Monthly Bulletin OF THK

International Bureau

American Republics

Ihternational Union of American Republics.

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WASHINGTON, I). C., I’. S. A.:

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Whole No. 131. Vol. XXII. No. 4.

Monthly Bulletin OF THE

International Bureau OF THE

American Republics.

Ikternational Dkioh op American Republics.

While the utmost care is taken to insure accuracy in the publicationtF

of the International Bureau of the American Republics, no responsibility'

is assumed on account of errors or inaccuracies which may occur therein.

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WASHINGTON, D. C., U. S. A.:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

1906.

GENERAL INDEX. UI

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i’ago.

’ Spanish. ly

Eiifflish. V

Editorial contents:! PortuKoese. . vi

French. vii

List of 1 lonorary Correspondents. .•.. viii

Latin-American Representatives in the United States. ix

United States Representatives in the I.atin-Ainerieau Repnhlics. x

Rates of Postage, from the Unitetl States to Latin-Americaiv Countries. xi

Foreign Mails—Postage Rates from I.atin-American Countries. xii

Parcels-Post Regulations. xiii

United States Consulates in I.atin America. xiv

Consulates of the l.atin-American Republics in the United States. xv

Weights and Measures. xviii

Metric Weights and Measures. xix

Publications of tbe Bureau. ... xx

Value of Latin-Amencan Coma... xxiii

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IV INDICE,

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PSKina. I.—tercera Conferencia Internacional i)e U)8 K8taik)s Americanos. 891

II.—La I’NiDAD Pan-Americana. 902 III.—KEFtBi.iCA Argentina. . 903

Ley <Ie aduanii, 190.VIWI6—K.\porta< iones en el mes de eiiero de 1906—Entrada de biKjUes en el puerto de Buenos Aires en enero de 1906—Importaeiones de oro en barra.s en 1905^Patentea eoneedidas y luareas de fabriea recistradas en 190.')—I^a xafra en Tueumlin en 1905—Censo de poblaeiOn y de panado de todas elases del territoriode ('hubnt—Comereio argentino eon la (inin Bretafla en 190.5—La libre entrada de quebracho A Aleniania—Movimientode los puertos, 1905—Edadistiea de Buenos Aires.

IV.—Bolivia. 930 Impuestosobre bebiilas aleohOlieas, ete.—IJereehos deexjairtaeioii sobre el estailo—

Comereio con los Estado.s L’nidos—Industria minera. V.—Brash.

Modilieaciones del araneel—laiy relativa al cafe—Conveiiio sobre garantiu de mar- eas de Mbriea entre el Brasil y la Repdbliea Argentina—ProliibieiOti de entrada de mercaucias que ostenten rotulos falsos de su origen.

VI.—Coiaimbia. Impuesto suplementario sobre la harina extranjera—Modilieacioii del araneel de

febrero 1906—Deereto sobre la protocolizaeioii y deberes de sociedades 6 eoin- pafiiaa extranjeras—Modificaeiones al contrato para la con.strueciOu de uii lerrwarril—Protilaxis contra la tiebre amarilla—ProlongaciOn del Ferroearril de Girardot—ConeesiOn para efectuar la explotacidn de asfalto—El Ferroearril del Cauca—Estanco del tabaco en raina.

VII.—Costa Rica. Renta de aduanas en el segundo semestre de 1905.

Vni—Cuba. Comereio con los Estados Cnidos en 190.5—El valor imponible de los tubacos

cubanos—Exportacion de aziicar de 1903 a 1901—Industria azucarera. IX.—CHILE.

Entradas de aduanas en enero 1906—Ley de presupuestos, 1906—Fin de la eombi- naeiOn acerca <lel nitrato—I>a ley salitrera—Ley <iue autoriza cl eambio de dereehos sobre el aziicar—La industria fabril en la Reptiblica—El Ferroearril Transandino.

X.—RepC'blica Domisicana. Comereio e.xlerior, ultimo trimestre de 1905.

XI.—Ecuador. Tratado de arbitraje con Colombia—Contrato ferroearrilero—Contrato adieiom;!

de la Compania TelegrAtica Central y Sudamericatia. XII.—Estadtis Unidos.

Comereio con la America Latitia—Importaeiones y exportaciones en febrero de 1906—El heneqtien en el mercado de nilo de acarreto—Exportaciones de articu- los de goma en el segundo semestre de 1905—Comereio con las Islns Filipinas en 190.5—RelaciOn financiera correspondiente al mes de marzo de 1936—Estadisticas financieras—Estadistica sobre el tabaco—Exportaciones de cobre en 190!)— Comereio de cafe en febrero de 1906—Importacion de cine—La cosecha de algodOn de 1905—ExportaciOn de mAqtiinas de coser en 1905.

XIII. —Guatemala. Mensaje del Presidente Estrada Cabrem—Informe del COnsul-Gcneral relativo A

los adelantos de la ciudad de Nueva York—El porvenir de la Republlca. XIV. —Haiti.

Ex])ortaciones en el primer trimestre de 1905 A 1906. XV.—Honduras.

Memoria del Ministro de Relaeiones Exteriores—l.’na nueva aduana en la costa del AtlAntico.

937

915

953

957

962

965

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981

987

988

XVI.—MEXICO. 989 Comereio exterior en el mes de noviembre de 190.5—ProducciOn de aziicar y mieles

en 1905—Servicio postal en enerode 1906—El puerto de MazatlAn en 190.5—Expor- tacioncs de henequAn de enero A octubre de 190.')—Producto de los almacenes de depOsito de MAxico y Veracruz—Informes consulares.

XVII.—Nicaragua. 996 SupresiOn del derecho de e.xportaeiOn sobre la plata acuilada—Informes consulares.

XVIIL—PerC. 997 Importacion por los puertos de Salaverry y Huanchaco, primer semestre de 190.5—

COdigo de minas.

.XIX.—Salvador. 1007 Mensaje del Presidente E;scal6n—Exportacioties, nueve primeros mc.ses de 1905—

Renta de licores, 1905. XX.—Uruguay. 1011

Banco de la Repiiblica. XXL—Venezuela. 1012

El Comereio de I’uerto Cabello—Importaeiones por el puerto de Ciudad Bolivar en cl segundo semestre de 1901—Exjiortacioties de Nueva Y’ork A Venezuela en agosto de 1905 y de 1904.

XXII.—El Comercio del Mundo e.n 1905. 1013 XXIII.—Pro1)UCC1(5n de oro del Mundo en 1995. 1011 XXIV.—ProducctOn de Plata del Mundo en. 1995. 1015

XXV.—ProducctOn de Cobre en 1905. 1016

INDEX.

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I.—Third Pan-American Conkerk.nce. 1017 II.—1'an-American Unity. 1028

III.—Argentine Republic. 103v. Customs tariff, 1905-1900—New Cabinet—Commercial record for 1905—Kree impor¬

tation of quebracho W(«)<i desired in Germany—The frozen-meat trade in 1905— Imports of bags and stiekinus—Port movements. 190,5—Imimrts of bullion durinff 190o—Anglo-Argentine commerce in 1905—Movement of the port of Buenos Ayres, January, 1900—Argentine patents, 1905—Live stoek census of Chubut— Sugar crop in Tucuman, 1905—Municipal statistics of Buenos Ayres, 1904—Out¬ put of the national hat factory in 1905.

IV.—Bolivia... 1057 Stamp ta-veson alcoholic liquors—Eximrt duties on tin—Mining industrv.

V.—Brazil...'. 1003 New President—Cotfee movement, January, 1900—Convention with the Argentine

Republic for the protection of trade-marks—Exports from Pernambuco, January, 1900—Prohibition of goods bearing false indications of origin—New ruljber com¬ pany-importation of rubber gomls, 1903 and 1904—Qualities of native coal.

VI.—('HII.E. lOlkl Customs receipts, January, 1900—Budget of expenses, 1900—Moilitlcation of sugar

duties—End of the nitrate combination—Tlie nitrate law—Trausandine Rail¬ road-Manufacturing industry in the Republic.

Vlf.—COIAIMBIA. 1071 Surtax on floor imports—Tarill mmlifleations, February, 1900—Sanitation meas¬

ures in the Republic—Extension of the Girardot Railway—Concession for the exploitation of us))halt—The Cauca Railway—Tobacco-leaf monopoly.

VllL—Costa Rica. 1076 Customs receipts, second half of 1906—Reduction of duty on carbon dioxide—

Development of the intcroceanic route. IX.—CUBA. 1077

Reelection of President Palma—Commerce with the United States. 190.5—Trade of Cienfuegos in 1905—Sugar industry and exports—Dutiable value of Cuban cigars.

X.—Dominican Republic. 1081 Foreign commerce, last quarter of 1905.

XL—Ecuador. 1084 Arbitration of boundary question with Colombia—Reformation of contract of the

Central and South American Telegraph Company—Contract for railway from the coast to Quito.

XII.—Guatemala. 1088 Mes.sageof President E.strada Cabrera—Timber lands in the Republic—Banana cul¬

ture—The future of the Republic. XIII. —Haiti. 1094

Export movement, first quarter of 1905-1906. XIV. —Honduras.• 1095

New port of entry—New custom-house on the Atlantic Coast. XV.—Mexico. 1095

Message of President Diaz—Foreign commerce in November, 1905—fhistoms reve¬ nues, January, 1906—Exports of henequen, January-October, 190.5—Henequen cxjsirts through Progreso, January, 1906—Production of sugar and mola.sses, 19(®—New west coast steamers—International Railway report, 1905—Report of the National Railroad, 190.5—Operations of the mail service, January, 1906—The Port of Mazsitlan in 1905—Earnings of bonded warehouses of Mexico and Vera¬ cruz—Relations of mining and smelting between Mexico and the United States—Manufacturing industries in Jalisco, 1906-1906—Rules governing the practice of medical professions.

XVI.—Nicaragua. 1115 Rescinding of export duty on coined silver—Banana shipments to the United

States—Valuable concessions granted. XVII.—Paraguay. 1117

Census statistics. XVIII.—Peru. 1118

Foreign commerce in 190.5—ImporLs througli Saiaverry and Huanehaco, first haif of 1905—ImporLs of live stock—Mining code.

XIX.—Salvaikir. 1130 Mes.sage of President EscalOn—Receipts and expenditures in 190.5—Exjiort move¬

ment, first nine months of 1905. XX.—United States. 1134

Trade with Latin America—Consular trade reports—Foreign commerce. February, 190f—Coffee movement, February, 190f—Sisal gra.ss in the twine market—Finan¬ cial statement, March, 1906—Philippine commerce in 190-5—Exfiort of rubber goods, second half year 190.5—Exports of copper in 1905—Exfiorts of sewing machines, 1905—Impi'irtation of zinc—Tobacco statistics—Cotton crop of 1905.

XXL—Uruguay. 1162 Conversion of the public debt—Trade conditions.

XXII.—Venezuela. 1155 Commerce of Puerto Calxdlo—Imports at Ciudad Bolivar, July-December, 1904—

Imports at Canipano July-December, 1901—Maritime movement, 1905. XXIII.—The World's Trade in 1905.'.. 11.57 XXIV.—Gold Production of the World in 1905 . 1157 XXV.—Silver Production op the World in 1905. 1159

XXVI.—Copper Pbodu(tion, 1905. 11.59 XXVII.—Trade Opidrtunities in Latin America. 1160

XXVIIL—Book Notks. 1164 XXIX.—Library Accessions and Files. 1167

172S74

VI INDIOE,

Z35T3DIOE.

Pngina. I.—TERCEIRA COXFERENCIA PAN-AMERICANA. 1119

II.—A CONCORniA Pan-americana. 1190

III. —Repi'blica Argentina. 1191 Movimento da exportaffto cm Janeiro de 1906—Exporta^ao de oames congcladas

em 190.T—Importaeao de saccos e aniagem—Movimento dos portos em 190.>—

E.statistica municipal para 1901—Importa^Oes do ouro c prata cm 1906.

IV. —Bolivia . 119.5

Direitoa de exportiifao sobre o e.stanho.

V.—Brazil. 1196 Convenio celebrado com a Republica Argentina para a protec(;ao da propriedade

de marcas de fabrioa c de commercio—A importaffto de mercadorias com faisa

indica^ao de procedencia prohibida.

VI.—Chile. 1198 Terminacao do convenio sobre o saiitre.—Rendns adunneiras cm Janeiro 190(>.—

Mcwliflcavao dos direitos de importacao sobre o asaucar.

VII.—Cuba. IJOO Valor dos charutos Havanos para a cobranfa dos direitos do importavao.

VIII.—Estados I’nidos. 1200 Commercio com os paizes Latino-Americanos—Commercio exterior em Feverciro

1906.—Movimento do cafe cm Fevereiro de 1906—ImportavOes do zinco.—Expor-

ta^ao de machinas de coscr em 1905.

IX.—Mexico. 1203

Producfao de assucar e melafo em 1905—Exportavao de hcnnequen pelo porto de

Progreso em Janeiro 1906—ExjKirtavao de hennequcn, de Janeiro a Outiibro, de 190.5—Movimento do servifo postal—Movimento do porto de Mazatlan cm 190.5— Rendimento dos armazens aifandegados de Mexico c Veracruz.

X.-PeP-C. 1207 Importa^-ao pelos portos de Salaverry c Huanchaco, primeiro scmestre de 1905.

XI.—Salvador. 1208

Rcnda proveniente do imposto sobre bebidas cspirituosas.

TABLE DE8 MATIEBES. VII

IDES 3i/n^TIEBES.

Page. r.—I'SION PA^•-A>I^:KI(^\I^•K. 12()9

II.—RfcPrBI,H|I-K AWiKNTINK. 1210

I.oi (Iduanioro <lu 11 iloceiiibre 190)—Statistiquos sur le commerce—Moiivcment <1es exportations cii janvier lOOti—Mouvemciit du port de Bncnos Ayres, janvier

1900—t'ommeree des viandes frigoritiees en 190.')—Mouvement maritime en 190.')— ImiK)rtations de sacs et de toile iV sacs—Importation d'oret d’argent cu lingots pendant I’annee 190.')—Statistiques mnnieipales. 1901—fonimeree..Anglo-Argen¬ tine en 190.')—Reeolte sneri^re dans l.'i provence <le Tncuman en 190.5—Brevets

d'invention en 190.5—Reeensenient dn betail.

III. —Bouvi.\. 1>39

Industrie miniere.

IV. —BRfcsii. 1240

Reglement de la production eafi5ierc—Modilieations des droits ile donane—Pro¬ hibition de I’importation de marcliandises portant nne fans,se indication

d'origine.

V.—Ciiti.i. 1218 Conditions de I’indnstrie nitratiere—McKlilications npportecs anx droits de donane

snr le sncrc.

VI.—Coi.oMBIE. 1249 Droit additionnel stir la farine de ble—Tal)ac en feuilles.

VII.—Ktats-ITn'IS.1249 Commerce uvec I’AmOriiinc Latine—(Commerce exterienr, fevrier 1900—Importa¬

tions de zinc—Hxportations de machinesA coudre, 190.5—.Statistiques snr le tabac.

VUI.—Ho.nm’bas. 12.53

Message dti PrCsiident.

IX.—MKXiql'E. 12.54

Recettes des cntrepiAts de Mexico et de la Veracrnz—I.c port de Mazatlan en

190.5—Le cnivre an Mexiqne.

X.—PfcKor. 1257 Importations de Salaverry et de Huanchaco. premier semestre de 190-5.

XI.—San Salvador. 1257 Monvement d’exportation pendant les neuf premiers mois de I'annee 1905—Imp<5ts

snr les liqueurs, 1905.

VIII HONORARY CORRESPONDING MEMBERS,

HONOEART CORRESPONDING MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL

UNION OF AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Countries. | Names. [ Residence.

Argentine Rejitiblie.. Sefior Dr. Don Estanislao S. Zeballos.| Buenos Ayres.

Bolivia. Senor Don Manuel V. Ballivian". La Paz. i

Brazil.| Dezembargador Antonio Bezerra.i I’arii.

1

1 Firmino da Silva.j F'lorianopolis.

Chile...j Senor D<ui Moises Vargas.! Santiago.

Colombia.j Senor Don Rufino (iutierrez.' Bogotil.

Coeta Rica. Senor Don Manuel Aragon.' San Jos4.

Cuba. Senor Don Antonio 8. de Bustamante. Havana.

Senor Don Lincoln de Zavas. Havana.

Dominican Republitr. Senor Don Jose Gabriel Garcia*. Santo Domingo.

Quito.

Guatemala City.

Guatemala City. Senor Don Rafael Montiifar.!

Haiti. Port an Prince.

Honducas.l Senor Don K. Constantino Fiallos. Tegucigalpa.

City of ilexico.

City of Mexico. Senor Don Antonio Garcia Cuban.

Senor Don Fernando Ferrari Perez. City of Mexico.

Managua.

Asuncion.

Panama.

Senor Don Ramon ^I. Valdes. Panama.

Lima.

Venezuela. Senor General Don Manuel I.andaeta Rosales.

, Caracas.

Sefior Don F'rancisco de Paula Alamo. 1 Caracas.

o Honorary corresponding member of the Royal Geographical Society of Great Britain. 6 Corresponding member of the Academia Nacional de la Historia de Venezuela

LATIN-AMEKICAN BEPRE8ENTATIVE8. IX

LATIN-AMERIOAN REPRESENTATIVES IN THE UNITED STATES.

AMBASSADORS EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY.

Brazil.Mr. Joaquim Naiuico. office of Kmbas.sy, 1710 H street, Washington, I). C.

Mexico.Senor Don Joaquin D. Ca-sasup, office of Kmbas.My, 1415 I street, Washington, I). C.

ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARY.

'2108 Sixteenth street, Wasliington, D. C.

Bolivia.Senor Don Ionacio CALi)Eit6N, 1300 Seventeenth street, Washington, I). C.

Chile.Sefior Don JoAqriN Walkek Martinez, Office of Legation, 1715 Ma.ssachusetts avenue, Washington, 1). C.

Colombia.Sefior Don Diego Mendoza. " The K<x;hanibeau,” Washington, 1). C.

Co.sta Rica.. Sefior Don JoAquix Bernardo Calvo, 1320 Kighteenth street NW., Washington, 1). C.

Cuba.Sefior Don (Jonzalo de Quesada, 1000 Sixteenth street, Washington, 1). 0.

Ecuador.General L. Plaza, G., Absent.

Guatemala. .Sefior Don Jorge MuSoz, “The Higlilands,” Wiv-shington, D. C.

Haiti..Mr. J. N. Leger, 1429 Rhode Island avenue, Washington, 1). C.

Nicaragua.Sefior Don Lris F. Corea, Office of Legation, '2003 O street, Washington, D. C'.

Panama.Sefior Don J. Domingo de Ohaldia, Absent.

Paratruay.Sefior Don Cecelio Baez, Absent.

Peru..Sefior Don Felipe Pardo, Office of the Legation “The Rochambeau.”

Salvador.Sefior Dr. Don Rafael S. Iaipez, Absent.

Uruguay.Sefior Dr. Don Eduardo Acevedo Diaz, Absent.

MINISTER RESIDENT.

Office of Legation, “The Shoreham,” Washington, P. C.

CHARGES d’affaires.

Ecuadoi.Sefior Dr. Don SEitAFiN S. Wither, 11 Broadway, New York City.

Panama.Mr. C. C. Arosemena, office of Legation, "The Highlands,” Washington, P. C.

Uruguay..Sefior Don Pedro Reciuena Bermudez, office of Legation, 1143 Connecticut avenue, Washington, D. C.

Venezuela.Sefior Dr. Rafael Garbiras Guzman, Office of Legation, ‘2007 O street, Washington, D. C.

CONSULS-GENERAL.

Honduras.Sefior Dr. Don Salvador Cordova, 4 Stone street. New York.

DIRECTOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

WILLIAMS C. FOX.

X UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVES,

UNITED STATES KEPRESENTATIVES IN THE LATIN- AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

(Coirepted to Foliruary 5,

AMBASSADORS EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY.

Brazil.Li.oyd C. (Jriscom, Rio tie Janeiro.

^Mexico.David E. Tiiomi>so\, Mexico.

ENVOYS EXTRAORDINARY AND MINISTERS PLENIPOTENTIARY.

Argentine Repnblie.A. M. Beai’pre, BuenoH Ayres.

Bolivia.William B. Sorsrv, La l*az.

Chile.John’ Hicks, Santiago.

Colonihia..John Barrett, Bogota.

Costa Rica.William L. Merrv, San Jos^.

Cuba.Edwin V. Moroan, Havana.

Ecnailor.Joseph W. J. Lee, Quito.

Giiatenmla.Leslie Combs, Giiateinala City.

Haiti.Henrv W. Fcrniss, Port nu Prince.

HondiiniH.(See (iiiatemala.)

Nicaragua.(See (^)sta Rica.)

i’anaiiia.Charles K. M.Atioox, I’anania.

Paraguay.(See Uruguay.)

Peru .Irvino I?. Dcdlev, Lima.

Salvailor.(Sets Costa Rica.)

Uruguay.Edward C. O’Brien, Montevideo.

Venezuela.W. W. Rcssell, Caracas.

MINISTER RESIDENT AND CONSUL-GENERAL.

Doiiiinitan Republic.Tno.MAs C. Dawson, Santo Domingo.

RATES OF POSTAGE, XI

KATES OF POSTAGE FKOM THE UNITED STATES TO LATIN- AMERICAN COUNTRIES.

Tlie rates of postage from the Ignited States to all foreign eountries and colonies (except Canada, Mexico, and Cuba) are as follows;

Cents.

Letters, per !.'> grams (i ounce). 5 Single postal cards, each. 2 Double postal cards, each. 4 Newspapers and other printed matter, per 2 ounces. 1

il’ackets not in excess of 10 oiinces. 5 rackets in excess of 10 ounces, for each 2 ounces or fraction thereof. 1

{rackets not in exce.sa of 4 ounces. 2 rackets in excess of 4 ounces, for each 2 ounces or fraction thereof. 1

Registration fee on letters and'other articles. 8

Ordinary letters for any foreign country (except Canada, Mexico, and Cuba) must be forwarded, whether any postage is prepaid on them or not. Ail other mailable matter must be prepaid, at least

partially.

Matter mailed in the I'nited States addres.sed to Mexico is subject to the same postage rates and con¬ ditions as it would be if it were addressed for delivery in the I’nited States, except that articles of

miscellaneous merchandise (fourth-cla.ss matter) not sent as bona fldc traile samples should l)e sent by

“ Parcels Post;” and that the following articles are abmliihi!/ excluded from the mails without regard to the amount of postage prepaid or tiie manner in which they are wrapped:

All scaled packages, other than letters in their usual and ordinary form; all packages (including

packages of second-class matter) which weigh more than 4 i>onnds 6 ounces, except such as arc sent

by “Parcels Po.st;” publications which violate any copyright law of Mexico. Single vohimcs of printed books in unsealed ]>ackages are transmissible to Mexico in the regular mails

without limit as to weight.

Unsealed packages of mailable merchandise may be sent by "Parcels Post” to Bolivia, Briti.sh

Guiana, British Honduras, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Saivador, and Venezuela, at the rates named on page xv.

I PROHIBITEI) ARTICLES TO ALL EOREIQN’ COt’NTRIES.

Poisons, explosives, and inflammable articles, live or dead animals, insects (especially the Colorado beetle), reptiles, fruits or vegetable matter liable to decomposition, and substances exhaling a bad

odor, excluded from transmission in domestic mails as being in themselves, cither from their form

or nature, liable to destroy, deface, or otherwise injure the contents of the mail bags, or the persons

of those engaged in the postal service; also obscene, lewd, or lasi’ivious books, pamphlets, etc., and letters and circulars conceridng lotteries, so-calied gift concerts, etc. (also excluded from domestic mails); jiostal cards or letters addressed to go around the world; letters or packages (except thixse to

Mexico) containing gold or silver substances, jewelry or precious articles; any packet whatever con¬

taining articles liable to customs duties in the countries nddreased (except Cuba and Mexico); arti¬ cles other than letters which are not prepaid at least |>artly; articles other than letters or po.stal cards containing writing in the nature of jicrsonal correspondence, unless fully prepaid at the rate of letter

postage; articles of a nature likely to soil or injure the correspondence; packets of commercial iwiu'rs

and prints of all kinds, the weight of which exceeds 2 kilograms (4 imunds 6 ounces), or the size 18 Inches in any direction, except roils of prints, which may measure 30 inches in length by 4 inches in diameter; jiostal cards not of Unittsi States origin, and United States po.stal cards of the largest (“C")

size (except as letters), and except also the reply halves of double postal cards re<'eived from fortdgn

countries. There is, moreover, reserved to the Government of every country of the 1’o.stal Union the right to

refuse to convey over its territory, or to deliver, as well, articles liable to the reduce<l rate in regard to which the laws, ordinances, or decrees which logulate the conditions of their publication or of

their circulation in that country have not been complied with. 4ta 'Fidl and complete infomtatiou relative to all regulations can be obtained from the United

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Table SHOwiN<i the Latin-Amekican Countries to Which Parcels may be Sent

FROM THE United States; the Dimensions, Weight, and Rates of Postage Appli¬

cable to Parcels, and the Exchange Post-Offices which may Dispatch and

Receive Parcei«s-Post EMails.

ALLOWABLE DIMEN¬ SIONS AND WEIGHTS OF PARCELS.

POSTAGE. EXCHANGE POST-OFFICES.

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Bolivia. 3 6 6 11 20 20 New York and San La Paz. Francisco.

Chile. 3 G 6 11 20 20 New York and San Valparaiso. Francisco.

Colombia. 2 0 i 11 12 12 1 All offices authorized to exchange mails

Costa Rica. 2 0 4 11 12 12 1 between the two countries.

Quatcmala. 3 G G 11 12 12 New York, New Or- ' Guatemala City, leans, and San Retalhnlen, and Francisco. | Puerto Barrios.

Quiana, British.... 3 G 6 11 12 12 All offices authorized to exchange mails.

Honduras. 3 6 G 11 12 12 New York, New Or- l Tegucigalpa, Puerto leans, and San I Cortez, Amapala, Francisco. and Trujillo.

Honduras, British . 3 6 6 11 12 12 New Orleans.1 Belize.

Mexico. 2 0 4 11 12 12 All offices authorized to exchange mails.

Nicuragtta. 3 6 G 11 12 12 New York, New Or- ' Blueffelds, San Juan leans, and San j del Norte and Francisco. i Corinto.

Salvador . 3 G G 11 12 12 New York and .San 1 San Salvador. Francisco. 1

Venezuela. 3 6 6 11 12 12 All offices authorized to exchange mails.

XIV UNITED STATES CONSULATES.

UNITED STATES CONSULATES IN LATIN AMERICA.

Fre(iuent application is made to the Hurcau for the addre.ss of United States Consuls in the South and Central American Uopublics. Tho.se desiring to correspond with any Consul can do so I)}' addres.s- ing “The United Stab's Consulate” at the point named. Letters thus addres.sed must be delivered 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 properl}’ be treated as personal, and any labor involved may be subject to charge therefor.

The following is a list of United States Consulates in the different Republics (consular agencies are given in italics):

ARiiEXTixE Republic— Bahia Blanca. Buenos Ayres. Cordoliii. Rosurio.

Brazil— Ararajii. Buliiu. Ccara. Maceio. Maiiao*. Maraiihao, Katat. Cara. PiTiiambuco. Rio lie Janeiro. Bio (irandc do Sul. Santos. 1 'irloria.

Chile— Antofagasta. Ariea. Caldera. Oxiiiimbo. Coronel. Iqnique. Pinda Arenax. Talcahuano. Valdiria. Valparaiso.

Colombia— Barranquilla. Bogotii. Buraramangn. Cali. Cartagena. CunUa. Jlonda. Santa Marla. QuiMo.

Costa Rica— I’uerto Limon. Pnnta Arenas. San Jose.

CUB.A- Banes. Baraeoa. Oaibarieii. Cardenas. Cienfnegos. Guantanamo. Habana. Manzanillo. Matanzas. Nueritas. Sagna la Grande. Santa Clara. Santiago.

Dominican Republic- Azua. Maroris. Monte Christi. Puerto Plata.

Dominican Republic—Cont’d. Samana. Sanchez. Santo Domingo.

Ecuakob— Bahia de Oaraquez, Bsnicraidas. Guayaquil. Manta.

Guatemala— Chainperieo. Guatemala. J.iringston. Oeos. San Josf de Guaiemala.

Haiti— Anj- CXigcs. Cape Haitien, (lonaires. .facinel. .feremie. Miragoane. Petit Godre. Port an I’rince. Port de Paijc. St. Mare.

Honduras— Amapata. Bonaeea. Ceiiju. Puerto Cortes. San Jnancito. San I’edro Siiia. Tegucigalpa. Tela. Tru.rillo. Bwdan. Ctilla.

Mexico— Acapulco. Aguascalicntes. Alamos. ('ampeehr. Cananea. Chihuahua. Citulad Juarez. Ciudad Porfirio Dioz, Coalzaeoalcos. Durango. phi.senada. Prontera. GuadalaJava. Guanajnalo. Guaytnas. Hermosillo. Jalapa. Laguna de Terminos. La Paz. Manzanillo. Matamoras. Mazatlan. Mexico. Monterey.

Me-XICo—Continued. Nogales. Nuevo Ijiredo. Oojraea. Parral. Progreso. Puebla. Saltillo. San Luis Potosi. Sierra Mojada. Tampico. Tlaeotaljxin. Topololmmpo. Torreon. Tuxjian. Veracruz. Victoria. Zacatecas.

Nicaragua- Bluefletds. Capt' Gracias A Dios (Port

Deitrick). Corinto. Managua. Matagalini. San Juan del Norte. San Juan d<l Sur.

Panama— Boras del Toro. Colon. David. Panama. Santiago.

Par.aouay— Asuncion.

Peru— Callao. Chimbotr. Bleu. Moltendo. Ihiila. Salarcrry.

Salvaimib— Acajutta. La Liberlad. La I'nidn. &iu Salvador.

Uruguay- Colonia. Montevideo.

Venezuela— Barcelona. Caracas. Carupano. Ciutlad Bolivar, Coro. La Uuayra. Maracaibo. Puerto Cubello. Tbcar. Valencia. Valera.

LATIN-AMERICAN CONSULATES, XV

CONSULATES OF THE LATIN-AMEKIOAN KEPUBLIOS IN THE

UNITED STATES.

AUIiK>TI>K KKIH KUC.

Alabiimd. CaUfnrnia. Florida.

Georgia.

Illinoia. Louisiana. Maine.

Maryland. Massaehusetta Mississippi....

Missouri. New York.

North Carolina. Pennsylvania.. Virginia .

Mobile. iiau Francisco. Apalachicola. Feruandina. Pensacola. Kruuswick ijavannah Chicago. New Orleans. Hangor. Portland. Baltimore. Boston. Gulf Port and

Ship I.sland. Paseu^oula. St. Louis. Buffalo. New York City. Wilmington. Philadelphia. Norfolk.

COSTA It 1C A.

Alabama. California. Canal Zone.

Colorado. Illinois. Louisiana. Maryland. Mas.sachusetts. Missouri. New Y'ork. Ohio. Oregon. Pennsylvania. Texas . Virginia.

CVBA.

Alalaima. Florida.

BOLIVIA.

California_

Illinois. Maryland.... Missouri. New York.... Pennsylvania

San Piego. San Francisco. Chicago. Baltimore. Kansas City. New Y'ork City. I'biladelphia.

BBAZIL.

Alabama. California.

Florida. Georgia.

Louisiana. Maine. Maryland. Massachusetts Mississippi....

Missouri. New York. Pennsylvania. Porto Rico .... Virginia .

Mobile. San Francisco. Fernandina. Pensacola. Brunswick. Savannah. New Orleans. Calais. Baltimore. Boston. Gulfport. f*ascagoula. St. Louis. New York City. Philadelphia. San Juan. Norfolk. Richmond.

CHILK.

California. Canal Zone. Georgia. Hawaii. Illinois. Maryland. Mas.sachU8etts. New York. Oregon. Pennsylvania. Philippine Islands... Porto Rico. Washington.

COLOMBIA.

San Francisco. Panama. Savannah. Honolulu. Chicago. Baltimore. Boston. New Y'ork City. Portland. Philadelpiiia. Manila. San Juan. Port Townsend. Tacoma.

Alabama. California. Connecticut... Illinois. Louisiana. Maryland. Massachusetts Michigan. Missouri. New York. Pennsylvania. Porto Rico.... 'Virginia.

! Mobile. I Ban Francisco. I New Haven. ! Chicago, i New Orleans.

Baltimore. Boston. Detroit. St. Louis. New York City. Philadelphia. San Juan. Norfolk.

Georgia ..

Illinois... Kentucky .... Louisiana .... Maine. Maryland .... Massachusetts Michigan. Mississippi.... Miasoun. New York.... Pennsylvania Porto Rico....

Texas ... Virginia.

IIUMIMCAX RKPI BLIC.

Illinois. Maryland. Massachusetts. New York. North Carolina. Pennsylvania. Porto Rico.

KCl'ADOK.

California.

Illinois. Louisiana. Ma.ssachusetts. New York. Ohio. Pennsylvania. Philippine Islands . South Carolina. Virginia.

flPATEMALA.

Alabama. California.

Florida. Illinois. Kansas. Kentucky... Loui.siana_.'.

Mobile. Ban Francisco. Coion.

I Panama. Denver.

; Chicago. ' New Orleans. I Baltimore. I Boston. > St. Louis. ■ New York City. I Cincinnati. ! Portland, i Philadelphia. ! Galveston. ; Norfolk.

* Mobile. ‘ Fernandina.

Jack.sonville. Key West. Pensacola. Tampa. Brunswick. Savannah. Chicago. Louisville. New Orleans. Portland. Baltimore. Boston. Detroit. Gulfport.

, St. Louis. , New York City.

Philadelphia. , .\recibo.

Mayaguez. San Juan. Galveston.

, Newport News. Norfolk.

Chicago. Baltimore. Boston. New York City. Wilmington. Philadelphia. Aguadilla. Arecibo. Humacao. Mayaguez. Ponce. San Juan. Vieques.

Los Angeles. San Francisco. Chicago. New Orleans. Boston. New York City. Cincinnati. Philadelphia. Manila. Charleston. Norfolk.

Mobile. San Diego. .San Francisco. Pensacola. Chicago. Kansas City. IxMiisville. New Orleans.

XVI LATIN-AMEEICAN CONSULATES,

CONSULATES OP THE LATIN-AMERIOAN EEPUBLIOS-Oontinued.

til'ATKMAIiA—Continued. 1

Maryland.' Baltimore. Massachusetts.! Boston. Missouri.' St. Louis. New York.1 New York City. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Porto Kico.i San Juan. Texas.I Galveston. Washington. Seattle.

HAITI.

Alabama.. Mobile. Georgia.I Savannah. Illinois.I Chicago. Maine.! Bangor. Ma.ssachusetts.I Boston. New York.I New York City. North Carolina. Wilmington. Porto Rico.! Mayaguez.

I San Juan. llONUrUAS. I

Alabama.j Mobile. California . Los Angeles.

San Diego. I San Francisco.

Illinois. Chicago. K ansas. Kansas City. Kentucky. Louisville. Louisiana. New Orleans. Maryland. Baltimore. Michigan. Detroit. Missouri. St. Louis. New York. New York City. Ohio... Cincinnati. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Texas. Galveston. Washington. Seattle.

Alabama. Mobile. Arizona... Bisbee and Naco.

Douglas. Nogales. Phoenix. Solomonsville. Tucson. Yuma.

California. Calexico. Los Angeles. San Diego. San Francisco.

Canal Zone. Ancon. Colorado. Denver. Florida. Pensacola. Hawaii. Honolulu. Illinois. Chicago. Kentucky. Louisville. Louisiana. New Orleans. Maryland. Baltimore. Massachusetts. Boston. Mississippi. Pascagoula. Missouri. Kansas City.

St. Louis. New York. New York City. Ohio. Cincinnati. Oregon. Portland. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Philippine Islands. Manila. Porto Rico. Mayaguez.

Ponce. San Juan.

Texas. Brownsville. Eagle Pass. El 1’a.so. Galveston. Laredo. Port Arthur. Rio Grande City. Sabine Pass. San Antonio. Solomonsville.

Virginia. Norfolk. Washington.j Tocoma.

Alabama. Mobile. California. Los Angeles.

San Diego. San Francisco.

Illinois. Chicago. Kansas. Kansas City. Kentucky. Louisville. Louisiana.; New Orleans. Maryland. Baltimore. Massachusetts. Boston. Michigan. Detroit. Missouri. St. Louis. New York. New York City. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Philippine Islands. Manila. Porto Rico. Ponce.

San Juan. Texas. Galveston. Virginia. Norfolk.

Newport News. Washington. Seattle.

Alabama. Mobile. California. San Francisco. Georgia. Atlanta. Hawaii. Hilo. Illinois. Chicago. Louisiana. New Orleans. Maryland. Baltimore. Massachusetts. Boston. Missouri. St. Louis. New York. New York City. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Porto Rico. San Juan. Tenne.s8ee. Chattanooga. Texas. Galveston.

Port Arthur. Washington. Puget Sound.

Alabama. Mobile. Delaware. Wilmington. District of Columbia. Washington. Georgia. Savannah. Illinois. Chicago. Indiana. Indianapolis. Maryland. Baltimore. Michigan. Detroit. Missouri. Kansas City.

St. Louis. New Jersey. Newark.

Trenton. New York. Buffalo.

New York City. Rochester.

Ohio. Cincinnati. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Porto Rico. San Juan. Virginia. Norfolk.

Richmond. PERU.

California. San Diego. San Francisco.

Canal Zone. Panana. Hawaii. Honolulu. Illinois. Chicago. Louisiana. New Orleans. Maryland. Baltimore. Massachusetts. Boston. New York. New York City. Oregon. Portland.

! Pennsylvania.! Philadelphia. I Porto Rico.' San Juan. Washington.I Port Townsend.

California. San Diego. i San Francisco.

Louisiana.I New Orleans.

LATIN-AMERICAN CONSULATES, XVII

CONSULATES OF THE LATIN-AMEEIOAN REPUBLIOS-Oontinued.

SAliVAnoR—Continued. i I'KL'Gl'AY—Continued.

Massaeliusetts. Boston. 1 Soutli Carolina. Charleston. Missouri. St. Louis. Texas.| Galveston.

New York City. \\

j 1 Port Arthur and

riimuAV. Virginia. Sabine Pass.

Norfolk.

Alabama. Mobile. 1 VKNKZLKLA. Richmond.

California. Florida.

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1 San Francisco. 1 Apalachicola. ' California. San Francisco.. Fernandina. i Florida. Pensacola. Jacksonville. ; Illinois. Chicago. Pensjieola. i Iowa. lies Moines. St. .Augustine. Louisiana. New Orleans.

Georgia. Brunswick. 1 Maryland . Baltimore. Savannah. Michigan. Detroit.

Illinois. Chicago. Minnesota. St. Paul. New Orleans. 1 New Jersey. Jersey City.

Maine. Bangor. New Y'ork. New York City_ Calais. Ohio. (Mneinnati. Portland. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia.

Maryland. Baltimore. Philippine Islands. Porto Rico.

Cebu. Mas.saehuseU.s. Boston. Areeibo. Mississi^ipi. 1‘ascagoula. Mayaguez. Mis.soun. St. Louis. Police. New York. New York City. San Juan.

Cincinnati. , Texas. Galveston. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. i Virginia. Norfolk. Philippine Islainis. Manila.

Bull. No. 4—06-2

XVIII WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. ' The following table gives the chief weights an<l measures in commercial use in

Mexico aiul the Republics of Central and South America, and their equivalents in the United States:

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Denomination. Where used. United States equiyalents.

* Are.1 Metric... 0.02471 acre. Arot)e.i Paraguay... 25 pounds. i Arroha (dry).^ Ai^entine Republic. 25.3171 pounds. Do. Brazil. 32.88 pounds. Do. t'uba. 25.3664 pounds. Do. Venezuela. 25.4024 pounds.

• Arroha (liquid).: (’uba and Venezuela. 4.263 gallons. Barril.! Argentine Republic and Mexico... 20.0787 gallons. Carga. Mexico and Salvador. 300 pounds. Centaro.' Central America. 4.2631 gallons. Cuadra. Argentine Reimblic. 4.2 acres. Do.; Paraguay . 78.0 yards. Do. Paraguay (wjuare). 8.077 square feet. Do.' Uruguay. 2 acres (nearly).

Cubic meter.• Metric.•.. 35.3 cubic feet. Fanega (dry).i Central America. 1.5745 bushels. Do. Chile. 2.575 bushels. Do. Cuba. 1.590 bushels. Do. Mexico. 1.54728 bushels. Do.1 Uruguay (double). 7.776 bushels.

i Do.' Uruguay (single). 3.888 bushels. ^ Do. Venezuela. 1.500 bushels.

Frasco.' Argentine Republic. 2.505)6 quarts. ) Do.’ Mexico. 2.5 quarts. j Cram. Metric.. 15.432 grains. 1 Hectare. .do. 2.471 acres. i Hectoliter (dry) .... .do. 2.838 bushels. ! Hectoliter (liquid).. .do.... 26.417 gallons. ' Kilogram (kilo). .do.. 2.2046 pounds.

Kilometer. .do.... 0.621376 mile. lajague (land) . Paraguay. 4.633 acres. Libra.■ Argentine Rej)ublic. 1.0127 pounds.

i Do. Central America. 1.043 pounds. Do. Chile.. 1.014 pounds. Do. Cuba. 1.0161 pounds. Do. Mexico. 1.01465 pounds. Do. Peru. 1.0143 pounds.

1 Do. Uruguay... 1.0143 pounds. 1 Do. Venezuela. 1.0161 pounds.

Liter . INIetric. 1.0567 (piarts. Livre. Cuiana. 1.0791 pounds. Manzana. Costa Rica. 1.5-6 acres. Marc.■ Boliyia. 0.507 j>ound. Meter.; Metric. 30.37 inches.

; Pie. Argentine Republic. 0.9478 foot. Quintal. .do. 101.42 jiounds. Do. Brazil . 130.06 pounds.

. - Do. Chile, Mexico, and J*eru. 101.61 pounds. Do. Paraguay. 100 pounds.

; Quintal (metric)_ Metric. 220.46 jiounds. ' Suerte. Uruguay. 2,700 cuadras. (<8ccCu-

\ ara. Argentine Republic.. adra.)

34.1208 inches. Do. Central America. 33.874 inches.

L Do. Chile and Peru. 33.367 inches. r Do. Cuba. 33.384 inches. i Do. Mexico. 33 inches. 1 Do. Paraguay . 34 inches. ! Do. Venezuela. 33.384 inches.

MKTKIC WEIGHTS AND MEASURES. XIX

METKIO WEIGHTS AND MEASUEES.

METRIC WEIGHTS.

Milligram (1 1000 gram) oqualn 0.0154 grain. Centigram (1 100 gram) eijuals 0.1543 grain. Dei'igram (I.'IO gram) equals 1.5432 grains. Gram equals 15.432 grains. Decagram (10 grams) eijuals 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 2,204.6 pounds.

METRIC DRY MEASURE.

Milliliter (1/1000 liter) equals 0.061 cubic inch. Centiliter (1/100 liter) eipials 0.6102 cubic inch. Deciliter (1/10 liter) equals 6.1022 cubic inches. Liter etpials 0.908 quart. Decaliter (10 liters) equals 9.08 quarts. Hectoliter (100 liters) equals 2.838 bushels. Kiloliter (1,000 liteis) equals 1.308 cubic yards.

METRIC LIQUID MEASURE.

^lilliliter (1/1000 liter) equals 0.27 fluid dram. Centiliter (1 100 liter) eipials 0..338 fluid ounce. Deciliter (1,10 liter) eiiuals 0.845 gill. Liter eijuals 1.0.567 quarts. Decaliter (10 liters) equals 2.6417 gallons. Hectoliter (100 liters) eijuals 26.417 gallons. Kiloliter (1,000 liters) eipials 264.17 gallons.

METRIC MEASURES OF LENGTH.

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. IX'ciimcter (10 meters) equals 393.7 inches. Hectometer (100 meters) equals 328 feet 1 inch. Kilometer (1,000 meters) equals 0.62137 mile (3,280 feet 10 inches). Myriameter (10.000 meters) equals 6.2137 miles.

METRIC SUR=^ACE MEASURE.

Centare (1 square meter) e<iuals 1,550 square inches. Are (100 sejuare meters) equals 119.6 square yards. Hectare (10,000 square meters) equals 2.471 acres.

The metric system has been adopted by the following-named American countries: Argentine Republic, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Hon¬ duras, Mexico, Paraguay, United States of America, and Venezuela.

XX PUBLICATIONS.

PRICE LIST OF PUBLICATIONS.

Annual Reports of the Directorof the Bureau, 1891-11*04. (Sent upon request.) Bulletin of the Bureau, puhlishetl monthly since October, 1893, in English,

Spanish, Portuguese, ami French. Average 225 pages, 2 volumes a year. Yearly subscription (in countries of the International Union of American

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Burt'au. American Constitutions. A compilation of the political constitutions of the

indej>endent States of America, in the original text, with English and Span¬ ish translations. Washington, 1906. 3 vols., 8°. Paper.each.. Bound in cloth.do_ Boiiml in sheep.do_ Vol. I, now ready, contains the constitutions of the Fe<leral Republics of the United

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Note.—Designates in alphabetical order, in equivalent terms in the three languages, the commodities of American nations on which import duties are levied. The English,

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Leyes y reglamentos sobre privilegios de invencion y marcas de fabrica en los pai'ses hispano-americanos, el Bmsil y la Republica de Haiti. Revisado hasta ago.-itode 1904. Washington, 1904. 415 pages, 8°.

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(A reprint of reports 1 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 of the American Republics, 1891. 12 pages, 8°. Report on Coffee, with special reference to the Costa Rican product, etc.

Washington, 1901. 15 pages, 8°.

Phicb.

$2.00

2.50 .25

1.00

1.50 2.00

2.50

2.50

1.00

1.00

3.00

.35

.05

.10

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HANDBOOKS (oENKRAI, DESl’RllTION .AND STATISTICS).

Argentine Republic. A geographical sketch, with special reference to economic conditions, actual development, and jirospects of future growth. Washing¬ ton, 1903. 28 illustrations, 3 mapa, 366 pages, 8°. 1.00

Bolivia. Geographical sketch, natural resources, laws, economic conditions, actual devolopment, prospects of future growth. , Washington, 1904. Illus- trateil, 214 pages, 8°. 1. 00

Brazil. Geographical sketch, with ajiecial reference to economic i^onilitions. and jiroapects of future development. 1901. 233 pages, 8°.75

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Paraguay. Second edition, revised and enlarged, with a chapter on the native races. 1902. Illustrated, map, 187 pages, 8°. Bibliography, page 141.75

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BHILIOORAPIUCAI. BULLETINS.

Brazil. A list of books, magazine articles, and maps relating to Brazil. 1800- 1900. Washington, 1901. 145 pages, 8°. 1.00

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M.\I*S.

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List of Books and Maps in Course of Preparation.

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Leyes Comerciales de America Latina: Codigo de Comercio de K.si)ana com{)arado con los Codigos y I^eyes Comerciales de Pan America.

I.and and Immigration Lawsof American Republics. (To replace edition of 1893.)

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FOR FREE DISTRIHFTIOX.

The Bureau has for distriliution a limited supply of the following, which will l)e sent, free, uimn written ai)plication: Message from the President of the l'nite<l States, t ransmitting a communication from

the Secretary of State submitting the rei)ort, with accompanying i)ai)ers, of the delegates of the United States to the Second International Conference of American States, held at the City of Mexico from f)ct(jl)er 22, 1!>01, to January 22, 1902. Wa.'<hington, 1902. 243 i»ages. 8°. (57th Congress, 1st session. Senate Doc. No. 330.)

Message from the President of the United States, transmitting a report from the Sec¬ retary of State, with accompanying paja^rs, relative to the proceedings of the Inter¬ national Ckuigress for the study of the pnKluction and consumidion of coffee, etc. Washington, 1903. 312 pages. 8° (pajKjr). (57th Congress, 2d session. Senate Doc. No. 35.)

PUBLICATIONS. XXIII

Messaj'e from the Presiilent of the United States, transmitting a report by tlie Secre¬ tary of State, Avith accompanying papers, relative to the proceedings of tlie First Customs Congress of the American Republics, held at New York in January, 1903. Washington, 1903. 19.5 pages. 8° (paper). (57th Congress, 2d session. Senate Doc. No. 180.)

Transactions of the First (ieneral International Sanitary Convention of the American Republics, held at AVashington, DecemlK'r 2, 3, and 4, liH)2, under the auspices of the Coverning Board of the International Union of the American Republics. Wiushington, 1903. (57th Congress, 2d session. Senate Doc. No. 169.) (In Span¬ ish and English.)

Note.—Senate documents, listed above, containing reitorts of the various International American Congresses, may also be obtained through memt)ers of the I'nited States Senate and House of Repre¬

sentatives.

Brazil at St. lAtuis Exposition. St. Louis, 1904. 160 pages. 8° (paper). Chile—-A short description of the Republic according to official data. Leipzig, 1901.

106 pages. Map and 37 illustrations. 8° (cloth). Chik—Breve descripcion de la Republica escrita segiin datos oficialcs. lAjipzig,

1901. 106 puginas. Mapa y 36 grabados. 8° (en tela). Chile at Pan-.Vmerican Exjiosition. Buffalo, 1901. 252 pages (paiter). Costa Rica—The land, its resourws and its jieople. By Richard Villafraiua. New'

York, 1895. 139 pages. 8° (paper). Ciiiatemala—The Country of the future. By Charles AI. Pepper. Washington,

1906. 80 i»ages. 8° (pajicr).

Venezuela—Esbozo geogratico, recursos naturales, legislacidn, condiciones econo¬ micas, de.sarrollo alcanzado, prospecto de futuro desenvolvimiento. Editado y compilado para la Oticina International de las Reptiblicas Americanas por N. Veloz (loiticoa, Secretario de la Oticina. Traduccion castellana y publicacibn onlenadas por el Oeneral Cipriano Castro, Presidente de la Republica. Caracas, 1905. 695 paginas. 8° (a la riistiea).

XXIV VALUE OF LATIN-AMERICAN COINS.

VALUE OF LATIN-AMERIOAN COINS.

The followinfr table shows the value, in United States gold, of coins representing the monetary units of the Central and South American Republics and Mexico, esti¬ mated quarterly by the Director of the United States Mint, in j)ursuance of act of CJongress:

ESTIMATE APRIL 1, 1906.

Value in U. S.

Countries. Stainlard. Unit. gold or

silver.

Coins.

1 (lold—Argentine ($4,824) and AkoentineRepcbi.ic. Gold .... Peso .... i!0. 9(>5j i Argentine.

Silver—Peso and divisions.

Bolivia. Silver ... Boliviano .478 Silver—Boliviano and divi- sions.

Brazii. Gold .... Milreis .. .54(s| Gold—.5, 10, and 20 milreis. Silver—J, 1, and 2 milreis.

Central American States—

Costa Rica. Gold .... Colon_ . 4()o|

Gold—2, 5, 10, and 20 colons ($9,807).

Silver—5, 10, 25, and 50 cen- [ timos.

British Honduras Gold .... Dollar... l.OOO

Guatemala. Honduras. Nicaragua.

/Silver ... Peso .... .478 Silver—Peso and divisions.

Salvador. 1 1 Gold—Escudo ($1,825), doub-

Chile. Gold .... Peso .... . 365| loon ($8,050), and condor ($7,800).

1

Silver—Peso ami divisions.

Gold—Condor ($9,647) and Gold .... Dollar_ l.tXXK

Silver—Peso.

Ecuador . Gold .... Sucre.... .487-| Gold—lOsucres ($4.8005). Silver—Sucre and divisions.

Haiti. <toI<1 .... (iourde.. Gold—1, 2, 5, and 10 gourdes. Silver—(iourde and divisions.

f Gold—5 and 10 pesos. (iol<l .... Peso «_ . 4t*8j Silver—Dollar'* (or peso) and

divisions.

1 Gold—1, 2), 5, 10, and 20 Panama. Gold_ Balboa .. i.oooj balboas.

Silver—Peso and divisions.

(iold .... Libra_ 4. 8t)6lj (iold—1 and 1 libra. Silver—Sol and divisions.

Gobi .... Peso .... 1.034j Gold—Peso. Silver—Peso ami divisions.

1 Gold—5, 10, 20, .50, and 100 Venezuela. Gold_ Bolivar.. . 193| bolivai's.

Silver—5 liolivars.

n75 centigrams tine gold. 0 Value in Me.xieo, 0.49S.

Paraguay has no gold or .silver coins of its own stamping. The silver jH'so of other South American Republics circulates there, and has the same value as in the coun¬ tries that issue it.

Boletin Mensual UK LA

Oficina Internacional 1)e las RepiIblicas Americanas,

Uni6u Interuaciouul «le Kepiiblicas Americauas.

VoE. XXII. ABRIL ])E No. 4.

TERCERA CONFERENCIA INTERNACIONAL DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS.

ACTA DE LA SESION OBDINARIA DEL 4 DE ABBIL DE 1906,

CELEBBADA FOB EL CONSEJO 9IBECTIV0 DE LA UNldlT

INTEBNATIONAL DE LAS BEPT^BLICAS AMEBICANAS.

En la Ciudad de Washington, a las tres de la tarde del dia cuatro de abril de 1906, se reunieron en el Salon de Recepciones Diplonniticas del Departamento de Estado, bajo la presidencia del honorable Rob¬

ert Bacon, Subsecretario de Estado, los siguientes miembros del Consejo Directive: S. E. Don Joaquim Nabuco, Embajador del Brasil; S. E. Don JoaquIn de Casasus, Embajador de Mexico; Sr. J. N. Ll^uiER, ^linistro de Haiti; Sr. Don JoaquIn Barnaroo Calvo,

Ministro de Costa Rica, (pie tambien represento a Honduras; Sr. Don Luis F. Corea, Ministro de Nicaragua; Sr. Don JoaquIn Walker-

MartInez, ^linistro de Chile, quo tambien represento al Ecuador; Sr.. Don Gonzalo de Quesada, Ministro de Cuba; Sr. Don Ignacio Cal-

der6n, Ministro de Bolivia; Sr. Don Jorge Munoz, Ministro de Guatemala; Sr. Don Epifanio Portela, Ministro de la Republica Argentina; Sr. Don Diego Mendoza, Ministro de Colombia; Sr. Don Felipe Pardo, Ministro del Peru; Sr. Don Pedro Requena Ber¬

mudez, Encargado de Negocios del Uruguay y Sr. Don C. C. Arose-

MENA, Encargado de Negocios de Panama. Tambien estuvieron pre- sentes los Senores Willlvms C. Fox, Director, y Francisco J. Yanes,.

Secretario de la Oticina Internacional de las Rcpublicas Americanas..

891

892 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

A mocion del ^Nlinistro de Cuba, apo^^ada por el Ministro de Nicara¬ gua, se .suspeiidio la lectura del acta de la se^ion anterior, que fue uiuiniineniente aprobada en la forma en que circuld impresa.

Acto continuo el Ministro de Costa Rica, Presideute de la Comision de Regimen Interior de la Oticina, presento una resolucion, (pie fu6

leida iior el Secretario; y teniendo en cuenta la importancia del pro- grama para la Tercera Conferencia luternacional que iba a ser some- tido al estudio del Consejo, el Senor Calvo propuso voluntariamente dejar para otra junta la consideraciou de la materia.

El Secretario dio cuenta de una comunicacii'm del Encargado de Negocios del Ecuador dirigida al Ministro de Chile, en la cual le desig- naba para (jue le representase tanto en esta sesion como en la de la Comision de Pro\'ecto de Roglamento para la Tercera Conferencia. En seguida el Secretario anuncii) que la Comision de Programa para la Tercera Conferencia Pan-Americana, compuesta del Secretario de Estado, Presideute; el Embajador del Brasil, Vice-presidente; el Embajador de M(5xico, y los Ministros de Costa Rica, Chile, Cuba, Secretario de la Comisicni, y Argentina deseaba someter al Consejo el programa cuya redacciiin se le habia encomendado.

Ei. PuEsiDEXTE. Segun entiendo a cada uno de los miembros del Consejo .sc le ha enviado un ejemplar del pi’ograma, y supongo tpie todos conocen dicho documento. Solo dire que el programa tiene la sancion unaniuie de los miembros de la Comision respectiva, de modo que no creo que ha> a mas (j**e afiadir.

El Mixistko de Cuba. El siibado pasado se envio el programa a los miembros del Consejo Directivo. Pido que se de lectura al pro¬ grama por Sccretaria.

El Secretario did lectura al programa. El Ministro de Bolivia. Senor Presidente: Deseo hacer una

declaracidn. No es mi animo provocar una discusiiin sobre esta materia; y aun cuando rnucho respeto la opinion de los distinguidos diplomaticos miembros de la Comision de Programa, siento no ver incluida on el la proposiciiin de la libre navegacion fluvial como materia de estudio para la Conferencia de Rio de Janeiro. Ruego al Senor Presidente, .se sirva disponer que se haga constar en el acta la siguiente declaracidn, para que se conozcan las razonesipiehatenidomKirobierno para pedir la inclusidn en el programa del tema de la libre navegacidn fluvial. Si el Consejo lo permite, pido al Secretario (pie de lectura a la manifestacidn quo hago.

El Secretario leyd entonces la siguiente manifestacidn del Ministro de Bolivia:

“Mi Gobierno comprende que si las Conferencias Pan-Americanas estan llamadas a cimentar la armonia de relaciones, la paz 3' el eu-sanche de los vinculos, asi politicos como econdmicos de nuestros respectivos paiscs, ha3' que empezar por establecer las bases que hagan posible el

CONFEBENCIA INTERNACIONAL DE LOS EST4DOS AMERICANOS. 893

libre desarrollo de todos sus recursos y aseguren su creoimiento, l_>ajo reglas de justicia que eviten toda causa de contiendas, y si por desgracia ellas surgiesen, buscar los inedios de zanjarlas, por arbitrajes paciticos.

‘•Todos los aeuerdos cpie se retieran a uniforinar los sistenias inone- tarios, las leyes sobre patentes de inveiieion, propiedad literaria y tantas otras cuestiones de caracter iriternacional, vienen a oeupav un lugar secundario con relacion a las que afectan la so))eraiua y la paz de las Kepiiblicas,

“ Vano seria entrar en estipulaciones quo reglamenten la luanera de facilitar las coniunicaciones, si previamenU'no reconocenios el principio escencial del libre uso de todos acpiellos eleinentos naturales que sirven a ese tin.

“Cuando la conquista 6 el predoinino de unas naciones sobre otras era, dire asi, la politica establecida, los mas fuertes pretendieron el doniinio exclusivo sol>re los estrechos, los rios y liasta los mares.

‘•JLl progreso de las ideas y de la civilizacion ha condenado esos propositos y mostrado (pie las restricciones al libre y universal apro- vechamiento de los medios naturales de comunicacii'm, es no solo con- trario a la ley del progreso, sino aun a las conveniencias egoistas.

“Todos los desculirimientos modernos tienden a abreviar las distan- cias, aproximar los paises unos a otros, y por el rapido y creciente contacto de sus habitantes, formar al Hn esa bermandad bumana, predicada por todos los grandes pimsadores.

“ El desarrollo de las dcK'trinas y tendencias democraticas, (jue arraigan mas y mi'is la universalidad de los principios de libre commu- nicaci<)n, sin otras restricciones que las policiarias y de protecci()n contra enfermedades contagiosas 6 la internaciiSn de criminales, ba dado tin a los pasaportes y a las galielas creadas bajo la forma de impuestos 6 derecbos de tninsito.

estas consideraciones generales se agrega la de que ha sido reconocido par las naciones mas adelantadas el principio del libre transito y la libre navegacion de maivs, estrechos y rios que por su naturaleza son vias abiertas al tnitico universal.

“ El sistema de los rios de la America del Sur es tal, que si no sc reconociera su libre navegaci()n, cpiedaria planteado para lo future el germen de profundas y serias disenciones, que perturbaran la paz y la armonhi de las llepublicas y que por ser una absoluta necesidad y uii derecho natural incuestionable, tendria al tin (pie ser aceptada.

“Su adofX'ion abora. sera no s()lo un bomenaje a un principio funda¬ mental de justicia, sino una prevision para asegurar la paz y un esti- mulo al desarrollo de las buenas relaciones enti’e los jiaises americancs.

“Tor fortuna no hay en America ninguna Republica (jue se oponga 6 desconozca la verdad y la necesidad de los principios que tengo enunciados; asi (pie no bay obstiiculo ni razon atendible para no incluir en el programa de materias la declaracion de (pie en America se

894 OFICINA INTEKNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLIC AS AMERICANAS.

reconoce y acepta como priiicipio general de dereeho internacional el de la libre navegacidn de los rios, <|ue naeiendo en el territorio de una Republiea tienen sii deseinboeadura en el de otra—esto es, (pie toda naeiini situada en la parte superior de un rio nav'egable tiene dereeho al paso libre hasta su deseinboeadura, asi eonio los biupies mercantes de cuahpiiera naeionalidad pu(*den navegarlos, sin mas restrieciones (jue las estableeidas j)or las praetieas maritimas.

“Si se piensa en la importancia ((ue tienen en el eoinereio universal las grandes arterias cpie la naturaleza ha puesto a disposicion del genero huinano en el eontinente Sur Anierieano; si se recuerda <pie el Amazonas es un verdadero mar interior que recibe poderosos atluentes, que nacen del territorio de casi todas las liepublieas, se eomprendera facilmente la necesidad y la justieia de tal deelaracion.

“ Ella esta eonsagrada y en muchos documentos otieiales, solemnes y obligatorios.

“La Republiea Argentina tiene tratados estipulando la libre nave- gaeiem de sus rios; el Uruguay y el Paragiui}', liolivia, el Peru y el Brasil han reeonocido el mismo prineipio. Su contirmaeion por la Confereneia Pan Americana importaria consolidar los vinculos de libre y amistosa comunieaeion establecida entre todas las Republicas, y su deseo de hacer (jue desaparezean las desconlianzas y restrieciones tan contrarias al espiritu de libertad y ensanche de comunicaciones, que deben ser la norma de la politica de pueblos que no tienen otro interims (pie el de su mayor bienestar y armonia.

“Asi (‘omo en las comunicaciones terrestres no hay pueblo civili- zado (pie Of) mga trabas, ni prohiba el transito por su territorio do pro- ductos 6 articulos de comercio licito destinados a paises vecinos, el hecho de veriticarse ese transporte por las vias tiuviales (pie la natura- leza ha creado, no puede alterar la verdad y la justieia del prineipio de libre comunicacii'm, (pie es hoy la base, el corolario obligado de todos los progresos y perfeccionamientos alcanzados por la aplicacion del vapor y la electricidad a las vias de comunicaciiui de (|ue se sirve el comercio del mundo.

“Elevar al ningo de una de los principios fundamentales de dereeho internacional el reconocimiento de la libre navegaci(ui de los rios, es consagrar una de las grandes doctrinas de acercamiento pacilico de las naciones, y un asunto de inten's universal, por que no solo apfovecha a los paises riberenos sino a todas en general, hacieiulo desapai’ecer tal vez el ultimo estorbo al comercio universal y al mas amplio inter- cambio de relaciones de t(xlo giuiero entre las naciones del globo.”

El Presidexte: Si no ha}" objeccion se extenderii en el acta el luminoso informe del Ministro de Bolivia.

El Ministro dei. Peru: Senor Presidente, des(\aria (lue la siguiente deelaracion .se extendiera en el acta de hoy:

He conocido con interes cl informe de la Comision encargada de

CONFERENCIA INTERNACIONAL DE LOS ESTAD08 AMERICANOS. 805

rcdactar el Prograina de la Tercera Coiifereiicia, y ereo (iiie el pro- grama coinprendc temas (jiie son de verdadera iinportancia para fomentar el acercanilento de las naciones ainerieanas.

Coinprenda desde luego, aiunpie no en la forma (pie unis luibiera agradado a mi Gobierno, el tema del arbitraje (jue es iin piinto al ipie da el Peril importaneia capital; por (|ue juzga, como siempre ha juzgado, (pie el dia (pie se realice y se generalice sii aplieaciiui en America, la paz Sud-Americana cpiedara consolidada y las naciones de America podnin dedicarseilsu natural engraudecimiento siu cuidados ui temores.

Si el Congreso de Kio Janeiro consigue llevar a la pnictica este pro- grama, I’ealizara uua obra (pie harti honor ti la Anu'rica y (pie marcara una epoca on la historia del derecho internacional, cu^’os preceptos van de dia en dia interpretiindose y acatandose mejor a medida (pie se ge- neralizan en el miindo las nociones de derecho y de solidaridad, y a medida cpie so siente mas y unis la necesidad de un intercambio inte- lectiial, social y comercial, activo y estrecho entre todas las naciones.

En cumplimiento de mis instrucciones transmitire a mi (lobierno el programa ipie ho}' aprobemos; pero desde luego declaro (pie, si como es probable el Peru se hace representar en el Congreso de Kio Janeiro, siis delegados discutinin allilos diferentes temas de este programa con la amplitud (jiie sea necesaria y con la convicciim de (pie las materias (pie contiene este programa no van expresadas en fiirmulas (pie deberiin aceptai’se () rechazarse, sino recomendadas como temas de disciision en la Tercera Conferencia.

Declaro tambitMi, para concluir, (|ue los delegados del Peril co- operanin con los delegados de los Estados Unidos yde todas las Repii- blicas en los trabajos de la Conferencia, interprctando el sentimiento pernano do apoyo entusiasta a todo acuerdo (pie procure el acerca- miento entre las Kepiiblicas y la paz del Continente.

El Pkesidente. Como lo desea el Ministro del Peril la declaraci()n (pie acaba de leer se extendera en el acta, si no hay objeciini.

El Mixistko de Colombia, Sefior Presidentc: Hago las dos sigui- entes declaraciones y ruego (pic consten en el acta de esta sesiini:

PniMKRA DECLARACK^N. Quc siciito (pic no SC luiya incluido en el Programa de la Tercera Conferencia Pan Americana el mu}’ importante asunto (Ic la libre navegaci(in de los rios, a tin de (jne se adoptaran aciierdos 6 resoluciones en arinonia con la doctrina destinada a preva- leeer, (pie reconoce como perfecto e imprescriptible, cl derecho de los ribercfios de la parte alta de un rio 6 de sus alluentes a navegarlo en toda su extensi()n hasta el mar, sin ningiin g(“nero de compensaciim, ni unis gravamen (pie el (pic se imponga a las mcrcaderias do transito en lo (pie eipiitativamente se considere neccsario para el arreglo y mante- nimicnto de la via llnvial.

Seoun’da de('laraci(')N. Qne al aceptar el Programa tal como ha sido fornuilado por la Comision respectiva considero (jue las propo-

896 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS EEPUBLICAS AMEBICANAS.

siciones quc lo oomponen .son iinicamentc tcinas [X)sibles de diseusion

en la Terccra Conferencia Pan-Americana y no formulas destinadas

81 ser aprobadas 6 negadas por hxs delegados de las naciones I’oprescn-

tadus en ella; <jue reservo cl derecho de Colom})ia a ampliar y desa-

rrollar las proposiciones del progi-ama y a j)re.sentar a la Conferencia,

si lo creyere conveniente, asuntos propuestos y no incluidos en el Pro-

grama. 6 nuevos puntos (|ue juzgiie conducentes al bienestar de las

naciones americaiias.

El Pkesidente. Si no hay objecion .se hara constar en el acta Isi

declaracidn de Ministro de Colombia.

El Ministro de IkiLiviA; Me pcrmito indicar <jue se apruelx' el

programa con las reservas hcchas por los Ministros del Peru y de Co¬

lombia. piles las materias ipie contiene son simples recomendaciones

que el consejo hace a la (Conferencia, ipie de ninguna inanera obligan

SI la (’onferencia, ni impiden (jue esta haga cambios en el prograina.

En estc criterio, propongo ijiie el consejo apruebe el prograrna,

El Ministro de Guatemala: Apoi'o la proposicion.

El Emba.tador de M^:xico: Debo declarar que no participo dc la

opinion del Ministro de Colombia, aceptada por el Ministro de Bolivia.

Memos redactado el prograina en la creencia de que la Conferencia lo

aceptaria con la misma voluntad con ipie hemos trabajado en el. Si la

Conferencia tiene el derecho de incorporar nuevas materias 6 de apre-

ciar otras con un criterio conti’adictorio, cntonces ha sido iniitil redac-

tar el prograina y .someterlo sil Consejo Directivo de la Oficina Inter-

nacional. Desoo <|ue c.sta declaracion se haga constar en el acta de

este dia.

El Presidente: El Secretario se servirsi extender en el acta de hoy

la declaracion del Embajador de Mexico.

El Ministro de Chile: Sehor Presidente: Pido el favor de (jue .se

inserte on las niinutas la misma declaracion (|ue hice en la Comision de

Prograina. Todo diplomsUico sabe muy bien lo que es hacer el pro-

gnima de una conferencia dc diploiniUicos. No vamos a celebrar la

primera conferencia del mundo. En la Maya, como en toda confe¬

rencia internacional sujeta si un prograina, una vez aceptado este se le

rcspeta liel y estrictamente. La ('omision ha redactsido este prograina

y lo somete para .ser aprobado ahora. La discusion estsi abierta Mis

hononibles colegas tienen el derecho de proponer enmiendas, jiero

desde el momento en que se apruebe el programsi, este debe ser consi-

derado como la base fundamental de la Tercera Conferencisi Pan-

Americana.

El Mi.nistro de Bolivia. Tenemos instruccionesde nuestros gobier-

nos de presentar determi»adsis materias para que scan objcto de dis¬

cusion en Isi Conferencia, y algunsis de estas materias han sido excluidas

del prograrna. Yo dejaria enteramentc de cumplir con mi deber si

aprobara el prograrna dc la Comision tal y como estsi. No podemos

CONFERENCIA INTERNACIONAL DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS. 897

sin toner instruccionos, obligar a nuostros Gobiernos a aceptar estc prognuna. Es por eso quo considero do la mayor importanoia quo aprobenios el programade la Comision, .sin obligar a nuestros Gobier- nos en a.suntos que no estamo.s autorizados para aceptar. Estsunos en el deber imprescindible de enviar el programa a nuestros Gobiernos, que no.s daran las instruccione.s del easo.

El Ministko dk la Auoentina. Senor Presidente: Pido que se lea por Secretaria y luego se incorpore en el acta de hoy la declaracion que bice ante la Comision.

Acto continuo el Secretario leyo la declaracion <jue sigue: “Seiior Presidente: El memorandum presentado por el Sefior Mi-

ni.stro de Chile en la .sesion del viernes relacionado con el principio del arbitraje, consignado en diversa forma en las proposiciones de diferentes Gobiernos, me obliga a hacer, a mi turno, algunas declara- ciones para tijar mi posicion frente a ese todos los asuntos consigna- dos en el Pixwecto de Programa de la Tercera Conferencia.

“ El Senor Ministro de Chile, a mi juicio, ha anticipado una di-scusion que yo entiendo debe serle exclusivamente reservada a la Conferencia y, con esta persuacion, no le seguire en ella. Solo deseo dejar bien establecido »iue mi intervencibn en la C’omisibn del Programa, con las reservas eonsignadas en mi memorandum de 2 de marzo, ha tenido por primordial objeto contribuir a facilitar los tralmjos preparatorios de la Tercera Conferencia, y con el mismo cspiritu continuare poniendo al servicio de estos mi mejor voluntad; pero no he entendido ni entiendo que al prestar mi colaboracibn en el programa, he trazado un limitc al ])ensamiento y accion be mi Gobierno, respecto de los tbpicos que en aijnel se expresan, lo cual habria estado completamente arriba de mis atribuciones. Consecuente con esta declaracibn, necesito hacer constar que si mi Gobierno decidie.se concurrir a la Conferencia de Rio, lo hara en el concepto de que tendra absolutsi libertad para discutir los temas de la Conferencia, y proponer las .soluciones que correspnden con sujecibn a .su solo criterio.”

El Presidente. Si no ha}' objecibn se incorporani en el acta la declamcibn del Ministro de la Argentina.

Sometida a votacibn la aprobacibn del Progitima, este fue aprobado por unanimidad.

El Ministro de Rolivia. Pido que se vote la siguiente projxisicibn: que la aprobacibn del programa no obliga li nuestros respiKitivos gobiernos, sino que esta .sujeta a su aceptacibn piidiendo dar otras instrucciones a sus delegados.

El Presidente. Entiendo (jue c.so es lo que ya ha hecho constar usted en su declaracibn. No cree usted (jue basta con haber declarado que su voto esta sujeta a esa reserva?

El Minlstro de Rolivia. Creo que si. Esta bien. El Encaroado de Neoocios del Uruguay. En lo ipie respecta al

898 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS KEPUKLICAS AMERICANAS.

Uruguay, fuiupleiue doclarar, Sefior Prosideiite, <iue—auii cuaiido recouozco (jue t'u el proyecto de programa preparado por lo.s distin- guidos mieuibros de laCoiiiision respectiva, se lia tratado de conciliar las aspiraciones e iutereses delodos los parses de America—las instruc- ciones cpie he recibido de mi (xobierno estableceu expresamente el deseo de ipie el arbitraje sea incluido en aipud, eii el bien entendido de <iue seria tratado por el Cougreso de Kio de Janeiro.

Ahora bien; el proyecto incliu'e esa cuestion primordial de transcen¬ dental importancia para nuestros paises, como “una resolucion atir- mando la adhei’encia de las llepublicas Americanas al ^prluclpio’’ del Ar])itnije,” reniitieudolo, luego, a la Segunda Conferencia de La Haya para ser legislado, lo (pie me mueve a participar de las declaraciones de los senores Ministros de la llepublica Argentina, Peru, Colombia y Bolivia, eii cuanto por ellas se hace constar la aceptaciiui del proj’^ecto con las salvedades de cada caso especial. En consecuencia, pido ipie tambiiMi se haga constar en el acta (pie, al aceptarlo por mi parte, me reservo el dar cuenta a mi Gobierno.

El Prksidentf.. Ilagase constar en el acta la declaracion del Encar- gado de Negocios del Uruguay.

El Ministro de Haiti. Entonces no hay programa. Quiero saiierlo para informal' ami Gobierno.

El Presidknte. Yo lo entiendo muy de otro manera. Los miem- bi’os de este Consejo accptaron la invitaciiin a la Conferencia y some- tieron la cuestiim de programa a una Comisii'm de I’rogrania. Esta Coniision ha presentado uiiiinimemente un informe, (jue ha sido apro- bado por unanimidad. Iteconozco (pie el delegado de un pais tiene perfecto derecho de interpretar a su manera la aceptacion del pro¬ grama. Personalmente, si me permitis, opino con el Embajador de Mexico, que semejante interpretaci(ui destruiria en gran parte el buen efecto de la aprobacii'm del programa, y con el Ministro de Chile, comprendo (pie el alcance del programa de una conferencia de esta naturaleza ha de conocerse tan bien por tradiciim, (pie el programa (pie nos ocupa deberia aceptarse como el de la Conferencia de Rio. Veo con sentimiento la imposibilidad en (pie se hallan los sefiores que ban hecho uso de la palabra de aceptar el programa sin reservas; pero comprendo la situaciou tan bien descrita por el Ministro de Bolivia, y la incapacidad en (pie se encuentra de aceptar este programa y de obligar a su Gobierno sin reservas de una manera absoluta. Claro es que si la Conferencia se ha de celebrar y el programa (pie ha sido aprobado sin reservas por una gran nun’oria de los representantes ha de regir, el representante (y delegado de cuahpiiera de los paises tiene la facultad de no aceptar la invitacion il la Conferencia. Convengo en que cada uno tiene el derecho de hacerlo asi si le place. l*ero dcspues de haber dado todos los pasos necesarios para preparar el programa,

CONFERENCIA INTERNACIONAL DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS. 89^

que ha sido redactado do buena fo por iina coinision (jue vosotros; misinos habeis elegido, creo que la Conferencia csta obligada aaceptar dicho programa. Naturalmente, cualquiera do los Gobiernos puede dejar de asistir a ultima bora.

Contestando al Ministro de Haiti, me pareee que si hay programa,, 3' (jue esto ha sido aprobado delinitiv'amente por el Consejo Diroctivo; y eiitiendo ademas tpie las objeciones 6 reservas, tan bien expresadas. por el Ministro de Bolivia, no estsin en pugna eon los terminos de esto programa, ni tampoeo lo desvirtuan. La actitud de los otros senore* (jue ban hablado es praetieamente la misma del Ministro do Bolivia, es- decir, (^ue procederian ultra vires si obligaran ii sus Gobiernos respec- tivos de una manera detinitiva en este asunto.

PjL ^Iinistro de Bolivia. Deseo hacer constar quo mis objeeiones no se retieren a la reunion de la Conferencia; pero tambien deseo quo- se entienda que todos los puntos de (pie consta el programa no ban do scr aceptados asi, sino (pie estan sujetos si discusion. Si no hacemos; este salvedad, los delegados pueden decidir cpie el arbitraje no se somet(> si La Ha3'a y aim puede haber tambiihi ([iiien argu3’a (pie la Comisioit de Programa no cstsi autorizada para resolver este punto. Quiero que se sepa (pie no yo esto}' hostilizando si la Conferencia; por el con- trario, todos tenemos, v 3’o entrc ellos, el msi3'or deseo de (pie alcanco un exito brillante. Pero creo que es mejor (pie se sepa de antemano dial es nuestra actitud. Kepito quo al hacer las reservas del caso no hostilizo si la Conferencia. Me inclino ante la decision de la Comisiim,, pero no esto3’ autorizado por mi Gobierno para aceptar el programa sin reservas.

El Ministro de Costa Rica. Ya que se ha aprolsado unsinime- inente el programa de la Tercera Conferencia, antes de suspender la sesion, ruego me sea pcrniitido aprovechar esta oportunidsid para hacer una manifestacion que deseo se inserte en el acta, la ciial, sino d(i^^ carsicter general, si do interes para los paises productores de cafe en. Annirica, que acaso descaren aprovechar la reunion de la Conferencia. de Rio de Janeiro para tratar entre ellos de mejorar la situacion actual del mcrcado de dicho fruto.

Mi Gobierno habria deseado tomar alguna iniciativaa este respecto,. pero cre3’6 debido no hacerlo en consideracion si (pie siendo el Brasil el productor msis grande de caf(i, y siendo en su Capital donde la Con¬ ferencia tendril lugar, al Gobierno de aiptella Repiiblica correspon- dia presentarla.

El Gobierno de Guatemala, por medio de su Ministro en Washing ton, hizo entre otras indicacion de esta materia como asunto del progama; 3'siunque node maneraolicial, el Doctor Pacas, Ministro de Gobernaciiin del Salvador, en carta fecha 9 de febrero proximo pasado,. me indic(i, entre otros puntos que estan incluidos en los del programa^

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900 OFICINA INTEKNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLIC AS AMERICANA8.

el asuiito del cafe, considerando su resolucion de necesidad y trans- cendeiicia para los paises product ores del fruto, e indicando (}ue podria acordarse altfuna lucdida sicjuiera fuera reconiendando la proteccion a esta industria por medio del fomeiito decidido del consumo; la aboli- cion de iiupuestos sobre el mismo fruto dondc quiera (jue los liubiera, y la mayor baratura posible de los trasportes.

Yo, en nombrc de los productores de mi pais, y liaciendome eco de las recomedacioues a que me he referido, me permito hacer un llama- mieiito afiuellos de mis colegas (pie lo tengan a l)ien, jiara que estudien la materia y la recomienden a sus respectiv’os Gobiernos, de maueracpie puedan llegar a algiin acuerdo capaz de pi'oducir resultados prsicticos, 3’a cii el sentido amplio ipie sugiere el distiiiguido salvadoreiio, que con- sulta igualmente los intereses del productor y del consumidor; >’a on cuahjuiera otra forma (pie pueda mejorar la condicioii actual de tantos millones de duefios de plantsiciones y de otras jiersonas (jue vivcn de esta industria en que estsl invertida fabulosa suma de capitales.

El Presidente dispuso (pie se hiciere constar en el acta la manifosta- cion del Ministro de Costa Rica, y no habiendo otra materia de (pie tratar se Icvanb') la sesion.

A coxtinuack'ix se insekta el proorama de la tercera coxfe-

RKXCIA IXTERXACIOXAL DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICAXOS (^UE SE HA

DE CELEBRAR EX Rfo DE JAXEIRO: PROORAMA.

(Jjictiia Intemacional de Im Repnhlicas Ait\er 'u\niaH.

I. (a) Keorganizacion de la Ohcina Jnternacional de las Republicas Americanas sobre una base nms permanentc;

(b) Ampliar v mejorar el plan y eticiencia de la Instituciihi. II. Un acuerdo atirmando la adhesion de las Republicas Americanas

al principio de arbitraje para el arreglo de las cuestiones que entre ellas puedan suscitarse, expresando la esperanza (pie abngan las Repu¬ blicas (jue toman parte en la Conferencia de (pie la pnixima Con- ferencia, quo se ha de reunir en La llai’a, celelirara una Convencion General de Arbitraje (pie pueda ser aprobada y puesta en vigor por todos los paises.

III. Un acuerdo reconiendando a las diferentes Jlepublicas la pro- rroga por un periodo de cinco anos del “Tnitado de Arbitraje .sobre Reclamaciones Pecuniarias” celebrado entre las diferentes Republicas en la Conferencia de Miixico.

IV. Un acuerdo reconiendando que la Segunda Conferencia de la Paz de la Haya sea invitada a considerar si es admisible el u.so de la fuerza para el cobrode las deudas piiblicas, 3'si es admisible, hasta qu6 punto.

Codlficaclon del Derecho Intemacional Piihlico y Privado.

V. Un convenio que establezca la creaciini de una Comision de Jurisconsultos (jue prepare, para someterlo a la siguiente Conferencia,

CONFERKNCIA INTERNACIONAL DE LOS ESTADOS AMERICANOS. 901

un proyecto do Codigo de Dereolio Internacional Publico y Privado y quo asimismo determine la manera de pagar los gastos que exija la obni; recomendando especialmente a la consideracion de dieha Comi- sion de Juris<'onsultos los Trahtdos celebrados en el Congreso de Mon¬ tevideo en 1889 de Lej’es civiles, comerciales, crinnnales y procesales.

Kat ural izac!6)t.

VI. La conveniencia de celebrar uii coiivenio que comprenda cl principio de que el eiudadano naturalizado en uno de los paises con- tratantes y que se radique mievainente en su pais de origen, sin la intencion de regresar a aquel donde se naturalizo, sea considerado como (pie ha renunciado a su naturalizacion en dicho pais, presuiiiien- dose (pie existe el intento de no regresar cuando la persona naturalizada resida iniis de dos afios en su pais de origen.

J>e8orroUo de las relacianes comerciales entre las liepiddicas Americanos.

