first nine months of 19U4; movement of the port of Montevideo in July, 1904,

Veneniola, Decree concerning the construction ol an Iron bridge OTer IhffBrocouû Rlrer, In the eiate of Ttu]I11o: conslmcllon of a highway betwoen Bubio and Colon In the State ol Tachira; precious .■tones lit Venezuela: pearl Ibheries of Venezuela: Venecuelan cattle

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cMalga, Francisco Enrico: Un puHado de cifras. Introducción al debate pB.rÍun«i- tario Hobre impuestos. Lima, Iinpr. de] Estado, 1904. 69 p. nar, le".

^Magalhães de Axeredo: Alma primitiva. Uio de Janeiro, Cunha & Irmáo, 1896. 202,12 p. 12".

=Marqoez, J. Arnaldo; El Perú y la España moderna, t. 2. Docnmentoe. Lima, Impr. de Aurelio Alfaro y Ca., 1SS6. unp. 8°.

=Netto, Coelho; Por móntese valles. (Ouro Prerto e Vaisoarap.) Río de Janeiro, Jjiemmert & C, [1893], 194 p. 12»,

= Praga: lüo de Janeiro, J. Cuaba & C, 1894. 115 p. 16°.

=LopeH, B.: Valdelyrioa. Kio de Janeiro, Laeiumert A C, 1900. 144 p. 12°.

^Ortega, Francisco: Nicarai^a en los primeros aflos de en emancipación política. París, Tip. Oarnier y Hermanos, 1894. 171 p, 12'".

Payne, Edward J.: Voyagea of the Elizabethan seamen to America. Select nar^- tiveafrom the "Principal navigations" ol H»kluyt 2d ser. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1893. 2 v. 12",

^Railway Eipiipment Co.: Pocket list of railroad offlcials . . . of the United States. Canada, and Mexico. N, Y,, Railway Equipment and Publication Co,,n. d. 608 p. 16°.

e=Ralston, Jackaon H,: Venesiielan arbitrations of 1903, including protocols, person- nel, and mIeBof cominiaiílons, opinions, etc., prepared by Jackson H. Kalston, assisted by W. T. Sherman Doyle. Washington, G. P. 0-, 1904. 1105 p. 8°.

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Soberte, alando W.: Narrative of vo\-agee and excniBione on the east coast and in the interior of Central America ... by Orlando W. BobertH, with notes and observations by Eklwan.1 Irving. Edinburgh, Printed for ConstAble & Co., 1827. map. 302 p. nar. 16°.

— ROthlisberger, Em?t: Sadamerikanische streitfrage zu ende de^ xix. un<1 be^nn des SX. jahrhnnderts. Bem, Büchler ft Co., 190*. 53 p. 12°.

Sahi^n, Fray Bernardino de: Histoire j^nérale des choeen de la Noavelle-Eepagne par le R. P. Fray Bernardino de Sahagnn traduite et annotée par D. Jourdanet et par Rémi Simeon. Pariy, G. Mâsson, 1860. 898 p. 8".

La S^ra, RamAn de; Histoire de l'tledeCulja; physique et politique de l'Ile de Cuba, par Ramón de la Sagra. Paris, Arthua Bertrand, 1844. 2 v. 8".

Stevenson, W. B.: Relation historique et descriptive d'un séjour de vingt ans tiana l'Amérique du Sud . . . Paris, A. J. Kilian, 1826. 3 v. 8°.-

Scientific American reference book. N. Y., Munn & Co., 1905. 516 p. 12°.

Seeligniann, T.: India rubber and gntta-piercha. A complete practiotl treatise on indis rubber and gutta-percha in their historical, botanical, arbori cultural, mechanical, chemical, and electrical aspects. Translated from the French of T. Seeligmann [and others] by John Geddes Mclntoi^h. Lond., Scott, Green 4 Co., 1903. 402 p. 8°.

Blblioeiapli]-. p. 3SS.

=VarEea, Virgilio: Mares e campos. Rio de Janeiro, Cunha & Irmáo, 1695. 209, 9 p. 12°.

= Valle, Arturo del; Guía de Costa Rica. 1905. San José, Impr. Avelino Alaina, 1904. 253 p. 8".

=Castro, Viveiros de: Ideas e piiantasias. Rio de Janeiro, Cunha & Irmúo, 1895. 258, (l),J2p. 12°.

OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS. Aboestise REruBLic.

^Ministerio de (^cultura: Sketch of the Ai^ntine Repnblic asa country for immi- gration. 2ded. Latestdata. BuenosAyree, 1904. iUus. maps. 136, (2) p. 8°.

=Ministerio de relaciones exteriores: Documentos diplomáticos y consulares, t. 5. 1" ser. Buenos Aires, Tip. de la Penitenciaria Nacional, 1904. 234, (8) p. 8°.

=Ministerio de relaciones exteriores: Memoria que presenta el ministro de relaciones

exteriores y culto . . . ante el congreso ordinario de 1904. La Paz, Tip. de J. M.

Gamarra, 1904. xxvii, 400, iv p. 8°. 'Oficvia nacional de inmigración, estadística y propaganda tKográñcA: Boletín de la

oãcina. Primer trimestre de 1904. Nos. 37, 38, 39. la Paz, Tip. Comercial,

1904. 325 p. 8°.

=BiblÍotheca nacional. Annaeedabibliotheca nacional do Rio de Janeiro, v, XXI II,

1901. Rio de Janeiro, Inipr. Nacional, 1901. 639 p. 4°. = V, XXIV. 1902. Rio de Janeiro, Typ, da Bibliotheca Xac., 1904.

391 p. 4°. = Catalogo dos manuscriptos da Bibliotheca Nacional do Rio de Janeiro, t, V.

Rio de Janeiro, Impr. Nac., 1904. 523 p. 4°. =Congre£80 nacional: Annaes do senado federal . . . BessGes de 3 de Maio « 31 de

Julho de 1902. v. I. Rio de Janeiro, Impr. Nac, 1904. Ix, 269 p. 8°. = SesefleadeldeAKoeto8 31deOutubrodel902. v. II. Rio de Janeiro,

Impr. Nac., 1903. xxiü, 811 p. 8°. = Sessões de 1 de Novembro a 30 do Dezembro de 1902. v. 111. Rio

de Janeiro, Impr. Nacional, 1904. sx, 794, 11 p. 8°.

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=De8criptive memorial ol the State of Rio Gnuide do Sul, Brazil, orgaaizod by oflee

ofthepreudent . . . for the inteniational «xhibition. S. Lui i, 1904. Compiled

by Eugenio Dahne. Porto Altare, Print. Commercial Library, 1904. 44, (1)

p. 8°. = Direov^ de hydr<^^phia. Itluminaçfto e baheamento ila coeta, portos, barraa, rioe

e lagoHS navegáveis . . . Riode Janeiro, Impr. Nacional, 1004. pie., 47 p. 8°. = Miniaterii) da justiça e negocioe interiores: Relatório apresentado ao presidente

da Republiia doa Ealados Unidos do Brazil . . . Mar^o de IfMM. Rio de

Janeiro, Inipr. Nacional, 1904. vi¡, 526 p. 8".

Annexes ao relatório . . . Rio <le Janeiro, 1904. illus., miec. pp. 8°.

Ministerio ele estado dos negocios da fazenda: Balanço da receita e despeza da

republica no exercício de 1899 e estado das dividas— activa e passiva. Rio de

Janeiro, Impr. Nacio;i8l, 1904. 384 p. 4°. Etposicao da propoBla da receita e deepeza do exercício de 1905. Río île

Janeiro Impr, Nacional, 1904. x, 47 p. 8°. Minihterio da agricultura e obras publicas: Statistics of imports and exports. The

mo^emellt of shipping, exchange and coffee in the . . . Unitcl States of Brazil

for the year 1902 ... Rio de Janeiro, 1904. [143] p. 4°. boLiedadeScientiflcade São Paulo: Relatório da directoría. 1903-1904. SAoPauto,

T\ p de Carlos Gerke, 1904. 51 p. 8°.

Colombia.

Informe del presidente de la corte de cuentas al congreso de 1904. Bogotá, Impr. eléctrica, calle 10, nr. 168, 1904. sivii, 156 p. (2). 8°.

Oficina de historia natural: Trabajos de la oflcína de historia natural. Sección de inÍnernIogfa y geología. Gemas y minerales litoides de la república de Colombia, por Ricanto Lleras Codazzi. Boftatá, Impr. Nocional, 1904. 30 p. 8°.

Costa Rica.

Tratado de paz y arbitraje obligatorio centroaui encano. Acta de instalaciún del tri- bunal dearbitraje y reglamento del mismo. San José, Tip. Nacional, 1902. txí

Conferencia nacional (tercera) de beneficencia y corrección de la isla de Cuba. 1904.

Habana, Impr. "La Moderna Poesía," 1904. Memoria oficial, illus. 3t<S, (3)

p. 8". í^retarfa de gobemación: Centro general de vacuna. Boletín no. 6. Habana,

Impr. "La Moderna Poesía," 1904. illas. 45 p. 8°. Secretarfa de hacienda: Eeladfstica general. Presupuestos municipales, .\floa fis- cales de 1901-1902, 1902-1903 y 1903-1904. Habana, Impr. Mercanül, 1904. 62,

(6)p. F°. Proyecto de preniipuesto,s de ingresos y gastos para el ejercicio fiscal de 1905 £

1906 . . . presentados al congreso en 15 de noviembre de 1904. Habana,

Impr. de Ramlda y Bouza, 1904. Ix, 174 p. 8°. Secretarfa de estado y justicia, departamento de estado: Documentos internacionales

referentes al reconocimiento de la república de Cuba. Habana, Impr. "La

Moderna Poesía," 1904. illns. 152 p. 4°. Mensaje del Presidente Tomís Estrada Palma al congreso de la nspi'ibliea de Cuba al

inaugurara la 2' legislatura de 1904. Habana, Impr. de Rambla y Bouza, 1904.

42 p. S".

Ministerio de lo interior y ])olÍc[a, obras públicas etc. al congreso onlinario de 1904. Quilo, Impr. Nacional, 1904. unp. 8".

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Ministerio de obras piiblicae: Informe especial del uiiiiieterio île obraa públicas- Bobre el ferrocarril trasandino al congreoo de 1903. Quito, Impr. Nac., 1903. map. 156 p. B".

Informe de 1904. Quito, Impr. Nadoiial, 1904. mise. p. 8°.

Dominican Repu bl cr.

Constjtuciún política de la república dominicana. Ed. oficial. Santo DoniingOr Impr. de García Hermanos, 1896. 47 p. 8°.

Foreign office; Trade of Chito for the year 1903. Lond,, Harrison 4 Sons, 1904. 28 p. 8°.

Presupuesto general para el ano económico de 1904 i 1905 decretado por la Hsamble» nacional constilnyente. Tegucigalpa, Tip. Nacional, 1904. 52 p. F".

Mexico.

Sociedad mexicana de geografía y estadística: Kueva forma de cambio de sistema monetario. Kstudio jiresentado en la sesión del 17 de noviembre de 1904 d. la Sociedad mexicana de K<:ograffa y estadística por cl socio Luis U. Alvarez, Mexico, Of. Impresora de Estampillai, 1904. 29 p. 6°.

Pan.im.î.

Conatitntion of the Republic of Panama. Panama, Impr. "Star and Herald," 1904, 35 p. 8".

PtRV.

Oficina Munidpal de Estadística: Datos demográficos de la ciudad de Lima en el ano de 1903. Lima, Imprenta del Estado, 1904. (4), Ix pp. 4°.

Salvador.

Facultad de farmacia y ciencias natutales: Reglamento de la facultad . . . S&n

Salvador, Impr. Nacional, 1902. 84 p. 12°. Reeefia de las laborea de la asamblea nacional legislativa del Salvador, presentada

por el presidente de la misma, Don Federico Mejia. Año 1904. San Salvador,

Impr. Nac, 1904. 20, (1) p. 8°. Estatutos univerñtarioB . . . 1901. San Salvador, Impr. Nacional, 1904. 59 p.

12=. Bosquejo fínico, político é histórico de la república del Salvador . . . San Salvador,

Impr. Nacional, 1869. 368, (1) p. nar. 12°.

L'nitbd Statim.

Department oí Agriculture: Bureau of Forestry. Progress report on the strength of stmctural timber. By W. Kendrick H. Hatt. [Washington, 1004.] 28 p. 8°.

Department of Commerce and Labor: Bureau of the Census. Report of the Direc- tor to the Secretary of Commerce and Lal>or concerning the operations of the Bureau for the year 1903-4. Washington, 1904. 39 p. 8".

Monthly consular reports. October and November, 1904 (Nos. 289 and 290),

Washington, Government Printing Office, 1904. 2 v. 8°.

Department of the Interior: The gutta percha and rubl>er of the Philippine Islands. By Pennoyer L. Sherman. Manila, Bureau of Public Printing, 1903. illus. uiapfl. 43 p. 8°.

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Report of the Secretarr of títe Interior for fiscal year ended June 30, 1904. Wash- ington. Govemm^t Printing Office, 1004. 328 p. 8°,

Department of 8(ate; A catalogue of the exhibit of the Department of Stale atthe Louisiana Purchase Exposition, HL Loois, 1904. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1904. illus. 62 p. S".

Department of War; Bureau of Insular ABairs. Beport of the Chief of the Burean of Insular Affairs to the Secretary of War. 1904. Washington, Govemntent Printing Office, 1904. 80 p. 8°.

Philippine Government: Official catalogue of Philippine exhibits. Universal expo- BiUon,St. Louis, U. S. A., 1904. 8t Louis, 1904. illus. 305 pp. 8°.

Invitación solicitando una cooperación genera). InformacioDeeéinsttuccioiiM

que se deberán tener en cuenta pam ta eiposicióu universal de St. Luis en 1904. La exposición preliminar do Manila en 1003. Manila, Bureau of Public Printing, 3903. 18 p. 8°.

Souvenir of the Philippine exposition, World's Fair, St. Ixtuie, 1904. Pub- lished by the Manila Review of Trade and Price Current [190*]. illus. 94 p. 8'.

EejKirt of tlie Auditor for the Philippine Islands to the Secretary of War, the Civil Governor of the Philippine IslaiKla, and the United States Philippine Commis- sion for the fiscal year ended June 30, -1903. Manila, Bureau of Public Printing, 1903. 170 p. 8*.

Second Special Report . . . covering the period from September 1, 1002, to

October 8, 1903. Manila, Bureau of Public Printing, 184 p. 8°.

Smithsonian Institution: Bureau of American Ethnology. 21st and 22d annual reports of the Bureau of American Ethnology. 1809-1001 (pt. 1). Washington, Government Printing Office, 1903-1904. 2 v. 4°.

Tnasury Depertinent: Marine-Iiot^tal Service. Annual Report of the SurB^on- General. AVashington, 'Government Printing Office, 1904. 677 p. 8=,

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Carta general del Imperio Mexicano, formado y corregida con presencia de loa dtti- mos datos y el auxilio de las autoridades más competentes. México, Impr. y Lit. de Decaen y Debray . . . 1885.

ADDITIONS TO THE FEBHANEITT FIXA U8T DTTBINO DBOXH- BBR, 1004.

Revista del Archivo y Biblioteca Kacional de Honduras. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Monthly. The Technical World. Chicago, III. Monthly.

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ArgentÍDÍBchea Wocheablatt. Buenos Ayres. Weekly.

Boletín <Ie la Cumttra Mercantil. Barracas al Sud. Weekly.

Boletín (le la Uni6n Industrial Argentina. Buenos Ayres. Monthly.

Boletín del Instituto Geogrffii^ Argentino. Buenos Ayres.

Boletín Demográfico Argentino. Buenos Ayres. Monthly.

•Boletín Oficial de la Bepúblim Argentina. Buenos Ayres. Daily.

Bollettino Menaile della Camera Italiana di Comiiiercio ed Arti in Buenos Aire

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Jornal do Recife. Pemaniliuco. Daily.

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Provincia (A) do Parí. Belém. Daily.

Revista Agrícola. Sao Paulo. Monthly.

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Boletín de la Sociedad Nai-ionat de .agricultura. Santiago. Weekly.

Boletín de la Sociedail Xai'ional de Minería. Santiago. Monthly.

Chilian Times. Valparaiso. Sendiveekly.

Diario Oficial de la Repiilitica de Chile. Santiago. Daily.

El Mercurio. Valparaiao. Daily.

Kl Noticiero Omiercial. Santiago de Chile. Monthly.

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Diario Oñcial. Bogotii. Daily.

Beiifita de la Iiistniccióii Pública de Colombia. Bogotá. Monthly,

• Boletín Comercial. San Jow. Daily.

Boletín Judicial. San José. Daily.

Ia i.iaceta. ( Diario Oficial. ) San Jun-. Daily.

Boletín ilel Centro <"!eneral de Comerciantes e Industriales de Cuba. Habana.

Monthly. La liacetn Económica. Habana. Tñmonihly. Uacela Oflcial de la República de Cu1>a. Habana. Daily.

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Len Annales Diplomatiques et Consulaires. Paria. Monthly.

Bulletin lie la Chambre de Commerce de F^ris. ParÏH. Weekly.

Bulletin de la Société de Géographie Commerciale de Paris. Paris. Irregular.

La Géographie. Bulletin de la Société de tííograiihie. Paris. Semimonthly.

Journal d'Agriculture Tropicale. Paris. Monthly.

Journal Officiel de la République Française. Paris, France. Daily.

Moniteur Offii.-iel du Comment!. Paris. Weekly.

I« Nouveau Monde. Paris. Weekly.

La Revue. Paris, Semimonthly.

Revue du Commert-e Extérieur. Paris. SemÎuioutlily.

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Boanl of Ti-ade Journal, Ijindon. Weekly.

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Diplomatic and Consular Re]iorts. t»ndon.

Geographical Journal. London. Monthly.

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Times (The). London. Daily.

"Diario de C«ntro-.\mérica. Guatemala. Daily.

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La República. Guatemala. Daily.

Bulletin Officiel de l'Agriculture et de l'Industrie. Port au Prince. Monthly.

'Le Moment. (Journal politique.) Port au Prince, Haiti. Weekly.

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Boletín Legislativo. Tegucigalpa. Daily.

La Gaceta. Tegucigalpa. Daily. (Diario Oñcial.)

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■El Pabellón de Ilondurae. Tegacigalpa. Weekly.

*ËI Republicano (semi-official). Tegucigalpa. Three times a week.

Bollettino del Miuiatro ilegli Affari Esteri. Roma. Irregular.

El Agricultor 2ktesicana. Ciudad Juarez. Montlily.

'Boletín lie Agricultura, Minería 6 Industrias. lilOxico. Monthly.

Boletín de Bstadística. Mórida. Semimonthly.

Boletín df! Instituto Científico y I.iterario. Toluca. KIouthlf.

Diario Oficial- Mélico. Daily.

El Economista Mexicano. Mélico. Weekly.

El Estado de Colima. Colima. Weekly.

El Hacendado Mexicano. México. Monthly.

Me;cii-an Herald. México. Dwly. (Filed for one year.)

Mesi«m Investor. México. Weekly.

Mexican Journal OÍ Commerce. Mexico City, Monthly.

Periódico Oficial del Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero. Chilpancingo, México.

Weekly. •Periódico Oficial del Gobierno del Estado de Miclioacán de Ocampo. Morelia,

Mexico. Semi weekly. "Perit'idíco Oficial del Gobierno del Estado de Oaxaca. Oaxaca de Jnares, México.

Semiweekly. Periódico Oficial del Gobierno del Estada de Tabasco. San Juan Bautista, México.

Senil weeklv. •El Progreso' de México. México. Weekly. £1 Republicano. .Aguascalientee. Weekly. Semana Mercantil. México. Weekly.

El Comereio. Managua. Duly. (Received irregularly.) Diario Oficial. Alanagua. Daily.

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El Comercio, Manila, Philippine Islands. Daily.

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Bulletin of the .American Geographical Society. New York.

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Bulletin ol the Geographical Society of Philadelphia. Philudelpliia. 5Ionthly.

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Coal Trade Journal. New York. Weekly.

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Current Literature. New York, N. Y. •

Dun's Review. New York. Weekly.

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Rngtneerii^ Magazine. New York, N. Y. Monthly.

Engineering and Mining Journal. New York. Weekly.

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Export Implement Age. Philadelphia. Monthly.

Field Columbian Mueeuni Publications. Chicago.

Foruui <The). New York. Quarterly.

India Rubtwr Worid. New York. Monthly.

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Miner and Manufacturer. El Papo, Tex. Monthly.

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National Geographic M^«ziite. New York. Monthly,

New-Yorker Handels-Zeitnng. New York, Weekly.

North American Review. New York. Monlhlv.

Novedades (Las). New York. Weekly.

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Patent and Trade Mark Review. New York, N. Y. Monthly.

Reconl8 of the Past Washington, D, C, Monthly.

Scientific American. New York, Weekly,

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Sister Republics. Denver, Colo. Monthly.

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World To-day (The). Chicago, III. Monthly.

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Anales del Departamento de Ganadería y .agricultara. Montevideo. Jlonthly. Revista de la Unión Industrial Uruguaya, Montevideo. Semimontbty.

El Fonógrafo. .Maracaibo. Daily.

Gaceta Oñcial. Caracas. Diúly,

Montevideo Times. Montevideo, Uruguay. Daily.

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Secretaria Internacional das Republicas Americanas,

UbIío liiteruMiioNal das Republlcu AmerÍG«Ba& Vol. XIX. JANEIRO de líXlS. No. 1.

REPUBLICA ARGENTINA.

OOHMXBOIO BXTEBIOR CUBANTE 08 PBIMEIBOS NOVE HEZES DE 1904.

Da compilação feita pela Díi'ecvAo (ier&l de Estatística da nuvitO) correspondente aos primeiros nove mezes do corrente anno, «« tomam os seguintes dado»:

Eis aqui a:^ cifras correiípoodentes á importa^'jto, comparadas com a.s de eguaes mezes de 19('3.

Importação, ouro.

Nove mezee <Ie HHM Í138, 762, 2(K!

Nove mezee ile 1903 100, 3«2, 117

llifferviiva para main 38, 400, 14H

A exportação, também comparada com o mesmo período de 1903, dií:

Nove mejiea <le 1«M $203, 192, niü

Nove mezes de IfKW )-(!, OKI, S:í4

Diflerença a favor lie 1904 27,111,385

Do exame deãsas cifras re.-4ulta que o commercio exterior argentino

tem crescido este anno sobre o anterior, cm mai» de ¡sessenta e cinco

milhOcH de pesos ouro e muito mais sobre o de 1902.

O sefïuinte mappa demonstra o crescimento do conimercio exterior

durante os primeiros nove mezcs dos annos de 11K)'2, 1903 o 190+;

Novemef«sd«. 1 Eiporta\-»i>, j 1 m poria-, í..,

1(02 H3e,7(0,7e7 (77,878, BIM

no i7fl.08i,6M loo.ara, 117

DM ¡03.192,918 \ l»l,7«2,«3

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188 SECRETARIA INTERNACIONAL DAB REPUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

O COHKEROIO EXTERIOR POR PAIZES.

O commercio de importaçSo e exportação por paízes nos (res trimes- tras transcorridos deste anno dístribue-se atisim:

Paliís.	Iinporlat»o,	Exportutío,	Pains.		EiporUçâo,
.	'11 i6;32s:sM	is:«ffî;924 7,8431 MM ...asi	Fnncft Pul íes 'büím :::::: Panwu»T	. 118, 418, M2 : -'Sa I,2S8,S« : ««:S 7,47a,SM
	2.68- 1
	í!í
	Qs demalá p^iw, . .

O augmento do $38,400,146, ouro, na importação foi realizado dos seguintes artigas: Animaea vivos tl41,(

492,039 135,188 711,066

627,232 432,506 359,446 81,051 292,128 479,912 270,427

Subetauciu alímenticíaB animaee

Fructaa

Legumeee cereaee

Subetancias para infuaOeee bebidas quentee 1

Farinhas e outros productos alimenticios

Fumo esuas manufacturas i

Bebidas

A^ardentee e licores .-

As demais bebidas

Teeidos de seda

Tecidos de Ifi 3,

Tecidoe de algodAo 6,

As demaia fibras testis 2,

Azeites, mineraefl Tolatis e modicinaes 1,642,259

Productos chimicos e pharmaceuticoe 1,050,334

Córese tintas 131,070

Madeiras eoutras substancias lenhosas e seus artefactos 4, 188,557

Papel e seus artefactos 615,081

. Couros e seus artefactos 215, 531

Ferro e seus artefactos 9, 787, 6.TO

Os demais nietaea e seus artefactos 693, 713

Pedras, Ierras, obras de vidro e productos cemmicos 2,206,523

Artigóse manufacturas diversas 1,567,408

O commercio de exportação dividido seguintes resultados:

Productos an imaea 977,408,537 I Prodnctoe nüneraes.

Productos agrícolas 119,913,814 Productos da caça 298,016

Pro<luctoa floreetaes 3,247,825 ! Productos diversos 1,970,328

EXFOBTAÇiO NOS PBIKBIBOS DBZ HBZES DB 1904.

Damos em seguida as estatisticas da exportação de productos argen- tinos durante os dez mezes (Janeiro-Outubro) de 1904, comparadas com as do mesrao periodo do anno anterior.

i grandes secçOes arroja <

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BEPUBLIOA AKOENTINA.

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Osurot de otTallo ulguloa td. . .

Pellea da e»ni«lro lardm,

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Pellndecabn lardm.

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MUho

Fuinbftde trigo td...

í»relo Id...

Fkrelo gromo laccoa.

Hum de linhaça id...

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Qnebrachu (onaladaB.

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A estatística da colheita mundial de trigo como vem ] " Broomball's Corn Trade Year Book" de Março de 1904, abrange o período de dez annos de 1894 a 190S, inclusive, e as cifras representam a quantidade de trigo colhido em Julho a Agosto dos respectivos annos, excepto no que se refere á Republica Argentina, Australia e alguna outros paizes onde a colheita de trigo se faz quatro mezes mais tarde.

Tomando em consideração s6mente o anno de 1903, os Estados Unidos da America do Norte occupam o primeiro lugar com 80,000,000 quartos (de 480 libras cada um) e esta quantidade foi excedida em 1903 por 5,000,000 quartos, e em 1901 por 14,000,000 quartos.

Vem em seguida a Russia com 76,400,000 quartos. Este computo, porém, é considerado excessivo, como o é o de 76,000,000 quartos em 1902, pois a producçílo em qualquer dos oito annos precedentes nunca excedeu de 52,000,000 quartos.

A França occupa o terceiro lugar com 45,800,000 quartos, tendo sido de 41,450,000 quartos a producçSo média dos nove annoa prece- dentes. Vem em seguida a índia com 38,000,0<X> quartos, tendo sido de cerca de 29,000,000 quartos a producção média dos annos de 1894 a 1902. A Italia produziu 22,400,000 quartos, excedendo por 2,400,000 quartos a producção de 1901, que foi a maior jamais registrada. A ' producção média dos últimos dez annos foi de 16,400,000 quartos. A colheita da Hungria foi de 18,900,000 quartos; em 1902, a producçSo attingiu a 21,300,000 quartos e a média durante dez annos foi de 17,100,000.

A Bepublica Argentina occupa o sétimo lugar, com 17,000,000 quartos, comparados com 13,000,000 quartos em 1902. Espera-se que a colheita acbial excederá á de 1903.

190 8BCEETARIA INTERNACIONAL DAS KBPUBLI0A8 AMEEICAKAS.

A produção média da AlleiiianhH non dez annos foi de cerca de 16,200,000 quartos; de Hespanha, 12,600,000 qiwrtoe e a do Canadá, de 7,700,000 quartos, O cultivo do tri^o nos territorios do Noroeste do Canadá augmenta de anno para anno. As seguintes estatísticas rela- tivas ás exportações de gado vaccum e ovelbuni dos diversos paize» »&o fornecida» pelo Sr, Sgebgr, em seu livro "Great Argentina:" Gado vawum— Estados Unidos, 44,000.000; Republica Argentina, 28,000,000; Russia na Europa, 24,000,000; Australia e Nova Zelandia, 10,000,000. Gado ovelhum— Republica Argentina, 110,000,000; Australia, Ol.O'KI,- 000; Russia na Europa, 3S,000,000, e Uruguay-, 15,500,0(X).

As cifras da exporta^'üo de gado ovelhuní argentino sito menos por 10,000,000 que as do calculo official feito pela Divisflo de Ganadería do Ministerio da Agricultura.

A PESCA NA8 AOUAS ABOEMTINA8.

1 " Buenos Aires Standard," de 13 de Novembro de 1Ô04, a informa\-ao de que as rica« pescas ao longo da costa Argentina vao ser exploradas pela "Compañía Argentina de Pesca," sob a direcvño do Sr. GuiLHKRMo Nunes. Todas as embarcações pescadoras da companhia foram construidas em Noruega e em principios de Novembro ja sahiu o primeiro desses vapores de pesca sob o commando de Capitão Larsen da expedição ao Polo Sul Nordenskjold.

A pesca das baleias e phocas será o principal objecto da Companhia, mas o peixe comestível ao longo da costa seril tanil»em capturado.

O '"Handels-Zeitung," de Buenos Aires, publica os seguintes alga- rismos mostrando o movimento dos varios portos da Republica Argen- tina no mez de Setembro e para os primeiros nove mezes de 1904:

	BUENOS AIRES.
. . „	Artlgoi.	^	Setembr,. ilelWH. 6.--V" in,»s 841	.srsi
Couroii de boi ulKHilw		\^■■■■	788, 2Kt
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RBPUBLIUA ABGENTIHA.

	Aittsoa.		n^^	Ptimeln» lie 1904.
			>o.«5	78,471
	6,1« •,7il
	38,S7fl se	"?'^
			2. an	SS
			7S.2*»
ff^™"""""		p»li««..	'■m:ÎS
			22.4H3
(^in« ongelsda			SS'ms
			l.22â
			2.886
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Sahiram do porto de La Plata durante o mez de Setembro, 31 va- pores, e durante oa piimeíros nove mezes de 1904, 332 vapores e 6 navios a vela. Os productor trao»portados por estas embarcações nos periodos respectivos foram os se^intes;

Uübo

TiliO

Unho

Sementes num ponBTOe

P4rtnh« d« trigo

Cftnie coDgeluU

Camelroa cougetadoa

itebo

0mm

Couroa •^¿«dot

Ouno utlflels'j

CuaTalloK --- •■ ^ ciibe^'4ri.

1 Setembro	nov"¿B^
klloa	|g,370.eiH	e6 6W2«
	«.2S»,M1
..il...	si «,S77 3,W0	ill
■3:::	■i-s
iiji;:

Foram despachados do porto de Bahía Blanca durante o uic;: de Setembro de 1904, 7 vaporea, e durante oh primeiros nove mezes do

SEORBTABIA INTEBNAOIOKAL DAS BEPUBLICA8 A1CBBI0ANA8.

1904, 114 vapores e 4 narios a vela. Us géneros transportados para o diverso» paizes foram os seguintes:

ArÜBO.	«nr	Primeiro» "d"ÍS^
Belgí™:		1'S
			asi
U	■¿•■'KdÏÏ-
			^s
	aw	*-s
		109
		S,7»
'"^	tODd»]»		2,«i
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"•T#:	tooUd		4.S21 '"■iS
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A ordem:		"S

SAN NtCOLAB.

Sahiram do porto de San Nicolas durante o mez de Setembro de 1904, 24 vapores, e durante os primeiros nove mezes de 1904, 148 vapores e 3 navios de vela, transportando os seguintes géneros para os paizes enumerados:

Artigo*.	Selembro delOM.	Prlmeti» del«M.
InglnUTTB:
			1,770
Linho id....

SGPCBUCA ABOENTINA.

	Arllcoa.		^?îsr	Primeiro»
All^^:
			MS
		"■ÎS
		2, «00
		906
IUH«i	1,H8
^"'Sî^'bS
ÀaMeat:
			w.ita 1,4M
			«■S?

UmUBVBIA DE OABNBB OONOELADAS.

Durante o ultimo squo forain installadas duoe novaâ emprezas des- tinadas ao preparo de carnes frigorificai^ — a Companhia Ài^ntina de Carnet) Congeladas, em Avellaneda, com um capital de $845,340, e a Companhia de Sansínena de Carnes Congeladas, em Bahia Blanca, com um capital de $860,066. E^ssns emprezas e aa tres j& estabelecidas empregam S,160 operarios e abatem 500,000 bois e 7,000,000 carneiros annoalmente. Os seguintes quadros mostram o numero de animaes abatidos noa açougues das companhias durante um período de annos, e a quantidade e o valor dos productos obtidos em li^3:

		"'lîf^
		S,9W,«Ï
¡

As cinco emprezas possuem installasses no valor de $5,673,2 t«em um capital subscripto de mais de $58,075,000.

194 BECBBTABIA INTERNACIONAL DAS REPUBLICAS AHEKICANA8.

BOLIVIA.

HOVHCENTO OOMHBBOIAL BK 1908. O movimento commercial de 1903 apresenta as se^intes cifras:

Importação 16, 252, 8fHi. :10

Exportação 25, 169, 148. 56

Total 41,422,033.86

As importações decompOem-se assim:

BollvJanoa.

Mercadorias eujeilae a direitos de ímportaçAo H, tt25, 243. 10

Mercadorias liTree de direítoe 6, 327, 842. 20

Total 16,252,886.30

BRAZIL.

TBATADO DE IJ1CITB8 lOnKE O BBAZIL E O BQUADOR.

A Republica dos Ë-'^tado» Unidos do Brazil e a Republica do Equa- dor, desejando evitar possíveis difficuldades no futuro e cimentar solida e duradouramente a cordial intellíg^encta (!iue entre as duas nações deve sempre subsistir, resolveram reatar e concluir a negociaçfio iniciada em Quito no anno de 1853, na qual o Plenipotenciario do Brazil e o do Equador estavam de aceordo sobre a necessidade e o modo de definir a fronteira dos dois paizes, e para esse Sm nomearam Plenipotenciarios, a saber:

O Presidente da Republica dou Estados Unidos do Brazil nomeou o Sr. José Mahia da Silva Pabanhos do Rio Branco, Ministro de Estado das Relações Exteriores; e

O Presidente da Republica do Equador nomeou o Sr. Dr. D. Carlos K. Tobar, seu Enviado Extraordinario e Ministro Plenipotenciario no Brazil.

Os quaes, depois de mostrarem os seus respectivos plenos poderes, que acharam em boa e devida forma, convieram nos artigos seguintes:

Artigo I.

A Republica dos Estados Unidos do Brazil e a Republica do EÀjuador concordam em que, terminando favoravelmente para o Equador, como esta Republica espera, o litigio que sobre limites existe entre o Eiqua- dor e o Peru, a fronteira entre o Brazil e o Equador seja, nas partes em que confinem, a mesma estipulada no Artigo VII da Oonvençílo («lebrada em Lima pelo Brazil e pelo Peru aos 23 de Outubro de 1861, com a modificação constante do aceordo, também assigaado em Lima, de 11 de Fevereiro de 1874, para a permutação de territorios na linha do Iça ou Putumayo, isto é, que a fronteira seja, no todo ou em parte,

CHILE. 1!>5

conforme o resultado do sobredito litigio — a linha geodésica que parte- da bocea do Igarapé, Santo Antonio, na margem esquerda do Amazonas, entre Tabatinga e Leticia, e termina na eonBuencia do Apaporis com o Japurá uu Caqueta, menoi^ na í«ec^o do ño Iça ou Putumayo, cortada pela mesma tinha onde o álveo do río, entre of pontoa de intersec^'So, formará a divisa.- *

Artigo II.

As Duas Altas Partes Contractantes declaram que, celebrando o pre- sente tratado, nao teem a intenvao de prejudicar qualquer direito que possam provar em tempo as outras nações vizinhas, isto é, que nío teem a intenção de modiScar as questões de limites pendentes entre u Brazil e a Colombia, e entre o Equador, a Colombia e o Peru, proposito que o Brazil também nSo teve quando negociou com o Peru a Con- venção de 23 de Outubro de 1851.

Artigo III.

Este tratado, depois de approvado pelo Poder Legislativo de cada uma das duas Republicas, sei-á ratificado pelos respectivos Governos e as ratificações serSo trocadas no Rio de Janeiro, em Quito ou em San- tiago do Chile.

Em fé do que nós, os Plenipotenciarios acima nomeados, assignâmes o presente tratado, em dois exemplares, cada um nas linguas porhi- gueza e castelhana, appondo nelles os nossos sellos.

Feito na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, aos seis dias do mez de Maio de mil novecentos e quatro.

[l, 8.] Rio-Branco.

[l. 8.] C. R. Tobar.

CHILE.

PBODUOÇÂO DE NITBATO NO TEBCBIBO TBIHB8TILE DE 1904.

Conforme o trigesimo-sexto relatório da "Asociación Salitrera de Propaganda^' relativamente ao terceiro trimestre do anno corrente, a producçSode nitrato neste trimestre attíngiu ao total de 9,107,960 quin- tees hespanhóeíí, o que mostra um augmento de 716,554 qutntaes sobre a producçao em egual trimestre de 1903. A expoiiaçAo attingiu a 7,294,767 quintaes hespanhóes, ou 60,025 quintaes mais que no período correspondente de 1903. As entregas para o consumo montaram a 4,261,230 quintaes, ou seja 362,647 quíntaes menos que no tnmestre correspondente de 1903.

A producçAo nos seis mezes já passados do anno salitreiro de 1904-.5 (Abrit-Setembro) attingiu a 17,891, 74S quintaes hespanhóes, que 6 766,479 quintaes mais que no período correspondente de 1903-4, Efs» somma é insigniScante, porém, quando se toma em cons ide raçiXo que a

196 SEGBBTABIA INTEBNAOIOHAL DA» BEPUBLIOAB AMEBIOANAS.

quota de exportação em 1904-5 é de 3,500,000 quintaes mais que no auno de 1903-1. Afim de que a quantidade total de nitrato que se estipulou para ser exportada no anno salitreiro findo em 31 de Marco, 1905, pudesse ter sido exportada dentro do periodo especificado, a pro- ducçdo este anno deveria ter sido 350,000 quintaos mais por mez que no anno passade. Entretanto, a producçSo nos seis mezes decorridos foi de apenas 760,000 quintaes em excesso da do período correspon- dente de 1904, nSo obstante que o numero dos estabelecimentos em f unccionamento nos seis mezes de 1904, foi, termo m^dio, de 7S contra 74 no periodo correspondente de 1903.

EZTENBlO DAS VIAS FB&BBAS.

O agente coníiular Brítannico em Copiapo informa que o prolon- gamento da estrada de ferro de Chile desde Chafîaral até o districto aurífero das Incas j& foi concluido e aberto ao trafego, e que o Governo votou recentemente uma verba de 70,000 pesos para as despezas com o travado do prolongamento da linha por uma distancia de 100 milhas até Copiapo, que j& foi começado. Essa Unha atravessará importantes districtos mineiros e sem duvida dará em resultado a exploraçSo de minas até agora lavradas apenas em pequena escala. Também fornecerá communicaçdo directa por via férrea entre os portos de Caldera e Chañaral. Essa linha é part« da projectada estrada de ferro longitu- dinal nacional e será prolongada até Vallenor no sul, uma distancia de 160 milha».

CUBA.

CONDIÇÕES IHIITT8IBIAXS EH 1904.

O relatório que o Consul-Geral Norte-Americano em Havana, Cuba, remetteu ao Departamento do Commercio e do Trabalho dos Estados Unidos, contem os seguintes dados sobre as condiçOes industriaes da Brupublica no exercício de 1904.

O seguinte quadro mostra o valor dos productos agrícolas, mineraes e animaes, etc., de Cuba em 1904:

Valor CotiTÍ doi producto» cubano» ea> IS04.

		Vtíot.
		M), 000.000. €0 !?SSiSS
Tot.1	it.m.m.M

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A collieita de aiisucar foi a principal colheita este anno, como tem «do por muitos annos, excedendo & do anno passado, em 60,817 tone- ladas. Os preços obtidos p^lo a^sucar este anno excederam aos do anno passado, e, por conseguinte, o valor da colheita é maior, sendo calculado em $50,000,000. Oa preços obtidos por 100 libras de assucai- durante 08 seis primeiros mezes de 1904 foram os seguintes: Janeiro, $1.77; Fevereiro, $1.77; Mai-ço, $2.04; Abril, $2.18; Maio, $2.38; Junho, $2.43; preço m4dio para os seis mezes, $2.09. O a^sucar vendou-se a $3 por 100 libras em Agosto de 1904.

Exi*Unàa e <iuantidade de attuear exportada da» lafra» dr 1903 e ¡904.

PorlOT.		E<i.wncl«.
IMS. lïM.	Sim	19M.
	Som». «1.9Í2 11 100.08! WS, m	Saccoê. 1,813.818 1.2&8,U3 li 423, OM	Saecoê.
	143,477 î»;ho 7,730 «6,680
	11,6*0
	tíõm
Numero total de nccva (de 320 llbru «d& um ) . .	5,782,764 8», 108	T,66a.»4,S 1,078, Mu	'■!lS:i^	ie,sia

A colheta total de assucar de 1904 pode ser estimada assim: Quan- tidade exportada e existencia da colheita de 1904, 1,095,822 toneladas; consumo de 1 de Janeiro a 30 de Setembro, 1904, 32.721 toneladas; total, 1,128,543 toneladas; menos a existencia em 1 de Janeiro de 1904, da colheita de 1903, 94,835 toneladas, o que deixa, 1,033,708 toneladas, como a colheita de 1904, contra 972,891 toneladas em 1903.

As chuvas torrenciaes que cahiram em Maio impediram que se fizesse a colheita da canna, alias, assim dizem os entendidos, a colhíeta de 1904 t«ria attingido a 1,250,000 toneladas, cifra em que calculei a colheita em meu relatório do anno passado. A colheita de 1905 exce- derá em muito a deste anno.

A producçSo de melaço em Cuba durante os seis primeiros mezes de 1904, foi de 42,200,000 gallOes, distribuidos assim:

Melaço em tWTMtdo para Fhllkdelphia

HeUço d«atlllado euTlado para ontros pontoa •

UeUcodenUladocomnimldoeinCuba

Helaço âeMU lad» embarcado para n Europa..

Helaco luado como combastlvel e para oaoi

[alta de iraiupoTtes

	QuanUdade.' 7.600,000 lolwwlooo 10,000.000 i 5,000,000 ,	Vftlor.
nEitadoí.0
	a vendido por
	*2,!Í00.000 1	1,848.000

rs:^

198 IJECKETARIA INTERNACIONAL DAB BEPDBLIOAB AMEBIOANAS.

A estas i-if ras devem-se accrewieiitar os embarques de melaço para 08 Estados Uoidos e a Europa, feitos no periodo de 1 de Julbo a 31 de Dezembro de 1903: Para os Estados Dnidos, 3,053,680 gallOes, no valor de $244,290; para Inglaterra, 1,935,516 gallOes, no valor de $47.388; total, 4,989,146 gallOcs. no valor de $291,678; o que perfaz o total gerai de 47,189.146 gallOes no valor de $1,639,678.

O aguardente produzido da canna foi de 1.651,676 gallSes, no valor de ÍÜ19.434. A maior parte do ■ rhum e aguardente produzido foi enviada para o Uruguay (550,990 gallOca), IIluis Canarias (478,698 gal- lOes), e Inglaterra (301,961 gallões); somente 29,782 gallões de guár- dente foram enviados para os P>tados Unido».

O valor total dos productos de canna em 1904, foi o seguinte: assucar bruto, $50,668,995: mela\-o, $1,639,678; aguardente, $219,434; total, $52,528,107; contra $41,940,955 em 1903, $30,863,524 em 1902, $82,358,580 em 1901, $17,603,839 em 19(H» e $19,206,815 em 1899.

A colheita de tabaco no anno passado foi excellente tanto em quali- dade como em quantidade, e pode ser avaliada com segurança em mais de $30,000,000. As exportaçOes de tabaco em 1908 foram no valor de $2tí,046,4;il, contra $25,400,000 no anno ant^'rior. As exportasses de tabaco em folha eui 1904 excederam ás do anno anterior em $600,l>00. As exporta\!Ões totaes de tabaco eui folha ascenderam a 40,977,946 libras, no valor de $18.245,187. Desta quantidade, 24.128,430 libras, no valor de $l>,931,802 foram enviadas para os Estados Unidos, e 10,306,574 libras, no valor de $1,921,079. para a Allenianha, que foi o paiz maior comprador depois dos Estados Unidos.

Exportaram-se durante o anno 598,178 libras de hastes de tabaco no valor de $9,959, as quaes se empregam na manufactura de rap<^, etc. Essas exportações quasi todas foram enviadas para os Estados Unidos, Argentina e Allemanha.

O numero de charutos exportados foi de 205,244,298, no valor de $12,302,969, distribuidos assim: jiara os Estados Unidos, 45,769.422 charutos, no valor de $2,888, 1 1 1 ; para a Allemanha, 28,388,074 charutos, no valor de $1.968.395; e para a Inglaterra, !t2,.559,817, no valor de $5,197,785. Exportaram-ae durante o anno 14,662,209 pacotes de cigarros (de 14 cigarros cada um), no valor de $404,173. Destes, 287,767 pacotes, no valor de $7,055, foram enviados para os Estados Unido»; 16,693,372 jíacotes no valor de $49,070. para as possessões hollandezas: 1,323,127 pacotes, no valor de $40,926, para as Ilhas BrítanniciLs; 7,259,854 pacotes, no valor de $191,854, para Colombiii, e 586,002 pacotes, no valor de $17,632, para a Allemanha. A uinior parte dos restantes foi enviada para as Ilhas Canarias. Exportaroni-so 226,648 libras de tabaco picado, no valor de $81,031, das quaes os Estados UnidoK n-ccberam 75,205 libras, no valor de $23,58;^, e a Colombia. .")7.283 libras, no valor de $21,201.

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Sementes de tabaco por valor de $3,112 foram exportadas para oh B^tadod Unidos.

A «colheita de abacaxis para o exercício findo em 30 de Junho de 1904, foi no valor de cerca de $1,250,0(10. Esses fructos encontraram prompta sabida noa mercados doa Estados Unidos, e os preços obtidos por elles fomm maiores que noa annos anteriores, devido ao facto de que hoje grandes remessas de fructos sïo enviadas directamente de Havana para Chicago, cm vez de serem todas enviadas, como outr'ora, para Nova York, dando em resultado a superabundancia nos mercados dïiquella cidade, assim reduzindo o valor dos fructos.

Nota-se em liH)4 um decisivo augmento nos embarques de outros fructos e legumes Cubanos. A laranja Cubana é uma deliciosa fructa, e os limões aSo abundantes e de boa qualidade. Ou tomates, batata» doces, cebolas, pimentas, beringelas, quiabos, etc., foram de boa qualidade e foram vendidos a bons pregos. O valor da colheita dos fructos (exclusive dos abacaxi») e legumes foi de $2,712,300.

Quasi todos os fructos e legumes mio consumidos nailh&sSo(>nviados para os Estados Unidos,, excepto o cacao, que ê exportado em quanti- dades coDsideraveitt para a Hespanba, Allomanha, Inglaterra e França. O valor da exportação de fructos para os Estados Unidos nos annos do 1893 a 1903 foi como segue: 1899, $801,200; 1900, $1,181,700; 1901, $1,442,700; 1902, $1,906,600; 1908, $2,932,300. Uma das mais bellas fazendas de fructos em Cuba pertence a um norte-americano, que tem já plantadas 25,000 laranjeiras e vai plantar em breve mais 15,000.

As madeiras cortadas durante o anno (mogno e cedro principalmente) foram por valor de $3,000,000, e as exportadas foram por valor <le mais de $2,000,000; desta quantia, $1,250,000 representam wi madeiras enviadas para os Estados Unidos e o restante representa as exportações para ADemanha e Inglaterra. Substancias de tinturaria no valor de $100,000 bSo enviada-í annualmente para Russia, França e Allemanha, e fibras textis, no valor approximado de $160,000, sflo exportadas para a Italia, Allemantia e França. Observa-se um augmento consideravel nas exportações de productos florestaes. Em 1899 a exportaçflo desses productos foi por valor de $1,059,900; em 1900, por valor de $1,265,400; 1901, $1,356,100; 19()2, $1,874,800; 1903, $2,528,600.

O valor das conchas de tartaruga e outras que se colheram durante o anno passado foi de $75,(XIO, e o das esponjas, de $500,000. Deitas, receberam os Estado^; Unidos cerca de 35 por cento e a Europa o resto, a França sendo o prini-ipul comprador. As exportações de esponjas e conchas em 1904 excederam ás de 1899, em $145,000.

As exportações de pelles, chifres c cascos de animacs, no valor de $500,000 por anno, .silo enviadas, quasi todas, para os Estados Unidos.

CuIa exporta mel pai'a a Allemanha. os Estados Unidos, Françu e outros paizes. A quantidade colhida esse anno foi no valor de mais

200 aECRETABIA INTEBNACIONAL DA8 BEFÜBUCAS AHEBIOANAS.

de $600,000. Cerca de 60 por ixato da cera exportada é enviado para a AUemanba, o resto sendo enviado para os Estados Unidos, Franva e ' outros paízes. A exportaçSo total annual deste producto 6 por valor de Í500,000.

A industria pecuaria, outr'ora unm das principaes de Cuba, está hoje desenvolveudo-se rapidamente, e o gado hoje figura entre os principaes artigos importados em Cuba. Do seguinte quadro, que abrange os annos civis de 1899 a 1903, vê-se que u valor dos animacs importados do Mexico nos cinco annos excedeu ao dos procedentes dos Estados Unidos em cerca de (é,000,000, e isto, estou certo, n&o seria o caso, si os nossos creadores de gado fizessem maiores esforços no sentido de dominar o mercado cubano. Dou em seguida urna li»ta dos principaes importadores e aconselho aos creadores que se ponham em correspondencia com elles.

Vahr do gado importado	emOuba	0» cinco anno» de 1899 a 1903.
	«"	itoo.	1101. IVtL	,,».	ToUl.
		K.S90!inn	ÍRÍÜ 1,870. M» 2,ST4.«a0	-«S '■!S:ÎS	1,»b!!00	"I«
	2.060 ■•a	a» «00 KO	i;*« !« *»	100 «n 400 100 goo
	88,600 va,m
	n.m			6,816. TOO

Ver-se-há deste quadro que durante os últimos cinco annos o Mexico iorneceu cerca de 33 por cento da importação total de gado, e que as importações de gado procedente dos Estados Unidos, que em 1899 excederam ás de gado proveniente do Mexico, sofFreram uma diminuição progressiva nos annos de 1900, 1901 e 1902, mas parece agora que vão augmentando.

Ha em Cuba milhares de geiras de terrenos próprios para a industria pastoril que se podem comprar a $1 e $3 por geira. O gado pros- pera bem neste paiz. Engorda-se rapidamente e produz carne de boa qualidade. A porcentagem de perda por causa de molestias é pequena, e devido á curta distancia do transporte dos portos do Golfo de Texas, Luisiana, Florida e Alabama, as perdas por esta causa devem ser reduzidas ao mínimo.

Os mineraes que se encontram em maior abundancia em Cuba sfto o asphalte, cobre, ferro e manganez.

Existem ricos depósitos de asphalto nas provindas de Habana e Finar dei Río. Na província de Habana ha as minas de Jesús del Potosí e Santa Rosa, situadas á distancia de 1 milha pouco mais ou menos ao sul de Campo Florido. A mina de Angela Elmira om Bejucal, na província de Pinar dei Rio, e as minas de Rodas, Concep- ción e de Magdalena estão situadas na bahia de Mariel. Em Bahia

CUBA. 201

Honda a mina de Santa Elena é reputada por seu excellente asphalto, como ê também a mina Unión em Guanajay. Em Sanctí Spirítua ha varias minas de asplialto, as mais bem conhecidas sendo as minas de Pozo Colorado e Amparo. Durante o anno passado asphalto em oon- sideravel quantidade foi exportado de Cuba, e como sua qualidade 6 muito apreciada, pode-se prever com segurança um augmento nos exportações.

Quasi nBo existe uma localidade metallifera em Cuba em que nSo ae pode encontrar o cobre em maior ou menor quantidade. Em Pinar dei Rio dere-se fazer mençSo das minas de cobre de Buenas Águas, Recompensa, Unión, Caridad e Cuba Western. Na provincia ,de Habana encontram-se as antigas minas de Bacuranao, e outras em Jaruco e Minas. Na provinccia de Matanzas têm sido descobertas grande numero de minas de cobre. Na provincia de Santa Clara foram encontrados valiosos depósitos de cobre na vizinhança de Cienfuegos e cidade de Santa Clara. As mais importantes das velhas minas sio as conhecidas como San Fernando e Santa Rosa, as quaes dfto excellente minério. Na provincia de Puerto Príncipe encontramos as minas de Payatabo, situadas entre as cidades de Puerto Príncipe e Nuevitas, também as minas de Marion, San Antonio del Cerro e Cubillos. O minério encontrado em todas essas minas foi carbonato de cobre, cuja extracção é relativamente fácil, porque é encontrado a pouca distancia da superficie.

A provincia, porém, que contem a maior quantidade de cobre é a de Santiago de Cuba. A villa de Cobre está construida sobre extensos depósitos de minério de cobre. O cobre é encontrado também em Bayamo, Sierra Maestra, Las Tunas, Hotgufn e Jiguani.

As minas de ferro e manganez na provincia de Santiago de Cuba sSo exploradas boje com regularidade e em grande escala.

Na provincia de Santa Clara foram descobertas varias minas de ouro, a mais importante, talvez, sendo a mina de Meloneras, na vizinhança da villa de üuaracabuya, no diNtricto de Placetas.

O uníco deposito de mármore de importancia é o encontrado nas duas montanhas a leste e a oeste de Nueva Gerona, na costa septen- trional da Ilha dos Pinhos. O mármore ê de boa qualidade, sua cur variando de branca até cinzenta escura. Encontram-se também espéci- mens de cor de rosa. Na opinião de peritos, este mai'more pode sor empregado em obras de estatuaria, pois sua cor é a mais pura branca. Outras variedades de diversos matizes sSo propria para ornatos e obras de arte, pois sSo capazes de receber bom polimento. A |>edra 6 sem fendas e poderá foniecer taboas de quelquer tamanho. Os depósitos variam de 5 a 25 pés de espessura.

Existe um deposito de sal perto de SalíniM Point, na Ilha des Pin- hos. Há outros depósitos de sal na Ilha que s&o fáceis de cxploro^'So.

A producçSo annual de todas as minas em exploraçSo (5 de asphalto,

202 SBCRBTABIA INTKKNACIOirAL DA8 BEPUBLIOAS A1SXBXCA1SÃ.B.

'Ò de cobre, 1:^ de feno, 3 de manganez e 1 de nspbta) foi por lalor do 11.446,000, dUcriniinados axsitn: asphalte, ¥122,900; cobre, |;i8,0tíS; ferro, $1,146,892; manganez, «163,140.

ESTADOS UNIDOS.

COHHBKOIO OOH 08 FAIZBS LATUTO-AMEBIOANOB.

KKlJ^çAO MGNKAt, l>A« IMI-ORTA^mIes E KXPOUTApOES.

O qiuulro dado iih pagina 142 é extrabído da relação compilada pelo chef(! da Reparti^^ao de Entati^tíca do Departamento do Commercío e Trabalho, iiio^itrando o conmiercio entre os Eafados Unidos e os paizes latino-americanos. A relaçilo corresponde ao iiiez de Novembro de 1904, com uma rela^flo comparativa para o raez correspondente do anno anterior, assim como para ow onze mezes fíndos em Novembro, 1904, comparados com o periodo correspondente do anno anterior. Deve-se explicar que os algarismos das varias Alfandegas, mostrando as ímportavões e exportações de um só mez, sño recebidos no Ministerio da Fazenda até quasi o dia 20 do mez seguinte, e perde-so algum tempo necessariamente em sua compilação e impi-essAo. Por conseguinte, as estatísticas para o mez de Novembro, por exemplo, nSo sSo publicadas até os primeiros días de Janeiro.

OIIIOX7I.AR DO SEGSBTABIO DE ESTADO RESPEITO Á OSLE- BRAÇAO DE 1TUA 8BOUNDA OONFEBENCIA DA PAZ.

Damos em seguida o texto da circular referente á celebraçno de uma Segunda Conferencia da Paz que o Secretario Hay enviou, em 23 de Dczembi'o de 1904, aos representantes dos Kstados Unidos acreditados junto dos (jrovernos signatarios das actas da Conferencia da Haya:

"Pela circular de '¿1 de Outubro de 1904, os representantes dos Estados Unidos acreditados jynto aos différentes Governos que toma- ram parte na Conferencia da Paz que se celebrou na Haj'a em 1K99, e que tírmaram as actas delia, receberam instruc^-ões para submotter & conaidera^'ño da<|uelles Governos certas resoluçOes adoptadas pela UniSo Interparliamentaria em sua conferencia annual que teve lugar cm Set^míbro ultimo em SSo Luiz, rccommendando a celebração de uma Segunda Conferencia da Paz para completar os trabalhos que na primeira se iniciaram, e se llics ordenou que averiguassem at¿ que ponto aquelles Governos estejam dispostos a proceder no ijaiticular.

" As resposta» até hoje recebidas indicam que a proposta foi recebida geralmente com favor. Nenhuma opiniSo divergente tem-se mani- festado. Os GovernoK de Austria- Hungria, Dinamarca, França, Allemaiiha, GrS. Bretanha, Italia, Luxemburgo, Mexico, oz Paizes

KSTADOe UWIDOS. 203

Baixos, PorCug^al, Rumania, Hespaoha, Suécia e Noruega e Suiss», manifeHtam piympathia com os tins da projectada conferencia e a acoeitam geralmente em principio, reservando para o futuro n con- sideração da data da conferencia e o programma dos assumptos que deram discutír-se.

"O Japfio e a Russia, em suas respostas, manifestaram-se egual- mente favoráveis ao espirito e fins do convite, mas a resposta por parte da Russia foi acompanhada da declarado de que, devido á condição de cousas existente no Oriente, o (roverno Imperial não poderia tomar parte, no momento actual, em uma tal conferencia. Ao passo que se ^nte profundamente essa resposta, pois t«ndc a adiar por algum tempo a celebração, da projectada Segunda Uonfeiencia, o peso da razfio que a motivou é reconhecido por este Governo, e provavelmente, por ou- tros. O J&p&o ao fez a reservaçAo de que a proposta conferencia nSo tomasse acçSo relativa á guerra que está em progresso na actualidade.

"Ainda que a convocação de uma augusta assembles doa represen- tantes das naçOes nos interesses da paz e da harmonia entre si seja |>or emquanto adiada, pode ser considerada como assegurada logo que os Poderes interessados estejam em posiçSo de fixar a data e lugar da reuniSo e de formular o programma das materias que deverSo ser dis- cutidas. O Presedente está muito satisfeito com o cordía) acolhimento que sua indicaç&o recebeu. Sente que, conseguindo dos différentes (jovernos o sentimento commun a favor do princípio e dos fins do con- vite, foi tomado um passo importante paia o êxito final.

"Até que se chegar a um accordo definitivo acerca da data da - reunião quando as circumstancias permittam, parece que é de desejar- se a compaiBção das opiniOea que cada Governo abrigue sobre o escopo e o caracter das questOes que haverão de submetter-se ao estudo da proposta Segunda Conferencia. O Governo dos Estados Unidos, ao fazer o convite, nSo pretendeu fazer mais que indicar as questSes de caracter geral que a acta final da primeira Conferencia da Haya re- lvou para conferencias futuras, advertindo, com relação ao impor- tante assumpto da inviolabilidade da propriedade privada na guerra marítima, á resoluçSo que o Congresso dos Estados Unidos adoptou cm 2S de Abril de 1904, e accrescentando que ê de desejar-se que se con- sidere e adopte algum plano de procedimento pelo qual as nações nSo signatarias das actas da Confei'encia da Haya possam adherir-se ao alli convindo.

" No estado actual do projecto este Governo ainda nflo está disposto a formular um programma. Em vista da certeza de que, de accordo com o desejo manifestado pelo Presidente, a Haya aerá acceita por todos os Poderes interessados como o lugar em que deve reunirse a Segunda Conferencia da Paz, e em vista também do facto de que existe actualmente naquella capital-uma representação organizada dos BoH. Ni>. I— ns l.-i

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Governos aignatanoa daa actas da Cooferencia de 1899, este Governo entende que níto deveria tomar a iniciativa em formular um pro- gramma, nem presidir &s deliberacSes dos Governos signatarios a este l'es peito.

^'Parece ao Presidente que o alto encargo que acceitou de convidar as Potencias a reunirem-se em uma 8egunda Conferencia da Paz, está virtualmente cumprido, em quanto lhe 6 próprio proceder no assumpto, e com a acceitaçfio geral do seu convite em principio, pode a matéria justamente seguir seutt tramites normaes. Para este fím suggere-se que o intercambio das opiniões que os Poderes signatarios das actaa de 1899 emíttirem sobre o assumpto, seja feito mediante a Secretaria Internacional sob a direcçSo do Conselho Administrativo Permanente da Haya. Crê-se que deste modo, utilizando a agencia central repre- sentativa estabelecida e mantida pelas Potencias, serSo estudadas com a devida consideração as opíniOes provisorias e o caminho preparado para a acçSo eventual do Governo dos Paizes Baixos, si se resolvesse convocar uma nova conferencia na Haya.

" Submbttereis essa communicaçSo ao Senhor Ministro de RelaçOes Exteriores e lhe pedireis que considere as indicaçOes nella contidas.

" Sou vosso obediente servidor,

"John Hat."

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A estatística da exportação de manufacturas nacionaes para o mez de Novembro e para os onze mezes findos em 30 de Novembro de 1904, publicada pela KepartiçSo de Estatística do Departamento do Com- mercio e do Trabalho, demonstra que o augmento no valor total destas exportações para Novembro sobre as do mesmo mez de 1903, impor- tando em $12,515,257, foi realizado em grande numero de artigos.

O augmento mais notável foi realizado em tecidos de atgodfio cuja - exportação em Novembro de 1904 foi de 58,711,103 jardas, no valor de 13,290,116, contra 13,086,101 jardas no valor de $792,438, em Novem- bro de 1903. Essas exportações, que diminuíram enormemente no ultimo exercício, estão agora assumindo proporçOes normaes. Durante os onze mezes findos em Novembro de 1904, as exportações deste artigo atf ingiram a 373,087,218 jardas, no valor de $22,019,619, contra 355,- 091,098 jardas, no valor de $18,549,818 no periodo correspondente de 1903, e 485,910,815 jardas no valor de $24,773,608, em egual período de 1902.

As exportações de trilhos de aço, que tamben decresceram nos annos de 1902 e 1903 de modo tal que em certos mezes quasi nSo houve exportaçAo desta natureza, vão em constante augmento, nSo obstante a maior procura délies que se nota nos Estados Unidos durante os últi- mos mezes. As exportações deste' artigo no mez de Novembro monta- ram a 53,723 toneladas, no valor de $1,286,098, contra 5,141 toueladas,

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□o valor de $180,339, no uiez de Novonibro de lt)03. As exportardes de trilhos de aço dos primeiros onze mezea de 1904, foram de 395,799 toneladas, no valor de $10,182,402, coDtra 23,134 toneladas, no valor de $734,088, nos onze mezes de 1903, e 66,854 toneladas, no valor de $1,881,180 em egual periodo de 1902. Si os valores dados pela Kepar- tivAo de Estatísticas representam exactamente o preço de exporta^-So dos trilhos de aço, o preço mádio dos exportados durante os últimos onze mezes foi de $25.72 por tonelada.

As exportações de manufacturas de ferro e de aço augmentarom c'on- sideravelmente no mez de Novembro, mas nSo na mcsma propoi'çao como US exportações de trilhos de aço. O valor total das exportaçQeis de ferro e de aço, exclusive dos minérios, foi de $12,831,980 para o me^ de Novembro, contra $7,985,961 para Novembro de 1903. As expor- tações de ferro e aço, exclusive do minério, durante os onze mezes, montaram a $118,182,998, contra $89,682,747 para os onze mezes de 1903, e $90,136,024 em egual periodo de 1902.

As exportações de linguados e manufacturas de cobre no mez de Novembro continuaram a mostrar sensível augmento sobre as do apno passado, sendo seu valor total de $7,193,294, contra $1,486,987 em Novembro de 19<)3. O valor dessas exportações durante os onze mezes de 1904 foi de $68,005,169, contra $38,417,414 no periodo cor- respondente de 1903 e $43,100,666 em egual periodo de 1902.

As exportações de óleos mineraes reñnados, que tiveram um grande augmento durante os onze mezes, soffreram somente ligeiro augmento em Novembro, sendo no valor de $6,246,024, contra $5,974,742 em Novembro de 1908.

O seguint« quadro mostra os valores de algumas das principaes manufacturas nacionaes exportadas durante os onze mezes findos em Novembro de 1903, e durante egual periodo de 1904:

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Je dinheiro para amuueiu...

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Machlnaa para trabalharmetaea

Bombaa e macblnaa para bombas

Machinai de coaer e partes deUas

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Ofiieros.

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Segundo o summario publicado pelo Departamento do Tbesouro do» Estados Unidos em 30 de Dezembro de 1904, as receitas do Tbesouro no añilo civil de 1904, foram de $540,000,000 e as despezas (exclusive da somma paga á Republica de Panamá), foram de $562,000,000, o que mosti-a um deficit para o anno de $22,000,000. Si se comparam as receitas e despezas com as do anno civil anterior, vê-se que houve uma diminuição de $8,000,000 nas receita», e um augmento de $50,000,000 nas despezas. A diminuição havida nas receitas foi devida á reducção verificada nas rendas aduaneiras, na importancia de $9,000,000. O accrescimo nas despezas foi realizado sob as seguintes rubricas:

Despezafl civíae miscellaneae $15,000,000

Despezas do Departamento da Guerra S, 000, 000

Despezes do Departampntn da Marinha 23, 000, 000

PeneOep 2, 000, COO

Juroe 1, 000, 000

O augmento nos juros deve-se ao facto que uma porção dos juros correspondentes ao anno de 1903 foi paga por adiantamento em 1902. Nestas cifras não se comprehendem as receitas e despezas postaes, excepto o deficit postal que é incluido nas despezas civis e miscellaneas.

O summarío do commercio exterior publicado pela Repartição de Eístatistica dá esclarecimentos acerca do que motivou a diminuição nas rendas aduaneiras. As cifras organizadas pela Repartição abrange os onze primeiros mezes do anno civil de 1904.

Importaçdes realizadas nos once primei roe meiea de 1904 $39,000,000

Importações em egual periodo de 1003 17, 000, 000

Augmento 22, 000, 000

As importações livres de direitos no mesmo período augmentaram de $42,000,000, ao posso que as importaçOes sujeitas a direitos diminui- ram de $20,000,000. Em 1903, 43i por cento das importações totaes entraram livres de direitos, ao passo que em 1904, 47 por cento das

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importações to taes entraram livrais <leilÍreitog, eetn Novembro de 1JK)4, 49 por cento. O augmento havido no» géneros que entraram livres de direitos foi realizado, quasi em seu todo, em tres artigos^café, borracha e seda crua. Ainda que as ímporta^'Ses gravadas com direi- to» soffreram uma diminui^So de $¿0,000,000, as importavões de assucar não refinado e de lit aocusam augmento» sommando $28,000,000. As demais importações sujeitas a direitos soffreram uma diminuição de cerca de $50,000,000. Desta somma, $20,000,000 representam a dimi- nuição nas importaçOe» de ferro e de açO.

Outras operaçOcã do Thesouro feitas em 1904 são o pagamento da somma de $50,000,000, proveniente de saldos accumulados, pela con- cessão da zona para a constnioção do Canal de Panamá; a amortisa^:So das apólices de 5 por cento pagáveis em 1 de Fevereiro de lí*04, e a reducçSo do^ fundos públicos depositados com os bancos nncionncs. A amortisaçSo das apólices de 5 por cento feita durante o anno, foi de cerca de $6,000,000. Os fundos públicos em deposito com os bancos foram reduzidos de $166,000,000 em 1 de.ïaneiro de 1904, a$113,000,000 no tim do anno. Km principios do anno de 1905, esses deixisitos serão reduzidos ainda mais, na importancia de $23,000,000.

O dinheiro em caixa, exclusive do ouro em barra e cunhado em reserva para garanti ros certificados em circulação, foi de $320,000,000 em 1 de Janeiro de 1004. No fim do anno foi de $240,000,000, o que mostra uma reducçâo de $80,000,000 durante o anno. Deste deficit, $50,000,000 correspondem A somma paga á Republica de Panamá, e $10,000,000 á amortisação das apólices de 5 por cento de 1904 e dos bilhetes de bancos nacíonaes. O restante é devido ao deficit incorrido com as operações ordinarias do Governo.

O deficit nos seis primeiros mezes do pi-esente exercício é de cerca de $22,000,000. E provável que nos seis mezes restantes o deficit seja reduzido. As receitas mostram uma tendencia para augmento. A maior parte do deficit postal pam o presente exercício já tem desappa- recido e as despezas com diversas obras publicas durante os seis mezes vindouros serão menores do que as feitas durante os seis raezes próxi- mos passados. Expenderams e cerca de $10,000,000 no segundo semes- tre do ultimo exercício, por conta da Exposi^'ao Commemorativa da Compra da Luisiana, despeza que não será repetida durante o presente

HAITI.

OONSIQÕEB HmVBTBIAES.

O Consul norte-amcrÍ<Mno em Port-au- Prince, informa que ha con- siderav«l actividade em Haiti na exploração de madeiras valiosas. O gover''" outorgou duas concessões para a exploração de certas madei- ras va _sas em terrenos nacionaes por uma distancia de mais de nove

208 SECRETARIA INTERNACIONAL DAS REPlfKLICAS AMERICANAS.

milhas desde a costa. Essas duas coiicetisoeií foram outurgudtuí a cida- dãos de Haiti, com o direito* de arrendal-a» a terceiros, ou de organizar uma companhia estiungeira com o capital necessário para sua explora- ção. Os concessionários, em sua tentativa de organizar uma tai com- panhia teem recebido franco apoio de capitalistas norte -americanos. Essa industria, si fosse apoiada pelo governo, tornar-se-hia uma fonte de riqueza para o paiz, pois suas madeiras valiosos sflo quasi inexgot- taveis. Outro ramo desta empreza sei-ií o corte de páo Bayahond para dormentes de estradas de ferro; esse páo dura mais tempo que qual- quer outro até agora empregado para este fim.

Diz o Consul que os altos preços obtidos pelo algodão o anno passado animaram os agricultores alli a cultivarem este producto numa escala mais extensa, e elles eeta\-ani mpidamente augmentando suas cultura.-:. O algodão, sem duvida, tería-se tornado um importante factor nas ex{>ort&ções, contribuindo [>ara as rendas do paiz, si não se houvesse dado a grande perturbação nas finanças de Haiti, que deu cm resultado um augmento rápido nas despczas de toda ordem, assim foi-çando os cultivadores a reduzirem suas culturas. Por conseguinte, acolheita de algodSo, ainda que é maior que as de annas anteríoreã, não será tflo grande como se esperava.

t>te paiz è nuiilo próprio para o cultivo do algodão, e sem duvida, este producto poderia ser cultivado aqui com maiores lucros que nos Estados Unidos. O algodoeiro, uma vez plantado em Haiti, continúa a produzir durante vinte annos sem necessidade de nova plantação, e exige pouco cuidado ou cultivo. As únicas despezas sfio as feitas com a colheita, desça roça men to e enfardamiento do algodSo. A Hbra é de boa qualidade. O algodtto Sea-Ulatid foi introduzido na ilha com êxito c a cultura desta qualidade vai em augmento. O algodoeiro Sea-idand, uma vez plantado, produzirá quatro colheitas successi'as antes que perece.

HONDURAS.

IMPOBIAÇOEB FBOOBDBKTBS DB NOVA TOBK EH 1904.

O Dr. Salvaixïr Córdova, Consul-Geral da Republica de Honduras, nos subministra a seguinte estatística da exportação para aquelle paiz proveniente de Nova York no exercício findo em :í1 de Julho de 1904;

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Os carregamentos consistiam em tecidos de algodSo, machinas, (irogas e reraetlios, fai-inha de trigo, arroz, provisões de bocea e productos alimenticios conservados, arame farpado, petróleo, papel, bebidas alcoólicas, perfumaria, etc. Diz o Sr. Córdova que desde que foi posto em vigor o convenio de encommendas postaes entre Honduras e os Estudos Unidos, grande numero de remessas de calvado e obras de phaatasia sSo enviadas por esta via, assim evitando as despezas e incom- modos com as facturas consulares. E^sas exportaçSea nilo fígurani no quadro supra citado.

MEXICO.

As rendas arrecadadas pelas alfandegas marítimas e de fronteira da Bepublica do Mexico no mez de outubro de 1904 foram as seguintes:

Direitos de Importação:

Agua Prieta

AUat»

Camargo

Campeche

Ciudad Juarez

CSndad Porfirio Dütz. .

Coatzacoalcoa

Chetomal

Ensenada

Frontera

Goaymas

Guerrero

iBla del Carmen

La Ascención

La Monta

La Pai

Laredo deTamaul i (kik .

Las Vacas

Manzanillo

Matanioros

Maiatláii

Mexico

Mier

Nogales

113, 982. 07
11,567.05
2,486.27
168.94
11,493.76
157, 039. 79
173,436.52
6. 913. 38
429.63
4, 220. 74
23,456.27
11, 970. 52
201.14
2, 110. 60
121.41
40, 909. 76
1,730.96
234, 955. 73
268,49
5,381.04

t782.83 1,672.37 6,465.89 7, 170. 39

DireitoB de ImportaçAo — Continued.

Puerto Angel

Salina Crut

San Blas

Soconusco

BanURoealia 490.75

Tampico 518, 310. 51

Tiahnana 271.61

Tonals 967.75

Topolobanipo 6. 87

Tuxpam 2,120.34

Veracruz 1, 846, 029. 46

Zapaluta 604.65

Meiicali 662.57

4, 058. 44

78,741.34 28,176.23

ToUI<los direitos or-
dinarios de impor-
tação	2,935,828.39
Total dos direitos addicio-
	285,006.06
Totaldosdireitos de expor-
tação	(M, 891. 16
	69,236.69

ToUl geral 3,369.641.52

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URUGUAY.

HOVOCBNTO DO PORTO DX HONTEVXDÏO BM AOOSTO DE 1S04.

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EMBARCAÇOEïi SAHIDA!).

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O '^Handels-ZeituD^" de Buenos Aires publica os seguintes al^- rismos mostrando o movimento do porto de Montevideo em Setembro e noK prinieiroa nove mezes de 1904:

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Conforme os ul^rísmoa publicados no "South American Journal" em sua edição de 10 de Dezembro de 1904, au rendas arrecadadas pela alfandega de Montevideo no raez de Outubro de 1904 foram as seguintes:

Importação $676, 1«3. 10

Exportação 50,837.80

Kenda eetimada doe Départant en toa 60, 000. 00

Total 787,010.00

As rendas arrecadada.-* no mesmo niez de annos anterioreti foram as

seguintes: 1903, »85tí,334; 1902, $909,692; 1901, $815,371; 1900,

$707,120; 1899, $841,591; 1898, $657,428; 1897, $851,540; 1896,

$826,011; 1895, $880,659; 1894, $865,718.

O total das rendas arrecadadas no decurso dos dez mezes do anno foi

de $7,448,580, contra $8,!tii4,132 no mesmo periodo de 1903, ou aeja

uma diminuirão de $1,455,602.

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214 SECBET&BIA IRTEBNACIONAL DAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

COMMERCIO DA ALLEMANHA COM A AMERICA DO SUL.

O cominercio exterior da Alleniantiu em 1903 attingiu á maior cifra jaiiiai» registrada na historia do paiz. O valor da importação foi de $1,504,482,252, e o da exporta\-fto de 11,221,1)04,260, o que mostra um augmento na importavâodetl22,707,564e na exportaç3ode$75. 693, 044, compai'adas com tm de 1902.

O seguinte quadro demonstra o movimento commercial com os paiz«s sul -americanos:

BraKl

Urapiáy..

Colombia . Bolivia....

8,070,200 Ï.*51,W i.m'.20o i,nz.íoo 1,3^.100 214.200	22. 800, «0 S,6M,«M 2.47&,200 1,689,800 ''w'.m	7, es; 69( lU	«» 800 000 sao i	1i» 3,387.200 r 876, 400 6*2. aoo iM,aao
na, 001. «00	131,780. MO	37,680,200	». 076,200

o augmento total no commei-cio com os paizes da America em 1903 foi de $41,459,600, dos (luaes $29,274,000 correspondem ao augmento no commcrcio com os paize:j da America do Sul. Isto quer dizer que o desenvolvimento do commercio da Allemanha com a America do Norte foi consideravelmente menor que o do commercio com a Ame- rica do Sul. O augmento nas importavOes procedentes da America do Sul foi de $16,779,000, ao paiiso que o augmento nas exportações com destino á America do Sul foi de $12,495,000. As cifras mais notáveis com relaçuo ao movimento de ímporta^^So s&o as fornecidas pela Argentina e Chile. As importaçGes procedentes da Argentina augmentaran! de $16,374,400, ao pas.10 que as importações provenientes do Chile diminuiram de $3,787,000. Outro ponto de interesse é que exactamente a metade do augmento nas cxportayOes pam a America do Sul foi realizada nas enviadas á Argentina.

O commercio com o Brazil o anno passado nunca tem sido sobrepu- jado excepto nos annos de 1890, 1891, e 1892. Foi maior por $5,950,000 que a média dos dez últimos aiiDos. Este r&sultado ú tanto mais importante quando se toma em consideração que o anno passado o preço médio do principal producto de exportação do Brazil — o café — foi consideravelmente menor do que em 1902.

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Bulletin Mensuel Bureau International des Républiques Américaines,

llBÍ0B iBteriiBtloBsIe des Bépnlillqiieg Américaliies.

JANVIER 1906. No. 1.

BÉPUBLIQUE ARGENTINE. arruATioH db z.a ittiPUBuatm au point be vtte db IlA.

PBODVOTION DE BL^d ET DE BETAIL.

Lies statistiques sur la récolte du blé dans le monde entier, publiées dans r Annuaire Su Commercé de MaÂs de Bromhall en mars 1904, ont trait aux dix années de 1891 à 1903 inclusivement et les chiffres donnis représentent les récoltes de juillet et d'août des années dont il est question, à l'exception de la République Argentine, de l'Australie et de quelques autres pays du sud où la récolte se ftût quatre mois plus tard et de l'Inde, où la récolte se fait encore plus tard.

Pour l'année 1903 seulement, les Etats-Unis d'Amérique occupent le premier rang avec 80,000,000 de quartiers {de 480 livres); cette quantité a été même dépassée de 5,000,000 de quartiers en 1902, et de 14,000,000 de quartiers en 1901.

Vient ensuit« la Russie avec 76,400,000 quartiers. Toutefois on a raison de croire que cette estimation est trop élevée de même que celle de 76,000,000 de quartiers pour 1902, puisque la production n'a pas dépassé 52,000,000 de quartiers dans aucune période des huit années précédentes.

La France vient en troisième lieu avec 45,800,000 quartiers, la moyenne pour les neuf années précédentes ayant été de 41,450,000 quartiers. Vient ensuite l'Inde avec 38,000,000 de quartiers, l'eati- mation de la récolte en culture, la moyenne des années de 1894 à 1902 ayant été environ de 29,000,000 de quartiers. L'Italie a produit âÎjéOOjOOO quartiers, dépassant de 2,400,000 quartiers le record le plus élevé en 1901. La moyenne des dix années s'est élevée à 16,400,000 quartiers. La production de la Hongrie a été de 18,900,000 quartiers; en 1902 elle a été de 21,300,000 et la moyenne des dix années a été de 17,000,000.

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Li& République Argeotiue occupe le septième rang avec 17,04)0,000 de quartiers, le» chiffres pour l'anuée 1902 accusant 13,000,000 de quar- ti«rii. On estime que la productiou de la récolte en culture dépassera ces chiffres pour 1903.

1^ production moyenne de l'Allem^ne dans les dix années a été de 16,200,000 quartiers environ; colle d'Espagne, de 12,600,000 et celle du Canada de 7,700,000, maie la culture du blé dans les territoires du nord-ouest du Canada augmente rapidement chaque année.

Quant aux bestiaux et aux moutons, M. Seebeh donne les statis- tiques suivantes dans son livre " Great Argentina," le chiffre de l'ex- portation formant l'unité de comparaison: bestiaux — Etats-Unis, 44,000,000; République Argentine, 28,000,000; Russie d'Europe, 24,000,000; Australie et Nouvelle-Zélande, 10,000,000. Moutons— République Argentine, 110,000,000; Australie, 91,000,000; Russie d'Europe, 38,000,000. et Uruguay, 15,500,000.

lies chiffres donnés pour les exportations de moutons provenant de la République Argentine sont de 10,000,000 de moins que ceux de Testimation officielle du Bureau de '^Ganadería" da Ministère de l'agriculture.

PÊCHERIES ARGEKTINBS.

Le "Standard" de Buenos Aires du 13 novembre 1904 faitsaroir que la "Compañía Ai^ntina de Pesca," sous la dii-ection de Señor Guillermo Nunes, va enfin exploiter les grandes richesses qu'offre la pêche sur la côte argentine.

Toutes les barques de pêche de la Compagnie ont été construitea en Norvège et le premier "trawler" est parti au commencement du mois de novembre sous le commandement du Captaine Larsem de l'expédi- tion Kordenskjold du pôle sud.

Les baleines et les phoques seront l'objet principal de la pêche de la comp^nie, mais on péchera aussi les poissons comestibles.

Voici les principales exportations de la République Ai^ntine pen- dant le» dix mois, janvier-octobre, 1904. On doune aussi leschiff res pour la même période de l'année précédente aSn d'en faire la comparaison:

Artlclw.		1B<H. 1,87S.«IS 6X.9M 2?; 196 6,74»	1908.
	nombre
Culn de chevaux xeoH Culn de rhcvBui uIOb	.■.■■."■.■.".■.■■■■.::;-;:::b;'iíe¿;:	ïï:p
		21,8»
I^ln.

BéPDBLlQOB ABGBNTINE.

	Articles.
CUCMM de mOnU™ nnmhi^

■-	190B.
8 171 Si»
2,0)7,181
10,648	M

tiTABUBSEMENTB FRIOOBIFIQUEB.

Pendant les deux derDÏères années deux nouvelles compagnies pour les viandes frigorifiées ont commencé à fonctionner. Ce sont la Com- panhia Argentina de Cames Congelados, en Ãvetlanda, au capital de $845,340, et la Companhia de Sansinena de Carnes Congeladas en Bahia Blanca au capital de ^60,066. Ces comp^fnies frigorifiques, ainsi que les trois autres déjà établies dans le pays emploient 3,160 ouvriers et peuvent préparer annuellement 500.000 bestiaux et 7,000,000 de mou- tons. Les tableaux suivants font ressortir le nombre d^animaux abattus dans les établissements frigorifiques ainsi que la quantité et la valeur des produits obtenus en 1903:

	Auné».	1 Mm	^	Vsleur.
		[11,319 n.9w
			81, 6W
		!
Prodnl».	Uv«. ¡ V-leur.
	601 «o ' «iiü m(
	sii 48,464 ■■s
	íilO	MJ5.B0S

Les cinq établissements possèdent des bâtiments, des machines, etc., -pour une valeur de $5,673,228 et ont un capital social de plus de *63,075,000.

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OOmCEBOE SXTESXEXm PENDANT LES NEUF PREMIERS UOIB BB Ii'ANNÍE 1904.

Les chiffres publiée par le Bureau National des Statistiques sous la direction de Seîîor F. Latzina pour les neuf premiers mois de l'année 1904, font ressortir que les importations pour ces mois ont atteint une valeur de $138,762,263 et les exportations une valeur de $203,192,913 en or. Les deux branches du commerce extérieur accusent des aug- mentations sur la même période de 1903, soit de $38,400.146 pour les importations et do $27,111,385 pour les exportations. Les importa- tions de bullion ont été de $20,354,146 faisant ressortir une diminution et les exportations de $1,148,437, montrant aussi une diminution de $87,053.

Le commerce extérieur de janvier à septembre, inclusivement, a donc laissé une balance en faveur du pays de $64,430,656 or. En 1903, la balance était de $75,700,000 et en 1902 de $58,800,000.

Sur lea importations celles qui sont ét^ soumises aux droits s'élèvent A $110,609,356 et sur les exportations elles s'élèvent à $57,372,074.

Les chiffres suivants indiquent la valeur (or) des marchandises ex- pédiées et reçues par les différente pays, faisant du commerce avec la République Argentine:

P.J1I.	'Xf-	"iC- 1	'«!?■	«sr-
	»o.«.		118,418,110! soe.oTO	•ÎKîi!
	m.m, S.as&.ias	% 1,1«	«24 22S
		ll.79l.B4G
	S08

La classification des importations fait ressortir les articles et valeurs suivants:

Bitoil Bur pied $640,911

Provisions 10,631,143

Tabap, et ses produit^' 3,361,319

Vins, spiritueux, et*- 6,684,607

Matiârw teitilee 44, 701 , 571

Hniles..-. 4.635,207

Produits rhimiqnes et drogues 4,616,945

Matières tinctorialee et conleure 886, 870

Bois de cfaarpeDt« et ses applicstioiie 10,674,436

Papier, et articles en papier ' 2, 876, 791

Cuire, et articles en enir 1, 063, 463

QuincailleriB 29,305,368

Mitaux divers 3, 750, 889

Verre et ciraniiiiueB 11,324,243

Divere 4,606.600

bApcbliqüb ABOKHTIITX.

Produits pMtoraux «77,408,537

Prorinita aífricolee 119,913,814

Froduita des foréls - 3, 247, 826

Frodnita minéraux 354, 399

Prodoits de la chasee 298,016

Airera 1 , 970, 328

1/ au^mentaUon dans les importations se porte principalement .'sur les marchandises suivantes: Tabac, $6-27,000; liqueurs, $775,000; lai- nages, ^3,480,000; cotonnades, $6,300,000; autres textiles, $2,800,000; huiles et substances médicinales, $1,640,000; produits chimiques et pharmaceutiques, $1,000,000; bois et articles en bois, $4,190,000; papier et articles en papier, $615,000; fer et objets en fer, $9,790,000; autres métaux et objets manufacturés, $696,000; verrerie, poterie et porcelaine, etc., $2,200,000.

Le Koyaume-Uni vient au premier rang pour les importations ainsi que pour les exportations, la valeur des marchandises reçues de ce pays étant de $48,955,730 et la valeur des exportations qui y ont été expédiées directement étant de $27,026,447.

L'exportation sur commandes figure pour un chiffre de $78,327,770 dont une partie considérable vient d'Angleterre.

L' Allemagne et la France occupent iî peu près le même rang dans le total du commerce, les importations de ces pays étant de $18,646,758 et de $13,418,502 respectivement et les exportations de $22,590,558 et de $23,659,214.

La valeur des importations provenant des Etats-Unis a été de $16,325,334; de l'Italie, $15.126,277, et de la Belgique, $7,098,010. Les importations du Brésil et de l'E^pa^ne se sont élevées à $4,665,864 et à $3,535,153 respectivement. Les valeurs respectives des exporta- tions dans ces cinq pays ont été de $7.216,808. $2,384,845,$1.S,482,924, $7,843,807 et $1,363,398. Si l'on considère l'augmentation dans les importations, c'est l'Allemagne, qui occupe le premier rang avec un chiffre de $5,216,261; viennent ensuite les Etats-Unis avec un chiffre de $5,074,934; puis l'IUlie avec $4,017,842; la France avec $3.498,427; la Belgique avec $2,716,431 et l'Espagne avec $728,769.

On attribue l'extension du commerce aliemand aux longs termes de crédit que donnent les maisons de commerce allemandes, à la réduction des prix et au bon vouloir que montrent les fabricants allemands en faisant face aux demandes de leur clientèle dans la Képublique Argentine.

L'augmentation constante dans les importations d'Italie est due sans doute au fait que pendant plusieurs an:iées une propoition considé- rable de l'immigration est venue de i:e pays. Bnll. So. 1-05 16

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Les recettes douanières se sont élevées & $36,361,834 en or et à $521,387 en monnaie papier soit une augmentation de $3,392,259 or et $100,090 papier sur la même période de 1903.

Le "Handels-Zeitung" de Buenos-Ayres (Revista Financiera j Comercial) publie lea chiffres suivante qui font ressortir le mouvement des différents ports de la République Argentine pour le mois de sep- tembre, ainsi que pour les neuf premiers mois de l'année 1904:

BUBNOS- AYRES.

Articles.	"î™.	Neulpre- delW.
	va.ni IS T,06S "às 841
Culn de bœol. salis Cuira de cbe™i.»li«	:;::;"::::;;:::::;::::;:»::::	US.2M
	6.1» 6,m
	i^n«"	%
	m
		!«
		aw 322
Uouloa frigorifié	nombre. bolles.	i	tn a
		i[m6 lisa
	"^ÎS-
		■"•■B
		i."^
	boit™. nombre.
MdiKod rrigtnie«	2.M	M	«50

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REPUBLIQUE ARasllTINB.

LA PLATA.

Pendant le mois de septembre 31 vapeurs sont sortis du port de La Plata, et pendant les neuf premiers mois de l'année 1904, 232 vapeurs et 6 voiliers sont sortis du même port. Ces vaisseaux ont transporté les marchandises suivantes:

Sfe"	"^r-	'S:í¿S:!SS
		sa, «10
		3,«lã.T6S 8M.T30 891,T6S
Uoat^rígor^BtV/^y^y///////////.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.

BAHIA-BLANCA.

Sept vapeurs sont sortis du port de Bahia Blanca pendant le mois de septembre et pendant les neuf premiers mois de 1904, 114 vapeurs vt 4 voiliers sont sortia du même port, transportant les marchandises suivantes aux pays ci-dessous mentionnas:

„,.«	im.	Neur pie-
""te' ™,™.
			J-WJ
Cnlndeboul, Hléa All.g}«ne;	-««nbre..		TOO M. 710
"^¿i-"^ .	12.530
		109
	unes..
		!,T»
AjnMUJE frt¿o"rifl*i
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BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES RÉPUBLIQUES AMÉRICAINES.

.„„.,..	IMM.	sa
Hollande;			"1
		4,t»
E.p^«:	WnnŒ		4,821
nT';.
""KStonWBoriM	-z"^-	8.907	'^IS

SAN NICOLAa

Vingt-quatre vapeurs sont sortis du port de San Nicolas pendant le mois de septembre et 143 vapeurs et 3 voiliers sont sortis pendant les neuf premiers mois de 1904, transportant les marchandises suivantes aux pays ci-dessous mentionnés:

1 .«..	Neuf pre- mien mots de IMM.
ApiLun:				■S 3. «78
			1,778
•"■ïr;			S.*71
			18, m
				'■ÎS
	.MlÎll	nombre.
Fninoe;
Cninaebamt,		nombic.

Brtill

BIÍ lonn»

lulle;

Mala H.... i.lW I

Hollande:

MaiK Id.... 2,880

Graine de lin Id.... 76

(UmniandM:

Blé Id.....

MalB M.... «S,1M

nralnedelln M.... I,*IW

Ulne I»11ea..l

S, 826

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REPI'BLUíl'K ABOKNTINE. T¿Ó

FBOKULOATION DE NOTTVELLBS LOIS.

Pendant le niois d'octobre dernier le gouvernement Argentin a pro- mulgué le» lois suivantes, ajant trait aux chemins de fer:

Loi concédant à MM. dk Bbutn et Otamrndi le droit de construire et d'exploiter un réseau de chemins de fer économique dans la province de Buenos-Ayres.

Loi concédant & MM. R. Christofhlb et Cib le droit de con- struire et d'exploiter, sans garantie de l'Etat, une ligne de chemin de fer partant du port de San Nicolás de los Arrojos pour aboutir à la station Bragado (province de Baenos-Ayres), en passant par Arrecifes, Salto et Chacabuco.

Loi accordant a M. CXrlos Luhb le droit de construire ot d'ex- ploiter une ligne de chemin de fer, allant de la station Santa Regina à la Zanja (province de Córdoba).

Loi ordonnant d'effectuer les études pour la construction d'une ligne ferrée, allant de Dolores à Soto (province de Córdoba),

Loi autorisant le» études de construction d'une voie ferrée, allant de Ooya à San Miguel (province de Corrientes).

Loi acceptant la proposition de la maison Colbon, Brookhouse et Ptne pour la construction du prolongement de la ligne ferrée de San Cristobal au port de Santa Fé, soit 180 kilomètres de voie d'un mètre, et la fourniture du matériel roulant, moyennant la .somme de $2,500,000 or (12,500,000 francs).

Les travaux devront être commencés dans les trois mois qui suivront l'approbation des plans par le gouvernement, et devront être com- plètement achevés dans un délai de dix-huit mois.

Loi accordant à la Compagnie du Grand Ouest Argentin, le droit de construire et d'exploiter les embranchements suivants: 1° de San Rafael à Victoria; 2" de San Rafael à Buena Esperanza; 3° de Lujan de Cuyo à San Carlos; 4° da Lujan de Cuyo à Mendoza; 5° de Palmira â Alto Verde; 6' d'un point à déterminer de la province de San Juan â Caucete par 25 de mayo.

Loi ordonnant d'effectuer les études nécessaires pour la construc- tion d'une voie ferrée, allant de Chumbicha il Aminga (province de La Rioja).

Loi autorisant M. Rafael Aranda à construire et A exploiter pen- dant 99 ans une ligne ferrée, allant de Diamante (province d'Entre Rios) & Curuzu Cuatia (province de Corrientes), avec deux embranche- ments, partant de la Villa Federal pour aboutir l'un à Chajari et l'autre à La Paz.

Le Pouvoir Exécutif argentin a promulgé la loi suivante qui abalase de 50 ft 10 pour cent le droit d'importation sur les automobiles et leurs pièces de rechange:

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"Article 1", Les psi-^raphes 8 et 9 de l'article 2' de la loi de douane sont modifiés dans la forme suivante:

"1°. Ajouter au par^rapbe 8 de l'article 2" avec droit de 10 pour cent ad valorem: 'Automobiles complets, en général, et pièces de rechanges pour les m6mes ou qui viendraient séparément des automo- biles auxquelles elles sont destinées/

"2°. Suppriuier du paragraphe 9 de l'article 2" les mots: 'Automo- biles en tout genre à l'exception des voitures,'"

On a autorisé M. E. S. Garcia á effectuer un essai d'éclairage à l'alcool et à ses frais, avec des lampes de son invention dans la rue Baldengues, entre celles de Sucre et Mendoza. Les lampes seront de deux types, les unes de 1,000 bougies analogues à celles d'électricité à arc voltalque et les autres de 80 bougies qui pourront s'installer dans les réverbères où sont employées celles à pétrole.

BRÉSIL.

KBCXTTKS POUAlîlfiKES, OOTOBBE I804.

Les chiffres suivants font voir les recettes des douanes brésiliennes pour le mois d'octobre:

	19W.	IMS.		MUrrU. Kifi.su «7.00* 7«.0S3	1901.
	MUttU. "Il ,11 m: 679 1,086,007 fi. «s, 957	MOrtít.		242) 738
	1,7» 381 « 1,17^ &i 1,331 1Í	m 575 399
		».oe7
		lî'S
	M^h":::;::::::::::: Penedo ToWl, lOmols....
	170,087,179	15t. MB. 77»

Les recettes douanières pour le mois d'Octobre montrent une aug- mentation totale de 1,478,883 milreis sur celles du mois de Septembre et de 639,110 miireis sur celles du mois d'Octobre 1908. Il y a une augmentation totale de 5,540,500 milreis pour les dix premiers mois de l'année 1904 sur les mêmes mois de l'année 1903.

DBOXTS DE OONSOMKATION, FSSKIXB SXKSSIBE DE 1904.

Les droits de consommation pour le premier semestre de 1904 ont produit 18,502,397 milreis contre 14,660,499 milreis dans la même période de 1903, soit donc une augmentation de 3,811,898 milreis. En voici le détail:

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Textiles, augmentation 2, 486, 237

BoiœonB, augmentation 763, 966

Tabac, augmentation 489, (WO

Sel, dimioution 417, 924

Cartee à jouer, diminution 2, 384

Chapeaux et casquettee, diminution 97,984

PBIMBB AOOOBD^S AUX IKSUBTBIBS FA& LB OOITVSKNBUEirr.

La " Dépêche Coloniale" fait savoir que le goarernement de Rio de Janeiro a établi une série de primes pour rencouragement de l'agricul- ture et de l'industrie. On donnera dea primea de ¿200, £80 et £40 aux trois plus grands exportateurs de coton. On donnera aussi une prime de £200 au fabricant qui exportera le premier une certaine quantité de saindoux et une autre encore de la même valeur au plan- teur qui aura le premier plus de 1,000 pieds de nouveaux cacaotiers en plein rapport.

Quant aux productions industrielles on accordera une subvention annuelle de £480 à la première fabrique établie dans Rio de Janeiro au capital minimum de 8,000 livres sterling et pourvue de machines du dernier modèle pour la pré|Kiration de conserves de fruits, de fruits secs et de confitures pouvant faire concurrence aux produits étrangers similaires. La dite fabrique sera exempte de taxes indus- trielles à condition que la matière première vienne autant que possible du pays.

STATISTiaTTES SUR I/XHKIOnATION.

D'après les chlfiFres brésiliens le mouvement d'immigration dans le Brésil a été comme il suit:

Îfomfrre <f ùnmtjrninfi enlrh au Brétil dani le» année* 1875 à 1901 mduñvemenl.

A.».	¿ÏÏTi	ABDie.	gmnu.
	SW,3SS ,870 :!£ • :ÎS	IMl	"SSS
		'»»
		i.5

Le nombre total s'élève à 2,023,693, dont 68,078 Allemands, 44,561 Àutrichiena, 2,746 Belges, 207,021 Espagnols, 3,839 Angkis, 454,406 Portugais, 89,388 Russes, 2,344 Suédois, 10,511 Français, 996,814 Italiens, 7,700 Suisses et 187,785 de tous les autres pays.

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PRODUCTION DE HITItATK, TBOIBlfiMB TRDfSBTKE I>E 1904.

D'après le treiite-^tixième rapport de la ^'Asociación Salitrera de Fropa^nda^' pour le troisième trimestre de l'année courante, la pro- dmition du nitrate a atteint un total de 9,107,950 quintaux espagnols, soit un excédent de 716,554 quintoux sur la production dans le même trimestre de 1903. L'exportation a atteint un total de 7,294,767 quintaux española, soit uno légère augmentation de 60,025 quintaux sur le même trimestre de 1903. Les livraisons pour la consommation se sont élevées à 4,261,230 quintaux espagnols, soit 302,647 quintaux de moins que dans le même trimestre de 1903.

La production dans les six mois déjà écoulés de la campagne du nitrate (aviil-septembre) s'est élevée à 17,391,748 quintaux espagnols, soit un excédent de 766,479 quintaux espagnols sur la production dans le même semestre de 1903^. Cette quantité est toutefois insi- gntfíantequand on considère que la quantité de l'exportation en 1904-5 est de 3,500,000 quintaux de plus que celle de 1903-4. Àlin que la tota- lité de l'exportation convenue pour l'année de l'exploitation du nitrate unissant le 31 mars 1905 fût exportée dans un délai donné, il eût été nécessaire de produire cette année environ 350,000 quintaux de plus par mois que pendant l'année dernière. Toutefois, dans les six mois qni !ic sont écoulés, la production n'a. été que de 760,000 quintaux de plus que celle de la même période de 1903, bien que le nombre d'usines en exploitation dans les ^ix mois de 1!K)4 ait été en moyenne de 78 con- tre 74 dans la même période de 1903.

EXTENSION DES CHEHINS DE FEB.

L'agent consulaire anglais à Copiapo fait savoir qu'on a a<-hevé et mis en exploitation la partie de la ligne de l'Etat allant de Ohafíai-al au district aurifère d'inca et que récemment le Gouvernement a voté 70,000 pesos pour la prolongation de cette même ligne sur une lon- gueur de 100 milles allant à Copiapo. On a déjà commencé les travaux. Cette ligne traversera les districts miniers les plus importants et sans aucun doute elle aidera grandement à l'exploitation do plusieurs de ces mines sur une grande échelle. Elle offrira aussi une ligne de commu- nication directe entre les ports de Caldera et Chaüaral. Cette ligne constitue une partie du ciiemin de fer de l'Etat qui a été projeté et qui un jour aura son point terminus à Vallenor dans le sud, soit une dis- tance de 160 milles.

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CUBA.

OOHSinOKa INSUSTRIKLLEB, 1S90-1903.

Dans son rapport sur le commerce de la Képublique de C<uba de 1891) » 1903 incluuivement, le Ministre des Finances fait connaître qu^en

1899 la valeur des importations s'est ¿levée à $66,783,000 or et qu'en

1900 et 1901 la valeur a été à peu près la même. En 1902 cette Komme est tombée à $60,585,000, mais en 1903 il y a eu une reprise dans les affaires et la vateiu- des importations s'est élevée à ^3,464,000.

D'après le résumé du rapport, tel qu'il a été publié dans le "Stand- ard " de Buenos-Aires du 23 octobre 1904, les statistiques sur l'exporta- tion montrent le progrès rapide de l'industrie depuis la fin de la guerre de l'Indépendance.

Voici les valeurs déclarées des exportations dans les cinq années 1899-1903: $45,067,000; $48,905,000; $63,278,000; $64,330,000; $77,- 861,000 dans l'ordre respectif.

Par Kuite de la proximité des Etats-Unis une partie considérable du commerce se fait aaturellement avec ce pays, les exportations à destina- tion des Etats-Unis en 1903 accusant le chiffre de $60,089,466 et les importations provenant de ce pays $'25,703,104. Cuba a expédié aux autres pays de l'Amérique dans la même année des marchandises éva- luées à $1,743,869, et en a reçu pour une valeur de $8,337,565.

En 1903 Cuba a expédié en Angletere des marchandises pour une valeur de $6,590,824 et en a reyu pour une valeur de $10,799,775. Les importations provenant d'Espagne se sont élevées à $9,113,586 et les exportations destinées à ce pays n'accusent que $1,273,200, Les deux autres pays dont le commerce avec Cuba a dépassé $1,000,000 sont l'Allemagne, dont les exportations ont été de $3,9ai,956 et les importations de $5,370,806; et la France, dont les exportations et importations se sont élevées respectivement à $3,371,990 et $1,132,672. Les importations totales de l'Europe se sont élevées à $39,099,369, contre $15,178,874, valeur des exportations; la balance du commerce est donc en faveur de l'Europe, l'Allemagne exceptée.

Cuba achète à l'étranger tous les articles de consommation, à l'ex- ception du tabac, du rhum, des fruits, des bois divers et des produits tropicaux. En 1903 le pays a importé des bestiaux pour une valeur de $5,355,200 et d'autres meubles vifs pour une somme de $460,500; le bœuf séché et les conserves de viande (classés dans les statistiques sous le nom de '^otros artículos") représentaient une somme de $21,- 887,000, les Etats-Unis en ayant fourni pour $10,019,800 et l'Espagne pour $3,826,100. L'imposition de droits élevés sur les importations de café a donné lieu à une diminution considérable dans la consom- mation de cet article, et jusqu'en 1899 environ 95 pour cent de la

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quantité totale importée venaient de Porto Rico, plus tard et jusqu'à présent on en a fait venir quelques espèces de l'Aménque du Sud.

Les importations de machines, de papier, de charbon, de verre, de porcelaine, de poterie, de médicaments, de tissus de fil et de coton, de chaussures et de cuirs ont augmenta considérablement. On importa les huiles minérales des Etats-Unis, ce pays venant en premier lieu ausi<i pour les importations cubaines de machines et de charbon, l'An- gleterre occupant la seconde place. Les Etats-Unis viennent en premier lieu pour l'importation à Cuba des bois de charpente, des cuirs et peaux (l'Eitpagne venant après). Les Etats-Unis occupent aussi le premier rang pour l'importation des drogues, et c'est la France qui vient en second lieu. L'Angleterre vient en premier lieu pour les tissus de coton, de fil et de laine. L'Esp^ne vient en second lieu pour le fil, le coton et le chanvre, et la France occupe le même rang pour les lainages. L'Allema^e occupe le premier rang, les Etats-Unis le second, et TEspagne le troisième pour la verrerie, la porcelune et la poterie. L'Esp^ne vient au premier rang et les Etats-Unis au second pour les chaussures, le papier et ses applications y compris les imprimés.

Voici la proportion des importations totales en 1903: Les Etats-Unis, 40.5 pour cent; Angleterre, IT; Espagne, 14.3; Allemagne, 6.4; France, 6.3; Mexique, Uruguay et Colombie, 4.2, 8, 2.1 et 1.1 pour cent respectivement; les pays de l'Amérique latine ont fourni principale- ment les bestiaux.

Le sucre et le Ubac ont jusqu'ici constitué les principaux articles d'exportation cubaine et ils représentent 87 pour cent de l'exportation totale en 1903, mais la proportion des autres exportations commence à augmenter. En 1903^ la valeur des exportations de sucre accusait *40,500,000, les Etats-Unis en ayant reçu pour une valeur de $39,491,863 et l'Angleterre pour $950,267. La mélasse importée priacipelement d'Angleterre représente une valeur de $1,346,000. Le rhum et les autres liqueurs n'accusent qu'un chiffre de $222,269, soit une dimiu- tion sur les années précédentes.

La valeur des exportations a été de $26,042,000 y compris les ci- gares pour $12,787,200 et les cigarettes pour $404,173. Les Etats- Unis sont les meilleurs consommateurs de tabac en feuilles. Us en ont acheté pour une valeur de $9,940,406; vient ensuite l'Allemagne pour une valeur de $1,921,559, suivie de l'Espagne pour $709,544.

Toutefois l'Angleterre occupe la première place pour les achats de cigares, ses importations en 1903 «'élevant A $5,197,785. Viennent ensuite les Etats-Unis pour $2,888,111, la France pour $444,001, l'Es- pagne pour $405,000, le Canada pour $370,500 et 1' Australie, le Chili et la République Argentine dont les importations ont varié entre $100,000 et $200,000.

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REPÍJBLlgDE DOMINICAINE. 239

I^ OOHHEBOB DBS OAMTS BB PBAV.

L'importatioD des gants de peau à Cuba ne dépasse pas une valeur totale de 125,000 francs par an.

La chaleur du climat explique le peu de succès de cet objet de toi- lette. En dehors de la Havane on n'en porte pour ainsi dire pas.

Il n'en vient, du reste, que pour dames et de deux formats: les ^nts court», à deux ou trois boutons, valant en gros 40 ou 42 francs la dou- zaine de paires, et les gants de soirée, de 16 à 24 boutons, valant 70 francs la douzaine. Ces prix s'entendent f. o. b. dans le port d'em- barquement.

Dans les magasins de détail, ces mêmes gants sont vendus respec- tivement 10 et 25 francs la paire.

Les couleurs les plus demandées sont le blanc, le crème, le gris perle, le gris fer, et le noir. Les gants glacés sont préférés à la peau de Suède.

he» pays de provenance sont la France et aussi un peu l'Angleterre. Les affaires se traitent avec des maisons de commission, soit au comp- tant, soit à trois mois.

L'emballage doit être tout particulièrement soigné; il se fait géné- ralement en caisses de bois, doublées de zinc, bien hermétiquement soudées.

Les droits d'entrée sont de (4.38, soit 22.78 francs par kilogramme. Il est alloué une bonification de 18 pour cent pour tare, quand l'em- ballage est fait dans des caisses en bois, et de 8 pour cent seulement dans les autres cas.

RÉPUBLIQUE DOMINICAINE.

KODinOATIOirS BOUANlfiSEa.

I. Ordonnance du 9 avril 1901^, relative à la jferception du pour cent â^

Hurtoj^e municipale.

['-Gacela OOclal" du» avril IMM.)

En vertu de la présente ordonnance, le pour cent sur les marchan- dises dénommées dans le tarif de surtaxe municipale continuera à être perçu 8ur le produit des 34 pour cent des droits applicables aux dites marchandises.

II, Décret du 30 avril 190^, modifiant le régime applicable à Peiepor-

tatitm.

("Oartta Oflcial " du 80 avrll IMH.j

Article 1" Est abrc^ dans toutes ses parties le tarif d'exporta- tion, en date du 16 novembre 1898, mis en vigueur par décret du 9 avril courant.

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Abt. 2. A partir de la promulgation du préaetit dúcret, ne seront provisoirement assujettÎH au payment des droits de sortie que les mar- chandises ci-après dénommées, lesquelles seront tarifées comme suit:

Cacao quintal.. $1.60

Cafó id.... 15

Cire id.... 2.60

Peaux de cWvk id 2. 60

Peaux de gros iM^tail id 1.00

Écaille livre.. 26

Uaiac tonne.. 60

Miel gallon.. 01

Ynyii tonne.. 50

Section. Le droit applicable au cacao comprend les $0.50 d^impôt de guerre.

Pour ce qui concerne le sucre, est maintenu en vigueur le décret du Gouvernoraent provisoire, en date du 14 murs 1903, qui établit un im- pôt de 10 centaix)» en or par quintal de sucre de production nationale et charge le Ministre des finances et du commerce d'i^tablir les règles nécessaires à la perception dudit ÎDipôt.

Le prirent décret abroge toutes dispositions contraires.

IIL (f^rãimnaníe du SO a/m-'d 190^, relative au payement âtm droitu de douane.

["aBCetaOHcia]" dDlD avril ISM.)

Article 1*'. Est abrogé l'article 3 du décret du 9 avril de l'année courante.

Art. 2. A partir de la date de la promulgation de la présente ordon- nance, ne seront acceptés, en payement des droits et dans la proportion de 20 pour cent, que les bons émis par le Gouvernement actuel.

IV. Décret du 1^ tnai 190^, relatif au payeinent d^ droite de douane et ètablUsant lu perception d'une surtaxe spéciale.

{■•Qaina Oficial" dn 11 mall»04.)

Article 1". A partir de la date de la publication du présent décret et tant i|ue les circonstanceB l'exigeront, les bureaux fiscaux de la Répu- blique n'acceptcrant, en payement des impôtsdouaniersétablisà une date antérieure à la présente, que 25 pour cent en valeur» légalement émises ou A valoir sur les contrats conclus en due forme, ju-squ'il ce que les valeurs émises soient épuisées et les obligations résultant des contrats soient éteintes.

Art. 2. On continuera à accepter également 5 pour cent des droits d'importation en billets de la Banque nationale, lesquels seront livrés à la Junte d'incinération, pour qu'il soit procédé conformément aux stipu- latious de la loi d'émission.

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Art. 3. II eut créé, mais simplement à titre provisoire, une surtaxe spéciale de S pour cent effectifs sur le montant de l'impôt applicable aux marchandises imposables; cette surtaxe sera perçue ¿ partir de la présente date.

Art. 4. Le présentdécrftabr<^ toute disposition contraire; ilsera subordonné, pour ce qui concerne son exécution, aux dispositions qui seront adoptées par le Ministre des finances.

ÉTATS-UNIS.

OOHKEBOB ATSO L'AKfiBIOITIi LATUTB.

IMl>ORTATIOM8 ET EXPORTATIONS.

On trouvera à la page 142 le dernier rapport du commerce entre les Ëtats-lJnis et l'Amérique latine, extrait de la compilation faite par le Bureau des Statistiques du Ministère du Commerce et du Travail. Le rapport a trait au mois de novembre, 1904, et donne un tableau com- paratif de ce mois avec le mois correspondant de Tannée 1903. Il donne aussi un tableau des onze mois finissant en novembre, 1904, en les comparant avec la période correspondante de Tannée précédente. On itait que les chiffres des différents bureaux de douane montrant les importations et les exportations pour un mois quelconque ne sont revus au Ministère des Finances que le '20 du mois suivant, et qu'ü faut un certain temps pour les compiler et les faire imprimer, de sorte que les résultats pour le mois de novembre ne peuvent être puli'ies avant le mois de janvier.

aOHUBBCE EZTâBIBim, NOVBHBKB 1904.

Les statistiques au sujet des exportations d'objets manufactayn-.» pour le mois de novembre, ainsi que pour les onze mois tini^rnor \e 30 novembre, paraissant dans les "Advance Sheets" du Sominaire men- suel du Commerce et des Finances et publiées par le Bureau des Statis- tiques au Ministère du Commerce et de l'Industrie, font ressortir une augrmentation de $12,515,257 dans la valeur totale de ces exportations pour le mois de novembre en la comparant au même mois de Tannée 1U03. Cette augmentation est répartie entre un grand nombre d'arti- cles. Les exportations de tissus de coton, qui se sont élevées en novembre 1904 à .')8,711,103 yards, évalués à $3,290,116, contre 13,086,101 yards, évalués à è792,438, eu novembre 1903, accusent une des augmentations les plus considérables. Ces exportations, qui sont tombées très bas pendant l'année fiscale, commencent ã atteindre des pro- portions normales. Pour les onze mois finissant le 30 novembre elles se sont élevées à 373,087,218 yards, évalués à $22,019,619, contre

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355,091,098 yards, évalués â $18,5*9,818, pour la même période en 1903 et 485,910,815 yards, évalués à $24,773,608, pour le même espace de temps en 1902.

Les exportation de rails dWier, qui ont tant baissé en 1902 et 1903 que dans certains mois elles ont presque cessé, augmentent encore malgré la demande plus active dans les derniers mois. Les exporta- tions pour le mois de novembre se sont élevées & 53,723 tonnes, évaluées à $1,286,098, contre 5,141 tonnes seulement, évaluées Îl $180,339, pour novembre 1903. Les exportations de rails d'acier pour les onze mois se sont élevées à 395,799 tonnes, évaluées ^ $80,182,402, contre 23,134 tonnes, évaluées à $734,038, pour les onze mois en 1903 et 66,854 tonnes, évaluées à $1,881,180, pour les onze mois en 19Ü2.

Si les évaluations données par le Bureau des Statistiques représentent exactement le prix d^ exportation, le prix moyen de ceux exportés pendant les onze derniers mois a été de $25.72 par tonne.

Les autres exportations d'objets manufacturés en fer et en acier ont augmenta matériellement pendant le mois de novembre, mais pas au.ssi rapidement que celles des rails d'acier. La valeur totale des exportations de fer et d'acier non compris le minerai a été pour le mois de novembre, de $12,831,980; contre $7,986,961 pour le mois de novembre 1903.

Pour les-onze mois les exportations de fer et d'acier, non compris le minerai, se sont élevées à $118,182,998, contre $89,682,747 pour les onze mois de 1903 et à $90,136,024 pour 19o2.

Les exportations de lingots de cuivre et objets de cuivre pendant le mois de novembre ont continué à montrer une augmentation considé- rable sur l'année précédente, leur valeur total étant de $7,193,294, contre $1,486,987 en novembre 1903. La valeur des exportations pour les onze mois a été de $68,005,169, contre $38,417,414 pour 1903 et $43,100,666 pour 1902.

Les exportations d'huiles minérales rafiSnées qui accusent une aug- mentation considérable pour les onze mois n'ont augmenté que légère- ment pendant le mois de novembre, leur valeur étant de $6,246,024, contre $5,974,742 pour le mois de novembre 1903.

HONDURAS.

IKPOBIATIOHS FBOVENANT DE NEW TOKK EH 1904.

Le Docteur Salvador Cóbdova, consul général de la Répulique du Honduras, fournit les statistiques suivantes sur les exportations de New York à destination de ce pays pour l'année fiscale finissant le 31 juillet 1904:

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Porta.	Nombre de	Valent.
	S,»»?	KUot. i.iu,Dg« 1,296,111 KS
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Les expéditions se composaient spécialement de tissus de coton, machines, dn^ues et médicaments, farine, riz, provisions et con- serves, ronces artificielles, pétrole, papier, liqueurs, parfums, etc.

M. CoBDOVA fait remarquer que depuis la mise en vigueur de la loi sur les colis postaux entre les Etats-Unis et le Honduras, des chaus- sures et des articles de fantaisie sont expédiés en grande quantité, évitant ainsi la dépense et l'ennui des factures consulaires. Ces expor- tations ne sont pas comprises dans l'état ci-dessus.

MEXIQUE.

0OH3CBBCS XZTdBIETni, PKEKIEB IBIXB8TBE DE 1904-6.

Le Bureau des Statistiques du Ministère des Finances vient de publier le rapport préliminaire sur les importations et exportations pendant le mois de jaiUet, août et septembre faisant voir le mouvement du commerce extérieur du pays pour le premier trimestre de l'année fiscale courante 190^5 comparé au même trimestre de l'année 1903-4.

Le rapport donne les importations évaluées en or d'après les con- naissements et factures présentés aux bureaux des douanes, ainsi que la valeur correspondante en aident mexicain calculé aux taux officiels déterminés tous les mois par le Ministre de Finances en conformité de la loi du 25 novembre 1902.

IMPORTATIONS.
Annie. | Valeur en or. Vjjlenr^en
19M-ft «7 7» ÎST 15	•38,116.112.»

On remarquera que, calculé en monnaie d'or d'après les pièces offi- cielles, le total des importations dans les trois premiers mois de 1904-5 accuse one augmentation de $224,428.02 équivalent à 1.4 pour cent sur les importations faites dans le même trimestre de 1903-4 et que ces mêmes importations calculées en monnaie d'argent du pays accusent une diminution de $2,150,225.42 équivalant à 5.34 pour cent de moins

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que les tmportatiüns dans les mêmes mois de 1903-4, calculées aussi en argent. Cette anomalie est le résultat des fluctuations dans les cours du change de la monnaie d'argent.

Voici, en détail, les importations dans les trois premiers mois de 1904, d'après l'évaluation en or des factures soumises aux douanes:

V»leur en or.

Substoncee animalee $1,455,236.13

Substancea vífíéUleB 2,356,374.03

Suhetaiices minérales 4,836,941.53

Men«rie 2,818,247.28

Produite chimique* 691,088.81

Boíbsoüb, fenaentéee et naturelles 694,605. 13

Papier et Bee applicaUone 593, 773. 25

Macliineeetappareilfl 2,495,925.01

V£-hicaleH 347.372.06

Armefletexpioeifs 837,287.48

Divent 593,386.44

Total 17,720,237.16

Le tableau suivant montre lea pays d'origine et la valeur des impor- tations fournies par chacun d'eux; on donne aussi les totaux du même trimesti'e de l'année précédente afín d'en faire la comparaison :

Bil^De

2.mi.xio

Z,M8,ST6 2.006.611

332,131

18,399, 4M

Les exportations font ressortir tes évaluations suivantes en monnaie mexicaine déclarées aux bureaux de douanes.

Produlta vtotlanx ITodDiManrniiiiii UanufuitUKa.... ProdalU dlver». , .

Total

1904.

w,3aD,t40.8& ; n.tai.ii».S3

17,410,811.37 17,117,013.0»

«,U1, 902.64 7,299,810.81

11,880,116.26 I

2,280,5e2.tó I

71N,8ie.07

182,763.90 1

46,816. 102.(10

JJk. OOOA AV KBZiaTTX.

Le Ministère de Fomento vient de faire distribuer aux agriculteurs des Etats de Oaxaca, Tabasco, Chiapas et Yucatan des graines de coca qui lui ont été envoyées du Pérou. Il en a fait remettre aussi au Jardin de propagation, añn de s'assurer si cette plante peut croître dans la yalléc de Mexico.

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On sait que la coca forme la base de plusieurs produits pharmaceu- tiques, notamment de la cocaine, dont IVmplol se généralise de plus on plus.

L'arbuste, connu sous le nom de coca ou cocaieret que les Pt'iu- viens appellent aussi hojo ou ipotu, a une hauteur variant de 1 A 3 mètres. 11 abonde à l'état sauvage dans les Andes de l'Amérique du Sud. Il fait l'objet au Pérou d'un commerce très important. 8on nom scÎentitique est ErythiixyUm coca,

La feuille seule est employée. On la récolte en mars, juillet et octobre ; elle a une saveur amère qui laisse dans la bouche une impres- sion brûlante; elle possède une odeur faiblement aromatique. Elle n'est pas seulement précieuse comme médicament, mais encore au même titre que le thé et le café. Les feuilles d'importation récente et bien conservées renferment de 12 à 80 centigrammes pour cent de cocaïne, anesthésique local remarquable qui s'emploie sous forme de chlorhydrate.

Les plantations nommées cocais sont établies dans les régions à climat doux et humide, dans le genre de celui de Jalapa.

Cette plante pourrait, semble-t-il, parfaitement s'acclimater et pros- pérer au Mexique, mais non à Mexico, comme dans la cordilldre entre 70<> et 2,000 mètres d'altitude.

NICARAGUA.

■DDIFICATIOire DOUAinfiBBS.

I. — Décret du H mai 190^, sur le payement des droits d^ importât ion.

■■ Diario OflcUl '

Articlk l""". Le montant des droits de douane à l'importation, y compris les surtaxes, sera acquitté en monnaie d'or ou en traites de tout repos, à vue ijur les États-Unis ou les pays d'Europe.

Abt. 2. Dans les liquidations en douane, il sera procédé sur l'en- semble dédouanements, d'après les règles actuellement en vigueur, et, après avoir établi le montant total des droits d'importation pour chaque bordereau, on procédera, au bas du bordereau, à sa conversion en or, dans le proportion de cinq â un, c'est-ft-dire de 20 pour cent.

Abt. 3. Les débiteurs pourront, à leur choix, acquitter les 8omm<^.'í dues soit en or soit en billets de banque du pays d'après le change com- mercial des traites sur le marché à la date du payement. A cet effet, le Ministère des Finances fera le relevé du change adopté par les éta- bli»sements se trouvant en mesure de foui-nir des traites, et le taux à adopter sera ñxé par la Ti-ésorerie générale.

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Abt. 4. Les bons en circulation ne pourront pas servir au payemeni des bordereaux de droits maritimes; cependant les bons jouissant actuel- lement de ce privilège seront amortîii chaque mois pour une somme de dix miWepeaos, par remboursement en numéraire, et ladite somme sem répartie proportionnellement entre les différents espèces de bons, l'amortissement devant s'effectuer chaque dernier jour du mois.

Abt. 5. Aux effets de l'article ci-dessus, tous les porteurs des bons susmentionnés devront les présenter à la Trésorerie Générale pour les faire enregistrer dans la première quinzaine à partir de la date de la mise en vigueur du présent décret, afin que l'on puisse procéder au tirage au sort des bons qui devront être remboursés chaque mois.

Devront toujours assister â cette opération, comme témoins, les porteurs des bons ayant droit au tirage, et le nombre de ces porteurs ne devra, en aucun cas, être inférieur à deux. L'opération sera faite par un Trésorier Général, le remboursement s'effectuera sur le champ et procès-verbal, signé par les parties, en sera dressé et publié dans le "Diario Oficial."

Art. 6. Le présent décret, qui n'est pas applicable aux douanes du Bluff et du cap de Gracias & Dios, entrera en vigueur trente jours après sa date.

IL — Décret du ¡SSjnin 1904, relatif à P importation du riz et des harieotê.

["DluloOflcUl " du ^ Juin MM.)

A pai-tir de la date de la publication du présent décret jusqu'au 31 décembre de l'année courante, sera exempte de droits d'entrée l'impor- tation du riz et des haricots.

PARAGUAY.

HODIFIOATIONS SOTTAin&SEa.

1. — Extrait de In loi du H juillet 1903.

l'-DiarioOlIcLal" du ISJuillel ISDS.I

En vertu de la présente loi et aux termes des articles i-eproduits ci-après, ont été adoptées les dispositions suivantes:

Art. 6. Il sera perçu un droit de 8 pour cent sur la valeur des bois en général sauf les bois sciés qui acquitteront 4 pour cent.

La surtaxe, établie par la loi du 20 janvier 1902 et applicable à l'exportation de l'herbe maté moulue et mhorobiré, est respectivement portée à d et 12 centa/ooa; les droits d'exportation des peaux sont portés à 85 centavo».

Il sera également perçu une surtaxe de Z pour cent à l'importation des marchandises soumises & des droits, payable en or ou en papier monnaie ayant cours au change du jour.

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Art. 14. L'exportation des peaux de bœuf est soumise aux droits ci-Bprès et subordonnée aux dispositions suivantes:

A. Augmentation de 35 centavos payables en or par peau de bœuf, aux termes de l'art. 6 susindiqué.

B. La moitié des peaux de bœuf destinées à l'exportation sera livrée aux administrations de douane de la Képublique lesquelles payeront pour lesdites peaux, avec escompte de 60 centavos en or par peau, \fM prix ci-après établis: Par kilogramme de peaux sèches, $0.36 en oi-; salées, $0.16 en or; fraîches, $0.12 en or; avaiiéee, selon l'espèce, le tiers des prix susin diques.

C. Les administrations de douane devront payer les prix ci-dessus établis en monnaie courante en or ou en valeur équivalente en papiei- monnaie au cours du jour qui ne pourra pas Stre supérieur & 900 pour cent.

D. Si, sur les marchés de consommation, le prix des peaux présente des écarts de plus de 10 pour cent, ie Pouvoir Exécutif modifiera les prix fixés à l'alinéa B proportionnellement avec les différences constatées.

ÃBT. 15. A partir du 1" janvier 1901, et toutes les fois que te taux de la valeur de l'or sera supérieur à 900, l'exportation de l'herbe maté sera soumise aux dispositions suivantes:

En plus des impôts en vigueur et des (axes établies en vertu de la présente loi, la moitié de l'herbe maté présentée à l'exportation dans les douanes de la Képublique sera livrée à ces administrations, qui la payeront, conformément aux prix fixés dans le tarif d'évaluation, en or ou en papier monnaie au taux de 900, au choix du Gouvernement. Cette disposition ne sera pas applicable aux exportateurs de ce produit qui auront vendu au Gouvernement des traites payables en or au taux de 900 pour le montant de la valeur de la partie d'herbe maté visée dans la présente loi.

Art. 32. Est abrogé l'article 2 de la loi générale budgétaire des dépenses dans sa partie où elle fixe à 850 la valeur de l'or pour le payement des droits de douane qui devront, à l'avenir être per(!U8 en monnaie d'or ou en valeur équivalente en papier monnaie au change du jour.

Art. 84. Le Pouvoir Exécutif eçt autorisé à vendre au prix coûtant aux propriétaires eux-mêmes les peaux acquises par les douanes on exécution de l'article 14, alinéa B, et la valeur de la marchandise sei-a perçue en or. Le Pouvoir Exécutif aura cette faculté pendant trois mois, pour qu'il puisse adopter les mesures nécessaires pour le place- ment des peaux à l'étranger.

Art. 37. Les ventes de numéraire en or s'effectueront de préféreiue au prorata parmi les commerçants importateurs suivant les quantités de marchandises imposables qu'ils auront introduites dans le pays, ce qui sera établi au moyen de certificats ou autres documents justificatifs

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délivr<ÍK par les douanes. A cet effet, l'administratioD compétente remettra tous les quinze jours à la Caisse de la Conversion un état représentant la valeur totale des marchandises importées par les commei'^nts.

Art. 38. Sont abr<^ées toutes dispositions contraires à la pré- sente loi.

Art. 39. Le Pouvoir Exécutif réglementera la présente lot.

11. Loi du 1"^ août 1903, exemptant dee droits d'importation les Doi- turee et leurs harnais.

["DUrloOtlcliil" duSsoùlims.]

Article 1"'. A partir de la date de la promulgation de la présente loi jusqu'au 1" janvier 1905, sont exempts à l'imiwrtation les voitun» et leurs harnais.

Art. 2. Pour ce qui concerne les harnais, l'exemption dont il s'agit s'appliquera aux harnais correspondant à chaque voiture importée.

Art. 3. • • •

III. — Loi du 4 septembre 1903, exemptant de droits d^ entrée, pendant une période de cinq ans, les contenants pour sucreries

["Diario OHcUl" du S seplembre IMS.)

Article 1". A partir de la date de la promul^tion de la présente loi, est exempte de droits d'entrée, pendant une période de cinq ans, l'importation des contenants en fer-blanc lithographies et des flacons en cristal ou verre ouvragés ou gravés, destinés &ux fabriques de sucre- ries, au conditionnement des préparations de fruits & l'état naturel ou au sirop.

Les contenants pourront porter la désignation écrite du nom du fa- bricant, de la fabnque,de la nature ou de l'espèce du produit et de son origine nationale.

Art. 2. Est également exempte de droits de douane l'importation de petites corbeilles ou paniers servant au conditionnement des fruits secs et sucreries sèches et glacées.

Art. 3. • • "

IV. — Décret du 19 novembre 190^, eiremptant du droit de quai le sucre

de fabrication nationale.

I" IHarto OflcUl " du 21 novembre ISOS,]

Article I". Est exempt du droit de quai (eslingaje), le sucre de toute sorte de fabrication nationale embarqué ou débarqué dans les ports ouverts de la République, pourvu qu'à l'occasion de ces opératiotis il ne soit pas fait usage du matériel et des accessoires appartenant à l'administration du fisc.

Art. 2. • * "

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V. — Décrd, du 18 février 190^, rdatif h Vexportalion de V&etrait de quÂtracho.

I T>lBrloOflcla]"duSmBral904.)

Article l*'. A partir de la date du présent décret et aux effets du payement des droits de douane, est fíxé à 8 centavos en monnaie d'or ayant cours, le kilogramme d'extrait de quebracho de production nationale destiné à l'exportation.

Art. 2. * • *

VI. — Décret du 10 mai 190^ portant moaifcatîon au tarif trévaîuation en vigueur.

(" Diario oacial " du 12 mal IKH.]

Article l'^ Est modifié comme suit le tarif d'évaluation en vigueur:

Or.

Herbe mati tnoulne, en bon état 10 kil . . 1 , 200

Herbe hatbée id 600

Herbe tumée id 400

Herbe niborobiré, en bon état id 1,200

Herlw mborobiré hnchéf id 500

Herbe mborobiré (umi id ;«»

L'herbe mouillée ou bacbée à l'excès, de toute sorte, est réputée n'avoir aucune valeur.

Am. a. * * *

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■ODIFICATIDNB DOUANlftBBS.

1. — Loi du S6 mars 190^ étahlùsant des impôts de amsom.7tiation sur les alcools et les bois^ms sjnrititévse».

("O PerDBno'-duSATril. I«H.)

Article premier. Les alcools et les boissons spiritueuses acquitte- ront, dans toute la République, un impôt de consommation conformé- ment aux tarifs ci-après:

tarifs.

PnODUtTlONH ÊTRAKOËRiS.

Soles.

Bière litre. . 0. 08

BoÍBM>nB epiritueuBes autres que le vin, et alcools de tout de^ id .80

Vins rouges ou blancs: Bourgogne, Cerise, Chypre, Chino, Krontigiian, Xérès, Malvoisie, Harsala, Malaga, Muscat, Porto, Pedro Jimenes, Peralta, Rhin, Vermouth et autres vins généreux; vins d'Asti et autres vins mousseux, A

l'excepUon du Champagne litre.. .4S

Vins blancs ou muges: Bordeaux, Garlón, Catalan, Chianti, Priorato, San

Vicente et nutres analogues litre . . .37

Champagne id HO

Sont réputés vins de Champagne les vins ainsi dénommés snr leurs étiquettes.

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Le présent tarif sera Également applicable dans le département de Loreto, nnf les modiflcations suivanttia:

Bolea.

Vins rougee étrangera, importáe en banU ou dames-jeaniiM litre.. 0.25

Vina généreux de Porto id 30

Lee vins dont il s'agit ne pourront bénéficier du régime de faveur qui leur eet accordé que ei leur pareté et leur provenance sont dûment établies au mojen d'un certificat délivré par l'autorité coneulure compétente et qui devra être présenté à Iquitofl au représentant de la Compagnie nationale conceesionntdre de l'impôt.

Abt. 2. Les vins contenant en volume plus de 16 pour cent d'alcool acquitteront, pour l'excédent, la taxe établie pour les eaux-de-vie de raisin.

Art. â. Les imitations de vins et de liqueurs étrangers fabriquées dans le pays et vendus comme tels, soit en Ixiuteilles, soit en récipients de plus faraude capacité, suivront le régime des produits qu'on aun tenté d'imiter.

Lea vins pourviis d'une marque ne dissimulant pas leur origine nationale acquitteront respectivement l'impôt de 1 ou de 20 centavos prévu à l'article premier. (Tarif applicable à la production nationale.)

Les imitations de liqueurs étrangères pourvues d'une étiquette ou marque ne dissimulant pas leur origine nationale acquitteront un impôt égal à 50 pour cent de la taxe applicable au produit imité, déduction faite du droit déjà acquitté pour l'alcool ayant servi à leur fabrication.

Art. 9. Pour la perception de l'impôt on se conformera aux règles suivantes:

1" Les produits importés de l'étranger et dont l'importation est pro- hibée par voie de terre acquitteront la taxe au moment,de leur dédou- anement par les douanes maritimes ou fluviales.

Art. 10. L'impôt sera prélevé au moyen de certificats de payement imprimés, numérotés, munis du cacliet de la Compagnie et signés par le receveur.

Akt. ] 1. Les produits frappés de l'impôt, alors même qu'ils auraient payé la taxe correspondante, ne pourront circuler eu dehors des villes, sans ôtre accompagnés du passavent ou du passe-debout délivré par le receveur.

HATIÍRES PSEMifcRBS.

Art. 16. Les matières premières susceptibles d^être transformées en alcools ne pourront, à moins d'une autorisation de la Compagnie, être introduites dans les établissements où se fabriquent des alcools ou des boissons spiritueuses.

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Abt. 17. Est prohibée l'entrée des matières premières autres que le rftiain et d^ alcools extraits de substances autres que le raisin dans les établissements de boissons spiritueuses de cette espèce. Pour ce qui concerne le sucre, il ne pourra être introduit qu'en quantité jugée nécessaire à la consommation de« personnes qui habitent ces éta- blissements.

DÉPÔTS.

ART. 18. La Compaf^nie autorisera le dépôt des alcools et des boÍ8- sons spiritueuses dans les endroits où, pour les besoins du commerce, il serait indispensable de réunir ces produits avant de leur assigner une destination.

Abt. 19. Si le dépôt est effectué dans les magasins de la Comp^i^ie, celle-ci pourra percevoir un droit de magasinage de 2 cetitavoa pour cent litres ou moins par mois, calculé à partir du 1" du mois qui suivra la date du dépôt; sera réputé échu le mois pendant lequel le produit a été retiré pour la consommation.

AfiT. 20. Sont exemptés du présent impôt, moyennant l'autorisation préalable du tiouvernement pour chaque cas;

Les produits dédouanés pour le compte des ^ents diplomatiques et destinés à leur usage personnel;

Les produits destinés à la consommation des bâtiments de guerre étrangers se trouvant dans les porta de la Képublique;

I/es produite exportés directement des lieux de production ou d'eu- trepôt, s'ils sont nationaux, et ceux rembarques ou transbordés à des- tination de l'étranger s'il s'agit de produits étrangers;

L'alcool dénaturé d'après les règles établies à cet effet par le Gou- vernement

Les alcools et boissons spiritueuses de fabrication nationale, exportés vers l'étranger, seront exempts de la taxe de consommation. La Com- pagnie remboursera la somme versée ou annulera la caution, sur pré- sentation du certificat délivré par la douane par laquelle l'exportation s'est effectuée.

Art. 24. Seront confisqués: ■

(a) Les articles transitant d'une localité à une autre de la République, sans être accompagnés de bulletin de transit correspondant délivré par la Compagnie;

(}) Les articles qui, après examen, seraient reconnus autres que ceux désignés dans les passavants ou les passe-debout, quel que soit l'impôt à percevoir; •

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(c) Les articles qui seraient introduite dans les localités autres que celles désigni^es dans 1^ passavanti^ ou les passe-debout «ans avoir acquitté l'impôt;

(rf) Lee articles transitant à des heures autres que celles fixées par le Gouvernement pour le trafic des alcools entre des localités déter- minées;

(e) Les articles circulant avec des passavants délivrés à une date postérieure à celle de la sortie du lieu de provenance, sauf pour les cas de force majeure ddment établis;

(_/) Les articles trouvés dans des établisseoiente de vente, si la preuve qu'ils y ont été légalement introduits n'est pas fournie;

{ff) L'alcool dénaturé vendu comme potable ou qui a été régénéré;

(h) Les articles dans la composition desquels entrent des substances nuisibles â la santé;

(t) Les articles fabriqués sans que la Compagnie en ait été avisée;

(_¡) Les articles fabriqués ou vendus dans des lieux oil ces opérations sont interdites par la présente loi.

Art. 25. S'il résulte de la vérification que les articles ne concordent pas, quant au nombre de litres ou au taux l'impôt, avec les articles déclarés dans les passavante ou passe-debout, on adoptera les mesures suivantes:

{a) Si la quantité ou le taux de l'impôt est inférieur, on percevra l'impôt d'après le passavant ou le passe-debout;

(ft) Si le taux de l'impôt est supérieur, il sera perçu double droit pour la partie de la taxe à laquelle on aura tenté de se soustraire;

{c) Si la quantité des articles est plus élevée, l'excédent constaté sera imposé dans les proportions -suivantes:

1. S'il dépasse 5 pour cent, les droits seront doubles;

2. S'il dépasse 10 pour cent, les droits seront triples;

3. S'il dépasse 20 pour cent, les droib^ seront quadruples;

4. S'il dépasse 50 pour cent, tout le lot dans lequel l'excédent a été constaté sera confisqué.

Art. 26. Quiconque aura contrevenu aux dispositions d'un des arti- cles 13, 14, 16, ou 17, encourra une amende de 1 à 30 livres, suivant l'importance de la contravention.

Toute infraction aux dispositions adoptées par le Pouvoir Exécutif pour la réglementation de la présente loi sera punie d'une amende de 5 soles à 5 livres.

J>1SP08ITI0N8 GÉNÉKALBa.

Art, 39. Les municipalités ne pourront frapper les articles, visés dans la présente loi, à quelque titre que ce soit, d'impôts plus élevés que ceux établis dans le tarif ci-après:

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PROniirTíos Sationai.r. ImitutíuDS de liqueurs apiri tueueee étrangères litre.. 0.05

Production ËtbanoIrb.

Bière litre.. .02

Boieeoiis spiritDeiiees autres que les vins, et alcools de tout d^ré ¡<l 06

Yio rQugee on blani»: Bourgogne, Cerise, Chypre, Clittio, Frontiguaii, Xîtîh, Malvoisie, Marsala, Malaga, Muscat, Porto, Pedro, Jimecez, Peralta, H!ii]i, Vermouth et autres vinsgénéreus, Champagne et autres vins mouseemi.litn'.. , 0(! Vins rouges ou blancs: Bordeaux, Garlón, Catalan, Chianti, Priorato, Pan Vi- cent« et autres de môme espèce litre.. .04

Art. 40, Le Pouvoir Exécutif adoptera les mesures nécessaires pour ce qui concerne la dénaturatton de l'alcool; il ^dictera des règles spéciales relativement à l'exportation ou à l'entreposage des alcools et dea boissons spiritueuses; il déterminera les autrex obligations ayant un caractère réglementaire, que les producteurs, fabricants et vendeurs de ces articles seront tenus d'observer; il réglementera l'usage des passavants et passe-debout; il fixera le montant des amendes qui, con- formément à la présente loi. devront être appliquées aux eo n trêve nan ts.

Art. 42. Sont abrogés toutes lois et tous réglementai antérieurs à la présente loi, pour ce qui concerne la perception de l'impôt de consom- mation sur tes alcools.

Art. 43. Le régime applicable aux alcools du Brésil importés par l'Amazone et ses affluents est subordonné aux stipulations des traités en vigueur avec ce pays.

11. — Loi du ¡86 marx 190^ itur le régime applicable au muyre.

("El Peruano" du WHvrll 1«04.]

Article I". A partir de la date de la promulgation de la présente

loi, les sucres, quelle que soit leur origine, mis en consommation,

seront taxés comme ci-après:

A. Sucre en grains, de première production, blanc, lavé, en poudre, en blocs

ou sous toute autre forme hilc^.. 0. 04

B. Sucre moecouade, concret ou en marquettes, sous toute fonne iri 02

C. Sucre impur (chancaca amoldada) id.- .il

Art. 2. Cet impôt sera acquitté au moment de la sortie du sucre des doiunes ou des fabriques pour la consommaton, et les propriétaires des fabriqiies dans lesquelles le sucre a été manufacturé seront responsables de son payement.

Art. 8. Le Pouvoir Exécutif déterminera la forme et les délais dans lesquels cet impôt devra £tre perçu, et il adoptera d'une fa^n générale toutes les mesures nécessaires pour assurer l'exécution de la présente loi.

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Art. 4. Aucun impôt ayant un caractère local ne pourra à l'avenir frapper la consommation du sucre et dea produits similaires visés par la présente loi.

Art. 5. Le Gouvernement pourra créer des entrepôts fiscaux pour le sucre qui, retiré des douanes ou des fabriques, ne serait pas mis immédiatement en circulation et établira le tarif des droits de m^rasi- nage auxquels il devra être assujetti.

m. — Ordonnance du 9 avril 1904, fendue en exécution de la i d-desmt» sur les sucre».

V. "Eat chargée de la perception de l'impôt sur le sucre dans toute la République la Compagnie nationale concessionnaire de cet impôt.

3°. Cet impôt sera perçu à la sortie du sucre des douanes, s'il est de provenance étrangère, ou des fabriques, s'il est de production nationale.

Si la somme à percevoir n'est pas supérieure à soles 100, le payement se fera au comptant; mais si elle dépasse ce chiffre, le payement pourra en être fait, au choix de l'intéressé, soit au comptant, soit au moyen de traites à 60 jours.

Si le sucre est importé, l'impôt sera acquitté par le coosignataire; h'îI est de production nationale, il sera payé par te fabricant.

Dans tous les cas, la Compagnie prendra toutes les précautions néces- saires pour assurer le payement de l'impôt.

4°. Le sucre ne sortant pas directement pour la consommation pourra être miti en entrepôt, moyennant caution jugée suffisante par la Com- pagnie pour la garantie des droits, qui seront perçus à mesure que le produit sortira de l'entrepôt.

En attendant que des entrepôts fiscaux soient créés, le dépôt des sucres pourra s'effectuer dans des magasins particuliers. En pareil ca.s, la Comp^nie adoptera, ainsi qu'elle y est autorisée par la loi, toutes mesures de surveillance, sans restriction aucune, sur tout le local servant de dépôt.

Le déposant demeure responsable de l'impôt sur le sucre entreposé, sans autre déduction que le déchet naturel dans la proportion suivante: Si le dépôt a duré 3 mois, 1 pour cent; 6 mois, 2 pour cent; 9 mois, 3i pour cent; 12 mois, 5 pour cent.

A l'exportation, le sucre est exempt de l'impôt. Pour bénéficier de cette franchise, l'intéressé fournira une caution pour les droits appli- cables au sucre expoi-té, et il justifiera l'exportation en produisant le certificat de la douane étrangère d'arrivée dana un délai qui ne pourra pas dépasser ÔO jours.

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5°. Le sucre ne pourra transiter qu'accompagné, selon le cas, d'un des documents ci-après désignés, délivré parlaCoiupagnieconcessionmaire;

Un certificat de payement, s'il est retiré de la douane ou de la ^brique;

Un passavant, s'il a acquitté l'impôt; un passe-debout, s'il eut retiré de la fabrique pour être entreposé; .Un bulletin d'exportation, s'il est retiré pour l'exportation.

6°, Dans les points de consommation, l'introduction réglementaire du sucre devra être justifiée au moyen d'un document délivré par la Compagnie concessionnaire.

7". Toutâ infraction aux présentes dispositions entraînera la saisie* de la marchandise.

8°. La présente ordonnance sera applicable, à Lima et au Callao, & partir de la présente date, et dans les autres villes de la République, dans un délai proportionné à la distance.

IV. — Zoi du Z6 mars 1904, étaUieaani un droit de c&naommatùm sur les aUumettea.

["El Peniuio" duzíarrll MM.]

Abtiole 1". A partir de la date de la promulgation de la présente loi, il sera perçu, dans toute la République, une taxe sur la consomma- tion des allumettes d'après le tarif ci-après:

A. Par 60 ftllnmettea en bois ou fraction de 00, quel que eoit le contenant 0. 01

B. Par 60 allumettee bouRiee ou Îractioa de 60 02

C. Par 20 allumettee en papier ou carton ou fraction de 20 01

Les allumettes devront être présentées dans des contenants appro- priés, et leur introduction en vrac est absolument prohibée.

Art. 2. Cet impôt sera perçu au moyen de timbres adhérents aux contenants ou boîtes d'allumettes.

Ari. 8. Les allumettes de production péruvienne acquitteront l'impôt à la sortie des fabriques; si elles sont de fabrication étrangère, la taxe sera perçue à leur expédition en douane, sans préjudice du droit qui leur est applicable à l'importation.

Art. 4. Les allumettes se trouvant dans des entrepôts particuliers ou dans des établissements de vente au moment de la- promulgation de la présente toi acquitteront l'impôt correspondant dans les délais assig- nés par le Pouvoir Exécutif, et, ¿ cet effet, on en dressera l'inventaire. En exécution de l'article 3 ci-dessus, seront également inventoriés les stocks se trouvant dans les douanes et dans les fabriques.

Art. 5. Le Pouvoir Exécutif adoptera les dispositions nécessaires pour assurer la perception régulière de cet impôt

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COHBCBBGE ^XTÉBIRUVí PENSANT I>A DEBNilEBE AinrtB FISCAI.K.

Pendant le dernier exercice fiscal, les importations totales au Pérou ae sont «élevées à 94,684,500 francs, contre 85,707,100 francs en 1902; il y a donc une augmentation de 8,877,400 francs. Les exportations ont atteint, pendant cette période, 96,011,900 francs; l'année précé- dente, les exportations se sont faites pour une valeur de 92,595,275 francs, soit donc une plus-value de 3,412,tî35 francs.

Dans ces chiffres, figurent les quatre principaux pays: l'Allemagne, la France, la Cirande- Bretagne et les Etats-Unis. lies importations d'Allemagne s'élèvent à la somme de 15,611,820 francs; ce pays reçoit du Pérou pour 7,5W,284 francs de marchandises.

La Grande-Bretagne a exporté au Pérou pour 27,320,714 francs, alors qu'elle a importé pour 30,738,281 francs. Le commerce avec la France s'est fait pour une valeur de 5,963,060 francs du côté des importations et pour 5,162,618 francs de celui des exportations.

URUGUAY.

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Le '■ Handels-Zeitung" {Revista Financiera y Comercial) de Buenos Ayi'es, publie les chifi^ius suivants qui font ressortir le mouvement du port de Montevideo pour le mois d'août 1904:

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Voici les recettes douanières de Montevideo pour le mois d'octobre 1904 d'après les chiffres publiés daas le "South American Jourual" du 10 décembre 1904:

Importation $676, 163. 10

Exportation 50,837.80

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Total 787,010.80

Les recettes pour le même mois des amiées précédentes ont été comme

il suit: 1903, $856,334; 1902, $909,692; 1901, $815,371; 1900, $707,120;

1899, $841,591; 1898, $657,428; 1897, $851,540; 1896, $826,011; 1895,

$880,659; 1894, $865,718. Les recettes pour les dix premiers mois de l'année accusent un total

de $7,448,530 contre $8,904,132 pour la même période de 1908,

soit une diminution de $1,456,602. ( ~ ^ ^ > I '

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VENEZUELA.

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Jl y a, dtkti» l'Orénoque, deux sortes d'aigrettes: le» grandes, prove- nant d'un genre de hérons blancs très abundant en Guyane, et les crosses, de dimensions moindres.

Ces plumes se développent, en faisceaux, sur le dos des oiseaux mâles, H l'époque des amours (septembre il octobre).

La récolte s'en fait de deux façons: par des chasseurs qui tuent les animaux, ou par des glaneurs qui recueillent sur le sol, au moment de la mue, les plumes tombées au pied des arbres sur lesquels dorment les hérons,

Ijes aigrettes arrachées aux oiseaux tués sont supérieures en qualité à celles que l'on recueille par terre. Ces dernières manquent de fi-aî- cbcur et sont pi-esque toujours plus ou moins usées.

La chasse produit, en effet, à peu près le tiers de la récolte totale; les glaneurs ramassent les deux autres tiers.

lies propriétaires préfèrent, bien entendu, la cueillette qui ménag« l'espèce et leur permet de compter, tous les ans, sur une récolte à peu pi-ès égale. On a retiré de chaque animal tué, de 7 ¿ 8 grammes environ d'aigrettes; les plumes provenant de la mue donnent par t^te une quantité inférieure.

La récolte annuelle d'aigrettes s'élève pour tout le Venezuela en moyenne, à 900 kilos. Le marché de Paris absorbe plus de la moitié; le reste est expédié à Londres.

hea prix payés à 8an Fernando de Apuro, l'année dernière, ont oscillé (eelon la qualité de l'article) entre 20 et 32 francs l'once. Les cours de Paris ont varié entre 30 et 42 francs pour ce même poids exprimé en grammes (34 grammes).

Quant aux crosses courtes et recourbées, elles proviennent d'un genre de héron beaucoup plus petit et bien moins commun que l'ai- grette. L'espèce même tend à disparaître de ce pays; on ne peut obtenir les crosses qu'en tuant les animaux; jusqu'au moment de la mue, les plumes que jette l'oiseau sont complètement usées et sans valeur.

Chaque animal donne au chasseur de 2 à 3 grammes de crosses envi- ron. La récolte totale de l'année dernière n' a pas dépassé de 9i à 10 kilos.

Les cours payés ici pendant la campagne de 1903 ont varié de 100 à 140 francs l'once. A Paris,- les 30 grammes se sont vendue jusqu'à 210 francs (environ 7,ÍI0Ü francs le kilo).

La chasse de ces oiseaux, aigrettes et crosses, se fait en octobre et novembre dans les endroits boisés où ces gare/is se réunissent et font leurs nids. T^es chasseurs attendant pour tuer les oiseaux adultes, por- teurs d'aigrettes, que leurs petits cherchent eux-mêmes leur nouni- ture. Ia cha.'ise est facile et abondante, les parents voletant sanscesse autour des animaux jeune.-^, ü proximité des nids.

Boletín Mensual

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Oficina Internacional de las Republicas Americanas,

DnlÓB literBMlDiiKl de R«piblleu Amerioftias. Voi. XIX. FEBBERO DE 1906. No. 2.

DOS LIBROS IMPORTANTES PARA LOS PUEBLOS AMERICANOS.

De laa prensas de la Tipografía nacional de los Estados Unidos de América acaban de salir á luz dos libros de notable mérito, que merecen atento estudio, y que sin duda ocuparán lugar prominente en las bibliotecas de los que por amor á la ciencia jurídica, 6 por las necesidades de los negocios, se dedican á la dilucidación de los pro- blemas, por desgracia de harto frecuente ocurrencia en América, ori- ginados por la destrucción, secuestro, ó expropiación, de bienes de extranjeros neutrales, á manos de insui^ntes, rebeldes, ó revolucioná- rios, en armas contra el Gobierno legítimo.