VII. Adopcion de los acuerdos que la Conferencia considei’e con- ducentes a asegurar:

(a) La mas riipida comunicacion entre las diversas naciones. (b) La celebracion de tratados comerciales. (c) La ma\'or disemmacion posible de datos estadisticos}' comerciales. (d) Medidas llamadas a dar por resultado el desarrollo y ampliacion

de las relaciones comerciales entre las Republicas que formen la Conferencia.

Leyes adaaneras y (xmsalares.

VIII. Simplificacion y unificacion de las leyes aduaneras y consu- lares que se retieran a la entrada y despacho de los buques y mercancias.

J*atentes y marcas de comercio.

IX. Estudio de los tratados de Montevideo Mexico que sc refieren a estc asiinto, junto con :

(a) Recomcndaciones que tiendan a la uniformidad de las lej’es de patentes }' de procedimientos si que den lugar.

(b) Creacion de una Oficina Internacional para el registro de marcas de comercio.

Policia sanitaria y cuarentena.

X. Estudio de la Convencion Sanitaria Hrmada ad referendum en Wsishington y de la que se celebro en Rio Janeiro y de aipiellas reco- mendaciones adicionales en materia de salud publica, que mas eficaz- mente perraitan si cada una de las Repiiblicas ayudar a las otras a pre- venir las epidcmias y si reducir la moitalidad debida si enfermedades contagiosas.

902 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANA8.

Verroatnul J\in-Ainci‘ic<ino.

XI. Estudio del infornic de la Comision Pennaneiite del Ferro-

carril Pan-Aiiierieano que ha de preseiitarse en la Conferencia, y de

las ixconiendaciones si las diferentes Kepublicas que a el se retieran,

reatiniiando al inisiiio tienipo el intores de todas cllas en el exito de

este pro3’eeto.

Propitdad IItvrarui.

XII. Estudio de los tratados de Montevideo y de Mexico que se

relieren si la propiedad literaria y de la legislaeion acercade la materia

en las llepiihlicas Americanas.

Kjcrciclo de his profesiones lihendes.

XIII. Medidsis (jue se estimen neeesarias para llevar si efeeto la idea

eomprendida en el trsitado celehrsulo en la Segunda Conferencia Pan-

Americana con relacion si esta materia.

XI\^ Futuras conferencias.

LA UNIDAD PANAMERICANA.

El Sensulor John \V. Daniel, de Virginia, en el discurso que pro¬

nuncio en el Senado de los Estados Uiiidos abogando ponjue se le

prestase generoso apoyo si la Tercera Conferencia Internacionsil (pie

se ha de celebrar en Rio do Janeiro, cito la opinion <pic el Honorable

Ei.ihu Root, Secretario de Estsulo de los Estsulos Unidos, emitiii ante

una Comisi(in del Congreso, en aptn o del pronto adelantamiento de las

relaciones comerciales interamericanas. Las siguienti's son algunas

de las observaciones (pie el Secretario Root hizo sobre el asunto,

segiin las ha publicado el ‘‘Diario del Congreso” (Congre.ssioiiiil

Record):

“Creo que la obra de la Oticina de las Repiiblicas Americanas, la

existencia de la Unu'm Internacionsil y la celebrsicii'm de estsis Confe-

rencisis, ofrecen, en conjunto, el mejor medio de romper el relativo

aislamiento de este psus respecto de los otros paises de America, y de

establecer relsiciones entre nosotros y olios, en vez de las relaciones

un tanto exclusivas (pie hsistsi ahora han oxistido entre olios y Europa.

“Nuestrsis relaciones con dichos pulses han sido mai’ormente de

Indole politica, en tanto (jue, por otra parte, sus vlnculos de raza,

idioma, costumbres y usos heredados—(pie son resultado de la inversii'm

de grandes capitales europcos en sus paises, (pie si su vez proviene de

Isis numerosas 3’ convenientes lineas de conuinicacion establecidas entre

ellos y Europa—han hecho que el comercio sudamericano y las rela¬

ciones asl sociales como peisonales, se inclinen hacia Europa iiuis bien

RKPtrBLICA ARGENTINA. 903

que haoia lo.s Estados Uiiidos. Asi es <iue, al asuniir miestra actitud

poHtica, quo tienc por objeto advertirle a Eiiropa, con arreglo a la

Dooti’ina do Mojiroc, que sc aparte del territorio de Centro y Sur

America, aparecemos como relativainente oxtranos para dlchas Kepil-

blicas, en tanto (pie Europa tiene con ellas relaciones directas.

“Ahora bien, creo (pie exlste un deseo vehemente 3' j^enuino por

parte de los estadistas sudamericanos—\’ cuenta (pie de estos hay

muchos 3' niuv haliiles—de estlnuilar a sus pueblos a ipic adipiieran

nia3'or conocimiento del pueblo de los Estados Cnidos, a la vez (pie

j)or parte de nuestro pueblo existc el deseo de conocer mejor las Kepu-

blicas del Sur v de toner ina3'ores relaciones con ellas. Es evidente

(pie on la actualidad el ^ran aumento de capital en los Estados

Unidojy esta a punto de buscar inversiiui en el extranjero. Estainos

casi a la terniinaciini de un periodo durante el cual todo nuestro capital

y toda nuestra cnergia se habian concentrado exclusivaiiKMite en

nuestras empresas donu'sticas; 3' por los datos (pie el Departaniento de

Estado me proporciona, me es dable ver un aumento enorme de

relaciones mercantiles entre los americanos 3' otras nacioncs. Elios se

proponen invertir sus capitales en construcciones 3' estan abriendoso

paso j)()r medio do transaccioiuis bancarias, siendo asi (pie el capital

americano esta listo para extenderse por toda la America Central y

del Sur. Entiendo (pic la debida funcu'm del (iobierno es contribuir

a crear situaciones de relaciones amistosas y de buena intelij^encia que

hagan posible que el capital extranjero va3’a a csos paises.

“Me parece (pie no podria 3'o hacer una obra mas util al pais, il tin

do fomontar los interescs del comex’cio americano y al niismo tiempo

estimular estas relaciones (jue pi openden a mantener la paz y la armo-

nia, que alentar y hacer que proj^rese esta tendencia (pie encuentra

su expresii'm mas genuina en la union de las liepublicas Americanas y

en estas Conferencias sucesivas.’'

REPCBLICA ARGENTINA.

LEY DE ADUANA, 1906-6.

[Monedtix, pvsiis y mortulti.s,—l.ii iinultid monetaria cs el ptso, <jne vale iiominalmente 5 pesetas y se

divide cii 1(10 ccniavos. Con respeoto H ])csas y niedidas, este pais ha adoptado el sistema metnco.J

Zey (ic Adtanias^ no. 4^9de 20 de diciemhre de 1905.

Iluletin nficiat " de 23 de diciembre de 1905, no. 3050.]

ARTtcur.o 1. La introdiiccion de mercaderias de procedencia extran-

jera y la extracciiui do articulos que no scan libres pa^aran, respeetiva-

mente, los derechos de irnportacion y exportacion (pie en seguida se

establecen:

904 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

C'APiTULO 1.—Uerechos de impm'tacum.

Art. 2. Pagariin un derecho de tanto por ciento ad vaho'em, las

inercadcrias sig'uientes:

Sec ciox 1.—S5 por ciento ad valorem.

Todas las nieroaden'a.s que eii esta ley no figuren con un derecho esi>eeial, y las que no esten exoneradas de derechos.

Secciox 2.—oO por ciento ad valorem.

Armas, accesorios y sus a<lherencias. Ameses y arreos en general, completos e incoinpletos. Bastones con estoque. Carruajes conclufdos u sin concluir, y Irenes y varas en bruto para los inismos. Cartuchos jiara annas. Cohetes. Municiones. Perfnmen'a en general. Polvora en general.

Secci6x 3.—40 por ciento ad valorem.

Articulos de cuahiuier tela d tejido, confeccionados d en principio de confeccidn. Bailies y valijas. Bolsitas de cuero, de mas de 25 centi'metros, con utiles d sin ellos. Jiolsas de lienzo d de otros generos <le algoddn. Itotas y vejigas para vino, confeccionadas d en principio de confeccidn. Bdrax. C'ajas de hierro y de acero en general. Cajas vacias para fdsforos. Calzailo en general, conclufdo d en piezas. Cromos, oleografi'as e impresos en general, en colores, sobre cartulina, 6 papel. Cueros y pieles curtidos. Encajes tinos de seila d mezi-Ia. Encajes linos de hilo. Etiquetas en tintas d colorcs, d cromos sobre papel d cartulina para cigarros, cajas

de fdsforos, liebidas, {lerfuineria, productos (juimicos u otros ainilogos y de cuahiuier otro uso.

Etiiiuetas, I'on d sin goina, con d sin inscripcidn y en cartdn para colgar. Hebillajes para arrvi>s d arneses en general. Impresos comerciales, letras de canibio, cheques, p<>lizas, acciones, estainpillas,

cartas de credito, facturas, memorandums, gufas y deiniis analogos, y papeles d sobres impresos d con membrete y sobres en bianco.

Los misinos, en litograffa, timbrados en cobre d acero. Impresos sobre cartdn d cartulina, en tintas d en colores, d cromos para avisos ii

otros usos, inclusive los boletos de toila clase y los calendarios, con d sin block. Medias de toda clase. Mosaico. Muebles conchn'dos d en piezas. Pasanianen'a y cordones de setla d mezcla, con d sin hilo metalico. Papel de lija. Sombreros 6 gorras no gravados con derechos especfficos. Tarjetas impresas en general, grabadas d litogratiadas.

REPUBLIC A ARGENTINA. 905

Sec'Cion 4.—3o i>or cierJo ad valorem.

Carbones para lamparas de arco voltaico. Kstiiclies para alhajas. Frazadas de lana 6 inezela, con urdimltre de aljrodun, dobladilladas 6 rilKiteadas. Tejidos de panto. Tornillos, bulones y tuerca.s de hierro.

SEfcib.v 5.—30 iHjr cienlo ad valorem.

Tejidos de lana en general, con d sin inezcla.

Seccio.n' G.—30 2>or cienlo ad valorem.

Acero en barras, planclias y planchuelas. Telas de algoddn crudo, llaniadas lienzos.

Secc’kSx 7.—15 2tor cienlo ad valorem.

Koble, cedro, pino, spruce, l)lanco y de tea, sin cepillar. Tejidos de soda, esj)ecial para cernidores.

Secciox 8.—10 2>or cienlo ad valorem. Albayalde. Acidos tartiirico y (a'trico. Ainom'aco anbidro en cilindros. Antiiiionio inetalico. Arena y i)iedra que conduzc^an los buques como lastre necesario. Autoiiiuviles conipletos en general, y repuestos 6 piezas para los mismos que vengan

por sei>arado de los carruajes a (jne se destinan. Barita pulverizada d sulfuro iinpuro de barita. Bleck d abiuftnin de bulla. Brea ininend.

Cacao en grano. (’arms especiales para el transjMjrte de cereales. Cocos llaniados del Brasil d Paraguay. Kinbarcaciones luenores en general, armadas 6 desarmadas.

Kstafio en barras d lingotes. (lra.«a de (Iras.'J. Malt. IVibilo, trenzado d no, para velas. Pita, yute d Ciinaino hilado, para hacer trenzas.

Se.s(iuisulfuro de fdsforo y deinas substancias que substituyan al fdsforo bianco para la fabricacidn de los niisinos.

Sulfato de cal. Hulfato de cobre. Tela especial para encuadernadores.

Secciox y.—J‘or cienlo ad valorem.

Aceites i)esados de alquitran. Alambre de acero d hierro con <luas, i)ara cercos. Alainbre de hierro 6 acero, galvanizado d no, ha.sta el niiinero 14, inclusive. Alambre de cobre i)uro, de menos de einco milfmetros de espesor. Alcornoque en cuadritos d con principio de elaljoracidn. Albajas. Agujas para miiquinas de coser. Aparatos contra el granizo.

906 OFICINA INTEBNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMEKICANA8.

Alainbre 6 cables do mas <le einco miUmetros cle diainetro, para la eleetricidad, y los iiuplementos para la instalaeidn de cables subterraneos.

Arados y piezas de repuesto. Arena de Fontainebleau. Azafran. Azcjiue. Azufre bruto, en j)iedra. Alftoddn en raina, con d sin pepita, <5 hilado para telares. Asfalto de Trinidad y roca asfaltica natural. Bisulito de sodio iini)uro. Cascarilla de cacao. Carozos de GuayHcpiil. Canclio native. Corteza de cjuillay. Extractos de tanino ordinarios para curtiembre, de veinticinco A treinta grades

Beaunje, c!on excepcidn del extracto de qucd)racho y de cebil. Esterilla en libra. Fibra 6 pasta de inadera para fabricacidn de papel. Filatnra para f«')sforos. tJelatina para la fabricacidn de carnes conservadas. Hierro dulce en barras, flejes d planchas, sin trabajar. Hierro en lingotes para fundicidn. Hilo para niucjninas de segar. Hojalata sin trabajar, cortada d no. Kaolin. I.adriilos de fuego, infusibU*s d refractarios. I.ana hilada d estarnbre para el telar. Lino hilado jiara el telar. Li'ipulo. Mi'iquinas en general, y pieza.s de repuesto para las niismas. Ma(|uinai} de coser y rejjuestos para las inismas. Ma<iuinas de escpiillar, con d sin motor, y piezas de repuesto. Macluinas, con d sin motor para la agricultura, y piezas de repuesto. Miajuinas de e.-icribir, de contar y registradoras. Mi'iquinas sistema Champidn y otras, para abovc^dar caminos, y piezas de repuesto. Maquinas y canos maestros jtara instalaciones publicas de alumbrado a gas d

eleetricidad, agniLs corrientes y cloacas. Motores d locomdviles sueltos, tractores, triciclos, y piezas de repuesto. Nitrato de potasio bruto. I’ajiel bianco natural en discos de 1 basta 2 c^entfmetros de ancho, destinado exclu-

sivamente a fabricacidn de fdsforos de papel. Pelo de conejo. Pez de resina. Piedras preciosas. Pica, yute d cafiamo en rama, sin peinar 6 hilar. Piomo en planchas, lingotes d barras. Prensas para enfardar pasto. Postes de palma del Paraguay para alambrados. Rastras, rejas de hierro para arados y rastrillos de caballos. Eelojes de Icolsillo, de orro, plata, plaque d enchapados en oro y de metales

coinunes. Soda, carbonato, ceniza, silicato industrial, nitrato y sulfato iinpuro de soda, y soda

Ci'ustica. / Sulfato impuro de aluminio.

REPUBLIC A ARGENTINA. 907

Trainos do hierro para puonten y alcantarillan. Tierra refractaria. IJtonsillos do oro 6 plata. Zinc on linf;otos y trarras. Zinc liso, ha.«ta el miinero cnatro, cortado jtara envases.

Art. 3". Las inercaderias (iiic a continuacion se detallaii, pagaran

los .siguientc-s dorechos e.spocificos.

StxcioN 1.—Coinesliblett.

Acoites vofietaloH en'general...kilogranio.. Aceiti' do linaza, crudo d cocido.fd_ Aceite do coco 6 j>alina.fd_ Aceitunas en aceite, rellenas d no, inclusive el envaso.fd_ Aceitunas en salinuera.fd_ Aceitunas aprensadas d no.fd_ Ajf en rania.fd_ Ajos en general.fd_ Alcaparras en envases de viilrio.fd_ Alcaparras en envases <le niadera.fd_ Alinendras sin cascara.fd_ Alniendras con cascara.fd_ Ahniddn en general.fd_ Alpiste.fd_ Altraiimeos en grano.fd_ Altraniuees pelados.fd_ Anfs en grano.fd_ Arvejas en grano.fd_ \ren(jnes ahuinados, en ennetes.fd_ Arenques en cajas.fd_ Arroz.fd_ Arroz eon cascara.fd_ Avollanas eon cascara.fd_ Avellanas peladas.fd_ Avena en grano.fd_ Aziiear refinado d de (9(5 grades) noventa y seis grades y nuts do polariza- cidn.kilograino..

Aziiear no refinado, d do nienos de (90grades) noventa y seis grades de pola- rizaeidn.kilograino..

Haealao y otros jK-scados analogos.fd_ Haealao cortado.fd_ Hizcochos y galletitas en general.fd_ Cacao con avena y sus siinilares.fd_ Cafe en grano.fd_ Cafe niolido.fd_ Cafe de acliicoria en paquetes.fd_ Cafe de achicona, guelto.fd_ Cafe de eebada d inalta.fd_ Caniarones secos.fd_ Caneldn en rania. fd_ Carhiiro de caleio.fd_ Came salada, en easeos.fd_ Castafias peladas.fd_ Castafias con cascara.fd_

Pesos. 0.10

. 10

.03

.08

. 05

.03

. 05

.01

.08

.06

. 10

.05

.08

.01

.01

.02

.06

.01

.05 • .08

.02

.005

.03

.05

.015

.09

.07

.04

.0(5

. 15

.25

.03

.06

.03

.025

.08

. 125

.05

.03

.25

.05

.005

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Pesos. Caviar.ki'logranio.. 0.40 CvLada iK'lada.id.025 Cfbada con ca.'Jcara.id.0075 CeiK)lla.'j en general.fd.01 Centeno en general.id.01 Chocolate en pasta.id.50 Chocolate en polvo.I'd.35 Chicharos en grano.id.01 Chlcharos pelado.s.hi.02 Clavo.s de olor y tlor de clavo y cogollos.fd.06 Ciruelas.fd.08 CocoH llaniado.s de Chile.fd.03 Coininos.M.05 Confites, houilione.s y pastillas mieltas.fd.25 Con.serva.s de legumhres en frasco.s, latas o hotellas.fd.12 Con.servasen cuahinier clase de preparacion, depescados, inariscos y hongo.s,

con exclusion de las sardinas.kilograino.. . 20 Coiiservas de came, con d sin trufas, nienos lasalada.fd.20 Datiles en envascs hasta 2 kilogranios.fd.10 Datiles en envascs niayores.fd.06 De.s-arozados de dnraziio.fd.05 Dulces y turrones.fd.25 Einliutidos de came, coinprendida la inortadela.fd.30 Eiuairtidos en frascos.fd.10 Encurtidos en todo otro envase.fd.07 Es|K‘cias niolidas de todas clases.fd.12 Farina.fd.005 Fidcos.fd.04 Frutas al jngo, coinpota d en alnifhar.fd.25 Frulas al natural d conservadas en agua d en aguardiente.fd.15 Gallcta coinun.fd.02 (iarhanzos en general.fd.04 Ilahas secas.fd.01 Ilai'ina comestible, en general, en paipietes d latas, con excepcidn de las do

trigod niafz.kilograino.. .05 llarina en cajones d bolsas d cualquier otro envase.fd.04 Higos secos en envascs hasta 2 kilogranios.fd.05 Higos en envascs ina3'ores.fd.03 Iluevos en general.fd.02 Jaiiidn.fd.25 Ia'cIic condensada.fd.07 Lenguas de hacalao.fd.10 la^ntejas.fd.01 Manf.fd.0125 Manteca de vaca.fd.10 Manteca de puerco.fd.08 Manzanas, jieras d guiinlas secas, inclusive el envase.fd.05 Maqiif.fd.50 Mazacote (aziicar de).fd.02 Miel en general.fd.03 Mostaza, llauiada inglesa d francesa.fd.10 Mi jo.fd.03 Nueces.fd.03

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Fenoa.

Ofitras.*.ki'lojrranio.. 0.04 Paaiis (le iiva, eii eiivases ha.sta 2 kilograinos.id.15 PaiJas en enirasea inayores.I'd_ . 19 Pa.aaa conio la anterior, de Corinto.id.05 Pa.'sta de anclioa.«.I'd_ .30 Pa«ta de toinate...id.05 Pejepalo en fardos.fd.02 Peacados en salimiera d aprensados.i'<l.04 Pimentdii.id.03 Piuiientos al natural.id.04 IMfioiies.id.06 Piniienta en grano.id_ .04 Pidtaelios.id.10 Porotoa.id_ .125 <iueso en general.iM_ .20 Sal griitsa,. .lieetdlitro.. . 20 Sal fiiia, en barrieay d hol.^as.kilogramo.. .01 Sal en frascos.id.02 Salsa inglesa.fd.15 Sardinas en aceite d salsa ..I'd.05 Seinola.fd_ .02 Sojia preparaila...fd.10 Te en general. .id.20 Tieholos.id_ .15 Toeino.iil.20 Tnifas al natural.id.75 Yerba elaborada, en general...id.04 YcrV'a canchada d en raiiia.id.010

SEceidx 2. — lichidns.

Ag.iardiente en easeo d dainajuanas, (jue no exeeda de 79 gradire centesi- nialea.litro.. .06

Aguardiente embott'llado, qiie no exeeda de 79 grades eenteainiales, en bo- tellas de 101 mililitros a iin litro, boUdla. .25

Ajenjo en eascos d dainajuanas, de no mas de OH grades.litre.. . 29 Anis, arrac, coiiae, kirseb, rbum y otros .seiiiejantes, en caseos d dainajuanas,

de no mas de 50 grades eeiitesimales.litre.. . 28 Ajenjo einbotellado, que no exeeda de 68 grades eentesimales, on betellaa de

501 mililitros il un litro.botella.. . 34 Anis, arrae, conae, rbum y otros semejantes, embotellades, (pie no excedan

de 50 grades eentesimales, en botellas de 501 mililitros a un litro.botella.. . 33 Birr y (luinados a base de vino, en caseos 6 dainajuanas.litro.. . 30 Birr y (iiiinados il base de vino, emliotellados.botella.. . 25 Bitter Angostura, basta 08 grades eentesimales, en botellas de 501 mililitros

li un litro.botella.. .54 Bitter Angostura, en niedias botellas, basta 68 grades eentesimales...id.27 Bitter emlioUdlado, de otras marea.s.id.27 Bitter en ea.seos d damajiianas, basta 78 grades eentesimales.litro.. . 29 Cana emlxitellada.botella.. . 25 Caila en caseos d dainajuanas.litro.. . 20 Cerveza en caseos.■. id.07 Cerveza einbotellada.Iwdella.. . 10 Cliacoli einbotellado.id.08

910 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DK LAS REFUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

Chaooli' eii casco.litro.. Chiclia eiulx>tella<la.botella.. Chica en cascos.litro.. Ginebra einbotellada, aroinatica, Old Tom d Snapps, (pie no exceda de 50

grados centesimales por litro.botella.. (iinebra Snapps eii cascos o eii damajuanas, de no imis de 50 grades centesi-

inales por litro.litre.. Ginger.docena de bcjtella.. Grapa cmliotcllada.botella.. Grapa en cascos (> damajuanas.litre.. Jarabes embotellados.botella.. Licores embotellados, de no mas de 50 grades centesimales por litro_fd.. Licores en cascos (') damajuanas de igual graduacmn.litre.. Poncbe embatellado.botella.. Refrescos con soda, embotellados.docena de botellas.. Sidra en cascos.litre.. Sidra emlHitellada.botella.. Soda water.docena de botellas.. Vinos en general, embotellados.Imtella.. Vinos OiK>rto, Jerez, ^Madeira, Rliin, Chateau Margaux, Lafitte, Chateau

Y(piem, Borgofia y demiis fines, en cascos <') damajuanas.litro.. Vinos Carh'in, I’riorato, Seco, Burdt^‘OS ordinario, Barbera, Mosela ordinario

y demiis comunes, en cascos (') damajuanas, de no mils de 15 grades cente¬ simales de fuerza alcolmlica y 35 i>or ciento de extracto seco, libre de aziicar reductor.litro.. (Cuando el extracto seco pase del limite arriba lijado, pagani uu centavo

per cada 5 gramos <') fracci('tn de exceso por litro.) Nota. —Cuando los vinos y demiis bebidas vengan con mayor graduacion

alcolailica que la establecida, paganiu un centavo por cada grade (') fraccmn de exceso, per litro.

Vinos !Moscato, Marsala, Nebiolo, Sauterue, Mosela y los dulces y de postres y demiis regulares.litre..

Vinagres en cascos <j damajuanas.fd_ Vinagre emlxitellado.botella.. Vermouth en cases (j damajuanas.litro.. Vermouth emlMitellado.botella.. Mosto alcoholizad(j () concentrado y mistela.litre.. Whisky en cascos (> damajuanas, (pie no exceda de 50 grades centesimales, litro.

Whisky embotellado.botella..

Varius (irliciiloK.

Arpillera 6 Iona de jJta cruda.kilogramo.. Bol.sas de arpillera (') Iona de juta cruda.fd_ Cuellos de algod('in <> hilo mezcia para hombres y niilos.docena.. Kstearina.kilogramo.. Fieltros adherentes (llamados chemises), para sombreros de hombre, cada uno.

Fieltro.s no adherentes (llamados cloches) para sombreros de hombre 6 sefiora.cada uno..

Fieltriis en jiiezas, especiales para sombreros.kilogramo.. F(jsforos de palo.fd_ F(jsforo8 de cera, estearina (> cuahiuiera otra substantia, sueltos._fd_

Pesos.

0. 04 .10

.08

..33

.23

.50

.25 .20

.15

.33

.29

.10

.50

. 10

.15

.40

.25

.25

.08

.12

.015

.02

. 15

. 16 1.00

..30

..30

.01

.015 1.25 .08

.30

.50 3.00 .40

1.60

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Pesos.

Fosforos de cera, estearina dcualquiera otra substancia, eii cajas de no masde 6 dooenas.oaja.. .80 Kerosene.litro.. .03 Naipes en general.gruesa.. 10.00 raj)el de color y bianco para envolver, de tapa.s, carteles 6 barriles, de

estraza, estracilla, paja y para bolsa.s.kilogr.. .08 Papel coinun, bianco, llaniado de diarios, en bobina.s d resnias.fd_ .02 Papel bianco para obras y el para escribir, bianco, de toda clase y tainafio,

inclusive el de color hasta forinato oficio.kilogr.. . 04 Pufios de algodon d hilo d inezcla.docena de pares.. 2.00 Puntas de Paris.kilogr.. . 025 Sombreros de fieltro, de lana en general, i)ara hombres d ninos.c/u.. . 35 Idem como los anteriores, de pelo de nutria, castor, vicufia d conejo. .id_ 1.00 Idem de copa alta, barnizados, para cocheros.fd.70 Idem de copa alta, en general.fd_ 2.00 Tela esmerilada.kilogr.. . 20 Velas de estearina, parafina y sus mezclas.fd.10

SKCcidN 3.— ToImcos.

Cigarros de tabaca de la llabana, en cajitas de madera.kilogr.. 1.50 Cigarros de tabaco de la llabana, sueltos, d envucltos, d en cajitas de cartdn.kilogr.. 2.25

Idem de tabaco conuin (no hahano), en cajita.s de madera.fd.60 Idem de tabaco (no habano) sueltos d envueltos, en cajitas de cartdn. .fd_ .75 Cigarrillos en general.fd_ 1. 00 Palo de tabaco. fd.15 Pichua.fd_ .20 RajK'.fd_ .40 Tabaco en hoja d i)icadura, habano.fd_ .70 Tabaco en hoja d picadura, de otras procedencias, con exclusidn del para- guayo...kilogr.. .22

Tobaco en hoja d picadnra, paraguayo.fd.12

Akt. 4". Qiioda autorizado el l\)der Ejecutivo a perinitir la entrada

librc de las bolsas de arpiHera para cereales, cuando el preeio en el pais excediera de veiiitiun centavos oro el kilo.

En caso de qne sean declaradas libres de derecho las bolsas, lo sera ignalmente la arpillera, por el niisino terniino.

Cai’Itulo II.—Dercchos de exportacion.

Aut. 5". Es libre de derechos de exportacion toda clase de productos,

f rutos 6 inanufactiiras del pais.

Aut. 6°. El hierro viejo serii sujeto a un derecho de cinco pe.sos oro

los mil kilos.

Aut. 7®. El ganado vacuno tpie se importe con destino a ser inver- nado y sacado nuis tarde del territorio de la Repiiblica, pagara un derecho de tres pe.sos oro por cabeza. Queda facultado el Poder Ejecu¬ tivo para acordar la liberacion de este derecho, cuando .se trate de paises (pie no graven la iniportaciiin del ganado argentino.

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912 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

A KT. 8". Las casas quo cjerzan el coinercio de iniportacion y cx- portaeion de niei’caderia.s, haciendas, frutos y productos de cualquiera clase que sean, y las (pie se ociipen de operacioncs de triinsito para el exterior, abonaran iin derecho de estadistica de uno por mil sobre los valores que representen sus operaciones, esten 6 no sujetas a derechos de aduana.

Las aduanas de la Republica comprenderan este impuesto en las liquidaciones de los documentos de los diversos ramos de la renta, y sc cobraran conjuntamente eon este.

La cuenta de su producto se llev^ani en la forma establecida para cada uno de los ramos de la renta.

Capiti lo hi.—Llhemcwn de derechos.

Art. Sera libre de derechos la iniportacion de los articulos si<^uientes:

At-eites de es<iuistos iinportados exclusivainente por las coinpafn'as de gas para la carhuracioii del gas de alnnibrado.

Aleornoque en corU'za 6 plaiichas. Animales en general, prcviolleno de los requisites establecidos por la ley de Poliefa

Sanitaria Animal. Arena y jiiedra tpu^ londuzean los buques eonio la.stre neeesario, destinadas pa^a

las inunieipalidades. Ajiaratos, in.strumentos y litiles iinportados por las universidades, con destine a la

instruccidn superior, cuando vinieraii consignados al Decano de la Facultad d que se destinan y inediante iietieion del Rector de la Universidad.

Bucpies arniados d desarmados. Cana de azucar. Calderas para buques, iinportadas por los annadores. Carbon de pi(“dra d vegetal para combustible. Cascos de madera d de hierro, armados o desarmados, jtara envases. Coke. Cuiias, rieles <le hierro d acero, travesafios de hierro y eclisas para ferrocarriles 6

tranvi'as a vapor d a sangre d a electricidad, y el material destinado a la instalacidn de los tranvias electricos y traccidn, comprendidndo.se en este rubro linicamente d los motores para los eoches, tren de dstos, cabl<^, trolley, alambre, bobinas, cajas fusibles, frenos, llantas, pararrayos, resortes, aisladores, controller, ruedas, rosetas, cruces y cambios.

Duelas para cascos. Dinamita jiara niinas y pdlvora especial para las mismas. Kml>arcaciones para clubs de regatas. Estufas de desinfeccidn. Envases, fundas d bolsas especiales, cajones armados d desarmados, y hojalata cor-

tada para tarros, imjiortados directamente i>or los establecimientos de conservacidn de (;arnes, con destine al envase de cstas.

Especiti(x»e en general, para curar la sama. Filtros para agua, sistema Pasteur 6 sus e(piivalentt'8. llariua de trigo d maiz. Hierro y acero viejos. l..eguinbres y frutas frescas, con excepcidn de la uva.

RKPUBLICA ARGENTINA. 913

Lefia de tcxlas clasos. Libros iinpresos en general, revistas, diaries y periedicos cienti'ficos y literarios con

6 sin ilustraciones, inapas, globes geogniflcos y cuadernos con mnestras para las eecuelas.

liocoinotoras y piczas de repuesto para las mismas. Miiquinas de segar, engavillar 6 espigar, con 6 motor, con 6 sin platafonna y con 6

sin fiindas 6 encerados, y piezsis de repuesto para las mismas. Miiqninas de trillar a sangre y a vapor, con 6 sin motor y con d sin fundas d

encerados, y piezas de repuesto para las mismas. Miiquinas de desgranar d descbalar li vapor, con d sin fundas d encerados, y piezas

de repuesto para las mismas. Miapiinas para la extraccidn de tanino. Maijuinas para refinerfas de azdcar. Miiquinas ]>ara buques. Miiquinas para la fabricacidn de manteca, y piezas de repuesto. Miiquinas, accesories y materiales para la instalacidn de fabricas de hiladoe de

algoddn y peinados de lana. Miiiiuinas para explotaciones d exploraciones de minas. Mmiuinas desmotadoras de algoddn. Materiales destinados il obras publicas de salubridad y aguas corrientes. Materiales de guerra para la nacidn. Medicamentos, drogas e instrumentos para los bospitales de la Repiiblica, con

excepcidn del algoddn medicinal. Moneda metiilica. Muebles y berramientas de inmigrantes, que formen su equipaje. Municidn j>ara fusil de guerra. Nafta d i)etroleo impuro y carburina. Naranjas. Objetos exclusivamente destinados para el culto, cuando viniesen consignados al

titular del templo a (pie se destinan, y mediante j^eticidn del resjiectivo diocesano. Oro en grano, pasta d polvo. Pescado fresco. Plata en barra d pifia. Plantas vivas. Semillas para la siembra en general, que no puedan toner otra aplicacidn, con

exceiK'idn de las (jue (piedan gravadas por esta ley. Serum jiara el tratamiento preventive d curative de enfemieilades infecciosas. Trigo, mafz y pajias para semilla. Utiles, instrumentos y materiales para las escuelas y colegios, pedidos por el

Ministerio del ramo, por los Gobiernos de provincia d por el Const'jo Nacional de Educacidn.

Aut. 10. A los exportadores de manteca y leche esterilizada, les scran devucltos por la aduana, al hacerse la exportacion, los dereehos que bayan pagado por la introduccion de cajones de madera, armados 6 desarmados, de papel especial para envoltura y de envase de lata.

A los ex]>ortadores de harina se les harii igual devolucidn por las bolsas, cuando 6stas pesen mas de 250 gramos cada una.

Art. 11. b]l Poder Ejecutivo nopodra acordar otras franquicias, que las establecidas en esta ley 6 en leyes especiales.

914 OFICINA INTERN ACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICAN AS.

Cap/tulo IV.—L'uiuldacion y percej>ci6n de los derechos y avcduo de las mercaderlas.

Art. 12. Los derechos de iinportacion, se liquidariin por una tarifa de avaliios 6 arancel aduanero, forniada sobre la base del precio de los articiilos en deposito.

Los derechos do las inercaderias no incluidas en la tarifa de avaliios, se liipildariin sobre los valores declarados por los despachantes y jus- tificados con la exbibicion de la factura original.

Art. 13. Mientras el Congreso no sancione la Taritia General de Avaliios, el Poder Ejeciitivo bara la designacion y bjani a inoneda nietaliea los avaliios de las inercaderias y prodiictos que hayan qiie incliiirse en la tarifa de ipie babla el articulo anterior.

En el caso de articiilos no tai’ifados, la declaincidn del valor se enten- deni sienipre como expresada en moneda metalica.

La declaracidn de valor en los nuiebles no tarifados, incliiso los usados 6 de uso particular, debera hacerla el propietario bajo su brma en el inanitiesto del despacho, sienipre qiie este sea solicitado por otra firina.

Art. 14. Decbirase Ley de la Nacion la Tarifa de Avaliios, ii partir del 1“ de enero de 1900.

Aniialmente el Poder b^jecutivo reinitini al Congreso la jilanilla do reforinas (pie estinie conveniente, dentro del primer iiios de sesiones.

Art. 15. Las inercaderias de procedencia extranjera no eniiineradas en la tarifa, pagaran el derecho establecido en la iiiisma para las de sii clase, sobre sii valor en deposito declarado por el introductor; y si no pertenecen ii ninguna do las categorias ostiiblecidas en el arancel, ubonariin el derecho general de (25 por ciento) veinticinco por ciento sobre sii valor en dejidsito declarado en la iiiisma forma.

Art. 10. Los derechos de iinportacion seriin satisfechos al contado, antes de la entrega de las inercaderias.

Art. 17. Los derechos de iinportacion, exportacion 6 estadistica, asi como los aforos tijados en el arancel y los ((ue declaren los interesa- dos, son expresados, en moneda metalica. Los derechos podnin ser satisfechos en monda de curso legal, por un valor equivalcnte de aciier- do con la ley de conversmn No. 3S71.

Art. 18. Las encomiendas de ciialqiiier v'alor deberan abonar los derechos respectivos, (piedando derogada la franipiicia que sobre el particular concede el articulo 209 de las Ordenanzas de Aduana.

Art. 19. Los derechos correspondientes li las encomiendas postales, seran percibidos por la reparticion del ramo, interviniendo en ese servicio la oticina de vistas de la aduana respectiva, en la forma que lo determine el Poder Ejeciitivo.

Art. 20. Concedese ii los vinos, aceites, aguardientes, cerv'ezas y licores en cascos, una merma de (5 por ciento) cinco por ciento, si pro-

RKPUBLICA ARGENTINA. 915

ceden de piiertos situados al otro lado del Ecuador, y (2 por cieiito) dos por ciento si proceden de puertos dc este lado del Ecuador.

Acuerdasc urt (2 por ciento) dos por ciento por rotura a los inismos lupiidos, cuando vengan cmbotellados, cualquiera quo sea su pro- cedencia.

Art. 21. El cobro de los derechos especiticos se verificara sobre el peso neto, cuando se trate de t^; sobre el peso dQ,la niercaderia, coni- prendido su envase, sieinpre que se trate de articulos al peso que tengan dos 6 mas envases, y previo descuento de la tara que el Poder Ejecu- tivo creyerc conveniente ostablecer, en el caso de efectos CU3'0 envase lo constituA’an cascos de luadera.

Art. 22. En los casos del articulo 12, asi como en todos los demas expresados en el arancel, en que el derccho ad valorem recae sobre mercaderias no aforadas, el valor declarado comprendera el precio de costo en el puerto de procedencia, justiticado con las facturas origi- nalcs, y el aumento correspondicnte a los fletes, seguros y demas gas- tos comunes, hasta la entrada de los articulos en los depositos de la ad liana de descarga.

Art. 23. Las mercaderias de fabricacion nacional que se exporten y retornen por (‘ualquiera causa al pais, abonaran derechos de importa- cidn, salvo quo esas mercaderias se diferencien sin lugar il dudas, de sus similares extranjeras, y el retorno se efectue dentro del termino de un ano a (;ontar desde la fecha de su salida.

Art. 2-4. Limitase a dos anos el termino fijado por los articulos 426, 429 y 433 de las Ordenanzas de Aduana, para los reclamos 6 cargos por errores dc calculo, liquidacion 6 aforo.

CapItulo V.—Del despacho aduanero.

Art. 25. Las mercaderias libres 6 favorecidas con derechos menores, • por razon de su destino a la industria, a la fabricacion especial 6 a la utilizacion comun, seran despachadas directamente por las aduanas, en la forma ordinaria y general, con las precauciones que determine el Podor Ejecutivo en la reglamentacion de esta ley.

Art. 2(). Las piezas de repuesto de cualquier metal 6 materia y de cualquiera forma y naturaleza que scan, que se manitiesten como tales y pueda probarse su aplicacion a las maquinas a que se destinan, esten 6 no comprendidas en la Tarifa de Avaluos, gozartin dc los bene- Heios acordados en esta ley a la maquina entera.

No se consideiaran como piezas de repuesto, ni formando parte iiitegrante de la maijuina, las correas de cualquier material que scan, las Haves fijas 6 las llamadas inglesas, el amianto en empaquetadura, aceiteras de mano, tornillos, tuercas, bulones, pernos, ganchos, aran- delas, clavijas, cadenas, poleas, canillas, sierras, anillos con 6 sin inser-

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916 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS KEPUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

ciones, de tela 6 metal, balancines para calmllos, lanza.s y tieltros de cualtiuiera natiiraleza.

Art. iJ7. IjH habilitacidu (pie acuerdan a las receptbrias mantinias los incisos 1, 2 y 8 del articulo 11 de las Ordenaiizas de Aduana queda limitada a la ii!trodue(“i(')n de inereadcrias de produccit)ii de los pafses linntrofes, y (pie sean conducidas por biupies mercantes procedentes directamente de los puertos de dichos paises. Exceptuanse de esta dis- |x»sici6n las receptonas de Viedma, Rio Galleijos y C'hubut.

Art. liS. Queda prohibido el transito terrestre de mereaderias sujotas a dereehos de importaeioti, ipie no los hiibieren abonado en algunas de las ad lianas de la Republica, con las excepciones sij^uientes:

1". I-iUs (pie pusen de transito para puertos del Brasil 6 del Parajifiiay, por las de Concordia y ^Nlonte Caseros.

2”. Las (pie pasen de transito para puertos del Brasil, por las de Enipedrado y Paso de los liibres.

3'\ Las (pie pasen de transito de las aduanas de la Capital y Rosario, a las de Mendoza. San Juan, Salta v .luiuv, con destino a liolivia v Chile.

P’. Las (pie pasen de la Aduana de la Capital a La Plata y viceversa. o", Ijiis qiie jmsen de Chile por la Aduana de Bahia Blanca li la

Aduana de la Capital. Art. 2!b Ix»s jjedidos de desimcho li plaza, ya se trate de mereaderias

de despacho directo 6 de depiisito, deberan tiniipiitarse, retirandose los efectos de los alma(*(‘nes tisc“ales, dentro de los treinta dias despucs del desembarco, en el primer caso, y de los veinte dias de la presentaciim del maniliesto en el segundo, bajo pena de la uuilta de 5 por ciento (pie establecen los articulos 195 y 359 de las Ordenaiizas.

Cuando a los quince dias del desembarco de las mereaderias de despacho directo y a los diez dias de formulado el pedido de despacho de las de depixsito, no haya concurrido el interesado al acto del aforo, los vistas procedenin li efeetuar el despacho sin su presencia ni inter- venci(')n, y sin ipie despues se admita reclamo de ningiin j^enero.

Art. 3i). El reembarco y transborlio de mereaderias para puertos nacibnales ipiedan sujetos al uso de tornaguias, (jue se cancelaran en la forma (pie lo ret^lamente el Poder Ej(?cutivo.

Art. 31. El Poder Ejecutivo ixxlra establecer el uso de tornagiuas, si arrefrlase convenciones aduaneras con los paises limftrofes. No existiendo esas convenciones, los capitanes de biiques procedentes de dichos paises (luedan oblij^idos a presentar en el primer puerto argen- tino (jue to(juen el maniliesto de la carga (pie conduzcan para ese puerto 6 puertos extranjeros, estableciendo la marca, numero, envase, genero de mereaderias, clase, cantidad, calidad y el volumen de cada bulto, con los mismos requisites ipie establecen las Ordenanzas de Aduana para el despacho a plaza. Las aduanas podran verilicar a bordo 6 al recibirse las mereaderias en deposito, siempre que lo consideren

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neccsario, la exactitud dc lo inanifestiido, y las diferencias qiie resultcn de claso, calidad 6 caiitidad, quedanln sujetas a las disposicioncs de los articulos 128, 129 y 930 de las Ordeiianzas.

Las cnmieiulas en los nianitiestos a que se retiere el artieulo 846 dc las Ordenanzas de Adiiana, solo podran hacerse mientras la Aduaiia no sc haya apereibido de la infraccion. •

Art. 32. Queda ainpliado el terniino que el inciso 4" del artieulo 847 de las Ordenanzas de Aduana tija para que los vapores eon privilegio de paquete puedansalvarloserrorescoinetidosenel inaniriesto general, en cuarenta y oeho boras despues de tei’ininada la deseaiga.

Art. 33. Las aduanas no aeordarau avcrias por deterioro (jue sufran los envases y aeeesorios de las inercaderias, sieinpre que estas se hallen en buen estado.

Aut. 34. Adcniits de los recjuisitos que se establecen on los articulos 20 y 880 dc las Ordenanzas de Aduana, para los eonoeimientos <pie aerediten la propiedad de las niereaderias, deberii expresarse en ellos el peso 6 volunien de cada bulto, segun paguen el llete, euaiido se tratc de niereaderias en bultos deiioniiiiados “haeiendo,'' yen los deunis easos, dielio peso y volunien cnglobados.

Los Consules argentinos no exigiran en los nianitiestos del buque y eonoeimientos que a estos acoinpafien, tal requisite, sino en el juego de eonoeimientos ipie deben presentar los cargadores. Las aduanas de la Kepubliea no despaehariin mercaderia alguna,- si los eonoeimientos acompaHados al respective pedido de despaelio no viniesen en las eoa- diciones de este artieulo.

Art. 35. Lo expresado en los nianitiestos eonsulares y en los eono¬ eimientos il que sc retiere el artieulo anterior liani fe en juicio contra el importador, a la par de las copias de faetura, manitiesto de despaeho 6 eualquier otro doeiimento de Aduana.

Art. 36. Todo buque que liubiese veritieado alguna operacion de reembarco para puertos extranjeros debera presentar en la ultima Aduana argentina de su dcstino el permiso correspondiente, il tin do que pueda comprobarse si a su bordo se encuentran las niereaderias embarcadas.

Art. 37. Los eomerciantes introductores que no tengan casa esta- bleeida, los agentes maritimos y los despaehantes de aduanas prestaran al inseribirse banza, il satisfaeeion del Porder Ejecutivo, de easa de eomercio abonada en la plaza con antigiiedad de cinco anos, li otorga- ran una peeuniaria tija de tres mil pesos oro en titulos naeionales de renta.

Art. 38. En los easos de los articulos 1056 y 1057 de las Ordenanzas ds Aduana, los Administradores de Rentas someteran il la aprolmeion del Ministerio de Hacienda las resoluciones absolutorias que pro- nuncien en asuntos euya importancia exeeda de quinientos pesos nioneda nacional de curso legal.

918 OFiciNA intj;rnacional de las republicas americanas.

Art. 39. Las iiiercadenas introducidas con rotiilos quo les artil)uyan (•alidades que influyan on el auinento del prccio, scran aforadas con arrejjlo il .su denoininacion.

Art. 40. Las obras de arte producidas enel cxtranjero porciudada- nos argentinos, podran entrar en la llepublica libres de derecho de iinportacidn, previo los trainites (jue determine el Poder Kjeciitivo.

Art. 41. Kn el caso de ip^norar el contenido, previsto por los arti- onlos 108 y 280 de las Ordenanzas, el iinportador, consipnatario 6 despachante, debera formalizar la documenbicion detallada, dentro de los ocho dias sipuientes al vencimiento del terniino acordado por el artk-ulo 279, pani la presentacidn de las copias de factura a depdsito. Vencido este t(M-niino, la Aduana procedera dentro de las veintieuatro boras subsipuientes, a veriticar el contenido de los bnitos, por cnenta del interesado, aplicandole nna niiilta eqiiivalente al o por ciento del importe de los derechos.

Art. 42. Cnando se presenten a despacho en las Aduanas de la Kepublica, prodiictos aliinenticios adulterados 6 adicionados con subs- tancias nocivas para la salud, las respectivas administraciones reque- riran la opinion de las oHcinas (iinniicas nacionales; y nna vez conipro- bado el hecho, procederan a inntilizar los productos de <jue se trata, salvo (pie el coinerciante veritique sn reeinbarco dentro de los Ires dias de notiticado. En este ultimo caso, la Administraci(')n de Kentas respectiva senalara los bultos con marcas especiales, il lin de (pie no jniedan volver il ser presentados a despacho en ninguna otra Aduana de la Kepublica.

Art. 43. En los casos de averias, a (pie se relieren los articulos 140 y 141 de las Ordenanzas de .4duana, el rematador sera designado por la respectiva Administracidn de Kentas.

Todos los remates producidos por orden de las aduanas, (piedan su- bordinados a la aprobacidn de sus Administraciones respectivas.

Art. 44. Todos los articulos de irnportacion (pie necesiten las oticinas del Estado, deberan ser atbpiiridos con derechos pagos, ipiedando, por lo tanto, derogados los articulos 247 al 249, inclusive, de las Ordenanzas de Aduana.

Art. 45. El Administrador suspendera cl despacho a todos aqiiellos que por cualquier circunstancia resultaren deudores morosos, 6 a sus tiadores, exigiendo por escrito dentro del tercero dia, el pago, cual- quiera (pie sea la cantidad 6 procedencia.

Art. 40. Vencidos los tres dias acordados en el articulo anterior, el Administrador podra embai'gar las mercaderias ipie tengan dentro de la jurisdiccidn de la Aduana los deudores 6 tiadores, por valor suficiente a cubrir el imjiorte de la deuda con los intereses, cuya tasa sera la que rige en el lianco de la Nacion.

Art. 47. Para la ejecucidn del articulo 45 y 46, regiril el mismo pro- cedimiento que determinan los articulos 170 al 176 de las Ordenanza-s de Aduana.

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Art. 48. Queda prohibida la introduccion de piinales triangulares 6 estilctos, hojas para los inismos y pufios de hierro, con 6 sin puas, asi coino de tiguras u objetos obscenos. Las armas 6 inuniciones de giierra, no podran introducirse sin permiso del Ministerio respective.

Art. 49. Por las operaciones de carga y descarga que los buques en general practiquen de noche 6 en dias de tiesta, los interesados abonariin la sunia de diez pesos inoneda nacional, por cada nocl.e 6 dia y por cada einpleado que fuere necesario ocupar en dichas operaciones.

IjOs Administradores de Rentas y los jefes de resguardos respectivos, distril)uiran estc servicio por turno, y entregaran mensualniente a cada einpleado las cuotas que les correspondiesen por este servicio extraor- dinario, y reniitiran a la Inspeccion General de Aduanas y Resguardos, triinestralniente, una nonima detallada de las cantidades pagadas por tal concepto.

Art. 50. Todo el que despache etiquetas, clises 6 capsulas inetalicas, que lleven inipresos 6 grabados nonibres de casas de coinercio, debera justiticar ante la Aduana respcctiva que es el dueno 6 el representante legal de esas casas.

Art. 51. Derogase el articulo 190 de las Ordenanzas de Aduana, en cuanto prohibe el reenibarco de las inercaderias pedidas a despacho directo.

CAidTULO VI.—Dlf<j)oslcioneH penalt-s.

Art. 52, liOs autores del delito de contrabando, detinido por el articulo 1030 de las Ordenanzas de Aduana, seriin castigados, aderniis de las penas que aquellas establecen, con arresto de un nies hasta prision de tres anos.

Art. 53, Cuando el autor de este delito fuese einpleado de Aduana, adeinas de las penas senaladas on las Ordenanzas do Aduana vigentes, se le aplicani las de inhabilitacion de tres a cinco anos.

Art. 54. En los casos de los dos articulos anteriores y en el de transgresion siinultanea a las le3’cs de aduana y a las coinunes, a que se retiere el articulo 1000 de las Ordenanzas de Aduana, los Ad- ininistradores substanciaran administrativaincnte las transgresiones, aplicando las disposiciones que correspondan a la infraccion, j’a se trate de contrabandos 6 de defraudaciones, con arreglo il las precitadas Ordenanzas; debiendo en seguida pasar los antecedentes a la Justicia Ordinaria, para que resuelva sobre el delito comun 6 las penas cor- porales ipie correspondan.

Art. 55. A los efectos de la aplicacion de la pena do arresto, la responsabilidad es absolutamente personal y no se extendera a otras personas que a aquellas a quienes el liecho de la infraccion sea imputa¬ ble por acto propio 6 individual.

Estas penas no podran ser substituidas por penas pecuniarias. Art. 50. Senin aplicables las disposiciones de las Ordenanzas de

Aduana sobre las falsas nianifestaciones, a las mercaderias que, no

920 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPrBLICAS AMERICANA8.

estando ooniprendidas dontro de los articulos 200, 201 y 202 de diclias Oi’denanzas, se proscnten, sin einbai’ffo, ante las aduanas coino si fnesen nniestras, cneoniiendas 6 efinipajes.

Art. 57. Cuando correspondiore la aplicacion de la p(‘na de coniiso 6 niulta, igual al valor de los bultos (pie se eoinprobare habian sido contrabandeados, y no fuere ])osible conoeer las inercaderias ipie ellos conteiuan por deseonocerse el genero de las con ipie generahnente conierciaba el consijfiiatario (') dueno, 6 por no existir dato alguno en docuinento ni libros de aduana 6 conierciales, los Administradores de Kentas aplicaran la pena de (^500 oro) (piinientos pesos oro por cada bulto, (pie dcbera ser oblada por el duefio del binpie (') consiirnatario, en su caso.

El iinporte de esta pena se dividira por initades entre el Fisco, en concepto de los deia'chos det'raudados, y los denunciantes y aprehensores.

Art. oS. Cuando se declaren caidas on coniiso inercaderias (pie deban pagar mas de un 50 por ciento de dorechos, el prodiicto total de su venta en reuiate, previo descuento de gastos, se adjudicara por mitad ante el Fisco y el denunciante 6 aprebensor.

Art. 50. Si de la veriticaciini de cua!(|uier bulto resultase coni- ])r()bado algiin fraude (pie fuese penado con coniiso, se liara extensiva la pena a todo el contenido del bulto, aim cuando si'ilo se luibiere jire- tendido defraudar una parte, sieiiipre (pie el valor de la morcaderia en contravenciini alcance a la mitad del valor total del bulto.

Art. 60. Cuando en una misnia partida de inercaderias se desmi- briesen excesos, ipie sobre no estar manifestados, vini(\sen ocultos deiitro de otros envases 6 dentro de las piezas maiiifostadas, (') en alguna otra forma amiloga de clandestinidad, la pena correspondiente se liara extensiva ii toda la partida.

Art. 61. I’ara la liipiidacitin do los comisos 6 multas recaidas sobre inercaderias (pie ha^ an salido de la Aduana, se entendera por valor de las mismas el (pie tuviesen en deposit^), mas los dorechos tiscales, en la fecha de la condena.

Art. 62. Los capitanes (') patrones de biupies (pie arrojen lastre al rio sufriran una multa de 200 a 500 jiesos, segiin los casiis, la regla- mentacion del Poder Ejecutivo.

Los practicos de los rios (pie piloteen binpics de Ultramar danin

cuenta a la autoridad correspondiente del punto de destino, de todo

lastre (pie se liubiera arrojado al rio durante la navegaciini.

La falta de este aviso sera penada con la cesacii'm de la jiatente de practice, y con una multa de 200 pesos.

Art. 63. Cuando se encuentren a bordo de los Inupies y en poder de empleados de los misnios o on los compartimientos quo les son resorva- dos, inercaderias no manifestadas con arreglo a las Ordenanzas de Aduana, adomas de la pena de coniiso, los Administradores de Renta aplicaran al Inupie una multa igual al valor de dicha mercaderia.

REPUULICA ARGENTINA. 921

Art, ()4. Los Hbros, figuras li objetos obscenos y doinas mercaderms a que se rorierc el artieulo 48 sufriran una iniilta igual a sii valor que sei’a detenninada por la aduana respectiva, adjudicable ])or mitades entre el Fisco y el denunciaiite, sin perjuicio de la inutilizaeien innic- diata de ia inercaderia.

Art. 05. Los AdminLstiadores 6 Iteceptores de llentas, en ninguii caso, podran teiier dereclio a comisos 6 multas que provengan de con- trabandos, defraiidaeiones 6 eontraveneiones adiianeras de (•al(|uiei’a iiaturaleza, oeurridas dentro de su jnrisdiceion.

Cuando en el ejercicio de sus fiinciones 6 fuera de ellas, slenipre que la operacion delietuosa se realice en la jurisdieeidn de su aduana, hieieren alguna aprehension, dieren alguna orden 6 forinularen eual- quicra denuncia, los benetieios (pie le eorresponden de acuerdo eon el artieulo lOob de las Ordenanzas de Aduana, se adjudiearan al Fisco.

C'apitulo VII.—<7f opelitchin.

Art. 00. Cuando los einpleados de Aduana eonsideren afectados su.s dereehos por las resoluciones ijue dicten los Administradores de Rentas, en los easos de los articulos 1054, 1050 y 1057 de las Ordenanzas de Aduana, podran reelaniar al Ministerio de Ilaeienda, haciiindolo asi constar al Adniinistrador en el aeto de la notitieaeiini o dentro de los tres dias habiles subsiguientes. Kntablado el reeurso, los jefes de las aduanas reinitiran inniediatainente si la Inspeeeion General de Aduanas lo actuado, para ipie t'sta lo eleve con su propio informe al Ministerio de Ilaeienda, quiendebera substaneiar suinariainente la eausa (x)n pre- vio dietanien del Proeurador del Tesoro.

El einpleado disfrutara del plazo de eineo dias, jmra alegar su reeurso ante el Ministerio de Ilaeienda. eontados desde la fecha en <pie este le aeuerde la vista.

Art. ♦>7. De las resoluciones condenatorias de los Administradores de Rentas jxHlnl recurrirse al Ministerio de Hacienda, en la luisma forma del artieulo prceedente.

La opcion de los interesados por el reeurso administnitivo impor- tara la renuncia del reeurso judicial, y viceversa.

Art. 08. Durante la substanciaciou de los suniarios 6 juicios por infraceiones aduanenis, las aduanas pixlran intimar a los interesados el retiro de las mercaderias (pie por sus condiciones 6 propiedades ofrez- can peligro inmediato de deterioro 6 disminuciim de valor, 6 que lia^'a empezado a sufrirlo, consignando su valor a la orden de la Aduana, previo pago de los dereehos respect!vos; y en casode que el interesado sc niege a hacer el retiro o pasados diez dias de la intimacion, se ven- deran las mercaderias en remate publico, cualquieni qye sea la juris- dicci()n en (pie se encuentre la causa. La siima depositada por el interesado o el producido del remate, en su caso, se transferiran jxir la Aduana en la debida oportunidad, al juez ((ue entienda en la causa.

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Art. 69. Los partioipes en los comisos 6 imiltas a (jiic sc rcficre cl articulo 1030 de las Ordenanzas scran considerados indepcndicnte- mente dc la accion fiscal, oomo jmrtc en los juicios dc contral)ando, defraudaciones 6 contravenciones, cuando asi lo solicitcn.

Art. 70. Cuando en los juicios dc contrahando, defraudacion 6 con¬ travenciones de rentas, sus autores fueran condenadosal pagQ dc costas, los procuradores fiscales percibiran los honorarios (jiie los fuesen rcjjji- lados con arreglo a la Icy. En caso de absolucion, las costas scran a carjfo del apclantc.

Art. 71. Cuando de la verificacion de los despachos resultare encon- tmrse una difcrencia dentro de la tolcrancia acordada por las Orde¬ nanzas, se adjudicara al einplcado descubridor, cual(|uiera (jiie sea su catejforia (25 por ciento) veintecinco por ciento de las difcrcncias encontradas.

Art. 72. Los capitanes de buques de vela 6 de vapor, aim cuando ^stos tenijan privilejjios, cstan obligados a haccr la manifestacion do su rancho con arreglo a los articulos Sly siguientes de las Ordenanzas de Aduana, y de conformidad con los reglamentos que dicte el Poder Ejecutivo.

CA rfTULO VIII.—DiKpoffidot} C.V genemles.

Art. 73. Todadenuncia sobre infraccionesaduaneras, defraudaciones 6 contrabandos, hecha por personas ajenas a la Adininistracion adua- nera, debe ser forinulada por escrito ante la Inspeccion Oeneral de Aduanas y Resguardos 6 ante el Administrador local, sin cuyo reijui- sito no surtiril efecto.

Art. 74. Los derechos de iinportacion fijados en esta ley constituyen la tarifa minima para las mercaderias 6 productos de toda nacion quo aplique igual tarifa y ipie no auniente los gravamcnes a las exporta- ciones de la Republica Argentina, ni los establezca para los que esten exentos de derechos, ni rebaj’e excepcionalmente el aran<5el actual a articulos similares de otra procedencia, ni tampoco dificulte la importa- cion de frutos 6 productos argentinos con medidas restrictivas.

En cualquier caso contrario, el Poder Ejecutivo ijueda facultado para aplicar a las mercaderias y productos procedentes de osa nacion, la tarifa maxima, igual a un recargo de 50 por ciento sobre los derechos establecidos en la misma, y de un 15 por ciento sobre los articulos exceptuados de derechos de introduccion.

La aplicacion de la tarifa maxima se harii por disposicion del Poder Ejecutivo, estableciendose que en los manifiestos se exprese el pais de origen de las mercaderias, con exhibicion de las facturas originales, conocimientoii y otros justificativos, si se juzgase conveniente, y toda ocultacion 6 falsa manifestacion al respecto sera penada con arreglo a las prescripciones de las Ordenanzas de Aduana, sobre falsas mani- festacioues.

RKPUBLICA ARGENTINA. 923

Queda, igualinente, faciiltado el Podev Ejecutivo para acordar una disiniimcion cxcepcional no mayor de 50 por cicnto en los dereclios establccidos en la presente ley, sobre algunos articulos dc los paises que, a sii jnicio, ofrezean ventajas ecpiivalentes y por el terniino (pie se convenga. Esta coneesion deberil acordarse bajo la reserva por el (iobierno Argentino, de hacer cesar sus efcctos, notiticando esta inten- cion con seis meses de anterioridad.

Art. 75. Las mercaderias nacionales 6 nacionalizadas (pie se renme- van de iin punto a otro de la Republica, seran despachadas por los Kes- giiardos, con la simple presentacidn en sii destino de la respectiva guia, (piedando, iwr consiguiente, siiprimldos todos los reqiiisitos (pie para sii despacho establecen las Ordenanzas de Adiiana.

Art. 70. Las mercaderias nacionalizadas y lasde prodiicciim nacional despachadas para piiertos de cabotage, en biiques con privilegio de paipietes, (pie no piidieran seguir en el mismo buque a sii destino por causas de fiierza mayor 6 por no seguir viaje el v apor conductor, podriin transliordarse a otros biupies que tengan igual priv’ilegio, por medio de las mismas guias y sin mas requisite ipie la declaraciim del patron 6 capitan del biupie conductor en el manifiesto general, si la operacion del transbordo se efectua en puerto liabilltado, y la anotacii'm en las guias 6 permisos por parte del Kesguardo del punto, de seguir viaje dicha mercaderia en el binpie ([ue deba conducirla a su destino.

Cuando los vapores (pie hagan la carrera de los rios, no puedan seguir a su destino por falta de agua, podriin transbordar su carga si otras embarcaciones, mediante los mismos manitiestos, guias y permisos, desempenando en tal caso, las referidas embarcaciones, el rol de lanchas para el desembarco en el punto de destino.

Art. 77. Queda derogada toda disposiciiui ipie se oponga a la pre¬ sente ley.

Art. 78. El Poder Ejecutivo reglamentani esta ley. Art. 79. Comunhiuese al Poder Ejecutivo.

EXPOBTACIONES EN EL MES DE ENEBO DE 1906.

Las principalesexportacionesde la Kepilblica Argentina en el mesde enero de 1906, comparadas con las dc 1904 y 1905 fueron las siguientes:

1906. 1905. 1904.

Cuoros vaennos: Secos. 213,690 267,155 160,284 Saladoa. .id.... 1'20,9.VI 101,718 31,8.54

Cueros <le caballo: Secos . 22,345 8,509 100 Salados. 450 14,199 2,861

Pieles de carnero. 4,002 6,532 5,159

Cerdas. .irt_ 375 256 174 1,763 3, ,562

Idem. 5,716 6,842 2,406 80 1,203

334 Pieles de cabra. 65H 735

Lanas. .id.... 67,965 99,849 43,906

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TriRO. Maiz. Linazii. Hnriiia. Salvario. Afrecho. Tortas do seniillas oloaBinosa.s llono. Ciuebraclio. Kxtniclo do quobraclu). Mantequilla. Azuoar. (JanuTos o<inKcla<l<>s. (Uiartos do vaoa.

tonoladax.. .id.... .id_ .id.... .id.... .sacos.. .id_ .imoas.. tonoladais.. .id.... .ouias.. tonelaaas.. ..ndmoro..! 193,404 .' 190,3:!9

132,093 .30,901 00,777 3,693

11,107 3,321

11,.574 12.5,220 2H,70;l

.5,001 29,971

133,391 104, ,513 I 02,912 I 10,014 ' 9,722 i 6,200 j

"wi’-iog'l 34,925 I 2,591 i.

.33,139 10,272

340,131 129,137

133,138 99,009 97,391 4,324 3, .504 0,995 2,332

19,937 11,264

" 20,'499 2,039

194,731 72,1,50

ENTRADA DE BUCITJES EN EL PUERTO DE BUENOS AIRES EN

ENERO DE 1906.

Si'j'un amincia el poriiMlico denoiniiiaclo ol •‘Tienipo''' do la Ropublica

2\r»(oiitiiia, on ol ino.s do onoro do 190d los isiguioiito.s Inupios ontraron

on ol piiorto do Huonos Aires:

Nacionnlidail. Vaporos. 1 Buiines do vela.

Nuinero. | Tonoladas. Nninoro. ToiieladaH.

Incloses.■.. 93 ! 206,227 2 1,792 Aloinaiios.' 21 1 54,047 1 747 Italianos.^ 21 47, .52:3 11 11,433

10 1 24,340 Norut'Kos . 7,651 16 17, o:ii Suecos . 4 6,730 3 2,:!41 Holandesos. 2 1 ft,020 1 160

8 i 4,208 4 2;ft()2 1

rr’nguavos. 1 1,3,36 1 ! i i.

Kusiw. 1 1 1,.596 I 1 384 1 1 1,351 1 1 1 ' 363

Total. 1 177 3:36,909 1 36 ! :u, 751 Total on diciombro do 190.5. j 1.52 :12ti, 585 i 26 : 25,1(>5

Auinonto on onoro. 1

^ 41,324 1 ^

j 9, .536

IMPORTACIONES DE ORO EN BARR AS EN 1905.

Segiin los infornios .suuiinistrado.s jxir lo.s jofos do aduanas, la.s ini-

portaciones do oro on barras hocha.s por la liopiiblica Argentina,

asccndieron a $28.5102,115.50. Do osta oantidad $10,873,(!00 vinioron

do Inglaterra, $11,047,800 do Xueva York y ol resto so iinportd do

varios parses. Los liancos iinportadoros fuoron los siguiontes:

lyondon y Ri'o Plata ..

Banco do la Nacidn...

Pard|Kicu y Argentina.

Aleman Tran-satlantico

BriLlnico.

London y Bra.sil.

L. B. Supervielle.

Bunge y Born. (rtroe bancos.,.

$11,742,691.50

4, 828,000. 00

3,.080, 800. 00

3,411,800.00

2, 865,000.00

2,023,100. 00

622, 500. 00

252,000. 00

76, 264.00

RKPL'BLICA ARGP:NTINA. 925

PATENTES CONCEDIDAS Y MABCAS DE FABBICA BEGISTBADAS

EN 1906.

En 1905 la Olicina vie Patciito.s do la Republica Argentinr* concedi6 577 patcntc.s do invencion eontra 285 on 1895, y roj^istro 2,214 marcas do fahrioa contra 7si on 1895. La ronta (jiio en 1901 ora do 92,000 pesos, on cuatro afios ha ascondido a 175,000 pesos.

LA ZAFBA EN TACUMAN EN 1905.

En 1905 la zafra on la Provinola do Tacuinan, liopuhliv'a Art^ontina, dio los sioniontos rosultados: 1,595,547 tonoladas cafia inolida quo pro- dujeron 115,949 tonoladas do a/ucar d sea nn aunionto do 7,415 tone- ladas comparado con ol rosnltado (pie so olituvo on 1!*04. El azucar quo so oxporti') do dicha provincia ascondi(7 a 106,132 tonoladas. I>a.s oxistencias ascondioron a 9,817 tonoladas las cuales poseon 15 do las 27 fiihricas (pio oporaron durante (d ano.

CENSO DE POBLACldN Y DE GANADO DE TODAS CLASES DEL

TEBBITOBIO DE CHUBUT.

El (Jobornador del Torritorio do Chubut lia onviado on su inforine ol conso forniado on noviombre ultimo. Dicosc ipie la poblaciini as- ciondo a 12,417. Las cifras rolativas al j^anadoon pie son interesantos on vista do la discusion quo on la actualidad so sostiono acerca del numero do "anado en pii' quo hay on la Argentina. Las cifras rolativas a Chubut corrospondientos a 1905, coinparadas con las del conso nacio- nal do 1895, son las siguiontos:

1895. 1 i9iri.

Cft rnero'i.cabezns.. 47,30ti 5(3 1

.53 1 13,907 j

3,1«(>

1,361,219 1,026

11,129 9(>. 313

225,6.58

61,015 1 !

1,695,675

Esto os ol primer informe quo muestra un aumento on el ganado lanar. Los informes publicados reciontomonto acerca do las Pampas y Entro Rios mostraron una disminucivni, do manera <pie ol total obtenido on Chubut contribuira a componsar un tanto la morma.

COIilEBCIO ABGENTINO CON LA GBAN BBETAIHA EN 1905.

El Consul General Argentino en Londres ha onviado a la Olicina de Relaciones Extorioros una relaciini de las importaciones que el Reino Unido ha hecho de la Republica Argentina, y de las exporta-

926 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

fiones ii este ultimo pain eii 1905. Estas importaciones y exportacioiies sou las sijfuientes:

i’nxluctos.

IMl’ORTACIOXES.

Trigo. MhIz. (’Hrne cle vaca cotigelada. (^arnoro oongelado. Lana. Linaza. Sc‘bo. Cuenis saladoH (iiicluso los dol fruguay)_ Cneros de carncro.

Total.

EXPOKTACIONEX.

Carlx'm de piedra. Hierro en Vjarras. Hierro forjado. Hierro fundido y aeeesorios. Rieles de hierro y ac'ero. Hierro de to<las elases. Articulos de alambre. Litmina!^ galvanizadas. Til bos de liierro. CiK'hilleria. Articulos de boja do lata. O^ncros de aIgo<16n para xAbanas, etc. Lienzo de liiia, etc. Gi'neroa de lano y lana, etc. Alfoiiibras... Hessians. GiJneros de lino. Loza y cristaleria. Cos tales. Cemento. Hierro para ferrooarriles.

Total.

Cantidad. Valor.

toneladas .id.. .id.. .id.. .id.. .id.. .id.. .id.. ..nvimero

1, (XU, 820 947,720 129,000 73,122 14, la’i

311,009 18,040 4,432

l,3tW,822

i:8,282,;i88 5,090,862 3,751,780 2,468,915

962, 328 1,741,773

474,527 253,755 205,713

23,720,041

toneladas .id.. .id.. .id.. .id.. .id.. .id.. .id.. .id.. .id.. .id.. ...metros .id.. .id.. .id.. .id.. .id..

.d(X'enas.

1,783,996 7,8.5:1 4,260 3,718

103,913 7,109 1,922

67,370 8,381

2,064 143,203,770

4,048, ,510 3,572,280

428, .580 8,895,060 2,341,,530

17, 3(>4 587,089

17,688 18,8(a

1,194,911 60,895 .50,859 71, 549

494,191 94,130 31,427

747,497 46,1.52 •29,360 89,63:1

2,149,145 4r>0,199 379, .545 61,017

140,6'20 111,4'25 13:1,001 132,164 28, 3-26

194,8'27

6,700,916

LA LIBRE ENTRADA DE QUEBRACHO EN ALEMANIA.

El Vice-Consul Schle.mmek amincia de Mannheim (|ue los cui’tldores de aquella parte de Alemania piden la abolicion del derecho de impor- tacion sobre el quebracho procedente de la iVrgentina, fundtindose en que Alemania no produce suticiente material de teneria para abastecer la demanda domestica.

Dichos curtidores dicen que los precios del cuero y sus productos ban bajado a tal extremo a causa de las importaciones de otros paises, especialmente el calzado de los Estados Unidos, que la industria de teneria 3’a no presta utilidad, y a menos que puedan obtener un mate¬ rial barato mediante la supresion de este derecho, la mayor parte de los curtidores en menor e.scala tendran que abandonar sus negocios.

MOVIMIENTO DE LOS PUERTOS, 1905.

Los detalles del movimiento de los puertos de las Republica Argentina, durante el ano de 1905, fueron como .sigue; siendo el total de importacion, ^‘205,154,420 y el de exportacion, ^822,843,841:

REPUBLICA ARGENTINA, 927

Bahia Blaneu. Buenos Aires. Campaiia. Colon. Concordia. Gualeguaychu .... La I’az. L»v data. Mendoza. ParanA. Rosario... Santa F(>. San Juan.. San NicoISs. Ziiratc. Otros puertos. Villa Constituci6u

Total.

ESTADISTICA MUNICIPAL DE BUENOS AIKES.

Acaba de apareccr on un grucso voluinen on 4" do .550 y clxv, 6 sea mas de 7<)0 jjaginas cn total, el ultimo censo g’oncral de la ciudad de Hueno.s Aires, comprendiendo su poblacion e editicacion, comercio e iiidustria, compilado por el Director de Iti estadistica municipal, D. Alberto B. Martinez.

Este segundo censo commial de Buenos Aires fue ordenado por el intondeute Casares y se comenzo a preparar el 1“ de junio de 1904, llevandose a cabo on los dias 11 y 18 de soptiembre. No se toma en ciienta en 6\ sino la poblacion de ‘‘hechos’' y no de “derechos,” como lo aconsejan los ultimos Congresos Internacionales de Estadistica.

Eh dicha epoca se encoutro que la poblacion de Buenos Aires ora de 950,891 habitantes (hoy pasa del millon), de los cuales 320,589 mas 6 menos nacidos en la capital. Comparada csta cifra con la de 663,854 tpie arrojo el censo de 1895, resiilta que en el corto espacio de nueve anos, la poblacion alcanzo un aumento absoluto de 287,037 habitantes. La poblacion en diciembre 31 de 1905 asceudio a 1,025,653 habitantes.

El crecimiento aritmetico anual de la poblacion fue, pues, de 4.63 por ciento, el geometrico de 3.92 por ciento y el intermedio entre ambas formulas (sistema Wapaens) de 3.80 por ciento.

Lii poblacion de Buenos Aires puede duplicarse en dieciocho anos, mas 6 menos, lo tpie signiticaque antes de 1922 tendni, probablemente, cerca de 2,0(X),000 de habitantes.

El crecimiento de la ciudad de Buenos Aires es tan rapido y de tal magnitud, que solo so encuentra analogia en los vertigino.sos incre- mentos de las ciudades norteamericanas. Pero es necesario observar quo de las diecinueve ciudades con mas de 200,000 habitantes, de que este progresista pais se muestra orgulloso (censo de 1900), solo una— Chicago—sobrepasa a Buenos Aires en cuanto a rapidez.

El periodo de tiempo que para duplicar su poblacion requieren varias ciudades americanas, comparadas con Buenos Aires, es el

Imp4)rtaci6n. E.xportaci6n.

87,505,288 842,864,245 168,277,712 141,735,578

1,671,046 5,540,050 273,8^5 1,915,438 305,649 3,350,977 112,552 3,244,247 43,820 1,352,508

1,675,042 14,230,838 12,317 637,244

410,607 3,056,292 21,676, 741 68,50:l, 422 2,019,234 1,889,724

500 62,690 23,128 13,104,534

490,353 5,961,254 056, M6 10,113,296

4,500,904

205,154,420 (

322,843,841

928 OB'iciNA intb:rnacional db: las republicas americanas.

siguiente: Buenos Aires, 18 afios; Chicago, 15; CJevoland, 18; Mil¬ waukee, 20; Detroit, 21; Biifalo, 21; Nueva York, 22; Newark, 22;

Pittsburgo, 23; San Luis, 2S; Boston, 30: Bosario de Santa Fe, IS; lo niismo <iue Buenos Aires.

Dos eausiis deterininan estc auniento; el erocinuento vegetativo 6 sea la difereneia entre los nacidos y fallecidos, y el excedente de la inmigracidn sobre la eniigracidn.

Eji Buenos Aires, inerced ii las luejoras sanitarias oticiales y particu- lares, ha venido openindose una eontinua notable disininueidn en las defunciones; cl tipo do la mortalidad ba bajado do 27por 1,000 en 1887 basta 22 por 1,000 en 1805, y hasta 11.5 en 1!>01. A pesar de baber sufrido sensi})les redueeiones de diez ailos ii esta parte, el eoelieiente do la natalidad se inantieiie aun inuy elevado. oseilando alrededoi’ de 33 naeidos por 1,000 habitantes.

Fn dato interesante <pie ofreee el censo es la densidiul de la probla- cion eon la de otras ciudades, en euyo cuadro Buenos Aires oeupa un lugar hastante seeundario, por lo extendida y poeo densa. Vease Buenos Aires tiene 51 habitantes por beetarea; Baris, 310; Londres, 115; (Glasgow, 110; Liverpool, 108; Manchester, 58; Birmingbani, 00; Edinburgo, 83; Caleuta. 251; Sidney, 10; Melburne, 202; Nueva York, ir»; Chicago, 3G; Filadeltia, 3<»; Boston, lil; San Luis, 20; San Fran¬ cisco, 33; Berlin, 285; Ilainburgo, 87; Munich, 50; Leipzig, 71; Dres¬ den, 01; Viena, 80; Budapest, 32; Tokio, 110; San Petersburgo, 135; Varsovia, 103; Odesa, 211; Madrid, 80; Roma, 32; Copenbagiie, 153; Bruselas, 201.

De la poblacidn de Buenos Aires en 1001, el 12.8 por ciento esbiba formado por ninos basta de 5 ailos; el 22.1 por ciento de 5 si 15 anos; cl 51.5 por ciento de 15 a 50; el 10.6 de 50 mas.

En la poblacidn argentina de la capital hay mayor niimerode mujeres que de varones; 271,070 mujeres por 251,351 hombres nativos del pais. En la poblacidn extranjeraesal reves: 218,488 varones por sdlo 181,362

mujeres. Hay 108 nuijeres argentinas por 100 varones y 100 mujeres extranjeras por 135 varones. En toda la poblacidn resultan, ])ues, lOO

mujeres por 1(>0 varones. La poblacidn dividida por religiones da las siguientes cifras: catd-

licos, 823,026; protestantes, 21,006; israelitas, 6,065. Por primera vez aparecen en un censo argentino 13,335 personas que sedeclaren no aliliadas a religidn alguna. Otra observacidn es la de que los israelitas deben ser mas de los que senala el censo; pero no hay que culpar de ello a quienes lo levantaron.

La poblacidn con defectos fisieos esta representada jwr 6,638 per¬ sonas, 3^^ la que .se ballaba enferma cuando se levantd el cen.so, por 4,618. Entre estos, los dementes eran 2,320.

Los solteros eran 202,823, los casados 308,886 3' los viudos 17,557, incluv’endo 13,106 personas que no declararon su estado civil.

REPUBLICA ARGENTINA. 929

Por rara coinoidencia, segun los censos de 1895 y de 1904, la propor- cionalidad es la inisuia; 55.7 por cicnto casados, 30.3 por oiento solte- ros y 8 por ciento viudos.

De los grupo.s de poblaeion cxtranjora el mas importante era (y es) el italiaiu) eon 228,550 ]>ersi>nas, 40,803 mas que en 1895. Seginan los espafioles eon 105,200); Inego los orientales eon 28,747. Estos ultimos llcgaban en 1895 solo a 8,970. Los ingleses y franeeses ban dismi- nuido desde 1895 en 1,438 y 5,011 personas, respectivamente, y analoga dismimieidn se obsorva en los belgas, suizos y portugueses.

En 1895 solo liabia 715 extranjeros naturalizad(.)s, mientras (jue en 1904 bubo 5,133.

Los nifios ([lie no reeibcn instruccidn entreO y 14 ailos son 23,035. l..a profesion de los habitantes no ha podido ser bien elasilicada esta

vez, pero el censo nos da los siguientes incompletos informes respeeto de la oeupacidn de 410,832 habitsintes:

Ajfrirultura y fraiiaderia. Industria y antes inanuales.. Coiiiercio.. Transport es. Personal del serA’ieio. Propietarios, innebles e innmehles. Enipleados del Gobierno, niilitares, elero, etc, Profesiones snnitarlas. Profesiones liberules. Instrneeion y edueacion. Sin elasificaeidn deteniiinada.

4,613

125, 244

60,114 15, 821

57, 248

10, 729

30,060

3,531

8, 791

13,556

55,125

Por este ultimo dato residta (pie la poblaeion elasilicada es S(>lo de 301,707 personas, y no 410,832 (;omo dice el censo.

Entre los clasitieados el 75 por ciento eorresjxmde ti los hombres y el 25 por ciento restante a las mujeres.

En las industrias y artes manuales, los extranjeros (88,007) siij>eral>an eonsiderableniente a los argentinos (38,037).

En el comereio hay tres veees mas extranjeros (pie argentinos. Los rentistas estan eqiiilibrados.

En la ediieaei()n hay tres veces mas argentinos (pie extranjeros. El numero de los propietarios de bienes raiees era en 1904 de 83,183,

contra 45,848 en 1895. Los propiettirios formabtin en 1904 el 87 por 1,000 de la poblaciini.

Los vaciinados alcanzan al {>2.2 por ciento de los habitantes. El numero de los eiudadanos naturales y naturalizados inseritos on

1904 alcanzan a 59,870, los que representan el 74 por ciento de la poblaeion electoral.

El numero de casas de eomercio existentes para 133 ranios en 1904 alcanzaba a 17,985; en 1905, las casas que se oeupaban de 49 ramos eran 12,831. En 1{>04 los inmuebles dedicados al comereio represen- taban un capital de ^0,508,(XX) y las mercaderias uno de $480,138,300.

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En aqiiclla ejxx-a, el capital del conierci'o bonaerense, en esos dos puntos por lo mcnos, representsiba, pues, $520,700,300, 6 sea $200,- 559,545 mas <pie en 1895.

El ramo de alimentacion representa 44 mi Hones de <‘apital; los de vestido y tocador 32 millones; el de construccion en general 12 millones y medio.

Los establecimientos industriales eran 8,877, divididos en estos ramos: Alimentacion, 715; construcciones, 915; vestidos y tocador, 3,518; madera, muebles y anexos, 932; metales y anexos, 1,093; arte y adornos, 508; artes graficos, papel y anexos, 400; productos qnimi- cos y avticnlos sanitarios, 120; varias industrias, 604.

El capital de estos establecimientos ascendia d $98,975,820 papel, contra 143,809,50)0 de la misma moneda on 1895, pero hay que tomar en consideracidn el alza del papel; ademas 267 establecimientos no declararon su capital, do modo (pie estas cifras deben ser mayores.

BOLIVIA.

mPUESTO SOBRE BEBIDAS ALC0H<5LICAS, ETC.

El Presidente Constitucional de la Republica de Bolivia ha acordado sobre las siguientes moditicacionesdel impnesto de bebidas alcoholicas, tanto para sn importacion como para su exportacion. Segiin “ El Estado'’ de 8 de frebrero 1900, los dotalles del acuerdo son como sigue:

•‘Articulo 1*’. Los vinos, licores, cervezas bebidas alcoholicas que se importen en la Republica pagaran un impuesto de timbre en la proporcion siguiente:

Ccrveza del pais por botella oonn'm, 0.01 l)oliviano. Cerveza extraiijera por botella coiniui, 0.05 boliviano. Vino del j>ais i)or botella coinun, 0.02 boliviano. Vino exlranjero de nieea por botella eoim'in, 0.05 boliviano. V^iiio.s extranjeros f'enerosos como Jen'S, Oporto, BorgoOa, Madeira, Malaga, etc.,

0.10 boliviano. Licor bianco del pais (botella) 0.02 boliviano. Licor bianco extranjero de otras clases, como Cognac, Whisky, Old-Tom, Char¬

treuse, etc., es decir, todos los bfteres,"aperitales y licores a base de csencia, 0.20 Ixiliviano.

Botella de Champana, 0.50 Ixiliviano.

“Art. 2". Las bebidas (pie .se contengan en otros en vases paganinel impuesto por unidad de litro con un recargo de medio centavo sobre las del pais, y dos centavos sobre las extranjeras.

“Art. 3°. Los timbres deberan adherirse abarcando el tapon y parte del cuello de la botella de manera tpie scan inutilizados a tiempo de destaparsc, a ciwo tin ellos seian de forma rectangular de diez centi- metros de largo por uno de ancho. Se diferenciaran en el color— rosado para las bebibas del pais, y celeste para las extranjeras.

BOLIVIA. 931

‘‘Art. 4°. Las mcdias, cuartas, octavas, etc., de botella llevaran el timbre en la proporcion de lo que corresponde a las corrientes. En caso de ser un centavo el que corresponde ii estas, las medias y demas submiitiples llevaran dicho timbre dividido a lo largo en proporcion al impuesto.

‘‘Art. 5”. Todo tenedor de botellasquc contengan bebidas alcoholi- cas gravadas por cste Reglamento estil en la obligacion de mantcner- las con el respectivo timbre adherido en la forma indicada: asimismo, todo tenedor de las expresadas bebidas que se contengan en otros envascs esta obligado a conservar en su poder, con una senal que los inutilice los timbres respectivos, bajo pena de comiso.

‘‘ Pdrrafo

“ Art. 0°. Sobre las bebidas importadas del exterior, el interesado 6 importador debera obtener los timbres correspondientes al total de la partida pedida it despacho; dichos timbres los conservard junta- mente con las bebidas a las cuales coiT'esponda, siempre que las man- tenga encajonadas 6 empacadas y en su poder.

‘‘Art. T". Para los efectos del articulo anterior en las Aduanas de la Republica se pondra il disposicion de los funcionarios encargados de la percepcion de este impuesto todos los documentos que scan solici- tados para tomar informaciones; como son, manifiestos por mayor y menor, facturas consulares, polizas, etc.

“Art. 8”. El Administrador de Aduana franqueara las polizas para (jue el inspector 6 comisionado tome nota del despacho y proceda a hacer efectivo el impuesto. Los timbres deben tomarse de la inspec- cion separadamente con relacion it cada partida de despacho, no pu- diendo presentar el interesado, timbres comparados con antelacion 6 en globo para varias partidas de internacion.

‘‘Art. 9°. Tan luego como un tenedor de bedidas alcoholicas obra, por cualquier motivo, uno 6 miis cajones 6 bultos, sea qUe extraiga 6 no cl contcnido, debera adherir inmediatamente los timbres respec¬ tivos en cada botella 6 envase.

•‘Art. K). Una vez que cualquiera cantidad de las existencias de bebidas de un comerciante al ma3’or 6 importador pase, por razon de venta u otra causa, a segunda persona, 6 se envie si cualquier punto, debera adherirse los respectivos timbres en cada botella, este 6 no encajonada 6 empacada.

“Art. 11. Cuando las bebidas despachadas se contengan en pipas, barricas, garrafas, odres, etc., debera obtenerse conservarse los tim¬ bres en la proporcion correspondiente a la cantidad pedida a despacho, y con el recargo expresado por el articulo 2®, observandose en este caso lo prescrito en el articulo 16.

Bull. No.

932 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS KEPUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

Pdrnt fo 3".

“Art. 12. Lo« fabricantes y elaboradores de vinos, cervezas, licores, aguardientes y demas bebidas aleoholicas con niaterias prinia extranje- ran, estan obligados a pasar a la Inspeceion Departaniental, dentro de los veinte dias despues de instaladas las faliricas de nueva creacion, para los efectos dc s>i inatricula, una relacion exacta (pic contenga: el noinbre del industrial y propietario, ubicacion de la filbrica, bcbida que produce, cantidad por afio y clase de envase en <pie se extiende.

“Art. 13. Igualuiente estan obligados, tanto el fabricante coino (d

extractor de los productos, a adherir el timbre correspondiente on la

forma prescrita, tan luego como lleguen a embotellarlos.

“Art. 1-1. En caso de no efectuar el envase en botellas, y teniondo que hacerlo en pipas, barricas, garrafas, odres, etc., deberan olitener y conservar los timbres on la proporcion correspondiente a la cantidad para envasar, tomando por liase la nnidad del litro, v el eon reeargo previsto por el articulo 2".

“Art. 15. Para sacar de una fabrica cualquier a cantidad de produc¬ tos elaborados jior razon do venta u otro niotivo debora el comprador 6 extractor recojer los timbres correspondientes a la cantidad (pie se extrae de poder del vendedor 6 fabricante.

“Art. Id. Si el comprador 6 extractor ha de hacer el expendio a

peso, medida, etc., esto cs, sin embotellar, tendra (pic guardar los

indicados timbres; 6 inmediatamente dc agotada la existencia sin em¬

botellar, esta on la obligacii'm de dar aviso al inspector, subinspector 6

comisionado, y presentar los referidos timbres (pie ha debido mantener

en su poder.

Art. 17. Si dicho aviso y prescntaciim dc timbres no se hicicre hnsta un ttu-rnino prudencial, calculado a juicio dc la Inspcccum, 6sta tomara las medidas conducentes a cerciorarse dc la efectividad de la existencia, y resultando haber habido contravenciem aplicara una multa de 20 a 50(> bolivianos a su juicio.

“Art. 18. Los propietarios y elaboradores dc cervezas, vinos, licores y derniis bebidas aleoholicas con materia prima nacional estan tambien obligados a pasar la relacii'm a que se reliere el articulo 12. Inmedia- tamentc (pie lleguen il embotidlar sus productos deberan adherir los timbres en la forma prescrita.

“Art. 20. Todo comprador 6 dcstinatario tan luego como rcciba cualquiera cantidad de bebidas aleoholicas, con materia prima nacional sin embotellar, obtendra los timbres rcspectivos para adherirlos igual- mente en la forma prescrita.

BOLIVIA. 933

'‘'‘Pdn'afo 5®.

“Art. 21. Toda botella qiie, conteiiiendo bcbidas alcoholicas graba- das por cste decreto, se encueiitre sin cl respective timbre adherido en la forma proscrita, tendra la penalidad del comiso. Siempre que la cantidad denuiiciada exceda de media docena de botellas, im 50 |X)r ciento del valor de la pena correspoiide al demmeiante.

“Si la cantidad dennneiada fuere de media docena, sera el comiso integramente en favor del denunciante, quien abonara el valor de los timbres correspondientes a las botellas decomisjidas.

“Art. 22. En csvso de hallarse ciialqnier bnlto e aijon de bebidas en p(xlcr de un comerciante al por mayor 6 importador, (jue ofrezca se- nales de haber sido descubierto y se encuentren las l)otellas 6 envases que contenga, sin el correspondiente timbre adherido, rccacra la pena en la proporcion indicada en el Articulo 21.

“Art. 23. Kn los denias casos expresamente determinados por este reglamento se aplicarii las penas especiales que se indican.

Pdrrnfo 6".

“Art. 2-1. Las bebidas del pais que se exporten ai exterior seran reembolsadas por la Inspeccion Departamental en el valor correspon¬ diente a los timbres con que se hubiera hecho efectivo el gravamen, despues de haberse comprobado plenamente la verdad de su exporta- cion.

“Art. 25. La comprobacion a que se reliere el articulo anterior, se verilicani mediante la guia de tninsito expedida por la Aduana, de la <pie se tomarii sucinta anotacion tirmada por el exportador 6 interesado y ultimamente jwr un certilicado expedido en la plaza anterior de destino por el Consul boliviano 6 cl de una nacion amiga.

'‘‘‘Pdrrafo 7®.

“Art. 20. Las bebidas alcoholicas sujetas al estanco, no pagaran el impuesto de timbres.

“Art. 27. Las bebidas alcoholicas que se produzcan por transfor- macion quimica del alcohol comprado, en el estanco, 6 por desinfec- cion, 6 simplemente por dilatacion de volumen y relajacion de grados,

(pic ponga a la venta para su consumo como tales bebidas no estan exentas del impuesto de timbre.

'‘'‘Pdrrafo 5®.

“Art. 28. Habra en cada capital de Departamento, un inspector, y en algunas capitales de provincias un subinspector, y tantos comisio- nados, cuantos scan necesarios.

“Son atribuciones comunes a ellos: “(fl) Velar por cl estricto cumplimiento y la observaemn de las dis-

posiciones del presente Dccreto rcglamentario.

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“(7v) Expcnder los correspondientes timbres, para lo ciial el Tesoro Nacional proveerii mensualniente a las inspeceiones, previa cuenta qiie deben rendir en el expresado termino. A las subinsjxscciones y comi- sionados prov'eeran las respectivas inspeceiones en las niismas con- diciones indicadas.

“(c) Llevaran los libros quo sean necesarios il la ordenada 3’ prolija percepcion del iinpuesto como son: Libro de ventas de timbres, de matriculas, etc.

“Art. 29. En los cantones habran funcionarios subalternos encarga- dos de la vigilancia 3’ expendio de timbres.

“Art. -SO. Siempre que de los medios de control y comprobaciones que veriliquen las inspeceiones y subinspecciones, resultiiren bebidas que ban eludido el pago de timbres, recaeni sobre el importador 6 propietario, la pena de una multa de 50 si 500 bolivianos, indepen- diontemente del comiso de las bebidas cncontradas sin el respectivo timbre.

“Art. 31. Por toda remuneracion los inspectores llevartin el 10 por ciento sobre la ventas directas de timbres que efectuen, y el 2 por ciento sobre las ventas de los subinspectores y comisionados, y estos llevarsin el 8 por ciento.

“Art. 32. Los inspectores y subinspectores prestariin una tianza proporcional a los valores quo manejen.

“ El senor Ministro de Estado en el Despachode Hacienda e Industria, queda encargsido de la ejecucion de este decreto.

“Dado en el Palsicio de (xobierno da La Paz, si los dos dias del mes de febrero de mil novecientos seis.”

DEBECHOS BE EXPOBTACKSN SOBBE EL ESTAl^O.

El Senor Sorsuy, Ministro de los Estados Unidos en Bolivia, en un informe remitido al Departamento de Estado, dice que el 29 de diciem- bre ultimo el Congreso Boliviano aprobo la siguiente lev (pie ha sido sancionada por el I^'ecutivo 3' que en la actualidad estsi vigente:

“ArtIculo 1. A contar del 1“ de enero de 1906, los derechos de exportacion sobre los metales 3^^ minerales de estano .se cobranin en conformidad con el siguiente arancel:

Barilla. Barras. i Barilla. Barras.

, 1 -- Si las cotizaciones del merca- IMi- Si las potizaciones del merca- IMi- lioU-

n do fuesen menos— tHanw. vinnoii. \ do fuesen menos— vianoi. lianos. ; i De 100 litres por quintal.. 0.90 1.50 ; De 1.50 A 160. 1.75 2. ,50

i l>e 1CN)4110. 1.00 1.60 1 De 160 A 170. 2.00 2.K) De 110 4120. 1.15 1,75 i De 170 A 180. 2.25 3.10

1 De 120 A130. 1.30 1.90 i De 180 ft 190. 2.60 8.40 De 130 A140. 1.45 2,10 1 De 190 ft 200. 3.00 3.80 De 140 ft 150. 1.60 2.30 De 200 para arriba. 3.50 4.20

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las cotizaciones del mercado en Europa, y en estricta oonformidad con el arancel (pie antecede, el cual permanecenl vigente durante quince dias, scan cualesfueren las tiuctuaciones ipie ocurran en el precioque el estafio tenga en el mercado.

“Art. Ill. Las companias cpie explotan las niinas de estano estan exentas del jiago del 3 por ciento sobre sus ganancias netas.

“Art. IV. A contar del 1° de enero de 1906 se cobraran los siguientes derechos de exportacion sobre el bismuto:

Bolivianos.

Sobre lingotes 6 barras, por quintal. 10

Sobre el mineral 6 barrillas, por quintal. 8

“Art. V. En lo sucesivo el oro acunado no se exportara mas libre de dei’ccho y quedara sujeto a un derecho de exportacion de un 3 por ciento.

“Art. VI. El Ejecutivo establecera el reglamento debido para la debida ejecucitni de la presente ley.

COMERCIO CON LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS.

Las cifras siguientes demuestran las mercaderias exportadas de Nueva York y San Francisco con destino si Bolivia en los meses de enero y febrero de 1906.

DE Xl'EVA YORK.

Meses. j Via— j Bultos. I Valor.

l,(i52 Tl.S 192 139

2

*24,387.13 16,468.35 5,750.00 1,291.00

140.00 !

Total.-..1 2, 700 1 48,036.50

1,786 1 510 167 147 73 12

17,166.01 4,863.35 1,123.45

879.69 2,155.00

4-22.90 i Total. 2,693 1 26,610.40

DE S.\N FRANCISCO.

19,1.34 2,514

*6,519.18 5,519.05

Total. 21,668 1 12,038.23

17,669 5:10 113

1 21,716.29 1 890.00 1 684.00

‘ Total. 18,312 1 23,290.29 1

RESUM EN.

Meses. | De— Biiltos. Valor.

Enero y febrero.... 5,396 39,980 ;

*74,646.90 35,328.52

Grand total. 45,376 1 109,975.42

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INDUSTRIA MINERA.

El Senor Don M. V. Raijavian, Director General de Estadistica de

la Kepilldica de Bolivia, dice (lue la indiistria ininera de liolivia se ha

desarrollado nota])leniente, y en la actnalidad se considera conio la

industria nacional pnr ej-ceUern'e.

Las niontafias y colinas de esta Repilhlica contienen grandes venas de

ininerales de alta lev <(ue constituyen una variadfsinia conil)inaci6n.

Sin embargo, estos ininerales no se estan explotando por completo a

causa de la escasez de capital y principalmente por falta de medios

facile^ de coinunicacion. X pesar de estas diticultades, Bolivia puede

jactarse de poseer una industria (}uo ligura en priniera linea en el

progreso moderno, y para la debida explotacibn de su ricjueza puede

contar con los mejores mineros (pie ha}' en Sud Anuu'ica.

La distribucion de las vetas de mineral en el territorio de Bolivia

es una cuestidn (pie ha llamado poderosaniente la atencichi de los gem-

logos. Ln naturalista entendido, al hablar do lasaltas colinas bolivia-

nas, las denomina “una mesa de plata apoyada por columnas de oro.”

No cabe duda de (jue en toda la America del Sur no existe ninguna

regieni geoh'igica mas favorecida por la naturaleza (pie la de Bolivia,

por cuanto contimie en grandisima abundancia, oro, plata, estaiio, cobre,

liismuto, tungsteno, etc., y ‘pie entre sus sustancias mineras no meta-

licas pueden mencionarse la borax, el carlxSii do piedra, el nitrato,

petroleo y otras muchas.

En un peri(')do de 21U anos, es declr, de 1540 a 1750, las minus de oro

de Bolivia produjeron la suma de i.‘420,0o0, y desde este ultimo afio

hasta principios del siglo XIX, estas niinas y los lavaderos del distrito

de La Baz produjeron Sll,000,000. De 181S il 1868 dichas minus

produjeron !8l50,O(X),00O. Desde mediados del siglo XVIII hasta

lines del siglo XIX, el producto de las otras minas de la nacii'm se cal-

cula en X*25,000,000. En la actnalidad la producciiai anual de mineral

de oro .se calcula en 550,000 kilogramos, (pie representan un valor oHcial

de 275,000 bolivianos.

Es harto sabido cpie Bolivia durante largo tienipo ha ocupado el

tercer puesto entre los paises productores de plata del imindo. Dentro

de los limites de la liepuhlica hay miis de 10,000 minas de plata aban-

donadas, no ponpie (?stas dejen de contener mineral, sino iior falta do

capital y de medios para obtener el agua necesaria, y por otros incon-

venieiites. La famosa y empinada colina del Potosi, C(‘lebre en los

anales mineros del mundo, en los 320 afios transcurridos desde su

descubrimiento, ha jiroducido 3,631,128,352 pesos en plata, (') si>a un

promedio anual de 11,284,776 pesos. En la actnalidad no hay mils

(jue unas cuantas companias (pie se ocupan en explotar las minas de

plata, y la principal de ellas, desde 1873, feclia de su organizacion,

ha.sta 1004, ha producido 4,600 toneladas de plata pura.

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La cxplotacion del estafio es una einpresa recicnte en Bolivia, pero ii pesar de este hecho, la produccidn anual do csto metal aseiende eomo ii 30,(K)<> toneladas. Diariamente se hacen desciibrimientos de inmen- so.s depdsitos de este metal cn diferentes puntosde la Republica, encon- traiidose los mas ricos y abimdaiites en los distritos de Potosi, Oruro e Imiuisivi.

Kii el distrito de Corocoro es dondc se produce el cobre en ma3’ores cantidades, siendo asi (jue el producto anual de este metal es de 3,()(X) a 4,000 toneladas. Las demas minus de cobre de la llepiiblica ban sido abandonadas.

Ademas de los minerales que se aeaban de mencionar, ha}' otros muchos de j^i’an valor quo se encuentran en una parte considerable del territorio boliviano, pero sc estan explotando en muy pequena escala a causa de las diticultades a que antes se ha hecho referencia. Cuando los proyectos de construccion de ferrocarriles se hayan realizado, la industria minera en Bolivia adelantara de una nianera muy notable.

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MODIFICACIONES DEL ABANCEL,.

l.—Decreto nP SGJf,6, de '2S de aejonto de 1905, concediendo franqmcia de derechos (d inafn'ial para einpresas de electricidad, etc.

[" Diario l>flicial ’’ <le JS <lu aKOSto de 1905, n« 201.]

AKTfrui.o 1". El (iobierno queda autorizado para conceder fran- (juicia do derechos de Aduana, derecho de desapropiacion de terrenes y mejonis, y demas favores comprendidos en el articulo 23 de la ley n" 1145, de 31 de dioiembre de 11)04, a las empresas de elcctricidad ])roducida por fuerza hidraulica, que se constituyan pai'a tines de utili- dad 6 convenieneia publica.

lYirrafo unico. La desapropiacion tendril por objeto los terrenos y mejoras indispensables para las instalaciones y la ejecucion de los ser- vicios a cargo de las referidas empresas.

Art. 2. En la concesion de tales favores, ademas de la legislacion federal que les es aplicable, sc observaran las siguientes reglas:

1". Los concesionarios solicitariln franquicia de derechos de Aduana por eada partida de material que recibicren y (]ue, a juicio del Go- berno, fuere necesario para los trabajos en ejecucion, observandose, por lo demiis, el procedimiento cstablecido para tales cases en la legislacidn vigente.

2". La desapropiacion de terrenos y mejoms jiara los fines indicados cn el articulo 1”, pilrrafo ilnico, se harii ]X)r decreto esjM'cial, que se expedira de acuerdo con los pianos ])reviamentt' aprobados por el Gobierno.

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3®. Los demas favores de que trata, el articulo '23 de la ley n® 1145, de 31 de dieiembre de 1903, se concederan de conformidad con lo dis- puesto en el decreto n® 5407 de 27 de dieiembre de 1904.

Akt. 3. Toda disposicion en contrario queda derogada.

II. —Decreto de 28 de noviemhre de 1905, eatahJeclendo reglas para la aprehenaion de jtrodactos 6 mercancias qae ae importen con falaaa indicaciones de procedencia.

[“Diario Official” de 8 de dieiembre de 1905, n» 284.]

AhtIculo 1. 8e prohibe la importacion de ciialquier producto 6 mercancia con falsa indicacion de procedencia, en los terminos del Arreglo de Madrid, de 14 de abril de 1891, ratificado el 3 de octiibre de 1896 y puesto en ejecucion por el decreto n® 2380 de 20 de novieni- bre del inismo afio.

Art. 2. Los generos li que se aplique lo dispuesto en el articulo anterior se aprehenderan por las autoridades aduaneras, cuando no se hayan entregado a los interesados, y de no ser asi por las autoridades judiciales federales. En ambos casos, la aprehension se efectuara a pcticioii de los interesados 6 del Fiscal, mediante cumplimiento de las formalidades legales.

Art. 3. Los productos que se aprehendan en la zona fiscal debenin reexportarse por los iniportadores dentro de los 30 dias, bajo pena de ser destruidos. Si la aprehension se efectuare fiiem de la zona hscal, los generos se inutilizaran 6 destruiran.

Art. 4. En cuahpiiera de los casos previstos en esta ley, los impor- tadores incurriran en una niultsi de 50 por ciento sobre el v'alor de los giuieros importados.

Art. 5. En el proceso de aprehension se observarti, en cuanto fuere aplicalile, io dispuesto en el articulo 633 de la Reco])ila(d6n de Ijcyes do Aduanas.

Art. 6. Queda derogada toda disposicion on contrario.

III. —Extraado de la ley de qn'eaupneatoa 1^52, de 80 de dlcieinhre de 1005, para el ejercicio de 190(1.

(“Diario Official ” de 31 de dieiembre de ]9a5, ii» 304.]

ARTft.’ULO 1. 1. Derechos de importacion para consumo, do con¬ formidad con el arancel establecido por cl decreto n® 3617, de 19 de marzo de 1900, tal como ha sido alterado por las leyes n®" 1144 do 30 de dieiembre do 1903 y 1313 de 30 de dieiembre de 1904, salvo las siguientes modificaciones:

El ganado mular qucjjc introtluzca j)or las fronteras del Rio Grande del Sur se sujetara al mismo impucsto aplicable al (]ue se importe por otras fronteras de tierra y por via maritima.

Los derechos aplicable.s 6 los siguientes articulos se elcvan como a continuacion se expresa: Tasajo, 180 reis; arroz, 160 reis, con el tanto

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por ciento de los derechos elevado de 10 a 15 por ciento; heno, alfalfa, paja de aveua, ete., 50 reis; oxido de ploino conipiiesto 6 secante bianco, n° 274 de la clase XI, 400 reis.

La cla.se IX se conipletara por la adicion de la siguiente partida: Jugo de uvas sin fermentar, 450 reis por kilograino.

Los derecho aplicables al pino quedan clevados como sigue: En troncos, 20 $ por metro ciibico; en tablas, planehas 6 inadems, 25 $ por metro cnbico.

La partida n" 012 queda moditicada como sigue: ((^) En vez de “Papcl ordinario para embalar, sin imprimir, kil. 150

reis” digase: ‘-Ordinario para embalar, de color natural, lispero por ambos lados, 200 reis.”

{f}) En vez de “pintado 6 estampado, tefiido 6 coloreado, liso, labra- do 6 talileteado, para encuadernaciones y otros usos, 400 reis ” digase: “ Papel pintado 6 estampado, tefiido 6 coloreado, liso por uno 6 ambos lados, labrado 6 tatileteado, para encuadernacion, aunque tenga cual- quier dibujo 6 impresion, para eml)alar, confetti y deirnis usos, en hojas, tiras 6 rollos, 500 reis.”

Se eleva a 20 reis por kilograino el impuesto sobre el hierro fundido 6 goas en lingotes 6 pudelado, para ser laminado, en bruto; tanto por ciento, 40.

La partida No. 704 se entendera redactada como sigue: Placas sen- cillas, li.sas, 6 estriadas en el laminador, de hierro, 130 reis; do acero, 150 reis; barras, varillas, garlios, tlejes para toneles, pipas 6 fardos y, en general, articulos laminados de cualquiera forma, de hierro, 140 reis; de acero 160 reis.

Se eleva a 140 reis por kilograino el derecho aplioaiile al alambre con piias, gartios y clavos para cercas.

Se eleva a 300 reis por kilograino el derecho aplicable a los fogones de hierro fundido 6 batido, hornos y hornillos, accesorios para los mismos, hornillos de hierro fundido, hornillos cuadrados y redondos, marmitas simples de tres pies y otros articulos seniejantes, tanto jior ciento, 50.

Se eleva a 300 reis i)or kilograino el derecho aplicable a los articulos de fundicioii .sencillos comprendidos on la partida No. 757 a 500 reis el aplicable a los mismos articulos pintados.

Autonioviles (carros d embarcacione.s) para transjiorte de pasajeros 6 de cargas, 7 por ciento ad valorem; trucks de autonioviles, armados 6 de.sarniados, juegos de reudas delanteros 6 traseros<*ompletos, incluso el motor y accesorios, sin concluir, sin caja, 5 \yor ciento ad volorem, autonioviles ixn- los cuales se utilice como combustible el alcohol puro, carburado 6 desnaturalizado, 5 por ciento ad valorem.

La partida No. 980 so entendera redactada como signe: Alambiques, autoclavos, hornillos, retortas, tachos, calderas, calderos, cacerolas, teteras, chocolateras, sartenes y cualesqnier objetos seniejantes no

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cxprcssuios: sencillos, <;randes, para la agricultura 6 para fabricas, 5 |)or oieuto ad valorent; sencillos, pecpienos, para laboratorios qiuinicos 6 fariiiaceuticos y para iiso partioiilar, kilograino, 4(M> rois, 30 por eioiito; estafiados, pintados d osmaltados, kilogranio, 000 reis.

En la partida n" 1(>00, la parte que so retiere a las j)lanchas pai'a la ropa se recnipla/.a eomo sij'ne: Planc'has para la ropa d para allsar, de hierro d acero, de eualquiera forma, seneillas d pintadas, kilo^ratno 500 reis, 00 por eiento.

Se eleva a 1^300 por kilo<rramo el dereclio aplicable & los palitos do inadera para fdsforos, aumento que entrant en vigor el 1® de julio de 1000 y sdlo se mantendra en cnanto los Estados que exporten pino no aumenten sus aetuales iinpiiestos sobre esta inadera. Los im^iortadores de palitos de madera para fdsforus no podran despacharlos en cantidad superior it la que se haya imiiortado durante el ultimo ejercicio.

Se eleva it 1^300 por kilogramo el derecho sobre las cajitas de pino propias exelusivamente para contener fdsforos, armadas d desarmadas, ultima parte de la partida n® 1037.

Se afiade al Arancel la nueva partida siguiente: Paja de centeno, de trigo, de avena y de otnas plantas para fundas d envoltorios de botellas d damajuanas, y einpaques diversos, 50 reis el kilogramo, 20 por eiento.

Entre las mercaneias expresadas en el artieulo 0 del Arancel de Aduanas se eomprenderan todas las bebidas aleohdlicas que eontengan ajenjo d eualesquiera otras eseneias noeivas.

2. Dos }x)r eiento oro sobre las mercaneias expresadas en las parti- das n”’* 03 y 05 (eebada en grano), 00, 07, 08, 100 y lOl de la clase 7“ del Arancel (eereales), en los terminos del artieulo 1°. n® 1, de la le}' n® 1313, de 30 de diciembre de 1004.

Akt. 2. El Presidente de la Kepublica quedaautorizado: III. Para eoltrar el impuesto de imiK)rtaeidn i)ara eonsumo, de aeuer-

do eon las leyes vigentes,'en la siguiente forma: (^0 Fifty por eiento en papel 3' 50 por eiento en oro, sobre las mer-

eancias cxpresjidas on las partidas n"" 1, 0, 23, 24 (excepto las pieles de armino, castor, nutria v semejantes, tafiletes, gamuza 3' pieles do adorno), 30, 41, 52, 53, (exeepto los jainones, embutidos, chorizos, sal- ehiehones y mortadelas), 00, 63, 69, 01, 93, 08, 99, 100, 102, 104, lOO,

109, 115, 123 (excepto cl aeeite de olivas), 124 (que pagariin los dere- chos del Arancel), 137, 159, 172, 178 (con re.specto ii los itcidos muriii- tico, nitrico y sulfurico irnpuros), 170 (exeepto las aguas naturales para usos tenipduticos), 196, 204, 213 (sdlo eon respeeto al cloruro de sotlio), 227, 228, 259, 270, 280, 326, 330, 410 (excepto las pajas de Chile, de Italia 3" semejantes, propias para sombreros y articulostrenzados seme¬ jantes), 437, 465, 468, 409 (calzoncillos, camisas, cuellos y punos de algoddn), 470, 472, 473, 474 (exeepto los velvetf*, veludillos, bombasies y terciopelos), 448 (excepto lasali>aeas, damascos, merinos, eachemires.

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gai’goranc.s, tolas I’ayadas, royal, saton do China, tonquin, felpas 6 terciopelos do lana y tejidos semejantes no oxprosados). 517, 534, 538 (solo eon respecto a los brines x crehuolas), 547, 502 (ealzoneillos, camisas, cucllos x piinos de lino), 503, 612 (excoptocl papel para oscribir 6 dibujar de cnahiuiera elase, blaneo d dc color; papel jKira iniprenta 6 tipografia; papel de soda, bianco 6 de color, para copiar cartas y sin cola, X el encerado, ennegrecido, orienbil, de arroz, de China, A egebil X semejantes; papel con hojuela de oro 6 jdata falsos, para fabricacion de flores: pasta de cualquiera clase para fabricacion de papel), 613, 620, 025, 641, 042, 'j'03, 732, 740, 751, 757, 805 (coches para ferrocarriles y sus accesorios) y 1000 del Arancel de Adiianas a (pie so refiere el decreto n“ 3017, de inarzo de 1900.

Q)) Sesenta y cinco por ciento en papel y 35 por ciento en oro, sobre las dcmas mercancias no mencionadas en la letra anterior.

El 50 por ciento en oro se cobrani en cuanto el cambio quede supe¬ rior a 15d. por 1^, por 30 dias consecutivos y, del misino inodo, s()lo dejai’iin de percibirse despues de (pie, durante el inismo plazo, el cam¬ bio quede inferior il 15d. Para los efectos de esta disposicion, se tomara el termino medio del tipo de! cambio durante dichos 30 dias.

Si el cambio bajare d 15d. o menos, los derechos de importaciim aplicables a las mercancias de quo trata la letra a se cobraran a razon de 05 por ciento en papel y 35 por ciento en oro.

IV'. Para cobrar, en prov’echo del fondo destinado a las obras dc mejora de los puertos, <pie se ejecuten por cuenta de la Unuui:

1“. El derecho hasta de 2 por ciento on oro, sobre el valor oficial de las importaciones del puerto de Rio de Janeiro y de las Aduanas de Rio Grande do Sul, a oxcepciim de las mercancias de (jue trata el n® 2 del articulo 1.

2®. El dex’echo de 1 a 5 rcis por kilogramo de mercancias que se (‘ar- giicn 6 descarguen, segiin su valor, destino o procedencia de otros puertos.

Aht. 3. Los articulos expresados il continuacidn solo pagaran 5 |)or ciento ad valorem por derechos de enti’ada, a saber:

1®, Locoindviles agricolas; 2”, villvulas de caoutchouc para Iximbas de aire y para otras nnupiinas de cualquier forma 6 clase; 3®, telas de alambre de cobre 6 laton, conos de carton 6 cuero para turbinas y piczas componentes de baterias de difusion; 4®, cepillos de alambre de hierro 6 laton, 6 raspaderas para limpiar tubos; 5®, manometros para indicar la presion de vapor 6 de vacio, indicadores de temperatura; 6®, tubos de cobre, hierro 6 laton, para calderas y para aparatos de con- (“entracion y cvaporacion; 7®, molinos para (luebrar y pulverizar aziicar; 8®, cribas y sus soportes, y cruces para hornazas; 9®, tachas, molinos y engranajes con sus accesorios; 10®, aparatos de movimiento 6 transmisidn, comprendiendo poli'as, ejes, mangos de eje, manguitos, chabetas, anillos y collares dc suspension; 11®, rails, con todos sus

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accesorios, grapas, placas do union, tornillos, cainbios dc via, contra- rails, cruzainientos 6 corazones, aj^ujas para cambios de via y aparatos para inaniobrarlas; 12", locomotoras y vagones, con sus accesorios; 18°, alanibi(iues y coluinnas destilatorias, con sus accesorios; 14°, formas rebenques, cristalizadoras para puriticar y relinar azucar, y cal especial para la fabricacion; 15”, bombas de hierro u otro metal para cualquier liquido 6 pulpa, 6 para abastecimiento de agua caliente 6 fria; lb°, vidrios y tubos de vidrio para aparatos de evaporacion y concentracion, para indicadores de nivel de agua u otro liquido dentro de los aparatos 6 calderas; 17°, alambre con pdas y el ovalado de las siguientes dimensiones: 18 a IG y 19 a IT, incluso las estacas dc hierro 6 acero para cercas, y los respectivos estiradores; 18°, desnaturalizantes y carburantes del alcohol; 19", toneles dc hierro, estafiados, para el transporte del alcohol, y los aparatos destinados a las aplicaciones industriales del alcohol; 20°, herramientas, azadas y guadafias para labranza.

Para gozar de este regimen, las maquinas, aparatos objetos antes expresados deberan importarse por sindicatos agricolas 6 directamente por los agricultores, gerentes de empresas agricolas, propietarios de dehesas de cria, asi como tambien por los Gobiernos dc los Estados y de los Municipios.

Piirrafo unico. Cuando se justitique que el sindicato, prevaleciendose del favor de la Ic}', importo cuahjuiera de los mcncionados objetos, mediante pago del derecho reducido, para venderlo 6 cederlo a una persona extrafia a la asociacion, se impondra a los importadores una multadc $3,000, de cuyo pago los asociados seran mancomunadamentc responsables.

En caso de reincidencia, la multa serii del doble, disolviendose el sindicato por acto de administracion piiblica.

Art. 4. Quedan comprendidos entre los productos quimicos de que se tratan en la seccion 30 del articulo 2 y el articulo 5 dc las Disposi- ciones Preliminares del vigente Arancel: los ilcidos sulfurico y tartrico, el tanino, el bisultito de potasa y los fermentos selcccionados, cuando se importeu por sociedades de agricultura, sindicatos agricolas 6 simples agricultores.

Art. 5. Para la concesion de las cxenciones de derechos de importa- cion, de (jue trata la presente le}', debera siempre observarse lo dis- puesto en el decreto No. 947A, de 4 de noviembre de 1890, applica- bles a los carruajes para fcrrocarriles y tranvias.

Las companias 6 empresas que no hubieren registrado todavia sus conti-atos de exencion de derechos, de conformidad con el mismo decreto, podran hacerlo dentro del plazo de tres meses, contados desde la fecha de esta ley.

Art. 6. Quedan exentas del impuesto de consume todas las bedidas producidas exclusivamente por la fermentacion de jugos de frutas 6 de plantas del pais.

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Art. 9. Solo se sujetaran al derecho fijo de £2 los vapores 6 buques de vela, sea cual fiiere su tonelaje 6 carganiento, que toquen on cual- quier puerto de la Union, con el unico objeto de recibir ordenes y seguir su destine, pudiendo permaneeer durante diez dias bajo la vigi- lancia de la Aduana para recibir provisiones, agua y combustibles.

Seccion 1. En el referido derecho se hallaran comprendidos totlos los impuestos aduaneros y cualesquiera otras tasas, carta de salud y capitania de puerto, debiendo observarse los reglanientos de salud y de policia del puerto.

Seccion 2. El Inspector de la Aduana podrii prorogar por cinco dias nnis el plazo indicado en el presente articulo, sieinpre cpie existan inotivos tlebidainente justiticados.

Seccion 3. A la expiracion de dicho plazo de quince dias, el buque 6 vapor quedani sujeto al mismo regimen que los que presenten su decla- racion complebi a la Aduana, tanto a la entrada como a la salida.

Art. 14. El impuesto de consumo sobre el vino extranjero, creado por el articulo 1", No. 56, de la ley No. 1313, de 30 de diciembre de 1904, se ha tijado como ii continuacion se expresa, cualquiera que sea la forma del acondicionamiento:

Vino extranjero, hasta de 14° de alcohol absolute: por litro, 7o reis; por botella, 50 reis; por media botella, 25 reis.

Vino extranjero no especificado, de mas de 14° hasta 24° de alcohol absolute: por litro, 150 reis; por botella, 100 reis; |x»r media botella, 50 reis.

Vino extranjero de mas de 24°, champagne y demas vinos espumosos: por litro, 300 reis; por botella, 200 reis; por media botella, 100 reis.

Parrafo iinico. La cobranza del impuesto de que trata este articulo se sujetara ii las condiciones estipuladas en el reglamento sobre impues¬ tos de consumo, incurricndo los infractores en las penalidades sena- ladas en el mismo.

Art. 15. Sc crea un impuesto de consumo, cuya cobranza se hara l)or medio de estampillas, en la forma prescrita en el reglamento de 26 de marzo de 1900, sobre los cartuchos 6 ciipsulas conteniendo acido carbonico para la preparacion, en el momento del consumo, de aguas minerales gaseosas, incluso las llamadas Sparklets, Sodor y semejantes.

El correspondiente derecho serti de 200 reis por cajita conteniendo una docena de cartuchos, haciendose el estampillado en las cajitas de manera que, al abrir estas, la estampilla quede inutilizada, 6 de cual- (luier otro modo que determine el Gobierno por reglamento al efecto.

LET RELATIVA AL CAF^.

Con arreglo ii la lej’ de presupuestes del 30 de diciembre de 1905, al Presidente del Brasil se le autoriza para que celebre un convenio con los Estados producteres de cafe, a tin de reglamentar el comercio de dicho producte, aumentar su valor, organizar y mantcner un servicio

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rc"uliir y pcrniancnte de propaganda do cafe, el ciial ha do tenor por ohjeto quo el consuino de este producto asunia nia\'ores proporeiones. So pre,seril»e adonnis on dicha I03’ quo:

El (lobierno Federal puede endosar las operacionos de eredito <jue con el fin antes expresado hagiin los Estados interosados, mientras se enniplan las siguientes condicionos:

(rr) Los Estados prestariin ii la Union una garantia en oro suficientc pira el pago del interes y ainortizacion del einprestito.

(^) Esta guarantia durara todo el plazo del einprestito y no de¬ pendent de las eontrilnieiones annales (jue las legislaturas de los F^sta- dos pueden revoear de ano en ano.

(e) El producto del einprestito solo so aplieara para niantener nn precio nnnimo de eafd para la exportacion y no se enipleara en einpres- titos de ninguna clase ni para hacer anticiiws it los cultivadores, comisarios, exportadores ni a nadie, ni los usariin los Estados con ningiin otro fin excepto para el ciial estan autorizados.

(d) El inonto del emprestito se depositani en el Tesoro Xacional 6 en las sucursales do este, y se entregara a niedida que se requiera 3- sieinpre que las operaciones se liquiden sn producto licjuido no se depositara otra vez.

(s) Todas las ganancias netas que se obtengan en las operaciones de valorizacion se destinaran a la amortizacion del einprestito.

CONVENIO SOBBE GABANTIA DE MABCAS DE FABBICA ENTBE

EL BBASIL Y LA BEPTJBLICA ABOEITTINA.

[Firmado en Rio <le .laneiro el :U ile oetubre <le 1901, y ni)roba(l() i«)r el Cimsfrest) Brasileno el 2S de

noviembre de 190.>.]

Los Prosidentes de la Republica de los Estados Unidos del Brasil y de la Republica Argentina, deseando asegurar a los industriales 3' co- inerciantes de los dos pai.ses la proteccion de las le3*es que garanten la proprieded de las inarcas de fabrica y de coinercio, resolvioron celebrav para ese fin un convenio, y noinbraron sus pleuipotenciarios, it saber:

El Presidente de la Republica de los Estados Unidos del Brasil, al Dr. Olyntiio de Magalh.ves, Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores;

El Presidente de la Reyntblica Argentina, al Dr. D. Manuel

Gokostiaga, Enviado Extraordinario 3’ Ministi’o Plonipotenciario de la inisina Republica en el Brasil;

Los cuales, cainbiados sus pleiios poderes, quo hallaron en buena 3' debida forma, convinieron lo siguionte:

“ArtIculo 1”. Los industriales 3' conierciantes de los Estados L^nidos del Brasil y los industriales 3’ comerciantcs do la Republica Argentina, que tuvieran registmdas sus inarcas de fabiica 6 de comer- cio de conformidad con las prescripciones Icgales, podran igualmente

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registrarlas eii uno u otro pais, llenando las condiciones estiibt'lecidas por las leyes y roglanientos de aquol donde se hagii el registro.

“Art. 2”. El presente oonvenio, seguidos los tnimites legales, sera ratitieado y las ratilieaciones seran cainbiadas en la eiiulad de Rio de .Janeiro, en el nnis breve plazo posible. Fenecera seis ineses despues de la data en (jiio una de las dos Altas Partes Contratantes liaya eonui- nieado a la otra su rt^solucidn de ])onerle terniino.

“ En fe de lo cual los respeetivos plenipoteneiarios firman y sellan el inisino convenio en dos ejeinplares, siendo cada uno de ellos escrito en los dos idiomas.

“Heeho en la ciudad de Rio de Janeiro, a los treinta dias del mes de oetubre de IbOl."

PROHIBICldN DE EETRADA DE MERCANCIAS QUE OSTENTEN

RdTULOS FALSOS DE SU ORIGEN.

El “Diario Official*’ brasileuo, correspondiente al 8 de diciembre de 1}>05, contiene el texto de uii deei’cto que probibo la iiinx)rtaei6n al Brasil do todas'las inercancias que ostenten un rotulo falso de su origen, con arreglo a las chiusulas de la Convencion de Madrid de 1891. Tales inercancias seran secuestradas por las autoridades de las aduanaso por las autoridades judiciales federales, si las inercancias ban salido de las nianos de las aduanas. Las morcancias (pie se secuestren en la zona fiscal tienen cpie ser reexportadas por los importadores dentro del U'rmino de treinta dias, y si asi no lo hicieren seran destruidas. Las inercancias que se secuestren fucra de la zona fiscal se inutilizantn 6 destruinin. En nno li otro caso los importadores incurriran en una multa de un 50 por ciento del valor de las mercancias importadas.

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IMPUESTO SUPLEMENTARIO SOBRE LA HARINA EXTRANJERA.

El Decreto No. 106de 5 de febrcro 1900, que establece unimpuesto suplcmentario sobre la harina extranjera importada en la Republica de Venezuela, dice como sigue:

“Considerando ipie la importacion do barina extranjei’a amenaza destruir la industriade produccion del trigo on el interior de la Rejni- blica; y que cs deber del Gobierno fomentar la industria nacional, sin perjuicio de las regiones en donde jxir no existir ciertos cultivos es necesario favorecer la importacion de algunos articulos, se decreta;

“ ArtIculo 1”. La harina extranjera que saiga de los puertos del Atliintico para todos los del Rio Magdalena, desde Calamar inclusive para arriba j’a sea para el consumo local 6 para el de otras poblaciones, pagara uu derecho supleinentario de ocbo centavos por cada kilogramo.

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“Art. 2". Este dereoho deberil pagarse en la Adininistracion de Aduana del puerto de donde se despache la harina para el interior, y al pereibir el impuesto el Adininistrador de la Aduama expedira al interesado una ffuia qiie debc extraer de un bilon, en la cual dcbe hacerse eonstar lo siguiente: el nonibre del reniitante, el del destina- tario, el del puerto fluvial donde ha de verilicar.se el desembarco, el niimero de bultos y el pe.so total de ellos y la circunstancia de haber.se pagado los dercchos respectivos.

“Art. 3”. Las coinpanias de vapores duenas de los buques que hagan el traflco del Rio Magdalena se abstendran de expedir los conociniientos de enil)ar(iue para la harina extranjera que no este de provista en la debida forma de la guia de que trata el articulo anterior; y si los expi- dieren sin haberseles sido presentada esta, seran oonsiderados conio contrabandistas y .se les aplicaran, como a tales, las disposicioncs vigentes sobre oontrabandos.

“Art. 4°. La guia debe scr pi'esentada al Administrador de Hacienda nacional del puerto de destine 6 deseiubarque, para que la refrenda y conceda con la refrendacion el derecho de paso, si la harina estuviere destinada a poblaciones del interior.

“Art. 5". Toda la harina que se conduzca sin las formalidades quo impone este decreto sera considerada como de contrabando, y los con- ductores 6 duenos seran castigados de conformidad con las disposi- ciones vigentes.

“Art. 6". En los cases de fraude a que se refiere el presente decreto seran funcionarios de instruccion los mismos de que trata el articulo 78 del decreto No. 330 de 4 de abril de 1005, y observaran por asimi- lacion las mismas disposiciones de procedimiento que establecen el decreto citado y el marcado con el niimero 72 de 1C de enero de 1006.

“Art. 7”. Este decreto se transmitira por teldgrafo a las Aduanas del Atlantico y empezara a regir desde el dia en que fuere recibido por las autoridades de estos puertos, los cuales lo publicaran por bando y por la prensa inmediatamente que lo reciban.”

MODIFICACldN DEIi ABANGEL DE FEBBEBO 1906.

El Decreto No. 167 de febrero 5 de 1006, relative a la reforma de la tarifa de Aduanas y del articulo 05 del Codigo Fi.scal, dice como sigue:

“ARTfcuLO 1". Con el fin de proteger las empresas que fomentan el adelanto material del pais, incluyense en la 1“ clase de la tarifa de Aduanas, libre del pago de derechos de irnportacion, las siguientes mercaderias:

“El hierro en rieles para vias f^rreas, sean 6 no de uso publico. “ El hierro de buques 6 en piezas para ellos. “El carbon mineral. . “El cemento romano.

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“Art. 2°. Elevaso ha-sta sesenta dias el plazo de euarenta que el articulo 05 del Codiga Fiscal concede a los capitanes de buques paiu que entreguen la carga que confornie al sobordo se haya dejado de entregar al efectuarse la descarga del biupie.

“Art. 3”. El presente decreto regira veinte dias despue.s de publi- cado en el ‘Diario Oticial.’ ”

DECRETO SOBRE LA PROTOCOLIZACldN Y DEBERES DE SOCIE-

DADES 6 COMPAI^fAS EXTRANJERAS.

El Poder Ejecutivo de la Republica de Colombia ha expedido, con fecha de 19 de enero 1006, el siguiente decreto relativo a la protocoli- zacion y los deberes de sociedades 6 companias extranjeras establecidas en la Kepiiblica:

“Articulo 1”. Las sociedades 6 comparuas domiciliadas fuera del pais, que tengan 6 establezcan empresas de canicter pernianentc en el tcrritorio de la Republica, protocolizaran, dentro de los seis meses subsiguientes a la iniciacion de sus negocios, el docuniento de su fun- dacion y de sus estatutos, en la Notaria de la Circunscripcion en donde este el asiento principal de sus negocios 6 industrias. Las anoninias protocolizaran ademils en la misma Notaria la prueba de la autoriza- cion del Estado, en el caso de que sea necesaria dicha autorizacion para su existencia legal.

“Paragrafo. El terinino sera de un afio si tales compafiias tuviercn 3'a negocios establccidos en el pais.

“Art. 2”. Dichas sociedades deberan tener en Colombia, en cl lugar en donde este el asiento principal del trillico de su explotacion, un repre- sentante con facultades de mandatario y con igual personeria que la del Gei'ente, para las controversias judiciales que ocurran y para los negocios establecidos en el pais.

“Paragrafo. Los poderes de los representantes de esas compafiias scran protocollzados en la misma Notaria de que trata el articulo 1“.

Art. 3”. Los documentos de que hablan los articulos anteriores para que produzcan efecto en Colombia deberan extenderse con las forma- lidades exigidas en el lugar en donde se otorguen, y deberan adenms venir autenticados por el empleado diplomatico 6 consular de Colombia residente en dicho lugar, y a falta de tales emplcados por el Consul 6 Ministro de una Nacion amiga.

“Art. 4”. Ademas del extracto de las escrituras y estatutos de las sociedades anonimas, que debe registrarse confornie a la Ley 42 de 1808, se registrara tambien en el respectivo Juzgado de Circuito 6 Circuitos, donde este el asiento principal del trafico de su explotacion, el extracto de los poderes de los representantes de las compafiias extran¬ jeras, certificado por el Notario ante el cual se hayan protocolizado.

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“Pantj^rafo. Los extractos, despuos de rojfistrados en el Jiizgado, sc publicaran trcs voces por lo menos en el periodico oficial del res)>ectivo Departamento.

“Art. 5”. Corresponde al Poder Ejecutivo declarar cumplidos pov parte de las conipaiuas cxtranjeras los recpiisitos de (juo trata este Docreto.

“Art. d". Son milos los actos <iue se ejecuten d contratos cjiie se celebren sin la observancia de las foi’inalidades prescrietas en este Decreto.

“Art. 7". Los libros cnunciados en los tres prinieros incisos del articulo 27 del Codigo de Coniercio scran rubricados, en los lugarcs donde ha3’a Camaras de Coniercio, en cada uiia de sus liojas, por el Secretario de diclia Camara, en la primora de ellas se pondra nna nota fechada y tirmada por el Presidento y el Secretario de la misma, que indiipie el numero total de las liojas y la persona a quien pertenecen los libros.

“Art. S”. Los Jueces de Circuito d de Distrito en lo civil v sus respectivos Secretarios gozaran del dereclio, por mitad, de medio cen¬ tavo oro por cada lioja que rubriipien de los libros de los comerciantes.

“Paragrafo. En las Camaras de Coniercio el dereclio de medio centavo corresponde al Secretario.

“Art. 0". La rubricacidn de los libros de coniercio lieclia por los Secretarios de^las Camaras, antes de la vigencia del presente Dccreto, se considerara valida para todos los efectos legales.

“Art. 10. El presente Dccreto principiaril a regir treinta dias des¬ pues de la feclia de su publicacidn eii el “ Diario Oticial.’’

“Comuiuquese y publiquese. “Dado en Bogota, a 19 de enero de 1!'06.

“R. Reyes.”

MODIFICACIONES AL CONTRATO PARA LA CONSTRUCCldN DE UN

FERROCARRIL.

El “Diario Oticial” de 24 de enero 1900 publico las siguieiites moditicaciones al conti’ato para la construccion de un ferrocarril desde Honda 6 sus inm(!diaciones hasta Flandes 6 Girardot, entre Tomas

German Riiiox y el Ministro de Obras Publicas de la Republica de Colombia:

1”. Del articulo 10, inciso 2”, se suprime el pariigrafo f, que se declare nulo y sin ningun valor;

2". El inciso 9" del mismo articulo 10 quedara asi: “Articulo 10, inciso 9": Excension para la expresa de todo derecho

de importacion y de peaje fluviales 6 terrcstrcs u otros impuestos de cualquier genero que scan, ya establecidos 6 (pie en adelante se esta- blezcan, para todos los materiales, herramientas, utiles, mtiqulnas,

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iiistriunentos, aparejos, toldos de campafia, alainbre para telografos y oercas, aparatos telegriiticos y telefonieos, inobiliario para las estaciones y deniiis ol)jetos que requiei’an la construccion, el buen scrvicio, y la coiiservacion en buen estado de la via y de sus accesorios.

“Durante la construccion del ferrocarril a <pie este contrato se refiere, y unicamente durante este tieinpo, los articulos niedicinales y aliinenticios indispensables para el sosteniiniento de los obreros en buenas condiciones higienicas, gozanin de una rebaja de cincuenta por ciento (50 por ciento) en los dei'echos de iinportacion correspondientes.

“Las tianzas que los agentes de la Empresa en la Costa otorgan por el valor de los derechos de Aduana, de los cuales esta exenta la empresa, quedaran nulas y sin ningun valor despues de tres ineses do su fecha, si antes do expirar estos tres meses no liubiere el Gobierno negado la franquicia de la respcctiva factura.”

3“. El inciso 10" del citado articulo 10 quedani asi: “Articulo 10, inciso 10: Exencion de toda contribucion nacional,

departamental 6 municipal, del impuesto fluvial 3' de emprestitos forzosos, exacciones v contribuciones de guerra. Tampoco podran ser gravados los efectos 3’ pasajeros (jiie transmiten por el ferrocarril con contribuciones 6 impuestos especiales durante cl triinsito |X)r la via.”

4". El inciso 12 del propio articulo 10 (piedani asi: “Articulo 10, inciso 12: La exencion de derechos de registro 6

cualquier otro que los sustitu3’a para las escrituras 6 documentos <pie se otorguen a virtud de este contrato, bien sea por darle el caracter de instrumento publico, bien sea para cederle 6 para traspasarlo, o bien sea ])ara hipotecarlo 6 gravar en su totalidad 6 en parte dicho ferro¬ carril V sus accesorios.”

5". El inciso 16 del tanta.s veces citado articulo 10 quedara asi: “Articulo 10, inciso 16: Derecho de preferencia, en igualdad de

circunstancias, para la construccion de ramales que se desprendan de la linea principal en una zona de cinco miriametros (50 kilomctros) a cada lado de la via.”

6". Este conti’ato solo requiere para su validez la aprobacidn del Consejo de Ministros 3’ la del Excmo. Sr. Presidente do la Rcpublica; V una vez obtenida se elevaira a escritura piiblica.

En fe de lo ciial se tirman dos ejemplares de un tenor en Bogota, a veintisietc de noviembre de’ mil novecientos cinco.

PBOFIIiAXIS CONTRA LA FIEBRE AMARILLA.

Con el tin de resguardarse de la fiebre amarilla y otras epidemias, el Gobierno de la Repiiblica de Colombia ha dictado un reglamento severo, por conducto de su Junta Central Sanitaria, para poner en con¬ diciones higidnicas tanto las residencias 3' editicios publicos como los puertos del pais.

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El “ Diario Olicial " correspoiidiente al 7 de febi'oro de 19(H}, publica el reglainento de (pie .se trata, el dial sc retiere a las niedidas prodlac- tieas eri los piiertos nmntinios, conio sigue:

Todo biupie (pie provenga de alguii piierto en (pie haya liebrc ama' rilla, () (pie en ciirso de la travesia lia3’a tocado piiertos 6 parajes eu (pie haya tiebre ainarilla, () ii cin^o bordo ba^’ () ha habido algun caso de riebre amarilla. se considera con patente bruta, cualcpiiera qiie sea la patente de ([iie est(' provisto.

Todo biKpie con patente bruta de tiebre amarilla se sometera a las prescripciones de (pie tratan los articiilos sigiiientes.

El mtklico de sanidad del piierto practicarsi una visita de inspecci(')n rigiirosa de los pasajeros y de la tripiilaci()n. Si Imbiere a bordo algiin enfernio de tiebre amarilla 6 qiie sea sospechoso, se colocara bajo iin niievo mos(piitero 6 toldillo bien cerrado, y solamente asi })odra (leseml)arcar. Se le trasladanv Ci iin pabelhin 6 local destinado para este objeto y donde se le mantendra bajo el moscpiitero.

Este local debe tener las ventanas y piiertas protegidas por telas de alambre 6 cortinas (pie impidan el acceso de mosquitos 6 zancudos, y debe hacerse fumigar previamente.

Los pasajeros sanos podnin desembariMir cambiando antes sus vesti- dos por otros (pie hayan sido sometidos a la estufa de desinfeccion ('lal aparato de Clayton. Si no hubiere ninguno de estos aparatos los vestidos se someteran a fumigaciones, en un camarote cerrado, con polvo de pietro, de azufre 6 con tabaco, como (pieda indicado en el articulo 1“ 6 a vapores de formol.

De la misma manera se procedera con los equipajes de los pasajeros. Desembarcados los pasajeros los equipajes y antes de descargar

el biupie, se sometera la carga a la fumigaci(')n con el aparato Clayton, y si no lo hubiere, con tibaco, pietro 6 azufre, 6 con formol en las bodegas bien cerradas durante ocho horns.

La fumigaciini durarii miis tiempo en las bodegas de los buques quo traigan frutas (') aziicar.

Se incinererian todos los mosquitos y zancudos (pie se encuentron en los pisos, paredes y techos despims de la fumigaciiui.

Los pasajeros sanos (pie desembarqiien do un biuiue con patente bruta do tiebre amarilla (piedaran sometidos il la observacion del nuidico de sanidad durante deis dias, a contar de^de el dia de la llegada del buque. Se les tomarii la temperatura dos voces al dia, y desde el momento en ({ue en alguno de el los se observe aumento de la tempera¬ tura, sc le continara ii su habitaciiin se lo colocara bajo un toldillo bien cerrado, hasta (jiie ha3’a desaparccido toda manifestacion febril.

Los pasajeros sanos, (pie deben sometei’sc li la vigilancia del medico en puerto Colombia, podriin trasladarse a Barranipiilla con permisodel medico de sanidad, quien dara inmediatamente aviso ii las autoridades de esa ciudad para que continue alii la vigilancia como lo disponga la Junta Departamental de Higiene del Atlantico.

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Si en el biuiue luil)iei'c oeurrido al»^un ease cle tiebre aniavilla durante la travesia, se furnigaran todos los eamarotes y bodegas, coino (|ueda indicado en el artieulo 17, cuidando de haeer fiunigsvr bien los rincones, vidrieras y deiniis pantos en quo con mas frecuencia se hallan los mosquitos y zancudos,

Se liaran vaciar los depositos de agua potable, se lavaran y sometenin a la fumigacion con azufre 6 fonnol y se ordenara que esos depositos sc mantengan cubiertos con una red metalica 6 una tela de algodon.

La detencion de los biupies ocasionada por las medidas anteriores no podrji exceder:

(A) Para la visita de inspeccion, de doco boras, contadas desde el momento de la llegada. Si el biupie llegare despues de la puesta del sol, se contanin las doce boras desde la salida del sol al dia siguieiite.

(H) Para la desinfeccion no podra exceder veinticuatro boras, despues de la inspeccion de los pasajeros y tripulantes,

Cuando en algun puerto se preseiitc la tiebre amarilla, se pondran en practica las disposiciones del presente Acuerdo.

Las Juntas departamentales de Iligiene dictaran los acuerdosy reso- luciones que estimen convenientes para el mejor cumplimiento de este Acuerdo.

PROLONGACldN DEL FERBOCARBIL DE GIBARDOT.

El “ Diario Oticial” de Bogota correspondiente al 12 de enero de 1900, publica un contrato celebrado por el Gobierno colombiano con los Sefiores Odell y Bowles, con arreglo al cual el Gobierno de Colom¬ bia se obliga a construir tres kilometros del Ferrocarril de Girardot, por la suma de ^12,000 oro. Por otrajiarte, la expresada Comparda se obliga a suininistrarle al Gobierno todas las berramientas, rieles, etc., (pie se necesiten para efectuar la construccion de los referidos tres kilometros. A tin de acelerar dieba construccii'm, la Compafiia le ofrecc al Gobierno una prima de $1,500 $1,000, si la construccion de los expresados kilometros se teiinina dentro de 50 y 05 dias, respec- tivamente, si contar de la feeba en que se firme el contrato.

CONCESidN PARA EFECTUAR LA EXPLOTACldN DE ASFALTO.

[Dfl “ Diario Olicial ” de Bogota correspondiente al 13 de enero de liHXi.]

El Gobierno ba beebo una imjiortante concesion al Senor Lokenzo

Pake.ia K., para la explotacion del asfalto, con arreglo ii la cual se le permite explotar, durante un periodo de diez anos, cinco de^wsitos de asfalto situados en el Departamento de Santander. El concesionario garantiza un producto que no ba de ser menor de 1,000 toneladas de asfalto cada dos anos, se obliga si pagar al Gobierno dos pesos oro por cada tonelada que exporte. Dicho contrato puede traspasarse a una tercera persona 6 compafiia, que el Gobierno acepte, pero no podra traspasarse ii una nacion 6 Gobierno extmnjero.

052 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANA8.

EL EERBOCARRIL DEL CAUCA.

El “Diario Oficial” de Bogota, con fecha IS de cnero dc 190(), pu- blica el texto integro del contrato celebrado por el Gobierno con cl Sefior Ignac io Minoz C., por virtiid del cual sc rcscindcn los ante- riorcs contratos rclativos a la constrnccion, reparacicni y bucna con- scrvacion del* Ferrocarril del Cauca. llescindido cl expresado con¬ trato por cl nuituo acuerdo de los interesados, el Gobiei'iio cclebro innicdiatainente otro contrato con los Senores A. B. y E. H. Mason,

con arreglo al cual, los expresados Senores se obligan a reparar el Ferrocarril del Cauca desde Buenaventura liasta el kiloinetro 12, inclu¬ sive, y a construir y cquipar el ferrocarril desde cl kilcniietro 12 hasta Faliuira. Se ha concedido el tcu’inino de un afio para efectuar la re- paracion de la linea, y cinco afios para la construccidn y ecpiipo dc la nueva parte c) prolongacidu del ferrocarril.

ESTANCO DEL TABACO EN RAMA.

Ea venta y ex^xiidacion del tabaco en rama en la Kepublica de Colom¬ bia se ha declarado un inonopolio del Gobierno por virtud de un re- ciente decreto expedido por el Presidente de dicha Kepiiblica, Desde el 1 de septieinbre de 190»), el taliaco producido en (’olonibia no jiodra exportarse ni venderse por cuenta de particulares. Desde la expre- sada fecha se pi'ohibe tambitMi la importacicni a dicho pais del tabaco y los cigarrillos en cuahpuera forma, pero esta prohibicion no ha de com- prender otros articulos cjue scan necesarios para la fabricacidn y envase de cigarrillos. El ultimo parrafo de dicho decreto dice lo siguiente:

“ El cultivo del tabaco cs absolutamente libre en Colomlna, como lo es tambicMi la introduccion de .semillas para su mejora. Sin embargo, los cultivadores ban de oliservar el reglamento cpie en lo sucesivo sc adopte con el tin de inijK'dir <pie se cometan fraudes (pie perjudiipien el Te.soro Nacional.”

COSTA KICA.

RENTA DE ADUANAS EN EL SEGUNDO SEMESTRE DE 1905.

La renta de aduanas de la Kepublica de Costa Kica en el segundo semestre del afio de 1905 fue la siguiente:

San JosiJ. Lim6n. 1

I'untareiuas.' De otra^i aduanas.

SI I'l, 095.45 S93, .577. .53 $13,480.01 13,785.09

SO, 966. .54 9,063.20 8,376.87

163;-116.58 197,009.67

80,411.09 96. ,590. .51 22,662.61

245,182. riA 221,672.08

84,909. 75 24,020.17 52,493.33

I. 5; 148.04 10, .804.03 II, 484.13

94,1.53.64 110,303.09 170, ICl. 13 43, .541. 40

Total. 1,148,537.44 56.5,950.31 109,983.64 61,743. 81

Total general, "JIS. 10.

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Las siguientes cifras muestran el total ile rcnta de aduanas recau- dada on todos los puertos dc la RepuMica cn <rada uno de los seis ineses:

Julio.

Aposto ....

Septiembre

Octubre ...

Noviembro

Diciembre .

$259,119.56

272,675.96

324,545.66

369,260. 49

379,122.08

341,489.35

Total 1,946,213.10

CUBA.

COMERCIO CON LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS EN 1906.

En cl ano coiiiun de 1905 cl valor de las mercancias iinportadas (i los Estados Unidos proeedentes de Cuba, segilii las cifras que lia ])reparado cl Departamento de Couiercio y Tiabajo por conducto de sii Oticina de Estadistica, ascendio a $95,858,850 contra $57,228,291 cii 1903, $31,- 747,229 en 1900 y $1(),233,45C en 1897, ano en que las importaclones que los Pistados Unidos hicieron de Cuba llegaron a un grado luininio en la ultima mitad del siglo XIX. En el ano coiniin de 1905, las exportaciones de los Estados U^nidos ti Cuba se valuaron en $44,509,812, contra $23,504,417 en 1903, $20,934,524 en 1900 y $7,290,013 en 1890, ano en que las exportaciones fueron inenores que en cualquier ano anterior en la ultima mitad del siglo pasado. Tanto en las importa- ciones como en las exportaciones de 1905 las cifras son mayores (pie las dc cuabpiier ano anterior en nuestro comercio con Cuba.

El azucar, las mieles, el tabaco, los puros o cigarros y las frutas, ban constituido los articulos principales de las importaciones que los Estados Unidos ban becbo de Cuba. El aziicar es con mucbo, el mayor y mas importante de estos productos, siendo asi (pie la importacion total de este producto on 1905 se valuo en $72,049,818 y rcpresentaba un 70 por ciento del azucar introducido en los Estados Unidos dc pais'es extranjeros, y un 48 por ciento del azucar importado de todos los parses del rniindo. Este dcsarrollo se debe, sin duda, tambien liasta cierto punto, al gran aiimento en la produccii'm de aziicar en la expre- sada Isla en 1904 y 1905, comparado con los anos en (pie la produccitui de esta dulce disminu3’o a causa del ano que se les bizo a los ingenios de azucar durante el periodo de hostilidades que existio en dicba Isla.

En 1905 el valor de las importaciones, segiin \’a se ba indicado, fiiij de mfe de $72,000,000, en tanto que el valor de las importaciones en 1903 fu6 de $37,000,000 y $30,000,000 en 1902. En 1905 las importa¬ ciones de mieles de Cuba se valuaron en $1,097,153 contra $1,108,289 en 1903, y $770,893 en 1902. En 1905 las importaciones de tabaco en rama

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se valuaron en $11,879,938 contra $10,157,975 en 1903 y $9,736,520 en 1902. En 1905 el valor de las importaciones de tabaco elaborado ascendio st $3,855,820 contra $2,977,924 en 1903 y $2,522,089 en 1902. Las importaciones de frutas que se hicieron en 1905 se v’aluaron en $1,236,028, de los cuales casi todo excepto $5,803 representaban impor¬ taciones de platano. El mineral de hierro constitu3’e otro articulo de considerable impoidancia en las importaciones cpie se hicieron de Cuba, y en 1905 el valor de las importaciones de este mineral represento $1,537,890 contra $1,501,480 en 1903 3’ $1,576,617 en 1902. Los otros productos, cin a importancia justiticaba que la Oticina de Estadistica hiciese una relacidn separada de ellos en 1905, fueron los siguientes: Cobre por valor de $55,689; caoba, $89,204, al paso (pie bajo la deno- minaciini genei’al de‘‘otros articulos,*’se inclu3'eron mercancias ijue n'presentaban un valor de $3,456,316.

Las exportaciones de los Estados Unidos a Cuba comprenden un luiinero muclio ma3’or de articulos ijue los tpie se importan de la expre- sada isla. En 1905 cl articulo del cual se exporto nnis fue la harina, que represento un valor de $3,443,048 contra $2,068,083 en 1903, y $2,<159,886 en 19(>2; ganado vacuno por valor de $1,983,152 contra $1,393,295 en 1903 y $1,243,166 en 1902; carbim de piedra por valor de $1,487,776, contra $1,277,471 en 1903; algodon $1,212,319 contra $271,582 cn 1903 3’ $208,039 en 1902, siendo asi (pie en 1905 la cantidad de este producto ascendio a 24,247,573 3ardas contra 3,861,295 3’ardas en 1903, 3’ 3,530,775 en 1902. En 1905 las exportaciones de calzado de todas clases a la Isla, se valuaron en $1,586,790, contra $744,119 en 1903 3’ $485,073 en 1902; las exportaciones de manteca representaron un valor de $2,231,650 contra $1,408,673 en 1903 3" $2,198,238 en 1902; cl valor de los compuestos de manteca ascendio a $1,005,215, contra $1,515,757 en 1903 3' $773,211 en 1902; tocino por valor de ^12,672 contra $322,383 cn 1903; jamoncs por valor de $4<)8,842, contra $576,673 en 1903; came de puerco por valor de $480,938, contra $273,838 en 1903; leclie por valor de $647,926, contra $277,745 en 1903.

La madera tambien constitu3’e un articulo importante, siendo asi (pie cn 1905 las exportaciones de madera a Cuba sc valuaron en $2,001,214, contra $1,011,628 en 1903. Las legumbres tambien re- vistcn una importancia considerable en las exportaciones de los Estados Unidos a Cuba, y en 1905 el valor de estas ascendio a $885,997. En el expresado afio las exportaciones de muebles it la isla representaron un valor de $696,579; las de aceite mineral crudo representaron un valor de $412,867; las de aceite mineral refinado, $351,120; las de papcl 3' sus productos $406,400, y las de arroz $845,049. Las exporta¬ ciones de arroz de los Estados Unidos il Cuba constitu3’cn enteramente una innovacion cn el comercio de exportacion de los Estados Unidos, y el valor total del arroz que en 1904 se envio a dicha isla ascendio nada

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niits que a $172,707, y en 1903 solo ascendio a $15, cn tanto que, segun antes se ha iiidieado, el valor total de las exportaeiones de este pro- ducto en 1905 ascendio a $845,049.

Los artefactos de hierro y acero constituyen, con nmcho, el grupo de articulos mas grande de las exportaeiones que los Estiulos Unidos haeen a Cuba, siendo asi que el valor total de diclias exportaeiones en 1905, ascendio a $8,484,207 contra $3,401,937 en 1903 y $4,325,304 en 1902. Bajo esta denominacion el articulo mas importante lo constitu¬ yen las locomotoras para ferrocarriles de las cuales en 1905 se exporta- ron por valor de $028,831 contra $127,845 en 1903. En 1905 el valor de los materiales de construccion, incluso sierras 3' otras herramientas, ascendio ii $028,809 contra $300,325 en 1903; en 1905 el valor de las maquinas de coser que se exportaron ascendio a $370,350; el valor de la macpiinaria electrica ascendio ii $190,337 y el de las miiquinas de escribir ascendio ii $09,881.

En el sino economico do 1905 el comercio tobil de los Estados Cnidos con los principales paises de America fue como sigue: Con el Canadii $203,000,000; con Cuba $125,000,000; con cl Brasil $111,000,000; con Mexico, $92,000,000 y con la Rej)ublica Argentina $39,0(10,000. Por consiguiente, Cuba ocupa el segundo lugar en la srelaciones comercia- les de los h^stados Unidos con los paises americanos.

£L VALOR IMPONIBLE DE LOS TABACOS CUBANOS.

La Junta General de Tasadores de los Estados Unidos ha emitido su opinion acerca del valor imponiblc de los tabacos cubanos cuando se importan, y los siguientes son los puntos principales de dicha decision:

Cuando los tasadores tijan el valor en plaza de mercancias exportadas de un pais extranjero con arreglo ii las prescriixdones de la seccion 19 de la le\' administrativa de aduanas, dicho valor se regula por el precio al dial las mercancias se compraron y vendieron en las cantidades al })ormenor usuales para el consunio domestico en el momento de la exportacion, y no por cl precio de exixirtacion de dichas mercancias, cuando los dos valores se diferencian.

Cuando ii ciertos tobacos exportados deCuba sc les impone un derecho interior de $2 por miliar, y se ha determinado que el valor en plaza do dichas mercancias en Cuba cs el valor en factura menos la contribucion de renta interna, dicha contribucion queda exenta de derechos, por cuanto no forma parte de dicho valor, ii menos (pie el importador la inclin’a voluntariamente como tal al hacer su asiento.

Cuando los importadores do diehos tabacos prometen hacer un asiento de dicha mercancia do manera (pie el valor de iista no inchn'a la contribucion interna, y en caso de ipie el recaudador rehtisase dicho

956 OFICINA INTEKNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANA8,

ofreciiniento por el heclio de (pie ha exigido coino iina condicion previa para aeeptar el asiento, la adicidn de dieha eontrihiicion, dicho asiento se eoiisidera hal)erse heeho bajo compulsion y no obliga al importador.

EXPORTACldN DE AZI^CAR DE 1903 A 1904.

La eantidad y el valor total del azucar exportado de la Kepublica de Cuba a varios paises durante el afio de 1903 a 1904, eompamdos eon el ano anterior, fueron los siguientes:

I’ai.si's. 1 190‘2-3. 1903-4.

Toneladas. Valor, j Toiielaila-s. Valor.

E.staclos Tnidos. 1,030,7.52 * 41,31.5,.'dg 1,‘249, .875 57, .530,513

IiiKlaterra. 17.‘299 7r)8»7(>7 j 4,978 191,.508 117 4,340 1 40

Antilla.8 InKlcsas. 87 3,804 38 2,‘234 Esi.aiia. 45 3, .503 40 3,7f)6

Mexico. . 30 1.‘220 3 1,50 tTniRtiuv.. 8 760 j 4 4(K)

Islas Canarias.1 2 ‘299 71 3,223 2 205 12

Total. 1

1,048,377 4‘2,0,8,8,003

1 1,‘255,013 .57,737,840

La produceion de azucar en la Kepublica de Cuba en los 54 ultinios anos, es decir, de 1850 a 1904, fue como sigue:

Anos. Toneladas.

18.50. ‘2-23,14.5 203,999 2.51, W)9 3‘->2, 000 374,000 39‘2,000 34.8,000

1851. 1852. 1853. 18.'>4.

1857. 35.5; 000 38.5,000 530,000

1858. 1859. ItiHO. 447iU06 1861. 446, OOO

525,000 1862. 1H(W. 607,000 186}. 575’, 000 1855. 620i 000

012,000 697,000 749,000

. 1867. 1808.

Aflos. Toneladas.

1869. 726, (M)0 726,000 1 547,000 6^K), 000

1888, 1870. 1889. 1871. 1890. 1872. 1891.

1873. 7~:>, 000 1.892. 1874. 081,000

718,000 1893.

187,5. 1894. 590,000 .5‘20,000

1895. 1877. 1890. 1878. .5:43,000 1897. 1879. 670,000 1H9H. 1880. 530,000 1899. IHHl. 493,000 1900. 1882. .595,000 1901. 1883. 4»'4), :497 19(V2. 1884. 5.5s, 9:42 1903. 188.5. 18Kf.. 1887.

0:41,000 731,72:4 046, .578

1904.

Afios. Toneladuy.

7K' 6«0,333 (•)32,3(i8 81(i, 'J80 970,000 815,894

1,0.54,214 1,001,204

225, ‘221 212,051 3(k5,543 33.5,008 283,051 012,775 803, 792

1,(K)3,873 1,0.5‘2,‘273

INDUSTRIA AZUCARERA.

Durante la zafra eorrespondicnte ii 1904 han molido en la Isla 1T4 iiigenios contra 171 en el ano precedente.

La produceion total de aziicar fue de 1,052,273 toneladas, habicndo,se molido 10,583,151 toneladas de cafia, lo (pie da un promedio de rendi- miento de 9.88 por eiento.

a miel obtenida y utilizada a.scendi6 a 31,278,738 galones.

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Para juzgar ooniparatlvameiite del progreso on la prodiiccion aziica- rera basta copiar el siguiente cuadro:

ItKX). 2811,651 ' 1903. 1,003,873

' 1901 . 612,775 1904 . 1,052,273 1902 . 863,792 I

Con esta ultima cifra eajsi aleanza Cuba su produccioii maxima de medio siglo aea, salvo el ailo iSOi, inmediatamente anterior a la ultima guerra de independencia, en (pie se produjeron 1,054,214 toneladas.

Esta zafra da origen inmediata y directamente a un comercio de importacii'm permanente, el de saeos para aziicar, y li otro variable, pero no menos necesario, el de nuupiinaria para la elaboracion.

En la zafra correspondiente a 1004 se ban importado 10,025,087 sacos, con un valor declarado de ^1,000,127. En esas importaciones figura hasta ahora en el primer lugar Inglaterra, con un valor para si de $746,490, a los cpie ha>’ <pie agregar $50,047 prooedentes do la India inglcsa. Viene despims Alemania con un valor do $124,020, e inmedia¬ tamente los Estados Cnidos, (pie representan $67,062.

Por lo ipie toca a la macpiinaria, euvas importaciones en esc penodo alcanzaron un total de $(>16,413, van los Estados Unidos a la cabeza de la escala. La imupiinaria de alii reciliida representa un valor declarado de $388,334.

El comercio de cxportaciiui de los productos de diclia zafra esta represcntado, en cuanto al azuear, por un total de 1,255,013 toneladas, lo dial demuestra (pie se oxportaron en esc periodo restos importantes de la cosecba anterior. De esa exportacion corresponden a los Estados Unidos 1,249,875 toneladas.

La exportacii'm de micl de purga }' melado cstuvo rcpresentada por 25.519.367 galones con un valor de $885,850.

CHILE.

ENTBADAS BE ABU ANAS EN ENEBO 1906.

Las Aduanas de la Kepublica de Chile ban recaudado en el mes de enero de 1906, 6,051,923 pesos por derechos de exportacicui 3" 3,139,430 pesos por derechos de importacion, formando uii total de 9,191,353 pesos.

En el mismo mes del ano 1905 los derechos de exportacii'm ascen- dieron a 5,563,484 pesos 3" los de importaciiui a 2,441,010 pesos, 6 sea un total do 8,004,494 pesos.

lla habido, pues, en el ultimo mes, comparado con el correspon¬ diente de 1905, un aumento de entradas que ascendieron a 1,186,859 pc.soH, de los cuales corresponden a la exportacion 488,439 pesos 3' a la importacion 698,420 pesos.

958 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

El siguiente cuadro iiidica el defcillc de la renta por aduaiias eii el

rues de enero:

Adualiiis. 19a'). 1906.

Den fhot tie (J’piirtacion.

81,047,348 3,017,388

688,619 4«),400 324,829 1

81,297,388 3,190,683

1 733,986 219,748

I 610,118 Taltal.

Total.

Derechos dc itnportarion.

i 5,1)63,484 1 6,051,923

4,982 11,022

203,220 21,379 67,398 8,432 8,029

288

37,079 1, .W, 096

276,314 23,906 40,221

1,370

•

22,604 13,369

2t3,981 19,026

188,814 3.8,152 8,427

3S, ,521 2,039,722

357,169 21,.555 61,145 5,852

j 169,271 61,093

Total.

Total pencral.

! 2,441,010 3,139,430

1 8,004,494 9,191,3,53

LEY DE PRESUPUESTOS, 1906.

El “Diario Oticial” eliileno del defehrero de llHjd, publico la si-

guieiite lej-:

“No. ls.54. El Congreso Nacional ha prestado su aprobacioii al

pi’oyecto de Ic}’ de i)reMipuesto de gastos de la Adminstiacidn I’ublica

para el afio de 190(5, en la forma siguiente:

Miliistfrios. Moiioda CO- j

rriciito. Oro.

818,846, 7.52.47 707,833.05

1,3.58,432.00 1,.510,720.00

17,64.5,008.04 6,401,843.78

10,7.56,314.43 14.277,9.50.18 9,510,126.13

12.867,877.6:1 4,893,499. 82

35,087,8'.l.5. 20

*1,291,810.66 1,321,7:16.15 Rolaclones Kxtcriore.s.

i78, :lil. 33

20,910, :m. 97 80,877. 26

0,644,079.27 100,43:1. :i8

.'■>40,1'tK). 00

Total. 12:1,8(3,2.54.73 31,W)8,192. 96

FIN DE LA COMBINACldN ACERCA DEL NITRATO.

El Sefior Hicks, Ministro de los Estados Unidos eii Chile, anuncia

q'.ie el seeretario de la combinacion de jiroductores de salitre, despues

de hacer iiiutilcs esfuerzos por renovai' cl aeuerdo por uii t(‘rmino dc

CHILE. 959

afios, 6 siquiera poi* uri ano mils, ha expodido iiiia circular anunciando su fracaso y inanifestando quo los directores hau acordado unaninie- inente abandoiiar la tcntativa de renovar dicha combinacioii. Es digno dc teiierse eu cueiita ((110 en toda la enornie produccion de nitrato de so.sa en la parte norte dc Chile, no esta interesado ningiin capitalista amcricano, si pesar del hecho de quc las exjsortaciones de estc producto si los Estados Unidos aunientan diarianiente.

Como im ejeinplo de las ganancias spie se obtienen de la produccion de nitrato, el infornie anual de la “London Nitrate Company (Lim¬ ited),” hecho en 31 de octubrc, muestra (jue Isi expresada compafiia se organizo en 1887 con un capital de $800,000. En dieciocho ailos dicha com])ania habisi psigsido dividendos (pic ascendieron si $1,170,000, y hsibia devuelto si sus accionistas $400,000 de su capital oi'iginal, lo cual hace un totsd de $1,570,000 en efectivo. Ademsis de lo (pie queda diclio, la Compania habia estalilecido nuevsis plantas con un costo de $400,000, y halsia cmpezsido si estsvblecer un fondo de amortizacion adicional de $100,000, (pie se ha invertido en bonos ingleses. Esto denuiestra (pie las gsinancias totales en efectivo dc la Compailia en dieciocho afios habia ascendido si la enorme sumsi de $2,100,000. Todavia tiene en existencia un capitsil social de $400,(»00, 3’ un haber (pie calculado de una msinera moderada representa $355,000.

La industria del salitre en Chile es Importantisiina. por ciianto el (jrobierno percibc anualmcnte cerca de $25,000,000 en oro procedentes del derecho de exportacion que se le inipone al nitrato. Las transac- cioims anuales en este producto, es decir, el valor en bruto del cpie se exporta, asccndcrsi si centenares dc millones, v millares dc chilenos 3' europeos 3’a han acumulsido una fortuna con este producto.

LA LEY SALITKEBA.

El Congress) ha sancionado vsi el pro3’ecto de hn’ sobre la constitu- cisin definitiva de la propiedsid salitrera. Segiin los ts'rminos de dicha lev, las pcrsonsis ipie sc crean con derecho si pertenencisis salitreras en terrcnos eriales del Estsido 6 de Isis municipalidsules, debersin presen- tarsc ante el juzgsido correspondiente, hsiciendo vsiler los titulos en (pie fundsin su derecho, dcntro del plsizo de cuatro mcses, contiidos desde la vigencia dc dicho estatuto, sin (pie por eso recobren derechos spie hayan caducado en conformidad con las prescripciones spie rigen la materia.

Las medicioncs de las pertenencisis cuyos derechos hayan sido (> scan (h'clarados por los tribunales ordinarios, delieriin practicarse dcntro del plazo de seis mes(‘s, ii contar de la fecha de la expresada le3’ 6 de la sentencia dc tcirinino ri'spi'ctiva. El ingeniero designado por los interesados practicarii las medicioncs, y si no lo hubiere en el Depar- tamento, las efectuani el perito nombrado por el juez, debiendo los

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ingenieros que designc la Delegacioii Fiscal do Salitreras toiiiar parte en dicha oj^racion. Las mediciones siempre sc sonietaran a la apro- hacioji judicial, la cual se coTicodora solo en caso de que del examen companitivo de dichas mediciones 3’ de la solicitud resultare que la pertenencia se ha uhicado en el lugsir (jue realmente le corresponde.

La promulgacion de la le}' sobre la constitucion detinitlva de la propiedad salitrera sera un acontecimiento digno de alabanza por los (pie se interesan verdaderamente en la conscrvacion de los bienes del Estado.

]*or otra parte, dicha le}' tambien determina los plazos en epic deben hacerse las mediciones correspondientes a los derechos reconocidos, resguardando los intereses del histado por medio de acertadas dis- jiosiciones.

Las atinadas disposicioncs de csta nueva le}' consultan el reconoci- miento de todos los derechos legitimamente adquiridos y ponen ter- mino al despojo tiscal.

LEY QXJE AUTOBIZA EL CAMBIO DE DERECHOS SOBRE EL

AZttCAR.