Uno de estos libros es un Informe oficial que se titula "Report of Kobert C. Morris, Agent of the United States in the United States and Venezuelan Claims Commission, organized under the Protocol of February IT, 1903, between the United States of America and the Republic of Venezuela,^' que en castellano significa "Informe de Robert C. Morris, Agente de los Estados Unidos de América ante la Comisión de Reclamaciones Venezolana-Americana, organizada bajo el Protocolo de 17 de febrero de 1903, entre los Estados Unidos de Améiica y la República de Venezuela."

El otro se denomina " Venezuelan Arbitrations of 1903," 6 como diriamos en castellano, "Arbitrajes venezolanos de 1903," y es un trabajo histórico y jurídico, de bastante volumen (1,105 páginas con el índice y el Apéndice), de carácter á lo menos semioficial, en que se da

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cuenta detallada de todo lo hecho en lae diez Comisiones internaciona- lea de reclamaciones, que funcionaron en Cara«aa en el año antedicho," y fueron las siguientes:

1. La Comisión americana-venezolana, de que trata el Informe del Señor Morris, y comprendió 55 casos, de los cuales se retiraron 3, y 6 fueron ''rechazados sin perjuicio."

â. L» belpí- venezolana, orj^nizada por el protocolo de 7 de marzo de 1903, en que se despacharon 4 casos.

3. La británica- venezolana, establecida por virtud de los protocolos de 13 de febrero y 7 de mayo de 1903, que conoció de 70 casos.

4. La francesa-venezolana, organizada por el protocolo de 27 de febrero de 1903, á la que se sometieron 75 casos.

5. La al emana- vénézolan a, creada por los protocolos de 13 de febrero y 7 de mayo de 1903, que conoció de 73 ca^os.

6. L» italiana-venezolana, organizada por los dos protocolos de las fechas citadas, á que se sometieron 377 casos.

7. La mexicana-venezolana, creada por el protocolo de âtí de febrero de 1903, que conoció de una sola reclamación.

S. La neerlandesa-venezolana, organizada por el protocolo de 28 de febrero de 1903, que conoció de 80 casos.

9. La española- venezolana, establecida por el protocolo de 2 de abril de 1903, en la que se examinaron 183 reclamaciones.

10. La sueca y noruega-venezolana, organizada por el protocolo de 10 de marzo de 1903, que conoció de 8 casos.

Además del texto Íntegro de los mencionados protocolos se encon- trarán en este libro, las listas del personal de las Comisiones, es decir, de los Arbitros, terceros en diticordia, Agentes de los gobiernos y sus auxiliares, y los respectivos Secretarios, el Reglamento que adoptó cada una para sus respectivos procedimientos, los laudos de los Arbi- tros y del tercero en discordia, un sumario de las reclamaciones, y muchos otros datos y noticias interesantes.

Como lo indica la portada, se debió la preparación de la obi'a al Seüor Jackson H. Ralston, que fué el terceit) en discordia en la Comisión Venezolana- Italiana, y al Señor W. T. Shekman Dotlb. que fu<5 Agente auxiliar de los Estado» Unidos de América en la Comisión Vénézolan a- Americana, y Agente del Gobierno de Los Países Bajos en la Comisión Vénézolan a- Neerlandesa.

Respecto del Informe del Señor Mokbis, no hay que decir realmente, sino que llena á satisfacción el programa obligado de esta clase de tra- bajos, y que su distinguido autor ha sabido combinar felizmente en sus páginas la sencillez del método, la cluridad del estilo, y la precisión técnica indispensable para determinar con exactitud la manera con que

1 E>e «atoa Protocolos, firmadoe todoB en Washington, ee ocupó oportunamente el BoLBTtN, en loe números de marso y abril de 1903.

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ta Comisión llevó í cabo In torea que le fuó encomendada. En las 547 Palias, de qiie, sin contar los índices, se compone el libro, se da en resumen la historia de la Comisión, y la de los 55 caaos que s© some- tieron á la decisión de esta, así como también el texto integro de los latidos dictados.

Es de agradecerse mucho, porque considerado el hecho desde el punto de vista jurídico y diplomático hay que concederle suma impor- tancia, que se hayan preservado en el libro los alegatos más notables presentados por los Agentes de los dos Gobiernos, pues es claro que cuanto en documentos de esta clase se su^^tente como buena y justa doctrina jurídica — acéptese ó no se acepte por los Arbitros— tiene que ser tenido como expresión oKcial de Us opiniones del Gobierno repre- sentado por el BUhtentante. No es presumible por un momento, ni que el Agente de un Gobierno se aventure á hacer declaraciones sobre puntos controvertidos de Derecho internacional, uin tener instruc- ciones, ó sin estar bien penetrado al menos de los puntos de vista en que su Gobierno se coloca para discernir lo que es justo— ni tampoco que un alegato de este género, que desde el momento de su presenta- ción pGi'tenece á la historia, pueda ser, como tal vez sucede en fueros inferiores, mero ejercicio de retórica, sin seriedad intrínseca, ni valor moral de importancia.

Respecto del trabajo de los Señores Kai,bton y Doyle, del que desde luego puede decirse que abarca un campo diez veces más extenso que el del Informe del Señor Morris, porque abraza, como se ha visto, los trabajos de diez Comisiones distintas, mientras qua él del Señor Morris se refiere á una sola, deberá consignarse que, independiente- mente de todo el mérito que hay que atribuirle, y es nmy grande en diversos conceptos, se ofrece en él al estudiante del Derecho y de Ift Diplomacia una oportunidad, bastante rara, de examinar compara- tivamente, y como si se dijera de un simple golpe de vista, los dife- rentes laudos dictados por los Xrbitros, y hallar sin gran esfuerzo, las concordancias y discordancias que ocurran no sólo entre ellos mismos, unos con otros, sino también entre ellos y los pronunciados en Comi- siones análogas, contemporáneas ó anteriores.

Es provechoso encontrar, por ejemplo, que para la Comisión venezo- lana-americana (véase el caso No. 1 de Ford Dix contra Venezuela) la obligación de indemnizar & los extranjeros neutrales por los daños que en sus personas ó propiedades les hayan causado revolucionarios en armas contra el Gobierno legítimo, no depende, de un princípio intrínseco y eterno de justicia, ó equidad, absoluto é inmanente, por decirlo así, sino del hecho, posterior al agravio, de que la revolución haya ó no tenido buen éxito. Podría decirse, á juzgar por los laudos que el triunfo délos rebeldes opera una especie de retroacción, algo en la naturaleza del postUminio de los Komanos, en virtud del cual los

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referidos rebeldes se coDstituyec ; convierten en autoridades de un Gobierno defacto^ que por ficción legal ee supone existente desde el momento en que empezó la revolución.

El silabo de la decisión en que se asienta esta doctrina, dice así textualmente:

"Los actos de una revolución que obtiene óxito ban de ser consi- derados como actos de un Gobierno defacto.

" La captura de propiedades neutrales, para el uso, ó el servicio de ejércitos pertenecientes á una revolución triunfante, hecha 6 llevada & cabo por funcionarios autorizados de los referidos ejércitos, da dei'echo al propietario para exigir compensación del Gobierno bajo cuya autoridad se ejecuta el despojo."

Es de significación para este caso que en la Comisión británica- venezolana se mantuvo aunque a contrario sensu, la misma doctrina, pues en el caso de Las Minas de Aroe contra Venezuela, No. Sfi, decidió el tercero en discordia, como se ve por el siguiente sílabo:

'^No se concederá indemnización por daños & las personas, ó pro- piedades de extranjeros residentes en el país, causados por tropas de rebeldes sin éxito.""

Si este principio prevalece, poca duda puede haber de que al Go- bierno de Cuba podrá en su día exigírsele responsabilidad, por los des- trucción no condonada de las propiedades de extranjeros, incendiadas 6 demolidas por los insurgentes cubanos.

De importancia es también conocer, porque con ello se fija la doc- trina en un punto de frecuente ocurrencia, que en los casos de prisión indebida, la suma de $100 por dia, debe ser considerada "más inme- diata al mínimum que al máximum" de la justa indemnización que delie pagarse." Así lo decidió el antes nombrado Seffor Pluhlbt, tercero en discordia en la Comisión británica-venezolana. (Caso del vapor Topaze, No. 22.)

Es muy digno de atención, por otra parte, que se haya proclamado altamente y de manei'A enfática, sobre todo en la Comisión española- venezolana, que en la decisión de las reclamaciones internacionales por dei^trucción de bienes de neutrales, ó por otros agravios igualmente inmerecidos, no debe atenderse exclusivamente á las "reglas inflexi- bles," del estricto Derecho, sino que sobre ellas debe siempre prevalecer la Equidad, sobre todo cuando ésta se menciona en el compromiso. Bajo ese criterio, altamente elevado, y de moralidad intachable, se decidieron casos (por ejemplo el de Padrón, y el de González Mena, MoH. 4 y 5 en el Registro de la Comisión española-venezolana) conde-

" [ Ji decisión <le la Comisión venezolana-amerifana fui fonnulaila piir el Sefior AVn.i.iAM E. Bainbridok, de Council Bluífs, lowa, ComiRionado de los Estados t'tLÍ<l<>H do Am<!'rioA, y la de la Comisión bri tan íca- venezolana por el tíeñor Fkakk Plimlsv, de Northlleld, Vermont, tercera en discordia.

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naado á Venezuela á pi^ar ciertas indemnizaciones, sin embargo de que como se afirma en lo» laudos, el Derecho estricto impediría otorgarlas.

f^to œ encuentra enteramente de acuerdo con las leyes y las prác- ticas de los (íobiernos de Europa. EU punto general admitido por ley escrita en España que el Gobierno no responde por agravio» per- petrados por fuerzas de facciosos. Pero está igualmente admitido por ley escrita, que sería altamente inequitativo dejar sin alivio & las víctimas inocentes de la maldad de los rebeldes, y que es justo proveer lo nece- eario para la reparación de los perjuicios, que éstos ocasionaron.

En Francia desde los días de la primera República se dispuso por im decreto del 10 vendimiarlo del año 4 (octubre fde 1797) que "aunque el Estado no está sujeto legalmente á obligavión alguna (por agravios cometidos por violencia en insurrecciones) está, sin emlmrgo, en con- formidad con las reglas de la Ek^uídad y de la sana política, que se reparen inmerecidos infortunios, y se borren en cuanto sea posible, los tristes recuerdos de las discordias civiles."

Una doctrina análoga se aplicó en Inglaterra cuando se mandó indemnizar á las víctimas de loa llamados "motines anticatólicos" de 1780, cujas propiedades rústicas y urbanas fueron incendiadas ó de otro modo destruidas por multitudes enfurecidas.

Los dedicados á esta clase de asuntos habrán visto también con satis- facción— tanto más grande cuanto que la proclamación del principio se hizo, nemÍ7ie discrepante^ en la Comiyión americana -venezolana — que en el examen de las reclamaciones de esta naturaleza, no hay que aspirar al llamado "testimonio" del Derecho común de Inglaterra, y que aunque la prueba presentada no sea "competente bajo las reglas técnicas del dicho Derecho Común," deberá admitírsela y considerár- sela en lo que valga racional y equitativamente (Ca:so de Isaac J. Larry, No. 12, Comisión americana-venezolana) "Sería imposible," dijo la Comisión, " en procedimientos de esta clase adherirse á estrictas reglas judiciales respecto á pruebas. Y aunque es cierto que el testi- monio legal prestado bajo juramento, ante una autoridad competente, tendría mucho más peso que manifestaciones no juradas contenidas en cartas, y en documentos privados, etc., lo es también que estas últimas deben ser admitidas y apreciadas en lo que valen."

El estudiante encontrará en la explicación del caso de George Faber, No. 58, de la Comisión alemana-venezolana, página 600, una instructiva nota respecto á esto particular.

En la Comisión italiana-venezolana se discutió en más de un caso el derecho de reclamar por muerte indebida {unlatoful killíny) de algún individuo. Nunca se exigió que la reclamación se presentase por el albacea del difunto. En el caso de Daniel de Caro, Ko. 50, la reclama- ción se presentó en nombre de la viuda, y se concedió ú é^tu una

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indemnización de 50,000 bolivareã. En el caso de Biaggio A. Cesarino, No. 103, la reclamación se presentó por ©1 padre del muerto, y se le concedió una indemnización de 40,000 bolívares.

Con lo que queda expuesto, parece suficientemente demostrada la utilidad de los libros á que se refiere este artículo. Con ello se evidencia al mismo tiempo cuan legítimas y fundadas fueron las indicaciones que el Señor Roosevelt, Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América, tuvo á bien hacer, en su admirable cartA de instrucciones de S de octubre de 1901, fi los delegados de su país en la Segunda Conferencia Panamericana, que había de celebrarse poco después en la capital de México.

En ese grande documento se trató con la extensión que era del caso, y la discreción y altura de miras que eran de esperarse de su firmante, de la necesidad de establecer para las Repúblicas dt) Nuevo Mundo, aunque fuese sólo por vía de ensayo, y á reserva de conti- nuarlo, suprimirlo ó modificarlo, según aconsejare la experiencia, un "Tribunal permanente, juiciosamente organizado, al que puedan someterse .... las cuestiones de indemnización," que van envueltas en esta clase de reclamaciones. Dice el Señor Presidente Roosevelt, j lo dice con mucha razón, que es necesario que se eviten, Im hien co»o- eidos malea de las Comisiones mixtas, y que el nombre verdadero que debería darse á este tribunal permanente sería el de "Tribunal Inter- nacional de Equidad,"^K?r cuanto su exclusivo objeto hade ser tratar eon equidad á los que creen haÒer sufrido injïisticia en îwï pais ertran- ¡ero y carecen de remedio judicial para repararla.

Hace ya treinta años que un jurisconsulto distinguido, que ocupó altos puestos en la administración póblica de este país, y fué autor del notable libro titulado The law of claims açaitiMt ijovenunents^ including the mode of adjusting theiih and the procedure adopted in their investigation (El Derecho sobre reclamaciones contra los Gobier- nos, incluyendo el modo de resolverlas, y el sistema de procedimientos adoptado para su investigación) abogó con notable esfuerzo en favor de esta idea. En el mismo sentido se había expresado un afio antes, el Señor Hamilton Fish, Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos de América, en una carta muy notable, dirigida (Febreix) 27 de 1874) al Señor Wm. Lawrence, que es el jurisconsulto antes citado y entonces funcionaba como Presidente de la Comisión de Reclamaciones por hechos de guerra (war claims) de la Cámara de Representantes.

Despejar del problema de las reclamaciones contra un Gobierno toda consideración, tal vez patriótica desde un punto de vista deter- minado, pero injusta desde todos los otros, de que conviene absolver al Gobierno; basar las decisiones en los principios harto simples y bien cono<;idos, que constituyen la base de toda Jurisprudencia nacional é internacional, alíent?/i non Isedere, honesté vivere y suum cuíqve trOnere,

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contra los cuales podrán prevalecer de hecho, pero jamás de derecho, ni acrobatUmoa de dialéctica ni distinciones técnicas; y aspirar á que sea uno, i¡uod semper, quod uòifue, quod ah omnibus, el Derecho aplicable, y no una especie de kaleidoscopic donde la misma variedad de las opiniones implica el defecto radical que las vicia — es el desideratum que podria realizarse, llevando á efecto la sabia indicación del Setlor Presidente Roosbyelt, en su carta de instrucciones antes nombrada.

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l.~Decreto No. f¿9, de 2^ de diciembre de 190S, soòre derechas de

("0*caU OScisl" de M de enero de 1«M, No. lí.]

Abtícdlo 1°. Desde la fecha en adelante los derechos sobre exporta- ción se pagarán en la forma siguiente:

Por el oro, la plata y la platina en barras ensayadas, el dos y medio por ciento del valor del certificado de fundición y ensaye.

Por el oro en polvo, el platino y la plata no ensayados, y por el oro y el platino en alhajas, acuñados eti moneda ó en otra forma no especi- ficada, el dos y medio por ciento del valor del aseguro.

Por el minerai de oro y plata, el uno y medio por ciento del valor del aseguro.

Faltando los documentos de ensaye y aseguro, el oro pagará $0.25 por cada grano; el platino $0.02; la plata $0.01 y el mineral en bruto $2.50 por tonelada.

Art. 2°. Las empresas de navegación no recibirán, para exportarlos, los artículos á que este Decreto se refiere, si no se comprueba que se han pagado los derechos correspondientes.

Art. 3°. Las infracciones del presente Decreto se castigarán con- forme á la ley.

II. — Circular del Ministro de Hacienda, No. i86,de él de enero de 1904, relativa á las formalidades qne deben llenarse en los puertos deproce- dencia^ y á loa derechos corvsul-ares.

Ï. — IMPORTACIÓN.

FormoHdadet iju* deben llenarse m hm ¡xutTloK de procedencia.

Primero. Todo Contador ó Sobi-ecargo de un buque que deba cai^r en un puerto extranjero, con destino á los puertos nacionales, deberá presentar al Agente Consular de la República allí 6 a quien

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anotados bultos pertenecientes á una Diisma marca, una sola tírma remitente, por una 8ola persona 6 CompaíEÍa y para un solo lugar.

Tercero. Los derechos de sobordos se cobrarán en los Consulados á razón de cinco pesos por los primeros cien bultos, y un peso por cada cien bultos l'estantes, 6 fracción de ciento.

Cuarto. E^ permitido á los Cónsules Generales, Cónsules Particu- lares j Vicecónsules exigir tnjo recibo, por sus actuaciones, los honora- rios, ó emolumentos que aquí se expresan, á saber:

Por la visita, personal 6 no, de un buque nacional, cinco pesos.

Por atender fuera de la o0cina consular, en los casos de grave avería ó naufragio, cuatro pei403 diarios á más de las expensas del viaje.

Por el registro de todo documento y de la primera copia que se expida á los interesados, tres pesos.

Por las demás copias, un peso cincuenta centavos.

Por certificar hasta tres ejemplares del sobordo de un buque, con- forme el titulo de Aduanas, cinco pesos. Por certificar número igual de facturas de comercio, dos pesos. Por protestas y declaraciones en expedientes particulares, tres pesos. Por expedición de un pasaporte, dos pesos. Por legalizar otros documentos con su firma y el sello consular, dos

Por intervención en avalúos y en ventas públicas, medio por ciento:

Con relación al comercio de armas y elementos de guerra, la pre- sente.circular da á conocer que está terminantemente prohibido en el territorio de la República. En consecuencia, no se certificarán facturas que contengan los artículos siguientes y que son los que se reputan como elementos de guerra, salvo que sean consignados al Gobierno de la República, á saber: Cañones, ametralladoras, rifles, carabinas y armas de precisión, espadas, sables, lanzas de caballería y otras armas de guerra que no sean especial y necesariamente adecuadas para la caza; cartuchos, tahalíes y toda clase de fornituras propias para el soldado; y en general todo instrumento, aparato ú objeto que no siendo naturalmente propio para la defensa individual sea por su naturaleza y objeto adecuado para la guerra ó para el armamento y equipos de tropas.

III. — Zey No. iá, de Si de marzo de 190^^ relativa á la hnportación de articulo» para hiprentoë y de libros é impresos.

['-Oaceu Oflclnl " do 18 de abril de ISM, Ka IS]

Artículo 1°. Decláranse libres del pago de impuestos ó contribu- ciones nacionales y municipales las maquinarias y útiles para imprentas.

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çncoadernaciõn de libros, rayado de papel, Utc^jafía, fotograbados, ziocografias, la tinta y papel para periódicos y para la impresióa de libros que se introduzcan á la República.

ART. 2°. Decláranse igualmente libres de derecho» de importación loa libros impresos que vengan á la República por conducto de las oficinas postales; y tanto éstos como los periódicos circularán libres de porte por las oficinas locales de la República.

Abt. 3°. El Poder Ejecutivo — si lo estima necesario para evitar fraudes y abusos — podrá reglamentar la presente ley.

IV. — Ley No. SO, de 29 de abril de 1904, P<^ ^ c^ *« ¿mjxme un gravamen á la sal exíranje7-a. [■' OaoetA Ofldal " de 18 de msTO de IKM, No. 20.] AbtÍCULO 1". La sal extranjera que se dé al consumo en la Repú- blica pagará en el presente año un impuesto de un peso por quintal. En los años venideros ese impuesto será de dos pesos.

Art. 2. E^ta ley'principiará á regir tres meses después de su pro- mulgación.

V. — L^ No. 3§, de SO de ah-ü de 1904, relativa al hido.

["OKeUOaciol" deis de mayo de 190*. tjo. 20.]

Abtcíulo 1°. El Poder Ejectivo procederá á vender en pública lici- taeión la fábrica de hielo de propiedad nacional establecida en esta ciudad.

Art. 2°. La producción del hielo por cuenta de la nación terminará cuando se importe el articulo del extranjero, y, en todo caso, antes del 15 de mayo próximo.

Abt. 3°. Es libre y exenta de impuesto la importación del hielo.

VI. — Jleaoluoidn No. 59, de 6 de mayo de 1904, relativa á la importación

de la sal.

\" Okoeu Ofldal " de 17 de mayo de iwt.]

Mientras comienza á regir la ley 30, de 29 de abril de 1904, la sal extranjera, que se introduzca para el consumo en el territorio de la República, pagará un impuesto de veinte y cinco (25 por ciento plata), sobre el valor neto en oro, al igual de los demás efectos sujetos al pago del impuesto comercial.

Vil. — Ley No. 44i de 11 de mayo de 1904, relativa á la importación dd tabaco cólomMano.

["Oac«uOlIclBl"de33demaTodel904.]

ARTlctJLO 1'. Considérase el tabaco colombiano como tabaco extran- jero y sujeto como éste al siguiente impuesto de importación á la República.

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Por cada kîlogr&mo de cigarros, cuatro pesos.

Por cada kilogramo de cigarrillos, tres pesos.

Por cada kilogramo de picadura ó de tabaco en cualquier otra forma, dos pesos.

Este impuesto ingresará al fisco da la nación.

Aht. 2". Este impuesto principiará & hacerse efectivo tres meses después de la promulgación de la presente ley.

YUI.^Zey Jfo. 51, de SO de mayo de 1904, relativa á la importación del café.

['■ 0«ceU OfloUI " de 3T de najo de 1904, No. 2S.]

ÂBTÍ0DLO 1°. Ë1 café extranjero que se dé al consumo en la Repu- blica pagai-á un impuesto de cebo pesos por quintal.

Abt. 2°. Esta ley comenzará r^r noventa días después de su pro- mulgación.

IX. — Meùracto dd decreto No. 18, de W de ahrü de 1904, rehtivo á la

importación dd ganado mayor.

[•• Queta OBdal " de 17 de nuTO de IMM, No. n.]

Abt. 24. Las reses de ganado mayor que se introduzcan del extran- jero para darlas al consumo, pagarán un derecho adicional de $20 por cada res macho y $15 por cada res hembra, que se cobrará al momento de la introducción por los empleados de Hacienda encargados de la recaudación del impuesto comercial en los respectivos puertos.

Párrafo. Lo dispuesto en este artículo no comprende las reses que ee importen de los Estados Unidos de América, Perú, Chile y Europa, para fomento y mejora de las razas; pero para obtener la exención hay necesidad de solicitarla por escrito, cada vez que se ofrezca, de la Secretaria de Hacienda.

X. — Ley No. 88, de 5 de julio de 1904; po^ ^ <^>^ ^ dictan alguna»

disposición^ sobre régimen Jisoal.

(-' OuMU Ofliüol " de 11 de Jallo de itM.]

títüvo i.

Capitulo I.

AbticüIíO 1°. En la República se cobrarán laa contribuciones que en seguida se expresan y las demás establecidas por leyes û ordenanzas que no estuvieren derivadas:

1°. Impuesto comercial. • ••«**•

13. Derechos consulares.

17. Derechos de exportación.

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Capitulo II. — Impualo eomeráal.

Art. S". El impaesto comercial comprende:

1". Todos los efectos y artículos de comercio que se introduzcan para la venta 6 consumo en el territorio de la Nación.

Abt. S". Loa efectos extranjeros que se introduzcan pagarán el impuesto por una sola vez al llegar al puerto donde se haga la intro- ducción, de conformidad con la tarifa que por esta ley se establece. Dichos efectos se dividirán en tres clases generales y una especial, á saber:

1°. De artículos no sujetos al pago del impuesto. 2". De artículos gravados con el 15 por ciento sobre el valor del artículo según factura. 3°. De artículos gravadoa por tarifa especial, como los licores.

1°. El ganado vacuno que se importe para el consumo público, que pagará á razón de $30 por cabeza los machos, y 115 por cabeza las hembras.

2°. La sai, á razón de $1 por quintal durante el año en carao y de t2 en los aBos venideros.

3°. £1 tabaco, que pagará |4 cada kilogramo de cigarros, $3 el de cigarrillos y $2 el tabaco en picadura ó en cualquier otra forma.

4°. El café, que pagará $8 el quintal, desde el 1° de septiembre próximo.

5°. Loa fósforos, que pagarán á razón de $0.80 por cada kilf^j^i^mo de peso bruto de los de cerilla; $0.30 los de palillo y $0.10 tas materias primas para su fabricación.

6°. El opio, que pagará á razón de $15 cada kilogramo, una vez terminado el contrato sobre monopolio.

7". Las monedas de oro legitímo de inferior ley á la de la Nación, un cuarto por ciento.

Párrafo. Corresponden á la primera clase (libre):

(a) Los animales vivos propios para el mejoramiento de las razas.

(}) El hielo, el guano, las plantas vivas, las semillas, barbados y mugrones.

(c) Las máquinas cuyo peso total exceda de mil kilc^^ramos.

(a) Las máquinas y aparatos que sirvan para construir, mejorar y conservar caminos, abrir y conservar canales de navegación; loa carros y utensilios y materiales destinados exclusivamente á caminos de hierro, y los materiales propios para la construcción de telégrafos.

(fl) El carbón mineral, cuando se introduce por las Compañías nacio- nales ó extranjeras para su uso particular, los motores de vapor, de cualquiera clase, y los puentes de hierro.

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(70 Los buques armados 6 en piezas que se traigan, para oare^r en a^uas de la República y los materiales propios para su coDstrucción.

(ff) Las materias primas propii^ para la elaboración de cerveza, velas y jabones, exceptuando el sebo.

(A) Les útiles para la imprenta, encuademación de libros, rayado de papel, litografia, fotograbados, zincografías, la tinta y papel para periódicos y para ímpi-esión de libros.

{t) Los libros impresos que vengan por conducto de lae oficinas postales y los periódicos impresos que vengan por valija.

(J) Las monedas de oro legítimas que no sean de ley inferior á las que emita la Nación.

Art. i". Quedan comprendidos ©n esta clase los efectos exceptuados del pago de derechos por contratos ó privilegios, los que se importen por las compañías de navegación para el servicio exclusivo de sus vapores; los destinados á los cultos religiosos que sean introducidos por los prelados; los destinados á los establecimientos de candad ó beneâcencia, siempre que sea solicitado el permiso por la Junta Directiva ó Administrador del establecimiento, mediante juramento de que no tendrán aplicación distinta á la indicada; los destinados á empresas declaradas por el Gobierno de utilidad pública y los que reciban los Agentes diplomáticos para su uso exclusivo.

Párrafo. Corresponden á la segunda clase todos los efectos, de cual- quier especie que sean, no incluidos en las clases primera y tercera.

Párrafo. Corresponden á la tercera clase el alcohol, los licores des- tilados, los vinos, la cerveza y los líquidos fermentados, el agua de soda, limonadas y bebidas gaseosas, los jarabes, los amargos, elíxires y aperitivos y las esencias propias para la fabricación de licores, que pi^[arán conforme á la siguiente tarifa:

Por cada litro de aguardiente común y sus compuestos, hasta 21 grados del areómetro de Cartier, tales como Ron, Brandy, Ginebra, Whisky, Anisado refinado, Rosoli, Naranjito, etc., un peso cincuenta centavos.

Por cada litro de licor de 22 grados & 42 grados, como Chartreuse, Crema de cacao. Peppermint, Padre Kerman, Kummel, Ajenjo, etc., dos pesos.

Por cada litro de alcohol hasta de 42 grados, un peso.

Por cada litro de alcohol de más de 42 grados, un peso cincuenta centavos.

Por cada litro de líquido condensado que sirva para la preparación de las bebidas gravadas, quince pesos.

Por cada litro de amargo ó aperitivo, tales como Amargo de Angos- tura, Fernet Branca, Coca, etc., sesenta centavos.

Los vinos pagarán as!:

Por cada litro de los vinos conocidos con los nombres de Blanco, Tinto ó Burdeos y sus semejantes, diez centavos. .GooiJ Ic

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Por cada litro de los vinos coDocidos con los nombres de Dulce, Seco, Málaga, Jerez, Oporto, Vermouth, etc., veinte centavos.

Por cada litro de Champaña de cualquiera marca, dos pesos.

Por cada litro de cerveza de cualquiera clase, veinte centavos.

Art. 5°. Las a^uas minerales 6 caseosas, los elíxires y vinos medi- cinales patentados, cuando vengan en los envases especiales acostum- brados en tas droguerías, pecarán el 25 por ciento plata sobre el valor neto en oro.

Art. 6°. Los licores introducidos á la República, que hayan pagado el impuesto, podrán ser exportados libremente, en parte ó en todo, para el extranjero, ; si la exportación tuviere lugar dentro de los seis meses siguientes á la fecha de la introducción, se devolverán los dere- chos, previas las formalidades legales.

Art. 7°. Los Municipios de Panamá y Colón continuarán cobrando el impuesto comercial que corresponde á los víveres de procedencia extranjera destinados al consumo local que no vienen bajo conocimiento, legalmente consignados á comerciantes de las ciudades nombradas.

Que dan exceptuados de esta cesión los bultos que contengan arroz, harina, café, maíz y azúcar, los cuales continuarán pagando el impuesto i la Nación.

Abt. 13. Todo introductor obligado al pago del impuesto comercial de importación presentará á k oñcina de Hacienda respectiva un certi- ficado Õ recibo de la Compañía ó Sociedad de seguros marítimos, autenticado por el Cónsul panameño, en que conste la suma por la cual ha sido asegurada la factura que se introduce á fin de comprobar su valor real.

Párrafo. Los Cónsules no tendrán derecho á percibir suma alguna por dicha autenticación.

Art. 14. En las oficinas de Hacienda no se liquidará el impuesto comercial de liquidación sobre facturas consignadas á comerciantes que defrauden las rentas del Fisco declarando falsamente en cuanto al valor real de las facturas recibidas. En este caso, el Administrador de Hacienda constituirá inmediatamente depósito de las mercaderías intro- ducidas, y si tres meses después el introductor no hubiere hecho la declaración real de la factura por liquidar y pagado los derechos con un recargo del 25 por ciento á favor del Tesoro, lo mismo que los demás gastos que el depósito ocasione, el Administrador declarará que el introductor ha abandonado las mercancías, y procederá al remate de ellas para liquidar con el producto de esta subasta lo que al Tesoro se adeude inclusive los demás gastos ya enumerados.

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266 OFIOINA. INTESNAOIOHAI. BE LAS REF^BLIOAS AMESIOAITAS. Derecho* eonmlarei.

Art. 56. Éstos se cobrarán de acuerdo con la tarifa establecida por la Ley 22 de 18 de abril del corriente año, con las siguientes modifica- ciones:

Art. 57. Los Cónsules Generales, Cónsules y VicecÕnsules exigirán, á favor de la Nación, y anotarán en los libros de su contabilidad, los siguientes derechos, que deberán ser pagados de contado, por la per- sona ó corporación que solicita el servicio:

1°. Por la certificación de los cuatro ejemplares de cada factura que se le presente, uno y medio por ciento sobre su valor total, en la misma moneda.

Párrafo. Los Cónsules sólo podrán certificar facturas en que est^n anotados bultos con una misma marca, consignados á una sola persona 6 Compañía, un solo embarcador 6 remitente, y para un solo lugar,

2°. Por la certificación de los cuatro ejemplares del sobordo en que está especificada la carga que conduce el buque 6 vapor, diez pesos por los pñmei-os cien bult<», y dos pesos por cada cien bultos restantes 6 fracción de cien.

3". Por visar las patentes de sanidad, que expidan las autoridades 6 empleados del puerto de salida, tres pesos.

Párrafo. En ningún caso podrán los Cónsules certificar facturas, Ó sobordos ni otro documento que deba conducir un buque 6 vapor, después de la facha en que éste haya zarpado del puerto.

Art. 58. Los derechos de sobordo en que solamente estén anotados artículos de hierro, acero, cobre, zinc, madera, tejas y sus semejantes, sólo pagarán 910, sea cual fuere la cantidad del embarque.

DtrefivM de exporiadán.

Art. 62. Este impuesto grava la exportación de los artículos que en seguida se expresan asi:

Los metales preciosos, el dos por ciento sobre el valor del certificado de fundición y ensaye.

El oro acusado en monedas ó en alhajas, el uno por ciento sobre el valor del aseguro.

El mineral en bruto, dos pesos la tonelada.

Por cada racimo de banano, un centavo oro.

Art. 63. Quedan derogadas las disposiciones contrarías á la pre-

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REPUBLICA ARííENTINA.

OOHBBGIO POB VABIOS PÜBBT08 OOTUBSB SB 1904.

Durante el mes de octubre de 1904 salieron 31 vapores del de La Plata. Su carga fué como sigue;

Halz kilos.. 22,388,191

Trigo fd... 2,278,485

Lino fd... 54,040

Afrecho id... 596,090

Carne congelada fd... 2,038,220

Oaraeroe congelados ...fd... 588,090

Sebo fd... 442,847

HnesoB id... 60,836

Garros fd... 12,262

CoeroB Baladra kiloa. .

Guano id...

Sangre Beca..

..id..

Cueros lanares.

Aceite de manitaa fd. . .

Extracto de came fd. . .

Aalaa fd. . .

puerto

259,546 5,100 6,085 33,667 11,615 6,300 387 7,080

BAHÍA BUlNCA.

Salieron del puerto de Bahía Blanca 9 vapores durante el mes de octubre de 1904, llevando á los países mencionados £ contínución los siguientes productos:

.toneladas.. 4,756

Inglaterra: Trigo..

lino fd..

Afrecho id . .

Avena fd..

Cueros lanares. fardos.

Cameros congelados .troioe Came clones.

Sebo bordaleeaa.. 1,562

Lenguas ca]ouee.. 400

Brasil:

Trigo toneladaa.. 12,662

Cameros congelados. pieuui.. 46,000 ordenes:

Trigo toneladas.. 3, 450

Durante el mes de octubre de 1904 salieron 18 vapores del puerto de San Nicolás. Su carga j destino fueron como sigue:

Inglaterra:

Maf£ toneladas.. 2,119

Holanda;

Mail toneladas. . 1, 224

Uno id... 1,290

Bélgica:

Afrecho . Órdenes:

HafE

..toneladas.. 46,642

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[DeU"RerWBMeiuiiBldelBC«iiiuvI(ercU)tU,"No.H.] EXPORTACIÓN."

Espafla consume y compro en el extranjero artículos que la Repú- blica Argentina produce en grandes cantidades, por valorde 216,000,000 de pesetas, de los que solamente unos 21,000,000 son argentinos.

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Mais. — Ocupa la República Ar^ntina el primer lugar en la importa- ción de maíz en España. De \ps 35,230,288 kilos valorados en pesetas 4,03tí,84r6 eon argentinos, importantes 1,274,729 pesetas.

CWrcw.^Taniliién figura la Argentina en primera línea en la esta- dística de lo8 cuero» que España compró en 1902. De los 11,700,024 kilos, con un valor de 25,155,520 pesetas, procedían de dicha República 4,278,275 kilos valuados en pesetas 9,198,291.

Grasas anímalas. — Otro de los productos en que Is República Argen- tina es la mayor importadora, es la grasa animal. La importación total asciende á 15,231,851 kilos estimados en 14,013,302 pesetas, y pertenecen á la República 8,359,164 kilos, importantes 7,690,431 pesetas.

Carbón mineral y huesos cidcinaãos. — Sólo importan 23,286 pesetas los 93,142 kilos que introdujo España, pero de ellos 41,400 kilos con un valor de 10,375 pesetas eran ai^ntinos, figurando también en primer lugar.

Carneen salmuera y en tasajo. — Los 508,577 kilos importantes 325,480 pesetas que envió la Argentina, constituyen el 98 por ciento de la im- portación total de este artículo en España.

Despojos sin iiianufacturar. — Ascienden á 4.722,724 kilos, valorados en 1,180,681 pesetas, y la República Argentina solamente contribuye con 624,562 kilcs por 156,141 pesetas.

Cthada. — Uno de los artículos que la República Argentina debía exportar á España, principalmente los años de escasa cosecha en esta nación — como el año 1903— es la cebada, y, sin embargo, apenas %ura con un medio por ciento en la importación total, no obstante ser la cebada argentina de mejor calidad que la del Mar Negro, que es generalmente la que va á la Península.

Harina de trigo. — ^Para determinar si los productos que se presentan al adeudo son harinas 6 sémolas, las aduanas españolas someten una muestra á ta prueba del tamiz No. 10, ó sea el que tenga en la tela de seda de que se forma, 80 clares en pulgada cuadrada francesa. Si el producto posa por el tamiz, se calificará como harina, y en caso con- trai-io, como sémola. Cuando la mezcla de harina y sémola no con- tenga el 5 por ciento de esta última materia, se considerará como harina.

1,260,495 kilos que suman 415,963 pesetas, imporEó España en el referido aSo 1902, cifra que aumenta considerablemente en los aRos de escasa cosecha propia, y la Argentina casi nada envía.

Trigo. — La importación de trigo en la Península depende principal- mente de la mayor ó menor cosecha del país. Tomando por ejemplo el año de 1902 tenemos que España compró en el extranjero 69,579,120 kilos y sólo 981,427 eran argentinos.

Lanas. — Se considera en los aduanas españolas como lana sucia aquella que después de lavada con sulfuro de carbono haya perdido mils de 50 por ciento de su peso.

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Ei^paña intrcxJujo en el año 11K)'2, 2,968,320 kilos de lanas sucia.s, lavadas y peinadas, valuadas en 14,781,395 pesetas, y la iRepública Argentina sólo envió directamente 554 kilos, importontea 1,196 pesetas.

7í-í/>tt>(. —3,669,080 pesetas importan los 1,467,872 kilos de tripas que introduce España, de los que un 25 por ciento son procedentes de I» Argentina.

Ganado». — Importa España: caballos 8,615, de los que 130 son argentinos; mulas 11,760, siendo 52 de ellos argentinas; bueyes 17,279, ai^entinos 1,562; ovejas y cabras 360,892, argentinas 1,239.

BOLIVIA.

VAIjOS OAHOBLATOBIO de IiA LIBBA ESTERLINA.

[Dela

- Revista Comerdal é Induilrial" de la República de Bolivia, S

.4Î-]

Ismael Montes, Presidente Constitucional de la República, por cuanto el Congreso Nacional ha sancionado la siguiente ley:

El Congreso Nacional decreta:

Artículo 1°. Se reconoce á la libra esterlina ó soberano inglés ca- rácter cancelatorio por el valor de doce bolivianos cincuenta centavo».

Art. 2°. Desde el 1° de enero de 1905, el cincuenta por ciento de los derechos de aduana serán pagados en moneda de oro al tipo de doce bolivísoos cincuenta centavos por libra esterlina. En caso de pagarse en moneda de plata todo ó parte de ese cincuenta por ciento, la cuota pagada tendrá el recargo del cinco por ciento. Las fracciones menores de doce bolivianos cincuenta centavos podrán abonarse en plata sin recargo.

Art. 3". Se declara libre la exportación de moneda de plata y !«e prohibe su importación á la República bajo pena de comiso,

Abt. 4°. El Poder Ejecutivo queda facultado para mandar suspen- der, en su caso, la acuñación de moneda de plata.

Comuniqúese al Poder Ejecutivo para los fines constitucionales.

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BRASIL.

irUBTA UY SE UABOAS DB FABBIOA.

[Decrelo Na I3H del 24 de septiembre de 1«04. modíflcuido el decreto No. SS13 del It de oatabi«

de 1887,]

El Presidente de la Uepúblíca de loa Estados Unidos del Brasil: Hago saber que el Coogreso Nacional ha decretado y yo sanciono la siguiente resolución:

AbtícuIíO 1°. El industrial ó negociante tiene derecho á distinguir sus mercancías 6 productos por medio de marcas especiales.

Art. 2°. Las marcas de fábrica é industriales pueden consistir de todo lo que esta ley do prohiba y que haga distinguir unos artículos de otros artículos idénticos 6 semejantes, de origen diferente.

Cualquier nombre, denominación necesaria 6 vulgar, firma 6 razón social y las letras ó cifras, solamente servirán cod este fin si revistiesen una forma distintiva.

Párre^o único. Las marcas de fábrica pueden usarse ya sea en los artículos mismos ó en loe receptáculos ó envolturas que los contengan.

Art. Z". Á ñn de garantizar el uso exclusivo de dichas marcas, serán indispensobles su registro, depósito y publicidad, en conformidad con los términos de esta ley.

Art. 4°. Es competente para efectuar el registro la junta 6 la inspección de comercio de la localidad del establecimiento ó del esta- blecimiento principal, siempre que más de uno de la misma clase per- tenezca á un solo dueño. También es competente la Junta de Comercio de Río de Janeiro para efectuar el registro de marcas extranjeros y como depositaría central de los registros hechos en otras juntos 6 inspecciones.

Art. 6°. Para efectuar el registro será necesario que el interesado ó su apoderado especial, haga uno petición acompasada de ejemplares ó facsímiles de la marca los cuales deberán contener:

1. Una representación de lo que constituya la marca, con todos sus accesorios y explicaciones;

2. Una declaración de la clase de industria ó comercio á que se des- tine; la profesión del peticionario y su lugar de residencia.

Art. 6°. El Secretario de la junta de comercio ó el empleado de la inspección que con tal ñn se nombre, certificará en cada uno de los modelos, el día y boro de su presentación, j si se ordenase el registro, depositará uno de dichos modelos en los archivos y entregará los otros á la parte interesada, junto con una nota del registro y sa enumeración.

Art. 1". Dentro de treinta días la parte interesada hará publicar en el periódico que publique los expedientes del Gobierno Federal Ó del Estado, el certificado de r^rístro que contengo lo explicación de los ros-

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goa característicos de la marca, copiados de la declaración exigida por el artículo 5, número 1, j dentro de sesenta días, á contar de la fecba del expresado registro, efectuará el depósito de uno de los modelos en la Junta de Comercio de Río de Janeiro, en conformidad con los preceptos del artículo 4.

Art. S". Se prohibe el registro de una marca que contenga ó con- sista de:

1. Las armas, el escudo de armas, medallas, decoraciones beráldicas 6 insignias públicas ú oficiales, nacionales ó extranjeras, siempre que su uso no haya sido debidamente autorizado.

3. Un nombre 6 razón social que el peticionario no pueda usar legítimamente.

3. La indicación de una localidad determinada ó establecimiento que no sea el del origen del artículo, ya sea que & esta indicación se agregue Ó no, un nombre supuesto ó el nombre de otro.

4. Palabras, imágenes 6 representaciones que envuelvan una ofensa ¿ individuos ó al decoro público.

5. La reproducción de otra marca ya registrada para un artículo de la misma clase.

6. La imitación total ó parcial de una marca ya registrada para un producto de la misma clase, que pueda inducir & error ó confusión al consumidor. Se considerará verdadera la posibilidad de error ó con- fusión, siempre que las diferencias de las dos marcas no puedan ser reconocidas sin el debido examen 6 comparación.

Abt. 9". En el registro de las marcas de fábrica se observarán las siguientes r^las:

1. La precedencia en cuanto al día á hora de la presentación de la marca establece preferencia, en cuanto al registro, en favor del peti- cionario. En caso de una presentación simultánea de dos 6 más marca:^ idénticas ó semejantes, será admitida 6 aceptada la que se hubiere usado ó poseído durante un período de tiempo mayor, y á falta de este requisito, no se registrará ninguna marca sin que los interesados la modifiquen.

2. En caso de que exista una duda en cuanto al uso ó posesión de una marca, la junta de comercio ó de inspección ordenará que los intere- sados arreglen la cuestión ante el tribunal de comercio, y entonces procederán á efectuar el registro en conformidad con el fallo que se pronuncie. '

3. Sí marcas idénticas 6 semejantes, según se ha expuesto en el artículo 8, números 5 y 6, fueren registradas en diferentes juntas ó inspecciones de comercio, prevalecerá la fecha anterior, y en caso de un r^istro simultáneo, cualquiera de los interesados podrá apelar á dicho tribunal de comercio, el cual decidirá cuál debe ser sostenida ó apoyada en vista de lo dispuesto en el número 1 de este artículo.

4. Podrá apelarse de la decisión en que se rehuse hacer el registro,

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en el Distrito Federal, ante el tribunal de apelaciones, j en los Estados ante el tribunal de instancia ó jurisdicción superior:

I. Cualquiera que se considere perjudicado por dicha decision en cuanto á alguna marca registrada.

II. El interesado, en los casos mencionados en el artículos, números 2 y 3.

III. El ofendido, en el caso especificado en el No. 4, primera parte.

IV. El fiscal, en los números 1 y 4, última parte.

El plazo concedido para hacer estas apelaciones será de cinco dtas, á contar desde la publicación de la decisión, pero si el interesado no residiese en el lugar donde se baga la publicación, y no tuviere allí un apoderado especial, el plazo comenzará á correr treinta días después.

Art. 10. Ni la falta de interposición de recurso ni su aplazamiento destruye el derecho de cualquiera otra persona á entablar un pleito en conformidad con el artículo precedente:

1. Fara que sea declarada la nulidad de un registro hecho contra lo dispuesto en el artículo 8.

i. Para obligar al competidor que tenga derecho al mismo nombre 6 á uno semejante, á modificarlo de tal modo que el error ó la confu- sión resulte imposible. (Artículo 8, No. 6, última parto.) E^ta acción ó pleito sólo puede entablarlo quien pueda probar la posesión anterior de la marca ó el nombre para el uso comercial ó industrial, aunque no la haya registrado, y no ha lugar & él, por limitación, lo mismo que el que se refiere al Articulo 8, Nos. 2, 3, y 4, primera parte, si no se entablare dentro de seis meses después del registro de la marca.

Abt. II. El registro será válido para todos sus efectos durante 15 aSos, á la terminación de los cuales podrá ser renovado, y así sucesivamente.

El registro se considerará nulo y sin ningún valor si dentro del tér- mino de tres afios el dueRo de la marca registrada no hiciere uso de ella.

Abt. 12. La marca sólo podrá ser traspasada junto con el producto de industria ó comercio para el cual se ha adoptado, haciéndose la debida anotación en el r^^tro, en vista de documentos auténticos.

He hará una anotación igual si, una vez alteradas las razones sociales, la marca aún existiese. En ambos casos será necesaria la publicación.

Art. 13. Será castigado con una prisión que ha de variar desde seis meses hasta un año, y coa una multa á beneficio del Estado, desde 500 hasta 5,000 milreis:

1. El que use una marca legítima de otra persona en productos de origen falso.

2. El que use una marca falsificada entera ó parcialmente, pertene- ciente á otra persona.

3. El que venda ú ofrezca en venta, artículos que ostenten una marca legitima, cuyo duefio no sea el productor de dichos artículos.

4. El que venda (¡ ofrezca en venta, artículos que ostenten una mai'Ca fabtficada entera 6 parcialmente, ó que pertenezca & otra per&ona.

5. El que produzca enteramente ó en parte, por cualesquiera medica, cualquiera marca de fábrica ó industrial registrada y publicada, sin el consentimiento del dueño ó de su representante legal.

6. El que imite una marca industrial ó de fábrica de tal manera que engañe al consumidor.

T. El que use una marca así imitada.

8. El que venda û ofrezca en venta, artículos que ostenten una marca imitada.

9. El que use un nombre comercial ó razón social que no le perte- nezca, ya sea que constituya ó no una parte de una marca registrada.

Párrafo 1. Para que constituya la imitación á que se hace referen- cia en los números 6 hasta el 9 inclusive, de este artículo, no es nece- sario que ]& semejanza de la marca sea completa, siendo así que, sean cuales fueren las diferencias, bastará que haya la posibilidad de error ó confusión, según se expone en el artículo 3, parte final.

Párrafo 2. Se considerará como existente la usurpación del nombre comercial Ó razón social de que tratan los números 5 y 6, ya sea que la reproducción sea completa ó que baya adiciones, omisiones ó altera- ciones, con tal que exista la misnia posibilidad de error 6 confusión por parte del consumidor.

Abt. 14. Será castigado con una multa de 100 á 500 milreis á favor del Estado:

1. £1 que sin la debida autorización usare como una marca de fábrica ó industrial, las armas, el escudo de armas, insignias heráldicas públicas ú oficiales, nacionales ó extranjeras.

3. El que usare marcas de fábrica que ofendan el decoro público.

3. El que usare una marca de fábrica 6 industrial que contenga indi- caciones de una localidad ó establecimiento que no sea el del lugar de procedencia de la mercancía Ó producto, ya sea que á esta indicación se una 6 no el nombre de otro ó un nombre supuesto.

4. El que venda ú ofrezca en venta una mercancía ó productos que ostenten marcas como las que se mencionan en los números 1 y 2 de este artículo.

5. £1 que vetada ú ofrezca en venta mercancías 6 productos como los que se expresan en el número 3 de este ailículo.

Art. 16. £1 que use una marca de fábrica que contenga algo que sea personalmente ofensivo, ó el que venda ú ofrezca en venta artículos que ostenten dichas marcas de fábrica, será castigado con las penas prescritas por el Artículo precedente.

Abt. 16. La acción criminal contra las ofensas mencionadas en los números 1, 2 y 4, del artículo 14, la entabUrá el Fiscal del distrito donde se encuentren artículos que ostenten las marcas de fábrica mencionadas en aquéllos.

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Todo ÍDdustrial ó comerciante en un artículo semejante, que resida en el lugar de la procedencia de dicho artículo, así como el dueño del establecimiento indicado falsamente, tendrá derecho & entablar un pleito contra los ofensores mencionados en los números 3 y 5, y el ofendido 6 el interesado tendrá derecho á entablarlo contra los men- cionados en los artículos 14 y 15.

Art. 17. La reincidencia será castigada con el doble de las penas establecidas en los artículos 14, 15 y 16, si no hubieren transcurrido diez años desde la condenación anterior por cualquiera de las ofensas ó delitos mencionados en esta ley.

Abt. 18. Las referidas penas no eximen á los delincuentes del pago de la indemnización por la pérdida 6 darlo causado por ellos, el cual pago los personas perjudicadas pueden exigir por medio de la acción debida.

Abt. 19. Las sentencias pronunciadas sobre los delitos comprendi- dos en esta ley, las publicará íntegras la parte vencedora en el mismo periódico en que se publiquen los registros, Ó de lo contrario no so cumplirán.

Art. 20. El interesado podrá exigir:

1. Que se efectúe una investigación ó registro para determinar la existencia de marcas de fábrica falsificadas ó imitadas, ó de las mer- cancías ó productos que contengan dichas marcas.

2. El secuestro y destrucción de las marcas falsificadas ó imitadas en los talleres en que se preparen ó dondequiera que se encuentren antes de ser usadas con un fin criminal.

3. La destrucción de las marcas de fábrica ó industriales falsificadas ó imitadas en los paquetes ó envolturas ó artículos que las ostenten antes de ser despachados de la aduana, aun cuando por este medio se dañen las envolturas, mercancías 6 productos.

4. El secuestro y depósito de las mercancías 6 productos que osten- ten una marca falsificada ó imitada ó que indique un origen falso, tal como se expone en el artículo 8, número 4.

Párrafo 1. El secuestro y depósito sólo se efectúan como medidas preliminares de una acción, y no tendrán valor si no se efectuaren dentro de treinta días.

Párrafo 2. Los artículos secuestrados servirán para garantizar el pago de la multa y la indemnización debida al interesado, y con tal fin serán vendidos en pública subasta durante el juicio 6 proceso, si son de fácil avería Ó deterioro, ó durante la ejecución, con excepción de los productos que sean nocivos á la salud pública, los cuales serán destruidos.

Art. 21. El secuestro ó embargo de los productos Msificados que ostenten una marca falsa ó una legítima usada fraudulentamente cons- tituirá la base del proceso.

Abt. 23. El embargo 6 secuestro se efectuará á petición de la parte

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(a) A petición de la parte interesada, por cualquiera antondad de policía ó juez del tribunal civil ó de<]o cñminal en el Distrito Federal; y ea los ï^tudos, por los autoridades competentes para efectuar la inveetígociÓD.

{h) Eeoj§icio; por las aduanas, en el momento de efectuar3e4a inspec- ción de las mercancias; por los recaudadores de impuestos de consumo, siempre que encuentren artículos falsificados en los establecimientos que visiten, y por cualquiera autoridad, cuando al efectuar ésta los registros encontraren marcas ó artículos falsificados.

Art. 23. Hecho el secuestro ex ojicio, se notificará á los dueBos de la marca 6 á su representante, á fin de que entablen una acción ó pleito contra las partes responsables, concediéndoseles el plazo de treinta dfas con esta fin, so pena de que el secuestro quede sin efecto.

Art. 24. A petición del interesado se ordenará el registro y secues- tro, mediante fianza que el peticionario prestará á la autoridad que ordene dicha diligencia.

Párrafo único. En es^ fianza el peticionario se obligará á pagar las pérdidas y loa da&os causados por el registro, si el resultado de éste fuese negativo y probare el demandado que dicho peticionario proce- dió de mala fe.

Art. 25. Hecho el secuestro, se reunirán todos los libros que se encuentren en el lugar, junto con la maquinaria y otros efectos que se hubieren usado directa 6 indirectamente en la falsificación.

Ast. 26. La autoridad que haga el secuestro es competente para otorgar la fianza.

Art. 27. En el acto del secuestro, las personas á las cuales se refiere el artículo 33 de la presente Ley, serán arrestadas 6 presas en flagrante

Art. 28. Hecho el registro, se procederá con el cuerpo del delito, á fin de probar la infracción cometida.

Abt. 29. Dentro de treinta días, á contar de la fecha del secuestro, será presentada la queja contra las personas responsables, acompañada de los autos ó expediente del secuestro, el cuerpo del delito y prisión en flagrante adicto, si esta última se hubiere efectuado; una lista de los testigos y una nota de las diligencias necesarias.

Párrafo único. En el Distrito Federal, el tribunal competente para conocer del proceso es el tribunal civil 6 de lo criminal, que observará la forma de procedimiento establecida en el artículo 100, párrafo único, del decreto número 1030 del 14 de noviembre de 1890. En los Estados se segairá el procedimiento determinado 6 establecido por las leyes respectivas, correspondiendo siempre al tribunal de un boIo jaez conocer del juicio en primera instancia.

Art. 80. El tribunal competente para los juicios Ó procesos á que se refiere esta Ley, es el del domicilio del demandado ó el del lugar

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donde se encontraren Ias mercancias que ostenten la marca falsifícada 6 imitada, ó una marca le^tima usada indebidamente.

Akt. 31. La jurisdicción 6 competencia de que trata el artículo 3 de la ley número 221 det 20 noviembre de 1894, se refiere al artículo 60, letra y^, de la constitución, en los casos de una convención ó tratado de reciprocidad.

Akt. 32. Son responsables solidariamente de las ofensas ó infracciones de que trata el artículo 14:

1. El dueño de la oficina 6 taller donde sepreparen las marcas falsi- ficadas 6 imitadas.

2. La persona que las tenga bajo su custodia.

3. La persona que las tenga.

4. El dueño de la casa ó establecimiento en que loe artículos se depo- siten ó la persona que viva en dicha casa ó establecimiento, si no puede decir quién es el dueño.

5. Quienquiera que baya comprado las mercancías de una persona desconocida ó que no pueda probar el lugar de procedencia ú origen del artículo 6 producto.

Art. 33. haa disposiciones de esta Ley son aplicables & los brasile- ños ó extranjeros cuyos establecimientos estén fuera del territorio nacional, bajo las siguientes condiciones:

1. Que entre la Unión y la nación en cuyo territorio existan los referidos establecimientos, haya una convención diplomática que asegure la reciprodad de garantía para las marcas brasileñas.

2. Que tas marcas hayan sido registradas en conformidad con la I^ey local.

3. Que hayan sido depositados en la Junta de Comerlo de Río de Janeiro el respectivo modelo y certificado de registro.

4. Que el certificado y la explicación de la marca hayan sido publi- cados en el "Diario Oficial."

Párrafo único. Gozarán de las garantías de esta ley los extranjeros que en vez de depositar el certificado de registro hecho en su país respectivo, pidan directamente el registro de su marca en el Brasil.

Art. S4. En caso de la observancia de los requisitos de que tratan los números 2 hasta el 4 inclusive, del artículo precedente, prevalecerá «1 precepto contenido en el artículo O, número 3, á favor de las marcas registradas en países extranjeros que hayan firmado la Convención promulgada por el decreto número 9233, del 28 de junio de 1884, 6 que hayan declarado su adhesión & dicha convención por el tÓrmino de cuatro meses, á contar de la fecha en que se hizo el registro, en con- formidad con la ley local.

Art. 35. Las garantías que confiere esta ley se aplican á las marcas registradas en conformidad con las leyes anteriores.

Art. 36. El gobierno revisará el reglamento número 9828 de 1897, haciendo que corresponda á las disposiciones de esta ley.

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Art. 37. Por la presente se modifican los artículos 353 j 355, del C6digo Penal, en conformidad con lo dispuesto en el artículo 14 de la presente ley.

Art. 38. Quedan i-evocadas todas las disposiciones en contrario.

Rio de Janeiro, el día 24 de septiembre de) año de 1901, y décimo- sexto de la Bepública.

Fbancisco de Paula Kodbioues Ai^vks.

COLOMBIA.

[Del "Diario Ollcial" No. I2I21.]

El Congreso de Colombia decreta:

Aktículo 1°. Se permite estipular libremente en toda clase de con- tratos ó transacciones civiles 6 comerciales, tanto al Gobierno como & Io8_ particulares, cualquiera clase de monedas, nacionales 6 extranjeras, de oro 6 de plata; pero el billete del Estado conserva su poder libera- torio, de tal suerte que los deudores de cantidades, aunque éstas fueren de monedas metálicas de la Nación ó extranjei-as, pueden satisfacer sus obligaciones piando en la moneda estipulada ó en billetes del Estado. En el último caso, el deudor deberá pagar la cantidad de billetes que equivalga al valor del objeto de la obligación, según el pi-ecio corriente en el respectivo mercado al tiempo del i>ago.

La relación entre el billete del Estado j cualquiera otra moneda que fuere objeto de estipulación, se fijará en cada caso por los juzgados j tribunales de justiça, teniendo en cuenta las pruebas que se presenten.

Art. 2°. Las obligaciones por oro ó plata contraídas bajo el imperio de la ley 33 de 1903, sea cual fuere la especie de la moneda nacional 6 extranjera que se hubiere estipulado, se harán efectivas de acuerdo con las estipulaciones hechas por los contratantes, se considerarán como expresivas de cantidad líquida j se podrán exigir por la vía ejecutiva.

Art. 3°. Los documentos que expresen obligaciones de cantidades de monedas de oro ó de plata nacionales ó extranjeras se considerarán como expresivas de obligaciones de cantidades líquidas, y, en conse- cuencia, si reúnen las demás condiciones de que habla el artículo 1012 del Código Judicial, prestan mérito ejexiutivo.

Si el deudor, al intimársele la ejecución, presentare para el pago billetes de curso forzoso, se establecerá la equivalencia entre la moneda metálica como se previene en el artículo 1° para que lo bi^.

Si el deudor no paga los avalúos de los bienes que se embarguen se harán en moneda legal, y la equivalencia entre la moneda metálica y el billete de Estado se establecerá al tiempo de hacer el pago al acreedor, como está indicado en el artículo 1°. Bull. No. 2—06 1

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COSTA RICA.

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OtUSlSA nrTBBKAOIONAL DE LUI BBP^BUOAB AHSBI0ANA8. 279

CHILE.

I.ET 60BBB OOHPAfilAS DE SEOUBOS. "

[Promulgada el J7 de noviembre de 18«,]

AbtIculo 1". Ias compañías extranjer&s de segiiroB, cualquiera que sea BU naturaleza, no podrán funcionar ni establecer agencias en Chile sin autorización del Presidente de la República.

Se aplicará el número 1* del artículo 467 del Código Penal á los Que se titulen agentes de compañías de seguros no autorizadas por el Pre- Bidente de la República ó ejerzan funciones de tales.

El decreto que autoriza la existencia 6 funcionamiento de ana Com- pañía de Seguros, |K>dr& ser revocado por infracción de cualquiera de las obligaciones que impone esta ley.

Art. 2". Para conceder la autorización será necesario:

1°. Ju8ti6car que la compañía se ha oi^nizado con arreglo á las leyes del país en que se ba fundado.

2°. Invertir en bienes raíces, libres de gravamen, situados en Chile ó en valores nacionales, ó depositar en la Casa de Moneda ó en la oficina que designe el Presidente de la República la cantidad que le corres- ponda según la categoría ó clase que se haya asignado y la especie de seguros de que la compañía se ocupe.

Abt. 3°. Para tos efectos del depósito exigido en el articulo anterior, se establecen dos clases de categorías de compañías de seguros contra incendios.

Lias compañías de seguros cuyo capital pt^fado ascienda á quinientos mil pesos 6 más se reputarán como de primera clase; y como de segunda clase, aquellas cuyo capital sea inferior á dicha suma.

Para computar el monto del capital se tomarán en cuenta los fondos de reser\'a y acumulados.

Las compañías de seguros contra incendios ú otros riesgos clasifica- das como de primera clase, depositarán trescientos mil pesos, y las de segunda clase, doscientos mil pesos.

Las compañías de seguros contra riesgos marítimos y riesgos agrí- colas exclusivamente depositarán cincuenta mil pesos.

El depósito podrá constituirse en moneda corriente ó en moneda esterlina; en bonos de la deuda pública interna ó externa ó en letras de la Caja de Crédito Hipotecario ú otros esteblecimientos análogos, calificados por el Presidente de la República.

Dichos bonos 6 letras serán estimados anualmente al precio corriente de plaza por el Presidente de la República.

Este depósito se reputerá garantía prendaría de las obligaciones que las compañías contrajeren en Chile á favor de los asegurados, y los

" I4 tredocdón de esta ley al inglés ae publico «a el número de enero de este aflo.

280 OFIOINA INTEBHAOIONAL DB LAS BBFtÍBIJCAS

lãenes raíces á que se refiere el número 2° del artículo 2° no podrán gravarse ni exceder de la mitad de los fondos acumulados en Chile por las compaBías.

Art. 4°. Las compañías de seguros sobre la vida serín también de primera ó de segunda clase.

El Presidente de la RepCiblica ñjar& la cat^oría de estas compañías, previo estudio del balance de las operaciones que ejecuten en el país.

Art. 5°. Las compañías de seguros sobre la vida constituirán su garantía optando alternativamente por alguno de los medios siguientes:

1°. Acreditar ante el Ministerio de Hacienda la adquisición de pro- piedades raíces 6 la inversión de cuatrocientos mil pesos, si fueren de primera clase, ó de tiescientos mil pesos, si fueren de segunda clase, en loa valores y en la forma que determina el inciso 2° del artículo 2° de esta ley.

2°. Depositar en la Tesorería Fiscal ó invertir en los valores á que se refiere el citado inciso y en la forma allí establecida, el cincuenta por ciento del valor de las primas que percibieren por el servicio de los seguros contratados cada año.

Art. 6°. No podrán retirarse los depósitos que establece como garantía la presente ley, sin que previamente se justifique, con uo aviso de seis meses, que han terminado los riesgos ú operaciones que motivaren dichas garantías.

Los referidos depósitos sólo |K>drán ser embargados ó retenidos para hacer efectivo el pi^o de los seguros contratados.

Sin embargo, el Presidente de la República podrá autorizar la sos- titución de algunos de los valores depositados por otros equivalentes.

Abt. 7. Las compañías de seguros contra incendios ú otros riesgos que fueren clasificadas como de primera clase, pagarán una patente de tres mil pesos al año; las compañías que fueren clasificadas como de , segunda clase pagarán patente de dos mil pesos.

Las compañías de seguros sobre riesgos marítimos y riesgos {fricó- las respectivamente, pagarán patente de quinientos pesos.

Las compañías de seguros sobre la vida pagarán una patente de cuatro mil pesos, si fuei'en de primera clase, y de tres mil pesos si fueren de segunda clase.

Cuando las compañías de seguros est^n establecidas en el extranjero, la patente gravará tan sólo á la agencia principal que tuvieren en Chile.

Ijas latentes que establece esta ley serán fiscales, se aplicarán á las compañías de seguros nacionales y extranjeros y se pagarán por mitad en los meses de enero y julio de coda año.

Art. 8°. Las compañías extranjeras de seguros á que se refiere esta ley se considerarán domiciliadas en Chile y estarán sometidas á las autoridades judiciales y administrativas, y en general á la legislación del país para todas las obligaciones que contrajeren.

CHILE. 281

- Sa representación judicial, sin restricción de facultades, oorrespon- derí al agente principal que tuvieren en Chile, cualesquiera que sean los términos de las pólizas ó de los poderes del agente.

La responsabilidad de los compaRias de seguros sobre la vida, domi- ciliadas en el extranjero, principiará en el momento mismo en que su representante en Chile perciba la prima y expida la póliza.

Abt. 9". No podrán oi^nizarse compañías de seguro» con un capi- tal pa^fado inferior á cien mil pesos y sin que se destine & fondos de reserva á lo menos la cuarta parte de las utilidades hasta completar doscientos mil pesos.

Art. 10. Las compaSías de seguros pasarán cada seis meses al Mi- nisterio de Hacienda, para su publicación en el *' Diario Oficial," un resumen de las operaciones practicadas en el semestre anterior, que comprenderá las primas recibidas, siniestros, seguros pagados y riesgos pendientes en Chile.

La cuenta y balance anual de las compaSias nacionales y de las i^ncias de tas compañías extranjeras se publicarán en un diario de la localidad en que cada Compañía tenga su agencia principal.

Las agencias de compañías extranjeras formarán una cuenta anual del estudo de los fondos de la Compañía en Chile, con especificación de las sumas percibidas por primas, los gastos de administración, p^o de pólizas, giros de vhlores que se envíen al extranjero 6 que se iteciban, forma de inversión de valores existentes en el país, resen'as especiales, perdidas y ganancias y demás detalles que maní6esten la marcha y operaciones de la Compañía en Chile.

Las agencias de compañías extranjeras á que se refiere el inciso anterior, deberán, asimismo, publicar en Chile un resumen del balance general de sus operaciones.

La cuenta á que se refiere el inciso 3° se publicará en la forma establecida en el inciso 2".

Art. 11. El Presidente de la República designará inspectores de oficinas fiscales para que vigilen las operaciones, libros y cuentas de las compañías nacionales ó agencias de compañías extranjeras.

Dichas compañías ó agencias deberán manifestar en el acto á los inspectores aun libros y archivos, bajo multa de un mil pesos.

La adulteración ó falí^ificación de los balances y cuentas á que se refiere esta ley, será castigada con las penas que establecen los artículos 193 y 194 del Código Penal.

Art. 12. Se establece, á beneficio fiscal, una contribución de dos por ciento sobre la primera prima y sobre las recibos de renovación de toda póliza de seguros contra incendios.

Esta contribución no afectará á los seguros.

Las invei'siones á depósitos que hacen las compañías extranjeras y loe capitales de las comfHiBias chilenas, quedarán eximidas del impuesto de haberes. , ~ i

282 OFI0IN& IHTBBNAOIONAL DE LAS BEFUBLI0A8 A1IEBI0ANA8.

Art. 13. El valor de las pólizas de seguros sobre la vida, cede ezdu- eivamente en foror del beneficiario.

Abt. 14. El pago de los valores asegurados en las pólizas emitidas por las compaBÍRS de que trata e^ta ley, se hará, acaecido j comprobado que sea el siniestro, sia consulta previa á las oficinas anteriorea.

Abt. 15. Quedan suprimidas las patente» que en la actualidad pagan & las municipalidades las compaSias de seguros con arreglo á la ley de 23 de diciembre de 1876.

Abt. 16. Esta ley rc^ir& seis meses, después que sea publicada en el "Diario Oficial."

Abt. 17. El Presidente de la Rnpâblica dictará dentro del plazo de tres meses, el reglamento necesario para la ejecución de la presente ley.

AZÚOABSS.

(Del "Boletin de la Bodedid de Fomento Fabril," No. 11.]

Dadas las condiciones del suelo y del clima de Chile, era de creer que la industiia azucarera prospera en él en condiciones de abastecer el mercado, y de satisfacer, no sólo las necesidades del consumo del país, sino también las de otros mercados extranjeros.

En efecto, la betarraga es uno de los tubérculos que más bien se dan en los terrenos de la zona central, y Chile posee el salitre y el guano, que son los mejores é indispensables abonos paraeste producto. Des- graciadamente, el cultivo no ha cundido, tal vez por circunstancias extrañas á la industria misma, y hoy sólo existen dos fábricas en que se puede elaborar el azúcar de betarraga.

Una de ellas, la de los Guindos, de propiedad de Don Benjamín Matte, se halla en paralización desde 1890, por falta de materia prima, desde el momento que su propietario dejó de cultivar en su mismo fundo la betarraga. La otra, instalada en el Parral y cuyo duefio es una sociedad anónima, posee un capital de $1,600,000, y sólo ha pro- ducido basta enero último azúcar prieta, que entregaba á la refinería de Penco. Sin embargo, desde el mes apuntado, ha dado principio á la refinación en el mismo establecimiento, gracias á la maquinaria recien- temente introducida.

La, producción de azúcar de betarraga en la fábrica de Parral (Mem- brillo) ha sido en los cuatro últimos afios la siguiente;

En el primer aSo, 6 sea en 1900:

Primer producto 390,604}

Segundo producto 76, 378

Tercer producto 20,274

Cuarto producto 6,826

Total 498,781J

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OHILB. 388

En 1901 la produccióu se resintió considerablemente disminuyendo por la falta de brazos ocuiKidos en otras labores más productívas, y 861o fué :

KUogmntH.

Primer producto 88,688

8egnndo producto 9,419

Total 99,167

En 1902 aumenta la producción en gran proporción, pero no alcanza á la mitad del primer aSo, como sigue:

Klloammoi.

Primer producto 166,897^

Segando producto' 42,738

Tercer producto 6,525

Total 216,160i

En el último año de 1903 apenas si se alcanza á mantener la produc- ción del año anterior y fué de:

Kllogrunoa.

Primer producto 168,671

Segundo producto 36,126

Tercer producto 7,936

Total 211,733

En el año en curso la fábrica del Membrillo no producirá azúcar crudo, por haber resuelto el Consejo Directivo no sembrar en sus terrenos la betarraga, y como en los alrededores no se cultiva, se encontrará sin la materia prima.

Existen también dos grandes establecimientos de reñnerfa, uno en Vina del Mar y otro en Penco, pertenecientes á sociedades anónimas, y que usan como materia prima el azúcar prieto importado del Perú, con excepción de una pequeñísima cantidad que, como lo hemos dicho anteriormente, lea entrega la fábrica del Membrillo. El azúcar prieto está gravado con un pequeño derecho de internación de $6.50 por cada 100 ídlogramos.

La importación por las diferentes aduanas durante el año de 1902, alcanzó á 41,39T,37S kilogramos de azúcar prieto, con un valor aproxi- mado de 4,139,738 pesos.

La cantidad de azúcar blanco ó granulado que se interno en el mismo aSo fué de 162,395 kilogramos, con iin valor aproximado de $24,258. Esta clase de azúcar se vende tal como se introduce al país y pago á su internación un derecho específico de $11.40 por cada 100 kilogramos.

La importación de azúcar refinada habida en el mismo período fué de 1,646,930 kilogramos, con un valor de 329,389 pesos. Este pro- ducto está gravado con un derecho de $14.35 por cada 100 kilogramos.

Sumando los números anteriores se ve que durante el año de 1903 se introdujeron al país 43,206,723 kilogramos de azúcar, con un valor aproximado de $4,493,485, que bien pudieron haberse producido nues- tro territorio.

Kilogramoa.

1900 20,479,09»

1901 21,096,295

1902 24,439,964

1903 24,285,41»

284 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAB REPÚBLICAS AMERICANAS.

La refinería de azúcar de Viña del Mar gira con un Capital -é»' 4,667,666 pesos oro de 18 peniques. Su producción en los últimos dies años ha sido:

ECllognmoi.

11,861,203

13,174,530

896 13.273,210

897 14,292,867

16,470,310

18,968,186 Total 178,371,077

Los dividendos repartidos como utilidades á ios accionistas, repre- sentan, en diez años, un termino medio de 10} por ciento al afio sobre el capital en giro.

La refinería de Penco, menos antigua que la de ViBa de) Mar, gira con un capital de 3,000,000 de pesos oro de 18 peniques. Su produc- ciÓD en los diez últimos años ha sido:

KÜogiamoa, KUognuiuM.

4,444,428 1900 19,921,722

6,311,522 1901 10,588,419

896 7,345,970 1902 11,324,001

897 8,957,902 1903 12,982,632

10,116,360

10, 123,763 i Total 93,115,98»

Esta sociedad ha distribuido entre sus accionistas en el período de dos años, como térmioo medio, un dividendo anual equivalente al 9i por ciento de su capital.

El creciente desarrollo que toman estos dos importantes estableci- mientos de refinación, por una parte, y, por la otra, el alto precio á que mantienen el azúcar refinado, les han motivado rudos ataques por parte de los consumidores, quienes desean alcanzar la baja en los derechos aduaneros y as! abaratar el artículo en el mercado. En realidad, no existe un motivo justificado para que se trate de quitarles completamente de un golpe la protección, ya que el amparo de las leyes vigentes han acumulado fuertfis capitales y hecho instalaciones que pueden considerarse como las mejores en su clase, constituyendo un motivo de legítimo oiguUo para la industria nacional.

Si reunimos todos estos factores de producción de las refinerías y las cantidades importadas de azúcar para el con8umo, tendremos que en el año l!:t02 se consumieron en el país 37,573,310 kilogramos de azúcar, lo que equivale £ un consumo de 11,838 gramos por habitante, siendo la población de Chile 3,178,783 habitantes como lo indica la Sinopsis Estadística de 1903.

El precio medio que alcanzó el azúcar en el mismo año fué de 43 centavos el kilogramo.

Es posible que, si se modificara el arancel aduanero, en el sentido de gravar anualmente el azúcar prieto con un derecho progresivo de 2& centavos por cada 100 kilogramos, destinándose este derecho & primas

REPlÍBLICA DOMIMOANA. 386

paxa la produccíóa de la betarraga, pudiera al cabo de ciertos aSoe, aminorarse y al fío desaparecer est« fuerte tributo que pa^moB pría- cipalmeote al Pero y en muy pequeña parte el Ecuador. Las refine- rías establecidas podrían hallar una compensación á esta alza eu el valor de su materia prima, en el menor precio que pagarían por el azúcar de betarraga, y en una rebaja sobre el impuesto del alcohol de melazas, las que hoy no pueden aprovecharse y que se pierden después de haber- las introducido al país, pagando su valor al extranjero y derechos de aduana á su internación.

REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA.

DATOS BSTABÍSTXOOB BBLATIVOB AL COHXBCIO COK ALEUAHIA EN 1908.

[D« la -^kceu Oficial" df «nero 2 De ]»(».]

La importación de los productos dominicanos á Alemania en el aBo de 1903 importó 7,043,000 marcos, mientras la exportación de las mercancías de Alemania á la República Dominicana alcanzó & un valor de 875,000 marcos.

Los valores de los productos dominicanos entrados en el territorio aduanal de Alemania, que ascienden á la cifra total arriba expresada de 7,043,000 marcos, van repartidos como sigue:

Cacao 3,241,000

Tabuco 2,353,000

Cera 368,000

Caeros 340,000

Café .135,000

Los artículos alemanes exportados á la República con determinación de los valores de cada uno de ellos respectivamente, son:

ArrOE 301,000 Lcuchillería 30,000

Cerveea 107,000 ; Vajilla de barro 30,000

Ffistoroe 66,000 [ Varios 270,000

Dividivi VarioB	MBTcoa. 292,000
Total	7,043,000

Total 876,000

Calceterta de algodón 42,000 |

OlrroB de ferrocarril menoe M. 1,000 cada unom 40,000 ¡

Tomando las cifras correspondientes del año de 1902 en comparación con las del año de 1903 resultan las siguientes diferencias:

Mi» 6 m

7,043.000

6,ses.ooo

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Presentaron un aumento los productos domimcanos que siguen:

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No ha habido una discáínucian notable en la impoiiaciÓn de ninguno de los productos dominicanos.

En cuanto á las mercancías alemanas, hay que mencionar cinco artículos cuya exportación aumento, á saber:

	Valor,	unen IMS.
	S:SS

En tanto que las siguientes presentaron nna disminución:

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ECUADOR.

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trtl lea para agricultura bultoa.

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Sernos de madera

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Bicicleta Jaba.

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ESTADOS UNIDOS.

COHEBCIO COK LA AJCtiRICA LATINA.

IMPORTACIONES Y EXPORTACIONES.

En la página 395 aparece la ultima relación del comercio entre los Estado» Unities y la América latina, tomada de la compilación hecha por la Oficina de Estadística del Departamento de Comercio y Trabajo de los EstadoH Unidos. Estos datos se refieren al ralor del comercia arriba mencionado. La estadística corresponde al mes de diciembre de 1904, comparada con la del mes correspondiente del afío anteiíor, j también comprende los datos referentes á los doce meses que termi- naron en diciembre de 1904 comparados con igual periodo de 1903. Debe explicarse que las estadísticas de las importaciones j exportaciones de las diversas aduanas referentes á un mes cualquiera no se reciben en el Departamento de Hacienda haata el 20 del mes siguiente, neceeitán-

388 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DK LAS REPÚBLICAS AMERIOAMAB.

dose aljfún tiempo para su compilación é impresión; de suerte que los datos estadísticos correspondientes al mes de diciembre, por ejemf^, no se publican hasta febrero.

COMERCIO CON ESPAÑA DE 1S65 X 1904.

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».I8» 11,981 33.110

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Es curioso observar que en el aBo de la guerra (1898) lae exposicioaes de los Estados Unidos paraEspañasubieroná $10,228,545, y que aunque en el año siguiente (1899) bajaron á $9,077,807, en el inmediato de 1900 hubo un salto á $13,399,680, y en el de 1901 á $15,480,288. En el de 1902 las exportaciones ascendieron & $15,511,987, y en el 1903 á $17,682,210.

A juzgar por estas cifras podría decirse que la guerra tan desas- trosa para España desde el punto de vista militar y político, turo sin embargo por resultado prácticoel aumento del comercio con loe Estados Unido» aun en el ano mismo de las hostilidades.

En las importaciones de España se nota el mismo fenómeno. En 1898 los Estados Unidos importaron de España por valor de$3,576,565, y el año siguiente, 6, pesar de la guerra, subió la importación á $3,982,363. En 1900 hubo un salto á $5,950,047, y 1902 á $8,270,546. En 1903 subió aun más, pues llegó á $8,478,587.

GUATEMALA.

Manuel Estrada Cabreka, Presidente Constitucional de la Kepú- blica de Guatemala: Por cuanto —

En 21 de septiembre de 1903 se ajustó y armó en esta capital por plenipotenciarios suficientemente autorizados un convenio sobre re- conocimiento mutuo de validez de títulos académicos y de incorpora- ción de estudios, cuyo tenor literal es el siguiente:

GUATEMALA. 289

Loé Gobiernos de Guatemala y de España en el deseo de estrechar y iortalecer ]o» vínculos de amistad que felizmente existen entre ambos países, han dispuesto celebrar un convenio sobre reconocimiento mutuo de validez de títulos académicos y de invorporación de estu- dios; y al efecto han nombrado sus plenipotenciarios como sigue:

El Gobierno de Guatema.la al señor Licenciado don Juan Babbios M., Secretario de Estado y del Despacho de Relaciones Exteriores de la Kepública,

Y el Gobiei'no de Su Majestad Católica, al Excelentísimo señor don Pedro de Carrebe r Lembete, Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario de España en Centro América,

Quienes, debidamente autorizados para ello, han convenido en los artículos siguientes;

Abtículo 1°. Los nacionales de ambos países que en cualquiera de los Estados signatarios de este convenio hubieren obtenido titulo 6 diploma expedido por la autoridad nacional competente para ejercer profesiones liberales, ae tendrán por habilitados para ejercerlas en uno y en otro territorio.

Art. 2°. Para que el título ó diploma á que se refiere el artículo anterior produzca los efectos expresados, se requiere:

I". La exhibición del mismo debidamente legalizado.

2". Que el que lo exhiba, acredite, mediante certificado expedido por la Legación ó el Consulado más cercano de su país, ser la persona á cuyo favor se ha extendido,

3°. Que cuando se solicite por el interesado en uno de los dos países el reconocimiento de la validez de un diploma ó título académico expe- dido en el otro país para ejercer profesión determinada se acredite que dicho diploma ó título habilita también para ejercer esa profesión en el país en que se haya expedido.

Art 3°. Los nacionales de cada uno de los dos países, que fueren autorizados para ejercer una profesión en el otro en virtud de las esti- pulaciones del presente Convenio, quedarán sujetos á todos los rola- mentos, leyes, inipuesto^^ y deberes que rijan en la materia para los propios nacionales.

Art 4°. Sin perjuicios de que ambos Gobiernos se comuniquen recí- procamente los programu.s de enseñanza ó se entiendan respecto £ cua- lesquiera detalles administrativos que puedan parecer necesarios, los estudios de asignaturas realizadas en uno de tos Estados contratantes podrán ser incoiporados en los establecimientos docentes del otro, pre- vio el cumplimiento de los requisitos siguientes:

1°. Exhibición por el interesado de certificación debidamente lega- lizada en que conste haber sido aprobadas dichas asignaturas en estable- cimiento cuyos exámenes ó certificados de aptitud tengan validez oficial en el Estado donde se hayan realizado los estudios.

2°. Exhibición de certificado expedido por la Legación ó Consulado,

290 OFICINA INTBBHAOIONAL DE LAB BEF^BLIOAS AMBRIOAITAS.

más próximo, del país á que el interesado pertenezca, y en el ouftl se acredite que este ultimo es la persona á cujo favor se ha extendido la certificación Busodicha.

3°. Informes del Consejo de Instrucción Pública en EepaBa ó del centro consultivo ó docente señalado para este efecto por Guatemala, haciendo constar loa estados exigidos por las disposiciones nacionales que puedan estimarse equivalentes £ los realizados en el extranjero por el que solicite.

Art. &". Se entiende, sin embargo, que el diploma ó título expedido por las autoridades de uno de los dos puses contratantes á favor de uno de sus ciudadanos ó de un ciudadano extranjero no habilita á este ciudadano para que ejerza en el otro país cargo 6 profesión reservado á los propios súbditos 6 ciudadanos por la Constitución ó por las leyes.

Abt. 6**. LosbeneficiosderivadosdelpresenteConvenioálosnaciona- les de ambos países contratantes serán únicamente aplicables £ los países de lengua española que, en su legislación interior ó mediante Oonvenio, concedan las mismas ventajas £ los diplomas 6 títulos académicos 6 profesionales expedidos respectivamente por cada uno de ellos.

Abt. 7°. Le. duración del presente Convenio ser£ de diez aflos, á contar desde la fecha del canje de ratificaciones del mismo, y si para entonces no hubiere sido denunciado por ninjruna de las Partes contra- tantes, subsistirá por otro? diez años, y as! sucesivamente.

En fe de lo cual los Plenipotenciarios subscriben el presente Conve- nio por duplicado, en la ciudad de Guatemala, £ los veintiún dfas del mes de septiembre de mil novecientos tres.

Juan Barrios M.

Pedro de Carrbre t IiEmbete.

Por tanto, y habiendo la Asamblea Nacional Legislativa dado sa aprobación al Convenio preinserto en su decreto número 591 de 26 de abril del año en curso, on uso de las facultades que me confiere la Constitución, lo ratifico y mando se publique para que se tenga como ley de la República.

En fe de lo cual firmo la presente ratificación, sellada con el sello mayor de la República y refrendada por el Secretario de Estado y del Despacho de Relaciones Exteriores en la ciudad de Guatemala á 24 de agosto de 1904.

Manuel Estrada C. Juan Barrios M.

acta de canje.

Reunidos los infrascritos en la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores de la República de Guatemala, con el objeto de canjear el Convenio celebrado entre Guatemala y España con fecha 21 de septiembre de

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1908, cotejaron cuidadosamente las reepectivas ratíficaciones y hallan- dolsa en todo conformes ana con otra, procedieron al canje en la formu acostumbrada.

En fe de lo cual han firmado j aellado por duplicado la presente acta en Guatemala, á 8 de septiembre de 1904.

[l. s.] Juan Barrios M.

[l.. 8.] Pedro de Carrbre y Lbhbete.

Palacio del Podee Ejecdttto,

Ouatemala, 5 de diciemhre de Í904~

Vista la Bolicítud formulada por el Gerente del Ferrocarril Urbano de Guatemala, contraída á que, modificándose el artículo 9^ del acuerdo de concesiones de 19 de noviembre de 1902, sean trasmisibles éstas, asi como también las acciones de la expresada Compañía en los propios términos que lo son en las demás sociedades anónimas.

Considerando: Que las razones en que aquella solicitud se funda son atendibles tanto más cuanto que el incremento que ha tomado la capi- tal demanda que se dé mayor ensanche y nueva forma á la citada Empresa, que solicita tal reforma para cambiar la fuerza animal por tracción eléctrica û otro sistema moderno, en un término que no pasará de tres aflos.

Por tanto; y oído el parecer del Fiscal del Gobierno,

El Presidente Constitucional de la República, acuerda:

1°. Acceder & la expresada solicitud, quedando el artículo referido, en estos términos:

**Abt. 9°. Las concesiones otorgadas á la Compañía del Ferrocarril Urbano de Guatemala son trasmisibles; también lo son sus acciones en la forma que determinan las leyes vigentes; pero no podrán trasmitirse ni las acciones ni las concesiones á ningún Gobierno extranjero y cual- quiera cuestión que se suscite se resolverá por arbitros nombrados conforme lo establecido por la legislación común;" y

2°. B^ta concesión se hace con el único y exclusivo objeto de tras- formar en un término de tres años á contar desde esta fecha, la fuerza animal por fuerza dinámica. Sí la compañía no cumpliere en el tiempo fijado, pagará, á favor de las casas de Beneficencia, una multa de diez

mil pesos, moneda corriente. Comuniqúese.

Estrada C.

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nEFOBXAOZtfH >OB IéA. ADUANA DE AMAPAIiA. 1008 A 1004.

(De "£1 KsMdo" de Tf^d«klp> de dleieBibTe 28 de 1«H.]

ËI siguiente resumeD demueetra la importación general por la aduaOa de amapala durante el «fio económico de 1903 á 1904, con expresión de tugares de procedencia de las mercaderías:

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El estudio sobre la Deuda Interior que el Poder Ejecutivo mandó practicar, por acuerdo del 3 de diciembre de 1903, se ha concluido últimamente j ha sido entregado al Ministerio de Hacienda por el Coronel Don Pilar M. Martínez.

Este trabajo se extiende hasta el 31 de julio de 1903, 4poca en que, debidamente regularizadas, se continuaron por el Gobierno del Gene- ral Don Manuel Bonilla las operaciones administrativo-económicas.

Se ha tomado por base, para el estudio de la Deuda, los libros y documentos existentes en la Dirección General de Keutas, en el Tribu- nal de Cuentas, en la ex-Tesorer!a General, en los Ministerios de Hacienda y Guerra y en el Archivo Nacional.

El Pasivo total ascendía, hasta el 31 de julio mencionado, á la suma de $8,145,897.43}, como se expresa en el cuadro sigoiente:

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Con el Iiecho sólo de baber esclarecido y concretado la Deuda Nocional, se han obtenido ya rebultados positivos que redundan en beneficio del Tesoro Público; entre otros tomamos nota de la suma total de $129,327. 73'>i, que aparecen en la forma que á continuación se express:

]*. Cantidades que figuraban á cargo del Teaoro Público indebidamente j á favor de particulares en )a cuente "Deuda Deeconaolidada" por la suma total de |65, 986. 161

S°. Baldoe por "8uplemento§" inclnfdoe eu losexpedientespor pérdidas, Cftnceladoa, y que figuraban aún en loe libros á favor de loe reepec- ti VM acreedores 40, 800. SOJ

3*. Haber recogido y c&ncelado las Constancias de Crédito, extendidas indebidamente al Dr, Rodolfo Pineda y al Licenciado Mercedes Santos 5, 960. 00

4". Haber cancelado un documento que poeeta Don José Marta Agunáa

i cargo de la Hacienda Pública por estar pagado 5, OOO. 00

6*. En la cancelación de loe Constancias de Crédito, la averiguación de lo pifiado de mee á varias personas, formándose las rtflpectivaa cuentas corrientes, que ascienden á la suma de 21,592.26}

8uma total 129,327.73"/,

Se ha establecido, además del estudio que se ba hecho, la contabilidad correspondiente, con todos los detalles respectivos, la que facilita, de un modo claro y sencillo, la incorporación de los nuevos créditos que resul- ten á cargo de la Hacienda Pública, asi como la deducción de las sumas que se cancelen, pudiendo el Gobierno de esta manera, conocer en todo momento, la situación detallada y verdadera del Pasivo Nacional.

la anotación de los documentos que circulan á favor de particulares y á cargo del Tesoro, que se verificó en ciuuplimiento del referido acuerdo del 3 de diciembre de 1903 en la Dirección General de Rentas, y en las Administraciones de Kentas y Aduanas de la Kepáblica ascen- dió á la suma de t648,747.18'f„ como se demuestra en el siguiente estado:

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For el resumen que antecede se observa que la circulación de docu- mentoB de crédito es muy poca, relatívamente.

Dada la pureza con que en la actualidad se manejan loe fondos nacionales, pues ha concluido el deirocbe cruel y desgraciado do los productos de las rentas públicas; j, consolidándose la paz por largo tiempo, se puede llegar á la extinción de la deuda, reglamentando su p^o de un modo constante y seguro, cualquiera que sea la forma que se adopte.

£p ninguna de las administraciones pasadas seprooedió al estudio de la deuda del país, siquiera para su conocimiento; sin embaí^, el seBor Presidente General Don Manuel Bonilla, lo mismo que el señor mi- nistro de hacienda, conociendo su importancia y verdaderamente pene- trados de BU trascendencia, no han omitido medio ni gasto alguno para realizar este trabajo, con el objeto de esclarecer la situación efectiva de la deuda interior de la República, para determinar el procedimiento que más convenga para su cancelación, ya sea convirtiendo á una sola clase de papel toda la deuda para facilitar su amortización, haciéndolos cir- cular como valores reales 6 en cualquiera otra forma que se acuerde, en todo caso, son muy plausibles los esfuerzos, en el sentido expresado que hace el actual gobierno sobre el particular.

MÉXICO. ooKVBNcitfir CON sspaíTa uespboto al bjsboioio de las

FSOFESZOITBS LTBKBALES.

[Piomulgada el S7 de diciembre de IKH.]

El SeSor Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos y Su Majestad el Rey de EspaSa, deseosos de adoptar, de común acuerdo, los medios —fu convenientes para asegurar en ambos países el ejercicio de pro-

HÉxioo. 296

fesionea liberales, han resnelto ood este fin celebrar una Convención y al efecto han nombrado bus Plenipotenciários respectivos, á saber:

El Señor Presidente de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos al Señor Licenciado Don Ignacio Mabisoal, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores;

Y Su Majestad el Rey de EspaSa á Su Excelencia el Señor Marqués de Pkat de Nantodillet, Su Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario en los Estados Unidos Mexicanos;

Quienes, después de haberse mostrado sus Plenos Poderes, que hallaron en buena y debida forma, ban convenido en los artículos siguientes:

AbtícdIíO 1°. Los nacionales de cada una de las Altas Partes Con- tratantes podrán ejercer, en el territorio de la otra, la profesión para la cual estuvieren habilitados con un diploma ó título expedido por la autoridad competente de su país.

Art. 2". Para que el título ó diploma á que se refiere el artículo anterior produzca el expresado efecto, se requiere:

I. La exhibición del mismo, debidamente legalizado, ante el respec- tivo Ministro encargado de la instrucción pública;

n. Que él que lo exhiba, mediante certificado de la Legación ó el Consulado más cercano de su país, compruebe ser la persona á cuyo favor se ha extendido;

III. Que cuando se solicite por el interesado, en uno de los dos países, el reconocimiento de la validez de un diploma ó título profesional, expe- dido por el otro país, para ejercer profesión determinada, se acredite que dicho diploma 6 titulo también habilita para ejerceresa misma pro-' fesión en el país en donde se baya expedido.

ÃBT. 3°. Los certificados de estudios parciales expedidos por la autoridad competente de uno de los dos países serán válidos en el otro 7 servirán para continuar en éste los estudios subsecuentes, previo el cumplimiento de los siguientes requisitos:

I. Que el interesado exhiba certificación, debidamente legalizada, con la cual acredite haber side aprobado en las asignaturas respectivas en establecimiento cuyos exámenes ó certificados de aptitud tengan validez oficial en el Estado en donde se hayan hecho los estudios.

II. Exhibición de certificado expedido por la Legación ó Consulado más próximo del país al que el interesado pertenezca, y con el cual compruebe que es la persona á cuyo favor se ha extendido la men- cionada certificación.

III. Informe del Cuerpo Consultivo ó docente designado por las leyes del país que extendió el certificado, haciendo constar los estudios exigidos por las disposicisnes nacionales y que puedan estimarse equivalentes á los establecidos en el país donde se pretende hacer valer el certificado.

ÃKT. 4". Los títulos profesionales y los certificados de estudios parciales expedidos por uno de los Países Contratantes, sólo producirán,

296 OFICINA INTEBNAOIONAL DE LAS BKPÚBLIOAS AHBSIOASAS.

en el otro, los efectoB á que se refieren loe artículos 1° y 3° de este Tratado, siempre que dichos estudios parcialas sean equivalentes 6 que los títulos de que se trate comprendan materias que puedan equipararse. En consecuancia, cuandoen alguno de los dos países se exijan, para expedir un título, estudios parciales no exigidos en el otro, dichos títulos DO serán válidos sino hasta que el interesado, por medio del examen correspondiente, compruhe haber hecho esos estudios parciales.

Art. 5°. Para obtener un título 6 diploma profesional ó un certifi- cado de estudios en uno de los Países Contratantes, los nacionales del otro debei-án cumplir los mismos requisitos que las leyes locales esta- Uezcan para quienes hagan sus estudios en las escuelas del primero de dichos países.

AST. 6°. Cuando se trate de las profesiones de medicina, cirugía j farmacia; ó de cualquiera otra relacionada con ellas, podrá exigirse en el país donde se pretenda ejercer tales profesiones, que el solicitante se someta á previo examen, seglín el pkn de estudios en vigor en cada pds.

Abt. 7°. Los títulos expedidos por las autoridades de uno de los Países Contratantes, á favor de una persona, no la autorizan para ejer- cer en el otro país cargo 6 profesión reservados & los nacionales del mismo por cualquiera de sus leyes.

Art. 8°. Cada una de las Altas Partes Contratantes pondrá en cono- cimiento de la otra cuáles son sus Universidades ó centros docentes autorizados á expedir títulos profesionales 6 certificados de estudios y le comunicará, además, todos los datos necesarios para él mejor cum- plimiento del artículo 4 y demás de este Tratado.

Art. 9°. Los privilegios que concede este Tratado á los nacionales de ambas Partes Contratantes no podrán extenderse sino á los de nación de habla española y mediante especial convenio.

Art. 10°. La presente Convención permanecerá en vigor durante cinco años contados desde el día en que se hf^ el canje de las ratifica- ciones.

En caso de que ninguna de las Partes Contratantes participe á la otra, diez meses antes de que expire dicho período, la intención de hacer cesar sus efectos, la Convención seguirá siendo obligatoria por otros cinco años.

En fe de lo cual los Plenipotenciarios han firmado el presente Tra- tado, en dos originales, y puéstoles sus sellos respectivos, en la ciudad de México, á los veintiocho días del mes de mayo de mil novecientos cuatro.

[l. s.] Ignacio Mariscal.

[l. 8-1 El Marqués de Prat de Nantouillbt.

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NICARAGUA.

IKBOBBTO VKLATIVO Á. I^ BXPORTAOIÚN DE Z^ FLATA.

[De -' El Comeido de Ilkna^tu " de diciembre IB de IKH.J

£1 Presidente de la República, considerando que el mejoramiento de la situación financiera del país permite ampliar las libertades del comei'cio internacional, decreta:

AbtIcuio 1°. Permítase la exportación irrestricta de plata aciiQada.

Art. 2°. El derecho de la exportación de la plata acuRada será de 2 por ciento en oro sobre el valor nominal en plata.

Aet. 3". Por el kilogramo de plata en barras, se cobrarán 80 centa- vos oro por el derecho de exportación.

Abt. 4'. Para el efecto del pago, se estará á lo dispuesto en el artículo 3° del det reto de 14 de mayo último, á fin de poder optar por pagar en moneda metálica ó en billetes del Tesoro Público.

Abt. 5°. Queda derogado el decreto de 5 de febrero del año próximo pasado y cualquier otra disposición que se oponga á la presente la que regirá desde la fecha de su publicación.

Dado en Managua, á 14 de diciembre de 1904.

LA BENTA DE TABACO.

Félix Iíombbo, Ministro de Hacienda, por la ley, en representación del (Jobiemo, y Agustín Chahobro, con poder general de Don Mabciai. Vauohan, ban convenido en lo siguiente:

I. £1 Gobierno da en arriendo á Don Marcial Vaughan la renta de tabaco de toda la República por el término de diez aRos.

n. Se entiende por renta de tabaco para los efectos de este contrato, el producto de todos los derechos fiscales establecidos por las leyes para la siembra del tabaco. Estos derechos, los cánones de arrenda- miento, las multas que por defraudación ú otras faltas impongan los empleados fiscales, y los comisos que éstos practiquen, quedarán á beneficio del arrendatario; pues al efecto, el Gobierno cede y traspasa en él todos los derechos que las leyes de la materia le otorgan.

III. El canon de arrendamiento se pagará en Tesorería General con las cantidades y del modo siguiente: doscientos mil pesos ($200,000) el primer aRo y diez mil pesos {tlO,000) más en cada uno de los años siguientes, hasta la terminaeión del presente contrato. E^tos pagos se harán por mensualidades adeluitadas é iguales, debiendo efectuarse el primer pago el primero de noviembre del corriente aRo, fecha en que empezará á tener vigor este contrato.

IV. Si durante el plazo de este contrato por sequía ú otra causa, no hubiese cosecha de tabaco en cantidad suficiente para el consumo del país, el arrendatario podrá importar tabaco en ramas en la cantidad

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que juzgue necesaria, de acuerdo con el Gtobierno, para el abasto de ta Bepãblica, sin tener que pagar derecbo alguno de importación, fiscal ó municipal, general 6 local, de cualquieradenominacíón que sea y cual- quiera que sea el fin £ que se le destine.

V. El Gobierno prestará todo su apoyo al arrendatario y á los em- pleados de éste en el negocio para lo cual los Comandantes de Armas y Directores de Policía facilitarán las fuerzas que necesiten para desempeñar su cometido. Durante el tiempo que estas fuerzas estén al servicio del arrendatario, serán de cuenta de éste los sueldos que devenguen.

Los empleados del arrendatario dedicados al servicio <le la Renta de Tabaco, serán considerados como Agentes Fiscales r estarán exentos del servicio militar, gozando de las mismas prerrogativas y protección que los nombrados por el Gobierno. También estarán exentos del servicio militar, gozando de lus mismas prerrogativas y protección que los nombrados por el Gobierno. También estarán exentos del ser- vicio militar en tiempo de paz. los operarios que el arrendatario ocupe en las plantaciones de tabaco que haga.

En Gerente ó encargado para la administración de este negocio, será nombrado de acuerdo con el Gobierno.

VI. El impuesto fiscal que tendrá derecho á percibir el arrendatario será de trescientos pesos ($300) por cada manzana de tabaco sembrada, el cual cobrará por terceras partes, así, una tercera parte al extender la patente; otra en el mes de diciembre siguiente, y el resto en el mes de marzo inmediato.

El arrendatario fijará cada aRo et número de manzanas que sembrará en la República, no pudiendo bajar este número de 1,200 manzanas que equivalen más ó 10,000,000 de matas.

Cuando ocurran faltas en las plantaciones, el tabacalero tendrá cuidado de rosar tos lotes en que tales faltas ocurrieren, á fin de que se tomen en cuenta en la medida para la rebaja proporcional del valor del impuesto, pues es necesario para obtener esa rebaja, que esos lotes tengan no menos de cinco varas cuadradas de extensión.

Vil. El arrendatario se compromete á traer al país, por su propia cuenta, de la isla de Cuba, prácticos en el cultivo del tabaco para pro- curar k mejora de este artículo, implantando los nuevos métodos y procedimientos que allá se emplean.

VIII. Mientras dure el presento contrato, el Gobierno no ci-eará ni autorizará nuevos impuestos de cualquiera clase sobre esta renta, si no fuere de acuerdo con el arrendatario, ni podrá suprimir ni rebajar los derechos con que actualmente está gravada la importación del tabaco.

IX. El Gobierno concede al arrendatario y sus empleados el libre uso del correo, telégrafos y teléfonos nacionales para los asuntos que se relacionen con el manejo de la Renta de Tabaco.

Además, concede al arrendatario la libre introducción de los mate-

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ríales que Decente para el buen manejo del negocio, como son: el mobiliario para las oficinas, cajas de hierro, romanas, aparatos de ingeniería, etc.

X. El Gobierno se compromete & mantener en vigor durante el tiempo de este contrato, todas las leyes vigentes sobre la Renta de Tabaco, especialmente las que tienen por objeto coartar 6 castigar el tráfico clandestino.

XI. El arrendatario podrá traspasar este contrato con todos sus derechos y obligaciones en otra persona ó Compañía, pero su domicilio será siempre el de la República y estará sujeta á las leyes de la misma.

En uno ú otro caso de traspaso, el Gerente ó encargado de la admi- nifitración del negocio será nombrado de acuerdo con el Gobierno.

Xli. Este contrato caducará solamente por la falta de pi^o de las mensualidades de que habla la cláusula III, si dentro de los primeras diez días de cada mes no quedaren satisfechas las sumas estipuladas.

XIII. Las diferencias que se susciten entre los contratantes serán resueltas por árbitros arbitradores nombrados conforme á las leyes vigentes en esta fecha.

En fe de lo cual firmamos el presente en la ciudad de Managua, á los veinticinco días del mes de octubre de mil novecientos cuatro. Feliz Romebo.

El Presidente de la República, acuerda:

Aprobar el presente contrato.

Comuniqúese.

Managua, 25 de octubre de 1904.

El Ministro de Hacienda, por la ley,

AOUBTÍN ChaHOBBO.

J. S. Zelata.

ROHEBO.

Féuz Romero, Ministro de Hacienda y Crédito Público, por la ley, en representación del Gobierno, y Agustín Csamorbo, como apode- rado general de don Marcial Vaughan, han dispuesto adicionar el contrato anterior que han celebrado en está misma fecha, sobre el arrendamiento de la Renta de Tabaco en la República, con el siguiente convenio:

Artículo 1. Para el trasporte de tabaco y enseres que la Empresa necesite en la explotación de este negocio, así como para pasajes de empleados de la renta arrendada, el Gobierno no cede al arrendatario, por el término del contrato anterior, el derecho de rebaja que le perte- nece en los pasajes y fletes de la vía férrea del Estado, y el 25 por ciento que le corresponde sobre el producto de esos pasajes y fletes, conforme & las cláusulas IX, X y XVTI del contrato del arrendamiento del Ferrocarril Nacional.

Art. 2. Queda rescindido en todas sus partes y sin ningún valor ni efecto el contrato que sobre arrendamiento de la Renta de Tabaco,

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que celebró cod el Ejecutivo dos Manuel E. Romero, en repreaeota- ción de don Marcul Yaughak, el 24 de iunio último, y aprobado, con algunas reformas, por la Asamblea Macional Legislativa el 3 de sep- tiembre próximo pasado.

En fe de lo cual, firmamos el presente en la ciudad de Manigua, £ los veinticinco días del mes de octubre de mil novecientos cuatro. Feliz Romero. Agustín Cuavorbo. El Presidente de la República, acuerda: Aprobar en todas sus partes el anterior contrata Comuniqúese. Managua, 25 de octubre de 1904.

Zelata. £1 Ministro de Hacienda, por la le;,

BOHBBO.

PARAGUAY.

I.AS 7IBBAS TBXTILBS DBL PABAOVAT.

[Por J<Mi Sbiíuiido Decovd, miembro honorarío correepondiente de la Union Intei^ nscionBl de laa BepúbUcaí Ameríamas.]

No vo; á ocuparme ahora del algodón, del ramio, del lino, del cáñamo ó de aquellas plantas que requieren cultivos especiales y que tan bien se producen en el país.

Mencionaré tan sólo aquellas plantas textiles que crecen naturalmente en este rico y fértil suelo y que podrían ser objeto de una explotación lucrativa.

No hay nación americana que no cuente con este género de produc- ciones que se destinan para la exportación en estado de fibra ó manu- facturado.

En Costa Rica, por ejemplo, se conocen el junco, la linaza, el mague; (agave), la pina, la piñuela, el pochote, la balsa, el soncoUo ; otros.

En Nicaragua crecen \& pita {Bromelia pita), tres variedades de yuca, el agave sisalana que da el henequén 6 trisal hemp del comercio. Recor- daré de paso que en Yucatán (México) tan sólo se ha invertido un capital de $6,000,000 para la explotación del henequén. En 1903 este último país exportó dicho artículo por valor de ^,481,608 (moneda corriente mexicana), ó sea $16,218,910 oro.

Kn el Brasil se explotan actualmente el gravata, el tocum, el guaxima y varios otros.

En el Paragua; son muy conocidas ; altamente apreciadas, el cara- zuatá, el bira, el güembepi, el mboca;á (coco), el yataí, el samuhú, el caaporop;, el pinó-guazú ; otros que mencionaremos más adelante.

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Piura d&r una idea de su importancia me ocuparé separadamente de cada una de elloB.

Caraguatá (familia BromeHaceoê, especie Bromdia caraguatá).— I%nta abundante en todo el territorio de la República. Es fibra muy tenaz é incorruptible en el ag^, prestándose para la fabricación de cuerdas, cobuUeria y tejidos ordinarios.

Es una riqueza colosal que permanece inexploladay podría competir con el henequén de Yucatán, que tanta aceptación tiene en los Estados Unidos.

La explotación en gran escala del Caraguatá depende de la instala- ción de maquinarias apropiadas para la extracción de las libras, en cuyo caso sería una industria lucrativa que podría pi-oducír durante los primeros años dos ó tres millones de pesos oro anualmente.

Mientras que esta preciosa riqueza es ton común en el pafs j crece espontáneamente con abundancia en todas partes, en otras partes se cultiva!

En el. Brazil esta planta es conocida por gravata de rede y sólo se hallaba en pequeñas porciones en Pernambuco, Parahyba, y Rio Grande do Noi-te. Hoy se ha generalizado su cultivo y da resultados proficuos.

La extracción del filamento se hace como sigue: Cortadas las hojas de la planta se la sacan las espinas y se abandonan en el agua. La maceración es completa cnando la epidermis de las hojas está blanda y pueda desprenderse fácilmente. Después se las dejan secar un poco y ae someten al quebrantamiento 6 trituración que se hace por mt^iio de molinos ó empleando una maquina análoga á la del Señor Messages DE Fboteb (Francia) que consiste en dos cilindros armados de muchísi- mos dientes de hierro y que puestos en movimiento por medio de una manivela ó mecánicamente por un motor cualquiera, dejan pasar entre ellas las hojas que salen trituradas, y separado el bulbo de la parte fikunentosa, y en seguida se espada y peina varia veces.

Los procedimientos empleados en este país para la desfibracién de la hoja, en estado verde, no han dado resultados completamente satis- factorios, debido tal vez á la imperfección de las máquinas. Los en- sayos no se han proseguido por falta de capitales, pero creo firmemente que una empresa formal vencería este inconveniente prontamente. Bastaría informarse cómo se hace la extraccién del jvte en la India. Entre tanto debe adoptarse el procedimiento seguido en el Brasil tal como dejo indicado. ^

Conviene no olvidar que el fruto del caraguatá produce por la fer- menta ción un aguanüente de sabor agradable que podría ttunbién ser objeto de explotación.

Ibira. — Otra especie de caraguatá que i\&aa& fibi-a textil muy larga, fina y resistente. E^ superior al c^amo en calidad y se presta para la fabricación de tejidos finos y ordinarios.

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oon el filamento del ihira venido de Londres. Quedé gratamente impre- sionado de la trasformación : había géneros para manteles, servilletas, toballas, sábanas, pañuelos ordinarios, y aleaos tan finos que ue parecían á los más delicados que usa el sexo femenino. El brin de esta fibra destinado para trajes de hombre era notable por su blancniit y consistencia, y en mi concepto muy superior al de hilo.

El Dr. Bourgade, autor de una excelente obra sobre este país, ase- gura que ha visito en París muestras que por su aspecto sedoso y brillante eran superiores al ramio, y M. Vetilak, el reputado autor del tratado de plantas textiles, señala la &roni«Z¿(i«j». como la primera de todas los materias textiles en resistencia, finura y duración. Keepecto al ananás (piiía) que ea de la misma familia de las bromelias y que también es abundante, asegura M. Watt, que da una fibra que sobre- pasa en fuerza, finura y brillo á la del cáñamo y se le puede emplear para reemplazar á la seda ó mezclada con el algodón y la lana.

El ibira se presta también para la fabricación del papel y da tipos de papel resistentes y suaves, cuyas calidades son superiores á los que se emplean para billetes de banco. Xo es necesario en este caso la des- fibración, basta la maceración á vapor. (Bourgade.)

Es digno de observarse que nuestro &>ira era ya conocido en Europa desde 1661, y un diario, "El Avenir," lo califica como propio para tejidos y en especial para telas de brin.

Para dar una idea de la importancia de estas hromdiae en el mundo comercial, me bastará mencionar que en la India Oriental ea conocido el caraguatá con el nombre de jute y que exportó para Inglaterra, en 1901, por valor de £4,292,011, y se manufacturó por valor de £3,071,321.

Creo que daría buenos resultados la instalación de máquinas para la extracción de las fibras, que no requerirían mayores gastos si se adoptan las máquinas americanas, que son tan notables por su admirable sen- cillez y baratura.

Nuestro mercado inmediato por el momento sería la República Argentina, que consume anualmente en bolsas para envases y en materias textiles para las industrias pastoril y agrícola por valor de cinco millones y medio de pesos oro. (Véase Ai^ntine Republic — publicada por la Oficina Internacional de las Repúblicas Americanas, 1903, p. 171.) En esta cifra no van incluídas las materias primas destinadas para tejidos, ete-, que representan un valor igualmente considerable.

MbocatX r OTRAS PALMERAS. — El mhocatfá (familia Palmeras, especie Cocoa eclerocarpa, género Acrocomia), además de ser un alimento para gran parte de la población de la campaña, produce un aceite de calidad superior para la fabricación de los jabones mas finos.

Las hojas dan una fibra textil muy fina y resistente.

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Sometidas algunas muestras al examen de personas mt«li^ntes, en Bélica, se emitió el siguiente parecer: que de lat< experiencias hechas resultaba ser superior al jute y que podría suBtituir»e á los hilos de estopa de lino en la fabricación de lou Russias, Ravensdoucks y otras telas de este género para la exportación. En todo caso esta materia servirá muy bien para hilos de trama. {Amberes, diciembre 31 de 1861.)

£1 mhocayá, ^rega el informe, parece enteramente semejante al lino de Manila, aunque un poco más gris.

La extracción de la fibra se hace á mano con mucha facilidad y los naturales confeccionan con ella cuerdas 7 tejidos pai*a camisetas, hamacas ; otros usos. Se considera también como la materia mejor para hacer cables por su tenacidad y elasticidad- (Roxburgh).

Creo que su explotación sería lucrativa, sobre todo si se emplea para la extracción del filamento maquinarias sencillas de poco valor que están al alcance de todos los que quieran dedicarse á esta industria.

Ë1 pindó {cocos austrália) suministra una materia textil de excelente calidad.

El carandaí [Chpemî«ia cerífera. Mart.) es otra palmera cuyas hojas sirven para la fabricación de papel de una calidad muy buena, sombreros, esteras y cuerdas. Es muy abundante en el Chaco cuya superficie cubre en una vastísima extensión, presentando el más sor- prendente panorama á ias miradas del viajero, que no se cansa de admirarlas.

Hay otras dos palmeras llamadas Coco de la Cordillera y Goco-mi, de las cuales, también, se extraen fibras que han figurado muestras en algunas Exposiciones europeas, pero nada puedo decir de su impor- tancia.

La fabricación de sombreros de palma, cuyo consumo aumenta cada día más, es una industria de porvenir, y en la " Exposición de la Industria Casera," ceiebrada en la Asunción en 1901, pudieron verse diversas muestras que llamaron la atención, especialmente loa de Hiaty, que se distinguían por la finura de la fibra y la prolijidad de la confección. Se vendieron á $3, oro, cada uno.

El sombrero caranda ó de palma es mas ordinario y de uso muy general en la campaRa, donde se vende al ínfimo precio de veinte centavos oro cada uno.

Del yatai {Cocos yatai) se hacen sombreros 7 se extrae una materia textil de gran resistencia. Se presta también para fabricar abanicos y cuerdas.

Esta planta es abundante y produce además un aceite que puede competir con el aceite de oliva (Traversi). Es otra fuente de la riqueza nacional.

SahühÚ {Bomhax ventrícosa). — El filamento que da la fruta es blanco, fino, semejante al algodón, pero no se puede hilar por lo corta

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que es la bebta. Se emplea para la fabricación de los sombreros finos de caâtor y en Inglaterra es muy estimado para este objeto, donde se p&gan buenos precios. También !^¡rve para colchones y almohadas.

Se reputa superior al Kapok de Oriente, al cual se asemeja mocho nuestro smnuhú. He exporta aquel de Java, alcanzando su precio en loa mercados europeos á razón de 36 céntimos de florín holandés, el medio kilo. Ë1 florín vale 41^ centavos oro.

La part« sub- cortical del tronco contiene una materia flbrosa, flexible y resistente, que en guaran! se llama U>Íri, que sirve pars hacer cor- deles y reemplazan á las sogas de cuero. Se usa también para atar manojos de tabaco y tiene otras aplicaciones domésticas.

GObhbé (familia Aroideas, especie Pothoa pínnatijida). — Es planta parásita cuyas raíces bajan colgantes hasta penetrar en el suelo. Con la corteza de las raíces se hacen cordeles y cables para buques impu- trescibles en el agua. "Con esta corteza negruzca y con hojas de palmeras y juncos, forman los Indios cestas y esteras con caprichosos dibujos, bastantes vistosos." (Parody.) El cüemb^i (nombre de la corteza en guaraní) es en extremo fuerte, flexible y sirve también para amarras en los edificios.

El Güemhé-tayá (familia Aroideaa, género Arum) da fibras textiles resistentes que se sacan de sus tullos largos de 1.40 metros. Sus raíces contienen fécula muy nutritiva. Hay variedades que se cultivan en las Azores con el nombre de Inhanie que sirven de alimento á sus habitantes.

La fécula de estas raíces dan un rendimiento del 15 al 46 por ciento, segñn la especie.

Caapohopt (familia ÜTticaceas, especie ürtica caroeasana). — Esta planta que se cría cerca de las habitAciooee da un filamento resistente y fino apropiado para telas de una bella apariencia. Es confamiliar del ramio y sensible es que no se utilice para la preparación de tejidos finos y delicados que podrían verderse como el Randuty á precios elevados.

El Gaaporopi-mi y el Caaporopi-guasú que pertenecen á la misma familia poseen las mismas propiedades.

£1 CaapoTopi-rá es de un gran valor industrial por sus finas y resistentes fibras. (Matoso.)

PiNO-GUAZÚ (familia Urttcáceaa, especie Ürera grandifolia). — La corteza del tallo es filamentosa y útil para fabricar buenos tejidos. Es fibra sedosa larga hasta de 1.40 metros muy apreciada que se prestaría k una industria importante.

PacobX {Banano, i&aáWa M-usa paradiaiaca). — Las fibras textiles del tallo y de las hojas son finísimas y poseen el brillo de la seda. La mv»a textilia (abacá de Filipinas) podía muy bien aclimatarse en el

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paie; pues con las abras de este ve^retal se fabrican varias clases de tejidos, que son objeto de gran comercio por conducto de lbs Holandeses. (Brehm.)

CraouarX (familia Bromdiáceaa, especie Brom^ia set-ra). — Es muy abundante en el Cbaco y los Indios emplean la faebra para forma sur redes y los tejidos con que cubren sus cuerpos desnudos.

Pueden mencionarse asimismo otras plantas textiles como el uru<ní ó achiote cuya corteza es textil y con ella se hacen telas y cuerdas resistentes; el piri-mi de fibras resistentes para trabajos groseros; el maivon ffuazú de cuyo liber se hacen cuerdas aunque de escasa resis- tencia; el araticú-çvasú cuya corteza da fibras de una duración admi- rable; el çuapQÎ^ la pUa (agave americana), el cambá-acá {guasuma ulmifoUa), el cunirú-ibi y muchas otras.

El inteligente industrial M. TonRHiÉ ha descubierto recientemente en la planta denominada sanaeoerdé 6 eola de tigre una fibra notable por su finura qua se presta para la fabricación de tejidos finos. Esta planta se multiplica fácilmente y sirve de adorno en muchos jardines de nues- tra capital. I^rece que una empresa se propone esptotarla empleando un procedimiento químico para desprender las fibras de la parte pulposa.

LfOs breves apuntes que acaban de leerse demostrarán que el Para- guay posee una inmensa riqueza natural en plantas textilus que no requieren ningún cultivo. Mercados no le faltarán para la colocación de las materias primas. Basta solo recordar aqu! que la importación de fibras vegetales en los Estados Unidos, en 1902, alcanzóá $31,545,962. Creo que la fibra del Caraçuatú 6 Jute se prestaria á un comercio importante con dicho pais, que hoy introduce una enorme cantidad de la India.

El porvenir económico del Paraguay en este solo ramo de la riqueza es inmenso. Lo que faltan son capitales para desarrollar las industrias y promover las fuentes de la prosperidad nacional.

AscuNClÓM, Tioviemire de 1904.

PEKÚ.

PASTIOIPAOnfN DEL PBBl) EN LA OFIOIKA BANITAItLA INTBR- NACIONAI. DE WASHIKOTOK.

Por decreto de 30 de diciembre último el Gobierno del Perú ha deter- minado tomar pai'te en la Oficina Internacional Sanitaria de Washing- ton, y contribuir con la cuota que le corresponde al sostenimiento de la

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misma." El texto del decreto, en su original castellano, dice como sigue:

"Visto el oficio del Representante del Pera en Estados Unidos, en el que solicita que el Gobierno resuelva lo conveniente sobre el cum- plimiento del artículo 7^* de las resoluciones de la Convención Sanitaria lotemacioDal reunida en Washington en diciembre de 1902;

"Teniendo en consideración —

"Que conviene á los intereses sanitarios del país, tomar parte en la constitución de la Oficina Sanitaria Internacional cuyo centro perma- nente debe establecerse en Washington, conforme á lo acordado por la Segunda Conferencia Panamericana celebrada en U Ciudad de México, de octubre de 1901 & enero de 1902, y contribuir con la cuota que le corretjponde al fondo de cinco mil pesos oro americano que dicha Oficina debe percibir, según el inciso (e) del referido artículo 7°.

" "Se resveive. El Gobierno del Perú tomará parte en la constitución de la Oficina Sanitaria Internacional que debe establecerse iu Wash- ington, y contribuirá con la cuota que le corresponde al fondo de cinoo mil pesos oro americano que dicha Oficina debe percibir, cargándose el egreso á la partida No. 7086 del Presupuesto General de la Bepáblica.

" Regístrese, comuniqúese y publíquese."

URUGUAY.

OOKBROIO DBL PÜBBTO DE KOHTXTIDBO EN OOTUBSB DE 1004.

Las salidas de buques y las exportaciones de Montevideo durante el mes de octubre de 1904, fueron como sigue:

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VENEZUELA.

IiZT SOBBB SEHEDIOB DE FATBHTB.

El Gobierno de Venezuela ba adoptado medidas respecto á la adoiisiõn por sus aduanas de remedios de patente secretos y no secretea, siendo el objeto de la nueva ley que los remedios que no hayan sido autorizados y aprobados por la Delegación de Medicina, no se dejen entrar en la República.

A continuación publicamos el decreto promulgando la ley, que vio la luz en la "Gaceta Oficial" de Venezuela, fecha 15 de diciembre de 1904:

'"'^Reaudto: Por cuanto el Consejo de Médicos de la República, al poner en vigencia el artículo 44 de su Reglamento, que seBala ' que las ventas de medicinas secretas ó patentadas que no están autroizadas por ese Cuerpo, quedan terminantemente prohibidas, aunque tengan la aprobación de Facultades extranjeras, so pena del juicio y castigos correspondientes al delito de ejercicio ilegal;' y como por las prescrip-

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ciones que Beñala en nua artículos 47, 46 y 50 del miamo Kej^lamento, para obtener el permiso de venta, en la forma que lo hace oesaionará una dilación perjudicial para las transacciones del comercio del ramo y para loe ingresos del Fisco Nacional; el Presidente Provisional de la República, atento á los reclamos del nno y & los intareses del otro, ha dispuesto que se excite al Consejo de Médicos para que nombre de su seno dos miembros titulares para que, de acuerdo con otros dos que designará este Despacho, precedan al examen y clasificación de dichas medicinas secretas ó patentadas, constituyéndose en Junta para ello.

" Al efecto, todo fabricante que desee someter algún producto secreto ópatentado á esta Junta, hará personalmente, ópor medio de apoderado, que podrá nombrar hasta por simple carta, una representación en la forma legal acostumbrada, en el cual expresará: tA nombre del artículo; la indicación de la base del producto y la dosis de su uso. También enriarán i la Junta con la mencionada representación, dos muestras de cada producto con las mismas iudicacíonee en el rotudo.

"El poder otorgado por cada fabricante llevará inutilizada una estampilla de B. 6 y cada representación (una por producto) será some- tida á un derecho de B. 20, que será disidido, por mitad, entre los miembros de la Junta y el Fiscal Nacional, siendo firmada la certifica- ción por todos los cuatro miembros de la Junta.

" Para que los fabricantes de medicinas secretas 6 patentadas puedan someter sus productos al examen y cla^iãcación de la Junta, se les con- cederá un plazo de cuatro meses para las extranjeras y de dos para las nacionales, continuando las Aduanas de la Uepública su examen y aforo en la forma que lo hace hoy. Pasado este plazo, que comenzará regir desde la publicación en la ' Gaceta Oficial ' de la presente Beso- lucién, procederán las Aduanas á aforarlas en la 5* clase arancelaria en un lapso de dos meses más, durante el cual podrán todavía someterlas á la Junta; concluido éste, serán incluídas en los artículos de prohi- bida importación y como tales sometidos á las penas que seQala el Código de Hacienda. Los productos secretos ó patentados cuyos fabricantes comprueben que han sido fabricados después de concluidos ambos plazos, podrán obtener su clasificación y examen, después de llenar los requisitos mencionados.

"La Juntase apresurará á dar cuenta semanalmente á este Despacho de las clasificaciones que haya otorgado para su debida participación á las Aduanas, y cada producto aprobado, llevará en su envoltorio estam- pada U inscripción siguiente: *Aprobado por la Junta Clasificadora

bajo el No. ' con el sellodelaJunta, la que examinará, los productos

á ella presentados en el término de cinco días."

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COMERCIO DE LA GRAN BRETAÑA CON AMÉ- RICA EN EL AÑO DE 1904.

Jjos "Informes relativos al tráfico v navepicióii del iteino Unido," publicados en diciembre de 1904, contienen los siguientes datos refe- rentes al comercio de dicho Reino con las naciones de América en el aSo de 1904. Todos estos datos están comparados con los de 1902 y de 1903.

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Monthly Bulletin

OF THE

International Bureau of the American Republics,

latorBstlonsl ITiiloii of American Bepnbllcs. Vol. XIX. FEBRUARY, 1905. No. 2.

CUSTOMS PROVISIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA.

I. — Decree No. S9, of Deceinher ¡S4, 1903, relating to export dutiea.

[■■Qaata Oficial" No. 12, of January M, 1*04.]

Abticle 1. From and after the date of the present decree export duties shall be levied as follows:

On gold, silver, and platinum in stamped bars, 2} per cent of the value according to the certifícate of smelting and assay.

On gold in powder, platinum and silver not being stamped, on gold and platinum jewelrj, on gold coin, and on said metals imported in any other form not specified^ 2^ per cent of the insured value.

On gold and silver ores, 1^ per cent of the insurance value.

In default of assay certifícate or insurance policy, gold shall pay $0.25 per grain; platinum, 1^.02; silver, 1^.01, and crude ore, $2.50 per ton.

Abt. 2. The navigation companies are prohibited from receiving for export any of the articles referred to in the present decree, unless proof is furnished that the corresponding duties have been paid thereon.

Art. 3. Infractions of the present decree shall be punished accord- ing to law. •

II. — Circulur of the Mtniatry of Finance, No. i86, dated January 21, 1904, relative to the formalities to be completed in porta of origin, and respecting consular fees.

(■■ Oaciia OJIcl^" "o, 20, of February 16, ISM.] I. — IMPORTATION — FORUALITIE8 TO BE COMPLETED IN PORTS OF ORIGIN.

1. Every purser or supercargo of a vessel in loading in a foreign port, bound for national ports, shall produce to the consular officer of

814 nrrsBNATiONAi. bubbau of thb axxbioah bkpublxob.

the Republic in that port, or person acting for him, a signed manifert in triplicate, clearly giving, in Uie followiog order, the information below mentioned:

(a) The kind, flag, name, and tonnage of vessel.

{Ò) The peril of origin and the national port or ports of destination of the ship.

If the vesael is bound for several national poria, be will present for each port a special manifest, signed in triplicate and complying with the same conditions.

{c) Name of the shipper and of the person forwarding any portion of the cargo, and name of consignee.

(d) The marks and numbers of each package and the gross weight of the entire cargo.

No penalty shall be incurred if the following goods are not num- bered: Live animals, roofii^ tiles, bricks, paving tiles and rough stones, timber, whetstones, lime in barrels or sacks, sea salt, lead in plates or ingots, iron in crude form or in -platea, rods, hoop iron, heavy chains, large and small bars, iron stamp hammers for mioea, empty demijohns, and large boilers of copper or iron.

{e) The number of packages making up each cargo, and the total number of packages intended for each port.

2. Any person wishing to send goods to national ports open to trade must present to the consular officer in the port of shipment, or person acting for him, an invoice, in triplicate, containing the follow- ing particulars:

The name of shipper, place of origin, name of consignee, port of destination, and name of the vessel; marks, numbers, description, contents, and weight of each package.

When packages are of the same kind it will be sufficient to specify the total weight instead of weight of each.

As to the designation of the contents it will be sufficient to state the name, quantity, and material of which the goods are respectively composed.

The total value of the invoice, without details in reference to each package.

8. In the documents referred to in paragraphs 1 and 3, no packages intended for different ports are allowed to be declared.

If, therefore, an exporter infringes this disposition, the coosuhir officer shall fix as pUce of destination of the said package tíie first port indicated.

4. The consular officer will enter the manifests in a special register kept for that purpose; he will compare the said register with the invoices submitted to him, and after checking so far as possible the truth and correctness of said docimients, be will certify the same under his hand at foot of each manifest and invoice; he will initial

0U8T01IS PB0TI8I0ITB OP THB BEFÜBLIO OF PANAMA. 815

the differeot pages and deliver a copy to each person concerned, for production to the proper custom-house. (There being no customs in I^nama, the invoices shall be presented to the qualiâed official of the Finance Department, who is, in Panama, the General Treasurer of the Itepublic, and in the ports of Colon and Bocas del Toro, the Provincial Administrator of Finance.)

5. The consular officer shall forward, under closed and sealed cover and by the same ship, to the customs (financial office) of the first national port for which the vessel is bound one copy of the manifest, and to the respective customs (financial offices) one copy of each invoice, together with all advice and information which he deems fit to add in order to prevent fraud.

The other copy of the manifest and of the invoices shall be trans- mitted to the Minister of Finance by the first mail.

The postage expenses shall be borne by the Treasury.

n.— 0ON8DLAB FEES.

1. For the purposes of certification consular invoices are divided into four classes, namely;

(a) Invoices which merely specify articles of iron, steel, copper, zinc, or wood intended for the machinery of industrial undertakings, for railways, steamers, electric lighting, telegraphs, telephones, print- ing, glass, earthenware, and stearic candle works, weaving mills, or such factories as are officially considered as of public utility.

(Í) Invoices the value of which does not exceed 200 pesoe ($200).

(c) Invoices the value of which exceeds 200 pegoe ($200) but does not exceed 600 pesos ($500); and

{a) Invoices the value of which exceeds l^ pesos ($500).

2. Consular fees chai^^ble on invoices shall be as below:

Invoicw of fiiBt cliiBi 13. 00

Invoices oí second close 6. 00

Invoices ot tliird class 8. 00

InvoicM of fourth claae far every 1,000 pew* or fraction thereof 10.00

Provided al ways, that when the invoices specify articles with precious stones or made of gold, platinum, or silver, t^e following surtaxes shall apply :

For articles with precious stones 40

For articles of gold 10

For articles of plaünum or silver 3

Consular officers shall only certify invoices in which are noted pack- ages bearing the same mark, belonging to the same consignor, and intended for the same person or company and to a single locality.

8. Consular fees on manifests shall be payable at the consulates at the rate of 6 pesos ($5) for the first hundred packages, and of 1 peso for every additional hundred packages or fraction thereof.

316 IHTBRNATIONAL BUBBAU OF THE AMEBIOAH REPUBLICS.

4. CoDsulB-General, Consuls, and Vice-CoDSuls are authorized to levy, agtuDst receipte, for out-door attiendaoces the following fees and cbai^^:

For inflpeetion of a natíonal vewel, whether in penon or otherwise S6. 00

For attendance ontof office in the case of heavy damage or shipwreck, excliuive

of traveling ezpenaea, per diem , 4.00

Fee for the r^iatration of any docament, and for delivering the flrat copy U>

tfaepartiea 3.00

For iubeequent copies 1. M

For certifying np to three copies of the manifest of a ship, according to the

costóme initractioae 6.00

For certifying an equal nomber of coounerciat invoices 2.00

For protesting and making a declaration on private documents 3.00

For iseniug a passport 2.00

For l^alizii^; other documents under signature and consular seal 2.00

For attending a survey or auction sale, one-half per cent

With reference to trade in war arms and material the present circu- lar notifies that the same in strictly prohibited in the territory of the Republic. Accordingly, no invoice shall be certified when specifying the following articles, deemed to be material of Tiar, save only in case they are consigned to the Government of the Republic, namely: Can- non, machine guns, rifles, carbines and arms of precision, swords, sabers, cavalry spears, and other arms of war not being specially and necessarily suitable for sporting purposes; cartridges, shoulder belts, and supplies of all hinds for the army, and, in general, every imple- ment, apparatus, or article which, not being naturally fit for personal defense, might by its nature or application be used in war or in the armament or equipment of troops.

Ill, — Zaw No. 13, of March S^, 190^, rdatinç to the importation of printing-office articles, hooke, anã printed matter.

[•• Oaata Oflcial," So. IS, ol April IS. ItM.]

Article 1. No national or municipal duty shall be charged on machines and accessories introduced into the Republic for printing, bookbinding, paper ruling, lithography, photc^ravure, zincography, nor OQ the importation of ink and paper for the production of books and newspapers.

Art. 2. Exemption from duty is also granted to printed books coming into the Republic through the post-office, and these as well as newspapers shall circulate free of inland postage through the local offices of the Republic.

Art. 3. The Ex-ecutíve ia authorized, if so deemed necessary in order to prevent fraud and abuse, to make regulations for the eoforoemoit of the present law.

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enSTOMS PROTISIONB OV THE SEPÜBLIO OF FAIfAKA. 317 IV, — Zaw lío. 30, oy April B9, 1904, imjxmny a tase on foreign salt.

[" eORIa QiledaJ," No. 90. ol Uty IS, UM.)

Article 1. Foreign salt consumed in the Kepublic shall during the present year pay a tax of 1 peso ($1) per quintal. For the A>]Iowing years the tax shall be at the rate of 2 pesos.

Art. 2. The present law shall enter into operation three months after its promulgation.

v. — Ziiio JVõ. 52, dated April SO, 190^ in reference to the treatment of ice.

I" Oaetta Oíleiãl." No. 20, of Msf 13, 1904]

Abticle 1. The Executive shall proceed to sell by auction the ice factory belonging to the State and established in the country.

Art. 2. The manufacture of ice on account of the State shall cease to be carried on from the time when the product shall be imported from abroad, and in any case prior to the 15th of May proximo.

Aet. 3. Ice is allowed to be imported duty free.

VI. — BesoluUon No. 59, of May 6, 1904, relating to the importation of salt.

['■ Osota OJItíoi" oí May IT, 1901.]

Pending the operation of Law No. 30, dated April 29, 1904, foreign salt imported into the territory of the Kepublic for consumption shall pay a tax of 25 per cent in silver on the net value in gold, in like man- ner as the other articles liable to the payment of the commercial tax.

VII. — 2mw Jfo. 44t <>/ ^"-y ii-i 1904, rdati/oe to the -mportation of

Colotnbian tobacco.

['■ Oaetta Ofeiaf of Unj 93, 1»M.]

Abticle 1. Colombian tobacco shall be considered as foreign tobacco, and as such be subject to the following duties on importation into the Republic:

Qgara ." perkilog.. H 00

Ogarettee do 3.00

Cut tobacco or tobacco in any other form do.... 2.00

This tax shall be collected on behalf of the Treasury.

Abt. 2. The foregoing duties shall be payable three months after the promulgation of the present law.

VUI. — Law No, 51, dated May 20, 1904, respecting the importation of coffee.

I" QaMa QfitAoi;' No. 9S, tA May 97, 1901.]

Abticle 1. Foreign coffee consumed in the Kepublic shall pay a tax of 8 pesos ($8) per quintal.

Abt. 2. The present law shall be applicable ainety days after its promulgation.

818 INTEBNATIONAL BtTBXAD OF THE AMBBIOAH BXFDBUOB.

lX.~£!a6ract from the decree So. 18, dated April SO, 190^, as to thé importation of neat cattle.

[" OaeeUt Ofelat." No. 2t, ot lUy 27. MM.]

Art. 39. Neat cattle imported from abroad for consamption shall be subject to aa additional dnty at the rate of $20 per head in the case of male animalB and $15 per head for female animals. This duty shall be levied at the time of entry, by the financial officiaL*; intrusted with the collection of the commercial tax in the ports of the Republic.

The provisions of this article shall not extend to neat cattle imported from United States of America, Peru, Chile, and Europe for breeding purposes and improving the stock, but for obtaining this exemption the parties concerned shall in each case be required to make an appli- cation in writing to the Secretary of Finance.

X. — Law No. 88, of July 6, 190^ enacting various eustoma provisiona. I" Odocta «Mol" otJalr U. IVH-]

Cbaftbb I.

Abtiolb 1. Without prejudice to the taxes established by unre- pealed laws and ordinances, the following taxes shall be levied in the Eepublic.

1. Commercial tax. • ••••«•

18. Consular fees.

17. Export duties.

Chaptbb ïl.—OammtTcial tax.

Art. â. The commercial tax applies:

1. To all articles and wares of commerce introduced for sale or con- sumption in the national territory.

Art. 3. Foreign goods imported shall pay the tax once for all on on arrival in the port through which they are introduced, in con- formity with the tariff established by the present law. These gooda shall be divided into three general classes and one special class, namely:

1. Articles not subject to the payment of the tax.

2. Articles dutiable at IS per cent ou their invoice value. 8. Articles liable to special rates, such as liquenrs.

OUaTOMS PROVISIONS OP THE BBPUBUO OF PANAMA. 319

1. Neftt cattle importad for conanmptioa: Dntr-

Mftle X each.. $20.00

Female do 15.00

2.. Bait (during the cnirent year) per quintal.. 1.00

Salt (inbsequently) do 2.00

3. Tobacco:

Cigare perkilc^.. 4.00

C^rett«fl do 3.00

Cut tobacco, or tobacco in any oth«r fono do 2.00

4. Oofiee, from September 1 next per quintal.- 8.00

5. Matches;

Was kilog. (groBs).. .80

Wooden do 30

Raw materials for the mantibctare o( matches do 10

6. Opium (on the termination of the monopoly contract) kilog. . 15. 00

7. Genuine gold coin, of alloy inferior to that of the national gold coinage,

one-fourth per cent ad valorem.

Class I (articles free of duitj) includes —

(a) Live animals, suitable for the improvemeat; of the breed.

(¿) Ice, guano, live plants, seeds, slips and shoots of vines.

(c) Machines, the total weight of which exceeds 1,000 kilograms.

{(^ Machines and apparatus for use in the construction, improvement and maintenance of roads, and for constructing and maintaining canals; wagons, tools, and materials destined exclusivelj for railways, and materials for the construction of telegraphs.

(e) Coal imported by national or foreign companies for their own ttse; steam motors of all descriptions, and iron bridges.

(/) Vessels complete or in parts, intended for navigation in the waters of the Republic; and materials for their construction.

(ff) Raw materials for the manufacture of beer, candles, and soap; with the exception of tallow.

(A) Materials for printing, bookbinding, paper ruling, lithography, photogravure, zincography; paper and ink for the production of books and newspapers.

(/) Printed books imported through the post-office, and newspapers arriving by mail.

(J) Genuine gold coin, of alloy not inferior to that of the national coinage.

AsT. 4. In this class are also included goods exempt from payment of duties by reason of contracts or privileges; those imported by ship- ping companies for the exclusive use of their steamers; those destined for religious purposes imported by dignitaries of the church; those destined for benevolent or charitable institutions, on permission being solicited by the administrator or governing body of the establishment, ander oath that the goods will not be employed for any purpose other than that indicated; those destined for undertakings proclaimed by the

820 I^TEBNATIONAL BlTBEAn OV THE AHEftlCAN BEPDBUOB.

GovernnieDt to be of public utility; and those received by diplomatic a^nts for their own exclusive use.

Class II includes all articles of every description whatsoever that are not included in the first and third classes.

Class III comprises the following: Alcohol, distilled beverages, wines, beer and fermented liquids, soda water, lemonades and aerated watei's, sirups, bitters, elixirs and ^^ aperiilvo" and essences used in the manufacture of liqueurs, all which are dutiable, namely:

Duly.

OnliDary spirit and its componnde, up to 21° Cartier, mich as mm, brandy,

gia, whisky, refined anieett«, roeeolis, onmge Hplrit, etc per liter. . |1. dO

Liqueurs from 22" to 42°, such as Chartreoae, "crime de cacao," peppermint.

Padre Kennan, konunel, abeinthe, etc per liter.. 2.00

Alcohol, up to 42= do 1.00-

Alcohol, above 42° do 1.60

Concentrated liquid, for the preparation of dutiable beverages do 16. 00

Bittersor"apmtii«,"Buch as Angostura bitters,Femet-Branca,coca,etc. do 60

Winea, white, red, or Bordeaux, and winee of ñroilar character do 10

Wines, sweet, dry, Malaga, sherry, port, vermouth, etc do 20

Champagne of any bnuid do 2.00

Beer of all kinds do 20

Abt. 5. Mineral or effervescent waters, elixirs, and patent medici- nal wines, imported ¡n special bottles such as 8"3 usuall> employed in pharmacy, sliall pay 25 per cent in silver on the net jfold value.

Art. 6. Liquors imported into the Republic, which have paid the import duties, may be reexported, either wholly or in part, to foreign countries, free of export duties; and if the exportation takes place within six months from the date of importation, the duties will be refunded, subject to compliance with the legal regulations.

Abt. 7. The municipalities of Panama and Colon shall continue to levy the commercial tax on comestibles of foreign origin destined for local consumption and unaccompanied by bills of lading, when the goods are legally consigned to merchants established in the aforesaid towns.

From the above tax are to be excepted rice, flour, coffee, maize, and sugar, in bales, on which the tax shall continue to be levied on behalf of the Treasury.

Art. 13. Every importer liable to the payment of the import com- mercial tax shall present to the respective office of the Treasury a certificate or receipt from a marine insurance company, duly certified by the Panama Consul, showing the amount for which the invoiced goods have been insured, as a proof of their actual value.

Consuls are not entitled to charge any fee for this certificate.

Art. U. The financial offices shall not liquidate the commercial tax chargeable on invoices of consignments to merchants who defraud the interests of the Treasury by falsely declaring the real value of the

CDaTOXS PB0TI8I0NB OF THE REFUBLIO OF PANAMA. 821

ioToices receved by Üiem. In such case the Administrator of Finance shall immediately warehouse the imported goods, and if within three months the importer fails to declare the real value of the invoice to be cleared, and to pay the duties, with a surtax of 26 per cent on behalf of the Treasury, together with the other expenses incurred for the warehousing, the said official shall declare that the importer has for- feited his goods and proceed to sell the same by auction, with the view of covering by the proceeds of the »ale the amount due to the Treas- ury, inclusive of expenses.

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Art. 56. Consular fees are to be leviable in accordance with the tariff established by Law No. 22, of April 18, 1904, with the following modifications.

Art. 57. Consuls-General, Consuls, and Vice-Consuls shall levy on behalf of the Treasury and enter in their registers of receipts the fol- lowing fees, payable down in cash by the persons applying to them.

1. For the certification of the four copies of each invoice presented, H per cent on its total value, in the same money as that in which the invoice is made out.

Consuls may only certify to invoices in which are specified packi^es with one and Che same mark, consigned to a single person or company, sent by a single shipper or forwarder, and consigned to a single place.

2. For the certification of the four copies of the ship's manifest $10 for the first hundred packages and $2 for every additional hundred packages or fraction thereof.

8. For attesting bills of health issued by authorities of the port of cleareoce, $3.

In no case may consuls certify invoices, manifests, or other ship's papers after departure of the ship from the port.

Art. 58. The fee for ships' manifests covering only articles of iron, steel, copper, zinc, wood, tiles, and similar articles, will be only $10, whatever be the quantity of the consignment

Export dutitt.

Art. 62. Export duties are imposed on the following articles: Precious metals, 2 per cent on the value as shown in the certificate of smelting and assay.

Gold coin and jewelry, 1 per cent on the insured value.

Crude ores, $2 per ton.

Bananas, 1 centavo in gold per bunch.

Art. 63. All provisions contrary to the present law are hereby

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INTKUrATIONAL BUBBAÜ OP THK ¿MSKIOAIT BBFUBLIOS.

ARGENTINE REPUBUÇ.

GBAIN SHIPmcNTB XV 1904.

According to figures published weekly ia the " Keview of the Birer Plat«," the shipments of wheat from the Tftríous porta of the Argen- tine Republic during the year 1904 amounted to 2,406,117 tons, aa compared with 1,688,673 tons in the year preceding. Maize exports for 1904 ^gregated 2,527,983 tons, as i^inst 2,159,802 in li»3, and linseed was sent abroad to the amount of 910,490 tons and 615,027 tons in 1904 and 190S, respectively. There are also reported to bare been 93,080 tons of flour exported from the Republic in 1904, as compared with 66,314 tons in the year preceding.

The principal ports of shipment were Buenos Ayres, Rosario and Santo Lorenzo, La Plata, Babia Blanca, San Nico1£s, Villa Constitu- ción, and Santa Fe, and the destination of the exports is expressed aa follows, in the periodical quoted; Orders, United Kingdom, Conti- nent, Brazil, South Africa, and various.

BXPOBTS, TIBSI SLEWS KONTBS OF 1904.

The principal exports from the Argentine Republic during the first eleven monttis of 1904, as compared with the corresponding period of the preceding year, show the following figures:

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TDTAKOIAI. STATEMENT, 1808-1908.

The following financial returns respecting the Argentine Republic are of considerable interest, showing the situation of the country at the end of 1893 and 1903. The returns have been compiled from official publications.

ABQEHTIKB BEPVBLIO.

S,S4M>Z1 b, 160, we

PDBLIC DEBT.

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	1,812.771	S, til. 413

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tOANS-AHOUKT BAIBBD AND EXPENDED.

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IMPOBTS AND EXPOBTB.

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POKT HOVBMBNTa IN OOTOBBB.

LA PLATA.

DuriDg the month of October, 1904, 31 steamships cleai-ed from tha port of Lft Plata, can-yiag the following merchandise:

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BAHIA BLANCA.

Nine atesmships cleared from the port of Bahia Blanca during the month of October, ld04, carrying the following merchandise to the different countries enumerated:

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SAN NICOLAS.

During the month of October, 1904, 18 steamahips cleared from the port of San Nicolas, carrying the following merchandise to the differ- ent destinations:

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ARGENTINE REl'UBLIC. dSô-

ItE01TI.ATI0NB (JOVEBNINa THE IJVE STOOS IMPOBTATION.

The re^'ulatiqng relating to the Argeatine Republic arc contaiued irr the (ieneral Animal Sanitary Regulations of January 29, 1903, which provide that until quarantine utationo are established in other part» of the Republic, Buenos Ayres is the only authorized port for the importa- tion of animals from any part of the world, except Uruguay.

Captains of vessels carrying live stock from the United Kingdom to Buenos Ayres must provide themselves, before taking such stock on board, with a certificate granted by the Board of Agriculture and duly legalized by the Argentine consul to the effect in the case of cattle (1). that cattle plague neither exists nor has existed in the country during - the previous ten years; and (a) that contagious pleuro-pneumonia and foot-and-mouth disease neither exist nor have existed duiing the pre- vious six months.

In the case of sheep the certificate, in addition to the al>ove state- menta as to cattle plague and foot-and-mouth disease, must certify that sheep-pox does not exist in the country in an epizootic form, and that DO case has occurred in the district from which the live stock pro- ceed during the preceding six months.

In the case of goats or swine, the certificate must state that cattle plague and foot-and-mouth disease do not exist and have not existed for the previous ten yeai-s and the previous six months, respectively.

When carrying horses, mules, or asses the certificate must state (1) that cattle plague does not exist nnd has not existsd during the previous ten jears, and (2) that glanders and farcy do not exist in the country in an epizootic form, and that in the district whence the animals came there has been no case of such disease during the previous six. months.

In addition to the certificate required from the Board of Agriculture^ it is customary for the stock to be accompanied also with a certificate, which may be signed by any duly qualifíed veterinary surgeon, relat- ing to the health of the animals to lie exported.

The owners uf vessels or their representatives must present to the importation inspectors immediately on the arrival of the vessel at Buenos Ayres a report stating the number of animals on board, the class, breed, or variety, owner and consignees of the animals, the port and date of embarkation, and further .specifying the number of animals that died during the voyage, and indicating the apparent cause of death and the symptoms observed.

On arrival at Buenos Ayres all cattle must be quarantined for foi-ty

days, during which time they will be absolutely isolated under the

care of the Division of Animal Industry. At the conclusion of the

quarantine period the^' will be officially tested with tuberculin, and.

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all cattle reacting will be cousidercd as tuberculous, and will be slaughtered.

Sheep, goats, and »wÍDe are to be similarly quarantined for fifteen days.

Horses arc to be quarantined for eigbt days, and can then be tested with mallein. Those that react are to be slaughtered immediately, together with all those that may have been in direct or indirect contact with them.

All expenseíí of quarantine, isolation, maintenance, treatment, and slaughtering of imported animals must be defrayed by the owners or consignees.

COTTON nmusTsT nr the state of TucxnaXN.

The December number of the National Government's "Bulletin of the Agricultural Department" publishes an extremely interesting report by Mr. C. M. Uzal, principal of the Elementary Agricultural School at Tucumán, on the experimental plantations of cotton made this past season, furnished to the Agricultural Department of that Province. The report is dated August 2, iy04, and contains the fol- lowing information:

The Province of Tucuman, by its geographical situation, is eminently suited for the cultivation of cotton. Three species were planted — Sea Island, Russel, and Peterkin. The standard work of reference on cotton, by G. Heuzé, asserts that regions most favorable for its growth are those in which the spring time is warm, with no fear of late frosts, the summer hot, autumn regular temperature, and not subject to heavy or prolonged rains. Probably no other district of the Argentine Republic so well fulfills all these requirements as the Province of Tucumán. The temperatures of the various months are worked out to prove the exactness of this assertion, as is also the rainfall.

As regards the properties of the soi!, an extensive analysis goes to show an ideal conformity with that of South Carolina and Georgia. The experimental plantings were made in October, 1903, on a system which is detailed minutely, and which necessitated some 6 to 7 kilo- grams of seed per hectare. On the 15th of May, 1904, the cotton picking commenced, and, owing to the scarcitj' of pickers, it was not concluded till July 27. The yield of the diflferent species per hectare was, Peterkin, 456 kilograms; Russel, 1,128 kilt^rams; Sea Island, 520 kilograms — which gave Peterkin 182 kilograms fiber and 274 kilo- grams seed; Russel, 451 kilograms fiber and 677 kilograms seed; Sea Island, 203 kilograms fiber and 312 kilograms seed. According to statistics from Heuzé's work, the average yield per hectare in the United States is 400 kilograms, so that only the Russel species has

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given anything a^iproadiing ttut yield. The costa of the husiness àiow the tollowiBg figures:

Caltivation of 50 hedaws at an mclnai™ coat ot oí f 115 national currency per

hectare (¡netudinf labor, se«tl, rent, harvesting, ginning, and baling) (>t, 750

Macbinerj- tostollatioa for ginning and dcftniiig 1,300

Hydraalic preea 800

7,750 YieW ol 20,000 kilograma clean cotton at 50 cent» per kilogram (tl»e preaent

market price) 10,000

30,000 kilograms aecd at $5.60 per 100 kilograms 1,800

The above figures «how that a profit of $4,050 national currency was made on the transadtion. Experimenta with Peterkin and Sea Island cotton will be continued, and perhaps in a few seasons a method of successfully cultivating these finer classes will be found that will fit in with the soil and climatic conditions of the Province of Tucumaii.

QTTEBBACHO WOOD IS THX BEPUHLIO.

The British "Journal of the Board of Agriculture'' for December, 1904, poblisbes the following valuable information in r^ard t« the quebracho wood to be found iu the Argentine Republic:

"Amcmg the countries which compete in the production of oak bark are the Ai^entine Republic and Paraguay, which produce « valuable wood, namely, the quebracho, from which tannin is obtained. In addition to producing tannin in its bark, like the oak, chestnut, and other trees, it also contains, like tbem, some in its sapwood, and stores it in a concentrated state in conãderable quantity in the whole of the central part of the wood. According to Oharpentibr, its bark contains from 0 to 8 per cent of tannin; the sap, 3 to 4 per cent; and the heart, 19 to 32 per cent. As the heart of the quebracho represents two-thirds and often three-quarters of the total quantity of wood, the amount of tannin contained in this variety is considerable. It is inferior, however, to oak bark tanning material, and it contains coloring matters which are difficult to separate. The importation of this wood, however, is probably one of the causes of the present unremunerative prke of English oak bark.

"According to the trade returns of the Ai^ntine Republic, the exports are dbiefiy made in the form of wood or of quebracho extract. There is also an insignificant expoH in the form of coarse sawdust. The exports of quebracho wood first began to assume importance in 1888, «ben some 7,000 tons were exported, and from that time they rose rapidly till 1895, when they amounted to 170,000 tons. In that year, however, the tannin ¡n the form of extract began to be exported,

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and tbis had apparently eomo effect in ¿heckinj; the rapid extension of the trade in the natui-al wood, which amounted, however, in the tive years, 1899-1903, to an average of 200,000 tons annually. The exports of the extract increased from about -tOO tons in 1895 to 9,000 tons in 1902, and 12,000 tons in 1903. The United Kingdom appears to be the largest consumer of the wood in its i-aw stale. According to the returns of the Ai^entinc Republic, the quantity shipped to Great Britain in the five years 1899-1903 averaged 140,000 tons annually. In the case of the extract the United States and Germany appear as the principal purchasers, but some 1,400 tons were shipped to Great Britain.

"Some information respecting this product was recently furnished in a German consular rcpoH, from which k appears that there are two sources of supply: one including the Province of Santiago and part of the Province of Tucumân, and the other embracing the north- ern part of Santa Fc and the banks of the Parana River. The former occupies a secondary position, both as regards the amount of tannin in the wood, the density of the trees, distance from river ports, and otiier conditions. The principal source of supply forms the south- western part of the great plains known as the 'Gran Chaco,' which stretch northward from Santa Fé. The profitable exploitation of the quebracho is at present restricted to the district opened up by the railway which goes from Santa Fé northward to La Sabana on the boundary of the Ohaco territory. This railway runs through the quebracho country for a distance of 40 to 60 miles parallel to the river, and has a branch line about midway, near Vera, to Reconquista, on the Parana River.

"The yield of quebi-acho wood is estimated at an avei-age of 12,500 tons per square league of 6,520 aces, or about 2 tona per acre. About 100 medium-sized trees represent the average crop obtained from 125 acres. In Paraguay the yield is somewhat more. As a means of transport there exist at present only the railway named above and the Parana River, and distance from these commercial routes is a most important coDKÍderation in the development of the trade. The cost of transport becomes excessive when the distance exceeds 10 to 15 miles, as the haulage has to l)e done by oxen and the roads or tracks are usually very bad. In order to shorten the transport and free them- selves from the railway monopoly, several firms are endeavoiHng to construct their own railway connection with the Parana ports.

" Particulars of the total extent of the quebracho country are not available, but it is probable that large quantities of this timber exist, though at the present time only the smallest part is economically val- uable, as the trees are so thinly distributed over great areas."

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EXFOBTS TO SPAIN.

[From alC-ííoDtblyRevIevi oí am Bmtú oí Trade." SeiiitaUíniíml '¡cia (^maTaHercanUl. Xo.51.) EXPORTS. "

Spain consumes and buys abroad foreign products which the Argen- tine Republic produces in lai^e quantities, to the amount of 216,000,000 penetas'' annually, 21,000,000 of which come from the Argentine Republic.

In the imports of Spain from the Argentine Republic corn occupies the tii-st place. In 1902 Spain imported 25,230,288 kilograms of corn, valued at 4,036,846 ^wscíií*, of which amount 1,274,729 />!'«ri<M were the value of the Argentine corn.

Ai^ntioe hidea alao formed one of the principal imports of Spain in 1902. The entire quantity of hides imported into Spain during the period referred to aggregated 11,700,024 kilograms, valued at 20,155, ãáO^Vídíaji, 4, 27S, 275 kilograms of which, valued at 9,198,201 pesetas, came from the Argentine Republic.

Another Argentine product, of which Spain imporbí in considerable quantities, is animal fat. The total imports of this product into Spain during the year mentioned amounted to 15,231,851 kilograms, of an estimated value of 14,013,302 pesda^, of which 8,359,164 kilograms, valued at 7,690,431 (x^etas, came from the Argentine Republic.

Coal and burnt bone wore imported from the Argentine Republic into Spain to the amount of 41,400 kilograms, valued at \Ú,'¿1a p&i-im. Halt and jerked beef were imported from tlie Argentine Republic into Spain to the amount of 50ij,577 kilograms, valued at Mõ,i%G j>e»eta8. This was 98 per cent of the entire imports of this product into Spain during the year referred to.

Barley is a product which the Argentine Republic should export in large quantities to Spain, but during the year 1902 the quantity imported from the Argentine Republic into Spain wa» only about one- balf of 1 per cent of the total import» of this product, notwithstanding the fact that the Argentine Republic barley is of letter quality than that produced in the Black Sea country and which is generally im- port^ into Spain.

Other products of considei-ation imported by Spain from the Argen- tine Republic in 1902, were wbeat Hour, wheat, wool, cattle, etc.

"Spanbh BtatiHtiuH for 1902.

b The value of a peseta is $0. 193 go) J.

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BOLIVIA.

FOItEiair COKMEBCE, 1896-190^

(From lhe " Sriíila CoBurrlal f Imlntlríal de la RryñWttt d

DECIFRES VAIjITE OF THE POUND S:

(Froi

"RtTltIa Camirrial t Ittda^rUil dt la BeptUilkn de Bo/h-ia," No. O.]

The National Congress deereos:

Article 1, A pound sterling or English sovereign U hereby declared to have a cancelling value of twelve bolivianos fifty centimes.

Art. 2. From January 1, 1905, fifty per cent of the cuijtonis duties shall be payable in gold coin at the rate of twelve bolirianoe fifty centimes per pound sterling. Should said fifty per cent be paid in whole or in part in silver, the quota paid shall he subject to a sun>barge of five per cent. Amounts less than twelve bolivianos fifty ccctimes may be paid in silver without being subject to the siin-harge.

Art. 3. The exportation of silver coin is hereby declared to be free, and its importation into the Republic is pi-ohibited under the penalty of confiscation.

Art. 4. The Executive Power is empowered to sïispend, should it become necessary, the mintage of silver coin.

Let it be communicated to the Executive Power for his Government.

BRAZIL.

TBADB-XEABK LAW.

(Decree Ko. 1230. of Setlembei Z1,1S04. amending Uic decree Nu. S343, ol October IL isei.)

The Presidctd of t/te Republic of the United States of Brazil to tke

inhabitants t/ie¡-eo/;

Know ye, That the National Congress has decreed and I approve the following resolution:

Article 1. The producer or merchant has the right to distinguish his merchandise or products by means of special marks.

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Art. 2. ludustrial and trade marks may constat of ererythin}; which ihííí law does not prohibit and which may distin^bh aiticlea from others, identical or similar, of different origin.

Any name, special or common denomination, partnership designa- tion, or signature and letters or ciphers only, will serve for this pur- pose if invested with a distinctive form.

Sole paragraph. Marks can be used either upon the articles them- selves or upon the receptacles or wrappers of said articles.

Abt. 3. In order to guarantee the exclusive uso of said marks, their registry, deposit, and publication in accordance with the present law are indispensenble.

Akt. 4. The Commercial Junta (Council) or Inspectoría (Board of Inspection) of the locality of the establishment, or of the principal one when more than one of the same kind belong to only one owner, is competent for the registry. The Commercial Junta of Rio do Janeiro is also competent for the registry of foreign marks and as the central depository oí those registered in other Jimtas or Inspectorías.

Art. 5. To effect the registry, a petition from the party interested or his special attornej- it necessary, accompanied by three samples of the mark, containing:

1. A representation of what constitutes the mark, with all its acces- sories and explanations.

2. A declaration of the product of industry or trade for which it is designed, the occupation of the petitioner, and his place of residence.

Art. 6. The secretary of the Junta or the employee of the In,spec- toria appointed for that purpose shall certify on each of the models the day and hour of ¡t«i presentation, and «hould the registry l>e ordered, he shall deposit one of them in the archives and deliver the others to the interested party, with a note of the registry and its number.

Art. 7. Within thirty days the interested party shall publish in the newspaper that inserts the acts of the Federal or State Government, the certificate of r^istration containing the explanation of the characteristics of the mark, copied from the declaration required by article 5, No. 1; and within sixty days (reckoning these terms from the date of the said registry) he shall deposit one of the models in the Commercial Junta of Rio de Janeiro in accordance with the terms of article i.

Akt. 8, The registration of a mark is prohibited which contains or consists of —

1. Coats of arras, armorial bearings, decorations or insignia, public or official, domestic or foreign, when their use has not been duly authorized.

2. A commercial or partnership name which the petitioner can not lawfully use.

3. The indication of a fixed locality or establishment which is not

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that of the origin of the article, whether there l>e joiued to thin iudi- cation a fictitious name or another's name or not.

4. Word», iniage,", or representations which involve offense to indi- viduals or to public decorum.

5. The reproduction of another mark already registered for ao article of the same kind.

6. Total or partial, imitation of n mark already registered for a product of the same kind which may mislead or confuse the buyer. The pos^iihility of error or confusion will be considered to be verified whenever thcs differences of the two mark.s can not be recognized without comparison or attentive examination.

Akt. 9. In i-egistering trade-marks the following rules shall be observed:

1; Priority in the day or hour of the presentation of the mark establishes preference as to registration in favor of the petitioner. In case of the simultaneous presentation of two or more identical or similar marks the preference of that one will i>e admitted which ha» been used or possessed for the longest time, and in default of this requisite none will be registered without being modified by the interested parties.

2. In case of doubt as to the use or possession of a mark, the Junta or Inspeetoria will order the interested parties to settle the questioo before the Commercial Tribunal, and they will then proceed to regis- tration in conformity with the judgment.

3. Should identical or similar marks, as set forth in article 8, Nos. 5 and 6, be registered in different Juntas or Inspectorías, the one which is prior in date shall prevail, and in case of simultaneous regis- try, either of the interested parties may apply to the said Commercial Tribunal, which shall decide which shall be maintained, having in view the provisions of No. 1 of this article.

4. From the decision refusing registration, an appeal can be made, in the Federal District, to the Court of Appeals, and in the States to the court of superior jurisdiction, by —

1. Anyone who considers himself injured by it as regards some registered mark.

2. The interested party in the cases named in article 8, Nos. 2 and 3. 8. The party injured in the case specified in No. 4, first part.

4. The public prosecutor in the two Nos. 1 and 4, last part.

The term allowed for making these appeals shall be five days, reck- oning from the publication of the decision; but if the party does not reside in the place where the publication is made, and does not have a special attorney there, the term shall commence to run thirty days later.

Art, 10. Neither the failure to make an appeal nor its postponement

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shall destroy the right of any other party to bring suit in conformity with the preceding article.

1. For procuring the uulliBcation of the registration niade contrary to the provisions of article 8,

2. To oblige the competitor who is entitled to the same or a similar name to modify it so that error or confusion may be impossible. (Art 8, No. 6, last part.) This action can only be brought by one who can prove prior possession of the mark or name for commercial or indus- trial use, though be has not registered it, and it expires by limitation, like that referring to article 8, Nos. 2, 3, and 4, tirst part, if not brought within six months after the registry of the mark.

Abt. 11. The registration shall be valid for all purposes for liftcen years, at the end of which it can be renewed, and so on thereafter.

The registration shall be regarded as null and void, if the owner of the registered mark shall not make use of it within the term of three years.

Abt, 12. The* mark can only be transferred together wit^ the product of industry or trade for which it has been adopted, after it has been duly entered in the register, upon examination of authentic documents.

A like note shall be made should the firms be altered and the mark still continue to be used. In both cases publication is necessary.

Abt, 13. The following persons shall be punished with imprison- ment from six months to one year and a fine, for the use of the State, of 500 to 5,000 milreis.

1. Whoever uses a legal mark of another person on products of of false origin.

2. Whoever uses a wholly or partly counterfeited mark belonging to another person.

3. Whoever sells or offers for sale articles bearing a legal mark, the owner of which is not the producer of said articles.

4. Whoever sells or offers for sale articles beanng a mark wholly or partly counterfeited or belonging to another.

5. Whoever reproduces wholly or in part, by whatever means, any industrial or trade-mark duly registei-ed and published, without per- mission of the owner or his legal representative.

6. Whoever imitates an industrial or trade-mark, in such a manner that the buyer maj' be deceived.

7. Whoever uses a mark so imitated.

8. Whoever sells or offers for sale articles bearing an imitated mark.

9. Whoever uses a commercial name or firm which does not belong to him, whether it forms part of a registered mark or not.

Paragraph 1, To constitute the imitation referred to in Nos. 6 to 9 of this article it is not necessary that the resemblance of the mark

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should be complete. It is sufficient, whatever the differences, that therR should be a possibility of mistake or confusion, as set forth in article 3, last pai-t.

pHragraph 2. The usurpation of the commercial name or lirm referred to in Nos. 5 and 6 shall be considered as existing, whether the reproduction be entire, or whether there be additions, omissions, or alterations, provided that there be the same possibility of mistake or confusion on the part of the buyer.

Art. 14. The following persons shall lje punished with a fine of 100 to 500 milreis for the use of the State^

1. Whoever, without due authority', uses, as an industrial or trade- mark, arms, armorial bearings, or public or official insignia, domestic or foreign.

2. Whoever uses a mark which offends public decorum.

3. Whoever uses an industrial or trade-mark which contains an indication of a locality or establishment which ¡s not that of the place of orgin of the merchandise or product, whether there be joined to this indication another^s name or a fictitious one or not.

4. Whoever sells or offers for sale merchandise or products bearing marks such as are set forth in Nos. 1 and 2 oE this article.

5. Whoever sells or offers for sale merchandise or products such as are set forth in No. 3.

Art. 15. Whoever uses a mark containing anything personally offen- sive, or who sells or offers for sale articles bearing such a mark, shall be visit«d with the penalties of the preceding article.

Akt. 10. The criminal action against offenses named in Nos. 1, 2, and 4 of article 14, shall be instituted by the public prosecutor of the district where articles are found which bear the marks therein men- tioned.

Every producer of or dealer in a like article residing in the place whence it comes and the owner of the establishment falsely indicated are competent to bring the suit against the offenders named in Nos. 3 and 5, and the jmrty offended or the party interested against those named in articles 14 and 15.

Art. 17. Kepetition of the offense shall be punished with double the penalties fixed in articles 14, 15, and 16, if ten years have not elapsed since the previous condemnation for any one of the offenses named in this law.

Art. 18. Tlie said penalties do not exempt the delinquents from paying indemnity for the loss caused by them, and which the parties injured can demand by proper suit.

Art. 19. The sentence pronounced on the offenses embraced in thiu law shall be published in full by the successful party in the same journal in which the registries are published; otherwise they shall not be enforced.

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Art. 20. The partj interested can dnaand—

1. À search or inspection to ascertain the existence of cotiBterfeitod or imitated marks, or of merchaiidiae or products that contain them,

2. The seizure and destruction of counterfeited or imitated marks in the workshops in which they are prepared, or whenever they may be found before they are uaed for a criminal purpose.

3. The destraetioQ of counterfeited or imitated marks on the pack- t^es or articles beaiin;;^ them before they are cleared trova the custom- hooise, even though the wrappers and the merchandise or products themselves may be thereby damped.

4. The seizure and deposit of merchandise or product»- bearing a eounterfeited or imitated mark or one indicating a false oñgin, as set forth in article S, No. 4.

Paragraph 1. The seizure and deposit only take place as preilimi- naries of an action, and are of no effect if it be not instituted within tíiirty days.

Par^raph 3, The articles seized will serve to guarantee the payment of the tine and the indemnity due the party, for which purpose they will be sold at piblic auction, in the course of the action, if tbey easily spoil, or daring the execution, except products which are injuriou^i to the public health, which shall be destroyed.

ART. dl. The seizure of the counterfeited products bearing a false mark or a legal one fraudulently used shall be the batsis of the process.

Art. 23. The seizure shall be made at the request of the party or ex officio.

(a) At the request of the party, by any police authority or the judge of the Civil or CrÍDÚnal Court, in the Federal District, and in the States by the authorities competent for the search.

{b) Ex officio. — By the custom-houses at the time the inspection of the goods is made; by the collectors of consumption taxes whenever they find coanterfeited articles in the establishments which they visit; by any authority, when in making searches he meets with counter- feited marks or articles.

Art. 23. After the seizure ex officio has been made the owners of the mark or their representatives shall be notified in order that they msy bring an action against the responsible parties, the term of thirty days being granted them for this purpose, under penalty of the seizure becoming null and void.

Art. 24. The aeardi and seizure at the request of the party í-hall bo ordered, after the petitioner has given hb bond to the authority order- ing the search.

Sole paragraph. In this bond the petitioner shall bind himself to pay the losses and damages eansed by the search, if the result is negative and the defendant proves that the said petitioner acted in bad faith.

Art. 25. After the seizure has been made, all books found in the

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place ^hall be collected, together with the machinery and other articles which were used directly or indirectly in the manufacture of the counterfeited marks.

Art. 20. The authority which mukes the seizure is competent for the concesHion of the security.

Art. 27. In the act of the seizure tlie persons referred to in article 33 of the present law shall be arrested ia Jlagrante delicio.

Art. 28. After the seizure has been made, the €orj>m delicti shall be proceeded with, in order to prove the commissiion of the offense.

Art. 29. Within thirty days, reckoned from the date of the seizure, the complaint against those responsible for the offense shall be pre- sented, accompanied by the minute of the seizure, the corpus delicti the stiitement of the arrest in fliigi-ante delic(í>, if it has taken place, a list of witnesses and a memorandum of suggestions of the steps to be taken.

Sole paragraph. In the Federal District the court competent for the cognizance of the action is the Civil or Criminal Court, which shall observe the form of pi-ocedure established in article 100, sole para- iifi-aph, of decree No. 1030 of November 14, 1890. In the States the procedure shall be that established bj' their respective laws, the court of a. single judge being always competent for the trial in first instance.

Art, 30, The tribunal competent for the trial of actions referred to in this law is that of the domicile of the defendant or of the place in which were found the merchandise bearing the counterfeited or imitated mark or a legal mark improperly used.

Art. 31. The jurisdiction referred to in article 12 of law No. 221, of November 20, 1894, is relative to article 60, letter {/), of the Constitution in the cases of a convention or treaty of reciprocity.

Art, 32. The following are jointly responsible for the offenses specified in article 14:

1. The owner of the workshop where the counterfeited or imitated marks are prepared.

2. The person having them under his guard.

3. The person selling the same.

, 4. The owner of or person living in the house or establishment in which the articles are deposited, provided they can not state who the

5. Whoever has bought the goods from an unknown party or is imablc to prove the place of origin of the article or prodact.

Art. 33. The provisions of this law are applicable to Brazilians or foreigners whose establishments are without the national territory, under the following conditions:

1, That there exista between the union and the nation, in whose teri'itory are the said establishments, a diplomatic convention securing reciprocity of guarantee for Brazilian marks.

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2. That the marks ha\'e been registered in conformity with local law.

3. That the respective model and certificate of registration liave been deposited in the Junta Commercial of Rio de Janeiro.

4. That the certificate and explanation of the mark have been pub- lished in the "^Diario Official."

Sole paragraph. Foreigner who, instead of depositing the cortiii- cate of registration made in their respective country, petition directly the registration of their mark in Brazil, shall enjoy the guaranties of the present law.

Art. Zi. In case of compliance with requirements Nos, !í to 4 of the preceding article, the provision in article 9, No. 3, shall have effect in favor of marks registered in foreign countries which liave signed the convention promulgated by decree No. 9233 of June 28, 1884, or which have declared their adhesion to it, for the space of four months, counting from the day when the registration is made according to local law.

Art, 35, The guarantees given by this law are applicable tq the marks registered in conformity with former laws. ■

Art. 36. The Government shall revise the regulations No. 9828, 5f 1887, putting them in accord with the provisions of the present law.

Abt. 37. Articles 353 and 355 of the Penal Code arc hereby changed ÍD accordance with the provision of article 14 of the present law.

Art. 38. All provisions to the contrary are hereby revoked,

Rio de Janeiro, on the 24tli day of September, in the year 1904 and the 16th of the Republic.

Francisco de Paula Rodrigues Alves. Lauro Sbveriano MCller.

EXPOBTS, FIBST NIKE UIONTHS OF 1904.

The ^''Diario OfficiMl" of December 17, 1904, publishes the statistics of the exports of Brazil during the first nine months of 1904, as com- pared with those of the corresponding period of 1903, as follows :

AUk'lCT.	i^.	I9M.
	kUM	24,302,40) i,377,a» 12,888,182 13. 731, Ml SI. cm, 4» ■ 978; 022 1J.39«,BS2 817:198	10 «18 648
gSSSíEíírXtr!::;::::::::::-.:::::::: Robber (Bering»)	=EEE^1	1.4W,6M 20,685,18!
	do....	118,396

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Artlolen.	1903.	19M,
		18,718.™ «i«7 0 618.U] a, 808,877 76i:oaD -i.ra.» 6,467,ai7 3,240,»a •!;S:ÍS 1,300, »J2
Medlolnnl pUnW. eW	*»....
		sï.mfa»
		'■Î'S
	<i8;m242
Bullion «nd t*«le „...

The "South Amei'ic&B Journal" of January 25, ldO&, states thattke value of the exports from Brazil for the first oine moBths of 1904 amounted to ^27,477,281. As compared with 1908 for the correspond- ing period this shows au iucrease in value of £1,482,361, or 5.7 per cent exclusive of gold and silver specie. The articles that show an iArrease in value are as follows:

HoDOEtte Jtl9,169

Bbngdbñi» mbber ,. 88,030

Manieob» 12l,8M

Cocoa ^ 113,089

Cttmahuba wai > 95,003

Salthidea 122,326

Dry hides : 15«,M8

HoreehwT 1,663

Bran 3,656

Medicinal herbs and roota 1,710

Herva matte 170,560

Wool, raw 12,676

Scrap iron, ste..... . 123

Uoldinbaiw 904

Skinsandfius. 217,086

Tot«l 1,089,383

The only article showiu}; an iucrea^e in quantity but decrease in ▼alue K manganese, the former amounting to 6,543 tons and the latter to £228.

Articles showing a decrease in quantity, but increase in value, are as follows:

Coffee £371,687

Serine rubber 794,07ft

Cattle boms... 807

Haniocaow 2-,2#9

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The following articles decreased l)oth in quantity and value:

CottoD, raw £31)7,472

Sugar 00,504

Castor seed 4,T48

Cotton seed 39, 381

Brazil nuts 82,141

Extract of meat 7, 352

Tobacco 110,891

Ipecacuanha 0,823

Fiassava 5,763

As regards animals and their products, a remarkable development has been experienced owing largely to the expansion of the Matadouro îadtistry in Rio Grande do Sul and of Üic trade in skins, chiefly goat, in the north. Mineral exports have increased, too, but in a much less degree. Agricultural and forest products have undergone very giTat changes, their value having fallen from 1901 to 1903 in harmony with the fall of prices of the leading staples, coffee and rubber, but in lOOi reacted, and promise in 1905 to regain and perhaps surpass their former level.

CUSTOHS BECEIFTS, NOTEHB£B, 1904.

The following figures show the revenue of the Brazilian custom- houses for which returns had been received for the month of November, 190Í, and for the eleven months ending November, 1904, the figures for the corresponding period of the preceding year being also fur- Dishcd for purposes of comparison:

	1»W.	im J	■™.	m.
	STII,M8 1,9M.TW 3«5,i!09 'ASH ,li 1,029, IM Ï0,217	il II l,fi6Î,MÏ		""si ss 6«,7-tÍ »0;iS5	mtrel,.
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	SoDla Anaa do Llvn-
			0,89)
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Tot»l,NoTember.. Total, October RSi;f£f::::::: tIm'.h^y ::::::::	n.»¡7.K9 18, (Ml, 787 16,662, 904 16;Bia6M	16;97Ò;S17 16.067.912 15. 800, «7	17! Mí! 980 17.871,622	16,e7Í,B70 is;2«:«47 18,M7,9Ï0
187,915,018	182, 7». 336

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COFFEE HOVEHENT FOB THE HONTH OF KOVEMBEB, 1904.

The coffee movement at the ports of Bio de Janeiro and Sautoa for the month of November, 1904, compared with the same month in 1903, was as follows:

	Rl»d«	anelco.	San	«..
	127,000 ^010	1903.	1904.	ira-
	407,(69 23lt,000 1Ï015 16,120 2, MO. 476 2.802,318 TOllllO	57JÍO0O 26.375 6,300,200	MS, 631
	4,7TI^OM 4; 030:300 1.888,712
	l.SI«,9% 273,067 512. «1«

COFFEE VOTEHENT FOB THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, 1804.

The coffee movement at the ports of Rio de Janeiro and Santos for the month of December, 1904, compared with the same month of the previous j'ear, was as follows:

	Rio de	>nri™.	San	lo^
	™.	im	1904.	1903.
	161,000 1.730,267	îmIooo í:á:S	SÏ:S	"^■30,
	i;2ii;««
	432,602

EXFOBTS FBOM FEBlfAMBUCO, NOVEMBEB, 1904.

The "Boletim Mensal" of the Commercial Association of Pernam- buco, publishes the following statistics of the export trade movement at that port for the month of November:

Sugar kiliw. . 8, 784, 21

Cotton do... 773,61

Brandy pipw. . 51

Do cask)).. l,6i

Alcohol pipes.. 61

Do casks.. !i

Honey pipes,. î

Cotton se«il bags.. 12,1!

Hides number. . 9, 586 Oil . .

Carnanba wax liags. .

Mandioca flour do, , .

Rubber barrels..

Do bales..

Teitileo do, , .

C-orn bags..

Skins bales..

Castor-oil Heeds bags..

Coffee do...

Soap boxes..

do...

Do barrels..

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Importo at Santos for the eleven months, January to November^ 1904, show a c. i. f. value of $77,781,318, as against $75,545,146 for the same peñod in 1)^03, while the value of exports haa risen from $218,004,641, to $229,297,605. The imports showing the greatest growth are cotton textiles, wheat, and wheat flour.

A report forwarded to the United States Department of Oomniere& and Labor by Consul Johnson at Santos, Brazil, contains the follow- ing data covering the agricultural and commercial conditions of th& southern sections of the Republic:

"The consular district of Santos comprises four Statea^SSo Paulo^ Rio Grande do sul, Parana, and Santa Catarina.

*'Rio Grande do Sul, the most southern State in Brazil, adjoins:. Uruguay on the south, and has about 1,400,000 population, 800,000* of whom are Germans or of German descent. The principal product. of the State is cattle, of which it produces more than auy other three States of Brazil. The climate is very fine, and the country rolliug.. It is reported that Professor White, of West Vii^inia, who haa beeit employed by the Brazilian Government to investigate the mineral resources of Brazil, has dbcovered a very large coal deposit of superior quality near Porto Alegre. The exports and importe are small outside-, of cattle and cattle products, the most of which are purchased by- Brazil and the adjoining Republics. Large amounts of hides, hair, horns, bones, and "jerked" beef arc, however, shipped to Europe and the United States. The agricultural industry is quite limited,, although the soil is well adapted to it.

"The States of Parana and Santa Catarina are sparsely settled, aud^ therefore but little developed. While both haveseaport towns of more- or less magnitude, they import and export very little. The State of Parana is noted as producing more '■ yerha maté'' than any other por- tion of the world, 80 per cent of which is shipped to the Argentine- Republic. The State of Santa Catarina has about 150,000 ¡nbabitants^ 85,000 of them being Germans, and the State of Parana has about. 250,000, of whom 180,000 are Germans.

"The State of SSo Paulo has about 2,570,0iXi inhabitants, and is^. largely agricultural.

"There are 16,015 coffee plantations, embracing 1,863,119 acres, on- which were growing, in 1901, 660,708,560 coffee trees. During the- year ended June 30, 1902, there were shipped from Santos, the ship- ping port of the State, 10,160,000 bags of coffee. The frost iu August^ Bull. No. 2—05 S

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1902, destroyed 1UO,000,000 coffee trees, besides iujurÍDg a great many others. During the year ended June 30, 1904, the shipments of coffee from Saotos amounbed to only 0,397,441 bags, being 3,771,559 bags less than were shipped the year before the frost. It may be contended by those not posted that the loss of these trees will be remedied by new pUnting, but such will not be the case, for the gorernment of the Stat« has passed a law prohibiting the planting of more coffee trees; hence no more will be planted during the existence of this law. It is said by some who arc in a position to be well posted that the crop for the year ending June 30, 1905, will not exceed 6,750,000 bags. Ther« are at present nearly 2,000,000 bags of coffee in Santos, a greater quantity than at any one time before.

"Rice, sugar, cotton, corn, beans, potatoes, tobacco, melons, etc., are raised, and all do well. A much lai^r average of cotton is being planted than for a number of years. There are a great number of plants for making rum out of sugar cane, commonly known here as ^ pinça.' The yearly average production of sugar made from cane is 8,396 metric tons. There are 16 cotton factories in the State of Sao Paulo, with 56,406 spindles and 2,836 looms. They employ 4,686 hands, annually consume 7,160 metric tons of cotton, and have an annual average production of 34,270,000 yards of cloth. The average annual expenses are $2,436,798. Grape culture is becoming quite an industry and a good deal of tobacco is raised.

"Coffee plantations of the State of SSo Paulo are as follows:

DlMIiCl-	'Sïi<»««"~	Lanit ciilU- vnWd.	lormlture. [To"!"»»'
	yumbfr. j ft-ufflVr. s[mn tn'.m.Tie S,»Ï2 1 13l>.71î,!6fi	Aero. ■233. K'	'ili	SÎÎS
	10,016 1 6eo.Tae.MO	i,í»»,n8	2.aa,esa	I0,SJ0,7M

"The following table shows the railroad statistics of the Stateof Sîlo Paulo during the year 1902:

Railroad.	|toU. receipt.	EipeiiB». [	et receipt*.
e»oPa.iloR»llw«iCo	\

"Situated in the middle south of Brazil, the capital, SSo Paulo, has a population of at least 250,000, and is much more modern than any city in South America, excepting Buenos Ayres. It is noted for i¿ , many excellent colleges, schools, hospitals, and extensive public build- ings, and its cotton, wool, car, furniture, and otiier factories. The

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population of ^o Paulo is said to be orer one-half Italian. There are about 500 English and ISO Americans in the citj. The city cao boast of having the fioest system of electric street cars, and the finest water power to run their machinery, in South America. The cars were made in St Iiouis, and a great portion of the machinery came from tíie United States. The pbuit is owned by Americans and Canadians.

"The public health of the consular district of Santos is good, and ban been for more than three years. In former years Santos was termed a death trap, but owing to strict sanitary measures, a fine system of water supply, good sewerage, etc, infectious and contageou» diseases have been kept well under control.

"The city of Santos is improving, and it will not be many yeai-s before it will double its present population. A new bag factory was recently constructed, and has been finished more titan six months, and is now turning out, with its 180 looms, about 4,000,000 coffee bags per year. There is also a match factory hero nearlng completion. Sev- eral modern business houses have been erected within the last eight months, one of which cost $125,000. There has been erected recently a veiy nice and modern hotel on the beach, near the city, with about 75 rooms and all conveniences.

"The Santos Dock Company is extending the docks, and when these are completed its dock accommodation will be second to none in the country. Dredging is being constantly prosecuted, and where the old charts show only 24 feet there are now 28 feet of water; hence old charts should be thrown aside and new ones made. There ¡s ample water here to allow ships drawing 28 feet to oonie in with perfect safety. "Rie harbor is one of the best in any country, being strictly landlocked, with docks, warehouses, and all modern conveniences for loading and unloading.

"Coast navigation— that is, the nmritime communication between national ports — is, in accordance with the constitution of Brazil, car- ried on exclusively by ships carrying the Brazilian fl^. All the national lines touch at the port of Santos. The most important of these lines is the Lloyd Braziliero, which starts from the port of Kio de Janeiro and calls at the principal ports of the States of Parana, Santa Catarina, and Kio Grande do Sul. The State of Rio de Janeiro subsidizes a navigation company which runs between the ports of Rio de Janeiro and Santos, touching at the northern ports of the State of Rio de Janeiro.

"Many navigation companies have regular lines of steamers between Europe and the port of Santos. The principal of these are the Ham- burg-Amerika Line, the Hamburg SüdajneríkanÍHciie-Dampfsehiff- fahrts-Gesellschaft (l)oth German), and tiie Royal Mail (English). There arc six other lines with regular steamers from Europe to this port. The first-named line has some of its largest steamers on the

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route. There are four regular lines plyinj; between Santos and the United States: Lamport & Holt and the Prince line:^ (English), Rob. M^ Sloman Line {German), and the V/mrgeurs RéanU (French), beiiides any number of "tramp" steamers and sailing vcs.<iels, about 1,000 in all. No United States steam veijseU come to this part of South America except warships, and only two or three sailing vessels arrived at this port during the past year.

*'The Brazilian Government basa contract with certain lines of steamers to bring in a certain number of immigrants each mouth, the Government paying all transportation expenses.

"American goods in Santos are popular as to style and durability, and are not excelled by any other country's product,''

OENERAL STATISTIOS OF FABA.

The United States Consul at Para, Brazil, reports as follows on the shipping and local improvements in Para:

"Fifty-nine seagoing steamships ply from Para. Of these the Booth Steamship Company, Limited (British), ha» 28, of from 1,211 to 2,555 tons; the Lloyd Brasileiro has 10, of 1,999 tons and 2 of 887 tons; the Companhia Gran-Para has 6, the Companhia Costeira do Maranhão 5, the Companhia Paraense 3, and the Companhia Pastoril Paraense; these are all boats of much leiisthan 1,000 tons. The Italian Line runs one 2,000-ton boat, and the Hamburg- A men can 3 of 1,500 tons. The river navigation is carried on by 123 steamers, of which the Compan- hia do Amazonas Limitada has 30 boats of from 618 to 126 tons, and 54 owners have the remaining 93 boats of from 480 to 5 tons.

"The water supply of the city has Iieen much improved. The present supply is 3,011,543 gallons daily of very pure water. New American pumps are now being installed which will bring the daily supply up to 8,083,616 gallons, an hourly supply of 336,817 gallons. Contracts have been made for the construction of a Î25,000 <listrib- uting reservoir for the older part of the city.

" Private contractH have been made for considemble harl>or improve- ments, and large orders for dredges and machinery have been placed in the United States.

"An American company has been formed to establish communica- tion by wireless telegraphy between Para and Manaos, and construc- tion material from the United States is now on the way.

"On January 1, 1905, all duties on flour, dried vegetables, canned goods, and foods in general were advanced from 40 to 150 per cent.

A Brazilian decree of April 16, 1904, granted a reduction of 20 per cent in the import duties on the following articles coming fi-om the

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United States: Wheat, flour, condensed milk, manufactured rubber articles included in article 1033 of the customs tariff, clocks, inks mentioned in article 173 of the tariff, with the exception of writing inks, and varnish.

The Federal budget for 1905 was published the Istof January, 1905, and the authorization to grant preferential duties to foreign products haa been withdrawn from the Executive Power.

Consequently the import» from the United Stateni have ceased to benefit from the 20 per cent reduction allowed the above-mentioned article in virtue of this autliorization up to December 31, 1904.

UNINO NOTES.

The Mercury mineis, situated at Maciel on the Tripuhy, State of Minas Geraes, are l)eiiig actively worked. - Large quantities of quick- silver, cinnabar, and gold have been found. Also monazitic sands con- taining a large percentage of thorium.

A monazite deposit has been recently discovered in the municipal district of Iconha, State of Espírito Santo.

THE SUGAR TtniJJBTKT.

IFrom lhe ■ BuMIn 'k la Socii'lail 'If Famfnto fíibril." So. 1Ï.]

The soil and climate of Chile indicate that the sugar industry would prosper in the Republic, if pi'Oi>ei-ly exploited, not only to the extent of supplying the domestic needs of the nation with that important product of prime necessity, but also in such quantities as would leave a considerable surplus for export t« foreign markets. The sugar beet is one of the tubers that flourishes most luxuriantly in the lands of the central zone of the Kepublic. In addition to the natural adapta- bility of the soil and climate of Chile for the growth of this tuberous root, the country also possesses deposits of nitrate and guano which are recognized to he the best and most appropriate fertilizers in the cultivation of this highlj' saccharine-producing tubercle.

Unfortunately the cultivation of the sugar beet has not been suffi- ciently extended, due perhaps to circumstances foreign to the industry itself, and at the present time there are only two factories in the coun- try capable of extracting and refining sugar from the sugar beet. One of these, situated at Guindois, has not been in operation since 1890, ' owing to the lack of the raw materials, cau-^ed by the failure of the proprietor thereof to continue on his plantation the cultivation of the sugar beet. The other installation is at Pari'al, and is owned by a cor- poration having a capital of 1,. 500, 000 pi-nw. Until January last this

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factory only produced brown sugar, which it delivered to the reâoery at Penco, but since the date mentioned new and adequate machinery has been introduced and the refíning ia now done in the establishment itself. The production of beet sugar in this factory, during the last four years, was as follows:

ClR«oiBug«r.	IKOO.	IM!. 1	I90I.	lt03.
	KOot, 11'	KlUn. IS	KOot. iM.esn\ «,7Í8 fl.tófl	KUai.
	4»8.79I(	I	216, IMi
	'

In 1903 the factory at Parral (Membrillo) did not pi-oduce raw sugar, inasmuch as the board of directors decided not to devote their lands to tlie cultivation of the sugar beet, and as sugar beets are not grown in the vicinity, the factory waa without the raw material with which to work.

There are two i-efinerics in the Republic. One of these is at Viña del Mar and the other at Penco. Both belong to corporations. They use raw sugar imported from Peru, with the exception of a small quantity already mentioned, which is supplied to them by the factory at Parral (Membrillo). Raw sugar pays an import duty of 6.50 pemos per 100 kilograms. The imports of raw sugar in 1902 aggregated 41,397,378 kilograms, vahied, approximately, at i,lZ9,1Z% pesos. The quantity of white or granulated sugar imported during the same period amounted to 162,395 kilograms, of an estimated value of 24,358 pesos. Sugar of the latter class is sold in the country in the form in which it is imported, and is subject to a duty of 11.40 pesos per 100 kilograms. The imports of refined sugar during the same period amounted to 1,646,930 kil<^rams, valued at 329,389 pesos. Refined sugar pays a duty of 14.35 ^«m per 100 kilograms. The total imports of sugar in 1902 consisted of 43,206,723 kilograms, valued, approxi- mately, at 4,493,485 jwwos.

The sugar refinery at Viña del Mar has a capital of 4,667,666 pesos, gold, of a value of 18 pence. The production of this refinery for the ten years is given below:

Kllogmn..,		Kllogr.n.1
11,861,203	1899	18,968,186
13,174,530	1900	20,479.0»3
13,273,210	1001	21,096,295
14,292,867 16,470,310
1903	24,285,419

The averse dividends paid to the sliareholders during the ten years mentioned were lOi per cent annually on the capiUl invested.

The refinery at Penco i» not a.s old as is that of Vena del Mar. It has a capital of 3,000,000 pesoê, gold, of a value of 18 pence. The production of this refinery* for ten years has been as follows:

Kllocrama.

Í8M 4,444,428

8,311,522

7.346,970

8,957,902

10,115,360

1899 10,123,763

1900 19,921,722

1901 10,588,419

1902 11,324,001

1903 12,982,632

In 1902 and 1903 this company paid an average annual dividend to its stockholders of 9^ per cent on the capita) invested.

A recapitulation of the production of the refineries together with the imports in 1902 shows that the total consumption of sugar in the Republic in 1903 aggregated 37,573,310 kilograms, or an equivalent of 11,838 grams per inhabitant, estimating the population of Chile at 3,178,783 persona, the number given in the "Statistical Synopsis" for 1903. The average price of sugar in the Republic ¡n 1902 was 43 cents per kilc^ram.

OtTSTOKS BEOBIPTS OF laUiaUX, HOVBHBE&, 1904.

The ''Chilian Times," of December 17, 1904, states that the receipts of Iquique custom-bouse for the month of November, 1904, amounted to $4,084,612.41, showing an increase of $292,310.72 over the receipts during the corresponding month of last year.

The receipts in detail were as follows:

	Percent.	V«lue.
	i w «0 K> 40	««01Î.8Ï
	«7,a2&.(IO

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COLOMBIA.

«OONOMIO CONDITIONS IN 1804.

The L'liited States Constilur Agent at Quibló, Republic of Colombia, has forwarded to the Department of Conmierce and Labor of the United .States a report outlining the general ceonomic conditions pre- vailing throughout the country in 1904. He states that the election of Gen. Kafaei. Reyes to the Preaideney of Colombia has caused widespread satisfaction, and it is believed that he will carry out his programme of peace and progress on assured lines. The natural results of the confidence in the Governruent, even by former political enemies of President Reyes, is trade extension and the development of new industries. In the Chocó region the imports and expoii^ liave increased to such an extent as to tax to the utmost the existing trans- portation facilities, which will have to be gi-eatly increased on the opening of mule roads, now under construction, to the neighboring department of Antioquia and the north of the Cauca Valley. It is therefore advisable for American manufacturers i\nd exporters to keep theii- attention fixed on Colombia — a rich country whose inhabitants, aftei- passing through the crucible of civil war and its attendant semi- anarchic conditions, are determined to place their Republic in line with modern progressive nations.

Although the United States is favored geographically and by exist- ing lines of communication, Germany is a great competitor. The Germans, besides having agencies established in most of the trade centers, send out by far the Iwst traveling men that come to South America; men who. I>esides knowing their lines to perfection, are masters not only of their own language, but of English and Spanish, and what is still more essential are prepared to give from six to twelve months' credit.

American goods by their superior quality are undoubtedly the favor- ites. The stamp of an American maker is regarded as a guamnty. One of the principle Quibdó merchants was recently very much incensed at having dispatched te him by a New York catalogue house tools with a German mark on them. He complained that if he. had wanted German goods he would have sent his order to Hamburg, and that buying from an American catalogue he naturally expected Ameri- can make. Such things as this may deflect valuable trade.

Regarding the printing of catalogues, it should be borne in mind that for distribution in the Tropics, where the atmosphere is very humid, they should always be printed on paper without sizing or filled glaze; otherwise, they are likely to reach their destination all stuck together and absolutely worthless.

In the Chocó, gold mining continues to be tlie principal interest. At present the output is mostly from small placers worked by negroes.

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who also are very proficient in diving to tbe river bottom when the occasional droughts enable tlicm to reach the pay strake and fill their bateas with the gold and platinum bearing gravel. Tbe results ob- tained by the gold-dredging enterprises now established here are such as to place beyond question the prosperous future of this industry when the modern dredges now being arranged for are placed at work. Great interest is also manifested in quartz mining, as the Davaiba mine has been recently fitted up with five small wooden steel-shod stamps and is said to l)e clearing ovei- $10») a day. This mine is located on the cordillera between the headwaters of the And^ueda and Atrate rivers. Here is an immense stretch of untrodden ground, where, judging from the richness of the river beds below, many valuable discoveries ought to be made.

Señor Modesto Garcrs, former president of the State of Cauca, and now special engineer for the National Government, is examining the extensive coal deposits on the Pacific slt^e with a view to asking bids for their exploitation.

Important as is the gold mining of the Chocó, its supremacy is being disputed by the rubber industry. Cultivated trees are now producing about a ton of rubber a day. Most of the negro farmers arc planting rubber in u small way, and the total is very large. Formal planting on a lai^e scale is being carried on at a number of plantations, as Yau- kolomba, La Maria, Salaquf, Beí>aríí, and Tangui. The practice here is to cut the bark lightly with the machete, so as not to pass to the wood; the cut fills up with gum, which coagulates, and is gathered the following day. Careful growers cut but a small portion at a time, so fts to avoid weakening the tree, but can repeat the operation every two weeks or month, as desired. The strips, called "chaza," are gathered from the gashes and rolled together, and bring about 75 cents a pound in the New York market. Trees as yoiuig as 3 years are bled in some cases, but it is preferable to allow them to grow undisturbed for two years longer. Cultivated nibber here does not produce as much at a cutting as wild rubber, but the annual product is at least as great.

Cotton growing is being pushed in the Chocó. In the departments of Magdalena and llollvar cotton growing is an established industry and is being rapidly extended. It is estimated that there are about 3,000,000 acres adapted to raising Colombian cotton, whose staple is so long as to bring higher prices in Manchester, when picked clean, than the sea- i si an d cotton.

During the past year the sawmill and wood-working plant at Quibdó haa been greatly extended. ' A sawmill of American make has been installed at Sautatá, one has been ordered for Titumati, and it is prob- able that other.? will be installed in the near future at various points in the Chocó, so that this region will soon be shipping hard woods of the many excellent classes that abound here.

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New Orleans capitalists who have made a SDCcess in the Beaumont fields are arraoging to make a tliorougb test for fuel oil at Arboletes, on tbfi Atlantic coast, where there is a spring that babbles a heavy oil. English capitalists hold extensive noncegsions for oil on tracts where there is considerable showing; they now have a driller oo the ground, and are confident of good results.

Banana planting is being extended in the Gulf of Urabá, and al»o near Santa Martha. The fruit is excellent, and it is expected that this will become one of the important industries of the country.

There are enormous stretches of land in various sections of the Colombian coast regions covered with pita and other fibrous piant«. Dr. Mario Lara Cobdoba, the well-known biologist and explorer, declares that this is one of the most immediate possibilities for develop- ment that can bo found. The fibers are now prepared in many places entirely by hand for material for fishing lines and nets and coffee sacks.

As Cartagena is the principal shipping port, not only of Chocó, but of all Colombia, its sanitation and material progress are of general interest. The construction of an aqueduct to supply pure water in place of the fetid wells and «poradic rain supply has been advocated so earnestly that it is apparently about to become a fact. Capital is said to have been secured from Germany, and the engineering work is now in progress.

Cliicago capitalists are said to have arranged to locate at Cartagena a meat-packing plant, to cost $1,500,000. Despite the recent revolu- tion, 500,000 head of cattle have been shipped to Cuba in the last two years, and the supply is almost inexhaustible.

According to a decree issued by the National Government od November 2, bids are asked for the construction of a cable or wireless system connecting the coast cities and foreign service. Buenaventura, on the Pacific, is the only Colombian city now having cable service.

President Retes's programme lays special emphasis on railway con- struction, the greatest need of the country. There are only a few shoii lines now existing, but most of these pay well, although render- ing inadequate service. Kailways to the mintngand coffee districts of Antioquia and the Cauca will regenerate and infinitely extend these industries.

Perhaps the best way of judging confidence in the present Colom- bian Government is to compare the prices of public-land warrants. Last .spring these could be obtained in the open market as low as 2^ cents for 2.47 acres. The latest quotation from the interior is 30 cents, while large owners in Cartagena refuse to sell at less than 40 cents, and some declare that they will not sell at less than a dollar, which price they believe will be reached in the near future. All Colombia noedu for prosperity is peace, and that appears assured.

VAIiUX OF TBADE WITH TSE VmXBD STATES, 1860-1004.

Ye»r ending June»- Hf^i

	V^-'al
	i'»!2?
	&.S37,3H
	fl,«fl8,S71

*, 441. 972

ilesi'iTo

S, 171. 456

tolwnbi»"

Importa Colomblft.

In a recent report, the United States consul at Barranquilla, Ck)- lombia, calls attention to the fact that there has been a steady increase in imports into Colombia from the United States. American mer- chandise is, as a rule, preferred, provided the prices are right and the goods properly packed, so as to reduce the duty as much as possible.

Of late American houses have shown a desire to extend their busi- ness in Barranquilla. One great advantage possessed by American exporters over European firms is that of proximity. An order placed in New York, for example, frequently brings the goods into Rirran- quila in four weeks, whereai* an order sent to Europe does not have returns for a much longer time, frequently four months or even more.

The consul further states that there is an opening ¡n this part of Colombia for several American products, such as beer, wines, and cigars, none of which are to be found in the market at present. Only German beer is imported, and none is made in Colombia, although large quantities are consumed in Barranquilla. French, Spanish, Italian, and some German wines are the only kinds imported. A better quality of cigar than that now sold in Barranquilla could be imported from the United States and put on the market at the price asked for imported cigars.

During the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904, there was a large increase over the preceding year in the exports from the consular district of Bammquilla to the United States, amounting to 12,153,723. The fol- lowing is a list of the principal goods entering into this export;

Anides.	Vtíoe.	ArUclt».	V«lue.
Bal	Í8.7Í0 8, «0,88» 10»; SM 6s.no	CowhMc	•890,791 80.810
	4,T&1,ISS

352 INTERNATIONAL BUBEAÜ OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

The totui value of the exports for the preceding year was $3,603,416. About (>0 per cent of the tottti exports of Colombia go to the United States. The natural resources of the Kepublic are unsurpassed, and their development can not be said to have yet b^iin.

Much attention is now being given to the mining of gold, especially in the State of Antioquia. A large number of AmerioAns are now engaged in mining in that region, and very large returns may be expecteJ. All miners who have been on the field report a targe dis- trict exceedingly rich in gold, covered by both quartz and alluvial deposits.

There are in Colombia many thousands of acres of rich land, abso- lutely uncultivated, on which all tropical products can be grown, and much of tbi.s land is easily accessible.

American money is now the basis for nearly all transactions in this part of Colombia. AUinvoices certified at this consulate are now made out in American money, and it is not at all likely that the Colombian paper currency will ever again be used in invoices.

[From tlie"Wario Oficial,- No. IÏ22Î.]

The Congress of Colombia decrees:

Article 1. Permission is hereby given to the Government as well as to private persons to freely stipulate in all kinds of contracts, or in civil or commercial transactions, any kind of money, either domestic or foreign, gold or silver, but the bank notes of the State conserve their liquidating power, so that debtorsof sums of money, even though the amounts be payable in domestic or foreign coin, can liquidate their obligations by paying same in the money stipulated or in bank notes of the State equal in value to the subject matter of the contract calculated at the current price in the respective market at the time of making the payment.

The relation between the bank notes of the State and any other money that ma}- be the subject of agreement shall be fixed in each case by the courts and tribunals of justice, after duly considering the evi- dence presented.

Art. 2. The stipulations for the payment of gold or silver, made under law 33 of 1903, regardless of the national or foreign money agreed upon sliall be complied with in accordance with the stipulations agreed upon by the contracting parties, and shall be considered as rep- resenting the net amount and are enforceable.

Art, 3. Documents stipulating the payment of gold or domestic or foreign coin shall be interpreted as expressing net amounts, and there- fore, provided the other conditions referred to in article 1012 of the Judicial Code exist, are enforceable.

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COSTA RICA. 358

If the debtor, on being notified of the execution, should offer legal tender notes in payment thereof, the value shall be iixed in coin m accordance with the provisions of article 1.

If the debtor does not pay the appraÏBcments of the goods attached, payment shall be made in lawful money, and the equivalent between coin and the bank notes of the State shall be determined at the time of making the payment to the creditor, as provided for in article 1.

COSTA RICA.

Mr. URANvnxE G. Aheb, consul from Costa Rica at Portland, Oregon, writes as follows in the "Bulletin of the Chamber of Com- merce" of that city for December, 1904, with reference to the possi- bilities of trade development between Costa Rica and the west coast of North America, with special reference to Portland:

"Between Portland and the Spanish-American countries of Central and South America there should be most intimate commercial and social relations. They both border on the great Pacific Ocean, which is speedily destined to become the great theater of the world's com- merce. They are each lich in native resources and production, each capable of furnishing to the markets of the other that which it does not produce, and which it most needs.

"Of all the Spanish-American countries, Costa Rica, from its loca- tion, its natural and artificial productiveness, and the solid character and worth of its people, presents tlie most inviting field for commer- cial and social relations. Its soil is unsurpassed by that of any country in the world. It embraces the low, rich, alluvial lands of the seacoast and river valleys, with the hot and humid climate of the Tropica, and the elevated plateau, with a soil composed of volcanic ash of gi-eat depth and richness, possessing a perfect drainage, and an abundant supply of the best water. The climate of this plateau region is the most delightful in the world. It is healthful, mild, and dry, with slight variations of temperature during the entire year. It is never hot and never cold, frost being unknown, the temperature ranging between 65° F, and 75° F. during the year. Here are found ideal conditions of human life, perennial summer and sunshine, magnificent scenery, the purest of water drawn from the eternal snows of the loftiest mountains and volcanoes of the earth, perfect health condi- tions, no malaria, consumption, yellow fever, or other enemies to human life, hot mineral springs, unexcelled by the most famous ones of Europe and America for their health-giving properties, and an old, established, and polished civilization. The population numbers about

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854 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMEBICAK BEPUBUCS.

310,000 i>eopte, mostly the desceudants of the best of the old Spanish mee, there being "but few desceodantâ of the native and negro races. The area is about 22,000 square miles. So much in brief for the social side. The commercial side is not less inviting.

" The total imports of Costa Rica for the year 190S wei-e $4,889,659. Of this amount the United States imported $2,454,8ã6 in value, the United Kingdom, il,054,707, and Germany, $540,827. The relative percentage of increase of imports from the "United States is gradually increasing. The principal exports from Costa Rica are coffee, bananas, sugar, beans, rice, and cacao. Besides, tiie forests abound in the finest - of woods for ñnishing and furnishing purposes. Coffee and bananas are the great staple products. Coffee raising has long been regarded as the most profitable form of agriculture, and the Costa Rica coffee ranks high among the best coffee of conunerce. The cultivation of bananas has increased during recent years. Twenty steamers are now engaged in the transportation of tmtutnas between Port Limon, on the east coast, and New Orleans and the Atlantic ports of the United States, each steamer carrying from 12,000 to 20,000 bunches of this fruit.

*^ Because of the proximity to the United States and the close rela- tions of friendship existing with this country we are enabled to surpass all countries in our trade with the people of Costa Rica. On the other hand, Oregon especially has for export what they most need — ^ffour, salmon, meat products, tmd fruits of the temperate zone — in endless supply, as well as lumber and the products of our machine shops.

''Costa Rica, because of its proximity to Panama, will surely profit in an unexampled degree by the construction of that great waterway. This will greatly enlarge both its export and import trade, and there is no reason why Portland and the Pacific coast States should not secure and hold a proi>er share of this business. Costa Rica coffee and bananas are unsurpassed by those of any country, and this market consumes large quantities of these products. For the most part they come by the way of New Orleans and the overland transcontinental railways, but they should come by direct water shipment to this port. At present there is no such communication, and there never has been. The business of this port with these South and Central American countries has been transacted through San Francisco commissioD houses, which has necessitated a resbtpment of goods from that port, with additional cost of transportation and commissions.

" This port should export and import its full share of the merchan- dise to and from all foreign I^cific points. To accomplish this regu- lar lines of steamers should ply between the Columbia River and all other Pacific coast ports of the United States and the Pacific porta of Central and South America. So far the direct communication between Portland and Costa Rica and other Spanish-American ports has beeo

COSTA BICA.

S55

nothing, because there has been no means of direct transportation. But now the aocial and commercial conditions are ripe for an adrance in this respect. The bosiness 19 growings to great proportions, the people are friendly and desire to trade with us, and we with them.

"GoTernmental conditions in Costa lUca are admirable. A late report from President E^squitel, of that country, states: 'That there does not exist in the office of foreign relations any foreign claim, und that fact furnishes us with a rare instance of moderation and respect for public international law.'

" It is to be hoped that the merchants of Porthind will cultivate this fruitful field of commerce, and that our people, when in quest of social diversion, rest, recreation, and health will not pass by this nearer but equally interesting and more healthful resort for the better known and more remote ones of Europe."

CUSTOHS BXOEZFTS, 1904.

iUceiplf from the cuttom-koate» /ron April to Deeembtr. [From " La Gatxla" of January 13. 1905,]

Curtom-bouao.	Rocelpta for the nine monib*.	¡monlhs.	..,«-.	Decteaw.
L.-ÔN.	2«:764.M S'i.3i«.M «14.S6».«1 2«.«	CvUmet. 4^600:00 30, 000. CO 40 000.00 III 226.00	(btono. 8JÏ.41	Colmai.
	3,oi4.ar 87' m «I ' 2S.9Í
	711.702.32	«9», SOO. 00	I2S,Cr7S.M
	41)432! Í I ■n'.m.ia l,8*2,«!8,C6	1,300.00 45,000.00 1,363! 750. 00
	,S;S
Total	l,8iO,280.J3	1, 561,*». 00	B,6».0g	11,173.66
	I, «9*8 354. TSl!» e,no!w »,M0.S3	lis -««is 'iffiS		J.W.K
		3,841.13
	29». 014. 87	3IS,600-00		17,485.13
	ea.44«.T5 22:017.92 Ï.24I.M I,ttlS.70 i.eMiîi	fiO.ODO.OO «.WO. 00 2.700.00 1,1100.00	8,44G.IS 4,017.»
	472!»
	7,600.00
	»7, 478.1»	H», TOO; 00	13,002.13

S56 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN RBPCBLIC8,

RECAPITULATION.

DeBcIt a» compBreil with bui^-

LI mull.	Principal.	Pu„..r.n«.	Otbrrruii-	TOUI.
CWnm-i, e«a,Ma.oo 791,702.00 96,aH.Ï2	1.IW1,KH.09 1,M0,λ.«	(Hhaa. Sia,MO.D0 IM,014.87	BO, TOO, 00 7:77»; IB	Oobrntf. Z, ««4. 500. 00 Î,74A 475.71 88,976.71
1,519.17	17,486.13

TBASE DBTELOFMXNT OF THE KEPUBUO.

The United Statcij Department of Commerce and Xiabor recently compiled uouie figares showing the trade of Cuba with the Uaited ¡states. The exports of Cuba during the calendar year 1904 amounted to $T4,tldO,992, against $57,228,291 in 1903, showing an increase of nearly 118,000,000, or 31 per cent.

The total imports from the United Stat^ü during the same period were valued at $32,644,345, against $23,5lM,417 ¡n 1903, an increase of $9,139,928, or 38.9 per cent, for the calendar year 1904.

The following table indicates the exporta to and imports from the United States in the calendar vears 1890 to 1904:

Ycr	. Exporte.	ImpnrlK.	Year.	Export*.	Impoiti.
SW	fl8.3».493 ' 14.464,469 ' 7,296:613 ■ B.»8,S15	em S 903	(18.821,517 81,747.22» sss f.'SS	_
*^	' 69,278,611	iSVSl
		82,W4,846

The exports from Cuba to the United States during the first six months of 1904 amounted to $53,109,619, against $36,046,328 ¡n the corresponding months of 1-903, an increase of 47.3 per cent. The export-i from Cuba to all countries increased from $44,120,812 in the first aix months of 1903 to $60,033,227 in the corresponding period of 19U4, a growth of 36.1 per cent, while to countries other than the United States Cuba's exports fell from $H,074,484 in the first half of 1903 to $6,923.608 in the corrc'jpondlng months of 1904, a decrease of 14.2 per cent.

The table which follows shows the trade of Cuba with the principal countries of the world during the fii-st si.\ months of 1904 compared with the corresponding months of 1903. The figures are those of the Cuban Government, including gold and silver with merchandise:

DOMINICAN RKPUBLIC.

	Bin moDthn inded June	Counlrte».	BEX monlha ended June
	im.	19«.	im	ISW.
	fis, AM. en 2.24S;i67 1.800,118 l,IM3,U& ¿£S 260. om as »7.19K 121,927 168.481 H1.83S 121,106 as 4M, MS	115, 416, «B 8,807,480 a;oM.»M S, 337,081 2; Ma; 223 SlS^ltT S:S 377,2GB 28», 01s 286, 2K II las, 46»		773.877 "li C3.e04 4. MS B,»10
s^r^'"^""	UdILhI Kingdom	'■SÎS
		"Î
		.- S
		!1«
Sweden ind Norway...
Argentine Republic Alfolhercounlrte*	Alfotlier EouStriMJ."!	»,*T7	■ .IS
	3a.«8,M2	89,S72,lfiS	ti,IW,8K

DOMINICAN KEPTJBLÏO. ■'

TBADB AND EOONOUC OONpiTIOl^S.. , . .. , , ,, t

The foreign commerce of Strnto Doniin^o amounts to betweeVt $8,000,000 and $9,000,000 per annum, according to a statement recently prepared by the United States Department of Commerce and L^hor^ of which about one-hatf is conducted with the United States. The imports amount to about $3,000,000 per annum and the exporta between $5,000,00(> and $6,000,000 annually. The exporta of 1901, thé latest complete available year, a.^ .shown by tlie " Statesman's Year Book','" amounted to $2,986,921 in United States currency, and the exports in. that year $5,324,023. In 190tJ the imports were $3,233,000 and the exports $6,006,000, the exports for 1900 showSug the largest total dur- ing a considerable term of years. Of the imports of 1901 about il percent was from the United States, and of the exports a little more, than 54 per cent was sent to the United States.

Sugar forms the largest total in the value of articles imported into the United States from Santo Domingo, the figures of 1902 showing a total import into the United States from Santo Domingo of $2,553,470, of which $2,061,977 was sugar. In 1903 the total value of mer- chandise imported into the United States from Santo Domingo was $2,883,676, of which $2,107.-lá8 was sugar, $311,513 cocoa, $127,191 bananas, $96,300 bides and skins, $86,3$.S unmanufactured wood (chiefly cabinet wood), $20,864 coffee, and $20,425 dyewoods. Of tha total exports of Santo Domingo, sugar is the most important article in value, while coffee, cocoa, bananas, mahogany, logwood, and tobácea arc also considerable items in the export trade.

Bull. No. 2—05 9 .-. ,

358 INTERNATIONAL BOEIAO OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Cottons, hardware, aiul provisions form the priDcipal items in the five or six million dollars' worth of foreign merchandÍM annuallj imported into Santo Domingo. Of this importation, of from $5,000,000 to $6,000,000 annually, the United States supplies about 47 per cent, in 1903, the latest year for which detailed statements aro available, cotton cloths formed the largest sinj^Ie item in value of imports from the United States, the number of yards being 5,884,337, valued at $307,390, while to this should be added $20,470 of '*otber cotton manufactures." Breadstuff» were also a considerable item, flour amounting to $185,590, and other breadstuffs to $15,774.

There has been a steady increase in the sales of cotton goods to Santo Domingo. In 1893 the quantity of cotton cloths imported from the United States amounted, in round terms, to 1,500,000 yards; ¡n 1898, to 2,642,000 jai-ds, while in 1903 the total was 5,884,337 yarda.

Iron and steel manufactures also formed a very considerable item, the total imported from the United States amounting to about $130,000, of which the largest single item was wire, $30,000; builders' hardware, $15,000; steam engines, $14,000; machinery of a miscellaneous char- acter, $33,000, and all other iron and steel manufactures, $39,000. Leather and its manufactures imported from the United States in 1903 amounted to $44,496, against $8,692 in 1893. Illuminating oil amounted in 1903 to $59,644, against $23,707 in 1893. Provisions also form an important item in tlie Import trade to the Republic, the total from the United States in 1903 being $109,000, of which about $40,000 was lard, $lij,000 tallow, $13,198 bacon and hams, $4,154 cheese, and $12,968 butter. Soap imports from the United States in 1903 were $40,862, against $12,2T0 in 1897 and $1,1T9 in 1S93. Wood and manufactures thereof also form a considerable item in the imports from the United States, the total in 1903 amounting to $56,000.

The table whicli follows shows the value of the commerce of Santo Domingo with the United States at five-vear intervals from 1884 to 1904:

	Fiscal year.	! Eiporti.	!«,«.. ;	n™.ly«.r.	\ Exports.	ImporW.
	1. ISO. 01 « 1,768, «02
				i.míItm

The following table shows tlie value of the total importa and total exports of Santo Domingo from 1890 to 1901, the figures being from the "Statesman's Year Book:"

	Year.	ImporU.	E.„™.	Year.	Import!.	EiporU.
			3, 7.10, «00 Î.KHO.OOO 1.7«4,0m 2,1(19,00(1		8,107,000 .133,000 .887.000 !	lii ass

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. 859

About 50 per cent of the commerce of the island, both in imports and in e}fportã, is with the United States. The remaining 50 per cent is chiefly with the European countries — England, Gennany, France, and Spain — and in smaller proportions with Cuba, Mexico, and South America. England supplies the largest proportion of the imports, aside from those drawn from the United States, a considerable element along the coast being an English -speaking population. English, French, and Spanish are the principal languages of Santo Domingo, English and French being especially spoken along the coast, while in the interior Spanish is the principal vehicle of communication. The population is chiefly of mixed Spanish, Indian, and negro blood, with some of pure African descent, and a comparatively few whites. The total population of the Republic is estimated at the present time at about 500,000, that being somewhat loss than the official estimate of 610,000 made in 1888.

The population of Santo Domingo is much less than that of the Republic of Haiti, which ociupios the remaining portion of the island of Haiti, although the area of Santo Domingo is much greater tlian that of Haiti. The area of Santo Domingo is estimated at 18,045 square miles, against 10,204 square miles in Haiti, which occupies the western end of the island, while Santo Domingo occupies the eastern portion of the island, its easternmost point being but about 75 miles west of the most westerly point of Porto Rico.

While production at the present time is comparatively small, and confined chiefly to sugar, coffee, cacao, l>ananas, mahogany, and log- wood, its possibilities of production are considered very great at such time as the interior may be opened by railwaj's and roads. An authority on tropical America says that the island "excels nearly all others in the world in natural fertility and diversity of climate." At present the railways of the island have a total length of about 300 miles, and are chiefly on the northern coast extending inland from Samana Bay, one of the finest natural harbors of the West Indies, while another line extends westwardly from Santo IXimingo, the capital of the Republic, about 100 miles along the southern coast of the island.

COHICEBCS WITH GBKHAHT IN 1903.

IFrom the " Úorrla Qifcúil " ul Janu>r>- 2, 19K. J

Dominican products were exported to Germany in 1903, to the value of 7,043,000 marks. The German exports to the Dominican Republic in the same year aggregated a value of 875,000 marh". The exports from the Dominican Republic to Germany during the year mentioned were in detail as follows.

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860 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN BEPÜBLIOS. Uartt. I Mart

Cacao 3,241,000

Tobacco 2,353,000

Wax 368,000

Hiiien 340,000

Coffee 335,000

The imports ioto the Dominican Republic from Germany in 1903 are ishown ill the following taWe:

Miscellaneous	114,000
Total	7,043,000

Rice 301,000

Beer .*. 107,000

lAai£fyea 55,000

Cotton hosiery 42, 000

Kwlway care of a value lees than 1.000 marks each 40,000

Taking tlie figares corresponding to the year 1902, and comparing them with thoi!»e resalting in the year 1903, the following results are obtameá:

CuUery 30,000

Chinaware 30,000

Miscellaneous 270,000

Total 875,000

Vcar.	eiporled lo Oennany.	as. ■Sit
	7.ws.boo fi.esg.ODO	Warkf.
	f i,ms,oTO	a». 000
	Î.Î per cent.
The exports in the following Dominican pi-oduct as compared with 1902:	s inci-ease	d in 1903
Producl.	Vslne, 1ÏQJ.	^ir-
	mooo Xfô.OOO	'"Sí;».»

No decrease worthy of note occnri-ed in any of the Doi productif exported to Germany during 1903. The following German products imported into the Domint4-an Republic inoi'cascd in value in 1903 as compared with the imports of the same articles in 1902:

	Art	•:Ut.	vurue.ieoa.	iwo, ■
			1 Marhi.	Marte.
				i«
			'

The following artíc)«e imported from Gei-many in 1903 showed a decrease in value an compared witli the value of the same imports in 1902:

CouK hsrdwue. ■ .

ECUADOR.

STATE KONOPOLT OF HATCHES, TOBACCO, AMD CXQABBTTE

The '"'' Moniteur OJkiel dtt Commerce" of Janiwry 19, 190&, states that the Congress of the Republic of Ecuador has pat»ed 9> law .e^b- litihing a State monopoly of matches, tobacco,, and cigarette papteiv The governors of provinces are ordered to purchase all existing. stocka of matches and cigarette paper. All consignments, of these goods ordered before the date of the law, November 16, 1904, will be pur- chased by the Government at invoice price plus 10 per cent. Packet» of matches will be stamped and sold in Government establishments only at .18 siia'e each; the retail price hitherto has been 0.20 8<(cre. The price of cigarette paper and tobacco will be fixed by a special decree.

TKASE WITH SAIT 7KANCI8C0 IN 1904.

The following table shows the quantities and valuations of the various classes of merchandise received by the Republic of Ecuador from San Francisco, United States, in 1904:

Article».	Weight.	V»lue,80ld. 10:1».» B,fl3S.M n, 733.91 il 290.00 sai. DO i,z;t>.oo 610. «0 1M.00 «mico iïT.W s». 00 MW.Mt •IK li «gíoo ■5S	AItlcl.n.	Weight.	V«luc,goW.
	KOo,. 2.jai.-2í6 ■••S:S S«,304 ia;5oo S «41 ÍM9 2,191 (z M» ¿OSS a, MS 'S MO «33 75S ),ai8		Kilo». S,2M 3,711 i 1 17« 02 se 30 ,1
	ïïaïl'.T.'l-:::-.::
	Agili-ultumi ûwia
	Cupi«.rjimrkln¿|.'«'c —
	^niplephono(çni|.h
S-^iix:;:;::;::
Tot«l
a,9ai,*iiB	i6ï.So6.H

862 INTERNATIONAL BUBEAD OF THE AMEEICAN EEPUBLIC8.

GUATEMALA.

OOHICEItOIAL INTEBCOITBSE WITH THE FORT OF NEW TOBS.

Dr. JoAQCiN Ybla, Consul-General of Guatemala, furnishes the fol- lowing statistics of exports from New York to Gaut«inala for the calendaryear 1904:

January $57,684

February 49,166

Maivh 63,078

April 106,454

May HODS

June - ^, 56,874

July 43,834 Total.

Augnet $64,838

September 82,666

OcUiber 86,914

NovembtT 60,486

December 70,763

The exports for 1903 amounted to !N07,462, showing a gain for 1904 of $379,193, or nearly 50 per cent. The chief items consisted of machinery, electrical, mining, and agricultural; railroad material, miscellaneous hardware, canned goods, drugs and proprietary medi- cines, drinkables, lubricating and illuminating oil, and cotton goods. Shipments were divided between Puerto Barrios and Livingston {east coast), and San Jose, Ocos, and Champcrioo, on the west coast. The Hamburg-American Line (Atlas Line service) recently inaugurated a new monthly service from New York direct to the east coast ports, which have heretofore been reached only by way of New Orleans. Ports on the west coast are reached from New York by way of Colon and Panama.

CONVENTION WITH SPAIN OONOEBHINO AOASKUC TITI..BS.

"Manuel Estrada Cabrera, Constitutional President of the Re- public of Guatemala:

"Whereas, on September 21, 1903, there was entered into and signed in this capital by plenipotentiaries duly authorized, a Conven- tion concerning the mutual acknowledgment of the validity of aca- demic titles and the incorporation of studies, the tenor of which is as follows:

"The Governments of Guatemala and Spain, with Üio desire of tightening and strengthening the bonds of peace which happily exist between both countries, have agreed to celebrate a Convention con- cerning the mutual acknowledgment of the yalidity of academic titles and the incorporation of studies, and to this end have appointed their plenipotentiaries as follows:

"The Government of Guatenmla appoints LicenciatoJuAK Baeeios M., Secretary of State and of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Republic.

"And the Government of His (^tholic Majesty appointa His Excel-

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lency Pbdko de Cabbebb y Lembeyb, Envoy Extraordinary- and Minister Plenipotcntiarj- of Spain in Central America.

" Who, duly authorized for that purpose, have agreed to the follow- ing articles:

^'Abticle 1. The citizens of both couatrie», who iu either of the signatory States to this Convention, have obtained a title or diploma, issued by a competent national authority, to practice the learned pro- fessions, shall be considered qualified to exercise them in either of the territories.

"AfiT. 2. In order that the title or diploma referred to in the fore- going article be accepted, it is neceatarj :

"1. That it be duly legalized.

"3. That the person presenting it be identified, by means of a cer- tificate issued by the nearest legation or consulate of his country, as the person in whose favor it is made.

"Abt. 3. Citizens of either of the two countries who have been authorize<l to practice a profession in the other country by virtue of the terms of the present Convention, shall be subject to all the regula- tions, laws, taxes, and duties which govern citizens of that country in the matter.

"Aht. 4. Without prejudicing the rights of either Government to mutually communicate with each other concerning the courses of study, or from arranging with each other as to any administrative details that may seem necessary, the branches or subjects studied in one of the contracting States shall be acknowledged in the educational estab- lishments of the other upon complying with the following requisites:

"1. Presentation by the interested party of a duly legalized certifi- cate certifying that said subjects have been approved in an establish- ment whose examinations or certificates of proficiency have official recognition in the State where the studies were pursued.

"2. Presentation of a certificate issued by the legation or consulate neai-est the country to which the interested party belongs, stating that the person named therein is the person in whose favor said certificate has been extended.

"3. Reports of the Board of Public Instruction of Spain, or of the consulting center or educational institution designated for this purpose by Guatemala, certifying the studies required by the national laws, which may be considered equivalent to those pursued abroad by the applicant.

"Aht. 5. It is understood, nevertheless, that the diploma or title issued by the authorities of either of the two contracting countries in favor of one of its citizens, or of a foreign citizen, docs not authorize said citizen to practice in the other country any vocation or profession reserved exclusively to the subjects or citizens of said country by its constitution or laws.

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"Aht. 6. The benefits derived from the prewnt Convention to the citizens of tmth eontracting countries shall be solely applicable to countries speaking the Spanish language, which, in their interior leg- islation or by means of a convention, concede the same advantages to the diplomas or academic titles or professional licenses issued respec- tively by eatih one of them.

"Art. 7. The duration of the present convention shall be ten years, counting from the date of the exchange of the ratifications of the same, and if then it shall not be terminated by either of the contracting partjcs it shall exist for another ten years, and so on successively.

"In witness whereof the plenipotentiaries sign the present conven- ti<m in duplicate, in the city of Guatemala, on the 21st day of the month'of September, 1903.

■ - "JcAN Barrios M.

"Pedro de Carrere y Lembete."'

The foregoing convention was ratified by the Congress of the Re- public of Guatemala on April 26, 1904; was approved by President Estrada on August 24, 1904; the exchange of i-atifications was made on September 8, 1904, and the convention was duly published in £1 Gualtemalteco, the official paper of the Republic, on December 10, 1904.

DtTTIEB ON PABCBLS-POST ZMPOB.TS.

, The Government of Guatemala, according to Consul-Genera Wins- low at (icuatemala City, has rescinded the ord«r imposing a Sf) per ('«nt .additional dnty on all articles i^ent into the country under the parcels- post regulations existing between the United States and Guatemala.

Palace of tiie ExEctmvE Power,

Guattumla, December Õ, 190^. In view of the petition made by the manager of the Urban Railway of Guatemala concerning the modification of article 9 of the act of concessions of November 19, 1902, it is hereby ordered that these con- cessions, as well as the shares of said company', be made assignable in the same manner as they are in other stock companies; and ; Whereas the reasons upon which said petition is based are meri- torious, the more so because the gVowth of the national capital requires a change in the form of said company and an enlargement or extension of the railway, and bearing in mind that said petition is made for the purpose of changing the motive power from animal to electric traction, or some other modem system, within a period of time not to exceed three years: Now, therefore, acting under the advice of the Attorney- General,

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The Prc-ádent of the KepuMic decreos:

1. To gTAnt the ¡"equest made in the aforesaid petition, ciian{;ing the article referred to to read as follows;

'* Akt, !). The concessions granted to the Urban Railway Company of Guatemala are assignable, as are also it^iíihares of stock, in the form prescribed by the existing laws, but neither the concession!; nor the shares of stock shall be assigned to any foreign government, and any question that may arise shall be decided by arbitrators appointed in accordance with the requircmentíí of Che geneml laws; and

"2. This concession in made with the sole and exclusive t>b}oct:of effectuating, within the period of three 3'ears from this-date,va change of motive power from anima) to mechanical traction. If the oontpany should not comply with this condition within tlie time pi'EScribed.it shall pay to the association of public charity a tine of 10,000 ¿>eMos in current funds."

Let it be communicated. . .

HAITI. ' ' ;'

BAILBOAD BNTBKPBIBn. -

United - States Consul Ferris reports from Port au Prince' that the railroad at Cape Haïtien is not yet completed, but the (Jovern- ment has taken over the enterprise and given it some tihancial a^st- ance, and it i» now being pushed forward to completion. It will no doubt stimulate agriculture throughout the rich farming district through which it will pass, and lie the means of rapidly augmenting tl»e prod- ucts of the country for homo consumption as well as for exportation.

The concession lately granted for a railroad altout 100 miles long, extending through a very fertile part of the country from Cionalves to Hinche, is being surveyed and building operation» will soon be com- menced and pushed rapidly to completion. The capital is furnished by a company organized in the United States, and the enterprise will undoubtedly be very successful. The country through which it will pass is very rich and fertile, and has an unlimited supply of tine woods, besides mineral lands rich in copper, gold, silver, and coal, tliat only require means of transportation for their development. The build- ing of this road will soon increase the production of other articles, which alone would furnish sufficient ti-affic in a short time to make a paying investment, as has been the case with the Cul de Sac railroad, extending from Port au Prince to the Salt Lakes, throiigh very rich plains.

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Before the building of the Cul ile Sac road there was scarcely any cultivation on a large acale, for want of facilities for trauaporting the product. The railroad was built under a concession pi-omulgat«d August 1, 1900. Construction began on January 15, 1901, and on March 7, 1903, the last rail was laid. The company issued 1,000 shares of stock of $1,000 each. On October 21, 1901, the company acquired the steam tramway running through the city of Port au Prince, which was iKHight from the original owners by the Government, and trans- ferred to this company for 100,000 in its stock. On the completion of the road it was accepted by the Government. In order to get funds necessary for some urgent impro^'ements of the tramway line, and to extend immediately Bomo parts of the road, and also to secure capital for the tirst year of working, the General Assembly authorized the board of administration to issue $300,000 obligations paying 12 per cent yearly interest. The greater part of the stock and of the obliga- tions are owned by three American citizens.

The length of the tramway is 6i miles, that of the railroad 30 miles; the gauge is 30 inches. Ten locomotives arc employed, and 17 pas- senger cai-s, carrying from iO to CO passengers each; 22 platform cai-s, 6 box cars, and 8 gondolas of an average capacity of 12 to 15 tons.

As before said, the lino crosses the rich and fertile plains of the Cul de Sac, extending to the Salt L<akes. This railroad U the key to all future lines to this city, as under its conce^ision it has the right to extend its lines to Carrefour, to the south, and toCarbaret, tlie entrance door of any railroad from the north of the Island to the capital.' The present company has made plans for extensions to Carrefour, 6^ miles, to Carbaret, l¿i miles, and to Petionville, 6^ miles, in the east.

From the fact that the value of the traffic of the road increased from Í7,675 in October, 1903, to íl5,l(Xt in October, 1904, it may be con- cluded that this Srst railroad undertaking in Haiti will have a fine future.

The Haitian Government lias guaranteed a net interest of 6 per cent for fifty years on a construction capital of $686,000, and for that pur- pose has abandoned to the company a part of the export duties, con- sisting of 20 ccnt^ on each 1,00(^ pounds of cocoa and 20 cents on each 1,000 pounds of logwood. This guaranty covers very largely the 6 per cent of the guarautoed capital.

The principal freights consist of logwood, fustic wood, lignum-vit«, mahogany, wood for fuel, lumber fur the sawmill, cattle, sugar, rum, honey, charcoal, cotton, wax, hides, and all kinds of vegetables and fruits, as well as dry goods shipped to the merchants along the line of the road.

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HONDURAS.

I1KF0BT8 THBOVOB AJEAFAXiA DITKma THX 7IBCAI. TEAB 1903-4.

(Frota "Et KWactodt TfgKttgatpa" ol December 28, 1991,)

Count rj- oí origlu.	P.cli- , Lumber, ■ses. (Feoí.)	Wclgrlit	Involrcd V	1^	^nport
United guií.	\^\	••gss 1,182.36.1	»134.263.«0 lM,n0.1R MÍ ara! 73 ]3.A3I>.7Ú í. 929. 36 '430! 7D 27L26 ísííto	(331 ei9 02
	JW.W5.»
		(720.00
	6S ;	<S.«>
	Í.4.U.ÕÒ 7MW S. 14. M w;9sl:«
		1.M0.11 «M.OO
	2.ÏN
	Ï.9SS.O0	67.09-1.47
	T3,6K[ «.«W	Kfm.m	M6.6K6.D7	12il,9K'A49	t:4, 108. oe

UrTBBNAI. DBBT OF HOMDUKAB.

On December 3, 1903, the Govorninent ovtleveil aa investigation of the internal debt, the result of which shows that on Juiy 31, 1003, it amounted to $3,145,897 silver, equal in United States currency to the sum of $1,258,358. The American Consul at Tegucigalpa in forward- ing the information to his government estimates that thej- should be increased by at least 25 per cent, which would make the internal debt about $1,500,000 gold. The ide» of the Government ¡s to consoli- date this debt and issue vouehei-s for .lame, a certain proportion to be canceled monthly.

He also adds that it would be safe to predict that, if the present administration only enjoys six 3'eats of peace and traaquilitti' (the Presidenta] term), it will have the honor of having greatly reduced the internal debt of the Republic.

MEXICO.

FOBEIOH COHHBBCE IN OOTOBBB, 1004.

According to figures issued by the Statistical Division of the Treasury Department of the Republic of Mexico, the foreign commerce of the Republic for October, 1904, and for the first fonr months of the cur- rent fiscal year, 1904-5, was represented by the following valuations.

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the figures for the correspootüng periods of the preceiJiug year being also given for purposes of comparison:

The total value of importations during the four month» under i-eview was$24,8ã4,4S8.Tl in gold currency, es declared in the cuatonm houses.

The exports for the four months were valued at I|â6, 101,398. 49, showing an increa<ie of $12,6'27,414.71 as compared with the same period of 1D03-4,

The detiiiled imitort» during the four months were as follows:

IMPORTS. [Gold VHliiatlon.]

	Octobcr-	Four m	onlb»-
	19M. ¿357; 834:» 1,0H.^32^.98 2fl8:8M;í9 174;B6t:04 222,780.48	1903. 1471,064.60 1,1SÒ,I>37.» i:m7;204.02 23.% 027. 98 226 998.48 17»7.W.e8 776,9K.Sa 90:918:91 178,848.12	1904-S.	1«»~4.
Anlm»1 mbslancH.	•2,037,380.86 3377 300.92 7,212.006.68 3, 966.32». 24 9S2.999.e7 963,242.82 78». 903.66 ''œslra?:^	n «M 128.17
V«€U,bleiUl»»«™.	?;SÎ::S:?Î
TotBl	7.027.469.98	ft, 886,10196	X8M.4'Jg.71	23,361. 018. U

I0.90 i 24.999,777.24 60.101,896.49

The details of the export trade for the periods under comparison show the following classification and ligures :

	0,-tobe.-	r«.r months
	1904.	1908.	isw-s.	1903-4.
			I44,7S1.00 2,eï7..'io 3,923,3(1^.49 *2.W,7I4.91
	ii.'õõó,õó 7BÍ94t:93
	' «;!73:«6
	H95.SM.05	1.134,522.09	4,228.39(1.90
	■2. 466; WLM 706. 806. «	H. 041, 144. DO 1,4A8,933.67	61.\3'20.00 H. 101.25 16.763,791.66 3,240.781.85
Foreign Kllvtr coll. gilvi'r In iHin BUver ill other türmí..	16.930, W4. 89 4:411:919.2»
T(.l«l«llVlT	3, 2*3, m 99	.■.,204.118.1» |20.MS, 997.36	«2,621.131.68
ÏÏK:::::;::::::::::;:::::::::::::::::;:::;: Othermiiientlproilucu- HeiieniieD, In Hbêr	'i»7:780:00 1.819,911.00 1W,49Î.OO 38.982.00 l,10f.:3fii:41 91. 902.00 MO, 649. 10 Ï9,<B0.47	1,767, 438.6ft 1 H,»l8,73U.8.'i 497,399.80, 2, 137,7». 00 136.664.30 ; S70,rW.24 2.M9:364:00 ' K.M^'.Üm'.IIO lí«,.W,00 601.B14.74 39.241.00 , 333.461.68 20.OfiG.aO , 646.701.00 I.987 893.ft0 4,491 140.31 471,0». 00 1.016.713.00 62.ft,7in.ílO l,7M,ía9.84 M.a33.0D 1 180,171.18 118,000.00 189.00	7,371,862.06 1,868.248.41 712: 73Ó: 80
Othrr vegetable plodut-U	ft,72e,ftia.60 l:S:S:S
	189.031. 31

Following is a i-éaumé of the valuationâ of Moxii^n huports during the periods under comparison with reference to their countries of origin:

	October—	l-,«,m.lh.- ,
	l»Ot.	190!.	!««.	IW»^
	3. «55. 656. «T	«i,IUM,Ml.M 18,B07.iO	46,710.00 Z3.5aa.-J8	4^ 2TO 15
	'^'iSi
Tola!	T,««,«.«|5.sse.mo«	M,S6I,Í28.T1	ï8,î«i,9ia.ii

Following ia a résuma of the valuations of Mexican exports dui;ing' the periods under comparison, with reference to their countriesof destination:

	Oclobei-	FourmmU»- .
	■»•■	lOM-S. ; iWB-1.
	V,*Bl,91».af W1.BSI,6U.M
		64,S83.S0 i.sso;mi.oo
	.iss	«6,«».»0
	»,8m.aa
Total	IO,J56.M6.í6	n.m.Tn.M	M, 101, aos. 48	68,728,818,20

■BAJtSB OF I861TX.

The '^Moniteur Ofcid" of December 22, 1904, publishes a commu- nication, from Mr. Blondel, the French Minister in Mexico, on the Mexican banks of issue, in which he eays that, according to information published in the Mexican newspapers, about twenty banks of issue were established in the Republic during the last seven years.

These banks have extended the cr«dit in the States where they have been established and facilitated the development of industry and agri- culture. Their sphere of action was promptly extended by the crea- tion of agencies and bi-anches in the States of the Republic; but the competition of thc^c banks among themselves has recently resulted in a general meeting of their founders and administrators, at which it was decided that the establishments in question should not create any more t)rancbe8 outside of their respective States.

Among these institutions of credit the Bam-o YiKXiteco occupies first place, with a capital of 8,000,000 pesos. It has only one branch at Campeche. The reser%'e fund of this bank is about 1,600,000 posos.

The Banco Mercantil dit Yucatan, which has recently increased its capital to 4,000,000, has a reserve fund amounting to nearly 1,000,000 pesos. It has no branch.

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The Banco Minero de Chihuahua haa a capital of 5,000,000 peaos. It has branches at Gomez Palacio, Parral, and HermosiUo, and men- eies at EI Paso, Ciudad Juarez, Camargo, and Jiminez. Its reservo fund exceeds 1,100,000 pesos and the last declared dividend was 10 per cent.

The Banco Oriental de Mexico was established four years ago at Puebla and has recently increased its capital to 6,000,000 peaos. It has a branch at Teziutlan. Its circulation already exceeds 3,000,000 pe8<i8 and its reserve 6,000,000.

The State of Nuevo Leon has two banks, the Banco de Xuevo Leon being the first established. Its capital is 2,000,000 peaos and its reserve 370,000 peso». It is the only local bank privileged to issue notes for three times the amount of its cash reserve. It has agencies at Ciudad Porfírio Diaz, Saltillo, Torreón, Viesca, Sierra Mojada, Gomez Palacio, Victoria, and Tampico.

The other bank is called Banco Mercantil de Monterey. It was founded in 1900 with a capital of 2,000,000 j^fiwt, its reserve reaching 162,000 perns.

The Banco d^ Jalisco has increased its capital to 3,000,000 pesos, and its reserve fund amounto to 208,000 pesos. It has agencies at Tepic, Zamora, Zapotlan, and an agency at Puriandiario.

The Banco dc Darango has a capital of 2,000,000 pesos., and its reserve fund is 1 15,000 /»i*08. It has established a branch at Gomez Palacio and an agency at Guenacevi.

The Banco de Coahuila^ with a capital of 1,600,000 pesos, has established brunches at Torreón, Monclova, Ciudad, Poi-firio Díaz, and an agency at Esmeralda. Its reserve fund amounts to 100,000 pesijs.

At Toluca the Banco de Mexico, with a capital of 1,500,000 pesos, has branches at Guaymas and Colima, E^ncies at Hermosillo, Sayula, Alamos, and Culiacan. Its reserve amounts to 500,000 pesos.

With a capital of 1,000,000, the Banco de Sonora was established at Hermosilla, with bi-aaches at Nago, laCunanea, and Chihuahua. The reserve fund is 500,000 pesos.

The Banco de Ilttanajuato has a capital of 750,000 poos. It has established branches at Irapuato, Guadalajara, and Zamora.

The Banco de Zacatecas, with a paid up capital of 600,000 p^os^ has branches at Aguascalientes and Lagos. The reserve fund amounts to 265,000 pesos.

The other local banks founded during the lost three years are: The Banco de Morelos, with a capital of 1,000,000 ^i^cw, and a branch at Acapulcos; the Banco de Tabasco, with 800,000 ^^«oa paid up, and a branch at Pichucalco; the Banco de Tamaidí¿>as, with 700,000 pesos paid up, and a branch at Ciudad Victoria; the Banco de Qveretaro, with 600,000 pesos, and a branch at Irapuato; the Banco de Campeche, with 1,000,000 pei-os, and a branch at Guadalajara; the Banco de

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Michoacan, with a capital of 600,000 pesos, and agencies at Ario, la Piedad, Puraadiaro, Maravatio, and Uni&pam; tíííQ Banco de Chiapas^ with lOQ^yiOO pesos, and Rendes at Tapacbulo, Comitant, and San Cristobal; the Banco de Hidalgo, at Pachuca, witli 500,000 ^jesos, and the Banco de Oaxaca, witii the same capital.

Independently of the local banks herein enumerated, there are agen- cies of the Banco Ifadonal de Mexico in all the principal centers and even in all the cities of average importance.

MEW MONETABT LAW.

The '■'■Diario OJiciaV of December 9, 1904, publishes the following decree relating to the monetary reform in the Republic of Mexico.

"The Congress of the United States of Mexico decrees:

"Article 1. The Executive of the Union is empowered to amend the monetary laws of the Bepublic, determining the kinds of coin that shall be legal tender, the value, weight, fineness, and other characteristics of said coins, their margin, or ' remedy,' both as to mintage and circula- tion, and, in general, laying down such provisions as said Executive may deem necessary to perfect the monetary system and adapt it to the economic necessities of the Republic.

" In the exercise of these powei-s the Executive will conform to the following rules;

"(a) The present silver dollar, containing 24.4388 grams and 10 milligrams of pure silver and 2.6342 grams and 10 milligi-ams of cop- per, will be retained and will be unlimited legal tender. ' "(i) There will be ascribed to this silver dollar a value equivalent to 75 centigrams of pure gold.

"(c) The subsidiary silver coins will contain a smaller quantity of that metal than that which, proportionally speaking, they ought to have on the basis of their token value in terms of Úie^peso (dollar).

"(iZ) These eubaidiaiy coins will not be legal tender for more than $20 in one and the same payment nor will the coins of baser metals be legal tender for more than %X in a single payment; but the Govern- ment will designate offices where private persons may freely secure hard dollars in exchange for subsidiary coins which they may present in amounts of (100 or multiples thereof.

"(e) The mints will not bo obliged to coin the precious metals pre- sented to them; but the issuance of coined money of all kinds will be reserved for the Executive, so that said Executive may exercise this power in accordance with the laws, and on such occasions and in such quantities as they may presciibe.

"Abt. 2. The Executive of the Union is also authorized to adopt the following measures:

"(a) To prohibit or put a tax on the importation of Mexican silver dollars into the territory of the Republic.

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"(Í) To demonetize coioa vbicb it considers desirable to withdraw from circulation.

" {c) To coin for exportation dollars of designs antedating the pres- ent one.

'^((¿) To alter, if found desirable, the design of the present HÍlver dollar.

^'(i") To permit tbe legal circulation, for a limited period, of the gold coins of other nations, at tbe same time fixing tbeir value in Mexican coin, in oa^e the standard ounce of silver in London attain» a value of more than 28i pence.

"(jO To modify the 6scal laws in regard to mining, lightening the aggregate burdens i;rhich are borne by the precious metals in the shape of the 2 per cent coinage tax, the 3 per cent stamp tax, and tbe dues f5r assay, melting, refining, and separation. ■ .'*((7)- To modify the laws which authorize the collection of a tax per claim on tbe title deeds of mines and also the annual tax on mining claims, so as to favor mines producing the precious metals.

"(A) To modify tbe> law of Jane 6, 1887, so as to reduce to 1^ per cent the maximum of 2 per cent which, accruing to the law in ques- tion, is tbe present limit of local taxes on the value of the precious tuetala,-

" (/) To remove or reduce existing import duties on articles destined for use in mining.

"0) To.organize offices which, without loss to tbe public exchequer, will advance money on the value of silver bars, and afford to holders thereof facilities for the sate of said bars on the best possible terms, and, with this end in view, to make suitable contracts in the Republic and abroad.

"(X') To modify civil and mercantile legislation in all matters con- nected with presentations and payments in money.

" {/) To modify the precepts of the banking law which have direct or indirect connection with metallic currency, or which affect tbe instru- menta of credit or transactions in exchange.

"(/¿) To appoint a committee whose functions shall be to regulate tbe monetary circulation, and to accomplish, a.'^ far as possible, stability in the rate of foreign exchange, and to this end the Executive may clothe said committee with such powers as it sees fit, and may also intrust to it the manipulation of a special fund, tbe amount of which will be fixed by the Executive.

"{'/)) To issue all suitable enactments, including such as aim at the suppression and punishment of misdemeanors and offenses connected with the subject-matter of this law; to organize 8er\'ices and establish offices that may be necessary, and to defray tbe expenses needed for any of the purposes hereinbefore set forth; to which end the Execu- tive may suppress or modify the present distribution of offices, their

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personnel, and the appropriations and disbitraements authorized by special laws, or by the budget of expenditure.

"Done in the Palace of the Federal Executive Power, in Mexico, oq December 9, 1904.

" PoRriRio Diaz. " To the Licentiate Jose Y. Limantour,

Secretai-y of Finance and PuhUc Credit.''''

TIHBEB TRADE OF THE BEPUBLIO.

The "South American Journal" of December 24, 19Û4, contains the following information concerning the timber landtj to be found in the Republic of Mexico.

Timber tracts in the northern part of Mexico are not numerou», and the indications are that those that do exist will be exlutusted in a few years. This does not mean, however, that Mexico has not great timber tracts, many of them as yet untouched, and of which even many residents of the Republic are ignorant. Many of these timber tracts are in the southern part of Mexico; but in the State of Durango are lands covered with timber, which the railroad extensions in that district are certain to cause to be developed. When that field is developed, it is prot>abIe Durango and the mountain slopes of Sinaloa will prove to be the lumber supply district for northern Mexico and of a considerable portion of the territory to the south.

An investigation of the timber possibilities of that district has recently been completed by représentatives of the National lines of Mexico. This investigation bos developed the fact that there are now in that district more than 18,000,000,000 feet of timber ready to be cut, and that other immense tracts will be ready for cutting in a few years.

But this lumber will not be placed on the market until more rail- roading has been done in that State. Much of it is in the western part of the State, and just across the border in the State of Sinaloa. Another immense tmct is in the extreme northern jmrt of the State. At present it is impracticable to handle those tracts on account of the distance it would be to get the timber to the railroad. When the Mazatlan extension of the International is built, the western ticld will be tapped, and land in the western part of the State, which is now cheap, may be expected to advance rapidly in value.

According to the data collected by the National lines, however, the extension of any road is not essential at prc.'ient for the marketing of large quantities of lumber. It has been estimated that there are now immense quantities of timber land from 9 to 25 miles from the railroad that will cut from 4,000 to 10,000 feet to the acre. These lands are stocked with long-leaf yellow pine, sugar pine, black pine, oak, madrona, and cedar. To some extent this timl>er is being marketed, BnU. No. 2-05 10

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bat for some reason lombnr dealers prefer to import milUoas of feet annually ioBtead of baadling the home product.

Experte have estimated that tributary to the proposed Mazatlao extenaion, and within 80 miles of Durango, there are 5,368,500,000 feet of COTumercial pine, 278,500,000 feet of hard wood, and 5,473,000 corda of firewood. The tract in the northern part of the State contains 4,800,000 acres, and is estimated to have 10,000,000,000 feet of com- mercial pine ready for cutting and 10,000,000 cords of wood.

It ¡a now possible to buy much of the Durango timber land for 60 cents an acre. The returns from the timber land can be estimated on these things — the valne of the lumber, tbe ralne of tbe firewood or charcoal, and the value of the land after the timber is cut. The latter is a variable quantity. iSome of the land is excellent farming land; but other tracts are not so good for agricultural purposes; yet there is none of it so poor that it will not make good cattle-grazing land.

Tbe charcoal that could be produced from these timber lands is a feature the ordinary lumberman thinks little about. Yet it is one of the great sources of possible revenue. The demand for charcoal throughout the Republic is almost unlimited, and tbe demand in Durango is as great as, and perhaps greater than, in most States. Much charcoal is used at the Durango smelter, and there tbe price paid is from fid to $£0 a ton. The prices paid at other smelters and industrial plants in Mexico are as great. This demand for charcoal makes it possible for the timber owner to utilize practically every twig and branch of his trees.

Men who are alreadj' engaged in the lumber business ¡n Mexico are using two methods for getting the yield of their land. One is to hire their laborers on a wage basis, and the other is to let the work by con- tract. In most cases it has been found that the latter method is, on the whole, more of a success.

It is a common statement that tiie lumber business in Mexico is not a paying investment, because of the great quantities of stone used in construction. Doubtless this fact does cause a smaller sale of Iranber, but that there is a demand for lumber that Mexico could satisfy, bat is not satisfying, is indicated by the fact that in one year the Inter- national Railroad handled through Eagle Pass 2,885 cars of American lumber. The most of this was pine.

CONVENTION WITH SPAUT FOR THE PBAOTIGS OP LIBXBAI.

The "7>i(iro Oficial'^ publishes the text of the agreement between tbe (iovernments of Mexico and Spain, that was signed recently, in regard to tlie exercise of liberal professions in both countries.

The first article says: "The subjects of each one of the high-con- tracting parties may exercise in the territory of the other the profes-

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8Íon to which they may have been admitted by diploma or title granted by a competent authority in their country."

The diplomas are to be duly leji^ized and certified to by the respective Secretaries of Public Instruction.

The aj^reement will be in force for five years.

According to the "Sisal Hemp Bulletin" issued monthly by O. Molina & Co., Yucatán, the total shipments of henequén (sisal hemp) from the ports of Progreso and Campeche during 1904 amounted to 627,700 bales. Progreso, which is the principal point of export for this commoditj', shipped 60Õ,2+6 bales, and Campeche, 22,454 bales.

The following table shows the destination of the shipments quoted, it being worthy of note that the various ports of the United States received by far the greater share of the totol, or 617,640 bales:

TeïaaCity 30,945

Peneacola 8,234

lela de Cuba 8,010

Great Britain 1,950

Germany 100

New York 167,524

BoHton 160,001

New OrleanB 114,394

Mobile 104,030

Galveston 32,512

WKABF CONBTBUOTION CONCESSIONS' HODIFISD.

The "Mexican Investor'" of January 7, 1905, states that the contracts entered into August 22, 1891, and March 29, 1892, between the Depart- ment of Communications and Lie. Joaquin Casasus, representative of the " Compañía Unida de Muelle Isla del Carmen,'" have been rescinded by mutual consent on the following terms:

The company shall return to the Government the amounts received on account of the wharf.

The payments shall be made to the National Treasury in the follow- ing manner and according to the respective orders of the Department of Communications:

Ten thousand dollars upon signing of this agreement.

Ten thousand dollars in one year from the date of agreement.

Ten thousand dollars in two years, and the balance in three years from the same date.

The debt shall not carry interest.

The paymeuts being made, the company shall be free of all respon- sibility in regard to the fiscal wharf.

The contracts of May 19, 1891, and May 28, 1894, relative to the construction of twelve whar\es {of wood) in the port of Isla del Car- men are amended as follows:

The company obliges itself to construct a wooden wharf covering the space which exists between three of the present wharves in front of the custom-house, in the said port, so tliat the structure may be continuous and form one wharf.

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The plans for the wharf shall be presented to the Department of Communications within six months, and construction shall begin within four months of their approval and be concluded within two years from the date of this contract.

The company shall construct three other wharves to replace those utilized in the construction Of the fiscal wharf before mentioned.

The plans for these wharves shall be presented to the Departnaent for approval within six months and construction completed within three years.

The company is authorized to collect 75 cents per uietric ton for all freight loaded or unloaded on the fiscal wharf, and up to $1 per metric ton for all freight loaded or unloaded at the smaller wharves.

No charge shall l>e made for corn, bran, lime, brick, charcoal, or vegetables can-ied out in small vessels in less than 2,000-kilogram lots.

As a guarantee of compliance of the stipulations of this contract the sum of tlO,000 paid at the signing of this contract and $1 now depos- ited, in boods of the consolidated, shall be held by the Ciovernment and forfeited in case of failure to fulfill the agreement.

The agreement was signed December 13, 1904, and promulgated January 3, 1905.

OPBNINO OF THE aVINTANA &00 BAILWAT.

The railroad constructed by the Mexican Government in Quintana Roo from Vigi» Chaco now reaches 8anta Cruz de firava, a distance of 55 kilometer^!. It is a narrow-gauge track, 60 centimeters (2 feet) in width, and is laid on alternate steel and wooden ties. It is intended principally for the transportation of supplies and merchandise.

The road is to be formally inaugurated February 5, 1905. PBICB OF FVBLIC LANDS, FISCAL TBAB 190S-6.

According to the "Mexican Investor" of January 28, 1906, the President of the Republic of Mexico has fixed the price of public lands for the fiscal year 1905-6 at the following rates i>er hectare:

Slate of AguascalienteH $2. 20 State of Puebla $3. .W

State of Campeche 2.25 Slate of (iueretaro 2.20

State of Chiapas 3. 00 State of San Luis Potosi 2. 50

State of Chihuahua 1.20 Slate of Sinaloa 1.20

State of Coahaila 1. 10 State of Sonora 1. 30

sute of Colima 1.10 State of Tabasco 3. 60

State of Durango 1 . 20 State of Tamaulipas 1. 20

State of Guanajuato 2. 20 State of TIaxcala 2. 20

State of Guerrero 1.20 State o( Veracruz 2.75

State of H idalgo 2. 50 State of Y ucatau 2. 20

State of Jalisco 2. 20 State of Zacatecas 2. 20

Stale of Mexiio 2. 7-5 Federal district 8. 10

State of Micboacan 3. 00 Territory of Teplc 2, 50

State of Horeloe 4. 40 Territory of Baja California 70

Stale o( Nuevo Leon 1.10 Territory of Quintana Koo 50

StateotOasaca 1.20

TBASB WITH THE ITHITED STATES, 1B70-1904.

The official figures compiled by the United States Department of Oommerce and Labor relative to the commerce between Mexico and the United States, show the exports to the United States from Mexico and the imports from the United States by Mexico in each year from 1870 to 1904, as follows:

YsBr.	Import.	ExpoH. ] Y«r.	,.„«. 1 „„„.
	7S1Ï113		!
		la sn u í¡a u m IS m ■a m % ?l se eo 3» C6	21,253,601 z3.e«o,«is
		li'i
	e.T52,24.i III		lE'SUiS
		m:ï»:7m 3S,64e,l»3

Gold and silver bearing ores are not included in the imports from Mexico after the ypar 181)4.

The principal articles of import from the United States to Mexico are iron and steel manufactures, coal, unmanufactured or raw cottons, lumber, unmanufactured woods, cars and carriages, bread-stuffs, wood manufactures, chemicals, drugs and dyes, copper and manufactures thereof, mineral oils, provisions, leather and manufactures thereof.

The exports from Mexico to the United States are mainly fibers, mostly henequén or sisal grass, copper in pigs, bars, and ingots, lead in ore and base bullion, hides, skins, coffee, and cattle.

COFFEB UIHINQ IN 1804.

Each year the increase of the copper production becomes a more noticeable feature in the mining operations of Mexico, and with the realization of the many contemplated additions to the mining companies which are about to reach the productive stage, the outlook is bright for the future. In Sonora, the Greene Consolidated Copper Company is continually adding to its copper-producing facilities at Cananea, and the Phelps-Dodge Company's mines, at Nacozari, are keeping up their regular output. The affairs of the Yaqui Company have been reor- ganized and placed upon a more secure tinancial basis, and many new American companies have commenced operations in the field.

At Parral, the district is suffering from the large production of sile- cious ores, though the camp is still yielding on a large scale. The

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establishment of aa independent smelter is talked of to treat the oi-ea of the district.

Another operation in 1901, involving New Yorli capital in Mexico, was the installation of a 200-ton smelter by the Mitchell Mining Com- pany at the Dicha Mines in the iState of Guerrero. The construction of smelters by the Cieneguita Copper Company in Sonora marks a substantial improvement in its operations. At tlie Luvia de Oro property the stamp mill has been treating ores of a remarkable grade. At Matehuala the National Metallurgical Company is erecting a large copper furnace. The Braniff Mining and Development Company was organized as a subsidiary enterprise of the United Mining and Devel- opment Company of New York to work its mines in the State of Queretaro. In Almoloya the Cigarrero mine continued its production of silver-lead ores. The Santa Eulalia mines contributed a large pro- duction of lead ores. The operations and productions at San liuis Potosí, Sierra Mojada, Zacatecas, Chihuahua, and El Oro continued upon their usual broad lines during the year 1904, and promise to still continue soin 1905. The smelting camps of Aguas Calientes, Torreón, Monterey, and IVIapimi showed and continue to show substantial outputs.

Other concerns of interest during 1904 were the organization of the the Douglas Copper Company to operate in Sonora; the commencing of operations by the Mexican-Standard Company near Parral; the organization of the Black Mountain Company to operate in Sonora, and the organization of the Guaynopita Copper Company to exploit properties in the State of Guerrero. Altogether the mining opera- tions in Mexico in the year 1904 were satisfactory and promise to be equally so in 1905,

COTTOH HILIiS IK 1905.

The Mexican Treasury estimates the tax to be paid by the 127 cotton spinning factories in the Kepublic for the half year ending June 30,

19Ü5, at $1,191,400.

SFECTE HOI.SINCIB HT 1903-4. The stock of specie held by the Mexican Treasury at the end of the fiscal year 1903-4 was as follows: Gold, $3,127,450.83; Bilver, $37,230,358.77, a total of $40,358,414.00. As compared with the hold- ings at the close of 190Ü-3, when the total amounted to $30,917,018.35, an increase of $9,441,396.25 is noted. No allowance has been mode in these figures for the premium on gold over silver currency.

A report recently isííued by the State government of Jalisco, cover- ing the revenue to be derived by the State from manufactories during

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the fiscal year 1904^5, constitutes on interesting storj' of the mana- f acturing industry of Jalisco. From the 792 factories now established and subject to taxation the State will this year receive $2^,546.37.

The report shows tliat the manafactories of tequila, the native liquor for which Jalisco is famous, contributed a greater amount to the State's income than any other branch of the manufacturing industry. It is estimated that 800,000 gallons of tequila will be manufactured this year. The taxes assessed against the tequila factories amount to $79,488.74. The Maritineña factory at Tequila, Jalisco, leads the list, with an estimated output of 300,000 liters. The Leo» factory, also located at Tequila, is second, with an output of 280,000 liters.

The manufacturo of alcohol will result in a revenue to the State of $39.830.61. The estimate of the production of alcohol places the amount at nearly 500,000 gallons. There are fifty alcohol factories in operation, and the largest is the Aurora, located south of Guadalajara. The Joya factory, the second largest, is located within the limits of Guadalajara, as also the Constancia, the third largest.

The sugar industry comprises 52 mills turning out refined sugar, and 272 plants manufacturing panocha, or unrefined sugar. It is esti- mated that the production of refined sugar will reach 11,212,520 pounds, and that of unrefined sugar 5,698,933 pounds. The taxes on the sugar mills aggregate $31,030.52, and on the panocha plants $14,079.33. The largest sugar mill in the State, from the standpoint of the present fiscal year's output, is located on the San Marcos hacienda in the southern part of the State. It will turn out 890,000 kilograms of refined sugar. The Santa Cruz factory, near Tamazula, stands second, with an output of 880,000 kilograms. The factory located on the Contia hacienda is third, with an output of 000,000 kilo- grams. The largest panocha mill in the State is on the Cuisillos hacienda, the output of which this year will reach 173,000 kilograms.

There are 50 flour mills in Jalisco, and the flour manufactured this year will amount to 15,016,585 pounds. The taxes collected by the State will reach the sum of $15,114.26. The largest mill is on a haci- enda at Atequiza, and is operated by the Compa()!a MutualLsta dc Panaderos. The output this year will be 2,400,000 kilograms.

The soap factories of Jalisco number 119, and produce 2,807,618 pounds of soap. The largest is that at Zapotlan. The factories pro- ducing oils of various kinds number 38, and the output this year will be about 388,000 pounds.

The three companies operating cotton mills in Jalisco will paj- taxes to the amount of $16,460.50 this year. They are the Compañía Jndm- trial Manvfacturera, the Compañía Industrial an Gvadalajtira, and Madero & Rincón Gallardo. The cotton-goods production this year is estimated at 2,994,200.

The only paper factorj' now in operation in the State is that of

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Ancira Brothers at Zapopan. Plants manufacturing cigars and ciga- rettes number 60, the largest being that of Gabriel B. Cruz, of Gua- tajara.

NICARAGUA.

PATKBNT OF DUTIES.

The following is the substance of the principal provisions of a decree of the Nicar^uan Government, concerning the revised regulations for the payment of import and export duties, port dues, consular fees, etc. :

Article 1. Dating from November 1, 1904, all export duties, includ- ing those levied on cattle, tonnage dues, warehousing dues, customs fines, consular fees, and, in general, all fiscal dues appertaining to the customs and harbor services, arc to be paid in gold coin of the United States, or in commercial bills of the first class drawn at sight on that country.

Abt. 2. Such import duties as aro payable in bills are to be paid in those drawn on the United States only (and not, as hitherto, in bills drawn on the United States or on European countries).

Art. 3. Such of the above-mentioned duties as are payable in gold in accordance with former laws are included in this decree as reg«rd8 the provisions which follow;

Art. 4. Duties which arc tariffed in national money are to be paid in accordance with article 2 of the present decree.

Abt. 5, Duties may be paid either in gold or in its equivalent in national currency.

Art. (Í. Bills of excl^^nge for coffee exportation will be sold, accoi-d- ing to the law, for a sum in prescribed bills equivalent to a fifth of the face value of each bill of exchange, but if the purchaser desires to pay in treasury bills he must do so at the commercial rate fixed by this Department, contiidering the face value of the bills of exchange in pro- portion to that of the treasury bills.

In either case the officer at the sale of these bills mast specify on the reverse side of each one if the sale was made in gold or in bills, and what was paid in each case. This is done in order to keep the accounts of the taxes.

Art. 7, The present decree does not apply to the custom-houses of the Bluff, Calo, and Cape Gracias á Dios. AU contrary disfwsitions contained in former laws are abrogated.

SSOBEE CONCEBHIHO THX BXFOBTATIOH OF BtLTSB.

IFrom "El Omercio." of Mansgnti, of December IS ISOl.]

The President of the Republic, believing that the improvement of the financial situation of the country justifies the enlargement of the privileges of international commerce, decrees:

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Artici^ 1. The unrestricted exportation of coined silver is tiereby permitted.

Art. 2. Tlie export duty on coined silver shall be 2 per cent in gold OD the nominal value in silver.

Art. 3. The export duty per kilogram of silver bullion shall be SO cents gold.

Abt. 4 The payment of duties shall be governed by the provisions of article 3 of the decree of May 14, ld04, couccrning the option regarding the payment in coin or in treasury notes.

Art. 5. The decree of February 5, 1903, as well as all other laws or decrees contrary to the present decree, which is effective from the date of its publication, are hereby repealed.

Manaqoã, December Ij, 190^

On October 25, 1904, the President of the Republic approved the contract made by the Department of Finance with Marcial Vauoiian, under the terms of which the latter i» granted authority to collect the internal-revenue tax on tobacco for a period of ten years, upon the payment to the Government of 200,000 perns in compensation for the privilege for the first year, and the latter sum plus 10,000 ^eww additional in each of the following years until the expiration of the contract. This contract was promulgated in the "Diario Oficial" of November 4, 1904, and is, in substance, as follows:

I. The Gfovemmfint leases to Marcial Vaugiian, for a period of ten years, the tobacco revenue of the whole Republic.

II. The term " tobacco revenue," as used in this contract, is under- stood to mean the product of all the fiscal duties enacted by the Government concerning the planting of tobacco. The fines made in accordance with the terms of the lease, the fines for fraud or other causes, imposed by the fiscal employees, and the confiscations which the latter make, shall be for the benefit of the lessee, inasmuch as the Government cedes and transfers to the lessee all the rights which the laws governing the subject-matter give to the lessor.

III. The payments under the lease shall be made to the General Treasury in the amounts and in the manner hereinafter indicated — that is to say, 200,000 ^e«os the first year, and 10 fiOO pesoa more in each of the subsequent years until the expiration of the contract. These payments shall be made monthly, in equal parts, the first one becom- ing due the 1st of November, 1904, the date on which this contract becom&'i effective.

IV. If, during the term of this contract, due to drought or other cause, there should not be a crop of tobacco sufficient for the con- sumption of the country, the lessee may import leaf tobacco in such

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quantity as h« deems necessary, with the approval of the GoTeroment, for supplying the wants of the Kepublic, without the payment of soy import duty, fiscal or municipal tax, f^eseral or local, of whatever kiud and with whatever object imposed.

V. The Government shall assist the lessee and his employees in every way possible, to the end that the commanders of the troops and the chiefs of police shall furnii<h the forces necessary to enable him to carry out his contract. Daring the period in which these forcee are in the employ of the lessee Üieir salaries shall be for his account

The employees of the lessee engaged in the collection of the tobacco revenue shall be considered as fiscal agents, shall 'be exempt from mili- tary service, and ishall enjoy the same prerogatives and protection as those appointed by the Government. The workmen which the lessee employs on his tobacco plantations shall also be exempt from military service in time of peace.

The manager or person charged with the admin isti-ation of this business shall be appointed with the approval of the Government.

YI. The ¿seal duty which the lessee shall be entitled to receive shall be SOO pesos for each manzana or block of tobacco planted, which shall be paid in three installments as follows: One-third on issuing the license, one-third in the following December, and the remainder in the month of March following.

The lessee shall fix yearly the number of manzanas or blocks that shall t>c cultivated in the Kepublic, but the number shall never be less than 1,200, which are equal, approximately, to 10,000,000 plants.

When uncultivated places occur on the plantations the tobacco grower shall be careful to clear such lots or places in order that these uncul- tivated parts may be considered in a proportionate reduction of the tax, it being necessary in order to obtain a reduction that the lots be not lese than 5 yards square.

VII. The lessee agrees to bring to tíie country, at his own expense, from the Island of Cuba, persons skilled in the cultivation of tobacco, for the purpose of securing an improvement in the class of this product by adopting the new methods and processes employed in that country,

VIII. During the life of this contract the Government shall not impose nor authorize new taxes of any kind on the revenue obtained from tobacco, except with the consent of the lessee, nor shall it repeal nor reduce the duties now in force on the imports of tobacco.

IX. The Government grants to the lessee and to his employees the free use of the post-office, the Government telegraph and telephone lines when employed with reference to the business connected with the collection of the revenue on tobacco.

It further grants to the lessee the free importation of the materials that he may need for the proper management of the business, such as office furniture, safes, scales, engineering apparatus, etc.

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X. The Govemment agrees to maintaia in force duriog the exist- ence of this contract all the laws now in operation concerning the tobacco revenue, and particularly those which have for their object the restraining or punishment of smuggling.

XI. The lessee may assign this contract with all of its rights and obligations to any other person or company, but its domicile shall always be in the Bepublic and it shall be subject to the laws of the Republic.

XII. This contract shall be forfeited by failure to pay the monthly installments referred to in Clause III within ten days from the time in which they become due.

XIII. Any differences arising between the contracting parties shall be settled by arbitration in conformity with the laws now in force.

After the foregoing contract was signed, and approved by the Presi- dent of the Republic, the following articles were added:

Abticle 1. On the transportation of the tobacco and on the instru- ments or tools necessary for use in the exploitation of the business, as well as on the fares of the employees connected with the collection of the revenue, the tiovernment does not cede to the lessee, during the term of the foregoing contract, the reduction which it enjoys on pas- senger and freight rates, on the State railway,' and the 26 per cent which belongs to it on the procuct of these freight and pasHenger rates, in conformity with Clauses IX, X, and XVU, of the National Railway lease.

Abt. 2. The contract concerning the tobacco revenue, made by the President with Manuel E. Romeo, in representation of Makcial Vauohan, on June 24, 1904, and approved, with some modifications, on September 8, 1904, is hereby rescinded."

PARAGUAY.

THE TEXTILX PI.AHT8 OF THE BEFXTBIiIO.

(Contributed by Jobé Set.i'sdo Decol-d, Honorary Corresponding Member ol the International Union of American liepublicx. )

I am not now going to treat of cotton, of ramie, of fias, of hemp, or of those plants which require special cultivation and which thrive so well in the Republic. I shall only mention those textile plants which grow spontaneouKly in this rich and fertile soil, and which may be the object of a lucrative exploitation.

All the American Republics grow these or similar products for export as fibers or manufactures. In Costa Rica, for example, are found the maguey or agave, flax, pineapple fiber, the ¡nflfuila or species of ^avc, the pochote or kapok, and various other fiber». Nicaragua

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produces the century plant, tíiree kinds of yucca, and the agave plant, from which henequén or sisal hemp is extracted. I shall only caisually mention that in Yucatan, Mexico, there has been invested a capital of $6,000,000 in the exploitation of henequén. In 1903 the latter country exported said product to the value of 33,481,603 pesos, or #15,218,910 gold. There ia now being exploited in Brazil the graoatá, the tocitm^ the guaxima, and other similar fibrous plants. In [Cara- guay the caraguatá, the ibtra, the giuíinhepi, the yatai, and other indigenous fibrous plants are well known and highly valued. In order that a better idea may be had of their importence, I shall treat each of them separately.

CaraguatX (family Bromdiaceas, species Bi-omelia caragttatá). — ITiis plant is very abundant in the entire territory of the Republic. Ilie fiber is quite strong, does not decay from the action of water, and is highly adapted to the .manufacture of twine, cordage, and coarse fabrics. It is a great fountain of natural wealth which remains unde- veloped, and which could compete with the henequén of Yucatan, so highly prized in the United States. The exploitation of caraguatá on a lar^ scale depends upon the installation of suitable machinei'y for the extraction of the fiber. Under these circumstances it would become a lucrative industry, which would produce during the first two or three years of its existence $2,000,000 or $3,000,000 gold annually. In Brazil this plant is known by the botanical name of Bromdia lagenaria, and is only encountered in small areas of the States of Pernambuco, Pai-ahyba, and Rio Grande del Norte. At the present time its cultivation has become common as well as profitable.

The fiber is extracted in the following manner: Tlie leaves are cut. divested of thorns, and soaked in water. The maceration is complete when the epidermis of the leaves becomes soft and can be easily removed. The leaves are then left to partially dry, after which they are broken or triturated in a mill, or in a machine similar to that of M. Messãqíir, of Troyes, France, which consists of two cylinders pro- vided with numerous iron teeth revolved by means of a handle or crank, or mechanically by any adequate motive power, the leaves passing between the rollers and emerging therefrom thoroughly crushed, the woody part of the leaves being separated from the fiber, which Is immediately cleaned and combed several times. The process employed in this country for separating the fiber from the leaf in the green state has not given entirely satisfactory results, owing, perhaps, to the imperfection of the machines employed. Due to lack of capital, the experimenbi have not been continued, but I firmly believe that a strong financial company would soon overcome this defect. It would be suffi- cient to learn how the jute fiber is extracted in India, and to adopt a similar method. In the meantime it would be advisable to observe the process followed in Brazil, as hereinbefore indicated. It should

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not be forgotten that the fruit of the caragiiatá produces by fermenta- tion and distillation a brandy of an agreeable taste, and the exploitation of this product might become profitable.

Ibira. — Another species of caragiuUá which produces a long, fine, and tough textile tiber is the iiira. In quality it is superior to hemp, ' and is suitable for the manufacture of fine and coarse fabrics. In 181M) I had occasion to see in London a full line of samples of fabrics made from the fiber of the ibira, and was quite favorably impressed with the transformation. In the lot were tablecloths, napkins, towels, sheets, and handkerchiefs, some of which were as tine and delicate as those used by women. The coarse fiber, used for workmen's clothing, was remarkable for its whiteness and durability, and in my opinion is much superior to thread.

Doctor BouoARUE, the author of an excellent work on Paraguay, states that he has seen in Paris samples which, because of their silky and brilliant appearance, were superior to ramie, and M. Ventilar, the celebrated author of a treatise on textile plants, mentions the spe- cies h-omelia as occupying the first place, as to strength, fineness, and durability, of all textile materials. The til>cr from the pineapple plant, which belongs to the family bromelia, and which also abounds in Par- aguay, surpasses, according to M, Watt, in strength, fineness, and luster, the fiber of flax, and may be used instead of silk or a mixture of cotton and wool. The ibira is also suitable for the manufacture of paper, and from it may be made strong and soft paper, the qualities of which are superior to the paper used for bank notes. For this pur- pose, according to Boc()AKI>e, the separation of the lil>cr is not neces- sary, steam maceration being sufficient.

It iihouM be remembered that the ihira was known in Europe as early as 1861. A daily newspaper, "' l^.Afi-ntr,''^ says that it is suit- able for the manufacture of fabrics, and especially for canvas clotli. To give an idea of the importance of the family hroniélia in the com- mercial world, it is sufficient to remark that in the East Indies cm-a- giuiiá is known under the name of jute, which latter fibGi>'was exported to England in 1901 to the value of i:4,292,01l, and the manufactured products thereof to the value of £2,071,321.

I think excellent results could be obtained by the installation of machinery for the extraction of the fiberw. No greater outlay would be occasioned than that required for the purchase of American machin- ery suitable for this purpose, which machinery is celebrated for its simplicity, adaptability, and cheapness. At the present time our immediate market would be the Ai^ntine Republic, which expends annually for jute sacks and textile materials, for use in the stock and agricultural industries, f5,500,000 gold. (See "Handbook of the Argentine Kepublic," published by the International Bureau of the American Reoublica, 1903, p. 171.) These figures do not include raw

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materi&ls mtended for fabrics, etc., which represent a value equally as great as that just mentioned.

Mbocatá and other palms. — The mbocayá {t»m\\y paltneraSy species cocos adAerocaepa, genus acrocomia) in adition to being a food product for a large part of the population of the country, producer a superior quality of oil suitable for use in the manufacture of the finest soaps, and from the leaves of this plant are obtained a fine, strong textile fiber. Samples having been submitted to experts in Belgium, the fol- lowing report was obtained: The result of the experiments showed the fiber to be superior to jute, and that it could be substituted for flax or linen thread ia the manufacture of Russias, Ravens, ducks, and other similar cloths or fabrics for export. In alt case» this material would be well suited for the weft or woof of cloth. (Antwerp, Dec 31, 1861.) The report adds that the mlvcayá entirely resembles Manila flax, although perhaps of a little grayer color.

The extraction of the fiber is easily done by hand, and the natives manufacture from it twines and cloths for undershirts, hammocks, etc. It is also considered the most suitable material for making rope cables because of its strength and elasticity, (Roxbui^b.) I think that its exploitation would be lucrative, especially if simple and cheap machinery, within the reach of everyone who wished to eng^e in thin industry, were employed in the extraction of the fiber.

The Pindó {cocos ÁustralU) furnbhes a textile material of excellent quality.

The Carandaí (^'ú^efvi^iíu cerífera, M&ri.) is another palm whose leaves are suitable for the manufacture of a good quality of paper, hats, mats, and ropes. It is very abundant in Chaco, the area of which is covered to a considerable extent by a growth of this plant, presenting a beautiful panoi-ama to the eyes of the traveler, who never tires in admiring it.

There are two other palms, called Cow ãe la Cordillera and Cocù-uH, from which are extracted fibers, samples of which have been shown in some of the European expositions, but I am unable to say anything concerning their importance.

The manufacture of straw hats, the consumption of which increases daily, is a promising industry, and at the Exposition of Household Articles held in Asuncion in 1901, several samples were exhibited which attracted attention, especially those of Hiaty, which were dis- tinguished for the fineness of the fiber and the beauty of its arrange- ment. These hats are sold for $3 gold each. The hat known as Canada or palm straw is not so fine an arti<^le, and is in common use in the country, where it ¡a sold at the low price of 20 cents gold each. Hats are made from the yatai {cocos yataí), and from this plant a textile fiber of groat strength is extracted. It is suitable for the manufacture of fans and twine. This plant is very abundant and produces an oil

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which can compete with olive oil {traverai). This i» aaotber source of Datioaal wealth.

Samahú (BoTiJiaa; wntricosa), — The fiber obtained from the fruit is white, fine, and similar to cotton, but it can not be spun on account of the shortness of the filament. It is used in the manufacturo of fine beaver hats, and in England is highly prized for this purpose and brings a good price. It is likewise suitable for mattresses and pillows. It is also said to be superior to the kapok of tlio Oiient, which it very much resembles. Kapok is exported from Java and is sold in Euro- pean markets at the price of 36 centimes of a Ilollandish florin a half kilogram, or about Hi cents gold. The part of the trunk below the bark contains a fibrous material, flexible and strong, which is called ibiri, and is adapted to the manufacture of l'ope and to the substitu- tion or replacement of leather ropes. It is also used for tying bundles of tobacco, as well as for other domestic purposes.

Gdbmbê (Family Aroideiis; species Pothos pinriat'ijida). — This is a parasitical plant whose roots hang down until they touch and penetrate the soil. From the bark of the roots ropes and ships' cables, which do not decay in water, are made. " With this black bark, and with palm leaves and canes, the Indians make baskets and mats of curious patterns, and of considerable beauty. (Parody.)" The güemhepi.Í\iG name of the bark, is very strong and flexible, and is also used to bind beams or timbers together in buildings.

The UCembé-tatA (Family Aoideaa, genera Arum) produces strong textile fibers which are stripped from the long stems, which attain a length of 1 meter 40 centimeters. Their roots contain a nutritive stAi'ch. Varieties of this plant are cultivated in the Azores under the name of Inhame,, and which is used as a food for the inhabitants. The yield of starch in these roots is from 15 to 46 per cent, according to the species of the plant.

Caaporopy (Familj' Urticáceas, species Urlica caracmnna). This plant, which gi-ows near dwelling houses, produces a fine, strong fiber, suited for the manufacture of beautiful cloths. It is related to ramie and is appropriate for utilization in the preparation of fine and deli- cate fabrics, which could be sold, as is the fabric known as J^anduty, at high prices. The caaporojyi-mi and the caaporopi-guazú, which belong to the same family, possess the same qualities as the caajyoropy. The caaporopi-rá is of great industrial value on account of its strong and fine fibers. (Matoso.)

PiKO-ouAzú (Family Urticáceas; species Urcra granãifoUa), — The bark of the stem is of a fibrous nature and is useful in the manufacture of fabrics, the fiber being long and silky, sometimes attaining a length of 1 meter 40 centimeters, and is highly prized. It would be suitable for the establishment of an important industiy.

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PacobjÍ {Banatio, Family Miisa paradUacd). — The textile fibers of the stem and leaves are very tine, and shine like silk. The muea Ufxlilia (ahacd de Fillpinaii) could easily be acclimated in the country. With the fibers of this plant many articles of great commercial value- could be manufactured. (Brehm.)

Chaguara (Family Broindiácem; species £rome/ia serra). — This plant is very abundant in Chaco. The Indians employ the fiber to manufacture nets, and cloths with which to cover their bodies.

Many other textile plants might be named, such as the urtwii or achioíí'y whose bark contains a textile fiber out of which fabrics and strong ropes are made; the p-iri-rai, which produces a strong fiber for coarse manufactures; the 7nalvóñ guasú, from the fiber of which ropes, though not of great strength, are manufactured; the aracit-ugvazity the bark of which produces durable fibers; the guapo!, the pita (a^avs ameficana), the cajtihia-acá (fftiasiwm nlmifolia), the mrvnUiòi, and many other fiber-producing plants.

A learned industrial expert, M. Tournié, has recently discovered in the plant called aans&verãé or tiger tail, a wonderful fiber possessed of great fineness, and suitable for the manufacture of fine fabrics. This plant can be easily cultivated and serves as an adornment in many of the gai-dens of Asuncion. It is reported that a company proposes to exploit it by means of a chemical process for separating the fiber from the pulp.

From the foregoing remarks it will be seen that Paraguay possesses immonde natural wealth in textile plants which require no cultivation and is assured of markets that will take her raw materials. It is sug- gestive to state here that the imports of vegetable fibers into the United States in 1902 amounted to $31,545,962. 1 think that the caragnatá or jute fiber could eauily become an important item of com- merce with the United States, which imports an enormous quantity of this material from India.

The economic future of Paraguay, in this single branch of natural wealtli, is very promi.sing. What is needed is capital to invest in these industries and to promote and encourage the development of these fountains of national prosperity.

AscNCiÓN, JVoi-eniher, 1904.

PERU.

EXPLOITATION OF THE R1TBBBR INIltraTKT.

The British Consul-Genei-al in Peru, Mr. St. John, in bis latest annual report {August 9, 1904), ssys:

"For the purpose of developing the india-rubber districlA the Peru- vian Government has greatly encouraged the construction of bridle

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roads and trails. In his message to Congress, on the opening of the last scsoioD, the' President of the Republic claimed that the total length of the bridle roads and of a cart road, either under construction or contracted for, aggregated 1,300 miles. The work is to be paid for ■ by grant of land."

Mr. St. John's report is accompanied by a report of the Vice-Consul at Arequipa, which states that the attention of capitalists of late years has been directed to the districts of (Jarabaya and Sandia, where gold in paying quantities baa been found in the river beds. This is also the case in regard to the regions of the upper Inambari and Madre de Dios, which regions are rich in tropical produce, of which india rub- bei is the most important. The Inca Mining Company, owners of the famons Santo Domingo mine in Caralia^'a, has secured from the Peruvian Government a grant of 2,000,000 acres of ground on the Madre de Dios, on condition that they construct a good cart road from that district to Tirapatn, a station on the Southern Itailway, 357 miles from Moliendo (on the Pacific coast). This cart road ts now approach- ing completion, and will have a total length of about 200 miles. It will serve to open up immense tracts of ground abounding in rubber trees of the most valuable kind.

Hitherto, nearly all the rubber produced in this district has been exported by way of Pará, often taking from six to eight months to reach that port. It is now possible to .send produce from the Inambari and Madre de Dois to Tirapata in ten and twelve days, and thence to Mol- iendo in three days, it would naturally be supposed that the best out- let for the produce of the Inambari and Madre de Dois regions would be by way of those rivers to their confluence with the Amazon, and thence to Pará; owing, however, to intervening rapids extending in some parts for hundreds of miles, and the difficulty of porterage, that route has been found to be most difficult and expensive. The best outlet, therefore, is o\'er the Coidilleras by way of Tirapata and Moliendo.

MINXBAI. IHDUSTBT IN THE BEPTTBLIO.

A bulletin just issued by the Peruvian Commi.ssion of Mining Engi- neers gives the statistics and a review of the mining industry of Peru for 1903, in a manner more satisfactory and complete than ever before, and because it is thus complete an extended synopsis of the bulletin is here given. The report is prepared by J. A. Loredo, and issued through the department of the ^^ MiniKU-rio i/e J'htiutito," Lima, Pein, as a public document.

In the introduction the author sets forth the difficulty of obtaining

exact and complete information concerning the mineral industry of

Peru, because of the absence of any official organization charged with

the recording of the statistics of mining, and from the lack of satisfac-

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tory records, public or private. He urges the neceaaity of laws requir- ing tho district officers to compile the data of the mines and of the enforcement of the present laws as to mining records, all with the • view of carrj'ing out the plan of the Commission to compile and publish each year complete mineral statistics as other countries are doing.

The acquirement and development of mining property in Peru is subject to the new code of mining laws. These deSne a claim or per- tenencia as a solid prism whose rectangular hase is 200 by 100 meters, or with a surface area of 3 hectares and an indefinite depth in n ver- tical direction. With deposits of coal and petroleum, and with placers and .Htmilar fortnatious of gold, platinum, and tin, the pertenencias have a square base of 200 meters to the side. The only Government tax on mining property is an annual fee of 30 soles ($15) for each pertenencia, and the law of 1890 guarantees that this amount shall not be increased, nor shall any new taxes be imposed for a period of twenty -five 3'ears. AU the minerals and metals can be exported free, except gold as dust or bullion, on which there is a Government export tax of 3 per cent.

The records of the "/*tM¿rtí/i(A5sniíííffl«"{Commis8Íonerof Mines) for 18!t3 show the registration of the following pertenencias: Gold, 1,241; gold and silver, 109; silver, 2,349; silver and copper, 1,022; silver and lead, 351; copper, 349, The total number of pertenencias registered for gold and gold and silver in 1S90 was only 431, as against the total as above for 1903 of 1,350 pertenencias. The total number of perte- nencias for silver, copper, and lead in 1890 was 2,512, as compared with the total as above for 1902 of 4,161. The number of pertenencias held in 1903 for coal was 626, for petroleum 330, for sulphur 160. The number of coal pertenencias in 1890 was only 267. The perte- nencias of petroleum include 328 in the department of Kara and 2 in Puna. In 1890 the total petroleum registration was 169.

There arc also registered 78 pertenencias for cinnabar, 3 for anti- mony, 7 for iron, 9 for peat, and 39 for salt. Since 1896 the Govern- ment has held a monopoly of the salt formations and the salt wells.

The total number of pertenencias registered in 1903 was 6,763, as against 3,490 in 1890.

There were also registered with the *^ Ptidróii âen ?iih^--i'^ in 1903 conces.-iions for borax, phosphate, iodine, and alkali salts. The deposits of saltpeter, borax, and other alkali salts have been subject to acquire- ment and development under the law of 1888, but the law of January, 1904, determines that the formations of saltpeter and similar fertili- zing salts are the property of the State, and not denounccabic by indi- vidiials. There remains in force the law of 1S8S only as relutes to borax and other alkali salts, and, according to this, the unit of conces- sion for this class of formation is the "estaca," which has an area of 40,000 square metal's, and tiiere can not be awarded to any one person

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or company more than 100 "estacas" from the same deposit, aod a half-j'early pajment to the Government of 1 sol (50 cents) per "estaca" is required. The discoverer has the right to possess 50 "estacas" fi'ee of payment of the tax.

Id aU of the Departments of P^u arc found goid-bearing forma- tions, and yet the padrón does not register concessions in some few, as Pinra, Amazonas, and Loreto. No doubt gold is fouud in these districts, for Kaiuokdi, in his work on the gold mines of Peru, describes some gold formations, very important and well known, in the gravel beds and sands of the rivers which traverse these I>epartmeDts. Not- withstanding the increase in the number of placers and gold mines registered, there are very few which were exploited during 1903. It is not necessary to discuss the cause of this condition, but, as a conse- quence, the gold production has been relatively sntall.

There must be considered three forms in which gold is produced: Qold in bars and grains, resulting from the treatment of the ores and auriferous gravels; gold in mineral and products of mechanical con- centration, which are exported solely for this metal; gold in the met- allurgical products, exported in the form of bars of silver and of lead, Buli^ides of silver and of copper (matt«s). Likewise many of the minerals exported as ores of silver, copper, or lead contain small quantities of gold.

It has been poi^dible to determine the quantity of gold produced in the first two forma durinj^ 1903 by studying the different districts, faaviag in consideration the concessions which have been worked pro- àuetively, taking the data received by the mining deputies and that furnished by the mining companies and by individuals. Combined, all of the prodnotions of gold in bars by the registered concessions does not reach the total amount received by the national mint. The difference between these two amounts represents the production of the opérations known as clandestine, principallj" being from the natives of certain districts who are engaged in the mining of gold.

The amount of gold received by the national mint wan 837 kilograms. There can be no doubt that all of the gold prcwluced in the first class has been coined in the country, for all of the producing companies and the gold merchants appreciate the convenience of converting tlic gold into the coin, and would not send the gold out of the countrj, clan- destinely or otherwise, because during the year the rate of exchange on Europe hasl)cen unfavorable to such exjKirtation. In fact, a kilo- gram of gold of standard fineness would bring in Peru £1'2^>, which sum would buy exchange on London for £127, whereas to export the gold and pay the exc-hangp, insurance, and export tax of 3 per cent would bring only £118.

892 INTERNATIONAL , BUREAU OP THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

There must be coDsidercd the comparatively small aiiioimt consumed in the local arts and industries, but this gold is taken from the coins in circulation, preferably because of their established fineness and known contint.

The gold produced aâ bars and gold dust was distributed in the sev- eral provinces as follows: In Oarabaya, 483.730 kilograms, the greater part of which was produced by the Inca Mining Company, of Santa Domingo; in Sandia, S2.351 kilograms were reported, mostly from placets; in Cerro de Pasco the principal gold concession operated was the Chiiquitambo Gold Mines (Limited) whose plant had just been completed. The production of this district was 73.700 kilograms. Other districts brought the total up to 701.890 kilograms, and the dif- ference betweeti these reported figures and the coinage of the national mint represents the small exploitations, principally by the Indians.

Of the second form of gold production, the minerals and concen- trates, exported solely for their gold contentât, the figures of the port of Moliendo are authority for the estimate of 85.208 kilograms.

The silver, lead, and copper minerals exported, which contain inci- dently small quantities of gold, represent the third source. Estimating the content» of these minerals from known assays gives a total of 156,081 kilograms of gold from this source.

The total of all of the sources of gold for 1908 representa 1,078.336 kilograms, valued at i:i'tò,205, on the basis of £128 per kilogram, which is very nearly 4 pounds per ounce troy.

The metal most abundant in Peru is silver, not only because many minerals contain this as the only metal of commercial value and in profitable quantities, but likewise because all the ores of copper and lead are argentiferous. Consequently, the depreciation of silver and the suspension of free coinage have not caused a sensible reduction in its production, for while there ha» been a decrease in the amount of ores treated by amalgamation, and perhaps also by lixivation, there has increased materially the production of argentiferous ores of cop- per and lead, and there have been established new smelters for the treatment of these metals which before were not considered, but whose production now gives a profit. Comparing the production of silver in bars in 1903 with the years prior to 1897, there is noticed a large decrease, and also an increase in the production of the argentiferous ores and mattes of copper and lead.

Ignoring the small amount of silver used in local arts, it can be shown that the production of silver in 1903 in the various forms was 170,840 kilograms. It is not possible to give with exactness the silver pro- duction in preceding years for lack of exact data. The production in 1885, according to figures submitted by the national mint, was 84,000

kilograms. For the j'ears which follow there is no complete data, excejJt as to the actual amount of the silver coined. According to one authority the production in 1S94 reached a total of '200,700 kilograms, including the bullion, the sulphides, and the ore.

The Bame authority estimates that after the depreciation of silver in 1894 the production diminished until it was approximately 168,000 kilograms in 1897, And, for the reasons already given, it ¡a believed that the production was not less than this figure in the following years «p to 1903, The suspension of fi*ee coinage in 1897 and the removal of the export tax on silver make it impossible to fix the recent pro- duction with exactness.

The high price of copper in 189i> caused the Cerro de Pusco property to abandon the production and treatment of the argentiferous ores in order to take up the production of the copper ores, which reduced considerably the production of silver bars, which it is estimated did not exceed 40,000 kilograms each year from 1899 to 1900. This pro- duction of Cerro de Pasco has continued to decrease because of the low price of silver, and is estimated to have been only 30,000 kilo- grams in 1901, and about the same amount in 1902, and not more than 20,000 kilogi-ams in 1903.

The total silver production in 1903 of 170,804 kilograms had a value of ;C579,963 on the basis of a market price of ¿3.583 for a kilogram of line silver, allowing for the cost of refining and of treatment of the argentiferous mattes and ores.

The actunl production of copper is l&ss than it should be, consider- ing the richness and abundance of the copper-bearing formations in the country. From 1873 to 1884 the copper industry was limited to the production of mines in the province of lea and the exportation of the ores therefrom through the port of Pisco, but the reduction in the price of copper suspended completely the work in these mines. From 1884 to 1897 the copper production was insignificant, partly for the causes which have been referred to in connection with the silver pro- duction. Shortly before 1897 the copper-silver ores of Yauli were exploited, and at the same time the ores high in copper iu the abandoned mines of the district of Cerro de Pasco were taken out. As a consequence the production of copper became of importance and increased notably with the advance in price of the metal in 1899 and in the two subsequent years.

It is known that Liverpool, Swansea, London, and other English ports are the best market for the ores and copper mattes of Peru, and that the greater part goes to that country. As there are no exact statistics of the production in Peru for these earlier years, we have taken recoui'so to the English statistics on the importation of metals

89i INTERNATIOfTAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

to estaUish the copper production for Peru for the yeai-s prior to 1902. Making an allowance for 20 per cent as covering the fmiouot of the production sent to Germany and the United States, we hare as a result .9,496 tons as the production of 190S, hanng a v^ue of ¿476,824 and for the previous years an estimated production as follows: 1897, 1,198 tons; 1898, 3,649 tons; 1899, 6,1^5 tons; 19(XI, 9,865 tons; 1901, 11,441 tons; 1902, 9,096 tons. The falling off in 1902 is due to the suspension of the production of the mines of Cerro de Pasco, pending the proposed improvement by the American com- pany which had purchased them. From these figures it will Ite seen that the Peruvian copper production in 1903 was only 2 per cent of the total production of the world, estimated at 570,000 tons.

The total output of copper for Peru was in the form of ores and mattes, running in value as high as 48 per cent, usually containing some silver.

Galena ia a very abundant minpral in some districtí^ but by reason of the low price of lead the only formations exploited are those which cany also silver in the ores. Some of these argentiferous lead ores are exported in bulk and others are smelted and the bullion shipped. Although there are no satisfactory statistics of the production of lead in former j'cars, it can be asserted witli reasonable security that it has not been less than 1,300 tons, which was the quantity produced in 1903. Thi.s production of 1903, Imsed on direct information, is dis- tributed as follows: Yauli, 1,014 tons; Haurochiri, 169 tons; Depart- ment of Ancachas, 113 tons; Canas, 6 tons; total, 1,302 tons, with an estimated value in Peru of £5.141.

Notwithstanding the existence of deposits of borates in ■ localities, the production in 1903 was i-educcd to that exported from the port of Moliendo and coming fi-om the district of Chinas, in the Department of Arequipa. According to data given by the customs office at Moliendo, there was expoited in that year 2,466 tons of borates in the form of borates of lime and soda, containing an average of 40 per cent boric acid, and valued at £2^,194.

I'ETROLEUM.

The petroleum produced for the year came from two operations in the respective districts of Amotape and Tunilws. It is estimated at 11.666,000 gallons of crude petroleum, the output of 120 wells. Of this amount, all but 3,660,000 gallons was sold in the crudo state. The value of the petroleum production is placed at £149,290.

UNITED STATES.

The production of salt during 1903 reached 17,636,900 kilograms, valued at £17,637.

nrTKENATIOITAIi SAITTTAST BTTSXATT HT WABHINGTOir.

Lima, DecemlerSO, 190^..

In view of tbe note of the representative of Peru in the United States, in which he requests the Government to decide as it ttiinkebcst as to the compliance with the seventh article of tbe resolutions of the intornationai Sanitary Convention, which met in Washington in Decem- ber, 1902;

And, whereas it behooves the sanitary interests of the country to take part in the -formation of an International Sanitary Bureau, of which tbe permanent center shall be in Washington, as aj;reed upon at the Second Pan-American Conference, celebrated in the City of Mexico in October, 1901, and January, 1902; and also to contribute with the amount which corresponds to Peru toward the fund of $5,000 Ameri- can gold, which the said Bureau is to receive, in accordance with the clftnse (E) of the above-mentioned artide 7;

It is resolved that the Government of Peru will take part in the for- mation of the International Sanitary Bureau to be established in Wash- ington, and will contribute its quota toward the fund of $5,000 American gold, which the said Bureau is to receive, charging the above-mentioned sum to the item No. 70S6 of the General Budget of the Republic.

Let it be registered, cbmmunit-ated, and published.

His Excellency's Kubnc.

Balta.

UNITED STATES.

TRADE WITH LATIN AUEBIOA.

STATEMENT OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

Following is the latest statement, from figures compiled by the Bureau of Statistics, United States Department of Commerce and Labor, showing the value of the trade between the United States and Latin- American countries. The report is for the month of December, 1904, with a comparative statement for the corresponding month of tlio previous year; also for the twelve months ending December, 1904, as compared with the .sume period of the preceding year. It should be explained that the figures from the various custom-houses, showing imports and exiwrts for any one month, are not received at the Treasury Department until about the 20th of the following month, and some

396 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

time is necessarily coiusumed m conipilatton and priutiii;^, so that the returns for December, for example, are not published until some time in February.

IMPORTS OF ÏIERDIANDI^K.

DoBar*. DaUari.

Coal, bltumlnouii íCarbán bilumi

■; (Tàoi-bojtde terre):

Cocoa ( OaMO; Coeo

€en Irai America

BlHlil

Other South America

eaeaocrú; Caeao):

ill: Caft:

Copper ICobm O* SouUi America...

Cotton, unmiinufaetoTed IAIqihIAh m n an rama: Oobm, non vmnnfadllri];

South America

Blnl (triuB {UtneqiUn: Jlenrquen; lleiti.

K.RST

ire,s«a

1,Z&3,130

' l,9tl7,»

! I

mi.fM 4,ve7.»3 G,za.B39

ÏI.M2 1,MÎ.22S S.IVI.M»

i,sii.sa , »,iM,;3i 63,<w,6iit

Ma,115 ' i>,&7T,e» 10,aA3,213

28tl.M6 l,2M.3lig 1,&2%795

tni ' 1 AAA in <rfiA

671 '

10. MS

«S.2W ' 6I»,.'<1I , «10,691 ..KftSM l.VIÏ-iïSS ; IA,(I»4.473

Baiith America

OraiiKes (A'oni^iaii.- Larai^iu; Oraiigr Onlral America

39,S3C

2M.3(e , S,1»,Í3S I 1.286.619

ikinii (Hífc-íjlinM,- Pdla: FoHrmr<ty,

nth America

eBand«liltn(Ctaíro«tpírtrí,- Cauroi i luüci; Cuire

iDilla rnhber, i

In rilit", ban.etc. (/*jiiio ot ffnWjMjjnt. b

SuKar. not above Kn. 16 Dutch slandaTil tvpfrior dt la rteala holandeta: Anu: perlar ao So. K de padi aa-demu dH liipt hoaand Cen Irai America

bi^mtez; Surrr, jtat

! !

66.5H A3S,175 : KA.AK

S-JO.lSi 3.2Wt,9l--

1, 12»,BÒ3 l2.Wi.^

3.227.167 ' lO.fBl.ftVJ 111,313 I S82,30'J

30.M17 3,162.71»

UNITED STATES. IMPORTS OF M ERCn AN DISE— Continued.

	Dewmber-	Twelve mon thB ending l>eotiiibeT-
	1903.	I9W.	19DÏ.	1«04.
Tobacco, leal ( TtHMro fl. tama; ÏW-wo m JMa: Thfcacm/niaie.):	Dollnr.. <S1,D48 68.10B	Coitar». 7»i ins,»70 61. OW a. aie 141. «Ï	31,t«0 Bra,99S 6;ïm I.7»I,I57	JMIor*.
Wood, mahoganf {Caoba; UogBO; ABaJotH:
Wool(iaM;X<f;iaíní); eoulh America—

EXPORTS OF UERCHANDISE.

	20.ce« 19:9S6 12,801 «S,7« 1Î sa 227, Ml ÍJÍíOT 2, WS îlore H, 272 if WS ififi lîi,682	7;2fi7 "1 22,144 1:1 S.5M 3,044 106 13S,237 5,24»' 98.0Ü6 S2,'sra «3.891 8|7fl7 i;91« 63.874 2:25;
	12,641
	1	313 033
	i
Com (ifofe'jfáto; Jtfoíí):	32.444 290,7*8 26;77i 24.119
Wheal ( Trijro,- Triao: BUy.
Wheal flour (Harina ilcfrl^; Farinha de trigo; fttrinc dtbU):
	iS	S
CuTl(«ea, can, clc., and porta of ( Carruaje», cnmê u roa,- Voütirtt, iniiTDHa et (curl parllct) :
	ai í	412 401 040
C^<:'\ni, Tui -paru tA íBIeieMat y sat atettortoi: Blry- rtoi e acceitoriot; Blcydetlti et Uuri parlin);	17:1» »:22fi A3S IS, 865 7«.,««
	7B iw,íai	ia; 284
Cm-ppr iCabrf; a*ri; Culire):	1.121.7W

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EXPORTS OF MERniANDISE— ContlniRd.

	December-	Twelire montlu ending
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ttalatoê: Èimfmttxivi):	°7k	Coitort. 2, «28 •■g	Dollar». 16|«10 'sos 12,28ft 2^489 46,771 1,366 1.389 2.020 6,419 16,168 21^979 83.8Ï4 6,331 ¿.oes ai.sn 6.980 «,226 30.10» 36,289 1 29.403 ãfá lím 481731 133.754 •^;S 14.731 2S&,471 116,100 267.244 503>I2 79, 9W ii ao,i>20 84 607 2i:mi 231935 23.789 S7:B7S 10,220 fl.03S 1,626 33.487 4S:23Íl 79,139	[Miar,.
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Bacon (liWaw nmrtnto,- Lard/uné):	25,582
Hiuna (JoiflOHîK Prtmnbv Jutitlmuy.	48,496
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OONSirZ.AB TBADE BEPORTS.