El periodico intitulado “The Hoard of Trade Journal," correspon- diente al 8 de marzo de IbOB, anuncia epic sc ha aprobado delinitiva- nientc una ley chilena autorizando la rebaja de 1 chelin (! penicpies por cada 100 kilogramos del derecho de importacii'm sobi'c el azucar retinado, y cl aumento de la misma cantidad en el derecho de importa- cion sobre el azucar sin purgar.

LA INDUSTRIA FABRIL EN LA REPTJBLICA.

El Ministro de los Estados Unidos en Chile anuncia (pic en cuanto atane ii las fabricas de todas clases,-Chile siempre ha dependido en gran manera de las importaciones para el abastccimiento de casi todos los articulos de primera necesidad, y la obra de fomentar sus propios talleres ha progresado con mucha lentitud. Sin embargo, la exposici('m naeional (pic se llevo a cabo recientemente en Talca, mucstra que ya se ha principiado tan importante obra, y no ha de transcurrir mucho tiempo sin (pie el mercado domestico lo abasti'zcan por lo menos parcialmcnte los fabricantes chilenos. Los vinos y la cerveza se fabri- can en gran escala en Chile, y en estos dos ramos la exposicion fim mil}' buena. Los vinos chilenos sou tan excelentes y es tan grande la producci()n de ellos (pie, conio hay un aranccl proteccionista, el consumo de los vinos franceses se ha limitado practicamente a la clasc miiy acomodada. El pueblo en toda la extensi(')n de la Itepiiblica bebe casi exclusivamente los vinos domi^sticos, y, como todo pueblo de raza latina, consume una cantidad tan considerable, que el negocio de vinos resulta mil}' lucrativo.

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En Chile se fabrican fosforos excelcntes, sienJo asiquesolo en Tulca hay tres fabricas grande.s do fosforos. Dicese «iue cada una de cstas fiibricas obtiene uu producto liquido poi* lo monos de nn 12 por ciento sobre el capital socdal, y sns prodiictos se vcnden en seguida en el mercado. El fosforo quo comunmente se usa en la America del Sur es cl <iue se denomina fosforo de seguridad, que sc envasa 6 coloca en. cajas de madera mu}' peciueiias }' que se fabrica on Suecia. Los sudameri- canos esbin bin cncarinados con esta clasc de fosforos quo no quieren usar otros. Las fiibricas de Talca hacen un fosforo cu3’a apariencia es identica al importado,y es tan buenocomoaste. La “Diamond Match Company” de los Estados Unidos, hace algunos afios establecio una fabrica en Valparaiso, pcro se vio obligada a suspender sus operacionos porque no producia la clase do fosforo que el pueblo necesitaba.

En el deiiartamento de maquinaria de dicha exposicion habia un telar de fabrica alemana tejiendo lienzo de lana. Dicho tolar fue traido de una fabrica chilena (pie hay en Tome (luc produce una gran variedad de lienzos de lana y de la lana de alpaca vicuna, pero dicese (pie la calidad de dichos tejidos es inferior, y que el procedimiento de faliri- cacion no es mas queparcial, porque la lana del pais, tanto la de oveja conio la de vicufia y alpaca, se envia a Europa, donde se poina 3' so hace hilo. Entonces este hilo sc vuelve a traer a Chile 3’ con dl se tejen los lienzos. Tambien habia alambiijucs para la fabricaciini de alcohol; articulos de cuero, hechos en el pais, de cueros, de ganado vacuno chi- leno; botellas y fiascos de vidrio fabricados en Chile; mueblcs, tanto de madera eomo de mimbre, 3’, en cuanto a las camas, tambien las habia de hierro esmaltadas con bronce hecho en Chile; harina hecha en Talca por medio del procedimiento de rodillo mejorado y do trigo chileno, 3" otros articulos.

La pcipicna ciudad de Curico tiene en sus escuelas un departamento de ensefianza manual, y las muestras de los trabajos (pie se ban exhibido hechos por sus alumnos honmrian a los mcjores alumnos de las escuelas americanas. Se ha desplegado mucha habilidad 3' conoci- miento de las herramientas, sobre todo en los articulos hechos de madera. Entre las escuelas representadas en la exposicii'm, debc citarse la escuela de artes 3’ oHcios de Santiago, que en 1849 empezo su ensefianza ti 24 alumnos. En la actualidad dicha escuela cuenta con un gran niimero de editicios quo pueden alojar 300 alumnos. En el pais ha3' un gran consumo de mereancias, 3' una vcz que se estableciese el comercio seria lucrativo. En todas partes de la Republica ha3' una gran demanda de brazos, el valor de los bienes raices aumenta constanternente, los bancos tienen dinero suficiente, se inician diariamente nuevas empresas, 3' la gran actividad que se advierte on todos los negocios si'ilo es com¬ parable con la (pie hace tiempo se advierte en los Estados Unidos.

Por ultimo, se ve claramente que un pais semcjante antes de mucho tiempo ha de ser un aliado comercial importantisimo.

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EL FERBOCARRIL TRANSANDINO.

La secfion del Ferrocari’il Tran.sandino (jne se inaug'uro el 12 de febrero 1J>06, consta de una parte aiitijrua y uiia parte mieva: La anti- giia, desde Los Andes hasta el Salto del Soldado, fue construida por los priineros ernpresarios, Senores Clark & Cia., y la micva, del Salto al Jiuieal, fue hecha recienteinente por los ac tualcs cinpresarios, Senores Grace & Cia. Mide esa sccoion 54 kiloinetros.

Desde el fluncal a la Cuinbre, por donde pasa la linea divisoria de las aj^uas, (jueda una distancia de 15 kilometros, sube la Hnea de 2,222 metros a 3,18}). A 111 es donde se estan abriendo los grandes tuneles por los euales ira a empalmar la seccion chilena eon la argentina.

No esta demas recordar (jiic los trabajos de este ferrocarril trans- andino sc inieiaron el 5 de abril do 1889, epic la seccion do Los Andes al Salto del Soldado (piedo construida en agosto de 1893.

REPUBLICA DOMINICANA.

COMERCIO EXTERIOR, ULTIMO TRIMESTBE DE 1905.

El resuinen del comercio exterior do la Ke])ubllca Dominieana del ultimo trimestro (pie comprende los meses de mayo, junio y julio de 1})05, indica (pie durante ese periodo las reeaudaciones de la Kepiibliea ascendieron a $527,2))0.73, (pie toniadas como base para formar computo, arrojarian un total do reeaudacion anual de $2,109,042.92, aumiiie el trimestre principio en mayo eon importaeiones muy reducidas, segui- das de una reducciou todavia mayor en junio, debido sin duda a la cir- cunstaneia de que las importaeiones recibidas durante marzo y abril habian sido pedidas en exeeso de las exigencias del eonsumo.

Pd eosto de la reeaudacion durante el trimestre, ineluyendo todos los gastos de la lleceptoria, fmi de $22,973.25, 6 sea un 4.36 por eiento de las reeaudaciones en bruto.

El valor total del comercio extranjero durante ese trimestre ascen- di() en mayo a $913,694, en junio a $952,068, y en julio a $755,604, lo dial arroja un total de $2,621,3)56, que indica que el tratico anual con el extranjero debe ascender a mucho mas do diez y medio millones de pesos oro americano.

De esta cantidad de comercio extranjero durante el trimestre, las im- portaciones se valuaron en $620,470 y las importaeiones en $2,000,89)5, lo que deja un saldo de exportaciones a favor de la Kepublica de $1,380,426, 6 sea un promedio de aumento mcnsual en la venta de productos del pais sobre el valor de la compra de mercaderias extran jeras de $160,142. No sc incluye en estos totales el valor del oro y plata americanos ipie se importa en monedas 6 en billetes de banco, 6 (jue se exporta en la misma forma, siendo las sumas importadas como

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^300,000 mayor ([ue los embarques, lo que demuestra qiie el saldo de triitico a favor de la Republica resiilta, hasta cierto grado, al nienos, una transaecion al contado.

Importaciories por valor de $481,080 ban pajjado derechos (lue ascien- den a $356,175.47, 6 fsea aproxiinadamente iin 75 por ciento del valor de factura, en tiinto ([ue mercadenas avaluadas en $138,490 cntraron completaniente libre.s.

ri'oduotos del pai .savaluados en $1,083,857 pagaron por derechos de exportacion una sunia de $144,272.70, 6 sea un 13 por ciento de su valor calculado, y el valor de lo exportado ([ue no paga derechos asciende a $017,039.

Durante todo dicho trimestre de los Estados Unidos se importo nnis quede otros paises, ocupando el Keino Unido el segundo lugar, y Ale- mania el tercero durante mayo y junio; pero estos dos ultimos paises cambiaron sus respect!vos puestos en julio, on cuanto al orden relativo del valor do sus negocios. Durante este periodo se avaluaron las mcr- cadcrias recibidas de los Estados Unidos en $321,213,6 sea un 52 por ciento del total de importaciones, al paso que la Gran Bretana y Ale- mania lucharon en competencia por cl segundo puesto, imporbindose del primero de estos dos paises $125,<533, que es un 20 por ciento, y de Alcmania un valor (pie representa $118,534, 6 sea un 10 por ciento. Los otros paises <iue contribuyeron al negocio de importacion con mcnores cantidades fueron Francia, Puerto Rico, las Antillas Ilolande- sas e Italia.

El hierro y accro manufacturados de todas clascs, de los cuales los Estados Unidos han suministrado un valor de $66,764, el Reino Unido $37,761, y Alemania $11,021, constituyen la cuantia ma3’or de una sola clase de importaciones.

Las manufacturas de algodon recibidas de la Gran Bretana tienen un valor do factura de $38,081, la de los Estados Unidos representan $33,785, mientras que las de Alemania y Francia ascienden a $12,683 y $7,051, respectivamente.

Casi toda la harina traida al mercado dominicano, durante esos tres meses—ocho mil l)arriles—procedieron do los Estados Unidos se ava¬ luaron, segun factura consular, en $43,343. El arroz, que es uno de los articulos principales de alimentacion del pais, se ha importado en una cantidad de cerca de tres millones y medio de libras, cuyo valor, segun factura, es de $6(5,410; 1,834,367 libras importndas de Alemania, 1,120,552 libras de la Gran Bretana y 240,000 de los Estados Unidos.

Todo producto do la pesca ha sido practicamente importado de los Estados Unidos, siendo su valor $22,604; la mayor parte bacalao y arenques.

Las deiniis provisioncs recibidas son principalmente efectos de late- ria, tanto en carnes como de lecheria, siendo los maj’ores proveedores

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Aleiiiania y America, que representan iin valor de ^17,790 y ^;14,854, respectivaniente. La importation principal de Alemania, de esta clasp, fue (pieso, 103,077 libras, niientras que las carnes y otras pro- visiones fueron de origen americano.

La inercaderia de lana se calcnla en algo mas de cuatro mil pesos y fue suministrada por Alemania c Inglaterra. Los Estados L^nidos proveyeron manufacturas en madera por un valor de $21,349. El resto de las importaciones, que consiste en una miscelanea de mercan- cias, en general precede de Espaiia, Italia y las Antillas.

De lo exportiido durante el trimestre, los Estados Unidos recibieron la mayor proporcidn. habiendo importado on productos dominicanos un valor de §872,383, 6 sea un 44 por ciento de todas las im|X)rtaciones; Alemania ocupa el segundo Ingar, con un valor de $002,593, 6 sea un 33 jx)r ciento; Francia recibio un valor de $381,998, 6 sea un 19 por ciento, y el resto se distribuyd principalmente entre la Gran Bretana, Cuba Puerto Rico. En el curso de ese ix'riodo, los embarques de la ultima zafra se liabian terminado, y esta exportacion asciende a 17,744,938 libras, valuadas en $510,302, de la cual la mayor parte fue para los Estados Unidos, es decir, 16,000,859 libras, embarcandose el resto para Inglaterra y Alemania; 1,112,880 libras para la primei'a y solamente 31,199 para la ultima de estas naciones.

La almcndra de cacao (de la cual se hace chocolate) representa la cxporta<*16n mas importante y provechosa del expresado trimestre, piles ascendio it un total de embanpies de 14,(»41,051 liliras, valuadas en $984,715, de las cnales 7,349,908 fueron para Alemania, 4,329,349 para Francia, 2,309,332 para los Estados Unidos 53,002 para la Gran Bretiifia.

El tabaco en rama exportado ascendio a un total de 4,S00,900 libras, valiiado en $198,312; de esta cantidad se embarcaron para Alemania 3,954,011 libras, para Francia 002,200 libras y para los Estados Unidos 244,749 libras. Se exporhi poco tabaco manufacturado, y aunque las condiciones climatologicas favorecen el cultivo de este importante pro- ducto, no se ha consegrado aun bastante atencidn ni a su cultivo ni a la extension de dicha industria. El mejor producto se emplea en las manufacturas para el consumo local y la clase inferior se exporta en rama.

St' exportaron pieles de vaca y de cabni pir un valor de $31,874 distribuidas asi: Estados Unidos, $17,008; Alemania, $10,564, y Fran¬ cia $:3,S00; el resto .se repartio en los mercados de las Antillas.

jC los Estados Unidos, Alemania y Francia se exportaron 107,835 libi'as de cera, que representaban un valor de $25,528. Los embarques de este producto se distribuyeron de la manera siguiente, 35,007 libras a los E.stados Unidos, 45,557 libi'as si Alemania y 31,387 libras a Francia.

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El tonelaje total quo entro en la Kepublica en el expresado trimcstre ascendio a 448,658 toneladas de registro, representadas por 384 entra- das y sal Idas de buquos cxtranjeros, en tanto quo el total de tonelaje de eal)otaje por los niisinos puertos aseendio a 24,270 toneladas, repre- sentadas ix)r 1,622 entnidas y siilidas de buques dedieados exclusiva- inente al eomereio local.

El total de iniportaciones, incluso la inoneda de oro y plata, se Im valuado en ^608,052, 6 sea un 66 por ciento de todas las iinjx)rtaciones en ))u(iues ainericanos; $170,082, 6 sea un 10 por ciento en buques alenianes; y ^0,785, 6 sea un 7 por ciento en biupies ingleses.

La mayor proporcion de las exportaciones la representaron los biuiues alenianes, y todos los cargamentos representan $765,265, 6 sea un 38 j)or ciento del valor total de las exportaciones. Los buquos ingleses ocupan el segundo lugar y sus cargamentos representan un valor de $433,612, d sea un 22 por ciento, y los buques ainericanos, que ocupan el tercor lugar, condujeron mercancias cui’o valor total ascendio a $385,432, 6 sea un 10 por ciento.

Tambien sc dedican al eomereio extranjero con la Kepublica los buques dominicanos, cubanos, holandeses, daneses, italianos y noruegos, siendo estos ultimos los (jue condujeron mercancias que representaban un valor majmr, y os grato hacor mencion del hecho de que en el eomereio de travesia los bmiues que ostentan la Imndera dominicana estaban bien representados.

ECUADOR.

TRATADO DE ABBITBAJE CON COLOMBIA.

El Tratado de Arbitraje firmado en Bogota el 5 de noviembre de 1004, entre los Plenipotenciarios del Ecuador y Colombia, fud aprobado por el Congroso del Ecuador el 4 de octubre de 1005, y por el Presi- dente de la Kepublica el 6 de octubre de 1005.

AuxteuLO 1. Ia)s Gobiernos del Ecuador y de Colombia someten a la decision, absolutamente inapelable, de Su Majestad el Empei’ador de Alemania y Key de Prusia, la cucstion de limites pendientes entre las dos Kepiiblicas.

Art. II. Ambos Gobiernos solicitai-an, por medio de Plenipotencia rios, la aceptacion de Su Majestad Imperial, inmediatamente despuds del canjc de las ratiticaciones de cste Tratado.

Art. 111. Dentro de quince meses contados desde la fecha en (jne el Augusto Arbitro notitique a las Partes su acepbicion, los Pleniix>ten- ciarios de dstas le presentaran las Memorias en que consten las preten- siones de sus resj)ectivos Gobiernos y los documentos que las aiK)yen.

Art. IV. Cumplido este termino de quince meses, las Partes no

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podriln presentai* otras exposicioncs ui prodiicir otms docuineiitos (jue los que el Aiigusto Arbitro juzgarc neeesarios para esclarecer plena- ineiite los pimtos coiitrovertidos.

Art. V. Los dos Gobiernos convienen desde luego c» (pie se prac- titpic la iii.speeci()n ocular de los territorios en litigio, si el Augusto Arbitro estimare necesario este medio de priieba.

Art. VI. El Ecuador y Colombia reconoceu que las bases princi- pales para la deducci()n de sus derechos en este arbitraje son las siguientes:

(A) La Ley Colombiana de 25 de junio de 182-i, sobre division territorial;

(B) El Tratado de Paz de 22 de septiembre de 1820, entre la antigua Kepublica de Colombia y el Peru; y

(C) El Tratado de 9 de julio de 1850, en la parte <pie estii vlgente, entre la Kepublica de >iueva Granada (hoy Colombia) y el Ecuador; sin excluir los demas antecedentes historico-juridicos ([uc las Partes juzguen oportuno alegar y ipie no sean contrarios a las tres bases susodichas.

Art. Vll. P ara los efectos de este arbitraje, el Ecuador hace cons- tar (pie los territorios de la Region Oriental, desde el curso del rio Napo hasta el del Caijueta 6 Yupurii, no estan comprendidos en el arbitraje (jue el P^cuador y cl Peru sometieron a Su Majestad el Key de Esjiafia, conforme al Tratado de 1" de agosto de 1887.

Art. VIII. Antes de dictarse el laudo arbitral, podriin ambas partes arreglar, por medio de negociaciones directas, todos 6 algunos de los puntos comprendidos en este litigio; 3' si sc realizaren dichos arreglos en la forma debida, para que tengan validez de tratados publicos, asi se pondran en conocimiento del Augusto Arbitraje 3" se dani por con- cluido el arbitraje, (') bien se limitara este a los puntos no acordados.

Art. IX. Para el caso inesperado do que Su Majestad el Emperador de Alemania no aceptare la desigiiacion liecha en sii* Augusta Persona, sc eligc para el mismo cargo a Su Excclencia cl Sr. Presidente de los Estados Cnidos Mexicanos, 3’ subsistiran en todo lo demas los ter- niinos de esta Convencion.

Art. X. Los Gobiernos del Ecuador 3’ de Colombia sufragaran por igualcs partes los gastos del proceso arbitral.

CONTRATO FERROCARBILRBO.

El contrato celebrado ad referendum el 7 de noviembre de 1904, por el Senor Ministro de Obras Publicas 3^ el Senor Baixm Bandouin Van

Demen, por su propio derecho 3' como reprosentantc de un sindicato franco-ecuatoriano, fue aprobado por un decreto del Congreso el 19 de octubre 1905, y tirmado por el Presidente de la Kepublica el 28 de octubre 1905. A continuacion publicamos un resumen de las clausulas princijTdles:

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El ferrocaiTil partira cle iin piuito cualqiiiera de la costa de Esmc- raltlas, (|ue se designara previo aciierdo del Ejeciitivo, y ternunara en la capital de la Repiiblica, pasando por Ibarra.

Este ferrocarril sera de traccion electrica 6 a vapor, y su linea tendra luia aiichura iintiiiiia de 42 pulgadas inglesas, 6 sea 1 metro 65 mili- metros. La conipauia coiistruira en el puerto designado, diques, muelles, y iniis obras complementarias, de manera (pie en alta marea puedan abordar, comodamente, y sin diticultad alguna, bmpies y vapo- res de capacidad maj’or <pie la de mil (piinientas toneladas.

Construira tandiien la compania dos faros de una potencia de dos mil bnjias cada uno, a fin de favorecer el movimiento de las embarcaciones.

La empresa establecera una linea telegrafica de dos hilos para el servicio publico, como tambi(3n las estaciones necesarias las oticinas ([uc a estos correspondan.

La gradiente de la linea no sera mayor que la del cuatro por ciento, y las curvas tendran un radio minimo de sesenta metros. Los rieles seran del peso de cincuenta y cinco libras por j’arda.

La correspondencia olicial la de servicio publico seran transpor- tadas gratuitamente, lo seran igualmente los empleados que la cus- todien.

La empresa hard la rebaja del cincuenta por ciento, del valor de los pasajes, a los empleados de gobierno que viajaren en comision del servicio, a los militares, marineros y agentes de Policia (pie en cuerpo 6 individualmente, tuvieren el respective pasaporte.

I^a misma rebaja hard para la conduccion de ac(5milas, materiales de guenii, mercaderias y cargas pertenecientes al Estado 6 d las munici- palidades, como tambien para el transporte de presos. La empresa concederd gratis trenes expresos para el Presidente y Vicepresidente de la Republica y para los ministros de Estado. Los Senadores y Diputados, sub-secretarios de Estado, gobernadorcs de provincia dentro del territorio de su jurisdicidon, agentes diplomdticos, cousu- lares y viceconsulares nacionales y extranjcros tendrdn pasaje libre, y por los equipajes de estos se abonard la mitad del valor que fije la tarifa. La tercera parte, cuando menos, de los empleados de la empresa, seidn ecuatorianos.

Los trabajos deberdn comenzar dentro de un ano, de otra suerte el Gobierno podrd declarar caducado dicho contrato, y la obni deberd estar concluida dentro del tdrmino de ocho anos.

El Estado concede a la empresa: La libre explotacion de los di(iues, muelles y mds obras complemen¬

tarias construidas en el puerto, como tambien la de la linea ferrea en toda su extension.

La exoneracion del servicio militar para los em^eados de la em¬ presa y la prohibicion de requisar las acemilas (jue se empleen en los trabajos, salvo el caso de guerra internacional.

968 OFiciNA intp:knacional de las REPUBLIOAS AMERICANAS. '

Fijase el valor del ferrocarril y el de los imielles, di(jues y nuis obras coinplenientarias del puerto, en la sunm de diez millones de sucres plata,}' el Gobierno j^arantiza con los productos disponibles de las adua- nas de Manabi, Tulcan v Esmeraldas, inclusive la cpie ha de consti- tuirso en el nuevo puerto, el interes del cuatro por ciento anual sobre esa suma, por el terniino de trienta y tres aiTos.

La linea ferrea, en toda su extension, con sus raniale.s y dependen- cias, 3' los diques y muelles pasariin a ser de propiedad del Estado a los setenta y cinco anos de explotacion por cuenta de la einpresa. Solo se excepcionaran los rarnales especialniente destinados para la explotacion de niinas, que pertenezcan a la empresa.

CONTRATO ADICIONAL DE LA COMPAlJfA TELEGRAFICA CEN¬ TRAL Y SUDAMERICANA.

En (Tuavacpiil, el 8 de octnbre de 11*05, el Sr. Don Fuedeuico

Galdo.s, gobcrnador de la provincia, en nonibre v ropresentacidn del supremo gol)ierno y el Sr. Don Joroe Ashtox en nombre y representa- cion de La Compania Tele<jra6ca Central y Sudamericana, celebraron un contrato adicional al (pie se otorgii en Quito en 17 de septiembre de 1881, entre la inisma Compaiiia 3' el supremo gobierno. Por el presente contrato se reformau los articulos 1, 3, 8 v 11 de la citada escritura de 1881, en los terminos siguientes:

I. El Gobierno del Ecuador concede a la Compania Telegratiea Cen- tml y Sudamericana facultad de extender cables telegralicos v esta- blecer otros medios de comunicaciiMi telegratiea al Norte v Sur de la liepiiblica para cuakiuier imnto de America.

3. El Gobierno del Ecuador se compromete a no establecer ni per- mitiripie se establezcan durante el tiempo de la estipulacion undwima cables submarinos en las costas ecuatorianos; y caso de <pxe se presen- taran propuestas para establecer de cualquier otro sistema, sent pre- ferida la Compania Telegratiea Central y Sudamericana en igualdad de condiciones. En cambio la compaiiia se compromete a estalilccer dentro de seis meses contados desde la fecha de lirmadaesta escritura, comuni(_-aci6n telegratiea (') cablegratica entre Gua3'aquil 3’ la capital de la provincia de Esmeraldas. El plazo a quo se retiere esta clausula es obligatorio ])ara la compaiiia, siempi’c (pie le fuere posible realizar las obras en dicho tiempo, 6 no lo impidieren fuerzas ma3'ores 6 caso for- tuito; pero en todo caso el cable (piedarii instalado dentro de los seis meses subsiguientes.

8. La Compania se compromete a recibir. tiusmitir v entregar los partes telegraticos del Gobierno por cinco centavos plata cadapalabra, 6 sea por la mitad del valor de la tarifa sefialada para el publico (jue no podnl pasar de diez centavos plata por cada palabra entre Gua3'a- quil 3' Esmeraldas, 6 vice ver.sa. Entre (istos y a([uellos, preferira los que haga el Gobierno del Ecuador y sus agentes en provincia 6 en el extranjero.

II. El privilegio concedido a la compaiiia en 17 de septiembre de 1881 caduca el 17 de septiembre de 1955.

OFICINA INTERN ACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLIC AS AMERICANA8. 969

ESTADOS UNIDOS.

COMERCIO CON LA AMERICA LATINA.

IMUOKTACIONES V EXl'OHTACIONES.

Ell lii pagina 1134 aparccc la ultima rolacioii del eomoreio entre los Estados Unidos y la America latina, tomada de la compilacion hecha por la Oticina de Estadisjtica del Departamento de Comercio y Trabajo de lo8 Estados Unidos. Estos datos se relieren al A'alor del comercio arriha mencionado. La estadistii a correspoiide al mcs de febrero de 1SK>(>, comparada con la del mes correspondiente del ano anterior, y tambien comprende los datos referentes a los ocho meses que termina- rori en febrero de 1906, comparados con igual periodo de 1905. Debe explicarse que las estadisticas de las importaciones y cxportaciones de las diversas aduanas referentes a un mes cualquiera no se reciben en cl Departamento de Comercio y Trabajo hasta el 20 del mes siguientc, necesitandose algiiii tiempo para su compilacion e impresion; de suerte que los datos estadisticos correspondientes al mes de febrero, por ejemplo, no se publican hasta abril.

IMPORTACIONES Y EXPORTACIONES EN FEBRERO DE 1006.

En el mes de febrero de 1900 el valor de las exportaciones de los Estados Unidos excedio en ij'lO,000,000 al valor de las del mismo jicriodo do tiempo en cualquier otro afio anterior, en tanto que el valor de las importaciones excedio en mas de !^1,000,000 al valor de las del mes de febrero de cuabpuer otro aiio anterior. El valor total de las exportaciones en el expresado mes de febrero de 1906 ascendio a $141,772,974, y el de las importaciones a.scendi6 a $104,199,197.

Hubo un aumento en las importaciones de mercancias sujetas a derechos durante el mes de que se trata, comjmradas con las del ano anterior, pero, por otra parte, hubo una disminucion en las mercan¬ cias (pie se importaron libres de derechos. El valor total de las mer¬ cancias tjue pagaron derechos importadas en el mes de febrero de 1906, fue de $57,814,073, y $54,778,999 durante el mismo mes del ano anterior, al paso que el valor de las mercancias que se importaron libres de derechos ascendii') a $40,385,124 y $48,305,414, respectiva- mente.

El valor total de las mercancias sujetas a derechos importadas en los ocho meses ijne terminaron en febrero de 1906, fuii de $439,293,181, comparado con $382,912,888, en el mismo periodo del ano anterior, y las importaciones de mercancias que entraron libres de derechos se valuaron en $300,630,657, y en $346,086,038, lo cual hace un total de $799,923,839 en 1906, y de $728,998,926 en 1905, de mercancias importadas que pagan derechos, durante los expresados periodos.

970 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANA8.

El valor total de las niercaiudas tine entran libres de derechos y quo

estan sujetas a olios, importadas do los Estados Unidos on los ocho

lueses (pie terniinaron en febrero de 1900, ascendio il $1,198,399,799,

coinparadas con $1,008,00(1,808 en el niismo periodo en 1905.

A continuacion aparece un resunien de las importaoiones 3' exjior-

taciones hochas on los ponodos a que se ha liecho referenoia:

Grupos.

IMI-ORTAt'KISES. I

Librat dc dcrrclion. j

Comestibles y aniinales. Materia prima (lue eiitra en los varios proee-

diinientos de la industria domestiea. Articulos entera f> parcialmente raaimfac-

tnrados que se usan eomo materiales en la fabrieaeion y en las artes nn'oftnieas.

Articulos niannlactnradoa listus para el con- sumo.

Articulos de lujo, etc.’

Total de mercancias (pie entran libres de derechos.

Mcrcaiiclnn i/uc jnujan drreehof.

Comestibles y animales. Materia priiria <iue entra en los varios proee-

dimientos de la industria domestiea. Articulos entera 6 parcialmente manufac-

turadas que se usan como materiales en la fabricaeidn y artes meclinicas.

Articulos fabricadoslistos para el consumo... Articulos de lujo, etc.

Total de mercancias (pie paKan de- | rechos.

Mcrcanciat <jiir nititm lihrrg de dereeJuts y yiic (gtdii giijttue d etlag.

Comestibles y animales. Materia prima que entra en los varios pro-

cedimientos de la industria domCstica. Articulos entera 6 parcialmente mannfac-

tttrados que sc usrvn como materiales en la fabricacibn y en las artes mecAnicas.

Articulos-manufacturados ya listos para el consumo.

Articulos de lujo, etc.

Total de mercancias imjKjrtadas.

Derechos recandados en las adtianas. Kxistencia en los almacenes A fin de mes.

EXPORTACIONES. I

Produetog doiiUstirog.

Afrricolas. Fabrlles. De minas..■. Forestales. De lapesca. Diversos.

Total de productos domesticos.i

Kxtravjerog. |

Libres de derechos.1 Sujetos A derechos.|

Total de productos extranjeros.I

Total de exportaciones.I

Febrero. Marzo.

1905. 1906. 190.5. 1 1906.

811,756,471

i

1 89,113,7.52 891,891,828 583,142,797

■27,642,3.52 ■27,018,1.53 1 187,008,444 199,762,895

7,0-26,063 7,696,031 44,1.51,428 5.5,4.59,-244

IMS, 717 1 971,811 i

1,26.5,492 1,291,6% 1

11,-20.5, .521 8,8-28,817

13, .53:1.440 8,73-2,-281

1 48,3a5,414 1 46,385,1-24 | 346,0.86,038 36>0,6>30,6.57

16,062,695 10,611,-2.54

1 .89,8-21,300 87,9(i9,618

9,4iM,.5>vl 11,697,745 .56, ,524,831 64, .54-2,-240

.5,108,019 ' 1'2,.568,509 i 11, .579,192 '

6,388,471 1.5,008,300 14,108,303

48,-248,137 97,621,739 | 90,6%, 881 1

.56 925,721 l-22!a33J69 107,5-2-2,433

.54,778,999 57,814,073

i ! 382,912,888 i 439, -293,181

27,819,1(H) 19,7-2.5,006> 184,713,1-28 171,112,415

37,102,936 1 38, 715,898 243, .533,-275 364,30.5,135

12,134,082 ' 14,084,.502 9-2,:i99,.56,5 112,384,965

13,477,226 1'2, .5.51,003

16, -273,792 15.399,999

108,8-27,260 99, .5-2.5,698

13.5,866,609 116, -254,714

ia5,084,413 104,199,197 7-28,998,9-26 799,9-23,838

21,58‘2,646 52,19-2,463

1 -23,832,5-24 ! .57,017,261

175,792,437 200,691,117

.57,756,436 39,386,084 2,669,422 3,991,771

338,3.57 881,402

80,887,213 46, .5^6, .585 4,091,619 6,244,060

464,7-22 1,497, ,524

.567,768,995 342,1.57,793 31,84.5,874 40,670,370 5,931, ,597 ■3,942,132

700,695,260 387,315, .531 34,081,3-25 47,770,4-26 6,309,937 5,3.53,877

lft5,0-23.472 1.39,771,7-2:1 992,316,671 1,181,5-26,176

9.54,945 892,365

j 1,009,143 1 944,108

8,3.55,620 7,388,617

i 8,334,353

1 8, .539,270

1,847,310 I 2,003,-251 16,744,137 i 16,873,623

106,870,782 j 141,774,974 1,008,0(>0,808 j 1,198,399,799

ESTADOS UNID08. 971

EL HENEan^N EN EL MERCADO DE HILO DE ACARRETO.

El productor de dbra en relacioii con el hilo de acarreto se retiere necesariamente al cultivador de henequen, por cuanto la mayor parte de diclio hilo se fabrica de dicha libra.

Ilubo un tieinpo en que se usalm mas el abaca que el henequ6n para fabricar hilo de acarreto, pero en los quince illtimos anos el uso del heneiiuen ha aiunentado constanteinente y el del abaca ha disminuido hasta que, en la actualidad, segun el cillculo que se ha hecho, un 90 por ciento del hilo do acarreto sc hace de henequen.

En la cosecha de 1905 los agricultores de los Estados Unidos pagaron aproxiinadainente ^24,000,000 por el hilo de acarreto que usaron.

En los afios de 1904 y 1905, la cantidad y el valor del henequen y al)acaque se iinportaron de Mexico y de las Islas Filipinas, respectiva- niente, a los Estados Unidos, fueron los siguientes: 101,163 toneladas de henecpien, importadas en 1904, cuyo valor toUd fue ^15,094,473, y en 1905 se iinportaron 99,587 toneladas, valuadas en $15,678,935; en 1904 se iinportaron 48,679 toneladas de abacii valuadas en $9,327,137, y en 1905 se iinportaron 69,280 toneladas valuadas en $13,274,076.

Segun una relacidn hecha por el Director del Censo, correspondiente al ano de 1904, un cuadro estadistico relativo a los productos de lino, henequen y juite en los Estados Unidos, inuestra (lue ha habido un auniento de $16,000,000 en el valor de la produccion desde 1900.

Los productos principalcs de esa industria son el cordage, la jarcia y el hilo de acarreto, por valor de $48,tK)0,000; yute y articulos. fabri- cados de esta filira por valor de $9,0(X),000, y articulos de lino por valor de $6,000,000.

Segun el “Ileraldo de Mindanao,’’ la Olicina de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos esta haciendo todos los esfuerzos posibles por estimu- lar el cultivo del maguey 6 henequen en las Islas Filipinas, por ser esta tibra acaso la que mas se usa en el mundo en la industria de cor- deleria, siendo asi (pie, segiin se anuncia, solo Yucatan produce anual- mente henequen (pie representa un valor de $20,000,000.

Como (pieda dicho, dicha libra se usa mayormente en la fabricacion de hilo de acarreto. En los inercados del mundo al maguey de Fili¬ pinas se le denoinina “canamo de aloe de Manila,” pero la planta no es un iiloe. Se le ha clasihcado asi a causa de los metodos que se emplean para limpiarrlo y prepararlo para el mercado. Se ha determinado de una manera detinitiva que el maguey de las Filipinas es el verdadero henequen de Yucatan, que produce una libra que en todos sus detalles resulta igual al henequen de Yucatan, que tanto se usa en las industrias del mundo. 1^1 ano pasado la Olicina de Agricultura distribuyo 50,000 plantas traidas de las Islas Hawai, del grupo procedente de las Bahamas, que no ticne espinas en los hordes de las hojas. Recientemcnte se ha recibido una maquina de Mexico para limpiar las hojas de dicha planta

972 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS RKPL'BLICAS AMERICANAS.

textil se ban enviado excelentes muc!stm.s de la Hbra 3*a linipia il Kiieva York y Loiulres, para cotizar su precio tni el mercado. Nocabe duda de que dieha libra obtendni el niisnio precio on el inercado cpie obtiene la libra de yiu-atan, la de las Bahamas 6 las de las Islas Hawai.

llubo asimisnio un tiempo en que el precio del henequen se rotfulaba por el del abaca. Se mantuvo cierta diferencia en dichos precios, siendo asi que el del hene(iin.ui variaba desde un 25 hasta un 30 por ciento inenos (jue el del abaca, sobre el cual se basaban los precios. X medida que la dcmanda del henequen se aumentaba, los cultivadores de esta planta texlil se mostraban menos dispuestos a reconocer la influencia del abaca, imu- cuanto tenian podei'osas razones ponpie los cultivadores de los Estados I’^nidos y el Canada esta>)an obligando gmdualmente a los fabricantes de hilo de acarreto a producir mas hilo de acarreto de heneqiuMi que de abaca. El henequen parece estar destinado a converlirse en un producto de mayor imporlaficia que el abaca. Por mas (pie la demanda de henecpuMi aumentd constanteniente dumnte varios afios aides de la guerr.i con Esjiaua, hasta despucs de la expresada guerra no se demostro ningiin deseo do cobrarle demasiado al consumidor. Los precios habian sido demasiado tiajos, tan liajos, que no eni posible que los cultivadon's obtuviesen una gsinancia razonable. Habianse efectuado varias alzas y el precio haliia llegado justiimente a una altura en la cual se habia declarado con frecuencia que el cultivo de dieha libra prestaba utilidad.

La gueri’a con Espafia amenazo la produccidn y abastecimiento de abaca y, pfir consecuencia, tanto los precios del abaca como los del henequen subieron con rapidez. Por ejemph^, el precio del heneciuen do 3^ centavos que antes era, subid de repente a lb centavos. El hecho de (jue a esta alza en el precio no sucedid una disminucidn en la demanda, fue, sin duda, una verdadera revelacidn para los cultivadores del henequdn, y les sugirid posibilidades nun’ halagiienas. La siguientc tabla expresa de una manera elocuente cdmo los cultivadores aprove- charon su oportunidad, mostrandose ademas el curso que siguieron los precios desde lSb7;

J‘i'ecio» <1i‘l henequen de IS’fC A

Aiifjs.

1 I’recio I l»ijo. 1

I’rccio alto. 1 1 ile

' precio. j Afios. 1‘recio

bajo. I’recio j alto.

Promedio ! de

precio.

3} 1902. 8; 104

9 9t 7J 71 71

10 ! 190:i. c; 9i 74 1904. «l

8 IWK). 54 9| 9

74 1905. G4 1901.

1 i ^ 1 1

La tabla (jue antecede muestra cdmo los cultivadores de heneciuen desde la guerra con Espafia han obtenido precios (pie representan un 100 por ciento d mils que antes de dieha gueriii.

ESTAD08 ITNIDOS. 973

Ell l‘J02, no estando lot^ oultivadores de diflia planta textil satisfechos fon los millones de pesos de ganancia (pie 3'a habian obtenido, sidiieron los precios hasta (pie el tipo niaxiino exeedio el piinto mas alto a que so habia llegado durante la excitacion consiguiente a la preeitada guerra, y a la casi completa paralizacion del eomereio del abaca. Cuando se llegd a este extremo, los fabricantes se sublevaron d liieieron grandes esfuerzos jior aunientar las ventas del abaca, y mezclas de henecpien y la libra de Nueva Zelandia. Tainbien se apeldal henequi'n y yute amerieano, eon el tin de disminuir la demanda del henecpien de Yucatan. Terniendo los cultivadores de heneipien de Yucatan halier traspasado los liinites razonables, permitieron tijar el precio a una altura a la cual ixxlian conipetir con exito con el precio de las libras blandas, como lo habian hecho antes de 1902. Por consiguiente, en los tres ultiinos anos bubo inenos tluctuaciones en el precio, pero el promedio de este, si bien es mas bajo que en 1902, sin embargo, todavia es el doble del precio que predominaba antes de la guerra.

El afio pasado los cultivadores en mayor escala constituyeron una sociedad cuyo objeto ei’a regular los precios con mayor elicacia de lo que hasta ahora habian podido hacerlo. Debido al hecho de (jue el area del territorio donde se cultiva el henequi'n es pequefia, y tainbien a la circunstancia de ipie el mayor niimero de cultivadores cultivan dicha planta en menor escala, no cabe duda de ipie dicha sociedad podm obtencr el tin (pie desea, mientnis continue la enorme demanda ipie en la actualidad hay de henecpien.

El hilo de acarreto de heneipien es popular porque opera satisfacto- rianiente tanto en los aparatos anudadores nuevos como en los viejos, y ademas porque se vende a un precio nnis bajo por libni que el hilo de acarreto hecho de abaca. Con f recuencia ha estado el hilo de acarreto de heneipien mas caro que el de al«ica, por el hecho de que tiene una lon- gitud menor por libra, circunstancia que no tienen en cuenta muchos de los consuniidores.

Es dudoso que un aiimento en el uso del abaca hagx bajar el prome¬ dio del precio de hilo de acarreto, puesto que semejante aumento de consumo reforzaria el mercado del abaca. Apenas es posible que el precio del heneipien pudiese hacei’se bajar mediante semejante proce- dimiento, pero lo que realuiente se necesita es una tibra de la ciial piieda hacerse hilo de acarreto que tenga la longitud, resistencia y condiciones de uso iguales al heneipien de Yucatan y que se v^nda a un precio mas bajo que el hilo de acarreto hecho de heneipien de Yucatan.

El heneipien y 3’ute amerieano han sido nn buen sustituto del hilo de acarreto hecho de heneqiu'n de Yucatan y de abacsi. Dichos pro- ductos americanos se han vendido intermitentemente, hasta cierto punto, durante veinte anos, pero ninguno de los dos ha dado tan buen resultado como el que se ha obtenido del uso del heneipien de Yucatan,

974 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICAN AS.

y la diferencia de precio rara vez ha podido coinpcnsar la difereucia de la calidad de los hilos de acarreto, .segun la opinion del agricultor.

Manse probado otro.s sustitutos, pero no ban dado resiiltados satis- faetoi’ios. Uno de esto.s fu»i el hilo de acarreto hecho de papel, con el dial hace algunos afios que la Deering Harvester Company hizo inuchos experinientos. Jamas sc ha hecho un hilo de acarreto mas uniforme ni de mejor aparicncia que este, pero como tenia una superiticie lisa, sc resbalaba 6 deslizaba en el aparato anudador. El tiempo seco afec- taba su resistencia, haciendo cpie resultaso tan ipiebradizo que era imposible utilizarlo. Los quimicos peritos en la materia trataron en vano de veneer csta diticultad, y al efectuarlo descubrieron (pic al parecer la linica sustancia que podia conservar su suavidad y resisten¬ cia era la glicerina, [lero esta hacia todavia mils resbaloso el hilo y lo exponia a los estragos de los insectos. En dichos experinientos se gasto una fortuna.

llizosc otra tentativa para producir un sustituto faliricando el hilo de acarreto de pine co/itprcmf^ que crecc en las cienegas de Minnesota y Wisconsin. Este hilo de acarreto era dos veces tan grande como el de heneipien y necesitaba un anudador especial y una caja de acarreto especial. Los fabricantes de hilo de atadura 6 ligazon no tenian nin- guna conlianza en el, \’ se negaron a producir maquinas ipie tuviesen las partes especiales que se requerian. Se organizo una compania para construir una maijuina adecuada, pero samejante empresa no tuvo exito. La industria de este hilo de acarreto no prometia desarro- llarse en gran escala porque el abastecimiento de materia prima era mil}' limitado. Ademas, es seguro que el abastecimiento de dicha libra, que jamas excedio do 12,OOU toneladas por ano, se ha de disminuir por virtud del drenaje y cultivo de las ciiuiogfas donde crece dicha planta. El tiempo seco tambien hacia que este hilo de acarreto resultase demasiado ({uebradizo ])ara el uso a que se le habia de dcstinar. Si se conservaba humedo dalta liuen resultado.

Los muchos experinientos que se ban hecho ban domostrado de una manera tdarividentc <pie del lino americano puede hacerse un hilo do ai-arreto que reune todas las condiciones quo su uso reiiuiere. Todos cuantos elogios pueden hacerse del hilo de acarreto hecho de heneqmui pueden hacerse con igual justicia del hilo de acarreto de lino.

Por otra parte, el hilo de acarreto que se hace de lino posce ciertas calidados sujX'riorcs y, lo (jue es aiin mils, la gran cantidad do hilo de acarreto de lino <jue se fabrica no solo hant ipie el agricultor americano produzca su propio hilo de atadura, sino quo le proporcionaril un mercado para una paja <[ue hasta ahora se ha desperdiciado.

Desde cl punto de vista del agricultor, las varias empresas de hilo de acarreto de lino que se proyectjin tienen gi'andisima importancia, y una de estas empresas ha pasado del estado de embridn y .sc ha

ESTADOS UNIDOS. 975

convertido en uiui realidad; es doeir, uiia instalacion dondc f^e lian do

producir varies niillares do toncladas do hilo do acarroto do lino para

la coseeha do 1906.

EXPORTACIONES DE ARTICULOS DE GOMA EN EL SEGUNDO

SEMESTRE DE 1905.

En el segundo scniestro do 1905, es deeir, do jiilio a dicieinhre, el

valor respeetivo do las exportaeiones do artieulos do gonia eliistiea y

«(uta-pcreha do los Estados Unldos fiie el siguiente:

Corrcajt*, eiiipaquetadura y niangiieras. $(548, 498

Calzado de todas classes. 1,043,180

Todos los denuis artieulos de gonia. 1,398,04‘2

Total. 3,089,720

COMERCIO CON LAS ISLAS PILIPINAS EN 1005.

El coiiiercio tilipino eon los Estados Unidos en el afio comun de 1905

file conio siijue:

i I9ur>.

1 1 AuDiento sobre 1904.

Kxixirttvi'ioiics Cl los Kstailos I’nidos. Inii«>rtutiones de los Kstados I’liidos.

! 815, rsiT, 000 5,739,000

$5,342,000 697,000

El libre canibio entre las Eilipinas }• los Estados Unidos aiimentaria

jrrandemente las oifras (pio anteeeden, en benetieio de anibos paises.

El eoniereio tilipino con todo el iniindo en el afio eeondinico tpie ter-

niino el 30 do jiinio de 1905, sin incluir el oro y la plata y las provl-

siones del Gobierno, fiie conio sijjue:

Exportaeiones. I'32, 352,615

Importaciones. 30,876,350

Total. 63, 228,965

Pd valor de las exportaeiones imiestra tin aiinientode ^2,101,988 coin-

parado con el de las do 1904, y el valor de las importaciones mucstra

iina disminiieion do 1^^2,344,411, (|iiedando asi tin saldo do ^^4,446,399 ii

favor de la Islas.

Las exportaeiones tilipinas en el afio ceonoiiiieo de 1905 consis-

tieron de:

i Kx|H)rtaeioue», A los Kstiidu-s

Unidos.

t£i, 146,241 812,954, .515 Aziicar. 4,977,026 2,618,487 Tubneo. 1,999,193 6,K20

2,09.5,356 14,425 Otros produetoH.

1 73,679

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En el afio economico de 1905, la renta de aduana lilipina fue la si- puiente:

Derechos de iinportacion. ?;(), 664, 431

Dereelies de exportaeion. 1,300, 666

Total... 7,965,097 Total... 7,965,097

El coiiiercio tilipinoen el ano ceonomico de 1905, por paises fue eoiiio sigue:

ralsoH. 1 . ! I Kxportaoumes. j Iinportaciones.

Ami-rica del Norte. ?I5,f.98,736 85,T82,982 Eiiropa. [ 11,584,351 10, .521,282

; 4, .585. 489 13,202,879 Oceatiiii. Africa.

1 449,233 1,305,1)02 ! 22,126 3, .540

12,710

La Clraii llretafia eoinpro lueveancias por viilor do §8,291,000 y .suministrd inorcancias por valor de §1,848,000, y Ilolanda conipro §2,359,000 y veiidio §2. y)2,0t)0. Dospuos de los expresados itaises, lo^s iiiejores jrarroquianoB extranjeros de las Islas Filipinas son los siguitoi- tes: Francia, Espafia, China. Antillas Orientales Hritanicas, flapon y Australasia. De todo este coniercio los biupies amerieauos solo condu- jeron iinportaciones por valor de §3,154,000 }' §3,600,000 de las expor- taeiones, 6 sea un total de §6,760,000 del total de §63,228,000, 6 sea tin poeo mas de un 10 por ciento.

BELACldN FINANCIERA COBBESFONBIENTE AL MES BE MABZO BE 1906.

La relacion mensual de los ingresos y cgresos del (lobierno muestra que en el mes de inarzo de 1906, el total de ingresos fue de $50,631,169, X cl de egresos fue de $45,769,669, tpiedando asi un superdvit de ^,861,500.

Los ingresos jtroecdentes de varias fuentes se expresan de la manera siguiente:

Ingresos. j j Amnento.

827,147,5.56 1 20,477,689 3,005,923

8.8,144,000 1,000,000

242,000

Los egresos del Departaniento de Guerra muestran una bajii de §1,291,000, y los del Departamento de Marina muestran un aumento de §888,000. Las obras publicas muestran un aumento de cerca de §3,00f),000, debido principalmente a la construccion del Canal de Pan¬ ama. En los nueve meses del pre.scnte ano economico, los ingresos excedieron a los egresos como en §6,000,000.

ESTADOS UNiDOS.

ESTADfSTICAS FINANCIERAS.

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La siguiente cs una relat-ion de la dcuda publica y del effectivo Exis-

tente en el Tesoro de los Estados Unidos el 31 de iiiarzo de 1906:

Cliiaijicitcion de la deiidii.

Doiiila <|ue (U'venga iiitereses.

IVuda qiie no paga interc's dewle sn venciniiento.

Dt*U(la que no devenga intoros.

$895,159,170. 00

1,139, 425. 26

395,184,105. 58

Total de la deuda (pie devenga y (jue no devenga interes_ 1,291,482, 760. 84

CVrlifieadoH y billetes del Tt^sioro, eoinpen«ido8 iK)r una eantidad

igual de efectivo en el TeTOro (vease la tabla (pie aigue). 1,022,269,869.00

Total de la deuda, ineluyendo los eertilicados y billetes del

Tesoro... 2, 313, 752,629. 84

Kfectiro en el I'eeoro.

Fondo de reserva, monetla de oro y oro en barras. $150,000,000. 00 Fondos de garanti'a (que eoinpensan los eertitiea-

dos y billetes del Tesoro nieneionados en la ela.«i-

fieacion de la deuda que anteeede):

Moneda de oro. $542, 746, 869. 00

Pesos, plata... 469, 729, CKX). 00

Pesos Plata, de 18StO. 7,794,000.00

Fondo general:

Oro acufiado y en barras...

Certifieados en oro.

Certifieados en plata. Pesos, plata.

Plata en barras.

Billetes de los Estad(« Unidos.

Billetes del Tesoro de 1890.

Billetes de bancos naeionales.

Moneda de plata fraeeionaria.

Pajad moneda fraeeionaria.

Moinnla de eobre y nfquel. Bonos e interes pagados (jue se ban de reem-

bolsar.

-^- 1,022,269,869.00

75, 462,034.07

54,916,250.00 4,618, 305.00

8, 994, 429. 00

1,672,350. 33

9,156,9:15. 00

25, <)05. 00

13, .589, 751.00

7, 274,242.97

102. 98

855,027. 86

31,265. 42

- 180,596,598.63 En dep(')8ito8 de bancos naeionales:

\ favor del Tesorero de los Estados Unidos.. 67,118, 791. 66

A favor de los habiliUidos de los Estados

Unidos. 9,231,931.05

- 76,350, 722. 71 En el Tesoro de las Islas Filipinaa:

A favor del Tesorero de los Estados Unidos.. 2,805,367. 20

A fa^x)r de los babilitados de los Estados

Unidos. 2,116,388.19

4,921,755.39

1,434,138,945. 73

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ESTADlSTICA SOBBE EL TABACO.

La siguiente tabla publicada por la Oticina de Estadistica del Departa- niento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos inuestra la cantidad, valor y proiiiedio de valor, por libra, de las importaciones de tabaeo que se hieieron cti el afio econoinico que termino el 30 de junio de 1005:

I’liisfs <le origin. l’e.“o cn libras.

1 Valor en oro.

Proniedio por libra.

Tabaoo en rama (capa): , fi, 7(14, Wl

145,093 43.160

1 8.5,023,434

113,382

Ctntavos. 74.3 73.1

78, !85 35,372

181.1 87,852 Cl,87()

40.3 8; 986

7,911 1,897

835

14.5 •2; 297 2,272 2,178

345.7 83.5 38.3

Totiiles. 7,109,595 1 5,270,032 1 74.1

Otraselases de tobaco: 21,430,283

1,.570,349 1,188,910

776,917 7Wb 115 113,634

10,747,778 7.58,602 544,396 277,964 276,752

50.2 48.1 45.8 35.8 39.2

61,092 82,987 28,425 11..577

53.8 105,385

69,317 31.3 41.0

45! 362 25.5 61,378 10,673

4,946 2,787 2,0.52 1,804

17.4 »>, 940 13.4 14,031 19.9

43.9 11,475 16.2 10,247 j 2,243

i;471 1,402 1,100 2,777

14.3 62.5

9,048 16,477

12.2 16.9

20,178,783 1 12,768,645 4.8.8

Es evidente que la f;ran cantidad de tabaeo iniportado de los Paises Bajos no sc ha cultivado en dichos paises, sino en las Antillas Ilolan- desas, y principalmcnte en Sumatra. Una gran cantidad del otro tabaeo que se importa no viene direetamente del pais donde se coseeho, como el tabaeo de Egipto, Hongkong, cl Reino Unidoy Aleinania, por ejeinplo. La lej’ cxige quo el valor del tabaeo iniportado ha de repre- sentar el valor real que tenga en el niereado, al por inaj'or, tal como el tabaeo se compraba y vendia en las cantidades al por mayor de costum- bre en el momento de la exportaeion a los Estados Unidos, en losprin- cipales mereados del pais del eual se exporto, incluso el costo quo ocasiona poncr el tabaeo en condiciones para cfectuar six embarque a los Estados Unidos.

• Por las tablas que anteceden se vera que el mejor tabaeo para capas viene de Cuba, que una cantidad menor viene de turquia, y que el mejor tabaeo de tripa y otra clase de tabaeo en rama vienen de Cuba, Turquia Europea y las Antillas Inglesas. El valor del tabaeo, por libra, que se recibio de Puerto Rico durante el afio economico que termino el 30 de junio de 1904, aseendio a $0,193; el que se recibio de Pilipinas

i

ESTADOS UNIDOS. V

durante el ano de 1905 fue de fO.329, para capa, y el valor de la tripa fue $0,179; el tabaco de capa de Sumatra, durante el ano de 1905, valia it razon de $0,143, y el de tripa $0,143. Se ha averiguado que cuando el precio mas alto al por mayor del tabaco de capa de Sumatra era como$4.50 por libra en Nueva York, inclu3'endo los derechos, el precio de un tabaco cubano semejante era de $8.

Este informe del Departamento de Agricultura termina cxpresando que el precio al por ma\’or del mejor tabaco que se importa de Cuba en este pais es $900 ix)r miliar de tabacos, 6 sea a razon de 90 centavos cada uno, precio por maj'or. Este precio incluj’e el derecho y cual- quiera comision (pie corresponda al importador \’ al que lo venda al por mayor.

EXPOBTACIONES DE COBKE EN 1905.

Las exportaciones de cobro de los Estados Unidos en 1905 asceudie- ron a 239,(t63 toneladas comparadas con 247,735 en 1904 y 168,767 en 1903. La siguionte tabla muestra las cifras por meses:

Enero. Febrero .... Marzo. Abril. Mayo. Junio. Julio. Agosto. Septiembre. Octubre .... Novlembre . Diciembre..

COMEBCIO DE CAFE EN FEBBEBO DE 1906.

En febrero las importaciones a los Estados Unidos consistieron de 463,836 sacos de cafe brasileno y 120,144 sacos de otros paises. El J3rasil suministro como un 80 por ciento de la cantidad total.

El total de entregas de cafe hechas en los ocho prinieros meses de 1905, excedio en 183,675 sacos del total entregado en un periodo correg- pondiente del ano anterior, pero dicho total representaba una merma de 318,745 sacos comparado con el total de 1903 a 1904.

El primero de marzo de 1906, la existencia de cafe en el mundo ascendia a 11,324,581 sacos, contra 12,647,595 sacos el primero de enero de 1906, y 13,271,741 sacos el primero de marzo de 1905.

La existencia de cafd en Rio de Janeiro en febrero de 1906, ascendid a 89,000 sacos contra 167,000 durante el mismo mes en 1905; la exis¬ tencia en Santos ascendio a 227,000 sacos, contra 268,000 en febrero de 1905. La existencia total en Rio de Janeiro y Santos en los ocho

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prinicros nieses del aiio comeroiul de 1005 a 1006, era de 8,526,000 saeos contra 8,750,000 sacos en 1001 a 1005; 9,060,<K)0 sacos en 1003 si 1001, 9,001,000 sacos en 1902 a 1003, 3' 12,355,000 sacos en 1901 a 1002.

Duninte los ocho primeros nieses del ano comercial de 1000, se ha recibido un promedio de un 81.3 por ciento de la cosecha total, 3' basando el cillculo en esta, en el presente ano, debenios esperar nna existencia total de 10,100,000 sacos en primero de julio de 1900, la ciial, agrcf^da a las cosechas niedianas de 1,600,000 a 6,000,(K)0, arroja un abasteciiniento total de 11,500,000 a 15,000,000 de sacos contra una denuinda anual de 10,5t.M>,oO0 a 10,750,000 sacos. La existencia actual constitu3'c un baluartc contra cuahiuiera gran alza en el precio, hasta (pic ha3’a una inerina nnn or en la produccion (pie la que aborase espera.

La liolsa de cafi? en cl ines de febrero vend id 2,220,750 sacos, contra 1,123,75(1 en enero; en siete nieses vendi(> 13,017,750 sacos, v en el afio do I9(t5 el total de ventas a.scendi6 a 21,212,260 sacos contra 25,187,500 sacos en 1901.

IMPORTACldN DE CINC.

Debido il la gran deinanda de cine (pie lia3’ en los Estados Enidos, la cual hizo (pie el precio de este metal subiera de una inanera conipleta- mentc extraordinaria, en 1005 se cinbarcaron grandes cantidades de estc mineral y do cine en sus varias comliinaciones, de las minas de Mexico, dando esto por resultado (pie en iVI()xico se estimulara la explotacion de dicho metal. Muchas minas que antes no se habian explotado, en la actualidad se ban pueso en condiciones (pie producen cantidades considerables.

La medida (pie el Departamento del Tesoro de los Estados Unidos tonio recientemente 3’ que tuvo por objeto aumentar los derechos de aduana sobre los minerales de cine importados de Mi^xico 3' del Canada, ha dado por resultado quo se presente una protesta formal li la Junta de Tasadores (Jencrales de los Estados Unidos, protesta que se cree que tinalinentc liarii que el asunto se sonieta si los tribunales federales.

LA COSECHA DE ALQODdN DE 1905.

La relacion (pie publica el Boletin de la Olicina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, nuiestra que en 1905 la cosecha do algodon, incliiv'cndo las pacas do hilas 3' contando las pacas redondas como medias pacas, ascendio si 10,697,013 pacas, comparadas con 13,607,310 que se cose- charon en 1904, 3’^ 10,051,721 pacas en 1903. Sc ha mostrado que en esta estacion el proiiK'dio de peso bruto de las pacas ha sido 503.8 libras, y que bubo 10,777,510 pacas de 500. Las partidas de que consiste la cosecha total de 1905, ascienden li 10,214,059 pacas cuadradas, 270,830 pacas redondas, 112,530 pacas de algodon de St'a Island 3' 230,497 pacas de hilas. Los desmotadores calculan (pie quedan por desmotar 40,112 pacas que 3’a se ban incluido en dicho informe.

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EXPORTACldN DE MAQUINAS DE COSEB EN 1905.

El valor de las expoi’tsiciones de iiiaquinas) dc coser dc los Estados Unidos a los difcrcntes paises latino-ainoricanos on 1905, fue el siguiente:

Mexico. $586, 907

Ani(?rica Central. 98,586

CuLa. 370, 356

Repuhlica Doininicana y otras

Aiitillas. 49,007

Repiiblica Argentina. $657, 705

Brasil . 174,875

Colombia. 59,093

Otros paises suramericanos.... 347,222

GUATEMALA.

MENSAJE DEL PRESIDENTE ESTRADA CABRERA.

El 1" de marzo del corriente afio, el Presidente Esthada Cabueua

leyo un interesante raensaje a la A.saniblea Nacioiial Legislativa. Entre otras cosus, el Presidente dijo que la politicti exterior se acentiia eada dia mas en el sentido de hacer mas estrechas 3’ fecimdas las rela- ciones interiuicionales, y que le era grato maiiifestar que en el termino de un ano no habia ocurrido nada que pudiera ponerlas en peligro.

Agrego el Presidente, que para .seguir ensanchando dichas relaciones con la America del Sur, hal)ia cstablecido una legacion de primera clase ante el Gobierno del Brasil, que ha de ser muy util con motivo dc la Tcrcera Conferencia Panamericana que se efectuara el proximo julio, la dial, asi como las anteriores, lia de propender il reforzar todavia mas los vinculos de union dc las naciones de este continente.

Dijo que se proponia enviar a la Asamblea A’acional Legislativa tres convenios celebrados e.ste ano, ii saljer: uno con Espana, por virtud del dial se establece que los documentos procedentes de cada una de las partes contratantes, para hacer fe en cuanto en derecho corresponda, no necesitan en la otra nacion contratante de la legalizacion de tirmas, bastando que scan enviados por los conductos diplomaticos debidos; el segundo, que se lirmo en Washington, se celebro con Costa Rica, Cuba, Chile, la Rcpiiblica Doininicana, Ecuador, los Estados Unidos de America, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru y Venezuela, ii tin de codilicar todas las medidas de higiene piiblica contra la invasion propagacion de la tiebre amarilla, la peste bubonica y el colera morbo, y tinalmente, el convenio consular con Italia relativo ti los derechos rcciprocos de los representantes y empleados consulares. Tambien estii il punto de firmarse con Chile un tratado de propiedad literaria y artistica.

Dui-ante el ano econdmico anterior, las rentas piiblicas ascendicron li $^34,058,169.39, lo cual inuestra un aumento de cerca de $14,000,000 sobre el presupuesto hecho por la Asamblea Legislativa.

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Ia)s ogresos dc los diverso.s ramos adininistmtivos ast-endieron a $20,421,383.65, y adeinas sc ban dcstinado $24,970,999.82 a las aten- ciones del raino especial del credito publico, ascendiendo asi el total de lo que se ha pagado en 1905 a $45,392,383.47.

La comision encargada de haccr el iiiapa general dc la Republica ha hecho todo lo posible para corregir las inexactitudes (pie aparecen en los trabajos anteriores de esta indole, y ae ha csforzado por canibiar la reduccion de la escala, a tin de que no se oniitsi ningiin dctalle de iinporttincia. Dicha reduccion sc ha conienzado a la escala de 1,300,000 y, por tanto, dicho niapa tendra dos metros en cuadro.

La assistencia a las escuelas priniarias de la Republica ha aumentado un 40 por ciento estc ano, lo ciial deinuestra que las autoridades csti- niulan con constancia la instruccion publica.

INFORMS DEL CONSUL GENERAL RELATIVO A LOS ADELANTOS DE LA CIUDAD DE NUEVA YORK.

El Senor Dr. JoAyufx Yela, Consul General de Guatemala en Nueva York y Secreturio de la Legacion Guatemalteca en Washing¬ ton, en su informe consular dirigido al Ministro dc Estado 3* publi- cado en el Guatemalteco dc 7 de febrero de 1906, dice asi:

La ciudad de Nueva York, la Gran Metropoli del Nuevo Mundo, cste afio quiza con mas empeho que los anteriores, ha procedido en su afan de construcciones gigantescas, hoteles cada vez msts csplendidos 3^^ confortables, hopitales asepticos y de un todo cenidos a los adelantos de la ciencia, editicios de gran numero de pisos todos de piedra y armazon de hierro, para oticinas, y magnilicas casas dc mamposteria para habitaciones de familia.

La poblacion se extiende hacia el norte, enumerandose va doscientas cincuenta calles, y en la parte vieja se derriban los editicios antiguos para sustituirlos por modernos. La nueva Aduana, editicio de bella arquitectura todo de piedra, presupuestado en cuatro millones de pesos, estsi para terminarse, encontrandose situado al final de la Calle Rroadwa3^ 3' frente a la “ Hateria.”

Los dos csplendidos y grandiosos puentes que unen Nueva York a Brookl3'n no son 3’a bastantes para contener el miinero de transeuntes, por lo (pic se esta constru3’endo una via subterranea en el Rio del Este, cu3’os trabajos van 3’a terminados hasta la mitad.

EL PORVENIR DE LA REPXIBLICA.

“CAI'fTULO III.

“la kiqueza de su SUELO.

(Contiiiuaciun.)

“p]l suelo de Guatemala se distingue mucho por el hecho de que en ^1 se cultiva una gran cantidad 3-^ variedad de dos clascs de productos que no son comunes en los mismos grados de latitud, es decir, rinde en

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gran abundaneia tanto los productos tropieales conio los de la zona teniplada. En su suelo se cultivan el cafe, la cana de aziicar, el cacao, platano, tabaco, algodon, goma, vainilla, zavzaparrilla y un sinnuinero de plantas niodicinales, siendo asi que, ademas, produce cercales, tales cotno el trigo y maiz, que solo se cultiv'an en las zonas teiupladas, reco- giendoso dos y en algunos lugares tres cosechas anuales de estos pro¬ ductos. Tambien se encuentran en sus bosques una gran variedad do inaderas preciosas, tales coino la caoba, el palo de rosa, el ebano, cedro y otras semejantes, que son caracteristicas de los tropicos, y ademas en las regiones montanosas del interior abundan el pino y el roble. Ademiis de todos estos productos, los pastos de sus praderas se adaptsin especial- inente a la crianza y ceba de ganado, y por eso la industria pecuaria y la de vacpieria son inuy lucrativ’as en dicho pais.

“El Consul General Ingles, en un informe olicial enviado a la OHcina de Kelaciones Exteriores de Londres, dijo lo siguiente acerca de la riqueza del suelo de Guatemala:

“ ‘ La indole tropical del pais, la proximidad de todos los puntos de la Itepiiblica al mar, por ambas costas, la diversidad de altitudes y, por consecuencia, de temperatura, hacen que los terrenos de Guatemala sean tan ricos desde el punto de vista agricola como los de cualquier otra nacion del mundo. En ellos pueden cultivarse desde los pro¬ ductos caracteristicos de las regiones costeras tropieales hasta los de las altas y frias planicies, cuyo clima corresponde al del norte de Europa en el verano. Hay algunos distritos en que pueden recogerse hasta cuatro cosechas de maiz en un ano. Por lo comun, alii el abono es innecesario, puesto que las copiosas lluvlas arrastran hacia abajolos ricos terrenos de las costaneras de las montanas y fertilizan los llanos. Por consiguiente, el gran secreto del agricultor es saber adaptar su cultivo a la indole del terreno y del clima, y no cabc duda de que el cambio razonable de cosechas en los terrenos redundaria en beneticio del agricultor.’

“Un corresponsal de la ‘Washington Star,’hizo la siguiente gratica descripcidn del suelo de Guatemala:

“‘En vez de consignar mis propias impresiones acerca del pais, preferiria expresar las de un hombre de negocios de la Carolina del Norte. Este caballero viajaba por mar, en busca de salud, hasta San Francisco, y cambio su intinerario, haciendo un viaje do una semana por tierra. Viajamos juntos hasta la capital, y tambien fuimos al puerto de Champerico por la prolongacion del ferrocarril que ha abierto un territorio nuevo y virgen. Era esta la primera vez que contem- plabla un pais tropical excepto lo que habia visto desde la cubierta del buque.

“ ‘Al desembarcar en San Jose, el hijo de la Carolina del Norte con- templaba, embargado por una especie de pavor y admiracion, como suele acontecerle a todo viajero, los empinados volcanes denominados

984 OFICINA INTEKNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBHCA8 AMEEICANA8.

el Fuego y el Agua. Pero por mis que no cesaba de admirar la riqueza del paisaje, en aquel instante le domino el sentido practieo, y i cada informe que se le proporcionaba acerca del clima, el tcrreno y los productos, hizo observaciones muy agudas, ^1 confeso que creia que en el buque estaban tratando de engafiarle cuando le dijeron que los postes de las eercas de alambres de puas, en seguida que se lijan 6 clav'an creccn, pero cuando vio muchas millas de hileras rectas fonnadas de arboles por cuyos troncos se extendian los alambres, hizo el debido elogio tanto del clima como del terreno. fil comprcndia quo los arboles no crecen naturalmente en hileras I’ectas, y desde luego se explico la causa de dicho fenomeno. Los postes son varas que se cortan de las ramas de los arboles que, cuando se clavan on la tierra, retofian con tanta rapidez que pronto se convierten on arboles.

“ • El viajero de la Carolina del Norte jamas se canso de admirar el suelo guatemalteco. Las excavaciones efectuadas en la Hnea le pro- porcionaron la oportunidad de ver que la riqueza del terreno no sc limitalKi a la superticie, y asi lo comprendio desde luego. La vegeta- cion, como es natural, crece a cierta altura, luego languidece, se pudrc y constituye mievos lochos de abono. Este procedimiento que se ha repotido durante siglos, ha hecho que la feracidad del terreno resulte inagotable.

“ ‘Para 6\ la utilidad de las erupciones volcanicas era desconocida, pero se convencio de ella en su viaje a Champerico, que es la gran region productora de caf6 que eshl comprendida en el radio del volcan denominado Santa Maria. Cuando este volcan estaba rociando tanto el mar como la tierra con piedras y cenizas, en muchas de las lincasquedo justamente la lava suticiente, dospuis que las Iluvias cayeron 3’^ arras- traron la supertice del deposito de lava 3' cenizas, para renovar la feracidad del terreno.’

“ Puede tambien obtcnerse una idea do la grand variedad de pro¬ ductos agricolas i)or ana relacion que se hace de una tinea modelo en los informes consulares britiinicos. Esta consistia de 3,(XM) acres, 3" en un ano dado produjo 1,200,000 libras de cafe, 300,000 libras de aziicar, 300,000 botellas de un segundo producto denominado aguardiente, 3' 22,000 galones de lechc. En esta tinea se criaron 2,000 cabezas de ganado vacuno 3’ se empleaban de 900 a 1,300 obreros.

“el CAFI?: de GUATEMALA GOZA DE FAMA UNIVERSAL.

“ Como es 3’a harto sabido, el cafe es el producto agricola mas valioso de Guatemala, habiendo llegado a tener una fama universal 3' a obtener los precios mas altos. El promedio de produccion anual es como de 70,500,000 libras, por mas que en uno de ostos ultimos anos la pro¬ duccion excedio de 80,000,000 de libras. Las regiones que mas cafe producen estdn situadas en los departamentos de Guatemala, Amatitlan,

GUATEMALA. 985

Sacatepcquez, Solola, Ketalliuleu, Quezaltenago, San Marcos, Altai Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chinialtenango, Santa Rosa y Escuintla.

“ El cafe se cultiva con exito en terrcnos cuj’a altnra varia desde 1,500 hasta 5,000 pies sobre el nivel del mar, segun la localidad y (•alidad del terreno. La tem|:>eratura a la ciial se obtiene la nia^’or produccion varia desde 60 grados Fahrenheit hasta 00 grados. En los b'rronos bajos es necesario cubrir los cafetos il tin de impedir que el calor (pieme las hojas, y hay una gran abundancia de arboles natives que se prestan para este fin. De cuando en cuando, los platanos tainbien se cultivan junto con el cafe, por cuanto sus anchas hojas proporcionan una sonilira excelente.

“En los distritos en que la altura media es de •4,500 pies, es nece¬ sario emplear otra clasc de proteccion contra cl viento del norte que sopla durante los meses de diciembre, cnero y febrero. En cstas alturas las sierras de las colinas constitiu'cn la mejor proteccion natural. El cafe re(|uiere de cinco a siete anos para llegar al estado completo de produccion, por mas que il los dos anos el cafeto produce como dos libras de grano anualcs. Los cafetos so cultivan en semileros y despu<?s se trasplantan en cafetales.

“ La estacion critica de la cosecha es cl periodo de florescencia. Unn Iluvia copiosa mientras los cafetos estiin en dor, los dana gravemente, porque la Iluvia arrastra 6 se lleva el polen 6 impide asi que los cafetos fructitiquen. Este peri(xlo dura de tres a cuatro dias, y entonces las dorcs 6 botones cacn y empiezan a verse los granos de cafe, los cuales no se maduran hasta octubre, dpcxai en que est^n ya listos para recogerlos y quitarles la cascara y pulpa. Terminado este procedi- miento, el grano se lava y se coloca en un lugar adecuado para secarse, en el cual se extiende en sec^deros que tienen un buen piso de ladrillo, y alH se pone al sol. Una vez que se le quita la cascara roja, al grano de cafe se Ic denomina p€r(jamino^ en tanto que conserva su corteza interior de un color bianco 6 amarillo. Desquds que se le quita este pergamino 6 corteza interior, al grano se le denomina oro, es decir, cafe limpio, cpie es el termino (|ue se einplca en cl comercio.

“Son tantos los elementos que outran en el cultivo y asistencia de un cafetal hasta ponerlo en estado de produccion, que resulta dificil calcular los gastos necesarios para obtener una ganancia determinada. Los cultivadores de experiencia se guian mayormente en cada caso por el conocimiento que tienen de las condiciones y exigencias locales. Sin embargo, al principio se necesita una cantidad de capital conside¬ rable, 3' por eso rauchos capitalistas pretieren comprar cafetales que j^a se hallan en estado de prcxluccion.

“El Gobierno de Guatemala impone la contribucion de exportacidn de 1 peso oro por quintal. Aleniania compra la maj'or parte del cafd que produce Guatemala, por mfc que la Gran Bretaila tambidn es un

986 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS EEPUBUCAS AMERICANA8.

compi-ador en gran escala, y los Estados Unidos coinpraii ina3’ores can- tidades de ano en afio. E.s de suponer que con el aumento de medios de transporte, a lo.s conierciantes en este ramo se le.s presentaria iina buena oportunidad para dedicarse con especialidad a la venbi del cafe de Guatemala en los Estados Unidos, por cuanto no cabe duda de que tan luego como dicho producto se introdujese su demanda se aumen- tarfa cada vez mas.

‘‘EI. AZUCAR Y OTROS RRODUCTOS VAI.IOSOS.

“En 189(» Guatemala apenas produjo azucar suticicnte para el con- sumo domestico, v en 1904 exporto (5,000,000 de libras a los Estados Unidos, Nueva Orleans es el mercado mSs proximo, por mas quo tambien pueden hacerse embarques a Brookl3’n. El proflucto consiste de panes de aziicar blanca 3’ panela de la cual se hace el aguardiente, la miel y el mascabado, 6 sean las clases de azucar inferiores. La cana de azucar que alli se produce es excelente 3' da un buen rendimiento, sobre todo en los distritos calidos de la costa. Los departamentos de Escuintla, Amatitlan 3’ Baja Verapaz, son en los que mas se cultiva la cana de azucar. Por lo regular la maqiiinaria (jue se emplea en la fabri- cacion del azucar es anticuada, siendo asi que hasta ahora no se ha introducido en gran escala la maquinaria moderna, por mas que los ingenios ma3"ores 3’a cuentan con las ultimas mejoras introducidas en esta clase de maquinaria. No cabe duda de que si la maquinaria moderna se introdujese en gran escala 3" se adoptasen los ultimos procedi- mientos, la industria azucarera daria magniticos resultados.

“En Guatemala se produce un cacao de superior calidad, el cual obtienc precios mas altos que el que se produce en otros paises 3' se importa si Guatemala. Las tierras calientes de la costa son las regiones que en ma3*or abundancia lo producen. Los principales distritos pro- ductores de cacao son Escuintla, Suchitepequez, Solola 3' Ketolhuleu. Donde con ma3*or exito se cultiva es a una altura de 800 a 2,000 pies. En algunos casos el arbusto produce 1 libra de grano cada cuatro meses, 3’ dicese que cuando se madura se mantiene en estado de produccion durante cien anos sin interrupcion.

“X pesar de la superior calidad del cacao de Guatemala, esta industria no se ha explotado sistematicamente, acaso por que se requieren de cinco a seis anos para recoger la primera cosecha, El ano pasado el producto total de cacao solo ascendio a 34,000 libras, pero la constjinte demanda de este producto, asi como la certeza del buen precio que obtiene, justitica la inversion del capital que bien puede esperar cinco 6 seis aiios para obtcner las primeras cosechas. La recogida del cacao exige muy poca maquinaria y pocos brazos. Debe cuidarse principal- mente de no danar el grano 6 almendra al romper la vaina que lo con- tiene. Entonces hay que dejarlo fermentar un dia, y luego se pone al

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sol durante seis u oeho dias, despues de lo cual queda listo para enviarse al niercado.

“No cabe duda de que una de las industrias 1‘uturas mas lucrativiw de Guatemala es el cultivo del pliitano. En la costa del Atlantico hay vastas regiones donde puede cultivarse y es seguro que se han de cul- tivar, puesto (jue la construccion del Ferrocarril del Norte aumenta la importancia de dichos terrenos, por cuanto los pone en comunicacion con el mercado de Nueva Orleans en el tiempo necesario para recoger y embarcar este fruto. En la actualidad la produccion asciende como a 800,000 racimos, la mitad de los cuales se consurnen en el pais y el resto se exporta a los Estados Unidos. Se calcula que al auo de habefse terminado el Ferrocarril del Norte, las exportaciones de platanos a los Estados Unidos han de exceder de 750,000 racimos por ano, y pronto ascendenui a un millon de racimos.

“El tabaco se produce en varios distritos, y hay una gran cantidad de terrcno propicio para su cultivo, pero hasta la fecha solo se ha cul- tivado para el consume domestico. El arroz tambien se cultiva con exito en las tierras calientes. Cultivase, asimismo, el algodon, y los experimentos que se han hecho muestran que en Guatemala puede cultivarse con exito el algodon denominado de la Isla de Lobos.”

(Continuard.)

HAITI.

EXPOnXACIONES EN EL PRIMER TRIMESTRE DE 1906 A 1906.

El periodico denominado “Le Moniteur,” de Port au Prince, corres- pondiente al 3 de marzo de 1906, publica las siguientes cifras que muestran las exportaciones hechas por los varios distritos aduaneros de Haiti durante el primer trimestre del ano economico de 1905 a 1906:

Productos. Cantidades en libras. Prodnctos.

Cttf6. Palo de eampeche .. Cacaco. GuayacAn. Corteza de naranjas Algoddn. Lino. Maderas {jreeiosas... Caoba (pies). Cueros. Pieles de cabra. Maiz. Resina. Maderas diversas....

19,952,178 28,364,310

1,282,691 1,803,400

10,000 142,909 21,876

104,300 1,07.5

44,8.53 38,359 1,790 3,441

118,000

Miel de abeja (galones). Cobre. Pita. Carey. Cuero curtido. Semillas de algtaldn y depalmacristi. Tabacos. Frutas.. Hierbas medicinales. Cocos. Aceite de palma (galones). Cuernos . Nueces de pistachio.

! Cantidades 1 en libras.

470 3,051

208,5.39 325

1,040 274,840

150 1,150

18,919 6,100 8,465 1,849 6,027

Dicese que el valor total de estas exportaciones ascendio a ^3,350,000.

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HONDURAS.

MEMORIA DEL MmiSTBO DE BELACIONES EXTEBIORES.

El Doctor don Mariano Vasquez, Ministro de Kelacioncs Extorio- res, en su ineiiioria prescntada a la Asainblea Xacioual cl 8 do cnero de dice lo sij^uiente:

“ LaConvencion de 2 de noviembre de 1903, snscrita en San Salvador, que pre.sente a vuestra con-sideracion ey la.s sesiones anteriores, ha sido estrlctiinionte cuinplida por los Gobiernos signatarios:.

“En esa Convenci6n,<iuc niarca un nuevo ruinbo a lapoHtica centro- aniericana, se esbibleciei’on dos priucipiosque pondran terniino al largo poriodo de nucstras liichas - la no intervencion on los as^untos interioros do otro Estado, y ol arbitraje obligatorio, con sujocion a los princlpio.s consignados on ol Tratado Pan-Americano, celebrado en IVIexico el 29 de enero de 1902.

I’ara a tianzar mas aquel compromiso solomne de San Salvador, los Senores Prosidentes de El Salvador, de Xicaragua, do Honduras y ol de Guatemala, reprosentado por el Excelentisimo Sefior don Maximo Soto Hall, se rouiiieron on el puerto de Corinto, ol 20 de agosto de 1904, e hicieron, a la faz do Centro America, las doclaracionos siguientos:

Que el mantenimiento de la paz es ol primordial objotivo de sus Gobieriios, no solo ponpie ella constituye uua necesidad do los pueblos que roprosentan, sino tambion porque se impono como un dobor que ban de cumplir las nacionalidades hispanoamericanas. Que en conse- cuencia, ostan on ol proposito lirmo de veneer on la Ami'rica Central todo obstaculo que pudiera alterar la paz; y aunaran sus esfuerzos para frustrar los intentos de aquellos que pretendan infundir doscontianza 3' recelos outre ellos, impulsados por ol espiritu de ambicion, de odio, 6 de desordon.

Que ol cumplimionto estricto de los pactos internacionales que los ligsi, sera la norma a que sujotanin sus actos, de manera que todo om- pono on contrario soril vano 3’ estdril, pues preciso es reconocer que la genoralidad de los trabajos de los cnemigos de cada Administracidn no propendon a ningun tin laudable, sino quo son la obra de interesos egoistas, de ix“rsonales enemistades 6 de aberracionos de un critorio extraviado.

Que cualquier obra disociadora, empofio subvorsivo 6 sugestion quo propenda d romper su leal amistad, no encontrara apoyo en ellos, por¬ que la sincei'idad y firmeza de sus relaciones como representantes de los pueblos a quienes sirven, estsi y estsira atianzada con este compro¬ miso solemne que a la faz de la America Central contraen; compromiso

MEXICO. 989

qiie sintetiza los esfuerzos quo han hccho como hombros piiblicos on oca.siones div'ci’sas.

Quo esporan (jne lo.s buenos ciudadanos les dai’fin, on ol sentido quo indicado (pieda, su oooperaoioii patriotica, in.spirando.se on idoales do paz y do fratornidad, y contribnyendo il su rosolucidn do ponor tiu’- inino a la discordia (luc atizan los eneini<fos del publico roposo y do la politica liberal y progresiva que informa sus actos.

TINA NUEVA ADUANA EN EA COSTA DEL ATLANTICO.

El Sefior Wood, Consul do los Estados Unidos on Ceiba, anuncia que la progresista poblacion denominada “rorvonir,” situada en la costa del Atlantico en Honduras, a nueve niillas de Ceiba, se va si declarar como puerto habilitado, El expresado Consul dice que ^ a se ha comenzado a construir la aduana de Porvenir, y este hechohade resid- tar interesante para los oxportadores americanos, puosto que on dicho lugar se venden muchos articulos americanos. Ilasta ahora las mer- cancias que venian con destino a Porvenir tenian que ontrar por Ceiba, y dicho reembarque, como es natural, resultaba costoso 3' con frecuen- cia causaba perdidas considerables. La apertura del nuovo puerto cons- tituye otra prueba do que la actual administracion de Honduras no desconoce los intereses del pais y se propone ti hacer todo lo posible por estimular y ayudar el desarrollo comercial

MfiXICO.