The following reports are iurnished the International Bureau of the American Republica by the various Latin-American consular officers at the ports mentioned:

The Mexican consul at Philadelphia reports that four steamers and one schooner cleared from that port during January, 1905, loaded with 11,268,861 kilograms of American merchandise, valued at $91,943.05, and consigned to the Mexican ports of Tampico, Vera Ci-uz, and Pro- greso. In these cargoes were 3,560,203 kilograms of* mineral oil, valued at $71,204.75, and 7,708,566 kilograms of coal invoiced at 120,718.80.

The Consul-Gene ral of Mexico at San Francisco, Cal., advises that the imports into the United States from the liepublic of Mexico during the month of December, 1904, consisted of mineral products to the value of $331,974 Mexican silver, and other products to the value of $53,909. The exports from San Francisco to Mexico during the same period aggregated $168,643 gold. In addition to the foregoing exports, which were all of domestic origin, there were reexported from San

40í¡ INTEENATIONAL BUREAU Oï THE ASIERICAIT BEPTJBLICS.

Francisco to Mexico during the same inonth goods of foreign origin to the amount of $14,517 gold. Mexican silver dollars were exported from San Francisco to Hongkong in December, 1904, to the nurabor of 13,095.

The CoDSul-Genei-al of the Republic of Nicaragua at San Francisco, Cal,, states that the commerce between that port and the ports of Corinto and San Juan, in the Republic of Nicaragua, for the tnontfa of December, 1904, consisted of ñ,4t!9 packages! of merchandise, weigh- ing 389,432 kilograms, valued at $3i>,758.4l>. The following table shows these shipments in detail:

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FOBEiaN COKHERCE DT 1904. The Bureau of Statistics of the Dcpaiinient of Commerce and Labor has completed the monthly statement of foreign commerce for the month of December, 1904, as compared with December, 1903, and for the calendar jear 1904, as compared with the previous year. The following tables give a general summary of the statistics:

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Total e«i>orts	1 1 4.819 666	»-«»	14.7^033	14^ ass, MS

UNITED STATES. 403

UNERAL PRODUCTION IN 1903 Jjn> 1004.

The prelimtDary figures, compiled by the Director of the JViiot, show th&t gold valued at $84,551,S00 and 53,603,000 ounces of silrer were produced in the United States in 1904. This report does not include the Nome production of nearly ¥5,000,000 in gold dust. These Btatiütíca when compared with the 1903 output show an increase of nearly $10,000,000 in the gold production and a decrease of about 1,000,000 ounces of silver for the past year. Conditions in the ifield show a perceptible increase in the mineral output of Nevada, tkilorado, Utah, Arizona, and California.

The Twentieth Annual Report of the United States Geological Sur- vey on the mineral resources of the country shows that in 1903 the total value of United States mineral production reached the enormous sum of $1,419,721,5*39, as compared with $1,260,509,738 in m>2, a gain of 12.63 per cent.

As in previous years, iron and coal were the nio^t important mineral products. The value of the iron in 1903 was $344,350,000; the value of the coal was $503,724,381. The fuels increased from $469,078,842 in 1902 to $634,233,791 in 1903, a ffain of $165,154,949, or 35 per cent. Every variety of fuel increased in value. Anthracite coal showed an increase in value from $76,173,586 in 1902 to $1.52.036,448 in 1903. The average price of anthracite coal per long ton at the mine was $2.50, as against $2.35 in 1902, the highest figure obtained up to that time since 1888. The average price per short ton for bituminous coal at the mine was $1.24, as compared with $1.12 in 1902. The increase in value of the bituminous coal output over 1902 was $60,829,450, a combined increase in value of coal of $136,692,312,

The gain of $159,211,831 in the total %-alue of mineral production is due to the Urge increase in nonmetallic products, the metallic products showing a decrease from $042,258,584 iu 1902 to $624,318,008 in 1903, a loss of $17,940,576, and the uomnetallic productif showing an increase from $617,251,154 in 1903 to $794,403,561 in 1903, a gain of $177,- 152,407. To these products should be added estimated unspecified products, includingbuilding, molding, and other sands reported, the rare mineral molyltdenum and other mineml products valued at $l,0lX),OO0, making the total mineral production for 1903 $1,419,721,509.

INDIA RUBBER CONSUMPTION IN 1904.

The "India Rubber World'' for Februarj- 1, 1905, states that the year 1904 was an exceptional one in the rubber industry, as indicated, among other things, by larger imports of crude rubber into the United States than in any preceding year. As is shown by the following tables, the United States imports of crude rubber during 1904 ex- ceeded by more than 2,800 tons the largest figui-es for any previous

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404 JNTRRNATIONAL BUBEAU OF THE AHEBICAN KEPUBUCS.

year, being just 90 per cent greater than the imports ten years ago. Not only were the receipts thus exceptionally large, but the deliveries for consumption were correspondingly great. On December 31 the stocks in the country were, according to the table furnished, 305 tons of rubber of all kinds, whereas the average stock for ten years pre- vious bad been 785 tons and at times very much greater. The jour- nal quoted states that while deliveries have no doubt been Diade to manufacturers in excess of actual consumption, the requirements of the industry have, nevertheless, been very great, in spite of the fact that prices have ruled higher than during any former twelve months' period.

The comparative prices for fine Pará rubber in New York and Liver- pool for the years 1898-1904, inclusive, have been as follows:

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The following table indicates the imports of crude rubber received into the United States throughout the same period of j-ears:

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IMHIQRATION IN 1004.

The report of Frank P. Saroest, Commissioner-General of Immi- gration, for the fiscal year 1003-4, shows that in the twelve months ending with June, 1904, 812,870 aliens were adntitted to the United States, as against 857,046 in 1902-3, a decrease of 44,176. In the last ten years we received altogether 4,6^8,798 immigrants, an average of 462,879 for each year.

The following table gives the total number of immigrants in 1904 from the countries named, with the increase or decrease of emigration from each nation as compared with the preceding year:

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Italy

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Sweden

Wert Indies ".'.lil'.!

Dennmrk

RoamanU

Tarkey In A^la

Bwltierland

Turkey in Kurope -

China

Spain

Belgium

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Ah a whole, Europe showi 767,933 arrivais, a decrease of 4<J,574 from 1903. Asia ahowa 26,1S6 arrivals, a decrease of 3,7S0, tliough China record» an increase of nearly 100 per cent.

Of the H12,870 immigrants, 549,100 were males, a decrease of 64,040; and 203,770 females, an increase of 19,870. Of the total, 109,150 were under 14 ycai-«, 657,155 were between 14 and 45, and 46,õ65 were 45 or over; 3,953 could read hut not write; 108,903 could neither read nor write, and the other 640,014 could read and write. The 812,870 possessed $20,894,383 on landing, ^,776,870 more than was brought by the 857,046 who arrived in the previous year.

SEAL CATCH FOB 1904.

The annual report for 1904 of the United States Department of Commerce and Labor states that the seal catch for the year ended August, 1904, amounted to 13,128 skins taken and shipped, of which number 11,132 were obtained on St, Paul Island and 1,996 on St. George Island, as against a total of 19,292 skins taken in 1903. Tlie decrease in the number of skins taken, 6,164, was due largely to the reservation of young male seals for breeding purposes, and other restrictions upon the killing deemed necessary to preserve the life of the seal herd.

THE UAGVET PLANT IN THE PHILIPPINES.

Maguey and sisal, accordingto Mr. II. T. Kdwards, fiber expert of

the Philippine Bureau of Agriculture, are terms commonly applied to

two closely allied species of the genus Açai'e. There has been some

confusion in the use of the name maguey, it being sometimes applied

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406 INTEBIfATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMEBICAN REPUBLICS.

to all of the species of Açave. Strictly speaking, however, the maguey of Mexico and Central America is the plant of Açave Americana, white sisal fiber is produced by the plant known as henequén, Acare rígida sinalana. In the Philippine Islands both the plant and the fiber are generally known as maguey and have been elassified as belonging to Acare Americana. It is probable, however, that the greater part of the so-called maguey fiber of the Philippines is produced by the Acare rígida sisalma, and therefore should more properly be termed "sisal."

The plant is already widely distributed, having Ijeen reported from twenty-two different provinces of the islands. Most of this fiber at present imported into the United States is raised in Mexico and Cen- tral America. There is a good demand for it, the current quotations in the New York markets usually being but about S cents less per pound for sisal tlian for the ^lanila hemp.

In the Philippine Islands there are large area.-* of land suitable in every way for the cultivation of this crop and unsatisfactory for other purposes. For furthering the development of the industry it is deemed important that effort should be made to improve the conditions of plantation management, to encourage the introduction of modern fiber extracting machinery, and to disseminate, as widely as possible, whatever information is available relative to the production of the fiber there and its uses.

In a recent report of the Philippine Bureau of Agriculture it is stated that maguey was first introduced into the Philippine Islands fi-om Mexico or Central America by the Spaniards, but at what time or hj' whom can not bo determined. The plant has long been raised in a small way, but it is only in very recent years, since there has been an increased demand for the fiber, that its cultivation has become an important industry. From the provinces of llocos Norte, llocos Sur, and Union maguey fiber is now exported in large quantities. The plant is found in many other provinces and in numerous in.'ítances the filler is extracted for local use. The production of abaca, or Manila hemp Cher, has been such an important industry in the islands and its cultivation lias received so much attention that the good qualities and true value of maguoj' have been to some extent overlooked.

Although in but few provinces the fiber is produced in commercial quantities, it is found growing to some extent throughout the islands. The cultivation and utilization of maguey has been reported to the Philippine Bureau of Agriculture from the provincesof Abra, Albay, Antique, Bataan, Batangos, Bcnguet, Bohol, Bulacan, Camarines, Capiz, llocos Norte, llocos Sur, Iloilo Masbate, Nueva Ecija, Nueva Viscaya, I'ampanga, Pangasinan, Bomblon, Tayabas, Union, and Zambales.

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The fiber of the mague)', belonging to the class known as structural fibers, is produced by the leaves. It U obtained by separatjnj!r the pulpy portion of the leaf from the fine fílamentâ, or fibro-vascular bundles, which run alon^ this pulp. The fiber, if carefully separated and dried, is quite white and brilliant. It is 4 or 5 feet long, is fine and soft, and iij more wavy or fluffy than Manila hemp. Another market quality is its great elasticity, which gives it great value when used for cordage that is liable to be subjected to any sudden strain. It is said that its main faults are the stiffness, shortness, and thinness of wall of the individual fibers, and a liability to rot.

With reference to the relative tensile strength of the two fibers, it is claimed that Manila hemp spun into a single-strand twine, 650 feet to the pound, should show a tensile strength of 85 pounds for the breaking strain of the weakest portion, while sisal running 500 feet to the pound will show a tension of 50 pounds at breaking strain of the weakest part.

Almost any tropical or subtropical climate appears to be fa^-orable for the growth of maguey. Owing to its thick, fleshy leaves it will not suffer during a prolonged drought, while it also flourishes in the humid climate and during the rainy season of the Philippines. It is stated that in a humid climate a longer and more elastic fiber is produced.

The system of planting followed in the Philippines differs materially from that of Mexico and Hawaii. In the latter countries the plants are set from 0 to 8 feet apart, while in the Philippine Islands they are usually given but 3 or 4 feet. The reason for this close phinting is said to be that if given greater distance the plants will be torn and lacerated during the heavy " baguios," or windstoi-ms. This matter is one to be largely determined by local conditions, the nature of the soil, the climate, and the frequency of heavy winds. In a locality subject to typhoons close planting rnay be necessary, otherwise the number of plants should not exceed 800 to 1,000 to the acre. The time for plant- ing is during the rainy season, from June to November.

Maguey, or sisal fitter, has a variety of uses in nearly all civilized countries of the world. In the United States it is used principally for binder twine, also for ships^ ropes and cables and for small cordage. In Mexico and South America it is employed in the manufacture of lines, nets, liammocks, and saddle cloths. In European countries it is used for various classes of cordage.

The essential principle of the fiber-extrncting machine is that the pulpy material of the leaf is scraped from the fiber without any pre- liminary maceration or fermentation, thus saving all of the expense and labor of the slow retting process. The use of fiber- extracting mnchincrt is a question which has received much attention, and is a

408 INTEENATIONÀL BUBEAU OF THE AMERICAN EEPUBLICS.

matter of general intei-est in the Philippine Islands. In the case of abacs, no machine haa been introduced which has met with any con- siderable degree of success. With maguey, however, several different machines are in use in Mexico, the West Indies, and Hawaii.

KaVEUENT OF THE FOBT OF NEW YOBK IN 1904.

The commanding position held by New York City as a commercial poi-t is demonstrated by the comparative tables carried in the forth- coming annual report of the chamber of commerce of the foreign commerce of the port of New York and of the United Htates for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904. In that period the foreign imports entering this port amounted in value to $630,119,149, of which $29,948,116 represented gold and silver imports; and those entering all other ports of the United States $487,792,404, a total of $1,117,- 911,553. The total value of the domestic exports from this port was $602,103,775, of which $493,705,709 represented merchandise and $108,398,066 gold and silver; and the exports from all other porta aggregated $950,258,093, making a total of $1,552,361,868. Some of the leading commodities imported into this port were: Coffee, $55,679,785; sugar, $45,078,973; india rubber, $39,066,399; precious stones, $22,415,503; manufactures of cotton, $40,029,818; of silk, $27,962,078; of wool, $15,150,217; of flax, hemp, etc., $21,833,663; tobacco, leaf and manufactured, $13,336,998; tin, in bars, pigs, etc., $19,055,921. The cotton exported in the year ended June 30, 1904, was valued at $370,811,246, of which $28,478,319 was shipped through the port of New York. Exports of copper from New York were $38,384,481 in value, against $16,485,591 from all other porta.

The total foreign commerce of the port of New York for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904, showed an increase in value of $35,004,183, as compared with that for the preceding year, and the total foreign commerce of all porL-i of the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1904, in value $2,709,671,512, was $103,324,224 greater than for the year before.

In the last fiscal year American vessels brought to this port $96,436,632 oí imports and carried abroad $66,415,689 of domestic exports and $3,753,948 of foreign exports, while there were trans- ported in foreign vessels $52!*,558,968 of imports and $535,688,086 of domestic and $10,292,248 of foreign exports.

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URUGUAY.

FOBEIQN COHMEBCE, FIBST HLALF OF 1904.

According to figures published by the statistical department of the custom-house of the Republic of Uruguay, the total commerce of the country for the half year (January to .Tune) of 1904 amounted in value to $32,989,380, of which *23,581,748 represents export valuations and (9,357,632 the amount of imports.

The details of exportation for the six months in reference, as com- pared with the corresponding period of 1903, are as follows:

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11,070,603	9,SS7,SÏ2

The diminution in the total commerce for the six months as compared with 1903 was $4,212,178. It should be remembered, however, that 1903 was a record year, when the Uruguayan exports exceeded those of the preceding year l»y $4,500,000, and those of 1901 by .nearly $7,500,000.

As regards imports, which are naturally the first to be affected, there was a total decrease, as compared with the same period of 1903, of $2,712,871, equivalent to about 22.6 percent. This affected every schedule, the decrease being as follows: Drinks, $269,473; comesti- bles, $308,426; tobacco, $507; soft goods, $889,434; made clothing, $221,857; material and machinery, $300,118; various, $383,346; live stock, $339,710.

The exports showed a net decrease of $1,499,307, equivalent to nearly 6 per cent. The items of decrease were as follows: Slaughterhouse

410 INTERNATIONAL B0BEAU O? THS AMBBICAN BBFÜBLIOS.

products, $i, 574,705; agiicultural product*, Ç137,876; various, $4,925; making a total of $1,717,506, (rom which must be deducted the small increase of $218,199 iu the other three schedules.

The total commerce of the Republic for the first six months of a serie» of j'ears from 1894 to 1904, is shown in the following table:

ISM »S4,021,250 1900 $30,448,981

X901 30,291,&aO

1902 32,208,289

19Ce 57,161,568

1904 32,839,380

S2, 577, 840 26, 797. 176 31,514,398

KOVBHSNT or THE PORT OF KOHTKVIDKO HT OCTOBSR, 1004.

The Buenos Ayres "Hanãeh-Zeítung^^ {^'Hevisfa Financiera y Comercial") publishes the following figures showing the movement of the port of Montevideo for October, 1904:

VESSELS CLEARED.

EX PORT ATI ONa.

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VENEZUELA.

PROHIBITION OF TEHTEZUELAN-COLOHBIAIT BOTTHDART TBADE.

AMERICAN LbQATION,

Caracas, October ê9, 190^. The following commanication has twen received by the Burean-of the American Repoblios concerning the interruption of traffic on the Veneznelan-Colombian boundary: "Hon. John Hay,

^'■Secretary of State, Washington, D. C. ""Sib: I havo the honor to report that the 'Official Gazette' of the 26th iuatant contains a decree by which all traffic is again stopped on the Colombian boundary, from Encontrados to Puerto Villamigar, on account of the fact that revolutionists are able to escape from one country to the other too easily. Traffic must now go via Uraca, Colon, and Urena, which is a roundabout way. "This notice is important to shippers of coffee.

"I have the honor to be, sir, your obedient servant,

"Norman Hctchinsok,

'"'' Secretary of Legation.'''

PATENT UEDICINE IJLWS.

The Venezuelan Government has taken up the question of the admis- sion and sale of secret or nonsecrct patent medicines in that country, and has adopted new regulations whereby all medicines not dulj' authorized and approved by the IxMird of physicians shall be excluded from the Republic.

In view of the large amount of pat«nt medicines whicb are annually exported from the United 8tiites and other countries to Venezuela, the change in the laws should prove of especial interest to manufacturers.

Following is a copy of the decree publisiied in the Venezuelan "Offi- cial Gazette" of December 15, l!'04:

"United States o*- Ybxeuuela, "Treascrï and Finance Department,

"■'Canteáis, Decetiiher lõ, 190^. ^''lit) ft resolved: Whereas the board of physicians of the Republic have enforced section 44 of its rules and regulations which set» forth: 'That the sale of such secret or nonsecret patent medicines an are not duly authorized by this body is absolutely prohibited, even though they shall Imve Ijoen approved by foreign faculties, and under punish- ment of judgment and penalty as provided for unlawful actu;' and "Whereas the regulations contained in sections 47, 48, and 50 of the

412 INTERNATIONAL BUBEAU OF THE AMEKICAN BEPUBLIC8.

same rules and regulations, for obtaining permission to make such sales, will, in the form in which they now exist, occasion such delay as will be prejudicial to the trade and to the revenues of the national treasury;

" The Provisional President of the Republic, in consideration of the complaints made, as well as of the interest involved, bas ordered that the board of physicians be instructed to nominate two of its active membei's to act, in conjunction with two others to be appointed by this depai'tment, for an examination and classiñcatlon of the said seer, t or patent medicines, constituting thereby a board for this pur- pose.

'^ To this effect, all manufacturers as shall desire to submit any secret or patent medicine to the said lioard shall personal!}', or throu};h their attorneys, who may be empowered to act by means of an ordinary letter, submit a statement drawn up in the usual legal form, such statement to contain the name of the article, the effective ingredients of the preparation, and the dose in which it is to be taken. They shall, moreover, send to the board, along with the said statement, two samples of each preparation provided with labels bearing the same information. '

"The power of attorney granted by each manufacturer must be pi-o- vided with an unused stamp of 5 bolivars, and each statement (one for each product) shall be subject to a tax of 20 bolivars, one-half of which shall go to the members of the board and one-half to the National Treasury. The certificate i» to be signed by all the four members of the board.

"For the puipose of enabling manufacture i-s of secret or patent medicines to submit their product» for examination and ctassitícation by the board, a term of four months has been granted to foreign manufac- turers and of two months to domestic manufacturers, the Customs Department of the Republic in the meantime making inspections and appraisals in the same manner as at the present time. After the termi- nation of this period, wliich is to commence on the date of publication of this resolution in the official journal, the custom-house authorities shall appraise them in the fifth class of the customs tariff during a further term of two months, during which time the products may be submit- ted to the board. At the conclusion of said additional term they will be included in the list of those articles whose importation is prohib- ited and be subject to the penalties provided therefor in the 'tax law. Secret or patent medicines manufactured by persons who furnish proof that they commenced such manufacture after the termination of both the above stated terms may be allowed examination and classifi- cation by applying with the hereinbefore mentioned requirements.

"The board shall promptly make weekly reports to this Department of such classiffcations as it may have granted, such reports to be

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promptly communicated to the Custonis Department, and etu:h prepa- ration as approved shall have the following inscription stamped on

the wrapper: 'Aprobado por la Junta Clasificadora bajo el No. '

(Approved by the Board of Classification under No. ), and bear

the seal of the board, which shall examine the préparations submitted to it within a term of five days."

FUBUC I.ANZ> liAW OF VBKSZTTIXA.

United States Consul Plumachek has forwarded from Maracaibo, under date of October 20, 1904, a translation of the new law of waste or public lands of Venezuela, and the same is now on file in the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Comuicrce and Labor, where it may be consulted by parties intei-ested.

YSlStSZUELAS COAL.

United States Consul Pldmacher, at Maracaibo, Venezuela, under date of November 3, 1904, has forwarded a copy of a decree and trans- lation declaring that in future the Government of Venezuela will exploit the coal deposits of that Republic.

DEC&EE EXEHPTINQ UAIZE ANB BEAXS FROM DUT?.

A recent report of Consul Peterson at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, contains the information that on account of the increased price of the minor grains raised in the country, owing to the loss of crops for lack of rain, a decree has been promulgated by the Provisional Government, providing that after January 3, 1905, " el mais, las caráotas y fftjole"''^ (maize or Indian corn, red beans, and French or kidney' beans) imported through the custom-houses shall be exempt from duties so long as the Government shall deem ncfessary, of which determination there shall be forty daj's' notice given.

COPPER PRODUCTION IN 1904.

The copper production of 1904 was greater than the copper produc- tion of the entire world for the first forty years of the nineteenth cen- tnry. The world now makes more copper in a week than it made in a twelvemonth one century ago. If the present pace continues, the men of onetiundred yeai's hence will require almost as much copper as the present production of pig iron, and the world's requirements of the metal in the year 2004, a century hence, will be approximately 1,000,000,000 tons — almost as many tons as pounds are needed now — and the present wealth of the world would be insufficient to pay for that year's copper product at -the present price of the metal. It is no

414 INTEENATIGNAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

wunder that the gfeat coiutuming interests are bef^iniiing to give ^lioiu atti'ntion to the question of where. the copper is to come from.

A brief surrey of the world, outside of the United States, shows that Mexico is, at present, the most important and the most promising source of copper supply. Mexico now has three mineti making upward of 10,000,000 pounds each per annum, with other good niiues developing. Canada has but one large mine, the Granby, but has feverul others of more than average promise. Newfoundland mines are merely holding their own. El Cobre mines, of Cuba, famous pro- ducoi-s for four decades until the revolution of 1868, are being unwa- tered and prepared for the resumption of production upon a large scale.

The important mines of Venezuela, once large producers, remain idle, owing to the political unrest and the indignities and harassmcnts to which foreign capital invested in that turbulent oligarchy are exposed. Ku ctmngc is noted in Bolivia, and the powerful American syndicate that lias consolidated the mines of the Cerro de Pasco district in Peru still is eugnged in the work of reopeniag upon modern lines, and several year» will be required to complete this work to the poiot of large and profitable production. Chile shows a snail gain in pro- duction, but modern mining upon a large scale remains the exception rather tbun the rule, and until this situation changes Chile can not show large gains in production, important mining work is under way in the Argentine K<'public in the pi-omistng Mexicana district, but no marked results can be anticipated for several years to come.

The following table gives the actual production of the world, in long toiLs, for 1!K)2 and 1903 and estimated production of 1904, from the most reliable data in hand at the close of the year. The total for 1904 is more likely to prove slightly too high than to be found too low, but is a close approximation to the actual output, final figures of which will not be available for about six months:

Kïwfuuixlland

B.)U»1«

Aiv^trlH-IIungury..

Turkey

Sliwelluiuwi»

S¿.WII	31,360	λ.77S
Ï.OW
ilaoo		1,100 Í.3S6

COPPBR PROaUCTIOK IN IflOi.

415

Far the greater portion of tlie increase in pixxiuction for the year, both actually and relatively, has been made by the United States, which shows an increase of about 12 per cent o%-er the output of 19Ü3. Mexico also has made a lar^ íft^íu ^ii^ ^'^^ occupies second place, the Iberian Peninsula, which was the world's largest copper producer a quarter of a century ago, now holding third position. Chile, which held second place twenty-five j'ears ago, now has fourth, and is closelj- pressed for that both by Japan and by Australasia. Canada has made a fair gain, though not so great as wa^ boped at the beginning of the year. Cape Colony has made a further increase, having fully recovered from the depressed conditions in copper mining that followed the Boer war. The wmalter producers show no important changes.

The copper production of the United States is so predominantly large that the following table of production by states, including 1903 actual and 1904 estimated, will be of interest:

C»llfori

Cotormilo

Wromlng

Aluka

WaahligVon":;: South DBkoUi... UiKelkuiiuua...

^ 300001
	vuu
w	uotf.

ToUl :>3.7(».00i

l»2.399.19l 117,Clt,27I

tK.302.ea¿

The growth of the American copper industry is well illustrated bv the following table, giving production for every fifth year since 1849, the date of the first dividend payment by a Lake Supciior mine, the past five yesrs, with estimates of 19í>4 protluction, being given in detail:

Yi^nr,	7W "'.WW'.l''.'."'.^ ¿iwo ; g.ooo		.ar.
	'.\l"'.\^\\\[\'.'.l 23^000
	*^

Less than a quarter century ago Chile was a larger pro<\ucer of cop- per than the United States, and both were behind Spain, then the lead- ing copper producing country of the globe. The 1904 production of

416 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

the United Stat«s was more than t«n times that of Chile, and almost exactly seven times that of Spain. The 1904 copper production of the United States was greater than the entire copper product of the world at so comparatively recent a date as 1895 — only nine yearg ago.

COFFEE MARKET, 1904.

The visible coffee supply of the world on January 1, 1905, accord- ing to the "American Grocer" of January 11, 1905, was 13,916,399 bags, against 13,757,746 bags on the same date in 1904, a gain during the year of lõSjCíS bags. The figures for January 1 include the Bre- men stock of 133,000 bags, which heretofore has not been counted.

Transactions of the Coffee Exchange of New York were 3,006,250 bags; for six months they amounted to 10,597,750, and for the calendar year 1904 to 25,487,500 bags.

The total sales on the New York Coffee Excliange for the year 1904 reached 25,487,500 bags, as against 13,010,000 in 1903, a total exceed- ing any previously recorded in the history of the Exchange.

Total receipts in six months at Rio were 1,791,000 bags and Santos 5,951,000 bags, making a total of 7,742,000 bags, against 8,097,000 bags in 1903-1 and 8,225,'JOO bags in 1902-3. For four years preced- ing, 69 per cent of the total crop was received during the first six months. On that ba?-is the present crop should exceed 11,200,000 bags.

The total deliveries during December in the United States consisted of 031,144 bags, of which 499,190 bags were Bi-azil and 131,954 bags were all other sorts. Brazil furnished 79,08 per cent of the Deccmlwr deliveries and other countries 20.92 per cent.

Other countries than Brazil have been more of a factor in contribut- ing to the supply than in previous years. To what extent the coffee- planting industry in Mexico, Central America, United States of Colombia, Porto Rico, and Cuba, has been extended is a sort of problem.

TRADE OF AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN IN 1904.

The "Accounts Uelating to Trade and Navigation of the United Kingdom," published in December, 1904, contain a detailed statement of the commercial intercourse between Great Britain and the various countries of America during 1904, as compared with the two preceding ycaiti.

D,G,lzerl:,vG00¿^Ic

TRADE OF AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIK IN 1904. The c1a»-sÍfícation of import» is as follows:

Aigentlne Republio . lloltri] SISIC8

Argentine Republic.

Uiüted Suttes

Anenllno Kepabl[c . ChTlc

VuHea SUIcs...

ic Repu bill?.

United SI Itnizn:

UiHlcd Huíêiir.'.

Beef. IresJi:

Anttiitlne Republic.

Port 7r™ """ "^f """* ■ U'nltcdSUIca

inlted êl»tP«

liiilled sutes

Codec;

Central America

Bngar, unrcflncd;

Aivcntlne Kepnblle . .

United eiatm... Wool, aben» oi *

floutli Amcrlra . . Urosnar...

Aigenunc Republic

floutli Amcrlra

Urosnar

Alpara. vlrufla, nnd llnma:

Chile.. Peru-,

BMe*.^

Raw maUtiait /or euRdry i

■line Republic and Uruguay ..

Tallow and Htêiirln;

Atsentlne Republic

United SUtCB

&,3M,243

1S4.2SB ■2M,»6

M.4»,rii	e, 4M. 214
T, «7,080	7,618,091
936.691	81H,»I)4
3&T.763	176,. V2S
^^ï.^	4.IiO&,SJI 4.fl»4,7i7
1.723.652 5,2W,(»7	ñ.TÍ9,lM
2, 173, («7	2,603,931
572, S»	319,631
(■.23»,52i	7,370, 9ÏS
227,2*3	232,29a
3,422,004	Ï, 602, 654
466, 6»1 610,660	sai
T'St*	184,711 21.s:ftl7

'5,6*2, 1.191,136

289,348 ïl,e«6

2M.M»

MA. 4^

242,'06'J

53,r¿7 195,113 I

418 INTEBNATIONAL BUREAD OF TBE AïtXBlCAH BEPUBUCS.

!snd«

¡ianu/ncltiml niiirlfi.

""^W-d Stales

MUn-BauroHi arUclcs. Iones:

UnlWdSUM»

^>x or linHwd:

ArEeulttie Republic

The classification of exports is as follows;

aat.-ns I tsK.sx £319.dia

2&I.M9 . 119, Htl 91,702

1, SM.su i.sM,aa2 < ¡.wltw

	l»œ.	1903. 1901.
árlMei Hf food iiJid driiit.	íaocw-i 33Õ.SÍ8 607.lriï l.lSii.lOfi 04:^1 iifi7 an, OB.-. IKi.SW ISS	(^,289 I'd.*» 815. sas i:fi7, 13» Si saã.-ua 416.0015 'AS 407,'Jïa
8»ll rorknncl whit*:
Splriu:	we -90
Sav maleríiüi. "'iSfnilK.^b».
Wool, nhfepaiid ínmü-.
CotWn miinafacturM, all cIsmuís:

Liuen pl«-i> nooda; AWl-lIlillt Iti'pllblil-	1 svKï : i ^^\	Tfi,TI7 ' ,M\ 19(1.199 103,452 lae.Oití
	123 a«9 '
Ptni	7S.S03	W,173 874,078 ÎIT.ISS ,K:ÎS:
^¡^T^^!: --::-::-	H14.S2JI
		I9.t»2

(«,294 21. IW 2».l»2

18,170 ilï.Mtl 398, 2&;

.,,rz?d,,vG00¿^Ic

TBADE OF AMERICA AND OREAT BRITAIN IN 1904.

	1902.	■«..	■».
	is 16,211 II 1.7W.S1Í1 17,097 tt.Olf, w,ïn 11 44.906 a»7,433 »is w;4t(l 77,4.SÎ 1.M4 41.964 10,023 1,2M ItVl.SW S1>I1 10. «51 49é;33IS	IS 22. m li i Ï&.MI si 706,3(6 217,493 79. «7 189,360 41,231 ¡Sî.tfi 82,744 ï,479 31,!W4 ssiosíi «s.rTB 563; B« 50.Ü63
Cntlciy:
	27Î.6M
	27' M
MaeMtern and mlllimrt. LocomoliTE-r
■*»t.uinln"?£S"""^''°*"'"'^
Kuhinery. vaiioue:
'■usinai"™"
dSaSí--:::;--;:;::;:::::::-:::::::;:::: Textile maclilnenr:	40.2KI 1.4S3
CemcDt:
Eartben and eh Inn vnrv:	101,002
Bead oil:

idbyGoO^^Ic

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LATIN -AMEEICAN PAETICIPATION IN THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION.

The following Ibt, forwarded to the loternatioDal Bureau of the American Uepublics by Mr. Fkedeiuck J, V. Skipp, Director of the Exposition, shows the participation of the various Latin-American countries in the Universal Exposition held in St. Lxiuie in 1904. The various countries exhibited under the following different lieadings:

Arffeiittiie R/puhlic. — Education, Art, Liberal arts, Manufactures, Agiieulture, Forestry and Fish and Game, Mines and metallurgy.

/Íí"«3í7,— Education, Art, Lil>eral arts, Manufactures, Varied indus- tnert, Electricity, Ti-ansportation, Agriculture, Forestry and ílsh and Game, Mines and metallurgj', Anthropology, Machinerj'.

Co«ta Rica. — Agriculture.

JlonJuras. — Agriculture.

Mexico. — Education, Art, LiV>cral arta, Manufactures, Electricity, Transportation, Agriculture, Forcstry and Fish and Game, Mines and metallurgy, Anthropology.

Peru. — Agriculture, Forestry and Fish and Game, Mines and metal- lurgy.

Sail SaleaJor. — Agriculture.

T^íííííHeírt.— Forestry and Fish and Game, Manufactures.

FIBROUS PLANTS FROM LATIN AMERICA AT THE ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION.

Mr. Charles Richabd Dodge, in an article published in the "Tex- tile World Record'' comments as follows on the exhibits of fíbrous plants at the St. Louis Exposition, made by various countries of Latín America.

"Mexico shows a wealth of hard fibers or those which are adapted to coi-dagc manufacture or for bagging, hammocks, etc. Some superior examples of sisal hemp are shown, but the larger portion of the col- lection is made up of fibers which, while used to a considerable extent in the country where produced, arc not to any degree commercial forms. A few of these secondary cordage tibcrs arc beginning to be exported, however, especially certain forms of niaguay — other than the Agave Amcficii lia fiber— a species of yucca, and some others which may be used as a binding-twine mixtiire.

" I .should not omit to mention in passing, however, the fine exhibits of istle, or Tampico fiber, which ia a matter of large export. While this is a brush fiber, it is also used for liagging in Mexico, and some- times for cordage. In both the Mexican and Nicaraguan exhibits I

PLAirre FEOM LATIS 4BEBICA AT ST. LOUIS EXPOSITION. 421

found fine examples of that wonderful fiber, derived f i-om a long-leaved species of Bromelta eometímes known as the pinuclla, which is almost as fine as silk, often of a pale greenish color, and of such superb strength that a few small filaments will resist hand pulling. The fiber would jump into commercial prominence at once could it be secured cheaply and in quantity, for there are no machines that can properly handle the long, thin leaves, and the little that is prepared is produced by laborious hand methods of extraction. 1 have Hcen small hanks of the fiber that were quoted at a dollar a pound Mexican.

"Venezuela carried off a gold medal for her fine collection of nearly 200 specimens of the fibers of that country, which are displayed in large pendant banks across the entire end of the Venezuelan space in the Forestry Building. The collection probably embraced 80 or more species of the well-known fibers of Central and South Amenca, and included sisal hemp, fourcroya fiber, maguay, pineapple, banana, many agave' fibers and other semicommercial forms, besides a wealth of interesting forest fibers, or those derived from the inner bark of trees, many of which are woi"thy fibera that are largely employed by the natives in the domestic economy for cordage, hammocks, etc.

' ' The only novelty I find at this exposition is a Brazilian fiber known as 'Aramina,' from which is manufactured and exhibited bagging and coarse fabrics. The fiber is being produced in cultivation, and is manu- factured by a company and promises to become a profitable industry. The fiber was quite familiar to me, and I later ascertained that it was produced from our old friend Urena loòaia, the 'tea plant,' or 'Cseaar weed ' of the Southern United States. As long ago as the Exposition of 1876 at Philadelphia, I found in the Brazilian exhibit good cordage made from this fiber, and I have since seen examples of it from other parts of the world. This is the first attempt, however, at commercial utility. It received a gold medal, not so much for the fiber or its manufactures, as for the supposed benefit to mankind in its utilization as a new industry. The plants are small shrubs and when grown closely together, under proper conditions of beat and moisture, they produce branchless canes, from which the bark can readily be detached, and the fiber subsequently extracted. The largest present use of the fiber is in the manufacture of coffee bags, though the promoters of the industry claim that it is adapted to the manufac- ture of packing and sack cloth, oil canvas, sail cloth, carpets, uphol- stery curtails, table cloths, fine twines, cordage, etc.

*'A machine has been constructed for stripping the barks in the field; this is then dried for transportation to the factory, and in this state is subsequently treated by chemical process to produce the spinning fiber. It is claimed that once planted, like ramie, crops may be secured for several years without replanting. The Government is encouraging the Bull. No. 2—05-^13

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enterprise by reducing the export tax on coffee from 11 to 9 per cent ad valorem where Aramina bags are used. The fiber is creamy white in color, soft and lustrous, and posseü^efl the strength of a comnioD grade flax fiber, and therefore can not stand comparison with foreign hemp, the better imported flaxes, or ramie. We have in the United States several wild-bark fibers that are as good, and one, at least, Aêcelpûu iiicamaía, that ia better. But the lalwr question, aod the lack of machinery arc the obi^tacles that prevent their utility, though it should always be remembered that these fibers are only flax substi- tutet). Brazil shows manj' other fibers at the exposition, but they are of no special interest here. I should mention, however, the large exhibit of commercial piassaba or brush fiber in the Forestiy Building."

TRADE OPPORTUNITIES IN LATIN AMERICA.

The Great Northern Railway Company, of Guatemala, is now actively repairing and reconstructing the old line from Puerto Barrios to a point about 100 miles from the coast. This section of the road, which is intended eventually to be completed to Guatemala City, was built about eight years ago, but was allowed to fall into decay. About half the distance to the capital has been built, but the engineering difficul- ties of the unfinished part are very groat, on account of the mountain- ous nature of the countrj-. Many bridges will be needed, and one is now on the way to replace the structure over the Montagua Eiver, recently destroyed by flood:*. The delivery of material for repairing and extending the road bus been kept well in advance of present requirements. TATien the Great Northern Railway reaches Guatemala City there will be a continuous line from coast to coast, the Guatemala Central road having been in opemtion for several years from the cap- ital to San José, on the Pacific coast. The latter road has added mate- rially to its equipment during the past year, thi-ee heavy passenger locomotives of American make being among the improvements. The company will shortly make a shipment of material for the construc- tion of fifty freight cars, which will be put together at their own shops, near the Pacific terminal.

The Hamburg-American Line (Atbs Line service) intends to estab- lish a direct service from New York to Venezuelan ports. The ports of call will be Curaçao, La Guaira, and Puerto Cabello, and the 3er\-ice is to bo monthly both ways. The sailings will be arranged to connect with a coastwise service, which Venezuelan parties have recently established, taking in the ports of Maracaibo, La Guaira, Puerto Cabello, Guanta, Cumana, and Carupano. It is thought that the coast- wise line will Ite extended up the Orinoco to Ciudad Bolivar, which is

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the en£r£pôt of trade for the Oiinoco Valle}\ The liuuburg-Ameri- c&n LdiieatpreBentopei-ate^jamonUilysei'vicc from H&mbung to Porto liican aod Venezuelan port:^, and it is likely that the new line from New York will prove to be aimply ña exteiiâion of that eervioe, tlie steamers continuing the vojage to New York from Venezuela int^tead of returning to Hamburg. Steamers from New York to Venezuelan porta will probably proceed to Hamburg from there. By the new line through hills of lading may be had to every import&nt port ¡a Vene- zuela. The first steamer to be dispatched will be the Valdivia, sail- ing from New York the latter part of February. This in the second new line established by the Hauiburg-Araerican Line from New York since the first of the jear.

Through the pi'actical absorption Ih' the Northern Kaàlway Cora- patiy of Costa liica of the Costa Kican Railway, oousummated at a meeting of the stockholders of the latter corporation in London, the United Fruit Company, which controls the Northern, will hereafter be able to give through rates and bills of lading from New Orléans to the west coitôt of Central America by waj- of the Costa Eican fiailway sys- tem via San Jose to Punta j\-renas, on the Pacific coast. By this route th- company can avoid the higli freight rates charged by the FaMUua I^ailroad for through west coast freight. The new arrangement will become effective July 1, from wiiich time the American company will operate the Costa Rica Kailroad for about sijcty-six years, which in the remainder of the British company's term for the conoessioii, the Ameiican company paying for it annuallj' in stipulated amountii, com- mencing with $<í55,O00and graduallj- inci"easing until 1912, after which time the annual pa^'ment will be $745,500. It is thought that the ul>sorp- tion will greatly assist the United Fruit Company in developing the banana and coffee trade.- The Costa Bican Railway recently suffered extensive damage from floods, and thei-e is no doubt that the United Fruit Company will wet to work acti\ely to place the road in good condition.

The Mexican pres.s mentions a plant called "guayule" as a substi- tute for rubber. Señor Lie. Cáelos Aouirre, general representati\-e of the company La Anglo-Mexicana, 8. A., states that the company made numerous experiments in extracting from the shrub the gumuiy substance it contains and transforming it into rubber. When the suc- cess of these experiments was assured, tie necessary patents were obtained and a small factory was established at Jiraulco, State of Coahnila, which for about a year has been in operation, and $150,000 Mexican currency has been invested. The erection of several similar works in the frontier States is now contemplated. One of these plants is expected to furnish employment to about 500 meu, and "guayule'' to the value of about $100,000 Mexican currency has been contracted for. The company has petitioned the Government for the

424 INTERNATIONAL BUBEAU OF THE AMERICAN RBPVBLIOB.

privileges accorded to new industriea for ten years, in accordance with the law of December 18, 1903. Some $100,000 Mexican cur- rency is to be invested.

United States Consul-Gcncral Eugene Seeoer, of Rio de Janeiro, reporLi as follows: "During recent travels in the United States I have observed that the prices of the finer gi-ades of hard wood have increased to such an extent as to cause an impediment to the trade. 1 therefore call the attention of those interested in the wood indus- tries to the fact that fine varieties of cabinet woods are very abundant on some of the navigable rivers in the southern part of Brazil and also in the State of Espirito Santo. Freights between the United States and Brazil in sailing vessels are very cheap at present, and it is easy to secure concessions from the State governments for lai^ tracts of timber land; consequently the export of the finer grades of cabinet wood from Brazil to the United States promises to be a lucrative business. I would ad\-ise those interested in the wood industries to make investigations promptly before European compet- itors have secured the most desirable properties and privileges. I would be very glad to assist any efforts made in this direction."

The concessions for the railways to be constructed fi-om Uberaba to Coxim and from Catalão to Palmas have been revised. The first- named line, the concession for which is owned by the Northwestern Railway Company of Brazil, is to start from Bahuru or some other point on the extension of the Sorocabana Railway, which may be found more convenient, and is to terminate at Cuyaba. The second line, the concession for which is owned by the Alto Tocantins Com- pany, is to start from Araguary or some point in the vicinity thereof, on the extension of the Mogyana Railway, and is to terminate at Goyaz. This company is further authorized to construct a branch from the most convenient point on the last-named line to the navig- able part of the river Tocantins.

The agreement between the Harrison Line (The Charente Steamship Company, Limited, of Liverpool) and the Mexican Government has been extended for a term of three years from October 19, 1904, with- out changing any of the original conditions of the concession. These vessels have no regular sailing schedule, but make about two trips a mouth. Their passenger accommodations are small, and the principal business i.s carrying freight between Liverpool and New Orleans by way of the West Indies, Colon, British Honduras, and Mexican gulf ports (Progreso, Veracruz, and Tampico). The agreement of the Munson Steamship Line to Cuba and Mexico, of New York, with the Government, has also been prolonged for six months from October 2, 1904. The vessels of this line are principally engaged in carrying freight between the United States, Cuba, and Mexico, and occasionally also a few passengers. / ■ r ,

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Recent advices from the Argentine Republic refer to the progress which is being made in dairy farming. A Buenos Ayres paper says: "During the year great strides have been made in Entre Rios in dairy farming, which is becoming such an important industry through- out the Republic generally. A large amount of high-class separating machinery has been introduced and creameries have sprung up in all directions. Cows, which formerly were kept solely for breeding pur- poses, are now being systematically milked on a lai^e scale and the separated cream is being shipped to Buenos Ayrcs. All that is now required is a large central butter factory in the province, and there is rumor that such a factory ¡s shortly to be put up, when the butter can be dispatched in a frozen ntate to the great frozen-meat establish- ments to be shipped direct to Europe."

' All arrangements have been made for paving thii-ty streets of the City of Mexico with asphalt. The asphalt is furnished by the Mexican Petroleum Company, which is operating a number of oil wells and an oil reBnery near Tampico. The company is refining the product of the wells, obtaining a good grade of illuminating oil and other by-products, including aspbaltum. The wellã are all good producers. The com- pany now has four 10,000-barrel tanks full of the oil, and a larger reservoir with a capacity of 100,000 barrels is being filled rapidly. Additional storage tonks with an aggregate capacity of 45,000 barrels are being constructed. The asphalt of this company has already been used for paving about 30,000 square meters of streets. The same product is to be used in paving twenty streets in the city of Guada- lajara.

It is definitely announced that the Mexican Central Railway bas purchased from the old Mexican National Construction Company the 95 kilometei-s of road from Manzanillo to Colima, and that this' year construction will be commenced from Tuxpam, Jalisco State, to Colima, thus completing the line to that Pacific port. It is thought that by the time the Mexican Central connects with the acquired line the harbor works at Colima will be finished, and Mexico City will then be in direct rail communication with a safe and commodious port on the Pacific Coast, where the Pacific mail steamers call regularly on their trips between San Francisco and Panama.

The Whitney Iron Works, of New Orleans, are now erecting a new mill at Zapoapita, near Cordoba, State of Vera Cruz, Mexico. The Motzorongo Company's new plant, one of the largest and most com- plete that has been brought to Mexico, is approaching completion and will eventually have a capacity of 750 tons of cane per day. The San Cristobal plantation, which is shipping its sugars to the New York market, reports that exceptionally good results are being obtained from their 82 by 60 six-roller Whitney mill, with which they are grinding about 700 tons of cane per day.

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The shipments of American rioe to Cuba, Porto Rico, and Central America are begin&irg to attract attention. The American Bioe Brokerage Company, of Crowley, Louisiana, recently negotiated a sale of 95,000 pockets to Cuban parties. A representative of the Rice Association of America and of the Kice Millers and Distributorti' Asso- ciation of Louisiana and Texas is now in Cuba for the pnrpose of pro- moting the introduction into that country of American rice. He will be in Habana during the next session of the Cuben Congress, and a part of his mission to Cuba is to present to that body reasons why the American cereal should bo given preference over other foreign rices or be placed at least upon an equal footing.

Señor Tomas E. Rauob, a Mexican citizen, lias .secured a conireesion for ninety-nine years authorizing bim, or a company he may organise for tJie purpose, to construct «id operate a line of narrow^nwigc rail- road from the municipality of Hunucma, in the State of Yuct^n, to the port of Sisal. A public tel^raph and telephone prinlege is also granted under this concession. Construction is to be «mclitded within five years from date of contract, and during this time all necessary material will be admitted free of import dutj'.

As the result of an agreeraent entered into by the authorities of the Mexican Government and the American manufacturers of dynamite and other cx|iIosives the manufactureis have I'educed the prices of explosives 20 per cent for the Mexican trade. In return for this i-ediictíon the Mexican Government will agree to not put into effect the propoEcd increase of 300 per cent in duties on dynamite and other explosives. The dynamite "factory at Tinaja, Durango, Mexico, is being enlarged. New machinery has been ordered from the United States.

The Compañía Mcxk-ana âe Pftróh'o bas obtained a concession to construct a navigable canal from lands of the company in the Canton de Ozuluama, State of Veracruz, to the Panuco River, which empties into the Gulf of Mexico at Tampico. State of Tamaulipas. The canal i» to have a width on the bottom of 10 meters and a depth of water of at least 3 met^'re (1 meter=3it,37 inches). After iifty years' operation the canal shall l»ecome the property of the Government.

A new line of steamers which has been operating for several months between Buenos Ayres and Rosario, Argentine Republic, has proved 80 suocewsful that the Honice is to be extended soon to Corrienties. Two steamers specially adapted for the trade have l>een ordered from builders at Haarlem, Holland. They will be 1,000 tons register, with a draft of 7 feet.

Tlie Mexican Congress has approved the contract made on Noveml»er 26, l!t04, tiy the Government of the Federal District with Enbiqfe Fernandez Castello and Ijeanijro F. Pavro for the construction

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of collectors for the drainage and sewer systems of the city. The cod- tract aLso includes tbo construction of the various sewers which are discharged into the collectors.

SeQor tiABFAfi Salas, an engineer and the Mexican representative of La Bocinad Lionesa de Seda Artificial, Cbardonnet process, has petitioned the Government for a concession under the law of Decem- ber 14, 1898, giving special privileges to new industries. One million dollars will be invested in the erection of a plant for the manafactnre of artificial silk.

The Compañía Minera de Esperanza, owners of the Del Agua mine at Temascaltepec, Micboacan, Mexico, bave recently installed a large pumping plant to pump the water out of the mine, which has not been worked in a number of years. When the water has been removed the company intends to erect lai^ reduction works.

The only horse traction railway now operating in Buenos Ayres, owned by the Ciudad de Buenos Ayres Tramway Company, ia to be changed to an electric line. Work is to begin at once, and the change is expected to be completed by June of this year.

Tiie Compañía Molinera de Concepclón (Limited) was recently organ- ized in London, England, with a capital of íl50,000 for the purpose of carrying on the business of refiners, millers, and dealers in corn, rice, grain, cereals, sugar, linseed, cotton seed, etc., at Concepción, Chile.

A large dry do(i is soon to be built at Puerto Galvan, Province of Santa Fé, Argentine Republic, by the Great Southern Railway Com- pany. It is said that a very large sum is to be expended to make tbo dock as up-to-date as any in the River Plata ports.

A large grain elevator is about to be built at San Lorenzo, Argen- tine Republic. The best modern machinery iã to be installed, and the elevator, which is to be a largo one, is to be ready for the 190Õ-6 harvest

BOOK NOTES.

Books and pamphlet! unt to the Bnreaa of the Amenoan B«pahliei, and eontaisin^ inbjeot-matter bearing npon the coontriet of tha Inter- national Union of American KepabUcs, will be treated nnder this caption in the HontUy Bolletin.

The "Pan-American Banker," in Volume I, No. 1 of its issue, on January 1, 1905, has for its initial article a paper touching on the " Present Conditions on the Panama Canal," This article, written by Prof. WiLUAM H. BuHB, a member of the Panama Canal Conmiission, is published, so it is stated, by permission of President Roosevelt, and states that the bearings of the Panama Canal enterprise on busi-

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ness conditions in tlie Canal Zone can be determined more surely when tlie plans of the Commission are further developed and the work of construction on a large scale has been begun. It will be remembered that the former Isthmian Canal Commission estimated that from one to two years would be required to make preparations for the active prosecution of the work. This extensive work of preparation is imperatively necessary in order that the actual work of construction may ultimately be prosecuted with the greatest efficiency and at the highest possible rate. When the Panama Canal property was turned over to the United States Government, in May last, the Commission found itself in charge of an enormous amount of plant and material, much of it in fair condition, but some of it practically useless, and all of it more or less antiquated and ill adapted to modern American methods of work. So far as possible, this plant and material will be availed of in the work of construction. The canal line itself, including such work of excavation as had been completed, was in the condition in which the old Panama Canal Company left it, with the exception of the additional excavation completed at the Culebra Cut by the new Panama Canal Com- pany and some features of detail which do not essentially affect the pro- ject. Under the treaty concluded between the Republic of Panama and the Government of the United States, the latter is required to con- struct suitable and complete waterworks and sewer systems for both the cities of Panama and Colon, and also to execute certain sanitary measures in both those cities. A large engineering party was organ- ized in the latter part of last June to perform this part of the Com- mission's work, which has been done so expeditiously that the city of Panama will probably receive its first water supply by next Febi-uary or March. A reservoir existing at the headwaters of the Rio Grande River, near the great Culebra Cut, on the canal line, has been enlarged for the purpose of furnishing Panama with its public water. A large amount of work has already been donii, both in raising and enlarging the dam of this reservoir and toward the construction of the necessary conduit from it to the city, about 10 miles distant. A completely developed distribution system throughout the streets of the city and running from a distributing reservoir at Ancon, near Panama, is ali-eady laid out and under construction. All the necessary water pipes, fittings, and other material have been conti-acted for in the United States and are now in process of delivery, A complete sewer system for the city of Panama, with proper outfalls into the salt water of the bay of Panama, is also being constructed, and will be completed soon after the water is brought into the city. MTien it is remembered that the city of Panama has never bad either public water supply or sewer system heretofore, the magnitude of the work the Commis- sion has accomplished in this direction may easily be appreciated.

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Sanitary forces have been organized to put the entire Canal Zone in the best possible sanitary condition, with a view particularly to exterminating the mosquitoes as far as practicable. The progress already made in this direction is remarkable. The suitable di-ainago of much of the district along the canal, the proper screening of the water tanks, the abolition of all unprotected receptacles of water, the cutting away of dense vegetation and forest growth whereever neces- sary in order to destroy shelter for mosquitos, from Colon even to Panama, has already radically changed the mosquito environment of botli these cities and the intermediate districts. The great hospital con- structed and fitted by the Old Panama Canal Company on the slope of Ancon Hill, near the city of Panama, has been put in excellent order, with repaired and reconstructed buildings, so far as necessary, and with the grounds brought into an excellent sanitary state.

In a paper entitled "The Industrial and Commercial Outlook in Venezuela," which is published in the February issue of the "Review of Reviews," the writer, Mr. G. M. L. BnowN, while commenting unreservedly upon the present unsatisfactory economic conditions pre- vailing in the Republic, takes occasion to detail in glowing terras the enormous possibilities of Venezuela. He states that in climate and resources Venezuela is peculiarly favored. Owing to the altitude of her mountain valleys there is a large temperate area principally given up to coffee and sugar cultivation, but producing also a great variety of fruits and vegetables, maize, yams, beans, and peas mostly for local consumption. On the lowlands and along the coasts and rivers are found the famous cacao estates. Tobacco i» also grown in this region and every species of tropical fruit, while the natural forest products such as copaiba, caoutchouc, the tonca beau, and \'anilla abound. Of the wealth and extent of her forests no estimate can be made. At the World's Colombian Exposition the country displayed no less than 165 kinds of wood, most of which are as yet unknown to commerce. Twenty of these were dye and tanning woods, and more than one-half were reported as ser^'iceable for building purposes. The writer goes into many interesting details in treating of these condi- tions, and establishes the premises that an adequate regulation of internal affairs is alone needed to the proper i-ating of the Venezuelan Republic among the industrial and conuneroial factors of the world.

The first annual report of the Isthmian Canal Commission was trans- mitted to the Congress of the United States by President Roosevelt on January 13, and has been published as a pamphlet of 93 pages, accompanied by a supplementary report by Major-tieneral Davis. The report first quotes the Federal law authorizing the construction of the canal At Panama, approved June 28, 1902; the treaty with Panama, ratified February 23, 1904; the act of April 28, 1904, providing civil

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govemment for the Cannl Zone, iind the ^resident'd instructions to the Commission, dnted Maj 9, 1904. The property of the New Panama Canal Company of France was turned over to the United States on Maj' 4, 1904, and was formally received by Lieut. Mask Bbooke, Corps of Engineers, U. S. Arm}-, who, by direction of the Commission, continued the work in progress at Culebra and elsewhere with the same working force until the arrival of General Datis, Military Gov- ernor of the Zone on May 17. General Davis placed the work in ■charge of Maj. \V. M. Block, and it was thus carried on substantially as had beeu done under the French administration, until the arrival of Chief Engineer Wallace in the latter part of June, 1904. The report then deals with the organization of the Commission; the first visit of the Commission to the Isthmus; the harbor at Cristobal; the proposed dam at Gatun and Tiger Hill alternative; the Bobio dam; the control of the Chagres River above Gamboa; the general purposes of organ- ization; the waterworks and sewer system for Panama and Colon; the work at Culebra cut; sanitation; supplies, expenditures, and estimates.

" The Work of the Commission on the Panama Canal '' is the subject of a paper published in the " Engineenng Magazine" for February, the writer, Mr. C. E. Grun'SKY, beingamember of the isthmian Canal Commission. In an editorial note preceding the paper in reference, the statement ia made that Mr. Grunsky's article was originally pre- pared as an address; under the au.'ípíces of Admii-al Walker, chair- man of the lathmian Canal Commission, it was given exclusively to the ''Engineering Magazine'" for publication. Itá importance will be recognized, as it is a direct authoritative statement of the work accom- plished and the general policy and methods of the Commission in deal- ing with the construction of the canal. It gives to the professional and commercial public interested in the work a correct idea of the actual conditions and the immediate prospects of the undertaking.

The initial article in the " Engineering Magazine " for February has for its subject the consideration of " the revival of De Lessep's sea- level plan for tlie Panama Canal." Gen. II. L, Abbot in writing of the matter calls attention to the fact that modern improvements, since the time of Do Lesseps, have worked a great change in opinion as to the difficulties entailed in lock building and exploitation, and adds that if locks are to be nvoided onlj- by introducing greater dangers and diffi- culties, it is certainly the part of wisdom to admit locks. The true criterion being ease and safety of transit. General Abbot is of the opinion that this test leaves no doubt of the fact that no sea-level project without locks and no sea-level canal with a tidal lock is pnic- tioable that would bo comparable to one equipped with modern locks and planned to take advantage of all the desirable elements, which natunil conditions offer.

BOOK BOTES. 4SI

An interesting and beautiful book recently received by the Columbus Memorial Library is a personal narrative, by Mrs. Makib HooiKfiOx AVERIO I IT, of lif-eand institutions in tbefiepublic of Chile. The growth, resources, and industrial conditions of a great nation are characteri.s- tically described from the story of conquest and Spanish rule to the present Government. Full justice is done to the energetic and patri- otic character of the Chileans, and the unwonted -number of charming illustrations with which the book iu embellished give the casual reader BO entirely new impression of the inagniãcence of the natural and artistic setting of the nation.

An appreciation of the banana plant, its culture and tra«s)x>rtation is the subject of one the articles of the "Scientific American" forjan- «ajj 28, 1905, bj- Charles B. Hatwahd. The writer statci^ that to the average northerner the banana is but a fruit aeldom eaten in any other than a raw state, while to the native of the tropics it is a i»vliiiM 4n parvo, often his entire sustenance for weeks at a time, his daily bread and devoted to innumerable uses. Mr. IIatwart» makes special mention of the possit>ilities of banana Ûour aa an article of commerce, and furnishes interesting pictures of the life of a banana planter.

The "Mining World," for Januar3'21, IDOS, publi.sbcri a geuerel review of the conditions affecting the mineral industry tbrougliout the world, special articles having been prepared treating of tJic various localities covered. Among the countries of Latin America, Bolivia, Mexico, and Peru are specifically noted bj- reason of their value as luiocral-producing coimtries, while the United States has its seveml sections described in detail. Numerous maps and illustration:: add interest to the articles in reference.

A timely article on "The Panama Canal and its Pixrfjlems,"' written hy Mr. John Barrktt, United States Minister to the Republic of ^nama, appears in the February number of the "Review of Revieww." Miuister Baruett devoted especial attention to the proposition for a sea-level canal, setting forth the arguments for that system, which are based upon the latest and most trustworthy estimates of cost and time of construction. His conclusions are decidedly favorable to the sea- level project.

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ADDITIONS TO THE COLUMBUS MEMORIAL LIBBAEY DURING JANUARY.

[The symbol ~ indícales ti gift.] MISCELLANOUS.

= Acufla, Pedro N. Manual <le pedagogía seguido de un compendio de la historia de la educación traducido al castellano por Pedro N. Acullá, obra escrita en francés por Mr. A. Daguet. Segunda ed. Santiago de Chile, Inipr. Cervantes, 1889. 272 p. 12".

= Alvares, M. Antonio. Itelaciúii entre nuestra nioncda i la inglesa, nstema onjinal y sisteina abreviado por M. Antonio Alvarez. Bantiago de Chile, Impr. Esme- ralda, 1900. 19, (1) p. 12'".

= Siateniaaorijinales. Método abreviado para calcular intereses i descuentos,

etc. Santiago de Chile, Impr. Cen-autcs, 1902. 50, (2) p. 12°.

1= AraujoCoeta, BalustianoOrlandode. Código commercial do Braiil . . . pelo . . . Saluatiano Criando de Araújo Costa. Sexta edição. Rio de Janeiro, Laemmert 4 C, 1896. 1674, (l)p. 8°.

■= Barran, Th. H. Direixíión moral para los institutores, por Th. H. Banau. San- tiago, Impr. Nacional, 1871. 276 p. 16°.

= Benft«z, Fray José. Cal«cÍBmo de la doctrina cristiana . . . Edición especial para el nao de las escuelas públicas. Santiago, Impr. Esmeralda, 1902. 92 p. 12°.

Blair, Emma Helen, and Robertson, James Alexander. The Philippine Islands 1403- 1898 . . . Vol. XXI— 1624. Cleveland, 0., The Arthur H. Clark Company, 1905. 320 p. 8".

= Bourdon-Viane, G. Compendio de derecho internacional público. Resumen com- pleto conforme al programa de la Facultad de Paris, 1897. Tradnddodel francés i anotado por Eduardo Phillips. Santiago de Chile, Impr, Mejia, 1897.

= Bríeba, L. E. Guía del cultivador de gusanos de seda. Obra escrita en francés por M. Robinet. Santiago de Chile, Impr. Nacional, 1867. sii, 276 p. 16°.

>= Briones, Plácido. La instrucción primaria en Chile i la pedagojfa moderna, por Plácido Briones. Santiago, Impr. Gutenberg, 1888. 213, (2) p. 16°.

K Campe, J. H. Pizarro, or the Conquest of Peru; as related by a father to his chil- dren, and designed for the instruction of youth. Translated from the Gennan ot J. H. Campe by Elizabeth Heliue . . . London, Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1826. map. 237 p. 12°.

= Carleton, Geo. W. Our artist In Peru. [Fifty drawings on wood.] Leaves from the sketch-book of a traveler, d'iring the winter of 1865-6, by Geo. W. Carleton. New York, Carleton, Publisher, 1866. viii, 50 p. 8°.

= Chicago Daily News, The Daily Sews city ahiianac. Chici^, Daily News Co., 1905. 80 p. 12".

= Crossi, José. ReseHa del progreso médifo en Chile. Valparaiso, Impr. de "lA Opinión," 1895. 6, v, 400 p. 12°.

= Cubitt, George. Cortes; or the discovery and conquest of Meiico, by George Cubitt. London, Published by John Mason, 1848. 160 p. 16°.

= Da Fonceca, J. J. Descobrimento do Brazil. Estudo analytico, por J. J. da Fon- cées. Rio de Janeiro, Typ. Leuzinger, 1895. 38 p. 12°.

1= ReorganisaçAo naval contras artigos por J. J. da Fonceca. Rio de Janeiro,

Comp. Typographies do Brazil, 18IH. 88 p. 8°.

E= Synopse de neologismos admissiveis no ix. século, por J. J. da Fonceca.

Rio de Janeiro, Typ. L. Matafaia Junior, 1901. 53, ( I ) p. 8°.

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~ Davie, John ConBtanse. Letters from Paraguaj': describing the eettlements of Montevideo and Buenoe Ayree; the presidencies of Rioja Minor, Nombre de Diofl, St. Mary and St John, etc., of the inhabitants ... by John Constanae Davie. London, tí. Robinson, 18(S. vii, 293 p. 8°.

c= De Castro, Viveiros. Ideias e phantaaías. Bio de Janeiro, Cunha & Innao, 18ft5. 258, (12) p. 12".

= De Mello, Custodio Joeé. Historia da revolta de Novembro de 1891. Rio t]fi Janeiro, Cunha & Irmãos, 1896. 90 p. 12°.

= Froebel, Federico. La educación del hombre, por Federico Froebel, traducida del alemán por D. Abelardo Nüilez. New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1885. 306 p. 12°.

^ Galvão, B. F. Ratniz. Almanaque brasileiro Gamier para o anno de 1903. Anno 1. Riode Janeiro, Léon Perrin, [1903]. maps, il lus. 436 pp. 8°.

= Gibbins, H. de B. Económica del comercio, por H. de B. Gibbins. Traducida del inglés i adaptada á la enseñanza mercantil en loe colejioe de Chile por Fanor Velasco. Santiago de Chile, Impr. Cervantes, 1903. 93, (1) p. 12°.

= Gõhler, Bernardo. Cien cantos escolares recopilados i arreglados por Bernardo Gõhler . . , Cuaderno tercero. Edición especial para el uso de tas escaelas publicas de Chile. [Santiago], 1888. 99 p. 12°.

= Guillou, Miguel F. Lecciones teóríco-prácticasde gramática caetet lana, por Miguel F. Gnillou . . . Lib. 2. Sintaxis i ortolojfa. Santit^ de Chile, Impr. Nac, 1871. 72 p. 8°.

Hall, Col. Francis. Colombia: its present state, in respect of climate, soil, produc- tions, population, government, commerce, revenue, manufactures, arts, litera- tnre, manners, education, and inducements to immigration . . . 2d ed. London, Baldwin, Craddock, and Joy, 1827. vi, (2), 179 p. map. 8*.

Hamilton, John Potter. Travels through the interior provinces of Colombia. Lon- don, J. Murray, 1827.

Head, Sir Francis Bond. Rough notes taken during sonte rapid journeys across the pampas and among the Andes. By Capt. F. B. Head. London, J. Murray, 1826. xii, 309 p., 1 p. 1. 8°.

Humboldt, Alexander (FriedrichWilhelmHeinrichA!exancler,yreiArrr von). Selec- tions from the works of the Baron de Humboldt, relating to the climate, inhabi- tants, productions, and mines of Mexico. With notes by John Taylor . . . Ix>ndon, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1924. 2 p. 1., xxxiii p., l!, (4), 310 p. front., map. 8°.

International Bureau of the American Republics. Monthly Bulletin. January, 1905. V. XÎX. no. 1, Washington, government printing office, 1905. xxii, 250, xxiv p. 8°. (Contains accessions to Library. . . Lib. ser. no. 9. July-Dec., 1904.)

AiBCntlne Republic. FoTelgD commerce, flnt nine montlu ot 19M; («rlcultoral exporu. flnt iilno mcnibs of 19M; atslus of tbe RepabUc ts a producer of wheal and live stuct; Argentioe fltheries; exports, flnt ten montlu ol IMH; pott movemculs, flrsl nine monlhs of IS04: crop area, l«04-6; parchueof tbe port of La Plata.

Bolivia. Foreign commerce In 1903; bond lisue (or 2,«»,000 bolivianos; coinage ot money In IMS; commerce V¥ltb the United States lo Aui;ust, 1M4; Importa and eiporia Ihrongh Uolleudo In Beptem1>er. 1904; rsllwB)- enterprlBCs; exploitation ol lhe San Juan de Oro River; mining induetry.

Braill. Coffee movement, October, IWH; connumpllon dullrs, flnt half ol 1904; customs receipts, October, 1904; exports at (he port ol INtmambuco, October, 1W4; customs receipts, Septem>)er, ItKH; cuitoma receipts, first nine mouths ol 1904; Immigration Htatlatlce: lhe manufacturing InduEtrics ol the Republic.

Chile, Nitrate production, third quarter ol ISM; harbor vorkn at ValperalMi; mi Iwa]' exten- sion; concession lor Iron industry.

Colombia. Salt mines ol the ttepublle.

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CubA. ladottii^ roDdlUoTU In IMM; levanuo uti drcniitun», finkl yen. 19(M: risngk-

I BmU; bossty for rabber

BftUJ. IndiutrlftI caiulUimu.

Hondaru, ImporU from New Ynik In 1904: Imports at Amspala, UiaB-4.

Mexico. Foreign commerce, first quarter ol 1ÏM-&: loreign commerce Id AtigniC 1901: cds- tooHrecelpU, October, HM; tmpoit flirt)- on rilTeidoLIsi»; neuui) statcment. Dscal yrar 1303-1: commerelnl and flnsQcLal tratuacUons, fliea] jear UBB^: mmsmlàxOae id di-oa- mlte sod cjt^Hoalvai; mlnJQg Inâiutry.

Nicamguo. Tscltt modlScatliuu; ¿old mining Id theE^ubUc.

Parsgnaj-. Tariff modiflcatloni.

Pen. Tail IF mmllflcatloBB; new pTorlnceof Yongay: IndnstTlal derelopnimt; Dnrlgn com- merce, IMB-I: ntfnlDg dIbIMIm ia ItOS-, eiporu ol tuMmt and caaiachOBC Inn Iquitua laU*3.

t'nlted Btatei. Trade witb Latin America: consular trade reporta: forelcn eommsice in MoTembcr, I9M: drcDlar nole of tlic Secretary ol State concerning the secaud peace eon- ference; Treaaury BtalementatorllM: the harresl» of litW.

Urn|w>y> Cnatoms rece^ti. Odober. UM: mOTiemenl tri Uie ^rt «I Mcoteildeo. iugnn, ItW; maTementof tbeport ol MonleTidea, llist nine maatlis <rf 19M.

Venciucla. Decree conceraliig the exploitation ol coal mlaea in Ibe Blate ol Fak^u.

Trade ot flennany witb Sonlh Ameriea.

Tnde opportnniHea in Latin America.

Book noto.

Library aeccMlons and lilc«.

= Jenwhke, Traneieco J. Hetodolojia especial de jimnaaia, por FraaciBco J. Jensclilte. Stintií^o ile Cliile, ImprenU i Enctiadernacíún Roma, 1896. 123p. 8'.

= Johonnot, Jamee. Principios y práctica de la enaeñanza, por James Johoanot New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1887. 362 p. 12».

= Joiirdicr, Augusto. La piscicultura i Ia reproducción de las san^juelae, por Augusto Jourdier, traducida para las bibliotecas populares. Santiago, Impr. del Furrocarril, 1858. 3 diagrs. 173 p. 12°.

E= Lake Mohonk Conference of friends of tlie Indian and other dependent peoples, Proceeitings of the t went}' -second annual meeting, 1904. Published by the Lake Molionk Conference, 1904. 172 p, 8°.

= Lnurent, F. Conferencia sobre el ahorro, por F. LftUrent, Veieióa castellans de Marcial Valenzuela Silva. Santiago, Impr. "Victoria," 1890. 42 p. 12°.

Leay, William. New Granada, equatorial South America, By William Lefty . . . London, Christian Book Society, 1869. viii, 138 p. front, (fold, map) pi. 12°.

Letters written from Colombia, during a journey from Caracas to Bogotá, and thence to Santa Marta, in 1823, London, G. Cowie & Co. , 1824, xvi, 208 p. map. 8».

= Marroqufn, José ManueL Diccionario ortográfico 6 catiilc^co de Ias voces csfilel- lanaa cuya ortografía puede ofrecer dificultad, por Joaé Manuel Marronutn. 5tli ed. ¡Santiago de Chile, Lib, de Kob«flo Miranda, 1888. xü, 1Õ7 p. 12°,

Aliens, John. Travels in Chile and La Plata, including accounts respectiug the f^graphy, geology, statistics, government, finances, t^caHnre, maameis and customs, and the mining operations in Chile, collected during a residence of several years in these countries. By John Miera. Illustrated by original maps, views, etc, London, IMnted for Baldwin, Oradock aud Joy, 1636. maps, illas, ÎT. 8».

= Navarrete E., Francisco, Ensayo de qnfmica doméstica jK>r FranciBCO Navar- rete E., aprobado por «I Consejo de instrticciún pública en vistM de loeúiiormcs de loe decanos de las faeoitadea de inadiciiM i de óenciaB ilàaa Señores J. Joaqufn Agnirre i Uldaricio Prsdn i recomendado al Gobierno para «ti adopción como leito de lectura en las escuelaíi, Santiago de Chile, Impr.de "El Indepen- diente," 1888. 80 p. 12".

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~ Xüksco Préodci, Pedro. Póeelas. Siluetas de la historia. Valparaíso, ^npr. de

'>La Patria," 1686. 51 p. 8". Pago, David F. TeoHa i práctica del arte de eaaeRar, ó método para dirijtr bien una

eí<ciiela, por David F. Page. Bantiai^ Impr. Nacional, 1872. 184 p. 12°. = Panla Tafor¿, Francisco de. Curpo de historia Bilrada, dispuesto para los colejíoa

nacionales de la república de Chile, aprobado al efecto por el Supremo Gobicmo,

escrito por el Prebendado Don Francisco de Paula Taforó , . . Santiago de

Chile, Irapr. Esmeralda, 1902. 170 p. 12°. = Pradino, LíDStant. Les codes haïtiens aunóte . . . parLinstant Pradine. Piirt-

BU-Prince, Impr. Críté, n. d. Ixiv, 279 p. 8».

Cade de proeMureclrilc,

Code de cnmmcrcc.

= PestaloiEi, Joan Enrique. Leonardo y Gertrwlis. Obra eecríta en alemán por

Joan Enrique Peetalorai. Tr»dacida por Juan O. Monasterios. Leipzig, F. A.

Brockhana, 1888. viii, 278 p. 8°. = E. SI. U. Tratailo de siateuia métrico decimal para el ueo do las escuelas de Ih

república arreglado por B. ií. U. Santiaj^o de Chile, £alab. Poligrifíco Boma,

1898. 24 p. 12*. = Rapet, J. J. Manual de moral i de economia política, para el uro de las clases

obreras, redactado sobre el <le J. J. Bapet, por Miguel Cruchi^a, Valparaiso,

Impr. del Comercio, 1860. 252, (2) p. 8". = Boe^ig, Eduardo. Manual de práctica escolar. Santiago de Chile, Impr. Roma,

I8!<6- XV, 357 p. 8". = Sandow, Eujeiúo. Fuerzay modo de adquirirla, por E u jen io Sandow, con un mapa

anatómico de ejercicios físicos. Versión e^pailola. Santiago de Chile, Impr.

Moderna, 1900. 45, (1) p. 12°. = .Sepúlveda, José T., y Woldcmar, Franke II. Cantos populares, coleccionados í

arreglados por J. T. Sepiilveda i Franke H. TVoldemare. 1" ser. ChilMn, 1890.

48 p. 12". = Solano Astaburu^a, Francisco. Curso elemental de agricultura para el uso de los

colólos y eacuelaa populare!>, traducido del inglés por D. Francisco Solano Asta-

buruagn. Santiaj^), Impr. de "El Progreso," 1888. 121, (2) p. 12°. Solie y Bivadenej'ra, Antonio de. Historia de la conquista de México, pobla<'ióii, y

progresen de la .Vmérica Septentrional, conocida por el nombre de Xueva EnpaDa.

Escribióla Don Antonio de Solía y Eïbadeneyra . . . Barcelona, T. Piferrcr,

1771. 2v. map. 8°. = Surirez, J. B. Ba^oebÍogn!Gcosdenifloí>, célebres, eí-tractadoe, traducidos ¡referi- dos it los alumnos de loa colejios i e^wuelas por J. B. Suúrez. ]5th ed. París,

Ch. Boiiret, 1898. 235 p. 12°. = El tesoro de las ñiflas. Colección de arlículus eetractadoa i correjidos ile

los mejores autores, i publicado;; para servir de testo de lectura en los colcjíos i

escuelas por José Bernardo Siiúrez. 9th cd. Valparaiso, Impr. del Xuevo

Mercurio, I8H5. 188 p. 12». t= Tauney, Visconde ile. Ccoh e terras do Brazil, pelo Visconde de Taunay. 2* e<l.

S. Paulo, N. Falcone &C., 1904. 127 p. 8°. c= Ugarte, J. Ilijiene de la infancia, Santiago, Impr. Gutenlwrg. xix, 395, (1) p.

12". = Valdês Vei^tara, Francisco. Historia de Chile jwra la ennefluiEa primaria. 3d eil.

Valparaiso, Impr. Snd- Americana, 1901. UluB. 384 p. 12°. ■B Valenzuela O., Luis A. Manual jurídico del matrimonio con arretclo ¿ las nuevaa

leyes, por Luis A. ValenmelaO. Santii^, Impr. "Victoria," 1B84. 27S, xir p.

8°.

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= Velaaco, Fanor. Elementos de la lengua caet«lla.ua arreglados e^ún el BÍstema de Swinton por Faiior VelaBco. 7th ed. Bantiago de Chile, 1895, 104 p, 12".

= IxiH seis cunipleafloa. (TraducdÓQ del ingliis) por Fanor Vdasco. San- tiago de Chile, Iiupr. del Comercio, 1901. iv, 102 p. 8°.

Whilaker, Joseph. Án almanack lor the year 1905, by Joseph Whitaker. ÍAtaá., ■ 19&1. 797 p. 12°.

OFFICIAL PUBUCATIOSS. Argentine Republic.

Diaeureo leído por el Dr. D. Manuel Quintana ante el congres» nacional el 12 de octu- bre de 1904 en el acto de prestar juramento como presidente de la república. Bueno§ Airee, 1904. 48 p. S°.

hey de presupuesto general de la República Argentina para el ejercido de 1905. Bueuos Airee, Couip. Sud-Americana de Billetes de Banco, 1905. bi, 388 p- 8°.

Ministerio de guerra y colonización. Anexos ii la memoria del ministro de la guerra y colonización presentada al congreso ordinario de 1904. La Paz, Taller Upo- Uto. de J. M. Gamarra, 1904. 68 p. 8°.

Balanço provisorio da receita e úeapeza da republica dos KetadoH Unidos do Brazil no exerdcio de 10O2. BÍo de Janeiro, Impr. Nacional, 1904. 21 p. 4',

Synopse da rci'eila e despeza da republiía dos Estados Unidos do Brazil no

exercicio de 1903. Bio de Janeiro, Impr. Nat'ional, 1904. 23 p. 4°,

Bibliotheca da marinha. Catalizo da bihiiothcca da marinha . . . xvi, 928 p, 8".

Sagundil parle. índice alphal^tico por autores. Rio de Janeiro,

Impr. Nacional, 1904. iv, 180 p. 8°.

Pani. Monographia do Instituto Lauro Sodnf. (Fechóla proãsHOnuI do Fetado.)

Pañi, Typ. do Instituto I.AnroSodrv,JaneirodeI904. illua. 122, vü, (2)p. 8°. Proposta do orçamento da receita e despeza da república, doe Estados Unidos do

Brazil para o exercicio de 1905. Rio de Janeiro, Tmpr. Nacional, 1904. mise.

p. 4». Rio Grande do Sul. Programma e estatutos do Centro económico do Estado do Rio

<irandc do Sul. Porto Alegre, L. P. Barccllos & Ga., 1904. 16 p. 12°,

S^unda conferencia do Centro Económico do Rio Grande do Sul pelo Sr.

Senador Dr, Ramiro Barcellos. A bacía carbonífera do Rio Grande do Sul . . . Porto Alegre, OEf. Typ. d' "A Federa^-áo," 1904. 6 p. 8°,

Zentralverein zur fõrdemng der wirtschaftlichen intercsscn von Rio Grande

do Sul. (Centro Económico do Rio Grande do Sul.) Porto Aleare, Typ. do Guttdlach & Becker, 1B04. 12 p. 12".

São Faulo, Annuario cornnienial do Estado de S. Paulo, 1904. S&o Paulo, Medeiros* Co., 1904. ccscii, 1112 p. 8°.

CniLR.

Código de procedimiento civil de República de Chile. Ed. oficial. Santiago de Chile, Impr. Barcelona, 1903. 248 p. 16°.

Concurso para nn proyecto de penitenciaria en Santiago, Santiago de Chile, Impr. Nacional, 1901. 61 p. 8°.

Dis|x«iciones vigentes en Chile sobn' {lolicia sanitaria y beneficencia pública. San- tiago, Roberto Miranda, 1889. iv, 172 p. 8°.

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LIBBABY ADD/"nONS.

Actoe oficialea de la actual administración ejecativa durante laa eeeionee ordinanae del congreso de 1904. Bogotá, Impr. Nacional, [1904]. xii, 127 p. »".

Gbeat Britain.

Chile. Beport for the year 1903 on the trade of Chile. (Dip. and cone rept. a. g. 3307.) Lond., Harrison ft 8one, 1904. 29 p. 8".

Code dvil d'Htüti. AnnoU, avec nne conference dee articles entre eux et leur cor respondance avec lee articles du code civil français, prêché de la conetítntioi du 9 octobre 1889 . . . Port-au-Prince, 1892. x, 531 p. 12°.

Deuda del ferrocarril de Honduras. T^ucigalpa, Tip. Nacional, 1904. 101 p. 8°. Presupuesto general para el afio económico de 1904 í 1906 decretado por la Asamblt^a Nadonal Constítuyente. Tegucigalpa, Tip. Nacional, 1904. 52 p. f.

PíBÚ.

Comercial especial del Perú. Aflo 1902. Leyenda de la nomenclatura comercial de la estadística. Lima, Impr. del Estado, 1904. 98 (1) p. 4°.

Estadística del comercio eepedal del Perú en el alio 1902. Lima, Impr. del Estado, 1004. zcviü, lISp. f°.

United I^atbb.

Official register of the United Slates . . . (July 1, 1903). Washington, Government Jrinting Office, 1903. 2 v. 4°.

.ífr.fAHTMENT O

Monthly consular reporte. So. 291. Der., 1904. Washington, Government Print- ing Office, 1904. 344 p. S".

Organization and law of the department of commerce and labor. Prepared under tlie direction ot the Hccrelary. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1904.

illas. 716 p. 8°.

Sixteenth annual report on thestatístics of railways ¡n the United Btates, for the year ending June 30, 1903. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1904. map. Ill p. 8°.

Annual report of the librarian of Congress for the fiscal year ending June :W, 1904. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1904. 522 p. S°.

History of the Library of Congress, vol. 1. 1800-1864. By Williani Dawson Johns- ton. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1904. illus. 635 p. 8°. Bull. No. 2—06 14

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FOSr-omCK UEPABTHBNT.

Parcels post convention between the United States of America and Mexico. [1688.]

Up. 8°. Poetai convention of January, 188S, between the United Statee of America aod the

Dominion of Canada and the amendment thereto of June, 1904. [1888.]

[Amendment, 1904.] 8 p. S°. Postal convention between the United States of America and the United Mexican

Statee. [1887.] 5 p. 8°. Keport of the fourth assistant postutaster-general for the fiscal year ended June M,

1904. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1904. 69 p. 8°.

Annual report of the «ximmieeioner of internal revenue for the year ended Jane 30, 1904. Washington, Uoveniment Printing Office, 1904. vii, 265 p. S".

Letter from the secretary of the treasury, transmitting eetimatee of appropriations for the service of the fiscal year ending Jane 30, 1903. Washington, Qoveminent Printing Office, 1904. S46 p. sq. 8*".

FIFTT-EIQHTM CONOKœS.

Natnralizatíon of aliens. Message from the E*reeident of the United States, trans- mitting a report and recommendations from the secretary of state on the subject of the naturalization of aliens in the United States. (Sen. doc. 63.) Jan. 5, 1906. 31 p. 8°.

yrm napABTMSNT.

Adintant-general's office. Second military information division. (Bull. 37. ) Claa- siflcatjon and index. Washington, Uovemment Printing Office, 1903. S3 p. 8°.

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PERMANENT LIBRARY FILES.

Those publications marked with an asterisk have no recent numberM on file.

Persons interesteii in the commercial «nd general news of foreign countries will find the following among the official and periodical pub- lications on the permanent files in the Columbus Memorial Library, International Bureau of the American Republics:

Argentinbches Wochenblatt. Buenos Ayres. Weekly.

Boletín de Ia Cdmam Mercantil. Barracas al Sud, Weekly.

Boletín de la Unión Industrial Argentina Buenos Ayree. Monthly.

Boletín del Instituto Geográfico Argentino. BuenoaAyree.

Boletín Demográfico Argentino. Buenos Ayres. Monthly.

"Boletín Oficial de la Republica Argentina. Buenos Ayres. Daily.

Bollettino Mensile della Camera Italiana di Commerdo ed Arti In Buenos Aires.

BnenoB Ayres. Monthly. Buenos Airea Handelu-Zeitung. Buenos Ayres. Weekly. Buenos Aírte Herald. Buenos Aires. Daily and weekly. £1 Comercio Exterior Argentino. Buenos Airee. Monthly Bnlletin of Municipal Stutíslics of the City of BnenoB Ayres. Buenos Ayres.

Monthly. La Nación. Buenos Ayres. Daily. I* Hâta Post. Buenos Ayree. Weekly. I« Prenne Buenos Ayres. Daily. Review of the Eiver Plate. Buenos Ayres. Weekly. Revista Mensual de la Cámara Mercantil. Barracas al Sud. Monthly. Revista Nacional. Buenos Ayree. Monthly. The Standard. Buenos Ayres. Daily.

* La Revue Américaine. BruF>seli^.

Boletín de Ia Sociedad Geográfica de la Paz. Monthly. ( Received irregularly. ) El Comerdo. Im Paz. Daily.

* El Comercio de Bolivia. La Paz. Daily.

El Estado. La Paz. Daily. (Diario Oficial.)

Revista Comercial é Industrial de la República de Bolivia. I^ Paz. Monthly.

* Revista Económica Financiera. La Paz. Monthly.

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Boletim da Ajjricultnra. Secretario da Agricaltura, Commercio e Obras PnblicaiB do - Estado de São Paulo. S&o Paulo, Brazil. Monthly.

Boletim da Secretaría de Agrícultnra, ViagAo, Industria e Obras Publicas do Estada (la Bahia. Bahia. Monthly.

Boletim de Serviço da Eelatietica Commercial da Republica doe Eetadoe Unidoe do Brazil. Rio de Janeiro. Irregular.

Brazilian Mining Review. Ouro Preto. Irregular.

■ Brazilian Review. Rio de Janeiro. Weekly. 'Diario da Bahia. Babia. Daily.

Diario Oficial. Rio de Janeiro. Daily.

Diario Popular, SAo Paulo. Daily.

* Gazeta Commercial e Financeira. lUo de Janeiro. WeeU7É

* Jornal do Commercio. Rio de Janeiro. Duly. Jornal do Recife. Pernambuco. Daily.

Jornal dos Agricultores. Rio de Janeiro. Semimonthly. Provincia (A) do Pará. Belém. Diûly. Revixta Agrícola. Bfto Paulo. Monthly.

* Revista Brarileira. Rio de Janeiro, Monthly.

* Revista Industrial e Mercantil. Pernambuco. Monthly. Revista Marítima Brasileira. lUo de Janeira. Monthly.

* Rio NewB, IÜO de Janeiro. Weekly.

n Manufacturer and Industrial World. Toronto, eemimonthlj. Industrial Canada. Toronto. Monthly.

Boletín de la Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura. Santiago. Weekly.

Boletín de la Sociedad Nacional de Minería. Srntiago. Monthly.

Chilian Times. Valparaiso. Semiweekly.

Diario üflciai de la Reptiblica de Chile. Santiago. Daily.

El Mert^urio. Valparwso. Daily.

El Noticiero Comercial. Santiago de Chile. Monthly.

* Revista Comercial é Industrial de Minas. Santiago. Monthly.

Diario Oficial. Bogotá. Daily.

Bevieta de la In8trucci6n Pública de Colombia. Bogotá. Monthly.

* Boletín Comercial. San José, Daily.

Boletín Judicial. San José. Daily.

La iiaceta. (Diario Oficial. ) San Jone. Daily.

Boletín del Centro (General de Comerciantee e Industríales de Cnbo. Habana.

Monthly. La Gaceta Económica. Habana. Trimonthly. Gaceta Oñcial de la República de Cuba. Habana. Daily.

Gaceta Oficial. Santo Domingo. Weekly.

* El Mensajero. Santo Domingo, Three times a u

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* Anales de la UníverBÍilod Centr&l del Ecuador. Quito. Monthly.

Oareta Municipal. Guayaquil. Weekly.

RtaiiÍHtro Oficial de la República del Ecuador. Quito. Daily.

Lee Annales Diplomatiques et Consulaires. Paría. Monthly.

Bulletin de la Chambre de Commerce de Paris. Parie. Weekly.

Bulletin de la Société de Géographie Commerciale de París. Paria. Irregular.

La liéographia Bulletin de la Société de Géographie. París. Semimonthly.

Journal d'Agriculture Tropicale. Paria. Monthly.

Journal Officie) de la République Française. Parie, Prance. D^ly.

Moniteur Officiel du Commerce. Parin. Weekly.

Le Nouveau Monde. Parie. AVeekly.

La Revue. Parie. Semimonthly.

Revue du Commerce Extérieur. Paris. Semimonthly.

'Deutsche Kolonialseitung. Berlin. Weekly.

Handele-Kammer xu Hannover.* Hannover.

Petermann'a Mitteilungen. Gotha. Monthly.

Südameríkanieche Rundschau. Berlin. Monthly.

Der Tropenpflanzer. Berlin. Monthly.

Zeitschrift der Geeellschaft fur Erdkunde zu Berlin. Berlin. Monthly.

Board of Tnide Journal. London. Weekly.

Britieh Trade Journal. London. Monthly.

Commercial Intelligence. I»ndon. Weekly.

Diplomatic and Consular Reports. London.

Geographical Journal. London. Monthly.

Mining (The) Journal, Btulway and Commercial Gazette. London. Weekly.

The Scottish Geographical Magazine. Edinbu^h. Monthly.

South American Journal. London. Weekly.

Times (The). London. Ddly.

■ Diario de Centro- América. Guatemala. Daily,

El Guatemalteco. Guatemala. Daily. (Diario Oficial.)

La República. Guatemala. Daily.

Bulletin Officiel de l'Agriculture et de l'Industrie. Port au Prince. Monthly. •Le Moment (Journal politique.) Port au Prince, Haiti. Weekly. •LeMoniteur. (Journal officiel de la République d'Haítí.) Port au Prince, Haiti.

Biweekly. Bévue de la Société de Législation. Port au Prince, Haiti. Monthly.

Boletín I^ielativo. Tegucigalpa. Daily. El Estado. T^ucigalpa. (3 nos, per week.) La GaceU. Tegucigalpa. Daily, (Diario Oftcial.) Gacela Judicial, T^ucígalpa. Semiweekiy. "El Pabellón de Hondurae. Tegucigalpa. Weekly. "El Republicano (semi-official). Tegucigalpa. Three timee a week. Revista del Archivo y Bibliotetn Nacional de Honduras. Tegucigalpa, Hondnraa. Monthly,

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Bollettino del Ministro degli Aftari Esteri. Boma. Irregular.

El A^cnltor Mexicano. Ciudad Joaies. Monthly.

"Boletín de .l^icultura, Mínerfaé Industrias. Mi'-sicii. Monthljr.

Boletín (le Estadística. Mérído. Semimonthly.

Boictfn del Instituto Cientíñco y L)t«rano. Toluca. Monthly.

Diario Oficial. México. Daily,

El Economista Meiicano. México. Weekly.

£1 Estado de Colima. Cxtlima. Weekly.

El Hacendado Mexicano. México. Monthly.

Mexican Herald. México. Daily. (Filed for one year.)

Mexican Investor. México. Weekly. .

Mexican Journal of Commerce. Mexico City. Monthly.

Periódico Oficia) del Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero. Chilpancingo, México.

Weekly. "Periódico Oficial del Gobierno del Estado de Miehoacán de Ocampo. Morelia,

México. Semi weekly. * Periódico Oficial del Gobierno del Estado de Oaxaca. Oaxaca de Joares, México.

Semi weekly. Periódico Oficial del Gobierno det Estado de Tabasco. San Juan Bontísta, México.

Semi weekly. «El Progreso de México. México. Weekly. El Republicano. Aguoscal lentes. Weekly. Semana Mercantil. México. Weekly.

mCABAQVA.

EI Comercio. Managua. Daily. (Received irr^nl^rtj.) Diario Oficial. Managua. Daily.

■La Estrella de Panamá. Panamá. Weekly. *6tar and Herald. Panamá. Weekly. La República. Panamá. Weekly.

Boletín QuÍDcenal de la Camarade Comercio de la Asondón. Asnndón. Semi- monthly. Diario Oñcial. Asunción. Daily. •Paraguay Monthly Review. Aminciãn. Paraguay Rundschau. Aennción. Weekly. Revista del Instituto Paraguayo. Asunción. Monthly. 'Revista Mensual. Asunción. Monthly. Revue Commerciale. Assomption, Paraguay. Semimonthly.

Auxiliar del C>omercio, Callao. Biweekly.

Boletín de la Sociedad Geográfica de Lima. Lima. Monthly.

Boletín de Minas. Limo. Monthly,

El Comercio. Cuüco, Biweekly.

•El Comercio. Lima. Daily.

•El Economista. Lima. Weekly,

El Peruano. (Diario Oficial. ) Lima. Daily.

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PKRHANBNT LIBKABT FILES.

Pmln')!! General de Minaa. Lima. Semiannual. Revista de Ciencias. Lima. Monthly. Revista Pan-Americana. Lima. Monthly.

El Comereio, Manila, Philippine lalanda. Dtuly.

Gaceta Oficial, Manila, Philippine Ulands. Weekly, (Issued in Spanish and

EnglÍHh. ) 'Et Grito del Pueblo. Manila, Philippine Islands. Daily. Libertas. Manila, Philippine Islands. Daily. El Mercantil, (lanila, Philippine Islands. Daily. El Progreso. Manila, Philippine Islands. Daily. Bl Renacimiento. Manila, Philippine Islands. Daily

Boletín Mercantil de Puerto Rico. San Juan. La Correspondência. San Juan. Daily.

BL SALVADOR.

Boletín de Afcricultura. San Salvador. Semimonthly.

Diario del Salvador, San Salvador. Daily,

Diario Oficial. San Salvador. Daily.

Revista de Derecho y Jurisprudencia. San Salvador. UoDthlj.

La Propriété Industrielle. Berne. Monthly.

American Cotton Manufacturar. Charlotte, N. C. Weekly.

American Druggist. New York, N. Y. Semimonthly.

American Fertilizer. Philadelphia, Monthly.

American Historical Review. New York, N, Y. Quarterly.

American Review of Reviews, New York. Monthly.

El Americano. Sew York, N. Y. Published every ten days.

'Anillo- American Magazine. New York. Monthly.

Board of Trade Journal. Providence, R. I. Monthly.

* Board of Trade Journal. Wilminjïton, Del. Monthly.

Bookman (The). New York. Monthly.

Bulletin of the Ameri<^sn Geoftraphical Society, New York.

Bulletin of the American Iron and Steel Association. Philadelphia. Semimonthly.

Bnlletinof Books added to the Public Library of the City of Boston. Boston. Monthly.

Bulletin of the Geographical So<'iety of Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Monthly.

Bulletin of the New York. Public Library. Monthly.

Coal Trade Journal. New York. Weekly.

Century Magazine. New York. Monthly.

Current Literature. New York, N. Y.

Dun's Review. New York. Weekly.

Dun's Review. Internationa! edition. New York. Monthly.

Engineering Magazine. New York, N. Y. Monthly.

Engineering and Mining Journal. New York. Weekly.

Engineering News. New York. Weekly.

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Export Implement Age. Philadelphia. Monthly.

Field Columbian Museum Publications. Chici^^o.

Forum (The). New York. Quarterly.

India Rubber World. New York. Monthly.

Journal of Geography. Lajicaati>r, Pa. Monthly.

Library Journal. New York. Monthly.

Literary Digest. New York. Weekly.

' Manufacturer and Exporter. New York, N. Y. Quartert^É

Mexican Industrial Review. Chicago, III. Monthly.

Miner and Manufacturer. El Paso, Tex. Monthly.

Modem Machinery. Chicago. Monthly.

Modem Mexico. St, Louis. Monthly,

National Geographic Magazine. New York. Monthly.

New-Yorker Flandele-Zeitung. New York. Weekly.

North American Review. New York, Monthly.

Novedades (Las). New York. Weekly.

Outlook (The). New York. Weekly.

Patent and Trade Mark Review. New York, N. Y. Monthly.

Records of the Past. Washington, D. C. Monthly.

ScientíSc American, New York. Weekly.

Scientific American. Export Edition. New York. Monthly.

SÍBter Republics. Denver, Colo. Monthly.

The Technical World. Chicago, III. Monthly.

United States Consular Reports. Washington. Daily and monthly.

World To-day (The). Chicago, III. Monthly.

World's Work. New York. Monthly.

Anales Sel Departamento de GanadeHa y Agricultura. Montevideo. Monthly. Revista de la Unión Industrial Uruguaya. Montevideo. Semimonthly.

El Fonógrafo. Maracaibo. Daily.

Gaceta Oficial. Carocas. Dfúly.

Montevideo Times. Montevideo, Uruguay. Dulj.

Veneiuetan Herald. Canteas.

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Secretaria Internacional das Republicas Americanas.

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FEVEREIRO de 1905.

REPUBLICA ARGENTINA.

EXPOBTAÇiO DB OBBKAXS XK 1004.

Segundo os algarismos publicados semanalmente na "Review of the Hiver Plate/' as exportaçSes de trigo pelos diverBOS portos da Repu- blica Argentina durante o anno de 1904 attingirom a 2,40S,1 17 tone- ladas, contra 1,688,678 toneladas no anno anterior. Ás exportações de milho em 1904 foram de 2,527,983 toneladas, contra 2,159,802 toneladas em 1902, e a quantidade de linho exportado foi de 910,490 toneladas, comparadas com 615,027 toneladas em 1903. Exportaram-se também 98,080 toneladai de farinha de trigo em 1904, contra 66,344 toneladas no anno anterior.

Os principaes portos de exportarão foram Buenos Aires, Rosario e Santo Lorenso, La Plata, Bahia Blanca, San Nicolás, Villa Constitu- ción e Santa Fé, e os paizes de destino foram os seguintes: á ordem. Reino Unido, Paizes do Continente, Brazil, Africa do Sul e diversos.

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Os principaes géneros exportados pela Republica Argentina durante os primeiros onze mezes de 1904, comparados com os de egual periodo do anno anterior, foram os seguintes;

COium de boi Hklgadoe.

Courus de cavallo eecci.

Couroci de c*tk11o ulgiidns . .

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O " Handels-Zeitung " de Buenos Aires, publica oa seguintes alga- rismos mostrando o movimento dos varios portos da Republica Ai^n- tína no mez de Outubro de 1904.

Sahiram do porto de La Plata durante o mez de Outubro c 31 vapores conduzindo os seguintes géneros:

..kilos..

Milho

Trico

Linno M,.-

Farelo id...

Carne coDgelada id...

Garneiroe coDgeladoe. .id. . . Sebo id...

Unhas id...

22,388,191 2,278,485 &4,04O 596,090 2,038,220 688,090 442,847 60,836

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CouroB eolsadoe kilos. .

Guajio, artíflciBl id

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Pellee de carneiro..	..id....
Oleo de pé de vacca	..id....
Extracto de carne .	..id....
Chifres	..id....

33,667 11,615 6,300

Sahiram do porto de Bahia Blanca durante o mez de Outubro de 1904 9 vapores transportando os seguintes generes para os diversos paizes: Inglaterra:

Trigo toneladas.. 4,756

Linho id.... 92

Farelo id.... 195

Aveia id 61

Pelles de carneiro... fardos.. 394 Carneiros congeladoa, quar- tos 27,000

Game em conserva, .caisas. . 3

Sebo toneis. . 1,662

Linguaa... Braiil:

Trigo

Carneiros

400

..toneladas.. 12,662

A ordem:

Trigo toneladas..

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Foram despachados do porto de San Nicolas durante o mez de Outu- bro de 1904, 18 vapores transportando as seguintes mercadorias: Inglaiena: Bélgica:

Milho toneladas. . 2, 112 Linho toneladas. . 66

Hollanda: Farelo idem.... 66

à ordem:

Milho toneladas.. 46,642

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BRAZIL.

LEI DE HAI10A8 DE 7ABBICA E DE OOKMEBOIO.

[Decreto S'o. 12S6. de setembro de 1«D4.— Modifica o decreto No. SUS de 14 du Outubro Ae IWT.]

O Presidente da Republica dos Estados Unidos do Brazil: Fa^o saber que o Congresso Nacional decretou e eu sancciono a resolução seguinte :

Artiuo 1°. O industrial on negociante tem o direito de assignalar as suas mercadoras ou productos por meio de marcas especîaes.

Art. â". As marcas de industria e de commercio podem consistir em tudo o que esta lei não prohiba, e faça differençar os objectos de outros idénticos ou semelhantes de proveniencia diversa.

Qualquer nome, denominação necessária ou vulgar, firma ou razão social e as letras ou cifras somente servirão para esse fim revestindo forma distinctiva.

Paragrapbo único. As marcas podem ser usadas tanto nos artigoí<, directamente, como sobre os recipientes ou envolucros dos ditos artigos.

Art. 3°. Para que seja garantido o uso exclusivo das ditas marcas, sSo indispensáveis o seu registro, deposito e publicidade nos termos desta lei.

Abt. 4°. É competente para registro a junta ou a inspectoría com- mercial da sede do estabelecimento, ou do principal, quando mais de am da mesma especie pertencer a um só dono. Também é competente a Junta Commercial do Rio de Janeiro para o registro das marcos estrangeiras e deposito central das registraçSes em outras juntas ou inspectorías.

Art. ò". Para se effectuar o registro é necessária petição do inte- ressado ou seu procurador especial, acompanhada de tres exemplares da marca, contendo:

1". A representação do que constitua a marca, com todos os seus accessorios e explicações.

â°. Declaração do genero de industria ou de commercio a que se destina, profissão do requerente e aeu domicilio.

Abt. 6". O secretario da junta ou o empregado da inspectoría, para esse fim designado, certificará em cada um dos modelos o dia e hora de sua apresenta^rão e, ordenado o registro, archivará um délies entre- gando os demais & parte, com indicação do registro e sua enumeração.

Art. 7°. Dentro de trínta dias fará o interessado publicar no jornal que inserir o expediente do Governo Federal ou Rstadual a certidão do registro, contendo a explicação dos característicos da umrca, trans- crípta da declaração exigida no artigo 5", No. 1; e dentro de sessenta, contados estes prazos da data do mesmo registro, effectuará na Junta Commercial do Rio de Janeiro o deposito de um dos modelos, na forma do artigo -i".

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Art. 8°. E prohibido o registro de marca que contiver ou consistir em:

1". Arma», brazOes, medalhas ou distioctivos públicos ou officiaes, nacionaeij ou estrangeiros, quando para seu uso nSo tenha havido auto- rizavão competente.

2°. Nome commercial ou firma social de que legitimamente nSo possa usar o requerente.

3". indicação de localidade determinada ou estabelecimento que nSo Keja da proveniencia do objecto, quer a esta indica^iSo esteja junto um nome ^upposto ou alheio, quer não.

4°. Palavras, imagens ou representações que envolvam offensa indi- vidual ou ao decoro publico.

5". Reproducção de outra marca já registrada para objecto da mesma

6°. ImitaçSo total ou parcial de marca já registrada para producto da mesma especie, que possa induzir em erro ou confusão o comprador. Considerar-se-há verificada a possibilidade de erro ou confusão sempre que ad differenças das duas marcas não possam ^r reconhecidas sem exame attento ou confrontação. • Akt. 9°. No registro observar-se-há o seguinte:

1°. A precedencia no dia e hora da apresentação da marca estabelece preferencia para o registro em favor do requerente; na simultaneidade desse acto relativamente a duas ou mais marcas idênticas oo seme- lhantes, será admittida a daquelle que a tiver osado ou possuido por mais tempo, e, na falta deste requisito, nenhuma será registrada sem que os interessados a modifiquem.

2". Movendo-se duvida sobre o uso ou posse da marca, determinará a junta ou inspectoria que os interessados liquidem a questão perante o juizo commercial, procedendo ao registro na conformidade do julgado.

3°. Si marcas idênticas ou semelhantes, nos termos do artigo 8°, Nos. Õ e 6, forem registradas em juntas ou inspectorías diversas, prevalecerá a de data anterior, e, no caso de simultaneidade de registro, qualquer dos interessados poderá recorrer ao mesmo juizo commercial, que decidirá qual deve ser mantida, tendo em vista o mais que está disposto no No. 1 deste artigo.

4°. Do despacho que negar o registro haverá aggravo, no Distrícto Federal para o Corte de Appellação, e, nos Estados, para o tribunal judiciário de instancia superior.

I. Quem por ella se julgar prejudicado em marca registrada.

II. O interessado nos casos do artigo tí". Nos. 2 e S.

III. O offendido no caso do No. 4, primeira parte.

IV. O promotor publico nos dos Nos. 1 e 4, ultima parte.

O prazo para a interposição desses recursos será de cinco dias, a contar, da publicação do despacho; si, porém, a parte não residir no

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togar em que ella ue tizer, e dSo tiver ahí procurador especial, começará a correr triota dias depois.

Art. 10. Nem a falta de interposição do recurso nem o seu inde- ferimento dirime o direito que a outrem assiste, na forma do artigo antecedente, de propor acçSo:

1°. Para ser declarada a uullidade do i-egistro feito contra o que determina o artigo 8°.

2". Para obrigar o concurrente que tenha direito a nome idêntico ou semelhante a modifical-o por forma que seja impossivel erro ou con- fusíto (Art. 8°, No. 6, parte final). E^ta acção cabe somente a quem provar posse anterior da marca ou nome para uso commercial ou industrial, embora não o tenha registrado, e prescreve, assim como a referente ao artigo 8°, Nos. 2°, 3° e 4", primeira parte, si nSo forem intentadas at¿ seis mezes depois do registro da marca.

Art. 11. O r^^istro prevalecerá para todos os seus effeitos por quinze anoos, findos os quaes poderá ser renovado, e assim pordeante.

Considera r-se-há o registro sem vigor si, dentro do prazo de tres annos, o dono da marca registrada nSo fizer uso delia.

Art. 12. A marca somente pode ser transferida com o genero de industria ou de commercio para o qual tenha sido adoptada, fazendo-se no regbtro a competente annotaçilo, £ vista de documentos authenticos.

Igual annotação far-se-há si, alteradas as firmas sociaes, subsistir a marca. Em ambos os casos é necessária a publicidade,

Akt. 13. Será punido com as penas de prisfio de seis mezes a um anno e multa a favor do £etado, de $500 a $5,000, aquelle que:

1°. Usar de marca alheia legitima, em producto de falsa prove- niencia.

2°. Usar de marca alheia, falsificada no todo ou em parte.

3°. Vender ou expuzer á venda objectos revestidos de marca alheia, n9o sendo taes objectos de proveniencia do dono da marca.

4°. Vender ou expuzer á venda objectos revestidos de marca alheia, falsificada no todo ou em parte.

5°. Reproduzir, sem ser com licença do dono ou do seu legitimo representante, por -qualquer meio, no todo ou em parte, marca de industria ou de commercio devidamente registrada e publicada.

6°. Imitar marca de industria ou de commercio, de modo que possa illudír o consumidor.

7". Usar de marca assim imitada.

8°. Vender oivexpuzer á venda objectos revestidos de marca imitada.

9". Usar de nome ou firma commercial que lhe nfio pertença, faça ou não faça parte de marca registrada.

Paragraphe 1". Para que se dê a imitaçSo s que se referem os Nos. 6" a 9° deste artigo, nSo é necessário que a semelhança da marca seja completa, bastando, sejam quaes forem as differenças, a possibilidade de erro ou confusSo, na forma do artigo 3°, parte final.

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Paragrapho 2". Reputar-se-bá existente a usurpação de nome ou firma commercial de que tratam os Nos. 5° e 6% quer a reproducçSo seja integral, quer com accrescentamentos, omissSes e alteraçOes, comtanto que baja a mesma possibilidade de erro ou coufusSo do consumidor.

Art. h. Será punido com as penas de multa de $100 a $500 em favor do Estado o que:

1°. Sem autorização competente, usar, em marca de industria ou de commercío, de armaa, brazdes ou distinctivos públicos ou officiaes, nacionacH ou estrang;eiros.

2". Usar de marca que offenda o decoro publico.

3°. Usar de marca de industria ou de commercío que contiver indi- GaçUo de localidade ou estabelecimento que nSo seja o da proveniencia da mercadoria ou producto, quer a esta indicação esteja junto um nome supposto ou alheio, quer nSo.

4". Vender ou expuzer á venda mercadoria ou producto revestido de marca nas condiçOes doâ Nos. 1° e 2" deste artigo.

5°. Vender ou expuzer & venda mercadoria ou producto nas condi- ções do No. 3°.

Abt. 15. Com as mesmas penas du artigo anterior será punido aquelle que usar de marca que contiver offensa pessoal, vender ou expuzer A venda objectos delia revestidos.

Abt. 10. A aoçSo criminal contra os delictos previstos noa Nos. 1°, 2° e 4° do artigo 14 será intentada pelo promotor publico da comarca onde forem encontrados objectos revestidos das marcas de que alli se trata.

E competente para promovel-a contra os dos Nos. 3° e 5° qualquer industrial ou commercíante de genero similar que residir no logar da proveniencia, e o dono do estabelecimento falsamente indicado; e con- tra as dos artigos 14 e 15 o offendido ou o interessado.

Art. 17. A reincidencia será punida com o dobro das penas esta- belecidas nos ai-tigos 14, 15 e 16, si nSo tiverem decorrido dez annos depois da anterior condemnação por algum dos delictos previstos nesta lei.

Art. 18. As referidas penas nSo isentam os delinquentes de satis- facçSo do damno causado, que os prejudicados poderSo pedir por acção competente.

Art. 19. As sentenças proferidas sobre os delictos de que trata esta lei set^o publicadas na sua íntegra, pela parte vencedora, no mesmo jornal em que se der publicidade aos registros, seifi o que nfio será admittida á execução.

Art, 20. O interessado poderá requerer:

1°. Busca ou vistoria para verificar a existencia de marcas falsifica- das ou imitadas, ou de mercadorias e productos que as contenham.

2°. AppreliensSo e destruiçilo de marcas falsificadas ou imitadas nas

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offioinas em que se preparam, ou onde quer que sejam encontradas, antee de utilizadas para fim criminoso.

3°. Destruição das marcas falsificadas ou imitadas nos volumes ou objectos qoe as contiverem, antes de serem despachados nas reparti- ÇOes físcaes, ainda que estragados fiquem os envolucros e os proprias mercadorias ou productos.

i". ApprehensSo e deposito de mercadorias ou productos revestidos de marca falsificada ou imitada ou que indique falsa proveniencia, nos termos do artigo 8°, No. 4.

Pan^rapho 1". A apprehensSo e o deposito só t«em logar como pre- liminares da acção, ficando de nenhum effeito sí não forem intentados no prazo de trinta dias.

Paragraphe 2". Os objectos apprehendidos servira© para garantir a effectividade da mulla e da indemnização da parte, para o que serSo vendidos ero hasta publica, no correr da acção, si facilmente se dete- riorarem, ou na execução, exceptuados os productos nocivos á saude publica, que serão destruidos.

Art. 21. A apprehensão dos productos falsificados com marca falsa ou verdadeira, usada dolosamente, será a base do processo.

Abt. 22. A apprehensão será feita a requerimento da parte ou ex- officio:

{a) A requerimento da parte, por qualquer autoridade policial, pre- tor ou juiz do Tribunal Civil e Criminal, no Districto Federal; e nos Estados, pelas autoridades competentes para a busca.

(ft) Ec-officio: Pelas Alfandegas, no acto da conferencia; pelos fis- caes de impostos de consumo, sempre que encontrarem taes falsifica- ções nos estabelecimentos que visitarem; por qualquer autoridade, quando em quaesquer diligencias deparar com falsificações.

Abt. 23. Feita a apprehensão ex-officio, serão intimados os donos da marca ou seus representantes para procederem contra os responsáveis, assignando-se-lhes o prazo de trinta dias para isso, sob pena de ficar sem effeito a apprehensão.

Abt. 24. A busca e apprehensSo a requerimento da parte serão ordenados mediante termo de responsabilidade assignado perante a autoridade que ordenar a diligencia.

Paragrapho único. Neste termo o autor tomará o compromisso de pagar as perdas e damnos que causar com a busca, si o resultado for negativo e a parte contra quem foi requerida provar que o dito autor agiu com má fê.

Abt. 25. Feita a apprehensão, serão arrecadados os livros encontra- dos no local assim como todos os machinismos e mais objectos que ser- virem, directa ou indirectamente, para a falsificação.

Art. 26. Para a concessão da fiança é competente a autoridade que etfectuar a apprehensão.

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Abt, 27. No acto da appreheosSo serSo presas em flagrante as pes- soas de que trata o artigo 33 desta lei.

Art. 28. Feita a apprebensão,proceder-se-há a corpo de delicto para se verifiear a infracção commettida.

Art. 29. Dentro de trintadias da data da apprèhen^p será apresen- tada a queixa contra os responsáveis, acompanhada doa aatos de appre- bensito, corpo de delicto e prisfto em Sagrante, si esta tiver sido effec- tuada, rol de testemunhas e indicação de diligencias necessárias.

Paragrapho único. No Distrioto Federal é competente para conhe- cer da ac^âo o Tribunal Civil e Criminal, que observará o procestw estabelecido no paragrapho único do artigo 100 do decreto No. 1030, de 14 de Novembro de 1S90. Nos Estados seguir-se-há o processo determinado pela respectiva legíslaçAo, competindo sempre o julga- mento em primeira instancia á justiça singular.

Art. 30. O foro para as acçOes de que tr^a esta lei é o do domicilio do réo ou o do logar em que forem encontradas as mercadorias assi- gnaladas por marca falsificada ou imitada, ou marca l^itima, inde- hitamente usada.

Art. 31. A competencia de que trata o artigo 12 da lei No. 221 de 20 de Novembro de 1894, 6 relativa ao artigo 60, lettra f, da Consti- tuição, nos casos de convenção ou tratado de reciprocidade.

Art. 32. SSo solidariamente responsáveis pelas inftacçOes do artífi^ 14:

1°. O dono da officina onde se prepararem marcas falsificadas ou imitadas.

2°. A pessoa que as tiver sob sua guarda.

3°. O vendedor das mesmas.

4°. O dono ou morador da casa ou local onde estiverem depositados os productos, desde que nSo possam mencionar quem o seu dono.

5°. Aquelle que houver comprado a pessoa desconhecida ou nSo justificar a procedencia do artigo ou producto.

Art. 33. As disposições desta lei sSo applicaveis a brazlleiros ou estrangeiros, cujos estaiwlecimentos estiverem fora do territorio nacional, concorrendo as seguintes condiçOes:

1°. Que entre a Uniflo e a NaçSo em cujo territorio exÍ3tam os refe- ridos estabelecimentos haja convenção diplomática assegurando reci- procidade de garantia para as marcas brazileiras.

2*. Que as marcas tenham sido registradas na conformidade da legislaçílo local.

3". Que tenham sido depositados na Junta Commercial do Rio de Janeiro o respectivo modelo e a certidão de registro.

4". Que a certidão c a explicação da marca tenham sido publicadas no "Diario OfBcial."

Paragrapho único. Oozarito das garantias desta lei os estrangeiros

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^ne, em vez de depositarem certidão do registro feito em seu respec- tivo paiz, requererem directamente o registro de sua marca no Brazil.

Art. si. Prevalece em favor das marcas registradas nos paizcs eatnuigeiros que firmaram a convenção promulgada pelo decreto No. 9333, de 28 de Junho de 1884, ou a ella adheriram, concorrendo os requisitos do artigo antecedente, Nos. â° a 4", o disposto no artigo !>", No. 3°, pelo prazo de quatro mezes, a contar do dia em que se effectuar o registro, segundo a legislaçSo local.

Art. 35. As marcas registradas com as leis anteriores sSo applica- veis ás garantias nesta conferidas.

Art. 36. O Governo reverá o regulamento No. 9828, de 1887, pondo-o de accordo com as disposições desta lei.

Abt. 37. São modificados os artigos 353 e 355 do Código Penal, na conformidade do que dispOe o artigo 14 desta lei.

Art. 3S. Ficam revogadas as dísposiçSes em contraño.

Rio de Janeiro, em 24 de Setembro de 1904, 16° da Republica.

Fbancibcx) de Padú Rodrigues Alves.

COLOMBIA.

CONDIÇÕES ECONOUICAS BK 1904.

O agente consular norte-americano em Quibdô, Republica de Co- lombia, remetteu ao Departamento do Commei*cio c Trabalho dos Estados Unidos um relatório sobre aa condiçOes económicas do paiz em 1904. Diz que a eleivSo do General Rafael Reyes & Presidencia de Colombia deu satisfacção geral, e acredita-se que porá effectiva- niente em executo seu programma de jiaz e progresso. O resultado natural dessa confidencia no Governo, mesoio pelos inimigos políticos do Presidente Retes, é a expansão do commercío e o desenvolvimento de novas industrias. Na regiito do Chocó, as importações e exportações teem augmentado de tal forma que sobrecarregam os transportes existentes, e o numero destes t«rá de ser augmentado quando forem abertas ao trafego os estradas de mulo que estão actualmente em via de construcçâo para o vizinho departamento de Antioquia e a parte sep- tentrional do Valle Cauca. Convém, portanto, que os manufactureiros e negociantes norte-americanos fixem seus olhos em Colombia — um paiz de grandes recursos cujos habitantes, depois de passarem por uma guerra civil e as condições seraianarchicas que lhe acompanham, estfio resolvidos a por sua Republica em linha com as nações progressivas modernas.

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fsíc-lhe forte concurrencia. Os nej^ocíantes allenDles, além de terem ajruiicías estabelecidas nos priDcipaes centros de commercio, enriam pura a America do Sul agentes commerciaes, que sSo mestres não só de sua propria lingua, mas também do inglez e do Castelhano, e, o que 1^ ainda mais necessário, são preparados para conceder créditos de seis até doze mezes.

Os artigos norte-americanos, por motivo de sua superior qualidade, são indubitavelmente os mais procurados. A marca de um fabricante nort«-americano é considerada como uma garantia. Causou muito desgosto a um negociante proeminente de Quibdó, o ter-lhe enviado recentemente uma firma de Nova York instrumentos trazendo uma marca alleuiíl. Disse me que si tivesse querido instrumentos de fabri- cação alIemS, os teria encommendado de Hamburgo, e que compran- do-os de uma firma norte-amerícana naturalmente esperava receber artigos de fabricação deste paiz. Taes factos como este podem desviar do paiz valioso commercio.

Na região do Choco a exploração do ouro continua a ser a principal industria. O ouro ê eztrahido pñocipalmente das atlnviSes que s3o trabalhadas por negros. Os resultados que teem obtido as compa- nhias de mineração que estSo experimentando com dragas sSo taes que auguram prospero futuro para esta industria quando forem installadas as dragas modernas que estão sendo contractadas. Manifesta-se tam- bom grande interesse na mineração do quartzo, e diz-ae que a mina Davaiba em que se installaram recentemente cinco pilões de madeira calçados de aço, dá proveitos liquidos de muis de tldO por dia. Ekta mina está situada na cordilheira que fica entre as cabeceiras dos rios Andagueda c Atrate. Aqui ha terrenos inexplorados de gntnde exten- são em que, a julgar da riqueza dos leitos dos rios, se deviam fazer valiosas descobectas.

O Senhor Modesto Gabões, outr'ora presidente do Estado de Cauce c agora engenheiro especial do Governo Nacional, está actualmente estudando os extensos depósitos de carvão de pedra que existem na costa do Pacifico no intuito de chamar propostas para sua exploração.

Importante como 6 a industria da mineraç-So do ouro no Chocó, a industria da boiTacha lhe está disputando a primazia. As arvores de borrucha cm cultivo produzem hoje cerca de uma tonelada de borracha por dia. A maior parte dos fazendeiros negros cultivam a borracha em pequena escala. Nas fazendas Yankolomba, La Maria, Salaqui, Bebará e Tanguí se cultiva a borracha em grande escala. A extracção se faz praticando incisOes na casca, de leve, sem ferir o lenho, de onde corre o leite que se coagula e é recolhido no dia seguinte. Os extractores cuidadosos costumam fazer um pequeno numero de sangrias de uroa só vez, afim de evitar o enfraquecimento da arvore, e repetem a operação depois de decorridas duas semanas ou um mez. A borracha vende-se a 75 centavos por libra no mercado de Nova

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York. As tiraa de borracha chamadas "chaza" sBo recolhidas áaa ¡DcisOea e reunidas e aglutinadas em bolo, a vende-se a 75 centavos por libra no mercado de Nova York. As vezes se practícam sanfjrpías em arvores que teem apenas tres annos de idade, mas é melhor não sangral-a6 até que tenham cinco annos de idade.

O algodSo está sendo cultivado no Chocó pelo Senhor Dom Juan C. OuER na sua fazenda Salaquï e pelos irmãos Ahuchar em I^a Maria, e está seado experimentado também em La Carolina e outros logares do districto. Nos Departamentos de Magdalena e Bolivar a cultura do algodSo é uma iadustría estabelecida e vai desenvolvendo-se rapida- mente. Calcula-se que ha cerca de 3,000,000 geiras de terras apropria- das á cultura do algodSo colombiano. O algodito que se cultiva aqui é de fibra longa, e é cotado maia vantajosamente em Manchester, quando limpo, que o algodão sea ùland.

No anno proximo passado a fabrica de serrar e trabalhar madeiras dos Senhores Zuñioa e Anoel em Quibdó foi muito ampliada. Uma machina de serra^-ao de fabricação norte-americana já foi installada em Sautatá, e uma foi encommendada para Titumati, e é provável que outras ser&o installadas em futuro proximo em diversos pontos do Chocó, de modo que esta regiSo será em breve exportando madeiras duras de diversas classes que abundam aqui. Os capitalistas de Nova Orleans que teem explorado com êxito os terrenos de petróleo de Beaumont estão fazendo preparações para fazer um estudo cuidadoso dos terrenos de petróleo de Arboletes, na costa do Atlântico. Capi- talistas inglezes t«m concessões de extensos terrenos de petróleo aqui e eíttSo actualmente abrindo poços e esperam obter bons resultados.

A cultura de banana vai desenvolvendo-se no Golfo de Urabá, e também na vizinhança de Santa Martha. Os frutos sSo muito bons, e eupera-se que esta tornar-se-ba uma das mais importantes industrias do paiz.

Em diversas partes do littoral da Colombia ha vastas regiões cober- tas de pita e outras plantas fibrosas. O Br. Mario Lara Cordoba, o conhecido biólogo e explorador, diz que as possibilidades do desen- volvimento dessa industria s3o excellentes. Hoje as fibras 9fto prepa- radas em muitos lugares á mão para fios e redes de pescar e saceos de café.

Como Cart^ena é o principal porto de exportação não só do Chocó mas de toda a Colombia, sua situação sanitaria e progresso material são de interesse geral. A construcçSo de um aqueducto pai'a o sup- primento de agua pura em vez dos poços fétidos e chuvas esporádicas que tem sido ui^ntemente reclamada parece que se tornará uma realidade. Diz-se que os capitães foram obtidos da Allemanha e que as obras de engenharia estSo actualmente em progresso.

Diz-se que capitalistas de Chicago vSo estabelecer em Cartagena uma empreza de^^tÍDada a carnes conservadas com o capital de

456 SECRETARIA INTERNAOIONAJj DAS BEFUBLIOAS AMERTOANAB.

(1,500,000. Apezar da rpcente revolução, foram exportada» para Cuba durante os dous ultimoa anuos 500,000 cabeças de f^ado, e o sup- priniento de gado é quasi inexgottayel.

O Governo Nacional publicou um decreto em 2 de Novembro de 1904, solicitando propostas para a construcçSo de um cabo submarino OH systema telegraphico sem fios pondo as cidades da costa em com- niunicaçjto com o exterior.

O programma do Presidente Retes dá emphase especial a construc- çfio do vias férreas, que é a maior necessidade do paiz. Existem apenas algumas linhas de curta extensSo, as quaes são operadas com proveito. A construcçOo de estradas de ferro para os districtos mi- neiros e de café de Antioquia e Cauca t«rá o effeito de desenvolver estas industrias.

O seguinte quadro mostra o valor do commercío dos Estados Unidos com a Republica de Colombia nos annos de 1865 a 1904:

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RELAÇÃO MENSAL DAS IMPORTAÇÕES E EXI'ORTAÇOBB.

O quadro dado na pagina 3d5 é extrahido da relação compilada pelo chefe da Repartição de Estatística do Depai'tamento do Commercio e Trabalho, mostrando o commercio entre os Estados Unidos e os paizes latino-americanos. A relação corresponde ao mez de Dezembro de ld04, com uma relação comparativa para o mez correspondente do anno anterior, assim como para os doze mezes findos em Dezembro, 1904, comparados com o periodo correspondente do anno anterior. Devc-se explicar que os algarismos das varia« Alfandegas, mostrando as importações e exportações de um só mez, sSo recebidos no Ministerio

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da Fazenda até quasi o dia 30 do mez seguinte, e perãe-se algnm tempo necessariamente em sua compilação e impressão. Por conseguinte, as estatisticas para o mez de Dezembro, por exemplo, não sSo publicadas até os primeiros dias de Fevereiro.

PBODUOÇÂO DE HINBBABS EH 1908 E 1804.

Conforme ás estatisticas organizadas pelo Director da Casa da Moe(&, os Estados Unidos produziram em 1904, ouro por valor de $84,551,300 e 53,603,000 onças de prata. Nestas cifras nSo se comprehendem os $6,000.000 de ouro em pó que representa a produoçfio de Nome. Eusses algarismos comparados com os correspondentes a 1903, mostram um augmento de cerca de $10,000,000 na producçito de ouro e uma dimi- nuiçSo na producçSo de prata de cerca de 1,000,000 onças. Houve sensível augmento na producçao mineral de Nevada, Colorado, Utah, Arizona e California.

O vigésimo relatório annual da Kepartiçfio de Estudos Geológicos dos E^stados Unidos sobre os recursos mineraes do paíz mostra que em 1903 o valor total da produq^o mineral dos Estados Unidos attingiu á enorme cifra de $1,419,721,569, comparada com $1,260,509,738 em 1902, o que mostra um augmento de 12.63 por cento.

O ferro e carvSo de pedra, como em annos anteriores, foram os príncipaes productos mineraes. O valor do ferro produzido em 1903 foi de $344,350,000, e o do carvão de pedra foi de $503,724,381. Os combustíveis augmentaram de $469,078,842 em 1902 a $634,233,791 em 1903, um augmento de $165,154,949 ou 35 por cento. Os com- bustíveis de todas as classes augmentaram de valor. O valor do carvSo anthracite cresceu de $76,173,586 em 1902 a $152,036,448 em 1903. O preço médio do carvSo anthracite por tonelada ingleza & bocea da mina foi de $2.50 em 1903, coiftra $2.35 em 1902, que foi o maior preço obtido desde 1888. O carvflo bituminoso á bocea da mina vendeu-se, termo médio, a $1.24 por tonelada curta, contra $1.12 em 1902. O augmento no valor da producçito de carvão bituminoso sobre a de 1902, foi de $60,829,450, ou seja um augmento total no valor do carvão de $136,692,312.

O augmento de $159,211,831 no valor total dos mineraes produzidos deve-se ao enorme augmento em productos nSo metallícos. Os pro- ductos metAllicos foram no valor de $624,318,008 em 1903, contra $642,258,584 em 1902, o que actmsa uma diminuição de $17,940,576, e os productos nSo metallícos augmentaram de $617,251,154 em 1902 a $794,403,561 em 1903, ou seja um augmento de $177,152,407. A estes productos deve-mo accrescentar os productos não especificados, incluindo areias de constructor e de moldador, o raro mineral molybdeno e outros productos miueraes no valor total de $1,000,000, o que perfaz o total da producçfio mineral em 1908, de $1,419,721,569.

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8E0BETABIA UTTESNACIONAL DAS BBPUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

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O relatorío apresentado pelo SeSor Frank F. Sargbnt, Commis- furio Geral do Serviço da Imniîgraç9o, sobre o movimento immigra- torio no anno fiscal de 1903-4, mostra que entraram no paiz durante OS doze mezes findos em Junbo de 1901, 812,870 immigrantes, contra 857,046 immigrantes em 1902-3, o que accusa uma dimiouiçSo de 44,176. Nos últimos dez annos os Estados Unidos receberam 4,6S8,798 immigrantes, ou 462,879 immigrantes, pela média, por anno.

O seguinte quadro demonstra o numero total dos immigrantes, por paizes, que entraram em 1904, e a differença para mais ou para menos quando comparado com o do anno anterior:

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Por este quadro se vê que houve grande éxodo dos paizes perseguidos da Runsia e Finlandia, um augmento de cerca de 50 por cento no numero dos immigrantes provenientes da Inglaterra, e um augmento de 80 por cento na immigraçSo proveniente da Escocia. O numero dos immi- grantes irtandezes em 1904 foi de 86,142, ou seja 832 main que em 1908. A diminuiçílo de 5,704 no numero dos immigrantes Japonezes foi motivada pela guerra russo-japoneza. Todavia, a inamigracfio do Im- perio japonez cm 1904 attingiu & importante cifra de 14,264. 0 decrescimento de 37,336 no numero dos immigrantes italianos é sig- nificativo da melhora havida na situação da Italia sob o actual regimen.

O diminuto numero de 2,837 que repi'esent» os immigrantes pro- venientes do Canadá é somente a decima parte dos que observamos do nosso vizinho do norte. Os milhares de moços que vêem do Canadá para os Estados Unidos viajam em carros de primeira classe e por con- seguinte nîlo s9o registrados como immigrantes.

O decrescimento dos immigrantes da Austria-Hungria e Italia 6 superior por 20,000 á dimibutção total na immigraçOo para o anno.

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Somente 52 immigrantes entraram no paiz provenientes das Ilhas Phil- lipinas. O augmento total no numero dos que vieram da GrS Bre- tanha foi de 18,&43. Todos oa paízes da Europa septentrional e occidental mostram augmentos excepto Suécia.

A Europa, considerada eni seu conjuucto, mostra 767,933 entrados ou menos 46,674 que em 1903. A Aítia accusa 26,18<i entrados, ou seja 2,780 menos que em 1903, ainda que a China registra um aug- mento de cerca de 100 por cento.

Si accrescentarmos os 27,844 estrangeiros em transito, a immigraçSo do anno attinge a 840,714, exclusive dos entrados do Caiiadá e Mexico, de que nSo ha registro.

Do8 812,870 immigrantes, 549,100 er&m do sexo masculino, ou seja uma diminuição de 64,046, e 263,770 eram do sexo feminino, ou seja um augmento de 19,870. Do numero total, 109,150 tinham menos de 14 annos de idade, 657,155 tinham de 14 a 45 annos, e 46,56Ç tinham mais de 45 annos; 168,903 eram analphabetos; 3,953 podiam 1er maj^ nilo escrever e 640,014 podiam 1er e escrever. Os 812,870 traziam comsigo a somma de $20,894,383, ou $4,776,870 mais que a que traziam os 857,046 immigrantes que entraram no anno anterior.

HAITI.

EMFBBZAS DE VIAS-FKBBSAS.

O Cîonsul Norte- Americano em Port au Prince informa que a estrada de ferro de Cabo Haïtien ainda não está concluida, mas que o tío- verno tomou a si a empreza, dando-Ihe auxilio pecuniario, e que ^ora os trabalhos proseguem com actividade. Essa estrada de ferro atravessará uma fértil região agrícola, e sem duvida dará como resul- tado o desenvolvimento rápido da cultura de productos nacionaes para consumo local assim como para exportação.

A concessão ultimamente feita, de uma estrada de ferro de 100 mi- lhas de extensão, passando por uma região muito fertíl do paiz desde Gonaives até Hinche, está sendo estudada e os trabalhos de construcçilo serão em breve começados e proseguidos com actividade &tê sua con- clusão. O capital para essa estrada foi fornecido por uma companhia organizada nos Estados Unidoí^, e a empreza será sem duvida muito lucrativa. Ã região que atravessará ê fertillissima, e tem recunios illimitados de madeiras finas, além de terrenos ricos em cobre, ouro, prata, e carvão de pedra que s6 exigem facilidades de transporte para aerem explorados. A construcção dessa estrada dará em resultado um augmento na producção de outros artigos, que por si só forneceriam trafego sufficiente para tornar a empreza lucrativa em curto tempo,

460 8E0RBTABIA HrrXRNAOtONAL DAS RRPUBLICA8 AMERICANAS.

como tem sido o caso com a eatrada de ferro de Cul de Sac, que estende-se de Port au Prince a Sait Lakes, paasando por férteis planicies.

Anteriormente á construcçflo da via-ferrea de Cul^e Sac, nito exia- tianí culturas em jjrande escala, por falta de facilidades de transporte. A concesaíto da estrada foi promulgada em Agosto 1 de 1900. Suii construcçSo foi começada em 15 de Janeiro de 1901, sendo concliiidii em Î de Março de 1903. A companhia emittiu 1,000 acções de tl,000 cada uma. Em 31 de Outubro de 1901, a companhia adquiriu do Go- verno o tramway a vapor que serve á cidade de Port au Prince, rece- bendo este $100,000 em acçOes da companhia. Concluida a eatrada foi acceita pelo Governo. Aãm de obter o» fundos necessários para fazer melhoramentos argentes no tramway e prolongamentos da linha, e para as despezas de exploraçSo da linha, a assemblea geral anctorísou a directoda a emittir $200,000 de obrígaçOes ao juro annual de 13 por cento. A maior parte das acçOes da companhia pertencem a tres cidadãos norte-americanos.

O tramway tem ÔJ milhas de extensSo. A via-ferrea tem 30 milhas de extensão, com a bitola de 30 pollegadas. Empregain-se nella 10 locomotiras e 17 carros de passageiros, com a capacidade de 40 a 60 passageiros cada um; 22 carros de plataforma, 6 carros de carga fechados e 8 carros "gondola"com a capacidade de 12 até 1& toneladas.

Como já ficou dito, a linha atravessa as férteis planicies de Cul de Sac, estendcndo-se até Salt Lakes. Conforme & concessão, tem o direito de eatender suas linhas até Carrefour no Sul, e até Carbaret no norte. A companhia tem feito planos para prolongar a linha até Car- refour, uma distancia de 6^ milhas, até Carbaret no norte (12i milhas) e Até Petionville para leste (6^ milhas).

Do facto de que o valor do trafego da linha augnientou de $7,075 em Outubro de 1903, at¿ $lã,100 em Outubro de 1904, pode-se concluir que esta primcíi-a emprcza ferro viária em Haiti, terá grande êxito.

O Governo de Haiti dá garantia de juros de 6 por cento sobre um capital de $ti8S,00U por um periodo de 50 annos, e para este fim cedeu á companhia uma porção dos direitos de exportação, consistindo de 20 centavos por cada 1,000 libras de cacáo exportado e 20 centavos por cada 1,000 libras de páo campeche exportado.

Os fretes consistem principalmente em páo campeche, fustete, páo ^nto, mogno, lenha, madeiras para machinas de serrar, gado, aasucar. rhum, mo!, carvão de lenha, algodão, cera, couros, legumes e fructos de todas as variedades, e tecidos.

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BXOBBTABIA INTERNACIONAL DAS SEDUBtilCAS 'AHBttlCAVAS.-

MEXICO.

A Secretiirift da Fazenda da Republica do Mexico acaba de publícal- os dados relativos ao commercio exterior da Republica nos tres pri- meiros Inezes do anno fiscal em curso, comparados com os do me«mo periodo de 1903-4.

Os dados mostram o valor em ouro das importações como vera con- signado nas facturas consulares apresentadas as BlfaDdeg;a8 marítimas e fronteiras, e o valor correspondente em moeda de prata Mexicana.

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Observar-se-bá destas cifras que o valor das importações dos tres primeiros mezes de 1904-5, calculado em ouro das factui-as, augmentou de $224,428.02, ou seja 1.4 por cento, comparado com o das importa- ções realizadas no período correspondente de ltH)3-4, e que o valor deasas mesmas importaçOes calculado em moeda de prata do paiz, mostra uma diminuiçOo de $2,150,225.42, ou seja 5.94 por cento, com- parado cora o valor em prata das importações efectuadas no mesmo período de 1903-4. Es8a anomalia resulta da instabilidade da moeda de prata.

Os generus importados nos tre^ primeiros mezes de 1904-5, cora os seus valores em ouro como veem consignados oas facturas, foram os seguintes:

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E>bul« UQldM	r&s, 2.fiW,«7e 81,307 04,3» IS	1» 269 ISS
	2, MD, SN 2.372.7»
	17, 7W 46, H7 imns

Os geDeros exportados i seguintes :

i dous períodos em comparação foram os

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	11104-5.	M06-4.
	»,&8i.wa.M 11.860. «IS. 2S ia2,7U.«0	S-^^3
	12|llM,74a.9l> 3. «87. 128.87
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	4&,M,102.fiO	tt. 720,0». 16

OPBBAÇOBS OOHMXKOIASa E FINAKCBIBA8 NO AITNO FISCAL DE 1903-4.

Ab estatísticas ultimamente publicadas das transacçOes commerciaes e financeiras da Republica do Mexico no exercicio de 1903-4 mostram um augmento considerarei no valor em ouro das mercadorias que entraram no paiz durante o exercício, como se vê do seguinte quadro:

IMPORTAÇÕES.

		[Valor em c	nm.l
ExercIcliH.	de dliellos. 117,886,287.07 IS, 420, 69». 86	Gene mu sajíi. tue B dIrelUM. m, 668, «20. 61 62, MO, 077.20	ToUl.
			■nui «I7ut
	i,«i&,Me.2i	4.871,660.69	3.466,968.48

Quanto áa exportações os quadros que se seguem faliam por si. exi-ortaçOes.

Oi demais produc

.-^doipniduplM mínenles 119,220,162.96

prodnct™ vegelaos 60.648.679.60

PniducUB .níniMâ 10,871.tlB.ffl

PrortucU» BiínulBcturadoi 6,628,073.97

Produetoa dlvenoa 022,370.96

o seguinte quadro mostra o valor das exportações no» últimos cinco anuos fiscaes:

AmKwflwM».	1160. 068, BW. 00 148. «W, 001. 71 150 908,8^3. M 182.989,499.6* 1»8,«B0,B10.60	IlIClulDdCVWO ouro exporwdo.
	108,00», «87.43
	207.877,79!. 17

O augmento veiíticado em 1903-4 nSo parece tâo notável como o do anno anterior; moa deve-se ter em mente que os valores declarados nas alfandegas são em moeda de prata e que, visto que a taxa do cambio em 1903-4 foi mais baíxa do que no anno anterior, o total de $210,000,000 prata, que corresponde ao valor da exportaçflo em 1903-4, equivale a um valor em ouro consideravelmente em excesso do que é representado pelo tota! de $207,000,000 prata, que corresponde ao valor da expor- teção em 1902-8.

A quantia de $207,877,000 prata, que represento o valor das expor- ta^-Oes em 1902-8, convertida á taxa cambial de 250 sobre Nova York, equivale a $82.950,000 ouro; e a quantia de $210,276,000 prato, que representa o valor da exportação em 1903-1, á taxa de 230, equivale em ouro a $91,430,000. Assim se vê que as exportoçOes, avaliadas em ouro, augmentaram de $8,470,000. Este augmento é consideravel- mente em excesso do augmento em 1902-8 sobre o anno anterior, que foi de $6,000,000, em números redondos.

Afim de obter uma idea geral do volume totol do commert;io exterior no anno de 1903-4, convém comparar os valores da importoção e exportação, depois de reduzidos á moeda Mexicana.

(Valor EmpralL]

EiportaçfleB $210,278,374.46

Importações 177,861,352.34

Difíerenva a. tavor das exportações 32, 415, 022. 12

A situação económica da Republica mostra que a escassez de nume- rario, que caracteriaou o anno de 1902-3. deixou de sentirse no anno de 1903-4, como se vê do seguinte quadro:

1908.

Novembro

Dezembro

1904.

Fevereiro

Maio

Bancnada		TOUI.
m «04,823.30	*M, 794, na. 30	«57, S». 942.60
88 «4, «8. 14		81.564,982.18
36,387,748.34	22. 498, 11». 9&	67,383.363.29

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Nos primeiros quatro mezes do ftnno Qscai em carso, o moTÍmento dos depósitos em sentido de augmento, recebeu um impulso aioda mais vigoroso, como se pode ver do s^uinte quadro:

	Banooadk	BuoMBm-	Total.
1S04.		M,Ml,0Ba.74	T7;11s|k7.M

Os depósitos accninulados dos Imdoos oo fim de Outubro de 1904 excederam de $72,000,000, um total eem paralleloaa historia das iiisti- tuivOes de credito da Republica do Mexico, e que irá augmentando sA6 que for suspendida a livre cunhagem de prata. Esta plethora de dinheiro nOo existe em toda parte do paiz, mas aómeote na capital onde os grandes bancos servem como verdadeiros reservatórios de moeda.

HOTA I;BI VOmTABIA.

O "Diario Oficial" de 9 de Dezembro de 1904, publica o Bcguinte decreto relativo á reforma da lei monetaria da Republica do Mexico:

Artioo 1°. Faculta-se ao Executivo da União para que reforme as leis monetarias da Republica, fixando as classes de moeda que tenham circulaçfio legal, o valor, peso, lei e demais condíçOes das proprias moedas, os limites de tolerancia na fabricação e circulação e, em geral, estabelecendo as prescripções que julgar necessárias para aperfei(X)ar o aystema monetario, adaptando o ás necessidades económicas da Repu- blica. Ao exercer estas faculdades, se sujeitará ás bases seguintes:

{a) Conservar-8e-háo"peso" actual de prata, comMgrammas, 4,388 dez milligrammas de prata pura e 2 grammas, 6,342 dez milligrammas de cobre, e com poder liberatorio ¡Ilimitado.

{b A dito peso de prata se attribuírá um valor equivalente a 75' centigrammas de ouro puro.

(c) As moedas fraccionaiias de prata conterão uma quantidade deste metal inferior á que proporcionalmente lhes corresponda por seu valor representativo com rela^flo ao "peso."

(d) Não será obrigatória a admissão destas moedas fraccionarias em um mesmo pagamento por quantia maior de 20 pesos, nem a de moedas de outros mctacs inferiores em quantia maior de 1 peso; mas o Governo designará as officinas em que os particulares possam livre- mente cambiar por pesos fortes a moeda f i-accionaria que apresentarem em quantias de 100 pesos ou seus múltiplos.

(«) As casas de moeda não estarão obrigadas a acanhar os metaes preciosos que Ibes forem apresentados, mas a emistiU) de moeda de

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todas aa classes ñcará reservada ao Executivo, para que exerça esta faculdade com sujeição ás leis e na opportunidade e quantias que estas determinem.

Art. 2°. O Executivo fica egualmentc auctorízado para dictar a» seguintes providencias:

(a) Prohibir ou gravar a importaçSo de pesos de prata mexicanos no territorio da Republica.

(b) Demonetizar as peças que, a seu juizo, convenha retirar di. circulação.

(c) Amoedar para a exportação pesos de cunhos anteriores ao actual. {d) Variar, em caso conveniente, o cunho dos pesos de prata.

(e) Conceder circulação legal, por tempo limitado, ás moedas de ouro de outras naçSes, ficando seu valor em moeda mexicana, si chega, a valer em Londres a onça de prata sianãarã mais de iSipettce.

(/) Modificar as leis fiscaes sobre a mineração, diminuindo os impostos sobre os metaes preciosos de 2 por cento de cunhagem, o 3 por cento de sello e os direitos de ensaio, fundição, afinação eseparaç3o.

iff) Modificar as leis que autorizam a cobrança de um direito por per- tença para os títulos das minas e também o imposto annual sobre per- tenças mineiras, de modo que resultem favorecidas as minas que produzam metaes preciosos.

(Á) Modificar a lei de 6 de Junho de 1887, no sentido de reduzir até li por cento o maximum de 2 por cento sobre o valor dos metaes pre- ciosos, a que podem ascender os impostos locaes, segundo a mencionda lei.

(») Isentar de direitos de importação os artigos destinados á mine- ração, ou reduzir os já existentes.

(j) Ot^ranizar officinos que, sem prejaizo para o thesouro publico, anticipem fundos sobre o valor das barras de prata, e proporcionem aos interessados facilidades para a venda de ditas barras nas melhores con- diçSes possíveis, celebrando ao eSeito na Republica e no estrangeiro os arranjos conduzentes.

{k) Modificar a legislação civil e mercantil, no relativo aos emprés- timos e pagamentos em dinheiro.

(l) Modificar as disposições da lei bancaria que tenham relação directa ou indirecta com a circulação metaltica, ou que affectem os títulos de credito ou as operações de cambio.

(U) Crear uma junta cujas funcçSes tenham por objecto regular a circulação monetaria e conseguirr em quanto for possivel, a estabilidade do typo de cambio exterior; a cuja effeito poderá dar o Executívo á dita junta as attríbuiçOes que julgar opportunas e conferir-lhe ao próprio tempo o manejo de um fundo especial, cuja importancia assigna- lará o mesmo Executivo.

(m) Expedir todas as disposições conduzentes, inclusívaa as que ten-

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ham por objecto a repressão e castigo das faltas e delictos relacionados cora a materia; organizar os servidos e officinas que aejam do caso, e fazer os gastos necessários para qualquer dos fíns expressados anterior- mente, podendo ao effeito supprimtr ou modificar as actuaes plantas de officínas, o8 yencimentoo de empregados e as consignações e gastos autorizados por leis especiaes ou pelo Orçamento da Despeza.

BXPOIITAÇÂO DE HXNNBOTnEN BK 1804.

Segundo o "Sisal Hemp Bulletin,'' publicaçSo mensal dos Senhores Molina e Coup., de Yucatán, a exportação de heanequen pelos portos de Pn^reao e Campeche, durante o anno de 19(H, foi de 637,700 fardos. Exportaram-se pelo porto de Progreso, que é o principal ponto de exportação deste artigo, 605,246 fardos, e pelo porto de Campeche 22,454 fardos.

O seguinte quadro mostra os portos de destino, sendo digno de nota que os diversos portos dos Estados Unidos receberam 617,640 Cardos, ou a maior parte da exportaçflo total:

««.«.«.«.a	nutit».	Portât OeAvaim.	ÍWdoi.
	uo;ooi 11«,SM 104^030	„
		í-SiS

o relatório ultimamente publicado peloGovemodo Estado de Jalisco, abrangendo as rendas do Estado no presente exercício provenientes das industrias manufactureiras, constitue uma historia interessante da industria manufactureira do Estado de Jalisco. A importancia dos impostos que o Estado cobrará este exercício das 792 fabricas nelle estabelecidas será de $220,546.37.

O relaterio mostraque os estabelecimentos manufaotareirosdeí«2 u»¿a, 4ue ê a bebida nacional por cuja fabricaçStr o Estado de Jalisco é afa- mado, contribuem com maior somma para as rendas do Estado que qualquer outro ramo da industria manufactureira. Calcula-se que a producçSo de tequila este anno attingirá a 800,000 gallõee. Os impos- tos sobre as fabricas de ^i^u/^ importam em $79,488.74. Ã fabrica Maritineña, situada em Tequila, Jalisco, occupa o primeiro lugar com a producçSo estimada de 300,000 litros. Segue-se-lhe em importancia a fabrica Leon, também situada em Tequila, com uma prodocçfio de 280,000 litros.

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Ab fabricas de alcool pagam em impostos a somma de $39,830.61. A producçSo de alcool é calculada em cerca de 500,000 galloes. Ha actu- almente em funccionamento 50 fabricas de alcool, sendo a maior delias n Aurora, situada ao sul de Guadalajara. Seguem-lbe em importancia a Joya e a Constancia, situada.-i dentro dos limites de Guadalajara.

A industria do assucar comprebende 52 fabricas de assut^r refinado e 273 fabricas de pariocha, ou assucar nao refinado. Calcula-se que a producçfio de assucar refinado attingirá a 11,212,520 libras, e a de assucar nilo refinado a 5,698,933 libras. Os impostos sobre as fa- bricas de Bssucar importam em $31,030.52, e os sobre as installa^-Oes á^panocha em $14,079.33. A mais importante fabrica no Estado, sob o ponto de rista da producçSo do presente exercido, está situada na fazenda San Marcos, na parte meridional do Estado. Sua producçiJo este anno será de 890,000 kilos de asaucar refinado. A segunda fabri- ca em importancia é a Santa Cruz, situada na visinbança de Tamazula, com uma produoçSo de 880,000 kilos. A fabrica na fazenda Contla occupa o terceiro lugar, com uma producçSo de 600,000 kilos. A maior fabrica de panocha no ELstado está situada na fazenda Cuisillos, cuja producção este anno attingirá a 173,000 kilos.

Ra 54 moinhos de farinba de trigo no Estado de Jalisco, cuja pro- ducçao este anno attingirá a 16,016,585 libras. Elles pt^rSo ao Estado em impostos a somma de $15,114.26. O moinho mais impor- tante está situado em uma fazenda em Atequiza, e está explorado pela Companhia Mutualbta de Panaderos. Sua producção este anno attingirá a 2,400,000 kilos.

Ha 119 fabricas de sabSo no Estado de Jalisco, as quaes produzem 618 libras de sabSo. A maior fabrica está situada em Zapotlan. Exis- tem no Estado 38 fabricas de óleos de diversas qualidades, cuja pro- ducção este anno attingirá a 388,000 libras.

As tres companhias explorando fabricas de algodão em Jalisco pagarSo este anno $16,460.50' em impostos. E^tas sSo a Companhia Industrial Manufactureira, a Companhia Industrial de Guadalajara e Madero & Kincõn Gallardo. A producção de tecidos de algodão este anno é calculada em 2,994,200 libras.

A única fabrica de papel actualmente em funccionamento no Estado é a situada em Zapopan, de propriedade dos Irmãos Ant-ira. Ha 60 fabricas de charutos e cigarros, a mais importante sendo a .situada em Guadalajara, de propriedade do Senhor Gabbiel B. Cauz.

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URUGUAY. '

OOHHEBCIO E3ETBBI0B, PKIBCBISO SBHSSTBK DB 1904.

Se^ndo as estatísticas publicadas pelo Serviço d« Estatistica dat» Alfandegas da Republica do Uruguay, o commercio exterior do paiz no primeiro semestre (Janeiro a Junho) de 1904, foi por valor de $32,9Sd,380, dos quaes 938,681,748 representam as exportações e $9,367,682 as importações.

As exportações comparadas com as do período correspondente de 1903, foram as s^uintes:

kxpobtaçObs.

	fSemcMrede-
	im.	1104.
	WS7,n4 % 141, MT SI. 107
	3».<Hi.<«e	3S,H1.7<B

' Ab ImportopOea foram discriminadas assim: importaçObb.

	IMS. 1«M.
	' MM HRi
	■■as -li 2.461,781 l,fiTI,1ST
	621,»e5 1 2S2.2TB
	12,070.803 , *,3ST,SSa

Oomparando-se o commercio para os seis mezes de 1904 com p do > mesmo periodo de 1903, vê-se que houve uma diminuição de $4,212,178. Deve-se tomar cm consideração, porém, que o commercio exterior em 1903 foi o maior jamais registrado, excedendo a exportação de pro- ductos uruguayos â do anno anterior por $4,500,000 e á de 1901, por cerca de $7,500,000.

Quanto &s importaçSes, houve uma diminuição total, comparadas com as do mesmo periodo de 1903, de $2,71â,871, ou seja cerca de 22.6 por cento. Essa diminuição foi distribuida assim: bebidas, $269,473; comestíveis, $308,426; fumo, $507; tecidos, $889,434; roupa feita, $221,857; mateña prima e machinas, $300,118; diversos, $388,346; gado em pé, $.'í89,710.

As exportações accusam uma diminuição total de $1,499,307, equiva- lente a cerca de 6 por cento. Os artigos em que essa diminuição foi

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effeotunda foram os seguintes: productos nniinacs, $1,574,705; pro- ductos agrioolas, $137,876; diversos, $4,925, o que perfaz o total do $1,717,506, do qual devc-so deduzir o pei|ueuo augmento de lí>218,li*l), realizado nas tres outras i-Iasseü de artigos exportados.

O seguinte quadro uiostra o commercio exterior da Republica no primeiro semestre dos anuos de 1S04 a 1904:

! 1900.. 1901..

■1902.,

30,448,!):¡1 30,291,580 32,202,2W0 37, 151,. 158 32,939,:í80

MOVIMENTO DO PORTO DE HONTETIDdO EH OÜTUBBO DE 1904.

O " Handels-Zcitung" de Buenos Aires, publica os seguintes algaris- mos mostrando o movimento do porto de Montevideo em Outubro de 1904.

KSIBABCAÇOKS SAHID.ÏS.

Arligü-.		iiuoo 15. «5 ' 5 1.799 ■íi iw : 27,Í49 31 » "'"i 4, SO): 3¡Ur. 30, j» ■ 10,1100	Arligm.		Slíído.''
EslHrtr» UnIJo.:	■;;:¿t::	Purliutnl— ToiítinuaíSo.
nrtn"!.'!?.^!.'".'^'^!'!'.	D.nieoüU«r¥ada.. Inglaterra;		3^
ConroH fic boi MOCOS. . Couros de bol silMüdcM	IVlles lie carneiro.	M....	■%
ïd.".:;;:: :::::;: ^■■■■■■■■■■■■■■	... tonel uiliia.. »:::'.: '.'.Id;:'.:
K,S.-.'-r;~;.v;	Id....
Linho	id.-..	'"^i/.-.v.v.-.:-;.-.-	■:::.::íSX::	»
Couros' do boi wppwi..		Bnnontli"f«ra pJvMrt n '.'.'.'.'.Aã'.'.'.'.	I»
Tripa» 'cÓHroBdpbolMTCn».. Ciiuroa de boi Mlguilos	""h^ã-^-;^"--	■:::::.a:::	931 II»
	Farelo lino	'<'- —
	Id....
		-1"S"<-Tol»«- f.flr«.. ...lonelídaH.. tardoe..
CoiiroHdobolsBlBiidii	Uir..im„.":	■■■s;
x»"l"^-	ï..f«r.1.M;!	3»

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PRODUCÇÃO DE COBRE EM 1904.

A pioduccflo de cobre em litO-i foi maior (¡iio o total do oobro pro- duzido piD todo o mundo durante os primeiros 40 annos do seculo XIX. IIojc o mundo produz mais cobre em uma semana que produziu durante doze mezcs ha um século atraz. Si a producçâo continua a augmentar na mcuma propor^'So como tem augmentado no soculo passado, a produc^So do mundo em 2004 attingirá a cerca de 1,000,000,0(10 toneladas, ou soja tantas toneladas como se conwmeni libras hojo, e a actual riqueza do mundo nSo seria sufficiente paru pagar i>cla producçao de cobre naqucllc anno, ao preço actual do meta!. Pois, não ó de admirar que os grandes interesses consumidores comei,'Hm a dar setia attenção & questflo de onde ba de vir o cobre no futuro.

P'ora dos Estados Unidos, parece que o Mexico na actualidade ê a mais importante e a mais promcttedora fonte de cobre. Tem ti-es minas de cobre em exploi-açSo com uma produci,ÍIo annual de 10,000,000 cada uma, e outras novas minas estão em via de exploração. O Canadá possue apenas uma mina do cobre de importancia, a (Jranby, mas tem variai outras menos ricas em cobre. As minas de cobre de Terra Nova estão sendo exploradas com proveito. As minas de AY CiAre do Cuba, que produziram grande quantidade de cobre durante quatro decadii.s até a revolucíío de 1868, estflo sendo drenadas e preparadas para .serem de novo exploradas em grande escala.

As importantes minas do cobre de Venezuela, outrora grandes pro- ductoras de cobre, hoje ticam ínexploi-adas, devido & inquietaçilo poli- tica e ás indignidades e vexames a que estií exposto o capital estrangeiro empregado na<{uella oligarchia turbulenta. ísilo se ol)serva mudança na situaçilo mincii'a da Bolivia, e o poderoso syndicato norte -americano que tem consolidado as minus do districto de Cerro de Pasco no Peru, ainda está occupado com os trubalbos de installa^ilo de machinas moder- nas, e as minas nfio pódenlo protiuzir em grande escala por muitos annos ainda. Xo Cliíle n producçflo de cobre mostra um ijequeno aup;nieDto. mas a explora^flo de minas em larga escala é a excepçilo ante> (jue a regra neste paiz. e emquanto esta sítuaçflo nSo for alterada, n;lo se podertí esperar grande augmento nn produiçiïo do Chile, Na Argentina importantes minas de cot»re estilo em via de explornç-Jo no districto promettedor de Mexicana, ma,-, níío se pode esperar resultados importantes por muitos annos ainda.

O seguinte quadro mostra a produeção do cobre do mundo, em tone- ladas inglezas, nos annos de llKi¿ e inu:!, o a producção estimada de l!t()4:

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FROBUCÇlO DE CUBRE EM 1904.

F»H^	im	■9».	,9».
	83; 000 yj.oo» îii.wo 21.500 II), 000 2; 000	811,680 4s,ai6 ;ioo *'wo ftibso li 2, «00 1Í400 1,080
	1 .iss
	6Si,166	Si8.n6

A maior parte do augmento na produc^-ño de l!>0-t foi realizado pelos Estados Unidos, cuja produc^-flo em 1904 foi maior por 12 por ccnto que a de 1903. O Mexico também mostra um gmnde augmento e hoje occupa o segundo lugar, ao pasijo que a peninsula ibérica, que ha um quarto de seculo era o paiz maior productor de cobre, hoje vem em terceiro Ingar. O Chile que, lia "25 amnon, occupava o segundo lugar, agora occupa o quarto, c lho fazem forte concurrencia o Japilo e a- Australasia. O Canadá accusa sensível augmento niasnilo taó conside- rável como se esperava no principio do anno. A Colonia do Cabo augmcntou sua producçao, tendo-se recuperado completamente da deprciísao na industria de cobro que se seguiu á guerra JIoíT. A pro- ducvSo nos outros paizcs menores productores de cobre nSo soffrou alterafíio do importancia.

O seguinte quadro mostra a produc^tlo, por Estados, dos Estados Unidos em 1908, c a prodnc^'âo estimada de 190i:

-	F.,	■"-	2B7.r«t''0W) 20H,ïi<o.uno 191,00». DOO m: 500:000 íi.rioo.ooo IG. 501), 000 BOOftOOO ï,SOI>,OOI) 2:000.000 ï-'KI.OOl) 2:.o. i»>0 l.omiiiiw»	librat.
	'»■-""

O desenvolvimento da iudu.-<tria de cobre dos Pastados Unidos evi- denceia-se do seguinte quadro, que dá a producfiío cm cada cinco nnnos desde 1849, a duta do p!ig;imento por uma mina do Lago Supe-

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rior do seu primeiro dividendo, e a prodiie^ao nos últimos cinco anoos, com a producçíto estimada de l'J04:

1S40.. 1854.. 1859.. 1864..

2,250	1894	J58.1W
12,500
23,000 (i4. 708
1904	349:866

Ha menos de um quarto de soculo o Chile produziu uiaíor quanti- dade de cobre que os Estados Unidos, e ambos seguiram á Hespanha, que foi entao o paiz maior productor de cobre do universo. A pro- ducçao dos Editados Unidos cni 190-1 foi mais de dez vezes a do Chile, c quasi sete vezes a. da Ilespaniia, e foí maior que a producïSo total do mundo em uma data tSo recente como lã!)â.

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Bulletin Mensuel

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Bureau Ioternatiosal des Républiques Américaines,

Unlou Internationiile des Ré|>nblÍi|no8 AiiiérlcaineB. Vol. XIX. FÉVRIER 1005. Ho. 2.

DISPOSITIONS DOUANIÈEES DE LA RÉPU- BLIQUE DE PANAMA.

LOI No. 88 DV 5 JUILLKT 1904.

I"Uaceta ondul *' <1ii lï Julllvt ItM.]

TITRE I.

CniriTHB I.

Article l". S&iis prt^judice deii coDtributions étaMies par des lois ou ordoniiKiices non abrogées, serout pei^'us dan» la République les impôt» étubli.s ci-après:

1. Impôt commercial.

13. Droits consulaires. 17. UroitM d'exportation.

('ii.iriTRE II. — Iiiipút roiiimercial.

Art. 2. L'impôt commercial s'applique:

1". A tou« les articloH et produits de commerce introduits pour la vente ou la consommation dans le territoire national.

Art. 3. Les marcliandi.ses ¿trangí-res importées n'ucquitteront l'impôt qu'une seule to\ii à l'arrivée dans le port par lequel elles wont introduites, conformément au tarif étaldi dans la présente loi. Ces marchandises se diviseront en trois classes générales et une classe spéciale, à savoir:

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ri^ssra CÉNÈBALES.

1°. Articles non assujettis au payement de l'impôt; 2°, Articles frappés d'un droit de 15 pour cent sur leur valeur d'après facture;

3". Articles soumis â une taiiãcation spéciale, t«lâ que les liqueurs.

1°. Bétail de l'espife bovine importa pour la coneoiiimation (voirci-aprCs le décret du

30a%Til 1904):

AniiDAax mfllee tite . . 20. 00

Animaus femellea id 15.00

four cent.

2°, Sel (voirci-aprf^s la loi du 29 avril 1904 et l'ordonnai) ce du 6 mai 190*}:

Fendant l'année courante quintal.. 1.00

Pendant les années qui suivront iii 2.00

3°. Talmc (voir d-aprùs la loi du 11 mai 1904):

Cigares kilc^r.. 4. 00

Cigarettes id S. 00

Tabac hachi ou bous totit« autre foruie id 2. 00

4°. C^fí, a partir du 1" Bpplembre IWM {voir cî-apr^a la loi du 20 mai

1904) «luintal,. 8.00

5». Allumettes:

Eu cire kil<^. bnit.. .80

Kn bois id 30

MatiOres premiiros [lour li'ur fabricatidti id 10

6°. Oi)iuni, il partir de ta date où lo contrat sur le monopole de ce pro*luit aura

pris fin kilogr., 15.00

7°. Monnaies en or A un titre infi^rieur il celui des monnaitv nationale*!, un ipiart jxiur cent ad \-alorem.

Paragraphe. Sont rangés diin^ la l'' classe et exempt»! à l'entrée:

(«) Les animaux vivants destinés à Pamélioration des races.

{/>) La glace (voir ci-après la loi du 30 a\'ril 1904), le guano, les plantes vivantes, les semences, los plantes enracinées et les boutures.

((') Les machines d'un poids total suj^rieur ù 1,000 kilogrammes.

{(f) Les machines et appareils destiné.s & la construction, l'améliora- tion et l'entretien des chemins et pour ouvrir et entretenir les canaux de navigation: les wagons, accessoires et matériaux èxclusivements destines aux cbemins de fer et les matériaux servant à la construction des télégraphes.

(i) Le cbarbon de teri-e importé par les compagnies nationales ou étrangères pour leur Ui^age particulier les moteurs à vapeur de tout« sorte et les ponts en fer.

(y) Les navires achevés ou iniporti's démontés et destinés à la navigation dans les eaux de la Répul)li<iue, ainsi que les matériaux servant à leur construction.

«Jusqu'à nouvel ordre, l'unité monélaire adoptée dana le tarit eat le peso qui se divine en 100 centavos et dont la valeur nominale est <lo 6 francs. Pour le£i poids et mesures, la It^publiquc de Pnnauia a adopti^ le systcme mitrifiuc.

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(</) Les umticreâ preinièrc» pour la fabrication de la bière, des bougies et des savons, le suif cxceijté.

(/() Les accessoires pour l'imprimerie, la reliure, le réglage du papier, la litb<^rapbie, la photograrure et la zincograpbie, l'encre et le papier pour journaux et pour l'impression des livres (voir ci-après la loi du 24 mars 190i).

(i) Le» livres imprimés arrivant par la poste et les journaux imprimés importas par valise (voir ci-après la loi du M mars 1904).

ij ) Les monnaies d'or de bon aloi ¿ un titre non inférieur  celui des monnaies de frappe nationale.

Akt. 4. Sont également admis en francbise et rangé» dans lu 1" classe: les articles exempts de droits en vertu de contrats ou de privi- lèges, les articles importés pur les compagnies de navigation à l'usage exclusif de leurs paquebots; les objets destinés aux cultes religieux, iniportés par les prélats; les articles destinés aux établissements de charité ou de bienfaisance, à condition, toutefois, que la demande en soit faite par le Comité de la Direction ou l'administrateur de l'étii- blissement, avec promesse sous sern:ent que lesdits objets n'auront pas une autre destination; les articles destinés à des entreprises déclarés d'utilité publique par le Gouvernement et les articles revus par les agents diplomatiques pour leur usage exclusif.

Paragraphe. Sont rangés dans la 2"" classe tous les articles, de quelque espèce que ce soit, qui ne sont pas compris dans la 1" et la

Paragraphe. Sont rangés dans la 3"' classe: l'alcool, les Imissons distillées, les vins, la bière et les liquids fermentes, le soda, les limo- nades et boissons gazeuses, les sirops, les amers, les elixirs, les apéritifs et les essences sen'ant à la fabrication des liqueurs, lesquels seront taxés comme suit:

l'esna.

£aD'(]c-\-ie ordinaire et ses cotnposis, titrant jasqn'^l 21° de l'ariomôtre de Cartier, tels que: Rhum, brandy, fceuiùve, trliisky, aniBado raffloC', rosoli,

naranjito, etc litre, . 1. 50

Liqueure titrant de 22» a 42", telles que: Chartreuse, crime de caeao, pepper- mint, padre kermati, kummel, absinthe, etc litre.. 2.00

Alcohol:

Titrant juBqii'à 42» .' litre , . 1. 00

Titrant plus de 42° id.. 1.50

LiqcidcHcondensosservant illa fabrication des boiitsoiisiuumiHCH :11a laxo.. id.. 15.00

Amers on apfritif», tel que: Angostura, Fernet Branca, coca, etc id.. .00

Vins:

Blancs, rouges on Bordeaux et similaires id.. .10

Doux, secs, Malaga, Xérí'B, Torto, Veriiioutli, ctt- id.. .20

Champi^Tie de toutes mariiucs iil , . 2. 00

Bière de toute sorte ¡d , . .20

Art. 5. Les eaux minérales ou gazeuses, los elixirs et les vins médi- cinaux brevetés, importés dans les contenantes qui leur sont spéciale-

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tneot affectas daiiH le commerce, acquitteront 25 pour cent en argent de leur valeur nette en or.

Art. i]. Les liqueurs import^'* dans lu République et ayant acquitté l'impôt pourront être exportares librement ù Pétrang'er, en jtartîc ou en totalité, et »Í IV'xportation s'effectue dans les six mois qui suivront la date de l'iinportatîon, les droits seront rembourst's, après que les formalités li^j^ales auront été remplies.

Art. 7. Lch municipalités de Panama et de Colon continueront à per- cevoir rîmpôt commercial sur leu comestibles de provenance étrangère destinés ù ta consommation locale et non accompagnés de connaisse- ments, pourvu qu'ils soient léy^Iement consignés à des commer^-ants établis dans les villes susindiquécs.

Cette disposition n'est ¡ms applical»le aux ballots contenant du riz, (le !a farine, du café, du maïs et du sucre, qui continueront à payer l'impôt au proJit du Trésor.

Akt. 13. A l'effet de justifier In valeur réelle de sa marchandise^ tout importateur, obligé d'acquitter l'impôt commercial d'importation, présentera au bureau de finance compétent un ccrtifii-at ou re^-u de la Compagnie ou Société d'assurances maritimes, diinient certifié par !e consul de Panama, constatant la somme pour laquelle la marchandise facturée à introduire a été assurée.

Paragraphe. IjCs consuls ne pourront réclamer aucun droit pour la légalisation dont il s'agit.

Art. 14. Les bureaux de finance se refuseront ¡L liquider l'impôt comuiercial applicable à des factures adressées ü des commerçante qui fiaudent les intérêts du fisi^ en déclarant faussement la valeur des factures qu'ils ont reçues. En pareil cas l'administrateur des finances consignera immédiatement à l'entrepôt les marchandisoíj introduites, et si, dans le délai de trois mois, l'importateur n'a pas procédé à la déclaration réelle de la factunî à dédouaner et n'a pas acquitté les droits avec surtaxe de 25 pour cent au profit du Trésor ainsi que les autres frais occasionnés par l'entiTposage, ledit fonctionnaire déclarera que l'importateur a fait abandon de ses marchandises et procédera à leur vente aux enchères, â l'effet d'acquitter, avec le produit de la vente, ce qui est dû au Trésor, y compris les frais susindiqués.

Akt. ôti. Les droits consniaires seront perçus d'après le tarif établi ]»ar la loi No. 22 du 18 avril 1904 avec les modifications qui y ont été apportées par les dispositions qui suivent. (Voir ci-après la circulaire du 21 janvier 1904.)

Art. 57. Les consuls généraux, consuls et vice-consuls percevront,

DISPOSITIONS DOUANIERES DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE DE PANAMA. 477

au profit du Trésor et inscriront divns leurs registres de recette les droits ci-ftpi"ès, qui devront Otre payi's au comptant par les requéi-ants:

1". Visa des quatre exemplaires de chacquc faeturo, IJ pour cent do la valeur totale de la facture en monnaie adoptée dans ladite facture.

Paragraphe. Les consuls ne pourront légaliser que les factures sur lesquelles seront désignés descolîs portant la même marque, consignés à la même personne ou compagnie, émanant d'un même expéditeur et ayant la même destination.

2". Visa des quatre exemplaii-es du manifeste portantdésignatîon du chargement emlwirqué sur le navire ou vapeur, 10 pesos pour les pre- miers IIX) colis et 2 pesos par 100 polis ou fi-action de 100 colis en sus.

3°. Visa des patentes de santé délivrées par les autorités ou employés du port de «ortie, 3 pesos,

Paragraplic. Dan^i aucun cas les consul» ne pourront légaliser des factures, manifestes ou autres documents ateouiimgnant le navire ou le vapeur, api-ès que celui-ci aura quitté le port.

Akt. 58. Les droits pour les manifestes sur lesquels ne sont portés que des articles en fer, acier, cuivre, zinc, du bois, des tuiles et des articles similaires ne seront que de 10 pesos, quelle que soit Tiniportance du chargement.

Art. 62. Les merehandises ci-après dénommées sont soumises aux droits d'exportation souvants (voir ci-après le décret du 24 décembre 1903):

Métaux précieux, 2 pour cent de la valeur d'après le certificat de fonte ou d'essai.

Monnaie et bijoux d'or. 1 pour cent de la valeur assurée.

Miuei-ais bruts, 2 pesos la tonne.

Bananes, 1 centavo or par régime.

Art, 63. Sont abrogées toutes dispositions contraires à la présente loi.

LOIS, DÉCRETS, ORDONN'AXCKS ET CIRCULAIRES, PUBLIÉS À UNE DATE ANTÉRIEURE À CELLE DE LA LOI DU 5 JUILLET 1904.

J.~J)ecr,i, iVtt. S9, du 2^ ã>k;»,hre 1003, nlatifaxxdroUi ire^;m'i>itiwt.

[■■Üflaln Ofi.W (lu H JHiiïIer IfflH.)

Article 1. A partir do la date du présent décret, les droits d'expor- tation seront perdus ainsi que cela est établi ci-après:

Pour l'or, l'argent et le platine en barres contrôlées, 2i pour cent do la valeur d'après le certititat de fonte et d'es.sai.

Pour l'or en poudre, le platine et l'argent non contrôlés, pour les bijoux en or et en platine, pour la monnaie d'or et pour ces métaux

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présentis SOU8 une autre fomie non spécifiée, 2i pour cent de la valeur assurée.

Pour les minerais d'or et d'argent, li pour cent de la valeur assurée.

A défaut de documents de conti-ôle et de l'asisurance, l'or acquittera $0.25 par gi"ain, le platine §0.02, l'argent $0.01, et le minerai brut Î2.50 par tonne.

Art. 2. I.es compagnies de navigation ne recevront pas pour l'ex- portation Ips articles visé» dans le présent décret, s'il n'est pas établi qu'ils ont acquitté les droits correspondants.

Art. s, JjCs contraventions au présent décret seront punis confor- mément à la loi.

II. — Circulaire tîie 2liiiÍdre (ïi-sjîiuincca, Xo. J^SG, en date du 21 janvier lOOi, relative aux fonituUti'a h retnplir dans les porta de provenance et aux droite amnidairea.

["G«cei«omcUr'dul5tívríorl9W.J

Formalith à renipUr dan» Ux jioris lif provenance.

1". Tout comptable ou subrécargue d'un navire en charge dans ud port étranger à destination de ports nationaux devra présenter, à l'agent consulaire de la République dans ce port ou ù la personne qui en rem- plit les fonctions, un manifeste signé et en triple exemplaire, contenant avec ordre et clarete les indications suivantes ;

{il) L'espèce, le pavillon, le nom et le tonnage du navire.

{/•) Le port de provenance et le port ou les poi'ts nationaux de des- tination du navire.

Paragraphe. Si le navire est expédié à destination de différents ports nationaux, i! présentem pour chaque port un manifeste spécial, signé et en triple exemplaire, remplissant le.s mêmes conditions.

{') Le nom du chargeur, celui de la personne qui remet chaque chargement et le nom du destinataire.

{d) Les marques et les numéros de chaque colis et le poids brut de tout le chargement.

Paragraphe. Aucune pénalité ne sera encourue si les marchandises ci-après dénommées ne sont p;is numérotées: animaux vivants, tuiles, briques, c«rreau.\ et pierres brutes, bois de construction, picri-cs à aiguiser, chaux en barils ou en sacs, sel marin, plomb en plaques ou en lingots, fer biut et en plaques, biiguottcs, feuillards, grosses chaînes, bari-ps et iKirretons, pilons (¡iÎmiu^-s) en fer pour mines, damos-jeanncs vides et [grandes chaudières en cuivre ou en fer.

('-) Le nombre des colis compoi^ant chaque chargement et le nombre toltil des colis destinés à chaque port.

•J". Quiconque vent adresser des marchandises à destination de ports nationaux ouverts an commerce devra pi'ésenter à l'agent consulaire

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OU â celui qui en remplit les fonctions dans le port d'embarquement, une facture en triple exemplaire, dc%-ant porter les indications suivantes:

Le nom de l'expéditeur, le lieu do provenance, le nom du destinataire, le port de destination et le nom du navire.

La marque, le numéro, la description, le contenu et le poids de chaque colis.

Si les coli» sont de même espèce, il suffira de désigner leur poids É4>tal au lieu de désigner le poid» de chacun d'eux.

Four la désignation du contenu, il suffira de spécifier le nom, la quantité el la matière dont chaque marchandise se compose.

La valeur totale de la facture, sans qu'il soit nécessaire de fournir le détail relativement à chaque colis.

3°. Il est interdît de déclarer, dans les documents visés anx alinéas 1° et à", un même colis il destination de différents ports. En consé- quence, si un exportateur contrevient à cette dispo.sition, l'agent con- sulaire fixera comme point de destination dndit colis le premier port qui aura été mentionné.

4". L'agent consulaire inscrira les manifestes dans un registre spécial; il comparera ledit registre avec les factures présentées, et, après avoir vérifié autant que possible la véracité et l'exactitude de ces documents, il en fera foi au bas de chacun des exemplaires des manifestes et des factures, en y apposant son visa; il paraphera toutes les pages et remettra un exemplaire à chaque intéressé pour être présenté à la douane respective. (Attendu qu'il n'existe pas de bureaux de douane à Panama, les factures seront présentées à l'employé compétent des finances qui, à Panama, est le trésorier général de la République et, dans les ports de Colon et de Bocas del Toi-o, l'administrateur provin- cial des finances.)

5°. L'agent consulaire adressera, sous pli fermé et scellé et par le même navîreî, à la douane (bureau de fmance) du premier port national vers lequel le navire se dirige, un exemplaire du manifeste et, aux douanes (bureaux de tinaDcc) respectives, un exemplaire de chaque facture, avec tous los avis et informations, qu'il estimera devoir ajouter pour éviter la fraude.

L'autre exemplaire du manifeste et des factures sera adressé au Ministre des finances par le plus proche courrier.

Les frais d'affranchissement pir la poste seront à la charge du Trésor.

1". Aux effets du visa consulaire, les factures commcrcinlcs se divi- sent en quaite classes, à savoir:

{'() Les factures, sur lesquelles ne sont portés que des articles en fer, acier, cuivre, zinc ou bois, destinés à l'installation d'entreprises indus- trielles, aux chemins de fer, aux vajwurs, à la lumière électrique, aux télégraphes et téléphones, aux imprimeries, aux fabriques de verre ou

480 BUEKAU INTEBNATIONAL DES RÉPUBLIQUES AMERICAINES.

de faïence, de bougies stéftriques, de tissus ou aux entreprises considé- rées d'iitiliti publique et reconnues officiellement comme telles.

(i) Les factures représentant une valeur non supérieure à 200 pesos.

(t) Les factures représentant une valeur supérieure à 200 pesos, sans dépasser 500 pesos.

(tl) Les factures représentant une valeur supérieure â 500 peso».

2°. Lesdroitsde visa consulaire pour les factures sont établis comme ci-après, pourvu que ces documents ne mentionnent pas des objets avec pierres précieuses ou des objets en or, platine ou argent, ce que les soumettrait aux surtaxes établies ci-dessous;

FacturPB lie 1" cIusfc , 3. 00

FattureH <Ie 2* ila,>*e 6. ÛO

Factures lie 3* classe 8. OO

Factures <Ie 4'" classe, pour chaque 1,000 jicsos ou fraction de 1,000 peeoe 10.00

Les factures sur lesquelles sont portés des objets avec pierres pré- cieuses ou des objets en or, platine ou argent acquitteront les surtaxes suivantes:

Pour les objets avec pierres précieuses 40

Pour les objets en or, , , 10

Pour les objets en platine ou en argent 3

Paragraphe. Les consuls ne pourront certiHer que les factures, sur lesquelles seront portés des colis munis de la même marque, apparte- nant au même expéditeur, destinés à la même personne ou compagnie et à une seule localité.

3". Les droits consulaires pour les manifeste» seront de 5 pesos pour les premiers 100 colis et de 1 peso par 100 colis ou fraction de 100 oolls en sus.

i". Les consuls généraux, les consuls et les vice consulssontautorisés il percevoir contre revu, à titre de vacations, les honoraires ou émolu- ments suivants;

Droit lie visile, personnelle ou non, d'un navire national 6.00

Droit il'asiUHtance en debors du bureau, dans les cas d'avarie grave ou de iiau-

frfl}»', (wns prcjuiiice des fraia de voyage par jour. . 4.00

Dri)it d'enregistrement de tou« documente et pour première ex p^<lition délivnl'e

aux intércîwéB 3. 00

Pour toutes antres ex )if<l) lions 1.50

Visa de nn il tmia exeinjilaires du nianifeete'd'un navire, conformément aux

instrucliotis douanières 5. OO

Visa d'un nombre égal de factures commerciales 2.00

rrotéta et dé<-laratio]iB sur des documenta particuliers 3.00

Déli^Tan<■e d' un passe-port 2. 00

I^ltalisalion d'autres documente, avec eigiiatnre et cachet consulaire 2.00

Intervention en cas d'expertise et de ventes publiques, un demi pour cent.

Le commerce des armes et engins de guerre étant absolument inter- dit, ne pourront être légalisées les factures sur lesquelles sont désignés

DISPOSITIONS DOUANIERES DE LA RÉI'UBLIQUK DE PANAMA. 481

les ailicles suivants réputés engins de guerre, à moins, toutefois, qu'ils ne soient importés pour cl compte de TÉtiit: canons, mitrailleuses, riñen, carabines et armes do précision, épécs, sabres, lances de cavalerie et uuti-es armes de guerre ((ui ne seraient pas spécialement et nécessaire- ment propres à la chasse; cartouches, baudriers et fournitures de toute sorte pour la troupe et, en général, tout instrument, appareil et objet qui, n'étant pas naturellement propre à la défense personnelle, pour- rait, par sa nature ou son application, servir à la guerre, à l'arniement et à réiiuipemcnt îles troupes.

ni.~X"i* Xû. IS, <?ii 34 m.irx lOO.'t, nhitux- h rh-iporiaUon <?.w urtk-h.'i pour imprÎiiHi-îts it dm ll'-reM et îiitpiùinén.

[•■ UiU'cln orn^ial- lUi U avril 19M.]

Article 1". Est exempte du payement des tixes et contributions nationales et municipales rimportatîon des machines et accessoires pour l'imprimerie, la reliure, le réglage du ¡mpicr, la lithographie, le photogravure, la zincographie, ainsi que I'imtwrtation de Tencre et du papier pour journaux et pour l'impression des livres.

Akt. 2. Est également admise en franchise de di-oit' l'importation des livres imprimés arrivant jmr la poste, lesquels, aussi bien que les journaux, bénéticieront de la franchise ftostalc pour le transport dans les bureaux do poste do la liépublique.

Art. 3. Le Pouvoir Exécutif est autorisé, s'il le juge nécessaire potir éviter les fraudes et les abus, à réglementer la présente loi.

l\,—Jj,i Xo. SO, <lu20 avril 190^, sur h réijlme upplk-abL- au sd de provinance <:iratig¿n:

Artici-R V. Le sel étranger mis en consommation dans la Répu- blique acquittera, pendant l'année courante, un impôt de 1 peso par quintal. L'impôt sera de 2 pesos pour les années qui suivront.

Abt. 2. litt présente loi entrera eu vigueur trois mois après sa pro- mulgation.

V. — I/ii Xu. 32, du 30 arril lOOJi, sur le rtiyirne ajiplicahle à la ylace.

l" G«.cta Olii lui ■■ .II) lî mal IWM.J

Article l". Le Pouvoir Exécutif procédera à la vente aux enchères publiques de la fabrique de glace appartenant à l'État et établie dans le pays.

Art. 2. La fabrication de la glace pour le conqttc de l'Etat pRMidra fin à partir du moment où le produit sera importé de l'étranger et, en tout cas, avant le 15 mai prochain.

Art. s. I-^t autorisée et exempte à rentrée l'importation de la glace.

4B2 BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES REPUBLIQUEI AXEJtlCAlHES. yi.—Ofdonmmce No. 50, du. 6 mai 190^, relative à rimporlaCÎon <la ed.

En attendant la mise eu vigueur de la loi No. 30, du 29 avril 11)04, lo sel étranger, importé pour la consommation daas le territoire de la liépublique, acquittera, de môme quo les autres articles soumis au payement de l'impôt commercial, un droit de 25 pour cent en argent sur sa valeur nette en or.

VII.— X«i N". i4, du 11 mai 100k, reJatiee a Viinjy&rtation dn iahtic

colomhîfii.

[" Ou-eta Oflcinl " du 23 mai ISM.]

Article l". Aux effets de l'impôt, le tabac colombien suivra à l'entrée le régime du tAl>ac étranger et acquittera, comme celui-ci, les droits d'importation suivants:

Cigaren .,. kUogr.. 4.00

CiRiirpttefl id 3,00

Taljac haché et Ubac soiia toute autre forme id 2.00

Cet impôt sera perçu au profit du Trésor.

Art. 2. Les droite ci-dessus seront prélevés trois mois après la pro- mulgation de la présente loi.

VIIL—Zci JS'o. Õ1, du 20 }/<ai 100Í, rt-fativi- h rimp</rt<itÍon du café.

["tiaccla OIU'iHl " du 27 mal 1904.]

Article 1", Le café étranger, livré à la consommation daos la Ré- publique, acquittent im imixlt de 8 pesos par quintal.

AuT. 2. La présente loi sera applicable quatre-vingt-dix jours après sa promulgation.

iX.—Jù/rait du d.-art X'>. IS, dn -W m;-!! 100^, n-lafif à Timporta- ttim d'i iiiiÍMini.f d-' III mee horiae.

AiiT 24. Ia's animaux de la raio bovine importés de l'otranger pour être livrés à Iti cou sommation acquitteront un droit additionnel de f20 par trtc jKtur les animaux mâles at de Í15 par tète, pour les airimaiix femoUcs, Ce droit sera pci^u à Tentrée par les employés des tinance.s chargés de lu perception de l'impôt commercial dans les ports de la lîi'publiqiie.

Les dispositions de rarticlc ci-<lessus ne sont pus applicables aux animaux de l'esixice bovine importas pour la reproduction et Pamélio- ration des races, des États-Unis d'Amérique, de Pérou, du Chili et d'Kurüi>e. Cependant, pour obtenir la franchise, les intéressés devront,, pour chaque cas, en adres'ser la demande écrite au Secrétariat des Finances.

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RÉPUBLIQUE ARGENTINE.

EXPORTATIONS AOBICOI^S PENDANT I.ES NEW PBEHXERS KOZB DB 1904.

Les chiffres suivants donnent en détail les principaux articles de pro- duction agricole exportés de la République Argentine pendant les neuf premiei-s mois de 1904, les chiffres pour les périodes correspondantes des deux années précédentes étant aussi donnés afin d'en faire la com- paraison:

	.«H.	1903.	im.
Wtallsurplpd Mop Win » Biir pied B^nTgeféy/s///ys//"///.'.::'.:'.'.	tonnt*..	22: «K 131,363 itèi.m	m,M7 165,115 Î!:S! 10.647 ,.3S i.m.m	Il
«raine di. lin		3JH.299

Une comiiamison des chiffres pour Tannée 1904 avec ceux de l'année précédente fait ressortir une augmentjition dans les exportations en 1904, s'élevant ù 9,054 tonnes de mouton frigorifié, 6,954 tonnes de bœuf frigoriKé, 45 tonnes de beurre, 5S,44ti tonnes de maïs, 423,301 tonnes de blé et 316,316 tonnes de graine delin.

Quant aux diminutions elles se chiffrent ainsi: 51,990 tètes de bétail, 142,212 moutons, 2,346 tonnes de tasajo, 18,274 tonnes de laine et 43,426 tonnes de foin (pasto seco). La diminution dans les exporta- tions de bétail sur pied et la diminution encore plus considérable dans les expéditions de moutons vivants ne jïeuvent ftre attribuées qu'à lu fermeture des ports anglais aux animaux vivants de la Plata,

Toutefois l'Hugmcntation dans les expéditions de Ixeuf et de mouton rétablit l'équilibre, de sorte que si on a exporté moins d'animaux sur pied, on a expédié beaucoup plus de viande frigorifiée, ce qui a entraîné l'emploi d'un plus grand nombre d'ouvriers.

Sur les 69,072 tonnes de mouton frigorifié exportées en 1904 (9 mois), 55,4.'>3 tonnes, soit envii'on quatre-cinquièmes du total, ont été expédiées au Royaume-Uni. De même, sur les 67,743 tonnes de bœuf frigorifié expédiées pcndimt les neuf pi'cmiers mois de H)04, le Royaume-Uni en a pris 57,000 tonnes, soit cinq-sixièmes du total. Le commerce d'ex- portation de tasajo diminue et existe principalement avec les républi- ques voisines: l'Uruguaj- et le Brésil.

Sur les expéditions de 131,363 tonnes de laine, la Fiance en a pris 55,949; l'Allemagne. 3r.,861; la lielgîque, 16,841; les Etats-Unis 8.917; le Royaume-Uni, 4,298, et l'Uruguay. 2,23S.

L'augmentation dans les exportations de beurre n'a pas été aussi

484 BUKKAU INTHRNATIONAL DES RKPUBLIQrES AMÉRICAINES.

notable que l'anni'c dernii-rc. On en a expidié les troîs-quarts en Angleterre. On a exporté plus d'un million et demi de tonnes de maÏH. Sur cette quantité plus de la moitié a iHé expédiée en transit, mais 204,0-16 tonnes ont été expédiées directement au lloyaume-L'ni, 116,4S1 en Allemi^ne. 100,504 en lieli,'ique, 8!>,237 en France, 32,7r.O on Italie et lfi,170 en Kspagne.

Presque 2,000,000 de tonnes de h\é ont été expédiées, dont trois- quartsen transit. Le.-* expéditions directes corn pre imicnt 148,145 tonnes* ii destination do l'Angleterre, l;il,204 nu Brésil, 111,C27 en Belgique, et (iO,0<)S en Alleniagne.

IjCS exportations de graine do lin ont augmenté, mai.s plus de la moitié du total a été expédiée en transit. Toutefois 100,117 tonnes ont été envoyées directement en Allemagne, 74,252 au Koyauine-Uni, 51,355enFrance, et 50,091* en Belgique. Les exportations de foin accu- sent une diminution, la moitié des expéditions pendant ces neuf mois, soit 40,000 tonnes, a été envo3'ée au Brésil.

SCOTTVEKENTS BB PORTS SN OCTOBBB 1904.

Le "Ilandels-Zeitung" (Revista Financiera y Comercial) publie les chiffres suivants, qui font ressortir le mouvement des différents ports de lu République Argentine pendant le mois d'octobre 1904:

Pendant le mois d'oc-tobrc 1004, 31 vapeurs sont sortis du port de Ls Plata, transportant tes marcliandises suivantes; .

Orainmlelin	..id....
Son	..iJ....
BwuffriKorirK^....	..¡a....
Mouton Iniîoriflé .	..id....
Buit	..id....
Os	..id....
Uriffes	..id....

22, 3S8, 191	Cuirs Bali'p kiloe..	250,648
2,2:H,485	Guano artificiel id....	5.100
54,040	SannefcW id — .	6,0S5
596,090	Laine id--.-	33,667
2,038,220	Peaux du mouton id	11,515
588,090	IlniliMle pied de bivuf .id	6,300
442, 847	Eslrait de viande.. ..id	387
60,836	Corne»- id....	7,080
12,202

BAHIA-BLANCA.

Neuf vapeurs sont sortis du port de Bahia- Blanca pendant le mois d'o<'tol)re 1904, transixirtant les marchandises suivantes destinées aux pays mentionnés ci-dessous;

.Anfileterre: | A nglcl erre— Suite,

Blé tonnes.. 4,756 i Langues raifsea.. 4O0

Orainedelin id.... 92 i Bn'sii:

Son id.... 195 1 B1Í tonnes.. 13,662

Avoine ¡d 61 i .\frique:

l'eaux deniouton... balles.. 3»4 j Mouton frigorifié iiièces.- 48,000

Mouton ftelé ijuartiera.. 27,000 , Commandes:

Viande eaiivis.. 3 ■ Blé tonnes.. 3,450

Î'uif iKlUl'MUtP., l,.í(i2 I ^-. ,

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BEPUBtlQUE AROEKTINE. SAN NICOLAS.

Peodant le mois d'octobre 190-t, 18 vapeurs aoiit sortis du port de San Nicolas, transportant les marchandises suivantes aux pays men- tionne!^ ci-dessous:

letem				Belgique:
Mars			2, H2	Uraiiiedelin...
lande:				Son	id....
Maïs.		....id....	1,224
Urain	eOelin....	....id....	1,290	Mwa	id....

BOIS BE aUEBIlAOHO.

Le "Journal of the Board of Agriculture" (anglais) pour le mois de décembre 1904 publie les renseignements suivants au sujet du tjois de quebracho qu'on trouve dans la République Argentine:

"Parmi les (mys qui font concurrence à la production de l'écorce do chêne xlans la Grande-Bretagne sont la République Argentine et le Paraguay qui produisent un bois précieux, le quebracho, d'où l'on tii-e le tanin. En outre, ce bois contient aussi, comme le chêne, le mar- ronnier et d'autres arbres, une certaine quantité de tanin dans son aubier et il en l'enferme une quantité considéralile dans sa partie centrale. D'après Charpentier, l'écorce contient de 6 à 8 pour cent de tanin; l'aubier de 3 à 4 pour cent; et le cœur de 19 à 22 pour cent. Comme le cœur du quebracho représente deux-tiers et souvent trois- quarts de la quantité totale du bois, le tanin contenu dans cette variété est considérable. Il est inférieur toutefois à celui que produit l'écorce de chêne et il contient des matières tinctoriales qui sont difficiles â en séparer. Cependant l'importation de ce bois contribue sans doute aux bas prix do l'écorce de chêne en Angleterre.

" D'après les recettes commerciales de la République Argentine, les exportations consistent principalement en boîsou en exti'ait de quebra- cho. Il y a aussi une exportation ¡nsigniliante de sciure grossière. C'est en 1888 que les exportations de bois de qucbi-acho ont commencé à devenir importantes, époque à laquelle on en a exporté 7,000 tonnes. Depuis lors elles ont augmenté rapidement jusqu'en 1895, année dans laquelle elles ont atteint le chiffre de 170,000 tonnes. Cette année-là toutefois, on a commencé l'exportation du tanin sous forme d'extrait, ce qui a restreint l'extension rapide du commerce en bois naturel qui, cependant, s'est élevé dans les cinq années, 1899- 1903, à une moyenne de 200,000 tonnes par an. Les exportations d'extrait ont augmenté de 400 tonnes environ en 1895 à 9,000 tonnes en 1902 et à 12,000 tonnes en 1903. De tous les pays, c'est l'Angle- terre qui en consonime le plus à l'état brut. D'après les statistiques de la ■ République Argentine on en a expédié dans ce pays une moyenne de 140,00i) tonnes par an dans les cinq années 1899-1903. Bull. No. 2—05 17

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Ell ce qui concerne Textrait, les Etats-Unis et I^AIIema^iie en sont les piincipaux acheteurs, mais on en a expédié 1,400 touDCs environ en Angleterre.

" D'après des renseignements publiés récemment dans un rapport consulaire allemand on voit qu'il y a deux sources d'où l'on obtient ce produit — l'une qui comprend la province de Santiago et une partie de la Province de Tecuman, et l'autre embrassant la partie septentrionale de Santa Fé et les rîvcs du Paraná. La première de ces sources occupe une place secondaire uu point de vue de ta quantité du tanin contenu dans le bois, de la densité des arbres, de ta distance des ports fluviaux et d'autres conditions. C'est la partie sud-ouest des grandes plaines connues sous le nom de " Gi'an Cbaco" s'étendant au nord de Santa Fé qui en produit le plus. L'exploitation remunerative du quebracho se borne actuellement au district ouvert par le chemin de fer qui va de Santa Fé nu nord jusqu'à La Sabana sur la frontière du territoire de Chaco. Ce chemin de fer traverse le pays productif de quebracho sur une distance de 40 à 60 milles parallèles au fleuve et possède un embranchement à mi-chemin pros do Vera, allant à Keconquista sur le Paraná.

"On estime la production du bois de quebracho à 12,500 tonnes en moyenne par lieue carrée de 6,520 acres, soit environ 2 tonnes par acre.

" Environ HH) arbres de grandeur moyenne représentent la récolte moyenne obtenue dans 125 acres. Au Paraguay, la production est un peu plus grande. 11 n'existe à présent comme moyens de transport que le chemin de fer précité et le Parana et la distance de ces routes commerciales joue un rôle très important dans le développement de ce commerce. IjCs frais de transport deviennent cxcassifs quand la distance dépasse de 10 à 15 milles, puisqu'il se fait au moyen de bœufs et les chemins sont généralement très mauvais. Afin de raccourcir le transport et de se débarrasser du monopole du chemin de fer, plusieurs compagnie.s essayentde construire un chemin de ferdesservant les ports du Parana.

"On n'a pas de détails sur l'étendue totale du pays produisant le quebracho, mais il est prolnible qu'il existe des quantités considérables de ce bois, bien qu'actuellement la plus petite partie ait une certaine valeur comuierciale, les arbres étant clairsemés, en petits nombres, sur des superficies considérables."

BRÉSIL.

INDUSTRIES KAJSVFACTUKtÈKEB.

Un article qui a paru dans "Dun's Review" pour le mois de janvier

1905, au sujet des industries manufacturières du Brésil telles qu'elles ont

BRÉSIL. 487

été démoatrées par TExpoeition de cette Képublique à St. Louis, dit que les objets sont remarquables, démontrant parfaitement le dévelop- pement des articles manufacturés, surtout des chaussures.

Le progrès dans cet article est des plus remarquables en vue de l'importation considérables de chaussures.

A ce sujet, le Capitaine Cordeiro da Graça, commissaire national du Brésil à l'exposition, dit qu'il serait peut-être bon de faire remar- quer que l'augmentation rapide de la manufacture des chaussures n'est pas due entièrement à l'entreprise du fabricant. La nature a fourni les matières premières de qualité exceptionnellement supé- rieure. Les matières dont on se sert dans la préparation des cuirs et l'apprêtage des peaux se trouvent en abondance et de qualité si supé- rieure que les cuirs brésiliens sont assurés d'une usure et d'une flexi- bilité leur permettant de faire concurrence avec les produits de tous les autres pays. Le cuir ainsi préparé convient à tous les usages commer- ciaux, tels que ceintures, sièges, travaux d'art, etc. Les matières principales dont on se sert dans la préparation des cuirs sont le "barbo tinao" contenant 90 pour cent de tanin, le Mangue, qu'on a trouvé supérieur à l'écorce de chêne, l'Arveira et plusieurs autres écorces.

La supériorité des cuirs brésiliens commence rapidement à se faire connaître dans le monde entier et déjà un grand nombre de fabricants d'Europe et de l'Amérique ont des représentants au Brésil.

Une autre industrie brésilienne qui promet bien se rapporte à la cniture du coton et sa transformation en tissus, de même que la manufacture de chapeaux de paille, de soie et de feutre. Les Etats de Sdo Paulo et de Uio Grande ainsi que la ville de Rio de Janeiro possèdent des fabriques importantes de chapeaux qui disposent de tous leurs produits dans les marchés du pays. L'importation de cha- peaux se compose entièrement de ceux de qualité supérieure, et bien que toutes les matières premières dont on se sert dans cette branche de l'industrie manufacturière se trouvent au Brésil en grandes quan- tities, on en importe beaucoup.

Le Capitaine Da Graça dit en plus que pendant la guerre civile aux Etats-Unis, l'industrie cotonnière du monde entier aurait reçu un coup mortel si le Brésil n'était pas venu à son secours. Les filatures de Manchester et d'autres villes importantes auraient été obligées de fermer par manque de matières premières. Le planteur de coton au Brésil, encouragé à une plus grande activité par les demandes crois- santes de coton, fut bientôt suivi do son voisin qui s'était adonné précédemment à la culture de la canne à sucre et du café. Avec la fin de la guerre le coton des plantations des Etats-Unis recommença à s'emparer de quelques-uns des marchés européens dont il était com- plètement maître autrefois. Le coton brésilien fut donc rejeté sur le marché national et les habitants se trouvèrent bientôt dans la néces- sité de développer les manufactures afin de consommer le coton brut.

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Actuellement, il y a plusieurs centaines de ces fabriques dont les pro- duits égalent les meilleurs produits européens.

Les pâturages du sud du Brésil sont sans rival et sont destinés à nourrir du bétail qui fera avant peu une concurrence Bérieuse à bt Képubiique Argentine. Les commervants en laine de Rio Graode ont déjà profité des conditions naturelles pour s'établir fermement, comme il est démontré par les produit» de la lilature Kheinjautz de laine qu'ils peuvent trouver un débouché piompt et avantageux. Le gouvernement a encouragé l'industrie en adoptant les lainages de fabrique nationale pour les uniformes militaires du pays, et en vue de cette décision on a établi une autre fabrique à Rio de Janeiro.

Au premier rang de ces industries qui sont dans une condition floris- sante au Brésil il faut placer les fabriques de meubles. L'attention de tous les visiteurs a été attirée sur les articles brésiliens exposés dans le Palais des forêts, des poissons et du gibier. Le visit«ur y a trouvé des bois très fins, d'une couleur magnifique, pouvant résister aux vet's et aux autres insectes destructifs. Le peroba rouge peut être cMÎiparé au meilleur bois de teck, et il y a plusieurs variétés qui font concurrence, au point do vue de la durée, â l'acajou et à l'érable français. Les meubles faits en peroba revessu peuvent durer indéfi- niment et le bois connu sous le nom de Jacaranda est exporté princi- palement en France, où on l'appelle, Branilin jacarandá; il se vend au poids et rapporte toujours un prix élevé. II y a au Brésil maintenant des meubles de ce boïs ayant plus de trois cents ans qui sont en état parfait. En plus de la production des meubles artistiques de qualité supérieure, les fabricants brésiliens en fournissent de meilleur marché qui sont aussi durables et de très bon goût.

BUPFBESSXON' DB LA BËCUOTION DE 20 POUB. CENT DES BBOITS D'IMPOBTATXON' ACCORDÉE Â aTJELQUEB ARTICI.ES DE FBO- TENANCB N0BD-AH£BICAIN£.

Un déci-et brésilien du 16 avril 1904 a concédé une réduction de 20 pour cent des droits d'impoitation sur les articles suivants de prove- nance nord-américaine: farine de blé, lait condensé, articles manufac- turés de caoutchouc compris à l'article 1033 du tarif des douanes, articlp-s d'horlogerie, encres dont fait mention l'article 173 du tarif à l'exception des encres à écrire, vernis.

Le budget fédéral pour 1905 a été publié le 1" janvier 1905 et l'au- torisation d'accorder aux produits étrangers des tarifs préférentiels a été retirée au pouvoir exécutif.

En conséquence, les importations des Etats-Unis ont cessé dg béné- ficier de la réduction de 20 pour cent qui leur avait été accordée pour les marchandises précitées en vertu de cette autorisation, jusqu'au 31 décembre 1904.

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BXCETTSS BOUAlOftKBB POUB LE HOIS DS NOVEHBBE 1904.

Les chiffres suivants font ressortii' les recettes des douanes brésili- ennes pour le mois de novembre 1904. On donne aussi les chiffres du m¿iiio mois de Tannée précédente afin d'en faire la comparaison.

	19W.	,«..		1904.	1903.
	l.SOfcT» II 49, a» 3, Kl. 062 133.686 63 0» J00.O38 96.419	"Il II a*; 761 : ' ■si'.im ' 6,B0H.437 ' uo.m» Ï2.T92		Jffírrií. BÛ,186	MUreùi.
	Tou octobre
	ie.SlB,6î9 10,623,963 1^7991 944 ia,ÎM,7H 17,S96.M4 1-;6Iï:960
	ToM luillet
	Tola février Tou jaDvIer Total pourlcsU
	187,915,043

CHILE.

BEOETTES DOUANIÈKES I>'IQ.VHÏUlt, EK HOTEHBBE 1804.

Le "Chilian Times" du 17 décembre 190i fait savoir que les recettes douanières d'iquique pour le mois de novembre 1904 se sont élevées à $4,084,612.41, ce qui fait ressortir une auf^mentation de 1^292,310.72 eur les recettes du même mois de Tannée précédente.

Voici les recett«s en détail:

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ÉTATS-UNIS.

COKKEBCE AVEC L'AMËBiaUX I^TINB.

IMPORTATIONS ET EXPORTATIONS.

On trouvera à la page 395 le dernier rapport du commerce entre \ea Etata-Unis et l'Amérique latine, extrait de la compilation faite par le Bureau des Statistiques du Ministère du Commerce et du Travail, Le rapport a tmit au mois du décembre, 1904, et donne un tableau com- paratif de ce mois avec le mois correspondant de Tannée 1903. 11 donne aussi un tableau des douze mois finissant en décembre, 1904, en les comparant avec la période correspondante de l'année précédente. On sait que les chiffres des différents bureaux de douane montrant les importations et les exportations pour un mois quelconque ne sont reçus au Ministère des Finances que le 20 du mois suivant, et qu'il faut un certain temps pour les compiler et les faire imprimer, de sorte que les résultats pour le mois de décembre ne peuvent être publiés avant le mois de février.

IMinOBATZON EN 1904.

Le rapport de Mr. Frank P, Sargent, Commissaire-Général de rimmigi-ation, pour l'année fiscale 1903-4 montre que dans les douze mois finissant en juin 1904, 812,870 étrangers ont été admis aux Etats- Uni«, contre 857,040 en 1902-3, soit une diminution de 44,176, Dans les dix dernières années nous avons reçu en tout 4,028,798 immigrants, soit une moyenne de 402,879 par année.

Le tableau suivant donne le nombre total d'immigrants en 1904 venant des pays cités, ainsi que l'augmentation ou diminution d'émi- grants de chaque nationalité comparée à l'année précédente:

	Total.	AugmenU- tiun sur l'uinte	IWS.
	li II II
	'••1
		1,8»
	1.040 918 1

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Cette liste fait re^ïortir d'une manière frappante l'exodc toujours croissant do ces deux pays persecutes: la Russie et la Finlande; l'augmentation de presque 50 pour cent dans l'arrivée des Anglais et l'augmentation d'environ 80 pour cent dans l'immigration d'Ecosse. Sur un total de 36,142 emigrants venant d'Irelande il y a une augmcn- tatioD de 83â. Nous pouvons employer avantageusement tous les Anglais, Ecossais ou Irelandais qui viennent ¡ci. C'est à la guerre Russo-Japonaise que l'on doit la diminution de 5,704 sur le chiffre représentant rémigration japonaise. Toutefois, nous avons reçu 14,264 emigrants de cet Empire, ha diminution de 37,326 immigrants italiens provient des conditions meilleures qui existent en Italie, sous le gouvernement actuel, qui est si progressif.

Le petit nombre de Canadiens, soit 2,837, n'est que la dixième partie du chiffre réel d'émigrants que nous envoie notre voisin du Nord, Les milliers de jeunes gens qui viennent du Canada chez nous voyagent en première classe et ne sont pas inscrits parmi les emigrants. Les Etats-Unb désirent ces jeunes Canadiens qui s'adaptent à nos coutumes et nous font honneur. La diminution totale de l'Autriche-Hongrie et de l'Italie dépasse de plus de 20,000 la diminution totale de Timmigra- tion pour l'année. Il n'est arrivé que cinquante-deux personnes des Iles Philippines. La Grande-Bretagne accuse une augmentation totale de 18,643. Tous les pays du Nord et de l'ouest de l'Europe à l'excep- tion de la Suède, accusent des augmentations sensibles.

Prise en entier, l'Europe fait ressortir 767,933 arrivés, soit une dimi- nution de 46,574 sur l'année 1903. L'Asie montre 26,186 arrivés, soit une diminution de 3,780 bien que la Chine ait une augmentation d'environ 100 pour cent. Si nous ajoutons les 27,844 étrangers en transit l'immigration de l'année s'élève à 840,714 sans compter les arrivés du Canada et du Mexique dont on n'a conservé aucun rapport.

Sur les 812,870 immigrants, il y avait 549,100 hommes, soit une dimi- nution de 64,046; et 263,770 femmes, soit une augmentation de 19,870. Sur ie total 109,150 avaient moins de 14 ans, 657,155 avaient de 14 à 45 ans et 46,565 avaient 45 ans ou plus; 3,953 pouvaient lire mais non écrire; 168,903 ne pouvaient ni lire ni écrire et les autres 640,014 pouvaient lire et écrire. Les 802,870 possédaient ?20,894,383 à leur arrivée, soit $4,776,870 de plus que la somme apportée par les 857,046 immigrants de l'année précédente.

PROSTTCTIOK KIN£BAI.E EN* 1803 ET 1904.

Les chiffres préliminaires, compilés par le Directeur de la Monnaie montrent que les Etats-Unis ont produit*84,5ÕI,300 d'or et 53,603,000 onces d'argent. Ce rapport ne comprend pas la production de Nome s'élevant & environ $5,000,000 en poudre d'or. Ces statistiques, com- parées à celles de 1903, font ressortir une augmentation d'environ $10,000,000 dans la production de l'or et une diminution d'e

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1,000,000 d'onces d'aigent pour Tannée écoulée, La situation des mines montre une augmcntatioa sea'^ible dans la production minérale du Nevada, du Colorado, de TUtah, de l'Arizona et de la Californie.

Le vingtième rapport annuel de la "Geological Survey" sur les ressources minérales du pays montre qu'en 1903 la valeur totale de la production niinét-ale des Etats-Unis atlcînt la somme énorme de 91,41 d, 721, ãttd contre $1,260,500,738 en 1902, soit une augmentation de 12,63 pour cent.

Comme dans les années précédentes, le fer et le charbon ont été les produits minéraux les plus importants. La valeur du fer en 1903 s'est élevée à »344,350,(XH) et la valeur du charbon à $503,7^4,381. Les combustibles ont augmenté de $469,078,842 en 1 902 à $634,233,791 en li>03, soit une augmentation de $165,154,949, ou 35 pour cent.

Tous les combustibles ont augmenté en valeur. Ia valeur de l'an- thtacite a augaienté de $76,173,586 en 1902 à^lâ2,036,448 en 1903. Le prix moyen de la tonne d'anthracite (2,240 livres), prise à la mine, qui était de $2.85 en 1902, s'est élevé à $2.50, ce qui est le chiffre le plus haut depuis 1888. Le prix mo}'on de la tonne de charbon bitumi- neux (2,200 livres) prise à la mine sVst élevé à $1.24 contre $1.12 eo 1902. L'augmentation dans la valeur de la production du charbon bitumineux sur l'année 1902 a été de $60,829,450, soit une augmenta- tion totale de $136,692,312.

L'excédent de $159,211,831 dans la valeur totale de la production minérale est dii à l'augmentation considérable dans les produits non- métalliques, les produits métalliques ayant baissé de $642,258,584- en 1902à $624,318,008 en 1903, .^oit une perte de $17,040,576, et les produits non -métalliques ayant augmenté de $617,251,154 en ia02 à $794,403,561 en 1903, soit un excédent de $177,152,407. A ces derniers on doifc ajouter des produits non-spécitiés, tels que les sables pour constructioo et autres, le minerai très l'arc connu sous le nom de molybdenum et autres produits minéraux évalués à $41,000,000, ce qui fait une pro- duction minérale de $1,419,721,569 pour l'année 1903.

PÊCHE BEB PHOaUES POUB L'ANKtiE 1904.

Le rapport annuel du Ministère du 0)mmerce des Etats-Unis pour l'année 1904 fait savoir que la pSche des phoques pour l'année unissant en août J904 .s'est élevée â 13,128 peaux. Sur ce nombre 11,132 ont été prises dans l'île de Ht. Paul et 1,996 dans l'île de St. George. En 1903 le total général des peaux s'élevait à 19,292. La diminution de 6,164 pour l'année 1904 est duo principalement à la loi protégeant les jeunes phoques mtiles pour la reproduction et à d'autres règlements nécessaires pour conserver l'espèce.

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MEXIQUE.

RENSBIONEIIENTS SUB LES BANftUBS D'EMISSION.

Le " Moniteur Officiel" du '22 décembre 1904 publie une communi- cation de M. Blondei., Ministre de France à Mexico, Hur les banques mexicaine d'émission au Mexique, dans laquelle il dit que d'après des renseignements publiés dans les journax mexicains, une vingtaine de banques d'émission ont été fondées durant les sept dernières années.

Ces banque» ont répandu le crédit dans les Etats où elles ont été établies et ont facilité le développement de l'industrie et de l'agricul- ture. Leur sphère d'action s'est promptement étendue par la création d'agences et succursales dans les Etats de la République, mais la con- currence que ces banques ont ét^ ainsi amenées à se faire l'une à l'autre a récemment provoqué une réunion générale de leurs fondateurs et ad- ministrateurs à la suite de laquelle il a été décidé que led établissements dont il s'agit ne créeraient plus de succursales en dehors de leurs Etats respectifs.

Au nombre de ces institutions de crédit se place au premier rang le fianco Yucateco; son capital est de 8 millions de piastres; il n'y a qu'une succursale à Campeche. Les réserves de la banque sont d'environ 1,600,000 piastres.

Le Banco Mercantil de Yucatan qui a récemment porté son i:apital à i millions de piastres a des réserves s'élevant à près de 1,000,000 de piastres. Il n'a pas de succursales.

Le Banco Minerode Chihuahua a un capital de 5 millions de piastres. Il a des succursales à Gomez Palacio, Parral et Hermosillo et des agences il El Paso, Ciudad Juarez, Camargo et Jimenez. Ses réserves dépassent 1,100,000 pesos et le dernier dividende a ét^ de 10 pour cent.

Le Banco Oriental de Mexico a été fondé il y a quatre ans à Puebla et il a récemment porté son capital à tí millions de piastres. Il a une succursale à Teziutlan. Sa circulation dépasse déjà 3 millions de pias- tres et son portefeuille 6 millions.

L'Etat de Nuevo Leon possède deux banques. La plus ancienne est le Banco de Nuevo Leon. Son capital est de 2 millions de piastres et ses réserves de 379,000 piastres. C'est la seule banque locale ayant le privilège d'émettre des billets pour un chiffre trois fois supérieur à celui de ses existences en caisse. Elle a des agences à Ciudad Porfirio Diaz, Saltillo, Torreón, Viesca, Sierra Mojada, Gomez Palacio, Victo- ria et Tampico.

L'autre banque !í'intitule Banco Mercantil de Monterrey. Elle a des agences à San-Pedro, Coahuila, Liiiarez, Gomez Palacio, Laredo, Saltillo et Parras.

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Lie Banco Mercantil de Vera Cruz a été créé en 1897, avec succur- sales à Jalapa et Orizal». Son capital est de 2 millions de piastres; ses réserves atteignent l(i2,ÛOO piastres.

Le Banco de Jalit-co a porté son capital à 3 millions de piastres et ses réf^errcs atteignent 208,000 piastres. Il a des succursales à Tepic, Zamora, Zapotlan, et une agence à Puriandiario.

Le Banco de Durango a ho capital de 2 millions de piastres et ses réserves sont de 115,000 piustres. Il a établi une succursale à Gomez Palacio et une agence à Guenacevi.

Le Banco de Coahuilla, avec un capital de 1,600,000 piastres, a étatili des succursales à Torreón, Motielova, Ciudad Porfirio Diaz et une agence à Esmeralda. Ses réserves atteignent 100,000 piastres.

A Toluca, le Banco de Mexico, avec un capital de 1,500,000 piastres, a une suci-ui-sale à Morelia, et des agences à Patzcuaro, Uniapan, Ario, Acambaro et Temascaltepcc.

Le Banco Occidental de Mexico qui fonctionne à Maztlan a des suc- cursales à Leon et Celaya et une agence â Querétaro. Ses réserves s'élèvent à 124,000 piastres.

Avec un capital d'un million, s'est fondé â Hermosillo le Banco de Sonora qui a des succursales à Naco, La Cananoa et Chihuahua. Ses réserves sont de 500,000 piastres.

lie Banco de Guanajuato avec un capital de 750,000 piastres; il a établi des succursales à Irapuato, Guadalajara et Zamora.

Le Banco do Zacatecas, avec un capital versé de 600,000 pia.'îtres, a des succursales à AguascalÎentes et Lagos. Ses réserves so montcntà 265,000 piastres.

Les autres banques locales fondées durant les trois dernières années sont: le Banco de Morelos avec un capital d'un million de piastres et une succursale à Acapulco; le Banco de Tabasco avec 800,000 piastres versées et une succursale à Pichiicalco; le Banco de Tamaulipas avec 700,000 piastres versées et une succursale à Ciudad Victoria; le Banco de Querétaro avec 600,000 piastres et une succursale à Irapuato; le Banco do Campeche avec un million de piastres, le Banco de Aguasca- licntea avec 600,000 piastres et une succui"sale à Guadalajara; le Banco de Michoacan avec un capital de 600,000 piastres et des agences à Ario, la Piedad, Purandiario, Mara vatio et Uruapam; le Banco de Chiapas avec 100,000 piastres et des agences à Tapachula, Comitant et San Cristóbal; lo Banco de Hidalgo à Pachuca avec 500,000 piastres et le Banco de Oaxaca au même capital.

Indépendamment des banques locales que nous venons d'énumérer, 11 existe dans tous les principaux centres et même dans toutes les villes d'importance moyenne des agences du Banco Nacional de México,

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ASnrUIãJSKENT DE LA CONCESSION POUB LA CONSTBUCTION DU QXJAI.

Le "Mexican Investor" du 7 janvier 1905 fait savoir que les con- trats passas le 22 août ISOl et le 29 mars 1892 entre le Ministère des Travaux Publics et Lie. Joaquín Casasús, reprísentant la Compañía Unida de Muelle do Ittia del Carmen, ont été annulés par consentement mutuel dans lea condition» suivantes:

La Compagnie rendra au Gouvernement les sommes re^iucs à valoir sur les travaux du quai.

Les paiements seront fait« an Trésor National dans la manière sui- vante et d'apri's les ordres respectifs du Ministère des Travaux Publics.

$10,000 à la signature de cet arrangement.

$10,000 dans un an à partir de la date du contrat.

$10,000 dans les deux ans et le reste dans trois ansa partir de km^me date.

La dette ne portera pas d'intérêt.

Les paiements étant effectués la Compagnie n'aura aucune responsa- bilité au sujet du quai fiscal.

Les marchés du 19 mai 1891 et du mai 1894, i-elatif & la construction de douze quais (en bois) dans le port d'isia del Carmen sont amendés de ta manière suivante:

La Compagnie s'engage à construire un quai en bois occupant l'espace qui existe entre trois des quais actuels devant la douane, dans ledit port, afin que l'édifice soit continu et ne forme qu'un quai.

Les devis pour le quai devront être présentés au Miniijtère des Travaux Publics dans un délai de six mois et la construction devra commencer dans un délai de quati'e mois à partir de leur approbation et se terminer dans deux ans à partir de la date de ce contrat.

La Compagnie doit construire trois autres quais pour remplacer ceux déjà en usage dans la construction du quai fiscal ci-dessus mentionné.

Les devis do ces quais devront être présentés au Ministère pour leur approbation dans un délai de six mois et la construction doit être achevé dans trois ans.

La Compagnie est autorisée à percevoir 75 cents par tonne métrique sur toute la marchandise cliargée ou déchargée sur le quai fiscal et $1 par tonne métrique pour toute la marchandise chargée ou déchargée sur les autres quais.

On ne percevra aucun droit sur le maïs, le son, la chaux, les briques, le charbon de bois ou les légumes transportés dans de petits bateaux en lobs inférieurs à 2,000 kilos.

Pour garantir l'exécution des stipulations de ce marché la somme de $10,000 payés k la signature et de un dollar déposé actuellement en

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actions de la consolidée sera retenue par le ijouvernement pour être confisquée dans le cas où les obligations du maiché ne seraient pas remplies.

Ce marché a été signé le 13 décembre 1904 et promulgué le 3 janvier lSt05.

COUHEBCE AVEC LES ETATS-ITNIB, DEPUIS 1870 JtlSaTTEN 1804.

Les chiffres compilés par le Ministère du Commerce des Etats-Unis i-ektifs au commerce entre le Mexique et les Etats-Unis montrent le mouvement des importations et exportations entre les deux pays depuis 1870 jusqu'en 1904. En voici le détail:

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' Les minerais d'or et d'argent ne sont pas compris dans les importa- tions provenant du Mexique après l'année 181*4.

Los principaux articles d'importation des Etats-Unis au Mexique sont les objets manufacturés en fer et en acier, le charbon, le coton manufacturé ou brut, le bois de charpente, les bois non manufacturés, les wagons et voitures, les provisions, les objets en bois, les produite chimiques, les drogues et matières tinctoriales, le cuivre et objeta en cuivre, les huiles minérales, les aliments, les cuirs et articles de cuira.

Les exportations mexicaines aux Etats-Unis se composent princi- palement de plantes textiles dont la plus gi-ande partie est du hene- quén ou sisal, il y a aussi du cuivre en lingots, en barres et en saumon, du plomb en minerai et bullion, du cuir, des peaux, du café et du bétail.

COHUEBCE DE BOIS DE C0HSTB1TCTI0N.

Le "South American Journal" du 24 décembre 1904, contient les renseignements suivante au sujet des terres boisées qui se trouvent dans la République du Mexique.

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Il n^ a que tros peu de terres boisées au nord du Mexique et tout porte à croire qu^ellcs seront épuisées en peu d'année. Cependant, au sud, il y en a.d^aiwez grandes qui n'ont pas encore été exploitées et qui sont inconnucit même des habitants du pays. Dans l'Ëtat de Durango il y on a aussi qui se trouveront en état dVxploitationquand le cliemin de fer traversera ce district. Quand l'industrie forestiòre existera, il eiit probable que Durango et les versants des montagnes de iSinaloa fourniront tout le bois de charpente du Mexique septentrional ainsi qu'une grande partie du Mexique méridional. D'après les recberohes faites par les représentant)! des Lignes Nationales du Mexique, on trouve qu'il y actuellement dans ce district 18,000,000,000 de pieds de bois bon à couper et beaucoup d'autres le seront dans peu d'années.

Mais ce bois ne pouri-a être mis sur le marché avant quo la construc- tion des chemins de fer ne soit plus avancée. Ces forêts se trouvent en partie dans l'ouest de l'Etat de Durango et de l'autre côté de la frontière dans l'Etat de Sinalqa. Une autre immense étendue de terre boisée se trouve dans l'extrême nord de l'Etat. Actuellement, il est impossible d'exploiter ces bois à cause de la grande distance à parcourir entre ce^ différents points et le chemin de fer. Aussitôt que le prolongement de la Ligne de l'International à Mazatlan sera construit le territoire de l'ouest aura un débouché profitable et les terrea que sont maintenant très bon marché augmenteront rapidement.

Néanmoins diaprea les renseignemente qui ont été recueillis par les Lignes Nationales, il n'est pas nécessaire d'attendre le pro- longement des chemins de fer actuels pour avoir sur les marchés une grande quantité de bois de charpente. On estime qu'il y a actuellement d'immenses quantités de terres boisées se trouvant à une distance de 9 à 25 milles d'un chemin de fer et pouvant produire de 4,iX)0 â. 10,000 pieda par acre. Ces forêts se composent de pin jaune à longue feuille, de pin de sucre, de pin noir, de chêne, de madrona et de cèdre. On voit une certaine quantité de ces bois sur les marchés; mais les commerçante en bois de charpente préfèrent importer des millions de pieds annuellement plutôt que d'avoir l'ennui de transporter les produits du pays.

Les experts ont estimé que dans les terres avoisinantes le prolonge- ment projeté de Mazatlan et à 80 milles de Durango, il se trouve 5,3«8,500,000 pieds de pin commercial, 278,500,000 pieds de bois dur etS, 473,000 cordes de bois à brûler. Les forêts au nord de l'Ëtat, qui ont une étendue de 4,800,000 acres, contiennent environ 10,000,000,000 de pieds de pin commercial prêt à couper et 10,000,000 de cordes de bois.

On peut acheter beaucoup de terres boisées dans l'Etat de Durango S raison de 50 cents l'acre. On peut se faire une idée des rendements des terres boisées par la valeur du bois de charpente, la valeur du bois

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à brûler ou du charbon de bois et la valeur de la terre après la coupe du bois. Cette valeur varie ¿normémont. Quelqucs-iuies des terres convionnent admirablement à l'agriculture; tandis que d'autres n'y conviennent pas du tout, cependant elles peuvent toujours produire de bons pâturages pour les bestiaux.

Le propriétaire de ces terrains boisés n'attache que peu d'importance au charbon de bois qu'il pourrait en retirer. Cependant, ce serait une sourtre importante de revenu. Au Mexique on peut vendra le char- bon de bois en quantité presqu'il limitée et la demande dans l'Etat de Durango est aussi considérable et même phis grande que dans la plu- part des autres Etats. Les fonderies de Durango emploient beaucoup de charbon de bois, qui vaut de $18 ã. $20 la tonne. Les autres fonderies et établissements industriels du Mexique le payent aussi cher. La demande pour le charbon de boif est si grande qu'elle permet aux propriétaires d'utiliser pour ainsi dire chaque brindille et branche de ses arbres, Lea personnes qui sont -dans le commerce des bois au Mexique se servent de deux méthodes pour exploiter leurs terres, l'une est de louer des ouvriers et de les payer tant par jour, l'autre est de passer un marché avec un entrepreneur. Cette dernière méthode réussit beaucuoup mieux généralement. On entend dire souvent que le commerce des bois au Mexique ne rapporte pas à cause des grandes quantités de pierre employées dans la construction. Il est vrai que ce fait contribue â la diminution dans la vente des bois de charpente, mais il est facile do voir qu'il y a une grande demande pour ce bois puisque dans ime année le chemin de fer International a transporté par Eagle Pass 2,885 wagons chargés de bois venant d'Amérique, dont la plupart était du bois de pin.

Le Mexique pourrait donc fournir ce bois de charpente sans avoir recours à l'importation.

BBOETTBS DOUAHifeltES, OCTOBKE 1904.

Voici les recettes douanières pour le mois d'octobre 1904. On donne séparément les droits d'importation ordinaires pour chaque bureau de douane et les autres en totalité.

	$13,982.07 11,567.05 2.486.27 168.94 11,493.76 . 157,039.79 . 173,436.52 5,913.38 42», 53 4, 220. 74 23,456.27
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Camargo	LaABi«Dci6n La Monta La Pan Laredo de Tamaulipas ...	121. 41 40, 909. 78
Ciu<lníl Porfirio Díaz....	234,956.73
Ensenada Frontera	Mataiuoroa MazaUiín	4,058.44 78,741.34

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Mexico $28,

Nogales 65,

Pro(çreeo 181,

Puerto Ángel

Solina CruK 1,

San Bias 6,

SoconuBco 7,

Santa RosalU

Tampico 518,

Tíhuana

Tonala

Topolobampo

Tuxpam 2,

Vera Cruz 1,346,

170.3 499.75 310.61 271.61 967.75 6.87 12Ó.34 039.45

Total dea droite d'im- portation ordinaires. 2,935,

Total des droits d'im- portations en sus .. . 285,

Total des droits d'ea- portations 64,

Total des droits de porte 69,

Total des arriéris 4,

Total 3,359,

006.06 894.15

OUVEBTTTRE DU CHEMIN DE FEB. DE aUINTANA- BOO.

Le chemin do fer construit par le Gouvernement mexicaÎD à Quin- tana Roo, de Vugia Chavo va jusqu'à Santa Cruz de Brava, sur une distance de 55 kilomètres. Cette ligne esta voie étroite, 60 centimè- tres ou 2 pieds de largeur et les rails sont posés sur des traverses alternatives d'acier et de bois. Elle est destinée principalement au transport de fournitures et de marchandifies.

La ligne a été inaugurée officiellement le 5 février 1905.

PBIX DES TEBBEB PUBUaTTES, AJfNËE FISCALE IQOfi-e.

D'après le "Mexican Investor" du 28 janvier 1905, le Président de la République du Mexique a fixé le prix des terres publiques pour l'année fiscale de 1905-6 aux prix suivants par hectare:

Etat d'Aguaacalicntee $2.2(

Etat de Campeche 2.2!

Etat de Chiapas 3. 0(

Eut de Chihuahua 1.2(

Eut de Coahuila 1. 1(

Etat de Colima 1 . 1(

Etat de Durango 1. 21

Etat de Guanajuato 2. 2(

Etat de Guerrero 1.2(

Etat de Hidalgo 2.5(

Etat de Talisco 2. 2(

Etat de Mexico 2. 7î

Etat de Michoacan 3.0(

Etat de Moreloe 4. 4(

Etat de Nuevo Leon 1. 1(

Etatd'Oaxaca 1. 2<

Eut de Puebla '.. $3.3

Eut QuereUro 2, 2

EtotdeSan Luis Potoei 2.5

EUtdeSinaloa 1.2

Eut de Sonora 1.3

Eut da Tal«sco 3. 6

Eut de Tamauli pas 1.2

Eut de Tlaxcala 2. 2

Eut de Veracruï 2. 7

Eut de Yucatan 2.2

Eut de Zacalwas 2.2

Eut de District Fikléral 6. 1

Territoi re de Tepic 2. 5

Territoire de la Basse Californie . . .7

Territoire de Quintana Roo 5

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50U BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES REPUBLIQUES AHÉRICAINES.

Le " Diario Oâcial " publie le texte de la convention signée récem- ment par le Mexique et l'Espagne au sujet de Pexercice dea prof essions libérales dans les. deux pays.

Le premier article es^t ainsi conçu:

"Les sujets de chacune dea hautes parties contractantes pourront exercer dans les deux territoires lea professions auxquelles ils auront été reconnus aptes par diplôme ou titre accordé par une autorité com- pétente de leur pays."

Lea diplômes doivent être dûment légalisés et certifiés par le Ministre de l'Instruction Publique.

La convention restera en vigueur pour une durée de cinq ans.

NICARAGUA.

PATSUENT EN HONNAIB D'OR DES tiTATS-mnS, OU BiS TRA1TB8 DE FEŒHIER OKDBE À VUE SUR CE PATS, DES DROITS D'EX- POBTATXON, DES DROITS DIVERS DE FORT, DES DROITS COir- BULAIRES, ETC.— MODE DE PATEHENT EK TRAITES DES DROITS CIUPOBTATION.

Le gouvernement du Nicaragua a rendu, le 22 octobre liKH, le décret suivant qui a pour objet de dé<'larer payables, à dater du l"" novembre, en monnaie d"or des Etata-Unia ou en traites de premier ordre à vue sur ce pays, des droits d'exportation, les droits divers de port, les droite consulaires, etc.:

Article l". A paitir du 1" novembre prochain, tous les droits d'ex- portation, y compris ceux concernant le bétail, ceux de dépôt, de ton- nage d'einmi^^inage, de péage, amendes provenant de mantjue de facture consulaire, de registre eu temps opportun, de contenants spéciaux, différences de poids, de qualité et de contenu, droits consu- laires, et, en général, de tous les droits fiscaux spéciaux aux services des douanes et des ports, devront être payés en monnaie d'or dea F^tats- Unis ou en traites commerciales de premier ordre payablea à vue sur les villes de ce pays.

Art. 2. Les droits d'importation qui doivent être payéa en traites, devront l'être en traites exclusivement sur les places commerciales des Etats-Unis."

"On Bait que <l'apr£s un ilt^cret du 14 mai 1904, le payement en traitée des droits d'importation pouvait avoir lieu en traites de première classe et à vue sur lee Ktats- Uuis ou l'Euiope.

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Art. 3. Ceux des droite précités qui doivent être payés en or dVprès les lois antérieures feront partie de ce décret pour les effets des articles suivants:

Art. 4. Les droits qui sont tarifés en monnaie nationale seront payés confonnément Í. l'article 2 du présent décret.

Art. 5. Les débiteurs peuvent â leur choix payer ce qu'ils doivent, soit en or ou son équivalent de monnaie nationale en rue de ce qui est prescrit à l'article 3 du décret mentionné.

Art. 6. Les lettres de chanfle d'exportation de café seront vendues suivant la loi citée contre une somme en traites prescrites équivalente au cinquième de la valeur nominale de chaque lettre; mais si l'acheteur désire payer en billets du Trésor, ¡1 devra le faire au taux commercial fixé en temps voulu par ce ministère, considérant la valeur nominale des lettres de chan^ en raison de celle du liillet. Dans l'un et l'autre cas, le préposé à la vente de ces lettres devra spécifier au dos de chacune d'elles si la vente a eu lieu en or ou en billets, et ce qui a été versé dans lea deux cas, cela pour la comptabilité des impôt».

Art. 7. Le présent décret ne comprend pas les douanes de Bluff, de Calo, de Gracias á Dios et abro^ toutes les dispositions contraires des lois antérieures.

URUGUAY.

nCPOBTATIOK DU BËTAII..

Un décret a été rendu le 19 novembre 1904 par le gouvernement uruguayen en vue de faciliter l'inspection sanitaire et le débarquement du bétail dans les ports de la République orientale.

Voici la traduction de ce décret;

Article I*^. Les intéressés devront donner avis avec vingt-quatre heures d'anticipation de l'arrivée des animaux à débarquer.

Art. 2. Le vétérinaire de service fera l'inspection des animaux à bord des embarcations et n'autorisera leur débarquement que s'ils sont en bon état de santé et après avoir exigé la remise des documents sani- taires prescrits par les dispositions en vigueur.

Art. 3. L'avis dont il est question â l'article l"" et l'autorisation à laquelle fait allusion l'article 2 se feront au moyen de bulletins spéciaux dont l'Institut d'Hygiène Expérimentale aura pourvu les bureaux d'in- spections et la Douane ne permettra, sous aucun prétexte, le débarque- ment des animaux, sans la remise des dits bulletins signés par le vétérinaire inspecteur.

Art. 4. Les patrons des embarcations servant au transport des ani- maux devront procéder au lavf^^e des installations à bestiaux et s'il était nécessaire, à leur désinfection, qui, en ce cas, devra se faire sous la surveillance du vétérinaire.

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HOinrEMENT DU FOBT DE TñOUTÉVTDtO EK OCTOBIIB 1904.

Le '* HaDdel»-Zeitung," de Buenos Ayres, publie les chiffreH suivants qui font ressortir le mouvement du port de Montevideo en octobre 1904:

B0KTIB3 DE VAISSEAUX.

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VENEZUELA.

VENTE DES SPtiCIAIJTtiS PHAIlKACEITTianEB.

Aux termes d^ine disposition réglementaire dont la traduction est ci-apres, le conseil des médecins du Venezuela a interdit sous peine de condamnation pour exercice illégal de la médecine, la vente de toute spécialit<^ pharmaceutique qui n'aurait pas été soumise  l'examen de ce conseil.

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VENEZUELA. 0U3

BÈOLBMENT DU CONSEIL DES MÉDECINS.

*'Art. 44. La ventedemédicamentssecretaou patentés noo autorisés par le Conseil des médecins est catégoriquement défendue, même si ces médicaments sont approuvés par des Facultés étrangères, sous peine de jugement, condamnation correspondant au délit de l'exercice illégal."

A la suite de cette déciàion, le Gouvernement vénézuélien a rendu le décret suivant:

'* Considérant que le Conseil des médecins de la Képublique vient de mettre en vigueur l'article H de son règlement où il est dit que la vente des médicaments secrets ou patentés non autorisés par ce Coi'ps est absolument prohibée, mÈme s'ils sont approuvés par des facultés étrangères, et cela sous peine de jugement et condamnations selon la loi relative au délit d'exercice illégal de la médecine.

"Et considérant que, pour obtenir l'autorisation de vendre, con- formément aux articles 47, 48, et 50, il faudi-ait des délais de nature à porter préjudice aux transactions commerciales de cette spécialité et aux entrées du fisc national.

" Le Président provisoire de la fiépublique, faisant droit aux récla- mations des négociants et tenant compte des intérêts du Trésor, décide:

"Le Conseil des médecins nommera deux de ses membres titulaires qui, d'accord avec deux conseillers désignés par le Ministre de Hacienda, formeront une Commi^^sion qui procédera à l'examen et un classement des médicaments dits secrets ou patentés.

" Pour soumettre à cette Commission un produit secret ou patenté, le fabricant procédera personnellement ou par l'intermédiaire d'un fondé de pouvoir, dont la nomination pourra se faire même par une simple lettre. Quant à la demande, elle sera faite dans la forme légale en usage et indiquera le nom de Tarticle, la base du produit et la dose por son usage.

"Chaque demande soumise á la commission devra être accom- pagnée de deux échantillons des pi-oduits. Les étiquettes devront porter les indications susdites (dme et base).

"Les fabricants auront soin de mettre sur les pouvoirs un timbre vénézuélien de Bs. 5, et les demandes comporteront pour chaque spécialité, un droit de Bs. 20. Cette somme sera attribuée par moitié aux membres de la commission et au fisc national; les certificats autori:^ant la vente devront porter la signature des quatre membres de la Commission.

"Pour que les fabricants de médicaments secrets ou patentés puissent soumettre leurs produits à l'examen ou au classement de la Commission, il sera accordé pour les médicaments étrangers un délai de quatre mois et pour les médicaments nationaux un délai de deux

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moU; pendant ce laps de temps, les douanes de la République conti- nueront à examiner et à classer les produits comme elles le font aujour- d'hui. Api-ès ce délai, qui compte ¿ partir de la publication daos la "Gaceta oficial" du présent décret, les douanes les taxeront encore pendant deux mois comme figurant dans la 5* ciasse, et pendant ces deux mois les produit» pourront encore être soumis à la Commission; après ce nouveau délai ils seront compris dans les articles dont l'introductÎOD est prohibée, entraînant les pénalités prévues par le Code de Haciendft.

^'Les produits secrets ou patentés dont les fabricants seront à même de prouver l'élaboration après la fin des deux délais, pourront, sous les conditions mentionnées ci -dessus, être admis à Fexamen et au classe- ment. La Commission aura soin de rendre compte hebdomadairement, à ce Département de ses travaux de classification aGn qu'il en soit fait aux douanes. Chaque produit approuvé portera sur son enveloppe l'inscription suivante: "Approuvé par la Commission de classement

sous le No. ." Il y sera apposé le cachet de la Commission. Celle-ci

devra examiner les produits dans les cinq jours.

"Four l'Exécutif National,

"J.-C De Castro." O

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Oficina Internacional de las Repiíblicas Americanas,

Vntóa Inl«riiacÍoiial d« Repúblicas Auerlcmu. Vol. XIX. MARZO DE 1905. No. 3.

EL FALLECIMIENTO DEL SEÑOR DON MANUEL DE AZPÍROZ, EMBAJADOR DE MÉXICO.

 las cuatro j cuarenta y tres núnutos de la tarde del 24 del corríentâ mes de Marzo falleció en su residencia en Washington el SeSor Don Manuel de ãzpIboz, Embajador Extraordinario j Plenipotenciario de México en los Estados Unidos de América.

Este triste acontecimiento deja un vacío en el cuerpo diplomático acreditado en este país, y en el Consejo Directivo de la Oficina Interna- cional de las Repúblicas Americanas, que será difícil de llenar.

No fué, sin embai-go, inesperado tan funesto suceso. De mucho ant«s se temía, con sobrado fundamento, como desgraciadamente se ha de- mostrado, que el distinguido personaje, f^obiado por dolencias que la ciencia médica escasamente podía combatir, tendría en breve que pagar el tributo que todos debemos á la naturaleza. Y tanto se contaba con este desenlace, que convocada una reunión extraordinaria del Consejo Directivo de esta Oficina para el mismo día 24, cuando aún vivía el Señor AzpÍROz, ocurrió al Señor Presidente del mismo, cuerpo, como se verá por el escrito que acompaña á este articulo, suspender el acto explicando en elocuentes j sentidas palabras la razón de este hecho.

Tan pronto como llegó á noticia del Señor Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América el fallecimiento del Señor Azpíboz, se comunicó por telégrafo con el Señor Presidente de México, enviándole el si- guiente despacho:

"Al Presidente Díaz.

"■Caj)íial de México:

" En nombre de mis conciudadanos j en el mío propio, doy pésame sincero por la muerte del Embajador Azfíroz.

"Theodobe Roosevelt." sos

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El Señor Secretario de Estado Interino envió también c^te despacho:

^^Einhajada Americana, Capital de México:

"El Gobierno y el pueblo de los Estados Unidos deploran since- ramente la pérdida que sufre MéxÍ<:o con el fallecimiento de su Emba- jador, que en su trabajo con nosotros se había ganado la estimación y buena voluntad de todos.

"Adeb, Secretarlo interino,''''

Ë1 SeRor AsPÍROz había nacido en Puebla, en la líepdblica mexi- cana, el 9 de Julio de 183ti, y dedicádose después de los estudios adecuados al caso á la profesión de abogado, que sólo abandonó temporalmente cuando las exigencias de la causa republicana en su país nativo le obligaron á tomar las armas. Fué uno de los que acompañaron ba^^ta Chihuahua al Gobierno del Señor Presidente Juárez, á quien sirvió on multitud de ocasiones encargándose de deli- cadas misiones. Llegó á adquirir en el ejército el grado de Teniente Cíoronel, y en 18(i7 asistió al memorable sitio de Querétaro en calidad de Ayudante de campo del General Don Mariano Escovedo. Por nombramiento de este Jefe funcionó como Fiscal en la causa que el mismo Genei'al mandó formar al Archiduque Maximiliano de Austria, que cayó prisionero en la ciudad mencionada. Terminada la guerra, fué nombrado (Agosto de 1867) Subsecretario de Relaciones Exteriores, en cuyo puesto permaneció largo tiempo^ siendo llamado varias veces á desempeñar interinamente la Seci'ctaría.

En 1S72 vino á Washington con el carácter de abogado de México en la Comisión mixta de reclamaciones mexicanas, y americanas, que había creado el tratado de 4 de julio de 1868 entre México y los Estados Unidos de América, reemplazando en tan distinguido puesto á Mr. Caler Cusuinq, que lo había desempeñado desde el principio, y que lo renuncio por haber sido llamado por su país á ser\'ir otros destinos. En 1873 dejó el Señor Azpíroz su posición en Washington para tomar el puesto de Cónsul de México, en San Francisco, de California. En Marzo 30 de 18ÍI!) volvió á la capital de loa Estados Unidos de América con el carácter de Embajador Extraordinario y Plcnipotcnciitrio, siendo el primero de su país que funcionó con este título.

Los servicios del Señor AzrÍROZ en la política y la administración de México fueron notorios y apreciados. Los prestó con el carácter de Senador de la Unión, en 18(i7, de Secretario de Hacienda de su Estado en 1883, y en otros conceptos.

Fué Catedrático de Derecho civil mexicano en el Colegio dei Estado de Puebla, y ha dejado varias obras, entre las cuales ocupa un lugar distinguido la denominada "Código de Extranjería de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.''

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OFBENSA SE BEBPETO AL BEÑOB DON UANTTEL SE AZFÍROZ, EHBAJASOB DE HtiXICO.

Se había invitado para una junta, & las tres de la tarde del 24 de Marzo corriente, á los Señores que componen el Consejo Directivo de la Oficiua IntemacioDal de las Repúblicas Americanas, y estando ya reunidos á este efecto, como es de costumbre, en el Salea de Recepciones Diplo- máticas del Departamento de Estado, en número suficiente para tomar acuerdo, varios de los Señores invitados, ocupando la presidencia, como ea de rúbrica, el Jefe del Departamento de Estado de los Estados Uni- dos de América, que lo es ahora el Honorable Señor A. A. Adee, con el carácter de Secretario interino, en ausencia del Honorable Señor John Hay, pareció oportuno al referido Señor Presidente antes de tratar ningún asunto llamar la atención de la junta al estado en que, según las últimas noticias, se encontraba el Señor Embajador de México, proponiendo que la sesión se suspendiese en testimonio de respeto y simpatía hacia el ilustre enfermo.

Estas fueron las palabras del Señor Adeb:

" Después de haberse enviado las invitaciones para esta sesión espe- cial del Consejo ha ocurrido un triste cambio que debe influir en nuestros procedimientos. El Señor Embajador de México está, según se me informa, á punto de expirar. Sus médicos no abrigan sino muy pocas esperanzas. Su prominencia en nuestros consejos, el lugar que hubiera ocupado aquí hallándose presente, y el respeto y el amor que todos sentimos por el digno enfermo, rae determinan á proponer que suspendamos esta sesión, aplazándola para cuando se señale en la nueva invitación que al efecto se extienda por el Director interino. Mucho me alegraré si esta proporción mía es aceptada por el Consejo.*'

La proposición del Señor Adee fué aceptada unúninieuientc.

Los Señorea que estuvieron presentes, sin contar con el Señor Pre- sidente, fueron: El Señor J. N. IíÉger, Ministro de Haití; el Señor Don Joaquín Bernardo Calvo, Ministro de Costa Kica; el Señor Don Luis F, Corea, Ministro de Nicaragua; el Señor Don Joaquín Walker Martinez, Ministro de Chile; el Señor Don Eduardo Ace- VEDO Díaz, Ministro del Uruguay; el Señor Don Jorge Muñoz, Ministro de Guatemala; el Señor Don Alfredo de M. Gomes Fe- rreira, Ministro del Brasil; el Señor Don CÍRlos E. Zavalia, Encargado de negocios de la República Argentina; el Señor Don Eduardo Perez Triaxa, Encargado de negocios de Colombia. Asis- tió tambi^^n á la reunión el Señor Williams C. Fox, Director interino do la Oficina. Los Señores Encargados de negocios de Ecuador y Venezuela estuvieion representados por poder.

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DISCURSO PRONUNCIADO POR EL SEÑOR PRESIDENTE DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AMÉRICA AL TOMAR POSESIÓN DE SU ALTO PUESTO EL 4 DE MARZO DE 1905.

Conciudadanos: No hay pueblo algrimo sobre la tierra que tenga mayor razón que el nuestro para sentirse agradecido — y esto lo digo, no en un espíritu de jactancia por razón de nuestro poderío, sino en acción de gracias al Dispensador del Bien, por que le plugo bendecirnos, colocándonos en condiciones que nos han permitido alcanzar tan gran medida de bienestar y felicidad. A nosotros, como pueblo, dos fué concedido poner los oimientos de nuestra vida nacional en un con- tinente nuevo. La herencia de los siglos pasados nos ha sido trasmi- tida; j pocas son las ocasiones en que hemos tenido que pagar las penalidades que la mano muerta de una civíHzación que pertenece al pasado impone todavía en los países viejos. Para mantener nuestra existencia no nos hemos visto obligados á luchar con una raza extran- jera; pero nuestra vida ha requerido exhibiciones de vigor y esfuerzo, sin los que hasta las virtudes mas viriles y enérgicas, se marchitan é ioutilizan. Dadas estas círcumstanciaa, hubiera sido culpa nuestra no haber triunfado. Pero el triunfo conseguido basta ahora, y el que esperamos con confianza continuar consiguiendo en el futuro, deberán inspirarnos no un sentimiento de vanagloria, sino el vivo deseo de conocer mejor y apreciar todo lo que la vida nos ha ofrecido, junto con el reconocimiento plenp de la responsabilidad que nos incumbe, y la fija determinación de demostrar que un pueblo fuerte puede pros- perar mejor, bajo un gobierno libre, asi en lo que se refiere £ las cosas del cuerpo como en lo que atañe á las del alma.

Mucho se nos ha dado, y mucho es justo que se espere de nosotros. Tenemos deberes para con los demás, y los tenemos también para con nosotros mismos, y ni los unos ni los otros pueden ser esquivados. Hemos llegado á ser una gran nación, y por el hecho de esta grandeza, nos hemos visto forzados & entrar en relaciones con las demás naciones del mundo, teniendo así que conducirnos cual corresponde á un pueblo sobre el que pesan semejantes responsabilidades. Con todas las demás naciones, grandes 6 pequeñas, nuestra actitud deberá ser de cordial y sincera amistad. Ko con palabras solamente, sino con hechos, debemos hacer ver que ardiente y sinceramente deseamos obtener su buena vo- luntad, tratándolas en un espíritu do justo y genei'oso reconocimiento de todos sus derechos. Pero la justicia y la generosidad en una nación, como en ud individuo, tienen más peso, cuando se muestran, no por el débil, sino por el fuerte. Tendremos siempre gran cuidado en no agraviar á los demás; pero es también nuestro deber vigilar con no menor empeño en que nadie nos agravie á nosotros. Queremos paz, pero es la paz de la justicia, la paz de la rectitud. Y la queremos no

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porque tengamos miedo, sino porque creemos que aaí debe ser. Nin- guna nación que proceda justa y varonilmente, aunque sea d^bil, tendrá nunca motivo para tememos. Pero ninguna nación, aunque sea fuerte, podrá jamás eacogernoa para ser blanco de insolente agresión.

Nuestras relaciones con las demás potencias del mundo son impor- tantes; pero io son todavía más nuestras relaciones entre nosotros mismos. Un crecimiento tan grande en la riqueza, la jioblación y el poder, como el que ha tenido este pueblo en el siglo y cuarto de su exL'itencia nacional, tiene que estar inevitablemente acompañado con un crecimiento análogo en la magnitud de los problemas quo á todo pueblo se presentan cuando llega á la grandeza. Con el poder vienen siempre la responsabilidad y el peligro. Nuestros padres tuvieron que hacer frente á varios peligros que al presente han desaparecido. Nosotros, á nuestro turno, tenemos que arrostrar otros, cuya simple existencia no podía siquiera preverse en tiempos pasados. La vida moderna es complexa, á la vez quo intensa, y los tremendos cambios efectuados por el extraordinario desenvolvimiento industrial de los iíltimos cincuenta años se han hecho sentir en cada una de las fibras do nuestra entidad política y social. Nunca se había intentado por los hombres hacer tan vasto y formidable experimento como el de admi- nistrar los negocios de un continente dentro de los formas de una Kcpública democrática. Las condiciones de que depende nuestro maravilloso bienestar material, y que han desarrollado á grado tan alto nuestra energía, nuestra confíanza- en nosotros mismos y nuestra iniciativa individual, han traído también consigo los cuidados y ansie- dades inseparables de la acumulación de gran riqueza en los centros industriales. Del éxito de nuestro experimento depende en gran manera no sólo nuestro propio bienestar, sino también el bienestar del género humano. Si fi-acasamos en nuestro empeño, la causa del gobierno propio y libre, en todo el universo, se sacudirá hasta sus cimientos; y de ahí es que nuestra responsabilitlad sea tan grande, no sólo con respecto á nosotros mismos, y al mundo que nos rodea en el día, como para las generaciones que aun no han nacido. No hay razón fundada para que temamos el futuro; x>ero hay muchas para que lo contemplemos seriamente, sin ocultamos la gravedad de los problemas que se levantan ante nuestra vista, ni temer acercarnos & ellos con el propósito delil)erado é inflexible de resolverlos bien.

Pero después de todo, por nuevos que sean los problemas, y por dis- tinta que aparezca la tarea que nos está encomendada de la que estuvo encomendada á nuestros padres, que fundaron y conservaron esta República, el espíritu con que hay que acometer la obra, y hacer frente á los problemas que necesitan solución — si es que nuestro deber debe cumplirse satisfactoriamente — es sin embargo el mismo, sin cambio alguno sustancial. Bien sabemos que el gobierno propio es difícil. Bien sabemos igualmente que ningi'in pueblo necesita dotes de carácter tan

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altas como el que trata do manejur sus asuntos rectamente por el inter- medio de la voluntad libremente expresada de los hombretj libres que lo componen. Pero tenemos fe en que jamás haremos traición á la memoria de los hombres del gran pasado. Ellos dieron cima á la obra t|tie les tocó, y noa dejaron la herencia espléndida de que hoy ^zamos. Nosotros, á nuestro turno, confiamos con cert«za en que podremos tras- mitir la misma heicncia, íntegra y ampliada, á nuestros hijos y los hijos de íuiestros hijos. Para conseguir este resultado, debemos sola- mente hacer ver, no sólo en las grandes crisis, sino en los negocios de la vida de cada día, que existen en nosotros las cualidades de inteligencia práctica, de valor, de firmeza, de resistencia, y sobre todo de devoción á un ideal levantado, que hicieron grandes á los hombres que fundaron esta Uepfiblica en los días de Washington, y á los que después la pre- servaron en los días de Abraham Lincoln.

LA PRODUCCIÓN DE LA GOMA ELÁSTICA.

La siguiente interesante carta, que han publicado los periódicos de Centro América, escrita no hace mucho por el Señor Ministro de Costa Kica en los Estados Unidos de América, merece ser leída con atención por cuantos se interesan en el fomento de la riqueza agrícola en los países tropicalef .

" Legación de Costa Rica," ■ " Waf/t/ii(/ioi>, 19 dtí octubre de 1904. "Señor don Anastasio Alfaro,

^''JJir-cfor fíi'l fnntttuto 7'7k/6W ireiMirálico,

" San José, Costa Hica.

"Muy señor mío: En comunicación que dirijo alseñor Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, le informo de un modo general de la situación del increado del hule en el mundo y del temor que existe de que no en lejano día la producción del artículo no podrá llenar las necesidades del consumo, cada vez más credent*. Como hecho positivo de la mayor importancia, aparece que la existencia visible el 1° de abril de 11Í02, era de 5,811 toneladas; que en igual feclia de 1903 se redujo á 4,547 toneladas; y que el mismo día de este aíio solamente era de 2,506 toneladas.

"Se ve, pues, (juc hay razón para que se alarmen los fabricante?, porque resulta que no sólo no hay un aumento proporcional en la pro- ducción, sino que, por el contrario, con la ruinosa práctica d© destruir los árboles de fácil acceso de los lugares de donde se extrae en gran escala, cada día tienen que internarse más en los bos^jues, y esto hace menos remunerativo el trabajo de los huleros, y que se encarezca el costo de la exti-acción y de ti-asporte á los puertos.

"En tales condiciones lo primero que se observa es que llegará el momento de la íncertidumbre acerca de la cantidad con que pueda con-

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tarse, y como no so tiene noticia do que se haga ninguna cosa para reponer las plantas destruidas, se sugiere la necesidad de (jue el bule se cultive de un modo regular & fin de que pueda contarse con una base para los cálculos necesarios á la estabilidad de los negocios.

"En vista de todo esto, ya el Gobierno de Washington ha dictado medidas con el objeto de estimular la producción del hule en las lulas Filipinas. En Costa Rica el Gobierno ha procedido con recomendable previsión y es de desearse que tanto lo que se refiere á la conservación 4c las plantas silvestres, como á la producción regular del artículo, dé los resultados que ha tenido en mira, sieudo nuestro país uno de aquellos en que el negocio del hule puede dar los m£s halagadores rendimientos.

"Mi objeto, como ust«d comprenderá, al llamar la atención sobre el particular, es el de hacerlo presente una vez más por las razones expuestas, y fundado en ellas me permito r<^çarle que si á usted le parece bien haga un recuerdo igual á la Sociedad Nacional de Agri- cultura.

"La explotación del hule entra en la de los bosques, siendo un pro- ducto forestal, y acaso ésta no sea parte de los planes de la Sociedad; pero de todas maneras, es asunto digno de especial mención en un cen- tro con fines bien determinados en favor del aumento y mejor provecho de la riqueza nacional.

"Lo saludo atentamente, y me suscribo de Ud. con toda considem- ción.

"Afectísimo ser^-idor, J. B. Calvo."

UN NUEVO MAPA DE LA ISLA DE SANTO DOMINGO.

" Pronto verá la luz pública un nuevo y excelente mapa de la isla de Santo Domingo, obra del Señor General Don Casimiro N. de Moya, Vicepresidente que ha sido de la RepAblica dominicima, y pcrsonaque conoce en alto grado cuanto se relaciona cotí la topografía de su país, y la de la República contigua que comparte con ella la posesión de la isla.

El Señor de Mota hizo el favor á la Of ina Internacional de las Repúblicas Americanas, de venir á visitarla ti los últimos días del año pasado, trayendo consigo el mapa de que se ïrata, que fué entonces examinado no sólo por algunos de los empleados de a<iuelln. sino por personas de fuera, competentes para juzgarlo. El resultado del exa- men fué la declaración unánime de que el mapa constitu3'c un trabajo científico, llevado á cabo con e-fmero y habilísimo pulso, y qiie merece se le prodiguen calurosos encomios.

Salió el Señor de Moya con el propósito de asegurar en este país la propiedad literaria del referido mapa, y proceder después á la opera-

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cióii de grabarlo é imprimirlo cu New York, Chicago, ó cualquiera otra ciudad de los Estados Unidos de América, donde pudiera esto hacerse con mayor ventaja.

Los que conocen dicho mapa no vacilan en augurar que la publica- ción tendrá éxito duradero, tanto por el indíucutible mérito de la labor, cuanto por la notable falta que hace una obra moderna de esa especie para conocer con exactitud todos los detalles topográficos de la isla y BU división política tal cual es en la actualidad.

REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA.

BUENOS	AIRES.
BXP0BTACI0NB8.
232,403	Quebracho toneladas.	7,035
21.008	id roilLioe.	327
10,009	Quebracho extracto sacos.	39,613
17,998	Minerales fd..	1,089
38,680	Tripaa bordalesas.	2,373
15,367	Vacuno	1,300
329,155	Ovejas	308
144,394	Caballos	280
22, 101	Mulas	1,124
13, 124	Sebo pipas.	4,742
26,509		17, MO
547	Tasajo fardos.	75. 232
215		184,632
35,126	Came conservada cajones.	16,275
320	lenguas id..	1,936
21,361	Pasto fardos.	49,746
394		77, 719
180	Carnero fd . .	26,880
6,235	Carnes diversas bultos.	3,986
244	Tabaco fardos.	1,890
46	Corderos congelados, .número.	755
LA P	LATA.

Maíz toneladas..

Trigo fd...

Lino id...

Harina fd...

Lana fardos..

Cueros lanares id...

Cueros vacuuoe, secos. número.. Cueros vacunos, salados ...fd...

Cueros potros, salados (d...

Cueros potros, secos fd...

Cueros becerros fd...

Cerda fardos..

Di vereoe cueros fd...

Tortillas de lino sacos..

Cebada toneladas..

Afrecho id...

Semillas fd...

Azúcar fd...

Huesos y ceniza fd. ..

Astas número..

Manteca cajones..

Plumas de avestruz id...

Durante el mes de noviembre de 1904 salieron 23 vapores y 1 velero del puerto de La Plata Su carga fué como sigue: Mafz kilos.. 27,134,881

Trigo fd... 1,123,000

Lino fd... 376,000

Afrecho fd... 578,000

Carne congelada fd . . . 1, 514, 938

Cameros congelados . . .fd. . . 269, 148

Sebo kilos.. 129,4m

Cueros salados id... 146,570

Lana id.., 40,190

Extracto de carne fd. .. 1,556

Manteca fd... 15,000

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BAHIA BLANCA.

Salió del puerto de Babia lîlanca 1 velero durante cl mes de noviem- bre de 1904, llevando & los países mencionados á continuación loa siguientes productos:

Inglaterra.— Tú^Q, 12,445 toneladas; carneros congelados, 23,135 piezas; sebo, 286 bordalesaa.

I'rancia. — Lana, 3,700 fardos.

Italia, — Maíz, 466 toneladas, cueros vacunos secos, 8,551 piezas.

Alemania. — Cueros vacunos secos, 8,551 piezas.

Ordenes.— TvX^, 19,886 toneladas.

SAN NICOLAS.

Durante el mes de noviembre de 1904 salieron 16 vapores del puerto de San Nicolás. Su carga y destino fueren como sigue: Bélgica. — Maíz, 936 toneladas; lana, 97 fardos. Brasil.— yiaXz, 3,857 toneleads.

Ordenes. — Trigo, 1,538 toneladas; maíz, 42,081 tonelada^); lino, 170 toneladas.

El. ABBOZ. [De la "Revista Uenaiul de la CAman Mercantil," No, &2.|

Del examen de una muestra de arroz ar^rontino, cultivado en Tucu- mán, cuyo análisis acaba de practicar la Oficina de Agronomía del Ministerio de Agricultura se desprendo que este producto puede com- petir ventajosamente, respecto de su composición, con los mejores arroces importados.

En el examen de esa muestra se ba encontrado que el arroz t«nía muy buen aspecto, aunque existía una cantidad de granos rotos, pro- ducida, sin duda, durante el descascarado y por la operación del abrillantado.

De los análisis físicos efectuados en la subsección de semillas, se obtuvieron los siguientes datos;

Granos enteros, 98.67 por ciento; granos rotos, 1.33 por ciento; peso medio de 1,000 granos, 20.315 gramos; peso de un hectolitro, 38 kilos.

KcsiUta notable la proporción de granos rotos, reducido el peso de los granos, porque son pequeños, y elevado el peso del hectolitro, ya por el tamaño de los granos, ya por su composición. El peso de 38 kilos por hectolitro es uno de los más elevados que se haya conseguido de arroces blancos.

Los análisis químicos efectuados en el laboratorio de química ban proporcionado los siguientes datos:

Agna hasta IW-lOá" 15.82

Materias protócicas 7.44

Materias grasas 18

Hidratoede carbono ..... 76,14

Celulosa bruta 15

Cenizas 33

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Abundan las materias nutritivas, especialmente el gluten, lo que hace que este arroz sea dotado de un poder alimenticio elevado. Las materias gi'asas ae hallan en pequeña proporción y lo mismo la celu- losa. Es extraño que la proporción de materias minerales no haya sido superior, si se considera que su abundancia es una de las caracte- rísticas de la composición de los productos agrícolas de nuestro país.

Se espera, pues, que los productores de este grano tratarán de mejorar su aspecto exterior, aumentando su tamaño por la selección de la semilla, perfeccionando al mismo tiempo el abrillantado á fin de reducir la proporción de granos rotos para aumentar su valor comercial.

I^ importancia que el cultivo de este producto puede adquirir en nuestro país es fácil presumirla, si se considera que la superficie culti- vada en la República no alcanza en la actualidad á 2,000 hectáreas y que el consumo absorbe la producción de 20,000, que es suplido hoy día, como se sabe por la importación.

Se re, pues, que las perspectivas son halagadoras, y que, como deci- mos, el cultivo del arroz promete mucho más de lo que se creía, £ despecho de algunos agricultores incrt^dulos que opinaban que el cul- tivo de ese praducto en rmestro país no daría resultados satisfactorios, por su difícil aclimatación, y otros inconvenientes absurdos que el privilegiado suelo argentino desconoce por completo.

CUBA.

TBATADO DE EXTBADICIÕN CONCLUIDO ENTRE CUBA T IAS ESTADOS UNIDOS DE AHËBICA EL 6 DE ABRIL DE 1904 T PROCLAMADO EL 6 DE FEBRERO DE 1906.

Los Estados Unidos de América y la República de Cuba, deseando afianzar sus reliiciones amistosas y cooperar á la causa de la Justicia, han acordado celebrar un Tratado para la extradición de los prófugos de la Justicia, tanto de los Estados Unidos de Am^ri<.'a como de la República de Cuba, 3' han designado con tal ñn á los siguientes Pleni- potenciarios:

El Presidente de los Estados Unidos de América á John Hay, Secre- tario de Estado de los Estados Unidos de América; y

El Presidente de la República de Cuba á Gonzalo db Quesada, Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario de la República de Cuba en los Estados Unidos de América;

Quienes después de habei-se mostrado mutuamente sus respectivos plenos poderes, y encontrarlos en correcta y debida foritfa, han con- venido y estipulado lo siguiente:

Artículo L.

El Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de América y el Gobierno de la República de Cuba convienen en entregarse recíprocamente las per-

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sonas que habiendo sido acusadas 6 coodeDadas como autores, cóm- plices 6 encubridores de alguno de los crímenes ó delitos especificados en el artículo sij^uiente y cometidos dentro de la jurisdicción de una de lau Altas Partes Contratantes busquen asilo ó se encuentren en los territorios de la otra; pero dicha entrega sólo so hará en virtud de pruebas de criminalidad tales que, según las Leyes del país donde se encuentre el prófugo ó la persona acusada, serán suficientes para su aprehensión y procesamiento, si allí ae hubiera cometido el crimen ó delito.

ArtÍcuix) II.

Se concederá la extradición por los siguientes crímenes y delitos:

1°, Homicidio, inclusos los delitos designados en el Código Penal de Cuba con los nombres de asesinato, parricidio, é infanticidio; envenena- miento; homicidio, homicidio impremeditado; el conato de cualquiera de estos delitos.

2". Incendio.

3°. Robo, entendiéndose por tal la sustracción de bienes, dinero ó documentos ajenos, empleando para ello fuerza, violencia ó intimida- ción; y el acto de asaltar la casa de otro de noche, con escalamiento ó fractura y con la intención de cometer un crimen ó delito; robo en casa habitada, robo ea establecimiento comercial ó industrial.

4°. Falsificación ó emisión de documentos falsificados ó alteración de actos ó documentos oficiales del Gobierno 6 de la Autoridad Põblica inclusos los Tribunales de Justicia, ó la expendíción ó uso fraudulento de los mismos.

6°. La fabricación de moneda falsa, bien sea ésti metálica ó en papel, títulos ó cupones falsos de la Deuda Pública, billetes de-Banco Û otros valores públicos de crédito, de sellos, de timbres, cuños y mar- cas falsas de Administraciones, del Estado ó Públicas y la expendíción, circulación ó uso fraudulento de cualquiera de los objetos mencionados.

6°. Malversación de fondos públicos cometida por empleados públi- cos ó depositarios, defi-audacíón realizada por personas á sueldo ó sala- •rio, en perjuicio de aquel que lo tiene á su servicio, obtener dinero, valores ú otros bienes muebles, por maquinaciones ó artificios cuando estos delitos están penados por las leyes de ambos países y el valor de la propiedad así obtenida no es menos de doscientos pesos en oro.

7°. Fraude 6 defraudación, ó el crimen correspondiente definido en el Código de Cuba como defraudación por un depositario, banquero, a^nte, factor ú otra pcr^na que administre bienes ó que proceda por encalco de otra, ó director 6 miembro 6 funcionario de una Compañía cuando las leyes de ambos países declaran criminoso samejante acto y el dinero 6 el valor de los bienes defraudados no ea menos de doscien- tos pesos en oro.

8". Perjurio; soborno para hacer perjurar.

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9°. Cobecho, ó sea dar, ofrecer ó recibir una recompensa por influir en el cumplimiento de un deber legal.

10. Violación; bigamia.

11. Destrucción û obstrucción maliciosa é Uefçal de ferrocarriles, trenes, puentes, vehículos, embarcaciones ú otros medios de transporte, 6 de edificios públicos ó privados, cuando el acto cometido ponga en peligro la vida de las personas.

12. Crímenes cometidos en el mar, á saber;

(") Piratería según la Ley ó el Derecho Internacional.

(*) Sublevación 6 conspiración de dos 6 más personas para rebelarse abordo de un buque en alta mar contra la autoridad del Capitán 6 Comandante.

{') Hacer naufragar ó destruir criminalmente un buque en el mar ó la tentativa de hacerlo.

C) Asalto abordo de un buque en alta mar con la intención de oca- sionar un grave daño corporal.

13. Crímenes y delitos contra las leyes de ambos países relativas & la abolición de la esclavitud y & la trata de esclavos.

14. Bapto; plagio de menores ó adultos, entendiéndose por tal el hecho de apoderarse de una ó más personas, 6 de detenerlas para exijir, de ellas 6 de sus familias, dinero por su rescate, ó para cualquier otro fin ilícito.

15. Hurto 6 robo sin violencia, entendiéndose por tal la sustracción de dinero, efectos, documentos, caballos, reses, ganado ó cualquiera otra propiedad mueble cuyo valor exceda de cincuenta pesos.

16. Obtener, por medio de amenazas de hacer daSo, dinero, valorea Û otra4)ropiedad.

17. Golpes ó heridas causados voluntariamente cuando de ellos resulte una dolencia ó incapacidad permanente para el trabajo per- sonal, la pérdida ó privación del uso absoluto de un miembro, de la vista ó de cualquier otro Órgano, ó la muerte sin intención de causarla.

La extradición tendrá lugar por haber tomado parte, no sólo como autor ó cómplice en cualquiera de los crímenes ó delitos mencionados en este Tratado sino como encubridor, en cualquiera de los crimines ó' delitos, mencionados en el presente artículo, siempre que su participa- ción se castigue en los Kstados Unidos como felonía (felony) y en la República de Cuba con prisión, trabajos forzados 6 pena capital.

Artículo III.

Las demandas de entrega de prófugos de la Justicia las harán los Agentes Diplomáticos de las Partes Contratantes; y, si éstos estuviesen ausentes del país ó del lugar en que resida el Gobierno, podrán hacerlas los funcionarios Consulares superiores.

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Si los individuos cuya extradícíÓD se pida hnbieseo sido condenados por un crimen ó delito, deberá presentarse copia debidamente legali- zada de la sentencia dictada por el Tribunal que le condenó; y si el prófugo fuera simplemente acusado de un crimen ó delito, se presentará una copia debidamente legalizada del auto ó mandamiento de prisión expedido en el país donde el crimen ó delito se cometió, y de las decla- raciones y demás pruebas que hubiesen servido de base para librar dicho auto ó mandamiento. En ambos casos también se presentarán, siempre que sea posible, los datos y antecedentes necesarios para esta- blecer la identidad de la persona cuya extradición se reclamare.

La extradición de los prófugos, á tenor de lo dispuesto en este Tra- tado, se efectuará en los Estados Unidos de América y en la Bepublíca de Cuba, respectivamente, de acuerdo con las leyes que sobre extradi- ción estuvieren entonces vigentes en la Nación á quien se dirija la solicitud de entrega.

AbtÍoulo IV.

Cuando en virtud de informes telegráficos ó de otra clase, remitidos con anterioridad á la presentación de pruebas formales, se pretenda el arresto y detención de un delincuente que se hubiere fugado á los Estados Unidos, un agente del Gobierno de Cuba presentará demanda jurada, según disponen los E^statutos de los Estados Unidos, ante un Juez Û otro Magistrado que tenga facultad para librar mandamientos de arresto en casos de extradición.

Cuando dentro de lo dispuesto en este, artículo se desee el arresto y detención de un delincuente que se hubiere fugado á la República de Cuba, la petición se dirijirá á la Secretaría de Estado, la cual dispon- drá inmediatamente que se adopten las medinas necesarias para que se lleve á cabo el arresto 6 detención provisional del prófugo.

Ladetención provisional del prófugo cesará y el detenido será puesto en libei-tad si dentro de dos meses contados desde la fecha de su arresto ó detención provisionales no se hubiese presentado formal demanda para su entrega, acompasada de las pruebas necesarias de su culpa- bilidad, á tenor de las estipulaciones de este Tratado.

Artículo V. Ninguna de las Partes Contratantes queda obligada á entregar á sus propios ciudadanos en virtud de las estipulaciones de este Tratado.

Artículo VI. No será entregado el criminal fugitivo sí el delito con respecto al cual se solicita su entrega es de carácter político, ó si se prueba que la reclamación de su entrega se ha formulado en realidad con el objeto de enjuiciarlo ó castigarlo por un delito de carácter político. No será reputado delito político, ni hecho conexo con semejante delito, el atentado contra la persona del Jefe de un Estado extranjero ó contra

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los miembros de su familia, cuando el hecho en que consista el atentado constituya delito de homicídio, asesinato ó envenenamiento.

Ningún individuo entre^^o por una á la otra de las Partes Con- tratantes será acusado, procesado, ni penado por uíd^d crimen, 6 delito político, ni por acto alguno con el mismo relacionado y come- tido antes de su extradición.

Cuando surgiere alguna duda respecto & si son aplicables & un caso dado las disposiciones de este artículo, lo que resolvieren las Autori- dades del Gobierno 6. quien se pidiere la entrega 6 que hubiese accedido á la extradición, será deânitivo.

Artículo VII.

No se concederá la extradición en conformidad con las disposiciones de este Tratado sí, se^n las leyes del país requerido, hubiesen pres- crito los procedimientos legales ó la acción penal correspondientes al hecho cometido por la persona reclamada.

AbtÍculo VIII.

Ningún individuo entregado por una de las Partes Contratantes á la otra podrá ser acusado, procesado ni penado sin su consentimiento prestado libre y públicamente, por ningún crimen 6 delito anterior á su extradición, que no fuere el que motivó su entrega; á no ser que dicho individuo hubiese estado en libertad de abandonarvl país durante un mes después de haber sido juzgado, y, en caso de condena, un mea después de haberla cumplido ó de haber sido indultado.

Artículo IX.

Todos los objetos que se encontraren en poder de la persona recla- mada, ya sean frutó del crimen ó delito imputados, ya piezas que puedan servir de prueba del mi»mo crimen 6 delito, deberán ser secues- trados y entregados con su persona, en cuanto fuere practicable, con arreglo á las leyes de sus respectivos países. Sin embargo, se respe- tarán debidameote los derechos de terceros con respecto á esos objetos.

Artículo X.

8i el individuo reclamado por una de las Partes Contratantes, en conformidad con el presente Tratado, lo fuere también por otro ú otros paises por razón de crímenes ó delito» cometido» dentro de sus respec- tivas jurisdicciones, so concederá na extradición á la Nación cuya solici- tud se hubiese recibido primero, á menos que el Gobierno de quien se solicite la extradición eaté comprometido por Tnit4kdo á concederle á otro la preferencia- Si dicho individuo se hallase procesado ó condenado en el E^stado requerido, su extradición podi-á ser diferida hasta que se sobresean los procedimientos, sea declarado libre ó absuelto, ó haya sufrido su pena.

Artículo XI.

Lob gastos que ocasionare el arresto, detención, declaraciones y entrega de prófugos, en virtud de lo dispuesto en este Tratado, serán de cuenta del país en cuyo nombre se solicite la extradición; pero entendiéndose que al Gobierno requirente no se obligará á sufragar ningún gasto por los servicios que prestaren los empleados públicos con sueldo fijo del Gobierno de quien se solicite la extradición; y asi- mismo se entenderá que el importe de los servicios prestados por empleados públicos que sólo perciban derechos 6 emolumentos no excederá de lo que habitualmente cobrarían por esas diligencias 6 ser- vicios en las actuaciones criminales ordinarias, según las leyes del país en que estén empleados.

Artículo XII.

El presente Tratado comenzará á regir treinta días después de la fecha en que se efectúe el canje de ratiãcacíones.

Las ratificaciones del presente Tratado serán canjeadas en Washing- ton á la mayor brevedad posible, y continuará en vigor durante los seis meses siguientes 6. la notificación que uno de los Gobiernos contra- tantes bic¡er^ al otro, comunicándole su intención de separarse del mismo.

En testimonio de lo cual los respectivos Plenipotenciarios han suscrito los precedentes artículos en los idiomas inglés y castellano y puesto al pie sus sellos.

Hecho por duplicado en la Ciudad de Washington el día .seis de Abril de mil novecientos cuatro.

John Hay. [seal.]

Gonzalo de Quesada. [seal.]

protocolo kelativo al anterior tratado.

Los infrascritos, el Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos de América y el Enviado Extraordinario y Ministro Plenipotenciario de Cuba, debidamente autorizados, han acordado modificar el texto castellano de los números 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 14 y 16 del Artículo II del Tratado de Extradición, firmado el 6 de Abril de 1904, sustituyéndolos por los siguientes, de acuerdo con los enmiendas que fueron adoptadas por el Senado de la República de Cuba, con el objeto de ajustar dicho texto castellano al inglés y definir con más precisión los crímenes y delitos, estipulados en dicho tratado en los términos técnicos de la ley de Cuba.

Artículo II.

1. Homicidio, incluso los delitos designados en el Código Penal de Cuba con los nombres de asesinato, parricidio, infanticidio y envenena- miento, homicidio voluntario; el delito frustrado ója tentativa de cual- quiera de ellos. / - i

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3. Kobo, eotendiéndose por tal la sustracción de dinero, mercancías, documentos 6 otra propiedad ajena, empleando para ello fuerza, violencia ó intimidación; j el acto de asaltar la casa de otro de noche con escalamiento ó fractura y con la intención de cometer un delito; robo en casa habitada y robo en establecimiento comercial 6 isdustrial.

5. Ija fabricación de moneda falsa, bien sea ésta metálica ó en papel, títulos ó cupones falsos de la deuda pública, billetes de banco ú otros instrumentos de crédito público, de sellos, de timbres, cuños y marcas falsas de administraciones, del Estado ó públicas y la expendición, circulación ó uso fraudulento de cualquiera de los objetos mencionados.

6. Malversación de fondos públicos cometida por empleados públi- cos ó depositarios, defraudación realizada por personas á sueldo ó salario en perjuicio de aquel que lo tiene á su servicio, obtener dinero, valores ú otros bienes muebles por maquinaciones ó artificios, cuando estos delitos estén penados por las leyes de ambos paises y el valor de lo obtenido no sea menor de doscientos pesos en oro.

7. Fraude ó defraudación (ó el delito correspondiente definido ea el Código Penal de Cuba como defraudación) por un depositario, banquero, agente, factor ú otra persona que administre bienes 6 que proceda por encargo de otra ó director ó miembro ó funcionario de una compaSia, cuando las leyes de ambos paises declaren punible dicho acto y el valor de lo defraudado no sea menor de doscientos pesos.

lé. Rapto, secuestro de menores 6 adultos, entendiéndose por tal el hecho de apoderarse de una ó más personas, 6 de detenerlas para exigir de ellas ó de sus familias dinero por su rescate, ó para cualquier otro fin ilícito.

16. Obtener por medio de ameneas de hacer dafio, dinero, valores ú otra pi*opíedád mueble.

£1 presente protocolo será sometido á la aprobación del Senado de los Estados Unidos.

Hecho en la ciudad de Washington á los seis días de diciembre del año 1904.

John Hay. [seal.]

Gonzalo db Quesada. [sbal.]

CHILE.

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[Del '■ Diwlo Oflctal" de diciembre 29 de 1904.]

Artículo 1°. Se posterga el plazo fíjado por las leyes de 31 de julio de 1898 y de 31 de diciembre de 1901 para la conversión del papel fiscal, hasta el 1" de enero de 1910; pero si antes de esta fecha el término medio del cambio internacional hubiere sido durante seis meses

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de diecisiete cinco octAvos peniques, el Presidente de la Bepáblica dis- pondrá que la conversión se lleve & efecto dentro de los seis meses siguientes, siempre que hubiere los fondos necesarios para ello.

Abt. 2°. Auméntase en treinta millones de pesos la emisión de billetes fiscales de curso forzoso autorizada por la ley nômero 1,0M, de 31 de julio de 1898.

El Presidente de la Sepública emitirá quince millones dentro de los treinta días siguientes á la promulgación de la presente ley, y los quince millones restantes por mensualidades sucesivas de dos millones de pesos cada una, & contar desde el 1° de febrero de 1905.

Art. 3°. De los primeros quince millones, diez ingresarán en arcas fiscales como rentas generales de la nación.

lios cinco millones restantes, lo mismo que las emisiones mensuales establecidas por el artículo anterior, se invertirán en adquirir, i>or propuestas públicas, bonos de la Caja de Crédito Hipotecario, cuyo precio no exceda de la par.

Art. 4°. Los bonos hipotecarios que se adquieran en conformidad al artículo precedente, se agregarán & los que, por valor de seis millones novecientos noventa y ocho mil quinientos pesos, existen actualmente depositados en la Casa de Moneda, y todos ellos se mantendrán allí, retirados de la circulEicíón y preferentemente afectos al servicio de intereses y amortización de la deuda interna del Estado.

El exceso de los intereses de los bonos sobre las cantidades que exige el servicio de la deuda interna ingresará á rentas generales.

Ijas amortizaciones de bonos se destinarán al reemplazo de los mismos, adquiriéndose los nuevos en la forma prevenida por esta ley.

Abt. 6°. Constituyese, con los valores que se enumeran en seguida, un fondo de garantía y de conversión para la totalidad de la emisión fiscal.

(a) Veintidós millones novecientos siete mil quinientos trece pesos actualmente depositados en oro de dieciocho peniques en la Casa de Moneda;

(h) Catorce millones novecientos treinta y nueve mil cuarenta pesos en oro de dieciocho peniques, saldo existente en arcas nacionales de la venta de los acorazados Constitución y Libertad;

{c) El producto de la venta de terrenos salitrales y de terrenos magallánicos; y

{d) Finalmente, quinientos mil pesos ora de dieciocho peniques, que la Dirección del Tesoro entregará mensualmente á la Casa de Moneda, tomándolos de ks rentas de aduanas, á contar desde enero de 1905 y basta completar, con los demás valores enumerados en este artículo, la cantidad de ochenta millones de pesos, total de la emisión autorizada por esta ley.

Art. 6°. Los valores en oro ya existentes en el fondo de conversión y los que continúen acumulándose, serán trasladados á Europa 6 &

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los Estados Unidos de Norte América, á medida que estén disponibles, y depositados en bancos de primera clase á un interés que no baje del tres por ciento anual y á plazos fijos cuyos vencimientos no sean anteriores al 1" de enero de 1909.

Los intereues que produzcan estos depósitos se capitalizarán anual- mente y se incorporarán al fondo de conversión.

El Superintendente de ht Casa de Moneda hará publicar mensual- mente en el "Diario Oficial" un estado de los fondos de conversión.

Akt. 7°. En el primer semestre de 1909, ó antes si el Presidente decreta la conversión del papel fiscal en conformidad á esta ley, el Presidente de la República hará trasladar los fondos á Chile para su acuñación.

Art. 8°. Los fondos de conversión quedan afectos exclusivamente al pago de los billetes fiscales y no podrán destinarse á otro objeto sino en virtud de una ley especial de la República.

AuT. 9°. Se autorizan los gastos que origine esta ley, la cual comen- zará á regir desde su publicación en el "Diario Oficial."

Y por cuanto, oido el Consejo de Estado, be tenido á bien aprobarlo y sancionarlo; por tanto, promulgúese y llévese á efecto en todas sus partes como ley de la Bepáblicp. ^

Santiago, á veintinueve de diciembre de mil novecientos cuatro. Jebman Riesgo. Ernesto A. HIJbnbb.

REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA.

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Cablos F. Morales L., Presidente del Gobierno Provisional de la República, considerando que es de urgente necesidad dictar una ley que reglamente las condiciones en que deben explotarse las riquezas minerales contenidas en el subsuelo de la República, oído el parecer del Consejo de Secretarios de Hitado, decreto:

Articulo Único. Desde la publicación en el órgano oficial, regirá en todo el territorio do la República la Ley de Minas que se publica á continuación.

LEY sobre minas.

Capítulo \,—De lu prcjríndad de l-m ininas.

Artícuix)1°. Ninguna pcr^onaaunqueseael propietario de la super- ficie del terreno, podnl abrir y explotar minas, si no está provista de una autorización otorgada por el Gobierno.

Art. 3°. Las sustancias para la explotación de las cuates es indis- pensable, en cado caso, una conceííión de minas, son las siguientes:

I". Oro, platino, plata, mercurio, hierro (excepto los ocres y arcillas a)uTÍonales destinadas á la pintura), plomo, cobre, zinc, estaño, antimo-

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nio, níquel, cobalto, mangaDeso, bismuto y arsénico, sea que estad sus- tancias se encuentren en estado nativo 6 roifieralizado.

2", Piedras preciosas, sal de minas, resinas fóciles, asfalto, azufre y carbón de piedra.

Párrafo. Las sustancias que ' los propietarios del suelo pueden explotar libremente y sin necesidad de concesión especial, son las siguientes:

1°. Aceites j aguas minerales, piedras de construcción, arcillas de todas clases y arenas que no contengan los metales precitados.

2°. Ed general todas las otras sustancias no especificadas en los párrafos que preceden.

Abt. 3°. Esta autorización dá al concesionario la propiedad perpe- tua de la mina, salvo el caso de caducidad que establece la presente ley, y es, por consiguiente, transferible por donación 6 venta como los demás bienes; no pudiendo ser expropiado de ella sino en los casos y según las formas previstas por la Constitución j las leyes.

Akt. 4°. Las minas son inmuebles lo mismo que los edificios, máqui- nas, pozos, galerías y demás obras anexas á ellas, de conformidad al Código Civil.

Art. 5°. Sontambiéninmueblespordestinación: Los caballos, apare- jos y demás utensilios dedicados á la explotación de una mina.

Pïirrafo. Solamente se considerarán destinados á la explotación de una mina aquellos caballos que lo estén exclusivamente á los trabajos de ellas.

Art. 6°. Las materías extraídatí de la mina, las provisiones y demás objetos mobiliarios, son y se reputan muebles.

Capítulo II. — De las concesiones.

Art. 7°. Cualquiera persona, nacional 6 extranjera, tiene derecho á denunciar y obtener del Gobierno la autorización para explotar una ó más minas, llenando las formalidades que prevee est« capítulo.

Art. 8°. Para prospectar en terrenos ágenos ea preciso proveerse de un permiso especial expedido por el Ministerio de Fomento, que indi- que los límites dentro de los cuales pueda hacerse la prospección.

En el caso de que el dueiïo de ellos se niegue á tales investigaciones, el proapectador se dirijirá al gobernador de la provincia 6 distrito y este fijará la garantía que debe depositar aquel para cubrir todos los daños y perjuicios que puedan resultar á la propiedad. Esta garantía deberá determinarse por juicio de peritos prévio llamamiento de parte interesada.

Estos permisos serán copiados en un libro especial llevado por el secretario de la gobernación quien cobrará por la copia del permiso un derecho de dog pesos oro.

Ningún permiso será dado para exploraciones en edificios pri\'ados y sus dependencias.

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Art. 9°, Los propietarios de la superficie del terreno en que se halle una 6 más minas tiene preferencia & su explotación aún cuando haya sido denunciada por otra persona, siempre que ejerza ese derecho de conformidad á la presente ley.

El dueño del terreno que quiera Usar de este derecho lo significará al gobernador de la provincia y al denunciante en un plazo de dos meses de habérsele notificado la petición de concesión del denaucíante y reembolsará á este el costo de los trabajos preliminares, es decir: la prospección, los sondajes, pozos, análisis, y en general, todos los tra- bajos hechos ó practicados con el fin de determinar la extensión y la riqueza de la mina; más el 33i por ciento del valor de esta.

Estas sumas serán justipreciadas por los peritos nombrados por simple ordenanza dictada por el Presidente del Tribunal de Primen Instancia á requerimiento del denunciante.

Art. 10. La denuncia de una 6 más minas se hará por simple escrito dirijído al gobernador de la provincia ó distrito en que aquellas radi- quen, expresando en la solicitud haber descubierto utw mina en terreno de su propiedad, de la propiedad del Estado, del municipio ó de particulares; la clase de la mina, si es veta, depósito superficial 6 cantera; sus límites y las señales por las cuales se reconozca.

Se acompañará á la solicitud un plano del terreno que fijará com- pletamente su orientación y posición topográfica con indicación de los ríos y arroyos encerrados en el perímetro, nombre de sitio, sección, común y provincia, y en general de todos los datos que exije una exacta y rápida delimitación sobre el terreno. El plano indicará los puntos en donde se baya descubierto el mineral que se pretenda explotar y llevará al pie una nota que exprese la superficie aproximada de la concesión solicitada.

Junto con el plano el denunciante entregará ejemplares por dupli- cado de los minerales encontrados.

Art. 11. El (xobernador, tan luego reciba la solicitud, la hará regis- trar en un libro destinado al efecto, haciendoconstaren él, el nombre y apellido del denunciante, la fecha, día y hora de la presentación, de cuyo acto se dará certificación al interesado.

Art. 13. Dentro de los siete días de presentada la solicitud de que tratan los artículos anteriores, el Gobernador dispondrá que se fijen carteles 6 avisos por el término de treinta días en loa sitios de costum- bre, tanto de la cabecera de Provincia ó Distrito como de la común, cantón, ó sección en que se encuentre la mina denunciada, haciendo constar el nombre y apellido del solicitante, la clase de la mina que se denuncia, los límites y las señales de ella, el lugar en que se encuentre con expresión de la sección 6 cantón de la Provincia á que pertenezca, y si es en terreno ageno, y el nombre del dueño.

Este aviso se insertará por el mismo término de treinta días, en todos los periódicos diarios y semanales que se publiquen en la Provincia ó

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Distrito; y si no los hubiese, se insertaran en los de la Provincia más cercana.

ÃKT. 13. Si la superficie del terreno en que se halle la mina denun- ciada pertenece á particulares, se notificará & estos la denuncia, dentro de los quince días si^^entes á la fijación y publicación de los avisos, para que usen del derecho de preferencia que le acuerda el artículo 9". Esta notificación se hará á requerimiento del denunciante.

Art. 14. En el caso de que los terrenos sean comuneros ó cuyo derecho de propiedad sea dudoso, et Juez de Primera Instancia fijará como monto de la indemnización la cantidad que i'esulte del avalúo pericial. Los peritos serán nombrados, uno por el Juez, en represen- tación del legítimo dueño del terreno y otro por el denunciante.

Párrafo. En el caso de que los terrenos sean del Estado el denun- ciante lo notificará al Ministerio de Fomento sin necesidad de más formalidades.

Art. 15. 8i el terreno fuere comunero, y la denuncia hecha por uno de los copropietarios, no estará aquel obligado á notificar la denuncia á los demás condueños.

Abt. 16. En el caso de un filón metálico el propietario de la mina tiene, durante dos años y sobre una extención de dos kilómetros en cada extremo de su explotación, un derecho de prioridad en petición de concesión sobre los terrenos por donde pasa el mismo filón metálico que él explote.

Esta concesión adicional debe ser tomada en nombre del primer pro- pietario ó de su causababiente.

Art. 17. Las súplicas en concurrencia y las oposiciones, se presen- tarán á la Grobernación en que esté registrada la solicitud ó denuncia, y serán recibidas hasta el último día de los treinta que señala el artículo 12, contados desde la fecha del primer aviso. Estas súplicas y oposi- ciones se registrarán en el libro de que trata el artículo 11.

Las oposiciones se notificarán á las partes interesadas, y el rastro estará de manifiesto para cuantas personas quieran verlo.

Art. 18. Recibida que sea por el Gobernador una súplica en con- currencia Û oposición, este dispondrá que los partes ocurran á los tribunales ordinarios & discutir su derecho.

Art. Id. Al terminar los avisos y publicaciones, probado que se han llenado las formalidades requeridas por los artículos anteriores, si no se hubiese presentado oposición alguna, el Gobernador formará expediente con la solicitud y demás documentos, y lo elevará dentro de los siete días siguientes á la fecha del último aviso, al Ministerio de Fomento y Obras Públicas.

Art. 20. La concesión se dará por resolución del Poder Ejecutivoen virtud de las facultades que le concede la ley y publicada por el órgano oficial para su completa validez.

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Art. 21. Las mojonadurafi que correspondan á una concedíón minera deberán reunir las condiciona siguientes:

{a) Deben ser de construcción sólida; serán de un color y de una forma distinta de las niojonaduras vecinas.

Cada pnjpiedad las hará registrar en el Ministerio de Fomento quien verificará si no hay confusión posible con las existentes, y despachará el permiso correspondiente mediante un derecho fijo de diez pesos oro.

Serán conservadas en perfecto estado por el concesionario mientrait dure la eonceuion.

(Ò) Serán colocadas de tal manera y en tal número que de cada una se pueda ver á la que precede y á la que sigue.

Art. 22. Un duplicado de (oda mensur.i minera será depositado por el concesionario en los archivos del Ministerio de Fomento en los sesenta días después de practicada la operación, so pena de incurrir de pleno derecho en una multa de cincuenta peaos oro, mas un peso oro adicional p.>r cada día de atraso después de los sesenta días.

Art. 23. Las aguas y la fuerza hidráulica necesarias para el servicio de las minas, pueden ser tomadas en los ríos y arroyos vecinos sin per- juicio de derechos de tercero.

Art. 24. Los propietarios de las minas las explotarán 'de un modo racional y científico y de una manera que los productos deletéreos que resulten de! tratamiento del mineral, no causen perjuicios á terceros ni envenenen las aguas que sirven para la alimentación.

Art. 25. Los propietarios de minas tienen el derecho de construir para el uso exclusivo de bu empresa los caminos carreteros, más feraces, Û otros medios de transporte necesarios á la explotación de sus minas y así mismo podrán hacer uso de los ríos navegables.

Gozarán para la realización de estas obras de las declaraciones de utilidad pública y de los derechos que resulten de ella para la expropia- ción de los terrenos necesarios á las vías de comunicación.

Art. 26. Los concesionarios tienen el derecho de construir líneas telefónicas entre las minas y sus oficinas de las ciudades, para uso propio.

El Gobierno podrá hacer uso de ellas gratuitamente.

Art. 27. Los concesionarios emplearán lo^ obreros dominicanos de preferencia á los de otra nacionalidad,

En caso de escasez de obreros dominicanos le está prohibido al con- cesionario importarlos de raza africana ni asiática.

Capítulo III. — De los derechos de hs concesionarios de minas en ter- reno de particulares y de colindttníes.

Aht. 28. £1 concesionario de una mina tiene derecho de ocupar una superficie en derredor suñciente á la explotación de la mina, así como para la fábrica de casaí<, enramadas, talleres, molinos y demás edificios.

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cercado», zanja», caminos û otros vías de comunicación indispensables á la conducción de los materiales y productos de las minas.

Este derecho no podrá ser jamás considerado como un acto de expro- piación, ni servirá tampoco para cultivo de la tierra ni para pastar los anímales.

Art. 29. En los casos previstos en el artículo anterior, el concesio- nario indemnizará al ó á los proprietários del terreno ocupado y les indemnizará las daños y perjuicios que por ese respecto les ocasionare. La indemnización del terreno y resarcimiento de daños y perjuicios será de una suma igual al doble del valor que tenía uno ú otro antes de la apertura de la mina.

Art. 30. El avalúo del terreno, ó el de los daños y perjuicios de que tratan los artículos anteriores, se hará por las partes interesadas. Si no hubiere avenimiento entre estas, arreglarán sus diferencias en la forma prescrita por las leyes.

Abt. 31. Al hacerse abandono de una mina, ya por haberse terminado la explotación, ya por caducidad, el propietario del terreno ocupado para cualquiera de los casos de que trata este capítulo, entra en el goce y posesión del mismo, sin tener que devolver la indemnización recibida.

Abt. 32. Las ^uas que se extraigan hasta la superfície en virtud de los trabajos subterráneos de las minas, pertenecen á los dueños de estas y deberán observarse las prescripciones de las leyes comunes en cuanto á los derechos de los propietarios de los terrenos por donde se dé curso ¿ las mismas aguas.

Abt. 33. Las propiedades minei'as y las comunes que con aquellas colinden gozarán y sufrirán en su caso las servidumbres legales de paso, acueducto, desagüe y ventilación, sujetándose el Tribunal, para la imposición de ellas, y para las correspondientes indemnizaciones, á las siguientes reglas:

Párrafo 1". La servidumbre legal de desagüe consiste, tanto en la obligación que tiene el dueño de una pertenencia de indemnizar al pro- pietario de otra por los daño» y perjuicios que le ocasione con no man- tener el desagüe de las labore» subterráneas, ó no mantenerle en lo que sea necesario, y afluir por ésto el agua de unas á otras, cuanto en la obligación que tienen todas los dueños de pertenencias de permitir que por ellas pasen los socavones 6 contraminas, cuyo fin exclusivo y nece- sario sea el desagüe de una 6 varias labores.

Párrafo 2°. Los socavones ó desagües sólo podrán emprenderse por el dueño ó dueños de pertenencias para quienes el sacavón sea de necesidad absoluta.

Párrafo 3". En el caso previsto por el párrafo anterior, todos los dueños de pertenencias beneficiadas con el desagüe conseguido por medio del socavón ó contramina, quedan obligados á indemnización en proporción al beneficio recibido atenta la naturaleza y según el estado de cada mina.

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Párrafo 4°. El metal costease que se hallare al labrar el socavón, si se encuentra en pertenencias lealmente concedidas, es propiedad del dueño de estas; y si se halla en terreno libre, se repartirá entre loe dueños de todas las pertenencias beneficiadas con el socavón, con la proporcionalidad establecida en el párrafo 3°.

Párrafo 5°. Si por descubrirse una 6 má^ vetas en terreno libre al emprender un socavón de desagüe se solicitare la concesión de las respectivas pertenencias ó demasías, se aplicarán los preceptos de los artículos 10, 11, 12 j 13 de esta Ley, considerándose á los empresarios del socavón como exploradores para los efectos de la parte final del artículo.

Párrafo 6°. Sólo en virtud de pacto expreso podrán ser considerados como empresarios del socavón de desale personas distintas de las que, conforme á ellas, resulten beneficiadas con el socavón.

Párrafo 7°. Los dueüos de pertenencias atravesadas por el socavón de desagQe podrán, mientras el socavón se est^ labrando dentro de su ó sus respectivas pertenencias, poner interventor de su confianza, cuyas funciones se limiten á vigilar la obra, y á dar parte á la autoridad correspondiente de cualquier abuso que se observare.

Párrafo S°. En los puntos de los socavones de desagüe, que por cual- quier motivo se comuniquen con labores mineras, se colocarán i-ejas que impidan el tránsito ó paso tan pronto como se realice la comuni- cación.

Párrafo 9°. Sólo en virtud de consentimiento unánime expresado en escritura pública por los interesados en un socavón de desque, conforme al párrafo 3°, podrá destinarse el socavón á fines distintos del de desaguar, en cuyo caso se estipularán en el pacto, bajo pena de nulidad, todos los particulares referentes á paso ó tránsito indicados en el párrafo 8°.

Párrafo 10. l^as minas que se abrieren en puntos donde puedan ser beneficiadas por medio de un socavón general de^ desagüe ya existente, quedarán sujetas á lo prevenido en los párrafos 3°, 6°, 7°, 8° y 9' de este artículo.

Párrafo 11. La servidumbre legal de ventilación consiste en la obligación que tiene todo dueño de pertenencias de permitir que se comuniquen con sus labores anteriores de propietarios de pertenencias colindantes á quienes la comunicación produzca, como resultado nece- sario, la ventilación que no podrá alcanzarse de otra manera sino á costa de grandes gastos.

Párrafo 12. Salvo pacto expreso en contrario elevado á escritura pública por los dueños del predio dominante y del sirviente, siempre se colocarán rejas que impidan el ti'ánsito en el lindero de los predios respectivos.

Párrafo 13. Cuando una comunicación distinta de la prevista en el inciso 11, ventile de lucha una ó más labores, ni ese servicio de ventí-

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laciÓD dnrá derecho al minero que obtuvo Ia comunicacióu para exijir indemnización de loa propietarios de las otras labores ventiladas, ni éstos, á su vez, adquirirán servidumbre legal con gravamen del predio minero que proporciona la ventilación.

Párrafo 14. Si en la labor abierta, para los efectos del párrafo 11, se encontrare metal costeable, se observarán los preceptos de los párra- fos 4°, 5° y 7°.

Párrafo 15. Todos los gastos que ocasione la labor que haya de abrirse para conseguir la ventilación y los de la conservación posterior de tales obras son á cargo exclusivo del que haya solicitado la consti- tución de la servidumbre.

Párrafo 16. Para la imposición de una servidumbre legal en provecho de un fondo minero ó gravamen de otros se requiere: ó aquiescencia del dueño del predio sirviente expresada bien en escritura pública, bien en declaración firmada y ratificada ante la Gobernación ó ante la Secretarla de Fomento y Obras Públicas, ó resolución adminintrativa consentida por los interesados, ó sentencia judicial.

Párrafo 17. El dueño de pertenencias que estime que en su favor deba constituirse una servidumbre legal, que no logre la aquiescencia del que entiende que debe prestar tal servidumbre, ocurrirá á los respectivos Tribunales.

Capítulo IV. — Derechos que d^en satisfacer los propieta/rios de minas,

Abt. 34. 1.a explotación de las minas no se considerará acto de comercio y por lo tanto no estará sujeta al derecho de patente y sus productos mineros pairan derechos de exportación.

Aht. 35. Todo propietario de minas pagará como única contribución al Tesoro Público una suma anual de diez pesos oro por cada cien tareas de superficie en el caso de que la mina sea de oro, plata, platino y piedras preciosas, y de cinco pesos por igual superficie en «1 caso de que la mina sea de cualquiera otra sustancia.

Párrafo. Si hubiere concurrencia de minerales, la materia que se explote como principal fijará la tasa.

Art. 36. Esta tasa se pagará en la Administración de Hacienda, de la Provincia de la mina semestralmente por mitades adelantadas.

Párrafo. L.a ocultación del número de tareas concedidas y las denun- cias de que sin título legal haga uso un concesionario se castigarán por primera vez con el doble de lo que importe el impuesto anual corres- pondiente á todo el tiempo que hubiere dejado de pagarse.

Abt. 37. Este tasa principiará á cobrarse si los caminos existentes permiten la fácil circulación de los vehículos que transporten las máqui- nas hasta la región minera. £n el caso de que do sea así la aplicación de la tasa será diferida por un año.

Art. 38. En el caso de que el propietario de una mina desee aban- donar una parte de ella, lo notificará con tres meses de antelación al

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Ministerio de Fomento, quien te dará entooceâ descargo de la tasa ya mencionada.

Una vez abandonada una parte de una mina, puede ser inmediata- mente objeto de una nueva denuncia y concesión.

ART. 89. El Ministro de Fomento puede exigir en los tres meses de la fecha de la concesión el depósito, en urr establecimiento de crédito, de una suma que no pasará de guinúntoe peaoe oro por concesión.

Párrafo. Esta suma será devuelta al concesionario:

1°. En el coso de que los trabajos de prospección subterránea prueben la inexplotabilídad por pobreza de la mina.

2°. En el caso de minas de filón, tan pronto como el interventor de la aduana por donde se reciban las primeras máquinas por un valor que no debe bajar de mil pesos oro.

Z". En el caso de explotación hidráulica de arenas metalíferas, tan pronto como el gobernador de la provincia certifique que la construc- ción de los primeros cien metros de canal ó tubería de derivación ha sido terminada.

Art. 40. El concesionario que dejase de pagar un semestre de la tasa á que se refiere el artículo Z& perderá todos los derechos que se le hubieren concedido y cualquiera persona podrá nuevamente denunciar la mina.

Capítulo V. — D^ísposicionea genérales.

Art. 41. Estarán libres de derechos de importación: Las máquinas, herramientas y útiles necesarios para la apertura y explotación de minas; los vehículos y demás objetos propios para el transporte de los productos minerales; el hierro, herramientas y útiles necesarios des- tinados á la construcción de ferrocarriles para las minas.

Art. 42. Todo concesionario tendrá su domicilio legal en el país y en caso de ausencia tendrá un apoderado en é\.

Art. 43. Toda sociedad que explote una mina puede tomar la forma de una compañía anónima con los privilegios que el Código de Comercio le concede.

En este caso será obligatoria en el país la residencia de un adminis- trador delegado.

Capítulo VI. — Dicposicùmen tranñtoj-ias.

Art. 44. Las peticiones de concesión pendientes que resulten de prospecciones hecba.-j en virtud de una autorización del Gobierno Pro- visional, con anterioridad á esta ley y que por circunstancias especiales no hayan podido someterse á las gobernaciones de provincias podrán ser sometidas directamente al Ministerio de Fomento.

Art. i^. En el caso de que los terrenos en que se baile situada la mina sean de propiedad privada y no pertenezcan al denunciante las concesiones serán dadas de una manera condicional.

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Párrafo 1°. Las publicaciones á que se refiere el artículo 12 serán hechas á expensas del denunciante.

Párrafo 2°. Terminadas las publicaciones si no se hubieren presen- tado súplicas en concurrencia ú oposición, el gobernador de la pro- vincia cerrará el expediente y declarará definitiva la concesión, librando el correspondiente certificado. Si se presentaren súplicas en concu- rrencia ú oposición, el Gobernador seguirá la vía que seSalan los artículos 17 y 18.