COMEKCIO EXTEBIOB EM EL MES DE NOVIEMBBE DE 1905.

La Secretaria de Hacienda de la Republica de Mexico acaba de publicar los datos relativos al comercio exterior de la Republica en el mes de noviembre de 1905, y on los cinco primoros meses de 1905-6, comparados con los correspondientos a los de igual periodo de 1904-5.

Mercancias extranjeraspor un valor de $67,153,845.92 plata fueron importadsis durante los cinco prinieros meses de 1905, comparadascon $70,296,221.70 plata importadas duninte igual periodo del ano fiscal precedente, lo cual muestra una disminucion de $3,142,375.78 en el ano corriento.

Las exportaciones durante los cinco meses del afio fiscal de 1905-6 fueron $99,926,557.99 plata, 6 sea una diferencia en favor del condente ano fiscal de $22,702,508.32 plata.

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El siguicnte cuadro nme>;tra el coinercio de iinportacion en detalle:

IMPORTACION.

[Valor dc factura on moueda inexioana.]

Xovieiiibre— 1 Cineo primeros meses—

1905. 1904. 190,5-6. 1904-5.

Materias animales. Materias veRetales. Materias minerales.. Tejid<i« y sus inanufacturas. Produetos quimieos y farmaceuticos.. Bebidas espirituostis, fermentadas y naturales.

I’apel y sus a|>lieaeiones. Milquinaa y aparatos. Vehieiilos. Armas y explosives. Diversos.

81,370,667.60 2,811,7.51.11 4, .534,126.22 1,766,014.47

505,248.84 i

529,676. .50 458,067.47

1,487,951.05 272, 334.80 396,1,56.54 691,016.15

81,290,423.66 3,266,935. .55 3,280,363.04 2,009,146.61

.561,309.34

549,889.70 670,790.46

3,:423,010.97 9:11,037.50 :it,6.:iil.3l 400, 752.96

86, .530,9.56.84 11,064,923.45 19,049,170.11 8,924,986.72 2,896,320.63 ]

2,873,772.86 2,213,467.81 ; 7,634,76.5.11 1,:114,130.31 1,719,702.65 2,931,643.43

85, 684,395. .52 10,547,21.5.25 18,855,866.66 10,682,302.21 2,614,815. .50

2,62.5, ,520.93 2,280,17.5.31

10,343,374.05 1,9:11,512.16 2, .54.5,237.16 2,18.5,786.95

Total. 14,823,010. 75 16, .549,971.06 i 07,153,845.92 1 1

70,290,221.70

i

exi>ortaci6n.

[Valor dcolarado en moneda mexieana.]

Metales preeiosos.' Bemas artieulos.i

813,1.51,310.5) 7,649,022.29 j

86,7.51,96.5.71 ! 9,493,48.5.63

854,197,393.52 45,729,164.47 I

83)1.499, .561.81 40,724,487.86

Total. 20,80,), 332. 79 16,24.5,451.34 | 99,926,557.99 77, 224,049.67

1

Las ex|M)rtaciones en detalle fueror 1 como .«igiie:

Noviembre— 1 Cineo primeros meses—

• 1905. 1904. 1 190.5-6). 1904-.5.

. 834,270.61 . 8130,518.98

. 5,683.47 1 84, ,588.98 11,360.39 82,807,813. .50 2,310,239.64 1 13, 994, .593.07 i 10,760,817.84

104,976.40 117,417.35 1 709,248.32 j 668,512.50

Total oro.| 2,912,789.90 ] 2,467,610.97 I 14,708,430.37] 11,.571,209.71

5,567,906.00 17,087.25 7,890,9,57.00 632,407.25 6,6:16.00 6,652.75 47, ,508.62 30,754.00

4,310,727.44 3,380,239.44 28,504,287.43 20,144,031.00 3,53,251.16 880,375.30 3,046,210.10 4,121,159.85

Total plata. 10,238, .520.60 4,284,354.74 39,488,963.15 24,928, 3.52.10

Antimonio. .58,546.00 720.00 449,254.96 ! 306,923.00

Cobre. 1,750,613.74 2,828,794.22 11,965,902.60 11,777, .525.07 MArmol en bruto. 21,290.00 73,098.00 1 52,144.00 Plombagina. 6,000.00 4,000.00 i 10,860.00 Plomo. 2ii,iw.66 30.5,052.00 2,288 816.67 1 2,442,810.00

Zinc. 7.000.00 7,275.00 83,072.99 ’ 28,330.00

Demfts produetos minerales. 170,693.14 1,661.13 319,669.25 8,839.37

CaK. 385,554.00 264,220.14 2,363,912.50 1,084,9.51.08

Casealote, y eortezas y raices para curtir. 4,212.00 20,147.00 7,377.00

Caneho . 79,2.56.84 35,7.5:5, 34 378, ItM). .52 197,688.88 325,796.79 Chicle. 101,717.06 163, .500.59 329,210. .56

Frijol. 64, .5,53.00 52,082.00 325,763.82 259, %4.00

Friitas freseas. 54,108. .50 75,789. 50 162, ,596.90 1,50,819.05

Garbanzo. 137,938.00 185,929.00 1,636,106.00 1,165,789.00

Guayule. 3,886.00 18,272.00

Haba. 216.00 104, .540.00 18.00

HenequAn en rama. 2,4:58,774.00 2,732,942.12 12,587,436.00 11,080,978.12

Ixtle en rama.. 331,592.00 414,408.00 1,639,182.88 1,569,714.55

Plata acuflada mexieana . Plata aeniiada extranjera. Plata en |>aKta. Plata en otras esi)eeies_

Oro aenflado mexieano. Oro aeunado extranjero Oro en pa.«ta. Oro en otras espeeie.s....

MEXICO. 991

Xoviembre— Cineo primeros meses—

m'.. liXM. 1905-0. 1 1904-.5.

Mmlfnts. S349.179. so ?7.57,000.02 ' *9.53,794.24 Mtiiz. :{,W5.00 5,17.5. .51 14,094.00 10,041.15 I’nlo de moral. 4,30-J.tH) 3,910. 00 21,301.00 i 14,'293.00 I’lilo dc tiiitc. 3.=), 9:10.7t> 31,179.00 131,337.01 ; .30.7,040.08 Ralz dezacatdii. ISO, 4S4.00 139, S20.00 30k5,402.00 905.475.00 Tabaco en rama. 103,390.00 .51,005.00 493,0.53.74 ' 09S, 306.00

13S,900.00 019.00 2,‘/il, 870.99 801,247.00 Dem&s produetos vegetuleh. 174,733.09 Cli214.04 582,155.15 235; 029.37 Ganado's. 332,74.5.00 245, ,529.00 1,614,317. ,50 1,262,242.00 I’ieles sin cnrtir. 139,490.09 473,070.0.5 2,073,9.51.t!3 2,-209, .500.49 Dennis prodnetos aniinales. 32, .553.90 34,37.5.42 19:1,959.09 214,816.60 Azucar. 200.00 090, &S.5.00 259,920.00 1,107,044.00 Harina y pasta de semilla de also-

don, V harinolina. .52,009. CO S3, MO. 00 107,973.00 ' 2.57,017.09

Pieles'cnrtiilas. 1H,S90. 09 14,.57S.OO 90,3 0.00 09,4)3.00 Sombreros de palma. 39,095.00 27,952.00 130,002.79 : 11,5,792.00 Tabaeo labrad'o. 31,9.51.00 30,935.00 144,2:.7.75 ! 21,5,131.,\5 DemAs prodnetos mannfaetnrados_ .toil (H) .51,011. IS 2,17,320.10 207,932.23 Dlversbs. c;i,491..50 39,372.29 296.770.20 ‘ 202,944.54

Los pulses de origeii fueron eonio sigue:

Xoviemljre— Cineo primeros meses—

1905. 190-1. 19a5-6. 1904-5.

Europa....'. Asia.! Afriea. Norte America. America (Central. America del Snr. Antillas.

*.5,003,100.03 101, ,514.51

2,290.20 9,003,613.23

10,947.99 14,273.09 19,151.57

*0, 737, .595.47 109,200.90

343.23 9,043,446.33

2,000.03 31.917.33 19.991.34 1,901.38

*■23,30.5,393.00 .508,70)!. 70

13,375. .58 87,9<i2,207. 40

17,4.50.00 12);,4.5(i.72 103,171!. 84 44,9.59.62

*31,7-57,347.99 5,51.74,3.10 101,403.22

37,47.5,166.08 47,841.40

235,714.% 73,843. .58 52,6.56.37

Total. , 14,323,010.75 10, .'■>49,971.00 07,1.5:1,34.5.92 70,29)!, 221.70

Los pulses de ilestino fueron conio sigue:

! Noviembre— 1 Cineo primeros meses—

1905. 1 1904. 190.5-)!. ' 1904-5.

Kuropa. AmO'riea del Norte. AmC'riea Central. America del S)ir. Antillas.

T<ctalos.

*3,7.51, R6(i. 44 16, .53-5,66 i. 9'3

119,0.54.42 :i, 03.5.00

337,712.00

*3.339,0fk5.04 1'2,379,222.33

133,473.92 3,130.00

2.s0,,510.00

*■2:1,961,111.0)! 73,333,11,5.37

.563,1.53.06 34.309.00

2,021,369.00

*20,2.51,429.78 54,887,334.81

343,760.68 75,092.40

1,661,432.00

20,300,3;!2.79 , 16,24.5,451.34 99,9-2)!, .557.99 77,2-24,049.67

PRODUCCldN DE AZUCAR Y MIELES EN 1905.

121 informe unuul sobreel azucur correspondiente it 190.5 it 1900, que publica 111 “ Revista Azucarera del Haeendudo Mexieano,” dice que la produccion de aziicar en la Repitblica de Mexico en el ano de 1904 a 1905, aseendio it 107,038,785 kilos (107,000 toneladas), en tanto que la produccion de 1905 a 1900 solo se ealcula en 105,000 toneladas.

992 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICA8 AMERICANA8.

Lii siffuiente tsibla niucstra la produccion do azuoar y niielos, por

cstados, on 1905:

KstH<l(»S. j MioU‘s. ' i

AzOear. Estados. Micles. Azucar.

Climpeclie.^ Chiapius. Colima. Guerrero.] Jalisco. Mexico.. Mk'lioaofiii.■ Morelos . Nuevo Leon.' Oaxaea.’

Kiluf. ' 6S2,<J04

709,010 i 1,337,000 I 1,777,820 \ 779, 712

47.M74 ! 8,(18.3,909

1(1,1(17,03(1 , 160,000 !

3,267,9(13

Kilof. ' .676,136 , 074,800

1,74(1,000 1,921,087 5,226,100

43,12.6 11,699,814 2(1,207,269 ,

37.6,000 ' 1,.612,320

1

Puebla. San Luis Potosi. Sinaloa. Tabasco. Tamnulipas. Tepic. Veracruz. Yucubln.

Kilof. 1 ... .6,937,000 ... 3,411,600 ... 8,4.60,000 ... l,(X)0,3tt) ! ... 1,.604,500 ... 2,000.000 ' ... 9,132,010 1 ... 3, 493,.633

Kilon. 16,206, .600 1,420,000 7,783,523 1,897,000 1,429,000 3,750,000

20,375,612 4,212,379

• Total. ... 67,9.50,131 107,038,785

A fin do establecer la debida comparacion y do dar una idea exaota

dol do.sarrollo do la industria azucarcra on la Kopublica do Moxioo on

los .sois nltiinos afios, sc inseida la siguiente tabla, debiendo advortirse

quo las oifras corrospondiontes a 1905-0 reprcsontan moramento un

cjllculo:

1889-1900

]900-li)01

1901- 2 ...

1902- 3...

1903- 4 ...

1904- 5 ...

1905- 6...

Toiioliiflas.

75,000

95, 000

103,000

112,000

107,000

107,000

105,000

SERVICIO POSTAL EN ENERO DE 1906.

El Director General do Correos anuncia quo el servicio postal en

cnoro de 1JK)(>, (pie os el septinio incs del corriente ano econoniico do

1905 a 1906, comparado con cl de enero de 1905, nuiestra un auniento

de ^10,721.49 en los ingresos en diclio ines, y de ^171,043.73 en los

expresados siete nieses, 6 sea un 8.87 i>or ciento.

luffi'esos 2>osf(iJeH en enero de 1905.

Ventas de sellos de correo:

Enero de 1906. $283, 535.51

Enero de 1905. 251,577. 29

Auniento en 1906. 31,958. 22

Renta de apartadoa;

Enero de 1906. 22,578.00

Enero de 1905 . 22,092.00

Auinento en enero de 1906... 486.00

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Mnltas, etc.:

J-:iier(> (U‘ 1 {K)6. $2,405.14

Enero do 1005. 3, 749. 31

]>i.«miiiuciuii on fiu-ro ik> 1000. 1, 344.17

Preiiiio f-obre giros jxistalesi:

(iiros donu'sticoa—

Enero de 1900.. 24,996.15

Enero de 1905. 25,497. 93

Diaininucidn en 1906. 501.78

Preinio sobre giroa internaeionales:

Enero de 1906 . 781.24

Enero de 1905. 569. 65

Aiiinento en 1906. 211. 59

Preinio aobre giros postales do periodistas:

Enero de litOO. 2,127. 64

Enero de 1905 . 2, 216. 01

Disininueidn en 1906. 88.37

Resuinen de lo.s ingreos rpie anteeeden:

Enero de 1906 . 336,-423. 08

Enero de 1905. 305, 702.19

Aumento en enero de 1906... 30,721.49

El auincnto (jiie antecode equivale ii un aumento de un 10.05 j)or ciento en enero de 1006, comparado eon enero de 1905.

Los injrrcsos dcrivados del servicio postal durante los siete primeros ineses del oorriente auo economico de 1005 a 1906, por meses, son los si^uientes:

Renta total en siete ineses... $2,099, 740.42

En los inismos ineses en el afio de 1904 li 1905. 1,928,696.69

Aumento en los siete ineses de 1905 A 1906, contra siete ineses

de 1904 it 1905. 171,043.73

Las cifras que anteeeden niuestran el constante progreso que esta efectuando la Kepublica de Mexico.

EL PUERTO DE MAZATLAN EN 1905.

Puede uno formar.se una idea de la importancia del puerto de Mazatlan, echando una ojeada a la siguiente estadi.stica de las expor- taciones 6 importaeiones por aquel puerto en 1004—5; importando las primeras ^,24:8,569, y subiendo las segundas a $1,498,290. En ambos

994 OFICINA INTKRNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICAN AS,

I casos los Estados Unklos rccibieroii y proporcionaron la gran niayoria

de las exportaciones e importaciones:

•I hxportnnont'it, 1904-ii.

Kilogramos. Valor.

Resumcn por clasificaciftn: 71,.52->,92,S l,08S,18t!

iaA«91 41.643 28,030

$3,960,332 92,242

177, .572 10, .501 7,922

Total.

Rcsuiiu'n i>or dostinos:

72,971,678 4,248, .569

655 892

63, .5.51 72,491,481

9<> ' 36(i, 830

4,730

K50 .500

I 6,170 4,214,199

63 1 23, :i32 1 955 ! 2,500 Panama.

Total.

43,437

1 72,971,678 1 4,248, .569

finiwrtarione^,

Clttsifu'iicion. Vnlor. rro<’t‘clenoias. Valor.

ProtliK'tos animales. Pnxluctos ajjrricolns. Pnsluclos minomleN.

$109,280 1 186,652

436, 758 ! 285,4.S8

1 1‘2.5,630 72,442 .52,984

125,804 7,822

Prialuotos (|iiimicos.

40,148 55,282

Total. 1,498,290

$277,410 10,841 16,969 .5,215 1,657

695,7.57 41,025

' Ecuador.. 13/283

112,879

i '•‘1 9,2.53

Guatemala.

279, 1 11 13,656 5,940 6^803 1,389

375 2,296 4,0(3

162 Turqultt.

' Total. !1

j 1,498,290

EXPORTACIONES DE HENEQU^N DE ENEBO A OCTUBBE DE 1905.

Segun los cstadisticos conipletos quo sc acahau de pulilicar, on

los diez incses transcurridos de enero A octubre iiu-lusive, de 1905, el

total de ex^xirtacioncs de henequen de Yucatan por el puerto de Pro¬

greso fuede 78,370,442 kilogramos de tibra, 6 como 172,728,454 libra.s, 6

scan 485,680 pacas.

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Las exportaciones hcchas durante los diez nieses correspondicntes^ de los euatro afios antoriores muestran uii aumeiito eonstante, coik excepcioii de 1902, de la manera sij^uiente: ,

I>e enero a octnbre. Kilofframos.

1901 . 71,926,66?

1902 . 70,835,502

1903 . 73,037,48?

1904 . 77,984,06?

1905 ... 78,370,442

PBODUCTO DE LOS ALMACENES DE DEPdSITO DE MEXICO Y

VERACRUZ.

Los almacenes do depdsito de Mexico y Veracruz anuncian un pro- dueto en bruto de $218,57-1.61, de los cuales, despues de efectuarsc los varios pagos de costunibre, quedo una ganancia liquida de $120,000 para distribuirse como divddendo entre los accionistas.

En 1905 el numero de bultos recil)idos ascendio a 491,652 que pesaron 33,794,100 kilogramos, valuados en $10,331,779. En 1905 se entre- garon 309,296 bultos que pesaban 21,005,000 kilogramos, valuados ea $6,074,166.

El capital de dicha empresa es de $2,000,000, y hace anticipos de dinero sobre la mercancia depositada en dichos almacenes. En 1905 los anticipos que se hicieron ascendieron il $3,270,866, sobre una mer¬ cancia valuada en $5,649,4(55. La cantidad que los importadores^ reintegraron sobre dicha tran.saccion a.scendi6 a $1,723,629, sobre una mercancia cuyo valor on factura ascendio $3,135,700.

INFORMES CONSULARES.

El Consul General de Mexico on San Francisco, Estado de Cali¬ fornia, anuncia que las importaciones de productos mexicanos hechas por el puerto de San Francisco durante el mes de marzo de 1906 repre- sentaron un valor de $423,690, compuestas de los siguientes productos:

Mineral de plata. $109, 620'

Oro en pastil. 88,407

Plata en pasta.. 170, .362

Mercanc-fas varias. 55,201

Total. 423,590

Las exportaciones de San Francisco, Estado de California, a Mexico, durante el mismo periodo, se valuaron en $133,551, de la ciial suma $3,952 representaban el valor de mercancias extranjeras reexportadas. Las exportaciones de pesos mexicanos a Hongkong durante el mes de marzo de 1906, ascendieron a 2,630.

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99() OFICINA INTEKNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

El Confsul Creneral de Mexico on Niieva York aniincia que durante el nios de febrero de 19(i0, 12 ))U(jue.s procedentes de puertos inexicanos enti’aron en el 2)uerto de la Ciudad de Nueva York, conduciendo a bordo 72,181 bultos do niercancias. Durante el inisino nies, los bu-. (pies (pie salieron del puerto de Nueva York ascendieron a 11. que con- duclan 235,841> bultos de mercancias consijfuadas a jiuertos niexicanos. Las importaciones detalladas de ^I(?xico a Nueva York en el nies de febrero de 190(! fueron las sif^uientes:

Artipulos.

HenequOn. CafC‘. Cueros. Id.

Ixtle. I’ieles de cabra.. I’ieles de venado. Hnie. Tabacu en rama.. Puros. Azucar . Zapaton. Chicle. Chile. Pelo.

1 Cantidad.

•terpios.. 20,799 . .StICOS. . 6,967 , -tcrcios.. 5,007 i sueltos.. 2,8(>0 ' ..piu'as.. 3,332 .ten'ios.. 1,351 ...id.... 409 1 ...Id.... 439 ...id.... 290 ..PttjtlS.. 44 ..sacos.. 400 .terpios.. 120 ...id.... 3,017 ..saros.. 405 ..pacas.. 47

Artipiild

Barras de plonio... Metales. Minerales. Zarzapnrrilhi. Vainilla. Pieles de cocodrilo Plumas de garza ... Huesos. Miel de abeja. Cedro . Caoba . Purga de jiilapa... Cobre. Naranjas. Pesos mexlcanos..

Cantidad.

mimoro.. 15, ,594 ...pajus.. 1,«13 ..bultos.. 3,900 . .terpias.. 113 ...cajas.. 44 luimero.. 9 ...cajas.. 2 ..bultos.. 151 barriles.. 702 ..trozos.. 101 ....id.... 270 ...sacos.. 71 ..barras.. 3,402 ...cajas.. 20 .id.. 435

El Consul Mexicano en Filadeltia anuncia (pie los einbanpies hechos de diclio puerto a Veracruz y Tampico, durante el nies de febrero de 1906, consistieron de carj^auientos de carbi'm de jiiedra, petroleo y varias mercancias que representan iin valor total de S05,900.32.

NICARAGUA. SUPRESidN DEL DERECHO DE EXPORTACldN SOBRE LA PLATA

ACUlJADA.

El Sefior Ryder, Consul de los Estados Unidos en San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua, anuncia que el 20 de febrero se iiroclanio en diclio puerto cl siguiente decrcto, por virtud del ciial se suprimen todos los derechos de exportacitin sob re la plata acunada.

El Presidente de la Keiiublica, teniendo en cuenta que la situacion financiera del ^lais exige comj^leta libertad de coniercio internacional, ha decretado (jiie la exportacion de toda plata acunada quede exenta de derechos. Este decreto conienzara a regir desde la feclia de su publicacii'in, y por la iirescnte se revoca el articulo 2 del decreto do 14 de diciembre de li>04.

Dicho decreto de 1904 iniponia un derecho de exportacion de 5 cen¬ tavos sobre el valor en oro de la plata.

INFORMES CONSULARES.

El GSnsul General de Nicaragua en San Francisco, Estado de Cali¬ fornia. anuncia (pie el valor de las exjiortaciones del imerto de San Francisco a los jiuertos nicaraguenses de Corinto y San Juan del Sur,

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durante los me.ses de febroro y niarzo de lObd, ascendio a !!'74,86t!.20,

segiin se nuiestra en la.s siguientes tablas:

Artieulos. 1 Corinto. San .Itiaii del Sur.

Fcbrero LW, Kilos. 1 6,038

20,348 69, 468

.t61 496 54

24,137 7,323

Valor. ! 8774.20 1

10,403.21 3,499.18 1,814.90

260.00 j 62. IK) i

2,510. 98 1 405.00

I A'ilo.s. 2,173

14,884

Valor. 8382.00 920.70

314,425 19,729.47 j 17,0.57 j 1,302.70

Marzft um. I

6.5,819 194,639 301,021

7,:168 17,798

748 287 8.59

9,0.59 44,977 20,066

8,287.27 12, .584.44 16,021..50

638.65 j 3.975.45 2,341.97 1

50.53 ' 168.78 i 950.69

4,873.80 1 2,363.72

1,577 180. (10

23, .552 1,397.31

Sebo.

Totales.’ 1

665,643 52,256.72 ; 1

24,829 f

1,577.31

PERtl.

IMPOKTACldN POR LOS PUERTOS DE SALAVERRY Y HXTAN-

CHACO, EN EL PRIMER SEMESTRE DE 1905.

Los detalles de la importacion por los puertos de Salaverry }’ Huan-

chaco en la llepubli«;a del Peru, durante el primer semestre de 1905,

fueron eomo sigue:

Salaverry. Iluanchaco.

Bultos. Kilos. Bultos. Kilos.

8,879 174 720

771,760 19,508 58,480

1,172,298 126,700 3.51,198

3,804,513 122,787

1,934 40

4,7n 639 300

8,121

169,782 3,360

402,900 29,990 14,009

840,921

1,862 7,114

38,149 3,361

32 850

18 74

8,712 30

257 102 108

15

3,530 7,406 1,244

21,418 341,5(M

1,468 26,675 11,433 39, .533

860

4i,378 839,610

97 57,162

24,774 199 687

2,29.5,305 19,997

207,817 Sacos vaclos.

6,864 23

733,085 5,061 Aguardiente. 50

60 13,976 7,800

50,630 6-20 516 124 149

152,320 111,600 47,472 7,577

14,178

Sal.

186,220 ' 10,913,428 Total 26,013 1,937,802

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CdDIGO DE MINAS.

(Continuac-ion.)

T/tulo XI.—Concusloncs de llaciendaH de Beneficio^ de Terrenon para const/'fiirlas y de Ayaas.

Art. 136. Las haciendas de beneticio abandonadas, los sitio.s donde existieron antiguas haciendas de beneficio, y las areas necesarias para construir nuevas, en terrenes de propiedad publica, son denunciables, y se adjudicaran, o])servandose, en cuanto sea aplicable^ lo prescrito para las niinas.

A1 concederse terrenos para niievas construcciones, se liniitara la extension de estos al area indispensable para el objeto a cpie se destinan.

Art. 137. Al tiempo de liacerse la concesion, la Dipiitacion tijani el plazo, durante el ciial deba (piedar expedita la olicina, el que no sera nienor de dos anos, ni mayor de ciiatro, a partir de la posesion.

Art. 138. Se reputa abandonado un sitio 6 una haedenda de benelicio, si faltan los techos, ma<piinas y maderas scrvibles, aiin cuando subsistan las paredes y otras construcciones.

Art. 139. Cuando el denuncio verse sobre terrenos para establecer una nueva hacienda mineral, una vez practicadas las diligencias a que se retiere el articulo 136, procedera la Dipiitacion a dar posesion al concesionario, sin gravamen, si el terreno es baldio 6 erial, 3'a sea del Estado, de concejos 6 de comunidades. hhi el caso de ser terreno cultivado 6 cercado, se adjudicara al peticionario el area que fuese necesaria, previa indemnizacion.

Art. 140. Si dentro dc los cincuenta metros desde los cercos de una hacienda mineral, se denunciara alguna mina por un tercero, el duefio de la hacienda tendra derecho preferente para obtener la adjudicacion de dicha mina, con arreglo si este Codigo, durante treinta dias contados desde la fecha en que se le notitique el denuncio.

Art, 141. El aprovechamiento de las aguas de dominio publico pro- venientes de los rlos, lagunas, manantiales, corrientes caidas, puede adquirirse por denuncio, para emplear las en la explotsicion de esco- riales, relaves y desmontes; en el trabajo de las minas y haciendas de beneticio, como fuerza motriz en el lavado 6 beneticio de los minorales, 6 en cualquier otro servicio de la mineria.

Art, 142. Estos dcnuncios se admitirsin y sustanciarsin por las Diputaciones observsindose, en todo lo que sea aplicable, lo prescrito para las minas.

Art. 143. En toda concesion de aprovechamiento de aguas piiblicas, se tijara la cantidad que se concede, otorgandose todo el caudal que el interesado solicite, siempre que no sea exageradamente mav'or que el

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necesario, para el objeto a (pie sc destina, on cuyo caso sc concedera tan solo la dotacion suticiente, a jiiicio de la Diputaciini, y previo dic- tanien pericial.

Art. 144. Las ('oncesiones de aprovechanilento do aguas para la inineria se otrogaran, expresando on el decreto respectivo el objeto con (pie se hacen, y (|ue puede ser uno de los siguientes:

1". El einpleo del agua en el lavado y benefieio general de los mine- rales y coino fuerza inotriz, sin contaminarla con siistancias nocivas a la salnliridad 6 la vegetacion; no siendo responsable el concesionario de la merma natural proveniente de su uso, en el objeto para que fue concedida.

2°. Su empleo en procediinientos (pie las containinen con siistancias necivas a la salubridad 6 la vegetaciim.

Adenias se expresara si las aguas ban de devolverse, o no, al cance coniun, y en este caso, el modo como seran desviadas las que quedaren contaminadas.

Art. 145. En la solicitud de denuncio y en los carteles y avisos respectivos, .se expresara la naturaleza de la concesion cpie se solicite, conforme al articulo anterior.

Art. 140. Tienen la facultad de oponer.se a la concesion: 1°. Los que tengan derecho aibpiirido al agua que se solicita, en

virtud de concesion anterior u otro titulo justo; 2°. Los (]ue hayan denunciado con anterioridad las inismas aguas, y

cu3'^os titulos esti'ii en trainitacion; 3”. Las poblaciones, los agricultores, industriales y demas particu-

lares que se hallen en actual uso del agua y que scan perjudicados por la concesion.

Art. 147. Mientras las aguas concedidas a una empre.sa minera no hajuin .salido de los terrenos de propiedad de dsta, puede el concesio- nario aprovecharlas libremente, liajo las condiciones expresadas en su concesion.

En cuanto las aguas salgan de dichos terrenos, ya son pilblicas para los efectos de la presente ley; y pueden ser aprovechadas por cualquier propietario inferior, siempre queesto noirrogue perjuicio al anterior.

Eero si la concesion se hubiese otorgado con la calidad expresada en el inci.so segundo del articulo 144 _y sin cargo de restituir el agua al cauce coinun, el concesionario puede hacer u.so de su derecho sobre dichas aguas, no obstante cualquier aprovechamiento, que del todo 6 parte de ellas ha\’an disfrutado eventualmente otros propietarios inferiores.

Art. 148. En las concesiones de aguas se podrsi comprender la de los terrenos eriales pertenecientes al Estado, rnunicipalidades 6 comuni- dades que scan necesarios para la construccion de toinas, canales, ace- quias u obras analogas, y que senalara el decreto respectivo.

1000 OFICINA INTKRNAOIONAL I)K LAS KEPUBLICAS AMERIOANAS.

Itospecto de los torrenos cercados 6 cultivados do propiodad Hscal, nmnioipal o conmiial, so procedem a iiuleninizar al duefio por la exteii- sidii adjudioada.

Art. l-ty. Caduca la CDnce.sion do agiias destinada.s a usos iniiioros, al dt^urav la inina ooino denuiiciable on el Padron, 6 oncoutrarse la hacienda do bonoHcio en el estado de abandono especiticado en el articulo 188; 6 al espirar el plazo concedido por la Diputacidii para roliabilitar 6 coiistruir la hacienda de lajiielicio sej^iin el articulo 137.

Art. 150. Los concesionarios de pertenencias niineras y socavones g-onerales tienen la propiedad de las aguas halladas en siis labores, en toda la extension de las pertenencias, inientras conserven la de sus ndnas respectiv'as.

Art. 151. Los expedientes de las eoncesiones, si que so retiere este Titulo, sersin elevados al Ministerio de Fomento para su siprobacidn y registro, otorgsindose al interesado una copia certiticada.

Titulo XII.—Ios Sen'iduDihreK.

Art. 152. TckIsi serviduinbre se constituirsi solo en la inedidsi nece-

saria psira su objeto.

Art. 153. Las servidumbres de paso, acueducto y demsis, que fueren precisas para la explotacion, se constituirsin gratuitamente sobre te- rrenos publicos. Si los terrenos fuesen de particulares, se indenmizara el valor del terreno que se ocupe, y los perjuicios coniproliados que irrogase la servidumbre, procediendose confornie si lo dispuesto en el titulo 17.

Art. 154. El niinero tiene derecho de aprovechar gratuitamente de hi madersi de los bosspies vecinos si sus pertenencias, y asiiuisino de los pastos naturales, para las necesidaiies de hi explotacion y el manteni- miento de los aniinales que en elhi emplee, siempre que esos bosques 3' pastos sean de propiedad publica; pero si peidenecieran si algiin par¬ ticular, este podrsl exigir el previo isago de su justo precio, el cual, a faltsi de aveniiniento entre his partes, se tijarsl por la Diputacion.

Art. 155. El ti-ansito de personas 3’ sininuiles para el servicio de las Ininas, por fundos que no esten cercados, no caussindose dsiiTos si estos, no puede rehusarse por los duenos ni sujetarse si derecho de jieaje. En caso de pernoc'tar las acemilas en dichos fundos, el propietario puede exijir el pago del pasto consumido, segiin su justo precio. Si no hubie- se acuerdo, solo podra reclamar la cuotsi establecida en el lieglamento que al efecto formularsl cada Diputaeion, con la siprobacidn del Minis- U'rio de Fomento, ovendo al Consejo Superior de Mineria.

TtTui.o XIII. — Coiiqxihiiiif ‘tulneras.

Art. 156. Las compafuas mineras, sea que se dediquen a la cxplo’*d- cidn 6 csiteo, si la explotacion de las minus, 0 al beneticio de los mino- rales, (jnedan sujetas si las le3'es civiles, eon las restricciones contenidaa

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en oste Codigo y .salvo las cstipiilaciones del eontrato .social, que sou de preferentc oKservaiicia.

Con las niisinas restricciones, las conipanias conianditarias y anoni- , mas .se regiran por las disposiciones del Codigo de Comereio relativas

a esta cla.sc de .sociedades. Aut. 157. En toda compafiia minera los soeios estan obligados a con-

trihuir a los ga.stos de oxplotacion y al pago del impuesto, en propor- cidn a su haber en la einpresa. Igual obligacion de haeer este ultimo pago y el de los gastos de conservacion tienen los condbminos de mina eomun.

.\uT. 158. Si un socio dejase de pagar la i)arte proporeional, (jue le corresponde, hay dereelio de recurrir al juez del domieilio de la socie- dad; quien recpierira al socio moroso para el pago, lijandole un plazo de (piince a treintsi dias. Cuando no hay sociedad sino comunidad, se ocurrira al juez del lugar de la mina 6 del domieilio del demandado.

Akt. 159. El socio requerido para el pago, puede oponerse, dentro del termino de los quince dias posteriores a la citacion, exponiende lo ({ue convenga a su dorecho.

Art. 160. Solo procede la oposicion, cuando este fundada en causa legitima, recibiendose a prueba, si fuere necesario, por el termino de diez dias perentorios.

Art. 161. Declarada infundada la oposicion, o caso de no haberla, se procedera al remate del haber del socio moroso, sirviendo de base la sunia mandada pagar.

Art. 162. El socio nioro.so podra pagar lo que adeude hasta la vis- pera del remate, del)iendo abonar una multa de 50 por ciento, si el dago se hiciera pasados treintii dias despues de la fecha de la citacion con demanda.

Art. 163. Las companias mineras no se disuelven por la muerte de lino de los soeios; pero sus herederos tienen el derecho de enagenar su cuota, procediendo estos de comiin acuerdo.

TfTULO XIV.—Ilf'poUea y otroK c(mtratos.

Art. 164. Las minas pueden hipotecarse, en la niisma forma esta- blecida para la propiedad inmueble, ipiedando sujeto el eontrato a las leyes vigerites sobre hipoteca, y debiendose tener en cuenta la indivi- sibilidad de las pertcnencias.

Art. 165. El acreedor hipotecario de una mina tiene el derecho de pagar el impuesto de que trata el articulo 25 de esta lei’, }' cl credito por este pago adquiere preferencia sobre todo otro credito, aim sobre los hipotecarios.

Art. 166. El credito hipotecario .sobre propiedad minera puede fraccionarse en bonos hipotecarios, scan iiominativos, a la orden 6 al portador; ya en virtud del mismo titulo constitutivo de la deuda, 3’a por acto posterior, debidamente otorgado.

1002 OFICINA INTERXACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANA8.

Art. 167. Si no se hubiera pactado la forma en que los tenedores de bonos hi|X)te(*arios ban dc ejeroitar sus dereohos contra el deiidor, dueHo dc la propiedad hipotecada, lo haran por medio de iin repre- sentante comiin, nombrado por ma^’oria de votos; cuyos acto^<, cn lo que se retiera a cstos derechos, son oblijratorios para la totalidad do los tenedores, correspondiendo un voto a cada bono.

Art. 168. En cada uno de los bonos hipoteeariosconstaran impresos, so pena dc nulidad: el monto de la deuda, las condiciones de esta y de la j^arantia, y en su caso, las prevenciones establccidas para organizar la represcntacidn comun de los tenedores de estas obligaciones, de (pie trata el articulo anterior.

Art. 16b. Las deudas y gravamenes de la mina sc extinguen con el abandono de esta; ipiedando la accion personal contra el deiidor, salvo jiacto en contrario. Los acreedores no tienen aecicni alguna contra el <pie ad(piicra la mina por denuncio posterior.

Art. 170. Las oticinas de beneticiosy construcciones anexas, (juedan sujetas a las leycs comunes y a las disposicionqs de este Codigo, en lo que les scan aplicables.

Art. 171. Ijos contratos de ari-endamiento sobre las propicdadcs mineras estsin sujetos a las lo^’es comunes de la locaeion; pero el arren- datario solo puede subarrendar el todo 6 parte de la cosa, con el jier- miso expreso del propietario.

Art. 172. Pam los actos a quo este Codigo se retiere, puede otor- garse el mandato, fuera de registro, con legalizacion de la Hrma por un notario.

Para los expedientes que giren ante las Diputaciones, el poder puede otorgarse en igual forma, 6 bien con legalizacion de la tirma por el Secretario de aquclla.

Ti'tuiA) XV.—De los funcloixarios tecnlcos.

Art. 173. El Supremo Gobierno podra adscribir, para cada Diputa- cion, uno o mas peritos mineros, (pie asistan a las autoridades locales del ramo, en todos los actos (lue exijan conocimientos profesionales, e intervengan en las diligencias periciales determinadas por esta le3^

Art. 174. Para ser nombrado perito minero adscrito it una Diputa- cion es necesario ser ingeniero 6 agrimensor de minas; () cn su defecto ingeniero 6 agrimensor civil.

Art. 175. Cuando estuviere impedido el perito oficial, 6 no lo hubiere, la Diputacion empleani accidentalmente, para desempenar las funciones de tal, a practicas residentes en el lugar, en defecto de titulados.

Art. 176. Los ingenieros y peritos adscritos pueden ejercer su profesion, prestando servicios it la industria privada, con tal de que ello no perjudi(|ue, a juicio de la Diputacion, el cumplimiento de sus deberes; pero no podran intervenir con caracter oticial, en los juicios

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en que esten interosados los niineros a (juienes hayan prestado siis .seivicios privados, salvo el easo de que hubieran traseurrido, por lo inenos, seis meses, desde la fecha en que terniino la prestacion do aquellos servicios.

TItulo XVI.—Julcios (le mineria.

Art. 177. Para el conociniiento de los juieios, los diputados so altt'rnaran por ineses. El (jue cste de turno conoce de las eausas iniciadas y de los expedientes que se hajjan conteneiosos en el ines respeetivo; pasara la causa al otro diputado, si acpiel estuviera iinpedido.

Art. 178. Cada parte pucde recusar sin causa a uno de los diputados. Cuabpiiera de los interesados esta facultado para obtener, que el diputado ((ue cojioce del juicio, se acompane con el otro diputado expe- dito, 6 con quien deba reeniplazarlo. En otros casos, la recusacion so fundara on causa legal; y quien conozca de ella es irrecusable en esto incidente, y seguira conociendo de lo principal.

Art. 17!b El Secretario, los ingenieros y poritos pueden ser recusa- dos con causa legal.

Art. ISO. En los juieios, de que conocen las Diputaciones de Mineria, los escritos no necesiten de la Hrnia de letrado, y solo son indispensables los de demanda y de contestacion. La ultima subsana la falta de citacion con la demanda.

Art. 181. Todo articulo 6 excepcion se sustanciara por cuerda sepa- rada; y se resolvera antes 6 al mismo tiempo <pie la causa. Unica- mente la excepcion de jurisdiccion es previa. Sobre las tachas de lo.s testigos se decide en la sentencia.

Art. 182. Los articulos e incidentes, que requieran esclarecimiento de'los hechos, se recibiran a prueba por diez dias, debiendo ofrecerso la prueba durante la primera mitad de ese termino.

Art. 183. En cuabiuier estado del juicio, y sin que se paralice el sequito de este, se intentara la conciliacion entre los litigantos, cuando la Diputacion lo crea oportuno. Si resultare avenimiento, el acta en que conste la diligencia pondni termino al juicio.

Art. 18-1. Sin mas tramite que la contestacion 6 declaratoria de con- tuniacia, se fallara la causa, cuando esta fuere de puro derecho, cuando los interesados esten conformes respecto a los hechos, 6 cuando consten ^stos de los documentos exhiV>idos con conociniiento de las partes y no contradichos por elks. Para fallar tiene la Diputacion el plazo do diez dias.

Art. 185. No siendo aplicable el artiiailo precedente, se recibira la causa a prueba por el termino de veinte dias improrrogables. La prueba ofrecida durante este plazo podra uctuarse aiin en los veinte dias posteiiores. Los documentos pueden exhibirse en cualquier estado del juicio, hasta el fallo de 2“ Instancia.

1004 OFICINA INTERNACIONAL DE LAS REPEKLICAS AMERICANAS.

Art. 186. Sobro lo principal no puoden presentarse nni.s de siete tcstij^os, ni inenos de eiiatro en los articulos c incidentes.

Art. 18T. IjOs rociirsos inanilicsitaniento ilegales se rechazaran de

piano.

Art. 188. Veneido el terinino de prueba de la causa, se pronunciaia sentencia, sin mas trainite, dentro del plazo de diez dias,

Art. 180. No son admisibles los recursos de ampliacibn, modilica- cibn b aclaratoria de las resoluciones de 1“ Instancia.

Art. 100. Son apelables en ambos efectos las scntencias y los autos interlocutorios <pie causen gravamen ineparable.

Toda otra resolucibn es apelable en un solo efecto; y entbnces la Dipubicibn elevara a la C'orte Superior copia certiticada de las piezas que en el plazo de dos dIas pidan los interesados.

Los decretos de mera sustanciacibn no son apelables. Art. 101. El termino para apclar de la sentencia es de cinco dias,

contados desde la notificacibn al apelante; y de tres dias, para apelar de los autos interlocutorios.

Art. 10:i. En la apelacibn de autos, se resolvera con sblo el merito del expediente. En la de sentcncias se pedini autos en relacibn, poniendose la causa en tabla sin mas tramite, y siendo ])otestativo de las partes presentar escritos b hacer informes.

Art. 103. La Sala de apelacibn se constitu^’e con dos vocales de la sala respectiva de la Corte Superior, y de un conjuez minero llamado jx)r dicha Sala si lo hubiera en el lugar, en reemplazo del otro vocal.

Art. 104. En las cuestiones de ma}^)!' cuantia sblo hay lugar al recurso de nulidad, contra las scntencias y autos delinitivos y contra los autos (juc decidan, si la causa es de mineria b del fuero comun, b (jue resuelvan, si el expediente es conteucioso b administrativo; asi como contra los autos so]>re cuestiones promovidas en 2" Instancia,

Art. 105. I^a falta de notiticacibn del auto de prueba b de la senten¬ cia no anula lo actuado, cuando no obstante esa falta se proceda a fallar a favor del interessido no citado; y tampoco, cuando esa omisibnpueda subsanarse por medio de una diligencia, (pie crea suliciente la Diputa- cibn b Corte Superior, para mejor sentenciar.

Art. 106. El embargo de una mina b de parte de ella, y su rematc,

mientras no sea este aprobado, no interrumpini, de un modo forzoso,

las lalxires de aciuella.

Art. lOT. La ejecucibii del embargo, de medida precautoria b de diligencia de posesibn de una mina se encomendara si la Diputsicibn, aumpie de la causa conozca el juez de derecbo.

Art, 108. La tassvcibn de las minas, aguas }' haciendsis mineras ordenada por la Dipiitacibn para el efecto del remate li otros tines, sc harsi por el perito adscrito si dicha Diputacibn y con aprobacibn de estsi. tomsindosc por base el valor de las obras 3* construccioncs hcchas en los bienes tasados. En defecto de tales obras, la base sersi el costo

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aproximado de los gastos hechos, hasta obtoncr la poso.sion de lo.s niisino.s bienes.

Akt. Para todo reinate (jue niande la Diputacion .se tijaran avisos, ])or veinte dias, en la puerta del local de la Diputacion; y por tres veces seinanales en el periodico del lujj^ar 6 en el de la poblacion mas prbxima del departamento, si lo hubiere. Caso de alcanzar el tienipo, se hara una pnblicacion en el periodico de avisos mineros. En el caso del articulo 201, el plazo sera de diez dias para los avisos, y la pnblicacion en periodicos se hara iina sola vez.

Aht. 200. En el remate, la oferta no bajara de las dos tcrcenvs partes de la tasacion. Si no huluere posturas, se procedera a nuevo reinate, dentro del plazo de diez dias; debiendo pnblicarse al menos nna vez el aviso en el periodico de la localidad 6 del lu<,^ar mas pro¬ ximo del Departamento, si lo hubiere; y entonces el remate se hara por la snma (pie se ofrezca.

Aut. 201. Cnando cl v’alor de la cosa dispntada 6 demandada no exceda de 5(»0 soles se procedera con la exposicion verbal de los interesados, de que se sentara acta, y con prneba durante diez dias pcrentorios, que podra actuarse aiin en los diez dias posteriores, en las cucstiones de hecho; y el fallo se pronunciara en el plazo de cinco dias.

La apelaciim se interpondra dentro de tres dias, y contra lo quo resuelva el Tribunal Superior no hay otro recurso.'

Art. 202. En las causas cuyo interes no exceda de 50 soles el fallo se expedira por ambos Diputados, y sera inapelable.

Art. 203. En todo lo que no se halle expresamcnte establecido en este C()digo, se observara lo prescrilo en las leyes comunes del proce- dimiento, respecto de los juicios escritos y de los verbales.

Art. 204. Todos los terminos cstablecidos en este Codlgo se entien- den de dias naturales.

TtxuLO XVH.—Krprojyiacion 6 indeinnizacWm.

Art. 205. Cuando, a falta de avcnencia entre las partes, proceda la expropiacion de terrenos, en los casos expresamcnte determinados en esta ley, la Diputacion recibira la oposicion a prueba por diez dias pcrentorios y con todos cargps, pudiendoso actuar la prueba aun en los diez dias posteriores. Vencidos estos, y en vista de lo alegado y probado por las partes, y de los esclarccimientos que de olicio puede ordenar, expedira su resolucion dentro de tercero dia.

Art. 206. La resolucion de la Diputacion es apelable en ambos efectos.

Art. 207. Consentido 6 ejecutoriado el auto de expropiacion, so procedera a la tasacion del terrcno objeto de ella, por peritos tasadores, nombrados por los interesados, y tercero diriinente para el caso de discordia, designado por la Diputacion.

1006 OFICIXA INTKKNACIONAL DE LAS REPUBLIC AS AMERICANAS.

Art. 208. Los peritos proseiitarun sus tasaciones dentro do los ocho dias do su noinhramionto, salvo (pio por oircunstanoias ospooialos la Diputacion prorroj^aril esto plazo.

Akt. 200. Kn oaso do no cuniplir ol intcresado con nombrar ol porito 6 no proscntar oste la oponioibn, para darlo por oonformado con ol jK'rito do la otra parto, 6 con la oporacion de oste, ])a.stara nn requori- iniento hoclio al intoresado, y quo trascurra el tormino qiie le designo la I'bputacidn.

Art. 210. La resoliicion de la Diputacion sobre el valor de la cosa expropiada os apolable on ainbos ofectos.

Art. 2LI. De las rosoluciones de la Corte Superior no sc puode interponor recurso de nulidad, si no se disputa un valor superior a 1,000 solos.

Art. 212. P^n caso do quo se compruebe no sor conocido el dueno del torreno, el porito (pie este debe nombrar sera designado por lii Diputacion; el preeio se consignara en deposito, por cinco afios, en la Tesoreria (reneral a ordencs del Ministerio do P'omento, publicandose avisos por treinta dias en un periodico de la localidad 6 en el del lugar mas proximo, si lo liubiere, y ademas en el de avisos mineros de la capital de la llopublica.

Ti'tulo XVIII. —Di.yx)sicionts trcuiftitorias.

Art. 213. Los expedientes referentes a la propiedad minera, que se encuentren en tramitacion en la fecha sefialada para que comience a regir este Codigo, continuaran sustanciandosc conforme a el.

Art. 214. Los contratos do avio celebrados con anterioridad a la fecba de la vigoncia de este Codigo debenui haccrse constar en escri- tura publica, y hacerse su registro dentro del plazo de dos me.ses desjums de dicha fecha.

Fil ultimo habilitador (piedarii en la condicion de aci'eedor con pri- mera hipotoca, segun las le^ es comunes, siempro (jue lo haga dentro del plazo indicado.

Art. 215. Las concesiones de minas actualmente existentes podran continual' con los limites que al presente tienen; 6 bien podra el inte- resado pedir, habiendo terreno franco, que se rectitiipien las medidas rcspectivas, con arreglo a lo dispuesto en este Codigo.

Art. 210. Los mineros que actualmente disfruten de aguas que no ban sido objeto de concesion anterior u otro titulo justo requerido al efecto, deberan sanear su titulo dentro del plazo de un ano, a contar desde que comience a regir esta le}’, pidiendo la concesion de dichas aguas conforme a los articulos 141 y siguientes. Expirado ese plazo, sin cumplirse tal obligacion, aquellos poseedores no podran oponerse, apoyados solo en ese disfrute, a la concesion que de las mismas aguas solicitara otra cmpresa minera.

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Art. 217. El Ministerio cle Fomento dictarsi las disposiciones con- veiiientes, para (pie el Consejo Superior de Mineria se instale a la mayor hn'vedad, y puoda preparar la aplicacion de las disposiciones de este Ccidigo.

Art. 218. El primer nombramiento de Diputados (pie haga el Gohierno comprenderil a los dos de la correspondiente Diputacion. I’ara la primera renovacion anual, el Consejo Superior de Mineria hani el sorteo del cpie deba ser reemplazado.

Art. 219. Para los gastos (jue ocasione el Consejo Superior de Mine¬ ria se tija la cantidad de 32 libras al ines y de 10 libras para la renUi del Seeretario, mientras una ley especial no determine sumas diferentes.

Art. 220. El presente Codigo comenzara a regir el dia 1" de enero de 1901, salvo lo dispuesto en el articulo 217.

Desde esa fecha quedaran derogadas todas las ordenanzas, leyes, reglamentos y disposiciones anteriores, referentes li minas, exceptuan- dose, en lo (pic no se opongan al presente Ciidigo, la ley de 5 de diciembre de 1879 sobre organizacion de la Escuela de Ingenieros, la de 22 de diciembre de 1888 sobre guano, la de 22 de diciembre de 1888 sobre la propiedad salitrera, la de 8 de noviembre de 1890 sobre impuestos a la propiedad minera, la de 11 de enero de 1896, referente al cstanco de la sal y los aranceles actuales, que continuanln rigiendo, mientras no se les modili(pie 6 se dicten otros nuevos.

Lima, } iilio 6 de 1900.

SALVADOR.

MENSAJE DEL PBESIDENTE ESCALdN.

[Del “ Dinrio del Salvador,” correspondiente nl 20 de lebrero de 1900.]

El 19 de febrero de 1906, el Presidente EscalAn Ic}’© un interesante mensaje a la Asamblea Nacional, del ciial se hace el siguiente extracto: *******

En cuanto al servicio de salubridad, si sus condiciones no ban sido del todo halagiienas, el pais se ha librado de los ainagos de invasion de la peste bubonica y de la tiebre aniarilla; epidemias que ban causado no pocas victimas en varias nacionalidades del Continentc Americano. El Gobierno, sin embargo, on prevision de lo que pudiese sobi’cvenir inesperadamente, tomo, por el organo del Consejo Superior de Salu¬ bridad, las medidas mas acertadas contra esas terribles enfermedades, habiendo becho un pedido al extranjero, en cantidad suticiente, de fluido antipcstoso para combatir la primera, y establecido cordones sanitarios en las fronteras de Honduras y Guatemala, con el designio de evitar, en lo posible, la invasion de la fiebre amarilla que tan

1008 OFICINA inti:rnacional de las republicas americanas.

luinenUibles estragos ocasiono eii la Ciudad de Zacapa, de la veeina Republioa.

***** *

El Dopartainento de Telegrafos y Telefonos ha sido asimisiiio objeto de es|)ecial interes; cuenta con un personal idoneo y con los utiles y enseres mas precisos y de moderna aplicacioii, lo cual ha traido conio irnnediata consecnencia una notable inejoria en el servicio.

***** * Ija agricultura, raino de vital iniportancia para el pais, ha recibido

del Supremo (lobierno una proteccion constante y decidida. **■***«■«■

Las relaciones de union y amistad que fclizmentc existen entre nues- tros pueblos hormanos, ha segnido cultivandose con ansioso es mcro, cual dimple il nacionalidades animadas de las mismas aspiraciones, hacia la realizacion do elevados ideales. Consccuentes con ostos {jene- rosos propositos, los (jobiernos rospectivos han sabido dar aliento 3' mantener palpitante el espiritu de confraternidad, siendo El Salvador el mas lirme 3^ constante sosten de esa sabia politica internacional.

Con la mira de afianzar, estrechandolas, nucstras relaciones con la veeina Republica de Guatemala, se establecio una Legacion en el mes de marzo, acreditada ante aquel Gobierno.

En cuanto a las antiguas relaciones con los demas paiscs extmnjeros, so han mantenido siempre amistosas e inalterablos.

Desde el mes de septiembre se establecio otra Legacion ante la Republica francesa, ciu’as beneticas gestiones han sido coronadas con plausible exito.

Su Majestad el Re3’^ de Italia invito cortesmente a El Salvador para (jue concurriese por medio de delegados al Congreso que tuvo lugar en Roma, con el tin de cooperar a la fundacion de un Instituto Interna¬ cional, encaminado a estudiar el verdadero estado do la agricultura en todos los paises interesados en ello. Habiendose aceptado tan simpiltica invitacion, se nombro al delogado respectivo, cuvas luminosas observa- ciones senln do notable utilidad.

TanibiiMi ha merecido la atencion de mi Gobierno el Congreso Inter¬ nacional de Tuberculosis, reunida en Paris en octubre ultimo; el Con¬ greso Internacional sobre la educacion fisica de la juventud, reunido en Lieja en el mes de agosto; y linalmente la segunda Conferencia de la Paz, (pie proximamente se reunira en La lla3'a.

En el mes de junio se le concedieron autorizaciones al senor don Joaquin Bernardo Calvo, Ministro Plenipotenciario de Costa Rica en Washington, para que, a nombre de El Salvador, gestionase ante el Gobierno de Estados Unidos, a tin de poner coto a los abusos que cometen con grave detrimento del comercio universal, los capitanes

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de los vapores portenocientes a la “Pacific Mail.” El resultado de dichas gcstiones reinediara, a no dudarlo, de modo cticaz seinejante . abusos. *******

Ell el ramo de Instruccion Piiblica, cn3'a trascendental importancia de 111113^ pocos es ho3" desconocida, se ban eniprendido ultimamente laboriosos trabajos dirigidos a reorganizar los centros docentes de edu- cacion e instruccion popular, adoptando il la medida de los recursos del pais 3" de las necesidades de la epoca, los metodos modernos mas perfeccionados 3' que ban prodiicido fecundos resultados pnicticos on otras Nacioues.

*♦****■»

Movimiento renMico.

IXORESOS.

Existencia en Caja el 1“ de enero de IflOo.

Renta de Aduanas, importacidn y exportacion

Rentas de licores.

Rentas menores y servicios.

Producto de contratas y negociaciones.

Snma...

Deiluciendo de esto:

Existencia en Caja el 1" de enero de 190.5..

Protlucto de contratas y negociaciones.

(iueda como producto Inpiido de las rentas

$286,998. 79

5,581,007.53

1,924,911.07

1, aiO, 524. 47

1,800,156. 83

10,623,598. 69

$286,998. 79

1,800,156.83 - 2,087,155.62

.. 8.5:16,443.07

EdRESOS.

Asamhlea Nacional. $39,883.17

Presidencia de la Republica. 57,960.00

Cartcra de Gobernacion. 1,419,829.95

Cartera de Foiuento. 540,557.44

Carti'ra de Instruccion Publica. 630,595.53

Cartera de Relaciones Exteriores. 74, 43.3.11

Cartera de Justicia. 6.38,428.09

Cartera de Hacienda. .562,037. 31

Cartera de Beneficencia. 166, 239. 21

CarU'ra de Guerra y Marina. 1, 796,514.56

Cartera de CrMito Publico. 3,598,828. 85

Dejiositos, devoluciones, etc. 616,27:3.05

Suma. 10,141,580.27

Deduciendo de esta suma la partida de dep<jsitos, devoluciones, etc.,

que no constituye un gasto efectivo. 616,273.05

Queila la partida de gastos de la Administracion Publica en. 9,525,307.22

1010 OFICINA INTKRNAGIONAL DE LAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANA8.

Deiulu pt'thlicn.

UON'OM 1>E EL NAl.VArKIR.

Existfiicia ol 1“ dc cnero <le liWo, principal. $4,158,908. 58

Int-ercses hasta esa fecha. 787, 757.07

Puestos en circulaeiun a cambio de liquidaeiones anteriores.

4,940,605. 65

73.00

Ainortizados eii el afio, principal. $774,440. (X)

AmortizadoH en el afio, intereses... 109, 759. (X)

4, 940, 738. 05

944,199. 00

Saldo. 4, (X)2, 539. 05

Intereses devenfrados por el saldo durante el afio. 70,074.10

Total al 31 de dicienibre de liX)5. 4,079, 213. 75

EXPORTACIONES, EN LOS NUEVE FRIMEROS MESES DE 1906.

Los valores de los diver.sos articulos cxportados por la Republica

del Salvador a lo.s diferente.s paises, diininte los niieve priiiieros ineses

de 15)05, aseendieron a 12,573,207.31 colones, y fueron, detalladaiuente,

conio .sigue:

I ColOIU'S.

Alcmnnia.■ 2,240,0(>3.24 America inglesa.. Austria-Uiiiigria.. Bclgica. Costa Rica.. Chile.' 2,46.'!. 00 Dinamarca. 2,740.3.5 Ecuador. 6.510. .54 Espafla .; 127,974. .57 Estados Vuidos. 2,226,696.68 Francia.I 4,006,637.82

Inglnterra . 47,210.00 , (iiiatcmala

302,260.45 j Hoiidura.s . 145. OJ I Italia.

.58,938.00 1 Mexico. Nicaragua. Norucga... Pauamil ... Pcn'i.

Total .

,960,119.88 3,808.52

47, ;«9.38 ,359,067.26

3,340.00 3,944.

22,a52. 115,393. 34, .500.

12,573,207.

ARTiCULOS.

.Articulos. 1 Coloncs. ! Articulos. Colones.

40.00 j Mniz. 1,692.00 Algod<')n cn tcjidos.| 45.00 1 Manteca de cerdo. '103.00 Alniidou. 251.00 ! 1 Maquinaria. 103.00 Anil.i 133,696.20 ! 230.00 Articulos diversos.1 19,059.27 ! 1 Mezeal. 11.00

720.00 1 241.50 Azdear. 290,388.20 1 1 Oro e'n bruto. 512,81.5.00 Btilsamu. 1,50,04.5.10 1 ! Panela. 290.00 Broziis minerales (oro y plata)_' 7.52,941.00 ! Papcl. 1,448.00 Cal6 cnoro. 9,(i04,594.fH I’etates . 616.00 CafOcn pergamiiio.! 739,671.21 Plata acuOada. 499.62 Calzado. 2,195.00 Plata aurilera. 68, .moo Cerda. 102.00 Que.so. 91.00

1,731.52 116.00 Cueros de lagarto. 771.03 i Rebozos de seda. 890.00 Cuerosde res. 76,6.82.19 1 Ropahecha. 35.00 Cueros de venado. 17,7:8). 82 1 Sombreros de palma. 3,377.00 Especias . 10.00 Suela. 993. .50 Fosforos. 150.00 : Tabaco elaborado. 2,722.25 Hule. 46,097.09 j Tabaco en rama. 71,300.00 JabOti. 150.00 1 Velas estcSricas. .599.00 Jarcia. 6,403.00 ’ Zarzaparrilla. 10.00 Loza. Madera (caoba y cedro).

200.00 8,86.5.00 1 j Total. 12, ,573,207.34

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Los articulos exportados a los Estados Unidos ascendieron en valor a ‘2,228,dJ»C.68 colones, y su distribiiciou fue como sig’iie:

ArticnUw. Colones. .\rtlculos. Colones.

Aflil. 13,800.00 ' 9,673.87 3,760.00

33,396.10 ; 36,591.00

1,630,837.26 ;

771.03 ' 18,209.25 1

i 12,701.0<> 25,217.40 3,270.00

51.25 384,289.00

12,095.00

Hule.

Miel. BrozttHminerales (oro yplata)....

Total... I 2,228,69<;.68.

RENTA DE LICORES, 1905.

Los productos de la roiita dc licorcs de la liepiiblica do El Salvador, durante el ailo ll>05, eoiiiparados con los de ignal periodo el ano ante¬ rior, fueron como sigue:

Sun Salvador I.IV Libvrtad.. Sonsonate.... AhuachapHii. Santa Ana ... Chalatenanpo CnscatlAn_ La I’az. San Vicente. Cabailaa. UsulntAn. San Miguel .. Moraztin. La Uni6n ....

Total...

1904. 1905. .\lza. Bajii.

Colones. Colones. \ Colones. Colones. 360,2.53.85 300, .596.43 . .59,657.42 160,802.73 137,308.29 . 23,494.44 226,7.53.49 197,191.66 '. 29,561.85 162,782.40 128,388.43 . 24,393.97 261,656.78 231,032.76 '. 33,624.02 57,393.78 58,111.95 1 718.17

113,974.73 94,892.01 1 . 19,082.72 123,226.24 118,378.87 '. 4,847.37 116,394.23 105,81.5.40 ;. 10, .578.85 41,494.67 37,440.18 1. 4,054.49

218,781.43 218,516.69 '. 264.74 156,0.50.01 1.59,816.04 1 3,811.03 67,636.38 60,660.26 . 6,976.12 82,006.76 76,172.44 . 5,834.32

j 2,142,207.48 1,924,366.41 4,r>'>9.20 f

222,370.27

URUGUAY.

BANCO DE DA REFTIBLICA.

Las ganancias obtenidas por el Banco de la Repnblica del Uruguay cn IbOo, ascendieron a $465,078.67, lo cnal da nn dividendo de 8.884 por ciento sobre un capital de $5,235,118.49. El einprestito de $7,050,- 000 (pxe se levanto un 1896 para establecer el banco, devenga un interes de un 5 por ciento y un 1 por ciento para el fondo de amortizacion, siendo asi tjue el total de dicho fondo ascendio a $423,000 en el expre- sado ano.

Bulh No. 4—06-10

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VENEZUELA.

EL COMEBCIO DE PUERTO CABELLO.

Scgiin los iiiforines que ha propoivionado el Senor \>.miELST, vice- consul de los Estados Unidos en Puerto Cabello, el valor total do las iinportacione.s hechas por dicho puerto durante los seis nieses cpie ter- minaron el 31 de dicieinhre de 100.), ascendio a $627,000. De estacan- tidad los Estados Unidos representan $167,000 contra $100,000 durante el mismo periodo en 1004. La luai’or cautidad de estas iiuportacioues, es decir, $187,000, la representa Inglaterra, en tanto (pie el valor de las importaciones alemanas solo ascendii') a $134,000 en el ultimo semestre de 1005.

El valor de las exportaciones a los Estados Unidos ascendii') a $230,000 en el semestre que termiiu) el 31 diciemhre de 1005, 6 sea un aumento de $63,000 respecto del mismo periodo del afio anterior. En 1005, durante el mismo periodo, se exportaron a Cuba 5l!,000 cabezas de ganado vacuno, cin’opeso de 38,322,000 libras fiu' valuado en $778,000.

IMPORTACIONES POR EL PUERTO DE CIUDAD BOLIvAR EN EL

SEGUNDO SEMESTRE DE 1904.

En el ultimo semestre de 1904, las importaciones de mercancias de la Repiiblica de Venezuela por la aduana de Ciudad Bolivar, representaron un valor de 2,748,638.80 bolivares. La siguiente tabla muestra la procedencia de las mercancias y sus respect!vos valores:

raises. Valor en tx>llvares.

Alenianin. Kstailos t’nidos Keiiio I’liido...

i 1,400,220.00 ■ 1,015,220.90 ' 63,1>(«.90

Totj>l 2, 473,633. SO

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EXPORTACIONES DE NTJEVA YORK A VENEZUELA EN AGOSTO

DE 1905 Y DE 1904.

K1 Consul General de Venezuela en Nueva York ha hecho cl .si- p[uiente resuinen coinparativo de las exportaciones de inercancias de Nueva York a Venezuela en el ines de a^osto de 1005 y de 1904:

Jlt’iinmni co)nparatlro (If ht exportacii'm de Xnem York <'i Venezuela, mee de (ujoeto de

100r,-1904.

ruerlos. pbservaciones. vm. 1905.

1 Kiloft, lio/l raree. Kilox. Bolirnres. La Uiiaira. 1, i«4,996.30 «i0,h37.90 1,494,052.00 0;17,871.06 I’uorlo <;abello. 382,366.70 2;!1, tW2. 362,809.00 151,186.10 Maracaibo. ..do. 421,480.39 234,740.45 351,856.00 204,019.75 Ciimanii. ....i.do. 24,010.00 8. .510.00 6,398.00 3,620.00 Canipano. Ciianta.

100, ii66.00 41,7.V>.8.5 137, ,518.00 64,248.80 .do. 18,206. 00 5,670.00 62,802. 00 20,816.65

Citiilaii Bolivar. 367,460.73 134,575.00 146,6)06.00 94,76)6. 38 Cnflo Colorado. 12,86.5.00 7,395.60

Total. 1

1

3,259,616.14 1,317,741.25 2,564,906.00 1,173,923.33

EL COMERCIO DEL MUNDO EN 1905.

En una eoinpilacion hecha por la Camara de Comcrcio Britanica se dive <iue las siguientes eifras representan las relaciones conierciales en 1905 entre los varios paises del mundo accrea de los ouales ha sido iwsihle obtener datos cstadisticos.

En todos los casos, excepcion hecha de Espafia, los Estados Unidos y la India Inglesa, las importaciones representan mercancias solo para el consumo domestico, es decir, excluyendo las reexportacioncs. En todos los casos las exportaciones representan articulos domesticos. Las eifras relativas a Belgica y a Espafia representan unicamente los pro- ductos principales.

IMrOKTACIONES ANTALES.

I’ai.ses. ! 1

1903. j 1904. I 1965.

Reino Uiiido. .£473,027,000 i £480,734,000 £487,481,000 India Inglcsa. 54,6)46,000 63,ti62,000 68), ,’>44,000 CnnadiV. 40,979,000 .50,381,000 .5.3,727,000 Estados Unidos. 207,39.5,000 21.5,814,000 215,653,000

AIcniania. 300,134,000 318,206,000 a36, .500,000

Belgica. 101,689,000 106,888,000 11.5,410,(810 Francia. 192,048,000 180,003,000 18t), 655,000 Suiza. 46,349,000 48,326,000 .52,759,000 Es|)aila. 33,971,000 ' 3.3, .367,000 39,150,000 Italia. 71,478,000 t 76, ,549,000 83,13.5,000 Austria Ilnngria.. 78,213,000 1 65,329,000 89, 912,000 ligipto. 17,189,000 21,09.5,000 22,126,000 .lai)6n... 33,322,000 37,853,000 49,783,000

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EXI’ORTACIOXES ANTALES.

Pulses.

Reino Unido .... India Inglesa.... CanadA. Estados I’nidos.. Aleinania. Belgiea. Francia. Suiza. Espaila. Itaiia. Austria Ilungria Egipto. Japou .

1903. 1901. 1905.

£290,800,000 95,392,000 43, .59.5,000

303,077,000 250, 732,000 79,87.5,000

170,000,000 35,189,000 33,437,000 60,698,000 88,741,000 20,049,000 29,193,000

£300,711,000 104,949,000 38,780,000

297,023,000 261,132,000 82,960,000

178,038,000 3.5,253,000 33,683,000 63,889,000 87,028,000 21,3.53,000 32,231,000

£330,023,000 102,6.50,000 43,332,000

333,213,000 270,272,000 87,4.56,000

190,469,000 38,315,000 3.5,107,000 68,295,000 90,337,000 20,890,000 32,492,000

Las cifras quo antccedeii nmestran (|ue lo.s Estados Unidos ocuparon el primer puesto conio exportadores.

PRODUCCION DE ORO DEL MUNDO EN 1905.

El Director de la Casa de Moncda do los Estados Unidos proporciona las siguientes cifras que representan la produccion de oro del inundo en los 16 liltimos anos, habiendo coinenzado el notable aiimento en dicha produccion on 1000:

1890. 811.8,818,700 I

1892 . 146,651, .W

1893 . 1.57,494,800 j

1894 . 181,17.5,600 ;

1895 . 199,304,100

1896 . 202,956,000

1897 . 237,501,800 1

1898 . 286,879,700 1

1899. 8306,794,100

1909 . 2.54,576,300

1901. 260,292,900

1903 . 325, .527,200

1904 . 347,150,700

1905 (ealculado). 375,000,000

Total. 3,827,291,300

Los anales de la produccion de oro, los cuales ban mostrado un auniento anual on los catorce ultinios anos, con excepcion de la inte- rrupcion ocurrida con motivo de la guerra del Sur de Africa, muestran que en 1905 ha auinentado otra vez, y que este aumento ha sido el mayor en dicbo periodo. Dice la autoridad citada que en los momentos en que se consignan estas cifras es probable que, basando el calculo en la produccion conocida de los parses que mas oro producen hasta el 1" de noviembre, la produccion del afio ha de exceder en $30,000,000 a la de 1904. E.sto hara que la produccion de oro del mundo ascienda como a $375,000,000.

El Af rica del Sur y los Estados Unidos son los paiscs que aumentan mas dicha produccion. Las grandes minas del Transvaal que cons- tituyen el distrito aunfero mas maravilloso que hasta ahora se ha descubierto, ban llegado a una produccion ma3’or que jamas se obtuvo antes de la guerra, parece cierto que ha de pasar de $100,000,000 de pesos durante el ano. En 1904 dicho distrito produjo $78,000,000.

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En la siguiente tabla se expresa la cantidad de oro quo en 1905

produjoron los diferentes paises del imindo:

Paises. Onzas Anas. Valor. Paises. Onzas Anas. Valor.

Norte America: Sud America—Continued. 3,904,986 J80,723.200 77,828 81,608,800

Mexico. ■ (KW; 781 12; 605,300 Guiana Hulandesa... 23;277 ■48i;200 Caiiadti. 793,350 16,400,000 Guiana Francesa .... 86,532 1,788,800

Africa. 4,1.56,084 8.5,913,903 Penl. 64,300 1,329,200 Australasia. 4,245,744 87,767,300 rrujfuay. 1,209 25,000 Kuropa: Kusia. 1,199,857 24,893,200

America Central. Asia:

54,214 1,120,700

Austria-Huiigria_ 102,423 2,117,300 JapOn. 192,626 8,984,000 Aleraania. 3,130

1,945 64,700 China. 217,688 4, .500,000

Suecia. 40,200 Corea. 145,125 3,000,000 lUiiia. 2,128 44,000 Siam .. 2,508 5.51,800 Turqiiia. tiran Brctafia.

Sud Ami-rica; ArKcntina.

1,400 4,952

446

29,000 102,4'10

9,200

India . Antillas Orientales IiiRlesas.

Antilias Orientaies

556,097

67,375

11,495,500

1,392,800

Bolivia. Chiic. Coiombia.

147 30,812 95,513

8,000 636,900

1,974,400

Holandesas. Cantidad caieulada

prmlucida en otros

32,046 662,500

Ecuador. 6,430 132,900 paises . 27,849,300

Venezuela. 14;512 ’ 360; 000 Total. 375,000,000

LA PRODUCCION de PLATA DEL MUNDO EN 1905.

La siguiente tabla niuestra la produccion caleiilada de plata en los

varies paises del mundo en 1905:

Paises. Onzas Anas.

Valor comercial. I Paises. Onzas 1

Anas. Valor

comercial.

Norte AmOrica; i —Continued. Fnineia.

1 i

Estados Unidos., 57,786,100 , 833, .516,000 609,638 $353,600 Mexico.' Canadfl.

60,808,978 ! 3,718,668 i

486,408

35,269,200 2,156,800

1 Gran Bretafla.* Sud America:

174,517 101,200 Africa.1 282,100 ' Argentina. 66,1.53 38,400 Australasia.! Euro pa;

14,558,892 1 8,144,200 ' Bolivia. Chile.

6,083,333 868,067

3, .528,300 503, .500

Kusia. 172,912 100, .300 Colombia. 946,066 .518,700 Austria-Hungrla. 1,987,797 1,1.52,900 Penl . 3,008,705 1,745,100 Alemaniu. 5,799,133 3,363,500 Uruguay . 1,093 600 Noruega. Suecia.

260,210 23,702

1.50,900 13,800

Amfrica Central. Asia: 1

6.55,3.57 380,100

Italia. 757,777 439, .500 3,208,620 1,861,000 EspaAa. 4,876,076 2,828,100 ; Antillas Holandesas. 1 175,479 101,800

Turquia. 564; 685 327,509 Total. 168,493,538 i 97,726,300

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PKODUCCION DE COBRE EN 1905.

Lii produccion de cobre cn 1905 fuc la mayor quc se lia rogistrado en la historia de esUi industria, y la crecientc demaiula de este metal demuestra que el consumo ha excedido a la produccion.

La siguiente tabla indica la vcrdadera produccion de la.s minas do cobre del mundo en 1904 y la produccion calculada correspondiente a 1905, habiendo.se basado el ciilculo en los datos que .sc han obtenido durante cl ano.

Tonelada-s cn bruto. Tonelada-s en bruto.

19X). 1901. 190-5. 1904.

EstadOR Cnidos. 421,000 362.739 Italia. 3,250 3,335 Mexico. 6.1,000 60,94.5 , Terranova. 2,7.50 2,200 Espafiii V 1‘ortuKiil. •19,000 47,03,5 Bolivia. 2,250 2,000 Japdn . 37,!i00 31,8.50 .Vustria-Hungria. 1,500 1,450 Oi’ile. 32,.'i00 30,110 Turquia. 1,2,50

900 950

Australia. 30,000 28,657 Cuba. 490 Alemania. 21,000 21,045 Gran Brctana. 600 600 Canada. 21,000 19,183 Suecia. .500 390 Kusia. 10,000 10,700 Kepvlblica Argentina. 400 1.56

Colon ia del Cata). Noniega.

7,.')00 6,750

7,775 6,415

Total. 72;l, ,550 648, 924

Monthly Bulletin OF THE

International Bureau oe the American Republics,

International Union of American Kepublies.

VoL. XXII. APRIL, 1906. No. 4.

THIRD PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE.

MINUTES OF THE REOULAB MEETING, AFRIE 4, 1906, OF THE

GOVERNING BOARD OF THE INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE

AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

The rej^iilar monthly meeting of the Governing Board of the Inter¬ national Bureau of the American Republics was held on Wednesday, April 4, 1906, at 3 o’clock in the afternoon at the Diplomatic Recep¬ tion Room of the Department of State.

The meeting was called to order by the lion. Robert Bacon, Assist¬ ant Secretary of State.

The following members were present: His Excellency JoaquIm

Nabuco, Amlmssador of Brazil; His Excellency JoaquIn 1). Casasus,

Ambassador of Mexico; Mr. J. N. LIcger, Minister of Haiti; Sr. D. JoAQutN Bernardo Calvo, Minister of Costa Rica, also representing Honduras; Sr. D. Luis F. Corea, Minister of Nicaragua; Sr. D. JoAgufx M^alker-AIartInez, Minister of Chile, also representing Ecuador; Sr. 1). Gonzalo de Quesada, Minister of Cuba; Sr. D. Ignacio Cali>er6n, Minister of Bolivia; Sr. D. Jorge Munoz, Min¬ ister of Guatemala; Sr. D. Epifanio Portela, Minister of the Argen¬ tine Republic; Sr. D. Diego AIenixiza, Minister of Colombia; Sr. D. Felipe Pardo, Minister of Peru; Sr. D. Pedro Reqdena Bermudez,

Charge d’Affaires of Uruguay; Sr. D. C. C. Arosemena, Chargd d’Aff aires of Panama. Air. Williams C. Fox, Director of the Bureau, and Air. Francisco J. Yanes, Seci-etaiy, were also present.

Upon motion of the Alinister of Cuba, seconded by the Alinister of Nicaragua, the minutes of the last meeting were unanimously approved* without being read.

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1018 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

The Minister of Costa Rica, Chairman of tlie Committee on Internal Rc'gulations of the Bureau, submitted a report which was read b}' the Secretary, and at the suggestion of the Minister himself the consider¬ ation of such report was postponed for a future meeting, taking into consideration the importance of the programme for the Third Inter¬ national Conference which was to bo submitted to the Board.

The Secretary then read a letter which had been received b}' the Minister of Chile from the Charge d’Afi'aires of Ecuador, retpiesting the Minister to represent him both at this meeting and at the meeting of the Committee on Preliminary Regulations for the Third Pan- American Conference.

The Secretary then stated that the Committee on Programme for the Third Pan-American Conference, consisting of the Honorable the Sec¬ retary of State, chairman; His Excellency the Ambassador of Brazil, vice-chairman; His E.xcellency the Ambassador of Mexico, and the Ministers of Costa Rica, Chile, Cuba, secretary of the committee, and Argentine were read}' to report.

The Chairman. I believe a copy of this report has been .sent to all the members, and 1 as.sume everyone will be familiar with it. 1 have to say that the report is made unanimously, and I do not think thei'e is anything further to be added.

The Minister of Cuba. A copy of the programme was sent last Saturday to all the members of the (loverning Board. 1 would rerpiest that the Secretaiy read the programme.

The Secretary read the programme. I'hc Minlstek of Bolivia. I wish to make a few remarks, Mr. Chair¬

man. 1 do not propose to make a question out of this matter. 1 respect the opinion of the distinguished diplomats who form the com¬ mittee, but I regret to say that the committee has failed to introduce in the programme the proposition that the question of the free navi¬ gation of rivers bo considered b}' the. conference at Rio de Janeiro. I wish to ask the chairman to have these few remai'ks spread upon the minutes in order to show the reasons why my Government has asked to have the (piestion of the free navigation of rivers introduced in the programme of the Third International Conference. If the Board wishes I will ask the Secretary to read my statement.

The Secretaiy then read the following statement made b}' the Bolivian Minister:

“ My Government understands that if the Pan-American Confer¬ ence is to cement the harmonious relations, the peace, and the increase of the political as well as the economical relations of our respective countries, it is necessary to commence b}' establishing the basis that will make possible the free development of their resources and that may insure their growth, under just rules, that will avoid all causes

THIRD PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE. 1019

of (lisagreenient, and, if they should unfortunateh' arise, establish the means of settling them b}' arbitration.

“All the agreements upon a uniform system of money, the laws about patents, trade-marks, copyright, and many other questions of international nature, have a secondary place when we look to the relations that bear upon the sovereignty and the peace of the Republics.

“ It would be useless to enter into stipulations to facilitate the means of communication, if previousl}' we do not acknowledge the essential principle of the free use of all those natural means destined to such an end.

“ When contpiest and the predominance of one nation upon others was the settled polic}- of nations, the strongest contended to have the exclusive right of the straits, the rivers, and even the seas.

“The progress of ideas and civilization has condemned such con¬ tentions, and proved that any restriction of the free and universal use of the natui’al highway’s is not only contiiiry to progress but even to self-interests. The trend of all modern discoveries is to shorten the distances by having closer together the countries, and by the rapid and increasing contact of their inhabitants to form at least that uni¬ versal brotherhood proclaimed by all the great thinkers.

“The development of democratic doctrines and tendencies that aim to establish the well-recognized principle of free communication, with¬ out restrictions other than those affording protection against contagi¬ ous diseases or the admission of criminals, has put an end to passports and the duties created under the form of tiixes or right of transit.

“To these general considerations we ma3" add that the principle of free transit and free navigation of the seas, straits, and rivers, which are waj’s opened b^^ nature to universal commerce, has been recog¬ nized by all the civilized nations by explicit declarations.

“The s^’stem of rivers of South America is such that if free naviga¬ tion is not recognized the germ for great and serious dissensions will remain latent to disturb the peace and harmony of the Republics; and as it is a natural and luupiestionable right and an absolute necessit}^ will have to be established sooner or later.

“ Its adoption now will not onh" be an acknowledgment of one prin¬ ciple of justice but a provision to insure peace and a stinndus toward the development of good relations between the American countries.

“ Fortunatel}’ there is no American Republic that is opposed or does not acknowledge the truth and the necessiW of the principles for which Bolivia contends; and there is no cause or reason whj' the programme should not contain the declaration that the free navigation of rivers having their sources in the territoiy of one Republic and empt3’ing in that of another is recognized in American and accepted as a principle of international law—that is to sa3% that all nations situated at the head-

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waters of a iiavigal)le river have the right of free jiassage to its mouth, and that the merehant vessels of any nationality may be admitted with¬ out other restrictions than tliose established by maritime practice.

“ If the importance of the great arteries for universal commerce which nature has placed at the disposal of mankind in the continent of South America is considered, if it is remembered that the Amazon is truly an inland sea which has powerful trilmtaries that rise in the ter¬ ritory of many of the republics, the necessity and the justice of such a declaration will be easily understood.

‘"It is already a part of many solemn and binding documents. “The Republic of Argentine has treaties stipulating the free navi¬

gation of its rivers. Uruguay and Paragua}', Bolivia, Peru, and Brazil have recognized the same principle. Its confirmation by the Pan- American Conference will consolidate the ties of free and friendly communication established between all the republics, and their desire to obliterate the jealousies and restrictions so contraiy to the spirit of freedom and the increase of communications, which ought to be the political guide of countries that have no other interests than their own well-being and harmonj'.

“As in the inland transportations no civilized people will oppose or prohibit the passage through its territory of lawful articles of com- mei’ce destined to a neighboring country, the fact of goods being car¬ ried by water routes which nature has created, can not alter the truth and justice of the principle of free communication which is to-day the necessary base and the corollary of all progress and the development in the ajiplication of steam and electricity to the commerce of the world.

“To raise to the rank of one of the great principles of international law, the free navigation of the rivers, is to advocate the fundamental doctrine of peaceful approach of the nations. It is a subject of gen¬ eral interest, because it is not onlv profitable to the countries border¬ ing the rivers, but to universal commei'ce, and would mean the disappearance of the last vestige of the restrictions to the free inter¬ change among civilized nations.''

The Chairman. You have heard the admirable statement of Mr. Caliieron, and if there is no objection it will be spread upon the minutes of the Board.

The Minister of Peru. Permit me to ask, Mr. Chairman, that the following declaration be .spread upon the minutes of this meeting:

It is with interest that 1 have become ac(iuainted with the report of the Committee on the Programme for the Third Conference, believing as I do that the subjects in the programme are of true importance in fostering closer relations among American Nations.