Art. 46. En caso de que la mina se encuentre en terreno de la pro- piedad del denunciante, en comunero ó del Estado, las concesiones podrán otorgarse definitivamente.

Art. 47. La presente ley deroga toda otra y cualquiera disposición que le sea contraria.

Dada en el Palacio Nacional de Santo Domingo, Capital de la República, á los 26 días del mes de mayo de 1904; año 61° de la Inde- pendencia y 41° de la Restauración.

MOBALEB L.

Refrendada:

El Ministro de Fomento y Obras Públicas, interino,

Juan Foo. Sanchsz.

ECUADOR.

HODIFIOAOIONES DBL ABAHOKL.

I. — Decreto de 30 as x^í-emòre de 1904., reformatido la tey de aduanas. ['■IU«lnro OBctal " de W de septiembre de tOM, n*. 900.]

Artículo 1°. Suprímase el artículo 111 de la ley de aduanas; j á la enumeración que se hace en el artículo 110, agregúese: "Paja toquilla $1; paja mocora^.2d."

Art. 2°. Establéese un impuesto adicional de |0.25 en cada kilo- gramo de paja toquilla que se exporte.

Art. 3°. En el inciso 2° del artículo 115, agregúese la palabra " raspaduras," entre las excepciones.

Art. 4°. El presente decreto regirá desde el 1° de octubre del año actual.

II. — I^ de 3J di! octtibre de 1904, reformatoria dela ley de aduanas.

, ["KeglstroOflcIal" deSl de octubre de lW4,n-.in«.]

Artículo 1°. En el artículo 2°, después de " Esmeraldas," póngase " Vargas Torres," y suprímase de la segunda part« " Manglar Alto" y "Vargas Torres," Bull. No. 3—06 1

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ART. 3°. En la enumerfición constante en el artículo i", póngaae " Vargas Torres."

Art. 3' á 6°.— • • •

Art. T. Al número 11 del artículo 56, agregúese:

" Si el Gobierno resolviere su venta en la provincia de Iioja, quedará insubsistente, mientras exista el estanco, lo dispuesto en el inciso 3° del número ¿"delartículoS?;" yen el lugar correspondiente del mismo artículo 56, agregúese "guías y fulminantes para minas."

Akt 8". Al inciso 5" del artículo 57, agregúese: "ácido clorhídrico, ácido fénico, telescopios, barómetros, brújulas, crisoles, creolina y creosina, amianto 6 asbesto, cloruro de cal, ácido nítrico, azufre subli- mado, vacuna animal, sueros antipestosos, sulfato de cobre, bórax, óxidos metálicos para cerámica, cemento romano, fierro en varillas y ácido sulfúrico," j después de "armazones" póngase: "y picEsa metálicas para la construcción de edificios," debiendo suprimirse todos estos artículos de las clases respectivas.

Art. 9°. Eu el artículo 60, agregúese: "aceite de algodón crudo y aceite de higuerillas, para la fabrío^ción de jabón y velas;" "fierro 6 acero en barras, en lingotes, el de forma angular, y el de la llamada T," debiendo suprimirse estos artículos de la enumeración constante en el artículo 61, clase cuarta.

En el mismo artículo 60, en vez de "loza ordinaria" póngase: " bacinicas, bandejas, platos, platones y tazas de loza ordinaria."

Art. 10. £n el artículo62, después de "sémola," agregúese: "para la fabricación de fideos, y crudo ó cáñamo para sacos."

Art. 11. En el artículo 64, agregúese: "sémola para la fabricación de pan, y botones de tagua" y suprímase: " manteca de puerco."

En el mismo artículo 64, suprímase: "objetos de vidrio ó cristal ordinario," y agregúese: " copas, copitas, vasitoa óvasos de toda forma, de vidrio ordinario, cafete'ras, lecheras, azucareras, teteras, jarras, ja- rrítos, soperas, mantequilleras, y demás artículos de loza ordinaria, no mencionados expresamente; ollas de fierro ó acero, platos v tazas blancas de porcelana, de cualquier tamaño ó forma, platos y tazas de loza fina, de cualquier tamaSo ó forma."

Art. 12. En el artículo 65, agregúese: "mantecado puerco."

La manteca compuesta pagará dobles derechos.

En el indicado artículo 65, suprímase: " cristalería ordinaria cortada ó decorada; muebles de toda clase, armados ó desarmados, cualquiera que sea la materia de que estén construidos y el forro que los cubra;" y agi'éguese: "artícujos de loza fina, no mencionados expresamente; roperos, cómodas, aparadores, lavatorios, escritorios, mesas, estantes para libros y veladores de madera ordinaria y sin adornos; sillas, sillones y demás muebles de bejuco ó imitaciones, sin decoraciones ni adornos."

Abt. 13. En el artículo 66, suprímase: " telas de cá&amo y fósforos."

En el indicado artículo 66, suprímase: " cristalería fina de toda clase "

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y &grêgue86: ^'muebles de bejuco ó imitación, con adornos; roperos, cómodas, aparadores, lavatorios, escritorios, mesas, estantes para libros y veladores de madera ñna, como caoba, cedro, nogal y otras semejan- tes, enchapados, tallados ó adornados."

En el mismo articulo 66, agregúese: " cueros preparados para calzado Û otros usos."

Art. 14. Kn el artículo 67, después de 'Morados y plateados," agregúese: *'y de tagua," suprimiéndose las palabras "y de los broches para camisa;" agregúese: ^'telas de cáflamo;" y suprímase: "pisco."

En el mencionado artículo (i7, suprímase: "mesitas de fantasía ó para adornos de salón" y agregúese : "artículos de porcelana no men- cionados expresamente, jarabes- medicinales y específicos, muebles en general, tapizados ó forrados en cualquier género de seda, lana ó pieles; vasos y copas en general de crietal fino."

En el propio artículo 67, suprímase: "facturas y otros documentos impresos, grabados y litografiados."

En el mismoartículo 67, suprímase: " cueros preparados para calzado Ú otros usos."

Aht: 16. En el artículo 68, agregúese: "pisco."

En el propio artículo 68, suprímase: "tarjetas impresas 6 litogra- fiadas para bautismo, felicitación, y, en general, todas las que no sean llanas ó en blanco."

En el mismo artículo 68, agregúese: "artículos de cristal fino no mencionados expresamente; muebles de madera, dorados ó con incrus- taciones de cualquier clase, ó con aplicaciones de metal."

Art. 16. En el artículo 69, pregúese: "broches y botones de toda clase para camisa."

En el mismo artículo 69, suprímase: " calzado de toda clase, & excep- ción del de caucho."

Abt. 17. En el artículo 70, agregúese: "facturas y otros documen- tos impresos, grabados y litografiados; tarjetas impresas 6 litogra- fiadas para bautismo, felicitación, y, en general, todas hts que no sean llanas ó en blanco."

Art. 18. En el artículo 71, agregúese: "calzado de toda clase, á excepción del de caucho."

Abt. 19. Suprímase la parte final del artículo 78, debiendo termi- nar en la palabra "buques."

Abt. 20. En la parte final del artículo 85, agregúese: "Los comer- ciantes tienen derecho & sanear, en los depósitos fiscales, las merca- derías que están sujetas & roturas, derrames, mermas ó averías de cualquiera naturaleza, í fin de pagar tos derechos correspondientes tan sólo por la que resultare en buenas condiciones."

Abt. 21. El artículo 87 dirá: " Los Cónsules ecuatorianos cobrarán en estampillas fiscales los siguientes derechos:

"Por certificación de facturas, hasta el valor de $100, un quinto tie condor, ó sea $2.

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"Por la certificación de facturtui cuyo valor exceda de ti 00, se cobrará el 2 por ciento sohre dicho valor.

" Por derechoM de sobordo, se cobi-ará el 20 por ciento sobre el valor (le los que hubiesen correspondido por la certificación de la factura consulai'.

" El Ministro de Hacienda dispondrá, conforme á la ley, del producto de los emolumentos consulares que formarán part« de los ingresos nacionales.

" Fuera de los derechos á que se refiere el presente artículo, los Cón- sules no podrán exigir otro, á ningún título, ni obligar á los comi- sionistas á la compra de formularios.

"Toda infracción á este respecto será castigada con la inmediata destitución del empleado, sin perjuicio de la responsabilidad criminal á (jue hubiere lugar."

Art, 22. Al final del artículo 88, aíládase el siguiente inciso:

"Los Cónsules que contravinieren á lo dispuesto en el inciso ante- rior, serán castigados con la destitución de su empleo, y condenados al pago de una multa igual á los derechos defraudados al Fisco.'*

Art. 23. Ïjos incisos 2° y 3" del artículo 93 sustituyanse con los sij^ientes: "Si el importador no la hubiere recibido tampoco, y pre- fiere esperarla para la presentación de sus manifiestos, el administra- dor le exigirá que solicite, por estTito, prórroga para su presentación, en un plazo de 120 días para las mercaderías procedentes de Europa y América del Norte, y de 90 para los puertos de la America del Sur, pasados los cuales términos, se obligará al interesado al despacho inmediato de los bultos, los que piarán sus derechos con un recargo de líX) por ciento. Si el comerciante no pidiese el despacho dentro de los ocho días después de notificado, quedará la mercadería á beneficio del Fisco, y se procederá al remate con las formalidades de estilo.

" Si el importador quisiere presentar manifiesto dentro del término señalado por la ley, comprometiéndose k presentar la factura consular en el término que señala este artículo, la concederán los administra- dores de las aduanas; pero en la solicitud respectiva, se hará constar que, si vencido el plazo citado no se llena el requisito, se pagarán dobles derechos, 6 se (redera en beneficio del Fisco la mercancía.

"Si en este intervalo, el interesado quisiese despachar sus efectos, se le concederá el permiso pagando los derechos correspondientes, con un aumento de 100 por ciento para responder, en caso de que no llegue en tiempo la factura consular. Este recargo lo devolverá el colector, tan pronto como el interesado haya entregado la factura consular correspondiente.*'

Art, 24. Del óltiino inciso del artículo HO suprímase la palabra ^' tagua," y en la parte final del mismo artículo póngase este inciso: " El medio centavo en cada kilogramo sobre exportación que grava la

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tagua, se destina al servicio de intereses y amortización de los bonos del Ferrocarril Trasandino."

A la enumeración que se hace en el primer inciso del mismo artículo, agregúese: "Pajas toquillay mocera, un sucre."

Akt. 25. íSuprímaseel artículo 111.

Abt. 26. Al final del artículo 112, agregúese: "Y en Callo y Macha- lilla, á la Municipalidad de Jipijapa, para obras públicas."

En el mismo articulo 112, agregúese este inciso:

'* El medio centavo sobre exportación que se recaude en la Aduana de Balleníta, corresponderá á la Municipalidad de Santa Elena."

En el propio artículo 112, después de la palabra "Esmeraldas" pón- ganse las siguientes: "Vargas Torres."

Abt. 27. Al inciso 2° del artículo 114, agregúense las palabras siguientes: " Con excepción de lo que se cobrare en Puerto Bolívar, que será entregado por el colector de la aduana de este puerto al tesorero de la Sociedad de Benefir«ncia de Señoras de Máchala."

Art. 28. Del artículo 115, inciso 2°. suprímase las palabra^^ " tagua" y "vegetal" y agregúese al mismo: "Pajas toquilla y mocora."

En el inciso 5° del propio artículo 115, suprímase la palabra "tagua" y en su lugar póngase: "Pajas toquilla y mocora."

Al fin del mismo artículo, después de las palabras "' sobre piso," añádase: " Ekte último impuesto ingresará á las cajas fiscales desde el 1° de enero del año de 1908, por estar destinado, según decreto legis- lativo de 19 de octubre de 1904 desde el año 1905 hasta entonces, á la obra de la reparación de la vía *' Flores."

Akt. 29. En el artículo 116, y en el inciso que empieza: "Cada kilo de peso bruto de gin, coñac, etc.," póngase el impuesto de 20 cen- tavos, en lugar de 15 con que hoy están gravados, y suprímase el inciso siguiente del mismo artículo, que se refiere al pisco, por considerársele incluido en el anterior.

Art. 30. En el artículo 167, el inciso dnal dirá: " Vinos y licores en envases de madera."

Art, 31. Ai artículo 187, agregúese este inciso: "Facúltase, asi- mismo, para que, de acuerdo con el Consejo de Estado, suspenda en todo ó en parte los impuestos adicionales que gravan la tagua, sí el precio de compra de este artículo bajase considerablemente, ó si su exportación disminuyere de tal modo que el impuesto resulte ineficaz."

Art. 32. El Ministro de Hacienda codificará la ley de aduanas, con las reformas dictadas en la presente Legislatura, y cuidará de enmendar las citas que estuvieren mal hechas.

Art. 33. Las reformas precedentes se observarán desde el 1° de enero de 1905, excepto en lo relativo á los impuestos á las pajas mocora y toquilla, y á la tagua, para los cuales regirá desde el 1° del mes de noviembre próximo.

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Art. 34:. Facúltase al Poder Ejecutivo para que, en caso de notable dUminucíón en la renta de importación de las aduanad, otorgue & los ímportudores la facultad de firmar pagarés & seis meses plazo, por los derechoií de introducción; debiendo en este caso agriar al valor de los impuestos el de los intereses descontables que cobren los bancos.

Aet. 35.— • • •

ESTADOS UNIDOS.

OOHSaOXO OON LA AMÍB10Ã. LATDTA.

IMPORTACIONES T EXPORTACIONES.

En la página 628 aparece la última relación del comercio entre los Estados Unidos y la América latina, tomada de la compilación hecha por la Oficina de Estadística del Departamento de Comercio y Trabajo de tos Estados Unidos. Estos datos se refieren al valor del comercio arriba mencionado. La estadística corresponde al mes de enero de 1905, comparada con la del mes correspondiente del año anteñor, y también comprende tos datos referentes á los siete meses que termina- ron en enero de 1906 comparados con igual período de 1904. Debe explicarse que las estadísticas de las importaciones j exportaciones de las diversas aduanas referentes á un mes cualquiera no se reciben en el Departamento de Hacienda hasta el 20 del mes siguiente, necesitán- dose algún tiempo para su compilación ê impresión; de suerte que los datos estadísticos correspondientes al mes de enero, por ejemplo, do se publican hasta marzo.

ATTKBNTO BN LA EZPOBTAOIÚN SX KANUTAOTUBAS.

La exportación de artículos manufacturados excedió en 1904 de $500,000,000 por primera vez en la historia de este país. Clasificados en grupos y comparados con 1903, son:

WagoiiM 7 caiTiuJes

P>p«I 7 soa manufacturai

otra mrtlcDloa maDafacturadaí . ■

IM.a8e,697 tus.us.su

12.111. €W 10, 104. 0» 7.nS,flSS KI.UM»

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HONDURAS.

KBSinEBN FOR AJtVAXAB T FAÍBXB DX FBOOXDEITOU. DE LA nCFORTAOIÕir GEITBBAI. HABIDA XS LA BBPÜBLICA, DUKANTB EL Airo EOONCÏMICO DE 1908 Á 1904.

			[De	L«0«i»l«	d««	n«o	4 do 1905.1
	'"•*•	Puerto Cort*..
	BulUw.	UedkM kilo-	Valor decUradoMbro tacm™.		kllo- gramoi.	V»loraeclaf.d<.»i>-
	En pLU,	Eooro.		En oro.	EnpUla.
btftdoannldn*	S9.686	OS i M SO 40 120 "'i	KM, 263.00 16¿DM.1S 161. «59. 60 H^ 680. 70 4:m35 1,B1S.W 430.70 22,877.14		118,068 4,685 Ï27	10,736.762 1687,966.73 17,979 3,140.62
	SIS J es i
	r20.00
	í;ÍÍ
		i,üo.ii 400.00
	1,119	77.761	731.20	18,147.08
^'^::;:::	2.»a».oo
		3.878	897,928 1 53,804.24
Toul	7S,«»«j 8,086,070 IMS, «86. 07	129,982.40	128,464 11,B98.SS4| 790,466.34	8,147,06
	TrnjUlo.	L«Celb«.
	1 Medio* Bult». kllo- 1 gnmos.	. iBclun.	■»,»	Hedloa goii^	Valor
	Eooro.	Eo pl.U.	en oíd.
	I6,m 1 1,86S,(»»	167.782.68		"■ÎS		•^S:ë
	1.761	86,0e2	^47S.20
	IDZ	S.103	Ï2B.00	tBXI.fa
	1,029	«1,M0		9, an. 00
	4,567	■■■m:m ■ »;»:«		S,S39 4Õ6,M6
ToMl	31,30(1	i,M3,«so| m,ain.M	10.412.00	IOS, 1*9 I 6,187,421	361.821.84

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		RwUn		BiiIUh.	Total.
Procedenclaa.	Bultos.	Medios gramoa.	en oro.	Medios gramos.	tacluí».
	En oro.	EnpUla.
	6.576	828.072	KO, 132.9»	274,08» 6,296 88 1 SO i ¿^ 19,728	21.811, 826 '11 'íiS II !:| - 32.868 171, 2« 1,1T7|««3 1,846.886	«,M8,817.29 214; 216! 91 !;S:Í5 430.70 íK.oa
				270.00
				i.ééó.ii 1, 1S2. 20
				2,939.0o
	4,8M	283,188	19,810.60	H4.T9&.ÓS
Tol»l	10,290	M1.7M	40,043.49	340.829	27,387,216	2.182.243.78	148,M1-W

BBSmCBN DB LA BZPOBTAOltfV HABIDA BN X.A BBPTTBUOA, DUBANTE BL ASO ECOITÚKiaO SB 1803 Á 1904.

	product			Cantidad.	™.,.
neralee;				23, «83 7,908 8, MU 1.190 288,842
	2.289.01)
SjítaSiü¿i:".::::

	''2Í 7,292;B74 28 M,8ie m 492 22,920 116,010 1.021,600 104. IW	623.20
	234.332.44
	llb«"
		62.488.»
Madera de caoba Madera de cedro	:::;:::::;::::;::;:::;:::ffi::::	11. 077, «2 2.292.00 fes
	89, 294- O
		2,739.691.97
"«""«a.»»,.	27S 888,912	60 00
		iX
Ganado caballar

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			CanUdBd.	V«lot.
■*"'G«.'.rfÎi""Jêrtî:.	;;:;:::;::;"^::		*'-^n
^^ÍIZ^"			"'SÎ1S
		w -
	îî lï.™ 4.eiB	10 00
agurersi de Junco Luœ de mercal...
¿biüiüi;:.;:;.'.".;.;;.".";.".".;.;.".	lib™..
			8.»7,»1
		20,M8.M
		libre..
	2. «8	18,250.00
		8,822,818.06

Retumen por paiiet de dtttitío.

Fall.	Valor.	1*1.	vaio,.
	IS,1<H,0M.T1 gslsn^oo 51, OS!. 00
		126,863.70 86,485.00
	Total '

EBPXOIFIOAOltfN DB LOB BOBXB08 HABIDOS BN I-AS OFICINAS DB HAOXBUSA. DB LA BBPTtBUCA, DTTSANTB EL 4° TBUCBSTBB DBL Afio BOONtfUOO DE' 1908 A 1904.

Nombre de lu cuenta*.	^d^^?	Amapala.	Cort*«.	Trajino.	I. ceiba.
Renia Aduanera:		«0.197.10	'111:46	•4.686. SO
	117,813.00
	1,585.8»	93,1»	«02.98	6Í2.21
			382.87	401.41
	10,™.»
		874:611	20.18 144. M
	564.7*
	101.78 »,266.M 6,31*0.00 éZ.S
pX^uüT
			'■Il	630 00
	1,703. « 10,082.82
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540 OFIOINA INTEBHAOIONAL DE LAB BEFÓBLI0A8 AHEBIOANAB.

Nombre da lu cneDtu.	Oeneni.	AmapaU.	Puerto CotUo.	TnilUlo.	La Ceiba.
'"'e¿,„	nS,7M.Íl •¿^•¿ 236,9». ce ílffiü ¿sss S.54Í.S7 h:870.87 1,910.00 ■!«£ l:r.:S '¿.S.S	18(1.00 SO.W ■•■Sí		"S:!!
'-SS.	-■"¿S
Keltcloiiee Biteriorai:
™^ss^	8M.0O SS.00	«(4.00 88.00 Ti!!	1,882.87	1060 00
^""^^0,
InMnieclân Pública:
			608.00 'SIM '■is
		730.00 480.00 1,782.10 8,677.80 1,»4.S7	1,860.00 «8.00
	8,174.70
	8.880.76
	Í.9Í8.77
	1.030.00
		3.438.11
	•^1?S
			2,243.00
	47S.1>
				H8H.M
	K. 706. 04 &.W0.28 amo?
Camblot
Suman los EgreÉ»	nw.iis.»o	1190.448.21	«n, 0*0.26	102,610.81
'■'^■?3!-S	ÎM.44Î.Î1	223.763.20 SJ,Í96.7B	62,488.21 ^691. »1	128, 68». 98
	1,Z!8,I77.!S	212,442.41	268,16». W	SO. 08». IB	146. 486. 8Ï
Nombre do iMcuantM.	RofttiD.	WÏ-	Conaira-	EiPuaiM.	ChOlQteco.
Reñís Aduanen:	•488.66	!
	(7. 776. 41 t4.4n.n B,6«».42 1,6117.81	«S	fS»
	5S.8ã
RentaTuw»:
	W7.ai
RoDteiiePftlTom:
	tí'to	w.m	40. »!	e7.M

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Nombra de Iwcueoua.	R«Ián.	as-	*^r«- |e,p,„i„.	Uboluleca.
	1101. ÍO	PÍÍ.9Í	1178. M (200.75	1159.08
!§Sî5li5:2:7'"*'"
-s¿?" ::; ::
*"Î3Ï:	«6.(10 SBLM	sss.oo LOSIÍM AW.OO	801.87 Kteioo W-OO	1Î
	ÍÍO.» 10.00 '168Í71	2.6«).aO 78.00 1,U0.00 28Í.ÍS
	«0.00 7*1.00 312.00	00.00 «O.0O
^^^î,
•^'^u'ïïîa^î^nr':
TMnenbi:
^=«ir		••ffiS		1.431.00 ■S:S
	1S&.00
lutraccUn Pública:
	«8.7Î S73.7S JS:ü 1,TM.D«	42Í.88 1,TIW.W »,M2.t6		1.SM.50	3,811.W
	1,02». M 162.90
Habere* de Iioh	"■^^
CaeDtu Espêclalea;
	an.»			518.(6
		178.00
	a,»2i.07		S.7S2.6Ï	8,612.25 1 H, 501. 21
	1I,18&.B 1.»	■'!:ffi:ÍS	20,577.81 i;ao8.n	^^■'^iÍSi*''^:^!
		110.182.70	17,705.00

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Nonibn- de la» cuenlM.	Valle.	La Pu.	Olancho.	£S^.	YOTO.
»„.......»:			1
	ítss	^:S:5,	*!;SS:g!	Hm-TO
SenlB <le Licores
RenüidaPoí™™;
	SS	,!g:SS	=SS!	,ss
	142.441
■"aas"'":
	»t„	MO. 00 sa 00 «as. as	636. «7 36.00 «g«L36	481.60 33.00 878.86 «0.00
	813.00	i,on.s8 so. 00	e««.M 48.00 as	2,4ÓÍ'ÕÕ
	30.00
	MS. 00
""sSî.
"■'&&	106.00	1,««.00 106,00	1,608.00 127.00 Si'm	26.60
*^°T*Íã
Intilruvciaii Pública: I
			2. SOT. 00
	720.00 M.M)	430.00 i.fiosiso sa. 00	3,212.83 oaiifio 1,866.20 ra4,w<
	932. 7S
Pensiones 1
	02.00	6.00	66.00
		ÏS8.00
Jurt»dlccií.ii de Fomentode L« rtlb*

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Nombre d« IBB cnentas. V&lte.	u^	Olancho	1 Banta 1 Bárbara,	' Yero.
CuenWu&peclales-ConMnila. j
	»,-m.M ts.6ca.li	15,676.84 1 tê.'Í4S.'87 ' ÍÍ,a¿é.M
	17,296.22 16, 478. let 1,827. 1« 38,001	24,608.021 26,198.86 15,476.68 466.02) 7,141.9»; Î96.22
	lí,126.87) ie.51í.46J	25,069.041 33,340.79 16,471.80
	Gnclu.	IntlbDcá, Copán. Cones.	Total.
SeitU Aduanen:		'	«'KS
			£;SS M,M9.ai
	ti, 022. W	tÍ,BZ7,M; tÍ,á7S,»| t7,œi.S3
RcdU de Licores:		4,000.00
	20,44			'!■!£».
Rentado Pûiïor.:
	37.48 81,41	46.43 70.14 1 47. 3S 70.48 289,66! 440.72
	'"«'
m.^".'!'.'':.
			14,924,16
	'•■SS 1,162.78	*SS-Sí *ff-S! ''Î-SÏ 30.00 34.00 24.00
	IS
		90,00
		19,062.82 36,297.64
■""I^:	1,430.00 ] 288.00	2.049.78 1,631.00
Fomenui:	1	■
■'"eísr'		1,646.00 2,H6.00 87.00 104,00	2,868.00 191,00	41,734.60) i6.»>3,raf
""SS»
		1
			16.00
	1,698.13 1,776.00 2, 826. as			26.608,78
-"sr.i.»	620 00	1 .ÎS4 17 ' 730 00
	'moo	llii '«1
QDUdlB de Honor			2,993.77

544 OFIOINA INTERNACIONAL DB LAB BEPtJ^LICAS AMERICANAS.

Nombre de lu cueDltu.	««cia..	intlbuc*.	Cop&D.	CorUa.	TouL
Onena— Contliiúft.
V»por'wae Febrero"					1,0». 00
""S&fcS.- 1
	nu. 00	«.OTS-n	ru.»	«.KO.»
			6, «6.38
	u.m.tí	2.0M.7S	11.340.38	26.1M.M1
	20,ISZ.U	' m.M	«"!:§	1:SÍ?	2,IV8.0(«.H1| »,SM.STÍ
	30. 260. az	12, «9. 20	42,GM.«	BÍ,«O.UH	1,307,387.111

MÉXICO.

OOlTTEirOZÕV OBLSBBADA ENTBE LOS ESTADOS UVTBOS KBZI- CAVOS T XL DOKINIO DSL OAVASX. FASA EL OAHBIO BE OO- EBXBFOITDXNOLAB KITFEE LOS DOS FAIbEB.

IPromulsado el 17 de diciembre de IMH.]

Los infrascritos, Norberto DobiInodez, Director Geaeral de Correos de México, con la aprobación dei Secretario de Estado y del Despacho de Comumcaciones y Obras Pãblícas, y Sir William MuLOOK, K C M. G., Administrador General de Correos del Dominio del Canadá, en virtud de las facultades de que por la ley se hallan investidos, han convenido en los siguientes artículos, con el objeto de mejorar la comunicación postal entre los Estados Unidos Mexicanos y el Dominio del Canadá.

Artículo 1.

{a) Los objetos de toda clase 6 naturaleza que se admiten en las vali- jas interiores de cada país, excepto los que por la presente quedan prohibidos, se admitirán en las valijas cambiadas conforme á esta Con- vención; sujetándose, sin embargo, á los reglamentos que la Adminis- tración de Correos del país de destino juzgue necesarios para prot^fer sus ingresos aduaneros. Pero los objetos que no sean cartas, en su forma usual y ordinaria, nanea se cerrarán á la inspección sino que deberán envolverse ó empacarse de modo que puedan ser fácil y com- pletamente examinados por los Administradores de Correos 6 los empleados de la Aduana.

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vézico. , 645

Se prohibe la admisión, en las valijas que se cambien conforme & esta Convención, de loa objetos siguientes:

Las publicaciones que infrinjan las leyes sobi-e propiedad literaria del país de destino, paquetes exceptuando volúmenes aislados de libros impresos, cuyo peso exceda de dos kil<^ramos, líquidos, venenos, sus- tancias explosivas 6 inflamables, matéelas grasas, las de ficil licuefac- ción, animales vivos, los muertos no disecados, insectos ; reptiles, conservas, pastas, frutas y vegetales que se descompongan fácilmente y sustancias que exbalen mal olor, billetes 6 circulares de loterías, objetos obscenos ó inmorales y otros objetos que puedan destruir ó perjudicar de alguna manera, las valijas Ó causar daño á las personas que las manejan.

(b) Todos los objetos admisibles en las valijas de un país con destino al otro, ó recibidos de un país procedentes del otro, ya fueren con- ducidos por tierra ó por mar, estarán libres de toda detención ó inspección cualesquiera que sean, exceptuando lo establecido por los reglamentos del país de destino, para la percepción de los derechos aduaneros, y serán enviados en el pñmer caso, por la vía más expedita & su destino, y, en el último, serán prontamente entr^ados á las respec- tivas personas á quienes estén dirigidos, estando sujetos, en su trans- misión, á las leyes y reglamentos de cada país, respectivamente.

(c) La clasificación, los portes y el derecho de certifícación que deban aplicarse y cobrarse por los objetos de correspondencia proc^entes de uno ú otro país, y dirigidos al otro, estarán de acuerdo con las leyes y reglamentos interiores del país de origen, siempre qOe los portes y el derecho de certificación así aplicados, no excedan en uno ú otro país, del mínimum de portes y del derecho de certificación prescritos para objetos de igual naturaleza por los artículos S y 6 de la Convención de la Unión Postal Universal de Washington del 15 de junio de Î897.

Artículo 2.

(a) Cada Administración percibirá para sí, el total del porte y de los derechos de certificación que cobre por objetos postales cambiados con el otro país incluyendo el importe de la insuficiencia del franqueo. Por consiguiente, no se llevarán cuentas de portes entre los dos países.

{b) En ambos países se exigirá el pago previo del porte total por la correspondencia de todas clases, exceptuando las cartas, respecto de las cuales será obligatorio el pago previo de un porte completo, cuando menos. El pago del porte de las cartas y de los derechos de certifica- ción se comprobarán adhiriendo los timbres correspondientes del país de origen.

(c) Toda carta cuyo porte previamente pagado haya sido insuâ- cíente, llevará, en la cubierta, la impresión de la letra mayúscula T y loa empleados postales del país de origen indicarán, claramente, con

546 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAB REPÚBLICAS A1IEBICAMA8.

números en el ánj^lo izquierdo superior del sobrescríto, el importe, en céntimos, de la insuficiencia del franqueo, y solamente la cantidad indicada de esa manera, se cobrará á los destinatarios al hacerles 'a entrega, excepto en casos de error evideate.

Asxtcuuo 3.

Ningún recargo postal se aplicará en uno ú otro país á la corres- pondencia procedente del otro cuyo port« haya sido pagado previa- mente en su totalidad, ni tampoco se aplicará recargo alguno, en el país de destino, á la correspondencia oficial que, según los regla- mentos postales del país de origen, tenga derecho á gozar de la fran- quicia de porte, sino que, el país de destino recibirá, enviará y entregará la misma, libre de porte.

Artículo 4.

(a) Iioe cambios de valijas que se bagan, ya sea por mar, ó por tierra conforme á esta Convención, se efectuarán por medio de las Oficinaa de Correos de ambos países que se designen como Oficinas de cambio, ó por medio de otras en que, en lo de adelante se convenga, de con- formidad con los reglamentos relativos á los pormenores de cambio que mutuamente se determinen ser esenciales para la seguridad y expedición de las valijas y para la protección de las rentas aduaneras.

(b) Cada paÍB se encargará, á sus expensas, de la conducción dé sus valijas con destino al otro.

Artículo 5.

Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos y el Dominio del Canadá se garanti- zan mutuamente, libre de todo cargo, detención ó examen cualesquiera que sean, el tránsito por su territorio de las correspondencias, ya sea en valijas cerradas ó á descubierto, confeccionadas por cualquiera Oficina de cambio autorizada de uno á otro país dirigida á cualquiera otra Oficina de cambio del mismo país ó á cualquiera Oficina de cambio del otro país.

Artículo 6.

(a) Cualquier paquete 6 correspondencia transmisible por el correo, podrá certificarse, mediante el pago del porte y del derecho de certifi- cación que le sean aplicables en el país de origen.

(Ò) 8e devolverá al remitente, cuando lo solicite, un acuse de recibo de la entrega de un objeto certificado; pero uno ú otro país puede por esto exigir al remitente, el pago previo de un derecho que no exceda de 25 céntimos ó su equivalencia.

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(a) Cada valija cerrada que contenga correspondencia ordinaria sola- mente, deberá llevar incluido un esqueleto de factura de envío, en blanco, con la iniprosión del sello fechador y armado por el Adminis- trador de CorretíS de la Oficina de cambio remitente; pero la corres- pondencia certificada debe de ir acompafiada de una lista descriptiva, por medio de la cual puedan identificarse los objetos certificados con el fin de que las Oficinas de Correos receptoras acusen recibo de ellos.

{h) Sí no se encontram en la» valijas, por la Oficina receptora, ua objeto certificado que esté anotado en la factura de envío, se corouni- cai-á inmediatamente esta falta por la Oficina i'eceptora & la Oficina, remitente.

Artícuix) 8,

Los cambios de correspondencia ordinaria y certificada, á no ser que- el de la filtíma se haga en valijas directas pam certificados, se efectuarán en sacos debidamente sellados.

Artículo 9.

{«) Todos los objetos certificados, cartas ordinariají, tarjetas postales- y otros objetos manuscritos, pa|>eles de negocios ó comerciales, libro» (empastados ó á la rCistlca) pruebas de imprenta, gi-abados, fotografías^ dibujos, mapas y otros objetos que, de una manera manifiesta, tengan valor para el remitente y que por cualquiera causa no se entreguen,, serán devueltos, recíprocamente, cada mes, sin recargo, por medio de- las Administraciones centrales de los dos países, en paquetes ó sacos, especiales marcados "Kebuts," después de que termine el plazo para, su conservación exigido por las leyes ó reglamentos del país de destino; debiendo ¡r los objetos certificados acompañados de una lista descrip- tiva, y los paquetes ó sacos especiales que se usen para la devolución: de objetos no entregados deberán enviarse bajo certificación, cuando se devuelvan en ellos objetos certificados.

(¿) Las cartas franqueadas previamente en su totalidad de las cuales: el remitente pida su devolución, en caso de que no sean entregadas en determinada fecha ó dentro de un plazo fijo, serán recíprocamente' devueltas, sin recargo, directamente á la Oficina de cambio de origen,, á la expira^^ión del plazo de conservación indicado en las solicitudes.

(c) Las cartas franqueadas previamente en su totalidad que lleven em las cubiertas la razón social, lo.s nombres y direcciones de los remiten- tes 6 la designación de los lugares á los cuales deban devolverse, como- apartado, calle y número, etc., sin que se pida su devolución, en caso- de no ser entregadas en determinado plazo, serán recíprocamente de- Bull. No. 3—05 — 5

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vueltas, y sin lecargo, directamente & la Oficina de cambio remitente, & la expiraciún do treinta días, contados desde la fecha en que fueron recibidas en ta OSciua de destino.

Artículo 10.

Todos los asuntos que ao relacionen con el cambio de corresponden- cias entre los dos países y que no estén aquí previstos, se sujetarán á las disposiciones de la Convención de la Unión Postal Universal y de los Reglamentos hoy vigentes ó á loa que, en adelante, puedan decre- tarse, para el régimen de eaoa asuntos en loa cambios de corrcspon- denciftíj entre países de la Unión Postal Universal, en general, hasta donde sean obligatorios para ambas Partes Contratantes, los artículos de la mencionada Convención de la Unión Postal Universal.

Artículo 11.

El Director General de Correos de loa Estados Unidos Mexicanos y el Administrador General de Correos del Dominio del Canadá, tendrán facultad para dictar de común acuerdo, y de tiempo en tiempo, los reglamentos posteriores de pormenor y orden que se encuentre ser necesarios para llevar adelante la presente Convención, y pueden, por convenio, prescribir condiciones para la admisión, en las valijas, de cualesquiera de los objetos prohibidos por el articulo 1.

Artículo 12.

Esta Convención comenzará á regir en una fecha que será convenida por las dos Administraciones y terminará á los seis meses de habérselo notificado alguna de las Partes Contratantes & la otra.

Hecha por duplicado y firmada en la Ciudad de México el día nueve de diciembre de mil novecientos cuatro.

El Director General de Correos de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos. Norberto Domínguez,

W. MüLOCK,

Aatiiínisíí'ador General de Correos del Dominio del Canadá. Negociado con mi aprobación.

Leandro FebnAkdez.

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SALVADOR.

BXPOSTAOIÚN POB LOS PUSKIOB DE I.A BIIPtfBIJCA DURANTE

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Exportación por lo» patrio* de la RepúbUea durante el primer Irivietíre de 1904 — Con.

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	113	21.331	10,990	1,126.60
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Para A'íraropuo— Continúa,	e	""1 ' 36	/.anu. 7» '■'i	Colma.
	i.«a3	S3fi,471	330, SS5	18,428.20
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	2.879,660.85

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URUGUAY.

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VENEZUELA.

SBCRETO FOB EZ. CUAL SE OBDENA LA FOBHAOIÓN DB UITA BIBIJIOOBAFÍA NACIONAL.

CiPRiAXO Castro, Presidente Frovisional de la República, cou- sidenindo:

1°. Que es deber del Gobieruo de la República propender & que las producciones literarias nacionales, científicas, artísticas, políticas ó de cualquier otro orden, se conserven cuidadosamente como elemento para la historia intelectual de Venezuela.

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2°. Que ]os fruto» del espíritu son los más ricos en savia fortalece- dora para el alma nacional.

3°. Que el poco aprecio de nuestras obras intelectuales acusa negli- gencia del espíritu, revela falta de afecto por lo que más debe amar un pueblo, y es origen del desaliento de los nacionales y del desdén con que vemos siempre nuestras propias obras.

4°. Que fomentar el amor á la labor patria es contribuir á la unidad deseada del pais y colaborar en la formación del espíritu nacional que es la mayor fuerza de todo pueblo.

Decreta:

AbtÍodix) 1°. Procédase por la Oficina General de Estadística á formar, en cuanto sea posible, la Bibliografía Nacional, recopilando y ordenando por materias y años las obras literarias de nuestros hombres de ciencia, artistas y políticos.

Art. 2". Los Ministros del Despacho, los Presidentes de los Estados, y los Gobernadores del Distrito Federal y de los Territorios, enviarán al Minbterio de Fomento, con destino á la Dirección General de Estadís- tica, una colección, por lo menos, de todas las publicaciones oñciales que exiütan en su Despacho.

Párrafo 1". Los mismos funcionarios enviarán con igual destino tres ejemplares, por lo menos, de todas las publicaciones que en lo sucesivo hiciere su Departamento.

Párrafo 2°. Los Presidentes de lus Estados quedan especialmente obligados á enviar tres ejemplares, por lo menos, de las leyes y acuerdos aancionados por ia Legislatura respect! vay de todo decreto ó resolución ejecutiva cualquiera que sea su carácter, á fín de que sirvan, tanto á la estadística política como al cuerpo de leyes seccionales que deben conservarse en la Sección de Bibliografía Nacional de la Dirección de Estadística General de la República.

AitT. 3°. Loa Presidentes de los Estados y Gobernadores Seccionales son agentes activos de la obra patriótica á que se contrae este decreto en su localidad respectiva y deben propender, por medio de resolu- ciones y estímulos á enviar al Ministerio de Fomento el mayor número de obras de autores venezolanos que se hayan editado con anterioridad á este decreto, ó se editaren en lo sucesivo.

Akt. 4°. Todas las Oficinas, Academias y Corporaciones de carácter oficial están en el deber de coleccionar y remitir á la referida Direc- ción y á la brevedad posible dos ejemplares, por lo menos, de las obras que est^n en su poder, á fin de reunirías en un centro común.

Párrafo único. La Biblioteca Nacional enviará á la Oficina General de Estadística aquellas obras de las cuales posea mtís de un ejemplar.

Abt. 5°. Se excita á los editores y autoi-es venezolanos residentes en Venezuela y á los editores de obras de nacionales residentes en el exte- rior, á enviar á la Dirección General de Estadística de Venezuela \sa obras que x>osean, en número de dos ejemplares por lo menos.

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Art. 6°. Se excita del mismo modo á los deudos de los autores extintos & enviar, como ofrenda & esta obra patriótica, las obras que puedan recoger, á fin de conservar, con el esmero requerido, el legado espiritual de tales hombres.

Art. 7°. Cuando no sea posible conseguir las obras antiguas de autores venezolanos, sobre todo las anteriores á la fecha de la eman- cipación, el Gobierno Nacional procurará conseguirlas y dispondnl la erogación necesaria.

Art. 8°. A tin de organizar la Bibliografía Nacional desde la fecha de este decreto en adelante, todo autor ó editor yenezolano, a) poner en circulación en Venezuela cualquier libro ó folleto deberá enviar al Ministerio de Fomento, con destino á la Bibliografía Nacional, dos ejemplares de su obra, además de los que, según el artículo 31 de la ley de propiedad intelectual debe entregar el autor á las primeras autorida- des del Distrito Federal ó al Presidente del Estado en donde se edite la obi-a para los efectos de sus derechos de tal.

Párrafo 1". Lds autores ó editores que desde el V do enero de 1905, en la Sección Occidental del Distrito Federal, y desde la promulgación de este decreto en los Estados y Territorios de la República, no cum- plieren con lo preceptuado en este artículo, se harán acreedores & una multa de B 40 á B 1,000, que impondrá la Primera Autoridad del Estado, Sección del Distrito Federal ó Territorio, según el caso, de motu projyrtt) ó á excitación del Ministro de Fomento.

Párrafo 2°. El producto de esas multas se destinará á la compra de obras importantes de autores venezolanos que no hayan podido adqui- rirse para la Biblioteca.

Art. 9°. Por resolución especial se nombrará una Comisión Biblio- grálíca Permanente elegida de entre los hombres prominentes en cien- cias, artes è industrias, á fin de que, á título honorífico, colaboren esforzadamente en la realización de esta obra.

Párrafo único. En la misma resolución se reglamentará la estruc- tura y funcionamiento de la Comisión Bibliográfica.

Art. 10. La Biblioteca formada con obras de autores nacionales se catalogará en dos índices, uno por oi'den al fabético de autores y otro por orden de materias, y será puesta á disposición del público, tan pronto como haya reunidos mil volúmenes; pero podrá ser consultada por todo el que lo desee, á medida que se vaya formando.

Párrafo único. El archivero del Ministerio de Fomento ejercerá durante la organización de la Bibliografía las funciones de bibliotecario y cuando el carácter de la institución lo reclame, se nombrará uno especial.

Art. 1 1. A fin de preparar la colección de obras anteriores k 1005 el Ministro de Fomento pedirá á los Presidentes de los Estados y Gober- nadores del Distrito Federal una lista de las obras registradas en sus

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Despachos respectivos hasta 31 de diciembre de 1904, de acuerdo con los artículos 21, 22 y siguientes de la ley de propiedad int«lectual.

Abt. 12. X medida que vaya siendo necesario se irá proveyendo A U Biblioteca de los muebles y enseres que le sean preciaos.

Art. 13. Los gastos que ocasione el cumplimiento de este decreto se calarán al ramo de Fomento, y en el presupuesto anual del mismo se inclui l'a un apartado pai-a el incremento de la Biblioteca, principal- mente para la consecución de obras antiguas.

Art. H. £1 Ministro de Fomento queda encargado de dar cumpli- miento & este decreto- Dado, firmado, sellado con el Sello Nacional, y refrendado por el Ministro de Fomento en el Palacio Federal del Capitolio, en Carneas, á 31 de diciembre de 1904. Año 94° de la Independencia y 46" de la Federación.

[l. 8.] Cipriano Castko.

Refrendado.

El Ministro de Fomento, Akmaluo Morales.

ASOCIADOS EXTBANJEBOS EN VENEZUELA.

Por el artículo 4" de la nueva ley sobre "Abogados y Procura- dores" publicada en la Gaceta Oficial de Caracas, el 9 de enero último, se determina lo síguictc:

"Art. i". Los abogados extranjeros presenüii-án su título al Colegio de Abogados de Venezuela, coniprobarón la identidad de su persona, y que poseen los conocimientos necesarios, teóricos y prácticos, de la legislación patria, para el ejercicio de la profesióji, en un examen que rendirán ante una comisión que nombre el Colegio para cada caso; obtenida la aprobación en este examen se participará á la Corte Kuprcma del Distrito Federal para que ante ella el abogado preste el juramento y obtenga el título conforme al artículo 2" y quedará sometido Á lo dispuesto en el artículo anterior.

"Párrafo. Si el abogado extranjero pertenece á una nación que no exija á los abogados venezolanos para ejercer en ella su profesión más que la exhibición del título respectivo, cumplirá siempre los requisitos establecidos por este artículo, menos el del examen."

Los artículos que se citan en el texto anterior dicen así:

"Art. 2°. Para que la respectiva Corte Suprema expide el título de abogado, se reqniere que el postulante acredite ante ella: (1") Que es mayor de edad; (2") que ha sido graduado en la República de Doctor en ciencias políticas; y (3°) debe además el peticionario prestar juramento ante la misma corte de obedecer la Constitución y leyes de la Repú- bliíai, y de cumplir los deberes que impone la profesión de abogado.

"La corte mandará tomar razón del título, de acuerdo con la Ley de Registro, y participará la expedición al Colegio de Abogados de

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Venezuela, á la delegacióa del mismo en el respectivo Estado, y lo publicará por la prensa,

"Abt. 3°, Para ejercer la profesión de atx^ado se requiere:

" 1°. Estar inscrito en el Colegio de Abogados de Venezuela, ó en el registro de alguna de sus delegaciones en los Estados;

"2°. No haber sido condenado en causa cñminal por delito, oque haya transcurrido un tiempo igual al de la condena después de cum- plida ésta, ó que la pena esté prescrita; y

"3°. No estar suspenso por sentencia judicial ejecutoriada, 6 por decisión disciplinaria del Colegio de Abogados."

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Monthly Bulletin

OF THE

International Bureau of the American Republics,

InterB«tl«««l UnIou of American Republica.

MAKCH, 1905. No. 3.

DEATH OF SEÑOR DON MANUEL DE AZPlROZ.

SeSor Don Manuel db Azpíboz, Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary fiom Mexico to the United States since 1899, died at the Embassy, in Washington, in the afternoon of March 24, 1905. This sad event creates a vacancy in the diplomatic corps of the United States and in the Gorerning Board of the International Bureau of the American Kepublics which will be difficult to fill.

The fatal outcome of the Ãmbaasador^s illness was not unexpected, for on the occasion of the assembling of a special meeting of the (rOTerning Board of the Bureau on the day of the demise, word being received of the critical condition of the distinguished patient, it was unanimously decided that all business affairs should be temporarily suspended, and the Board adjourned out of respect to one of its most revered members.

Upon the receipt of the intelligence of the death of Señor Azpíroz, the President of the United States sent the following telegraphic messie to the Mexican President: "President Diaz,

" City of Mexico:

"For my countrymen and in my own name I offer heartfelt con- dolence upon the death of Ambassador Azpíroz.

"Theodore Roosevelt."

The Acting Secretary of State sent this message: ^^ American Embassy, City of Mexico:

"The Government and people of the United States sincerely deplore the loss Mexico suffei*» in the death of the Amba-SRudor, who, in his work among us, had won the esteem and good will of all.

"Adee, Acting Secretary.'" 657

558 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THK AMERICAS REPDBUCa

Señor Dod Manuel de àzfíboz, Mexican Ambassador at Washing- ton since March 30, 1899, was born at Puebla, Mexico, on July 6, 1836, and after compieting his cotlefpate education was graduated as a law- yer, but at the beginning of the French invasion he abandoned profe^- stonat work t.«) defend the Republic. Accompanying Governor Juarez to Chihuahua, he served in many delicate commissions, which took him over the greater part of Mexico. He rose to the rank of lieu- tenant-colonel, and took part in the memorable siege of Queretaro ¡n the capacity of aid to General Mariako Ëscobedo. This chieftain, after capturing the Emperor Maximilian, designated Colonel AzpÍroz as public prosecutor in the celebi-ated case, a duty in which the young lawyer distinguished himself for eloquence and deep legal learning. After a term in the Federal Senate in 1867, Colonel Azi>fROZ became Assistant Secretary of Foreign Relations of the Republic, serving three terms in this office.

In 1872 he was sent to Washington as the Mexican Agent and counsel before the Mixed Claims Commission, and in 1873 became Cvonsul at San Francisco. From 1881 to 1883 he filled important commissions in the Foreign Relations Department of Mexico, and then returned to his native town, where he became professor of law in the College of Puebla, also being made, in 1883, Secretaiy of the Treas- ury of his State. From May, 1890, until he came to Washington, he held high commissions under President Diaz in the Foreign Relations Department, having acted on various occasions for limited periods as Secretary of State of Mexico, In his official capacity Señor Azpíroz produced several treatises of high merit, notably one on the "Rights and Duties of Foreigners in Mexico." He was appointed Minister to Washington on January 28, 1899, and elevated to the rank of Ambassador two months later.

A special meeting of the Governing Board of the International liureau of the American Republics was -held in the diplomatic recep- tion room of the Department of State on March 24, 1905, at 3 o'clock. The acting Secretary of State, Hon. A. A. Adee, presided. The fol- lowing were present:

Hon. A. A. Adee, chairman; Mr. J. N. Léger, Minister from Haiti; Setior Don Joaquis Bernardo Calvo, Minister from Costa Rica; Señor Don Luis F. Corea, Minister from Nicaragua; Señor Don Joaquín Walk ER- Martinez, Minister from Chile; Señor Don Eduardo Ace- VEDO Diaz, Minister from Uruguay; Señor Don Jorge Muñoz, Minister from Guatemala; Mr. Alfredo De M. Gohes Ferreira, Minister of Brazil; Señor Don Carlos E. Zavalia, chargé d'affaires of the Argentine Republic; Señor Don Eduardo Perez Triana, chargé d'affaires of Colombia, and Mr. Williams C. Fox, acting Director of the Bureau. The chargé d'affaires of Ecuador and Vene- zuela were present by proxy.

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Wfaíle the-meetmg had' been called for a special purpose, Mr. Adke mentioned thexirrtica] condition of the Ambassador of Mexico, of whom he «poke as follows:

"Since the call was issued for the special meeting to-day a very sad change has occurred to influence our proceedings. The Mexican Ambassador is, I am informed, at the point of death, his physicians hold out little hope. His prominence in our councils, the place which he would have held had he been here, and the respect and love which we all feel for that respected gentleman, makes it proper that 1 sug- gest that we adjourn to-day until such time as the acting director may again convene the meeting. I would be very glad if my 8Ugge.«tion is accepted by the board."

The suggestion of the chairman was unanimously accepted, and the board adjourned.

INAUGURAL ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, MARCH 4, 1905.

My Felxow-í'itizens; No people on earth have more cause to bo thankful than ours, and this is said reverently, in no spirit of boast- fulness in our own strength, but with gratitude to the Giver of Good who has blessed us with the conditions which have enabled us to achieve so large a measure of well-being and of happiness. To us as a people it has been granted to lay the foundations of our national life in a new continent. We are the heirs of the ages, and yet we have had to pay few of the penalties which in old countries are exacted by the dead hand of a bygone civilization. We have not been obliged to fight for our existence against any alien race, and yet our life has called for the vigor and effort without which the manlier and hardier virtues wither away. Under such conditions it would be our own fault if we failed, and the success which we have had in the past, the success which we confidently believe the future will bring, should cause in us no feeling of vainglory, but rather a deep and abiding realization of all which life has offered us, a full acknowledgment of the responsibility which is ours, and a fixed determination to show that under a free government a mighty people can thrive best, alike a» regards the things of the body and the things of the soul.

Much has been given to us, and much will rightfully be expected from us. We have duties to others and duties to ourselves; and we can shirk neither. We have become a great nation, forced by the fact of its greatness into relations with the other nations of the earth, and we must behave as bc-^^ecms a people with such responsibilities. Toward all other nations, large and small, our attitude must be one of cordial and sincere friendship. We must show not only in our words,

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but in our deeds, that we are earnestly deeiroue of eecuriag their good will by acting toward them in a spirit of jost and generous recogni- tion of all their rights. But justice and generosity in a nation, as in an individual, count most when shown not by Uie weak but by the strong. While ever careful to refrain froiQ wronging others, we must be no less insistent that we are not wronged ourselves. We wish pea£«, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid. No weak nation that acts manfully and justly should ever have cause to fear us, and no strong power should orer be able to sii^fle us out as a subject for inaoleut a^re^sion.

Our relations with the other powers of the world are important; but still more important are our relations among ourselves. Such growth in wealth, in population, and in power as this nation has seen during the century and a quarter of its national life is inevitably accompanied by a like growth in the problema which are ever before e\'cry nation that rises to greatness. Power invariably means both responsibility and danger. Our forefathers faced certain perils which we have outgrown. We now face other perils, the very existence of which it was impossible that they should foresee. Modern life in both complex and intense, and the tremendous changes wrought by the extraordinary industrial development of the last half century are felt in every fiber of our social and political being. Never before have men tried so vast and formidable an experiment as that of administer- ing the affairs of & continent under the forms of a Democratic republic. The conditions which have told for our marvelous, material well-being, which have developed to a very high degree our energy, self-reliance, and individual initiative, have also brought the care and anxiety inseparable from the accumulation of great wealth in industrial cen- ters. Upon the success of our experiment much depends, not only as regards our own welfare, but aa regards the welfare of mankind. If we fail, the cause of free self-government throughout the world will rock to its foundations, and therefore our responsibility is heavy, to ourselves, to the world as it is to day, and to the generations yet unborn. There is no good reason why we should fear the future, but there is everj* reason why we should face it seriously, neither hiding from ourselves the gravity of the problems before us nor fearing to approach those problems with the unbending, unflinching purpose to solve them aright.

Yet, after all, though the problems are new, though the taska set before us differ from the tasks sot before our fathers who founded and prcsen'cd this Republic, the spirit in which these tasks must be under- taken and these problems faced, if our duty is to be well done, remains essentially unchanged. We know that self-government is difficult. We know that no people needs such high traits of character aa that people which seeks to govern its affairs aright through the freely

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expressed will of the f reemeD who compose it. But we liave faith that we shall not prove falae to the memories of the men of the mighty past. They did their work, they left us the splendid heritage we now enjoy. We, in our turn, have an assured confidence that we shall be able to leave this heritage unwasted and enlBrf>:ed to our children and our children's children. To do so we must show, not merely in great crises, but in tbe'eveiyday affairs of life, the qualities of practical intel- ligence, of courage, of hardihood, and endurance, and above all the power of devotion to a lofty ideal, which made great the men who founded this Republic in the days of Washington, which made great the men who preserved this Republic in the days of Abraham Liocolo.

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

NEW VAI.TTATIOK TAJUTF.

A new valuation tariff for the aiiseesment of customs duties in the Argentine Republic came into force on January 1, 1&05.

Numerous modifications of the former valuations have been intro- duced and a number of new classifications made. .Lower valuations have been set upon various articles which come under the headings of textiles, hardware, earthenware, glass, and drugs. On the other hand, certain kinds of ready-made clothing are valued ata higher rate than in the former tariff.

rOUBiaS OOKKEROE IN 1904.

The figures covering the total foreign commerce of the Argentine Republic, according to the report of the Director of the National Department of Statistics, show import valuations (exclusive of gold) in 1904, of $187,305,969 gold, of which $142,457,294 was subject to duty, the total exceeding that for 1903 by f56,099,369. The total value of exports for the year was $264,157,525 gold, exceeding those of 1908 by $4.5,173,001. The amount subject to duty was $78,203,586, being $4,461,894 less than in 1903. The amount of gold imported was $24,917,951, and the amount exported was $1,604,292.

The trade of the Republic with foreign countries during the year was as follows;

Coontrj-.	import.	.!,„,»	Country	Importa.	Export"
	¡126.016 4.-/97. sac;	"■Wi io,«7,urJ	Franco Holland I nfl(^ Kingdom	117 109 16 III 1	m-^v^

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The imports show an increuse in value of 42.7 per cent And the exports of 19.5 per cent. The only country from which the imports were less in value last year than in 1903 was Bolivia. The imports from Germany increased by $7,916,956 gold; from Belgium, by $3,620,251; from Brazil, by |681,997; Cuba, $198,689; Chile, $269,061; Spain, $1,223,405; United States, $7,778,923; France, $4,401,478; Italy, $4,425,709; Holland, $216,673; Paraguay, $509,280; United Kingdom, $19,690,354; Uruguay, $101,343.

The increased exportation is classified, according to places of desti- nation.-as follows: Germany, $2,709,239; Brazil, $1,881,885; Cuba, $117,786; Chile, $269,488; " United States, $2,088,643; Paraguay, - $42,564; United Kingdom, $844,217; Uruguay, $831,994; other places, for orders, $47,865,758. The exports decreased to the following coun- tries: Africa, $4,229,596; Bolivia, $58,100; Spain, $111,633; France, $3,698,386; Holland, $1,046,124.

The total value of the imports is divided into $102,789,165 unpi-o- ductive and $84,516,804 reproductive.

The classification of the imports was as follows:

ArtlPles.	Value.	'ô/dL?"'"^'
lock	t.SK.tíS 7,790.816 M SIR 2» 6;205;-S6 ti! 1731 419 6,304,ÎS9
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	+ I7,3í*.58l
	+ S3&.fÑJ
	+ Î.14î,i70

The classification of the o	xports	was as	follows:
Clan.	VMu.	creR«:(-¡.
	150 328 52» 4,7».»» 2,7M;î16
	+ 7ie,m

The following table shows the increase i Year.	n the trade returns since 1861: ropulatlon. i ImporlB. ' ExporliL
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The total imports for the past forty-four years have been $3,401,- 741,668, and the exporta $3,544,087,378.

Of dry oxhides, in 1904, there was a total exported numbering 2,126,303, as compared with 2,509,190 in the preceding year. Of the number shipped in 1904, the United Kingdom took 20,976; the United State's, 1,067,342; France, 31,670; Germany, 221,668; Belgium, 47,970; Italy, 461,698, and other countries, 274,981.

Salt oxhides were shipped to the number of 1,361,028, as compared with 1,243,700 in the year preceding, of which the United Kingdom took 42,006; the United States, 97,085; France, 124,057; Germany, 814,041; Belgium, 262,144; Italy, 15,631, and other countries, 6,064.

Dry horsehides were shipped to the number of 95,289, as compared with 144,500 in the year preceding, of which the United States took 25,232; France, 104; Germany, 69,953. Salt horsehides shipped numbered 133,778, as compared with 165,287 in the year preceding, of which the United States took 47,065 and Germany 86,713.

Sheepskins numbering 76,280, as compared with 92,240 in 1903, were shipped in 1904, of which the United Kingdom took 10,130; the United States, 1,077; France, 51,452; Germany, 5,166; Belgium, 1,428; Italy, 5,423; Brazil, 70, and other countries, 1,534.

The number of bales of hair shipped was 4,597 in 1904, as compared with 4,425 bales in 1903, of which the United Kingdom took 145; the United States, 1,915; France, 225; Germany, 868; Belgium, 847; Italy, 594, and other countries, 3.

Tallow was shipped to the amount of 31,284 pipes, 64,397 casks, and 32,945 hogsheads, as gainst 21,972 pipes, 80,898 casks, and 22,452 hogsheads in 1903. In 1904 the export destinations of this commodity were as follows: The United Kmgdom, 5,760 pipes, 37,332 casks, and 13,088 hogsheads; France, 914 pipes, 913 casks, and 5,288 hogsheads; ' Germany, 389 pipes, 7,303 casks, and 872 hogsheads; Belgium, 6,075 pipes, 4,699 casks, and 1,242 hogsheads; Italy, 12,380 pipes, 1,845 casks, and 3,224 hogsheads; South Africa, 96 casks; Brazil, 100 pipes, 5,086 casks, and 290 hogsheads, and to other countries, 6,676 pipes, 7,123 casks, and 8,941 hogsheads.

Goatskins to the number of 7,386 bales were shipped in 1904, as compared with 3,735 bales in the preceding year, of which the United States took 3,779; France, 3,479; Germany, 39; Belgium, 26; Italy, 56, and other countries, 7.

Woo) was shipped to the amount of 396,928 bales, as compared with 471,954 bales in 1903, of which the United Kingdom took 19,815; the United States, 30.727; France, 183,258; Germany, 121,959; Belgium, 86,044; Italy, 3,729; Brazil, 71, and other countries, 1,.'Î25. Bull. -Nü. 3—06 «

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The number of frazen wethers shipped in 1904 was 3,673,77a, as compared with S,3Sl,tí00 in 1»U3, of which the United Kingdom took 2,898,456 and South Africa 775,322.

Wheat was shipped to the amount of 2,405,117 tons in 1904, as com- pared with 1,688,680 in 1903, of which the United Kingdom took 830,623; France, 10,307; Germany, 155,695; Belgium, 258,250; Italy, 3,050; South Africa, 20,845; Brazil, 190,531; ordera, 1,199,499, and other countries, 236,317.

Maize shipments, in 1904, amounted to 2,527,983 tons, as compared with 2,160,730 in 1903, of which the United Kingdom took 371,448; France, 147,528; Germany, 239,755; Belgium, 182,691; Italy, 91,822; South Africa, 11,508; Brazil, 5,295; ordera, 1,368,114, and other countries, 110,422.

Linseed shipments amounted to 910,488 tons in 1904, as compared with 615,032 in the preceding year, distributed as follows: The United Kingdom, 109,227 tons; the United States, 3,907; France, 61,934; Germany, 138,935; Belgium, 84,113; Italy, 3,329; Brazil, 18; orders, 401,476, and other countries, 107,549.

Flour shipments aggregated 93,070 tons in 1904, as compared with 66,344 in the year preceding, and were distributed as follows: The United Kingdom, 12,058; Germany, 446; Belgium, 67; Italy, 35; South Africa, 40S; Brazil, 77,857; orders, S3, and other countries, 2,150.

Bran shipments aggregated 144,913 tons in 1904, as compared with 126,815 in 1903, and were distributed as follows: The United King- dom, 12,197 tons; France, 5,555; Germany, 97,144; Belgium, 19,444; Italy, 4; South Africa, 523; Brazil, 1,377; orders, 5,080, and other countries, 3,589.

Pollards were sent abroad to the amount of 282,193 bags in 1904, as compared with 387,795 in the preceding year, distributed as follows; - The United Kingdom, 139,331; France, 116,824; Germany, 9,412; Belgium, 6,432, and other countries, 13,194.

Oilseed was shipped in 1904 to the amount of 147,357 bags, as against 163,490 in 1903, to the following destinations: The United Kingdom, 45.438; France, 2,582; Germany, 93,301; Belgium, 6,036.

Quarters of beef to the number of 1,209,998 were exported in 1904, as compared with 996,023 quarters in 1903 — the United Kingdom tak- ing 1,016,468 and South Africa 193,530.

Hay to the amount of 837,300 bales was shipped in 1904, as com- pared with 1,153,644 bales in 1903, and was distributed as follows: The United Kingdom, 9,891; France, 1,460; Germany, 4,502; Bel- gium, 72; South Africa, 322,676; Brazil, 487,147; orders, 700, and other countries, 10,852.

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The quADtitj of quebracho shipped in 1901 amouated to 289,839 tons, as compared with 194,848 toDS ia the year preceding, and was distrib- uted as follows: The United Kingdom, 6,625; the United States, 35,632; France, 12,975; Germany, 1U,566; Belgimn, 21,123; Italy, 28,539; orders, 26,830, and other countries, 43,350.

Tobacco shipments in 1904 amounted to 28,711 bales, as against 19,839 bales in 1903, and were distributed as followa: The United Kingdom, 300; France, 5,224; Germany, 16,872; Belgium, 5,099, and other countries, 1,216.

Butter was sent abroad in 1904 to the amount of 206,025' cases, as compared with 215,377 cases in 1903, and was distributed as follows: The United Kingdom, 156,223; Germany, 8; South Africa, 48,660, and Brazil, 134.

Sugar shipments amounted to 26,845 tons in 1904, as compared with 20,924 tons in 1903, and were distributed as follows: The United States, 8,239; Germany, 9,683; Belgium, 659, and other countries, 13,264.

BAHiVAT UOVEMENT IH 1904.

In an article published in the ''Review of the River Plate" for January 6, 1905, it is stated that from the resolta known it is evident that the year 1904 was the best ever expeiienced by Argentine rail- ways. The total length of line at the close of the year was 19,238 kilometers, gainst 18,404 in 1908. The gross earnings were approxi- mately 161,675,515 gold, and the working expenses, $32,349,705, making the net receipts aggregate $29,325,810. The interest earned was 5.12 per cent on the capital which amounted to $573,089,585.

Other data available shows that the number of passengers carried was 22,519,220, and the freight aggregated 20,344,324 tons. It is further stated that not a single line worked at a loss, which establishes a record in the history of Argentine railways.

The comparative returns for 1904 and for the three preceding years are as follows:

-re-	CplULgoM.	«sr	^'^iT'-	Net Tir
	ií«».	e,Z3g 8.m 7,887 t.ñm	tS7S,08B.U& e«o;M8:io6 638,Sas.47V		|g!.M9,7<»
	PUMD^n.	Freight.	of line.	p^JS	"e^	per k orne tirot Une,	•ãs
i	Zí"b]9.¿0 Î0;»42;W0 1S,T8S.W M.i(».aï	M,34i.tU	wine	¿m	tl.B82 1,460 1,W	4.0) 8. 71

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From the above it will be seen that for the paat two years there has been a steady increase in the interest earned; 1902 was a bad year, but it was better than 1900, when the amount earned was 3.41 percent. The receipts show an increase of 16 per cent as a^inst 26 per cent of 1903 on 1902. The expenses have increased 21 per cent as against 9 for the year 1908 when compared with 1902. The net receipts show an increase of 11} per cent as against 30 per cent for the previous year. Passenger traffic shows a steady increase and freight shows an increase of 16 per cent as against 21 for the previous year.

The approximate earnings for the year 1904 show the following comparisons with the two years preceding:

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P^eUk¡./^V".'.'.'.'.'.'.''.'.'.'.'. AnenUDe Great Walem aCoidobft&C. Noru....

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1,010. 000

The journal quoted also states that the year 19t)4 was a record one in the quotations of numbers of railway securities, and adds that it is probable that the year 1005 will establish a new standard as the har- veete of the Republic promise to be even larger than in 1904, this being more especially the case in regard to maize.

XZPOBTS TO THB TTNTTED STATES, I.AST QUASTEB OF 1804.

The following products, with their respective values in gold dollars, according to the " Buenos Aires Herald " of January 5, 1905, represent the exports from the port of Buenos Ayres to the United States for tbe months of October, November, and December, 1904:

Dry Mood $762.25

Bonee 75,876.15

-Canary «eed 3, 716. 89

Glue stock 8,924.60

Horsehair 49, 161 . 93

Hides:

Dry 829,451.80

Salted 4,426.56

Horse ; 3.185.08

Cuttings 3.583.10

Jerked l>eef 30,298.37

Quebracho wood 122, 119. 40

Quebracho extract |67,

Return goods 3,

Skins:

Nutria 7.

Sheep 174.

Goat Î50,

Walrus

Salted tripe 16,

Wool 2,«M.

VarioQB 2.

420.24 639.09 260.16 670.84 881.23 070.00

Total 3,958,731.49

SHZPKSNTS OF WHBAT TO QBXAT BRITAIN.

The Argentine Republic has during^ the past five years sent the United Kingdom more wheat on an average than any other country except the United States. It is only in comparatively recent years

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that it has come to the front, and the extension of its wheat area has been more rapid than in any of the other important territories contri- buting to the supplies of breadstuffs of the United Kingdom, while it is also probably capable of still further increasing this area more rap- idly than other countries. Official inquiries return the wheat area at 271,000 acres in 1875, 601,000 in 1883, 2,014,000 in 1888, 6,063,000 in 1895, and 8,348,000 in 1900-1901, while the latest returns, for 1903-4, show 9,271,000 acres. The progresa of the export trade has been equally rapid. It h only from 1891-92 that the imports into the United Kingdom of wheat from the Argentine Republic can be given for the cereal year. In that year there was receired 2,692,000 hun- dredweight. Imports rapidly increased until they reached 14,106,000 hundredweight in 1894-95, then dwindled and rose again to a maxi- mum of 18,116,000 hundredweight in 1899-1900, and, after a^further fall to under 5,000,000 hundredweight in 1901-2, recovered to 17,490,- 000 hundredweight in 1903-^.

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FINANCIAX STATISTICS FOB 1904.

The national revenue of the year 1904 was estimated in the budget at ^2,936,339 gold and (04,155,000 paper. The amount actually received by the Treasury was $46,728,545 gold and $69,167,771 paper, showing a surplus of $3,792,206 gold and $5,012,771 paper.

The import duties were estimated at $28,700,000 gold, the addi- tional ad valorem duty of 2 per cent at $1,800,000, the export duties at $3,000,000, and other custom-house receipts at $3,690,000, mak- ing an estimated custom-house revenue of $37,190,000 gold. The amount received in gold waa $46,728,546, composed of the following items: Import duties, $37,963,833; additional 2 per cent, $2,332,873; export duties, (2,258,762; other custom-house receipts, $4,173,077.

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The budget of 1904 ÍDcluded $8,000,000 as the estimated receipts from tlie sale of war ships. The amoaut actually received but not included iu the published account of the revenue was $7,500,000. It also included $1,958,000 gold for the service of bonds by the provinces of Buenos Ayres, Entre Rios, Santa Fé, and $200,000 by Cordoba.

As regards the revenue of paper money, the receipts from the alco- hol tax exceeded the estimate by $2,600,000. Tobacco and beer exceeded the estimates by $] ,810,792 and $297,972, respectively. Matches and sugar, together, gave $260,000 less. Stamps yielded $833,000 more; the post-office and telegraphs also show an aggregate excess of more than $700,000. These last two amounts demonstrate greater activity in commercial operations. On the other hand, the sales and leases of land show a detícít of $1,290,000. The State rail- ways have an increase of $1,023,400.

The details of receipts are as follows:

Import duties $37,963,832.68

Additional 2,332,972.28

Export datiee 2,258,761.58

Warehouse «nd lighterage dues 1,632,578.52

Light ftnd buoy daee 282,3*4.29

Sanitary visita 48, 725. 71

Port, wharf, and dork dues 1,384,696.68

Cranee 318,324.00

Conaular fees 74, 219. 56

Sutistica ftnd etamps 403, 144. »

Eventualitiee and fines 29, 045. 70

Eventualities and fines 441, 240. 42

Alcohol 15,601,405.59

Tobacco 13,810,792.21

Sugar 2,902,688.76

Matches 2,436,246.46

Beer 1,797,942.46

Insurance 371 , 262. 80

Playing cards '. 149,633.90

Artificial drinks 13,198.22

Sauitary works 5,806,649.08

Territorial contribution 2, 038, 71J. 17

Licenaes ( patentee ) 2, 167, 468. 32

Stamped paper 7, 332, 831. 90

Traction 362,838.63

Poat-offlce 5,347.727.77

Telegraphs 1,555,702.58

Yerbales 56,518.89

Sales and leasee of land 311,605.72

Railways 6,232,406.19

Sanitary tax .-. 360.000.00

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The estimate of cu»toiD8 receipts for 1905 is ^,700,000 gold less than the actual revenue of last year; that of the alcohol tax, $2,000,000 paper less; tobacco tax, $1,300,000; beer tax, $298,000; stamps, $8âU,000; post and telegraph offices, $700,000.

Od the other hand, the estimate of land sales is nearly that of 1903. In the aggregate, it is estimated that the revenue of tbiy year will fall short of that of 1904 by $5,700,000 gold and $4,000,000 paper, whereas the probability is that it will show a considerable excess.

FOBT 1C0VBMX1ÍTB BVBmO OOTOBEB AHD NOVUMBBB, 1004.

The Buenos Ayres " líandels-Zeitung" (Revista Financiera y Comer- cial) publishes the following figures, showing the export movement of the various ports of the Argentine Republic during the months of October and November, 1904:

BUEKOS AYBEB.

ArUcl»	HuanUtï.	Amelen.	QuanUly.
	•.■■■•iSi.::	17:»98 SS,6B0 15,iW7 S29,1K 144, SM K.101 215 IN a.2is 244 26.787		46
Wheat KS^	Quebracho	terns..	3 LOW
	âlneralB mLít'//.::,::: :::::::.. il\Aa^'//".'.'.'.'.'.V.'.'.'.'. T»now	.^b"ã:: :::::::&::: do.... balea.. ...nnmber..
°fc:;:;:;:;;::;::	..number.. do....	MS
	-■■■S"	TA. 212
	Hâj^.!f.'.'. ■'.'.■.■.■.■.'. ■.'■.'.
	t-
	iSiu;;i;;E	.■.-.■.nuSSï;::
Susu	..number..	■'1

During the month of November, 1904, 33 steamships and 1 sailing vessel cleared from the port of Lia Plata, carrying the following cargo:

Artielea.	«uantllT.	Article,		Quantity.
			S/^Tiii™:.;;;;:.
	::::cic.";;
			•î'iS
Proienbeef	Butler	do....	IB, 000

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670 INTERNATIONAL BDBEAÜ OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. BAHU BLANCA,

One sailÍDg vessel cleared from the port of Babia Blanca during the month oí November, 1904, carrying the following merchandise to tbe different countries enumerated:

England.^Whea,t, 12,445 tons; frozen mutton, 23,136 pieces; tal- low, 286 hogsheads.

/'mnic.— Wool, 3,700 bales.

Italy. — Corn, 466 tons; oxhides, dry, 8,551 pieces.

Germany. — Oxhides, dry, 8,551 pieces.

í>rÉÍfr^.— Wheat, 19,886 tons.

SAN NICOLAS.

During the month of November, 1904, 16 steamships cleared frona the port of San Nicolas, carrying the following mexhandise to the different destinations noted:

Belgium.. — Corn, 936 tons; wool, 97 bales.

BtozU.— Cora, 2,857 tons.

OrdCT-i.— Wheat, 1,538 tons; corn, 42,081 tons; linseed, 170 tons.

nnaoBATioir kovembft ts ieo4.

The immigration returns throughout the Argentine Republic for the year 1904 were as follows, the figures for tbe preceding six years being also furnished for purposes of comparison:

The nearest approach to these returns since 1890 was in 1896, when 102,673 immigrants entered the country and the emigration numbered 20,415. The prevailing nationalities among the immigrants in 1904 were: Italians, 54,611; Spaniards, 34,877; Russians, 3,278; French, 2,496; Turks, 2,441; Germans, 1,012; Austrians, 1,742, and British, 689.

POSTAL 8TATISTI0S, 1004.

Tbe report of the Postmaster-General of tbe Argentine Republic states that at the end of the year 1904 there were 1,878 post-offices in the Republic, 94 being opened during tbe year and 26 closed. The correspondence numbered 390,950,810 letters, etc., an increase of 6.9 per cent for the year. The Dead-Letter Office holds 451,335 letters, etc., the movement of this branch representing 0.11 per cent of tbe

BOLIVIA. 571

total. The correspondeoce per iobabitant is 75.3, matter received being 40.3 and matter sent 35 per cent. The employees, including tbe Department of Telegrapbs, number 6,870, and the expenditure for the year was $7,642,476, while the revenue was $6,969,403, as against «6,104.275 for 1903.

ANALYSIS OF ABOSNTINE BICE.

(Prom the " RaiMa ¡lemual at la Cámara MtreaiUU," No. &Ï.)

An analysis of a sample of Argentine rice, grown in the Province of Tucuman, made by the Department of Agriculture at Buenos Ayres, shows that this cereal, as demonstrated by its composition, can com- pete advantageously with the highest grades of imported rice. The rice was of line appearance, notwithstanding the fact that there were some broken grains in the sample, caused probably from tbe hulling and polishing machines. The percentage of unbroken grains in the sample was 98.67, the broken grains amounting to but 1.33 per cent. The average weight of 1,000 grains of the rice referred to was a little in excess of 20 grains. The weight of a hectoliter of this rice was 38 kilograms. The analysis was as follows:

Pet cent

Water 15.82

Proteid matter 7. M

Fatty matter 12

Hydrate ol carbon 76. 14

Woody fiber 16

Ashes 33

ToUl 100.00

Nutritive substances abound, particularly gluten, thereby making this rice highly nutritious. Fatty and fibrous substances are con- tained in very small quantities.

The importance and future of this product in the Argentine Repub- lic mny easily be calculated, when it is considered that the cultivated area of rice plantations in the Argentine do not, at the present time, exceed 2,000 hectares, and that the consumption in the Republic is now large enough to absorb the production of 20,000 hectares, the difference being made up by imports of foreign rice.

BOLIVIA.

BDDOST FOB lOOB.

According to a report forwarded to the Department of State of the United Stetes by United States Minister So R8BT under date of January 15, 1905, the Bolivian budget for the year 1905, is as follows:

572 INTEBHATIOMAL BUREAU OP THB AMEEIOAN EEPUBI.IOS.

BaUvimot.

National revenues 7,928,730.00

Expendi tureB: BMi-ianoi,

Lepaiative 253,792.00

Fore^n Affaire 930,478.20

Government and Public Works 2,021,427.82

Treasury and industry 1 , 462, 259. 33

Justice and Publiclngtruction 1,878,941.00

War 2,081,119.00

Colonization -. 846, 660. 00

9,473,677.36

Deficit 1,644,847.36

BXTRAO RDI NARY NATIONAL BUIX3BT.

Receipta £2,037,000

Expenses 2,037,000

The Extraordinary National Budget of ¿¡2,037,000, receipts and expenses, respectively, probably covers the Braziliao (Acre) Bolivian indemnity fund of Í2,000,000, now in deposit with the Comptoir d'Escompte, of Paris, France, and the accruing annual interest, which, by an act of Congress of October 17, 1904, is dedicated to the studies and surveys and the construction or the guarantee of interest services for the construction of railways in Bolivia.

BRAZIL.

OU8TOKB BECEIFT8 FOR DECEMBEB ASB FOB THE EAB 1004.

The following ñgures, published in the "South American Journal" for February 18, 1905, show the revenue of the Bi-azilian custom-houses for December, and for the twelve months of 1904 as compared with those of 1903:

Monlh.	IBM.	WO!. 1 Monlh.	1»M.	.»
	n,6Ti,fl92 I7.8K.0M ' 18,813.08» 1	Mííríií.		Müreít. l!;Si:S a),S7î,M6	îS'sî
	IS is	971.870 ffi:S
		!i«fñ
	20B.48e,Ot3
	. ,

The revenue for the month of December shows a slight increase of 1,135,971 milr^is for the 23 different customs districts compared with 1903, and of 2,746,226 milreis compared with the previous month of November, 1904. For the twelve months ended December the total revenue recovered at the customs amounted to 208,489,043 miireis, aa against 202,193,360 milreis last year, an increase of 6,295,683 milreiê.

BUBOET FOB THB TSAB ISOfi.

The "DUfrio Official'''' of Brazil for January 16, 1905, publishes the budget for the year 1905 as approved by the Congress on December 31, 1904. The following is the complete budget:

EXFEMDITUBE.

Abticlb 1. Expenditure for the year 1905 is fixed at 47,24-l,4S2$ gold and 276,309,237^ paper, distributed as follows:

Art. 2. The President of the Republic is authorized to expend 12,114$245 gold and 24,557,016$577 paper through the Ministry of Justice and Interior, as follows:

I»	LAvr fur IMS. Lav [or IVM.
	GoM.	fapor. ! Gold.	Paper. "is?™ 120,000
	mrei,.	«flrrt.. 130. ODD 86.000 101,440 S8.0W ■11 I2Î.000 19,1100 KS 1'J.OOO 3.ftM,(iM	MUnit.
			1,008,000
		Ï9.0IJ0 1.0OI,(HI mUm BW,7H) sooiwi 313,700 M4,«03 Si Is il,000 I, w.w
	n.M
	MKi
			100, WO
		IS 9&7,90O 100.000
'■«•'	12, lU	21.557,016	5, «2	1B,749.BU

Art. 3. Authorizes the President of the Republic to print .4 limûnta do Instituto llinUrrioí} e Geograj/hico Bra3¡leÍT0 at the National Print- ing Office and to construct a new Congress building, at a cost not exceeding 500,000$.

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574 INTERNATIONAL BVRBAtJ OF THE AMERICAN BEPDBLlCa.

Akt. 4. Only effective service shall henceforth entitle civil or mili- tary, secondary or higher teachers to increase of salaries, the last part of section 2, article 31 of the Education Code, approved by Decree 3891 of January 1, 1901, being hereby annulled as also any other disposition contrary to the foregoing.

Art. 5. The President of the Republic is authorized to expend 1,067,000$ in gold and ti32,000$ in paper through the Ministry of Foreign Affairw, iis follows:

Hem.	LawtorlSOe.	Law for HM.
Gold. Jfüreií.	Piper.	Gold.	P.p«.
	Is	Hareft.	ira™.
			á-z
	iS	MH.UO ¡M.KO
	i.MT.nw	6si,a»	1.023,»»

Abt. 6. The President is authorized to expend on the Navy the si of 650,654$ gold and 31,396,639$ paper, as follows:

J_	Law VolÃ'	Otl906.	L*« lot 1«M.
	l*p«r. •ÎSt, 4e. 140 M. ut SX «,7» ••ffiS il l«i;«6T I.SM.MO 1,780.200 480,000 '«« 210,1»	Gold.	P-per.
	MtlrH..	JfUrrti.	MüríU.
			M
			4S,7flO
			^'œfl'm
	ÎSiS
		»s
	MO.OOO
		210,000
	CM, «A4	»«.
Total	«U,«H	31, S». 639	"•^	W.RHÍ.S»

Abt. 7. The Executive is authorized to sell old or useless material, the product of which shall be applied to repair of floating material and public buildings; to reorganize the Naval Council, subject, how- ever, to approval by Congress; to revise the regulations of the Naval

,,rz?d,,vG00¿^Ic

BBAZIL. 575

School; to open a credit of 670,000$ for the carrying out of reasonable plans for and experiment with submarines; to contract for the pilot service of the bar of Kio Grande do Sul.

Art. 8. Article 19 of law 3018 of November 5, 1880, whereby it was prohibited to enter into contntcts exceeding Bve years, is revoked as far as lease of houses, naval construction, lighting of fortresses, islands, and warships, or supplying water to same is concerned.

Art. 9. The President is authorized to expend through the Minis- try of War 50,000$ gold and 48,118,987$ paper, as follows:

,»..	Law	orlM».	CtoW.	or lew.
Oold.	Paper. mreii. HT. m 143.800 Ss 1&,S12.030 ■■gss 8.080,000	Paper.
	Jfiirrf*.	mirtí».	MOrtíê.
			ÎSC
			14, §11.682
			a», «00 1%,«00
	M,DÒã	30.200
	M. 000	4s.iis,es7	80, a»

Art. 10. The Executive is authorized to oend officers as military attachés, or in commission to study military matters — one to Europe, one to the United States, one to the Plate, and one to the Pacific Coast; to expend on prizes for horse breeding up to 50,000$; if convenient, to purchase the building used as a military hospital in S. JoSo d^El Rey; to send two officers to Europe to study; to open the necessary credit to improve the workshops of the Rio Grande do Sul and Matto Grosso arsenals; to completely reform, on a more economical basis, the service of military instruction.

Art. 11. The President is authorized to alter the items of expendi- ture as shall be required by the reform of the service of military instruction.

Art. 12. The balance of the credite opened under decrees 143 of July 5, 1893, and 1923 of December 24, 1894, shall be considered as supplementary credits.

Art. 13. The President is authorized to expend at the Ministry of Industry and Public Works the sum of 4,963,372$ gold, and 75,471,826$ paper, as follows:

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576 INTKBNATIONAl. BtJBBAU OF THE AHEBICAH RSPUBLIOB.

Item.	liwforlW».	UwfwlSIM.
Gold.	P«per.	Oold.	P.per.
	MUr^.	sie.oso ".S'i 174, 75Í jii Si 15: SS	MüreU.	Jfíir™.
	meoj	KÏ!
			2. mi on
	8,4S6.eia2	8,678.079
	3Ï.47^9M
	■«0.066
	aleoo	S3I.Î74
	<,»83,J76	7i4Tl.»e	4. das»
	■

Akt. 14. The Executive is authorized: (1) To opeu a credit for gratuitied for 1901 to employees with twenty years' service, nfi decreed by law 1191 of June 28, 1904. (2) To expend up to 100,00(4 for eutablishiug in the fazenda of Santa Monica an experimental farm and agronomic station. (S) To distribute prizes up to a total of 10,000$ at the rat« of 1$ per kilogram of home-bred silkworm eggs. (4) To expend up to 60,000$ to stimulate the silk industry, of which 15,000$ are to be distributed in prizes, no prize to exceed 5,000$, to the breeder» of silkworms who shall prove that they possess at least 2,000 mulberry trees in good condition, and 45,000$ to the first two silk mills employing only native silk. (5) To pay 30,000$ to the Sociedade Naeitmal de Agricultwra as subvention. (6, 7, and 8) To promote the use of alcohol ou national railways for lighting and other pur[K>8e8. (9) To expend up to 300,000$ for the transfer to the capital of the Brazilian pavilion at the St. Louis Exposition. (10) To pay an annual subsidy of 30,000$ to the company that shall establish a regular line of steamers between the port of Rio de Janeiro and the ports in the south of the State of Rio de Janeiro. (11) To expend up to 380,000$ on improvemeotof the river Pan^oassu in the State of Bahia, of the rivers Itapicuru, SSo Bernardo and Sangradouro da Lagos de Santo Agostinho in the State of Maranhão, of the Parnahyba and Igarassu in Piauby, of the Cuyaba in Matto Grosso, of the (xoyana in Pernambuco, of the Uruguay in Rio Grande do Sul, and of the Santa Anna in Rio de Janeiro. (12) To expend during the current fiscal year up to $800,000 on the raising of the section of the Central (State) Rail- way between São Diogo and SSo Christovao stations. (13) To raise the loan or loans for the improvement and increase of the water supply of the capital, including the Rua Viuva Garcia (Inhaúma) and for Sepetiba, Governador, and Paqueta islands, and Vigário Geral in Iraja,

BRAZIL. 577

and to give as security tbe income derived from the water rate. (14) To reorffSDÏze tbe service of Sscalization of railways and navigation. (15) Toarrange with countries included in the postal union foraparcels post("ciííwp(WÍoi*r")on the following conditions: (a) Dues collected on parcels to be divided equally; (b) each post-office shall collect whatever extra dues tbey may think fit; (c) free transport by companies with packet privileges of parcels dispatched by Brazilian post-offices — (§1) existing agreements shall be revised in accordance with foregoing bases; (§2) the President shall designate the post-offices where theseexchanges shall be made, and if the offices are insufficient for the service shall rent others; (§3) the President shall fill vacancies by appointment on com- mission according to the regulations approved of by Decree No. 2230, of February 10, 1896. (16) To raise the funds necessary for this serv- ice. (17) To combine with the railways a new contract for mutual telegraphic service at lower rates. (18) To take steps for prohibiting the use of firewood on railway lines administered by the Government, and to include a clause to this effect on lines that may hereafter be teased. (19) To erect a building, in combination with the Government of SSo Paulo, if necessary, for a central post and telegraph offices in the cap- ital of that State. (19a) To expend up to 50,000$ on Indian missions, and make the necessary arrangements with the State Government for this purpose. (20) To come to a fresh agreement with the National Brazilian Harbour Company (Liniited), for the rescission of their con- tract, with guarantee of interest, for construction and usufruct of the port works at the port of Jaragua in the State of Alagoas, and to open the necessary credit if indemnization in cash be decided. (21) To extend to postmen and tel^rapb boys tbe concession of railway passes with 50 per cent rebate. (22) To expend up to 250,000$ on the explora- tion or surveys of the coal fields in Brazil, and to guarantee, during a period not to exceed ten years, the consumption of native coal on tbe Central and other State railways, and to take note of results to decide whether the use of this coal is advantageous.

Art. 15. Confirms the stipulations incladed in the following articles: Nos. I to IV and XI, and adds authorization to open credits up to 100,000$; Nos. XII to XIV and XVIII. and adds authorization to open the necessary credit; XX, excluding the extensions of the Central Per- nambuco Railway to Pesqueira and of the Conde d'Eu Railway, but includes the extension of Diamantina for connection of the Central (State) with the Victoria and Diamantina Railway; XXIII to XXX, XXXII to XXXIV, and XL to XLII of article 17 of Law No. 1145 of December 31, 1903, separating 30,000$ from the appropriation of 200,000$ for propaganda of coffee abroad on Dr. Alvaro de Oli- VBiBA'a system; articles 21, 22, and 23 of tbe same law No. VIII, XXII, and XXVIII of article 22 of Law 957 of December 30, 1902.

Art. 16. Approves tbe contract celebrated with the Oia. Geral da

578 INTBKNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Mel luirameiitoe no Marniihiio on December 31, 1903, and fixes January 1, of his year an the initial date for the peñod of five year» allowed for extension of the wharves.

Art. 17. Stipulate» that no third advance of money for work to t>e done for the Ministry of Public Works shall be made until the accounts relating to the penultimate advance «hall have been rendered and approved, and when the work runs over from one fiscal year into another, no second advance shall be made on account of the new fiscal year until the accounts of the former fiscal year shall have been settled.

Art. 18. Authorizes the Executive to concede exemption from custom duties and right of expropriation to companies producing electricity by hydi-aulic power, as also the favors included in article 28 of Law 1145 of December 31, 1903.

Art. 19. The President of the Republic is hereby authorized to expend through the Department of Finance 40,501,3889.466 gold and 96,332,768$. 2il8 paixir, as follows:

1^	GoM.	rlMO. Paper.	lAW tor 1)04.
	Gold.	p««.
KSSïïSSSÏÏÎwfïi'i'Jr&S:":::::		¡ittrcU.	I,2ÍÍ,0«&	Müreü
	8,8SS,<20 ■•ill U4|.%0 IIIISK 701, MO 1,700,340 M 000 7S,S«0	». 213. 420
loUrcM and amortlialloD ol InlertMl pcri^tiul sn-
	SS	100,000
	B*.«»	M, «00
	^11 ñO.OOO SíS •■'ffiSS SE uolooo 2.000.000 TW.OOO	1.6C3.S0O
	8,80s	8,808
			'■UJ-ÍS!
			^Z
			iSS'SS
	86.000 6,000 mIooo 100,000	S&.000 8.000 60.000 100.000	30,000
	2, «10,000 ÏSO.00O
	320, OM	\.«Á'.vâ
	mõòò
	8.620,100	a,sJD,4oo
piixr DiDiiQriiiid fliBt payment a! il.OÛO.OOO CO
	IW.OOO 3,000,000	100,000 8.000,000
	*>,fi01.S3S	„,m»	40.3.^1.048	87, 899.146

■ BRAZIL. 579

Art. 20. The Executive is hereby authorized to opeu: (1) Supple- mentary credits to the sum not exceeding S,000 contos for the items included in Table B, accompanying thb law. For the items "Public assistance" and '^Accounts overdue," the President of the Republic may open supplementary credits at any moment, so long as their total does not exceed the amount appropriated. In the maximum deter- mined by this article the credits opened iu Nos. 5 to 8 for the Ministry of Interior are not included. (2) To liquidate the debts of banks aris- ing from loans to planters. (3) To apply the balances of the bonds issued in accordance with Decree 4865 of June 16, 1903, to the pur- chase, construction, or adaptation of buildings for the use of the Treasury in the capital. (4) To amortise the bonds of the 1868 gold internal emission still in circulation, and also those already drawn for of the 1897 issue, and to dispose for this object of bonds, tJie property of the Union, gold or paper, and of the product of the Sorocabana and Ituana Railway. (5) To liquidate in the most convenient manner the debt of Eboli & Co., now transferred to the Santos City Improve- ments Company. (6) To contribute 10 contos to the expenses of the inquiry on the sugar industry, and to publish free of cost in the National Printing Office the proceedings of the Sugar conference in Bahia, and that about to be realized in Pernambuco in IdOS, (7) To authorize for the duration of tíiis law; (a) The fiscal council of the Qovernment Savings Bank and Mont de Hété in this city to expend np to SCO contos for the extension of their offices and charge same to the reserve fand of the savings bank; (Ò) Uie Bscal council of the Savings Bank at Porto Alegre to expend up to 150 contos for the acquisition of land and construction of an adequate building for same; (c) the fiscal council of the Savings Bank at ^o Paulo to expend up to 300 contos for construction or acquisition of adequate offices. (8) To pay the engineer of the Ministry of Finance the sum arbitrated by the Treasury for the plans and survey of the Santa Cruz estate. (9) To reorganize the different savings banks without increase of expendi- ture, and to continue to pay interest on deposits already exiitting in excess of this limit. (10) To pay to the actual inspector of customs at Santos, Sefior Antonio Roberto db Vabconcellos, the boni- fication corresponding to the difference between the emoluments he should receive as inspector and those determined by Decree 2807, of January 31, 1898. (11) To open the necessary credits for pay- ment of judicial orders in favor of orphans. (12) To come to terms with the Âsaociacllo Commercial for completion of the building in construction and the liquidation of their debt to the Treasury, (o) the President shall open a credit of 500 contos for completion of the building, and the Associate shall also contribute toward same with the income from the part already completed and leased; Bull. No. 3— oe — 7

580 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE'AUERIOAN REPUBLICS.

(b) when complete, tbe President will order an estimate of the building to be made and shall lease it to the Associação, reserving, however, the necessary accommodation for Che Junta Commercial, Cámara Syndical, and the Bolsa (exchange); (c) the rent shall be calculated on a basis similar to that adopted for the rent of the post-office. (18) To purchase the Marambaia Island, the price, however, not to exceed 95 contos. (1-t) To pay to the assistants of the Insurance Inspection Depart- ment the same gratification as to the officials of the Superintendence of Marine and Fire Insurance Companies, expenditure with same not to exceed revenue from this source. (15) To open the credit necessary for expropriation of the buildings required for extension of the Mint. (ir>) To order an inventory of the Santa Cruz estate to be made and introduce a complete reform in its administration, any economies arising therefrom to be applied to the development of the estate. (17) To issue new and improved regulations for adequate collection of the excise or consumption dues. (IS) To open a credit to the Ministry of Finance for payment of the costs, etc., of judicial proceedings lost by Government, the verification of all documents referring to same, whatever their origin, pertaining exclusively to that Ministry. (19) To expend up to 100 conim for rebuilding part of the edifice of the Fine Arts Society.

Art. 21. To grant 50$ per ton for vessels constructed in the country of more than 100 tons burden.

Par^raph. To open the credit necessary for unification of the type of apólices (perpetual bonds).

Art. 22. Regulates registry of funeral and traveling expenses {^^ ajudas de custo") of officials.

Art. 24. The following shall continue in force: Article 27 of Law 83i of Decemljer 30, 1901; articles 26 (Nos. 15, 16; and 19), article 27, letters a and d, and article 28 of Law 1145, of December 81, 1903.

Art. 25. All depositions to the contrary are hereby revoked.

Kio de Janeiro, December 31, 1904.

Francisco de Paula Kodrioues Alves. Leopoldo de Bulhões.

SUMMARY.

	19M. QüM. i l^per.	1906.
0«ld.	Pípít
	MUrtU. \ ¡íúni». 5.4M 1 19,749,014 ^■^000 vt.ea.m 30,Í00 1 48,269.303 4.ÎÏ2.W9 e9.62B.KS 40,1M;M7: 87,899,146	Jtftfní». 1..^:!!! 4.903.975 40,601,339	Is
Finance	76S
	4fl,9S1.869| ÏM,691.462	47.244,*S2

L',.,lzerl:,vG00gIe

BXPOSTB or &UBBXS.

The exports of rubber from the ports of Fará, Manáos, and Iquitos during the year 1904 were as follows:

Finé.... Uedlum

~ lUlCbOUl

ToUl , 16,81»,

,.„,..	Dniled SUM*.
%i..l,	KUoi.

SZF0ST8 FBOK PEBNAMBUOO, DEOBHBES, 1S04.

The ^^Bol^tim Mensal''^ of the Commercial Associatioo of Pernam- buco publishes the following statistics of the export movement at that port for Che month of December:

Bogar kilos.. 14,466,977

Cotton do 1,684,394

Brandy pipes.. 720

Do caska.. 2,966

Rubber	. . . barreie. .
Do	....balea..
TeiÜlee	do....
Corn	bags .
Castor-oil seed..	bags..
Coffee	do..
Oil	do....
Do	...barrels..

Alcohol pipes. .

Do casks..

Honey pipes. .

Cotton seed bags..

Hides nninber..

Sole leather do

Carnauba wax bags..

TASIFF M0DZFI0ATI0H8.

The "Brazilian Review" for January 10, 1905, publishes the fol- lowing tanlT changes:

(Jarne secca or xarque: The import duty is raised 10 reis, from 140 to 1Õ0 rei» per kilogram.

Potatoes: The duty is raised from 40 to 80 reis per kilogram.

Onions: The duty is raised from 200 to 300 rrin.

Rice: The duty is raised from 40 mia on unhulled and 60 rets on hulled to a uniform i*ate, 1^0 reía for both kinds, and the razS», or percentage to official value, has been raised from 10 to 15 per cent.

The 2 per cent surtax charged last year on Kos. 93 (rice), 95 (bar- ley), 96 (bran), 98 (beans), and 100 (corn) of the tariff (cereals) now includes No. 97 (wheat and other flours and wheat in grain), and will be collected at all ports. The revenue therefrom at Rio de Janeii*o and Rio Grande do Sul will be applied to port works, and from the other custom-houses will be included in general revenue until euch time as it may be also needed for port works, when it shall have this application.

Di.iizPdJvGoo^^Ic

582

INTKBNATIONAL BUREAD OP THE AMEBICAN BKPDBLICe.

With regard to consumption anea the following alterations have been introduced:

Tobacco: The dues on picado, desfiado, and migado have been reduced to 800 rets, indifferently.

Beverages: Dues of No, 130 of tbe tariff have been reduced 50 per cent to 300 reis per liter, 200 rete per bottle, and 100 reie per half bottle, and those of No. 131, on absinthe and imported alcohol, are also subject to foregoing duties.

Bottled foreign wines up to 14° will pay 50 reis per bottle, and above 14° 100 rein.

Salt (common): From 15th iontant tbe dues will be raised 5 reis per kilogram to 20 rets.

Comparative entries of sugar and cotton during the first four months of the crop year, September to December, for the last four years, accord- ing to the " South American Journal " for February 18, 1904, were as follows:

HonU»	■""	Cotton.
	l«in-2. 1B02-S.	190Í-4.	lt04-t.	lWl-1	IWM.	lMB-4.	iaot-8.
	sr» 828,168 408,028 M8.S12	Bag». 10, BM 87, MM Ï11,W8 264,152	1wB8		38,814	IS. 40,068	17,216 a». 061	7s
	sa
ToUl	I,800,*M	bK.M	8»,72Q	688,306	111,358	98.666	SI.440	n,m

CHILE.

OnsTOMB KBVZNUS FOB THE OAI.EHDAB TEAS 1Q04.

The report of the Superintendent of Custom» for the calendar year 1904, as presented to the Minister of Finance of Chile, shows that the total customs revenue in 1904 amounted to ^1,189,137, as compared with 978,416,418 in 1903. Export duties contributed to the revenue in 1904 with $50,852,701, as compared with $49,549,014 in 1903; and import duties contributed in 1904 with $30,336,436, as compared with $28,867,404 in 1903, showing an increase in the total customs revenue of $2,777,719 in 1904 over the preceding year. In the following table are given the sums collected for export duties in 190S and 1904 by each of the custom-houses which contribute to this branch of the revenue:

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Cnatom-bouM.	1MB.	IMM.		im.	1«H.
"-"■«"-■		Sffi:S Si		...SÎÎS 8,074,380 416, 4&1 »»,M7	•186, 881
		4,W6.OT sooistó 68.610
	ÍS,5<9,0U	60,862.701
	'ai tai.sn si&,an	211,668 3, SOI, 190 ssoItso ÎT8,!73
		782,908
	Toul
	U.8ff7,404	80.888,436
	anndtolKl
	78, «8,418	S1.U0.1Ï7

The export duties collected on nitrate correspond to 32,400,000 Spanish quintal», which quantity is 2,600,000 quintals under the amount agreed upon by producers. In 1906 the exportation will not be under 35,000,000 quíntala, which quantity will yield in duties on nitrate and iodine the sum of $55,000,000, or $4,000,000 more than in 1903. The following table shows the export duties collected in each of the years of the last decade:

«3,969,667

38,719,429

36,468,622

1898 44,427,967

47,246,170

1900 »60, 171,009

1901 44,126,269

1902 45,240,707

1903 49,549,014

1904 50,862,701

The import duties yielded more than in any year of the seven in which the present tariff has been in operation, as may be seen by tbe following table:

S, 326,671

1902 $26,328,897

1903 28,867,404

1904 30,336,436

In 1903 and in tbe first two months of 1904 tbe duty on cattle was collected by tbe maritime custom-houses. From March 1 to December 31, 1904, the duty has been collected by the frontier preventive serv- ice corps.

In 1902 the Sama frontier custom-house hada revenue of $51,742; in 1903 it rose to $64,766; while in 1904 it fell to $44,914. The cattle duty has yielded since January 1, 1898, the following yearly sums.

1898 $168,029

1899 120,468

1900 322,300

1901 363,920

1902 $400,066

1903 681,940

1904 916,678

The Arica custom-bouse, which is subject to special stipulations under the treaty with Bolivia, yielded in 1903 tbe sum of $98,9S7 and in 1904 the sum of $106,395.

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584 INTEBIlATIOHAIi BUREAU OF THE AHEBIOAN BEPUBLI08. OONTBBBIOH BILL.

The following clauses of the new Chilean Conversion Bill an official!; promulgated were published in the "Diario Oficial" of December 29, 1904:

" 1. The term appointed by the acts of July 31, 1898, and of Decem- ber 31, IdOl, for the conrersion of the Government paper money, is prorogued to January 1, 1910; but if previously to that date the aver- age rate of exchange shall have been during six months 16$d., the President of the Republic shall order conversion to take place within the six months following, provided that there shall be sufficient funds accumulated for the purpose.

" 2. The Government issue of legal-tender notes authorized by the act of July 31, 1898, is by this act ordered to be increased by $30,000,000. The President of the Republic shall issue $15,000,000 in monthly installments of $2,000,000, counting from February 1, 1905.

*' Z. Of the first $15,000,000, $10,000,OuO shall be paid in to general revenue. The remaininfr $5,000,000, in the same manner as the monthly issues referred to in the preceding clause, shall be expended in purchasing, by public tender, bonds of the Caja de Crédito Sipote- cario, the price of which may not exceed par.

"4. The hypothecary bonds acquired in conformity with the pre- ceding clause shall be added to those which, to the value of $6,998,500, actually exist deposited in the Casa de Moneda, and all of them shall be kept there withdrawn from circulation and preferently applicable to the payment of interest and amortization of the internal debt. The amortizations of these bonds shall be devoted to the replacement of those drawn, and the new ones shall be acquired in the form pre- scribed in this act.

'^5. A guaranty and conversion fund for the whole of the Govern- ment issue shall be constituted in the following manner: (a) Twenty- two million nine hundred and seven thousand five hundred and thirteen dollars actually deposited in goXà^pesos of 18d. in the Oaea de Moneda; (^) $14,939,040 in go\A pesos of 18d., the balance existing in the Treas- ury from the sale of the ironclads ' Constit-ueUn ' and ^ Libertad^; (c) the proceeds of the sales of nitrate grounds and of public lands in Magal- lanes; and {d), finally, $500,000 in gold pesos of 18d., which the Treasury shall deliver monthly to the Casa de Moneda^ taking them from the customs revenue, counting from January 1, 1905, and, until completing, with the other amounts enumerated in thi» clause, the sum of $80,000,000, the total of the issue authorized by this act.

"6. The values in gold already existing in the conversion fund, and those still to he accumulated, shall be transferred to Europe or to the United States of America as they become available, and deposited in

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ñrst-cUss bunks at a rate of interest not under 3 per cent per annum, and for stated periods, the falling-due dates of which shall not be pre- vious to January 1, 1909. The interest yielded by these deposits shall be capitalized yearly, and shall be incorporated with the conversion fund. The superintendent of the Caaa de MonscUi shall publish monthly, in the ' Dtario Oficial,'' a statement of the conversion fund.

" 7. In the first half of 1909, or before, if the President should decree the conversion of the Çrovemment paper, in conformity with this act, the President of the Kepublic shall bring the funds out to Chile for coinage.

"8. The conversion funds are applicable exclusively to the payment of the Government notes, and they may not be applied to any other object, except by virtue of a special law of the Republic.

"9. The expenses entailed by this act are hereby authorized, and the act will take effect from the date of its publication in the '■Diario Oficiai:

"Jerhan Riesgo. "Ebnesto a. Hurner."

detblophbnt of the xaqbllan di8tbict.

The German commercial expert attached to the German Consulate- General at Valparaiso reporta that the development of the Magellan district has stimulated business in Chile to a remarkable degree. He estimâtes the capital invested in new enterprises, mostly mining com- panies and cattle ranches, during 1904, at 65,000,000 ;7i«08 ($23,725,000).

COLOMBIA.

ZNOBEASB 07 DCFOBI DITTIXS.

A decree has been issued by the Colombian Government increasing the import duties under the Colombian tariff by 70 per cent. The tariff classification of articles is to be in accordance with that estab- lished by the tariff of 1886.' The decree introducing these alterations was to come into force at once.

COSTA RICA.

BAVAKA INSVSTBT.

United States Consul Dehebs, at Port Limon, has forwarded to the United States Department of Commerce and Labor a valuable and interesting article on the subject of the banana industry in the Repub- lic of Costa Rica which is published in Consular Report No. 2300.

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586 INTERNATIONAL BUREAD OF THE AHBRICAN BEPUBLI06.

The Ooneul states that the banana industry, unknown to Costa Bica twenty-five years ago, has reached such proportions, especially within the Ust few year», that bananas now form the main export of the country. It is no longer an infant industry, but a giant one, as impor- tant Ba that of coffee, which for a long time has been the mainstay of this small but stable Republic. At the close of 1904 about 50,000 acres of land were devoted to banana growing in Costa Rica, of which 90 per cent is owned by the United Fruit Company, a corporation organized under the laws of New Jersey, United States, and control- ling probably 75 per cent of the total production.

At present the market for this fruit is highly encouraging and bids fair to continue so for many years to come. The trade was exclusively confined to the United States until 1902, when it was introduced in England with gratifying results to the exporters. France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and other European countries do not as yet consume bananas, but as soon as a substantial increase in the acreage is reached, and with the present facilities for transportation and the use of ships equipped with cold stor^e, the market should and will undoubtedly be extended to those countries with equally as gratifying results as in England.

Bananas are not luxuries alone, but nutritious food, and, being cheap, will always be used by all classes, and for many purposes. The amount exported from Port Limon during the five fiscal years ended with June 30, 1904, was as follows, in bunches: 1900, 2,804,103; 1901, 3,192,104; 1902, 4,427,024; 1903, 5,261,600; and 1904, 6,760,000. During the six months ended December 31, 1904, the exports amounted to 2,911,071 bunches.

As shown, banana exports have more than doubled during the last five years, and present indications are that the exports will double again during the next fire years. As an investment, taking into con- sideration the quick returns and the readiness and ever-increasing sphere of market, banana cultivation is quite profitable. On a con- servative estimate 40 per cent per annum can be realized to investors, under good management and normal conditions. The following fig- ures show the probable costs and profita on a tract of 100 acres planted in bananas:

Original outlay— Land (|20 per acre), $2,000; reducing land and bringing it to a banana-hearing condition ($50 per acre), $5,000; total, $7,000. Gross returns— 180 stems per acre per annum, at 31 cents per stem, $5,580. Expenses — Cutting and hauling the fruit, and keeping the plantation clean (8 cents per stem), $1,440; manager {$100 per month), $1,300; total, $2,640. Net return on investment, $2,940.

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The entire bañan» crop at present is sold to the United Fruit Com- pany, which operates s railroad system through the fruit diijtricts and pay» 31 cents per stem on delivery alongside their track.

Under very favorable circumstances a banana plant may give a stem of fruit in nine months, but it generally takes from fifteen to eighteen months for the average plantation to be in full bearing. The life of a plantation varies according to the fertility of its soil and topographiml situation. Some soils may need a rest in six or seven years, while others may last practically forever, as in cases where periodically enriched by alluvial deposits. It \a well known that plantations 15 years old are yielding to-day as many bananas as they did in their second or third year. Sandy loam, through which water or i-ain will freely percolate, is the best soil for bananas. The stalk needs a large amount of rainfall for its successful development, but water must not be allowed to remain on the surface or immediately under the surface of the soil surrounding it, lest the water be heated by the tropical sun and become st^nant, in which case it may kill the plant.

Jamaican negroes are exclusively used as laborers, and their aver^^ pay id 70 cents per day. The negro is Immune from yellow fever, is indispensable, and the only person truly adapted to the work required, where, by reason of the richness and more or less swampy nature of the land, mosquitoes abound, and the dangers of contracting disease are comparatively great.

The implements used in cultivating bananas are steel machetes, axes, shovels, and plows. Many plantations are equipped with narrow- gauge railways and horse cars for hauling fruit. The rails used are very small. Machetes, axes, and plows are generally imported from the United States. Shovels come from England, where they can be bought cheaper, it is claimed. Bails are imported from the United States and Germany, but mostly from the latter country, also on account of difference in prices.

The import duties on the articles mentioned are as follows, in United States currency, per kilogram (2.2046 pounds): Machetes, axes, and shovels, $8.12; plows, $2.16; rails, free.

The Consul further states that a fine dour can be made from bananas, and that fibers from the leaves and stalks could be extracted and suc- cessfully worked, but that as yet nothing along that line had been done in this country.

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588 INTEENATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMBBICAN EEPUBL1C9.

CUBA.

TBXATT OF EXTRADITION WITH THE UNITED STATES.

signed at WHahlnglOD. April e. 1904.

Ratincatfon ailvtiied by tbe Beaa-te, April 2S. ISO*.

Rsllned by the Preaideiil. Jnouary ». IKR.

Rallfled by Caba, Jmnuai? 16. IK».

Ratincatlons exchanged it Waahlngloii. Janiurr 31, IMS.

Hrnclaimed, PtbrnaryS, IMS.

By the President of the United States of America. A PROCLAMATION.

Whereas a Treaty betweeo the United States of America and the Republic of Cuba providioff for the mutual extradition of fugitives from justice was concluded and signed by their respective Plenipo- tentiaries at Washington, on the sixth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and four, (he original of which Treaty being in the English and Spanish languages is word for word as follows:

The United States of America and the Republic of Cuba, being desirous to confirm their friendly relations and cooperate to promote the cause of justice, have resolved to conclude a treaty for the extra- dition of fugitives from justice between the United States of America and the Republic of Cuba, and have appointed for that purpose the following Plenipotentiaries:

The President of the United States of America, John Hat, Secre- tary of State of the United States of America; and

The President of the Republic of Cuba, Gonzalo de Quesada, Envoy Exti-aordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba to the United States of America;

Who, after having communicated to each other their respective full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following:

Article I.

The Government of the United States of America and the Govern- ment of the Republic of Cuba mutually agree to deliver up persons who, having been charged as principals, accomplices, or accessories with or convicted of any crimes or offenses specified in the following article, and committed within the jurisdiction of one of the high con- tracting parties, shall seek an asylum or be found within the territories of the other: l*rovided. That this shall only be done upon such evi- dence of criminality as, according to the laws of the place where the fu<;itive or person so charged shall be found, would justify his or her upprehcn»ion and commitment for trial if the crime or offense had been there committed.

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Article II.

Extradition shall be granted for the following crimes and offenses:

1. Murder, comprehending the offenses expressed in the Penal Code of Cuba ss assassination, parricide, infanticide, and poisoning; man- slaughter, when voluntary; the attempt to commit any of these crimes.

2. Arson.

3. Robbery, defined to be the act of feloniously and forcibly taking from the person of another money, goods, documents, o other prop- erty, by violence or putting him in fear; burglary; houseo' eaking,and shopbreaking.

4. Forgery, or the utterance of forged papers, or falsitication of the official acts or documents of the Government or public authority, including courts of justice, or the utterance or fraudulent use of any of the same.

5. The fabrication of counterfeit money, whether coin or paper, counterfeit titles or coupons of public debt, bank notes, or other instruments of public credit; of counterfeit seals, stamps, dies, and marks of state or public administration, and the utterance, circulation, or fraudulent use of any of the above-mentioned objects.

6. Embezzlement by public officers or depositaries; embezzlement by persons hired or salaried to the detriment of their employers; obtaining money, valuable securities, or other personal property by false devices, when such act is made criminal by the laws of both countries and the amount of money or value of the property so obtained is not less than two hundred dollars in gold.

7. Fraud or breach of trust (or the corresponding crime expressed in the Penal Code of Cuba as defraudation) by a bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee, or other person acting in a fiduciary capacity, or director or member or officer of any company, when such act is made criminal by the laws of both countries and the amount of money or the value of the property misappropriated is not less than two hun- dred dollars in gold.

8. Perjurj'; subomation of perjury.

9. Bribery; defined to be the giving, offering, or receiving of a reward to influence one in the discharge of a legal duty.

10. Kape; bigamy.

11. Wilful and unlawful destruction or obstruction of railroads, trains, bridges, vehicles, vessels, or other means of transportation or public or private buildings, when the act committed endangers human life.

12. Crimes committed at sea, to wit:

(a) Piracy, by statute or by the law of nations. {f') Revolt, or conspiracy to revolt, by two or more persons on board a ship on the high seas against the authority of the master.

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(c) Wrongfully sinking or destroying a vessel at sea, or attempting to do so.

{d) Assaults ou board a ship on tbe high seas witb intent to do grievous bodily barm.

13. Crimes and offenses ^^tnst tbe laws of both countries for tbe suppression of slavery and slave trading.

14. Kidnapping of minors or adults, defined to be the abduction or detention of a person or persons in order to exact money from them 01' their families, or for any other unlawful end.

15. Larceny, defined to be the theft of money, effects, documents, horses, cattle, live-stock, or any other movable property of tbe value of more than fifty dollars.

16. Obtaining, by threats of doing injury, money, valuables, or other personal property.

17. Mayhem and other wilful mutilation causing disability or death. Extradition is to take place for participation in any of the crimes

and offenses mentioned in this treaty, not only as principal or accom- plices hut as accessories in any of the crimes or offenses mentioned in the present article, provided such participation may be punished, in the United States as a felony, and in the Republic of Cuba by impris- onment, hard labor, or capital punishment.

Article III.

Requisitions for the surrender of fugitives from justice shall be made by tbe diplomatic agents of the contracting parties, or in the absence of these from the country or its seat of government, may be made by the superior conisular officers.

If the person whose extradition is requested shall have been con- victed of a crime or offense, a duly authenticated copy of the sentence of the court in which he was convicted, or if the fugitive is merely chai^d with a crime or offense, a duly authenticated copy of the warrant of arrest in tbe country where the crime or offense has been committed, and of the depositions or other evidence upon which such warrant was issued, shall be produced. In both cAses, whenever pos- sible, all facts and data necessary to establish the identity of the person whose extradition is sought shall also be presented.

The extradition of the fugítiv&í under the provisions of this treaty shall be carried out in the United States and in tbe Republic of Cuba, respectively, in conformity with tbe laws regulating extradition for tbe time being in force in the State in which the demand for the sur- render is made.

Article IV.

Where the arrest and detention of a fugitive in the United States are desired on telegraphic or other information in advance of the pre- sentation of formal proof, complaint on oath, as provided by the statutes

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of the United States, shall be made by an agent of the Government of Cuba before a judge or magistrate authorized to issue warrants of arrest in extradition cases.

When, under the provisions of this article, the arrest and detention of a fugitive are desired in the Republic of Cuba, the proper course shall be to apply to the Foreign Office, which will immediately cause the necessary steps to be taken in order to secure the provisional arrest or detention of the fugitive.

The provisional detention of a fugitive shall cease and the prisoner be released if a formal requisition for his surrender, accompanied by the necessary evidence of his guilt, has not been produced under the stipula- tions of this treaty within two months from the date of his provisional arrest or detention.

Aeticx* V.

Neither of the contracting parties shall be bound to deliver up its own citizens under the stipulations of this treaty.

Article VI.

A fugitive criminal shall not be surrendered if the offense in respect of which his surrender is demanded be of a political character, or if it is proved that the requisition for his surrender has, in fact, been made with a view to try or punish him for an offense of a political character.

An attempt against the life of the head of a foreign government or against that of any member of his family, when such attempt com- prises the act either of murder, assassination, or poisoning, shall not be considered a political offense or an act connected with such an offense.

No person surrendered by either of the contracting parties to the other shall be triable or tried, or be punished, for any political crime or offense, or for any act connected therewith, committed previously to his extradition.

If any question shall arise as to wJiether a case comes within the provisions of this article, the decision of the authorities of the gov- ernment on which the demand for surrender is made, or which may have granted the extradition, shall be final.

Abticub VII.

Extradition shall not be granted in pursuance of the provisions of this treaty if legal proceedings or the enforcement of the penalty for the act committed by tiie person claimed has become barred by limita- tion, according to the laws of the country to which the requisition is addressed.

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Article VIII.

No person surrendered by either of the contracting parties to the other shall, without hie consent, freely granted and publicly declared by him, be triable or tried or be punished for any crime or offense committed prior to his extradition, other than that for which he was delivered up, unless the said person shall have been at liberty to leave the country for a month after having been tried, and, in case of con- viction, a month after having served sentence or being pardoned.

Article IX.

All articles found in the possession of the person to be surrendered, whether being proceeds of the crime or offense, or being material as evidence in making proof of the crime or offense, shall, so far as prac- ticable, and in conformity with the laws of the respective countries, be seized and surrendered with his person. Nevertheless the rights of third parties with r^ifard to such articles shall be duly respected.

Article X.

If the individual claimed by one of the contracting parties, in pur- suance of the present treaty, shall also be claimed by one or several other powers on account of crimes or offenses committed within their respective jurisdictions, his extradition shall be granted to the State whose demand is first received, unless the government from which extradition is sought is bound by treaty to give preference to another.

If the said individual shall be indicted or convicted in the country from which extradition is sought, his extradition may be deferred until the proceedings are abandoned, the individual set at liberty or discharged, or has served his sentence.

Abticle XI.

The expenses incurred in the arrest, detention, examination, and delivery of fugitives under this treaty shall be borne by the State in whose name the extradition is sought: Provided, That the demand- ing government shall not be compelled to bear any expense for the services of such public officers of the government from which extra- dition is sought as receive a fixed salary: ATid provided. That the charge for the services of such public officers as receive only fees or perquisites shall not exceed their customary fees for the acts or serv- ices performed by them had such acts or services been performed in ordinary criminal proceedings under the laws of the country of which they are officers.

Article XII.

The present treaty shall take effect on the thirtieth day after the date of the exchange of ratifications.

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The rstificatioDS of the present treaty shall be exchanged at Wash- ington as soon as possible, and it shall remain in force for a period of six months after either of the contracting governments shall have giren notice of a purpose to terminate it.

In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the above articles both in the English and Spanish languages and hereunto affixed their seals.

Done in duplicate at the city of Washington this sixth day of April, nineteen hundred and four.

John Hat. [seal.]

Gonzalo de Quesada. [seal.]

And whereas the said treaty has been duly ratiSed on both parts, and the ratifications of the two üovemraents were exchanged in the city of Washington on the thirty-first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and five;

Now, therefore, be it known that I, Tmbodobe Roosevelt, Presi- dent of the United States of America, have caused the said treaty to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the United States and the citizens thereof.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States of America to be affixed.

Done at the city of Washington this eighth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and five and of the Independence of the Unit«d States of America the one hundred and twenty-ninth.

[seal.] Théodore Roosevelt.

By the President:

John Hay, Secretary of State.

LAW ILEI.ATIHG TO PATZNT MBDIODTES.

An order, dated Novem)>er 12, 1904, relating to patent medicines, and published in the " Gaceta Oficial'''' for November 14, 1904, has been issued by the Cuban Grovernment, requiring compliance there- with within six months under pain of exclusion of the product concerned.

A translation of the order, as well as a translation of articles 15 and 55 of the "Ordinances for the Exercise of the Profession of Pharmacy," which seem to indicate the procedure to be followed, are given below:

^^ ^ Department of G&vemment:

"'It being provided in the Regulations of the 24th of February, 1844, respecting secret and new medicaments, modified by Royal Order of April 3, 1865, that all medicaments which at that date had not been

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publisbec n-íF eir -'red in cases of sickness, for the cure of which they had been . K^^-nmended, or that, in case of having been used, they purposed to be prepared or combiaed in a manner different to that known, should be presented to tbe Government in snfficient quan- tity for their analysis and qualificatioD, aod jiving the explanation in a sealed package of the names of the substances that entered into their composition, the mode of preparation and application of the same; and further, as the number is altogether too small of the medical preparations whose notice and sale have been officially authorized in conformity with tbe precepts of the aforesaid Regulations, the Secre- tary of this Department h&s been pleased to set the term of six months from date hereof wherein the makers of medicaments at present placed on sale in the pharmacies of the island shall comply with the prescribed regulations, and shall obtain the proper authorization, in the understanding that upon the expiration of said term tbe sale of the medicines which shall have not been presented at the office of the Sec- retary of this Department shall be absolutely prohibited,'

"The foregoing order is published for general information. " Havana. November 12, 1904.

"BAI.BINO Gonzalez,

Art. 15. In order to allow tbe sale of (Galenic remedies or medica- ments, or foreign compounds, tbe same shall be asked for by petition of a professor of medicine or pharmacy, accompanying therewith the medicament whose introduction is desired, and two copies of the phar- macopoeia formulary, medical, or pbarmical work or journal in which may be published its composition. To decide upon these petitions, the report of the Royal Academy of Medical, Physical, and Natural Science of Havana and the opinion of the Superior Board of Health must be first obtained.

Art. 55. All natural objecte, drugs, and chemical products, national or foreign, which are exclusively medical shall be subject upon their introduction into this island to a facultative inspection, and the parties interested, or, as the case may be, not interested, shall carry out the proceedings prescribed in article 15,

Of all these substances and all others included in the schedule by virtue of article 15 of said regulations shall be made and published a catalogue to serve as a guide to collectors of customs and inspectors of medicinal goods.

CDIiTITATIOH OF 8I8AI1 HKICF.

One of the Cuban industries which bids fair to become of some importance within a few years, according to a statement published in "Dun's Review" of March, 1905, is the cultivation of henequén.

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or sisal hemp, which by some is claimed to be indigenous to Cuba. Spasmodic attempts at the cultivation of this plant have been made for many years past, but, owin^tovanou» causes, continuous effort has been made in very few cases, and the production has never assumed large proportions. The largest of the old plantations, situated on one of the small islands on the north coast of Cuba, has for a number of years past had a more or less precarious existence, due principally to scarcity of labor, but during the past two or three years a number of persons have engaged in the cultivation of the plant, and it is expected that the production will steadily increase from now on.

On the north coast of the island there is an abundance of high, rocky limestone land, which is peculiarly adapted to the cultivation of the plant, and those who have Investigated the subject claim that the industry will be a profitable one if properly conducted. The Cuban leaf is said to contain about 10 per cent more fiber than the product of the well-known plant which has enriched Yucatan, and the quality of the fiber is about the same. The Cuban leaf produces an average of 68 pounds of fiber for each thousand leaves.

A small cordage factory was established at Regla, just across the bay from Havana, eighteen or twenty years ago, but the domestic manufacture of rope and twine was very small until the establishment in Havana, in 1890, by the American firm of a large fa<itory capable of filling the entire needs of the island. In 1900 they absorbed the factory at Regla, and both have since been actively operated by them and their suecessoi-s. Last year they imported from Yucatan 3,500,000 pounds of fiber and 2,000,000 from Manila. They are now engaged in the culti- vation of henequén in two provinces of the island, and expect that the domestic production will within two years reach 2,000,000 pounds, and a short period thereafter will be suflSclent for the factory's consumption. With a day and night shift their present output amoimts to 35,000 pounds of rope and twine per day; and, exclusive of tarred hemp rope, which comes from Spain and Italy, they are furnishing about 95 per cent of the rope used in Cuba. They are consuming all of the fiber raised on the island, which in 1904 amounted to about 550,000 pounds. There are now two cleaning plants in sections where most of the fiber is grown, and henceforth it can be handled more advantageously than it has been heretofore. Some of those engaged in the cultivation of the plant believe that within five or six years the production will be more than sufficient for home consumption, and that a considerable amount will be exported. Bull. No. 3—05 8

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The following is the substance of some decisions affecting the appli- cation of the Cuban tariff, which have been publibhed in recent iitsues of the Cuban "'Gaceia Oficiar^:

Ships and boats, including those of less than \ ton, are dutiable under Nos. 232-234 of the tariff.

Shirt collars of tissue covered on both surfaces with celluloid are dutiable under No. 299 {h) of the tariff at the rate of tl.56 per kilogram.

Juniper oil is dutiable under No. 101 (A) of the tariff at the n»t« of $3.75 per 100 kilograms.

Easy chairs with cane backs are dutiable under No. 171 or 172 oí the tariff, according to the description of wood of which thej- are made, without regard to the presence of the cane.

Hides and skins, the surface of which is not entirely smooth, but shows any manipulation whatever, such as carving, graining, stamp- ing, embossing, etc., are dutiable under No. 191, at the rate of 25 per cent ad valorem.

Bibles, testaments, etc., are not entitled to free importation.

Opium pills, containing opium in combination with other substances, are not dutiable as "opium" under No. 81 of the tariff, but as "pills," under No. 99, at the rata of 32i cents per kilogram.

Width of cotton tissues — " splits :" Cotton tissues cut into strips of 65 centimeters or less are not entitled to the beneñt of the provisions in No. 114 of the tariff for "Tissues * • * measuring not over 65 centimeters in width and weighing 8 kilograms or more per 100 square meters." Duty is to be levied on such tissues according to the general rules for the classification of tissues, under No. 114 or 115 of the tariff, without regard to the special provision referred to.

Note. — The above decision is applicable to cut tissues only and not to those "splits" which are münufactured of a definite width.

Surtax on tissues manufactured with dyed yarns: The surtax on tissues manufactured with dyed yarns is leviable only when the yarns are of different colors, and not when the tissue is all of one color.

The reductions of duty accorded to agricultural machinery, to machinery for the manufacture of sugar and bi-andy, and to railway plant, are no longer in force. The special reduction of duty in favor of marine engines is, however, still in force.

The surtaxes on certain articles are remitted in the case of the fol- lowing materials for use in national industries: Glass vessels, hops, barley, malt, and lupulin extract for use in brewing; phosphorus, paraffin, and wicks for use in the manufacture of candles and matches; cotton yarn for weaving; straw for hat making; and certain kinds of fodder and bran.

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It has now been decided that such articles may be imported only by the actual manufacturer, who must sigo a declaration that the articles are required for use in his industry. The form of declaration required is given in the Cuban " Gaceta OficiaV for December 2, 1904.

QCFOSTB FROM THE UNTFED STATES, 1004.

According to Unit«d States official figures, exports from that country to Cuba in the calendar year 1904, the first year under the new reci- procity treaty, were larger than in any earlier year in the history of American trade with that island, and were 38,9 per cent in excess of those of the immediately preceding year. Practically every article of impoilance exported to Cuba showed an increase in 1901 compared with 1903, and in the few ai'ticies showing a decrease the reduction in vainc was, in some cases at least, due to lower prices, while quantities were greater than those of the preceding year.

Cotton cloths showed a remarkable increase in 1904 compared with 1903.

The tables which follow show the quantities and values of the prin- cipal articles exported from the United States to Cuba during the calendar years 1903 and 1904, and afford a comparison of the exports to Cuba during the iii-st year under reciprocity.

The value of flour exported from the United States to Cuba in 1904 was $3,039,655 against $2,068,083 in the preceding year, the quantity being in 1904, 639,753 barrels against 548,423 barrels in 1903, Cattle showed a remarkîiblo increase in number and value.

Arti,,*,.	19ÛS.	19(M.
WhcM flour bnrrclJ	16,630.»» 102,913 a:i 3,8iii;2» 6,004.(75 1, tes, BK W.3.ÍI
			3,ri2,93E
Coal:
			1Î,419.λS
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Anieles.	.m	1«>..
WhMt flour	(2.068, oes i:ïw;î96 1,41»,6Î3 ¡.■aiUn M4.1I9 Si 67«l763 822.383 ¡x'.wa Ï60:3«3 230,541 198. M2 m»3« m.Ms M.ai3 121,900 11 41. MO M.1&Í 28.01(1 3»; 189 Si: 160 8.763.S71
	ffi-Si
	22,373.692 I,I30,72S	30,7M.2f3
	Ï3,SW.417

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

BEBVCnON OF IHPOBT DUTIES OK SUOAB ANS STTOABES PRODUCTS.

According to the British " Board of Trade Journal "' for Febniary 2, 1905, the Governinent of Santo Domingo issued a decree, dated De- eember 5, 1904, in virtue of which the duties leviable on sugar and sugared products imported into the Republic have Iieen reduced as follows:

Piro.

Befineil eui;ar per quintal.. 0,50

l'nrcñneil sugar do ffl

Chr>poliite, jgnip, biscuitp, comleiiseil milk, and similar products containing a con- sidfiTiblc proportion of artificiiiUy addwl fugar 50

Article 2 of the decree provides that there »hall not be levied on the above-mentioned sugars and sugared products any new impost, or any surtax, local or national, exceeding 10 antai'OB per quintal.

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ECUADOR.

TAHIFF KODtFICATIONS, 1006.

I. — DecTtfn of Septeinher^ 30, 1904, modifying the nustomë law.

[-Regüln) Ogleial" Ko. MO, oISeplembcTao, l»M.]

Article 1. Article 111 of the customs law is repealed, and to the list of goods enumerated in article 110 shall be added "straw called ^ ioij>('/l<i,' $1; straw called ^mocot-a,'' 25 cents."

Art. 2. An additional duty shall be levied at the rate of 25 cents per kilogram on exportation of straw called ** toquilla.^''

Art. 3. In the second paragraph of article 115 the word " raspings" is to be added to the list of exceptions appearing therein.

Art. 4. The present decree shall enter into force on October 1, 1904.

\l.^-L<iw dati-d (ktobef 31, 1904, modifying the eustwiis law.

["Rrgittra Ofiilat" No. 926, of October 31. I9IM.]

Artici,b 1. In article 2, after " Esmeraldas," add " Vargas Torres," and in the designation of the secondary porta open for export pur- poses only, erase "Manglar Alto" and "Vargas Torres."

Art. 2. In article i add " Vargas Torres " to the list of ports open for warehousing.

Art. 3 to 6. • " •

Art. 7. In No. 11 of article 56, add:

" In case the Government authorize the sale of these products in the Province of Loja the provisions of the third paragraph of No. 3 of article 57 sliall not apply so long as these goods are aiibject to the JSci/ie system; in the corresponding place of article 56 add " fuse and detonators for mines."

Art. 8. To the list of goods appearing in paragraph 5 of article 57 add the following, which will accordingly cease to be included in the respective classes wherein they are specified;

" Hydrochloric acid, carbolic acid, telescopes, barometers, ship's compasses, crucibles, creoline and crcosine, amianthus or asbestos, chloride of time, nitric acid, sulphur sublimated, animal vaccine lymph, antipest serums, sulphate of copper, borax, metallic oxides for pottery work, Roman cement, iron rods, and sulphuric acid;" after "iron structural work" add "and metallic parts for buildings."

Art. 9. In article 60, the following goods must be added, "crude cotton-seed oil" and ^'■higuerillas'''' oil, for the manufacture of soap and candlis; iron or steel in bars, ingots, angle or T-shaped, such goods being deleted in article 61 of the fourth class.

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In the same article 60, instead of "common faience,'' insert " cham- ber poU, basins, plates, dishes, and cups, of common faience."

Art, 10. In article G2, after " Semolina," add "for the manufacture of alimentary pastes; nnbleachcd cloth or hempen cloth for baga."

Art. 11. In article 64, add "Semolina for the manufacture of bread; corozo buttons," and strike out "lard."

In the same'article 64, erase "Manufactures of glass or crystal, common," and add "Large and small cups, drinking glasses of all shapes of common glass; coffee pota, milk jugs, sugar basins, teapots, large and small jars, soup tureens, butter dishes, and other articles of common faience, not specially enumerated ; pans of iron or steel, white plates and cups of porcelain, of any size or shape, plates and cups of fine faience of any size or shape."

Art. 12. In article 65, add ^^lard."

Compound lard pays double duty.

In the same article 65, delete ' ^ Commoa glassware cut or ornamented; furniture of all kinds, put together or not, whatever be the material of which made or with which covered," and add "Articles of fine faience, not specially mentioned; wardrobes, chests of drawers, sideboards, washstands, desks, tableíi, bookcases and guéridon tables of common wood, unornamented; chairs, armchairs, and other furnitare of rattan or imitation, neither decorated nor ornamented."

Art. 13. In article 66, strike out " Hempen tisenes; matches."

In the same article 66, erase " Fine glassware of alt kinds," and add ^'furniture of rattan or imitation, ornamented; wardrobes, cbesta of drawers, sideboards, washstands, desk.'í, tables, bookcases, and guéri- don tables of common wood, such as mahogany, cedar, walnut, and other like, veneered, carved, or ornamented."

In the same article 66, add "leather prepared for making boots and shoes and other articles."

Art. 14. In article 67, after "gilt or silvered," add "and of corozo;" strike out the words "and exclusive of studs for shirts;" add "hempen tissues;" erase "Pisco.'^

In the same article 67, delete "small fancy or parlour tables" and add "articles of porcelain not specially mentioned; medicinal syrupe and specifics; furniture in general, trimmed or uphoUtered with any kind of silk, woollen stuff, or leather; glasses and cups of all kinds of fine crystal."

In the same article 67, erase " Invoices and other documents, printed, engraved, or lithographed," and "leather prepared for boots and shoos and other articles."

Art. 15. In article 68, add "i%co" and delete "christening or congratulation cards, printed or lith(^raphed, and generally all cards except plún blank cards."

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In same article G8, add "Fine gUdSvare not specially mentioned; wooden furniture gilt or inlaid in any manner or with applications of metal."

ART. 16. In article 69, add "Shirt studa of all kinds" and cancel "Boots and shoes of all kinds other than of rubber."

Art. 17. In article 70, add " Invoices and other documents printed, engraved, or lithographed; christening or congratulation cards, printed or lithographed, and generally all cards except plain blank cards."

Art, 18. In article 71, add " Boots and shoes of all kinds other than of rubber."

Art. 19. Cancel, in the concluding part of article 78, the words "provided that from the consular invoice it appears," etc.

Art. 20. To the end of article 85, add "Merchants are allowed to discard in the warehouses of the State such goods as bave been sub- ject to damage, breakage, leakage, or injury of any kind, so as to' pay the proper duties only on the goods found in good condition,"

Art, 21. Article 87 is amended so as to read aafollows:

"For the legalization of consular mvoices, the Ecuadorian consuls shall charge in revenue stamps the consular fees at the following rates: In the case of invoices of $100, or less, one-fifth of a condor, i. c., $2; in the case of invoices exceeding $100, 2 per cent of amount of invoice.

" In respect to manifests, the consular fees shall be at the rate of 20 percentof the charges payable for the legalization of consularinvoicos.

" The Minister of Finance will apply the proceeds of the consular fees which are to appear in the budget receipts to such purposes as are by law assigned.

" Beyond the fees provided for in this article, consuls have no power to charge others on any account whatever, nor can they compel ship- ping agents to purchase forms.

" Should they contravene this injunction they shall be liable, besides immediate dismissal, to the penalties provided by law."

Art. 22. At the end of article 88, add the following paragraph;

" Consuls who contravene the provisions of the foregoing paragraph shall be dismis.sed and condemned to pay a fine equal to the amount of the duties of which the Trca-sury has been defrauded."

Abt. 23. The following ai-e substituted for the second and third paragraphs of article 93:

"Should the invoice not have been received by the importer either, and should the latter prefer to await its arrival before presenting his manifests, the administrator will require him to apply in writing for an extension of time within which to produce the document; this time limit shall be one hundred and twenty days in the case of goods arriv- ing from Europe and North America, and ninetj- days as to goods pro- ceeding from South American ports. On the expiration of this period,

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the person in interest shall be bound to immediately proceed to the clearance of the merchandise, which will be assessed with a surtax of 100 per cent. Failing the merchant applying for clearance within a week of the notificiition, the goods shall be forfeited to the Treasury, and sold by auction, subject to the requisite formalities being complied with."

" In case the importer desires to present the manifest within the time fixed by law, by undertaking to produce the consular invoice withio the period limited by this article, the customs administrators shall con- sent to his doing so, but the application shall state that if, on the expiration of the time, the said formality has not been fulfilled, double duty shall be payable, or the goods abandoned for the benefit of the Treasury."

'"' Should the party concerned desire to clear the goods ¡n the mean- time, he shall be allowed to do so on payment of the duties assessed, with an additional 100 per cent to meet the case of the consular invoice not arriving within the proper time. This surtax shall be refunded by the collector as soon as the corresponding consular invoice has been produced."

Art. 2i. In the final paragraph of article 110, cancel the words "corozo nuts," and at the end of the same article add the following paragraph:

"The duty of one-half (Wiíííív per kilogram leviable on the expor- tation of corozo nuts shall be applied toward payment of interest and redemption of the bonds of the Trans-Andan Railway Company."

To the goods specified in the first paragraph of article 110, add "straw called UxjuiUa and mocora, 1 xitcre.''^

Art. 25. Article 111 is repealed.

Art. 26. At the end of article 112 add "and at Callo and Hachalilla, to the Jipijapa Municipality, for the purposes of public works."

To the same article (112) add:

"The export duty of one-half ccnim-o collected by the Ballenita custom-house shall be attributed to the Santa Elena Municiiïality."

In the same article (112), after the word " Esmeraldas," add " Var- gas Torres."

Art. 27. To the second paragraph of article 114 add the following words: "except the receipts taken at Puerto Bolivar, which shall be paid over by the customs colicctor of that port to the treasurer of the Benevolent Society of the Ladies of Ma«'hala."

Art. 28. In the second paragraph of article 115 delete the words "corozo nuts" and supersede the word "charcoal" by "coal" and add "straw called toipiilla and mocura."

In the fifth paragraph of the same article (115), substitute for the words "vegetable ivory" (corozo nuts) "straw called toijuilia and

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At the end of the same article (115), after the words "on the ware- house charges," add "this last-mentioDcd tax shall he paid over to the Treasury from the 1st of January, 1908, with the view of being applied as directed by the legislative decree dated October 19, 1904, but from 1905 to the date aforesaid the tax in question shall be appropriated to the cost of repairing the Via Flores.

Art. 29. In article 116 the duty on gin, cognac, etc., is raised to 20 centavos per kilogram gross weight, and the following item, ^^ Pisco" which has now been transferred to the tenth class, must be canceled.

Aht. 30. In article 167 the last item shall read as follows: "Wines and liqueurs in wooden receptacles."

Art. 31. To article 187 add the fallowing paragraph: "The Execu- tive is further empowered in concurrence with the Council of State to suspend in whole or in part the additional duties on corozo nuts, in cose the purchase price of this product should materially decrease or if the export thereof should diminish to such extent that the mainte- nance of the duty would be ineffectual."

Art. 32, The Minister of Finance shall codify the customs law, taking into consideration the amendments made thereto, and paying attention that all incorrect stipulations be properly modified.

Art. 33. The new amendments shall be applicable from and after January 1, 1905, except as to the taxes on straw called mocora and to/juilla, and corozo nuts, which shall be chargeable from the 1st of November proximo.

Art. 34. The Executive is empowered to allow importers to furnish bills at six months date in payment of the import duties, should the revenue arising from imports through the customs show a material falling off, but in such case the importers shall add to the value of the duties the amount of discount charged by the banks.

Art. 35. * " •

GUATEMALA.

OTTATEHALA NORTHERN RAILROAS.

United States Consul -General Winslow, at Guatemala City, in a report forwarded to the United States Department of Commerce and Labor, iitates that work is progressing on the Guatemala Northern Kailroad, and it is the intention to have regular trains iiinning from Puerto Barrios to within 50 miles of Guatemala City by April 1, 1905. Of these 50 miles about one-half the dwtance is covered by a good wagon rbad. It is expected the railroad will he completed to the city by April, 1906. When this road is ready for business the United States should have the bulk of the trade with this Republic, being then within six days of Chicago and seven days of New York, and the

604 IMTEBNATIONAL BCBEAU OF THE AHEBICAN RBPÜBUC8.

freight rates should be about one-half what they are now. The manu- facturers and exporters of the United States should acquaint tbem- 8c1ves with the needs of this market, so as to thoroughly cover it when the opening comes. The imports for X903, which were very light owing to hard times, were $2,971, 63a United States gold, and during prosperous times should reach $5,000,000. At present the United States is getting only about 15 per cent of the import trade, and ought to double the amount.

HONDURAS.

FOBEIGK OOHMBBOB, 1903-4.

The exports from Honduras to foreign coantries during the fiscal year 1903-i amounted to $5,322,826.06. The following tables show these exports by grand divisions and in detail:

Mineral eubstances f 1 , 222, 795. 69

VegeUble substancea 2, 738, 681. 97

AnimBlBahetancea 1,321,538.46

Manufactured products 20, 549. W

MiscetlaneouB producís 18, 250. 00

5,322,826.06

United Slates $3, 964, OH. 71

Germany 120,353.19

England 96,817.00

France 29,063.74

I'anaraa 49,413.20

Chile 25.00

Gnatemala 51,032.00

Salvador 29,751.52

Nicaragua 12, 9*2. 00

Cuba 808,035.00

Belize 125,863.70

Mexico 36,485.00

Total 5,322,826.06

IMPORTO BY COrVTRIBl. [Fromthe"(Ja«(n"of JsDlury 14, igoe.l

„..-	Packs«Pi.	"■•&'■■"	iKTOlnd	™lllf.
Gold.	BilTcr.
unlled Stntti	T.A.m S,1S6 i;7H m	a,311,.'r2fi 7i2.Kñ6 ''is si.sTa i eolMO 7:«o	ti,ai8,6n.i9 177: «4. H sa 701. 01 '■ím:" Í?Í:S ÏÏ.R77.M
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MEXICO.

Importe hy counlria during tíu/urxil year I90S-4 — Continued.

,^	Packagw.	Wflghl.half	invoice	v.l,le.
Gold.	Sllv«.
	C3 ll 19,728	5,713 ITll*!» 248,563 1, 177, «63 eos ],»16,3tl.i	tm.w	1837,00 1,458.00
	i; 132.50
	1. 9». 00
	m.795.08
	MO.S»	27.W7.ÏM	a.i(B.2«.7a

The business comprised in the foregoing table was transacted through the following' ports:

Pom.	P&ckBgva.	'"Si""	Inrok-ed Gold. ¡	ralue. silver.
	73.69B 12H,4M 101^149 10.230	8,0M,070	IR«i.«!t6.OT 1 7W,ÍM.Í4 rj4,'^i7.54 3ei:sîi,wl. 40,(Ha. 19 ^.	(129,982.49

MEXICO.

rOREION COKKEBCB IK NOTEUBEB, 1904.

According to figures issued by the Statistical Division of the Treasury Department of tbe-Kepublic of Mexico, the foreign commerce of the Kepublic for November, 1904, and for the firat five months of the cur- rent fiscal year, 1904—5, was represented by the following valuations, the figures for the corresponding periods of the preceding year being also given for purposes of comparison:

The total value of importations during the five months under review was $32,551,566.09 in gold currency, as declared in the customs-houses.

The exports for the five months were valued at $71,042,822.10, showing a decrease of $10,818,131.47, as compared with the same period of 1903-4.

The detailed imports during the five months were as follows:

		IMPORTS. [Gold Vil u» Hon. 1
		1 Noveoiber-	Five m	onihs-
	1 . 1901.	1908	19M-5.	1908-4.
ISESSS"-"--		;:;:;; BSi	t463.42.VS.'> l,.Wt. 135.55 208, 661.. su 209.003.17 923: m m 14.^225.30 1»>,999.36 187,589.60	ilii l|03^907!02 4 sa, 024, 85 9f2.m.3i i; 00*; 612:46	tI,DPS.G53.92 5.557.?». as 8.668,637.92
Chemical and piiaimacculin BeTCMíM.. Vehicle».. ..„ ::		es....' 2<a,2û0i6S 1 2«0.20i3S ::::::' t,,w6;oo6.M 437,594.67	1.158,692.63 3.BM.^.69
Totnl	7,097.137.38	6.074,920.07	32, .Wl. 506. 09	30,036,833.78

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.. HMI. 423.61 :1S. 132,110.37 ' 71.0«,iEÍ'i.lO .

The detail» of the export trade for tlic period.s under comparíüujn show the following cla*jitication and figures :

.,„..,.	l"'".	»brr-	Five m	mlh»—
1*03.	1Í0M.	1903-1.
	tIS.IGO.OO a: «0.00 i,o>w,s7&.w 55.3«7,W
	81.^, 2.^7.6» 5,012. Wl.«
	4,329,812.79 179,353.10
	»«4,718,S1
TolalguW	I.1IM.SM,!!	ñ,3«9.9«2.l-l	4.SÏ0.969-89
	*-áil	2,93«;m^	03-2. 407. ï'i •0,144:031:00	12,076.337.00
Sllvprintan
Total BlIVM	4.WÍ.KA.7A	4, asi. 839. ÎÏ	24, a», 342. 10	37.572,971.00
Sl^ET'	B,MS.7SI,ÏJ 30.M»¿00 3li.W8.13 1, 732, W2. 12 ÏW179..W W' 605 00 i.i»;ii2:9» M^a-jo-oo 473, UTO. 8ft	21«: 602.21 3.038!24li!oo 302:307.20 2M,,WÏ.0« 5,012.U0 1,340.230.'» 227.230.00 37|WJ'2!U0 3il lullM.»	11. 777. ft». 07 2, 44*2. fio. 00 •407.096. !7 i.o»4,%i.a(t 'itóS:794:24 307, «0.68 69N,30G.0a ^6W,M3.Ï» 1,262.241.00 2,20S,«».49 214,1110.60 2IS,l8i:65 ■■262; 944! 54	lt.314,S76.9!t 2,081013.45
Henequén, In fiber	12.370,0(16.00
Olhcr vrgiUble prod'ucÜ	7,0m; 761.05
	ao,w».oo 3d!nt2!w

Following is a résumé of the valuations of Mexii-an impoits during the periods under comparison with reference to their countries of origin:

	911 "29 3"		113,409,501.47
7,697, 137. 3H <i	674,920.67	32,551,566.09	30,036,BSJ.;)t

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Following is a résumé of the valuations of Mexican exports during .the peiiods under comparison, with reference to their countries of destination:

c,„»,..	Nove	nbcr—	FIven.<«,th^
1*01. 1 19Ü8. 1 J9M-5,	im-4.
_	13.833 «66 49 Ik.1« 067 Õ5 '"« a» «tt J»	123.705. aw, 66
		10, 665, WS. 16 W,7;i87 293,7(17.00	72 763.80 i,»6i;43a.oo	S5,70S.m.'i6
Total	u:m.m.>t	13. m, HO. 37	71,012. m.io	W.Í60, 953.67

CXTBTOHS BECEIPTS FOK MOVEUSEB, 1904.

The collections at the frontier and maritime custom-houses of the Republic of Mexico, for the month of November, 1904, broke all rec- ords, far exceeding the hitherto unprecedented collections of the pre- ceding month. In the following statement the ordinary import duties are given separately for each custom-house, and the extra import duties, port dues and arrears, in the aggregate:

Acapulco $12,

AguaPriela 14,

Alíala 3,

Camargo

Campeche 12,

CHuilad Juarez 246,

Ciudad PorHrio Diaz 192,

CoatzacoalcoB 10,

Chetutnal

Ensenada 4,

Frontera 20,

Guaymae 14,

Guerrero

Isla del Carmen 6,

La Aecenaiijn _

LaMorila 5,

La Paz

Laredo dc Taniaulipas . ,

Las Vacas ,

Manzanillo ,

Malatnoro«

Maitallan ,

Mier

456.58

106.37 628. 57

133.56

1,313.69 D, 914. OS 4, 373. 54

136.04 5,410,79 83.00 5, .344. 3!) 2,064.61 0,581.38

247. 88 2,054.21 4,669.64

5. 578. 26

8. 251. 27 53.72

Nogales

Progreso

Puerto Angel...

Salina Cruz

San Bias

Sania Rosalia . .

Soconusco

Tampico

Tijuana

Tonala ,

Topolubainpo . . Tuxpan

$47,595.56

186, 246. 22

875. 96

2,419.60

2,377.56

6, 707. 22

9, 368. 73

484,086.95

286.08

7,058.28

2, 292. fl7

2, 589. 25

. 1,376,084.12

Mexicalt 468. 10

Total 3,101,276.38

Total extra import duliee. . 310, 031. 54

Total cxjKirt dalles 94, 722. 49

Total iwrt dues 77, 096. 60

Total arrears 2,985.31

Grand total ..

3,587,012.32

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C1ISTOKS BBOEIPTB, DBOEIEBSB, 1904.

The "Mexican Herald" of February 18, 1905, publiabes the follow- ing collections at the custom-houses during the month of December, 1904, the collections for ordinary import duties being separately for each custom-house and those for extra import duties, export duties, port dues, and arrears in the agrégate:

Ordinary import duties:

AgnaPrieUL

AltoU

Camargo

Campeche

CiudadJuarei

Ciudad Porfírio Diaz..

CoatiacoalcoB

Chetumal

Frontera

Guaymaa

Gnerrero

Isla del Carmen

La AscencioD

La Merita

La Pan

LaredodeTamaalipai.

Las Vacas

Manzanillo

Matamoros

Mazatldn

México

Nogales

»26,928.48

7,154.62

3, 703. 50

68.58

13,181.15

217,434.49

172,875.31

8,350.67

407.42

3,551.&4

33, l*í. 10

47.943.11

64.56

2,234.02

12.00

50,156.83

1,874.74

389, 592. 13

131.3»

6,097.17

2,109.03

199, 592. 79

57,090.73

406.71

65, 706. 63

Ordinary import dnties — C>)ntJnaed.

Progreso f210,fâ9.36

Puerto Angel 134.0S

Salina Cruz 3,929.31

San Blas 3,848.79

Santa Koaalia 1,125.29

LocouiBCO 10,972.98

Tampico 435, 377. 58

líjuana 184.62

Tomata 4,459.20

Topolobampo 688. 72

Tuxpam 2,394.19

Veracruz 1,386,150.34

apaluta 52.28

MexicaK 483.24

Total ordinary ira- port dutjos 3,361,144.63

Total extra import duties . 336, 183. S7

Total export duties 102, 798. 7S

Total port dues 83,529.08

ToUl arrears 2,187.21

Grand total..

. 3,885,8^

FREE ZMPOBTATIOK OF HOUSEHOLD OO0B8.

A translation of the rules governing the free entry into Mexico of the effects of immigrants has been forwarded to the United States Department of Commerce and Labor by United States Consul-General Pafsoks, at Mexico City, in reply to the many inquiries made at his Consnlate on this subject.

The document as published in Consular Report No. 2180 ia as follows:

"Article 241 of the general custom-house ordinances amendf^d bj' decree of March 29, 1904, grants to foreigners who come to establish themiielves in the country exemption from tariff duties on the h'Ouse- hold effects which they may have used in their previous place of (resi- dence. As the enjoyment of this privilege depends essentially o'n the conditions set forth in the same article, it becomes necessary to di ?fine, with complete exactness, the requirements which the interested prirties

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must comply wtth^ and witb that end in view the President of the Kepublic has been pleased to decide that the concession in question is subject to the following rules;

" I. The interested party will present to the Department of Finance a petition in which must be set forth the name of the applicant; the number of the members of his family accompanying him; his profes- sion or trade; the place of his last residence abroad and the length of time which he lived there; the date of his arrival in the Republic; the port or border point at which he entered the country; his present place of residence, and a statement as to whether he has there exer- cised his profession or trade since his arrival.

"II. The application will be accompanied by the following docu- mentary proofs:

*'(a) A certificate from a competent authority of the hist previous place of residence of the applicant, setting forth the length of time which he resided there and declaiiug that during that time be had a fixed place of abode.

"(&) A certificate from a competent authority of the applicant's present place of residence, showing the time that has elapsed since his arrival. In default of a certificate there may be presented a state- ment signed by the consul of the nation to which the applicant belongs, or by two reputable witnesses residing in the locality.

" (c) A copy of the lease of the house occupied or about to be occu- pied by the applicant. If the applicant has not yet tatien any house, this document will be replaced by a statement as to his provisional abode signed by the head of the household or establishment in which he has taken up his quarters.

"{(/) Copy of the statement which the applicant lias made to the proper taxation ofiice in case he be practicing on his own account his profession or trade; or, if be l)e employed in an industrial, agricul- tural, or commercial concern, one of the copies of- his indenture; or, if there be no indenture, a statement from the owner or representative of the concern to the effect that the applicant is in his service.

"(c) A detailed list of the articles constituting the household effects, giving their approximate price and the length of time during which each object or group of objects used for a given purpose have been in use. In the same list mention will be made of the custom-house through which the household effects are to be introduced, and, if such be the case, the applicant will state his desire that the goods be cleared at the custom-house of Mexico City.

"III. The department of finance, after receiving a report from the custom-house bureau in regard to the proofs presented by the appli- cant, will decide as to whether the application is to be taken into con- sideration, and if the decision is in the affirmative, it will determine whether the exemption from duties is to be allowed on all the articles

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included in the list or only on a part of them, with the understanding that the value of the articles on which exemption from duties is allowed can in no event exceed 1,000 pesos. The custom-house hureau, in compliance with the decision, will give orders that the importation be permitted and that the clearance of the goods be effected either at the cuittom-house of entry or at the import custom-house of Mexico, the formalities laid down by the general custom-house ordinances being observed in either case.

"IV, When the custom-house clearing the goods notes that the objects being imported are new, it will suspend delivery of same and will ask the department of finance, through the custom-house bureau, for instructions.

"V. Incase the articles which, according to the decision of the department of finance are to pay duties, show signs of use, the custom- house clearing them may grant a rebate of duties on them on the score of wear, in accordance with the procedure laid down in the general custom-house ordinances.

" VI. In case the applicant, either because be is abroad or for any other reason, is unable at once to present the proofs required by Rule II and should, nevertheless, desire to have his household goods entered into the country, he may be accommodated by his paying into the custom-house the amount of the duties due, which will be held in deposit for six months. If, at the expiration of that period, the custom-house shall not have received the order of exemption. It will definitely apply the deposit to the prescribed branches of the revenue.

"VII. Orders of exemption from duties received by the custom- houses will lapse at the end of six months, counted from the date of the document transmitting the decision.

"VIII. Exemption from duties can not be granted more than once to the same applicant.

"IX. In all cases of exemption from duties on household goods the applicant will in writing bind himself to the clearing custom-house not to sell the goods imported under this privilege within six months, and if he breaks this promise he will be obliged to pay the plain duties and the same twice over in addition, over and above the penalties to which he may have rendered himself liable for the fraud committed,

"X. The department of finance may, when special circumstances warrant it, exonerate applicants fi-om compliance with one or more of the requirements set forth in the present rules."

UEXICO CITT-BT. LOTHS EXPBEBB TBAIN.

A new douille daily express-train service has been inaugurated by the Mexican National Railway from Mexico City to St, Louis by way of Monterey and Laredo, in connection with the International and Great Northern Railroad and the Iron Mountain Railroad. Two trains

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leave Mexico City daily and two arrive daily from St. Louis. The time baa been sbortened nÍDet«en bours between Mexico City and St. Louis and that the run is now made in three days. These trains are of the most modern sort. This new service is destined not only to increase travel between Mexico and the United States, but trade in general, for it gives to Mexico two more fast mail trains daily,

DEVBIAFKENT OT THE OOTTOH IHVUSTBT.

The cotton spinning and weaving industry in Mexico forms the sub- ject of a section of the report made by the British Consul from Vera- cruz, recently published by the British Foreign Office, the statement being made that this particular branch of economic development has long been protected by high tariff rates in the Republic. The produc- tion of the raw material is also protected, and, in spite of the fact that 50 per cent of the cotton is imported from the United States, the rise in exchange has doubled the measure of protection which it enjoys, and, by rendering foreign competition difficult or warding it off alto- gether, it has left the industry in question almost complete master of the market. The present high price of cotton is likely to affect the local as well as foreign factories seriously, the result of which will be apparent in the fiscal year 1904-5.

The sales of one large cotton mil! in the State of Veracruz, in 1903, amounted from its t^ree factories to about ¿600,000, with net profits of almost £180,000, and the total reserves of the company now reach over £400,000, or 64 per cent of the capital, apart from the assurance fund, which amounts to £16,000. Other factories did almost as well in proportion.

The principal factories of the Republic are situated in the State of Veracruz, at Orizaba and San Ildefonso, and are owned chiefly by French and Swiss capitalists. Tbey are fitted with the most modem machinery and driven by electricity derived from water power. The best mills turn out .standard grades of percales, ginghams, shirtings, and towelings, and are improving in the quality of yarns spun.

Mexico consumes annually about 130,000 bales of cotton, of which one-half is raised in the country and the remainder is imported from the United States. Before the boll weevil appeared in 1898 the prod- uct was about 35,000 tons, worth about £1,280,000. The actual pro- duction in 1903 was 53,000 bales or about 26,000 tons. Mexico is the ninth country in importance on the list to which the United States sends cotton, and in 1903 received 14,600 tons with a value of £615,000. There was a decrease in cotton imports for the year mentioned as com- pared with 1902, this being due to the higher price asked for American cottons.

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The CoD^ress of the Republic recently passed aa act which will undoubtedly serve to promote the cotton industry of the country. The Executive is empowered, and it remains optional with him, to return all or a part of the internal-revenue tax collected in conformity with the decree of November 17, 1903, in all case» where woven cotton goods are exported through the custom-houses of the Republic for use or consumption in foreign countries. He is also empowered to grant to exporters of woven cotton goods of native manufacture a drawback in a sum of not exceeding 8 shillings per kilogram net, on all import duties, port charges and additional duties that may have been collected on the importi< of raw cotton from foreign countries, which raw cotton has been manufactured into woven cotton goods. All woven cotton goods that may have been exported under the stipulations expressed in the foregoing, may be reimported in conformity with the regula- tions of Article II of the custom-house regulations. In such case, how- ever, the amount of drawback which may have been allowed by the Government must be refunded totheTreasury atthe timeof reimporta- tion of said woven cotton goods.

TAX OH UMBB.

In the last annual report of the Mexican Minister of Finance, the following statement of the returns to the Mexican Government from the tax on mining property for the past five years is given:

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i«n-i	SM.OM.JD	lass SIS. 701. tr
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The average increase in the five years was $256,000, which, added to the returns for the last fiscal year, would give for 1905-6 the sum of $2,200,000 in round numbers, if no change be introduced in the rate of taxation. These figures embrace the two taxes that are imposed on mining properties in Mexico, one being payable when the title deeds of mines are issued, and the other being an annual rental adjusted to the area of said properties.

liEAS PBODVOTIOir UT 1904.

According to figures published in the "¡i^outh American Journal" of February i, 1905, Mexico occupies the fourth place smong the lead- producing countries of the world, but tbe increase which is registered from 1901 to 1903 is higher than that of several countries placed above tbe Republic, as shown in the following table:

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	TbM. 2S0,D(iÚ 16e.76ï 1U,883 96,000	ïbtM. 2M,TM ■KS!	M
	•s: 000

Tbe ÎDcreaae was durioj; the before-mentioned period 10,000 tons, whilst in the United States it only amounted to 6,000, in Spain another 6,000, and in Australia a decrease was noted of 1,500; however, tbe increase for this latter country was, for the year 1902, 9,000 tons over that of the year 1901. In Germany the increase was 23,000.

It must be stated that the exploitation of lead mines in Mexico is an entirely new industry, for not so long ajço the production of this metal was insignificant, and it is the last arrival among the large lead- producing countries.

The industry of the smelting and refining of metals in the Republic has developed during the last few years in an extraordinary manner.

In the town of Aguascalientes, there is established the largest refinery in the country. At San Luis Potosi, Monterey, Torreón, Chihuahua, and in several other towns, there are large foundries and refineries, which work on a large scale and with heavy capital.

The following particulars, taken from the last report of the manager of the American Smelting and Kefining Company of Monterey will give an idea of the importance of this industry.

During the fiscal year 1903-4 there was the following movement in this establishment:

The produce of rich lead amounted to 30,752,531 kilograms, contain- ing 233,883 kilograms of silver of a value of $9,648,797.76.

The ores received amounted to 210,288,322 kilograms, containing 233,265 kilograms of silver.

The coke received was 45,487,000 kilograms, of a value of «763,124. 89.

Tbe limestone received was 89,341,000 kilograms, of a value of $42,895.58.

Wood received was 1,520,000 kilograms, of a value of $6,869.60.

On an average there were employed daily 1 ,487 workers, the annual payments to whom amounted to $724,179.29.

AHENSIEENTS TO DTKAUITB CONCESSION.

The Mexican "J)iario Oficial" of February 1, 1905, publishes the amended concession granted by the Mexican Government to the National Dynamite and Explosives Company, which company has nearly completed an extensive plant for the manufacture of explo- sives at Gomez Palacio, on the Mexican Central Railroad. Tbe min- ing interests are vitally concerned in the outcome of this concession.

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The substance of the amended conceauion, according to this official authority, ie as follows:

On March 1, 1905, or when the company is in condition to supply the markets of the country with dynamite, a duty is decreed by initia- tive of the chief executive, or by authorization of Congress, of $210 per metric ton (100 kilograms) gross weight, or 21 cents per kilogram. While this concession is in force the duty shall not be reduced below $90 per ton, or 3 cents per kilogram, the rate now in effect on imported explosives. Common black powder for mines, composed only of sul- phur, charcoal, and saltpeter, may be exempt from this rate as well as fulminating caps, fuse, etc., not manufactured by the company.

If for any motive the tariff mentioned in clause 1 should not be opportunely decreed, or congress, after its establishment, shall see ãt to reduce it the Government shall indemnify the company, in cash, the equivalent of the loss.

The company may make the explosives of such classes as may be deemed necessary for the needs of the country and the consumption; but it is obliged to manufactui-e and keep in stock for consumers five classes of dynamite, viz, 30 per cent, 40 per cent, 50 per cent, 60 per cent, and 75 per cent of nitroglycerine or other explosive of equal force admitted by the Government.

The prices are fixed by the Government and allow a deduction of à per cent on the understanding that cases contain 22.680 kilograms. No increase in price shall be permitted except in stipulated cases and by authority of the Secretary of Fomento, The prices vary according to the location. Following are a few of the place» mentioned:

AguBtcalleDWi CnUiiuhiu . . . Onadalalkra.. Uaplml Town

30 per W per M per dO pei

On the Pacific coast, until such time as means of transportation are provided, permission Is given to import dynamite through the custom- houses, paying the amount which would correspond to the same if manufactured by the company.

POSTAL OONVSNTION WITH THE SOUNION OF CAHADA.

(From tbe -Diario OficUÜ." No. U.) «gned In lhe Clt; ot Mexico on December 9, \VA. Approved by the Meiicui Congrega December II, 1KH. Promulgated by the Preeideat ot Meiico od December IT. ISM.

For the purpose of making better postal arrangements between the Dominion of Canada and the Republic of Mexico, the undersigned,

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Sir William Mitlock, K. C. M. (j., Postmaater-General of the Domín- ioD of Canada, and Norberto Domínguez, Director-General of PosU of Mexico (with the consent of the Minister of Communications and Public Works), by virtue of authority vested in them by iaw, have agreed upon the following articles:

Article 1.

(a) Articles of every kind or nature, which are admitted to the domestic mails of either country, except as herein prohibited, shall be admitted to the mails exchanged under this Convention, subject, how- ever, to such regulations as the Postal Administrations of the country of destination may deem necessary to protect its custom revenues. But articles other than letters in their usual and ordinary form must never be closed against inspection, but must be so wrapped or inclosed that they may be readily and thoroughly examined by postmasters or customs officers.

The following articles are prohibited admission to the mails exchanged under this Convention:

Publications which violate the copyright laws of the country of des- tination, packets, except single volumes of printed books, the weight of which exceeds two kilograms, liquids, poisons, explosive or inflam- mable substances, fatty substances, those which easily liquify, live or dead animals not dried, insects and reptiles, confections, pastes, fruits and vegetables which will easily decompose, and substances which exhale a bad odor, lottery tickets or circulai-s of obscene and immoral articles, other articles which may destroy or in any way dama}^ the mails or injury the persons handling them.

(¿) Except as required by the regulations of the country of destina- tion for the collection of its customs duties, all admissible matter mailed in one country for the other, or received in one country from the other, whether by land or sea conveyance, shall be free from any detention or inspection whatever, and shall in the first case be for- warded by the most speedy means to its destination, and in the latter be promptly delivered to the respective persons to whom it is ad- dressed, being subject in its transmission to the laws and regulations of each country respectively.

(c) The classification of and the i-ates of postage and the registration fee to be levied and collected upon mail matter originating in either country and addressed to the other shall be in accordance with the domestic laws and regulations of the country of origin, provided that the rates of posti^ and registration fees so levied shall not exceed in either country the minimum rates of postile and registration fee prescribed for articles of a like nature by articles 5 and 6 of the Uni- versal Postal Union Convention of Washington June 16, 18d7.

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ÂRTIOLE 2.

(a) Each administratdoD shall retain to its own ose the whole of the postage and registration fees it collects on postal articles exchanged with the other, including deficient post^^; consequent!; there will be DO postage accounts between the two countries.

(b) Full prepayment of postage shall be required in both countries upon correspondence of all kinds, except letters, upon which prepay- ment of at least one full rate shall be compulsory. Payment of letter postage and registration fees shall be certified by affixing the appro- priate stamps of the country of origin.

(c) I<ach insufficiently prepaid letter shall have stamped on its cover the capital letter T, and shall have indicated plainly thereon in figures on the upper left-hand comer of the address, by the postal officials of the country of origin, the amount of the deficient postage in centimes, and only the amount so indicated shall be collected of addressees on delivery, except in cases of obvious error.

Abtiole 3.

No postage charges shall be levied in either country on fully prepaid correspondence originating in the other, nor shall any charge be made in the country of destination upon official correspondence, which under the postal regulations of the country of origin is entitled to freedom from postage, but the country of destination will receive, forward, and deliver the same free of charge.

Abtiole 4.

(a) Exchanges of mails under this Convention, whether by sea or land, shall be effected through the post-offices of both countries desig- nated as exchange post-offices, or through such others as may be here- after ^reed upon, under such regulations relative to the details of the exciiangesas may be mutually determined to be essential to the securily and expedition of the mails and the protection of the customs revenues.

(b) Each country shall provide for and bear the expense of the con- veyance of its mails to the other.

Abticle 5.

The Dominion of Canada and the Republic of Mexico each grants to the other, free of any charge, detention, or examination whatsoever, the transit across its territory of the mails, whether closed or à décou- vert, made up by any authorized exchange office of either country, addressed to any other exchange office of the same country or to any exchange office of the other country.

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(a) Any packet or mailable correspoadeoce may be registered upon payment of tbe rate of postage and the registration fee applicable thereto in the country of origin.

(A) An acknowledgment of the delivery of a registered article shall be returned to the sender wheu requested, but either country may require of the sender prepayment of a fee therefor not exceeding twenty-five centimes or its equivalent.

Abticle 7.

(a) Every closed mail containing ordinary correspondence only should have enclosed with it a blank letter bill date-stamped and signed by the postmaster of the despatehing exchange office, but reg- istered correspondence must be accompanied by a descriptive list thereof, by means of which the registered articles may be identified for the purpose of acknowledgment by the receiving offices.

{b) If a registered article advised should not be found in the mails by ijie receiving office, its absence shall be immediately reported by the receiving to the sending office.

Abticle 8.

Ordinary and registered exchanges, unless the latter be made in through registered pouches, shall be effected in properly sealed sacks.

Akticle &.

(a) All registered articles, ordinary letters, postal cards, and other manuscript matter, business or commercial papers, books (bound or etitehed), proofs of printing, engravings, photographs, drawings, maps, and other articles manifestly of value to the sender, which are not delivered from any cause, shall be reciprocally returned monthly without charge, through the central administrations of the two coun- tries, in special packets or sacks marked "Rebuts," after the expi- ration of the period for their retention required by the laws or regu- lations of tbe country of destination; the returned registered articles to be accompanied by a descriptive list and the special packets or sacks used for returning undelivered matter to be forwarded under registration when reg^istered articles are returned in them.

(b) Fully prepaid letters which bear requests by the senders for their return in case of nondelivery by a certain date or within a speci- fied time, shall be reciprocally returned without charge directly to the despatehing exchange office at the expiration of the period for their retention indicated in the requests.

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(c) Fully prepaid letters bearing on the covers the business cards, tbe names and addresses of the senders, or designation oí places to which they may be returned, as post-office box, street and number, etc., without request, for their return in case of nondelivery within a specified time, shall be recipi'ocally returned without charge directly to the despatching exchange office at the expiration of thirty days from the date of their receipt at the office of destination.

Abticle 10.

All matters . connected with exchange of mails between the two countries which are not herein provided for shall be governed by the provisions of tbe Universal Postal Union Convention and regulations DOW in force, or which may hereinafter be enacted, for the governance of such matters in tbe exchanges of mails between countries of the Universal Postal Union generally, so far as the articles of snch Uni- versal Postal Union Convention shall be obligatory upon both of the contracting parties.

Abticle 11.

The Postmaster- General of the Dominion of Canada and the Director- General of Posts of the Republic of Mexico shall have authority to jointly make such further regulations of order and detail as may be found necessary to carry out tbe present Convention from time to time, and may by agreement prescribe conditions for the admission to the mails of any of the articles prohibited by article 1.

Abticlb 13.

This Convention shall come into force on a day to be agreed upon by tbe two Administrations, and shall be terminable on six months* notice being given by either party.

Done in duplicate, and signed in the City of Mexico on the ninth day of December, nineteen hundred and four.

W. MULOCK, Postmaater- General of Canada, NOKBERTO DOHÍNQUEZ, Director- General of Posta of the United Mexican Statué. Negotiated with my approval.

Lkandbo Fbrhímdbi.

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PARAGUAY.

ELECTION OF NEW PBS8IDBNT AND CABINET.

The International Bureau of the American Republica bas been informed tbrougb the United Slates Department of State that Sefîor Don JcAN B. Gagna was elected to the Presidency of the Republic of Paraguay on December 20, 1904, and selected the following cabinet:

Minister of the Interior, Dr. Don Ehiuo Pbbbz.

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr. Don Cecilio Babz.

Minister of Justice, Worship, and Public Instruction, Señor Don Catetano a. Carberas.

Minister of Finance, Don Emiliano Gonzalez Natero.

Minister of War and Marine, General Dr. Benigno Ferheira.

EXPORTS OF aUEBSACHO, JOTfE TO NOVEMBSK, 1904.

The " South American Journal " of February 4, 1905, states that the exports of quebracho from the Republic of Paraguay during the months from June to November, 1904, were as follows;

Klloa. I KUoa.

June 664,400 September 477,700

July 410,000 October 360,200

Anguet 282,600 I November 429,260

According to analyses made in Europe, the Par^uayan quebracho contains more tannin than the Argentine. Paraguayan quebracho land, with river frontage, which cost some three or four years ago about £250, is now selling at over double the price.

PERU.

INDUSTBIAL DETELOPHBNT IN THE BEFTTBXJO.

The "South American Journal," in ite recent issues of February 8 and 14, has called attention to the industrial development now taking place throughout the Pemvian Republic, and urges British capitalists to see to it that they are not forestalled by the enterprise of the United States and Germany in seizing the offered opportunity for precedence. Attention is called to the remarkable appreciation in v^ue which has taken place during the past two years in the shares and debentures of the Peruvian corporation and to the general condi- tion of prosperity prevailing in Peru.

In regard to the mining industry, it is stated that upon the mining register there are the following mines or claims: Gold mines, about 1,800; silver, 2,400; silver and copper, 1,022; copper and lead, 351; copper, 349; cinnabar, 78; iron, 39; antimony, 7; sulphur, 160; co»!.

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626; petroleum, 330; salt, 39— the total claims being 6,763, and the number daily iucreafiing. The total estimated value of the ores and metals exported in 1903 was, gold, £145,204; silver, £679,963; copper, £476,824, and lead, £5,041, making a total of £1,207,133. In addi- tion there were bther mineral products exported such as 2,466 tons borates, containing 40 per cent boric acid; 22,440 tons of crude petroleum, and 11,639 tons of by-products from same, and 11,700 tons of common salt, valued together at £189,121, while coal, sulphur, and other mineral products not enumerated and exported in 1903 were valued at £1,396,254.

Among the many valuable animal and vegetable products of the Republic may be mentioned alpaca wool, sugar, cotton, coffee, alcohol, and rubber. The importance of the rubber industry may be edtimat«d from the fact thut from the port of Iquitos alono there were exported in 1903, l,736,374kilogram8of raw rubber, of which 489,277 kilc^rama were graded as Bne. Rubber exploitation in Peru is as yet but in its infancy, and the possibilities of development are enormous.

In regard to cotton cultivation in the Republic, a pamphlet recently published by the Minister of Fomento of the Peruvian Government, entitled ^* I*roducción del Algodón en. d Peru,''^ and prepared by VicroE Marie, ex-professor of agriculture in the National School of Agriculture of Lima, is an authoritative work on the subject, and points out that the general conditions in Peru for the cultivation of cotton are unsurpassed by any other country. It has numerous val- leys, formed of alluvial soil, possessing facilities for irrigation, suita- ble climate, and abundant and cheap labor. The part of lands brought under culture is only fractional, and while there is a marked similarity between the Pei-uvian lands and those of E^^ypt the advantage is all on the side of the former, since there is still plenty of land under irrigation suitable for sugar or cotton obtainable at prices about one-tenth of current prices in Egypt.

Further, the existing laws of Egypt prohibit the cultivation of more than two consecutive crops of cotton or sugar, but there are no such restrictions in Peru. It is somewhat difficult to ascertain the aven^^ yield of cotton per acre in Peru, as the %ures quoted in the pamphlet under consideration are given in local weights and measures, such as the "carga "for weight and the "cuadra" for area; hut taking the "carga" at 14 arrobas 14 libras — that is, about 364 pounds — and the *'cuadra" at 100 varas square, the calculation comes out at about 630 pounds of cotton to the acre. It is further stated that each "carga," or 364 pounds, of cotton with seeds yields about 130 pounds to 135 pounds of lint cotton.

it must be remembered that the industry is not new to the country and that there are already several large cotton spinning and weaving factories established there.

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BOUVDABT TBBATY WITH BBAZIL.

Regarding tbe treaty, published in the September Bullbtik of 1904 OD page 662, as to disputed territory about the headwaters of the Amazon River, which provided a modvs vimendi to last until the end of 19<H, the Peruvian minister to Brazil has arrived at an agreement whereby the treaty in question is prorogued for five months longer; that is, until the end of May, 1905. It ¡s of particular importance to a certain class of American importers and exporters to note carefully that by the terms of the protocol the Brazilian customs tariff is substi- tuted for the Peruvian at the custom-house at Iquitos, as well as at the two temporary frontier customs posts of Catay and Breu Junction.

DITTIES ON XLBOTBIC AND OA8 EQUIPlfBllTS.

The '*New York Commercial" publishes tbe following information, received from its correspondente in Peru, relative to the duties imposed upon electric and gas equipments imported into that Republic:

	mum ÏBUtld..	Rate of duly.	°7r
Oenenl mppUea, adch u clKuit breaken and luMS. circuit nikken, ken, plues and electric «wltchca of all kinds and tnie8—	.so	Ftrcem. S w w	VtnU.
"fcSîST'iitb'Sîuho'îi^iîr^'g^ ^ïïgh " "■"' "■"•'' '" "'""'"'	\1

BAILBOAIM IN THB BEPUBLIO.

The project for the construction of railroads in the Republic, sub- mitted to Congress on December 2, 1903, by the President, is being rapidly realized. The following report by United States Consul Gottschalk at Callao, sent to the United States Department of Com- mei'ce and Labor, states that the present administration of Peru has infused new blood and renewed vigor into Peruvian affairs. The country, which for some years past has been free from internecine strife and those internal political upheavals so prejudicial to com- merce and industry, has come to a genera) realization that the work before it lies chiefly in developing the region known as the montana, the vast and almost virgin territory lying east of tbe Andes, as well as in the establishment of connections by land between its cities. Roads and transit facilities, therefore, are what chiefiy occupy the public attention, and the department of public works has laid out a programme which bids fair to be realized within a few years, and to become in a sense epoch making for Peru.

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622 INTEBNATIONAL BUBEAU OF THE AMEBIOAN BEFUBU08.

The following table, compiled at tbe United States consulate at Callao, shows the existing lines of road in Peru— when built, gauge, mile^^, etc.:

Railroadi of Pern — when built, gaage, length, and oonfrol.

	built.	0««e.	Length of	C„n«o,.
	1«S4 S i SS8	Meten." ,:S '1 '.n lioo «0 1.00	"Si. la.tb vs. 10.00 TÍ.0O 30.00 is u.oo Si 10.00 lîioo
	PeniTlâo corpocstlon.
PUTBOUcnloSÂlInudeBiuchO
		S7:00 230.00 1 361.70 100. OD
	itoo 1(00
	1869 as 1860 1004 1904 100*
	llb.OO 14! 00

n Meterlas. J7ti B Kiloiiieler=e.l c The ratlronfl»

If Lesiwd by the

by the Peruvian corpontfoD belong ic

e PeruyUn OoTernment, but «re The PeruTÜui corpormtlon will lot been repttlred duce then.

A commission of Government engineers is at present finishing tbe survey of a railroad between Oroya and Haancayo, which will have an approximate length of 21 kilometers {IZ miles). Tbe work of con- struction will be begun by the Government in January, 1905. The route is through a well-populated valley, rich in agricultural products, coal, and copper. The starting point, Oroya, is the terminus of the present Ferrocarril Trasandine, so that the new project will afford direct rail connection between Janja and Huancayo and Lima and ite port, Callao. The importance of this road to Peru can not be over- estimated. Owing to the variety of altitude, this country is capable of producing, and does produce, the crops of the Temperate as well as those of those of the Torrid Zone, so that an interchange of ag^cul- tural producte between the mounteinous interior (sierra) and tbe coast ia of great importance as regards the distribution of food supplies.

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Doubtless the new road will also make accessible to the coast a large mineral region, susceptible of much development.

Cuzco^ the ancient capital of the Incas, is at the center of an interior region which is both mining and agricultural, but it is accessible only bj stagecoach road from Sicuani. Sicuani is connected at the Juliaca junction with the existing railroftd between Puno, on Lake Titicaca, and the port of Moliendo. It is over this latter railroad that all the exports of Bolivia must travel for shipment to the outer world. The Sicuani-Cuzco road, actual construction of which is to be begun in Januar}' or February by the Government (it has already been thoroughly surveyed and studied), is to have an approximate length of 140 kilometers (87 miles). It runs through good agricultural re^ons, and will serve to transport passengers and cargo for the Cuzco district, as well as agricultural and other exports from Cuzco to the coast.

A railroad, with an approximate length of 400 kilometers (248.5 miles), is now under Governpient survey, and coustruction is to be begun in 1906. This road is confidently looked to as opening a new field for Peruvian enterprise and for foreign colonization as well. Oroya, as pointed out already, is in direct communication by rail with Lima and the coast, so that the Oroya- Ucayali road will carve out the remainder of the pathway from liima and Callao, the chief exporting point of the Republic, to the headwaters of the Amazon River, through a country, much of which ¡s virgin forest, and which should be rich in precious woods and rubber. The exact terminus is not yet fixed, but will be at some navigable point on the river Ucayali, which empties into the Amazon.

The concession for the building of the Piura to Pongo de Manser- iche railroad has just been granted to the Pacific Company of New York City, which, on November 23, 1904, made its deposit of f48,700 as a guaranty of good faith. The road is to be about 600 kilometers (310 miles) long, and will run from Piura, the center of the Peruvian cotton -growing industry, over the shortest practicable distance to some navigable point on the river Marañon, below the Pongo de Manseriche. The Marañon empties directly into the Amazon, so that this road, like the Oroya-Ucayali Line, will serve to connect the great transcon- tinental waterway with the Pacific coast. In return for its work the Pacific Company enjoys by concession the right to construct and oper- ate branch roads as far north as the f^uadorean frontier and as far south as the parallel of 10° south latitude, 1 kilometer (3,280 feet) of ¡and grant on either side of the road and its branches, 3,000 hectares (7,413 acres) of virgin land on the eastern slope of the Andes for every kilometer (0.62137 mile) of line constructed, certain water rights, free entry of materials, rolling stock, ete-, trading rights on the Amazon and its tributaries, and other valuable considerations. The company

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634 INTEBNATIONAL BUREAU OF THB AMBBIOAN BEPDBLIOS.

obligates itself to begin road coostructíon íd 1907 aad to complete the work withiD ten years' time.

The building of this road, like that of the Oroya-Ucsyali Line, is of ¡Qnuense importance, Dot only commercially, but politically and strate- gically, to Peru, whose immense aiid valuable trans-Andean posses- sions can be developed and held free from encroachments only by means of efficient transit facilities between the more populous coast section (cis-Andean Peru) and the montana, or practically virgin coun- try beyond the Cordillera (trans-Andean Peru). ' This montana coun- try, which is drained by numberless rivei-s — the headwaters of the Amazon— is full of possibilities, and would be more extensively colo- nized were it not that its reEnoteness has, until now. forbidden its approach by any but the more venturesome. Still there is a fiourish- ing town at Iquitos, which does an export and import business (via the Amazon and Brazilian ports) utterly out of proportion to its size or remote location. The banks of the rivers are also dotted here and there with smaller trading posts, where many persons have accumu- lated wealth bartering manufactured goods for rubber aud other native products of the semicivilized Indian tribes. The rubber is of the highest-priced sort known to commerce, and is generally known in the world's markets from its (Brazilian) exporting poiut as " Para rubber."

The Lima to Pisco road, which is to extend some 225 kilometers (140 miles), is intended to connect Lima with the port of Pisco, the center of the grape and brandy industry of Peru, and will traverse a number of agricultural and stock-raising valleys. It íh thought Üiat when the road is completed the present high cost of living in Lima will be decreased by from 33 to 40 per cent, most of Lima's produce, charcoal, beef, etc., coming from this region. It may also tend to lower the abnormally high freight and passenger rate? charged by the two merged steamship companies which traffic on the coast — a consid- erable hindrance to local commerce at present. The Government has offered a guaranty of 7 per cent annual interest on the capital invested in this road up to $2,435,000, and it is said that " The Peruvian Cor- poration," a British syndicate already controlling certain railroads in Peru, will undertake its construction.

The railroad from Chimbóte, one of the best natural harbors on the west coast of South America, to Kecuay is to be some 220 kilometers (137 miles) in length, and will reach into a wealthy mineral r^ion, as well as traverse coal fields of considerable magnitude. The harbor of Chimbóte is important. It is said that an English syndicate has been formed to construct this road and have already approached the Peru- vian (iovernment with a very favorable proposition.

Twenty-five kilometers (15.5 miles) of railroad are now under con- struction between the port of Bayovar, in northern Peru, and the anl-

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phur beds at Sechura. This is the work of prívate eoterpríse interested in the sulphur deposits.

The present (jiovernment of Peru has amoa^ its chief aims that of coveríng the country with a aetwork of railways and of doing all that is possible to encourage foreign immigration and colonization. It is prepared to give to concessioners valuable considerations in the way of land grants, guaranteeing a certain sure percent^e on the amounts invested, etc. The opening of the Panama Canal will place Peru in comparatively close touch with the United States, and the facilities offered to foreign concessioners will naturally be fewer then than they are to-day.

AUTOKOBILB FKXIGHT IJ3IE.

An automobile line for the purpose of fraight-carryiog between Lima and Callao has been inaugurated. It ia incorporated as the "Sociedad de Autornobilea para Carga Zijnitada," and has a capital of 9214,280, distributed in shares of $24.3S each.

There are five automobiles in use at present, each having a freight- carrying capacity of 5 metríc tons. They carry cargo direct from the Callao docks to the consignee's warehouse or commercial establish- ment in the city of Lima, a convenience not afforded by the railroad lines.

Although Callao has for centuríes been so identified with Lima as to be virtually but a commercial suburb of the larger city, and although this condition has of late years been accentuated by the successive establishment of two steam railroads and a trolley line between the two places, facilities for transporting cargo have hardly been adequate to the needs of Lima merchants. When it is taken into consideration that the business district of Callao consists almost exclusively of ship- ping agencies, branch baoks, seaboard consulates, and that, except in ship chandlery, there is hardly a single important commercial estab- lishment of any kind here that is not a branch of some Lima firm, it will be seen that there was urgent need for some cheap and rapid means, such as the new automobile line affords, of transporting import cargoes to their real destination, which is usually the city of Lima.

SALVADOR.

BXPOBTB, 7IBST Q,VAB.TSR OF 1904.

Articl» eiported.

lodim

BDDdrr uticka

CtMncoffM

Coffee In puvbmeiit.

welBht.

!, 182,461

Net weight.	Value.
PDunda. IAS 1,968,873	cmona. ■M.K1.9B Ml! sos: 69

626 INTERNATIONAL BVBEAÜ OP THE AHEBICAN BBFDBLIC8. Erjiorta, firit quarter of 190^ — CoDÜnued.

Artlde» exponed.	Packages. 18	Oron weight.	NetwelebL	vu».
To QcnwHqf— Continued.	Pound*. 1	PmmiU. ilsw 5:^0 60	"ts.»
	4s.m	T,a8ï.aM	7,023,0»	1.4M,t«.î3
	■ 1.050 : 1».8M	1M.Z29
ïbCOWofflCo.	2>	306	W 2,ZW 10, 1»
	1S3	ía.M7	31. BM	3.804.10
ïba™(™.	MO	»,m	S8.71Î
n AuttridrHutigarjI.	tiS	ï, 014.023 5»:2«	i,«n.iM se», us
	le.uA	Ï,6e0.!6»	a, MO, 387	476,778.28
TbCMIe.	MS	60 71. Wï	SÍ3 28 70.320
	14,M8.40
	tW	71,026	71.701	1&,381.M
n Ecuador.	»	...«.	0,870
	83 1.8W	10, «8 il ' 60	0,126 987 œs.oos	7,8». «0 8,ooaoo
	l,»tï	298, BM	MÍ.H3	62,778.S4
. 7b VnUed Hala.	,1 1,IM 89	"Siffi 1,073.000 S.8BI	2e,542 1,RÎ0 Ï2Ï,«2 «,•31	ai.1.27
	8. «15. 00
	•"■Sî-g
	S2.«7	4,843. i77	4,8B6,M8	»3,96S.88
Tb/VooM.	SS,<75	70.S84 l^ow,o»	tt,M8 H.8M.m	66. m.»
	a.7fli,flo».iB

SALVADOR.

Exporlt, Jirtt quarter of J904 — Continued.

Articln exponed.	PMiagea.	wefghl.	Net weight.	V.l...
3b ÍVantí— Conlinued.	\i	2:01fl 28.000	416, 5tl^ 2»; 000	a>loaft.
	101,126	15,S18.Ï»	16,SM.430	2.879,660,00
To Oreat Britain.		17	6,-631,901 m	7,001.6.
SampIcH .n
U,700,00
	SO, 76»	lo.^.m	10, 223, 384	1,906, 660. 00
Ulsüellaneous article» ffiiw::::::::::::::::::::::;;::;::;:;::;:;::::::::	12 100	I.OHIO	ig^Wi	100.00 i,mjo
	113	■ii.m	20.990	i,r26.«o
To HdU-ad.	.WO	7(1,260	7.1,000	1.6,»». 00
Tu Hondura,.	86 10 lis	2«,169 7S[026 b;s2« 87» 102 'id» ÏO0 1!,13Í 690	as 3,2S7 100 100 "620
	92! 11 Ï2!
	i.m	IX>, 420	iai,2;«	11,910,11
Tb Ilolv.	»«	146. 3>J	'■S:ii?
	Í6,W3	S,62I,W3	6,424.911*	1,06^.099.69
To Xitaraoua.	' i- 1	306,1164 tNïo 102	1«;24S 100 1,0» iUi
	"47Í 2ÎI
	I.m	33.6,472	STO,>«.'i	19,42K.20
nXor^V.	«0	.y.^	00.282

Bull. So. 3—06 10

628 INTERNATIONAL BÜBEAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. EjTporti, fira quarter o/ /SO^Con tinned.

irtlclra ïiported.	Paclisges-	wef^t.	Ne( weight.	V«lae.
■■•'<■■"•■	11	"'3'm2 9»	" 2,S8Î 'aw	Coloivt.
	R,(i,7	RW.OOt	JM.109	11,S7»,*0
To ftra.	ITO	20. EM	10>1
	2Û7	ST,»»	33.S39	2S,»64.M>

KECAPITL-LATION-.
To-	Paokogfs,	«;;^L ¡Net weight.	v.,„.
	16, .'*5 ]63 479 80.78»	'Il 89 712 Tí. OÍS I0.4tB 298,3,'iï ,!:SSS 10,60a,ï7î	J^IKfl.	Wtma.
	'■i 71 4,e« islaòí	367 701 ■¡en 430

UNITED. STATES.

TBABE WITH LATIN AMERICA.

STATEMENT OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

Following is the latest statement, iiom figures compiled by the Bureau of Statistic), United States Department of Commerce and Labor, showing the value of the trade between the United States and Latiu-American countricii. The report ia for the month of Januarj, 1005, with a comparative statement for the corresponding month of the previous year; abo for the seven months ending January, 1905, as com- pared with the same period of the preceding fiscal year. It should be explained that the figures from the various custom-bouses, showing imports and exports for any one month, are not received at the Treas- ury Department until about the 20th of the following month, and some time is necessarily consumed in compilation and printing, so that the returns for January, for example, arc not published until some time in March.

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UNITED STATES.

lUPORTS OF UERCHANDISE.

DI ni Ametiía....

Cab».., ;.'.'.'";." ^' ""*,■!;;;";;,■.'".■ .'.';;

C«1. biliimlniíiiii {Cnrb/ia bllaaiaoio: Ca

uÕx"co'!'..^"^.... '.'..!?.''.'.

>.' Cato OH taeao crû; Carao) :

im/icche; Otmptchf) :

Omrnl Al

OihüTíjfliíth America

CoHre (ni/C- (^.- (\tftr-

MtfxicM) :;;!v.;!."'.:!!

Brniil

Othi^r South Amcrirn

Copper (a*re; Oobrt; Cnttrt).

Boutb AmiTíca

Roulb Am^rlcA......

Sl«il iitv.'a lIletirQnén:

ilDfiirliiroil (Al^inilin

:k

Lnranjat; Orangct)

Cenirnl Amei

Cuba. . „■.■.■'.'■',■.'.■ .■.'.■,',*.■ .■''",.','■ :

VoifkÍTiHfPtflnJInaê: i^lis; Foin Soulli AmenCH

Uiãeniinilnli\DS(Cuen>"jpietft; Co npeauîV

re mral Anierira

Mciî™

Stimh ADIEIICIL

iDdla '

-uilet

Lead, In pie', ban. etc. {Ftomo en rinMjingoi. barrm eu.; Chumbo tm liua'iadM, bun-at, tir.; lluiab t

m""™"!'.'!'... ."!';. .?..'.

Sdsu. not Bbme No. Ill Diitch ^nndan) (^Irtoir. b nprrhr de la rtcola AufONilmi; Atueiir. «Oo ii pn^ir iio Ko. is île padroi OH-iIrMiu du fjipt luiBandal Cenlrnl A '

ni-iltuiu du Ifipe humndaU Ko. lui;

Braill . .

iBio; Tiibaro em foiha;

ïcii moiithaendltiK

l,1fit,)Ma

610, ¡'f 30. «17, It

311, Î33 •,311,207

M	60
„,„,	.....
miiii	i.'£'.m
I9ii! Wl 6.M1»
ï)3,î-vl	81S,4i« 30S
1 01 : 4711	80,643 6,1H7,000 ïoiisao
M!. 006	972 1.190, 991

m. 101 436. lîi «l-ibslrioi ' vliTsiteti

t8.^)9!,S39

630 INTEBNATIONAL BUREAD OV THE AMERICAN BEPDBLIOS.

IMPORTS OF

	Janrarj-	Sev^mor	ths endlDf
	1904.	1905.	1901,	19».
Wood, m«hog»nr ( Caoba.- Uogno: Atajoit, :	46,S70 10», a»	■¡a.TK	JWiart. llfi.íH 3ST)962	^•i-.
	17,088 t.-m
Wool ILaaa: Lá; Lainey. aoulh Amertca-	1,2», IW 143, 3S> 3», 80»
CMpe	88, are

EXPORTS OF UERCHANDIBB.

	17.929 4S 7, «9 b.r.i '5-8 i;983 11,1.079 Î&3I7 2 «,M1 44, SW ias,fi9 î,67î 2a(,20i S:S -t,39î •^s W,699 8,14i llm 2,079 X 098 120,230	Ee4 si,m 309|ll» Î73 20,578 34,181 36,083 108,^44 ZÜ,0Í2	«,5T4 'SS 'Sa 1.9« 162.540 219^ 101098 16.291 ïiS 606,576 1.333Í502 846; 068 81,860 978,237 243,869 234.689 4Í,6.'13 27; 2M 7.9Ï9 142,160 1,583 10;5I1 t:m2 10,596 Í,SM,266
	215, 19S
BreUliUtK Co™{J(afi,- JíaSo/ifoi.):
	sSm
Wheal (rri¡Hi,-7-r((»;B(íi:
	2,238
«beat flour (Carina (Icfrfpo.-ibrínAn de (r^.'/brffM	159, 8« 256! i«e zs 133,030 7,904 42[0IË 139,111 6,098 \0Ï4 'S 4,13J Ï7ft ''i 998 T0.IÜ!9 430,963
Carriage', cars, etc.'. (mil parti o( ( OarrwiStt. tarree n rot; Voulues, wagom ct Itart partin):
	104,715
Cyclen, and ports of ( BirlriHai y «w aeeeionnê: Biry-
Copper ((Mm; Oiiri; Culrre):
CMtmt
	25. «0

UNITED STATES.

EXPORTS OF UERCHANDISli— CODllalied.

ArllclcAHndi-ouiilrlCK	Jaouary-	SiA-en mo	(h« enillag
	leiH. 19».	1901,	190,^
Cotton eJolIu (I^íilw de atgodán; FcaaiOiu dt ¡ügo-	IMIari. iî:5S 9,0Ï9 87;3W 73, -mi «,1M 38.388 S il II 3^390 19,706 600 41,762 M>ï 30;812 !:S 13,061 23] 363 15, M4 8^857 &74R 15,078	m;9H l;i 36,481 S»,7« S •1 ii:î!i fi8,6ïl> 6,8Î0 »;S97 È*t;e65 31,864 M;òi7 18; 687 Ï6,W1	609, MS 17^1699 S 218,502 823,670 301,180 ■ss 69,880 12, 'a*) 2*: Ml 30,9il 809;28ii W671 IS1.91S 37.7*9 . I7i;272 II 93:v2i 272; 399 59! 557 51,161 Ii4,7ï-J su! 939 119.773 16.596 137; 990 7, .Ml 23.081 Î7;6M	DoUart.
	445,113
	«9. MO
•-|g,«sas,f"^* •"■" " "^
	to:«5
^Ss^E'^ítt::.
Bnlldon' hardware, and n»a and Mois {¡iattrUOf
Iraabm oi Ar il aeler, ttia tt mtai) :	127 800
	62,648
	162, 6r2
Other ik.iitliAmcrlPB Lotmaolirae e acccimrioi: LoTomoltft if but» far-	]fi«,l>85
	*g;S	3.J70 12, «6
		11.000 10,330
	«,Î35 1,67< lA,(tW 670
	16,069 1,390 13,233
Dlhertioulh AmcncB	63,7

INTERNATIONAL BDKEAÜ O*" THE AMERICAN EEPUBLIC8.

EXPORTE OF UERCHANDIBE— ConliuDed.

	J»«ar,-	Seven montlwcndlDB Januarj —
	1904.	1B05.	1994.	19K.-
Lealhtr, other thim sole (Cwcto rfWin/o ilflíleíiirlo; S'^Ib,')?" ''"™ *"'"■ ''"'"' """^^ '"* '""	OoUnr». e.iss 7:213 1 1«,778 fia. 4» 6,057	--St. 6,914 1-\5Ï1 ÏÎ,3S1 li 1,238	DaOan. M.sr76 e9:7C9 73, OM 8?: 170 1Í2,6»2 «6. «7 >&,33& fl|íl9 156: sea 322,500 23,434 ii 7,613 4,502 g:S í*,«64 5.1. roí 337.015 2Í4.90.Í 121.420 130.7011 !;|| isíisoo %.76<; 129. 3S7 8. MI 29:097 Mim HB.WH S,(W5 103,087 10.608 12.779 8,a» 5.745 7.88S 28,7»	IMIar..
	123,532
Banta ana Otoea {Catsado; CWfn<Iu; Chamnurcij:
KMlIMan*: Botfn. tar, etc < Knina ï «{fitíf rttn,- Reii»a c alealrOo:	10.950
	Ti '430 1,S!« i	S2,6rfl 'flIO 2.011 n'.'iíñ "M 71, SOB S9.Ï96 ^:6K li íi 18;í49 9;ï46
	16.919
	14fií7
	4. -16
OIK mlnnal, crude (Áreltn mlneraltt, fmdoi; Oleni níneraei.erú» 3nUet mineraia, brotei):
ee'SSimîa"*."""'!""'";''?	27,7iM îll ia.xia II 14; 213 1,M« l'íSC	167,312
	407.531
rtj/íínfc»):
	»,ii«
Beerrn;'sT(^s«£.""íJs!,*í;^''s?;^
	i.tw Ít40
Beef, railed or pickled (Carne de mm, «Ioda 6 en talm-iera; Oamr He fcwm. talgmia on m «ai- Ceolral America	4S,936

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EXPORTS OF UERCHANDlSE-CoDtiniMd.

	January-	Seven monthB caiiag
	1904.	1905.	lew. 1 190S.
Becl, hbIUmI or pickled, etc.— Continued.	J>oIlari. 163 i,04;i 12; 650	KoOOri. 371 8.8*5	DoHorir. 8.V, 121! tWJ l| ÍS 7; «6 20,533 tV,«OÜ 319,821 IS 78,688 118.637 2t,aii i6o;oos 96,fl07 160,096 víii,m 223)30» S7.9TO 223;Õ13 m!o^i 13, 234 6.908 !! 2;i,7ft3 27 1BÍ9U0 4a; 22» 31.870 13.432 2S.463	DoOar,.
nilloH (S/bo; Nfbo; Hui/r-
	H,0«i Ï.196 "1 as'. 079 12,732 20, sa"! îi,ao I2,7ee 1«0,;38	^■: 2,^S 23, IW W7 6,227 ■li là; 747 iî'^ i2¡;ü75 li IfllílHO 8,tW 2! 481
Bh»d (TIkOw.' IburinAn; Lard/smi):
H jnw (•'o™*»,- Prnimlw Jambona,:
Veneiuda Other South America Pock ( (Sini( rf< pyiTco; Canie Or iioren; Pare):	¿^
	Ï6,S«1 HTM ¿fit! '610
Butter («nsdNjaffln,- Manlrisa; Bturrt):
Other S.HWhAniorlr«	10. uw
	107 2s,Kei	4,92S i:-¿7»
;■;.>;,?;'• - -■*"—•■ »•■ -
	11,213 7.223 ÍS
cíaís;'"*"-' ~""»»""^
	2.25S	ft„110

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A„M«..«...«n„	JH„U	„>-	'""jïïîu	thsendltig
	1904.	1905.	1901.	im.
Wood, iDd BuatMlirca of:	«TO 2,TW	VoUnrê. 27,663 6,663	VoUari. 74.961 M7,S4B 12; 873	DoOari.
		11.66'J 860 lÎ.J8a IMiîM 134,467	60,8») 1,812,077 «20,869 2401275 Jii 337; 627' 237,815 76.1Sfi 10,095
Other South America	S,618 333,460 li W,6Î1 4e!o^n 44! 165 s, «13 S	Î7,595
	1,M8
	69,524 16, a» 52; 705 13,534
FamLture (tftuMra; MobUla; Henbtriy.

OONSVLAB TBADE BEP0BT8.

The following reports are furnished the International Bureau of the American Republics by the various liatin- American consular officers at the ports mentioned:

The Consul -Gene ral of Mexico at San Francisco, California, advises that the imports into the United States at that port from the Republic of Mexico during the month of January, 1905, consisted of mineral product:- to the value of $3S0,478 and other products to the value of $t!l,122. The exports of American merchandise from the United States to Mexico during the same period aggregated merchandise to the value of $9S,'246. In addition to the American merchandise exported, there was exported from San Francisco to Mexico during the same month foreign merchandise to the amount of S22,7!)6. The exports of silver dollars (Mexican posos) from San Francisco to Hongkong in January, 1905, numbered 43,449.

The exports from the United States to Mexico, through the custom- house at Nogales, in December, 1904, were valued at $114,278,25. These exports are shown in detail in the following table:

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Producl.	V.,„«.
	«8. Ml, as
	2.M7,2S
	'S'S'üi
	12)602.00 80,8».7B 6, 39*: 00

These products ori^finated in the followiog countrieã:

c™n.rr.	V»lue,
Auslri»	«MOO
	Ifr^^
	e,8M.i»
ToUl	¡14.718.26

The exports fi"om Mexico to the United States, through the same port, during the same month, are shown in the annexed table:

	Product.		Qu«.,.l,.	"■¿lï^r!"
Caille				t9,191
			-0,H7 lt8,0(M
Total	1,03», '216

The Consul -Gene ral of Mexico at New York reports tliat during the month of January, 1905, 13 vessels proceeding from Mexican portSi entered the harbor of New York, bringing 116,415 packages of mer- chandise. During the same period II vessels cleared from the port of New York, carrying 207,157 packages of merchandise ionsigned to Mexican ports. The imports from Mexico in detail, through the port of New York, during the month referred to, were as follows:

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636 ISTEBNATIONAL BUBBAU OF THE AMERICAN BEFCBLICS.

Arliolw,	>,..„„„.	Ar.lc.».		ItuuUty.
AlllmlOT aklDs	b«lM.. '.'.'.'.'."'.'.'.àà'.'.'.'.	as	HilM	bulu
■Mill, loose loimy BrEEEE S-::;;.;::;-;::;;:; Rubber, cnide Pnisapatllla tôSÏÏ^™; i^'. ■.■."■.'.'. ■.■.■. ■."■. Wine . . .'.V.V.V.V.'.'.V.V.'.V.'	....boxet.. il;; ■.'.".'.■"ic»::	,1^
	bale».. :::::::::í¡Z::
Heron i^uin«fi

The Consul of Mexico at Philadelphia advises tliat the exports from the port of Philadelphia to the Mexican ports of Tampico and Vera Cruz, during the month of February, 1905, consisted of nierchaadbse to the value of Î85,7(î*>.41, as shown in the following table:

Amele.	Wrfgbt.	TU.,.
	10,S».SãT

The Consul-Gene nil of Nicaragua at San Francisco advisea that the exports from San Francisco to the Nicaraguan ports of Corinto and San Juan del Sur during the month of January, 1905, consisted of S,õd2 package» of merchandise, weighing 273,417 kilograms, invoiced at $33,402.04. The shipments to San Juan del Sur were 40 barreia of flour, weighing 2,720 kilograms, valued at$178.10. The shipments to Corinto were made up as follows:

A*,,.,	l-HCk- Î7 HO 60	Kllod.	V.ine.
	if
	3.5a¡	270. OK	■23.2ÎÎ.1H

FOBEiaiT OOHKSBCE, JJUHUAXT, 1906.

The statement issued by the Bureau of Statistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor, of the total values of imports and exports of the United States for the month of January and for the seven months ending January 31 shows that exports exceeded imports both

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during January and during the seven months, under each of the headings of merchandise, gold and silver. The imports of merchan- dise for January showed a larger increase over last year in imports of dutiable goods tlian has been shown in recent months, the figures for January this year l>cing $52,021,384, against S43,140,4S1) in January, 1904, making the increase over fast year Ç8,8S0,805, while for the seven months the total increase over the corresponding period last year was only about twice as great, or $lT,21ii,626.

The decline in exports of agricultural products is having a marked effect on the total value of exports, as is shown by the fact that exports of domestic merchandise for January, 190Õ, amounted to $121,461,347, against *140,03S,436 for January, 1904, a decrease of $18,577,078, while for the seven months the total value of domestic exports fell $28,044,873 below the value for the corresponding period last year. The detailed figures are as follows:

Imparls nad exports of mercliauditf.

	J^m^ry-
	I'JOt,	JW'i,
,.™™	43. 1«	.377 m	r,-ss
	K.Sfif	HM
"""'™-	1», MS, 136 2,(Wi,T*l
	l«,ill,'.,170
	6S,1.^	,3Ü<

Iiiipwla tiiid crpirrU of mcrehandiiw; h<j ;

		I in port".	Kiporls.
	im	Í9W.	1903.	ItW.
	42 SÎ,M9,B6C	its, (122, wo 91,*I",SW 7l!l»3|»U «■.7X1. m 9ï!778:3-.>b BÍ.170,1W 9ii,M6,;59 I!»'.,	ri,'. ¡65 líKH. 1«.0|.-.,170	s>«««^-.
	100. MU, 405
	IB,2',M.N66 B.S.223,ÍT9
	lOOJ.
	9 ending J*nn&ry
ToLI:		1,0^1, fi7S,JS0	'9!3.m.-An	l,<32.TlS,m DOLOSO, MT
Eiceux:	ÍM,R9í,ft77
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Import» and erpoHe of gold ami tilcer, by yeart.

	Januifï-
	19M. lein.
OOLI..	"'wi'sn
	7,6M,S41
SILVEK.	I^SSfiliM	l,«2.«tt
	2,377,622

EZPOBTS OF HANVFACTTTREB IN 1904.

For the ûvut time in the history of American export trade the prod- uct» of American factories were shipped to foreign markets in 1904 to an amount exceeding half a billion dollars, while the record for 190t), which until 190-1 had remained unsurpassed, is now completely eclipsed. During the last five years the export movement of American manu- factured goods has been very irregular; first, Ttetween 1899 and 1900, advancing with phenomenal rapidity, then declining, then advancing again more alowly, and finally advancing once more with great strides. The following table, giving the exports of domestic manufactures for the last decade, shows these fluctuations, and also the remarkable progress that has taken place during the decade as a whole:

1904 f502,7(H,~29

1903 421,453,915

1902 410,650,967

liWl 3!)5,]44,030

1900 441,408,042

]899 $380,787,891

1898 307,924,904

1897 279,616,898

1896..: 253,688,-127

1895 201,153,663

The most interesting points of comparison in the returns for 1904 arc those of the preceding year and tiio year 1900. Aw compared with 1903, there was an enormous gain, aggregating $81,.'! 10,814, while as compared with 1900, the recoi-d year in the annals of American foreign trade, there was an increase of $41,357,887. The following table com- prises the groups or classifications in which the largest net increases were recorded, and shows at a glance the factors that have contributed to the phenomenal gains in the grand total above mentioned:

	Artid.,.	I9M.	i9oa.	1900.
	Ill 7*; 273; 8»	»I3,BI»,7W ' 27.181,950 Kt,723,6aí 66,M6,4(B	»10,76«,W2
	ao.72î,7M
			67,152,306

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The remai'kable increase in the exporta of copper ingots, tars, plates, etc., accounts for a lai^er portion of the increase than any other single item, and, in fact, the phenonaenal expansion in the world's demand for and consumption of this mineral is one of the most important commercial developments of recent years.

The following tajtle showa the exports of American iron and steel products in all leading lines for the three years under consideration:

Ar,io.«. I im	I«Q.	.900.
	J,240>J8 6,1W,(»95 2.Q6i.2tl Z,Î7J,768 b.»s&,tm b.6as.tTi 67«;0S6 ]'.37-i.3U 431*. 0»2 1,4(16,151 , Ü.T. .pa ■iî 32 i9S ¡96 40 190 123 ' 1 ÍDI) 115	(3M.334 II ,,Si ¡;Si 3. 316! 0*8 iSS 5. 340, «4 3, 099] 521 2.273.tl31 4,537,336 359.338 20,*6R.8L0 2,123,4X5 5,919.340 20». W4	KSM.sm
	2,915.371
	'■'^7^
	1.295,379
	6,991.W1

From the foregoing figures it is shown most conclusively that, taking the metal trades industries as a whole, the year 1904 was one of prog- ress. Of the 35 lines of manufactures for which separate return.s are published the exports for 1904: were the heaviest on record in 19, while those of 1903 and of 1900 estahlished high- water marks in 8 articles or classes, respectively. No noteworthy changes appear in important lines of manufactured goods not enumerated above except agricultural implements, which declined quite considerably from the total of last year, the exports for 1904 being valued at $21,654,8!>2, as compared with $22,901,805 for 1903. This loss was due almost entirely to decreased exports to Russia and British Africa, shipments to all other parts of the world holding their own fairly well and in some instances making substantial gains.

Exports of manufactures of wood declined abouta million and a half, the total for 1904 being $12,111,086, as compared with $13,(Î34.065 for

640 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN EEPUBLICS.

1903. In most other Unes tbechanges were relatively unimportanL The following manufactured items show substantial export increases for 19Ü4 as compared with the preceding year; Aluminum manufactures, automobiles, books, brass, and manufactures of, bricks, brooms, and brushes, candles, cars (electric), celluloid manufactures, cement, chemi- cals, clocks and watches, earthenware, fertilizers, fibers, and manu- factures thereof, glass and glassware, gunpowder and explosives, hair and manufactures, india-rubber manufactures, ink, lamps, lead manu- factures, matches, oilcloths, paints and colors, paper manufactures, wheelbarrows, pencils, perfumery, plated ware, silk manufactures, sugar and confections, tobacco manufactures, toys, trunks, varnish, zinc manufactures. The items showing a decline in exporta were: Bicycles, blacking, carriages, cars {for steam railways), instruments (electric), jewelry, musical instruments, paraffin, soap, slate manufac- tures, spirits, wines, etc., tin manufactures, wheat flour, wheat table foods, wool manufactures.

The exporta of cotton goods from the United States during the year 1904 were the largest in the history of the textile industry, exceeding the prenous record year, 1903, by over a third of a million and 1903 by six millions and a half. The gain as compared with last year was lai^ely due to the increased demand from China, exports to that country being $5,200,000 greater in lOlU than in 1903, while the increase as compared witS 1902 is attributable to a gradually expand- ing market for cotton goods made in the United States. The tottd exports for 1904 were $33,660,617, as compared with $27,131,950 in 1903 and $33,274,907 in 1902.

Of this large amount, piece goods, colored and uncolored, contrib- uted the principal share, the total exports of these for 1904 being 434,989,686 yards, valued at $25,618,0nit, as against 374,075,192 yards, valued at $19,733,070, in 1903, a gain of nearly $6,000,000.

The following table shows the most noteworthy increases and decreases in exports oí cotton piece goods during 1904 as compared with 1903;

	! ,- 7« m '	,.SI:S	¿S «1 Tio] 07» m,sn.m	rwsr
	." i 1

As will he seen by the above figures, in addition to the large gain made by China, already mentioned, the exports to Centi-al America increased $428,460 in 1904 as compared with 1903; those to Cuba

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increased $384,409; to Japan, $534,835, and to the Philippine Islands, $392,514. The exports to Venezuela decreased to nearly one-half of what they were in 1903.

The most noteworthy gain in exports of sole leather from the United iStates in 1004, as compared with 1903, was in the shipments to Japan, which amounted in value to $-2,227,õ77 in 1904 as ajrainst $306,022 in 1903, a gain of nearly $2,000,000. Exports of sole leather to the United Kingdom show a moderate gain of $524,221, while exports of boots and »hoes to the same country show a falling off of $402,810 in 1904 as compared with 1903, indicating that Great Britain is drawing on this country for larger amounts of the raw material and less of the finiiihed product.

The following table offers a comparative statement of exporta of different kinds of leather in 1904 and 1903:

, leothcr	»G,320.Í63
"P^^W^	1.87Ï,Î9«
All ^r^'Î-lS^fh-eî"""- '"" ^' '*"" ""
	17.37B.746	18,025, 2W

Exports of upper leather to Mexico increased S'29,087 in 1904, and to Cuba $84,000 in the same year as compared with 1903. The gain made in exports of upper leather to Japan was not large compared with the great advance in soles.

In comparing the exports of bootd and shoes from the United States during 1904 with those of the two previous years the most noteworthy facts to record are the reduction in sliipnients to the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Australia, and gains in exporta to British Korth America, Mexico, and South America. In 1904 the exports to the United Kingdom were $1,757,724, as against $2.210,534 in 1903 and $2,088,315 in 1902. Exports to France have steadily decreased from $110,391 in 1902 to $99,954 in 1903 and $67,578 in 1904. The exports to Germany were slightly larger in 1904 than they were in 1902, but show a falling off as compared witli 1903 of $97,809, Trade in Aus- tralia has been very dull the past year, and while business is beginning to improve there the fact is not yet noticeable in boot and shoe exports, which show a decrease of $227,742 in 1904 as compared with 1903.

Exportij to countries in the Western Hemisphere in the year 1904 were in nearly every case larger than those to the same countries in 1903, those to" Canada being $944,247, which is a gain of $199,957 as against 1903, and $352,418 as compared with 1902. The largeat

643 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THR AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

increase in shipments to the countries aouth of the United States was to Cuba, exports to that country showing an increase of $317,439 in 1904 as against 1903. The improved condition of Mexican trade is reflected l>y an increaae in her importa from this country, those of footwear in 1904 showing an increase of nearly $300,000 in 1904 as compared with 1903.

EXFOBTS OF TASK FBODUCTS, 1904.

The Bureau of Statistics of the Agricultural Department has pre- pared a detailed statement of the farm exports of the conntry during the last ñscal period.

There was a decrease of $19,000,000 in exports of farm products in the last iiscal year, as compitred with the fiscal year 1903, and a decrease of $6,000,000, as comparc4 with the annual average between 189D and 1903.

The increase in value of domestic exports of merchandise other Xhan the products of agriculture has gradually reduced the ratio that farm products bear to all merchandise. In 1890-1893 products of the soil formed 76.1 per cent of all domestic exports; in 1899-1903 the per- centage was only 63.8, while in 1904 only 59.9 per cent of all domestic exports were classed as farm products. For the period 1890-1904 the total value of domestic exporta of agricultural products was 67.8 per cent of the whole, and amounted to the tremendous sum of $11,000,000,000.

Cotton formed nearly one-half of the value of all agricultural exports in 1904; meat and meat products were second; grain and gr Un products were third; live animals were fourth; lumber was tifth; tobacco sixth; fruits seventh, and oilcake and oil-cake meal eighth.

Of the total farm or agricultural exports for 1904, amounting to $872,000,000, only $13,000,000, or about 1.4 per cent, was due to reexports of foreign products. The annual average of these foreign exports of farm products increased $5,000,000 from 1890-1893 to 1899-1903. Farm products composed 48 per cent of the exports of foreign produce during the fifteen years ended June 30, 1904.

The value of imports of agricultural products in 1904 was greater than m any other year in the period 1890-1904. The imports this year exceeded 1903 by $5,000.000, and were $54,000,000 more than the annual average for 1899-1903. However, there has been no such increase in imports of farm products as was noticed in the domestic exports during the fifteen years under consideration.

The balance of trade in farm products in each year during 1890- 1904 was in favor of exports. There was a distinct gain in 189S, when this export balance incrcfised to $555,000,000, a gain «fi $257,000,000 over the preceding year; and for six successive y^jfin,

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beginning Tvitb 1898, the annual export balance for farm products exceeded $410,000,000, while tlie greatest export balance prior to 1898, during the fifteen-year period considered, was $373,000,000, in 1892. It will be noticed that the great increases in general export balances in 1892 and 1898 accompanied marked gains in domestic exports of farm products.

Forest products in 1904 formed nearly 5 per cent of the total domestic exports, and amounted to $11,000,000 more than in 1903, $18,000,0i» more than the annual average for 1899-1903, and $36,000,000 more than the annual average for 1894-1898.

Imports of forest products in each year during 1894-1904 exceeded the domestic exports. The value of imports of forest products ¡n 1904 exceeded the value in 1903 by $8,000,000, was $19,000,000 more than the annual average for 1899-1903, and $36,000,000 greater than the annual average for 1894-1898.

Meat and meat products, grain and giain products, and cotton com- prised 81 per cent of the value of domestic exports of farm products in 1904, the value of cotton being $198,000,000 greater than any other item. The value of cotton increased $55,000,000 from 1903 to 1904, although the quantity expoited in 1904 was 479,000,000 pounds lesa than in 1903. The averse export price in 1904 was 12 cents per pound, or 3.2 cents more than in 1903. The decline of $72,000,000 in domestic exports of grain and grain products was due to a diminution in quantity without a corresponding rise in price. There was a marked falling off in many of the principal items included under "grain and grain products." Meat and meat products declined from $178,- 000,000 to $174,000,000.

Domestic exports of live animals gained $13,000,000, and the net gain for all animal matter was $12,000,000. Fruits gained $3,000,000, the total dome«tic exports of fruits for 1904 being valued at more than $20,000,000. Seeds declined $7,000,000 and tobacco $6,000,000, while vegetable oils, oil cake, and oil-cake meal, together, lost $6,000,000. The net loss for all vegetable matter amounted to $31,000,000, and the net loss in domestic exports of all farm products was $19,000.000.

Of the domestic exports of forest products, naval stores, timber, and lumber were valued in 1904 at $09,000,000, and all other forest prod- ucts at $1,000,000. Lumber, the most valuable of the forest products, was valued at $39,000,000 in 1904, an increase of $7,000,000 over the previous year, while timber gained $1,000,000. The total value of these two products in 1904 exceeded $52,000,000. Naval stores increased from $13,000,000 in 1903 to over $16,000,000 in 1904, and the total domestic exports of all other forest products showed a large relative increase.

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644 INTEENATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMEBlOAIf REPrBLICS. BimaET FOB 1906-e.

The official statement of appropriations for the coming fiscal year, issued jointly by the Senate and House Committees ou Appropria- tions, shows that the grand total of expenditures authorized by Con- gress just closed was $818,478,914, which isa net increase of $37,306,539 compared with the appropriations for the current year. Nearly half of this increase is accounted for by the river and harbor bill, which carried a total of $18,251,875, against $3,000,000 appropriated for the current year, while there was an increase of $8,476,095 in the postal service, $9,223,539 in the sundry civil expenditures, and $5,364,500 in the sum set apart for the redemption of national-bank notes.

The appropriations for the fiscal year 1903, arranged under the various heads, and the increases or decreases compared with the bills for the present year, are as follows:

AgrlcuUunl...

DiBlrlcl of ColumbEa ».7W.»7

Fortlflcationa 6,717,.fSa

Indian I 7,i«7,T»

Navy lOO.SW.GSO

Pennlona i IM.SSO.IOD

PoHlOfflee I 181,0£;,0M

HWer and harbc^ I is, Ml, 87*

Sundry civil 67, «63. 730

DeflcIcncleB Sl.ltW.BlO

Mlwellaneous S,210.00a

Permanent appropriations i HG, MS, 310

Total I 8I8,)7B,»H

OONSTTHFTIOH OF COFFEE IN 1904.

The total quantity of coffee imported by the United States from for- eign countries during the year, as shown by figures recently issued by the Department of Commerce and Labor through its Bureau of Sta- tistics, was 1,112,703,546 pounds, valued at $87,427,009, and from Porto Rico, 2,391,524 pounds, and from the Hawaiian Islands, 1,827,491 pounds. The total value of the coffee from these two island divisions of the United States is $515,852, bringing the total quantity of coffee brought into the country up to 1,117 million pounds, and the value to $S8,000,000. During the same period (the calendar year 1904) there was exported fi'om the United States 64,256,947 pounds of coffee of foreign production, valued at $lî,468,5d2, so that the consumption of coffee during the year was approximately 1,053 million pounds valued at about $81,000,000.

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UHITED STATES. The sources of the foreign supply were as follows:

CoiuKry.	Po««.».	Vslue.
	e, 217, 72» H, 128.291 2.M»,S38 5D, 678. 158 "as (06,088.697 13S,I2.%»I3 1Î0 056 8ÎS 8,764.9» í;b;667
	&,22.%83S
	63,446,618 10,S53.2Z3

The fipfures of the world's production of coffee in the coffee year 1903-4, which has just reached the Bureau of Statistics, show that the coffee exported from the various producing countries of the world, and therefore the quantity entering the world's markets during the year, was, in round terms, 2,260 million pounds, or harely double the quantity brought into the United States alone during the calendar year 1904. It may therefore be said in general terms that the United State.s consumes practically one-half of the coffee entering the world's markets, since our importations of coffee in 1904 amounted to practi- cally one -half of the coffee exported by all the coffee-producing coun- tries of the world, and more than 94 per cent of that importation was retained in the United States for consumption by her people.

That the United States exceeds by far any other nation as a con- sumer of coffee is apparent from the fact airead}' stated that it con- sumes practically one-half the coffee of the world. Some figures just received by the Bureau of Statistics give some details, however, of the consumption by the principal countries, which are of additional interest, though the latest period covered in this statement is the cal- endar year 1902. This shows for that jear a consumption by the United States of 852,272,000 pounds of coffee; Germany, 380,820,000 pounds; France, 188,760,000 pounds; Au,Htria-Hungary, 96,360,000 pounds; Holland, 82,500,000 pounds; Belgium, 72,600,000 pounds; Swe- den, 57,420,000 pounds; Russia, 39,600,000 pounds; Italy, 35,640,000 pounds, and Great Britain, 32,340,000 pounds.

Coffee importation in the United States has increased rapidly during recent years. The importations in the calendar year 1904, as already indicated, were 1,117 million pounds and were larger than those of any earlier year, and the per capita consumption was also larger than that of any earlier year with the single exception of 1902, in which year the per capita consumption exceeded that of 1904 by two-tenths of 1 pound.

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FBODUCnON OF PIO IBÓN ZN 1004.

According to the "Bulletin" of the American Iron and Steel Asso- ciation for February 1, 1905, the total production of pig iron in tho United States in the year 1904 was 16,497,033 tons, against 18,009,252 tons in 1903; 17,821,307 tons in 1902, and 15,878,354 tons in 1901. The following table gives in half-yearly periods tho production of pig iron in the lat^t four years:

	1901.	lí«í. 1S03.	19H.
	Tbn.. 7,674.613 8.203.741	Tim,. aim, 73»	Tutu. 9, 7»;. 387 8.301,B»	Tbn..
	1B,S78,SM	17.821.3«7	1S,009,2S2	16, «7,033

The chief pig-iron producing States in 1904 were Pennsylvania, which produced 7,644,321 tons; Ohio, with 2,977,929 tons; Illinoiis, with 1,655,991 tons; and Alabama, with 1,453,513 tons.

Of the total iron produced in 1904, 14,931,364 tons were made with bituminous coal and coke as fuel; 1,228,140 tona with anthracite and mixed anthracite and coke, and 337,529 tons with charcoal.

The division according to classes of iron made in 1903 and 1904 was as follows;

	••<»	I»4. ,
	i:Sfe Ï, oto. 726	Tlnu.
	2,4«3,IM 219. 4«
Towl	I8.009.ÎM

The stocks of pig iron which were unsold in the hands of Lianufac- turers or which were under their control at the close of 1904, and were not intended for their own consumption, amounted to 408,792 tons, against 591,438 tons at the close of 1903.

The whole number of furnaces in bla.st on December 31, 1904, waa 261, against 182 on December 31, 1903.

PATENTS AND TBADE-KABE8 IN THE FANAKA CANAI. ZONS.

The decision of the Secretary of the Interior of the United States in regard to patents and trade-marks in the Panama Canai Zone and the official papers connected therewith are as follows:

1. Patento and Tkade-mares in the Panama Canal Zone.

The riglita ot patentees and trade-mark registrants in this country do not cict«nd to the Panama Canal Zone.

2. Sake — Laws oi' Trus Country Not Applicable.

The Panama Canal Zone is not an organizeil («nitory of this country, and there is no proviHioD in the treaty, laws, or regulations making the laws of the United States i^ncratly applicable, nor ¡a there any provision speciScaDy making the patent laws and the laws relating to the registration of trade-marks and labels applicable thereto.

united states. 647

Department of the Interior,

IVaxhhif/íon, DeeembefW, IWJf. The Ojmmissioser of Patents.

Sir: In further response to your letter of October 27, líHH, request- ing that there be submitted to the honorable Attorney -General the question, whether the laws relating to patents issued by your Office and trade-marks registered in this country extond to the territory recently acquired by the United States from the Republic of Panama for the purpose of building the canal across the Isthmus, I transmit herewith for your information a copy of an opinion rendered by the Assistant Attorney-General for the Interior Department, under date of the ICth instant, holding that the laws above referred to have not been put in force in the Canal Zone.

Very respectfully, ïhos. Ryan,

Acting Secretary.

Department of the Interior, Office of the Assistant Attorney -General, Washinglan, December 16, The Secretary of the Interior.

Sir; The OommÍHsioner of Patents having asked whether the rights of patentees and trade-mark i-egistrants extend to the Panama Canal Zone, the matter was referred to me for an expression of my views upon the question.

By act of June 28, 1902 (32 Stat. L., 481), the President was author- ized to cause to be constructed a ship canal from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacitic Ocean, and in connection therewith to acquire perpetual control of a strip of land on the Isthmus of Panama "and also juris- diction over said strip and the ports at the ends thei'eof, and make such police and sanitary rules and regulations as shall be necessary to preserve order and preserve the public health thereon, and to establish Huch judicial tribunals as may be agreed upon thereon, as may be nec- essary to enforce such rules and regulations.'' Under this authority a convention was concluded between the United States and the Repub- lic of Panama, which was duly ratified by t>oth countries and pro- claimed February 26, 1904 (Treaties and ConventionSj 33 Stat. L., 148). By Article II of this instrument the Republic of Panama granted to the United States "in perpetuity the use, occupation, and control of a zone of land and lana under water for the construction, maintenance, operation, sanitation, and protection of said canal of the width of ten miles" acixiss the Isthmus of Panama. Article III of that instrument reads as follows:

The Republic of Panama grants to the ITnitt^l States all the ríehb^, power, and authority, within the Zone mentioned and described in Article II of this agreement, and within the limits of sll auxiliary lands and waters mentioned and deecrit)ed in Article II, which the United Blates would possess and exerciue if it were the sover- eign of the territory within which said landa and waters are located, to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights, power, or anthority.

By act of April 28, 1904 (33 Stat. L., 429), the President was author- ized to take possession of and occupy on behalf of the United States the Zone of land the iwe, occupation, and control whereof were

648 INTERNATIONAL BÜBEAU OF THE AMEKIOAN REPUBLICS.

graoted to the ÜDÍted Stste.s by Article II of said treaty of February 26, 1904, and provision for the government thereof was made, as follows:

8bc. 2, That until the expiration of tlie Fifty-eighth Congreas, unlen provision for the temporary government of the Canal Zone be Booner made by Conm^aa, all the miiitary, civil, and judida! powere, aa well aa the power to make all mies and regu- lations necessary for the government of the Canal Zone, and all the rights, powers, and authority granted by tlie terms of said treaty to the United States, snail be vested in such person or persons and shall be exerciged in such manner aa the Presi- dent shall direct for the government of raid Zone and maintaining and protecting the inhabitants thereof in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and religion.

By letter of May 9, 190-t, to the Secretary of War, the President directed that " all work of the Commission done by virtue of powers vested in me by the act of Coneresa approved June 28, 1902, in the digging, construction, and completion of the canal, and all the govem- meiitalpower in and over said Canal Zone and its appurtenant terri- tory, which by virtue of the act of Congress approved April 28, 1904, and these instruments shall be vested in said Isthmian Canal Commis- sion, shall be carried on or exercised under your supervision and direction as Secretary of War." Full and explicit instructions are given in this letter regarding the duties and powers of the Isthmian Canal Commission, but thei'e is no mention made of patent and trade- mark laws, nor is any intention to extend the laws generally of the United States over the Canal Zone indicated.

Upon the informal suggestion by this Office you wrote the Secretory of War asking for information on the subject. In reply thereto the acting chairman of the Isthmian Canal Commission, under date of November 30, 1904, said:

There has been no legislation by this Commis! and protection of patents or trade-marks in the Canal Zone, ai our counsel that this must come from the Congreas of the I'nited States. tlAt this matter will be taken up early in the coming cession.

From the foregoingstatement, which it is believed incUides references toallprovisionsof the treaty, laws, and regulations touching the matter under consideration, it is seen that the Canal Zone has not m any .sense been organized as a territory of the United States; that there is no provision making the laws of the United States generally applicable m the Canal Zone; and that there is no provision specifically making the patent laws and the lows relating to the registration of trade-marfe and labels applicable there.

The opinion of the Attornev-General of February 19, 1902, referred to in your letter submitting tlio matter to me, holds that the residents of Porto Rico are entitled to register trade-marks under the act of Con- gress of March 3, 1891. This conclusion ia reached upon the theory that Porto Rico "baa been fully organized under a law of Congress providing the details of its government and organized, for the most port, upon the plan adopted for the territories contiguous to the Statea of the Union," and upon the fact that the laws of Congress not locally inapplicable have by the act for the government of that island and by the Revised Statutes been extended to it. This presents an entirely different aspect to the matter now under consideration. In the same opinion the Attorney-General, speaking of the Philippine Islands, said;

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The Canal Zone can not be reearded as an organized territory in contemplation of said section of tbe Kevised i^tatutes.

I am of opinion, and so advise jou, that the laws of the United States relating to patents and the registration of trade-marks have not been put in force in the Canal Zone.

The papers submitted are herewith returned. Very respectfully,

Fbakk I. Cahpsell, Assistant Aitorttei/- General.

Department of the Interior,

December J6, 190^. Approved.

E. A. Hitchcock, Secretary.

RAILWAY STATISTICS FOB 1904.

According to the "Railroad Gazette" official returns from the majority of the railway companies in the United States, supplemented by ligures furnished by the State Railroad Commissions, show that, approximately, 3,832 miles of new main railway track were built in the United States during the calendar year 1904. These figures do not include second ti'ack, sidings, or electric linos. The falling off from 1903 amounts to about 33 per cent.

Keturns from practically every car-building plant in the country show that, approximately, 62,950 cars were built in 1904, including cars for use on elevated railways, but exclusive of street and other electric cars. These figures do not include cars built by the railway companies at their own shops. Of the al>ovc total, approximately, 60,806 were goods wagons, and 2,144 passenger cars; 60,955 were for domestic use, and 1,995 for export.

During the year 1904 locomotives to the amount of 3,441 were built at the various locomotive plants in the country against 5,152 in 1903. The number given includes 95 electric locomotives. The figures do not include locomotives built by the railway companies at their own shops.

OBOWTU OF RUBBER IHFORTS.

The growing demand for india rubber for use in manufacturing in the United States is illustrated by some figures just presented by the Department of Commerce and Labor through its Bureau of Statistics. They show that the value of india rubber imported into the United States has grown from $10,000,000 in 1884 to $44,000,000 in 1904, and that the total value of india-rubber imports in the period 1884-1904 is, in round terms, $440,000,000. This increase in the value of the rubber imported is due in part, however, to an advance in price, the averse value per pound of the imports of crude rubber (including gutta- percha) having been in 1884, 43 cents, and in 1904, 70 cents. The

650 INTEBHATIONAL BUREAU OP THE AHEBICAN BEPUBLICS.

total quantity of rubber imported in crude state in 1884 was 23,672,563 pounds, and in 1904, 61,889,758 pounds.

A comparison of the importations of rubber in 1904 with those of 1884 suj^gests not only the growing demand in the United States for this article, but the recognition of the importance of Imsbanding the rubber resources of the world. In 1884 the only rubber imports were crude rubber and gutta-percha. In 1904, however, there were not only crude rubber and gutta-percha, but also about 15,000,000 pounds of "gutta joolatong," or East Indian gum, a product of Borneo, which in certain lines of manufacture is utilized instead of india rubhcr; and in addition to this 16,000,000 pounds of old and scrap nibber fit only for remanufacture.

Brazil supplies the largest shai'e of the rubber imports of the United States. Of the 62,000,000 pounds of india rubber impoi-ted in 1904, 34,600,000 pounds came from Brazil, while the bulk of the remainder came, apparently, from Africa. From the United Kingdom the imports of rubber have grown from 6,500,000 pounds in the fiscal year 1893 to 9,750,000 in 1903; from Germany, whose chief colonial possessions are in Africa, the imports of rubber have grown from 1,500,000 pounds in 1893 to ueariy 3,000,000 in 1903; from Belgium, whose colonial possessions are exclusively in Africa, the growth has been from 30,000 pounds in 1893 to 5,000,000 in 1903; and from Por- tugal, whose chief colonial possessions arc also in Africa, the imports have grown from 1,500,000 pounds in 1893 to a little over 2,000,000 pounds in 1903.

The Central American States also supply considerable quantities of rubber, the imports from Nicaragua being nearly 1,000,000 pounds per annum, and the total from the other Central American States amounting to about 300,000 pounds annually. From Mexico the quantity imported in 1904 amounted to 366,104 pounds, against 120,415 pounds in 1894. Colombia and Ecuador supply (sach about 500,000 pounds annually and the British East Indies about 500,000 pounds.

The following table shows the quantity of india rubber imported in each year, and the value of india rubber, gutta-percha, and gutta joola- tong imported annually from 1900 to 1904:

Calendar y eu.	CnMlctndt* rubber.	cnjd^fndl» rubber. ntid guita
	49.837, Us M,U2.810	iS'S*

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IMFOBTS OF TROPICAL FB0DUCT8, 1004.

A statement just prepared by the Bureau of Statistics of the Depart- ment of Commerce and Labor shows that the total value of tropical products brought into the United States in the calendar year 1004, including the receipts from Hawaii and Porto Rico, aggregated $465,000,000, exceeding by $30,000,000 the highest record of any preceding year.

The growth in tropical importations has been very rapid, far exceed- ing that shown by the general importations. In 1870 the total importa of tropical and tiubtropical products amounted to $140,000,000; in 1880, $242,000,000; in 1890, $208,000,000; in 1900, $335,000,000, and in 1904, $465,000,000. Meantime the general imports into the country in- creased at a much slower rate, being in 1870, $461,000,000; in 1880, $697,<XX),000; in 1890, $823,000,000; in 1900, $829,000,000, and in 1904, $1,036,000,000, exclusive of $36,000,000 worth of producto shipped from ILiwaii and Porto Rico. In 1870 tropical producto formed 30 per cent of the total imports of the United States; in 1904, they formed 43 per cent. Thus it will be seen that the general impoi-to of the United States have increased during the last quarter century by $575,000,000, or 125 per cent, while the importo of tropical producto have increased during the same time by $32õ,0lK),00O, or 232 per cent. In other words, of the total increase of $575,000,000 in the general imports of the United States since 1870 nearly two-thirds should be credited to importations of tropical producto.

Even these figures do not show the real increase, because of the great reduction in prices of many of the articles forming this huge total. The value of the sugar of tropical production brought into the country in the last year, for instance, was $114,000,000, as against $70,000,000 in 1870; but the number of pounds brought in from the Tropics last year was more than four times as much as in 1870. The total number of pounds of tropical sugar brought into the country last year was nearly 5,000,<X)0,000, including that from Hawaii and Porto Rico, while the number of pounds imported from the Tropics in 1870 was less than 1,250,000,000.

The value of the coffee brought in last year was $88,000,000, as gainst $24,000,000 in 1870, j-et the quantity last year was 1,117,000,- 000 pounds, as against 235,000,000 pounds in 1870.

The 500,000 pounds of silk brought in in 1870 were valued at $3,000,000, while the 16,500,000 pounds brought in last year were valued at about $55,000,000.

The 43,000,000 pounds of rice brought in in 1870 were valued at $1,000,000, while over three times that quantity brought in last year was valued at less than $2,500,000.

The 47,000,000 pounds of tea brought in in 1870 were valued at

652 INTERNATIONAL BÜBBAU OF THE AMEEICAN REPUBLICS.

nearly $14,000,000, while the 107,000,000 pounds brought in last year were valued at $17,000,000.

The average cost a pound of the sugar brought into the country in 1870 was about 5 cents, while the average cost last yeu*, including that brought from Hawaii and Porto Rico, waij about H cents a pound. In india rubber, howecer, conditions are rererseâ, the averse cost a pound of the 10,000,000 brought in in 1S70 being about 36 cents poundii, while that of the 62,000,000 pounds brought in last year was over 70 cents a pound.

The per capita consumption of tropical products by the people of the United States has also increased since 1870, having been in that year but $3.63, while in 1904 it was $5.69, and this, too, despite the great fall in prices meantime, as above noted. Baí%d upon the high prices prevailing in 1S70, the importations of tropical products last year wouldreprescnt a total valuation of nearly or quit« $1,000,000,000.

The tropical islandsof the United States contributed nearly $50,000,000 worth of the $465,000,000 value of tropical products brought into the country last year. Over $25,000,000 of this was from Hawaii, nearly $13,000,000 worth from Porto Rico, and more than $10,000,000 worth from the Philippines. In 1806 they contributed $13,000,000 worth to the tropical requirements of the country.

The following table shows the total value of tropical and subtropi- cal products brought into the United States at quinquennial periods since 1870:

	FiflCBl yrar.	il.19,fi00,086 WIS 7^, 034 217, 7M, 216	1890....	FiHwl yeir.	\ Valoc ol < producw.
K70	1 f29T,-16,SW

) Inncec cln^<«>d an '■imports, ' since both oi

The following table íihows the principal articles of tropical ard sub- tropical origin imported into the United States during the calendar year li*04, compared with the fiscal year 1870:

Artl(-l<^.	■m	■«..
	•sss 8.459,665 7, < IB. 682 4.t81,73t 13,Bea.ZJ3 831,673	till 191 m
	Së-a
	s«s
	22,70,647
Vcgelftbl'oolii

<■ llirlildeB receipts from Hawait: SlijFI KMi: loliacco, »6,ï«l: vegïlaWe oils. ir. =, .■.-... Bugsr, n,«S,8K; tobacco, t2.1H,486; Iruluantl

W4..11S,906; coffee. «23,076; IraiW Mid nnts, «78,«7 feiilhors. ilOO: poooa. «0. Al.-o recelpl» Irom Porto 9&: eoffee. KiW.TSl; ootlOD, t42,fiK.

UNITED STATES.

		lea.	im.	1M4.
	4tS064
	;m!;Íot
	1,776.908
		,4«,0TS
	l,3a7.09« i,aB,6w
	SIB, 621
	ãá;S
	139,800.088
	' '

>; tobácea. tS.HA.Vil

: «1,516.906; enffM. (223.075; inilu «ncl nuts. 1178, ■IS7: rice, 8: tealherg, SlOO; poco», HO, Alw rweipti from Porto liloo; tí and nuta. 1383.296; coffee, 1292,781; cotton, t42,&8G.

BBAWBACK DECISIONS BT SECRETABT OF THE TBEASIHIT.

The Secretary of the Treasury has ifndered the following decisions in three questionu of drawback. The Treasury decision of October 27, 1903, is extended, "in so far as applicable," to cover lead traps and bends manufactured by the Mereantile Lead Company in part fi-om imported pig lead.

A drawback will be allowed on cut mica manufactured wholly from imported uncut mica. The usual regulations are prescribed.

The decision of December 9 last is extended to cover grades of pulled wool manufactured bv a firm at West iMedford, Massachusetts, from imported raw wool by the process of washing, pulling, classifying, and grading.

The Secretary of the Treasury has decided that on and after March 1 all hides of meat cattle, including calf skins, hide cuttings or pear- ings and glue stock, the product of cattle shipped from Yucatan and Campeche, Mexico, when not dry salted or arsenic cured, must Ije sub- jected to disinfection. Certain contagious and infectious cattle diseases have been found to exist in the States mentioned.

FAHAKA WATER 8TTPPLT.

Consular Rejîort No. 2197 publishes a report of United States Consul -General Gudgeh at Panama City, forwarded to the Department of Commerce and Labor of the United States, concerning the ways and means of supplying water in Panama, as follows:

The people of Panama depend for their water supply on (1) tanks, cisterns, or other means of catching and preserving rain from the roofs of houses; (a) wells in the " patios," or yards; and (3) purchases from vendors. The rainy season lasts generally eight months, ending December 1. The small number of those who arc fortunate enough

654 INTlERNàTIONAL BDREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

to have large tanks or cisterns get a sufficient supply of wat«r to answer all purposes. Many of the bouses have no tanks, and the occupants naust buy water or get it from wells to keep in barrels, tubf, etc. A large number of cartmen sell water in the city, charging 5 cents for 5 gallons, and during the dry season 10 cents. The tanks, barrels, tubs, cans, etc., used in preserving water are, as a rule, open, and form favorite places for breeding mosquitoes. Experts on the subject hold that the only means of transmitting yellow fever, malarial fever, and other kindred diseases are mosquitoes. Except by their utter extermination, if this theory he true, it is impossible to eradicate the diseases named. This can not be done while the breeding places remain intact, and these observations apply not only to Panama but to the entire Isthmus.

To make the citj' reasonablj' healthful and remove the fever menace it is indispensable that a water supply, with proper sewerage, be intro- duced in the cities of Panama, Colon, and in the entire Canal Zone. This fact was recognized by the United States and the Republic of Panama when they made the treaty with regard to the constniction of the interoceanic canal. In that treaty it is provided that the United States shall furnish water supply and sewerage systems and place in complete sanitary condition the cities of Panama and (Jolon. This obligation is being carried out, and in a very little while adequate water, sewerage, and .sanitation will exist in the places named.

For many years it has been the earnest hope of Panamans that the water supply might be brought from the San Juan River, a beautiful, sparkling, and clear stream some 15 mites di.stant, but the United States authorities have selected the Rio (Jrande as the source of sup- ply. This stream is located in the Canal Zone, 10 miles from Panama, on the line of the Panama Railroad and the route of the canal. The ivatcrshed has an area of about 4 square miles, is uninhabited, and is covered with forest. A reservoir has been constructed covering about 70 acres, with a capacity of 50<i,000,000 gallons. Necessary walls have been constructed, earth removed, underbrush and logs taken away, and, in fact, everything done with a view to keeping the water pure and un contaminated. This lake is fed by a beautiful stream, which furnishes all the water needed during the rainy season and sufficient to fill the reservoir for use at the beginning of the dry season. The tests show that during the very driest weather it can be relied on for (f,000,0Û0 gallons daily. One of the great advantages of the selei-tion is that the title to the watershed is in the United States (jovernment.

The estimate is that at the beginning of the dry season the supply on hand will be 500,000,000 gallons. Taking this as approximately correct, the supply will he adequate for 40,000 people, estimating the amount used at 100 gallons per capita daily. The city has at present

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not more than 20,000 people, so that it will be seen that all the water needed may be obtained from this source. The water bas been analyzed and found to be chemically and bacteriologically pure, and the sti-eam furnishes n first-class quality of water in abundance.

Commencing at the lake, the aqueduct has been laid for about 1 mile in the direction of Panama. This was done with the piping on hand left over from the French Canal Company. The ditch for the remainder of the way has been practically completed to the city limits, and putting down the aqueduct will take a very short time when the necessary material has been received.

Lake Rio Grande is several hundred feet higher than Panama City. The water will be conveyed by gravitation to a reservoir, also higher than the city, on the hill at Ancon, and thence to Panama City close by, so that the whole waterway will be by gravity. The reservoir at Ancon is built of stone, is cemented, and has a capacity of 50,000,000 gallons. All the work done and the materials used are to be fii-st class in quality.

URUGUAY.

C1T8T0H8 BE0EIPT8 FOR DEOEKBEB AND FOB 1804.

According to the "Montevideo Times" of January 10,lîK)5,the pro- visional figures of the customs receipts of Uruguay for the year 1904 amounted to $8,997,199, as against $10,317,022 in 1903. The receipts for the month of December, 190i, amounted to $816,986.36, as follows:

Importation $606,046.51

Exportation 122,939.85

Department 90, 000. 00

816, 986. 36

This compares with the same month in previous j'ears as follows: In 1903 they amounted to $693,153; 1902, to $775,205; in 1901, to $715,144; in 1900, to $631,930; in 1899, to $941,543; in 1898, to $821,- 854; in 1897, to $798,719; in 1896, to $737,627; in 1895, to $924,194, and in 1894, to $728,217. The increase as compared with the same month in 1893 is $123,833. As compared with other years, the receipts are up to the average; the figures for importation are good, as arc those for exportation same.

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The following table gives a comparative statement of the n custxjtns receipts in the years 1903 and 1904:

.nthlj

Month.	IMS.	1901.
Jsnosry	1,011,36! as «11,775	*S5I ~1
	8t6,9««6
	10,S17.<ttí	8,»»7,l»

The figures for the year 1904 show a decrease of $1,319,823. The annual cu^tomti revenue since 1S94, inclusive, is shown in the following table:

. $10,276,234

. 10,660,615

. 10, 304, 43a

. 8, 585, 102

. 8,872,977

. 10,004,425

1900 »9,433,268

1901 9,654,441

1902 9,849,6*4

1903 10,317,022

1S04 8,997,199

COMUHRCIAI, INTEBOOTTBSE WITH THE ITNITED STATES.

Statistics compiled by Seiior Prudencio de Mürgiondo, Cónsul- General of Uruguaj' at Baltimore, Maryland, show that the exports from the United States to Uruguay in 1904 were valued at $1,744,481.27, American gold. These figures show ii decrease in the exports, as com- pared with those of 1903, of $405,000,89, due to the existence of inter- nal disturbances in the Republic during a part of the year 1904. After these disturlmnces were settled the exports from the United States greatly increased in volume and value. As an example of the activity of the commerce between the two lîepublics at the present time, the month of January, 1905, may be taken. During this month the exports from Kew York City to Uruguay aggregated a value of §■2,750,000, gold, and $189,480.05 in merchandise. The exjwrts from the Southern States during the same period amounted to $52,C43.S1, of which $5,800 was the value of the rosin exported, the remainder l)eing the value of lumber exports. Those figures show tliat the total exports of merchandise from the United States to Uruguay in Janu- ary, 1905, amounted to $242,1^3.86. The conditions under which the President of Uruguay concluded peace arc of such a nature as to promisea long period of domestic tranquillity, and the increase in trade between the United States and Uruguay shows the confidence of the merchants of the United States in the permanent peace that now seems assured to the Republic of Uruguay.

VENEZUELA.

The Buenos Ayres "J/anãels-ZeiôuTiç" {^^Hêvista J'znanciera y Comercifü") publishes the following figures showing the commercial movement of the port of Montevideo during the month of November, 1904:

ArUclt».	(tiiBntlly.	Aillcles.	Qoantlly.
»"s;k«^		39.H32 '1 322 1,40S l.STJ (9,92(1 M 1 ■1:S 1.129 "■il	'°«i,„,a.,
H.,??";;..;;;.;.	do.... :::::::X'::.	■"«ia,i„,,„	toni..	8
Sis;r".":;;:;-.::	Hair Wool	::::::*:::	679
	....number.. do.... ■.'-'.'.nilnbií:: .■.".'."....lio..'.'. pipes..
Oibld»- SKüv.v.v;;::	Cora.."!!!!'!!!."!!;	too».. MCks..	^■i*
Wool'..' .'.'.' ...v.' .'.'.'.' Shi-epsltlriB Cora	Bone and iwne Hsii Auslrla;	"'^''*'-
		^■ïéS
Bpttin: Ox hidra—	Tstlow S^d':;;::!:!:!	.hog-heads. !!!!!!. do..!! :::::::3::::	18,91»
	ToQiues ^ Sheep Cuta:	üüüheari!	1 Ir
Oxhides, dry	..lerterolu..
Do	«o™--	i,oa)
™!¿¿::;:;;::;:;: ^^'Sr sííiü".:::::::	pipe».. ..hOKshcAds.. ...V!..t^i».. ::;::::K::	CM™-"-"--- Tnllow	!!!!!!. lona!. .hognhewlB..
K::.::::;::;;:: :::::::S::::	'ío
		heed..
	:::::::r'::
Ùnixêà".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.	Sheep	12

VENEZUELA.

nfPOBTATION OF OIQABBTTB FAFKR PROHIBITED.

A Government order published in the'* Vcneznelan Official Giizette" of January 18, 1905, prohibits the importation into Venezuela of cigar- ette paper of any kind.

OATTI.E EXPORTS.

Venezuela has large ranges of pasture land», on which stock growing is the chief business. Some cattle and a few hoi-ses are exported from that Republic, chiefly to the Dutch West Indies, a few miles off the north coast.

658 INTERNATIONAL BUBEAU OF THE AMEBICAN BEPUBLIC8.

■ From Puerto Cabello, on that coast, exporta of cattle during the seven years which ended with the year 1904, were 299,437 head, of an average weight of 715 pounds, and an average value of $2.04 per 100 pounds, or $17.04 per head. In those years only 15,605 cows were exported, and of tnat number 8,091 were sent out in the year 1904. In the same year 91,887 cattle, of an average weight of 668 pounds, and an average valuation of only $1.81 per 100 pounds, or $12.10 per head, were exported.

The number exported in the year 1904 was more than double the average of the numbers for the seven years. The Norwegian steamer El Carmelina has made a number of trips from Venezuela to Cuba with cargoes of beeves, of which she can carry l,5O0f to 1,800 at a time, and has lost none.

TIN PRODUCTION OF THE WOBLD.

According to recent German returns, the tin production of the world amounted to 93,093 tons in 1903, an increase over the preceding year of 2,916 tons. According to these returns 75 per cent of all tin comes from southeastern Asia, the following being the estimated output of the several colonies and countries: Malacca, 54,797 tons; Banca and Billiton, 20,060 tons; Bolivia, 9,500 tons; Australia, 4,191 tons; Corn- wall, 4,150 tons; all other places, 395 tons.

Although the production of tin has increased regularly from year to year, the output is not sufficient to supply the demand, as the stock on hand in the most important tin markets has constantly decreased. The United States consumes 43 per cent of the total tin production; Great Britain, 28 per cent; the other European countries, 22 percent, and India and China together, 7 per cent.

THE WORLD'S COCOA PRODUCTION.

The "Mexican Journal of Commerce" for February 1, 1905, states that the consumption of cocoa is continually increasing throughout Europe. Germany, in particular, has made rapid strides in the use of this article, and while in 1894 her consumption was only 8,500 tons, in 1904 she took three times as much.

England in 1901-2 reached an abnormal height in her consumption, principally on account of the war in South Africa where cocoa was served to the troops, and also through heavy buying under the idea that duties on cocoa would be increased, which, however, was not the

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Rusaia's consumption is not known, but since the present war stai-tecl 8 great deal of cocoa has been shipped from the London market, and there is no doubt that other markets hare also contributed their quota. ' The consumption in the seven principal consuming countries in the last few years, in tons, was:

C^ntry.	I90M.	19Q.-2.	18BS-M.
Oermaii	II 'Is 8.417	19. S» M.SJO 1	noM
	S'lS
	«6,«ei	B1.S07	T1.U1

The total in 1900-1901 was 76,562, and in 1902-3, 84,897 tons.

Crop reports from the various producing countries give favorable estimates for a good yield in the present year, though it is doubtful that the area of land in cultivation in cacao is very much larger this year than last.

Up till now the supply has never reached the demand, and it behooves planters to increase their plantations of this valuable plant.

The following table gives the production of cocoa, in sacks, Guaya- quil production in hundredweights:

	IMM.	1003.	1901.	1901.	ino.	1891.
	ffi:î!S ,5g 176.600	lao, EU lis	11 12«,000 166; 000 II
	30.600 16; MO 19.600 33,000 g™	Ï6,000 'S m! 000 «,000
			11,000	î^;S!

WORLD'S LEAD OUTPUT.

Under date of January 13, 1905, United States Consul Abraham Smith, of Victoria, British Columbia, transniitíi to the United States Department of Commerce and Labor the following statistics relating to the lead produ<;tion of the world.

The United Slates still leads the world in the production of pig lead.- The production of the world, according to the latest reports obtainable, in English tons, during the years 1901, 1902, and 1903 was as follows: Bull. No. 3—05 12

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Counlrr.	19Û,,	™.	1903.
	3tO.Ó«» Iflfi.TK ■as «1,01» 20,690 SG» WO '■ffi	!M,780 i3e|;o3 ■SS! 2a. »M ZS.3âO 1H.IW) uan 4.000 tM 300 '¿U loo	Ttmt.
	sr&.ooa	SOÏ.400

TRADE OPPORTUNITIES IN LATIN AMERICA.

A concession has been asked from the Mexican Government for the estalili^hnient of a lar^e iron and steel plant at San Luis Potosí, to compete with the Monterey foundrj'. The latter enterprise receotl; installed a number of coke ovens and is building a sufficient number to not alone supply coke for its own purposes, but expects to have a surplus for sale to other industries. The Monterey plant la said to have cost $10,000,000. The United States Steel Corporation is not officially interested in the concession, but it is suggested that the two concessionaires seeking the privilege from the Mexican Government may indirectly represent some of the big interests identified with the steel corporation. Later, if the concession is granted, there may be establi.'shed close working relations with the dominant interest in steel and the proposed Mexican enterprise.

A new steamship company has been formed in Chile by Messrs. E. A. WHrrE, M. Peëde, and Captain Ehpinosa, with a capital of $750,000 gold, the object being to have cheap cargo boats on the Chil- ean coast. It is proposed to commence with three steamers, which will be bought second-hand in England. The formation of this com- pany, it is tliought, will revive many Chilcnn industries which have been languishing for want of steamer accommodation. The facilities Chilean industries require are facilities of mobilization, and this can only be brought about by means of new steamship companies. For some time a bill has been formulated for presentation ¡u the Chilean Congi*es3 for protecting the Chilean coasting traffic under similar rules and regulations as those adopted by the United States. A move- ment ¡son foot to secure a subsidy for the new line.

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The Amazon River Wireless TeloerRph Company are now shipping aonie of the material for their wireless plant between Para and Man- ttoti. Most of the electi'ic apparatus is either oi-dered or being figured on for delivery before April 1, 1905. The installation is expected to be completed early next summer. There is no cable in the world perhaps which is more frequently ¡ntcrrupted by breaks than tlie one between Para and MaaaoB. and it is to obviate such delays as arc thereby occasioned that the proposed wireless service íh to be established.

A <;ompany iooorporatcd last 3'ear in Mexico Citj' with a capital of $600,000 is about to erect a large structure for bull figbtiug and other exhibitions. The plans for the construction have been completed in all their details, and have been approved by the authorities. T^e ring is to he constructed entirely of steel and masonry, and will be capable of seating 18,000 persons. An interesting innovation will be the installation of moving stairways for the carrying of the public up to the higher levels of the structure. It is said that this will be the first time that this system has been employed in Mexico. A tempo- rary roof of conaigatcd iron will be su];>erseded later by one the upper part of which will be of ghiss.

The dredging which is constantly being done in the harbor of Buenos Ayres is found to be insufficient to keep the channels deep enough at low water for steamers of 21-feet draft, as the deposit from the river keeps continually filling them up. The proposition is now being discussed of building jetties similar to those at New Orleans, so that the current of the river will dig its own channel. A prominent engineer emploved by the Argentine Government will consider the pl.n,.

A recent visitor to Guatemala reports that some form of light, durable roofing material ought to sell well there. At the present time the old-fashioned heavy red tiles are still used, and as earthquakes are experienced from time to time these become broken and dislodged to such an extent as to render relaying necessary. There is now great activity in building in Guatemala City and the time would be most opportune for sending samples of material for inspection and experiment.

The .San Jose de Bautista mine near Montezuma, Sonora, Mexico, has been sold to the Beneedicine Mining and Milling Company fora consideration representing nearly $2,000,000. The company is a part of the Washington -Lend on Guarantee Investment Company. Work will be commenced on the property as .qoon as possible, and there is talk alreadj- of a reduction plant.

The Brazilian Government has granted a concession for the build- ing of a railroad from San Luiz to Caixos, both in the State of Maran-

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faao. P. L. Soares de Souza, the eng;ineer and concessionaire of the railway from Kio Branco, Northern Brazil, to the border of British Guiana, has secured an extension of time for the presentation of deñnite plans.

The municipal government of the city of Belem, Brazil, has entered into a contract with C. H. Christopher Moller for an electric street railway and an electric light service. The contract is for the term of ninety-nine years, at the end of which period the prof>erty reverts to the municipal government.

The Argentine Repuhlic proposes going into the silkworm and silk manufacturing industry. A company is being formed at Rosario by Signor Pastorino, an expert in silkworm culture, who proposes plant- ing a large area with trees and erecting a factory to manufacture the silk.

A contract for 52,000 tons of coal at $0.5-1 per ton, delivered at Buenos Ayres, and $5.60 delivered at Rosario, has been awarded to a concern in Qirdiff, Wales. This coal is required for sanitary and other public works at Buenos Ayers and the Andine Kailwaj'.

A concession has been granted to Eduardo Delano and Luis Aní- bal Barrios to construct a railway from the port of Antofagasta, Chile, to La Chimba, and thence to the Salar del Carmen, joining the railway to Bolivia. Branch lines will be constructed to connect with the Aguas Blancas Railway and the projected line to Boquete.

The Antofagasta, Chile and Bolivia Railway Company have been authorized to construct a railway from Mejillones to a point on the Antofagasta and Bolivia Railway between kilometers 33 and 60.

The " Campania General de Fósforos" is planing toerect a match fac- tory at Parana, Argentine Republic.

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BOOK NOTES.

Bookt and pamphlets se&t to the Banan of the American EepnblicB, and containing aubjeot-matter bearing npon the conntriei of the Inter- national union of American Bepnblioi, will be treated under thii caption in the Monthly Bulletin.

An important paper published in the March number of the "Review of Reviews" ia contributed by John Babsett Moore, on "Santo Domingo am! the United States." Aa Mr. Moore is a well-known authority on matters of international comity his views have more than common weight. He states that the interests at stelte in the present controversy are by no means small, and that aside from the vast con- cern of the Dominicans themselves in the establishment of law and order, the accumulated foreign commercial and industrial interests are 80 considerable that their sacríñce is not to be contemplated. The American vested interests alone are commonly valued at $20,000,000. The great su^r estates are owned chiefly by Italians and Americans, it being estimated that in the vicinity of San Pedro de Macorsi American investments in the sugar industry amount to Î6, 000,000. Extensive banana plantations are also owned by Americans, the United Fruit Company holding more than 18,000 acres, representing an investment of more than $500,000. There are two completed railroads, one of which is owned by British subjects while the other, running from Puerto Plata to Santiago, was chiefly constructed and is now held and operated by the company of the Central Dominican Railway, an American corporation. The exportation of woods is chiefly in the hands of Americans as is also the exploitations of the oil fields of Azua. The wharf privileges of the three principal ports are owned by Americans and Italians. Of the two steamship lines plying between Dominican and foreign ports one belongs to an American firm and the other to a French company. Mr. Moore furnishes illuminating figures in regard to the Dominican public debt and its management, but states that it is mii^leading to call the Republic bankrupt, as were the debt properly adjusted it would scarcely amount to more than a third as much per capita as that of some other countries of lower commercial and industrial capacity. The constitutional and international questions involved are succinctly and authoritatively discussed by the writer, who finds it not an extravagant notion that the United States should lend its aid in the rehabilitation of a neighboring community, in which ita interests are of exceptional importance.

Brig. Gen. Peter C Hains, U. S. Army, in the "North American Review" for March, 1905, discusses the revival of the project of con- structing the Panama Canal at sea level. In a manner thoroughly

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comprehensible to the lay mind he sets forth the various reasons that, in his opinion, make the design not feasible, the foremost being the dia'erence in tide level at the extreme ends of the canal on the two oceans. The obviation oí this difficulty by the construction of a tide lock and the fact that such tide lock means an expenditure of $100,- 000,000 and ten years' delay are weired against each other, to the final elimination, according to General Hains, of the sea-level project. After citing the various engineers' surveys, which, subsequent to that of De Lesseps, were unanimously in favor of a canal with locks, the writer states: "It will thus be seen that after the failure of the Db Lesseps project for a sea-Ievcl canal, and after more thorough sun-ejs and studies, no less than three boards or commissions, comprising among its members no less than 31 engineers, reported in favor of the abandonment of the sea-level project and the buildiag of a canal with locks. They may all have been wrong in their conclusions, but the unanintous verdict of these 31 engineers, who gave years of study to the problem, should not be set aside, unless new and convincing evi- dence be found to justify the change. Has such evidence been found!"

The Columbus Memorial Library is in receipt of the volume of the ^'' Estadística Comercial de la Jiepública de Chile'''' for 1903. The mat- ters contained in this valuable work are arranged in the following order: Imports under classified headings, by ports and nations; exports under classified headings, by ports and nations; nationalized exports under classified headings, by ports and nations; ships' stores, home and nationalized; transit trade; coasting trade, home and nation- alized; shipping; customs revenue; vocabularyof imports and exports. He total value of the imports in 1903 is given at $142,470,569, as com- pared with $132,428,204 in 1902. The three leading nations were Great Britain, Germany, and the United States, in the order mentioned. The total value of the exports in 1903 amounted to $194,279,672, as compared with $185,879,965 in 1902, the four leading nations being Great Britain, Germany, the United States, and France. Tliis volume of statistics furnishes to all persons interested in the trade of the Republic of Chile a valuable, concise, and expeditious work of reference.

The value of the port of Manzanillo to the Pacific trade of Meîrico is demonstrated by the initial paper of the "Engineering News" fcrFcb- ruarj' 16, 190.'>, which dcscriljes at length the improvements recently made at that point. The work involves an expenditure of $7,000,000, cxclu-sivc of wharves and piersj, and consists in general of a breakwater made of stones of large size, to be capped with 30-ton granite blocks, and a concrete superstructure 25 feet in width and 16 foct in thickness;

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a stono sea wall along the harbor front from which ten pier9 will pro- ject, and a canaJ di-aining Cuyutlan Ugoon in the rear of tiie town. This latter section of the work has important bearing upon the sanitary conditions of Manzanillo, while the wwnpleted harbor will afford safe and easy riding room for 100 seagoing vessels.

"The Engineering and Miniag Journal" for March 2, 1905, devotes considerable spac« to an article on the gold mining district of the Mexican liepublie kaowD as " El Oro." The writer, Mr. £onxt T. Hill, states that this district, on its equipment, possibilities, and pro- duction is ti»e latf^t gold mining camp in Mexico. Hie topograph- ical and geological peculiarities of the r^ion are described, though the system Iios not as yet been completely explored. E^ Oro is dO miles northwest of tiie City of Mexico and C miles west of the station of Tultenango, on the old main line (now the branch) of tiw Mexican Nation^ Railway, and is accessible by the old narrow gauge road. The ratio of values ranges from 90 to 95 parts gold, with 10 to 5 parts silver, a conservative estimate of the ore reserves being over 500,000 tons of an average value of $10.73 per ton.

Number 21i9 of the "Daily Consular Keports," issued by the Department of Commerce and Labor of the United States, contains an exhaustive résamd of tiie "Commerce and ladustries of Cuba" during 1901, forwnrded by the United States Consul-Gencral at Havana. This report embraces the following subjects: Climate, health and sani- tation, protection of life andpivpcrty, public railways, plantation 1*811- ways, telcgmphs, telephones, aod postage rates, steamship oominunica- tion, currency and finance — the wliole forming an autWritative state- ment of great value.

An interesting paper on higher agriculture is published in th« " World's Work " for March, 1W5, under the title " The Government and the New Farmer," by Clarence H. Poe. The writer claims that the United States has the most eflScient Dcpartmeat of Agricul- ture in the world, which, by the application of scientjãc m^Jiods to elemental industries, has added millions of dollars to the national wealth. The various branches of agricultural and pastoral activity to which these methods have been applied are entertainingly aiid instruct- ively detailed.

"Modern Mexico" for March publishes an interesting and pro- fusely illa^ítrated account of tbeTehuantepcc Railway, which it denom- inates as " Mexico's Great Isthmus Route." Comparison is made between the availability of this route for trans- isthmian traffic and that of the Panama Canal, and a suggestive outline of the various surveys made from colonial times to the day of the present completed enter- prise is given.

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ADDITIONS TO THE LIBBARY DURING FEBRUARY.

ITIie symbol = Indicules a gift.] MISCELLANEOUS.

=AUaga Olivares, Ramón. Eetndío sobre la revolución de 1891 por Ramón Aliaga

Olivares. Santiago de Chile, Imprenta Cervantee, 1891. 64 p. 8°. =Arias Sanchez, Alberto. Cuentoe populares y broma en todo. ProBa y verso por

Alberto Arias Sanches. Tipografía "Guayaquil," 1898. 272, (2) p. 8°. =6aldwin, J. Dirección de los escuelas. Libro de texto para las encuetas normales

... por J. Baldwin. N. Y., D. Appleton & Co., 1887. xiii, 430 p. 12°, =:Bering, Isabel. Teoría i práctica <io la enseñanza del castellano por Isabel Bering

... y José Tadeo Sepúlveda. Santiago ile Chile, Impr. Guillermo Helfmann,

1902. xxvi, 620 p. 8°. ^Biblioteca Municipal de Guayaquil. Anuario de la prensa ecuatoriana publicado

por la biblioteca municipal. 1892. Guayaquil, Imprenta de V. Noboa, 1893.

1894. í, U4p. 8".

Bonaparte, Roland (le prince). Le Mexique au début du i»e duele, par

lé prince Roland Bonaparte [and others]. Paris, Impr. Schmidt Sis, 1904.

2v. 4°. =Bourgeois, Dr. Eleodoro. Estudio sobre proñiaxia del cólera basada en lai

diciones biolójicas dei bacilo coma i la esperimentación durante la epidemia dei

87 i 88, por el Dr. Eleodoro Bourgeois. Santiagode Chile, Impr. Nacional, 1888.

V, 59p. 8". Boyd's directory of the District of Columbia, 1905. With a compendium of its gov- ernments, institutions, and trades, to which is added a . . . business, street, and

Congressional directory. Washington, Boyd Directory Co., 19(fâ. 1260 p. 8'. =CaBtil1o, Manuel J. Corona fúnebre del Coronel Don Manuel J. Castillo, publicada

por Pedro P.Garaco». Guayaquil, Irapr. de " I-a Nación," 1899. 221, (3) p. 12°. c=Castilto, José, A, Proceso del "Ksmaratda," 2" edición corregida y aumentada é

impreca por orden del SeHor Jefe Supremo de la república. 1896. Guayaquil,

Impr. de "El Tiempo," [1896] xi, 121, (1) p. 8°. =Corftl, L. Conflicto internacional. (Ecuador y Perú.) Guayaquil, Impr. "El

Tiempo," 1894. 288 p. 8°. =De8truge, Camilo. Album biognlfico ecuatoriano por Camilo Destrnge. 1903-1904.

T. 1, 2. Guayaquil, Tip. "El Vigilante," I90.Í-4. 2 v. 8°. =Echeverría y Reyes, Anfbat. Analogfas y diferencias entre los artículos de los

códigos chilenos. Santiago de Chile, Rol>erlo Miranda, 1893. 145 p. 8°. =Fagel(]e, Alberto. La prensa extranjera y la dictoilura chilena. Recopilación de

artículos de la prensa de Europa i de Amórica sobre la dictadura chilena. . . .

Santiago de Chile, Impr. "Santiago," 1891. xv, 211, (1) p. 8". = Falqtiez y Ampuero, P. J. Hojas de primavera. (Colección de artículos) por F. J.

Falqi>éz Ampuero. Guayaquil, Impr. Sucre, 1903. 110 p. 12°. =Frübel, Federico. La educación del hombre iK>r Federico Frõbel, traducida del

Alemán por Don J. Abelardo Nufle/.. New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1885.

306 p. 12°. í=FTOntaura y Arana, Josi- Manuel. Historia del convictorio carolino (Apuntes para

la historia de los antiguos colegios de Chile), por José Manuel Froutaura y

Arana. Santiago de Chile, Imprenta nacional, 1889. 82 p. S". ,

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^Givovich, Arturo. El rigor de la cometa, (ttecuerdoe de la vida de Campaña).

Novela histórica por Arturo Givovich. Valparaiso, Imprenta Exceleior, 1888.

320 p. 8°. =Guayikqai1. Monografía de Guayaquil, eecríta por Andres Baleato en Lima, el afto

de 1820. Guayaquil, Impr. de "La Nación," 1887. 98 p. 12°. —Guzman, Alberto. Leiiuotojfa castellana, ò sea tratado sobre las palabras de

nueetro idioma por Alberto Guzman, Santia^ de Chile, Eet PoHgráãco, Roma,

1897. 260, (1) p. 8°. Hart, Albert Bushne 11 (ed.). The American nation. A hietorj- from original sources

by associated acholare, edited by Albert Bushoell Hart, advised by various his- torical societies. In 26 vols. New York and London, Harper & Bros., 1904.

Maps. v. 1-5. S". =Hoetoe, E. M. Jeografia evolutiva por E. M. Hostos. Jeograf fa intuitiva, pts. I,

2. Santiago de Chile, Impr. Barcelona, 1895. 2 v. 12°. — Iluergo, Luis A. Historia técnica del puerto de Buenos Aires preparada para el

Congreso internacional de ingenieros de Saint Louis, Mo . ■ ■ octubre de 1904.

por Luis A. Huerico. Buenos Aires, Impr. de la "Revista Técni<a," 1904.

illuB., maps, 179 p. 8°.

— — ■ Buenos Aires harbor. Technical history prepared for the International

Engineering Congress, October 3 to 8, 1904. St. Louis, Mo., U. S. A. pla., illuB., 83, iv p. 8°.

=^lrving, Washington. Vida y viajes de Cristãbal Colon escrita en inglés por Wash- ington Irving. Edición abreviada por el mismo autor para uso do la juventud i mandada traducir i publicar por el Ministerio de Instrucción Pública de Chile. Valparaiso, Impr. de la Patria, 1893. is, 361 p. 12°.

=Jenechke, Francisco J. Gufa de jimasfa escolar para el uso de loe liceos i escuelas de ambos sexos por Francisco J. Jenschke. Tomo. 1. 33 ills. Santiago de ■ Chile, Irapr. Cervantes, 1894. 92, (l)p. 8°.

= Segundo cuaderno del tomo primero. 50 i II us. Santiago de Chile, Impr.

Cervantes, 1894. 130 p. 8°.

— Jofré Emilio. Pedagojla elemental mandada adoptar por el Supremo Gobierno como testo de enseflansa para el uso de las escuelas norn^ales por Emilio Jofré . . . Santiago de Chile, Impr. de La República de J. Nuíiez, 1882. 69 p. 12°.

=Krii8Í, Hermann. Dibujo Krüsi. Manual para loe maestros. Curso de inventiva. Sene sinti^'tica por Hermann Kriisi. Santiago de Chile, Imprenta Turin, 1902. 143 p. illus. 8°.

= Manual de dibujo de perspectiva. Serie de dibujo Krüsi, parle 3, por Her- mann Krüsi. Santiago de Chile, Imprenta Turin, 1902. 112 p. 8°.

— Leymaríe, A. Manusl de moral y economía política por A. Leymarie traducido

por T. Villarino . . . Valparaiso, Impr. del Comercio, 1860. vüi, 195 p. 8°. =Moe8la, Ciírlos Guillermo. Obeervaciones astronómicas hechas en el observatorio

nacional de Santiago de Chile en los aHos de 1856 á 1860. T. 2. Dresde, fmpr.

de B, G. Teubner, 1875. si, 136 p. sq. 8°. =Murillo, Adolphe. Hygiene et assistance publique au Chili. Traduction d'Emile

Petit. Paris, Impr. de Lagny, 1889. 459, (1) p. 4°. ^Manual de labranza, traducido del francés para las bibliotecas populares. f>ant¡ago,

Impr. del Ferrocarril, 1860. 2S6 p. 8°. Palmer, W. (ed.). Hazell's annual for 1905: a cyclopa?dic record of men and

topics of the day, revised to December Slst, 1904 . . . London, Hazell, Watson

A Viney, 1905. misc. 66 p. 12°. =Ponce, Mamicl Antonio. Sarmiento i sus doctrinas pedagc'ijicas. por Manuel Anto- nio Ponee. Valparaiso, Impr. de Federico T. Ijkthrop, 1890. 179 p. 8°.

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=PDDce, Mauuel Antouúi. BiUtografia pedtgójka chiletw («notaciones) por M

AutoDÍo Ponce. Para el emgresn jenenl de eoBeflanza pábUea. ãBaUago de

Chile, Impr. Elzevirian», 1902. xii, 301, (1) p. 4". e:" El PeBBBBiienta Latino." Loe progreaoe de un pai» Mtd-wnericano . . . Sao-

tiago de Chile, Impr. " £3 Peneuniento latino," IW». xvüi p. 8°. PuTtiiaB, Samuel. HakluyboB PoethamiM or Parchaa Hia PUgrimes. CoataTuing ■

history of the world in aet voyages and laitd travdla by Engliafamec ud otbera.

Glaacow, James MacLehose and Bona, 1905. 2 v, 8°. c=Piieae publialiing companj. The Worid almanac and encyclopeâis 1906. Kev

York, Praeo publishing oompany. IMS. 592 p. 6°. =PBbUc Library of Boston. Annual list of new aod important books added ot the

Public Librarj' of the City of Bosloii selected (rom the Monthly Bulletina IWS-^.

Boaton, Pablisbed by the Trustees, 1905. i=Ri()iielme, Daniel. Cosipendio de historia de Chile por Daaiel Kiqaelnw. Val- paraiso, Impr. de Bahot i Cia.. 1899. 495, xii. p. 12°. =&odigas. F. Manual de cuitara Hortense por F. Redigas . . . traducido de la

segunda edición . . . Santiago, Impr. del Perrocan-il, 1S60. 232 p. S°. ^Rodrigues, J. C. Religiòi-s no Brazil. 1Õ0O-190O, por J. C. Rodrifnea. Zd cd.

Rio de Janeiro, Eacríptorío do "Jornal do CotnatenHO," 1904. 279 p. 12°. Schniidel, Ulricb. Viaje de Ulrich Sdiiaidel al Bio de L« Plata. I534-1&54. Bue- nos Aires, Cabaut 4 Cía., 1903. maps, illua,, 499 p. 8°, K^Silrs GoncálsE, Benjamio. Tralado de trigotioinetris rectilínea pan la easedann

óel ramo por BénjamiD Bílva tíanzüex . . . Santiago, Imprenta "Victoria,"

1886. 69, (!) p. S". =Suár8z, José Bernardo. Ghifndel preceptor primariaidel visitador decacveUa . . .

por Jueé Bernardo Juárez. 3d ed. Santiago, Impr. de "El Padre Padilla."

1886. 192 p. S". ^Tapia Hojas, Ricardo. Nuevo método de escritura derecha. Santiago de Chile,

linpr. Chilena. 67, I p. 8", =Taylor, A.R. El estudio del niño. X. Y., AppletonàCo., 1901. ixi,236p. 8°. =Trotter. W. Tratado completo <le la críann i engorda de las avea dcunésticas i

conejos . . - Santiago, Impr. del Ferrocarril, lAâQ. 152 p. 8°. ^Univeraty c^ OaJifomia. Basket denigris of Indiana of Norlhweslem Califamla.

Berkeley, University press, 1905. 105-164 p. S". Amer. Areh. & Eth. *'r.

V. 2, no. 4. Wright, Marie Robinson (Mrs. ) . . . The repnbUcof Chile. thegTOWth,re«oarces,

end industrial oonditionsof a great nation. I'hiladelpliia, I i. Barrie&sone, . . .

[1904], 450 p., illua., plates. 4°.

OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS. Br-^zii,.

Bibliotheca Narional. Annaes da bibliotbeca nacional, r. 26. Bio de Janeiro, Otiicina lia Bihliolheca Nacional, 1904. 3116 p. 4°.

Estado Santa Calbariiw. Mensagem apresentada ao congresso representativo d« Estado em 24 de julho de J90-I pelo Vice-Govemadur Cnl. Vidal Joee de Oliveira Raoios Junior. Florianópolis, Typ. da Li\Taria Moderna, 1904. 41 p. 8".

Chclb.

Api'mlii-e at (mlice del archivo judidal del Departamento de Santiago. Santiago de

Chile, Imprenta Nacional, Ití'JO. 2(í:í p. 4". Código <le minería de la república de Chile. Santiago de Chile, Imprenta Kadonal.

ia89. 5Õ p. 4».

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LIBBAKY ADDITIONS. 669

Ckiiigresonacionalpeilag/'iiico . . . Santiago de Chile, Imprenta Nacional, 1890. 274,

(Dp. 8". Enseñanza de la lengua materna . . . Santiago de Chile, imprenta Boma, 1893.

sxii, 212 p. 8". Las cHcuelas de Berlin. Infonnc elevado al Soprcmo Gobierno por la l^aciún de

Chite en Alemania. ííantiago de Chile, Imprenta Nacional, 1SS5. 96 p. 8°. Iji instntccián Eecondaria j la ¡netracciáii nniveraitaría en Beríin. Informe

elevado al Snpremo Golriemo por la legación de Chile en Beríin. Santiago de

Chile, Impr. Nacional. 1885. 163 p. 8°. Lei nobre hurtoa i robos promulgada en aiete de agmto de 1849. Santiago, Imprenta

de Julio Belin i Ca., 1S&2. 7 p. 12°. Leí de oi^nixacÍ6n i atribuciones de loa tribunales. Santii^ de Chile, Imprenta

de la República, 1875. 150 p. S". Lista alfabi^tica de los abogados recibidos en Chile desde el 13 de dicieaitafe de 1788

hasta 22 de noviembre de 1699. Santü^ de Chile, Improit» Nadonal, 1899.

158 p. 8". Manual de instrucción para los subdelegados (• ínspectoresen Chile. Santiago, Impr.

de la República, 1870. 31, (1) p. 8°. Manual del rejistro civil para coDOcimento de todos j especialmente de los oficiales

del rejiatro civil , . . Valparaiso, Impr. del Nnei-o Mercurio, 1886. 161 p. 8°. Listas de abogados propuestos por las cortee para juecefl letrados i miembros de loe

tribunales superiores de justicia. Santiago de Chile, Imprenta Nacional, 1889.

14 p. 8°. Proyecta de código de onjuiciatníento civi! conforme li los acuerdos hasta ahora cele- brados por la comisión encargada de su examen. Libro Iv. Santiago de Chile,

Impr. de "El Progreso," 1885. 113 p. 4°. Rejistro civil. Documentos i notas sobre la intelijencia i aplicación de esta leí.

Santiago de Chile, Impr. Nacional, 1885. 51 p. 8°. Instrucciones para los jueces de subdeiegacióo i de ilislrito publicado por orden del

Supremo Gobierno. Santiago de Chile, Imp. de la República, 1876. 37 p. 8°. Visitas quinquenales practicadas en el territorio de colonización de Mi^llanes por el

■Señor Ministro Don Leoncio Rodriguez. Santiago de Chile, Impr. Nacional,

1896. 127 p. 8°.

KCCADOR.

Guayaquil. Biblioteca municipal de Guayaquil. Anuario de la prensa ecuatoriana.

Guayaquil, Tip. Guayaquil, 1893-1895. 3 v. 8°. Guayaquil. Colección de leyc« de la municipalidad. 1898-99. Guayaquil, 1899-

1904. 6 V. 8".

Intern A nos AL Bvreau of tbe American Reptblic». Monthly bulletin January, 1B03. Washington, g. p. o., 1905. xxii, 250 p. 8*.

Argentine Rcpubllr. Foreign rommcioe. Aral nine monih.xir IWl^ aerirullural eiporti,

flnl nine monltu oj 19M: statua of tbe RepobUe u ■ protlucerof wheat «od live Mock;

Argpiiine Hshertca; ciport*, first Ipii miitithioC 1904i piicl raoveracnts. Brat nlnemonlha

oi I9IM; ciop arcn«. 1904-5; piirrliRsc of Llic pon d( La Plata. Bolivia. Foreign cominvm! In 1M3; bond usue lor 1.000.001) bnllvlanoü: romiigcnC mnncy

In IMS; commcn-c nith tlic 1,'iitle^ Slates in Aujro^i, 190I: ImportHanil viporLi ihruiwh

Hollciidn in September, IMM: r»Uway ciitctprlKa: eiploltatloii (A the San Joan de Oro

River; mining industry BiBill. Corre» movement, October. 19M; ronsumption dutie<, ñrit half of 191^: custom»

rerelpts. October. 1904-, exportant the port of Pemambueo. October, IIW: piiitoms Iel1•lpL^

Seplcmlier, 1SD4: eii^loma recclptn. nrst nine ninntbn of IQOt: tmmiKratlon ^laUMlea; lha

mannfacturioB Indintrks of the ttqiublic Chile, Mírate production, third quarter ol 1301: harbor works at Valpafslso; nHwaf

exteiwiun; eoncesiion lor Iron ladiisUy. Colombia. Sail minea ol the Republic.

D,y,lzerl:,vG00gIe

(5lU INTERNATIONAL BUBBAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. Monthly bulletin Jannary, 1905 — Continued.

Cuba. Inditstriiil condition! In ISM: revcnuex anil expenditure^ Hacal jiear IKM: daagh- terhouMRUtlBUo^ flnt hall or 1904. . .

Ecuador. Foreign trade in 1303 and 1904; boundary treaty with Braiil; bounlr lot rubber

Halli. Itidtistrial condltlont.

Uondurnii. ImiKirM from New York In IVH; Imports at Amapala. 1903-t.

Mexico. Foreign commerce, flmt quarter o( 190Í-6; foreign commeree in Angu». 1901:

ciiatomB rwL-iptii. October. 1904; import duty on silver dolían: Treasury statement, fiscal

year I9a3-t: commercial and flnanctal transartlons, Bscal year 1903-1: manufaclare of

dynamite and eiploalven; mining industrj'. Nicaragua. Tartft modiflcaliona: gold mining in the Republic. Paraguay. Tarifl modifications. Peru. Tariff modifications: newprorlnceof Vungay: industrial dcyelopment: lorelgncom-

meree. 1903-1: mining slallallcs (or 1903: exports of riibt>er aud caoulcbouc from Iqaitca

United States. Trade with Latin America: consular trade reports^ foreign commerce in November, 1901: circular note of the Bccretary of State cunccming tbe second peace con- (L-rence: Treasury etalemenu (or 1904: (tie liarrcsts ol 1904.

Uruguay. Customs receipts. October, 1904; movement of the por» of UonlcTldeo. August, 1904; movement o( the port of Montevideo, fiml nine moniha of 1904.

Veneiuela. Decree concerning the exploitation of coal mines in the Blale of Falcún.

Trade of tiermany with South America.

Trade opportunities in Latin America.

Book notes.

Ubrary accessions and Alen,

Ministerio de fomento. Censo tie Nuevo León. J900. MfïîtM, Tip, Secretaría de Fomento, 1904. 45 p. 4".

Censo de los Eetadoe del Norte. México, Tip. Sec. de Fomento, 1904.

121 p. 4".

Censo de Tabtwco. 1900. Mélico, Tip. Sec. de Fomento, misc. 4°.

Censo de Tamaulipae. 1900. México, Tip. Sec. de Fomento, 1904. misc. 4".

IT KITED States.

Annual report of Light-House Board. Wai'hington, Government Printing Office, 1904. 208 p. 8=.

Annual review of foreign commerce of United States, eniling June 30, 1904. Wash- ington, (jovernment Printing Office, 1905, 228 p. sij. 4°.

Imported merchandise and duties, 1821-1904. Wa.'^hington, fiovemment Printing Office, 201 p. sq. 8°,

Imported merchandise and duties during ñscal year 1903-1. Washington, Govern- ment Printing Office, 1905. 483 p. sq. 8°.

Exporls during ñecal year 1903-4. Washington, Government IVinting Office, 1905. 623 p. sq. 8°.

Progrees of United States in material industrie?. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1905. iii, 91-128 p. sq. 4".

Check list oí foreign newspapers, 1904. Washington, Government Printing Office,

1904. 71 p. sq. -1=.

Liitt of reference)! on L-onsular service. Washington, Government Printing Office,

1905. 27 p. 8°.

List o( references on impeachment. Washington, Government Printing Office, 1905.

16 p. 8°. iJBt of references on primary elections. Washington, Government lYinting Office,

1905. 25 p. 8".

INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THB AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

PERMANENT LIBRARY FILES.

Those publications marked with an asterisk have no recent numbers on file.

Persons interested in the commercial and general news of foreiga countries will find the following among the official and periodical pub- lications on the permanent files in the Columbus Memorial Library, International Bureau of the American Republics:

AROENTINB BGPDBUC.

Argentinischee Wochenblatt, Buenos Ayres. Weekly.

Bolet(n de la Ciimara Mercantil. Barracas al Sud. Weekly.

Boletín de la Unión Industrial Argentina. Buenos Ayree. Monthly.

Boletín del Instituto Geognifico Argentino. Buenos Ayres.

Boletín Demográfico Argentino. Buenos Ayres. Monthly.

•Boletín Oficial de la Repúblira Argentina, Buenos Ayres. Daily.

Bollettino Mensile detla Camera Italiana di Commercio ed Arti in finenofl Airea.

Buenos Ayres. Monthly. Buenos Aires Handels-Zeilung. Buenos Ayres. Weelily. Buenos Airea Herald. Buenos Aires. Daily and weekly. El Comercio Esterior Argentino. Buenos Aires. Monthly Bulletin ot Municipal Statistics ot the City of Buenos .iyree. Buenos Ayres.

Monthly. La Nación. Buenos Ayres. Daily. La Plata Post. Buenos Ayres. Weekly. La Prensa. Buenos Ayres. Daily- Review of the River Plate. Buenos Ayres. Weekly. Revista Mensual de la Cámara Mercantil. Barracas al Sud. Monthly. Revista Nacional. Buenos Ayres. Monthly. The Standard. Buenos Ayres. Daily.

* La Revue Américaine. Brussels.

Boletín de la Sociedad Geográfica de la Paz. Monthly. (Received irregularly.)

£1 Comercio. La Paz. Daily.

£1 Comercio de Bolivia. La Paz. Daily.

■El Estado. La Paz. Daily. (Diario Oñciat.)

Revista Comercial é Industrial de la República de Bolivia, La Paz. Monthly.

* Revista Económica Financiera. Ia Paz. Monthly.

Boletim da Agricultura. Secretario da Agricultura, Commercio e Obras Publicas do

Estado de S&o Paulo. 8&o Paulo, Brazil. Monthly. Boletim da Secretaria de Agricultura, Viação, Industria e Obras Pubticaa do Estado

da Bahia. Bahia. Monthly.

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Boletim de Scn-iço da Estatística Commercial da Republica dos Estados Unidos do

Brazil. Rio de Janeiro. Irregular. Brazilian Mining Review. Ouro Preto. Irregular.

* Brazilian Review. Rio de Janeiro. Weekly. Diario da Bahia. Babia. Daily.

Diario Oficial. Rio de Janeiro. Daily.

Diario Popular. Sao Paulo. Daily.

•Gaieta Commercial e Financeiro. Bio de Janeiro. Weekly.

* Jornal do Commercio. Rio de Janeiro. Daily. Jornal do Recife. Periiambaco. Daily.

Jornal dos Agricnltoreii. Rio de Janeiro. Semimonthly. Provincia (A) do Pará. Belto. Duly. Reviitta Agrii^la. São I'anlo. Monthly.

* Revista Brazileira. Rio de Janeiro. Monthly.

* Revista Induiítríal e SIcrcantil. Pemunbnco. Ifonthljr. Revista Maritime Brazileira. Rio de Janeiro. Monthly.

* Rio News. Rio de Janeiro. Weekly,

Canadian Manufacturer and Indu^nal W(»'ld. Toronto. Semimonthly, Industrial Canada. Toronto. Monthly.

Boletfn de la Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura. Santiago. Weekly.

Boletín de la Sociedad Nacional de Minería. Santiago. Monthljr.

Chilian Times. Valparaíso. Semiweekly.

Diario Oficial de la República de Chile. Santiago. Daily.

El Mercurio. Valparaiso. Daily.

El Noticiero Comercial. Santii^w de Chile. Monthly.

• Revista Comercial í Industrial de Minas. Santiago. Monthly.

Diario Oficial. Bogotd. Daily.

Revista de ia Instrucción Pública de 0<doTnbia. Bogotá. HtmOiIy.

• Boletfn Comercial. San José. Daily.

Boletín Judicial. San José. Daily.

La Gaceta. ( Diario Oficial. ) San Josí. Daily.

Cl'BA.

Boletín del Centro General de Comerciantes e Industriales de Cuba. Habana,

Monthly. La tiacetA Económica. Habana. Trimonthly. Gaceta Oficial de la República de Cuba. Habana. Daily.

DOMINICAN TttFUOUC

Gaceta Oficial. Santo Domingo. Weekly.

*E1 Mensajero. Sanio Domingo. Three times a month.

•Anales de la tJniversídwl Central del Ecuador, ({uitfl. MontUy.

Gaeeta Municipal. UnayaquiL Weekly.

Registro Oficial de la República del Kcuador. Quito. Daily.

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PBBXANENT UBKABT FILES.

Lea Annates Diplomatiques et Cooaolaiica. Paris. Uontlilj.

Balletin de la Chambre de Commerce de Paris. Paris. Weekly.

Bulletin de la Soci^t¿ de Géc^r^phie Commerciale de Paris. Paris. In«gnlar.

La Géograpliie. Bulletin de la Société de Géographie. Paria. Semimonthly.

Journal d'Agriculture Tropicale, Paris. Monthly,

Moniteur Officiel du Commerce. Paris. Weekly.

Le Nouveau Monde. Paris. Weekly.

La Revue. Paris. Semimonthly.

Revue du Commerce Extérieur. Paris. SemimoDtiilj,

*DealBche Koh^iialseitung. Berlin. Weekly.

Handele-Kammer za Hannover, Hannover,

Petermuin's Mitteil ungen. Gotha. Monthly.

Südamerikanische Rundschau. Berlin. Monthly.

Vex Tropenpflanie^ Berlin. Monthly.

Zeitecbrih der Geeellschaft fur Erdkunde zu Berlin. Berlin. Monthly.

Board of Trade Journal. T^oiidoii. Weekly.

British Trade Journal, London. Monthly.

Commercial Intelligence. Loudon. Weekly.

Diplomatic and Consular Reports. London.

Geographical Journal. lx>ndon. Monthly.

Mining (The) Journal, Bailway and Oomtnerrial Guette. Londoa. Weekly.

The Scottish Geographical Mi^azine. Edinhurgh, Monthly.

South American Journal. London. Weekly.

Times (The). London. Daily.

•Diario de Centro- América. Guatemala. Daily.

El Guatemalteco. Guatemala. Daily, (DiarioOBcial.)

La República. Guatemala. Daily.

Bulletin Officiel de l'Agriculture et de l'Industrie. Port an Prince. Monthly.

*Le Moment. (Journal poliliijue. ) Port au Prince, Haiti. Weekly.

*Lc Moniteur. (Journal officiel de la République d'Haïti.) Port au Prince, Haití.

Biweekly. Rc\-ue de la Société de Législation. Port au Prince, Haiti. Monthly.

Boletín Lepiîijativo. Tegucigalpa. Daily. El Filado. Tegucigalpa, (3 nos. per week.) LaGaceta. Tegucigalpa. Daily, (Diario Oflcial.) G accU Judicial. Tegucigalpa. Seniiiveekly. •El Pabellón de Honduras. Tegucigalpa. Weekly. *EI Republicano (semi-official). Tegucigalpa. Three tímee a week. Revista del Archivo y Biblioteca Nacional de Honduras. Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Monthly.

tT*Lr.

Bi>lletUno del Ministro degli Atfari Esteri. Boma. Irregular. ^-. ,

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El Aipicullor Mexicano. Ciudad Juarez. Monthly.

'Boletín de Agricultura, Minerfa é Industrias. México. Monthly.

Boletín de t«tadfaticB. Mérida. Semimonthly.

Boletín del Instituto Científico y Literario. Toluco. Monthly.

Diario Oâcíal. México. Daily.

El EconomiBta Mexicano. México. Weekly.

El Estado de Colima. Colima. Weekly.

El Hacendado Mexicano. México. Monthly.

Mexican Herald. México. Daily. (Filed for one year.)

Mexican Investor. México. Weekly.

Mexican Journal of Commerce. Mexico City. Monthly.

Periódico Oficial del Gobierno del Estado de Guerrero. Chilpandngo, México.

Weekly, "Periódico Oâcial del Gobierno del Eelado de Michoacán de Ocampo. Morelia,

México. Semlweekly. * Periódico Oficial del Gobierno del Estado de Oaxaca. Oaxaca ie Juarex, México,

Semi weekly. Periódico Oficial del Gobierno del Estado de Tabasco. Son Juan Bautista, México,

Semi weekly. •El Progreso de México. México. Weekly. El Republicano. A guaecal lentes. Weekly. Semana Mercantil. México. Weekly.

El Comercio. Managua. Daily. (Beceived irregularly.) Diario Oficial. Managua. Daily.

*Ls Estrella de Panamá. Panamá. Weekly. •Star and Herald. Panamá. Weekly. I* Bepúblics. PanamiT, Weekly,

PABAGOAÏ.

Boletín Quincenal de la Cdmara de Comercio de la Aenncióo, AsundÓD. Semi- monthly. Diario Oficial. Asunción. Daily. •Paraguay Monthly Review. Asunción. Paraguay Rundschau. Asunción. Weekly. Revista del Instituto Paraguayo. Asunción. Monthly. •Revista Mensual. Asunción. Monthly. Revue Commerciale. Assomption, Paraguay. Semimonthly.

Auxiliar del Comercio. Callao. Biweekly.

Boletín de ta Sociedad Geográfica de Lima. Lima. Monthly.

Boletín de Minas. Limn. Monthly.

El Comercio. Cuzco. Biweekly,

•El Comercio. Lima. Doily.

•^1 Economista. Lima. Weekly.

El Peruano. (Diario Oficial. ) Lima. Dtùly,

Padrón General de Minas. Lima. Semiannual,

Kevista de Ciencias. Lima. Monthly.

B«viata Pan- Americana. Lima. Monthly.

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FEBICANEHT LIBRABT FILES.

El Comercio, Manila, Philippine Ulanda. Daily.

Gaceta Oficial, Manila, Philippine Islands. Weekly. (leened in Spanish and

English. ) El Grito del Pueblo, Manila, Philippine Islande. Daily. Libertas. Maaila, Philippine Islands. Daily. El Mercantil. Manila, Philippine Islaoils. T>aily. El Progreso. Manila, Philippine Islands. Daily. El Renacimiento. Manila, Philippine Islan<ls. Daily

Boletín Mercantil de Puerto Rico. San Juan. La Correspondência. San Juan. Daily.

Boletín de Affricultura. San Salvador. Semimonthly,

Diario del Salvador. San Salvador. Daily.

Diario Oficia!. San Salvador. Daily,

Revista de Derecho y Jurisprudencia. San Salvador. Monthly.

La Propriété Induatrielle. Berne. Monthly.

UNITED STATES.

American Cotton ïlanufacturer. Charlotte, H. C. Weekly, American Dniggist. New York, N. Y. Semimonthly. American Fertilizer. Philadelphia. Monthly. American Historical Review. New York, N. Y. Quarterly. American Review of Reviews. New York. Monthly. El Americano. New York, N. Y. Published every ten days. "Anglo-American Magazine. New York. Monthly. Board of Trade Journal. Providence, R. I. Monthly. * Board of Trade Journal. Wilmington, Del. Monthly. Bookman (The), New York, Monthly, Bulletin of the American Geographical Society, New York.

Bulletin of tlie American Iron and Steel Association. Philadelphia, Semimonthly. Bulletin of Books added to the Public Library of the City of Boston. Boston, Monthly. Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Phila<lelphia. Philadelphia. Monthly. Bulletin of the New York Public Library, Monthly, Coal Trade Journal. New York. Weekly. Century Magazine. New York. Monthly. Current Literature. New York, N. Y. Dun's Review, Sew York. Weekly.

Dun's Review, International edition. New York. Monthly. Engineering Magazine. New York, N. Y. Monthly, Engineering and Mining Journal. New York, Weekly. Engineering News. New York. Weekly, Export Implement Age. Philadelphia. Monthly. Field Columbian Museum Publications. Chicago. Forum (The). New York, Quarterly. India Rubber World. New York. Monthly. Bull. No, 3—05 13

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Journal of (icogniphy. Lancaster, Pa, Monthlj'.

Library Journal. New York, Monthly.

Literary Digest. New York. Weekly.

* Manufacturer and Exporter. New York, N. Y. Quarterly.

Mexican ludaatrial Review. Chicago, III. Monthly.

Miner and Manufacturer. El Paso, Tex. Monthly.

Modern Machinery. Chicago. Monthly.

Modem Mexico. St. Louis. Monthly,

National Geographic Magazine. New York. Monthly,

New-Yorker Uandels-Zeitung, New York. Weekly.

North American Review. New York. Monthly,

Novedades (I-as). New York. Weekly,

Oatlook (The), New York. Weekly.

Patent and Trade JIark Review. New York, N. Y. Monthly.

Records of the Past. Washington, D. C. Monthly.

ScientiSc American. New York. Weekly.

Scicntiñc American. Export Edition, New York. Monthly '

Sister BepuhHcs, Denver, Colo, Monthly.

The Technical World, Chicago, 111, Monthly.

United States Consular Reporta, Washington, Daily and monthly

World To-dav (The). Chicago, lit. Monthly.

World's Work. New York. Monthly.

Anales del Departamento de Ganadería y Agricultora. Montevideo. Monthly, BevÏHta de la Union Industrial Uruguaya. Montevideo. Semimonthly.

VES K DELA,

Kl Fonógrafo. Maracaibo. Daily.

Gaceta OUcial. Caracas. Daily.

Montevideo Times. Montevideo, Uruguay. Daily.

Venezuelan Herald. Caracas.

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Boletim Mensal

Secretaria Internacional das Republicas Americanas,

UbU* InternacioBal 4a8 K«pulilleas AmerleaiuB. Vol. XIX. MARÇO de 1905. No. 3.

O PALLECIMENTO DO SENHOB DOM MANOEL DE AZPIROZ, EMBAIXADOR DO MEXICO.

Ás quatro horas e quarenta e trea minutos da tarde do dia 24 do corrente mez de Março falleccu em sua residencia em Washington o Senhor Dom Manoel de Azpiroz, Embaixador Extraordinario e Plenipotenciario de Mexico nos Estados Unidos, de America.

Este triste acontecimento deixa uma vaga no corpo diplomático acreditado neste paiz, e no Conselho Directiro da Secretaria Interna- cional das Republicas Americanas, que será dilGcil pi-eencher.

Nao foi, comtudo, inesperado tilo funesto succcsso. Havia dias que se temia que o distincte personagem, aggravado por doenças que a sciencia medica difficilmente podia combater, teria em breve que pagar o tributo que todos devemos á natureza. E tanto se contava com este desenlace, que convocada uma reuníilo extraordinaria do Conselho Directivo desta Secretaria para o mesmo dia 24, occorreu ao Senhor Presidente do mesmo, como se verá pela acta que acompanha a este artigo, suspender o acto explicando em eloquentes e sentidas palavras a razilo deste facto.

Tito prompto como chegou á notícia do Senhor Presidente dos Esta- dos Unidos de America o fallecímento do Senhor Azpiroz, se comniu- nicou por tclegrapho com o Senhor Presidente de Mexico, enviando-lhe o seguinte despacho; "Ao Presidente Diaz,

" Capital de Mexico:

"Em nome de meus cidadSos e no meu próprio, dou pêsames sin- ceros pelu morte do Embaixador Azpikoz.

"Theodore Boosevelt."

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O Senhor Secretario de Estado interino enviou também este des- pacho: ^''Embaixada Americana, Capital ãe Mexico:

"O Governo e o povo dos Estados Unidos deploram sincerameote a perda que soffre o Mexico com o fallecimento de seu Embaixador, que cm seu trabalho comnosco tinha conquistado a estima e boa vontade de todos,

"Adee, Secretario Int^lno.'"'

O Senhor Azpiroz nasceu em Puebla, na Republica do Mexico, no dia 9 de Julho de 1836, e dedicou-se, depois dos estudos adequados ao caso, á profissão de advogado que só abandonou temporariamente quando as exigencias da causa republicana em seu paíz o obrigaram a tomar as armas. Foi um dos que acompanharam at¿ Chihuahua o Governo do Senhor Presidente Juarez, a quem serviu em varias occa- sides en carregando -se de delicadas missOes. Chegou a adquirir no exercito o gráo de Tenente (îoronel, e em 186T assistiu ao memorável sitio de Queretaro em qualidade de Ajudante de Campo do General Dom Mariano Escov edo. Por nomeação deste Chefe f unccionou como Fiscal na causa que o mesmo general mandou formar ao Archiduque Maximiliano de Austria, que cahiu prisioneiro na cidade mencionada. Terminada a guerra, foi nomeado (Agosto de 1807) Subsecretario de Eela^'Ocs Exteriores, em cujo posto permaneceu largo tempo, sendo chamado varías vezes a desempenhar interinamente a Secretaria.