Although not exactly in accordance with my Government's wishes, arbitration has been included, a subject as to which paramount impor-

THIRD PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE. 1021

tiiiice is attsiched ))y Porn, because iny Government l)elieves, as it alwin-s has believed, that the day when this principle will l>ecome jriMieral in its application in America peace will be consolidated and American nations will be enabled to devote their enei'i^ies, not ham¬ pered by fear or apprehensions of any kind, to their natural aggran- dixement.

Should the Congress at Kio succeed in carr3’ing into effect this pro¬ gramme, its achievement will reflect honor to America, marking an epoch in the history of international law, whose principles are daily better understood and followed as the ideas of righteousness and soli¬ darity become more generalized, also as the necessit}^ for active and close intellectual, social, and commercial intercourse increases.

In compliance with my instructions, I will transmit to my Govern¬ ment the programme voted upon to-day; but I wish to go on record as stating now that if, as probable, Peru is represented at the Congress at Rio her delegates will discuss there the several subjects with such amplitude as may be necessary, and under the conviction that the matters the programme contains are not formulas for acceptance or rejection, but mere recommendations for the Third Conference to consider and discuss.

I wdll state, tinally, that the delegates of Peru shall cooperate with those of the United Sbites and other Republics in the labors of the Conference, voicing the sentiments of Peru of enthusiastic support of everything tending to bring about closer relationship among the Republics, and the peace of the continent.

The CiiAiKMAN. You have heard this statement of the Peruvian Minister. If there is no objection, it will also be spread upon the minutes of this meeting.

The Minister of Colombia. 1 beg to reipiest, Mr. Chairman, that the following two statements be also spread upon the minutes:

First statement. The Colombian Minister regrets to see that the most important question of the free navigation of rivers has not been included in the progi-amme for the Third Pan-American Conference, with a view' to adopt resolutions or agreements in harmony with the doctrine which is bound to prevail, recognizing as perfect and inalien¬ able the right of those living upon the upper shores of a river or its affluents to navigate said river or affluents to its fullest extent down to the sea, without compensation of any description, and free from all encumbrances except those imposed upon merchandise in transit for the proper maintenance on an equitable basis of the waterway.

Second statement. That in accepting the programme such as it has lieen submitted by the committee on programme the Minister of Colombia believes that the matters therein contained arc onl}' topics submitted to the Third Pan-American Conference for possible discus¬ sion, and not statements to be approved or rejected by the delegates of

I

1022 INTEUNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

the nations present at the Conference, and that lie reserves any rights Colombia may have to extend or discuss the topics of the programme, and to submit to the Conference, if it be deemed expedient, other matters proposed but not included in the programme, or new subjects which may be deemed favorable to the welfare of the American nations.

The Chairman. If there is no objection the statement made by the ^Minister of Colombia will also be spread upon the minutes.

The Minister of Bolivia. I would suggest the approval of the programme with the reservations of the Ministers of Peru and Colombia, as the subjects contained in the programme are simply recommendations this Board makes to the conference, and are not in any way binding upon the conference, nor do they prevent the con¬ ference from making any changes in the programme. In this light 1 move that the Board accept the programme.

The Minister of Guatemala. I second the motion. The Ambassador of Mexico. I want to declare that I do not share

the opinion of the Minister of Colombia accepted bj’ the Minister of Bolivia. We have prepared a programme because our belief was that the conference would accept it in the spirit in which it was made. If the conference is to have the right to introduce new questions and to look upon other questions in a contraiT spirit, it would then be use¬ less to prepare this progmmme and submit it to the Governing Board of the International Bureau of the American Republics. I would like this declaration to lx; .spread upon the minutes of to-da}".

The Chairman. The Secretary will include the remarks of the Ambassador of Mexico in the minutes.

The Minister of Chile. Mr. Chairman, I ask the favor of having it stated in the minutes that I make the same declaration I made before the committee on programme. It is well known to all diplomats what it is to make a programme for a conference of diplomats. We are not going to hold the first conference in the w'orld. At The Hague as in every international conference subject to a programme, such pro¬ gramme, once adopted, is strictlj^ and faithfully respected. The com¬ mittee has prepared this programme and submits it for approval now. The discussion is open. My hononible colleagues have the right to propose any amendment, but from the moment the programme be approved it will be considered as the fundamental rule of the Third Pan-American Conference.

The Minister of Bolivia. We are under instructions from our Governments to submit certain matters to be di.scussed at the Confer¬ ence, and some of those topics have been excluded from the pro¬ gramme. I would be completel}' failing to fulfill my duty if I accept the report of the committee as it is. We can not bind our Govern-

THIRD PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE. 1023

nients to this programme unless we have received instructions to do so. That is why I consider it very important that we accept the pro¬ gramme of the committee without binding our Governments to mat¬ ters which we have not been instructed to accept. We are in dut}-^ bound to send this programme to our Governments and then they will Instruct us how to act.

'Phe Minister of Argentina: Mr. Chaii’iuan, I beg to request that the Secretary read the statement I made before the committee and that it be spread upon the minutes.

The Secretary then read the following statement from the Argentine Minister:

“Mr. Chairman: The memorandum submitted b}'^ the Minister of Chile at the meeting of Friday, the 28th, in reference to the principle of arbitration as variously stated in the suggestions of different gov¬ ernments, leads me to make a few explanations with a view of estab¬ lishing my position in regard to that particular topic and all other subjects contained in the programme of the Conference.

“The Chilean Minister has, I believe, anticipated a discussion which in my opinion should be exclusively reserved for the Conference, so I will not follow him. I only wish to have it well established that my cooperation in the committee of programme has been, with the reser¬ vations made in my statement of March 2, mainly directed to aid in facilitating the preparatory work of the Third Conference, and that I shall continue to lend my services to this end as cheerfull}' as hereto¬ fore. But I have never believed nor do I now conceive that in giving my cooperation in the preparation of the programme 1 have impaired in any way the liberty of thought and action of my Government as regards the topics contained in the programme, as such course would have been beyond my authorit}". Consistent!}^ with that declai’ation 1 must state here that should my Government decide to attend the Conference of llio it will be with the understanding that my Govern¬ ment will have absolute freedom to discuss any and all of the subjects of the Conference and to propose such action thereon as my Govern¬ ment may deem expedient and of his own free will.”

The Chairman. If there is no objection the statement of the Argen¬ tine Minister will be spread upon the minutes.

We shall now proceed to take a vote on the question of the pro¬ gramme. All in favor of accepting the programme as reported by the committee will please signify by saying “Aye;” contrary, “No.” The motion is unanimously adopted. ,

The Minister of Bolivia. I would like to have a vote taken on the following motion: That the acceptance of the programme is not bind¬ ing to our Governments, but the programme is subject to their approval and such further instructions as may be given to their delegates.

1024 intp:rnational bureau of the American republics.

The Chairman. That, I understand, is what you have expressed in your statement. If you luive made tiie statement that your vote is subject to that reservation, will that not lie sufficient ?

The Minister of Bolivia. I suppose so. 1 will let it stand. The CiiAKof: d'affaires of Ukucsuay. As regards C^ruguai', allow

me, Mr. Chairman, to state that although I recognize that in the prepa¬ ration of the programme an endeavor has been made b}' the committee to reconcile the different aspirations and interests of all the American nations, the instructions I have, expressl}' state that it is the wish of my Covernment that arbitration be included in the programme, in the belief that such topic would be discussed at the Congress of Bio.

Now, this programme includes such an all important (question for our countries simply as “A resolution affirming the adherence of the American Republics to the ^ j^rlncijtle' oi arbitration,’’ to be submitted to the Second Conference of The Hague for determination. Under these circumstances I agree with the declarations made bv the ^Minis- ters of Argentina, Peru, Colombia, and Bolivia, inasmuch as they refer to the acceptance of the programme with certain reservations. Consequently 1 beg to request that the statement that while accepting the j)rogramme I reserve my right to refer it to mi’ Government, be spread upon the minutes.

The Chairman. If there is no objection this will also be spread upon the minutes.

The Minister of Haiti. There is no programme then. I want to know, because 1 want to reixirt to my Gov’ernment.

The Chairman. I understand very ditferently. The members of this boai’d accepted the invitiition to the conference and referred the matter of the programme to a committee on programme. This com-., mittee has made a unanimous report which has been unanimously accepted. I assume that it is perfectly competent for any of the delegates of any countiy to interpret their acceptance of this pro- gi’amme in their particular wa}'. Personall\% if you allow me, I (^uite agree with the remarks of the Ambassador of Mexico, that such con¬ struction would largely nullify the good effect of the accptance of the programme; and, agreeing with the Minister of Chile, 1 feel that the scope of programmes of all conferences of this kind should be so well known b}’ precedent, that this should be accepted as the programme of the Rio Conference.

I deprecate the inability of the gentlemen who have spoken to accept the programme unreservedly, but 1 quite appreciate for myself the position which has been so well stated by the Minister of Bolivia, and his inability to accept and to commit his Government absolutely to this particular programme without reservation. Of course if the conference is to go on and the programme which has been adopted unreservedly by a large majority of the representatives is to obtain.

THIRD PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE. 1025

it is competent for the delegate or representative of any country to decline the invitation to the conference. I assume that anvone can do that if they like. But having gone through the regular steps of preparation of a programme, and it having been determined by a com¬ mittee of your own selection in good faith, it seems to me that the conference must be bound by the acceptance of that programme. Naturally it is possible for any one of the governments to decline to pai-ticipate at the last moment.

In answer to the (piestion of the Minister of Haiti, it seems to me that there is a programme which has been definitely settled by the Governing Board, and 1 understand that even the objections or reser¬ vations, so well expressed by the Minister of Bolivia, arc not in con¬ tradiction to the terms of this programme or in any way in contraven¬ tion of this programme. The position of the other gentlemen who have spoken is practical!}' the same as that of the Minister of Bolivia— that is, that it would be ultra vlrex for them to commit their govern¬ ments to some positive action upon these lines.

The Minister of Bolivia. I would state that my objections do not refer to the meeting of the conference, but we want it well understood that all these jxiints mentioned in the programme arc not to remain just as they are, but are to be open to discussion. The delegates ma}' decide that arbitration will not be submitted to The Hague, if we do not make that reservation. It may be contended that you have no right to decide this question. I want it understood that I am in no way antagonizing the conference, on the contraiy, I am and we are all very willing to go and to make it a success. It is better, however, to go having a clear understanding of wduit is to be our position. While we have made these reservations we are not opposing the conference. I have bowed to the decision of the committee, but I am not author¬ ized by my Government to accept the programme unreservedly.

The .Minister of Costa Rica. Now that the programme for a Third Conference has been unanimously accepted, before adjourning I lieg to bo allowed to avail myself of this opportunity to make a statement with the request that it be spread upon the minutes. Although the suggestion is of no general character, it is still of interest to the coffee- producing countries of America, which may perhaps desire to take advantiige of the meeting of the Conference at Rio de .Taneiro to endeavor among themselves to better the actual conditions of the mar¬ ket for said berry.

My Government would have wished to take some initiative in this respect but concluded not to do so in deference to Brazil, since that country is the largest producer of coffee and since it is at her capital that the Conference w'ill take place.

The Government of Guatemala, among others, through its minister at Washington, suggested this matter as a subject for the pregramme;

1026 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

and although not in an official manner, Doctor Pacas, the Minister of the Interior of Salvador, in a letter dated the 9th of Februaiy last, suggested to me, among other points included in the programme, the same subject of coffee, considering its solution to be a transcendent necessity to the countries interested, and suggesting that it may be advisable to agree upon some measure for the protection of this industr\’, at least by promoting the increase of consumption, either by the abolition of taxes on the berry, wherever there are any, or ]>y choa})ening as much as possible the cost of transportation.

In the name of the coffee growers of my country and echoing the recommendations to which I have referred, 1 make an appeal to those of my colleagues who favor the plan, asking that they study the matter and make such recommendations to their respective governments that thet’ may arrive at some agreement capable of producing practical results either in the wide sense suggested by the distinguished Salva¬ dorean, which equally consults the interests of both the producer and the consumer, or in any other form that will better the actual condi¬ tion of so many millions of owners of plantations and of other persons who live by this industry in which a fabulous amount of capital is invested.

The Chairman. If there is no objection. Minister Calvo's statement will be spread upon the minutes.

The meeting then adjourned. The following is the programme as adopted by the Board:

PROGRAMME OF THE THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF THE

AMERICAN REPUBLICS AT RIO IJE JANEIRO, JULY 21, 1906. International Bureau of the American Republics.

I. (a) lleorganization of the International Bureau of the American Republics on a more permanent basis;

(b) Enlarging and improving the scope and efficiency of the Insti¬ tution.

II. A resolution affirming the adherence of the American Republics to the principle of arbitration for the settlement of disputes arising between them and expressing the hopes of the Republics taking part in the Conference that the International Conference to be convened at The Hague will agree upon a general arbitration convention that can be approved and put in operation by every country.

III. A resolution recommending to the different Republics the extension for a further period of live years of the “Treat}’ of Arbi¬ tration for Pecuniary Claims,” agreed upon at the Mexican Conference between the different Republics.

IV. A I’csolution recommending that the Second Peace Conference at The Hague be requested to consider whether, and, if at all, the extent to which the use of force for the collection of public debts is admissible.

THIRD PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE. io2r Codification ofijxihllc and pricatc international law.

V. A convention providlnjj for the creation of a coininittee of jurists: who shall prepare for the consideration of the next Conference a draft of a Code of Public International Law and Private International Law,, providing for the paj’inent of the expenses incident to such work;, especially recoininending for the consideration of the said committee of jurists the treaties agreed upon at the Congress of Montevideo in 1880 on “Civil Law,” “Commercial Law,” “Criminal Law,” and “Judicial Procedure.”

Naturalization.

VI. The advisability of concluding a convention embodying the principle that a naturalized citizen in one of the contracting countries,, who renews his residence in the countr}' of his origin, without the intention of returning to the country where he was naturalized be considered to have renounced his naturalization in the said country,, and the intent not to return shall be ])resumed to exist when the natu¬ ralized person resides for over two 3'ears in the countr}’ of his origin..

Decelopmcnt of coninierclal Intercourse hetween the American liepuhllcs..

VII. Adoption of resolutions which the conference ma}’^ consider proper for:

(a) The more rapid communication between the different nations. (b) The conclusion of commercial treaties. (c) The greatest possible dissemination of statistical and commerciar

information. (d) Measures tending to develop and extend commercial intercourse

between the Republics forming the conference.

Custom and consular laws.

VIII. The simplitication and coordination of the custom and consu¬ lar law’s referring to the entry and clearance of ships and merchandise-

Patent and trade-marks.

IX. Consideration of the treaties of Montivideo and Mexico cover¬ ing this subject, together with

(a) Recommendations tending tow’ard uniformitj’ in patent law’s and procedure.

(b) The ci’eation of an International Bureau for the registration of trade-marks.

Bull. No. 4—06-II

1028 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Smiitanj poh'cr ami tjuarantlne.

X. Consideration of the sanitaiy convention signed ad referendum at Washington and the one concluded at Rio Janeiro and such addi¬ tional recommendations on matters of public health as will most etiect- ively enable each of the Republics to assist the others in the prevention of epidemic and in the reduction of mortality from contagious diseases.

I\m-America7i Ratlv'ai/.

XI. Consideration of the report of the Permanent Committee of The Pan-American Railway and recommendation, to at the Conference, to the diti'erent Republics with regard thereto and reaffirming the interest of all the Republics in the success of this project.

C 'oj/yricflit.

XII. Consideration of the Treaties of ^lontevideo and of Mexico regarding cop3'right and legislation bearing on the subject in the American Republics.

Practice o f the letd'ned j>r<)fei<s!ons.

XIII. Measures which nm* be deemed necessar}’ to carry into effect the idea embodied in the treat}' agreed to in the Second Pan-American Conference w'ith regard to this subject.

XIV. Future conferences.

PAN-AMERICAN UNITY.

The opinion of the lion. Elihu Root, Secretary of State of the Ignited States, in support of the active furtherance of inter-American commercial intei-course and expressed before a committee of Congress, was quoted by the Hon. John AV. Daniel, of Virginia, in his speech in the Senate of the ITiited States advocating a generous support of the Third International Conference at Rio de Janeiro.

As reproduced in the ‘‘Congressional Record,” Secretary Root's

remarks on the subject were, in part, as follows: “* * * I think that the work of the Bureau of American Repub¬

lics, the existence of the International Union, and the holding of these conferences afford altogether the best means of breaking up the com- parativ'e isolation of this country from the other countries of America

PAN-AMKRICAN UNITY. 1029

and establishing relations between us and them in place of the rela¬ tions—the rather exclusive relations—that have existed hitherto between them and Europe.

“Our relation with them has been largely a political relation, while, on tlie other hand, their racial tics of race and language and iidierited customs and usjige—the relations which have come from the invest¬ ment of great amounts of European capital in their country, whi<-h have come from the establishment of numerous and convenient lines of communication between them and Europe—have made the whole trend of South American trade and social relations and personal rela¬ tions subsist with Europe rather than with the I’^nited States. So tliat while we occup}' the political attitude of warning Europe otf the premises in Central and South America under the Monroe Doctrine, we are comparative strangers to them, and the Europeans hold direct relations with them.

“Now, there is, I think, a strong and genuine desire on the part of the South American statesmen—and the}" have very many able ones— to promote a greater knowledge on the part of their people of the ])cople of the I'^nited States, and on the part of our people a greater knowledge of the southern republics, and to promote greater inter¬ course. Just at this time, of course, the great increase of cai)ital in the United States is on the threshold of seeking investment abroad. We are about at the close of the period during which all our capital and all our energy were engrossed at home, and I can see in the State Department an enormous increase of business relations between Americans and other countries. The}’ are going into construction work and are pushing their way, making banking transactions, and all over Central and South America capital is ready to go. I take it to be the proper function of government to help create situations of friendly relations and good understanding, \\hich will make it possible for capital to go.

* *■ It seemed to me that I could not do any more useful work to the country for the promotion of American trade interests and at the same time for the promotion of these relations which tend to maintain peace and harmony than to foster and advance this tendency which finds its expression through the Union of American Itepublics and these successive conferences.”

1030 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. I ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

CUSTOMS TARIFF, 1906-6.

[Money, weights, and measures: The eustoms dtities are levied in the Argentine Republic in specie. (Sec art. 17 of the present law.) The monetary unit is the peso=100 centavos. For weights and measures the metrical system has been adopted.]

The ou&tom.s tariff applicaiile in the ports of the Argentine Repulilic from January 1, 1900, is as follows:

Cmtom^s han No. JiDSS, of Decemher 20, 1905,

[“ ISolctin oficial” No. ;«>50, of December 2:5, 1905.]

Article 1. The importation of foreign goods and the exportation of articles of the countiy not being duty free shall, respectively, be subject to the import and export duties hereinafter stipulated.

Chapter \.-~hnpo'rt duties.

Art. 2. The undermentioned goods shall pay the following per¬ centage duties on value:

Section 1.—25 i>er cetU (id valorem.

All goods not siiectally enuinerateil in the jiresent law or w hich are not exempt from duty.

Sectio.n 2.—50 per cent ad valorem.

Arms, accessories and their appurtenances. Harness, and saddlery in general, complete or not. Sword sticks. Vehicles, finished or not, with Ixidies and shafts in the rough, for the same. Cartridges for firearms. Fireworks. Ammunition. Perfumery in general. Gunpowder of all kinds.

Section 3.—40 per cent ad valorem.

Articles of all kinds of tis.«ues, completely or partly ma<le up. Portmanteaus and trunks. Bags, leather, exceeding 25 centimeters, with or without their accessories. Sacks of canvas or other tissue of cotton. Flasks and leather bottles, whether finished or not. Borax. Iron or steel safes of all kinds. Boxes, empty, for matches. Footwear of all kinds, finished or in pieces. Chromos, oleographs, and prints of all kinds, in colors, on cardboard or paper Hides and skins, tanned. Fine lace, of pure or mi.’’.ed silk. Fine lace, of linen.

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 1031

Coloretl labels or chroinos on paper or eardboard, for cigars, match boxes, bever¬ ages, perfumery, chemical products and the like, and for any other purpose.

Lalnds gummed or not, with or without printing thereon, and cardboard posters for suspending.

Buckles for harness and saddlery of all kinds. Printed commercial matter, bills of exchange, checks, policies, bonds, stamps, letters of credit, invoices, memoran¬ dums, passes, and other like clocuments, as also printed or headed paper or envelopes and jdain envelopes.

The same, lithographed, engraved on copper or steel. Printed matter on cardboard or card, in colors or chroinos for advertising or other

puriwses, including bills of all kinds and calendars with or without block. Stockings of all kinds. ^Mosaics. Furniture, finished, or parts of furniture. Trimmings and cords, of pure or mixed silk, combined or not with metallic threads. Polishing paper. Hats or caps not subject to a specific duty. Cards of all kinds, printed, engraved, or lithographed.

S^ECTiox 4.—So per cent itd miorem.

Carbons for arc lamps. Jewelry ca.«es. Blankets of pure or mixed wool, with warp of cotton, hemmed or bordereil. Tissues, knitted. Screws, bolts, and nuts, of iron.

Section 5.—30 per rent nd ndorem.

Tissues of wool, of any kind, pure or mixed.

Section (5.—20 per cent ad valorem.

Steel, in liars, plates, and sheets. Tissues of unbleached cotton, or coarse linen cloth.

Section 7.—lo per rent ad ralorem.

Oak, cedar, spruce, white iiine, and resinous jiiiie (tea), unplaned. Bolting cloth of silk.

Section 8.—10 per cent ad ralorem.

White lead. Tartaric and citric acids. Ammonia, anhydrous, in cylinders. Antimony, metallic. Sand and stone, imported on vessels as necessary ballast. Automobiles of all kinds, complete, and sjiare parts imported separately. Baryta, pulverizeil, or impure sulphate of baryta. Coal tar. Pitch, mineral. Cocoa, in the bean. Special carts for the conveyance of cereals. Cocoannts of Brazil and Paraguay. Vessels or lioats of all kinds, of small tonnage, fitted together or not. Tin, in bars or ingots.

1032 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Grease. ilalt. Wicks, plaited or not, for candles. Pita, jute, or hemp, spun, for the manufacture of plaiting. Seapiisulphide of i)hosphorus and other substitutes of white phosphorus for the

manufacture of matches. Stilphate of lime. Suljihate of copper. Six^cial cloth for bookbinding.

Section 9.—5 jter cent ad valorem.

Heavy tar oils. Iron or steel barbed fence wire. Iron or steel wire, galvanized or not, of a diameter not exceeding No. 14. I’ure copper wire of less than 5 millimeters in diameter. Cork in pieces sipiared or slightly wrought. Jewelry. Needles for sewing machines. Api>aratus against hailstorms. Metallic wire or cables exceeding 5 millimeters in diameter for electricity, and all

accessories for the installation of underground cables. I’loughs and their extra parts. Fontainebleau sand. Saffron. Mercury. 8uli)hur, crude, in lumps. Cotton (raw), ginned or not, and cotton yarn for looms. Asphalt, Trinidad, and natural asphaltic rocks. Bisulphite of sodium, impure. Coi-oa husks. Guaya<iuil corozo nut (vegetaVjle ivory). Caoutchouc in natural state. Quillaia bark. Ordinary tannic extracts for tanning, from 25° to 30° Baume, except <iuebracho

and cebir. Mats of vegetable libers. Fiber or v>0(xl pulp for the manufacture of paper. Yarn for wax matches. Gelatine for the preparation of preserved meats. Iron, soft, in bars, hoo|)8, or plates, unwrought. Iron in ingots for foundries. Twine for binding machines. Tin plate unwrought, cut or not. China clay. Refractory bricks. Wool, spun, or woolen yarn for the loom. Flax yarn for the loom. Hops. Machines of all kinds and their spare parts. Sewing machines, and their spare parts. Shearing machines, with or without motors, and their spare parts. Machines, with or without motors, for agricultural purposes, and their spare parts. Typewriters, computing and cash-registering machines.

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 1033

Machines of the Cliainpion and other systems for rei)airing roads, and their spare parts.

Machines and conduits for the installation of jmblic illumination hy gas or elec¬ tricity, for watcnvorks and sewers.

^Motors or portable engines, imported separately, traction engines, tricycles, and their spare parts.

Nitrate of potash, crude. 1‘aper, natural white, in discs of from 1 to 2 (X'ntimeters in thickness, exclusively

destined to the manufacture of pajier matches. Rabbit fur. Resin pitch. Precious stones. Pita, jute, or hemp, raw, neither combed nor spun. Lead in plates, ingots, and bars. Presses, fodder. Stakes of Paraguayan palm, for fence wire. Harrows and ploughshares of iron, and horserakes. Watches of gold, silver, placpie, or gold plated, and of common metals. Carbonate of soda, sotla ashes, industrial silicate, nitrate and impure sulphate of

soda, and caustic soda. Sulphate of aluminium, impure. Iron framework for bridges and sewers. Fire clay. Articles of gokl or silver. Zinc in ingots or bars. Zinc in plain sheets up to No. 4, inclusive, cut in pieces for the manufacture of

receptacles.

Art. 3. The under-mentioiied goods shall pay the following specific duties:

Section 1.—Comrstibks.

Oils, vegetable, of all kinds.kilo Linseed oil, crude or boiled.do.. Oils, cocoanut and palm.do.. Olives, preserved in oil, stuffed or not, including the weight of recepta cles.kilo

Olives, preserved in brine.do.. Olives, pressed or not.do.. “.lj(” (kind of pimento), raw'.do.. (iarlic of all kinds.do.. Capet'S, in glass receptacles.do.. CajH'rs, in wooden receptacles.do.. Almonds, shelled. .do.. Almonds, in the shell.do.. Starch of all kinds.do.. Alpiste.do.. Lupines, in the bean.do.. Lupines, shelleil.do.. Aniseed, in the grain.do.. Vetches, in the bean.do.. Herrings, smoked, in tubs.do.. The same, in boxes.do..

Pesos.

0.10

.10

.03

.08

.05

.03

.05

.01

.08

.06

.10

.05

.08

.01

.01

.02

.06

.01

.05

.08

1034 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Section 1.—Comcstihlex—Con'.inued.

Rice.kilo.. Rice, in the husk....do_

Hazelnuts, unshelled. do_

Hazelnuts, shelleil.do_ Oat«, in the grain.do_

Sugar, refined, or polarizing 5*6° and more.do_

Sugar, unrefineil, or polarizing less than 90°.do_

Cod and other similar fish.do_

Coilfish, cut up.do_

Biscuits, fine, and other dry cakes of all k*nds.do_

Cocoa mixed with oats and like products.do_

Coffee, in tl:e bean.do_

Coffee, ground.do_

Chicory, in jiackets.do_

Chicory, not in packets.do_

Coffee of malt or barley.do_

Shrimps cuiitarones”), dried.'..do_

Cinnamon, in sticks.do_

Carbide of i'alcium.do_

Meat, salted, in barrels.do_

Chestnuts, shelled.tlo_

Chestnut^, unshelled.do_

Caviare.do_

Barley, husked.do_

Barle}’, unhusked.do_

Onions.do_

Rye of all kinds.do_ Chocolate, in paste.do_

Chocolate, in powder.do_

Chick peas, in the bean.do_

Chick peas, shelUsl.do_

Cloves, mother cloves and clove stems.do_

Prunes.do_

Chilian cocoanuts.do_

Cumin seeds.do_

Fruits, candied, bonbons, and pastilles, loose.do_

Vc^tables, preserved in flasks, tins, or bottles.do_

Preserves of tish, shellfish, and mushrooms, prepared in any manner, with

the exception of sardines.kilo..

Preserves of meat other than salted meat, with or without truffles_do_

Dates, in receptacles weighing up to 2 kilograms.do_

Dates, in larger receptacles. do_

Peaches, dried and stoned dcscurozadoK de duraznon”).

Sweetmeats and nougats.do_

Sausages, including Bologna sausages.do_

Pickles {“encurtidos”), in bottles.do_

Pickles, otherwise put up.do_

Spices of all kinds, ground.do_

Farina.do_

Vermicelli and macaroni.do_

Fruits preserved in their juice or in sirup, and jams.do_

Fruits in their natural state, or preserved in water or brandy.do_

I’esos. .02

• OOi

.03

. 05

.OU

.09

.07

.04

.00

.15

.25

.03

.06

. 03

.02i

.00

. 12i

.05

.03

.021

. 05

.02J

.40

.02J

.OOJ

.01

.01

.30

.35

.01

.02

.00

.08

.03

.05

.25

. 12

.20

.20

. 10

.06

.05

.25

.30

.10

.07

.12

.OOJ

.04

.25

.15

ARGENTINK REPUBLIC. 1035

Section 1.—Comestibles—Continued. Pesos.

Biscuit.^, common.kilo,. .02 Peawi of all kinds.do.04 Beans, driwl.do.01 Flour, comestible, of all kinds, in packets or tins, with the exception of

wheaten and maize flour.kilo.. . 05 The same, in cases, sacks, or any other receptacle.do.04 Fi«s, dricHl, in receptacles weifrhing up to 2 kilograms.do.05 Figs, dried, in larger receptacles.do.03 Eggs of all kinds. .do.02 Ham...do.25 -Milk, condensed.do.07 Codfish tongues..do.10 Lentils.<lo- .01 Farthnuts.do.... .OIJ Butter.do.10 I.ard.do.08 .\j)ples, i>ears, or cherries, drietl, including the weight of receptacles.do.05 Ginger {“iitfKjui ”).do.50 “ }f(izarote” (a preserve made of brown sugar).do.02 Honey of all kinds.<lo.03 ^lustard, English or French.do- .10 Millet...do.03 Walnuts.do.03 Oysters.do.04 Itaisins, in receptacles weighing up to 2 kilograms.do.15 Raisins, in larger receptacles. ...do.10 Currants. .do.05 Anchovy paste.do.30 Tomato paste....do- ■ .05 Stockfish, in hales...do. — .02 Fish, in brine or pressed.do.04 Pepper, red.do.03 Pimentos, in natural state...do- .04 Pine seeds.do.06 Pepper, in the grain.do.04 Pistachio nuta.do.10 “ Porotos” (kind of liean).do.12J Cheese of all kinds.do.20 Salt, common.hectoliter.. .20 Salt, fine, in barrels or sacks.kilo.. . 01 Salt, in flasks.do.02 English sauce..do.15 Sardines in oil or sauce.«lo.05 Semolina.do.02 Soups, prepared.do.10 Tea of all kinds.do.20 “ Tiehohs”.do.15 Bacon.:.do- .20 Truffles, in natural state.do.75 Yerba mate, of all kinds, prepared.do.04 The same, not prepared or crude.do.01 i

103G INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Sfxtiox 2.—Jiererages.

Brandy, not exm‘<Hiig 79° C., in wood or deinijolins.littir..

The same, in lx)ttles of more tliiin one-lialf liter up to 1 liter.bottle..

Absinthe, not exeeedinj; 68° C., in woo<l or demijohns.liter..

Aniseed brandy, arrack, cognac, kirsch, rum, and other similar liqueurs, not

exceeding 50° C., in wood or demijohns.liter..

Absinthe, not exceeding 68° (’., in Iwttles of more than one-half liter up to

1 liter.iKJttle.. Aniseed brandy, arrack, cognac, kirsch, rum, and other similar litpieurs, not

exceeding 50° C., in bottles of more than one-lialf liter up to 1 liter.bottle..

Byrrh and cinchona wines, in wood or demijohns.liter..

The same, in bottles.bottle..

Bitters, .\ngostura, not exceeding 68° C., in bottles of more than one-half

liter uj) to 1 liter.bottle..

The same in half bottles.half bottle..

Bitt.rs of other trade-marks, in Ixittles.bottle..

The same, not exceeding 78° in wood or demijohns.liter..

Bnmdy, cane, in bottles.bottle..

The same, in wood or demijohns.liter..

Beer, in wood.do_

Beer, in bottles.lx)ttle..

“t/mcofi,” in bottles.do_

The same, in wood.liter..

“f7((V7in,” in bottles. bottle..

The same, in wood.liter..

Geneva, aromatic. Old Tom or Schnapps, not exceeding 50° C., in bottles of

one liter. lx)ttle..

tteneva and Schnapps, not exceetling 50° C., in wood or demijohns, .liter..

Ginger ale, in lx)ttles...12 bottles..

‘Uirappa,” in Ixdtles.bottle..

The same, in wood or demijohns.liter..

Sirups, in bottles.Ixdtle..

Liquors, not exceeding 50° C., in Iwttles of 1 liter.do_

The same, in wood or demijohns.liter..

Punch, in Iwttles.bottle..

Drinks, scsla, in lx)ttles.12 l)ottles..

Cider, in wood.liter..

Cider, in bottles.bottle..

Soda water.12 bottles..

Wines of all kinds, in l)ottles.bottle.. Wines, such as iwjrt, sherry, Madeira, Hock, CluUeau-Margaux, Clulteau-

Latitte, ChAtcau-Yiiuem, Burgundy, and other line wines, in wood or demijohns.liter..

AVines, such as Carlon, Priorato, dry, common claret, Barlxjra, common Moselle and other similar common wines, in wood or demijohns, not ex¬ ceeding 15° C., and not containing more than 35 per cent of dry extract, not including the reducing sugar.liter..

When the dry extract exceeds 35 per cent, the wine shall l)e subject to a surtax of 1 centavo per 5 grams or fraction of 5 grams of the excess and per liter.

Note.—When the wines and other beverages are of a strength exceed¬ ing the limits established in the foregoing numbers, they shall l>e subject to an additional duty of 1 centavo per degree or fraction of a degree in

excess and per liter.

Pesos.

0. 06) .25

.29

.28

.34

. 33

.30

. 25

.54

.27

.27

.29

.25

.20

.07

. 10

.08

.04

.10

.08

.33

.23

.50

.25

.20

.15

. 33

.2t>

. 10

.50

.10

.15

.40

.25

.25

.08

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 1037

Section 2.—liererages—ContinucHl.

Wines, snciias Muscatel, Marsala, “nehiolo,” Barolo, Sauterne, Moselle, and Pesos. sweet, dessert, and other conmion wines.liter.. . 12

Vinegar, in wood or demijohns.do.01J Vinegar, in liottles.bottle.. .02 Vermouth, in wood nr demijohns.liter.. .15 Vermouth, in hottlc‘S.bottle.. .16 Must, alcoholized or concentratc-d, and Mistelas.liter.. 1.00 Whisky, not exceeding 50° C., in wood or demijohns.do_ . oO The same, in bottles.bottle.. . 00

Misirlhiueous iirtichx.

Packing cloth of coarse pita...kilo.. .01 Sacks of canvas or of unbleached jiita cloth.do.01J Collars for men and boys, of cotton or linen, mixed.ilozen.. 1. 25 Stearin.kilc).. .08 Felt, adhesive, for men’s hats.each.. ..SO Felt, not adhesive (shapes), for men and women’s hats.do.50 Felt, in pieces, especially employed for the manufacture of hats.kilo.. .*>.00 Matches, wood.do.lO Matches, of wax, stearin, or any other substance, loose.do_ 1.60 Matches, of wax, stearin, or any other sulistance, in boxes not containing

more than 6 dozen.kilo.. . 80 Kerosene.«..liter.. .03 Playing cards of all kinds.gross.. 10.00 Paper, colored, of all kinds, white packing pajier, bookbinders’ pajier (de

tapas), paper for posters (cartek*s or barriletes), blotting paper, tissue paper, straw paper, and bag pajier.'.kilo.. . 08

Pajier, white, for newspapers, in rolls or in the ream.do.02 PajicT, white, for books and writing paper, of all kinds and of any size, in¬

cluding colored pajier iK)t exceeding the ofticial size.kilo.. . 04 Cuffs of cotton or linen, or of these materials mixed.12 pairs.. 2.00 Tacks, Parisian.kilo.. .02i Hatsof woolen felt, of all kinds, for men and lioys.each.. . 35 Hats of otter, beaver, vicugna, or rabbit fur, for men and boys.do_ 1. 00 Hats, tall, varnished, for coachmen.do.70 Hats, tall, of all other kinds.do_ 2.00 Emery cloth.kilo.. .20 Candles of stearine, paraffin, and of these materials mixed.do.10

Section 3.—Toltacco.

Cigars of Havana tobacco, in wooden boxes.kilo.. 1. .50 The same, loose, in packets or cardboard boxes.do_ 2.25 Cigars of ordinary tobacco (other than Havana), in wooden boxes_do_ .60 The same, loose, in packets or cardboard boxes.do_ . 75 Cigarettes of all kinds.do_ 1.00 Tobacco stems.do_ .15 “ Piclnia”.do_ .20 Snuff.do_ .40 Tobacco, in the leaf or cut, lia vana. .do_ .70 Tobacco, in the leaf or cut, of other origin, excepting Paraguayan to¬ bacco.kilo.. .22

Paraguayan tobacco.do_ .12

1038 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Aut. 4. The Executive may authorize the free importation of grain bags of coarse cloth when the price of cereals in the country shall exceed 20 centavos gold per kilogram.

If exemption from duty is granted to bags, it shall also apply, dur¬ ing the same period, to the coarse cloth used for making the same.

CiiAiTPUi II.—Ki'port duties.

Art. 5. The products of the soil and industry of the country shall

-be exempt from export duties.

Art. 0. Scrap iron shall pay a dut}' of o j/esos gold per 1,000 kilo¬ grams.

Art. 7. Cattle imported with the object of wintering in and being subsequently reexported from the territoiy of the Republic, shall pay a duty of 3 pesos in gold per head.

The Executive may remit this duty in the case of those countries which do not levy a dut\' upon imported Argentine cattle.

Art. 8. Firms importing or exporting goods, articles, fruits, an products of all kinds, also linns ell'ecting the transit of goods to for¬ eign countries, shall be liable to a statistical tax of 1 per 1,000 on the value of their transactions, irrespective of whether the goods, etc., are or are not subject to the payments of customs duties.

This tiix shall be entered in the diHerent clearance documents by the customs, and be collected at the same time as the other duties.

The ])rocceds of this tax shall be entered under receipts in the form established for each heading of revenue.

CiiAUTER III.—A/iides admitted free of duty.

Art. 9. The following articles shall be exempt from import duty:

8i'hi.«t oil imported exclusively by fjas companie.s for carburatiiig illuminating gas. Cork (bark or slabs). Animals of all kinds, on comjtliance with the sanitary regulations in regard to

animals. Sand and stone, im[)orted on vessels as necessary ballast and destined to munici¬

palities. Apparatus, instruments and accessories, imported by universities for the upper

e<lucation, provided they are consigned to the dean of the faculty to which destined, on the application of the rector of the university.

Vessels, rigged or not. Sugar cane. Boilers for ships, imported by shipowners. Coal and charcoal, for fuel. Casks of wood or iron, jiut together or not, used as receptacles. Coke. Wedges, rails of iron or steel, iron sleepers, and fisl^plates for railways or steam,

horse, or electric tramways; also plant for the installation and traction of electric tramways, namely, carriage motors and gears, cables, trolleys, wire, bobbins, fuse

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 1039

boxes, brakes, rims, lightning guards, s[>rings, insulators, controllers, wheels, rosettes, switches, and points.

staves for casks. Dynamite for mines and special powder for the same purpose. Boats for regatta clubs. Disinfecting ovens. Receptacles, special bales or sacks, cases, i)ut together or not, and tin plate cut for

receptacles imported directly by meat-preserving establishments for packing their products.

Slieep dip of all kinds. Water filters of the Pasteur and like systems. Flour of wheat or maize. Scrap iron and steel. Fruits and vegetables, fresh, excepting grapes. Firewood of all kinds. Books, printed, of all kinds; reviews, journals, and scientific and literary publica¬

tions, with or without illustrations; maps, geographical globes, and copy books, with models, for schools.

Locomotives and extra parts thereof. ilachines for reaping, binding, and gleaning, with or without motors, platforms,

covers, or tarpaulins, and siiare parts thereof. Thrashing machines worked by steam or animal power, with or without motors,

covers, or tarpaulins, and spare jiarts thereof. Steam hulling machines, with or without motors, covers, or tarpaulins, and spare

j)arts thereof. Machines for extracting tannin. Machines for sugar relineries. Machines for ships. Butter-making machines and their spare parts. Machines, accessories, and materials for the equipment of cotton spinning and

worsted mills. Machines for mining purposes. Cotton carding machines. Materials destined to public sanitary works or waterworks. War material for the nation. Medicines, drugs, and instruments for hospitals of the Republic, except medicated

cotton. Coins. Furniture and implements of immigrants, forming part of their baggage. . Munitions fur war guns. Naphtha and crude petroleum, and carburine. Oranges. Objects exclusively intended for churches, consigned to the incumbent of the

temple for which required and on the requisition of the diocese concerned. Gold, in nuggets, ingots, or powder. Fish, fresh. Silver, in bars or ingots. Plants, live. Seeds, for sowing, of all kinds, with the exception of those otherwise mentioned

in this law. Serum for the preventive and curative treatment of infectious diseases. Wheat, maize, and potatoes for sowing. Accessories, instruments, and furniture for schools and colleges imported on the

requisition of the Ministry of Public Instruction, the provincial governments, or National Council of Education.

1040 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Art. 10. The customs will, on the exportation thereof, refund to exiwrters of butter and sterilized milk the duties paid on the impor¬ tation of wooden cases mounted or not. special packing paper, and tin receptsicles.

Exporters of Hour will be entitled to like drawl)ack for sacks weigh¬ ing more than rioO grammes each.

Art. 11. The Executive ma}' accord no exemptions other than those established in this law or in special laws.

CnAi*TER IV.—LiqnkJatkm and collectkm of dutlcK and appraittcinent of (jood^.

Art. 12. The import duties shall be paid according to an evaluation or customs tariff established b}' taking for a basis the price of the goods in deposit.

The duties leviable on goods not enumerated in the evaluation tariff shall be calculated on the value declared by the shippex’s and substan¬ tiated l)y means of the original invoice.

Art. 13. Until such time as Congress shall have sanctioned the general evaluation tai’iff the Executive will designate and fix the specie value of the goods and products to be enumerated in the tariff mentioned in the pi’eceding article. For goods not speciall}’^ men¬ tioned the value declai’ed shall always be considered as being in specie.

As to unenumerated furniture, including furnitui’e which has been in use or is destined for a specified purpose, the declaration of value shall be made by the owner and verified by his signatui’e in the manifest when the application is made I)}' another person.

Art. 14. The evaluation tariff is rendered applicable from and after Januaiy 1, 1900.

Each year the Executive shall submit to the appi'obation of Congress, during the first month of its session, such draft reforms as he may deem tit to propose.

Aixt. 15. Goods of foreign origin not emuuei’ated in the tariff shall paN' the dut}' established therein for goods of the same kind and accoi’ding to the value in deposit declared b\' the importer. Should it be impossible to assimilate them to any of the goods comprised in the tai'iff, the}’ shall be subject to the general duty of 25 per cent on their value in deposit declai'ed in the manner aforesaid.

Art. 16. The import duties must be paid in cash before the with- di'awal of the goods.

Art. 17. Import duties, expoi’t duties, and statistical fees, also the evaluations under the tariff and those declai’ed by the interested j)er- sons, must be deemed to be established in specie. Said duties and fees may be paid in coin of legal tender for an equivalent value, according to Law No. 3871.

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, 1041

Art. 18. Simill packages, whatever be their value, shall pa}' the duties to which the}' are respectively subject, the exemption from payment of duty accorded by article 209 of the customs ordinances being repealed.

Art. 19. The duties leviable on postal ))arcels shall be collected by the post-office, with the intervention of the examiners of the respective custom-houses, in the manner to be prescribed by the Executive.

Akt. 20. A reduction of 5 per cent for leakage shall be allowed on wines, oils, brandies, beers, and licpieurs in wood, proceeding from ports above the ecpxator, and of 2 per cent when proceeding from ports under the equator.

A reduction of 2 per cent for breakage shall be granted on similar Ihjuids when imported in bottles, whatever ])e the port from whence proceeding.

Art. 27. The specific duties shall be collected in the following man¬ ner, viz: On tea according to the net weight; on all goods dutiable on weight and packed in two or more receptacles, according to the weight of such goods, including the- immediate receptacle; and on articles imported in wooden casks, with such allowance for tare as the Execu¬ tive may deem fit to gi'ant.

Art. 22. In the cases mentioned in the preceding article 12, as well as in all others provided for in the taritf, the declared value shall, when the ad valorem duty is leviable on unenumerated goods, include the price in the port of origin, justified by the original invoices, aug¬ mented by the freight charges, insurance premiums, and other ordinary expenses incurred up to the time of the entry of the goods in the customs warehou.ses at the j)oint of discharge.

Art. 23. Goods of national manufacture which are exported and, for some reason, returned to the country, shall pay import duty except in case where said good essentially differ from similar foreign goods and provided that the return of the goods be effected within one 3’ear from the date of their exjwrtation.

Art. 24. The time allowed by articles 42fi, 429, and 433 of the Cus¬ toms Ordinances for lodging claims in respect of errors found in the cal¬ culation, liquidation, and collection of duties is limited to two years.

Chapter V.—Clearance of goods.

Art. 25. Goods exempt from, or enjoying a reduction of, duty owing to their being destined to an industr}% special manufactories, or for public benefit shall be cleared direct by the customs in the ordinary and usual manner and by compl3'ing with the reglementar}' formalities prescribed by the Executive for the application of the present law.

Art. 26. If spare parts of metal or an}’ other material, whatever be their shape and kind, are declared as such, and are duly found to appl}' to the machines for which intended, the}' shall be entitled to the

1042 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

exemption granted to complete machines under the present law, even though said spare parts should not be speciall}' enumerated in the evaluation tarilf.

Spare or integral parts of a machine shall not include belting of any material, wrenches, asbestos packing, oilers, screws, nuts, bolts, rivets, hooks, washers, pins, chains, pulleys, cocks, saws, rings, with or with¬ out inserted cloth or metal, whippletrees, poles, and felts of all kinds.

Art. 27. The attributions assigned to the maritime customs in vir¬ tue of article 11, paragraphs 1, 2, and 3, of Customs Ordinances, are limited to imports of goods, the product of contiguous countries, trans¬ ported b\' trading vessels arriving direct from ports in said countries. The customs at Vicdma, Rio Gallegos, and Chubut are excepted from this provision.

Art. 28, The transit by land of goods subject to import dutj' and on which dut\' has not been liquidated in one of the ciistom-houses of the Republic shiill be prohibited, with the following exceptions:

(1) Goods in transit to ports of Brazil or Paraguay, passing through the ports of Concordia and Monte Caseros.

(2) Goods in transit, destined to ports in Brazil, passing through the ports of Empedrado and Paso do los Eibres.

(3) Goods shipped in transit through the custom-houses of the capital and Rosario to those of Mendoza, San Juan, Saltii, and Jujiiy in destination of Bolivia or Chile.

(4) Goods forwarded through the custom-house of La Plata to the

capital, and vice versa. (5) Goods which from Chile pass through the Bahia Blanca custom¬

house to the custom-house of the capital. Art. 23. Whenever goods in respect of which an application has

been made for clearance directly on arrival or for removal from bond are not .so cleared within thirt}" days after landing, or removed from bond within twenty daj's after production of the manifest, a tine of 5 per cent, provided for in articles 195 and 359 of the ordinances, shall be imposed.

If within a fortnight from the landing of goods imported direct, and within ten da3's after production of the application for clearance in regard to goods removed from bond, the interested party has not completed the cu.stoms formalities, the examiners will proceed to clear the goods in his ab-sence and without his concurrence, and no further claim will be admitted on that account.

Art. 30. The reshipment and transshipment of goods in destination of national ports shall be subject to the formality of passes (“torna- guias”) which must be discharged in the form determined by the Executive.

Art. 31. The Executive may establish the use of passes should cus¬ toms conventions be concluded with contiguous countries. Should no

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 1043

convention exist, masters of vessels and carriers of goods proceeding from such countries shall be required to present, at the first Argentine port of arrival, the manifest of the cargo destined to that port or to foreign ports, stating the mark, number, receptacle, and nature of the goods, and the class, quantity, and nature of the goods contained in each pac'kage, conformabl}'^ to the customs ordinatices relative to the clearance of goods at the place of destination. The customs may, Avhen they deem proper, examine the goods on hoard or on their entry into the warehouse, in order to ascertain whether the}" tally with the manifest, and in case of discrepancy as to the kind, quality, (piantity, etc., of the goods, the interested party shall be subject to the disposi¬ tions estsiblished in articles 128,129, and 080 of the customs ordinanc^es.

Corrections in the manifests mentioned in article 846 of the customs oi’dinances can no longer be made once the customs have detected the error.

Art. 32. The time limit assigned to mail steamers by section 4 of article 847 of the customs ordinances for correcting errors made in the general manifest is fixed at forty-eight hours after completion of their discharge.

Art. 33. The customs shall make no allowance for damage which containers of goods and accessories are found to have suffered if the goods prove to be in a good condition.

Art. 34. In addition to the formalities stipulated in articles 20 and 880 of the customs ordinances applicable to bills of lading which prove the ownership of goods, these documents must state the weight or volume of every package, according as the freight is paid when relat¬ ing to Hacienda'*'' packages, and in other cases both the weight and volume.

Argentine consuls shall not exact the above particulars in the ships’' manifests and accompanying bill of lading, but shall insist upon the charterer inserting same in the series of bills of lading required to be produced. The customs of the Republic shall not allow the clearance of any goods unless the bills of lading accompanying the customs decla¬ ration he drawn up conformably to the stipulations of this article.

Art. 35. The indications mentioned in the preceding article entered in consular manifests and bills of lading shall, as against the importer, constitute the same legal proof as copies of invoices, shipping mani¬ fests, or any other customs document.

Art. 36. For every vessel which has shipped goods for a foreign port, the reglemenhvry permit must be presented at the custom-house- of the last Argentine port of call, in order to ascertain whether the goods shipped are still on board.

Art. 37. Import merchants who have no commercial house in the country and shipping and custom-house agents must,, at the time of

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1044 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

their registration, furnish a bond guaranteed by a house of business of five 3"ears standing, approved by the customs, or deposit a cash security tixed at 3,000 pesos in gold or in national debt stock.

Art. 38. In the cases stipulated in articles 1056 and 1057 of the cus¬ toms ordinances, the Administradorex de Renta'' must submit to the approval of the ministry of finance the absolutory decisions which have ))een pronounced when thoj' relate to amounts exceeding 500 pesos of legal national currency.

Art. 30. Imported goods bearing lalKds attributing qualities tend¬ ing to augment their value shall be dutiable according to the denomi¬ nation given on the labels.

Art. 4(1. Works of art, executed abroad In'Argentine subjects, may 1 e admitted free of duty on compliance with the formalities to be pre¬ scribed by the Executive.

Art. 41. Should the contents of jiackages be ignored, the importer, consignee, or shi[)per shall be required, conformably to the provisions of articles 108 and 280 of the ordinances, to produce the detailed docu¬ ments within eight days following the time granted ]>y article 219 for the presentation and the deposit of copies of invoices. At the expira¬ tion of this time, and within twenty-four hours thereafter, the customs shall proceed to examine the contents of the packages at the expense of the interested party who, in addition, shall be liable to the pa3'ment of 5 per cent of the duties b}' way of line.

Art. 42. Should alimentarv' products, adulterated or mixed with substances noxious to health, be presented for customs clearance, the customs shall request the advice of the National Chemical Laboratories, and should the fact be established, the products in question shall be destrox'ed, unless the merchant reships the same within three davs after notice. In the latter case, the competent “ Administracion de Kentas” shall aflix special marks to the packages in such manner that they can not be presented in any other custom-house of the Republic.

Art. 43. In cases of damage provided in articles 140 and 141 of the customs ordinances, the officer charged with the auction shall l>e designated by the competent customs administrations. %

All sales by auction effected b\' order of the customs shall be subject to the approbation of their corresponding administrations.

Art. 44. B\’ abrogation of articles 247 and 249 of the customs orditiances, all articles of foreign origin neces-sary to state administra¬ tions shall be purchased inclusive of the duties paid thereon.

Art. 45. The administrator shall refuse clearance to any person or bondsmen who, from an}’ reason whatsoever, shall l)e in arrear with the pavment of the sums due to the treasurj', and he shall exact in writing the pavment of the sum due within three da\'s, whatever be amount or origin of the goods.

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 1045

Art. 4C. After the expiration of the three da,ys referred to in the foregoing article, the administrator shall be entitled to seize the goods belonging to the debtoi's or bondsmen and being at the custom-house, to the amount of the debt and interest, at the rate established by the national bank.

Akt. 47. For the application of iirticlcs 45 and 4G, the regulations established in articles ITO to ITG of the customs ordinances shall be observed.

Art. 48. The importation of triangular daggers or stillettos or their blades, iron knuckles with or without points, as well as of obscene figures or articles is prohibited.

Arms and munitions of war can only be imported with the sanction of the competent ministiy.

Art. 40. In exceptional cases, when the shipment of national goods is authorized during the night or on holidays, the interested parties shall l>e recjuired to iwiy 10 pesos in national currency per night or day and per emplo^'ee required to attend the shipment.

The ''Adininistrudore.y de Eentas'' and heads of the respective depart¬ ments concerned will charge with this attendance every employee in his turn, remitting monthlv to each of them the amounts due to him for this extra service, and Avill transmit to the ‘‘‘‘ Dtrecclon general de Rentas" a detailed statement of the sums collected on this account. ,

Art. 50. Importers of lal^ls, dyes, or metallic capsules, with names of commercial houses or firms printed or engraved thereon, shall be required to prove to the customs authorities that they are the proprie¬ tors or duly authorized representatives of such firms.

Art. 51. Article 190 of the customs ordinances, prohibiting the reshipment of merchandise for which an application for direct clear¬ ance has been made, is hereby repealed.

CiiAiTKR W. - l\‘nal prarlsions.

Art. 52. Whosoever commits the offense of contraband as defined in article 1036 of the customs ordinances is liable, in addition to the penalties established by ssiid ordinances, to an imprisonment of from one month to three years.

Art. 53. Should the person committing said offense be a customs employee he shall be suspended from service for a period of from three to five vears, without prejudice to the penalties prescribed by the ordinances in force.

Art. 54. In the cases provided for in the two foregoing articles, and should both the customs law and common law referred to in arti¬ cle 1060 of the customs ordinances have been transgressed, the admin¬ istrators shall investigate the infractions direct by applying, conformabl}' to said ordinances, the pi'ovisions affecting each olfense, be it contraband or fraud, and they shall immediatelj' afterwards

1046 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

transmit the papers to the ordinary judge, in order that he ina\’ adju¬ dicate upon the common-law offense and ajiply any corporal penalties incurred.

Art. 55. As to the application of the ponalt}" of imprisonment, the responsibility of the offender shall be absolutely personal and can not be extended to persons other than those to whom the offense is directly imputable.

Pecuniary penalties can not be substituted for corporal punishment. Art. 56. The provisions of the customs ordinances concerning false

declarations shall apply to goods which, although not included in arti¬ cles 2<)0, 201, and 202 of the aforesaid ordinances, may nevertheless be presented to the customs as samples, small parcels, or luggage.

Art. 57. Should the penalty incurred be the seizure of the fraudu¬ lently imported packages or a tine equal to the value thereof, and if it be impossible to ascertain the kind of goods contained in such package, by reason of the consignee’s or owner’s class of trade not being known, or because no information can be gathered from the customs or com¬ mercial documents or books, the Adm!nl)<tr(idort>f de RentaA'' shall inflict a tine of 560 pesos gold for every package, and this amount must be paid by the owner of the vessel or, in his place and stead, by the consignee. The amount of every tine shall be divided into two equal parts, one of which shall be attributed to the treasury for the preju¬ dice caused, and the other to the denunciator or to those who detained the goods.

Art. 58. Should goods dutiable at a rate exceeding 50 per cent be contiscated, the proceeds of the sale at public auction, after deducting expenses, shall be divided into two shares, one of w'hich shall be attrib¬ uted to the treasury, and the other shall go to the denunciator or to those who effected the seizure.

Art. 5SL Should, at the time of examination of a package, a fraud entailing seizure be detected, this penalty shall apply to the entire contents of the. package, even when attempt was made to defraud but a part of the package, provided that the value of such part amounts to one-half of the total value of said package.

Art. 60. If in one same lot of goods there should be found in excess and not manifested imported articles concealed in other receptacles or in manifested articles, or hidden in any other manner whatsoever, the penalty incurred shall extend to the other lot.

Art. 61. For the purposes of liquidation of confiscations or fines, in respect of goods already cleared through the customs, the value of the goods shall be the amount for which they were entered at the customs, plus the duties payable thei’eon on the date of the condemnation.

Art. 62. Captains or masters of vessels who throw ballast into the river shall, according to the case and the regulations adopted by the executive, be punished by a fine of from 200 to 500 pesos.

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 1047

Kiver pilots on board of vessels coming from the high seas must inform the competent authorities at the port of arrival when any bal¬ last has been thrown out during the trip.

Should the}" not comply with these instructions they shall forfeit their licenses as pilots and be punished by a tine of 200 pesos.

Art. 63. Should goods not set forth in the manifest according to customs ordinances be discovered on board the ships and in posses¬ sion of persons employed on board or in the cabins reserved to them, the AdmInistradoreH de may seize the same, and, moreover, inflict on the vessel a tine equivalent to the value of such goods.

Art. 04. The importation of books, pictures, or figures of an obscene character, and other goods referred to in article 46, shall be punished ])y a fine ecjuivalent to the value thereof, to be determined by the competent customs, and the same shall be attributed share and share alike to the treasury and to the informant, without [)rejudice to the immediate destruction of the goods.

Art. 65. The admitustrators or collectors of revenue can, in no case, have any lien upon the amount of seizures or tines for offenses of con¬ traband, frauds, or customs contraventions whatsoever committed within their jurisdiction.

When, in the performance of their duties or acting nonofticially but within their district, they shall have effected seizure of any kind, taken any measures or reported any offense whatsoever, the advan¬ tages secured by article 1030 of the customs ordinances shall accrue to the treasury.

Chapter VII.—of appeal.

Art. 66. Should the customs employees consider the decisions issued by the Admtnlstmdores de Re7itasf in the cases mentioned in articles 1054, 1056, and 1057 of the ordinances, prejudicial to their prerogatives, they may appeal in writing to the Minister of Finance, subject to giving the administrator notice to that effect either at the time of the appeal or within three days thereafter. Immediately afterwards, the heads of the customs shall hand the jwipers to the Inspector-General of Customs so that he may transmit same, together with his opinion in the matter, to the Minister of Finance, who will examine the case summarily after taking the opinion of the “procura- dor” of the treasury. *******

Art. 67. Appeal from the condemnatory resolutions pronounced by the '‘'‘Adtn.inlstixido'i'es de ReiitaA’’ may be made to the Minister of Finance in the form laid down in the foregoing article.

The fact that the interested parties have chosen to appeal to the administration shall entail renunciation to judicial appeal, and vice

1048 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Art. 08. Pending inquiries into customs contraventions, the customs may require the interested parties to witlidraw goods which, owing to their nature or property, ha\ e commenced to, or might, deteriorate or decrease in value. In this case the value of the goods, including the customs duties leviable thereon, shall )>e deposited to the order of the customs. Should the interested party refuse to withdraw the goods, or should ten days from the date of notilication elapse, the goods shall, what^'ver be the jurisdiction deciding the contravention, be sold at public auction. The sum deposited b}’ the interested party, or the proceeds of the sale, a's the case mav be, shall be duly I’emitted to the nidge hearing the case.

Art. 65). Those who took part in contiscations or in the infliction of fines referred to in article 130 of ordinances shall, if they so desire and indcix'iidentlv of fiscal action, be considered as parties in the proceed¬ ings for contraband, fraud, or transgressions.

Art. 7o. Should, in the .sentence for contraband, fraud, or trans¬ gressions, the oti'ender be condemned to the payment of the expenses, the fiscal I^rocuratloren"’ shall receive the emoluments granted them conformably to the provisions of the law. In case of acouittal the costs shall be borne by appellant.

Art. 71. Should, on examination of shipments, a difl'erence other than that tolerated b\' the ordinances be detected, 25 per cent of the a.scertaincd difi'erence shall be attributed to the employee who detected the error, whatever be his grade.

Art. 72. Masters of sailing or steam vessels, even when enjoying a privilege of whatever kind, shall be reejuired to enter in the manifest their ship's provisions conformably to ai’ticles 31 and following of the customs ordinances and the regulations to bo established by the Executive.

Chapter VIII.— (re)tcroljyrm'ixions.

Art. 73. Every denunciation respecting customs infringements, frauds, oi’ contraband made by persons not connected with the cus¬ toms administration must bo formulated in writing and addressed to the general inspector of customs or to the local administrator, failing which it will not be taken into consideration.

Art. 74. The import duties established bv the present law shall be deemed to be the minimum tariff and shall bo applicable to products and goods of all countries which apply their minimum tariff to exports from the Argentine Kepublic, which do not increase the present duties on such exports, which do not establish a duty on exempted articles, which do not exceptionally reduce their present fiiriff for similar goods of an3' other origin, and which do not impede by restrictive measures the importsition of Argentine products.

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 1049

For an}' countiT not coining within these conditions, the Executive is authorized to lev}' on goods and products proceeding from such countries a maximum tiiritf equivalent to a surtax of 50 per cent on the minimum taritf, when relating to dutiable goods, and to impose a rate of 15 per cent in the case of goods duty free on importation.

The application of the maximum taritf shall be etfccted by order of the Executive by exacting that the countries of origin of the goods be entered in the manifests, justilied by original invoices and bills of lading, and, whenever deemed necessary, the presentation of any other docuinent may be insisted upon; any attempt to conceal or erro¬ neously enter goods shall be punished conformably to the prescrip¬ tions of the customs ordinances relating to fraudulent declarations.

The Executive is likewise authorized to allow during a specified period exceptional reductions, which may not exceed 5U per cent of the duties established by the present law, to certain articles proceed¬ ing from countries which, in its opinion, grant equivalent privileges.

This privileged treatment shall be granted by the Argentine (lov- ernment sulqect to the right of terminating same upon giving six months’ previous notice.

Art. 75. National or nationalized gootls, removed from one place to another in the Republic, shall be cleared at the custom-houses merely on production, at the place of destination, of the accompany¬ ing pass, the various clearance formalities required by the customs ordinances being accordingly abolished.

Art. to. If goods nationalized or of national production shipped to coasting-trade ])orts on mail steamers can not proceed on the same vessel to their place of destination, either for son,.' uncontrollable reason or because the conveying ship docs not continue its voyage, they may be transshipped on other vessels enjoying the same privileges without fresh passes or any other formality beyond a declaration made by the master or captain of the conveying ship on the general mani¬ fest, if the transshipment took place in an open port, and a note made by the officials of the customs post on the passes or permits, showing that the goods are proceeding on their voyage in the ship which is to take them to destination.

Steamers navigating on rivers and unable to continue their voyage for want of water may transship their cargo on other craft without fresh manifests, passes, or permits, such craft taking in that case the place of lighters used in unloading the merchandise at the place of destination.

Art. 77. All dis^wsitions contrary to the present law are repealed. Art. 78.’The Executive is intrusted with the execution of the pres¬

ent law. Art. 79. The present law shall be communicated to the Executive. Palace of Congress, Buenos Ayres, 11th December, 19u5.

1050 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

NEW CABINET.

The International Bureau of the American Kepublics has been infoi nied by the Department of State of the United States, under date of March ‘2b, IbOO, that Senor Dr. Don .Iose Figueroa Alcokta,

President of the Argentine Republic, has appointed the following Cabinet;

Dr. Manuel Augusto Montes ue Oca, Minister of Foreign Relations.

Dr. Norbekto Quikno Costa, Minister of the Interior. Dr. Norbekto Pinero, Minister of the Treasury. Dr. Federico Pinedo, Minister of Justice and Public Instruction. Lieut. (len. Luts MarIs Campos, Minister of War. Rear-Admiral Onofre Betbedek, Minister of Marine. Senor Ezequiel Ramos MexIa, Minister of Agriculture. Engineer Miguel TedIn, Minister of Puldic AVorks.

COMMERCIAL RECORD FOR 1906.

The total value of exports from the Argentine Republic for the year 1905 was ^322,813,841, a gain of $58,686,310 over 1904. The amounts sent to the principal countries were as follows:

Country. ' 1

Kxports. 1

Increase.

?37,aT8,221 20,7H0,850 2,3.34,802

l.'>,717,4.'i8 37,!>94,281 6,468,941

41,826,670

87,.‘i36,109 3,214,816

410,910 6,502,469 6,997,722

i 5,123,989 8,381,631

The total value of imports of merchandise into the country for the year 1905 was $205,154,420, a gain over the 3'ear 1904 of $17,848,451.

The following table .shows the value of imports frojii the principal countries, the respective amounts, and percentages of gains:

Country. 1 Imp<jrts. Gain. i Per cent j of gain.

829,08.3,027 8, 727,076 5,726,872

28,920,443 21,248,202 20,'284,673 68,391,043

84,156,749 342,047 928,876

4,446,566

0.23 .01 .a5 .25

4,138,486 1,186,771 3,873,040

.23

.06

.21

Classification of art’cles shows that the increase has been general on all classes of merchandise, with extraordinarj' gains in but few special cases, notably in locomotives, railroad and tramwa}'^ cars, steel rails, and other materials for railroad construction, in which the gain was

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 1051

^10,529,730. This includes automobiles, with a gain of $218,060. In manufactures of iron and steel the gain was $1,192,165; in manufac¬ tures of other metals, fancy goods, including watches and clocks, a gain of $1,265,682; in coal, a gain of $474,495; in hydraulic cement, a gain of $190,531; in electrical apparatus and supplies, a gain of $708,229. With the exception of a few articles, there has been less agricultural machineiy imported than in 1904, the total gain being $3(>9,782, while the gain on thrashing machines was $533,940.

FREE IMPORTATION OF QUEBRACHO WOOD DESIRED IN

GERMANY.

United Shites Vice-Consul Schlemmer reports from Mannheim that tanners in that part of Germany are asking for the abolishment of import duty on quebracho wood from Argentina on the gi’ound that Germany does not produce enough tanning material to suppl}^ the home demand.

They claim that prices on leather and leather pi’oducts have been depressed to such an extent by importation from abroad, particularly shoes from the United States, that the tanning business has ceased to be profitable, and unless they are enabled to obtain cheap material by the removal of this duty most of the small tanners will have to go out of business.

THE FROZEN-MEAT TRADE IN 1905.

The value of the frozen mutton exported from the Argentine Republic in 1905 is officially quoted as $6,268,059, and of frozen beef $15,285,693, while frozen meats, various, figure for $356,299. In 1894, or eleven years previous, the articles in reference showed export valuations to the amount of $1,864,110, $12,400, and $59,645, respectively.

In 1900 the ports of the United Kingdom, until that time the principal outlet for the Argentine stock industiy, were closed to imports of cattle and sheep from the Argentine Republic, and ship¬ ments thither dropped from 312,150 cattle and 543,462 sheep in 1899 to 150,550 cattle and 198,102 sheep in 1900. Shortl}^ after this decline in the expoxds of live stock, the frozen-meat industry began to improve and has continued to advance. The cattle exports up to and includ¬ ing 1904 did not regain their former importance, but in 1905 live cattle shipments from the Republic were valued at $5,160,483 and live sheep at $364,209.

The Beeista Memual tie la Camara Mei'cantU^'’ of Buenos Ayres, No. 65, states that the Argentine Republic exported in 1905 nearly 2,000,000 quarters of refrigerated Ixeef, or about 500,000 head of choice beef cattle, the immediate effect of such large shipments being an unpx’ecedented scarcity of this article of consumption. The same

1052 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

authority fixes the imml)er of frozen wethers exported from the liepublic in 1905 at 3,-1(58,032, a slight decline beiny noted as com¬ pared with the precedinj^ j ear.

In the British reports on the subject of frozen meats, the Argentine Bepublicand Urugna\' are credited with suppl^'ing 1,168,133 quarters of frozen beef in 1905, an increase of 379,024 (luarters over the pre¬ ceding year. From the same source frozen mutton and lamb carcasses were received to the number of 3,203,210. It is also stated that a further increase is anticipated in 1906, as the demand is always advanc¬ ing, the outi)ut capacity of the freezing establishments being greater and the sheep farming in the far South having been considerably developed. Latest estimates place the number of sheep on Argentine ranches at 59,000,000 and 46,O0O,<X>0 lambs.

A general review' of conditions afi'ecting this particular branch of trade would indicate that South America had succeeded in w'resting from North America a considerable proportion of the chilled-meat trade with the United Kingdom, the former source show'ing an increase of 15,328 tons as against a shrinkage from the latter of 8,372 tons in 1905. The valuations given b}' British official reports to receipts of fresh l)eef from the Argentine Kepublic in 1905 are £3,751,780 as com¬ pared with £2,482,704 in 1904, while the figures of receipts from the United SUites are £4,814,(511 and £5,130,286, respective!In fresh mutton, receipts from the Argentine Kepublic are valued at £2,458,915 in 1905 and £2,491,210 in 1904, no quotations being furnished with regard to the United States.

IMPORTS OF BAGS AND SACKINGS.

The imports of sacks and hessians by the Argentine Kepublic, for the shipment of its large grain exports, continue to increase. In 1905 the value of cotton bags imported, principally for flour, amounted to $801,776 gold, an increase of $206,408 over 1904. The weight of these was 1,6034 tons, an increase of 412^ tons. Of these bags, those subject to duty were valued at $393,620 and those admitted dutj’ free at $408,156. The import of tarred bags comprised 934 tons, valued at $23,360, an increase of $14,865. Of the last named, a value of $22,359 were subject to dut}' and $1,001 were duty free. The amount of thread for sewing bags was 574 tons, a decrease of 235 tons. This w'as valued at $172,258, a decrease of $70,555. The value of the spun jute imported was $174,483, an increase of $40,591, the weight being 2,121f tons, an increase of 503f tons. The imports of bags for grain comprised 3,606 tons, a decrease of 2,858 tons, valued at $576,J>72 and admitted free of duty. The value of the hessians w'as $6,119,021, a decrease of $2,535,096, and the weight was 40,793^ tons, all of which was admitted free of duty. The weight of the binding twine for reap¬ ers W'as 7,276 tons, a decrease of 1,764 tons, and valued at $1,455,228.

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, 1053

PORT MOVEMENTS, 1905.

The following tnblc shows the port niovonicnts of the Argentine Kopublie during the year 1905, the total values of which amounted to ^^205,154,420 gold for importation and $322,843,841 gold for expor¬ tation:

Imports.

Biihia Blanca.■.. ?7,50''2S.S ' Buenos Ayres. Ills’,277,712 j Campnfia. I,ti71,01t> Colon. 27:!, S-VI Concordia. :!0r>,ti29 Oualetruaychu. 112, .VyJ La Par.. I3,S20 La Plata. 1.C7"), 042 | Mendoza. 12,317 Parana. 410, (>07 Kosario.! 21,076,741 Santa Fe. 2,019,234 San Juan. aOO San Nicola.H. 23.12S Zarate. 490,0-W Other ports.I ti56,5-16 Villa Constitueion.■..

Total. 20.">, 154,420

Kxports.

*•12,804,245 141,7:«,57«

5, ,>10,650 1,91.5,438 3,350,977 3,244,247 1,352,508

14,230,838 017,244

3,0.56,292 l')8,503, 4'22 1,889,724

62,090 13,104,534 5,901,2.>1

10,113,'296 4,.500,904

3-22,843,811

IMPORTS OF BULLION DURING 1905.

The imports of iiullion by the Argentine Republic in 190.5, according to the returns of the customs authorities, amounted to $28,902,115.50. Of this amount $10,873,600 came from England and $11,047,800 from New York, the remainder being from various countries. The banks importing were:

1 Amount. ! Amount.

London and River Plate.' Bunco de la Naeion. ParapacA and Argentina.

*11,742,691.50 I 4,828,000.00 3,080,800.00 ;5,411,800.00 2,865,000.00

London and Brazil. L. B. .Superveille. Bunge and Bom.

*2,023,100.00 022, .500.00 2,52,000.00 76,264.00

Briti-sh.

ANGLO-ARGENTINE COMMERCE IN 1905.

The Argentine Consul-General in London has forwarded to the For¬ eign Office a .statement of the imports into the United Kingdom from the Argentine Republic and the exports to said country during 1905. These arc as follows:

IMPORTS INTO THK I'XITED KINGDOM.

" ! Tons. Value.

i Tons. I I Value.

Wheat. Maize. Beef, frozen. Mutton, frozen. Wool.

1,001,820 947,730 P29,000 73,1-22 14,125

311,009

£8,282,388 6,090,862 3,7.51,780 2,458,915

962,328 1,741,773

Tallow.' Salt hides (including rruguav).

Sheepskins, number...

' 18,010

4,432 1,360,822

i !

£474,527

2.53,7.55 205,713

23,220,011 1

1054 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS,

EXPORTS TO THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.

Tons. Value.

■

Tons. Value.

Coal. Iron ingots. Iron, wrought. Ca.st iron and fittings... Rail, Iron and steel. Iron, all clas-ses. Wire goods. Galvanized sheets. Iron pipes.

1,783,996 7,8.53 4,’200 3, 718

103,913 7,109

67,370 8,381

£1,194, 911 60, 895 50,859 71,549

494,191 91,130 31,427

747,497 4r., 152 ■29,360 89,633

2,149,145

Woolen cloth, etc., meters.

Linen and wool, etc., meters.

Carpets.meters.. Hessians.do_ Flaxen goods_do_ Pottery and gla.ss. Bags, hes8ian8. .dozen..

4,048,510

3,572,280 428,580

8,89.5.060 2,341,530

17,364 687,089

17,688 18,863

£ 160,199

379,545 61,047

140,620 111,425 133,004 132,164

■28,326 194,827

6,700,916

Tin goods. Cotton, sheeting, etc..

2,064

143,203, 770

Railway iron.

Total.

MOVEMENT OF THE PORT OF BUENOS AYRES, JANUARY, 1900.

According to the “Times,” of the Argentine Republic, the arrivals of sea-going vessels at the port of Buenos Ayres during the month of January were as follows:

British Gerninn..., Italian .... Frencli_ Norwt'Kian, Swedish’... Dutch.. Argentine. Brazilian..

•an. Russian. Danisli.

Total. Total in December, 1905...

Increase in January

Spanisli Urueiiav

Steamers. Sailers.

Number. Tons. Numlter. Tons.

98 206,2-27 2 1,792 21 54,047 1 747 21 47,.5'23 11 11,433 10 24,340 5 7,651 16 17,031 4 6,7;io 3 2,341 2 5,920 1 160 8 4,298 4 2^562 1 2',77S 1 i;886 . 1 1,596 1 884 1 1,351 1 363

177 336,909 3f» 31,751 1.52 326,585 ■26 ‘25,165

25 1

41,3'24 10 9,586

ARGENTINE PATENTS, 1905.

During the year 1905 the Argentine patent office granted 577 patents, as against 285 in 1895, and registered 2,214 trade-marks, as against 781 in 1895. The revenue amounted to $175,000, as against $92,000 in 1901.

LIVE STOCK CENSUS OF CHUBUT.

The Governor of the Chubut Territory has sent in his report of a census taken in November, 1905. The population is given as 12,417. The live stock figures are interesting in view of the discussion now going on in reference to the number of live stock in the Argentine

ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 1055

Republic. The Chubut figures for 1905, compared with those of the National census of 1895, are:

1895. j

1905.

47,306 f)63

.w ! 13,907 3,lK(i

(a,01o

1,361,219 1,026

11,429 96,343

22o,6.'’>8

1,695,675

Pijrs.*.

This is the first report showing an increase in sheep. Those recently published of the Pampa and Kntre Rios were all the other way, so that the Chubut total will help to make up a little of the lost ground.

SUGAR CROP IN TUCUMAN, 1905.

The sugar crop in the Province of Tucuman, Argentine Republic, in 1905, was as follows: Cane crushed, 1,595,547 tons, jdelding 115,949 tons of sugar, being an increase of 7,415 tons when compared with 1904. The sugar exported from the Province was 100,132 tons, so that the stock is 9,817 tons, held by 15 of the mills. Twenty-seven mills worked during the year.

MUNICIPAL STATISTICS OF BUENOS AYRES, 1904.

A large volume has recently been published in the Argentine Republic comprising all statistical data taken from the last census of September, 1904, relative to the population, education, construction of buildings, commerce and industry of the city of Ruenos Ayres.

lluenos Ayres has at present over a million inhabitants (1,025,653), while on the 18th of September, 1904, its population was 950,891, of which 523,041 were Argentine and 427,850 foreign. About 320,589 Argentine citizens were born in the capital, 197,319 in other parts of the Republic, and 5,133 were naturalized. The population of the capital of Buenos Ayres in 1895 was only 663,854 inhabitants.

The number of school children fi’om 6 to 15 3’ears of age is 188,271, of which 23,635 can read. Of these, 126,989 children received their education in public schools, 617 in factories and other workshops, and 9,503 at home or at other places. Besides, 4,362 left school before completing their studies, although capable of reading. Therefore the total of the population of children from 6 to 14 capable of reading is 160,977.

According to the census of 1895, the percentage of the inhabitants able to read was 75.9 per cent; in 1904 it was 86.8 per cent, which clearly shows that Buenos Ayres has progressed greatly from an edu¬ cational point of view. The percentage of foreigners capable of read¬ ing is given as 69.1 per cent.

1056 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

The census gives the following data with reference to number of inhabitants having professional emj)loyments:

1 1 1 Number.

Agriculture ami cattle raising. Indu.xtry and manual lalx>r. Commerce. Transportation. Domestics. Real estate agents. Government emplovees, etc. Sanitarv professions. Liberal professions. Educational professions. I'nclassilied.

1

.i 127,244 90,114 1.1,281 57.248 10,729 OO.OfiO 3,531

i 8,791 1 13, AiO

55,125

Total. . 410,832

The al)ove table refers to the nunil*or of persons having professions and who are over 14 years of age.

The number of persons owning real property in Buenos A5'res in 1887 was only 34,089, while in 19()4 the numl)er was raised to 78,300.

Great development is a2)parent in the investment of caj)ital in that city, when it is considered that in 1895 it amounted to ^‘254,146,755 worth of goods and in 1904 it more than doubled—that is, in nine years it rose to ^520,706,300.

Commerce has also developed rai^idly. Only 3,139 commercial estab¬ lishments existed in Buenos Ayres in 1855. while in 1895 there were 12,831, and in 1904, 17,985.

The following figures will clearly show’ the industrial development of the Argentine caijibil: 6,128 industrial establishments existed in 1887, and in 1904 there were 8,877; the amount of insui’ance funds was $19,000,000 in 1887 and $(50,000,000 in ltM)4; the total horse- j>ower of the motors was 6,277 in 1887 and 19,858 in 1904; the total value of niw' materials amounted to $47,754,500 in 1887, while in 1904 it reached the enormous sum of $183,5(K),000.

OUTPUT OF THE NATIONAL HAT FACTORY IN 1906.

[From “/.a lierlsta Imliiiirml y Comercial,” of Buenos Ayres, No. 9»!.]

In 1905 the national hat factorv manufactured hats in the following quantities: In the first nine months, 57,116 woolen and 51,327 felt hats, or a total of 108,443. Exact figures of the hats manufactured during the third quarter of 1905 are not at hand, but a conservative estimate is 19,000 woolen and 17,000 felt hats. On this basis the jiroduction in 1905 w’as 76,00(* W’oolen and 68,0(>0 felt hats, or a total, in round numbers, of 144,000.

In the manufacture of the 76,000 woolen hats 30,400 kilograms of w’ool w’ere use<l, or an average of 400 grams per hat. During the first nine months of 1905 the factory sold 51,700 felt hats and 43,187 W’oolen hats, or a total of 94,887.

BOLIVIA, 1057

Tlio foregoing figui’cs sl»ow that the luanufacture and sale of tliis article were of great importance. Nevertheless, this industry has not yet reached its full development when it is borne in mind that a large cpiantitj' of modern machinery has recently l)een installed, by the use of which the national hat factory can easily make ItX) do,'?en hats daih’, or a total of 400,0('»0 per year.

BOLIVIA.

STAMP TAXES ON ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS.

[iK'crt't'of February 2. liHIti.]

CHAi‘'rKK I.— 7h,mv (!»(] vhisxipcation.

Article 1. Wines, liquors, beers, and alcoholic beverages, which ma\' be imported or sold in the Republic, shall pay a stamj) tax as

■ herein indicated; JliUiriaiios.

Boer, (loineHtie, per ordinary bottle. 0.01

Beer, foreign, i)er ordinary bottle.05

Wine, doineetie, iHjr ordinarj’ l)ottle...02

Wine, foreign table, per onlinary bottle.05

Wine, foreign tine, as sherry, port, burgundy, niadeira, nialaga, ett^.10

Spirits, doiuestic, per bottle. 02

Spirits, foreign and of different kinds, as cognac, whisky. Old Tom, cliartreuse,

etc.—that is to .“ay, all kinds of bitters, ainwients, and cologne spirits. .20

Cliampagne, i)er bottle.50

Art. 2. Liquors otherwise contained than in bottles shall pay iqion the unit of the liter, one-half centavo for domestic and 2 centavos for foreign over the rates al>ove set out.

Art. 3. The stamps must adhere, covering the stopper and part of the neck of the bottle in such a manner as to be rendered unservice¬ able upon opening the l>ottle; and to this end they shall lie rectangular in shape, 10 centimeters in length and 1 centimeter in width. They shall be ditl'erentiated in color, rose colored for domestic and sky blue for foreign liquors.

Art. 4. Halves, (piarters, eighths, etc., of a bottle shall bear the proportionate part of the stamp of the proper rate. Jn the ca.se of a rate of 1 centavo per bottle, the halves and other subdivisions sliall bear the stamp divided lengthwise in proiwrtion to the tax.

Art. 5. Every keeper of alcoholic liquors in bottles subject to this law shall })c required to keep the same with the proper stamp adhering in the form above set out; also every keeper of the said liquors othej-- wise contained than in Ixittles shall be obliged, under penalty of conli.scation, to keep in his possession stamps corresponding to the quantity thereof, so defac*ed-{is to be rendered unserviceable.

1058 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Chapter 11.—Imported alcoholic liquor)^.

Art. 6. In the case of imported liquors the importer or person interested shall obtain stamps corresponding to the total amount of the custom-house clearance certificate, and shall preserve these stamps with the li(juors, so long as he shall keep the same in his possession boxed up or yjacked.

Art, 7. For the purposes of the preceding article, in the custom¬ houses of the Republic there shall be placed at the service of the officials charged with the supervision of this impost, all documents which may be reciuestcd, in order to furnish information, such as manifest, in gross or in detail, consular inv'oices, permits, etc.

Art. S. The administrator of the custom-house shall remit to the inspector or commissioner the permit, in order that he may take note of the entry and may proceed to make effective the impost. Stamps shall be obtained from the inspector’s office separately with relation to each clearance certificate, the person interested not being allowed to pre¬ sent stamps purchased in anticipation or in bulk for several importa¬ tion entries.

Art. 9. Just as soon as a keeper of alcoholic liquors shall open for whatever motive one or more of the l)oxes or packages, whether or not he takes therefrom its contents, he shall cause to be fixed immedi¬ ately to each bottle oi’ vessel the proper stamps.

Art. 10. Once that any portion of the stock on hand in liquors of any wholesale merchant or importer passes, by reason of sale or other cause, to a second person or is sent to another point, there shall be attached to each bottle its proper stamp, whether the bottles are encased or packed or not.

Art. 11. Whetj liquors contained in pipes, casks, decanters, skins, etc., ai’e cleared, there must be obtained and preserv^ed stamps of an amount corresponding to the cpiantity noted in the clearance certifi¬ cate, and ill addition the surcharge set out in article 2, observing in this case the provisions of article 16.

Chapter III.—Domestic idcoholic liquors of foreign raw material.

Art, 12. Manufacturers and rectifiers of wines, beers, liquors, spirits, and other alcoholic drinks of foreign raw material shall be obliged to submit to the departmental inspector’s office, within twenty days after the installation of newl3'-built manufactories, a report for the purpose of registnition, which shall contain: The name of the njanufacturer and proprietor; the situation of the manufactory; the kind of liquor to be produced; the quantity per year, and the kind of vessel in which shipped.

BOLIVIA. 1059'

Art 13. Likewise the manufacturer as well as the shipper of the products shall be obliged to affix the proper stamps in the prescribed form as soon as the product is bottled.

Art. 14. In case the same shall not be bottled, but put into pipes^ casks, decanters, skins, etc., there must be obtained and preserved stamps corresponding to the quantit}' therein, taking as a base the unit of the liter with the surcharge provided for in article 2.

Art. 15. In order to remove from any manufactory any quantity of linished products for the purpose of sale or otherwise, the purchaser or person so removing must secure the stamps appertaining to the quantity of liquor removed from the possession of the seller or manu¬ facturer.

Art. Id. If the purchaser or remover has bought b}’ weight, meas¬ ure, etc.—that is, unbottled—he must preserve the specified stamps and immediately on drawing off the liquor without bottling is under the obligation of advising the inspector, subinspector, or commissioner thereof and of presenting the said stamps, which he must keep in his possession, in order that they be canceled.

Art. 17. If this information is not given and the stamps presented within a reasonable time in the judgment of the inspecting office, said office shall take stops to ascertain the facts of the case, and on finding that there has been a violation of the law, shall assess a fine in its judg¬ ment of from 20 to 500 bolivianos.

Chapter IV.—Domestic alcoholic liquors produced from domestic raur material.

Art. 18. Manufacturers and rectifiers of beers, wines, liquors, and other alcoholic beverages from domestic raw material are likewise obliged to make the report referred to in article 12.

Art. 19. Immediate!}’ on bottling their products they must affix thereto the stamps in the prescril)ed form.

Art. 20. Every purchaser or consignee, as soon as he shall receive any amount of not bottled alcoholic li(piors made from domestic raw material, shall obtain the proper stamps in order also to affix them in the prescribed form.

Chapter V.—Of Penalties.

Art. 21. Every bottle containing alcoholic liquors, subject to this decree, found without the proper stamps affixed in the prescribed form shall be confiscated. When the quantity attached shall exceed a half dozen bottles, one-half the amount of the fine shall go to the informer. If the amount attached be less than one-half dozen, the confiscated liquor shall go to the informer, who shall be responsible for the value of the proper stamps on the confiscated bottles.

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Art, In the event that any package or case of licpiors is found in the possession of a wholesale merchant or importer which shows signs of having been opened and the Imttles or vessels contained therein are found without the propc'r stamps affixed thereto, then the penalty shall attach thereto in the proportion set out in article 21.

Art. 28. In other cases expressly provided for in this law there shall be applied the special penalties herein set out.

Chapter VI.—Ex/xirtn.

Art. 2-I-, There shall Imj refunded on domestic liipiors which are exported, the amount corresponding to the value of the stamps to which they have been subject b}- the impost, after complete verification of the fact of their exportation.

Art, 25. The veritication referred to in the preceding article shall be nuide on the export permit issued by the custom-house by means of a brief anncjtation signed 1)3- the exporter or person interested, and finallv bv a (certificate issued at the place of destination lyv the Ii<jlivian consul or a consul of a friendly countiy.

CuAi’TER VII.—Geixo'ul ProvlnumH.

Art. 26, Alcoholic li(piors sul>ject to the monopoly' will not pa\’ the

stamp tax.

Art. 27. Alcoholic licpiors produced b}’ chemical change of the

alcohol bought of the monopol}’, or for disinfection, or simpl>’ to be

watered or reduced in grade, and put upon sale as such, are not

exempt from the stamp tax.

Chi AFTER VIII.—Impeciors and mhin^pectam.

Art. 28. There shall be an inspector in each department capital, a

subinspector in some provincial capitals, and as main' commi.ssioners as ma}' be neccssarj'. Their duties shall be: (a) To look after the strict compliance with and observance of the provisions of this law.

To issue the proper stamps, which the national treasury shall pro¬ vide monthlv to the inspectors, prior account wherc^of must be ren¬ dered in the manner set out. The insjiectors shall supph' the subin¬ spectors and commissioners on the same conditions, (c) TIh'3' shall keep liooks necessary to the methodical and careful accounting of the impost, such as sales book of stamps, Ixiok of registr}-, etc.

Art. 29. In the cantons there shall be subordinate officials charged with looking after and issuing stamps.

Art. 30. When in spite of the means of control and verifications made b}' the inspectors and subinspectors it happens that Ikjuors escape the pa3'ment of the stamp tax, a tine of from 50 to 5(X) holli'ianos shall

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be imposed upon the importer or owner independently of the eonfis- cation of the liquors found unstamped.

Art. 31. In full remuneration for services the inspectors shall have 10 per cent upon the sale of stamps made directly by them, and 2 per cent upon sales l)y subinspectors, which latter shall have the 8 percent on their sales.

Art. 32. Inspectors and subinspectors shall furnish bonds propor¬ tional to the amounts handled by them.

EXPORT DUTIES ON TIN.

United States Minister Sorsby, in a report from Bolivia, says that the Bolivian Congress passed on December 20 last the following law, which has been approved by the Executive and is nowin operation:

“Article 1. From January 1, 1906, duties of exportation on tin metals and minerals will be collected in conformity with the following tariff:

For Ixirrilla {concentrate»). Bolivianos.

If the market quotation for straights is less than 100 liters per quintal.0.90

From 100 to 110. 1.00

From 110 to 120. 1.15

From 120 to 1:10. 1.30

From 130 to 140. 1.45

From 140 to 150. 1.60

From 150 to 160. 1.75

From 160 to 170. 2.00

From 170 to ISO. 2; 25

From 180 to 190. 2. 60

From 190 to 200. 3.00

From 200 and above. 3.50

For bars.

If the market quotation for straights is less than 100 liters per quintal.. 1.50

From 100 to 110. 1.60

From 110 to 120.*. 1.75

From 120 to 130... 1. 90

From 130 to 140. 2.10

From 140 to 150. 2. 30

From 150 to 160. 2.50

From 160 to 170. 2. 80

From 170 to 180. 3.10

From 180 to 190. 3.40

From l!t0 to 200. 3. 80

From 200 and above. 4.20

“Art. II. The Minister of Hacienda will revise and fix the dut}' to be collected on tin barrilla and bars according to the market <iuotations (in Europe) and in strict conformity with the foregoing tariff, which shall remain in force and effect for fifteen days, regardless of the fluc¬ tuation in the market value of tin.

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“Art. III. The companies which exploit tin mines are exempted from the payment of the 3 per cent upon their net earnings.

“Art. IV. From Januaiy 1,1900, there shall be collected on bismuth the following duties of exportation:

Bolivianos.

On lingotes or bars, per (piintal. 10

tin mineral or barrilla, p«*r (jnintal. 8

“Art. y. The export of coined gold money shall no longer be free, and shall be subject to an export duty of 3 per cent.

“Art. VI. The Executive shall establish the rules and regulations for the execution of the present law.”

MIMING INDUSTRY.

Sefior M. V. Ballivian, Director-General of Statistics of the Repub¬ lic of Bolivia, states that the mining industri’ in Bolivia has reached a notable degree of development and has come to be regarded as the natioiiid industry par excellence.

The mountains and heights of this Republic inclo.se great veins of rich ores, forming the most varied combination. They are not, how¬ ever, being worked to their full capacity on account of the scarcity of capitiil and chiefly because of the lack of easy means of communi¬ cation. In spite of this Bolivia can boast of possessing an industry in the front rank of modern progress and can rel}^ for the exploitation of its riches on the best miners in South America.

The distribution of the veins of ore in the territoiy of Bolivia is a matter which has attracted the attention of the geologist. A clever naturalist, speaking of the Bolivian highland.s, called them “a table of silver, supported b}' columns of gold.”

There is certainh" not in all South America a geologic region more favored than that of Bolivia. It contains in marvelous abundance gold, silver, tin, copper, bismuth, wolfram, etc., and among its min¬ eral substances not metallic may be named borax, coal, saltpeter, petroleum, and many othei’s.

The gold mines of Bolivia during a period of two hundred and ten years, from 1540 to 1750, produced the sum of £420,000, and from the last-named year to the beginning of the nineteenth century the mines and wash-hutches of the district of La Paz alone produced $14,000,000 gold. From 1818 to 1808 they produced $160,(K)0,(X)0. The product of the other mines of the nation from the middle of the eighteenth century to the closing 3’ears of the nineteenth is estimated at £25,000,000. At present the annual production of gold is estimated at 550,000 kilo¬ grams, with an official value of 275,000 1x)livianos.

It is well known that Bolivia has for a long time occupied the third place among the silver-producing countries of the world. Within the limits of the Republic there are more than 10,(XM) abandoned silver mines, idle not for lack of ore but for want of capital, application of

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water power, and other obstacles. The hill of Potosi, celebrated in the mining annals of the world, has produced, in the three hundred and twenty years since its discovery, 3,031,128,352 silver dollars, or an average of 11,281,770 per year. At the present time there are but few companies engaged in the working of the silver mines, and among the few the first place is given to the Huanchaca Company of Bolivia, whose production from the A’ear 1873, the date of its organization, up to 1904 has been 4,000 tons of pure silver.

The exploitation of tin is a recent enterprise in Bolivia. Never¬ theless, its annual production reaches about 30,000 tons. Each day brings discoveries of immense deposits of this metal in different points of the Republic, the richest and most abundant being found in the districts of Potosi, Oruro, and Inquisivi.

Copper is produced in the largest quantities in the district of Coro- coro, where the annual output is from 3,000 to 4,000 tons. The other copper mines in the Republic have been abandoned.

In addition to the minerals which have been mentioned there are many others of great value, occupying a considerable portion of the Bolivian territory, but they are being exploited on a very small scale on account of the difficulties referred to above. Mining in Bolivia Avill make wonderful advances very shortly when the project for rail¬ way communication has been realized.

BRAZIL.

NEW PRESIDENT.

The International Bureau of the American Republics has been informed b}' the Department of State of the United States, under date of March 29, 190(5, that on March 1, 190(5, Dr. Affonso Penna was elected President of the Republic of Brazil, and Dr. Nii.o Pe^anha,

Vice-President, for a term of four years, beginning on November 15, 190(5.

COFFEE MOVEMENT, JANUARY, 1900.

The coffee movement at the ports of Rio de Janeiro and Santos for the month of January, 190(5, compared with that of the same month of the previous year, was as follows:

1 Kio de Janeiro. Santos.

1906. 1 1905. 1906. 1905.

liagg. 117,676 201,520 123,000

3,793 S,0«9

2,278,323 2,373,525

212,523

Haq». 196,439 189,420 164,000

6,336 7,413

1,926,696 2,068,236

434,691

Baq». 280,532 5.54,218 231,681

9,049 17,878

5,833,9.56 5, .546,143 1,069,671

Baq». 374,509 600,765 397,430

12,081 19,379

6,322,881 5,302,118 1,670,164

Daily average of entries. Daily average of shipments. Entries from July 1. Shipments from July 1. Stock on hand January 31.

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CONVENTION WITH THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC FOR THE PRO¬

TECTION OF TRADE-MARKS.

The convention concluded lietween Brazil and the Argentine Repub¬ lic for the protection of commercial and industrial trade-marks was approved b}' the Brazilian Congress on November 28, 1905, and the resiiective ratitications were exchanged in the same city on the 10th of January, 190(!. The text of the convention is as follows:

‘‘The Presidents of the Republic of the United States of Brazil and of the Argentine Republic, desiring to secui’c for their respective man¬ ufacturers and merchants the reciprocal protection of their industrial and commercial trade-marks, have decided to conclude a convention for this purpose and have named their plenipotentiaries, to wit:

“The President of the Republic of the United States of Brazil, Dr. Olyntho Maximo de Magalh.ves, Minister of Foreign Relations;

“The President of the Argentine Republic, Dr. Manuel Gorostiaga,

Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Argentine Republic in Brazil;

“Who, after having exchanged their respective full jaiwers, which were found in good and due form, luive agreed on the following:

“Art 1".

“Manufacturers and merchants of the United Sbites of Brazil and manufacturers and merchants of the Argentine Republic who have registered their industrial or commercial trade-marks in accordance with the laws of their respective countries shall also have the right to register the same in the other countiy, provided they comply with the conditions established by the laws and regulations of the country where the registry is made.

“Art 2”.

' “The present convention shall be ratified, and the exchange of the ratifications shall take place in the city of Rio de Janeiro as soon as possible. It shall cease to be in force at the expiration of six months, counted from the date on which notice is given b}' either of the high contracting parties of its intention to terminate the arrangement.

“In testimony whereof the res|>ective j)lenijM)tentiaries have affixed their signatures and seals to the present convention in duplicate, each copy lieing written in both languages.

“Done at the cit}' of Rio de Janeiro on the 30th day of October, 1901.

“[L. s.] “[L. s.]

Olvntiio Maximo de Magalhaes.

Manuel Gorostiaga.”

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EXPORTS FROM PERNAMBUCO, JANUARY, 1906.

The '‘'‘Bolethn. Menml"’ of the Coniiiiercisil Association of Pernam buco pu})lishes the followinj^ statistics of the export movement at that ix)rt for the month of Januarv, 1000: Sugar . 24,580, 520 Rubber. 2,128 Cotton. .do... 1,660,046 Textiles. .do..,. 322

Brandy. _ 742 Corn. .'_bags.. 27,372 Alcohol. .do... 985 Skins. .bales.. 171 Hides. . .number. 5, 212 Ca.-tor-oil seed . -bags.. 11,.397 Cotton seed. .bags. 8,209 C<jflee. .do_ 4,699 Carnauha wax .. .do... 1,177 Soap. _boxes.. 6,239

Mandioca flour.. .do... 14,380 Oil. .do.... 570 Itubber. ... 1 )arrels. 3 Do. ...barrels.. 1.36

PROHIBITION OF GOODS BEARING FALSE INDICATIONS OF

ORIGIN.

The Brazilian “ Diario O^ciaV'' for December S, 1005, contains the text of a deci’ee prohibiting the importation into Brazil of all goods beaiing a false indication of origin, under the terms of the Madrid Convention of ISOl. Such goods will be seized In' the customs author¬ ities, or bv the Federal judiciary authorities if the goods have passed out of the hands of the customs, (ioods seized in the fiscal zone must be reexporb'd by the importers within thirty days; failing which they Avill be destroyed. (T(K)ds seized outside the fiscal zone Avill be ren¬ dered useless or destroyed. In either case, importers will incur a fine of 50 per cent of the value of the imported goods.

NEW RUBBER COMPANY.

The Sanbi Rosa Rubber Prospecting Syndicate is the title of a company recently incorporated in London for the purpose of acquiring land in the State of Para and other points of Brazil for the cultivation of rubber. The company has a capital of i;5O,(K)0.

IMPORTATION OP RUBBER GOODS, 1903 AND 1904.

An official statement published in The “India Rubber World ’’ of April 1,1906, gives the total valuation of rubber manufactures imported into the Republic of Brazil during the year 1904 at 2,280,762 vit’/reh, as compared with 2,374,823 milrels for the pn'vious year. The detailed statement of their origin and destination is as follows:

ORIOIX.

1 1903. 1904,

Milreu. 873,259

I I.tO, 776 289,371 767,308

! 189,8?2 104,237

ifUrris. 797,664 1.56,639 27.5, «02 714,016 218,164 118,677

2,374,823 j 2,280,762

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DKSTINATIOX.

Manaos. Para. PtTiiambuoo.. Bahia. Rio de Janeiro Santos. Porto Alegre.. Other fKirt-s ...

Total_

1903. 1 I 1904.

MUreis. Milreie. 77,640 84,9.50

1.55,725 14.5,900 135,703 92,7,57 89,728 90,329

244,261 1,025,847- 377,203 .585,292 104,1(>8 97,537 190,395 158,150

2,374,823 j 2,280,762

QUALITIES OF NATIVE COAL.

From the finding.s of Doctor White, State geologist of West Vir¬ ginia, in regard to Brazilian coal, it appears that the samples recently sent to Germany for anal^'sis were not in any way picked, but were slices cut containing sulphur, slate, and even cla}\ When these samples were made into britpiettes thei' contained only from 10 per cent to 13 per cent of ash, which is a less proportion than that contained by coal used by many of the shipping lines. Of sulphur, the briquettes con¬ tain only six-tenths of 1 per cent. Doctor White does not maintain that Brazilian coal is of first qualit}’, or anything like it, but what he does maintain is that all that is needed to make it serviceable for briquettes of good quality is power and water. These can be obtained on the spot.

The reason the coal has not been used on the Donna Thereza Chris¬ tina Kailway is that before puritication it is not fit for use, but as soon as the plant is erected the briciuettes will lie used, and no other coal. Doctor White points out that since the English company closed down, immense strides have been made in the scientilic methods of washing coal. The Government has, it appears, decided to run the railw'ay to the mouth of the mine, and a plant will also be erected for the manu¬ facture of sulphuric acid from the residue left b}- the washed coal. These facts go to show that native coal ma}’ become of great use and that the result will be highl}' beneficial to trade.

CHILE.

CUSTOMS RECEIPTS, JANUARY, 1906.

The customs receipts of the Republic of Chile for the month of Jan¬ uary, 1906, amounted to $6,051,923 for export and $3,139,430 for import duties, forming a total revenue of $9,191,353.

The receipts during the .same month of 1905 were, respectively, $5,563,484 and $2,441,010, giving a total of $8,004,494, consequently

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Januaiy, 1906, shows an increase in I’eceipts of $1,186,859 compared with those of 1905, of which increase $488,439 correspond to export and $698,420 to import duties.

The following statement gives the particulars of the receipts of the different ports during the before-mentioned months of l>oth years:

EXPORT DUTIEi.

Pisagiia. Iquique. Tocopillii. Antofagasta. Taltal.

Total .

IMPORT DOTIES,

Arica. Pisagiia. Iquique. To<'opilla. Antofagasta.

190'). 1906. 190.5. 1906.

$1,047,948 3,017,388

(•.88, .519 485,400 321,8-29

$1,297,388 3,190,683

733,986

219,748 610,118

I.MPORT DUTIES—COIlt’d.

$8,432 8,0'29

288 37,079

1,868,096 276,314 23,906 40,224 1,370

169,271

$38,1.52 8,427

38,521 2,039,722

247,169 21,&5.5 61,145 6,852

61,093

Valparaiso..

5,.5fa. 484 6,0.51,923 Valdivia .

4,982 11,022

203,220 21,379 67,398

22,604 13,369

263,981 19,026

188,814

Frontier customs-houses

Total.

Grand total.

2,441,010 3,139,430

8,004,494 9^191,353

BUDGET OF EXPENSES, 1906.

The Chilean Dtario Ojiclal'''’ for February 13, 1906, published the following decree:

“No. 1854. The National Congress has approved the budget of expenses as estimated for the public administration of the Republic for the year 1906, as follows:

Interior Department. State Department. Worship. Colonization. Department of Public Instruction Department of Justice. Treasury Department. War Department. Navy Department. Department of Industry. Dejiartment of Public Works. Kail roads.

Total.

National cur¬ rency. i

Gold.

$18,846,7.52.47 707,83.5.05

1,3.58,432.00 1,.510,720.00

17,615,0as.04 6,401,843.78

10,7.55,314.43 14,277,9.50.18 9, .510,126,13 2,867,877.63 4,893,499.82

a5,087,895. -20

$1,291,810.66 1, S'Jl, 736.15

178,333.33

20,910,322.97 80,877.26

6,644,079.27 100,433.33

540,600.00

1'23,803, •251.73 j 31,0f)8,192.96

MODIFICATION DF SUGAR DUTIES.

“The Board of Trade Journal” for March 8, 1906, states that a Chilean law authorizing the reduction of the import duty on refined sugar by Is. 6d. per 100 kilograms, and the increase of the import duty on raw sugar by the same amount has been finally approved.

END OF THE NITRATE COMBINATION.

United States Minister Hicks reports from Chile that the secretary of the nitrate producers’ combination, after vain efforts to renew the

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agreement for a term of years, or ev'en for another year, has issued a circular announcing his failure, and stating that the dire<*tors have unanimously resolved to aliandon the attempt to renew the combina¬ tion. It is worthy of notice that in all the enormous output of nitrate of soda in northern Chile there is no American capital interested, although shipments to the United States are increasing. The com- I)anles are mostly English, with a few Chilean and (lerman.

As an example of the profits in the production of nitrates, the annual report of the London Nitrate Company, Limited, on October 31, showed that the company was organized in 1887 with a capital of ti80<),(KK). In the eighteen years the company had paid in dividends 1^1,17( 1,000 and had returned to its stockholders $100,000 of its original capital, making a total of $1,570,000 cash. Besides this, the company had established new plants at a cost of $400,000 and had begun a sink¬ ing fund invested in English securities of $100,000 more. This showed that the total cash earnings of the company in eighteen 3’eai*s had reached the enormous sum of $2,100,000. It still has on hand a cap¬ ital stock of $400,000 and assets worth, at low valuation, $355,t)00.

The nitrate industry in Chile is of the greatest imporUince, because the Government receives something like $25,000,000 in gold annually from an exj>ort duty on the nitrates. The annual transactions in nitrate—-that is, the gross value of the product shipped out of the country—will extend into the hundreds of millions, and thousands of men in Chile and Europe have been made wealth}" by it.

THE NITRATE LAW.

Congress has passed the proposed law concerning the final titles to nitrate properties. Under the terms of this law, persons who con¬ sider themselves entitled to nitrate claims on uncultivated Govern¬ ment or municipal lands shall apjiear before the proper court, setting forth the grounds on which they base their claim, within the term of

■four months from the date on which this law becomes effective, with¬ out, however, recovering any rights that may have been forfeited in conformity with the provisions relating to this matter.

The surveys of the claims whose titles have been or may be recog¬ nized by the courts shall be made \vthin the term of six months from the date of the aforesaid law or from the date of the decision of the court. The engineer appointed by the parties in interest shall make the survey, and if there is no such engineer in the Department said survey shall be made by the expert appointed by the judge, and the engineers appointed by the Government's nitrate agency shall coop¬ erate in said operation. The surveys shall always be submitted to the approval of the courts, and said approval shall only be granted when, from the verified examination of the surveys and of the application, it shall appear that the nitrate claim is situated at the pi’oper place.

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The promulj^ation of the liiw concerning' the final titles to nitrate properties is an act deserving of the praise of all those really interested in the preservation of the property of tlie Government. On the other hand, said law also fixes the terms in which the survey corresponding to the recognized title shall be made, protecting the interests of the State by wise provisions.

The efficient provisions of this new law .show due regard for all rights legsdly acquired and prevent the spoliation of Government nitrate projierty.

TRANSANDINE RAILROAD.

The section of the Transandine Railroad that w’as inaugurated on February 12, 1900, consists of an old portion of the road and a new one; the former extends from Los Andes to Salto del Soldado, being finished b}’^ the first contractors, Messrs. Clark & Co., and the latter, extending from Salto to Juncal, w'as recent!}^ finished by Messrs. Grace & Co., who have now the contract for the termination of the railroad. The section referred to is 54 kilometers in length.

From Juncal to Cumlu'e, which is a distance of 14 kilometers, lies the watershed, and from this point the road descends on either side from 2,222 to 3,189 meters. Large tunnels are being built at this ])oint so that the Chilean and Argentine sections shall join each other.

The Avorks on the Transandine Railroad were begun on April 5,1889, and the section between Los Andes and Salto del Soldado was finished in August, 1893.

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY IN THE REPUBLIC.

The Minister of the United States to Chile reports that so far as manufactures are concerned, Chile has always depended to a great extent upon importations for the supply of almost all articles used in everyday life, and the work of building up her own factories has pro- gres.sod but slowly. A national exposition recently held at Talca shows, however, that a l)eginning has been made, and it will not be long before the home market will be at least partially supplied by Chilean manufacturers. Wines and beer are manufactured to a very large extent. There was a very large showing in both lines. The wines of Chile are so excellent and the production so extensive that as there is a strong protective tariff the consumption of French wines is practically limited to the wealthy class. Throughout the Republic people drink the native wines almost exclusively and, like all the Latin races, they consume such a vast amount that the wine business is very profitable.

There Avere excellent exhibitions of matches made in Chile. Three large match factories are located in Talca alone. Each factoiy is .said

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to be clearing at least 12 per cent on its capital stock, and there is a ready market for all its production. The match commonly used in South America is the “safety” kind, put up in very small wooden boxes and made in Sweden. So wedded are the South Americans to this kind of match that they will use no other. The factories in Talca make a match identical in appearance with the iinjxjrted match and equally as good. The Diamond Match Company of the United States established a factory at Valparaiso several j'ears since, but it was forced to suspend operations because it did not produce the kind of match wanted by the people.

In the machineiy department, a German-made loom was at work weaving woolen cloth. It was brought from a Chilean factory at Tome, which turnip out a great variety of cloths made from wool and from the wool of the alpaca and vicuna, but the work is of a secondary nature, and the manufacturing process is only partial, because the native wool, both from sheep and vicufia and alpaca, is shipped to hhirope, where it is carded and made into 3’arn. The ^Tirn is then brought back to Chile and woven into cloth. There were stills for the distillation of alcohol; leather goods made in the countiy from hides of Chilean cattle; glass bottles and jugs made in Chile; furniture, both of wood and, in the case of bedsteads, of enameled iron and brass made in C/hile; flour made in Talca ly the improved roller process and from Chilean wheat, and a few others.

The little citv of Curico has a manual training department in its schools, and the specimens of work sent out b>’ its scholars would do credit to the best pupils in American schools. In articles made of wood, especially, great skill and knowledge of tools were exhibited. Among other schools rei)resented at the Exposition was the School of Arts and Trades, Santiago, which started in 18-1:9 with 24 pupils. It now occupies an immense set of buildings, with accommodations for 300 scholars.

The consumption of manufactured goods in the country is veiy large, and a trade once established would be worth something. In every part of the Republic there is a great demand for labor, real estate is steadilv' advancing in price, banks have an abundance of 11101103% new business enterprises are being started constantly, and the “boom” can be compared to nothing but the similar movement which has been in progress in “the States.” It is veiy plainl3" to be seen that such a countiy will soon be a most important commercial ally.

COLOMBIA. 1071

COLOMBIA.

STJBTAX ON FLOUR IMPORTS.

Decree No. 166, of February 5, 1906, establishing a surtax on the importation of foreign flour into the Itepublic of Colombia, is as follows:

“Considering that the importation of foreign flour is prejudicial to the dev'elopment of the production of wheat in the Republic, and that it is the duty of the Government to stimulate this national industry so far as it will not be injurious to those regions wherein certain indus¬ tries do not exist, and therefore it becomes important to favor the importation of said articles, it has enacted:

“Art. 1. Foreign flour exported from the ports on the Atlantic Ocean to all those of Magdalena River, including Calamar, shall pay a surtax of 8 centavos per kilogram.

“Art. 2. This dut}* shall be paid at the custom-house of the port from whence the flour is sent to the interior of the Republic. The custom-house inspector, upon payment of said duty, shall issue a per¬ mit wherein the following requisites will be enumerated: The name of the consignor, that of the consignee, that of the port wherein the goods were received, the number of bags, the total weight, and the fact that the duties have been paid.

“Art. 3. The steamship companies whose ships navigate the Magda¬ lena River are prohibited froju accepting any flour whatsoever that is not accompanied by a permit complying with the above-mentioned recpiisites. If these steamship companies accept said goods in viola¬ tion of the above the}’ shall be deemed contraband and will be liable as such to the penalties imposed by law.

“Art. 4. The permit must be presented to the inspector of the National Treasur}’ of the port of destination in order that he ma}’ legal¬ ize and grant, with such legalization, the right to disembark the flour if its subsequent destination is some town in the interior of the Republic.

“Art. 5. Flour which is transported without the due formalities re(iuired b}’ this decree shall be regarded as a contraband, and the owner or carrier will be punished according to law.

“Art. 6. In the cases of fraud to which this, decree refers, the offi¬ cials taking cognizance shall be those to which article 78 of the decree No. 339 of April 4,1905, refers, and they shall conform to such disposi¬ tion and procedure established by said decree and decree No. 72 of January 16, 1906.

“Art. 7. This decree shall be transmitted to the customs-houses on the Atlantic and will take effect on the day in which said authorities

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receive it, and it shall be published l)V proclamation and by the press imniediateh' upon its receipt.”

TARIFF MODIFICATIONS, FEBRUARY, 1906.

Decree No. 107 of Februaiy 5, 1906, relative to the moditication of the customs law and of article 95 of the Fiscal Code, is as follows:

Art. 1. In order to protect those enterprises which make up the development and progress of the Republic the following articles will be included under Class I of the customs law, which provides that the}’ shall lie free from importation duties:

Iron rails for railroads, whether for public use or otherwise.

Iron of ships or parts of «une for them.

Mineral coal.

Roman cement.

Art. 2. The period of forty days granted by article 95 of the Fiscal Code to capttiins of ships as the time within which they shall be at lilterty to disembark such cargo that lUiiy not have been landed since the delivery of its bill of lading is hereby raised to sixty days.

Art. 3. The present decree shall take effect twenty days sub.s(*(pient to its publication in the ‘‘‘‘ Dlario Ojiclal.'’'’

SANITATION MEASURES IN THE REPUBLIC.

With the purpose of affording protection agiiinst yellow fever and other epidemics, the Government of the Republic of Colombia has enacted stringent regulations, through its Central Board of Health, for the sanitation of dwellings and public buildings as well as the harbors of the country.

The ^'Dlnrio OjiclaV for February 7,1906, publi.shcs the regulations in reference, from which the following, covering port-sanitation meas¬ ures, is taken substantially:

Every ve.ssel coming from a port infected with yellow fever, or that during its voyage has touched ports or places infected with yellow fever, or on board of which there is or has been any case of yellow fever shall be considered as having a foul bill of health, regsirdless of the bill of health with which she is provided.

Every vessel carrying a foul bill of health of yellow fever shall lie sul>jected to the following regulations:

The officer of the Board of Health of the port shall make a visit for the purpose of thoroughly inspecting the pas.sengers and crew. If there is on board a case of yellow fever or a suspicious case, the patient shall be placed under a new mosquito net or covering, entirely clo.sed, and only in this condition shall he lie allowed to land. The patient shall be carried to a pavilion or place destined for this purpose, where he shall be kept under a mosquito net.

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The windows and doors of such place shall l>e protected by wire screens or curtains which shall prevent the entrance of mosquitoes, large or small, and shall be previously fumigated.

Passengei's in go<xi health may land, exchanging their clothes for others which have previously been disinfected by the Clayton disin¬ fecting stove or apparatus. In the absence of said apparatus such clothes shall be subjected to fumigation in a closed Ix'rth with pyretic powder, sulphur, tobacco, or formyl vapors.

Passengers’ baggage shall be subjected to the same treatment. After the landing of the passengers and Iwiggage and before the

unloading of the vessel the cargo shall l)e subjected to fumigation by means of the Clayton appaiatus, and in the absence of the latter it shall be fumigated with tobacco, pyretics, sulphur, or formyl in the holds of the ships, hermetically closed for a |>eriod of eight hours.

The fumigation shall bo longer in vessels carrying fniits or sugar in their holds. Moscpiitoes of all kinds encountered on the floors, walls, and ceilings, after the fumigation, shall bo burned.

Passengers in good health who land from a vessel bearing a foul bill of health of yellow fever, shall be subjected to the inspection of the physician of the Hoard of Health for si.x days from the date of the arrival of the ves.sel. The ph3’sician shall take the temperature of said pa.ssengers twice a da^*, and as soon as he detects anv increase of tenq>erature in an v of them he shall confine him to his room and place him under a well-closed covering until all svm])toms of fever have disappeared.

Passengers in goexi health, who shall have to subject themselves to . the inspection of the phvsician at Puerto Colombia, may go to Har- raiupiilla, with the consent of the ph^’sician of the Hoard of Health, and the latter shall immediatel}’ notify the authorities of .said citv, in order to continue there such vigilance as the departmental board of health of the Atlantic ma}' see tit to direct.

If, during the vo3'age, there has l)een a csise of 3’ellow fever on btwird, all the berths and halls shall be fumigated as aforesaid, ctire being taken to thoroughl v fumigate all the corners, windowpanes, and other places where nios(juitoes are fmpienth' found.

The potable water deposits shall be emptied, washed out, and sub¬ jected to fumigation with sulphur or formvl, and said deix>sits shall be kept covertxl with metallic gauze or cotton cloth.

The detention of vessels on account of the foregoing regulations shall not excised:

(a) For the visit of inspection, twelve hours, counting from the time of arrival. If the ves.sel arrives after sunset, the twelve hours shall be counted from sunrise on the following dav.

(/>) The disinfecting shall not exceed twent3’-four hours after the inspection of the passengers and crew.

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Whenever yellow fever appears in any port the foregoing regula¬ tions shall be put in force.

The departmental boards of health may issue such orders and rules as they deem convenient for the better compliance of these regulations.

EXTENSION OF THE GIRARDOT RAILWAY.

The Diario Ojicial^'’ of Bogota, of January 12, 190(5, publishes a contract made b^' the Colombian Government with Messrs. Odell &

Bowles, under the terms of which the Gov'ernment of Colombia agrees to construct 3 kilometers of the Girardot liailway for $12,000 gold. The I’ailroad company also agrees to furnish the Government, free of charge, all the tools, rails, etc., that may be needed in the construction of the 3 kilometers referred to. In order to hasten the construc¬ tion of the work, the com])any offers the Goverrunent an additional sum of $1,500 and $1,000 if the construction is terminated within fifty and sixty-tive days, respectively, from the date of the signing of the contract.

CONCESSION FOR THE EXPLOITATION OF ASPHALT.

[From “ Viarln Oficiul," of Bogotti, of Junuary 13, 1906.]

The Government has granted an important asphalt concession to Lorenzo Paueja K, under the terms of which he i.s permitted to exploit for a period of ten 3'ears five asphalt deposits situated in the Depart¬ ment of Santander. The concessionaiy guarantees an output of not less than 1,000 tons of asphalt eveiy two 5’ears and agrees to pay to the Gov’ernment $2 gold on eveiy ton exported. The contract may be assigned to third parties, but not to a foreign nation or government.

THE CAUCA RAILWAY.

Under date of Januaiy 18, 190(5, the Blario Ojicial^’’ of Bogota, publishes the complete text of the contract made bv the Government with Ignacio Munoz C, rescinding the former contracts concerning the construction, repair, and maintenance in good condition of the (yauca Itailwa}’. The contract referred to having been rescinded by the mutual agreement of the parties thereto, the Government imme¬ diately entered into another contract with A. B. and E. II. Mason,

under the terms of which the gentlemen referred to agree to repair the Cauca Kailwa3' from Buenaventui’a to kilometer 12, inclusive, and to construct and equip the railway from kilometer 12 to Palmira. One 3'ear is allowed for the repair of the line, and five 3'ears for the con¬ struction and equipment of the new part or extension of the railwa3'.

TOBACCO LEAF MONOPOLY.

The sale and exportation of tobacco leaf in the Republic of Colom¬ bia has been made a Government monopol3' b3’ a recent decree of the

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President of that country. From September 1, 1906, no tobacco pro¬ duced in Colombia can be exported and sold on account of private persons. From that date the importation into the country of tobacco and cigarettes in any form wliatsoever is also prohibited, save that this prohiV)ition shall not affect other articles necessary for manufac¬ turing and putting up cigarettes. The last section of the decree reads as follows:

“The cultivation of tobacco is absolutely free in Colombia, as is also the introduction of seeds for the improvement thereof; growers shall, however, observe all such regulations as may be adopted hei’e- after with a view’ of preventing fraud to the prejudice of the treasury.”

COSTA RICA.

CUSTOMS BECEIPTS, SECOND HALF OF 1905.

The customs receipts of the Republic of Costa Rica for the second half (July-Dcccmber) of the year 1905 were $1,946,213.10, as follows:

July. August.... September October... November December.

San JoRiJ. j Lim6u. 1 f Puntarenas. Others.

8145,095.45 163,416. ,58 197,009.67 •345,182. .53 221.672.08 176il61.13

893, .577.53' 86,411.09 96,596.51 84,909.75 94,152.64

110,302.69

813,480.04 13,785.09 22,662.61 24,020.17 52, 493.33 43,541.40

86,966.54 9,063.20 8,276.87

15,148.04 10,804.03 11,484.13

1,148,537.44 ,565,950.21 169,982.64 61,742.81

The following figures show the total customs receipts of all the ports of the Republic duidng each one of the six months:

July. $259,119.56

August. 272, 675.96

September. 324,545.66

Octoljer. 369, 260.49

Noveinl)er. 379,122.08

December.:. 341,489.35

Total. 1,946,213.10

REDUCTION OF DUTY ON CARBON DIOXIDE.

United States Minister Merry reports the issuance of an Executive decree by the President of Costa Rica reducing the import duty on carbon dioxide, commonly known as liquid carbonic-acid gas, to 15 cents per kilogram in Costa Rican currency instead of the prohibitory rate of 1 colon (461 cents) per kilogram previously fixed. He was

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1076 INTERNATIONAL RUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

informed by tiie Minister of the Treasury that upon examination it was

aseertained that tlie Ihiuid earVionie-aeid gas made in Casta Itiea was

prejudieial to the public health, and the tsiritf reduction was made to

induce the imiKjrtation of a better article as well as to ])romote the sale

of soda-wat(*r fountains, which use it.

DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTEROCEANIC ROUTE.

According to Mr. William L. ^Meruy, United States Minister at

San dose, reporting under date of December 28, the Government of

Costa Rica purposes the immediate construction of the railway

between Santo Domingo and Esparta, near the Pacific coast, thus com¬

pleting the interoceanic railway from Llmon to Puntarenas. Mr.

Meuky writes:

“The law authorizes the arrangement of an interior loan of 2,0u0,000

colont’s (40.5 cents), with interest not exceeding 8 per cent per annum,

and a commencement is to be made with 800,000 colones borrowed

from the Ilanco Anglo-Costarricense. The Government publicly states

that it has been promised the additional funds l)y parties in Costa Rica

as needed for construction. The railway from Pimtarenas to Esparta

is about 15 miles long, and thence to Santo Domingo the distance is

approximately the same, but the survey adopted makes the new sec¬

tion to be constructed about 25 miles long, through a country mostly

level, with onl}" one bridge of consideralile length. It is a productive

country, which will aid in the maintenance of the railway. Native

engineers and labor are to be almost exclusive!}" employed, and it is

intended to do the work under Government supervision. The total

cost will a])proximate about United States currency, and it

is hoped to complete the road during the next year.

“Once completed, Costa Rica can market her coffee crop via the

Pacific to Panama or Tidmanteiiec unless reasonable rates are made to

carry it eastward. The Costa Rica interoceanic railway route thus

completed will be al)out 185 miles long, approximately the length of

the Tehuantepec Railway. But it has to surmount an elevation of

5,040 feet and has a gauge of 3.^ feet, with some heavy grades and

many short curves, while the Tehuantepec road has only a summit lev’el

of 885 feet and the Panama 20(5 feet. These conditions must deprive,

the road of any great interoceanic value, but it will be an attractive

road for pas.sengers through beautiful scenery and agreeable climate.

Even now cpiite a number of tourists are crossing from ocean to ocean

in both directions through Costa Rica in preference to taking the shorter

Panama transit, especially when yellow fever was prevalent there.

“There is a good iron wharf at Puntarenas, but it must be extended

to the G-fathom curve to permit its use by ocean steamships, and avoid¬

ing the present lighterage. The port is fairly well protected by the

projecting headland of Cape Blanco, and the water there is very seldom

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rough. It is ill fact a better port than Ijimon or Colon, as it is at present. The anchorage is good and the port has of late lieen healthy. Inasnmch as the only funds to be expended abroad in the construction of this road will be for rails and rolling stock, it does not apfiear that there will lie serious difficulty in arranging the finances, while the public sentiment is strongly in fav’or of pushing it to completion at the earliest date possible.”

CUBA.

XIEEI.ECTION OF PRESIDENT PADMA.

The International Bureau of the American Kepublics has been informed by the Department of State of the United States, under date of March 20, 1900, that Senor Don TomIs Estrada Palma, was reelected on March 19, litOO, as President of the Republic of Cuba, and Senor Don Domin-oo Mkxdkz Capotk of Havana Province, was named Vice-President, for a term of four vears lioginning on May 20, 190t).

COMMERCE WITH THE UNITED STATES, 1905.

The value of merchandise imported into the United States from Cuba in the calendar 5'ear 11K)5, according to figures prepared by the Department of Commerce and Labor, through its Bureau of Statistics, was $95,857,856, against $57,228,291 in 1903, $31,747,229 in 1900, and $16,233,45(5 in 1897, in which 3’ear United States imports from Cu)»a touched the lowest point in the last half centurv. The exports from the United States to Cuba in the calendar 3’ear 1905 wore valued at $44,569,812, against $23,504,417 in 1903, $26,934,524 in 1900, and $7,296,613 in 1896, in which 3’ear the3’ were smaller than in ain’ pre¬ ceding 3’oar in the last half centur3’. In both inuxirts and exports the figures of the 3’ear 1905 are larger than those of anv earlier vear in United States trade with Cuba.

Sugar and molasses, tobacco, cigars, and fruits are the principal articles forming the imports into the United States from Cuba. B3’ far the largest and most Important of these articles is sugar, of which the total importation in 1905 was valued at $72,649,818, and formed 70 per cent of the sugar brought into the LTnited States from foreign countries and 48 per cent of that brought in from all parts of the world. The growth is doubtless due also in part to the great increase in production of sugar in that island in 19(»4 and 1905, as com¬ pared with the 3’eai‘s in which production w’as reduced In’ reason of damage to sugar estates during the period of hostilities which existed in that island.

The value of sugar imports in 1905 was, as alread3’ indicated, over $72,(X>0,000, while that of the calendar 3’ear 1903 was $37,000,0(.K),

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and that of 1902, $30,000,000. Imports of molasses from Cuba in 1905 were valued at $1,097,153, aj^ainst $1,108,289 in 1903 and $770,893 in 1902. Leaf-tol)acco imports in 1905 amounted to $11,879,938, against $10,157,975 in 1903 and $9,730,526 in 1902. Cigar imports in 19o5 amounted to $3,855,820, against $2,977,924 in 1903 and $2,522,089 in 1902. Fruit importations in 1905 amounted to $1,23(5,028, of which all but $5,803 represented the value of bananas. Another item of considerable importance in the imports from Cuba is iron ore, of which the value imported in 1905 was $1,537,890, against $1,501,480 in 1903 and $1,576,617 in 1902. The other items of sufficient impor¬ tance to justify a separate statement by the Bureau of Statistics were, for the }'ear 1965, copper, $55,689; mahogany, $89,204; while under the general group of “all other articles’’ is included merchandise to the value of $3,456,316.

I'nited States exports to Cuba include a much larger number of articles than do the imports from that island. The largest single item in 1905 was flour, valued at $3,443,048, against $2,068,083 in 1903 and $2,059,876 in 1902; cattle, $1,983,152, against $1,393,295 in 1903 and $1,243,166 in 1902; ])ituminous coal, $1,487,776, against $1,277,471 in 1903; cotton cloth, $1,212,319, against $271,582 in 1903 and $208,039 in 1902, the cpiantity being, in 1905, 24,247,573 yards, against 3,861,295 yards in 1903 and 3,530,775 in 1902. Exports of boots and shoes to the island in 1905 amounted to $1,586,790, against $744,119 in 1903 and $485,073 in 1902; lard, $2,231,650, against $1,408,673 in 1903 and $2,198,238 in 1902; lard compounds at $1,005,215, against $1,515,757 in 1903 and $773,211 in 1902; bacon at $412,672, against $322,383 in 1903; hams, $468,842, against $576,673 in 1903; pork at $480,938, against $273,938, and milk at $647,926, against $277,745 in 1903. Lumber is also an important item, the exports of this article to Cuba in 1905 being valued at $2,001,214 against $1,011,628 in 1903. Vege¬ tables are also of considerable importance in United States exports to Cuba, the value exported to that island in 1905 being $885,997. Exports of furniture to the island in that 3'ear amounted to $696,579; crude mineral oil, $412,867; refined mineral oil, $351,120; paper and manufactures thereof, ^06,400; and rice, $845,049. The shipment of rice to Cuba is an entirely' new feature in United States export trade, the total value of rice sent to that island in 19(»4 being but $172,707, and in 1903 but $15, while, as above indicated, the total for 1905 was $845,049.

Bv far the largest gi’oup of articles in the exports to Cuba from the United States is that of iron and steel manufactures, of which the total in 1905 was $8,484,267, against $3,461,937 in 1903 and $4,325,304 in 1902. The largest single item under this head is locomotives for railways, $628,831 in 1905, against $127,845 in 1903. Builders’ hard¬ ware, including saws and tools, amounted to $628,809 in 1905, against

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§300,325 in 1903; sewing machines, §370,350 in 1905; electrical machinery, §190,337, and t\'pcwriters, $09,881.

The total trade of the United States with the jirincipal countries of America in the fiscal year 1905 was: With Canada, §203,000,000; w'ith Cuba, §125,000,000; with Brazil, $111,000,000; with Mexico, $92,000,000, and wdth the Argentine Republic, §39,000,000. Cuba, therefore, ranks second in importance in the trade relations of the United States with other American countries.

TRADE OF CIENFUEGOS INF 1906.

The total foreign trade of Cienfuegos for the fiscal year 1905 amounted to $19,269,252, viz: Imports, $6,888,734; exports, §12,- 479,097. The imports from the principal countries were as follows: United States, §2,870,955; United Kingdom, $996,537; Spain, §633,5)14; Uruguay, §490,672; Colombia, §481,105, and (iermain’, §354,272. The principal articles of import from the United States w'ere machineiy, $498,802; breadstutts, $380,357; provisions, §360,224; rice, §168,804; lumber and furniture, $139,364; wire and cable, $133,563; animals, §138,082; boots and shoes, §51,363; oil, $80,170, and manufactures of cotton, $82,014. The imports of cotton goods from the United King¬ dom were valued at $302,032; machinery, §31,923, and rice, $173,421. Cienfuegos imported from Spain cotton goods valued at §116,628; boots and shoes, §53,769; olive oil, $48,132. The principal imports from Germany consisted of rice, valued at $145,330; beans, §24,841; paper, §20,134; manufactures of cotton, §17,913; and glassw’are, §15,798. The principal articles of export to the United States were sugar, valued at §12,077,616, and tobacco, §245,413.

United States Consul Baeiik, of Cienfuegos, states that the exports valued at §12,479,097 from that port during the last fiscal year all w'ent to the United States, excepting $98,181 worth, while of the imports only a little over one-third came from the United States.

SUGAR INDUSTRY AND EXPORTS.

The totals of the (juantities and valuations of sugar exported by the Republic of Cuba to the various countries during the year 1903-4, as compared with the previous year, were as follows:

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Tho production of sugar in the Republic for the last fifty-four years, 1850 to lOO-t, was as follows:

Year. Ton.s. Year. Ton.s. Year. Tons.

. 223,145 1869. 720,000 1887. 646, .578 Wil. inw 1870. 726,000 1888. 650,719 1852. 2.51,009 1871. 517,000 1889. .560,;!33 18.5.8. 322,000 1872. 690,000 1890. 632.368 18.51. 374,000 1873. 775,000 1891. 810,980 18.55. 392,000 1874. 681,000 1892. 976,000 185<>. 348,000 1875. 718,000 1893. 815.894 18:>7. 355i00O 1876. .590,000 1894. 1,051,214 185S. 385,000 1877. 520,000 1895. 1,1)04,264 1859. 536,000 1878. 533^000 1890. ■ 225;221 1800. 447,000 1879. 670,000 1897. 212,051 1801. 440,000 1880. .530,000 1898. .IftO, .543 1802. 62.5,000 1881. 493,000 1899. 33.5,668 1803. .507,000 1882. 695,000 1900. 283,651 1801. .57.5,000 1883. 460.397 1901. 612,775 1805. 620,000 1881. .558,932 1902. 863,792 1800. 012,000 1885. 631,000 1903. l,00;i,873 1807 . 1808 .

.597,0(H) 749,000

18.86. 731,723 1901. 1,0.52,273

In the sugar crop for 1901 throughout the island I7l sugar planta¬ tions operated. The total production of sugar amounted to 1,052,273 tons, there having been ground 10,583,151 tons of sugar cane, which gives an average jdeld of 9.88 per cent.

The molasses produced and utilized amounted to 31,278,738 gallons. In order to appreciate the increase in the sugar production it M ill be sufficient to refer to the following tal)le:

Year. 1 Tons, 1 t Year. I Tons.

1900 . 1901 . 1902 ...

... 283,651

... 612,775

... 863,792

190;i. IIHH.

.! 1,003,873

.‘ 1,652,273

1

This latter production represents almost the greatest production that Cuba has had in the last fifty years, except in 1891, immediately b(*fore the last M ar of independence, in which the production amounted to 1,951,211 pounds.

The crop of 1901 will result in the development of a steady import business, namely, bags to l)e used for holding sugar, and in another line of business more variat)le but not less necessary; that is to say, machinery for the manufacture of sugar.

In the crop for 1901, 10,025,087 bags M’ere imported, valued at 8l,(X)0,127. England occupies the first place in such iiuiwrts, with a value of $716,190, to which should be added $59,017 proceeding from British India. German}' occupies the second place, the value of whose imporhitions amounted to $121,020, and the third place belongs to the United States, which represents imports valued at $67,962.

So far as machinery is concerned, the imports of M'hich during the period referred to amounted to $(>16,113, the United States occupied

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the first place. The machinery received from the latter country repre¬ sents a value of $388,331.

So far as su<(ar is concerned, the export trade of the product of said crop rei)resents a total of 1,255,013 tons, which shows that during said period important remnants of the previous crop were exported. Of those exports 1,249,875 tons belong to the ITiited States. The exports of molasses and sirup represented 25,519,307 gallons, valued at $885,850.

DUTIABLE VALUE OF CUBAN CIGARS.

The United States Board of General Appraisers has rendered an opinion in the matter of the dutiable value of Cuban cigars when impoi’ted, the main points of which were as follows:

IN'hen appraisers ascertain the market value of goods exported from a foreign countiw under the provisions of section 19 of the customs administrative act, such value is regulated by the price at which such goods are Ixuight and sold in usual wholesale quantities for home con¬ sumption at the time of ex})ortation, and not by the export price of such goods, where the two values difi'er.

Where certain cigars ex|X)rted from Cul>a are subject to an internal- revenue tax of $2 per thousand, and the market value of such goods in Cuba is ascertained to be the invoice value less the internal-revenue tax, such tax is a nondutiable item, forming no part of such value, * unless it is voluntarily includetl by the im{)orter as such in making his entry.

Where the importers of such cigars offered to make entry of the merchandise so as to exclude from the value this internal-revenue tax, and this offer was refused b}' the collector, the addition of such tax being made a condition precedent to the accepbince of the entry l)y the collector, such entry held to ))e made under duress and is not bind¬ ing on the importer.

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.

FOREIGN COMMERCE, LAST QUARTER OF 1905.

The Quarterly Summary of Commerce of the Dominican Kepublic, cov’cring the months Ma}", June, and July, 1905, shows that during the period in reference the gross customs receipts of the Republic were $527,230.73, which, taken as a bjisis for an estimate, indicate an annual nite of collection of $2,109,042.92, although the quarter began with greatly reduced importations in May, which was followed by a still further reduction in June, probably due to the fact that consign¬ ments received during March and April had Ix'en ordered in excess

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of the requirements of consumption. The cost of collection during the quarter, including all expenses of the receivership, was $22,973.25, or 4.36 per cent of the gross receipts.

The aggregate value of foreign trade during the three months was, for May, $913,694; June, $952,068, and July, $755,604, a total of $2,621,366, which indicates that the annual foreign trade of the Repub¬ lic should amount to considerable more than ten and a half million dollars. Of the foreign trade during the quarter $620,470 represents the value of imports and $2,000,896 of exports, leaving a balance of trade in favor of the Republic of $1,380,426, or an excess of sales of native products over purchase merchandise, averaging $460,142 per month. Not included in these totals is the value of the gold and silver coins and American paper currenc}’ imported and exported, the receipts of which exceeded the shipments by more than $300,000, indicating that the balance of trade in favor of the Republic resulted, to some extent at least, in cash settlements.

Imports to the valueof $481,980 paid duties amounting to $356,175.47, or approximately 75 per cent of the invoice value, while merchandise valued at $138,490 was entered free. Native products valued at $1,083,857 paid export duties amounting to $144,272.70, or 13 per cent of their appraised value, and exportations to the value of $917,039 were made without payment of export dues.

Of the import trade, the United States controlled the larger part during the entire quarter; the United Kingdom ranked second and Germany third in ^la}' and June, but changed places with each other in the order of relative trade values in July. During this period goods received from the United States were valued at $321,213, or 52 per cent of the total value of imports, while Great Britain and Ger¬ many were close competitors for second place, the former furnishing goods to the value of $125,633, or 20 per cent, and Germany $118,534, or 19 per cent. Other countries whigh contributed to the import trade in lesser amounts were France, Porto Rico, Dutch Indies, and Ibily.

Manufactures of iron and steel of all kinds, of which the United States furnished values to the amount of $66,764, the United Kingdom $37,761, and Germain'^ $11,921, constituting the largest single class of merchandise imported.

Cotton manufactures invoiced at $38,081 were received from Great Britain, $33,785 from the United States, while Germany and France furnished $12,683 and $7,051, respectively.

Nearly all the flour placed on the Dominican market during the three months—8,000 barrels—came from the United States, and was valued, according to consular invoices, at $43,343.

Of rice, one of the staple food supplies of the country, nearly 3,500,000 pounds, invoiced at $66,410, were received, 1,834,367 pounds

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coming from Germany, 1,120,562 from Great Britain, and 249,090 from the United States.

Practically all the fish products came to the United States, and were valued at $22,694, most of which were cod and other dried and smoked tish.

Other provisions received consisted principall}" of canned and dried meats and dairy products, of which Germany and America were the largest providers, having furnished $17,790 and $14,854 worth, respectively. The chief import from Germany in this class was cheese, to the extent of 103,077 pounds, while most of the meats and other provisions were of American origin.

The receipts of woolen goods were valued at a little over $4,000, and were furnished almost exclusively by Germany and Great Britain.

The United States furnished manufactures of wood to the value of $21,349. The remainder of the imports consisted of miscellaneous lots of general merchandise received from Spain, Italy, and the West Indies.

Of exports during the cjuarter the United States received the largest percentage, having imported Dominican products to the value of $872,383, or 44 per cent of all exports; German}’ was the next largest importer, hiking products valued at $662,593, or 33 per cent. France received values to the extent of $381,998, or 19 per cent, and the remainder was distributed principally among Great Britain, Cuba, and Porto Rico.

During this period the shipments of last season's sugar crop were about completed, with exportations of 17,744,938 pounds, invoiced at $510,302, of which the greater part, 16,600,859 pounds, went to the United States, and the remainder was divided between Great Britain and Germany, the former receiving 1,112,880 pounds, while the latter received but 31,199.

Cacao beans (from which chocolate Fs made) were the most imixir- tant and profitable export of the quarter, representing shipments aggre¬ gating 14,041,051 pounds, invoiced at $984,715, of which 7,349,368 pounds went to Germany, 4,329,249 to France, 2,309,332 to the United States, and 53,002 to England.

Tobacco-leaf exports in the aggregate amounted to 4,860,960 pounds, valued at $198,312, 3,954,011 pounds having been received by Ger¬ many, 662,200 by France, and 244,749 by the United States. Very little manufactured tobacco is exported; and although the climatic conditions favor the cultivation of this important product, careful attention has not yet been given to its culture and the extension of the industry. The best of the production is consumed in manufactured form at home, while the inferior grades are shipped in the leaf to foreign markets.

1084 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Cattle hides and goatskins valued at $31,874 were exported, repre¬ senting values received by the United States to the extent of $17,008; Germany, $10,564, and Fnince, $^1,800, the remainder being disposed of in West Indian markets.

The amount of 107,835 pounds of beeswax, valued at $25,528, were exported to the United Stiites, Germany, and France, the shipments being divided, respectively, as follows: 25,067, 48,557, and 31,387 pounds.

Upon comparison of the import values with those of the exports, it is intei’esting to note that while the balance of trade with the United States, Germany, and France is strongly in favor of the Dominican Republic, the value of British merchandise shipped to that countiw’s markets is three times the value of products sent from the Republic to Great Britain.

The total tonnage of the several entiy ports of the Republic during this (luartcr was 448,653 (registered tons), representing 384 entrances and clearances by foreign vessels, while the aggregate coast¬ wise tonnage at the same jKjrts was 24,270 tons, representing 1,622 entrances and clearances by vessels engaged exclusively in local commerce.

Of the total imports, including gold and silver coin, cargoes valued at $608,952, or 66 per cent of all importations, were brought in Amer¬ ican bottoms. Cargoes valued at $179,082, or 19 per cent, were brought in German, and cargoes valued at $69,785, or 7 per cent, in British vessels.

In the export trade German ves.sels carried the largest proportion, receiving cargoes valued at $765,265, or 38 per cent of the total value of exports; British vessels were second, with consignments invoiced at $433,612, or 22 pt'r cent, and American vessels third, with cargoes aggregating in value $385,432, or 19 p(“r cent. Dominican, Cuban, Dutch, Danish, Italian, and Norwegian vessels—the latter being at the head of this group in jwint of values carried—were also engaged in carrying on the foreign commerce of the Republic, and it is a source of special gratilication to note that Jiot the smallest part of the ocean trade was effected by means of vessels ffying the Dominit^an ffag.

ECUADOR.

ARBITRATION OF BOUNDARY QUESTION WITH COLOMBIA.

The treaty providing for the settlement of the boundary question between Ecuador and Colombia signed ad referendum by the plenipo¬ tentiaries of the two Republics in Bogota on November 5, l!H>4, was ratified by the Congre.ss of Ecuador October 4, 1905, and approved by President Garcia two days later.

ECUADOR. 1085

The treaty provides as follows: Aktigle I. The Governments of lA*uador and of Colombia submit to

the decision absolutely without appeal of His Majesty the Emperor of Germany and King of Prussia the question of boundaries pending between the two Republics.

Art. II. Both Governments, immediately after the exchange of rati¬ fications of this treaty, will, through the medium of plenipotentiaries, solicit Ilis Majest3"’s acceptance of the same.

Art. III. Within five months, counting from the date on which the august arl)itrator shall notify the parties of his acceptance, the pleni¬ potentiaries of the two Republics shall present the memorials in which the}’ set out the claims of their respective Governments and the docu¬ ments in support thereof.

Art. IV. The period of five months having ended the parties shall not present anv other statements nor produce ain’ 6ther documents except such as the august ar])itrator mav deem necessarv to full}’ make clear the controverted points.

Art. V. The two Governments agree immediately on an ocuhir inspection of the territories in litigation if the august arl)itrator may deem such means of proof necessary.

Art. \T. Ecuador and Colombia recognize that the principal bases for the determination of their rights in this arbitration are the following:

(a) The Colombian law of June 25, 1824, concerning territorial division.

(h) The treaty of peace of September 22, 1829, between the old Republic of Colombia and Peru.

(f) The treaty of July 9,185t>, in the part which is in force between the Republic of New Granada (now Colombia) and Ecuador; without excluding other historico-judicial antecedents which the parties may judge opportune to adduce and which may not be contrary to the above-mentioned bases.

Art. Vll. Eor the purposes of this arbitration Ecuador .sets out clearly that the Eastern Country {hi Reijlon OruntaT)^ from the line of the river Napo to that of the river Caipieta or Yupura, is not included in the arbitration su1)mitted by Ecuador and Peru to His ^lajosty the King of Spain under the treaty of August 1, 1887.

Art. VIH. Prior to the final judgment of the arbitrator the two parties may agree, by means of direct negotiations, upon all of the points included in this litigation; and if they should arrive at an agreement in proper form, having the force of a public treaty, and bring the same to the knowledge of the august arbitrator, the arbitra¬ ment shall come to an end, or at least shall be confined to those points not agreed upon.

1086 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Art. IX. In the unexpected event that His Majesty the Emperor of (jermany shall not accept the designation made of his august person, there is chosen for the same position His Excellency the President of the United States of Mexico, and all the other provisions of this con¬ vention shall remain in effect.

Art. X. The Governments of Ecuador and of Colombia will defray in equal shares the expenses of the arbitrament.

REFOKMATION OF CONTRACT OF THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH

AMERICAN TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

An agreement was entered into at Guayaquil on October 8, 1905, between the Governor of the Province, Senor Don Federico Galdos

as representative of the National Government, and Mr. George

Ashton, attorney for the Central and South American Telegraph Company, for the reformation of certain articles of the contract of September 17, 1881.

The articles revised are Nos. 1. 3, 8, and 11. and in their new form will read as follows:

I. The Government of Ecuador grants to the Central and South American Telegraph Compaii}' authority to construct telegraphic cables, and to establish other means of communication by telegraph, to the north and to the south of Ecuador, to any point in America.

3. The Government of Ecuador agrees not to establish nor permit the estal)lishment, during the time stipulated in Article 11, of subma¬ rine cables on the coast of Ecuador; and in the event that proposals are presented for the esbiblishment of some other sj’stem the Central and South American Company shall be preferred on equal conditions. In exchange the company agrees to establish within six months, counting from the date of the signing of this agreement, telegraph or cable communication between Guayaquil and the capital of the province of Esmeraldas. The term set out in this article is obligatory upon the company, provided, alwa3’s, that it be possible to perform the work within the given time, or that it is not impeded bj' superior force or unforeseen casualt}', but in anj' event the cable shall be installed within six months thereafter.

8. The conipan}' agrees to receive, transmit, and deliver Govern¬ ment telegrams for live centavos silver per word; that is, for one- half the published schedule of rates for the public, which shall not be above ten centavos silver per word between Guayaquil and Esmeraldas, or vice versa. As between Government and private messages, Gov¬ ernment messages and messages of Government agents shall Ije given the preference, within the Province, or outside thereof.

II. The franchise granted to the company^ on September 17, 1881, shall lapse on September 17, 1955.

ECUADOR. 1087

CONTRACT FOR RAILWAY FROM THE COAST TO QUITO.

President Garcia on October 28, 1005, approved, with the prior consent of Congress given on October 10, 1005, the contract signed ad referendwti of November 7, 1004, between the Minister of Public Works, G. S. CORDOVA, and Baron BaudouIn Vandemen, representing a French syndicate, for the construction of a railway from the coast to Quito. The following are the principal provisions of the contract:

The railway shall begin at some point on the coast of Esmeraldas, v.'hich may be chosen with the consent of the President, and shall ter¬ minate at Quito, the capital of the Republic, passing through Ibarra. The motive power may be either electricity or steam, and the gauge of the road shall be 42 English inches, or 1 meter G5 millimeters.

Surveys shall liegin within thirty days after the plans have been approved bj’ the Government.

The company shall construct at the port designated docks, wharves, and like works capable of being used at high tide b}’ ships of more than 1,500 tons burden. It shall likewise construct two light-houses having lights of 2,000 candlepower each.

The railway may build such telegraphic and telephonic lines along its way as it maj' deem expedient, but shall mainttiin for the use of the public a telegraph line of two wires.

The grade shall not be more than 4 per cent, the curves shall have a radius of GO meters at least, and the rails be of a Aveight of 55 pounds per 5’ard.

Official and Government correspondence sball be carried free, as also those in charge thereof. A rebate of 50 per cent shall be allowed on the transportation of Government employees on Government service, of soldiers, of sailors, and of political agents, in bodies or singly, pro¬ vided with the proper passports. The same rebate shall be allowed for the carriage of beasts of burden, war material, merchandise, and goods belonging to the State or to municipalities, as also for the trans¬ port of prisoners by order of the Government or of the courts.

Special free trains shall be provided for the President and Vice- President of the Republic and for the ministers of state. Senators and Deputies, under secretaries of state, governors of provinces Avithin the territory of their jurisdiction, diplomatic agents, consuls and vice- consuls, both national and foreign, shall have free passage and shall lie given one-half rates for their luggage. One-third at least of the emploj’ees of the company shall be Ecuadorians. Work shall begin within one year after the contract goes into effect, otherwise the Gov¬ ernment may declare the contract forfeited, and the Avork shall be concluded within eight years.

The Government grants, in aid of the Avork, free importation of all necessary material for the construction of the railroad, port, and

1088 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

other works; exemption from military service for the employees of the company, and prohibits re(piisition for militaiy purposes of the company's beitsts of burden. Tha Government guamntees for thirty- three years 4 per cent interest to the compiny on the amount of its investment up to ten millions of sureres silver, and pledges in this behalf the custom-house revenues of the ports of Manabi, Tulcan, and of Esmeraldas, including the new port to be constructed.

The jx>rt works, the railway’, with all branch lines and extensions, except such extensions as may be constructed for the special use of mines, shall after seventy-tive years revert to the ownership of the Government.

GUATEMALA.

IMESSAGE OF PRESIDENT ESTRADA CABRERA.

On March 1, 1006, President Estrada Cabrera read an interesting message to the National Legishitivc Assembly. Among other things, the President said that the foreign relations of the Government con¬ tinue to be closer and more cordial daj' by day, and that he was pleased to state that during the past year nothing had occurred to endanger said relations.

The President added that in order to continue to develop more friendly relations with South America a legation of ther first class had been established in Hrazil, which will doubtless be of great use during the Third Pan-American Conference, to bo held in duU next at Pio de Janeiro, and which conference, like the previous ones, will tend to strengthen still more the ties of union of the nations of this continent.

The President stated that there would soon be sent to the National I.iegislative Assembly for considenition, three conventions made dur¬ ing the last twelve months, namely, one with Spain, by virtue of wdiich all documents coming from each of the countiacs to the compact are accepted as proofs in acconhince with the hnv, the legalization of signa¬ tures not being required, it being sufficient that the documents be sent through the proper diplomatic channels; the second convention, signed at Washington, was made with Costa Ricji, Cuba, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, United States of America, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, and Venezuela, its object Ix'ing to secure the codification of all measures relating to pul)lic sanitation against the invasion and spread of vellow fever, the bubonic plague, and choleni morbus, and the third convention relates to the consular service with Italy and treats of the reciprocal rights of consular agents and emplo3'ees of the two coun¬ tries in interest. A convention with Chile is also about to be signed concerning the protection of copyrights.

GUATEMALA. 1089

In the previou-i fiscal }’ear the public revenue collected amounted to ^'84,058,lfit>.39, showing? an increase of nearly 1^11,000,000 over the estimated budget of the I^egislative Assembh'.

The expenditures of the dift'erent administrative branches of the Government amounted to$‘20,421,383.05, and in addition ^'21,970,990.82 were applied to the pa\'ment of the puldic debt, making the total expenditure in 1905 ^15,892,383.17.

The commission appointed to make a general map of the Republic used every means possible to correct the inaccuracies appearing in previous works of this character, and has changed the scale of the map so as not to omit an\' important dctiiil in this important work, the present map being formed on the scale of 1:300,000, making a map 2 meters sciuare.

The attendance of the public schools of the Repul)lic increased 10 per cent this 3'ear, which shows that public instruction is constantl}' encouraged bv the authorities.

TIMBER BANDS IN THE REPUBLIC.

Reporting from Guatemala Citv, the United States Consul-General states that nearh' all of the northern and eastern part of the Republic is covered with a dense tropical forest, consisting of mahogany, dif¬ ferent kinds of cedar, chicle, and other hard woods. Along streams down which logs can be floated much of the mahogaiu' has been cut, but as 3’et very little of the other woods have been marketed. This is especially true of the departments of Peten, Alta Verapaz, and Izabal.

]Most of the forests still l>elong to the Government, and the usual method of securing the timlier is bv concession, bv which a certain number of trees are cut at a given price per tree, or a stiiiulated sum is paid for the timber on a given tract. It is not an eas\' matter to get titles to large tracts of land in Guatemala, as it is discouraged bv the Government. These concessions are not usuall}' granted for a longer period than five 3'ears. Sometimes it is stipulated that if a cer¬ tain number of trees arc cut during that time they must be renewed. The pine forests are limited, being in the mountainous countrj’ prin¬ cipality and inaccessible. jSIost of the lumber used comes from the United States, principall}' from California. The forests of this coun¬ try are generalh' so inaccessible that the railroad companies import nearl\' all their ties, and even import coal, because it is difficult for them to get enough firewood.

BANANA CULTURE.

Extensive banana plantations are to be put under cultivation in the near future along the Guatemala Railway within 109 miles of Puerto Barrios. One compan}* is under contract to furnish 1,200,000 bunches

1090 INTEENATIONAL BUBEAU OF THE AMEBICAN BEPUBLIC8.

of bananas for shipment each year, and is soon to begin planting. The climate and soil is well adapted to this industiy, and it is expected that man}’^ priv^ate persons will take up the cultivation of bananas, and that the 2,000,000 mark will be reached from Puerto Barrios shortl}'^ after the (juateraala Railway is finished, which will be at the close of 1906. This field will be within three days of New Orleans. There are now about 500,000 bunches shipped yearly to the United States from the Atlantic coast of Guatemala.

THE FUTURE OF THE REPUBLIC.*

(Continued.)

“the soil, AND ITS RICHES.

“The soil of Guatemala is remarkable in the vast extent and great variety of two classes of products which are unusual within the .same degrees of latitude; that is, it produces both tropical and temperate staples of agriculture in great profusion. The soil grows coffee, sugar cane, cacao, baiianas, tobacco, cotton, India rubber, vanilla, sar¬ saparilla, and a long list of medicinal plants, while it likewise produces the cereals, wheat and Indian corn, which are only found in temperate regions, giving two and in some places three crops of these annually. There are also endless kinds of valuable hard wood, mahogany, rose¬ wood, ebony, cedar, and the like, which are especially tropical timber, and at the same time pine and oak exist in the mountain regions of the interior. Besides all this the gras.ses grown are especially adajited to live stock, and cattle raising and dairying are very profitable indus¬ tries.

“The British Consul-General in an official report to the Foreign Office in London had this to say about the capabilities of the soil:

“‘The tropical situation of the country, the proximity of every portion to the sea on both coasts, the diversity of altitude and conse¬ quently of temperature combine to make the agricultural capabilities of Guatemala equal to any in the world. Every kind of crop from those of the tropical coast regions to those of the cold highlands (the latter having a climate corresponding with that of northern Europe in summer) may be raised. There are districts where even four crops of maize (Indian corn) are obtained in one j’ear. It is a common theory that the manures are unnecessary, as the heavy rains wash down the rich soils from the sides of the mountains and fertilize the plains. The great secret is therefore for the agriculturist to adapt his cultiva¬ tion to the nature of the soil and climate, and his interest would lie adv'anced by a judicious rotation of crops.’

By Mr. Charles M. Pepper.

GUATEMALA. 1091

“A breez}^ description, thoujfli an accurate one, was given of tho soil of (jriiateinala In* a correspondent of the ‘Washington Star.^ Wrote this correspondent:

“‘Instead of 1113'own impressions of the countiy I would rather give those of a North Carolina business man. lie was taking the rest cure b}' means of a sea voj'agc to San Francisco, and detlected his itineraiy for a week's land journe}'. We traveled together to the capital, and also made a trip to the port of Champerico over the rail¬ road extension which has opened up new and untouched territor3'. It was his first view of tropical lands except from the ship’s deck.

“ ‘On landing at San Jose the North Carolina man looked with awe and admiration, as evei'v tourist is bound to do, on the dominating volcano i)eaks Fuego and Agua—tire and water. Hut w hile he never ceased to wonder at the richness of the sceneiy, his practical instincts asserted themselves, and he punctuated the information given him about climate, soil, and products with keen observations. He con¬ fessed that on the vessel he thought thev’ were “stringing" him when the}' told him that the posts for the barl)ed-wire fences just grew, but when he saw’ countless miles of trees in straight rows w ith the wire stretched along the trunks he paid his tribute also to climate and soil. He knew’ that naturallv’ trees don’t grow in straight rows, and he found the explanation. The posts arc poles cut from the trees’ branches, and when stuck in the ground the}’ shoot up so rapidly that they soon are trees.

“‘The North Carolina observer never got over his wonder at the soil. The railroad cuts gave him a chance to see that it was not surface richness, and he easily gi’aspcd the explanation. The vegetation grows to a cerhiin height, then dies away, rots, and forms fresh layers of richness. This process going on for centuries has made the fertility of the land inexhaustible.

“ ‘The utility of volcanic eruptions was new to him and was explained on the trip to Champerico. This is the great coffee region. It comes within the sphere of influence of the volcano Santa Maria. When Santa Maria was sprinkling both the sea and land with pumice stone and ashes, on many of the tineas (plantations) there was just enough of this lava soil after the rains had come and washed away the surface of the deposit to renew the productiveness.’

“In another way an idea of the varied products of agricultural industry can be had from an account given in the British consular reports of a model plantation. This plantation consisted of 3,000 acres. In a given year it produced 1,200,000 pounds of coffee, 300,000 pounds of sugar, 300,000 bottles of the by-product of sugar know’n a.s aguardiente or cane rum, 22,000 gallons of milk. Two thousand

Bull. No. 4—06-15

1092 INTERNATIONAL LUliEAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

heud of cattle were raised. On this plantation from 900 to 1,300 laborers were eniplo\'ed.

“COFFKK OF WORI.I)-WIL)K FAME.

“As is well known, (iuatemala*s most valuable ag’riciiltural product is cotfee. The fame of Guatemala coffee is world-wide and it com¬ mands the highest prices. The production in average years is about 70,.500,000 pounds, though in a recent year it exceeded 80,<1<W,000 pounds. The most productive regions are in the departments of Gua¬ temala, Amatitlan, Sacatepequez, Solola, Ketalhuleu, Quezaltenango, San Marcos, Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Santa Rosa, and Escuintla.

“The altitudes at which the coffee plant is most successfully culti¬ vated are between 1,500 feet and 5,U00 feet above sea level, according to the locjxlitv and quality of the soil. The temperature at which the greatest productiveness is olffained varies from a minimum of 60^ Fahrenheit to a maximum of 90^. In the lowlands the trees have to be shaded in order to prevent the leaves from Ixeing scorched b}' the heat. There is an abundance of native trees which answers this pur¬ pose. Occasionally, too, Ixanauas are raised in conjunction with coffee, since their broad leaves furnish an excellent protection.

“In districts where the mean altitude is 1,500 feet a different sort of protection is necessary in order to shelter the coffee loaves from the northern winds which blow during the months of December, ,Tan- uaiy", and February. In these high altitudes the ranges of hills form the l>est natural protection. To bring the coffee plant to full produc¬ tion from live to seven years are required, though after two years the bush will produce about 2 pounds of the berry annualU'. The cotfee plants arc raised in nurseries and afterwards transplanted to the cafe- tales or coffee plantations. The critical season for the crop is the blooming period. A heavy rainfall while the trees arc in ffower will seriously damage the plants by v.ashing away the pollen atid thiLs pre¬ venting fructiffcation. 'Phis period lasts three or four days, when the blossoms fall and the cherry or berry begins to appear. The cherry reaches maturity in October and is ready for gathering and pulping; that is, for the removal of the outer shell and pulp. After this process it is washed and carried to dry, spread out in brick paved Awards exposed to the sun. The grain is known as pergamino, or shell coffee, after the removal of the red pulp, while it retains the inner white or yellow parchment covering. After this parchment is removed it is known as oro, clean coffee, and this is the common commercial term.

“So many elements enter into the cost of planting and bringing to maturit}' a coffee plantation that it is difficult to estimate, the expendi¬ ture necessary to insure a given profit. Experienced coffee growers are guided largely by their knowledge of the local conditions and

GUATEMALA. 1093

requirements. However, a reasonal)le amount of capital in the begin¬ ning’ is necessai’v, and many investors possessing the capital prefer to buy tineas or plantations that are already producing.

“The (xovernment of Guatemala lays an export tax of $1 in gold. Germany takes the l)ulk of the Guatemala product, though Great liritain is a large l)U3'er and the United States is receiving larger quantities from year to year. With the increased facilities for trans¬ portation there would appear to ))c an excellent opportunity for dealers to make a specialty of Guatemala coti'ee in the United States, for the article once introduced would be sure to have an Increased consumption.

“sugar AM) OTHER PROFITABLE PRODUCTS.

“In 1890 Guatemala was producing barely enough sugar for its own consumption. In 1904 it exported 0,000,000 pounds to the I nited States. New Orleans is the nearest market, though shipments also may be made to Hrooklyn. The product consists of white loaf sugar, panela or coarse brown cakes, from which the cane rum is made, miel or molasses, and mascabado, or inferior grades. The sugarcane is of excellent (piality and the production is abundant, especially along the hot coast districts. The departments of Escuintla, Amatitlan, and Ikija Verapaz are the districts in which the largest areas are under cultivation. As a rule the small sugar mills are crude and modern machinei’}’ has not been introduced to a great extimt, although the largest plantations are already supplied with the latest improvements. ^Vith the introduction on a larger scale of modern machinery and the latest processes the sugar industry would be certain to atiord satis- factoiy profits.

“Cacao of a veiw high quality is produced in Guatemala and the native article commands much higher prices than that produced in other countries and brought to Guatemala for sale. The productive regions arc the tierras calientes or hot coast lands. The principal cacao-producing districts are Escuintla, Suchitepequez, Solola, and Ketalhuleu. The bean is most productive at an altitude of 8 0 to 2,000 feet. In some cases the shrub produces a pound of beans every four months, and after reaching maturit}' it is said to produce without interrui)tion for one hundred years.

Notwithstanding the superior quality of the Guatemala cacao the industry has not been carried on systematical 1}% possibly because live or six 3’ears are required to secure the first crop. In the last year the total output was only 34,000 pounds, but the steadv demand for cacao and the certainty of good prices justifies the investment of capital which can await fiv^e or six years for the first returns. The gathering of the cacao beans requires yery little machiner}' and few laborers.

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Chiefly care must be taken not to hurt the bean or almond when break¬ ing the fruit wherein the}' are contained. One day of fermentation must then be giv'eii to them, after which they remain exposed to the sun for six or eight days, when they are ready to ])esent to the market.

‘‘One of the most profitable of future industries in Guatemala undoubtedly is that of banana cultui'e. There are vast productive regions on the Atlantic slope; and these are certain, to be cultivated, since the building of the Northern Railway insures opening up the lands by giving access to the New Orleans market within the time that is necessary for gathering and shipping the fruit. The annual produc¬ tion is now about 800,000 l)unches, of which one-half are consumed at home and the balance shipped to the United .States. It is estimated that within a year after the Northern Railway is completed the ship¬ ments to the United States will exceed 750,000 bunches per annum and will soon amount to 1,000,000 bunches.

“Tobacco is produced in a numl)er of districts and there is much suitable soil for it, but up to this time it has been raised only for local consumption. Rice is also produced in the hot coast lands. Cotton is grown, and experiments have shown that the Sea Island cotton thrives in Guatemala.”

HAITI.

EXPORT MOVEMENT, FIRST QUARTER OF 1905-0.

Lt Monitiuf’’'' of Port-Au Prince for the week ending ]March 3, 190t>, publishes the following tigures as showing the export movement from the various customs districts of Haiti during the first three months of the fiscal year 1905-0.

.Vrticles. ] Quantities.

houndt. 19,952,178 28,364,310 1,282,691 1,803,400

10,000 142,909 21,876

104,300 1,075

44,853 38,3.59 1,790 3,441

118,000

Mahogany.feet..

Woods, various..

Articles.

Honey.giillons.. t'opper. Pitte. Tortoise shell. Ix;ather, tiinne<l. Cotton seed and castor-oil beans. Cigars. Fruits. Medicinal herbs. Cocoanuts... Palm oil.gallons.. Horns. Pistachio nuts.

Quantities.

I'uumh. 470

3,0,')! 20S,

■i‘2h 1,040

274,»40 IfiO

1,1,tO 18,919 6,100 8,46.5 1,849 6,027

The total value of these shipments is stated to have been $3,350,000.

HONDURAS—MEXICO. 1095

HONDURAS.

NEW PORT OF ENTRY.

United States Consul Johnson reports that b}' a decree of the President of Ilondui-as the port of entry for the district of Puerto Cortes will, on and after May 1, be San Pedro, and Puerto Cortes will then become a subport of entiy. The reasoti tor chanj^ing the port of entry to San Pedro is that it is a larger city, and two-thirds of the goods coming into Puerto Cortes are for merchants in San Pedro. He further writes that hereafter passengers arriving from Mobile will have to procure a certificate from the Honduras consul at that cit}' showing that the}" have been in Mobile seven or more days.

NEW CUSTOM-HOUSE ON THE ATLANTIC COAST.

United States Consul Wood, of (’eiba, reports that the thriving town of Porvenir, on the Atlantic coast of Honduras and !) miles from Ceiba, is to be declared a port of entry. He states that the construc¬ tion of a custom-house at Porvenir has been commenced. This will be of interest to American exporters, as considerable (piantities of American goods arc sold there. Heretofore it has been necessary to enter goods destined for Porvenir at Ceil)a. 'Fhc reshipment of mer¬ chandise was expensive and often caused losses. The op('ning of the new port of entry is another evidence that the present administration of Honduras is alive to the interests of the country and intends to do everything possible to aid and assist the commercial development.

MEXICO.

. MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT DIAZ.

The President of the liepul)lic of Mexico, General Porfiuio Diaz,

delivered his usual annual message to Congress on April 1,190<>. The most important parts of the Message ran as follows:

“In the first place, I have the pleasure of stating to you that our relations with other nations continue satisfactory, and it may be affirmed that the relations which we cidtivate with the governments of the neighboring nations are most cordial.