Em 1872 veiu a Washington com o caracter de advogado de Mexico na Commissão Mixta do reolamayOes mexicanas y americanas, que tinha creado o tratado de i de Julho de 1868 entre Mexico e os Estados Unidos de America, substituindo em tito distinct» posto o Senhor Caleb CusHiNO, que o tinha desempenhado desde o principio, e que o renun- ciou por haver sido chamado por seu paiz a servir outros destinos. Era 1873 deixou o Senhor Azpiroz sua posivSo em Washington para tomar o posto de Consul de Mexico, era Sao Francisco da California. Em 30 de Mar^-o de 1899 volveu &. capital dos Estados Unidos da Ame- rica com o caracter de Embaixador Extraordinario e Plenipotenciario, sendo o primeiro de seu paiz que funccionou neste titulo.

Os servivos do Senhor Azpiiíoz na politica e a administra^'So de Mexico foram notorios e apreciados. Foi Senador da Unifio em 18(í7, Secretario da Fazenda do Mexico em 188;!, e occupou muitos outros postos de importancia.

Foi lento cathedratico de Direito no Collegio do Estado de Puebla, e tem deixado varias obras, entre as quaes occupa um lugar dïstincto a denominada "Código de Extranjería de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos."

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BENBOR DOM MANOEL DE AZPIROZ.

Tinham í<ido convidados para uma reunião ás tres horas da tarde do dia 24 de Março corrente, os Senhores que compõem o Conselho Direc- tivo da Secretaria Internacional das Republicas Americanas, e reunidos a este effeíto no salão de recepvOes diplomáticas do Departamente de Estado, em numero suffîciente para tomar accordo, varios dos Senhores convidados, occupando a presidencia, como ê de costume, o Chefe do Departamente de Estado dos Estados Unidos de America, que o ê agora o Honrado Senhor A. A. Adee, com o caracter de Secretario interino, em ausencia do Honrado Senhor John Hat, pareceu oppor- tuno ao referido Senhor Presidente antes de tratar assumpto algum chamar a attençilo da junta ao estado em que, segundo as ultimas notícias, se encontrava o Senhor Embaixador de Mexico, propondo . que a sessão se suspendesse em testemunho de respeito e sympathia para com o illustre enfermo.

Estas foram as palavras do Senhor Adeb:

"Depois de haver-ae enviado oa convites para esta sess&o especial do Conselho, tem occorrido ura triste cambio que deve inSuir em nossos procedimentos. O Senhor Embaixador de Mexico está, segundo se me informa, a ponto de expirar. Seus medicos não abrigam senão muito jMJucas espersnvas. Sya preeminencia em nossos conselhos, o lugar que houvera occupado aqui, achando-se presente, e o respeito e o amor que todos sentimos pelo digno enfermo, me determinam a propor que suspendamos esta sessão, adiando-a para quando se assig- nale no novo convite que ao effeíto se faça 'pelo Director interino. Muito me alegraria de que esta propasi^ão minha fosse acceita pelo Conselho."

A propoaivSo do Senhor Adee foi acceita unanimemente.

Os Senhores que estiveram presentes, sem contar com o Senhor Presidente, foram: O Senhor J. N. Léger, Ministro de Haiti; o Senhor Dom Joaquim Bernardo Calto, Ministro de Costa Kica; o Senhor Dom Luís F. Corea, Ministro de Nicaragua; o Senhor Dom Joaquim Walker Martinez, Ministro do Chile; o Senhor Dom Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Ministro do Uruguay; o Senhor Dom Alfredo de M. Gomes Ferreira, Ministro do Drazil; o Senhor Dom Carlos E. Zavalia, Encarregado de Negocios da Republica Argentnia; e o Senhor Dom Eduardo Ferez Triana, Encarregado de Negocios de Colombia. O Senhor Williams C. Fox, Director Interino da Secretaria, compareceu á reuniSo.

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' 680 BECBETABIA INTERNACIONAL DAS BEPUBU0A8 AHBBIOANAS.

REPUBLICA ARGENTINA.

XOVUQENTO dos FOBIOS EK OTJTUBBO E NOVZKBKO DB 1004.

o "Handels-Zeitung," d© Buenos Aires, publica os seguintes alga- rismos demonstrativos do movimento dos différentes portos da Repu- blica Argentina nos mezes de Outubro e Novembro de 1904:

BUENOS AIRES.

Milho..... toneladas..

Trigo id...

Linho id...

Farinha de trigo ¡d. . .

Lft fardoe.

Pelles de carneiro ¡d , . .

Couros de boi Beccoa. .numero.

Couros bo' Ealgadoa ...id

Couros de cavai lo salgadoe. id

Couros decavallo Beccoe..id

Pelles de bezerro id

Crina fardos.

Couros diversos id...

Massa de linhaça saceos. .

Cevada toneladas..

Farelo id...

Sementes id

Assacar id —

Oesoee cinzas de oesoa id.*...

Chifres numero .

Manteiga caixas.,

Fennas de abestmz id

16,367 329, 155 144,394

22,101

13, 124

20,509

647

¡TAi-ftBS.

Quebracho toneladas. .

Id rolos..

Extracto de quebracho .saceos. -

Mineraes id

Tripas toneis..

Gado cal>eçM..

Carneiros id

Cavalloa id

Mulos id

Sebo pipas..

Id toneis..

Xarque fardo. .

Carneiros gelados numero . .

Carne conservada caixas..

Línguas id

Feno &uiloa..

Carne congelada quartos..

Carneiros congelados id

Carnee diversas volumes..

Fumo fardos..

46 Ovelhas congeladas...

327 39,613 1,089 2,373 1,300

1,936 49,746 77, 719 26,880 3,980 1,890 550

Sabíram do porto de L« Plata durante o inez de Novembro de 1904, 23 vapores e 1 navio de vela levando os seguintes productos:

Extracto de ci Manteiga

129,490 146, 570

40,190 1,556

16,000

Milho kilos- 27,134,881 ! Sebo

Trigo ..id 1,123,000 ' Pell ea salgadas .

IJnho id.... 376,000 |

Farelo id.... 578,000 j

Carne congelada id 1,514,938 ¡

Carneiros congelados, .id 269,148 ,

BAHIA BLANCA.

Sahiu do porto de Babia Blanca durante o mez do Novembro de 1904r, uní navio a vela levando as seguintes mercadorias para diversos destinos;

Inglaterra. — Trigo, 12,445 toneladas; carneiros congelados, 23,135; sebo. 286 toneis.

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JVa/ipa.— Lff, 3,700 fardos.

Itaiia. — Mílho, 466 tonelftdas; couros be boi seceos, 8,551.

AUetnanha. — Couros de boi seceos, 8,551.

Á ordem.—Tñgo, 19,886 toneladas.

SAN NICOLAS.

Durante o mez de Novembro de 1904 foram despachados 16 vaporea do porto de San Nicolas, transportando as seguintes mercadorias:

Bélgica.— lA\\\\o, 936 toneladas; la, 97 fardos.

Íí/-(i2i7.— Milho, 3,857 toneladas.

Á fyrdem.— Trigo, 1,538 toneladas; milho, 42,081 toneladas; linho, 170 toneladas.

EXPOBTAÇXO FOB FAIZES EH 1004.

A " Review of the Kiver Plate" de 6 de Janeiro de 1905, publica os seguintes algarismos da exportavAo da Republica Argentina em 1904, com os paizes de destino:

Exportaram-se durante o anno de 1904, 2,126,305 couros de boi, comparados com 2,599,190 no anno anterior. Deste numero, recebeu o Reino Unido 20,976; os Estados Unidos, 1,067,342; França, 31,670; Allemanha, 221,068; Bélgica, 47,970; Italia, 461,698, e os demais paizes, 274,981.

Couros de boÍ salgados: Foram exportados 1,361,028 couros de boi salgados, contra 1,243,700 em 1903, dos quaes recebeu o Reino Unido 42,006; os Estados Unidos, 97,085; França, 124,057; Allemanha, 814,041; Bélgica, 262,144; Italia, 15,631, e os demais pùzes, 6,064.

Couros de cavallo seceos; 95,289 em 1904, contra 144,600 em 1903, tendo o seguinte destino: Para os Estados Unidos, 25.232; para a Franv«, 104; Allemanha, 69,953.

Couros de cavallo salgados: Foram exportados 133,778 couros de cavallo salgados, comparados com 165,287 em 1903, dos quaes 47,065 foram enviados para os Estados Unidos c 86,713 para a Allemanha.

Pelles de carneiro: Foram exportadas 76,280, contra 92,240 em 1903, distribuidas assim: Reino Unido, 10,130; EstadosUnidos, 1,077; França, 61,452; Allemanha, 5,166; Bélgica, 1,428; Italia, 5,423; Brazil, 70, e os demais paizes, 1,534.

Crina: Foram exportados 4,597 fardos de crina em 1904, contra 4,425 fardos em 1903, tendo os seguintes destinos: Reino Unido, 145; Estados Unidos, 1,915; França, 225; Allemanha, 868; Bélgica, 847; Italia, 594; os demais paizes, 3.

A quantidade de sebo exportada foi de 31,234 pipas, 64,397 cascos e 32,945 toneis, contra 21,972 pipas, 80,898 cascos e 22,452 toneis em 1903. Estas exportações tiveram a seguinte distribuição; Reino Unido, 5,750 pipas, 37,332 cascos e 13,088 toneis; França, 914 pipas, 913 cascos e 5,288 toneis; Allemanha, 389 pipas, 7,303 cascos e 872 toueis; Bélgica,

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5,075 pipas, 4,699 cascos e 1,242 toneis; Italia, 12,380 pipas, 1,845 coseos e 3,224 toneis; Africa do Sul, 96 cascos; Brazil, 100 pipas, 5,086 cascos e 290 toneis; os déniai» paízes, 6,676 pipas, 7,123 cascos e 8,941 toneis.

Pelles de cabra: Foram exportados 7,386 fardos, contra 3,735 fardos em 1903, distribuidos assim: Estados Unidos, 3,779; Franva, 3,479; Àllemanha, 39; Bélgica, 26; Italia, 56; os demais paizes, 7.

LA: a quantidade de lã exportada foi de 396,928 fardos em 1904, contra 471,954 fardos em 1903, recebendo o Keino Unido 19,815; c» Estados Unidos, 30,727; França, 183,258; Allemanha, 121,959; Bél- gica, 36,044; Italia, 3,729; Brazil, 71; os demais paizes, 1,325.

Carneiros gelados: Exportaram-se 3,673,778 em 1904, comparados com 3,381,600 em 1903, recebendo o Reino Unido 2,898,456, e a Africa do Sul, 775,322.

Trigo: Foram exportadas 2,405,117 toneladas de trigo em 1904, com- paradas com 1,688,680 toneladas ein 1903, as quaes tivei-am a seguinte distribuiçflo: Reino Unido, 330,623; França, 10,307; Allemanha, 155,695; Bélgica, 258,250; Italia, 3,050; Africa do Sul, 20,845; Bra- zil, 190,531; â ordem, 1,199,499; o os demais paizes, 236,317.

Milbo; Oa embarques de milho attingiram a 2,527,983 toneladas, contra 2,160,730 toneladas em 1903, das quaes foram enviadas 371,448 toneladas para o Reino Unído; 147,528 para a França; 239,755 tone- ladas para a Allemanha; Bélgica, 182,691; Italia, 91,822; Africa do Sul, 11,508; Brazil, 5,295; á ordem, 1,368,114, e outros paizes, 110,422.

Linho: Foram exportadas 910,488 toneladas em 1904, comparadas com 615,032 toneladas em 1903, e foram distribuidas assim; Reino Uni- do, 109,227 toneladas; Estados Unidos, 3,907 toneladas; França, 61,934 toneladas; Allemanha, 138,935 toneladas; Bélgica, 84,113 toneladas; Italia, 3,329; Brazil, 18; á ordem, 401,476; os demais paizes, 107,549.

Farinha de trigo: Exportaram-se 93,070 toneladas cm 1904, contra 66,344 toneladas em 1903, recebendo o Reino Unido, 12,058; Alle- nirtnha.445; Bélgica, 67; Italia, 35; Africado Sul, 405; Brazil, 77,857; á ordem, 53; os demais paizes, 2,150.

Farelo; A quantidade de farelo exportada em 1904 foi de 144,913 toneladas, contra 126,815 toneladas cm 1903, e teve a seguinte dis- tribuição: Ucino Unido, 12,197 toneladas; França, 5,555; Allemanha, 97,144; Bélgica, 19,444; Italia, 4; Africa do Sul, 523; Brazil, 1,377; á ordem, 5,(líí(»; os demais paizes, 3,589.

Farelo grosso: Exportaram-se 282,193 saceos em 1904, comparados com 387,795 saceos em 1903, e foi-am distribuidos assim; Reino Unido, 139,331; França, 116,824; Allemanha, 9,412; Bélgica, 6,432; outros paizes, 13,194.

Bagas de mamona: Exporlaram-se 147,357 saceos em 1904, contra 163,490 saceos cm 1903, dos quaes 45,438 saceos foram enviados para

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O Beíno Unido; 2,582 saceos para a Fi-ança; 93,301 eaccoH para a Alle- jnanha e 6,036 saceos para a Bélgica.

Foram exportados 1,209,998 quartos de boi em 1904, contra 996,028 quartos em 1903, recebendo o Reino Unidol,016,46íj quartos, ea Africa do Sul, 193,530.

Feno; Exportaram-se 837,300 fardos de feno em 1904, contra 1,153,644 fardos em 1903, dos quaes 9,891 fardos foram enviados para o Reino Unido; 1,460 fardos pai-a a França; 4,502 fardos para a Alle- manha; 72 fardos para a Bélgica; 322 fardos para a Africa do Sul; 487,147 fardos para o Brazil ; 700 fardos á ordem, e 10,852 fardos para outros paizes.

Quebracho: A quantidade de quebracho exportada em 1904 foi de 289,839 toneladas, comparadas com 194,848 toneladas em 1903, sendo distribuida assim: Reino Unido, 6,625; Estados Unidos, 35,632; França, 12,975; Allemanha, 114,565; Bélgica, 21,123; Italia, 28,539; X ordem, 26,830, e outros paizes, 43,350.

Tabaco: Foram exportados 28,711 fardos de tabaco, contra 19,839 fardos em'1903. Desta quantidade, 300 faidou foram enviados para o Reino Unido; 5,224 fardos para a França; 16,872 fardos para a Alle- manha; 5,099 fardos para a Bélgica, e 1,216 fardos para outros paizes.

Manteiga: Foram exportadas 205,025 caixas, comparadas com 215,- 377 caixas em 1903; recebendo o Reino Unido 156,233 caixas; Alle- manha, 8; Africa do Sul, 48,660, e Brazil, 134.

Assucar: A quantidade de assucar exportada em 1904, foi de 26,845 toneladas, comparadas com 20,924 toneladas em 1903, ^endo distribuído assim: Estados Unido8,3,239; Allemanha, 9,683; Bélgica, 659, e outros paizes, 13,264.

EZPOBTAÇAO FAKA 08 ESTADOS UNISOB NO TTLTOtO TBIUEETIIB DE 1904.

Segundo o "Buenos Aires Herald" de 6 de Janeiro de 1905, foram exportados pelo porto de Buenos Aires com destino aos Estados Unidos durante o ultimo trimestre de 1904, os seguintes productos:

Valorem ouro. V»lor em outo.

Sangaesecco $762.25 ! Extracto de quebracho ...

Ossoe 75,876.15 Mercadorias devolvidas...

Sementes para passaroe .... 3, 716. 99 { Pelles de lontra

Material para colla 8,924.50 Pelles de carneiro

Crina 49,161.93 | Pelles de cabra

Couroeseccoa 629,451.80 | Pelles de vaeca marinha ..

Couros salgados 4, 426. 56 Tripaa em sahnoui

Couros de cavallo 3,185.08 I lA

Aparas do couro 3,583.10 I Artigosdiversos..

Xartjua 30,298.37

Pío de quebracho 122,119.40 1 Total 3,958,731.1

$67, 213. 07
3, 587. 50
7,583.23
174, 420. 24
150,539.09
260.16
16,670.84
2,604,881.23
2,070.00

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£ZPOBTAÇ0liS DE TBIOO PABA A OBÂ BBETANHA

Durante os últimos dnco annos a Republica Argentina tem expor- tado para o Reino Unido maior quantidade de trigo qae qualquer outro püiz excepto os Estados Unidos. É somente nos anuos relativa- mente recentes que este paiz tem occup&do importante lugar neste commercio e a extensão de sua area semeada de trigo tem sido maia rápida que em qualquer dos outros paizes qne contribuem para o supprimento de cereal ao Keino Unido. Segundo as estatistícas offi- ciaes, a area semeada de trigo foi de 271,000 geiras em 1875, de 601,000 geiías em 18S3, de 2,348,000 em 1883, de 5,063,000 em 1895, de 8,348,000 em 1900-1901 e de 9,271,000 geiras ein 1903-4. O progresso feito no commercio de exportação tem sido ^ualoicnte rápido. No anno de 1891-93, que 6 o primeiro de que ba estatística, as importações do Keino Unido de trigo Argentino foram de 2,692,000 quintaes. As importações augmentaran) rapidamente até cb^aram a 14,106,000 quintaes em 1894-95, e depois de soffrerem diminuição durante alguns annos, cresceram de doto ao máximo de 18,116,000 quintaes' em 1899- 1900; em 1901-2 baixaram a menos de 5,000,000 quintaes, depoía crescendo até 17,490,000 qnintacs em 1903-4.

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MOVIHEKTO DA IHKIGBAÇÂO EH 1904.

A estatística da immigraçSo na Be publica Argentina no anno de 1904, amparada com a dos seis annos anteriores, foi como segue:

«„»„	grui lei	Emi. li ínn« IraiM- 1 Itinl- grantcB. «iiiiin. gianita, ] giuius.
	72,978 6J,iao 84; 8m'	81, IM 190t 90,IZ7' tó,»ST 30,1(02 ; i«» st.vn | «t.tH

BOLIVIA. 685

A immigraçSo em 1904 foi a maior desde 1890, a nSo ser em 1S96 quando entraram no paíz 102,673 [>essoas, e sahiram 20,415 pessoas. A immigração por nacionalidades foi a seguinte: italianos, 54,611; hcspanbóes, 34,377; russos, 3,278; francezes, 2,496; turcos, 2,441; allemSes, 1,012; austriacos, 1,742, e biítannicos, 689.

EBTATianOA FOBTAZi SU 1904.

Segundo o relatório annual do Director dos Correios da Republica Argentina, ha actualmente na Republica 1,878 agencias postaes, tendo sido abertas durante o anno do 1904, 94 agencias, e fechadas 26. O numero das correspondencias recebidas e despachadas foi de 390,950,810, o que mostra um augmento de 6.9 por cento sobre as do anno anterior. O numero das cartas cabidas era refugo foi de 451,335, ou seja H por cento do total. O numero das correspondencias por habitante foi (lo 75.3, sendo recebidas 40.3 por habitante, e expedidas 35. O numero dos empregados, incluindo os da repartição dos telographos foi de 6,870. A receita para o anno foi de Í7,642,476, e a despeza, $6,969,403, comparada com $6,104,275 em 1903.

BOLIVIA.

OBÇAUEHTO PABA 1906.

Segundo o relatório que o Ministro Norte-Ãmericaoo na Bolivia remetteu ao seu Governo em data de 15 do Janeiro ultimo, o orçamento da Bolivia para 1905, é como segue:

BBCAPrnTLAÇXO.

Receita 7,928,730.00

Despeaa: Boliviano».

Assembles Legislativa 253, 792. 00

MinÍ3t«riodsBRidftç0es Extaríores 930,478.20

Ministerio doe N^ocios Interiores e Obraa Publicas. 2, 021, 427. 82

Ministerio da Faienda e da Industria 1,462,259.33

Ministerio da Justifa e Inetrucção Publica 1,878,941.00

Ministerio da Guerra 2,081,119,00

Colonização 845,-560.00

9,473,577.35

I>efidt 1,544.847.35

ReceiUs e Despesas E^xtraordinarias;

Receitas £2,037,000

DespezM 2, 037, 000

No orçamento das receitas e despezas extraordinarias foram incluidas provavelmente a indemnisação de 2,000,000 que o Brazil pagou & Boli- via em virtude do tratado com esto paiz, e que está actualmente depo*

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sitada com o Comptoir d'Escompte, de París, e a importancia dos joros annuaes sobre esta somma, a quai, em virtude da lei lie 17 de Outubro de 1904, será appHcada ao estudo e construcçâo de caminhos de ferro na Bolivia, ou ao pf^;amento de juros deet«s serviços.

LEI DB OONTXBSAO DO PAFBL HOSDA.

O "Diario Oficial" de 29 de Dezembro de 1904, publica a ocra lei de conversão do papel moeda. Eis o texto:

*' Aktioo 1". Fica prorogado o prazo fixado petas leis de 31 de Julho de 1898 e de 31 de Dezembro de 1901 para a convei-stlo do papel fiscal, até o 1" de Janeiro de 1910; mas si antes desta data a média do cambio inter- nacional houver sido durante seis mezes de 16âd., o Presidente da Kepublica disporá que a conversflo se leve a effeito dentro dos seis mezes seguintes, sempre que houver os fundos necessários para isto.

"ÃRT. 2°. Augmenta-se em trinta milhões de pesos a emissíto de bilhetes fi-scaes de curso forçado auctorizada pela lei no. 1,054 de 31 de Julho de 1898.

"O Presidente da Republica emittirá quinze milhões dentro dos trinta dias seguintes á promulgação da presente lei, e os quinze milliaes restantes por mensalidades successivas de dous milhões de pesos cada uma, a contar desde o 1" de Fevereiro de 1905.

"Art. 3°. Dos primeiros quinze niílhOes, dez serSo recolhidos ao Thesouro Federai como rendas geraes da nat-ilo.

"Os cinco milhões restantes, assim como as emissões mensaes estabe- lecidas pelo artigo anterior, serSo empregados em adquirir por pro- posta:^ publicas, titulos da Caixa de Credito líypothccario, cujo preço niïo exceda de par.

"AiiT. 4°. Os titulos hypothecarios que se adquirirem de conformi- dade com o artigo precedente ser2o reunidos aos que, por valor de seis milhões novecentos noventa' e oito mil quinhentos pesos, existem actualmente depositados na Casa de Moeda, e todos elles serito mantidos alli, retirados da circulação e preferentemente applícaveis ao serviço de juros c amortização da divida interna do Estado.

" O excesso dos juros dos titulos sobre as quantidades que exige o serviço da divida interna será reunido ás rendas geraes.

"As amortiza(,-ões de titulos scrfto destinadas á substituição dos mes- mos, adquirindo-se os novos na forma estabelecida por esta lei.

"AitT, 5'. Constitue-se, com os valores que se enumeram em seguida, um fundo de garantia e de conversilo para a totalidade da emissíto fiscal.

"(«) Vintedous milhões novecentos sete mil quinhentos tt^e peíjos actualmente depositados em ouro de 18d. na Casa da Moeda; \

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CHILE. 687

"(i) Quatorze milhões novecentos trinta nove mil quarenta pesos em ouro de 18d., saldo exi^^tente no Thesouro Nacional da venda dos couraçados Cirnstitucíón e Libertad;

" (c) O producto da venda de terrenos aalitreiros e de terras publi- cas em Magalhíles;

"((£) Finalmente, quinhentos mil pesos ouro de 18d., que a Direcção do Thesouro entregai'á mensalmente á Casa da Moeda tomando-os das rendas aduaneiras, a contar desde Janeiro de 1905, e até completar, com os demais valores enumerados neste artigo, a quantia de oitenta milhões de pesos, total da emissfCo auctorizada por esta lei.

"Art. 6'. Os valores em ouro já existentes no fundo de converstto e os que continuem accumulando-se, serão trasladados para Europa ou para os Estados Unidos da America do Norte, á medida que estejam disponíveis, e depositados em bancos de primeira classe a um juro que não baixe de tres por cento annual e a prazos fixos cujos vencimentos não sejam anteriores a 1" de Janeiro de 1909.

"Os juros sobre estes depósitos serão capitalizados annualmente e incorporados ao fundo de conversão.

"O Superintendente da Casa da Moeda fai-á publicar mensalmente no 'Diario Oficial' um estado dos fundos de conversão.

"Art. 7°, No primeiro semestre de 1909, ou antes si o Presidente decreta a conversão do papel fiscal em conformidade a esta lei, o Presidente da Republica fai'á trasladar os fundos para Chile para sua cunhagem.

"Art. 8°. Os fundos de conversão são applicaveís exclusivamente ão pagamento dos bilhetes (iscaes e não poderão destinar-se a outro objecto senão em virtude de uma lei especial da Republica.

"Abt. 9°. Ficam auetorizados os gastos a que der origem esta lei, a qual começai-á a reger desde sua publlcaçílo no ^Diaiio Oâcial.' "Jerman Kiesco. "Ernesto A. Hcrneb."

RENDAS ASTTANEIBAS EH 1904.

O relatório apresentado pelo Superintendente das Alfandegas ao Ministro da Fazenda mosti'a que o total das rendas arrecadadas no anno de 1904 foi de $«1, 189,137, contra $78,416,418 em 1903. Os direi- tos de exportação contribuíram para a renda em 1904 com $50,852,701, comparados com $49,549,014 em 1903; e os direitos de imiwrtai.flo contribuimm com $30,336,436, comparados com $28,867,404 em 1903, o que mostra um augmento nas rendas totaes de $3,777,719, sobre as do anno anterior. Os seguintes quadros mostram os direitos de exportação e de importação arrecadados pelas diversas alfandegas em 1903 e 1904:

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	ma.	JW.
	,™ „„„„„...	•í,WS,311 28,57T,e»	g'^-SÍ
	3.048.246
	«.5», 014	«.851.701
	OTOS DB IMPOniCIO-
	a». «5 2,424,121 37S,4M «I.87Í 315.302 2M.ooa .Sffi M. 064.130 3,874,300 1;S	111. S5S
	ST6.S7Ï
	3S
g^::::;::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::;:::::::::;;::::::::::;;:	TmÍ:^
	28,86í.404	30,330,436
	78,410.418	81. 18», m

Foram cobrados direitos de exportação sobre 32,400,000 quintaes de nitrato, quantidade que é menos, por 2,600,000 quintaes, que a 6xada pelos productoi-ea para ser exportada. A quantidade a exportar-3e em 190d nSo será inferior a 33,000,000 quintaes, que dará em direitos a somma de $55,000,000, ou $i,000,000 mais que em 1903. O seguinte quadro mostra os direitos de exportação arrecadados em cada um dos últimos dez annos:

, $43,969,667

. 38,719,429

. 36,468,522

. 44,427,967

. 47, 245, 170

1900 $50,171,003

1901 44,126,259

1902 45,240,707

1903 49,549,014

1901 50,852,701

O producto dos direitos de importação foi maior em 190i, que em qualquer dos set« annos em que tem sido em vigor a actual tarifa, como se pode ver do seguinte quadro:

1898 $21,370,251 1902 $25,328,897

1899 21,368,585 1903 28,867,404

1900 28,325,871 1904 30,336,436

1901 26,988,720

Durante o anno de 1903 e nos primeiros dous mezes d© 1904, oa direitos sobre o gado foram arrecadados pelas alfandegas marítimas, mas desde o 1° de Março até 31 de Dezembro de 1904 eeses direitos foram cobrados pelas alfandegas da fronteira.

A renda arrecadada pela alfandega de fronteira de Sama em 1902 foi de ¥51,742; em 1903, subiu a $64,766, e em 1904, baixou a $44,914. O producto annual dos direitos sobre o gado desde 1898 foi como segue:

CUBA. 68y

1888 1158,02» I 1902 $400,066

1899 120,468 1903 681,940

1900 322,300 ] 1904 915,678

1901 363,920 I

A alfândega de Arica, que está sujeita a diãposições cspeciaes em TÎrtudc do tratado com Bolivia, arrecadou em 1903 a somma dc$9tj,9ã7, e em IdOl a somma de $105,395.

COLOMBIA.

AUQHENTO BOS DIREITOS DE ZUPOBTAÇAO.

Um decreto ultimamente promulgado pelo Governo da Colombia determina um augmento nos direitos de importai,-ao de 70 por cento. A classificação do3 artigos será feita de accordo com a estabelecida pela tarifa de 1886. O decreto come^-ará a vigorar desde & data de sua promulgação.

CUBA.

IMPORTAÇÕES FBOTEinXNTES DOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EK 1904.

Segundo algarismos officiaes doa Estados Unídífâ, as exportações deste paiz para Cuba no anno de 1904, anno em que começou a vigorar o novo tratado de reciprocidade, foram maiores que em qualquer anno anterior na tiistoria do commeroio dos Estados Unidos com aquella ilha, excedendo por 38.9 por cento as do anno immediatamentc anterior. Os principaes artigos exportados para Cuba em 1904 accusam quasi todos, augmento comparados com osexportados em 1903, e nos poucosartigos que accusam decresci men to, a reduc^-íto no valor foi devida, em alguns casos pelo menos, a preços mais baixos, e nSo a uma diminuição na quautidade.

Os tecidos do algodão exportados em 1904 accusam notável augmento comparados com os de 1903.

Os quadros a seguir mostram as quantidades e valores dos principaes artigos exportados dos Estados Unidos para Cuba durante os anuos communs de 1903 e 1904. O valor das exportações d© farinha de trigo dos Estados Unidos para Cuba em 1904 foi de $3,039,655, contra $2,068,083 no anno anterior, a quantidade exportada sendo de 639,753 barricas em 1904, contra 548,423 barricas em 1903. Asexporta\'õe;de gado mostram um notável augmento tanto em numero como em valor.

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o...™.		1903.	.«01.
Farinha de Irlgo	b«ri™..	1.0TS.«a 677.435 s,Mi,ae s, KM. 4TB 1,468,SSC SI7.S56 lKt.7«£	i.^:^^
		"•K'íií
		613,538
	*•?«■»
Carvío de pedra— Betumfnoeo	:;;:::::::;::::;::::"ü!'1a""::	4M, 197
Teíldos de slgodâo	j"*)"--	12,419.»»
		2,03I,ÍM
5Si%S.^y;Uio-:;::::.:;::;::.::;:.	Siltfn..	,as

G.„er^	1903.	1«M.
. -		11,088,083 SM, «68 1,177,471 Si iS Î30,MI il .ti 5SS! si.iw 8,7(3.371
	S^i
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Toml diw prodiicins nación» p Total din producios istnngci	ISS
	l.tW.WÎ
Total geral du cxportaçbes..	33.(104,417	Si, 644,346

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sboisGbs bbfebemtes á. tabifa das alfahdeoas.

A "Gaceta Oficial" de Cuba cm suas ultimas edii-5es publica as seguintus decisSes relativas á tarifa das alfaaden^as:

Os navios e barcos, incluindo-se os de ineDOs de 1 tonelada de porte, estão sujeitos a direitos de conformidade com os artigos 232-234 da tarifa.

Collarinhos de celluloidc est9o comprebendídos no art,igo 299 (J) da tarifa, para pagarem a taxa de ll.ãtí per kilogramma.

Oíeo de Junípero classifica-se no artigo 101 (¿) da tarifa, para pagar a taxa de ^.75 por 100 kilogrammas.

Cad«iras poltronas com encosto de rotím estáo sujeitas a direitos de accordo com o artigo 171 ou o artigo 172, conforme a especie de madeira de que sflo fabricadas.

Couros e pelles, cuja superficie nSo esteja inteiramente lisa, mas que tenham sido talhados, granulados, estampados ou trabalbados em relevo, estao com pre hen d idos no artigo 194 da tarifa, para pagarem a taxa de 25 por cento ad valorem.

Biblias, testamentos, etc., n3o podem ser importados livres de direitos.

Pilulas de opio, que contenham opio em combinaçSo com outras substancias, nío estSo classificadas como opio no artigo 81 da tarifa, mas como " pílulas," no artigo 99, taxade32i centavos por kilogramma. Lai-gura de tecidos de algodüo denominados "splits." Tecidos de algodão cortados em tiras de 6ã ou menos centímetros de largura não estão comprehendidos no artigo 114 da tarifa, como " tecidos, cuja largura não exceda de 65 centímetros e que pesem 8 ou maís kilo- grammas por cada 100 metros quadrados." Pagarão direitos de accordo com as regras geraes para classifícavão de tecidos, sob os artigos llj e 115 da tarifa.

NoTA.^Esta dectsSo é applicavel somente a tecidos cortados, e não aos tecidos denominados " splits," que sío manufacturados com nma largum determinada. Direito addícional sobre tecidos manufacturados com fios tingidos. Tecidos que sejam fabricados com fios tingidos i>aganlo um direito addicional somente quando os fios são de diversas cores, e nSo quando o tecido tenha uma só cor.

A rcducv'So de direitos que foi concedida a machinas agrícolas, machi- nas pam a fabricavão de assucar e aguardente, e machinas para vias férreas, não está mais em vigor. Fica ainda em vigor a reducido especial de direitos concedida a machinas para a marinha.

Os seguintes artigos quando destinados as industrias nacionaes esta-

rSo isentos dos direitos addicionaes: Obras de vidro, lúpulo, cevada,

extracto de lúpulo para uso na fabricaySo de cerveja; phosphoro,

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paraffina e mechas para uso na fabricação de velas e pbospboros; fios de algodão, palha para chapeos; e forragem e farelo de certas qualidades. Decidiu-se que taes artigos podem ser importados somente pelo fabri- cante, quem deverá assignar uma declaração de que os artigos importa- dos são exclusivamente para uso na sua industria. A forma da decla- ração exigida 6 publicada na '* Gaceta Oficial " de Cuba, de 2 de Dezem- bro de 1904.

REPUBUCA DOMINICANA.

BEDUCÇAO DOB BIBEIT08 DB IXFOBIAÇAO SOBBX O ASSUCAB E PB0S1T0T0S BE ASSUCAB.

Em virtude do decreto promulgado pelo Governo da Bepublica Dominicana cm 5 de Dezembro de 1904, os direitos de importação sobre o assacar e os productos de assucar ficam reduzidos assim:

Assucar refinado por quintal.. 0.50

Assucar náo refinado (d... .25

Chocolate, docea de frutaa, bÍBcoutos, leit« condenvdo e productos Bemelbsntee qne contenham ama porção consideravel de assacar 50

O artigo 2 do Decreto dispSe que não possa ser cobrado sobre o assucar ou os productos de assucar acima especificados outro imposto ou direito addicional, local ou nacional, que exceda de 10 centavos por quintaL

ESTADOS UNIDOS.

OOHHEBCIO COH OS FAIZES LATINO-AKEBIOAITOS.

RELAÇÃO MENSAL DAS IMPORTAÇÕES B EXPORTAÇÕES.

O quadro dado na pagina 628 é extraliido da relação compilada pelo chefe da Kcpai'ti^'So de Estatistica do Departamento do Commcrcio e Trabalho, mostrando o commercio entre os Estados Unidos e os paizes lati II o- a m erica nos. A relação corresponde ao mcz de Janeiro de 190ã, com uma relação comparativa para o mez correspondente do anno anterior, assim como para os sete mezes findos em Janeiro 1905, com- parados com o periodo correspondente do anuo anterior. Deve-se explicar que os algarismos das varias Alfandegas, mostrando as importações e exportações de um só mez, são recebidos no Ministerio da Fazenda até quasi o dia 20 do mez seguinte, e perde-se algum tempo necessariamente era sua compilação e impressão. Por conseguinte, as estatísticas para o mez de Janeiro, por exemplo, nSo sSo publicadas até os primeiros dias de Março.

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XSTADOe UNIDOS.

COUKEBCIO EZTEBIOB EK JAITEIBO DE igOB.

A relaçflo provisoria dos valores das importações e exportações dos Estados Unidos do mez de Janeiro e daraote os sete mcze» que termi- naram em 31 de Janeiro de 1905, demonstra que as exportações exce- deram ás importações tanto em Janeiro como durante os sete mezes, em cada uma da3.cfas5es de mercadorias, ouro e prata. A importação de mercadoràts gravadas com direitos foi maior em Janeiro deste anuo que tem sido por muitos mezes, sendo no valor de ^S,031,38i, com- parado com $43,140,489 em Janùro de 1904, o que mostra am aug- mento de $8,880,895, ao passo qne o augnieuto total nos sete mezes sobre o periodo correspondeote do anno anterior foi somente duas vezes esta somma, ou seja $17,216,626.

A díminuiçSo havida na exportagâo de productos agricolas está pro- duzindo sensivel reducçío no valor total das exportações, como se vê do ^to que as exportações de productos naáonaes em Janeiro de 1905 montaram a $121,461,347, contra $140,038,436 em Janeiro de 1904, o que mostra uma diminuição de $lS,ã77,078, ao passo que o valor dos productos nacionaes exportados durante os sete mezes foi menor por $28,044,873, qne no periodo correspondente do anno anterior. Os algarismos detalhados sSo os seguintes:

Importação £ exporla^ãa dt mercadoriía por anuo*.

	1304.	1805.
	ntruRTAçio.	13^.449,377
		&í,<Ul.»>t
	B!.ãtia,We
	E«POHtAÇlO.
	2,«)Ü,7Í1
	HÏ.Wfi, lio
	a. 4», 391

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	Importaçío.	Eiportafao.
	IW.	1904.	I«B.	im
	SS:S 7B.0»,1M 77; 76»; 631 fi2,689,S88	^	ti», ras. 024 132,093, «64 109. MT?. !l 5 91,S13.26ft 8».446,4fi7 IfloiíSsifiOS ISO. 268. tag 174.819,586 1901, 142,043.170	H 18. no. ZN
	80, G» B7Í73: 92:771	ÍOS 23S 1
	92,2W.ÍW1
	158.088,657 146.25S,ÏS0 1905.
	1«0S. 98. SM, TM
Totaes: 1! meteg nudoa em Janeiro	)	1,435.718.874 901.0», OIT
Eice«o:	41»,IW6,ftï7 363,806.860
			2Ta. lOT.IM

Imporlaçao	í exportarão	rfíOU	■0 í praia	por	^nm».
	1901.	1900.
0.B0.	"SS
	iportoçOe..
	7,6M.W1
'	4Í986;g94
	2,sn,Mí	Î.44Î,W3

OCPOBTAÇAO DE PB0D1TCT0S TBOFIOAES EH 1904.

Seííuiido estatisticug que acaba de publicar a KeparticSo de Estatís- tica do Departamento do Commercio e Trabalho, o valor total dos productos tropicaes importados nos Estados Unidos no anno de 1904, incluindo os recebidos de Hawaii e Porto Rico, foi de $i65,000,000, que excede em $30,000,000 a maior cifra registrada em annos anteriores.

O desenvolvimento da importação de productos tropicaes tem sido muito rápido, excedendo em muito o desenvolvimento da importaçito gerul. Em ISTOaimportaçao total de productos tropicaes e su btropicaes foi por valor de |liO,000,000; em 1880, foi por valor de 8242,000,000; em 1890, de 1298,000,000; em 1900, $335,000,000 e em 1904, de $405,000,000. No emtanto as importayOe.'ï geraes do paiz augmentaram em proporçiïo muito menos rápida, sendo no valor de $461,000,000 em 1870; de $697,000,000 em 1880; de $823,000,000 em 1890; de $829,000,000 em 1890 e de $1,036,060,000 em 1904, exclusive dos $36,000,000 que correspondem aos productos im[>ortado8 de Hawaii e Porto Kico. Em 1870, os productos tropicaes constituíam 30 por

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cento das iiuportaçOes totaes dos Estados Unidos; em 1904, formaram 43 por cento. Assim se vê que as importaçOes geraes dos Estados Unidos augnientaiam durante o ultimo quarto do século de $575,000,000, ou seja 125 por cento, ao passo que as importações de productos tropicaes augmentaram durante o mesmo periodo de ¥325,000,000, ou seja 232 por cento. Isto quer dizer que do aug- mento total de $575,000,000 nas importações geraes dos Estados Unidos desde 1870, quasi dous terços deve ser creditado ás importações de pro- ductos tropicaes.

Esses algarismos nSo mostram o augmento real, por causa da grande reduccSo havida nos preços de muitos dos artigos que formam este grande total. Por exemplo, o valor do assucar de producçao tropical importado no paiz no anno passado foi de $114,000,000, contra $70,000,000 em 1870; mas o numero de libras de assucar proveniente dos trópicos que entraram no paíz durante o anno passado foi quatro vezes a quantidade introduzida em 1870. O numero total de libras de assucar tropical introduzidas no paiz o anno passado foi de cerca de 5,000,000,000, inclusive o assucar importado de Hawaii e Porto Rico, ao passo que a quantidfade de assucar importada dos trópicos em 1870 foi de menos de 1,250,000,000 libras.

O valor do café importado no anno passado foi de $88,000,000, contra $24,000,000 em 1870, ao passo que a quantidade importada nos dous annos foi de 1,117,000,000 libras e 235,000,000 libras, respectivament*.

Em 1870 foram importadas 500,000 libras de seda no valor de $3,000,000, contra 16,500,000 libras no valor de $55,000,000 em 1904.

A quantidade de arroz importado em 1870 foi de 43,000,000 libras no valor de $1,000,000, ao passo que tres vezes esta quantidade íntm- duzida no anno passado foi avalidada em menos de $2,500,000.

A quantidade de chá importada em 1870 foi de 47,000,000 libras no valor de $14,000,000, ao pas^o que no anno passado foram importadas 107,000,000 libras no valor de $17,000,000.

O preço médio do assucar importado no paiz em 1870 foi de cerca de 5 centavos, ao passo que o preço médio o anno passado foi de cerca de 2i centavos. Quanto á borracha, porém, a situaçSo é outra, pois o pre\'0 médio por libra das 10,000,000 libras de borracha que entraram no paiz em 1870 foi de cerca de 3C centavos, ao passo que as 62,000,000 libras importadas no anno passado foram vendidas a mais de 70 de centavos a libra.

O consumo por cabe^^a nos Estados Unidos de productos tropicaes também augmentou desde 1870, tendo sido naquclle anno de $3,63, ao passo que em 1904 foi de $5.69, e isto, apezar da scn-iivel reducçSo nos preços. Baseando-sc nos altos preços que preveleciam por e-ítes pro- ductos em 1870, as importações de productos tropicaes o anno pas^tado representariam um valor total de cerca de $1,000,000,000.

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importados no paiz em 1904, {00,000,000 oorreapoodeni aos f omecidoâ pelas ilhas tropicaes dos Estados Unidos, sendo do valor de $35,000,000, oa productos oriundos de Hawaii; de cerca de $13,000,000, os prove- nientes de Porto Rico, e de maia de $10,000,000, os provenieotea das Philippânas. E^ 1896, essas ilhas contrihairam para o consamo da productos tropicaes nos Estados Unidos com $19,000,000.

O quadro abaixo mostro o valor total dos productos tropicaes e sub- troptcaes importados dos Estados Unidos em quinquennios desde 1870:

1890..,, $297,716,578

189S 302,594,545

1900 334,580,780

1904 465, 671, W3

O seguinte quadro mostra os principees artigos de producçâo tropi- cal e subtropical importados nos licitados Unidos durante o anno ooni- mum de 1904, comparados com os importados no exercicio de 1870:

1875 205,758,084

1880 242,383.732

1885 217,734,246

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IïECIBQVB I>0 BECBETABIO ZK) THESOUBO BEIíATtVAB A RESTI- TUIÇÃO SE BIBSIT06.

O Secretario do Thesouro dos Estados Unidos expediu deuisOes em tres casus do reembolso de direitos. A deciaîo do Thesouro de 27 de Outubro de 19ÛS, üca extensiva, na parte em que seja appticavel, aos apparcibos para escoadouros e tubos curvados, fabricados pela Mer- cantile Lead Company, em parte de chumbo importado.

Uma restituirão de direitos será concedida sobre as exportações de mica cortadaque tenhasido fabricada inteiramente de mica crua impor- tada. O Regulamento usual é proscripto.

A decisão de 9 de Dezembro ultimo âca extensiva á la arrancada de

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diversas qualidades manufacturada por um processo especial, por urna firma de West Medford, Massachusetts, de IS crúa importada.

O Secretario do Thesouro decidiu que a partir de 1° de Março deste anno devem ser submettidoa £ desinfecção todos os couros de ^do, incluindo pelles de bezerro, aparas ou retalhos de pelles e material para colla, que sejam o producto de gado exportado do Yucatan eCarapeche, Mexico, qiiando nSo seceos ou curados a arsénico. Existem nos ditos Estados certas molestias conta^osas.

CRB80IUEHT0 DAS IMFORTAÇGBB SB SOBBACHA.

A Repartição de Estatística do Departamento do Commercio e do Tratmlho dos Estados Unidos acaba de publicar algumas estatísticas que demonstram a crescente procura de borracha para u.so nas manu- facturas nos Estados Unidos. Segundo essas estatísticas o valor da borracha importada nos Estados Unidos elevou-se de $10,'>00,000 em 1884 a $44,000,000 em 1904, e o valor total das importações de Irarracha no período de 1884-1904, foi, em números redondos, de ^440,000,000. Este augmento no valor das importações de borracha deve-se em parte, poríra, á alta havida no preço de venda da borracha, o preço m<^dio por libra de borracha crua (inclusive gutta-percha) tendo sido de 43 centavos era 1884, e 70 centavos cm 1904. A quantidade total de borra- cha crua importada em 1884 foi de 33,672,563 libras, e de 61,889,758 libras em 1904.

A comparação das importações de borracha em 1904 com as de 1884 demonstra não só a crescente procura noa Estados Unidos deste artigo, masque convém economizar a riqueza de borracha do mundo. Em 1884, as impoi"taç0e3 de borracha consistiam de só borracha em bruto e gutta-percha. Em 1904, porem, foram importadas não só borracha em bruto e gutta-percha, mas também cerca de 15,000,000 libras de borracha proveniente de Borneo, que se emprega em certas manufac- turas em vez da gomma elástica, e mais 16,000,000 libras de retalhos de borracha.

O Brazil fornece a maior parte da borracha importada nos Estados Unidos. Das 6^,000,000 libras de borracha que se importaram em 1904, 34,500,000 libras provieram do Brazil, a maior parte do restante sendo ímpoi-tada da Africa. As importayOets de borracha provenientes do Reino Unido cresceram de 6,5lX),000 libras no exercício de 1S98, a 9,750,000 libras em 1903; as importaçOes de borracha oriundas da Allemanha, cujas principaes possessões coloniaes estão na Africa, ele- varam-se de 1,500,000 libras em 1893, a cerca de 3,000,000 libras em 1903; as importaçOes de borracha proveniente da Bélgica, cujas pos- sessões coloniaes estão exclusivamente na Africa, subirem de 30,000 libras em 1893 a 5,000,000 libras cm 1903; c de Portugal, cujas prin- cipaes possessões coloniaes estão também na Africa, foram importadas 1,500,000 libras em 1893, e 2,000,000 libras em 1903.

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Os paizes da America Central também fornecem uma quantidade considerável de borracha, as importações de borracha proveniente de Nicaragua sendo de cerca de 1,000,000 libras por anno, e dos demais paizes Centro-Americanos se importara 300,000 libras por anno. A quantidade de borracha importada do Mexico em 1901 foi de 366,104 libras, contra 120,415 libras em 1894. As Republicas de Colombia e Equador supprem cada uma cerca de 500,000 libras por anno, e as índias Orientacs Britannicos cerca de 500,000 libras.

O seguinte quadro mostra a quantidade e o valor das importações de borracha desde 1900 até 1904:

Ann».		Valor.
	LOm». ÊSS s-ss 8I,S89,-M	DoDarê. 28, 5». ira

MEXICO.

Segundo o " Mexican Herald " de 18 de Fevereiro de 1905, as rendas
arrecadadas pelas a	fandegasda Republica do Mexico	ao mez de Dczem-
bro de 1904 foram	as seguintes:
Acapulco	.... $26,928.48			Ç210,629.36
Agu» Prieta	7,154.52	Puerto Ángel		134.03
	3,703.60
Camargo Campeche			3,848.79
13,181.15
LOCODOBCO		10,972.98
Ciiidail Porfirio Diaz.	..,. 172,875.31	Tampico		435, 377. 58
CoatzacoalcoB	8,350.67	Tijuina		184.62
Chctumal	407,42	TomaW		4, 459. 20
Ensenada	3,551.84	Topotobampo		688.72
Frontera	a%135.10	Tuxpam		2, 394. 19
(íiiaymna	47,943.11	Veracruz		1, 386, 150. 34
Guerrero	54.56	Zapaluta		52.28
		Mejícall Total dos direitos or- dinarios de impor-
	12.00 50,156.83
La Monto
Laredo de Tama» li pas	.... 389,592.13	ToUl dos dlreitoa	"ad'dV-
Manzanillo Mazalán	6,997.17 2,109.03 199,592.79 57,090.73	cionaes de importação ,. Total dos d i reí toe de expor- tação	102, 798. 76 83, 529. 02 2,187.21
	Atrfi7ii(Íos
	55,706,63	Total geral..
Kogales	3,885,843.09

8E0BETABIA INTEBN ACIÓN AL DAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

URUGUAY.

BBHDAS ADUANEIBAB EK DEZEKBRO S PABA O ANNO DE 1904.

Segundo os algarismos provisorios publicados («lo "Montevideo Times" de 10 de Janeiro de 1905, as rendas aduaneiras do Uruguay em 1904 foram de $8,997,1»9, contra $10,317,022 em 1903. As rendas no mez de Dezembro de 1904, attingíram a $816,986.36, sendo dis- criminadas assim:

Importação $606,046.51

Esportaçáo 122,938.85

Depártamenos 90,000.00

Total 816,986.36

As rendas no mesmo mez de annos anteriores foram: $693,153 em 1903, Í775,205 em 1902, $715,144 em 1901, $631,930 em 1900, $941,543 em 1899, $821,854 em 1808, $798,719 em 1897, $737,627 ¿m 1896, $924,194 em 1875, e $728,217 em 1894. Comparadas com as rendas do mesmo mez de 1893 vë-se que houve um augmento de $123,833.

O seguinte quadro mostra as rendas aduaneiras por mezes nos annos de 1903 e 1904:

	mos.	■».		im.	I9W.
Janeiro		890,497 il 70=,«1		■w	two 213
	1,011 SOI	i

Os algarismos correspondentes do anno de 1904 mostram uma dimi- nuição de $1,319,823.

O quadro abaixo mostra as rendas aduaneiras arrecadadas desde 1894:

. $10,276,234

. 10,660,515

. 10,304,436

. 8,585.102

. 9,872,977

. 10, 001, 425

1900 $9,433,268

1901.. 1902.. 1903.. 1904..

j, 654, 441 9, 849, 684 10,317,022 8,997,199

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700 8B0RETABIA INTEBNACIONÃL DAS BEPÜBLICA9 AMEBTCAHA8.

KOVIUENIO DO FOB.TO DE XOHTEVISSO EU NOITEUBBO DE 1&04 O "H&ndels-Zeitung" de Buenos Aires, publica os seguintes algam- mos mostrando o movimento do porto de Montevideo em Novembro de 1904.

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EXPORTAÇÕES.

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'""Slíí.'i.b., „«....	...art».	,Í;S M.SM «.«0 200 ifl,6fa ii;*» 21,115 9,500	PortTOfal-COTthrt».
CuurDB de bol salgados	Id« latem; ^Courüsde bol seceos n..inero..
	L* W... Pelles de carneiro Id.... o¿'cÍ¿ÍÍ¿"deÍÍÍ¿Í""'"^^'" 35ro.de bol secee. .™«o..
Mllho	Id....	1.10
Pülles de carneiro MHho	r."ÍS":-	1.»
**ÈSSmde bol seceos... Couros de bol salteados laV.'.'.'.v.:.'.'.'.'.::.'.'. "■iï-.-.:.. : Italia; Courosdebrtaeccoa...	;;;!S:: ;."KS:: ....pipas..	Bebo tonets..	"is
Farplo .7. M.... Mlllio Id.... Sementes paiapassame W.... Oamclroi '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'-'.'.'.cabeças. '. Cuba:	in 18. 9W IS
Sebo	Semen tes pan paasaroa... .saceos.. AsADtilhai: "^ (ú . .V.'.'-V.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'to'neladas; I Clüle:	■••S
^%-S^ro.d.bo.^oeo,...		MO
Pallesde camclro		FarlDba de trigo necea. . siríS- 13 ■■	1.096 IM
PortuRBl: Couros de bol seceos ■ . .	.numero..	E«menlet para pasaros Id.... Cjamcl'riw'! !!!'".'!.'.'.'. ...cabetaa!!	i

VENEZUELA.

ZXPOBTAÇAO DE FAPEL FAKA OIOAIUtOS FBOHIBXDA.

Por uma ordem do Governo publicada na Gaceta Oficial de Vene- zuela de IS de Janeiro de 1905, Gca prohibida a importação em Vene- zuela de papel para cierros de todas clashes.

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Bureau International des Républiques Américaines,

Union Internationale it» KépnbUqnefi Amérlcnlnes.

MORT DE SEÑOR DON MANUEL DE AZPlROZ.

SeRor Don Makuix de Azpîroz, Ambassadeur Extraordinaire et Plénipotentiaire du Mexique aux Etats-Unis depuis 1899, est mort à l'Ambassade à Washington, le vendredi 2-1 mars 1905. - Le Président, en apprenant ta mort de Señor Azfíkoz, r envoyé le tél^ramme suivant au Président Diaz: "A Monsieur Diaz,

"PrésidiTtl de la Rêpvhlîque Mexicaine^ Mexico:

"Au nom de mes compatriotes et au mien je vous offre mes pins sincires condoléances au sujet de la mort de Monsieur AzfÎroz, votre Ambassadeur.

"Thèodobe Roosevelt."

Le Ministre des Affaires Etrangères par interim a envoyé le télé- gramme suivant: ^'"Ambassade Américaine, Matrice:

• "Le Gouvernement et le peuple des Etats-Unis déplorent sincère- ment la perte que vient d'éprouver le Mexique en la personne de son Ambassadeur qui, par son travail au milieu de nous, a su gagner l'estime et la bienveillance de tous.

*'Adee, "Ze Ministre des Affaires Etrangères pai' intérim.''^

Le Señor AzpÍroz était très en vue dans son pays comme homme d'État et comme soldat. A Washington, il était considéré comme un des membres les plus sympathiques et les plus capables du corps diplomatique.

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702 BUREAU INTERN ATIOM AL DES RÉPUBLIQUES AMEBICAINEB.

C'est le 20 mars qu'il a signé pour la dernière fob un acte officiel. Cet acte est un traité conclu avec les Etats-Unis au sujet de la ligne de d ^marcation entre les deux pays. Ce traité avait été préparé à Tavance et attendait la signature du Ministre des Affaires Etrangères et de PAmbassadeur du Mexique au Ministère des Affaires Etrangères, mais l'Ambassadeur était trop souffrant et ne pouvait quitter sa chambre. Ea conséquence, un des secrétaires de l'Ambassade apporta le docu- ment à son chevet où, adossé contre des oreillers, le diplomate distingué prit la plume et écrivit son nom officiellement pour la dernière fois.

Dans les cérémonies officielles l'Ambassadeur AzpI&oz portait trois décorations qui, toutes, lui avaient été données par des monarques étrangers en reconnaissance de ses services comme diplomate et comme soldat. Il était commandeur de Tordre militaire de Jésus Christ de Portugal et en 1902 un autre honneur lui fut conféré par le Shah de Perse. Le Mexique et la Perse étaient alors en négociations au sujet d'un traité et Seflor AzpfROz représentait le Mexique. Le Shah fut très satisfait du traité et comme marque do reconnaissance il donna â l'Ambassadeur la décoration de deuxième clause de l'ordre du Lion et du Soleil levant. L'Impératrice douairière de Chine décora SeÜor Azpf Roz de l'insigne de l'ordre du Dragon en reconnaiseanve des efforts qu'il avait faits pour mener à bonne fin le traité d'amitié entre le Mexique et la Chine.

Señor Azpíroz a eu une longue et brillante carrière dans son pays. Comme homme d'Etat et comme homme politique il occupait le pre- mier rang, et de plus il était un ami très intime du Président Diaz. Il a toujours été membre du parti libéral et s'est distingué spécialement dans les efforts qu'il a faits i)our mettre le Mexique au rang des nations. Comme soldat il a servi dans beaucoup de guertes, se dis- tinguant surtout pendant l'invasion française au Mexique en 1863. Au moment de la déclaration de guerre, il était sous-lieutenant dans l'in- fanterie. Quand il quitta l'armée pour devenir sous-secrétaire au Ministère des Affaires Etrangères à la fin des hostilités, il avait le grade de lieutenant-colonel. C'est lui qui fut l'avocat du gouverne- ment dans le procès de l'Empereur Maximilien et ce sont ses efforts qui contribuèrent largement à la condamnation et à l'exécution de oê dernier. C'est dana la ville de Puebla qu'il est né le 9 juin 1836, et il exerçait la profession d'avocat avant d'entrée dans l'armée. Il fut blessé deux fois à la jambe gauche pendant la guerre française. II reçut une de ses blessures pendant la défense de Puebla et l'autre au siège de Qucretaro.

II fut nommé sous-secrétaire au Ministère des Affaires Etrangères pour la première fois le 10 août 1867 et ce sont ses services pendant la guerre et le procès de Maximilien qui lui valurent cette position. Ses fonctions furent interrompues â différentes reprises par des mis-

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sions diplomatiques. Il a été appelé plusieurs fois à remplir les fonc tions de Ministre des Affaires Etrangères par intérim.

Son gouvernement lui a témoigné la plus grande confiance et pen- dant les 35 dernières années il a été au premier rang comme représen- tant du Mexique dans les affaires internationales.

En avril 1872, il fit beaucoup pour le règlement amical des réclama- tions entre les Etats-Unis et le Mexique datant de la guerre mexicaine de 1845.

Son premier poste à l'étranger date de 1873, époque â laquelle il fut nommé consul -général à San Francisco. Il y resta jusqu' en 1876 et alors fut nommé sénateur de sa province natale au Congrès national mexicain.

En 1881 il quitta le Sénat en vue de faire partie d'une commission nommée pour conclure des traités de commerce, de paix et d'amitié avec les diverses puissances du monde. Dans l'année qui suivit, il se distingua par la convention signée entre l'Italie et le Mexique.

En 1890 il fut renommé sous-secrétaire au Ministère des Affaires Etrangères. De 1890 à 1900 il a souvent dirigé les Affaires Etran- gères et s'en est acquitté avec distinction dans les différentes crises qui ont eu lieu. En 1899 il fut nommé Ambassadeur Extraordinaire et Plénipotentiaire du Mexique aux Etats-Unis, le Président McKinlbt ayant i-eçu sa lettre de créance le 30 mars 1899. En 1900 tíeñor AzpÍROz représenta le Mexique au Tribunal de La Haye.

Une réunion spéciale du Conseil d'Administration du Bureau des Républiques Américaines qui avait été convoquée pour le 24 mars s'est imméditatement ajournée comme marque de respect pour l'Am- bassadeur qui était aux portes de la mort.

RÉPUBLIQUE ARGENTINE.

HOUYBUENT DES CHBUUTB DE FEB. EH 1804.

Un article publié dans la '* Review of the River Plate," du 6 janvier 1905, affirme que d'après les résultats connus, l'année 1904 a été la meil- leure de toutes pour les chemins de fer argentins, La longueur totale des lignes à la fin de l'année était de 19,238 km., contre 18,404 en 1903. Les recettes brutes se sont élevées à $61,675,515 or environ et les dépenses d'exploitation à $32,349,705, ce qui fait monter les recettes nettes à $29,325,810. L'intérêt a rapporté 5.12 pour cent sur le capi- tal qui s'élève â $573,089,585.

D'autres données montrent qu'on a transporté 22,519,220 voyageurs et 20,344,324 tonnes de marchandises. De plus, aucune ligne n'a mon- tré de déficit, ce qui fait époque dans l'histoire des chemins de fer argentina.

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704 BUBEAU INTEBITATIONAL DEB RÉPUBLIQUES AHEBICAINES.

Voici les recettes comparatives poor Tannée 1904 ainsi qae pour les ti-ois années précédentes:

Lonsucnr 4e* Usnw, kllamftiea . .

CRf^l. or

Bentta^or

I>íl>«nsn>,or

laUi^c oppwté. poui ce

11,238

%sn,ws,im

22, M». 320

W,tU.SU

t»,78>

1t. en

tie.«9ï.%i

1M.78S,«7

t»,tm

D'aprèâ ce qui précède on voit qu^il y a ca one augmentotion cons- tante dans l'intérêt rapporté ces deux dernières années; 190Ï a été une mauvaise année amis a elle a été meilleure que Tannée IfHK), pen- dant laquelle les bénéfices se sont élevés Í 3.41 pout cent.

Les recettes accusent une augmentation de 16 pour cent en 1902 contre 26 pour cent en 1903. lies dépenses ont augmenté de SI pour cent contre 9 pour cent pour l'année 190S, en la comparant à Tanoée 1002.

Les recettes nettes accusent une augmentation de lli pour cent contre 30 pour cent pour l'année précédente. Le transport de voya- geurs accuse uac augmentation constante et le trafic en marchandises fait ressortir une augmcotation de 16 pour cent oonti'e 2 pour c«nt pour l'année précédente.

Les recettes approximatives pour Tanuée 1904 montrent les com- paraisons suivantes avec les deux années précédentes:

	im.	1903.	,».
	îi's '■S «0,000	s.zsoiooo ilsaoloDO «13.011» «»;!!oÔ
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Le journal cité fait savoir aussi que l'année 1904 est celte qui a vu les coui-s les plus élevés pour on certain nombre d'obligations de chemins de fer, et ajonte qu'il est proliable qtie l'année 1905 inaugurera une nouvelle ère de prospérité, les récoltes du pays promettant de dépasser celles de 190i, surtout la récolte du mais.

EXPORTATIONS AUX tTATB-lJVnS FOUK 12 DERKIER TSUEBSTAB DE L'ANNËE 1904.

Les produits suivants, aiuei que leurs valeurs respectifs en or, d'après le "Buenos Aires Henild" du 5 janvier 1905, représentent les exportations du port de Bucnos-Aires aux États-Un-s pour les mtm d'octobre, novembre et décembre 1904:

BÉFÜBLIQÜB ABOEITFIHE.

Bang Biché f762.25

08 75,876.15

Graines poor oieeanx 3,716.99

Colle forte et ingrediente pour

la fabriquer 8, 924. 50

Crin 49,161.93

Cuire, aecB 629,451.80

Cuire, aaléfl 4,426.56

Cuire de cheval 3,186.08

Cuirs, déchets 3,583.10

UOUVEHBHTS DS FOBTB EH OCTOBRE ET NOVEHBIIE 1904.

Le "Hftndels-Zeitung" ("Revista Financiera y Comercial") publie les chiffres suivants, qui font ressortir le mouvement dts différents ports de la République Argentine pendant le mois d'octobre et novembre 1904:

BUENOS- AIRES.

Tagajo	,. $30,298.37
Bois (k- ijr.ebracho	.. 122,119.40
Eitmt de quebracho. . .	67,213.07
Pe«QX de coypou	7,583.23
Peaux de mouton	.. 174,420.24
Tripe, salée	16,670.84
Divers	2,070,00

Blé..

..tonnes.. 232,4 ..id.... 21,0

Graine de lin id..

Farine id

I^ne balles..

Peaux de mouton id

Cuira de bœuf, Reca.. .nombre..

Cuirs de bœuf, salés id

Cuira de cheval, salée ....id

Cuirs de clievsl, secs Id

Feaus de veaux ...id

Crin balles..

Cuire divers id

Tourteaux de lin saca..

Orge tonnes..

15,367 329,155 144,394 22,101 13, 124 26,509 547 215

Son..

Semences . .

Os et cendre

..id..

..id..

Plumee d'autruche. . .

Quebracho tonnes . -

Id rouleaux..

Extrait de quebracho sacs..

Minéraux id...

Boyaux boucaule. .

Bétail tétCB..

Moutons id

Chevaux

7,035

..id..

..id,.

&uii... pipea,.

Id boucauta..

Tasajo balles..

Mouton frígoríñé nombre.. 1

Viande en conserve eais-ses..

t-anguee id

Foin balles,.

Viande frigorifiée ...quartiers..

Mouton id

Viandes diverses paquets..

Tabac balles..

Sang, séché sacs..

Mouton frigorifié nombre..

BAHIA-BLANCA.

Un vapeur est sorti du port de Ëahia Blanca pendant le mois de novembre 1905, transportant les marchandises suivantes destinées aux pays ci-dessous mentionnés.

Angleti'trc. — Blé, 12,445 tonnes; viande frigorifiée, 23,135 pièces; suif, 28G boucauts.

i-ríFJítv.— Laine, 3,700 balles.

Italie. — Mais, 466 tonnes; cuirs de bœuf, secs, 8,551 pièces.

Allemagne. — Cuirs de bœuf, secs, 8,551 pièces.

Commandes.— \M, 19,886 tonnes.

706 BÜBEAU INTEBNAIIOKAL DX;S BÉFÜBLIOÜSS AHÉBIOAIITES. SAN NICOlXb,

Pendant le mois de novembre 1905, 16 vapeurs sont sortis du port de San Nicolas, transportant les marchandises suivantes destinées aux pays ci-dessous mentionnés.

Belgique. — Mais, 936 tonnes; laine, 97 balles.

Brésil. — Mais, 2,857 tonnes.

Commandea: Blé, 1,538 tonnes; maïs, 42,081 tonnes; graine de lin, 170 tonnes.

LA PLATA.

Pendant le mois de novembre 1904, 23 vapeurs et 1 voilier sont sortis du port de La Plata, transportant les marchandises suivantes:

Graine de lin..

Bœuf frigorifié, , . , Mouton frigorifié .

..kilos.. 27,134,881

..id..-.. 1,123,000

..id.... 376,000

...id.... 678,000

..id 1,614,938

..id 269,148

Suit kilos..

Peaux, salées id

Laine id

Extrait de viande id

Beurre id....

129,490 146.570

40,190 1,556

16,000

BOLIVIE.

BITDaET POUB L'ANHÉB lOOS.

D'après un rapport transmis an Ministère des Affaires Etrangères dea États-Unis, en date du 15 janvier 1905, par M. Sorsbt, Ministre des États-Unis, le budget bolivien pour l'année 1905 est établi de la manière suivante:

BËC A PITULATI ON .

BoIIïluiDa.

Kecettcs nationales 7,928,730.00

Dépenees:

Boüvluu».

Législatives 253,792.00

Affaires Etrangères 930, 478. 20

Administration et Travam Publics 2, 021, 427, 82

Finances et Industrie 1, 462, 259. 33

Justice et Instruction publique 1,878,941.00

Guerre 2,081,119.00

Colonisation 846, 560. 00

Déficit .' 9,473,577.36

1,544,837.35

Budget National Extraordinaire:

Kecetlee £2,037.000

Dépenses 2,037,000

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BRÉSIL.

ZiES CHEMINS DE FER BKtiBIUENS.

Oa lit dans un récent journal de commerce les renseignements suivants au sujet des chemins de fer brésiliens:

"Le minÎHËre de l'Industrie, M. Laoro MDlleb, vient de prendre d'importaQt«s mesures en vue du développement des voies ferrées dans rintérieur du pays et de Futilisation des chutes d'eau pour créer tes forces motrices électriques nécessaires aux services fédéraux et aux industries.

" Il a présenté à la signature du Président de la Képublique le décret autorisant la revision des contrats et des tracés de chemins de fer de Uberaba à Coxim et de Catalão à Palmas (chemin de fer du Nord -Ouest), concédés par le gouvernement provisoire, avec garantie d'intérêts.

" Les deux compagnies, qui avaient les mêmes banquiers, se trou- vaient déjà prêtes à commencer les travaux, selon les prescriptions des décrets de concession de 18W, en sorte qu'elles sont en mesure de les entreprendre immédiatement, conformément aux nouveaux tracés.

" D'après les dits tracés, la première des deux lignes doit partir de Bahurú, station de la Sorocabans, et suivra la vallée du Tieté, dans la direction des chutes de Urubupunga, sur le Parana, et traversera ensuite le Parana, puis les hautes serras des Bahus, jusqu'à Ouyaba.

"L'autre ligne partira d'Araguary, station de la Mogyana, pour aller à (royaz, la compagnie se proposant de construire un embranche- ment, sans garantie d'intérêt, jusqu'aux bords du fleuve Tocantins.

"Ces deux voies ferrées parcoureront approximativement 1,800 kilomètres.

" Par la première, dont les projets remontent à 1873 et qui sera lo prolongement de la Sorocabana, les États de SSo Paulo et de Matto Grosso se trouveront reliés à travers le bassin du Tieté et des régions très fertiles, auxquelles elle ouvrira à la fois des débouchés vers le lit- toral de l'Atlantique et vers le fleuve Parana, lequel offre 2,500 kilo- mètres de cours à la navigation à vapeur. Prolongée, d'autre part, jusqu'à Itararé, elle se reliera au chemin de fer du Sud. On pourra donc, avant longtemps, aller en chemin de fer du Rio ¿ Cuyaba et à Porto-Alegre.

" L'autre ligne qui ira au Goyaz, puis au fleuve Tocantins, raccour- cira par ce fleuve et l'Araguaya, la distance entre Kio, l'Amazone et le Para.

"De plus, le ministre étudie en ce moment un moyen de relier la ville d'Uberaba aux chemins de fer de Muzambinho et de l'Ouest de Minas.

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"Si l'on 90Dge que lea chemiiis de fer qui traversent l'intérieur des Étatâ du Nord sont déjà reliés entre ewx et que le Central va se rattacher & ce réseau du Nord sur les bords du rio Sao Fraactsoo, on peut entre- voir le jour relativement prochain où l'on pourra parcourir en wagon tout le Brésil, du ^d au Nord et de l'Ouest a VEat, sur des distanceâ équivalentes à celles du transsibériea.

"L'exécution de ees voies ferrées doDoera «oe nouvelle ônportancc i la SorocalNUia. Et, il oe prt^os, la fusion des compagnies de die- mîns de fer de TÉUt de Sio Paulo, la PMilîsta et la Mograna, en rue áñ l'abMrpUoa de la Sorocabasa, peut être oonsid^rée eomme un &lt accompli.

"M. Laubo MCiLEBBunt donc l'enda un immepae service an pays en faisant enfin entrer dans le damaioe des réalités, des projets gran- dioses et d'une importance capkale caressés depuis près dHta demi- siècle, au double point de voe stratégique et de la pénétntioD oom- meroiale dans l'immense hinterland de Matto tiiosso et de Go^sz.

"La solution de ce vaste problème a rempli de satisfactãon lee Etats de S<o Paulo et de Matto Grosso, dont les gouveruttirs ont addressé BU président de la République des télégrammes enthoosiafites, débw- dant de reconnaisances et où ils célèbrent les initiatives qui vont ouvrir des issues à d'énorme» richesses Isentes, dérelo^Kr les élé- ments de prospérité de la nation et fortiâer les liens de solidarité entre hs Etats.

"Ce n'e^^t pan) tout: la roie ferrée entre SSo Fanlo et Matto Grosso, que Ton va oonstrutre, prendra une grande importanoe internationale le jour oà eJle atteindra les frontières du Paraguay et de la Ib^ivie dont le transit, qui rechercbe actuellement la République Argentine, s'écoulera aloi-:* de préférence vers le littoral du Brésil, plus lapprodié des grands centres oommerciaus du monde.

*' Dans cet ordte d^idécs, l'initJative privée rivalise a'Mec le ministre de l'Industrie etdes TravauxpuUics. Kn effet, les ingénieurs EvcuDss DA CuKHA, João Duaktb Filho et Cuïdomibo Pebehia viennent do dcnwnder au Congrès laooncession pour trente ans d'un olieniin de fer de Santos i Asuncion, capitale du Paraguay. Ils utiliaeiwent la Soro- cabana sur une distance de SWi kil<Hnètres, et continueraient £40 kilo- mètres jusqu'à Rio Verde, 220de ce pointi Villa Rica, ensuite 840 jusqu'à la frontière (lu Paraguay et enfin 450 kilomètres en territoire para- goayen jusqu'à Asuncion,

" De son «'oté, le cen-ie des ingénieurs recommande la constructioB d'un chemin de fer du Silo Paulo dos Agudos à Ualiia Negra, sur le fleuve Paraguay. C'est ta section brésilienne d'une voie ferrée inter- nationale destinée ¿ acheminer itrs le Brésil le mouvement ooninKrcïal du sud-est de la Bolivie et d'une partie du Paraguay il tr-ivers le iλiU> Grosso.

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" Par ce vaste système de chemins de fer et de fleures, on achèverait d'assurer ainsi au grand plateau central du Brésil, qu'embrassent les Etats de Matto Grosso et do Gojaz, des issues vers l'Amazone, vers le Par&oa et vers le littoral atlantique intermédiaire."

CHILI.

BSCETTES DOTTANXÏRBB FOmi L'ANHIÉS 1804.

Le rapport du Directeur des Douanes pour l'année 1904, : Ministère des Finances, fait ressortir que le total des recettes doua- nières en 1904s'est élevé à$81,lSÍ»,i37 contre $78,116,418 «>n 1903. En 1901 les droits d'exportation ont augmenté les recettes de (50,852,701 contre $19,549,011 eu 1903, et les droits d'importetiou en 1904 de ¥30,336,436 contre $28,867,404 en 1903, soit une augmentation dans le total des recettes douanièresde $2,777,719 en 1904sur l'année précédente. On donne dans le tableau suivant le total des droits d'exportation encaissés par chaque bureau de douane:

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Les droits d'exportation perçus sur le nitrate correspondent à 32,400,000 quintaux espagnols soit 2,600,000 quintaux de moins que la quantité déclarée par les expéditeurs. En 1905 l'exportation atteindra au moins le chiffre de 35,000,000 de quintaux; cette quantité produira en droits sur le nitrate et l'iode la somme de $55,000,000 soit 4,000,000 de plus qu'en 1903. Le tableau suivant montre les droits d'exportation perçus dans chacune des dix dernières années:

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. «3,969,667 1900 »60,171,003

, 38,719,429 1901 44,126,259

. 36,468,522 1902 45,240,707

. 44,427,967 1903 48,549,014

. 47,245,170 1904 50,352,701

Les droits de douane ont été plus considérables cett« année que dans aucune autre des sept années pendant lesquelles le tarif actuel a ébê en rigueur ainsi qu^on peut le voir dans le tableau suivant:

1902 Î25,328,897

1903 28,867,404

1904 30,336,436

1902 f40ü,066

1903 681,940

1904 915,678

En 1!X)3 et dans le» deux premiers mois de 1904, le droit sur le bétail a été perçu par les douanes maritimes. Depuis le 1" mars jusqu'au 31 décembre 1904, le droit h été per^^u par les douanes de la frontière.

En 1903, la douane frontière de Sama a encaissé 150,742; en 1903 les recettes se sont élevées à ^4,76d; tandis qu'en 1904 elles sont tom- bées à $44,914. Depuis le 1" janvier 1898, le droit sur le bétail a pro- duit les sommes suivantes;

1898 $158,020

1899 1 120,468

1900 322,300

1901 363,920

La douane d'Arica qui est sujette à des stipulations spéciales sous le traité avec la Bolivie a produit la somme de $98,957 en 1903 et celle de $105,395 en 1904.

COLOMBIE.

AUaHBHTATION DES DBOITS D'IHPOBTATIOH.

Le Gouvernement colombien vient de publier un décret augmentant de 70 pour cent les droits d'importation du tarif colombien. La classi- fication des articles dans ce tarif sera faite d'après celle qui a ét^ éta- blie par le tarif de 1886. Le décret autorisant ces modifications doit être mis immédiatement en vigueur.

RÉPUBLIQUE DOMINICAINE.

Le gouvernement de Saint Dominguo a publié un décret en date du 5 décembre 1904, en vertu duquel les droits sur le sucre et les produits sucrés importés dans la République ont été réduits de ta manière suivante:

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Sucre raffiné parqaintal., 0.60

Sucre non raffiné id 25

Chocolat, confitures, biecuite, lait condensé et prodoits similaires contenant une proportion considérable de sucre ajouté artificiellement 50

Article 2 du décret stipule que les sucres et produits sucrés précités ne seront soumis â aucun nouvel impôt ou surtaxe locale ou nationale dépassant 10 centavos par quintal.

COMHSaOE ET CONDITIONS ïiOONOHiaDES.

Le commerce extérieur de Saint-Dorain^e s'élève au chiffre de $8,000,000 à $9,000,000 par an, dont la moitié environ se fait avec les Etats-Unis, d'après un rapport préparé récemment par le Ministère du Commerce et du Travail des Etats-Unis, l-es importations s'élèvent à Î3, 000,000 environ par an et les exportations varient entre $5,000,000 et $6,000,000 par an. Les exportations de 1901, dernière année pour laquelle on a pu obtenir des statistiques telles qu'elles ont été publiées dans le "Statesman's Year- Book," se sont élevées à $2,986,921 en monnaie des Etats-Unis et les exportations à $5,224,023. En 1900 les importations ont été de $3,233,000 et les exportations de $6,600,000; les exportations pour 1900 accusent le chiffre le plus élevé depuis un grand nombre d'années. Sur les importations de 1901, les Etats-Unis en ont fourni 47 pour cent environ, et quant aux exportations Us en ont reçu un peu plus de 54 pour cent.

Le sucre forme le chiffre le plus important dans la valeur des arti- cles importas de Saint-Domingue aux Etata-Unis. Ainsi pour 1902, les exportations de Saint-Domingue aux Etats-Unis se sont élevées au chiffre de $2,553,470, dont $2,061,977 en sucre. En 1903 la valeur totale des marchandises exportées de Saint-Domingue aux Etats-Unis a été de $2,833-,076, dont $2,107,428 en sucre, $311,513 en cacao, $127,191 en bananes, $96,300 en cuirs et peaux, $86,388 en bois non travaillé (principalement en bois d'ébénisterie), $20,864 en café, et $20,4ïJ5 en bois de teinture. Sur les exportations totales de Saint- Domingue le sucre est l'article le plus important par rapport à la valeur, tandis quo le café, lo cacao, les bananes, l'acajou, le bois de campi^che et le tabac figurent pour une valeur considérable dans le commerce d'exportation.

Sur la somme de 5 à 6 millions de dollars, valeur des murchaadîsea étrangères importées annuellement à Saint-Domingue, ce sont les cotons, la quincaillerie et les provisions qui en forment la plus grande partie. Les Etats-Unis fournissent environ 47 pour cent de ces impor- tations. En 1903, la dernière année pour laquelle on a pu obtenir dea statistiques, les tissus de coton figurent pour la somme la plus élevée dans les importations provenant des Etats-Unis, soit 5,884,337 yards, évalués à $307,390; il faut ajouter à ce total $20,470, valeur d'autres

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articles en coton. Les farineux constituent aussi un article important, la farine a'élevant à une valeur de $185,590 et les autres farineux à *15,n4.

Il y a eu une augmentation constante dans les ventes de tissus de ooton à Saint-Domii^ue. En 1893, lea importations de tissus de coton provenaot des Etats-Unis se sont élevées en cbiffres ronds à 1,500,000 yards; en 1898, â 2,6i2,000 yards, et en 1903 le total s'est élevé à 5,884,337 yards.

Les objets manufacturés en fer et en acier ont figuré aussi pour une somme importante dans le total dee importations provenant des Etats- Unis. Ils se sont élevés à $130,000 environ. L^article le plus impor- tant, le El de fer, figure pour une valeur de $35,000, la ferronnerie pour $15,000, les luachines à vapeur pour $14,000, les machines diverses pour $33,000 et tous les autres articles en fer et en acier pour $39,000. Le» importations de cuir et objets de cuir provenant des Etats-Unis en 1903, se sont «-levées à $44,496 contre $8,692 en 1893; l'huile d'éclai- rage à $59,&44 en 1903, contre $23,707 en 1893. Les provisions de bouche constituent aussi un article important dans le commerce d'importation de la République, celles provenant des Etats-Unis eu 1903, «'élevant à $109,000, dont $40,000 de saindoux, $18,000 de suif, $13,198 de lard fumé et de jambon, $4,154 de fromage et $12,968 de beurre. Les importations de savon provenaot des Etats-Unis en 1903, se sont élevées au chiffre de $40,862, contre $12,270 en 1897 et $1,179

Le bois et articles en bois de même provenance se sont élevés en ' 1903 à $56,000.

Ija table qui suit, fait ressortir la valeur du commerce de Saint Domingue avec les Etats-Unis, par intervalles de cinq ans, depuis 1884 jusqu'en 1904;

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Le tableau suivant fait ressortir la valeur des importations et expor- tations totales de Saint-Domingue, depuis 1890 jusqu'en 190l. Les chiffres sont tirés du "Statesman's Year-Book."

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Eutífod 50 pour cent du commerce gén<^ral de Pile se f&it avec les Etats-Unis. Le reste i>e fait principalemwit avec les pays européens — l'Angleterre, l'Allem^ne, La France et l'Espagne — et en plus petites quantités avec Cuba, le Mexîqne et l'Amérique du Sud. L'Angleterre fournit la plus grande partie des importations & part celles qui pro- viennent des Etats-Unis, une partie de la population des i-âtcs parlant la langue anglaise. Les principales langues de Saint-Domingue sont l'anglais, le français et l'esp^nol. Sur la côte on parle l'anglais, et le fran^-aia, mais dans l'intérieur on parie l'espagnol. La population se compose principalement de métis provenant du mélange d'espagnols, d'indiens et de nègres. Il y a quelques nègre» de pure race et très peu de blancs. On estime la population actuelle de la Bépubliqno au chiffre de 500,000 environ, ce nombre étant un peu au-dessous de l'es- timation officielle de 610,000 faite en 1888.

La population do Saint-Domingue est bien moins importante que celle de la République d'Haïti qui occupe le reste de l'île, quoique la superficie de Saint-Domingue soit bien plus considérable que celle d'Haïti. On estime la superficie de Saint-Domingue à 18,045 milles carrés et celle d'Haïti à 10,204 milles carrés. Oette dernière est située dans la partie occidentale de l'île et celle de Saint-Domingue occupe la partie orientale; son point situé le plus à l'est n'est que 75 milles à l'ouest du point le plus occidental de Porto- Kico.

Quoique la production soit actuellement peu considérable et se borne principalement au sucre, au café, au cacao, aux bananes, à l'acajou et au bois de eamptVhe, on pense qu'elle sera beaucoup plus grandes dès qu'on aura construit des chemins de fer et des routes dans l'intérieur de l'île. Une personne connaissant parfaitement les ressources de l'Amérique tropicale dit que Itlo e.st supérieure à presque toutes les autres et cer- tainement à coUe-s des Grandes Antilles (Cuba et Porto-Rico), ses voi- sines, au point do vue de la fertilité naturelle et de la variété du climat. Actuellement les chemins de fer de Hie ont une longueur totale de 300 milles environ et se trouvent principalement sur la côte du nord, se dirigeant vers l'intérieur en partant de la baie de Samana, l'un dos plus beaux ports naturels des Indes Occidentales. Une autre ligne, partant de Saint-Domingue, capitale de la République, se dirige vers l'ouest, sur une distance de 100 milles en suivaut la côte du sud de nie.

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EQUATEUR.

KODIFIOATIOHS DOUAITZfiBXS.

I. — Décret du 30 septembre 1904, apportant des modijicationaàla douane.

[" Reglitra Ofldal " du 30 Kptonbce 1904.]

Article prehteb. Est abrogé Particle 111 de la loi de douane et aux marchandises désignées soua l'article 110 sont ajoutées les pailles con- nues sous le noms de toquilla et mocora qui acquitteront respectivement 1 sucre et 25 centavos par kilogramme.

Aht. 2. Est établie une taxe additionnelle de $0.25 par kilogramme de paille toquilla exportée.

Art. 3. Aux exceptions visées dans le deuxième alinéa de l'article 115 seront ajoutées les "râpures." Art. 4. Le présent décret entrera en vigueur le 1" octobre 1904.

H. — Lai du 31 octobre 190^, apportant d^ modificationa à ht loi de douane.

[■■ Beslitro Oficial ■■ du SI oclobre 1»W.]

Article peemiee. X l'article 2, après "Esmeraldas," ajouter "Var- gas Torres," et, dans la désigoation des porta secondaires ouverte seulement à l'exportation, supprimer " Manglar- Alto " et "Vainas Torres."

Art. 2. A l'article 4, aux porta déclarés ports d'entreposage, ajouter " Vargas Torres,"

Art. 3 à 6. • • •

Art, 7. Au No. 11 de l'article 56, on ajoutera:

" Si le Gouvernement autorise la vente de ces produits dans la pro- vince de Loja, la disposition du 3* alinéa du No. 2 de l'article 57 ne sera pas applicable ¿ant qu'ils seront soumis au régime de la régie."

A la place correspondante de l'article 56 susindiqué, ajouter " mèches et détonateurs pour mines."

Art, 8. Aux marchandises rangées sous le No. 5 de l'article 57, ajouter les articles suivante qui cesseront de figurer dans les classes respectives oil ils se trouvent dénommés:

"Acide chlorhydrique, acide phénique, télescopes, baromètres, dous- solcs, creusets, créolone et créosine, amiante ou asbeste, chlorure de chaux, acide nitrique, soufre sublimé, vaccin, serums antîpesteux, sul- fate de cuivre, borax, oxydes métalliques pour la céramique, ciment romain, tiges en fer et acid .«ulfu tique,"

■ Après ' ' charpentes," ajouter "et pièces métalliques pour la construc- tion d'édifices."

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Art. 9. Seront ajoutées í l'article 60 les marchandises suivantes:

"Huile de coton crue et huile de higuerillas, pour la fabrication du savon et des bougies; fer ou acier en barres, lingots, d'angle et à T," ces dernières marchandises ne devant plus figurer sous l'article 61 de la 4' classe.

Dans le même article 60, au lieu de " faïence ordinaire," mettre *' vases de nuit, bassins, assiettes, plats et tasses, en faïence ordinaire."

Art. 10. \ l'article 62, après ''semoule," ajouter "pour la fabrica- tion des pâtes alimentaires," ainsi que "Toile écrue ou toile de chanvre pour sacs."

Art. 11. Ã l'article 64 ajouter " Semoule pour la fabrication du pain et boutons en corozo " et supprimer " saindoux."

Dans le même article 64, supprimer "Verrerie ou cristalleiie ordi- naire" et ajouter "coupes grandes et petites, verres à boire de toute forme, en verre ordinaire; cafetières, pots à lait, sucriers, théières, pots grands et petits, soupières, beurriers et autres objets en faïence ordinaire non spécialement dénommés; marmites en fer ou acier; assiettes et tasses blanches en porcelaine de toute grandeur ou de toute forme, assiettes et tasses en faïence fine de toute grandeur ou dei toute forme."

Art. 12. \ l'article 65, ajouter "saindoux."

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Dans le même article 65, supprimer: "verrerie ordinaire, taillée ou décorée; meubles de toute sorte, montés ou non, quelle que soit la matière qui les compose et qui les recouvre," et ajouter "Art'.cles en faïence fine non spécialement dénommés; armoires, commodes, buffets, toilettes, bureaux, table», étagères pour livres et guéridons, en bois ordinaire, sans ornements; chaises et fauteuils et autres meubles en rotin ou imitation, ni décorés ni ornés."

Art. IS. Dans l'article 66, supprimer "Tímsus de chanvre et allu- mettes. "

Dans le même article 66, supprimer "Cristallerie fine de toute sorte," et ajouter "meubles en rotin ouimitation avec ornements; armoires, commodes, buffets, toilettes, bureaux, tables, étagères pour livres et guéridons en bois fins, tels qu'acajou, cèdre, noyer et autres analogues, plaqués, sculptés ou ornés."

Au même article 66, ajouter "Cuirs apprêtés pour la chaussure ou autre usage."

Art. 14. X l'article 67, après "dorés ou argentés," ajouter "et en corozo;" supprimer les mots "et des boutons de parure de chemise;" ajouter "Toiles de chanvre;" supprimer "/^î«co."

Dans le même article 67, supprimer "Petites tables do fantaisie ou de salon" et ajouter "Articles en porcelaine non spécialement dénommés, sirops médicinaux et spécifiques, meubles en général garnis

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OU reconverts d'un tÍ9SU quelconque de soie ou de laine, ou de cuir; verres et coupes de toute sorte en cristal fin.

Dans le même article 67, supprimer "Factures et autres documents, imprimía, gravés ou lithographies," ainsi que "Cuirs apprêtés pour la chaussure ou autre usage."

Art. 15, Â. l'article 68, ajouter '"''Pisco''' et supprimer "Cartes de baptême, de felicitation, imprimées ou lithographiées, et, en général, toute» cartes autres que les Cartes unies et en blanc."

Au même article 68, ajouter "Cristallerie fine non spécialement dénommée; meubles en bois, dorés ou avec incrustations de toute sorte ou applications en métal."

Art, 16. X l'article 69, ajouter "Boutons de parure de chemise, de toute sorte" et supprimer "Chaussure de toute sorte, à l'exception de la chaussure en caout^-'houc."

Aht. 17, X l'article TO, ajouter "Factures et autres documents, imprimés, gravea ou lithogiuphiés; cartes de baptême, de felicitation, imprimées ou lithographiées, et, en général, toutes cartes autres que les cartes unies et en blanc."

Aht. 18. X l'article 71, ajouter "Cliauasurc de toute sorte, à l'ex- ception de la chaussure en caoutchouc,"

Aht. 19. X la fin de l'article 78, supprimer les mots "pourvu qu'il résulte de la facture consulaire, etc."

Art. 20. X la fin de l'article 85, ajouter l'alinéa suivant: "Les commerçants sont autorisés â écarter, dans les entrepôts de l'État, les marchandises ayant subi des dommages par suite de bris, coulage, déchet ou avarie quelconque, à l'effet de ne payer les droits corre- spondants que sur la marchandise se trouvant en bon état."

Aht. 21. L'article 87 aura la teneur suivante: "Les consuls équato- ricns percevront, pour la légalisation dos factures, les droits sui\-ants qui seront prélevés au moyen de timbres mobiles:

Pour les factures de $100 et moins, un cinquième de condor, soit $2. Pour les factures de plus de f 100, 2 pour cent du montant de la facture. Pour les manifestes, les droits consulaires seront de 20 pour cent des droits acquittés pour la légalisation des factures consulaires.

Le Ministre des Finances donnera aux perceptions consulaires, qui figurent en recette dans le budget, l'affectation qui leur est assignée par la loi.

En dehors des droits, dont il est fait mention dans le présent article, les consuls ne pourront en réclamer d'autres, S quelque titre que ce soit, ni obliger les commissionnaires à acheter des formules.

S'ils contrevenaient â cette injonction, ils encourraient, eu plus de la destitution immédiate, les peines conmiiuécs par la loi.

Art. 22. A la fin de l'article 88, ajouter l'alinéa suivant:

"Les consuls qui auront contrevenu aux dispositions de l'alinéa

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ci-dessus seront destitua et condamnés au payement d'une amende égale au montant des droits dont le Trésor aurait été lésé."

Aet. 23. Au 2* et au 3* alinéas de Tarticle 98 sont substituée les auirants.

*'Si l'importateur n'a pas non plus reçu la facture, et s'il préfère l'attendre pour la présentation de sea manifestes, l'administrateur l'obligera à demander par écrit un délai pour sa présentation, délai qui sera de lâO jours pour les marchandises provenant d'Europe et de l'Amérique du Nord, et de 90 jours pour les marchandises provenant des porta de l'Amérique du Sud. Une fois ce délai passé, l'intéressé sera tenu de procéder immédiatement au dédouanement de sa nutrchan- dise qui sent taxée avec une surtaxe de 100 pour cent. Sí le commer- çant n'avait pas demandé le dédouanement dans les huit jours de la notiãcation, la marchandise serait acquise au Trésor, et il serait procédé à la vente aux enchères avec les formalités requises.

Si l'importateur désire présenter le manifeste dans le délai assigné par la loi, en ^'engageant à présenter la facture consulaire dans de délai fixé dans le présent article, les administrateurs de la douane y con- sentiront; mais il devra être fait mention dans la requête que si, une fois le délai écoulé, cette formalité n'a pas été remplie, les importa- teurs devront acquitter les doubles droits ou faire abandon de ta mar- chandise au profit du Trésor.

Si, pendant cet intervalle, l'intéressé désire dédouaner sa marchan- dise, il pourra y être autorisé moyennant payement des droits dûs majorés de 100 pour cent pour le cas où la facture consulaire n'arri- verait pas en temps voulu. Cette sui-taxe sera remboursée par le receveur dès que l'intéressé aura présenté la facture consulaire correspondante.

Aht. 24. Dans le dernier alinéa de l'article 110, supprimer les mots 'Mvoire végétal" et à la fin du même article, ajouter l'alinéa suivant:

" Le droit de demi centavo par kilogramme, applicable il l'exportation de l'ivoire végétal, sera affecté au payement des intérêts et & l'amor- tissement des t>ORs du chemin de fer qui traverse les Andes."

Aux marchandises dénommées dans le premier alinéa de l'article 110, ajouter "Pailles dites toquilia et mocara, 1 sucre."

Art, 25. Est abrogé l'article 111.

Art. 20. A la fin de Tarticle 112, ajouter: " et â Callo et Machalilla, à la Municipalité de Jipijapa pour travaux publics."

Au même article 112, ajouter l'alinéa suivant:

"Le droit de demi eentam à. rexjK>rtation perçu par la douane de Ballenita sei-a attribué à la Municipalité de Santa Elena."

Au même article 112, après le mot "Esmeraldas," ajouter " Vargas Torres,"

Art. 27. Au 2° alinéa de l'article 114, ajouter les mots suivants: "à l'exception dos recettes faîtes à Puerto Bolivar, qui seront versées par

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le Receveur de la douane de ce port au Trésorier de la Société de Bienfaisance des Dames de Máchala."

Art. 28, Au 2* alinéa de l'article 115, supprimer les mots "ivoire végétal" et "végétal" s'appliquant au charbon, et ajouter: "Paillea dites toquilla et mocara."

Au 6' alinéa du même article 115, aux mots *' ivoire végétal," 3ul>- stituer: "Paillea dites toquiüa et mocora."

A la tin du même article 115, après les mots "sur les droits de dépôt," ajouter: "Cette dernière taxe sera versée dans les caisses du fisc â partir du 1" janvier 1908 pour être affectée, en vertu du décret législatif du lit octobre 19W et à partir de l'année 1905 jusqu'à la date susindiquée, aux travaux de réparation de la voie "Flores."

Art. 29. A l'article 116 est portée à 20 centavcê par kilo brut la taxe applicable aux gin, cognac, etc.; le "Pisco", déjà rangé dans la 10" classe, devra être i-ayé.

Abt. 30. Le dernier alinéa de l'article 167 aura la teneur suivante: "Vins et liqueurs en récipients de bois."

Art. 31. A l'article 187 sera ajouté l'alinéa suivant:

" De même, le Pouvoir Exécutif est autorisé, d'accord ave le Conseil d'Etat, à suspendre en tout ou en partie les droits additionnels appli- cables à l'ivoire végétal, si le prix d'achat de ce produit baisse considé- rablement ou si son exportation diminue au point que cet impôt n'ait plus de raison d'être."

Art. 32. Le Ministre des Finances codifiera la loi de douane, en tenant compte des changements qui y ont été appoHés et en ayant soin de modiâer les stipulations qui ne seraient point exactes.

Art. 33. Les nouvelles modifications seront applicables à partir du 1" janvier 190Õ, sauf pour ce qui concerne les taxes sur les pailles dites 7/iocora et toquilla et l'ivoire végétal, qui seront pi-élevéea à partir du 1" novembre prochain.

Art. 34. Si les recettes provenant de l'importation par les douanes subissent une diminution considérable, le Pouvoir Exécutif sera autorisé à permettre aux importateurs de fournir des traites à six mois de date pour le payement des droits d'entrée; mais en pareil cas, ceux-ci devront ajouter au montant des impôts te montant de l'escompte pen;u par les banques.

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MISE EN BÏOZE DES ALLtnfBTTBa, DU TABAC ET DU PAPIER A

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Le Congrès équatorien dane ses dernières séances a voté la mise en régie des allumettes, du tabac et du papier à cigarettes. Le " Kegis- tro Oliciol" a publié un décret présidentiel au sujet de la mise en vigueur de cette nouvelle disposition.

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Les Gourerneurs sont chargés d'acheter au comptant, et au meilleur marché posaible, sans aller au-dessus du prix courant, toutes les exis- tences eu allumettes et en papier â cigarett«s.

L'Etat achètera ati prix de facture, plus une prime de 10 pour cent, tous les chargements d'allumettes et de papier à cigarettes, actuelle- ment en cours de route et commandés à une date antérieure â celle de la décision du Congrès établissant la régie.

Les paquets d'allumettes seront revêtus d'une étiquette timbrée et vendus à 0.18 sucre chacun dans les bureaux de recettes de l'Etat. Les débitants les vendaient jusqu'à ce jour à 0.20 sucre.

La vente demeure interdite aux particuliers.

Un décret spécial fixera lo prix du papier à cigarettes et celui du tabac.

ÉTATS-UNIS.

COKHEBCE AVEC L'AMtiBIQTrS LATINS.

IMPORTATIONS ET EXPORTATIONS.

On trouvera & la page 628 le dernier rapport du commerce entre les Etats-Unis et l'Amérique latine, extrait de la compilation faite par le Bureau des Statistiques du Ministère du Commeixio et du Travail. L« rapport a trait au mois de janvier 1905 et donne un tableau comparatif de ce mois avec te jnois correspondant de l'année 1004. Il donne aussi un tableau des sept mois fini^jsaut en janvier 190.1 en les com- parant avec la période correspondante de l'année précédente. On sait que les chiffres des différents bureaux de douane montrant les impor- ^tions et les exportations pour un mois quelconque ne sont reçus au Ministère des Finances que le 20 du mois suivant, et qu'il faut un cer- tain temps pour les compiler et les faire imprimer, de sorte que les résultats pour le mois de janvier ne peuvent être publiés avant le mois de mars.

PBODUCnON DE LA FONTE DE FER EH 1904.

D'après le " Bulletin" de l'Association de Fer et d'Acier Américaine, du 1" février 1905, la production totale de fonte de fer aux Etatâ-Unis dans l'année 1904: a été de 16,497,033 tonnes, contre 18,009,252 tonnes en 1903, 17,821,307 tonnes en 1902 et 15,878,354 tonnes en 1901. Le tableau suivant donne la production de font« de fer par semestre dans les quatre dernières années:

	mi.	IBOÎ.	.m	IBM.
	7,67^813 8.208,741	8,808,674 B.01ï,733	9.707,867 8.301.8»	TOimei.
	16.878,364	IJ,8Î1,BQ7	18. 009. 252	IS.49T,0ÏS

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Voici les principaux Etats producteurs de fonte de fer en 1904 ainsi que le chiffre de leur production:

PeDüBj-lvanie 7,644,321

Ohio 2,977,929

Illinois 1,655,991

Alabama 1,453,513

Sur la production totale du fer en 1904, 14,931,361 tonnes ont été faites, se servant du charbon bitumineux, et du coke comme combusti- ble; 1,2^8,010 avec Tanthracite et l'anthmcite et coke mélangés et 337,529 tonnes avec le charbon de bois.

Voici la division d'après les classes de fonte de fer fabriquée en 1903 et 1904:

	1903.	19W.
	Ttmn». 6.785,967 »,98B,«18 ï. (MO, "211	7(™»«.
	Ig.eOB.ÎK!

La fonte do fer invendue qui était entre les /nains des fondeurs ou à leur disposition à la ño de 1904 et qui n'était pas destinée à leur consommation s'est élevée à á0S,79â tonnes, contre 591,438 tonnes à la ñn de Tannée 1903.

Il y avait 261 fourneaux en opération le 31 décembre 1904 contre 182 à la mt'me date en 19U3.

ATraUEIÎIATION DES lUPOSTATIONS DB CAOUTOHOUO. '

On peut voir combien augmente la demande dn caoutchouc nui Etafcî-Ùnis par les chiffres publiés récemment par le Bureau dea Sta- tistiques du Ministère du Commerce. Os chiffres montrent que la valeur des importations de caoutchouc aux Etats-Unis s'est élevée de $10,000,000 en 1884 à ^44,000,000 en 1!)04 et que la valeur totale des importations de caoutchouc depuis 1S84 jusqu'en 1904 se monte à $440,000,000 en chiffres ronds. Cette augmentation dans U valeur des importations do caoutchouc est due en partie à une hausse dans les prix, la valeur moyenne par livre de caoutchouc brut iniportú (y com- pris la gutta percha) s'étant élevée à 43 cents en 1884, à 70 cents en 1904. La quantité totale de caoutchouc brut importé en 1884 s'est élevée à 23,672,563 livres et en 1904 à 61,889,758 livres.

Une comparaison des importations de caoutchouc en 1904 avec cellos de 1884 fait ressortir non seulement la demande croissante de cet arti- cle aux Etats-Unis, mais la nécessité qu'il y a d'économiser les ressources jrommifères du monde.

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En 1884 on n'a importé que du caoutchouc brut et de la gutta-percha. Toutefois en 1!>04 on a importé noa seulement le caoutchouc brut et la gutta-percha mais aussi environ 15,000,000 de livres de " gutta joola- tong" ou gomme des Indes Orientales, produit de Bornéo, qui rem- place le caoutchouc dans oeiiains cas et en plus de ceci, lâ,OdO,O0d de li\Tcs de vieux caoutchouc et déchets de caoutchouc qui se peuvent être employés que comme matière premiéis.

Le Brésil fournit la plus grande partie du caoutchouc importé par les Etats-Unis, Sur les 62,000,000 de livres de caoutchouc importé en 1904, le Bréjiil en a fourni 34,500,000 livres et c'est l'Airique qui semble avoir envoyé la plus grande partie du reste. Les importationa de caoutchouc en Angleterre ont passé de 5,500,000 livres dtms l'anal fiscale de 1893 à 9,T50,000 en 1903; quant à l'Allemagne, dont les principales possessions coloniales se trouvent en Afrique, ses importa- tions de caoutchouc ont augmenté de 1 ,500,000 livres en 1893 à 3,000,000 environ en 1903. Pour la Belgique, dont les possessions coloniales sont exclusivement en Afrique l'augmentation hH4 de 30,000 livres en 1S93 à 5,000,000 en 1903 et pour le Portugal dont les prmcipalcs pos- sessions se trouvent aussi en Afrique, les importations ont passé de 1,500,000 livres en 1803 à un peu plus de 2,000,000 de livres en 1903.

Les Etats de l'Amérique du Centre fournissent aussi des quantités considérables de caoutchouc, les exportations du Nicaragua seul s'élci-ant i environ 1,000,000 de livres par an; et le total provenant des autres Etiits de l'Amérique Centrale s'élève à environ 300,000 livres par an. La quantité importée du Mexique en 1904 s'est élevée Í 366,104 livres contre 120,415 livres en 1894. La Colombie etTËqua- teui- fournissent chacune 500,000 li\Tes environ par an et l'Inde anglaise 500,000 environ.

Le tableau suivant fait ressortir la quantité de caoutchouc importé chaque année et la valeur des importations annuelles du caoutchouc, de la gutta-pcrrha, de la gutta joolatong depuis 1900 jusqu'en 1904:

Ana<-ei.	ImpOTUi-	"uosrî'
	26,516,26»
	41,<ÏT,2»

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GUATEMALA.

TOITVBBS tiLBCTSiaVBS POUB. LA VILLE DE OUAT3Í1CALA.

Il est fortement question d'employer la traction électrique sur les l^nes de tramways de la ville. Le courant sera assuré par une des usines de lumière électrique qui fonctionnent par la force de l'eau, située à environ 30 milles de la ville. 11 y a déjà une ligne d'environ 7 milles à voie unique, avec la perspective d'un très prochain prolonge- ment. Actuellement, on emploi des mules pour la traction. Les com- munications addressees à ce sujet à M. Ricabdo Echeverría, directeur général de la ligne seront bien accueillies.

MEXIQUE.

BBOETIES DOUANifiBES POTJB LE XOIS DE VOTEIIBIIE 1B04.

Les recettes des douanes frontières et maritimes de la République du Mexique pour le mois de novembre 1904 ont dépassé de beaucoup les recettes du mois antérieur qui était déjà sans précédent. On donne dans l'exposé suivant les droits d'importation ordinaires séparément pour chaque bureau de douane ainsi que le total des droits d'importa- tion en sus, droits de ports et arriérés.

Acapulco $13,

Agua Prieta 14,

Altata 3,

Camargo

Campeche 12,

CîudadJuarai 246,

Ciudad Porfirio Diaz 192,

Coatzacoalcoa

Chetumal

Frontera

Gu&ynias ................

Guerrero

Isla del Carmen

LaAecensiún

La Monta

La Pas

Laredo de Tamaulipas . .

I^a Vacas

Manzanillo

Matamoros

Mazatlan

Mexico

Mier

Nogales

059.70

652.46 430.39 133.56 4,313.69 a, 914. 08 4,373.54 136.04 e, 410. 79 83.00

5,578.26

8,251.27

53.72

7,595.66

Progreso $186,2

Puerto Ángel 8

Salina Cruz 2, 4

San Blaa 2,3

Santa Koaalia 6,7

Soconusco 9, 3

Tampico 484,9

Tijuana 2

Tonala 7,0

Topolobampo 2, 2

Tuipan 2, 6

Veracruí 1,376,0

Zapaluta

Mesicali 4

i. 10

Total 3,101,276.38

Total des droits d'imporla-

üonensus 310,931.64

Total des droits d'exporta- tion ■ 94,722.49

Total des droits de port. . . 77, 096. 60

Total des arriéra 2, 985. 31

Total général 3,687,012.32

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KBOETTSS DOITANIÈaES, I>£CEHBBE 1904.

Le "Mexican Herald" du 18 février 1905, publie les recettes des différentes douanes pendant le mois de décembre 19<)4. On donne les droitâ d'importation ordinaires séparément pour chaque bureau de douaDe ainsi que le total des recettes qui proviennent des droits d'im- portation et d'exportation en sus, droits de ports et arriérés.

172,

Droits d'importation ordinaires:

Acapulco f26,

Agua Prieta 7,

Altata 3,

Camargo

Campeche 13,

CiudadJuarez 217,

Ciudad Porfirio Diaz..

CoatzacoslcOB

Chetunial

£iiB«fiada

Frontera

Guaymae

Guerrero

Isla del Carmen

La Aecension

La Monta

La Pan

Laredo de Tamaulipas

Las Vacas

Manzanillo

Matamoros

MazatliSn

154.53 703.50

es. 58 181. 15 434.49 875. 31 350.67 407. 42 551.84 135.10 943.11

54,66 234.02

12.00 156.83 874. 74 5Í>2. 13 131. 3B 997.17

57,0

Droits d'importation ordinaires — Suite.

Pn^reso $310,629.36

PuertoAngel 134.03

Ban Blas 3,848.79

Santa Rosalia 1,125.29

Loconusco 10, 972. 98

Tampico 435,773.58

184.62

4,459.20

688. 72

2, 3»4. 19

. 1,286,150.34

Tijuana

Tomatii

Topotobanipo . . Tuxpan

483.24

Total des droits d'importation or- dinaires 3,361,144.83

Total des droits d'importa- tion en sus 31», 183.27

Total des droits d'eiporta-

tion 102,798.76

Total des droits de port ... 83, 529. 02 ToUl des arriería 2, 187. 21

Total général 3,885,843,09

L'ZMFOBTATION DE MEUBLES ET USTENSILES DE HËKAGE EN FBAHCHISE DE DBOITS.

L'Article 241 des règlements de la douane modifiés par le décret du 29 mars 1904 accorde aux étrangers qui viennent s'établir dans le pays une exemption des droits de tarif sur les meubles dont ils se sont servis dans l'endroit de leur résidence précédente, La jouissance de ce privi- lège dépendant essentiellement des conditions énoncées dans le même article, il est nécessaire de donner avec la plus grande exactitude les renseignements exigés et dans ce but le Président a décidé que la fran- chise de droits en question doit être sujette aux règlements suivants:

*'I, L'intéressé soumettra au Ministère des Finances une pétition dans laquelle il inscrira son nom, le nombre de personnes qui raccom- pagnent, sa profession ou métier, le lieu de sa dernière résidence à l'étranger et le temps qu'il y est resté, la date de son arrivée dans la Bull. No. 3—05 16

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République, le port ou point sur la frontière où il est entré dans le pays, son domicile actuel et une déclaration faisant connaître s'il y a exercé sa profession oh métier depuis son arrivée.

"II. La demande sera accompagnée des documents suivants à Tappui :

" (a) Un certificat d'une autorité compétente du dernier lieu de rési- dence du pétitionnaire constatant la durée de sa résidence et déclarant que pendant Ce temps il a eu un domicile fixe.

"(J) Un certificat d'une autorité compétente du lieu de résidence actuel du pétitionnaire indiquant le laps de temps écoulé depuis son arrivée. A défaut d'un certificat on pourra présenter un papier signé par le consul du pays auquel le pétitionnaire appartient ou par deux témoins résidant dans la localité.

'* (c) Une copie du bail de la maison qu'il occupe ou qu'il est sur le point d'occuper. Si le pétitionnaire n'a pas encore loué de maison ce document sera remplacé par un ]>apicr désignant son domicile pro- visoire, si^^né par le maître de la maison ou de l'établissement dans lequel il est desi-endu.

" (d) Une copio de la déclaration faite par le pétitionnaire au bureau des impôts dans le cas où il exerce pour son compte personnel sa pro- fession ou métier; ou, s'il est employé dans un établissement indus- triel, agricole ou commercial une copie d'arrangement qu'il a fait; dans le cas où il n'y aurait pas d'arrangement écrit, il devra produire un écrit du patron ou de son représentant déclarant que le pétition- naire est à son service.

"(e) Une liste détaillée des, articles constituant son mobilier ainsi que leur valeur approximative et depuis combien de temps on se sert de ces objets.

" Dans la même liste on désignera la douane par laquelle le mobilier doit passer et le pétitionnaire a le droit de demander.que les marchan- dises viennent en transit et soient examinées par la douane de la ville de Mexico.

"Aussitôt que le Ministère des Finances aura reçu du bureau de douane un rapport lui soumettant la requête du pétitionnaire, il décidera si cette requête doit être accordée ou non, et dans l'affirmative il fera connaître si l'exemption de droits doit s'étendre à tous les articles compris dans la liste ou à une partie seulement; il est entendu que la valeur des articles exemptés de droits ne pourra, en aucun cas, dépasser 1 ,000 piastres. Le bureau de la douane en se conformant à la décision donnera l'ordre que l'importation soit permise et que l'entrée des marchandises soit effectuée, soit ft la douane d'entrée, soit à la douane d'impoi-tation do Mexico, les formalités exigées par les règlements de la douane générale étant observées dans les deux cas.

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"IV. Si, en examinant les meubles et ustenailes de ménajçe, les employés de la douane voient qu'ils sont neufs ils les garderont par devers eux et demanderont des instructions au Ministère des Finances par la voie hiérarchique.

"V. Dans le cas où les articles qui, d'après la décision du Ministère des Finances doivent payer des droits, montrent qu'ils ont servi, le Bureau de la douane par lequel ils passeront pourra faire uno réduc- tion de droits d'après l'usure, en conformité des stipulations pres- crites dans les ordonnannces douanières générales.

" VI. Si pour une cause ou une autre le pétitionnaire est dans l'impossibilité de fournir immédiatement les preuves exigées par l'Ar- ticle II, et désire néanmoins faire entrer son mobilier dans le pays, on pourra lui en donner l'autorisation contre paiement à la douane du montant des droits dûs qu'on tiendra en dépôt pendant six mois. A l'expiration de ce délai, si la douane n'a pas reçu l'ordre de laisser entrer en franchise, elle portera définitivement la somme versée au crédit de l'impôt

"VII. Le délai pour l'ordre de laisser entrer en franchise de droits expire au bout de six mois à partir do la date du document transmet- tant la décision.

" VIII. On ne peut accorder qu'une fois & la même personne le bénéfice de l'entrée en franchise de droits.

" IX. Dans tous les cas d'entrée en franchise de droits, le bénéticiaire s'engagera par écrit au bureau des douanes à ne pas vendre les articles importés avant l'expiration de six mois. S'il ne tient pas à cette promesse il devra payer triple droit ainsi que les amendes qu'il pourra avoir encourues.

"X. liC Ministère des Finances peut, quand les circonstances spé- ciales l'exigent, exonérer les pétitionnaires d'une ou de plusieurs des formalités requises par les règlements ci-dessus.

"James R. Parsons, Jr.,

" Consul Géytéral.

" Mexico, Mexique, 9 janvier 1905."

T. A SOIE AltTTFînTKT.T.Tt

L'annonce que 1,000,000 de piastres avaient été placées dans une entreprise de fabrication de soie artificielle a suscité un grand intérêt au Mexique. On fait beaucoup de conjectures sur la méthode à employer pour fabriquer la soie.

On a montré une pièce de ce produit artificiel à un reporter qu interrogeait à ce sujet une personne intéressée à cette industrie et on lui a dit que ce produit devait être appelé, non pas soie artificielle, mai» bien soie végétale.

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C'est un composé de coton et de collodion. I/orsque le coton est plongé dans une solution de collodion, il est complètement dissous. La mixture, ou la combinaison qui en résulte, est versée dans une cuve où elle reste jusqu'à ce qu'une fermentation se produise. De la cuve, le liquide passe à travers un certain nombre de tubes en verre et en celluloïde, qui sont eux-mêmes réunis dans une tour de 120 à 150 pieds de hauteur. L'extrémité inférieure de ces tubes est perfoi*ée et la solution s'échappe par cette petite ouverture sous la forme d'un fil ñn qui sèche dès qu'il est au contact de l'air. C^est ce produit qu'on nomme soie artiâcielle. Plusieurs broches placées sous les tubes se saisissent des fíls dès qu'ils sortent, et chaque broche tord trois des fila fins pour n'en former qu'un seul suffisamment résistant pour les besoins industriels. Fris isolément, les fils fins seraient trop faibles pour l'emploi auquel on les destine. Au moyen d'une certaine teinture ce produit peut être rendu ignifuge. La filature de cette soie n'est pas un problème aussi difficile à résoudre que son tissage; jusqu'à présent on n'a pas pu employer la soie végétale seule, il a été nécessaire de la mélanger avec du coton et de la vraie soie.

La soie artificielle peut être vendue en Europe 15 francs le kilo- gramme, tandis que la soie naturelle coûte de 70 à 250 francs le kilo- gramme.

PARAGUAY.

ï!LEOTIOH D'UN HOWBATT FILÉSIDENT ET TOBJCATIOir DE SO» CABINET.

Le Bureau International des Républiques Américaines vient d'être informé par le Ministère des Affaires Etrangères que M. Juan B. Gagna a ét¿ élu à la Présidence de la République du Paraguay le 20 décembre 1904 et qu'il a formé son cabinet de la manière suivante:

Ministre de l'Intérieur, Don Emilio Pérez.

Ministre des Affaires Etrangères, Don Cecilio B.(ez.

Ministre de la Justice, des Cultes et de l'Instruction Publique, Don. Catetano a. Cabreras.

Ministre des Finances, Don Emiliano Gonzalez Navero,

Ministre de la Guerre et de la Marine, te Général Beningo Ferreira

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URUGUAY.

HOUVEHBHT DV PORT DE HONTtVTDtO EH NOVEMBRE 1904.

îje '^Handela-Zeitung" (revista financiera y comercial) de Buenos Ayres publie les chiffres suivants qui font ressortir le mouvement du port de Montevideo en novembre 1904:

SORTIES DE VAISSEAUX.

EXPORTATIONS.

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VENEZUELA. nrrEBDicTioir de l'importation du papier A oioaretteb.

Une ordonnance du gouvernement vinézuéiien, promulguée le 18 janvier 1905, prohibe Timportation au Venezuela du papier à cigarettes de toute sorte.

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Whole No. 138. Vol. XIX. No. »,

Monthly Bulletin

International Bureau

American Republics.

LnERUTioui Oiioi OF AiEKicui Repobucs.

Wliil* the ntmost care is taken to insure nccurncy in the publication* of the International Bureau of the American Bopublica, no responsibilitjr Ú aaanmed on account of errors or inaccuracies which may occur therein.

"m: a bo^, 10O5.

WASHINGTON, D. C, V. 8. Í.:

GOVERNMENT PRINTINQ OFFICE. 1906.

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OEN£B¿L INDEX.

GENERAL INDEX.

(Spanish iv

Englieb....' T

Portugiieee vi

French '. vu

List of HoQoniry Correepondenta ■ viii

Latin- American Representatives in the United States ix

United States Representatives in tbe latin-American Republics z

Rates of Postage from the United States to Latin-American Countnee xi

Foreign ftfails — Postín Rates from Xjitia-Amencan Countries . xii

Parcels-Post Regulations .... ziii

United States Consulates in Latin America ,' ztv

Consulates of the I^tin-American Republics in the United Slates . xv

Weights and Measures xvii

Metric Weights and Measuree............. zviit

Publications of tlie Bureau zix

Value of latin-American Coins............ xzii

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IITIDIOE.

PiK¡Dt. 1.— El Pallbcihiekto dkl 8eRoii Don Minüil nm AzfIboi. Embiiidor di iltx¡co... SOS

II.— DISFCBIO DEL PBKSIPENTE HOOSÎVILT HS

III,— La ProDUcaûN du la Goha Elástica MO

IV,— Un NUEVn MftFA DK LA l«LA DI SANTO DOHINQO Ml

V,— RepPblica Abobntina su

(."omertlo por T«rto« puerloa, oclubre j noTiembre de mw— El arroi.

Tratado de èilrad[clAn concluido entre Cuba y Ioh Enfado* Unidoe.

Vil.— Chile '. tM

Ley fobre aplautrnienlo de coDveralúTi roetállc*. VIII.— Repu Bl.irA DoxrNicAiiA í M2

IX.-EíUADOB tat

Modificaeionea del arancel.

X.— Esta Doe Unidos SM

Comercio con la America latina- Au me nia en la euporlarirtn de manulaclura*.

XI.— EIONDURAB Mï

liD|)Orlaeli.n general, 1S03 A 1904— Eiportaciiin. lÎM i 1»M— Egreso» durante el cunrio Irlmeetre de IM3 á I9(H.

ConreDclún celebrada entre Mexico y Canad*, para el cambio de correspond enclai entre ios dos países. XIII.— Salvador W9

EiporlaclAn durante el primer trimealre de I9M. XIV.-UBtiol'Aï 563

Comercio del puerto de Uontevldeo, noviembre de 1901.

Decreto porei cual se ordena la lormacl6n de una blbllOKMlla nacional— Abogados exlranjeios en Venezuela.

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Paie. I.— Death of BeRor Don Manuel he AifIhoz bai

11.— IHADOI-'RAL AdDEI» oí PHE8IDKNT BcKWtVELT 659

HI.— A no ENTINE Republic 561

Nïw valuation tarin- Porclgu commerce In 19M— Railway movemenl In im— Exporta to the United Slateti. last quaiier ot 19IH— Shipnienb of wheat lo Great Brltslo—Flnanclal sUtiillca lor IWM— Port movemeniB dniing October and November, 1904— Immigration movement lo 1«M— Poetai itatlitli», looi— Analy- sis of Atgetitine rice.

IV.— Bolivia 8U

Budget for 1906.

v.— Bpaiil 672

Cusloms reeelpti lor December end lor the year ISOt— Budget lor IW&— Eiporti o( rubber— EiportB Irom Pernambuco, December, 1904— Tarfff modi Bcatlons— Bogar and cotton entries during the llist four months ol I9H.

VI.— Chile 682

UuïIomB revenue, calendar year 1904 — Conversion bl il— Development ol lhe Magel- lan district.

VII.— COLOHBIA 686

Increase ol Import duties.

' VIII.— Costa Rica S8&

Banana laduslry.

IX,-CUB* 66B

Treaty ol eitradltlon with the United Bute»— l*w relating to patent medicines— Cultivation of aisal bemp — Customs decisions— Imports from the United State», IMM.

X.— DoKiNiCAN Republic 6W

Réduction Dl Import duties on angar and sugared products.

XI.— Ecuador 599

Tarifl modincations.

XII.-Gl'ATBMALA WS

Guatemala Northern Ballmad.

XIII.— Uo.iDt'KAS eoi

Foreign commerce. 1903-4.

XIV— Mexico «6

Foreign commerce in November, 19M— «Customs receipis, November. 1904— Customs receipts, December. 19W — Free Importation of household goods— Mexico Clly-

l^ad production in 1904 — Amendments to dynamite conccislan- Postal conven- tion with the Dominion of Canada.

XV.-PAIIOUAT 619

Eleetion ol new Presldeal and cab! net— Ex porta ol qtlebracbo, June to November. 1904.

XVI.-Pmu 619

Industrial development In the Repn bile— Boundary Itraty vlth Bnill— DuUee on electric and gas equipments— Railroads In the Republic— A ntomotdle freight line.

X VII.— Salvador '. 625

Exports. Hrst quarter of 1901.

XVIIL-UNiTEb STATia 628

Trade with Latin America— Consular trade reports— Foreign eommerce, Jajtnary,

I9iti— Exports ot man II factures In 1901— Exports of farm products, 1904— Budgei for 1906-6— CoQsumutlon of coffee In 1901- Production of pig Iron In 1904— Pal-

■ - ■ - . ~^ne— Railway statlslk» for 1904—

,1 ptoduct^ 1904— DiBwback decl-

jmutlon of coffee In 1! larlis In the Panama (

«ions by Seerelary of the Treasury— Panmna water supply.

XIX.-UKfGfAï 656

Customs receipts for Decemtier and for 1901 — Commercial Intercourse with the United States— Movement of the port ol Montevideo, November, 1904.

XX.-Venkuela 667

Importation of cigarette paper prohibited— Cattle exports.

XXI.— Tin Production or the World «58

XXII— The World's Cocoa P»oduci(ON £58

XXUI.-WoJtLP'B LiadOUTUTT 66»

XXIV-TRAbeOppr-ETuNrriRs in Latin Ahebica 660

XXV.— Book Notes 66S

XXVI.— Library AccEasioKS akd Filib «66

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.-O FlLLBOHIinO DO SSHHOB IMM MUIOIL M AZnBOt, EKBIIXÁHOB DO UUTCO «77

,— BBPCaUCil ABOINTINA 6B0

Hovliiienio doa portos em Outubro e Novembro de IKM— Eiportacto por paliea cm 1001— ExporUcSo para oaEBtadoeUnLdoa DO ultimo trlmeat re de ISM— BxportefOe* ãe lilfio para a Orft Bretanha— Uartinento da immlsn(«a «n ISOl— E>(ati*tica poclal em IWM.

-BOLITU 68S

Oi^amenio pan 19dB.

,— Chili 6S6

Lei de eoQvenào do papel raoMa— K«iidaa aduauelrai em IMM.

.— COLOMBU 689

Ausmenlo do* dlreltoi de ImporUtto. .—Cuba tat

Importações prorenienles doa Esladoa Unldoaem IDM- DedMea referenteat tarifa daa al tanderas. — RlPCBUCa DOHINICtKl G9Z

Rodoccto doa direitoa de imporlaçlo KAre o lamicar e productoc de aMuear.

— ESTADOH ÜNlDOa 692

Commerçfo com oa palm latÍTir>amçrlGai]» — Commer^lo exterior em Janeiro de 1 WHS— Im portanto de producloi Iropicaea em 1SH— DecIsOea da Secretario do The- eouTO lelatlTsaá restituido de direitos—Crescimento daa importafAea de bc/racba.

—Milico GK

Rcndaa aduaneiras arrecadado» no mez de Detembrode IHH.

■Ubdoua» em

Rendas aduanelraa em Dciembro e para o anno de 19H— Uorlmento do pono de Montevideo em Novembro de IMM.

■VSHBICKLl TOO

ImpottâfAo de papel pars clgarroa protilUd».

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TABLE DBS HAIIEKES.

TAT=tT.-Fi IDES f^ A OT^IRES-

I.— UoKT DE Seüor Dom Manoel de Aetibõe TDl

IL— BtPCBLiaFE Aboehtine 70B

HouTemenlsdea chemina de (er en IKH— EiporUtlops aui ËlaU-Unia pour le deniler trimestre de l'ínnfe ISW— Mouvements de porta en octobre et novembro ISW,

lll.-BoUïiE 706

Budget pour I'anaíe IBDS.

IV.— BBËnL im

Lea cbemlDS de ter brâíUleni.

V.--CHIU 703

Recetlea donnnieres pour l'annjc KOI.

TL— Colohbie TIO

ADgmeDlktkm dei droits d'Importation.

VU.— RiruauQVB DouiNictniB Tlt

RMuclloD des droits d'Importation sur le sucic et le* prodaita lucres— Commerce et' ooudltloaa ócoDomtquce.

VIIL-fcjriiEDR -M

ModlflcattoDS doiunifres— Mise eo rtgle dca kllnmettes. du tabac et du papier 1 clgaretlea.

IX.— irA«-UHM 719

Commerce avec l'Amfiique la tice— Production de la fonlt; de ler eu 1W4— Augmcn- latton des Imporlaltons de eaonlchooc.

X.— GVATËHII^ 712

Voltorefl électriques pour U ville de aualimala.

XL— HeXIQC* T2Î

Recettes douanlirm pour le mois de novembre IKM— Recettes douanières, décembre ISOI — L'imiwrtatlon de meubUs et natcnsUea de minage en franchise de drolU— La soie artlHclelle.

XII.— Pabaocat 720

Election d'un nouveau l>rfsldeDl et lonnation de son cabinet

Xni.-UBUOCiY 7Ï7

Mouvement du port de Montevideo en novembre IMH.

IntenUctloD de l'importatloti du («plei í dsarclies.

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HONORABT COBRESPONDINQ MEHBBBS.

EOHOBABT OOBBESPOHDma HIHBESS OT TEE IXTESEATIOIIL UHIOE OF AKXBIOAI BBFDBUOS.

Countries.	Names.
Argentine Bejiublic. .	Señor Dr. Don Estonialao S. Zeballoa	Buenos A y rea.
Bolivia	Senor Don Manuel V. Ballivián"	La Paz.
Brazil		Pará.
		Florianópolis. Santiago. B<^t£.
Dominican Republic.	Señor Don José Gabriel García *	Santo Domingo.
Ecuador	Sefior Dou Francisco Andra.le Marfn	Quito.
	Seflor Don Antonio Batre)< Jáuregiii	Guatemala City.
	Seflor Don H. Confta:itino Fiallos
		Citv of Meiico.
	Seflor Don Fernando Ferrari Pérei	City of Mexico.
		Managua.
	Señor Don José S. Découd Señor Don Alejandro tiarland
Peru	Luna.
	HeTior General Don Manuel I^andaeta Rosales. Señor Don Francisco de Paula Alamo
	Caracas.

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LATIN-AMEBICAN REPRESENTATIVES.

lATIH-AMEEIOAN EEPEE3EHTATITES IN THE UNITED STATES.

AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINAflY AND Pl.EMH>OTENTrAHV.

Mexico Señor Don Maniel db Azpíroz,

H16 1 Mreet NW,. Washlnglon, D. C. ENVOYS EXTRAORDINAflY AND MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARY.

A i^ntine Republic Sefior Don Martín García Menor,

Bolivia Seflor Don Ionacio Calderón*,

ISOOik'Vcntceiilh strwt, Wsshlnglon. O. C.

Brazil Mr. J. F. ue Asbis- Brasil,

Chile SeOorDon Joauií.v Walkbk Martínez,

leOO N Stterl.

Costa Rica .Señor Don Joaqcín Bernardo Caivo,

13» Eighleenth street NW., Waihfngton, D. C.

Cuba Hedor Don Gonzai/) »E QiiKSADA,

low Sixteenth sdeet NW.. Washington, D. C.

Ecua<lor 8efÍor Don Alfredo Baqueriko,

tínateinala Seflor Don Joroe MfSoï,

' The Arllnglon."

Haiti Mr. J. N. Léger,

141» Ktiude iBland afeiiue, WoKhlnglon, I). C.

Niiaragiia Señor Don Luia F. Corea,

Iflia Twentieth slreet.

Panama SefiorDon J. Domingo deObaldIa,

"ThcHlghtAnds."

Paraguay Seflor Don Cecilio Baek,

H05 1 siroel.

Peni SefiorDon Manuel Alvarbü CalderAn,

'■The Comieclicut." Salva<lor Señor Dr. Don Rafael S. Lopez,

Uruguay Señor Dr. Don Eduardo Acb vedo Diaz,

-The Portland," Washington, D. C.

CHARGES D'AFFAIRES.

Argentine Republic Señor Don Carlos E, Za valía,

lOaa Connecticut avenue, Waablngton, D.C.

Brazil Senhor Alfrbi>o de M. Gome» Ferreira,

Hit Hopkins Klreet, Wunlilnglon, D.C. Colombia SefiorDon Eduardo Perez Triana,

" The Rochambcau."

Dominican Republic SeBor Don Emilio C. Joubkbt,

31-3S Broadway, Hew York City. Ecuador Seflor Dr. Don Serafín 8. Wither,

11 Broadwo)-, New York CTty,

Venezuela Señor Don N. Veloz-Goiticoa,

1718 P elreel, Washington, D. C.

consuls-oenerau. Honduras Sefior Dr. Don Salvador Cóbdot a,

4 Stone street. New York.

ACTINQ DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF WILLIAMS C. FOX.

U,.,lzerl:,vG00gIe

UNITED BTATKB BEPBE8ENTAI1TBS.

ÏÏNITED STATES EEPEESENTATIVES IN THE LATIM- AMEBICAN BEFUBLIOS.

AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDIHAftY AHO PtENIPOTEHTIARV.

Mexico Powell Clayton, City of Mexico.

ENVOYS EXTRAOftOINARV AND MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARV.

Argentine Republic A. N. Beaupré, Buenos Ayrea.

Bolivia William B. Sobsby.

Brazil David E.Thompsok.IUo de Janeiro.

Chile Ukhíiv L. Wilson, Santiago.

Colombia W. W. RfssBLL, Bogotii.

Costa Rica William L. Mbrry, San Joeé.

Cuba ..Herbebt G. Stji'iBfls, Havana.

Dominican Republic TnoMAitC. Dah-son, Santo Domingo.

Ecuador Archibald J. Sampson, Quito.

Guatemala Leslie Combs, Guatemala City.

Haiti William F. Powell, Port au Prince.

Honduras (See Guatemala.)

Kicaragua {See Costa Rica.)

Panama Jonv Barrait, Panuna.

Paraguay {See Uruguay.)

Peru Irving B. Düpley, Uma.

Salvador (See Costa Rica.)

Uruguay ........William R. Fikch, Montevideo.

Venezuela Hbbbbrt W. Bowbn, Carscaa.

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BATES OF POSTAGE.

BATES OF POSTA&E FROM THE UNITED STATES TO LATIN- AMEBIOAN COUHTEIES.

The ratea of ponage (nmt the United Slates to all foreign coontrleg and colonlea (except Cana Ueilco, and Cuba) are aa lollows:

Lellera, perlS^mni (1 onnce) S

Slnifle postal cãrâa, each 2

Double poalHl carda, each 1

Kewspapen and other printed matter, pprîniinp«_ _ _ 1

Commercial papers jpackels In (

jpackeu not In exccsa oí i ooacea 1

Samplesol nKrGbaQdÍ9e..|Packel>i In excess ollonocesi, lor each 3 oonees or fraction

Registration lee on letters atid other article* 1

partially.

Mailer mailed in the United Slates aadressed to Meilcoiambjecl to the «ame poalage ralea and con- ditions as It would be it it were addressed lor delivery In the United Stale.i, except IhHt articles ol miscellaneous men? ban dlw (lourlh-claas matter) not aentaa bonajlils trade samples should be sent l>7 "Parcels Post:" and that the lollowlne tiWtla ire aliiolald¡/ t^i"¡td Irom lhe mails without regard to the amoant of postage prepaid or the manner In which theyare wrapped:

All sealed packages, other than letters in their usoal and ordinary tonn; aU packages (Including packages ol B«cand-clan matter) which weigh more than 4 pounds Simuces. ciccpl such as are sent by "Parcela I^Mt;" publications which Ttolate any copyright law ol Heiico,

Single TOlumesol printed t>ook3 fn tiitsraltd jmrlagaitK tranimledble lo Mexico In the regular maila without limit as to weight

Poisons, eiploaiTa, and inflammable articles, life or dead animals. Insects (especially the Colorado beetle), reptiles, frult< or regetable matter liable to deeonrpositlan. and substances eiballng a bad

or nature, liable to destroy, delace, or otherwise ln]ute the Gontent^o( the mall bags, or tbepeisons of those engaged in the postal service: also obscene, lewd, or lascivious books, pamphlelt, etc., and leltcra and circulara concerning lotterlea, «o-eallcd gilt concerts, etc. (alao excluded Ipom domeslle • malls): pontal cards or letters addressed to go around the world; letters or packages (except those to Meiloo) containing gold or silver sotjstaiices. Jewelry or pi«clOUa articles; any packet whatever con. talnlng articles liable to customs duties In tbeconnliles addressed (except Cuba and Mexico): arti- cles other than letters which are not prepaid at least partly: articles other than Icttera or postal carda containing WTltlDg in the nature ol personal correspondence. unless lull)' prepaid at the rate ol letter postage; artldesola nature likely tosoil or Injure thecorrespondence; packets o I commercial papers and prints of all kinds, the weight of wblcb exceeds 2 kilograms (1 pounds 6 ounces), or the size 18 lachea in atty direction, except rofla of prints, which may measure SO Inches In length by 4 Inches In diameter, posul cards not ol United Stateaorigln, and United States postal cardsol the Urgcst ("C") Size (except as letters), and except also the reply halvea of double postal cards received (rom torelgu countries.

Tbere Is. moreover, reserved to the Ooremmcnl of every country of the Pastal Union the right to relnse to convey oyer its territory, or lo deliver, as well, articles liable to the reduced rate In regard to wblcb the laws, ordinances, or decrees which regulate the conditions of their publication or of their circulation In that country bave Dot been complied with.

ta" Full and complete itilormalloQ relative to all regulations can be obtained from the United Slates Poetai Quids. .

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PABOELS-POST BEGULATIONS.

fABLB SnoniHO THB Latin-Ahbrican CocHTitiEB TO Which Parcbls may bb Sbnt FROM THB United States; the Dimensión», Weight, and Bates op Postage Appli- cable TO Parceu, and the Exchange Fobt-Oppicbs which mav Dispatch and Receive Parcel»-Fost Mails.

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Chile

Qualemala

Oulaiu.Brltiab.. HoDdnras

Mexico

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Francisco. New York and San

Francisco.

Francisco. New York, Nen

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DHITED STATES CONSULATES.

UKITED STATES CONSULATES Df LATIN AMEBIOA.

Frequent application is made to the Bureau for the address of United States Consulii in tbe South and Central American Republics. Those desiring to correspond with any Consul can do so by address- ing "The United States Consulate*' at the point named. Letters thus addressed must be delircred to the proper person. It must be under- stood, however, that it is not the duty of Consuls to devote their time to private business, and that all such letters may properly be treated as personal, and any labor involved may be subject to charge therefor.

The following ¡s a list of United States Consulates in the different Bepublics:

Arokhtinr Ebpublio— BuenoB Ayi«8. Cordoba. Rosario.

La Paz.

Bahia. Para.

Pernambuco. Kio de Janeiro.

Chile-'*'

Antobigaatai

Coquimbo.

Iqllique.

ValjmraiBQ. Colombia—

Barra nqnilla.

BoíTotá.

Cartagena. Colúii (AspinwaU). Me<lell]n. Panama. Costa Rica — Puerto Limon. Punta Arenas. San Joaë.

CienfoegoB. Hatiana. Santiago. Dominican Republk^ Puerto Plata. Kaiiiana. San lu Domingo.

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Guatemala.

H OH DL- HAS—

Ceiba.

Pnerto Cortes. Tegucigalpa. Uffla. Meiico- A capo Ico. Chinnahiia. Cindad Juarez. Oiudaii Porfirio Dial. Darango. Ensenada. La Paz. Matamoros. Mazatlan. Mesico. Monterey. Nogales. Nuevo Lareda Proereso. Saltillo, l^mpico. Tux pan. Vera Crux.

Managua.

San Juan del Norte.

PAR-lfiHAV—

Asunción. Peru—

Callao. Salvauor-

Son Salvador Uri'oiav-

Colonin.

Montevideo.

Pay sand a. Vehezdbla —

La Guaira.

Maracaibo. . Puerto Cabello.

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LATIN-AHEKICAN CONSULATES.

001Ï8ULATE8 01 THE LAHH-AMEBIOAH EEPDBUOS IH THE UHITED STATES.

IRUEKTINI! BKPIIBUI'.	San Frinciaco. Apalachlcola. Brunswick. 31, Louln. New York Clly. SiSSfp".. Norfolk. 3an niego. KansiuClty. New York City. Philadelphia. San FrábclKo. Brunswick. |Sf-- Boston. "' PswagoDla. Richmond. San FranciKO. ChíSiTo."' Boston. New York City. Portland. Philadelphia. Manila. San Juan. Mobile. Han Francisco. §;».». PhÛadcFphlaî'' San Francisco. IWnver. BÍuimÓ™."* Boston.
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C08TÍ BIC*.	HIITI.
		Chicago. Banffor.
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OONSÜLATI» OF THE LATHT-AICEBIOAII lŒPUBUOS-Ocaitiiiiiel

H OR DDK AH.	Uoblle. San Diego. San Francisco. Ka'^Cltr. Sr'"' Mobile. Naco. Sr-- Pensacola. S¿w York aty. Portland. ' Brownsville. Laredo," Rio Grande Clly. Los Angeles. San Diego. San Francisco. Chicago. Kanws Cily. Louisville. if"' Rt. Louis. New York CMj. Philadelphia. Ban J lian. «alveston. Newmri News. Seattle.	píRAfll'il-Contlnued.	CMcaga
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• WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. XVir

WEIGHTS AND MEASÜIIES.

The following table KÍves the chief weights and measures in ci>iiimercia! use in Mexico and the Republica of Central and South America, and their equivalents in the United States:

	Where used.	United Slates equivalente.
.
Arroba(dr.v)		25.3171 pounds. 3-2.38 pounds. 25.36ft pounds. 25.4024 pounds. 4.2tt:l gallons. 20.0787 gallons.
Brlzil
Arroba (liquid) Barril
Argentine Republic and Mexico.. .
	4.2631 gallons.
		78.9yard8.
Fan«a (dry)
Chile	2.575 bushels.
		7.776 bushele.
		2.5096 quarts.
Hectare Hectoliter (dry) Hectoliter (liquid). - KilogMm(kilo)	do do do do	2.471 aires. 2.83a bushels. 26.417 gallons. 2.2046 pounds.
Lei^ue (land)
	1.0127 pounds. 1.043 pounds. 1.014 pounds.
		1.01465 pounds. 1.0143 pounds.
		1.0161 pounds.
	Metric
	1.0791 pounds. 1.5-6 acres.
		0.607 pound.
	Brazil
	101.61 pounds. 100 pounds. 220.46 pounds.
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HËTKIC WEIGHTS AMD MEA8UBES.

METEIO WEIGHTS AND MEASÏÏEES.

METRIC WEIGHTS.

Milligram (1/1000 gram) equals 0.0154 grain.

Centigram (t/100 gram) equals 0.1543 grain.

Decigram (1/10 gram) equals 1.5432 grains.

Gram equals 15.432 grains.

Decagram { 10 grams) equals 0.3527 ounce.

Hectogram ( 100 grams) equals 3.5274 ounces.

Kilogram (1,000 grams) equals 2.2046 pounds.

Myriagram (10,000 grams) equals 22.046 pounds.

Quintal (100,000 grams) equals 220.46 pounds.

Millier or tonneau— ton (1,000,000 grams) equals 2,201.6 ponnds.

METRIC DRY MEASURE.

Milliliter (1/1000 liter) equals 0.061 cubic inch. . Centiliter (1/100 liter) equals 0.6102 cubic inch. Deciliter (1/10 liter) equals 6.1022 cuUc inches. Liter equals 0.90S quart. Decaliter (10 liters) equals 9.08 quarts. Hectoliter (100 liters) equals 2.838 bushels. Kiloliter (1,000 liters) equals 1.308 cubic yards.

METRIC LIQUID MEASURE.

Milliliter (1/1000 liter) equals 0.27 fluid dram.

Centiliter (1/100 liter) equals 0.338 fluid ounce.

Deciliter ( 1/10 liter) equals 0.845 gill.

Liter equals 1.0567 quarts.

Decaliter (10 litera) equals 2.6417 gallons.

Hectoliter (100 liters) equals 26.417 gallons.

Kiloliter (1,000 liters) equals 264.17 gallons.

METRIC MEASURES OF LEHSTH.

Millimeter (1/1000 meter) equals 0.0394 inch. Centimeter ( 1/100 meter) equals 0.3937 inch. Decimeter (1/10 meter) equals 3.937 inches. Meter equals 39.37 inches. Decameter (10 metera) equals 393.7 inches. . Hectometer (100 metera) equals 328 feet 1 inch. Kilometer (1,000 metera) equals 0.62137 mile (3,ïniU feet 10 inches). Myriameter (10,000 meters) equals 6.2137 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 been adopted by the tollowing-named American cotmtries: Argentine Bepnblic, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Hon* dun», Mexico, Paraguay, united States of America, and Venexuela.

PUBLICATIONS. XIX ■

PBIOE LIST OF PUBLIOATIONS.

Annual Reporta of the Director of the Bureau, 1891-1904. (Sent upon requeel.) Bulletin of the Bureau, published monthly since October, 1893, in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and French. Average 225 pages, 4 volumes a year. Yearly subscription (In countriee of the Interoational union of American

Bepubliœ) Í2.00

Yearly subscription (other countries) 2.50

Single copiei 25

Orders for the BulletiQ should be tkddressed to the Chief Ciprk of the Bureau. Codeof Commercial Nomenclature, 1897. (Spanish, English, and Portuguese. )

W5 pages, 4°, cloth 2. 50

Codeof Commercial HoDieuclatura, 1897. (Portuguese. Spaniah, and English.) 640 pages, 4° 2.50

Note DealgnBtca in alphabetical order. In equlralent terma In Engllib, Portiign«se,

Bad SpaDlsb, the commodities ol Amerlcnn nations on which Import duUei are levied.

Worthington's Commercial Report, 1899. (Argentine Republic, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay.) 178 pages, 8° 35

(A reprint of reports I to 6 received from a special commissioner appointed by the British Board of Trade to report upon trade in certain South American countries,)

Money, Weights, and Measures oí the American Republics, 1891. 12 pages, 8°. . 05

Beport on Coffee, with special reference to the Costa Rican product, etc.

Washington, 1901. 15 pages, 8» 10

El café. Su historia, ctdtívo, beneficio, variedades, producción, exportación, importación, consumo, etc. Datos extensos presentados al Congreso relativo al café que se reimiril en Nueva York el 1° de octubre de 1902, 167, iií pages, 8", Bibliography, page 164 60

Coffee. Extensive information and statistics. (English edition oí the above. ) 108 pages, 8°. Bibliography, page 100 60

Leyes y reglamentos sobre privilegios de invención y marcas de fábrica en loB pafses hispano- americanos, el Brasil y la República de Haití. Revisado hasta agosto de 1904. Washington, 1904. 415 pages, 8° 1. 00

Patent and trade-mark laws oí the Spanish American Republics, Brazil, and the Republic of Haiti 1. 00

nANDBOOKS (general SESCRimON ANS STATISTm).

Argentine Republic. A geographical sketch, with special reference to economic conditions, actual development, and prospects of future growth. Washing- ton, 1903. 28 illustrations, 3 maps, 366 pages, 8°. Bibliography, page 3S4. . . 1.00

Bolivia. Geographical sketch, natural resources, laws, economic conditions, actual devoloproent, prospects of future growth. Washington, 1904. Illus- trated, 214 pages, 8° 1.00

Brazil. 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

Honduras. Cieographical sketch, natnral resources, IBM's, economic condi- tions, actual development, prospects of future growth. Washington, 1904. Illustrations, economic and telegraphic maps, £52 pages, 8° 1. 00

Mexico. Geographical sketch, natural resources, laws, economic conditions, actual development, prospects of future growth. Washington, 1904. Illus- trated. 454 pages, 8" 1.00

XX PUBLICATIONS.

Paraguay. Second edition, revised and enlarged, with a (chapter on the native

races. 1902. lllustrationa, map, 187 pages, 8° $0.76

Venezuela. Second edition revised. 1899. In two parts.

Part I. English, 138 p^es, R". Bibliography, pag« 135 26

Part 2. Spanish, 278 pages, 8°. Bibliography, page 275 25

Venezuela. Geographical sketch, natural resources, laws, economic condi- tions, actual development, prospects of future growth. Washington, 1904. Illustrations, economic and railway map, 608 pages, 8°. Bibliography, page 543 1.00

American Constitutions. A compilation of the political constitutions of the independent Slates of Spanish America, Brazil, and Haiti, in the original text, with English translations, and an appendix giving in English and m Spanish the Constitution of the United States of America. Washington, 1905. 2 vols., 8° (each).. 1.00

Brazil. A Ibt of books, maf;azine articles, and maps relating to Brazil. 1800-

1900. Washington, 1901. 145 pages, 8= 1.00

Central America. A list of books, m^azine articles, and maps relating to Central America, including the republics of Costa Rica, Guat«mala, Hon- duras, Nicaragua, and Salvador. 1800-1900. Washington, 1902. 109 pages, 8° 50

Chile. A list of books, magazine articles, and maps relating to Chile. Wash- ington, 1903. 110 pages, 8° 1.00

Part^uay. A list of books, magazine arUcles and maps relating to Paraguay. 1.00

Guatemala. From official and other sources. 1902. Scale of 12,5 miles to 1 inch (1:792,000). la 2 sheets, each sheet 71 x 76 cm. No. 1. General features. No. 2. Agricultural 1.00

Mexico. From official Mexican and other sources. 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

Nicaragua. From official and other sources. 1904. Scale of 12.5 miles to 1 inch (1:192,000). In 2 sheets, each sheet 80 x 80cm. No. 1. General map. No. 2. Agricultural.

Bolivia. Mapa de la república de Bolivia, mandado organizar y publicar por el Presidente Constitucional General José Manuel Pando. Scale 1:2,000,000. La Paz, 1901. (Eeprint International Bureau of the American Republics, 1904) 1.00

List of Books and Maps in Course of Preparatio»i.

H.tNDBOOKS.

The United Slates. (In Spanish.) Manual de loa Estados Unidos de América.

Cuba.

Dominican Republic.

Haiti.

Mexico. (Edition of 1900 thoroughly revÍBe<l and enlarged.)

Nicaragua.

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MAPS.

Maps are in course of preparation of the Republics of Brazil, Honduras, and

Salvador. The Bureau has for dietribalian a limited supply of the following reports:

Reports of the International American Conference of 1890. Reports of com- mitteea and discussions thereon. ( Revised under the direction of tlie execu- tive committee by order of the conference, adoptt^ March 7, 1890. ) Vols. 1, 2, 3, and 4, cloth, 4°. Set Í3.00

International American Conference Reportsand Recommendations. 1890. In- cludes reports of the plan of arbitration, reciprocity treaties, intercontinental railway, steamship communication, sanitary regulations, common silver coin, patents and trade-marks, weights and measures, port daiis, interna- tional law, extradition treaties, international bank, memorial tablet, Colum- bian exposition —

Octavo, bound in paper 25

Octavo, bound in half morocco 1.00

Intercontinental Railway Reports. Report of the intercontinental railway com- mission. Washington, IHdS. 7 vols., 4°, three of mape and iour of text, cloth. Set 35.00

Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State submitting the report, with accompanying papers, of the delegate of the United States to the Second International Conference of American States, held at the City of Mexico from October 23, 1901, to January 22, 1902. Waahii^on, 1902. 243 pages. 8°. (57th Congress, 1st session, Senate Doc. No. 330. ) Sent upon proper application.

Meesage from the President of the United Slates, transmitting n report from the Sec- retary of State, with accompanying papers, relative to the proceedings of the Inter- national Congress for the stu<ly of the production and consumption of coffee, etc. Washington, 1903. 312 pages. 8° (paper)-. (57th Congrete, 2d session, Senate Doc. No. 35. ) Sent upon proper application.

Traneactionsot the First General International Sanitary Convention of the American Republics, held at Washington, December 2, 3, and 4, 194)2, under the auspices of the Governing Boar<l of the International Union of the American Republics. Washington, 1903. (Õ7th Congress, 2d session. Senate Doc. No. 109. ] (In Span- ish and Englisli.) Sent upon proper application.

Messie from the President of the United States, transmitting a report by the Secre- tary of State, with accompanying papers, relative to the proceedings of the Firat Customs Congres of the American Republics, held at New York in January, 1903. Washington, 1903. 195 pages. 8° (paper). (57th Congress, 2d session. Senate Doc. No. 180.) Sent upon proper application.

Costa Rica — The land, its resources and its people. By Richard Villafranca. New York, 18Ü5. 139 pages. 8° ( paper). Sent upon proper application, NOTR,— Senate itucu metilo. Ilsleil above, containing reporU of the varlouB IntcmatlonHl Ampricaii

Conjresses, may iiL» be oblaincd through memtwn oí lhe L'nllsd Slalis Senate and House o( Repre-

Payment is re<iuire(l to be made in cash, money orders, or by bank drafts on banks In New York City or Washington, D. C, payable to the order of the International BuRBAi} OP THE AMERICAN Rgpubucs. Individual cbecks On bauks outside of New York or Washington, or post^^ stamps, can not be accepted.

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VALUE OF LATIN-AMEBICAN COINS.

VÂLÏÏE OF LATIN-AMEBICAN COINS.

The (ollowing table showa the value, in United Stales gold, of coins repreeentl the mouetary units of the Central and South American Republics and Mexico, < inaleii quarterly by the Director of the United States Mint, in pursuance of ■ Congress 1

ESTIMATE JANUARY 1, 1906.

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«ons. Gold— 5, 10, and 20 tnilre Silver—}, 1, and 2 milreis.]! Gold— 2, 5, 10, and Í

(19.307). Silver— 5, 10, 25, and 60 t

Silver — Peso and divisions. J Gold- Escudo (11.825), do4

iooD ($3.660), and < '

($7.300). Silver — Peso and diviaions. I

Silver — Peso and divisions. | Gold— Centén ($5.017), I

phonse ($4.823). Silver- Peso.

Gold— 1, 2, 6, and 10 ^ Silver — Gourde and diviáol Gold— Dollar ($0.983), 2},I

10, and 20 dollare. Silver— Dollar (or peso) i

divistona.

Paragiuay has no gold or silver coins of its South American Republics circulates there, tries that issue it.

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