“In the International Bureau of the American Republics established at Washington there arose the idea of holding shortly another Pan- American Conference with a view to continuing the work undertaken by the two previous conferences, which met successively at Washing¬ ton and at this Capital. This idea having been well received by the

1096 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OE THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

iiiajoi’itx' of the goveriiBients of Ainorifu, their repre.sentative.s and the Secretary of State of the United Sttites have I’eaelicdan ajjreeiuent to the effect that this thii'd conference shall take place, and in conse¬ quence of |a courteous offer made b}' the Government of Brazil the cikv of Itio de Janeiro has been chosen as the place of the meeting, which will be held in July next. Though as yet no invitation has been received from the Government of lirazil, the Executive is making prepai'ations for the appointment of delegates and for facilitating the holding of-so important an assembly, which is bound to produce man}" of the favorable results expected from it, in view of the experience accpiired at the two previous conferences and the good will of the par¬ ticipating nations. In order to cooperate toward the ends had in view, the Executive has given instructions to the Ambassador of ^Mexico at Washington, who, by reason of the important part which he took in the last conference, will know how to make suitable use of them.

“The ^Mexican Government having been invited to i)ecome a party to the convention arranged at Geneva in 1864, in regard to the neutral¬ ity in time of war of ambulance and military hospitals, the Department of Foreign Ihdations referred all the papers bearing on the matter to the Senate for its examination and decision. As was to be expected, the Senate approved Mexico’sacceptance of that International Conven¬ tion, taking into consideration, no doubt, its noble objects. The Executive immediately proceeded to ratify and promulgate this act, thus confirming, in .>^0 far as we are concerned, the humane princiydes contained in the protocols concluded at The Hague in 1S9!>, at the initiative of the Emperor of Russia.

“A memorandum was received through the representative of Russia at this Capital containing the text of a communication which the Rus¬ sian Government had sent to the governments of other nations invit¬ ing them to a second Peace Conference at The Hague. Mexico at once answered that she would accept the invitation, and that she was prepared when the time should come to appoint delegates to the Second (inference, who would receive suitable instructions.

“The Second International Sanitary Convention of American Repub¬ lics met at AVashington in October last and the delegates whom we sent thereto arranged with the representatives of ten other nations a convention nd refei'endfim in regard to (juarantines, which has been approved by the E.xecutive and will be submitted to the Senate for constitutional purposes.

“The sanitary measures taken again.st yellow fever on the Gulf littoral and on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec are continually being applied with energy. From September to February last. 132 cases occurred and the malady reappeared at Veracruz and Florida, besides invading Tuxtepec and Cordoba, where it is not endemic; but the efforts to prevent its propagation were successful. Since December

MEXICO. 1097

the number of cases has been veiy consklerabh' reduced, and in Feb¬ ruary only three occurred.

“On Februaiy 11, last, the sanitary station at Veraci'uz was inauj,ni- rated, its construction having cost $504,000. It has all the departments necessary for its object and is equipped with the best apparatus and appliances for disinfection, being also supplied with baths, a bacterio¬ logical laboratory, and a furnace for cremation purposes. The great importance of the port in (juestion called for an establishment of this nature which should be tirst-class, and this desideratum has been satisfied,

“The sanitation works at the capital have been prosecuted without interruption, and since September 2,100 lineal meters of main sewers, more than 10,000 meters of lateral sewers, and more than 2,000 meters of drains, with all accessories, have been laid. The electric motor plant has been ordered for the operation of the drainage pumps at San Lazaro.

“The total volume of transactions entered at the offices of the Public Registry of Propert}’ and Commerce during the last 3’ear was ^52, 863,135, which is more than $100,000,000 in excess of the trans¬ actions entered in an\’ previous j'ear, showing the considerable increase to dealings in propert_v and of commercial nature in the Cit\’ of Mexico alone.

“The totiil number of primary schools under the jurisdiction of the Federation aggregates at present 544.

“In order to obtain competent teachers for the two new infant schools test examinations were previously held among the graduates of the Girls’ Normal C.’ollege who applied for the posts, and for the purpose of improving this department of education two female teach¬ ers were detailed to visit the model establishments of this nature in the United States during the closing months of the last scholastic 3’ear and the first month of the present 3'ear.

“ Inasmuch as during the course of last 3’ear 175 new professors for the national primarv schools were appointed, the present number thereof is 2,148.

“ Improvements have recentlv been introduced in the courses at the normal schools for teachers, the premises occupied 1)3' said schools having been enlarged and new courses of great importance, as well as a system of lectures on methodolog3', having been created.

“It was arranged that the course followed at the Militar3' College of Practical Medicine should bo recognized b3' the National College of Medicine, just as if it had been gone through in its halls, provided that said course conformed strictly to the programme approved by the National College of Medicine.

“The Republic was represented at the Third Latin-American Scien¬ tific Congress which met at Rio de Janeiro in September last; at the

1098 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS. I

Congress of Eeonoinie Expansion held at Mons, also in the month of

Septeml)er last, and at the Congress on tuberculosis which assembled

at Paris in Octol>er, lh05.

“ In order to encourage colonization, a concession has l)een granted

for the settlement of European colonists on national land in the State

of Chihuahua, and two other concessions have been granted, respec¬

tively, for the parcelling out of national land into lots and for coloni¬

zation in the State of Sonora.

“ The work of the Crcographical Exploration Commission has been

pushed, and it is now conducting its field opt'rations in the States of

Chihuahua, Sonora, Coahuila, Nuev’o Leon, Tamaulipas, Hidalgo,

Veracruz, Puebla, and Tlaxcala, and it has surve^'ed in the last half

year 5,1(51 kilometers of roads and iJU8 kilometers of river,

‘‘The astronomical sections calculated and determined various geo¬

graphical positions, and the sections of drafting and maps prepared,

respectively, for pul)lication 13 new sheets of the General Map of the

liopublic to the scale of 1 to 100,000 and have published 17 sheets of

the same map.

“The geodetic commission has carried its survej's aiid the hudngout

of a meridian chain -a work which it is conducting under an interna¬

tional convention—be\’ond Ciudad Victoria, and has undertaken the

studies of explorations necessary for the establishment of a ground

base in Tamaulipas in order to connect its system of triangulations

with those of the American commissions.

‘‘During the first half of the cuiTcnt fiscal 3’ear there were issued

1,526 title deeds to mines, embracing an area of 25,2-17 hectares.

“During the same period of time 13 concessions were granted for

the exploration and exploitation of mining zones in various States of

the Kepublic.

“Agriculture continues to prosper, aided b}' the use of water for

irrigation purposes.

“Our manufacturing industries are also l>eing powerfully' aided by

the utilization of water for power purposes.

‘‘ During the period of time covered by this message concessions

were granted cariying the right to the use of more than 21,000 liters

of water per month, from rivers subject to Federal jurisdiction, for

motive-power purposes.

“Duringthe same period of time title deeds were issued guarantee¬

ing the rights of the actual beneficiaries of water course, 5,251 liters

per second being for irrigation and 558 liters per second for power

purposes.

“ With a view to turning to account the product of our soil contracts

have been entered into for the exploitation of guayule on lands

situated in the States of San Luis Potosi, Durango, Zacatecas, and

MEXICO. 1099

Chihuahua, and an area of 65,000 hectares of Chihuahua and Vera¬ cruz has i>een leased out for the same pur})ose.

•‘The aj^rieultural experimental stations at El Dorado, Sinaloa, and Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, have started operations in accordance with contracts entered into.

‘‘During the period comprised between July 1 and December 31, 1005, 408 patents of invention and 4<) patents for models and indus¬ trial designs were granted, 387 trade-marks and 32 commercial names and advertisements were registered, and the registi’ation of 16 marks was renewed in accordance with the law in force.

“The sanitation works of the city of Tampico were completed and turned over to the municipal council of that port on October 17 of last year, the only details lacking being the grading of some of the low-lying portions of the city and a small iK)rtion of the straining reservoir for the water supply.

“The dredging alongside the lateral wharves at Tampico and the renovation of the tloor of the tiscal wharf have been completed.

“The canal between Tuxpam and Tampico has been completed for a distance of 23 kilometers.

“At Veracruz, the surface of the land of the western half of the land reclaimed from the sea is almost completed.

“At Coatzacoalcos, the western jetty has been built out to a total length of 1,066 meters, the depth of water at its present extremity being 8 meters. The eastern jetty has been carried out to a length of 1,050 meters and to a depth of 6. The construction of the fifth wharf and of sheds 4 and 5 has l)een completed. At the terminal station work on laying the permanent tracks has been continued; a round¬ house for 8 engines, 2 weighing scales for cars, and a car-repair shop have been completed.

“ At Manzanillo, the revetment on the breakwater has been almost completed.

“At Salina Cruz, 920 linear meters of the eastern breakwater have been completed to a height of 3 meters above mean tide, and in a depth of 17 meters, and only 80 linear meters ai’e lacking for its completion. Work has been prosecuted on the construction of the monolith wall of the inner port, and the construction of 3 sheds has been begun. The volume of dredging so far done in the jwrt is 1,300,000 cubic meters. The extraction of earth and rock in the excavation destined for the dry dock aggregates 117,(X)0 cubic meters, and work is proceed¬ ing on the construction of the coping and concentration bottom. At the terminal station an area of 82,000 squai’e meters has been graded to an average height of 3 meters, and 13 kilometers of permanent track have been laid. In sanitation and water supply a beginning has been made in the establishment of connections with private houses.

1100 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

‘^ The l)uildin^ destined for the jjeneriil Lij^ht-IIouse Bureau at Vera

Cruz has ))een completed. The lights at Tecolutla, Nautla, and the

provisional beacon atPunta Delgada, as well as the high house at Sisal,

have l>een inaugurated, and the system of buoys at Altata, Agia-

bampo, and Topolol)ampo have been improved.

“The new railway construction totals 3tl4 kilometers, contributed by

the Kansas City, Me.vico and Orient, the Pan-American, the Cananea,

Kio Yaqui and Pacific, the Linares-San .lose, and the Zitacuaro-

.Joconusco railways. The Federal railway system at present aggre¬

gates 17,17U kilometers. On the Central’s Pacific extension, between

Tuxpam and Colima, a tuimel of 15U meters in length and a bridge of

bo meters span have been completed.

'■•The following work has been done on the Tehuantepec Railway: Twenty-eight kilogram rails have been replaced b}' rails of 39;^ kilo¬ grams on 50.t kilometers of the road, and the earthworks, ballasting, and renovation of ties have been etfected for the same length. Provisional bridge work of an aggregate length of 151 meters has been replaced by permanent bridge work, with the customary masonry abutments; 37 new freight cars have been init into service.

“Twelve new local post-oflices, 55 agencies, and 4 ambulatory offices have been (>stablished, and, including these, the total number of post- offices of all kinds is 2,535. The volume of mail matter carried dur¬ ing the first half of the present fiscal vear was 84,000,000 pieces, against 81,000,000 pieces during the same period of the previous year. Interior postal drafts aggregating $2*2,000,000 were issued. • The interchange of drafts with the United States increased by 71-80 per cent over the amount issued in the first half of the previous fiscal year, the total being $1,115,000 Mexican currency. In the service of postal drafts between this country and the United Kingdom of Great Britsiin and Ireland Mexico drew $33,30(* Me.xican currency and England drew against Mexico $7,300, also ^Icxican currenc}'. The geneiiil earnings of the post-offices amounted to $l,7<i3,uOO in the half year under review as against $1,<>16.000 in the corresponding jx'riod.

“ Delegates were appointed to represent Mexico at the fourth Uon-

gress of the Universal Postal Union to be held at Rome.

“During the half year, from July to December last, 500 kilometers

of new federal telegraph lines were strung, and the total length of the

fedei-al telegraph system in the latter month was 55,586 kilometers.

Work has been begun in the erection of a line on ii’on posts between

this city and Puebla with a view to communicating with the east and

southeast of the Republic on the stringing of a line between Santa

Rosalia and Mulege, Lower California.

MEXICO. 1101

“In the I'H'riod covered l)y tliis report,}) new telegraph offices and 5 telephone offices have been opened, and connminication by wireless telegraj)hy has been established between Cape Haro and Santa Rosalia.

“The lines strung in the territorv of Quintana Roo have been opened to public service.

“The increase in the muiiberof messages transmitted was }) per cent in the interior service and 20 per cent in the international .service.

“The increase in the cash earnings of the telegraph lines was 8 per cent.

“The collection forcustom-hou.se revenue increased in a striking manner during the last half \’car. The increase in those collections in Juh' and August, lOOr), might have been explained by the elforts to rush the importation of goods on which the import duties were increased by the tarilf which came into force at the beginning of September last; but instead of a reaction, which might have l)een feared as the result of change in tariff rates, the collections increased during the succeeding months and have continued to increase up to the present time, .so much so that import duties during the half year from July to December last y ielded nearly $3,000,000 more than during the cor¬ responding period of the previous 3’oar. Said increase is also an imetpiivocal proof that the numerous changes made in the tariff' rates have not caused anv inconvenience to the imp<n-t trade.

“The various forms of income constituting the stamp revenue also show satisfactory returns. It might have been expected that the su])- prcs.sion and reduction of taxes on mining would have affected the total of stamps .^old. FortunateW this has not been the case, and the increased vield of the other forms of this revenue not onlv compen¬ sated the diminution in the vield of the mining taxes, but occasioned an increa.se in collections in the half vear under review of $5U(),()00 as compared with the corresponding half year in IbOl.

“The era of prosperity which the Republic is enjoying is due in a large measure to the monetary reform which, among other gratif\Mng results, has given a powerful stimulus to the investment of foreign capital in this countin'. It nuiN' be affirmed that the lixitv in value of our currency is now an accomplished fact, and, thanks to that fact, it will be possible to exploit the great wealth of our soil which has remained unproductive owing to the insufficient resources availalile to the nation. The recent rise in the value of bar silver will tend to con¬ solidate the results obtained through the monetary laws and enactments, because it has afforded the opportunit}' to put in circulation during the brief period of four months gold coins or bars to the value of more than $42,000,000, a thing that would have been impossible in all prob- abilit}’, except after the lapse of several 3'ears, if the price of the white

1102 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

iiieUil had not risen to 2)arity with <fokl at the rate estal>Iishod in our new currency letfislation.

“Availing itself of the invitation of the United States Government to designate some oflicers of the Mexican arnn' to complete their mil¬ itary education in the special establishments of the neighboring nation, our Government decided to send thither for the purpose in «piestion two oflicers of infantry, two officers of cavaliT, and two oflicers of practical artillery, all possessing a fair knowledge of English.

FOREIGN COMMERCE IN NOVEMBER, 1905.

According to figures issued by the Statistical Division of the Treas¬ ury Department of the Kepublic of Mexico, the foreign commerce of the Kepublic for November, 1905, and for the first live months of the current fiscal year 19U5-6 was represented by the following valuations, the figures for tlic corresponding pm-iods of the preceding year being also given for purposes of comparison:

The total value of importations during the five months under re¬ view w'as $67,153,845.in silver currency, as declared in the custom¬ houses, showing a decrease of $3,142,375.78, as compared with the corresponding period of the preceding j'car.

The exports for the five months were valued at $99,926,557.99, •showing an increase of $22,702,508.32, as compared with the same period of 1904-5.

The detailed imports were as follows:

IMPORTS.

[Silver valuation.]

Xovember— | First five montlis—

1 11)05. 1904. 1 190,5-6. i 1904-5.

Sl,370,fifi7.fi0 2,Hll,7.'il.ll 4,534,12(>. 22 l,7lit),014.47

505,248.84

' *1,290,423.66 3,266,9:15. .55 3,280,36:1.04 2,009,146. .51

561,309. »4

*6, r>30,956.84 11, OM, 923. 45 19,019,170.11 8,924. 986. 72 2,896,320.63

*5,684,395. .52 10, .517,215.25 18,8.55,866.66 10,682,302.21 2,614,815.60 Ch'emicii! and pharmaceutical pub-

Bevera^tes. 529,fi7t).50 45«, 067.47

549,889.76 570,790.46

2,873,772.86 2,21:!, 467. 81 7,634.70,5.11 1,314,13»>.31

2,625, .520.93 2,280,175.31

10,343,374.05 1,931,.532.16 2,51.5,237.16 2,185,786.95

1,487,901.05 272. 'XU. 80

3,823,010.97 1 931,087.50

896,16<). U 366,:lI1.31 400, 7.52.96

1,719,702.65 691,010.15 2,931,613.43

Total. 1 i 14,823,010. 75 1

16,519,971.06 67,1.53,84.5.92 70,296,221.70

EXPORTS.

[Silver valuation.]

*13,1.51,310. .50 7,649,022.29

*6,7.51,965.71 9,493,48.5.63

*54,197,393. .52 1 *36.499. .561.81 4.5,729,164.47 j 40,724,487.86

Total. 20,800,332. 79 16,24.5,451.34 99,926,567.99 j 77,224,049.67

MEXICO. 1103

The details of the export trade for the periods under, comparison sliow the following' classification and figures:

November— F'irst live months—

1905. I'JOl. 1905-6. l'J04-5.

534,270.51 5 683.47

?I30, 518.98 11,360.39

10,7('>0,817.84 84, .'■)88.98

13, O'.)!, .593.07 (iol<l in burs. S2,807,813. f.0 2,310,‘3:59.64 Gold in otlior forms. 101,976.40 117,417.35 7(K), '348.32 668,51'3.60

Toliil gold. ••!, 91'J, 789.90 3,467,610.97 14,708,4:50.37 11,,571,-309.71

Mexican silver coin. .5, .567,906.00 17,087.'35 7,890.9.57.00 (i:i3, 107. '35 Foreign silver coin. 6,636.00 6, (>52.75 47,508.63 30,7r>4.00 Silver in burs. 4,310, 737. 44 3.380.'339. 44 •38, .504, '387. 43 ‘30,144,0:51.00 •Silver in other forms. 353,351.16 8.80,37.5.30 3.046,310.10 4,131,1.59.85

Total silver. 10,338, ,530.60 4,3.84, :i.>l. 74 39,488,963.15 31,9‘38,3.53.10

Antimony. ,W, 546.00 7'30.00 449,354.96 306.9‘33.00 eoti|>er. 1,750,613.74 2,838, 7'J-l. '^3 11,9(55,'moo 11,777,.5‘3,5.07

31,390.00 6,000.tH)

305,0.53.00

73,098.00 4,000.00

2,288,816.67

.5‘3,144.00 10,860.00

2,44'3,81t).00 l.ead. 211,190.00 Zinc. 7,000.00 7, '375.00 83,073.99 38, :530.00 Otiicr mineral products. 170,693.14 1,661.13 .319,669.35 8,839.37 ColTee. 3K5,,5;>4.00 204. •3'30.11 2,363,91'3.50 1,084,9.51.08

•1,213.00 35,7,53.34

30,147.00 378,1(K). .53

7,377.00 197,688.88 Rubber. 79,256.84

Chicle. 101,717.06 163, ,500. ,59 33<).'340.,56 3‘3.5,796. 79 Beans. <) 4,00 52,082.00 325,7t'i3.83 2.59.9t'd.00 Fruits, fresli. .54,108.50 75,789.50 163, .596.90 l.W, .819. ft5 Cliick-iH'as. Guavule.

137,938.00 3,88«;. 00

18,5,tV39.00 1,636,106.00 18, '373.00

10l,f)40.00 12,5,87,436.00

1,16.5,789.00

18.00 11,080,978.12 Heiiiquen. in liber... 2,438,774.00 3,7:53.94'3.13

Ixtie. in liber. 331,59‘3.00 411.408.00 1,639,182.88 1,559,714.65 Moods. ' 198,116.16 '349,179. 50 757, (UK). (12 !).53,794.‘34 Corn. 3,885.00 5,17.5.51 • 14,6'j4.00 16,041.15 Mulberrv wood. 4,302.00 3,910.00 21,801.00 14, ‘393.00 JJvewoorls. 35,9:50. 76 34,179.00 181,887.61 367,640.68 Grass. 159,484.00 139,520. 00 86.5,463.00 905,475.00 Tobacco, leaf. 108,39t>. 00 .51, IU)5.00 49:5.0.58.74 698,:506.00 Vanilla. 138,900.00 ,56,619.00 2,3-31,870.99 801,347.00 other vegetable pnalucts. 174,733. O'.) 61,314.04 .583,1.5.5.15

h-

X

i

Cattle. 3'23,74,5.00 24.5, .539.00 1,614,3.57. .50 1, ‘363,343.00 Raw hides. 439,490.60 473,670.65 ‘3,673, 'J54.68 3, ‘309, .500.49 Other animal iiroducts. 33,5.53.90 34,375.42 193,959.69 ‘314,846.60 Sugar. 300.00 690, (••83.00 ‘3.59,'J'36.00 1, 107,044.00 Flour, and cotton-seed paste. 6'.>,009.00 83,816.00 167,973.00 257,017.00

Hides, manufactured. 18, ;>90.00 14, .578.00 96,300.00 69, 443. 60 Straw hats. 39,095.00 27. 9.53.00 186, ('103. 79 11.5, 79‘3.00 Tobacco, manufacturcil. 31.9.54.00 30,9.'55.00 144,‘337. 75 215,181..65 Other manufactured products. 39, ,509.00 .51,041.18 307,320.10 207,9:53.23 Miscellaneous. (>3,491.50 39,872.29 296,770. 20 363, <944.54

Following is a resume of the valuations of Mexican imports during the periods under comparison with reference to their countries of origin:

1

Country. ^

November— Fii-st live month.s—

190.5. 1 1904. 190.5-6. ! 1904-5.

Burope. Asia. Africa. . North America. Central America. South America. West Indies.

15,608,160.08 104,544.64

2,290.‘30 9,06:5,643.‘38

10,947.99 14,273.09 19,161.57

f6,737,695.47 109,366.90

848.28 9,643,440.83

2,000.03 34,917.33 19.991.84

1 901. 38

838,305,393.00 508,766.70 13,375.58

37,962,‘367.40 17,4.50.06

T36,4.56.72 103,176.84

$31,7.57,847.90 551,74:5.10 101,403.23

37,47.5,165.08 i 47,841.40

235,714.96 73,848.68 52,656.37

Total. 14,8‘33,010.75 16,549,971. 67,153,845.93 70,396,221.70

1104 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS,

Followinj^ is si ivsumo of the valuations of Mexican exports during

the periods under comparison with reference to their countides of

destination:

NovumtxT— First live montlis—

1905. 1904. 190.VC. 1904-5.

EuroiH?. North America. Central America. South America. IVest Indies.

S3,7.'>4,866.44 16, ,53.5,6t>4.93

119,0.51.42 3,035.00

387,712.00

$3,389,06.5.04 12,379,222.38

1.88,473.62 8,180.00

2.80,510.00

$23,961,111.06 73, .338,115.87

668,1,53.06 31,309.00

2.024.869.00

$20,251,429.78 54,887,334.81

318,760.68 75,062. 40

1,6)61,432.00

Tohil. 20,800,332.79 16,215,451.31 99,926,557.99 77,224,049.67

CUSTOMS REVENUES, JANUARY, 1906.

The following is a statement of the customs revenues of the Kepublic

of Mexico during the month of Januarv, 1900:

('nstom-lumse.

Aeapuleo. Akuii I’rietii. Altatii. CamuTKo. Ciimpcohc. Ciudad .luarez. Ciudad I'orlirio Diaz . .. C(«itzaooal<'os. Chetumal. Ensenada. Frontera. Guay mas. Guerrero. Isla del Carmen. La Ascension. La Morita. La Paz . Lare^lo de Tamaulipas. I.as Vaeas. Manzanillo. Matamoros. Mazatlan. Mexicali. Mexico.

port duties. ;i

Sl.i,22f..43 ' 27,177.91 : 3,St),S.70 Ij

7(i !i 20, .WJ. 90 '!

2,52,830.70 il 139.351.17 ! 24,808.78

2,f>16.8.5 I .5,033. Oil !

29,852.76 , 33,870.98

,5.52.28 3.107.23

,59.01 75,622.40 i 2.444.62 ;

476,767.99 : 273.73 I

5, ,575.73 .5,832.68 ,

190.773.18 2, 8,58, ,56 :

210,606.66

Ordinary im- I port duties.

Mier. Nogales. Progreso. Puerto Angel. .Salina Cruz... San Bias. Santa Ho.salia. Soconusco.... Tampico. Tijuana. Tonalil. Topolobampo Tuxpam. Veracruz. Zapaluta.

Total ordinary import duties. Total extra import duties .... Total expi>rlation duties. Total port dues. Total arrears.

Grand total. 4,322,760.73

S67.74 ■81,28.5.93

313,449.64 106.84

4,864.07 8,700. CiO 4,626. 31

12,267.06 820,187. .59

891.67 1,8.51.07 2,069.87

777.43 1,362,232.28

83.31

4,142,712.68 3,217. .54

93,835.07 82,183.95

811.49

EXPORTS OF HENEQUEN, JANUARY-OCTOBER, 1905.

During the ten months from JanuaiT to October, 1905, according to

the complete statistics just i.ssued, the total exports of henetpien from

Yucatan through the port of Progreso were 7S,370,442 kilograms of

liber, or, 172,728,4.54 pounds, packed in 485,680 bales.

The exports during the corresponding ten months of the preceding

four years .show a steady increase, excepting in 19t>2, as follows:

Jfihwiri/ to Oetoher. Kilos.

1901 . 71,926,063

1902 . 70,83.5,502

1903 . 7.3,037,482

1904 . 77,984,068

1905 . 78,370,442

MEXICO. 1105

HENEQUEN EXPORTS THROUGH PROGRESO, JANUARY, 1906.

The honeciuen, or sisal lienip, exported throujrh the port of Pro¬ greso, Yucatan, in the month of Jaiuiarv, 190(!, amounted to 33,714 bales, of which 33,131) bales went to the United States and the remain¬ ing 605 to Cuba. During the same month of the year 1905, 38,011 bales were exported from that port to the United Stiites, and in 1004 the number of bales amounted to 52,781.

PRODUCTION OF SUGAR AND MOLASSES, 1905.

The lievista Azucarera" of the Hai'endado ]\Iexicano\s Yearh' Sugar Rei)ort for 1005-0 states that the prodiudion of sugar in the Republic of Mexico during the jear 1004-5 amounted to 107,038,785 kilos (107,000 tons), while the production for 1005-6 is estimated at only 105,000 tons.

The debiils of the production of sugar and molasses per State during 1005 were as follows:

Molasses. SuRar. Molasses. Su,<ar.

KUoa. Kilos. Kilos. Kilos. Campeolie. r>S2,004 .575,136 Puebla. 6.937,000 16,205, .500 ChiauLs. 709,010 674,300 San Luis Poto.si. 3,411,600 1,420,000

l,3;i7,(KX> 1,746,000 Sinaloa. 3,4^), CK)0 7,7S:l,,523 1,897,000 Guerroro. 1.777,S20 1,921,087 Tabasco. 1,000,300

Jalisco. 5,779,712 5, '226,100 Tamanlipas. 1,7)04, .500 1,429,000 Mexico. 477), 174 43,125 Tepic. 2,000,000 3,750,000 Michoacaii. S, 0S3,969 11,6'.>9,.S.U Veracruz. 9,132,010 20,375,612 Morelos. IG, 1(57, GiKi 26,207,259 Yucatan. 3,493, .533 4,212,379 Nuevo I.eoii. Oaxaca.

150,000 3,257,963

375,000 1,542,320 Total. 67, 9.50,131 107,038,785

In order to form an idea of the development of the sugar industry in the Republic of Mexico during the last six 3'ears the following ligures are given for comparison:

Tons. Ton.s. lS99-in00 . 75,000 1903-4. 107,000

1900- 1901 . 95,000 ■ 1904-5. 107,000

1901- 2. 10:1,000 : 1905-0. 105,000

1902- 3. 112,000 ,

The ligures for 1005-6 are mereh’ estimated.

NEW WEST COAST STEAMERS.

United States Consul Kaiskr reports that Mazatlan, on the w'est coast of Mexico, and San Francisco will soon have two new’ steamship lines making regular calls for passenger and freight traffic.

It is announced that a Swedish steamship companj’, has decided to extend its line of steamers now operating between Swedish ports and Montevideo and Buenos Ayres to the west coast, touching at Val¬ paraiso, Callao, Panama, Manzanillo, Mazatlan, and San Francisco.

1106 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OE THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Articles of incorporation also have been issued to the new Geriuau Roland Line, which will immediately institute service between Ham- bur»^ and all points on the west coasts of South and Central America and Mexico. The company is capitalized at ^>1,901,000, and will have a fleet of six steamers, each of ;f,000 tons. They will (;ompete with the Kosmos Line, now doinj;^ the same sort of trade and touching at several ^lexican ports.

The Pacific Mail Steamship Company advertises that hereafter two boats each month to and from San Francisco will stop at Salina Cruz, the Pacific terminus of the Tehuantepec Railroad.

INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY REPORT, 1906.

The annual report of the Mexican International Railroad for the fiscal 3’ear ending December 31 reflects a falling off in commercial tonnage attril)utable to ore shipments. Gross receipts in Mexican mone\' decreased ^372,035 and net revenue $80,2o7. The surplus in United States currencv* over fixed charges was $094,861, a loss of $207,851 for the \’ear.

The report states in part: ‘"The falling off in shipments of ore over the line more than accounts for the diminished tonnage. Other com¬ modities in general show more or less satisfactory’ increases. In the latter months of the y’ear and in the first two months of 1906 a marked improvement is observed. The development of the coal region adja¬ cent to the line received substantial impetus, and several new com¬ panies were formed for the purpose of exploiting new mines. In addition thereto considerable development work has been underkaken by’ the older companies, and it is confidently’ to bo expected that the line will be materially’ benefited by the creation of these additional sources of revenue. The vigorous prosecution of the work in the erection of the Velardena smelter and its contemplated early comple¬ tion should also aid in increasing the earnings of the property’. Vari¬ ous other new industries have been located, and altogether the out¬ look for incieased business of the company’ in the future is encouraging.

REPORT OF THE NATIONAL RAILROAD, 1905.

For the fiscal y’car ending December 31 the National Railroad of Mexico makes a good showing, gross earnings (Mexican currency) increasing $1,18<>,475 and net $606,491. After providing for all fixed charges the surplus m American gold was $412,259, a gain for the year of $340,639. The comparative income account follows:

1905. ; 1904. ' Increase.

Gross earnings. 1

$12,756,722 $11,.569,217 $1,186,475 Operating expenses. 8,284,655 7,704,671 679,984

Net earnings. 4,471,067 3,864,576 1 696,491

MEXICO. 1107

Reducing the net earnings to a gold basis on an average price for the Mexican dollar of 49.63 cents, as compared with 46.239 cents in the previous )’'ear, the gold equivalent would be as follows:

I 1905. 1901. Increase.

Total income. 82,770,113 82,415,211 83'25,202 Total charges.i 2,353,151 2,373,591 a 15,411

Surplus. 412,259 71,620 310,639 Previous surplus.| 213,291 141,671 71,620

Total surplus.| 625,553 213,294 1 412,259

<1 Decrease.

The steady growth in the freight receipts from commercial sources which had obtained in previous 3'ears was more than maintained in 1905, the territoiy contiguous to the lines received its full share of the general prosperous condition of the Republic, additional areas of lands having been placed under cultivation, additional mines opened for the production of ores, and man}' new industries located at various places. Special attention is called to the new smelter plants being con¬ structed at Saltillo, Matehuala, and Las Trojes, all of which are expected to be in operation by June 30, 1906, and to the prosperity of hJ Oro and Tlalpujahua mining di.stricts, with large increased mill¬ ing capacity at several of the mines located thereat. The increase'in the price of silver, copper, lead, zinc, antimony, and other metals, together with the additional treating plants, has given a decided impe¬ tus to. the further development of the mines located at points on the system.

OPERATIONS OF THE MAIL SERVICE, JANUARY, 1006.

The operations of the Mexican mail service for January, the seventh month of the current fiscal year, 1905, are thus reported by the chief of the postal bureau in the Department of Public Communications and Works, and compared with January, 1905, showing an increase in receipts of $30,721.49 in the month, and of $171,043.73 in the seven months, equal to 8.87 per cent.

Bull. No. 4—06 16

1108 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

PoH-office receipts, January, I'Mo.

Sak‘H of postaf'c stainpH:

January, 1906... ?;283,535. 51

January, 1905.. 251,577.29

Increase in liK)6... 31,958. 22

Rental of post-office boxes:

January, 1906 . 22,578.00

January, 1905. 22, 092. 00

Increase in 15K)6... 486.00

Fines, etc.:

January, 1906 . 2,405.14

•Tanuary, 1905. 3,749.31

Decrease in 1906 . 1,344. 17

Premiums on jiostal money orders:

Interior, January, 1906. 24,996.15

Interior, January, 1905. 25,497.93

DecreaM* in 1906 . 501. 78

Premiums on other money orders:

International, January, 1906. 781.24 International, January, 1905. 569.65

Increase in 1906 . 211.59

Premiums on editors’ money orders:

January, 1906.. 2,127.64

January, 1905. 2,216.01

Decrease in 1906 . 88. 37

Summary of foregoing receipts:

January, 190t!. 336,423. 68

January, 1905 . 305,702.19

Increase in January, 1906. 30, 721.94

Thi.s is equal to 10.05 per cent increase in Januaiy, 1006, as coni- j)ared with January, 1905.

The revenues derived from the mail service during the lirst .seven months of the current fiscal year 1005-6 are per month as follows:

July, 1905 . $302, .584. 84

August. 282,611.65

September. 268, 288. 49

October. 310, 799. 73

November . 286,979.17

Deceml)er. 312,0.53.66

January, 1906 . 336,423.68

Increase in seven months 1905-6, as against seven months of 1904-5_ 171,043. 73

These are among the figures that show Mexico's steady progress.

MEXICO. 1109

THE PORT OF MAZATLAN IN 1905.

Some idea of the importance of the port of Mazatlan ma}’ be gained from the following statistics of exports and imports for 1904-5 via that i)ort, the former aggregating $4,24S,569 and the latter $1,498,290, in both cases the United States receiving and furnishing respectively the bulk of exports and imports:

Krjiorlx,

Kilograms. Value.

lU'sumC by classificationa.

71.522,92H 83,960,332 92,242

177,572 10, .501 7,922

Agricultural products. Animal products. Manufactured products. Sundry products.

Total.

JUsiimf by (Icstiinitiuns.

(tcrmany...

Ktws.isti 295,891 41, MS 28,030

72,971,678

655 892

63,551 72,491,481

96 366,830

4,736 43,437

4,248, ,569

850 ,500

6,170 4,211,199

63 23,332

9.55 2,500

Total. 72,971,678 4,248, ,569

ImporU, 1904~ij-

Cla-ssification. Value. Destination. Value.

5109,280 186i6.V2 10,841 436,75.H 285i 488 125, f)30 r,657 72,442 695^ 767 r>2,9H-1

125,804

822 40' 148 112,879 55,282 141

Holland... 9,253 England. 279,141

• Italy. 13,656 Japan . 5,940 Norway. 6,8a3 Portugal. 1,389 Peru. 375 Switzerland. 2,296 Sweden. 4,063 Turkey. 162

Total. 1,498,290 Total. 1,498,290

EARNINGS OF BONDED WAREHOUSES OF MEXICO AND

VERACRUZ.

The bonded warehouses of Mexico and Veracruz reported gross earnings in the year 1905 of $218,574.61, which, after several custom- aiy payments, left $120,000 for the shareholders.

1110 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

During the year 1905 the entries and packages received were 491,652, weight 33,794,100 kilograms, value 110,331,779. During 1905 the packages delivered were 309,296, weight 21,005,000 kilograms, value $6,074,166.

The company's capital is $2,000,000, and it advances money on mer¬ chandise stored in the warehouses. The amount advanced in 1905 was $3,270,866 on merchandise valued at $5,649,465. The amount repaid by importers on this was $1,723,629 on merchandise invoiced at $3,135,700.

RELATIONS OF MINING AND SMELTING BETWEEN MEXICO AND

THE UNITED STATES.

In a paper read before the Mining Congress, November, 1905, by Mr. James W. Malcolmson. and reproduced in the ‘‘iNIines and Minerals” journal for March, 1906, it is stated that twenty years ago pmcticall}' all the gold and silver ores of ^lexico were treated on the spot where they were mined by various local methods of treatment; amalgamation and leaching processes being veiy commonly employed.

Since 1885, a great change has taken place; most of the ore now mined is transported over the railroads to central smelting plants and the precious metals contained reduced to bullion with the aid of lead or copper.

An enormous and prosperous smelting industry has thus developed to the mutual advantage of the mine operators and the railroads.

To-day the miner operating near the raili'oad tinds himself able to turn his ore into cash immediatel}^ b}’ shipping it to any of these smelters. lie usuallj" receives an amount wdiich yields him as great or greater profits than he could obtain from local processes, and this, too, without any investment beyond the actual cost of mining the ore. The miner of refractory ores also tinds himself almost as well off as the favored producer of free-milling ores owning his own reduction plant, and it is only in those districts far removed from the railroads that the former cumbrous methods of local treatment are emplo3’ed.

In order to form some idea of the importance of this change, it has been estimated that before 1885 90 per cent of all the silver and gold ore mined in Mexico was treated localU' where it was produced, but to-day over 75 per cent of all the ore mined is shipped over the rail¬ roads to the various smelters of the country^, where it is reduced td bullion with either lead or copper.

Until 1890 lead ores were ver^' generally^ emploj’ed for this purpose, and Mexican gold and silver ores were shipped to Denver, Pueblo, Omaha, Kansas Citj", and San Francisco, where lead smelters were in operation. Extensive smelting works in the city of El Paso were also erected at this period to handle ores from Mexico, which were actually crowding the ore markets of the United States.

MEXICO. 1111

After the discovery and development of the lead mines at Sierra Madre and Nuevo Leon in northern Mexico the lead ore mines of Colorado, in 1892, fearinj^ that the introiluction of Mexican lead ores into the United States would destroy their control of the lead ore market, succeeded in having a prohibitive duty imposed on this metal. The control of fluxing ores by the lead miners of Colorado at that time enabled them to dictate such terms to the smelters that smelting charges on lead ore were abolished entireh’ for a time, the smelters being compelled to pay more for the lead contents of the ore than its market value to them. The result of the imposition of this duty was that gold and silver miners of the United States wei’c still left at the mercy of lead ore miners, whose demands made it necessary for the smelters to obtain their margins from the miners of silicious ores, who were thus compelled to submit to higher treatment charges, while sev¬ eral millions of dollars of United States capihil were invested in Mexico in the erection of custom smelters at Monterey, San Luis Potosi, Aguas Calientes, and other points.

During the past few years it has become evident, however, on account of the enormous increase in gold and silver production in Mexico, that the capacity of those lead smelters is insutticient and that enough lead can not be obtained to take care of the increasing production of gold and silver. One large smelter in the central part of the Republic has already replaced its lead base with copper, although more than one-half of the copper employed is shipped south from the L^nited States through El Paso, and on account of this unsatisfactoiy condition of the lead resources of Mexico, it is inevitable that others of the piinci- pal smelting plants will soon be partly altered from a load to a copper basis.

The greater part of the gold and silver produced in Mexico is found in silicious ores, and the problem of the metallurgist is to get rid of this silica as slag in the cheapest possible wa}’, leaving the precious metals alloi’cd with the lead or copper used as a collector.

In a lead furnace the charge can not carry more than one-third of its weight as silica, and owing to the I’elatively low tempei’ature at which lead smelting is carried on, the speed of operations is not great. In a copper furnace, owing to the high temperatures employed, the charge may carry as high as one-half of its weight as silica, and twice the amount of charge can be smelted as in a lead furnace of similar dimensions. In other words, a copper furnace will smelt three times as much silicious silver ore as a lead furnace of the same size in the same time.

Copper, as collector, oilers other points of superiority to lead. It can be enriched to much greater extent with gold and silver. A cop¬ per furna(‘e smelting gold and silver ores is often operated success¬ fully wdth less than 1 per cent of copper in the charge, the volume of

1112 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

matter produced being made up by the use of iron sulphide ores, while a lead furnace can not as successful!}’ l)e operated with less than 7 per cent lead.

There is, therefore, very little reason to doubt that the bulk of the silver and gold ore smelting in Mexico will be reduced in copper instead of lead furnaces in the future, and the (juestion arises: Where will the copper come from'{

The silver and gold output of Mexico is large and increasing very rapidly. The silver production in 1904 was 71,8SO,000 ounces, or 18,000,000 ounces greater than that of the United States, Mexico being the greatest silver-producing country in the world. The value of the gold produced during 1904 was ^12,530,000 United States currency.

The greater part of the gold and silver is found in the central plateau of the liejuiblic and along the lines of the main railroads, the principal districts being Pachuca, Guanajuato, El Oro, Zacatecas, Mapimi, Parra), Santa Eulalia, Catorce, and Matehuala.

The production of copper in Mexico has increased from 900 tons in 1891 to 57,5<K) tons in 1904, largely owing to the opening of the great mine at Cananea. The bulk of this metal is mined from northern Sonora and Lower Califoi'iiia and a considerable distance west of the gold and silver mining districts before mentioned. The adjacent Ter¬ ritory of Arizona also supplies a large and steadily increasing output of copper, the output during 1904 being approximately 70,000 tons.

At the same time it is interesting to notice that the copper ores of Sonora and Arizona usually carry low values in gold and silver. At present they are smelted locally, the copper produced being shipped to New Jersey and other points on the Atlantic shore for retining.

There exists, therefore, to-day a temporary and abnormal condi¬ tion of affairs which when remedied will have a profound influence on the development of mining and metallurgical enterprise, both in the United States and ^Mexico.

On the one hand, there is in Mexico a steadily increasing output of siliceous ores, rich in gold and silver, with a stationary or decreasing production of lead ores suitable for smelting purposes. The result is that gold and silver mining operations throughout central Mexico arc handicapped by excessive treatment rates, and many gold and silver mines are now shut down which were formerly operated with proflt.

On the other hand, there is in Arizona and northern Sonora a largo and steadily increasing production of copper eminently adapted to the requirements of customs smelting, but which is not yet utilized for that purpose.

After the attention of the great copper producers of Sonora and Arizona is directed to the possibilities of smelting the gold and silver ores in Mexico, together with copper ores of the West, there is no rea-

MEXICO. 1113

son to doubt that very much greater profits will be made than is now the ease.

Copper will be shipped to the refineries rieh in gold and silv’er con¬ tents instead of as at present without precious meUil values of impoid- ance, and profits will be made b}' the combination that will benefit the miners and the railroads tiuite as much as the smelters themselv’es.

When this copper smelting industry, now in its infancy, is devel¬ oped along these lines, there can be little doubt that El Paso, Texas, lying as it does on the lines of communication l)etween the copper mines of Arizona and Sonora and the gold and silver mines of Mexico, will become a copper smelting center of great importance and a mes¬ senger of prosperity to the many gold and silver mines of northern Mexico.

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IN JALISCO, 1905-6.

The revenue of the State of Jalisco from the manufacturing indus¬ tries during the j'ear Ifi05-G was approximately $C,000 less than that secured in the fiscal year 1904-5. The taxes paid to said State by manufacturers in the latter year amounted to ^2:^0,546.37, while in 1905-6 the}' aggregated only $214,260.13. In the fiscal year 1904-5 the alcohol factories paid $39,830.61 in taxes, while in the succeeding year they paid $30,129.50, the output being in the former period 500,000 gallons and in the latter one only 386,000 gallons; that is to say, a decrease of 114,000 gallons. An explanation of this decrease in the production of alcohol is found in the sc^arcity of corn and the. conse¬ quent high price of that product. The greater part of the alcohol now being manufactured iu the State of Jalisco is the product of sugar cane.

The production of tequila, the native alcoholic liquor, was about the same in 1905-6 as in the preceding year; that is to say, 800,000 gallons, approximately. The budget shows, however, an increase in taxes, foi-, while in 1905 the tequila manufacturers paid but $79,488.74, in 1906 they paid $84,453.41. Out of 167 tequila factories in the State of Jalisco nearly one-half are idle.

The production of refined sugar in Jalisco, during the fiscal year 1905-1906, was estimated at 6,206 tons, an increase of nearly 1,000 tons compared wdth the previous year. The taxes assessed amounted to $36,783.35 in 1906, as compared with $31,030.63 in 1905. The pro¬ duction of panocha, or unrefined sugar, was estimated at 2,806 tons, and the revenue at $15,286.83, an increase of more than $1,000 over the preceding year.

Manufacturers of flour contributed $14,866.15, and the output was estimated at 6,632 tons. The production of cotton goods amounted to 1,406 tons, and the revenue to $17,890.50. About 1,395 tons of soap were produced in 1906, which brought a revenue of $6,403.43, approxi¬ mately. The tobacco used in the manufacture of cigarettes reached

1114 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

194 tons, or a value of $4,480 revenue, more or less. Manufacturers of oil contributed to the revenue of . the State of Jalisco $1,195.68, approximately.

RULES GOVERNING THE PRACTICE OF MEDICAL PROFESSIONS.

In Mexico, as in all other countries, no person is allowed to practice medicine or any medical profession without proof that he is a graduate of an authorized college or univ^ersit}'. The studies, when made in Mexico, have to be made, respectively, as the case may be, in the National School of Medicine, the hospitals of mental diseases, the Charity Central Warehouse, the National Institute of Dental Instruc¬ tion, the National Medical Institute, or the Pathological Institute.

When made in foreign countries the studies may be V'alidated in Mexico upon application to the Secretary of Justice and Pul)lic Instruction, and the proof, by the proper certificate, that they have been made in accordance with the provisions of the Mexican law. Validation thus granted exempts the candidate from the necessit}^ of being examined.

The medical professions, as classified by the decree of January 11, 1902, providing for a “Plan of studies for the National School of Medicine’’are four, as follows: (1) Medicine and surgeiw; (2) phar¬ macy; (3) obstetrics; and (4) dental surger}’.

The course of medicine, covering a period of six years, embiiices- descriptive anatomy, with practical dissection exercises; general and his¬ tological anatomy, theoretical and practical, with the pi’oper practical exercises; topographic anatomy, with practical exercises, and patholog¬ ical anatomy; phj'siology, with experimental demonstrations; biolog¬ ical chemistry; galenic pharmacy; bacteriology, pathology, medical, surgical, and general; therapeutics, medical and surgical; theoretical obstetrics; clinics, internal, external, propedeutic-al, and surgical; med¬ ical pediatrical clinic; surgical gynecological clinics; clinic of ophthal¬ mology; clinic of psychiatrics; legal medicine, and deontology.

The course in pharmacy, covering^a period of three years, embraces pharmacy, posology, pharmaceutical economy, legal pharmacy, deon- tology, chemical and pharmaceutical manipulations; practical manage¬ ment of the physical and chemical instruments and apparatuses used in pharmacy; natural history of the simple drugs used in Mexico; chemiciil analysis, general and applied to medicine; toxicology, and the examination of food and beverages and of the principal physio¬ logical and pathological products.

Practice in the Charity Central Warehouse, or in the drug store of the Government hospital, shall also be required as a condition for graduation.

The course in obstetrics, covering a jjeriod of two years, embraces: Anatomy and physiology of the feminine sexual apparatus, including

NICARAGUA. 1115

the study of the pelvis; elements of embryoiogy and fetal anatomy; pregnancy, labor, and puerperal conditions, physiologically consid¬ ered; care required by the mother of the newly born child; obstetrical antisepsia, obstetrical hygienics; obstetrical therapeutics, obstetrical operations, with exercises on the manikin; and clinic, obstetrical and propedeutical.

The course in dental surgery, covering a period of three 3’ears, embraces: Descriptive anatomj’, with dissection exercises; topograph¬ ical anatomy of the head and especially of the mouth; histology with special reference to the elements constituting the mouth; phj’siology; dental patholog}’; morbous processes in general; dental therapeutics; dental materia medica; dental surgerv; dental operations; dental prosthesis; dental metallurg}'; bacterioscopy.

Ai’ticle 22 of the decree provides that the studies above described, whether purely preparatoiy or professional, made in a foreign coun- trv, maj' be validated b}'^ the Secretaiy of Justice and Public Instruc¬ tion, upon such conditions as he ma^' require.

Article 28 provides that all persons holding diplomas from official schools of the Kepublic different from those designated bj’ this decree, or from foreign universities, who may desire to obtain the same from the schools and institutions named in article 1 of this decree, for the practice of any of the medical professions established bv this plan, shall subject themselves to examination in the National Preparatorv' School or in the National School of Medicine, in eveiy one of the matters or branches above described for each pi’ofession; and, if approved, they shall have to pass also the respective professional examination. But if the candidate should prove bj’ a competent cer¬ tificate to have studied some matters in conformit}’^ with the provisions of the Mexican plan, the said studies shall be validated and he shall be exempted from examination in the same. It shall not be necessar3'^ to take up the different subjects of examination in the regular order.

NICARAGUA.

RESCINDING OF EXPORT DUTY ON COINED SILVER.

United States Consul Rydkk, of San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua, reports that on February 20 the following decree was proclaimed at that port, which rescinds all export duties on coined silver:

“The President of the Republic, considering that the financial situa¬ tion of the country demands complete liberty of international com¬ merce, decrees that

“The exportation of all coined silver shall be free of duties. This decree will be effective from the date of publication, and article 2 of the decree of December 14, 1904, is hereby repealed.”

1116 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF TUE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

The decree of 1901 imposed an export duty of 5 per cent on the gold value of silver.

BANANA SHIPMENTS TO THE UNITED STATES.

United States Consul Ryder, of San Juan del Norte, submits a statement showing the banana shipments from the liluelields district to the United States, as follows:

“The total nujuber of bunches of bananas going forward to Amer¬ ican ports in 1905 amounted to 1,975,000, valued at ^007,031. The record for 1901 was 1,780,533 bunches, worth ^770,177. These values include freight, stevedoring, consular fees, and insurance, which for 1905 totaled ^:i52,880. The freight cost on a 15,000-bunch cargo is ^1,20(1, on 25,000 bunches, ^2,100. In the months of February, March, April, and May the fruit is larger, and 9-hand bunches bring 60 cents and 7-hand 25 cents each. The remaining eight months’ prices are 50 cents for 9-hand, 35 cents for 8-hand, and 20 cents for 7-hand bunches. All these prices arc on the pesos basis, a peso being worth 12 cents in United States currency.”

VALUABLE CONCESSIONS GRANTED.

Among the important concessions granted bj' the Nicaraguan Con¬ gress, adjourned on Februaiy 16, 1906, were the following:

Dr. Lenox S. Anderson, of Mosspoint, Miss., was granted the exclusive right for lifty years (previous rights to be respected) to dis¬ pose of all pine timbers, specified diameter of trees 7 inches and above, throughout the Atlantic littoral of Nicaragua on uncultivated national lands, comprising the following lines: From the boundary of Hon¬ duras to 13' 35" latitude north, and to 81' 52" longitude west for exportation or other uses. He is also allowed to use streams and build roads for transportation, erect sawmills, extract turpentine for export, and may import, free of dut}', all kinds of macliineiy, tools, provisions, etc., needed. Doctor Anderson is to pay for the conces¬ sion $500,000 in gold, in installments, beginning with $5,000 a j’ear. He has the right to transfer his concession, but no cause for an inter¬ national claim is to be considered and possible difficulties must be settled by arbitration.

The Weinberger contract in representation of the Bluefields Steam¬ ship Company is renewed with limitations. This concession continues the company in the exclusive right of navigation of the Escondido River and its affluents, comprising a territoiy wholl}' taken up for the cultivation of bananas. The new concession protects the planters in that the steamship company must pa^' fines for losses ly failure to take fruit, minimum prices are fixed, freight rates are regulated, and

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arbitration is provided for. The planters must also l)e notified in advance to get their fruit ready, and thej- may sell their fruit to whom they please.

Congi’ess postponed the time for the deliveiy of the wharf at the poi't of Corinto, now under construction bj' the Central American Commercial Company, to September 1, 1906.

PARAGUAY.

CENSUS STATISTICS.

The Minister of the Interior of the Re])ublic of Paraguay published, in the 3"ear 1902, a report of the Office of Statistics, together with the general census of the Republic taken during the \'ear 1899 and fin¬ ished, so far as the capital is concerned, in 1900. Said work consists of 256 pages, printed on quarto paper, 22 pages of Avhich are dedi¬ cated to a brief of the census and the remaining ones to tables giving full data of everything concerning each individual department of the Republic.

According to the authority noted, out of a population of 490,719 inhabitants, 472,433 arc native-born citizens and 18,286 foreigners, which is onlj' 3.7 per cent of the total of nativ'es.

The following figures show the number of foreign inhabitants according to their nationality:

Nationality. Xninber.; I’er cent. Nationality. , Number, j Per cent.

9,306 51 159 j 1 2* 220 1 12

I 1 7 '902 6 i 756 4 ' Putc'h. 40 ^

.. f ^

635 3 :i6 ; I) .%! 3 1,478 1 8

S WM.; 173 1 Total. 18,236 ICO I

The number of inhabitants over the age of 6 3’ears was 411,131, of which 156,960 w^ere capable of reading, while 254,171 were not.

The various kinds of cattle in the Republic were distributed as follow's:

Horned cattle. 2,283,000 Goate. 32,000

Sheep. 214,000 I Hogs. 24,000

Horses. 187,000 Mules and asses. 8,000

The number of commercial houses established outside of the capital amounted to 1,728 and in the capital to 674, making a total of 2,402.

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The total capihil of the ooimnercial establishments of Asuncion amounted to ^3,000,000 and those outside of it to ^27,000,000, making a grand total of $70,000,000. The above figures undoubtedly refer to paper currency, which is worth about 10 cents gold per dollar paper. Therefore the total value in gold would be about $7,000,000, or an average of $14 per capita.

The number of industrial esbiblishments in the capital amounted to 348, and 841 in the country—that is to sa}’, 1,180 in all—with a total capital of $139,000,000 paper currency, or $13,900,000 gold. Of this total $124,900,000 paper currency belonged to those establishments existing in Asuncion and the remaining $16,000,090 paper currenc}' to those outside of it.

There arc in the Republic of Paraguay over 300,000 cotton plants in process of cultivation, 200,009 of coft'ee, and about 300,000 of sourge.

PERU.

FOREIGN COMMERCE IN 1905.

According to a report furnished b}’ United States Consul-General Gottsciialk, at Iquitos, I’eruvian imports during the first half A^ear

of 1905 amounted to $9,896,000 gold. Imports not only increased, but exports increased from a previous half-yearl}’ average of $8,509,000 to $12,282,009 for the first half of 1995.

Iquitos, situated at the headwaters of the giant waterwa}’ of the Continent, the Amazon River, close to the Brazilian frontier, is the source of import suppl}" not only for its own department (loreto), but for an even vaster region of almost virgin trans-Andean countr}', trav¬ ersed by innumerable rivers and rich in rublxsr, precious woods, and minerals, the last named as yet being onlj- very partially exploited.

Between this region, locall}" known as the Montana, and the cis- Andean Peru of the Pacific coast, rises the great natural barrier of the Andes. As a natural consequence, the trade of I(juitos and the Mon¬ tana region has followinl the natural water way, the Amazon, and has been carried on directly with Europe and the United States through Brazilian ports on the Atlantic side. Thus it is that a large portion of the highly prized Para rubber, known on the foreign markets as coming from Para or Manaos, is really a Peruvian product. It is hoi)ed within a few years to direct this trade to the Pacific ports of Peru by the building of a railroad either to the MaraiTon or the Ucayali. Exports through Iquitos during the first six months of 1905 amounted to $1,510,000 and imports to $1,326,000, the trade having about doubled since 1903.

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IMPORTS THROUGH SALAVERRY AND HUANCHACO, FIRST HALF

OF 1906.

The importations of the various articles enumerated below, coming through the ports of Salaverry and Iluanchaco, of the Republic of Peru, during the first half of 1905, were as follows:

Salaverry.

- 1

Hiianchaco. !

Cases. Kilos. Oases. Kilos. i

771,760 19, m 58,480

1,172,298

1

174 1,934 189,782 40 3, se*!

4,771 402,900 .539 29,990 300 14,009

8,121 840,921

720

1,882 7,114

38,149 3,381

■ 126; 700 3-51,198

3,804,513 122,787

32 3, .530 8.50 7,406

18 1,244 74 21,418

8,712 ' 341, .504 30 1,468

257 26,675 102 11,433 108 , 39, ,533

15 1 860

41,378 839,810

97 67,162

Silver (!10'),500,'. Other merehandise. Pottage.

24, 774 199 587

2,29.5,30.5 19,997

207,817

Wheat. 8,884 23

733,08.5 5,081 Aguardiente. .50 13,978

60 7,800 "10,630

620 162,320 in'6oo . 1

Salt. 516 47,472 7,577

■

124 149 14;178

1 Total . 1S*>,220 10,918,428 26,013 I 1,937,802 1

IMPORTS OF LIVE STOCK.

The Consul-General of Peru in Valparaiso, Chile, recentlj’ received orders from his Government to send by ever}' freight steamer coming from that port to the Republic of Peru, 50 live cattle. It is estimated that about 500 live cattle will be received each month. A decrease in the price of meat has already been felt bj' the arrival of the first ship¬ ment. The Consul, besides, has sent large (juantities of beans, pease, and potatoes.

A commission has also been named by the Government of Peru to go to the Argentine Republic and select 200 animals for the purpose of improving the Peruvian breed of cattle.

MINING CODE.

(Continued.)

Title XI.— Concerning concessions of reduction plants^ lands upon which to construct the same^ and water rights.

Art. 130. Abandoned reduction works, the sites where old reduction works were located, and the areas necessary for the construction of new works on public lands are denounceable, and shall be adjudicated

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wherever practicable, o)).scrving the provisions prescribed for the denouncement of mines.

On granting lands for new constructions, the extent of the latter shall be limited to the area necessarj^ for the object for which the}' are intended.

Art. 137. At the time of gi-anting the concession the mining agency shall tix the term in which the provisions of the concession shall ])e complied with, which shall not be less than two yeai's nor more than four, counting from the date of entry into possession.

Art. 138. A reduction site or works shall be considered abandoned if the roofs are lacking and the machinery and timbering unservice¬ able, even though the walls and other constructions are intact.

Art. 139. When the denouncement concerns land for the establish¬ ment of new reduction works, after the provisions of article 136 have been complied with the mining agency shall proceed to give posses¬ sion to the concessionary, without any incumbrance, if the land is public or uncultivated land, whether belonging to the State, councils, or cbmmunitics. In the case of cultivated or fenced lands, the neces¬ sary area shall be delivered to the petitioner after the payment of an indemnity.

Art. IIO. If a mine should be denounced by a third party within 50 metex’s of the fences of a reduction works, the owner of the reduction works shall have the prefei’cnce in obtaining the adjudication of said mine, in accoi’dance with the provisions of this code, for a period of thirty days from the date on which he is notified of the denouncement.

Art. 111. The use of public waters pi-oceeding from rivexvs, lakes, springs, rapids, and falls may be acquii’ed by denouncement for the purpose of employing them in the exploitation of slag beds, revvash- ings, and tailings; in the woi’k of the mines and reduction works as motive power in the washing or ti'oatment of ores, or for any other use in mining.

Art. 142. The denouncements shall be admitted and verified by the mining agencies, observing, whei’ever applicable, the provisions for the denouncement of mines.

AitT. 143. In every concession for the use of pulxlic waters the cpiantity gi’anted shall be fixed, granting all of the stream that the party in intei'est may solicit, provided it is not greatly in excess of what may be necessary for the purpose for which it is intended, in which case only so much shall be granted as the mining agency shall deem sufficient after heai’ing the report of an expert.

Art. 144. Concessions for the use of mining waters shall be granted, stating in the respective deci’ee the object of said gi’ant, which can be one of the following:

1. The employment of water in the washing and general treatment of ores and as motive power, without contaminating it with substances

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harmful to health or vegetation, the concessionary not being respon¬ sible for the natural waste incident to the use thereof, for the purpose for which it was granted.

2. Its cmploA'ment in processes that may contaminate it with sub¬ stances injurious to public health and vegetation.

Furthermore, said decree shall state whether the waters are to be returned or not to their natural channel, and in the latter case how shall the contaminated waters bo deviated from their natural bed.

Art. 145. In the denouncement application, as well as on the bulle¬ tin boards and respective notices, the character of the concession applied for shall be stated in conformity with the foregoing article.

Art. 146. The following persons have the right to object to the concession:

1. Those who have acquired a right to the water applied for bj" virtue of a previous concession or other just title.

2. Those who have denounced the same water previously and whose titles are pending approval.

3. Towns, agriculturists, merchants, and other private persons who are actually using the water and who may be injured b}' the concession.

Art. 147. So long as the water granted to a mining company is not carried out of the lands belonging to said company the concessionarj’^ may freeh" use it under the conditions prescribed in the concession.

As soon as the waters leave said lands they become public property so far as the present law is concerned, and any landowner conveniently situated may use them, provided said use does not injure the interests of the previous user.

Hut if the concession has been granted under the condition stated in the second section of article 144, and without obligation to return the water to its natural bed, the concesslonarj' may exercise his right over said waters, notwithstanding an}' other complete or partial use of the same made eventually by landowners located farther down.

Art. 148. Water concessions may include the concession of unculti¬ vated lands belonging to the Shite, municipalities, or communities that may be necessary for the construction of intakes, canals, ditches, or other similar works, all of which shall be specified in the respective decree.

With respect to fenced or cultivated lands belonging to the State, municipality, or community, the owner shall be jiaid for the extent or area of land adjudicated.

Art. 149. The concession of water for mining purposes expires as soon as the mine appears as denounceable in the official list of mines, or when the mine is in the state of abandonment referred to in article 138, or upon the expiration of the term granted by the mining agency for the renewal or construction of the reduction works according to article 137.

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Art. 150. The concessionaries of mining claims and excavations in general are the owners of the waters found in their works throughout the mining claims, so long as the}' own their respective mines.

Art, 151. The dockets (expedientes) relating to the concessions, and to which reference is made in this title, shall be forwarded to the Department of Fomento for approval and registration, and a certified cop3' thereof shall be issued to the interested party.

Titi.e XII.—Concernhi(j eaxetiients.

Art. 152. Evex'y easement shall be established only to the extent that may be necessar}' for the object intended.

Art. 153. Whatever i-ights of wa}', aipieducts, and other easements may be necessary for the exploitation shall be gratuitously granted on public lands. In the case of lands belonging to private parties the latter shall be paid for the value of the land occupied as well as any damages proved to have been caused by said easements, in accordance with the provisions of article 17.

Art. 154. The miner has the right to utilize without compensation the timber of the neighboring forests, and he shall likewise have the right to natural pastures for the purposes of the exploitation and the maintenance of the animals exnployed thereon, provided said forests and pastures be public property; but should they belong to private parties, the latter shall have the right to demand pa3'ment at a just price; and should the}' fail to agree as to the amount of the latter, the mining agenc}' shall fix the same.

Art. 155. The transit of persons and animals for the service of the mines across unfenced lands when no damage is done to the latter can not be refused b}' the owners, nor shall said transit be subject to toll. Should the beasts of burden remain overnight on said lands, the owner of the same can demand pa3'ment for the forage consumed, charging a just price for the same. Should the}' fail to agree on the price of said forage, the owner shall only have the right to demand the payment of the amount tixed in the rules and regulations formu¬ lated for that purpose by each mining.agency, with the approval of the Department of Fomento, after hearing the Supreme Council of Mines.

Title XIII.—Mining companies.

Art. 156. Mining companies, whether they engage in the explora¬ tion or investigation, in the exploitation of the mines, or the treat¬ ment of the ores, are subject to the civil laws of the country, with the limitations contained in this code, except the stipulations of the partnership contract, which shall have the preference in so far as the observance is concerned.

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Limited and commercial companies shall l)e governed, with the samo limitations, by the provisions of the CommerciarCode relating to this, kind of organization.

Art. 157. In ever}’ mining compaiu’ the partners are bound to con¬ tribute to the expenses of exploitation and to the paA’inent of the tax in proportion to their interest in the company. Joint owners of the mine are likewise bound to make this latter payment and that of the expenses for the consei'vation of the. mine.

Art. 158. Should any partner of the conipan}’ fail to pa}’ his part of the expenses, the company has the right to appeal to the judge of the domicile of the company, and .said judge shall notify the negligent partner to make the payment, tixing a term of from tifteen to thirty days within which to make the same. When there is no organized company, but only a partnership, an appeal shall be made to the judge of the domicile of the mine or that of the domicile of the defendant.

Art. 159. d'he partner notitied to make the payment may object within the term of tifteen days after the summon, alleging whatever he may deem convenient to his rights.

Art. lt)0. The defendant shall only have the right to object when the .same is based on a legitimate reason, allowing him a period of ten days in which to make good his claims.

Art. 161. After the opposition has been declared unfounded, or when there is no opposition, the share of the delinquent partner shall be sold at auction, taking as a basis the amount ordered to be paid.

Art. 162. The deliinpient partner may make the, payment of the amount due up to the evening of the day before the auction, and he shall pay a fine of 50 per cent if he makes the payment thirty days after the date of the summons demanding payment.

Art, 163. Mining companies are not dis.solved by the death of one of the partners, but the heirs of the decedent have the right to sell their share when they do so by mutual agreement.

'I'ri'T.E XIV.— ConcerniiKj iiuirt(ja<jcs and other contracts.

Art. 164. Mines can be mortgaged in the same manner as real prop¬ erty can be mortgaged, the contract being subject to the laws now in force governing mortgages, bearing in mind the indivi.sibility of min¬ ing claims. ^

Art. 165. The mortgagee of a mine has the right to pay the taxes- referred to in article 25 of this law, and the payment of this credit has the preference over any other debt, even over that of the mortgagor himself.

Art. 166. The mortgage on mining property may be divided up into mortgage bonds, either registered, to order, or to bearer, either by virtue of the original mortgage or by a subsequent act duly- authorized.

Bull. Xo. 4—01'-17

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Aut. 167. Should there be no agreement as to the manner in which tlie liolders of mortgage Ixmds are to make good their rights ag-ainst the debtor or owner of the mortgaged property, they shall do so through a common representative selected I)}' a majority vote, and his acts, in everything relating to these rights, arc binding on all the share or bond holders, one vote being allowed for each bond.

Art. 108. There shall be printed in each one of the mortgage bonds, under penalty of voiding the bonds if it is not done, the following: Amount of the debt, conditions of the same and the guarant}’ in each case, the requirements established in order to organize the joint repre¬ sentation of the holders of these obligations and to which reference is made in the foregoing article.

Art. 169. The debts and incumbrances of the mine shall cease upon the abandonment of the same, the right to sue the debtor remaining unless otherwise agrc'ed. The creditors have no right whatever against any person ac(juiring the mine by means of a subsequent denouncement.

Aut. ITO. Reduction works and annexed buildings shall remain sub¬ ject to the general laws of the country and to the provisions of this Code in so far as they may be applicable to them.

Aut. 171. Leases on mining properties shall be subject to the gen¬ eral laws of the locjdity, but the lessee shall only have the right to sublet the whole or a part of the property, with the express consent of the owner.

Art. 172. In all cases to which this code refers the order may be issued without registration, provided the signature be legalized by a notary public.

When dockets are acted u|X)n at the mining agencies the power of attorney may be issued in a similar form, or b\' the secretary of said agency legalizing the signature.

Title XW—0(»tver)} hifj e.i'pei't offitdalx.

Art. 173. The Federal Gov'ernment may appoint for each mining agency one or more expert miners to assist the local mining authori¬ ties in everything demanding professional or technical knowledge and to take part in the expert reports prescribed by this law.

Art. 174. In order to be appointed an expert miner attached to the mining agency it is necessary to be a mining engineer or surveyor of mines, or else he must be a civil engineer or surveyor.

Art. 175. Whenever the expert official is incapacitated, or in the absence of an expert, the mining agency shall temporarilv employ to fullill such duties practical experts residitig at the place, in the absence of the professional ones.

Art. 176. The engineers and experts appointed may practice their profession by rendering services to private parties, provided that in

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so doing they do not, in the opinion of tlie mining agency, neglect the fiiltillment of their duties; but they shall not intervene in an official capacity in the lawsuits in which the miners to whom the}’ have ren¬ dered private services are interested, except when at least six months have elapsed from the date in which said services were rendered.

Title XVI.—concernhuj

Aut. 177. To take cognizance of lawsuits, mining agents shall alter natc by months. The mining agent in charge at the time, and who takes cognizance of the lawsuits commenced and of the dockets which become litigious in the resjxictive month, shall forward the proceeds to the other mining agent if the former is unable to act.

Art. 17s. l^ach interested party ma}’ challenge, without stating his rt'asons, one of the mining agents. Either of the parties in interest has the right to request that the mining agent who takes cognizance of the lawsuit be assisted by another available mining agent or by the one that should replace him. In other cases the challenge shall be bas('d on a legal cause, and whoever takes cognizance of it can not be challenged in this particular, and shall continue to take cognizance of the principal matter. \

Art. 17h. The secretary, the engineers, and experts may l)e chal¬ lenged for legal cause.

Art. iso. In the suits in which the mining agencies take cognizance it is not necessary that the briefs be signed by an attorney, and the only essential briefs are those bringing suit and re(|uiring answer, 'riic latter corrects the lack of summons in the case of a suit.

Art. ISl. Every article or exception shall be discussed and acted upon separately, and shall be decided before or at the same time as the suit. Only the exception as to jurisdiction shall be decided pre¬ viously. The objection to witnesses shall be decided in the decision.

Art. 182. The articles and allegations or other questions arising therefrom inquiring an explanation of the facts shall be admitted for a j)eriod of ten days, and the evidence concerning the same shall be presented during the first half of said term.

Art. 183. At any stage of the action, and without stopping the progress of the same, a settlement among the litigants shall be attempted whenever the mining agency may deem proper. Should an agreement be reached the record of the proceedings setting forth said decision shall terminate the lawsuit.

Art. 184. Without further proceedings than the answer or declara¬ tion of contempt of court, the suit shall be decided, when the stime is pure and simple point of law, if the parties in interest agree regarding the facts, or when the latter are proved in the papers furnished and of which the parties in interest have cognizance and have not contradicted them. The mining agenc}' shall decide the case within ten days.

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Art. 185. When the foregoing article is not applicable the action shall be taken on trial for a term of twenty days, which term shall not be extended. The evidence furnished during this term may be acted upon even as late as twenty d:i3’s thereafter. The docket can be seen at an}" stage of the suit up to the decision of the court of second instance.

Art. 186. Concerning the main points of the case no more than seven witnesses can testify, and not less than four concerning the articles and minor points.

Ai>t. 187. All manifestly illegal appeals shall be absolutely rejected. Art. 188. On the expiration of the term fixed for the trial of the

cause a decision shall be given without further proceedings within the term of ten days.

Art. 18h. Appt'als for the extension, modification, or explanation of the decisions of the court of first instance shall not be allowed.

Art. 190. The decisions and interlocutory decrees causing irrepara¬ ble damages may be appealed from in order to obtain the suspension of the final approval of the same.

Every other decision can be appealed from only concerning one single point, and then the mining agency shall forward to the superior court a certified copy of the documents in the case which the interested parties may ask for within the term of two days.

Mere trial decrees can not be appealed from. Art. 191. The term in which a decision can be appealed from is

live days, counting from the date of the notification of the appellant, and three days in the case of interlocutory decrees.

Art. 1{)2. In the case of appeals from decrees, the decision shall solely bo reached on the merits of the proceedings. In the appeal from decisions, decrees accompanied by a statement shall be rc(piested, and the lawsuit shall be laid on the table without further proceedings and the parties in interest shall have the right to tile briefs or make reports.

Art. 193. The court of appeals is composed of two members of the respective section of the supreme court, and of an associate judge learned in mining matters appointed by said court, if such associate judge should be in the place, as a substitute of the other member.

Art. 194. In lawsuits for large amoimts the only appeal admissible is that of annulment of the decisions and final decrees, and against the decrees of a decisive character, if the lawsuit relates to mines or con¬ cerns the general law, or if they decide, in the case of a litigious or an administrative docket, as well as against the decrees relating to questions raised in the court of second instance.

Art. 195. The failure to give notice of the trial decree or of the decision does not annul the proceedings, when, notwithstanding said

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failure, a decision is giv'en in favor of the party in interest who has not been notified, neither can they be annulled when said omission may be cured b\' means of a decree the mining agency or the supreme court may deem sufficient in order to be able to render a better decision.

Art. IhO. The attachment of a mine or a portion thereof and its

sale at auction shall not necessaril}’ interrupt—until the auction is

approved—the working of the mine.

Art. 197. The execution of an attachment, precautionary measures, or decree of possession of a mine shall l)e intrusted to the mining agency, even though the judge having jurisdiction takes cognizance of the case.

Ai!T. 198. The appraisement of the mines, water, and reduction works, ordered In' the mining agency for the purposes of the public auction or other purposes, shall be carried out by the expert attached to said mining agenc}' and with the approval of the latter, taking as a basis the value of the works and constructions alreadj' done in the properties appraised. In the absence of such works, the basis shall be the approximate cost of the expenditures incurred up to the date of obtaining possession of the property.

Art. 199. In order to carry out aii}^ auction sale ordered l)y the mining agency, notices during twenty da3's shall be posted on the door of the building occupied b}' the mining agency', and shall be pub¬ lished triweekl}' in the new'spaper of the locality' or in that of the nearest town of the Department, if there is anj' such paper. In case the term granted allows it, said announcement shall appear in the newspaper publishing mining notices. In the case referred to in article 201, the term shall be ten da^'s for the notices, and said notices shall be published in the newspapers only' once.

Art. 200. At the auction sale the bids shall not be less than two- thirds of the amount of the appraisement. In the absence of bids a new auction sale shall be ordered yvithin the term of ten day's, and the notice thereof shall be published at least once in the neyvspaper of the locality or that of the nearest place in the Department, if there should be any newspaper therein, and then the auction sale shall be concluded for anv bid that ma}' be made.

Art. 201. When the value of the property' in dispute or in litiga¬ tion does not exceed 500 soles, the trial shall continue b^' taking the vei'bal statement of the interested parties, a record of yvhich shall be made, and the evidence ma^' be submitted for a period of ten daj's, yvhich term shall not be extended, action on yvhich maj' be taken yvithin ten daj's after in questions relating to facts, and the decision shall be pronounced yvithin the term of live day's.

The appeal shall be made yvithin three days and there shall be no appeal from the decision of the superior court.

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Art. 202. In cases in which the anionnt involved does not exceed 50 soles, the decision shall be made by lx)th mining; ajjents and there shall be no apf)eal from the same.

Art. 20o. In all matters not speciticall}' established in this code, the provisions contained in the general lawsof procedure concerning written and oral trials shall be followed.

Art. 204. It shall be understood that all the terms established in this code refer to solar days.

Title XVII.— Concerning e.r2>f'ojprlatlon and indeinnltij.

Art. 205. V'hen due to the fact that the interested jiarties can not reach an agreement, the expropriation of lands should become neces¬ sary in the cases expi’essly stated in this law, the mining agency shall hear for ten days, which shall not lie extended, all the evidence and claims or charges of the opponent, and said evidence ma}' be acted upon during the ten da3's that immediatel}' follow. On the expiration of these terms and in view of the allegations and pnxifs of the parties and of the explanations that the mining agencv mav oixler in its offi¬ cial capacitv, it shall render its deidsion within three daj’s.

Art. 206. The decision of the mining agentw can be appealed from in accordance with the law.

Art. 207. After the decree of expropriation nas been accepted or executed the appraisement of the land subject of said appropriation shall be made by expert appraisers appointed b}’the interested parties and an umpire, in case of disagreement, who shall lie appointed by the mining agenew.

Art. 208. The experts shall submit their appraisements within eight days after their appointment, unless the mining agencj' should extend this term owing to special circumstances.

Art. 209. In case the interested party should fail to appoint the expert or should the latter fail to submit his appraisement, in order to make it agree with the appraisement of the other partv it will I)e suf¬ ficient to dulv’ summon the interested party and to let the term fixed b}' the mining agentw transpire.

Art. 210. The decision of the mining agemw concerning the thing expropriated can be appealed from as prescribed In* law.

Art. 211. No appeal of nullity can be made from the decisions of the supreme court unless the amount in dispute exceeds 1,000 soles.

Art. 212. If it is proved that the owner of the land is unknown the expert that said owner should apiwint shall be designated by the min- ing agenc}'. The amount shall be held on deposit for live j’ears in the Federal Treasury', subject to the orders of the Department of Fomento, publishing notices for thiiTy day’s in a newspaper of the locality or in

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tin* newsimporof the iieare.st place, if there should be such newspaper, and besides in the newspaper which publishes the mining notices in the capital of the Republic.

Title XVIII.—Concerning transitory provisions.

Aut. 213. The dockets relating to mining properties that arc being put through their proper course on the date in which this code becomes etl'ective shall continue their course in conformity therewith.

Art. 214. Contracts concerning money advanced for working mines entered into before the date on which this code became operative shall be stated in a public instrument and registered within the term of two months after said date.

d'he last lender shall be considered as a creditor holding a first mort¬ gage, in accordance with the general laws, provided he h;is made said registration within the aforesaid term.

Art. 21.5. The existing mining concessions shall continue in force with the limitations they now have, or the interested party may request, when there is unoccupied land, that the respective measure¬ ments l)e rectified in accordance with the provisions of this code.

Art. 216. Miners who now enjoj' the use of waters that have not been the subject-matter of a concession previously or other just title required In* law shall perfect their title within the term of one year from the date on which this law becomes operative, requesting the concession of said waters in conformity with articles 141 et seguentia. If the term expires without said requisite having been complied with, said miners or possessors shall have no right to make an}’ objections based only on said use or enjoyment to the concession of the same waters solicited by other mining companies.

Art. 217. The Department of Fomento shall issue the proper regu¬ lations in order that the Supreme Mining Council may be Installed as soon as possible and to enable it to prepare the application of the pro¬ visions of this code.

Art. 218. The first appointment of mining agents made by the Gov¬ ernment shall comprise two of the proper mining agency. 'J'he Supe¬ rior Mining Council shall select b}’ lot the mining agent who shall take the place of the yearly outgoing agent.

.\rt. 219. Thirty-two pounds sterling monthly shall be allowed for the expenses of the Superior Mining Council and £10 monthly as the salary of the secrehiry, until otherwise provided by a special law.

Art. 220. The present code shall become operative on January 1,

1901, except as provided in article 217. From the aforesaid date all previous rules, laws, and regulations

relating to mines are hereby repealed, except so far as they are in

L

1130 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

conliict with the present code; the law of December 5, 1879, relatinjj to the organization of the School of Phigineers; that of December 22, 1888, relating to guano; that of December 22,1888, relating to nitrate deposits; that of November 8, 1890, concerning taxes on mining prop¬ erty; that of January 11, 1890, concerning the (lovernment salt monopoly, and the tai’itfs now in force, whicli shall (continue in force until amended or until new ones are issued.

Lima, July C, 1900.

SALVADOR.

MESSAGE OF PRESIDENT ESCALdN.

[From the ‘‘ lUiirio (Id Salmdor" of February 120, 190ti.]

On February 19, 1900, President Escal«')N read an interesting mes¬ sage to the National Assembly, extracts of which follow:

****■>*•■»

“As to the sanitary service, though the results ol)tained have not, perhaps, been as satisfactory as might be desired, yet the country has cscajx'd the invasion of the bubonic plague and the yellow fever -two epidemics that have caused man\' deaths in several countries of the American Continent. The Government, however, in order to prevent an}' sudden invasion of the aforesaid epidemics, did, tlirough the superior board of health, take the most cllicieut measures against these terrible diseases, having ordered from abroad a sufficient- supply of disinfectants, in order to tight the first of these epidemics, and estab¬ lished sanitary lines on the frontiers of Honduras and Guatemala in order to avoid, as far as possible, the invasion of yellow fever, which did such havoc in the city of Zacapa in the neighboring Republic.

* *

“Special attention has been given to theGov'ernment telegraph and telephone lines, which have been equipped with a competent personnel and all the necessary and modern appliances for their operation, the result being a great improvement in the service. ****** ir

“Agriculture, which is an industry of vital importance to the coun¬ try, has received constant and earnest protection at the hands of the Government.

“ I am pleased to inform you of the arrival in this country of for¬ eign capitalists whose object is to survey and construct the Eastern Rjiili'oad. To this end instructions were given to the inspector of the

SALVADOR. 1131

Eastern Zone and to tlie Governor of‘that Department in order that they ina}' help and cooperate with said {gentlemen and furnish them such information and data as they may deem necessary to carry out so important a Avork. *******

“Our foreign relations continue to be cordial and amicable, and will doubtless continue unchanged in view of the friendly attitude of other governments toward us and of our earnest desire to ])e at peace Avith all the Avorld.

* -x- z- * *

“For the purpose of strengthening our relations with the neighbor¬ ing Republic of Guatemala a legation was established last March at the capital of said Republic.

“In September last a legation Avas established in the Republic of France, the Avork of Avhich has so far been very successful.

“His Majesty the King of Italy invited Salvador to .send a delegate to the Congress held at Rome to cooperate in the founding of an inter¬ national in.stitute to study the actual condition of agriculture in all the countries interested in the subject. Said invitation Avas accepted and a delegate Avas appointed, Avhose report Avill doubtless be of the greatest interest and usefulness.

“This GoA'ernment has also become interested in the International Congress on Tuberculosis, held in Paris la.st October, the International Congress on the Ph3*sical Education of Young Men, assembled at Liege last August, and tinall}’ in the Peace Conference that Avill .shorth' be held at The Hague.

“Last June this GoA'ernment authorized Senor Don JoaquIn Bku-

NAUDO Cala'o, Envoj’ Extraordinaiw and Minister Plenipotentiarv' of Costa Rica at Washington, that, in representation of San Salvador, he should take proper steps before the Government of the United States to put an end to the abuses committed by the capUiins of the Pacific Mail steamers, which are causing great damage to the commerce of all nations. It is to be hoped that the result of Minister Calvo’s repre¬ sentations Avill I'emedy such abuses.

****** “Great efforts have latel}' been made in the Department of Public

Instruction for the purpose of reorganizing all educational establish¬ ments 1)3' adopting, so far as possible, the most improved modern methods Avhich hav'e gix'en the best results in other nations. *******

1132 INTERNATIONAL ROKEAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES IN 1905.

PfSDII.

28(5, 998. 79 5,581,007. 58 1,924,911.07 1,030,524.47 1,800,156. 88

Tt)tal. 10,623, 598. 69 Less cash in National Treasury .laniiary 1, 1905 . 286,998. 79 I.es.s receipts from contracts and other tran.sactions. 1,800,156. 88

- 2, 087,155. 62

Net recei|)tH in lt(05 . 8,536,443.07

, KXI-KXIUTI-KES.

National Assembly. 39, 883.17 Executive. 57, t(60.00 Department of the Interior. 1.419, 829. 95 Dei)artment of Fomento. 540,557. 44 Dejiartment of Public Instruction. 630, 595. 53 De|)artinent of Foreign Relations.. 74, 483.11 Department of Justice. 638,428.09 Dei)artment of the Treasury. 562,087. 31 Department of Charities. 166, 239. 21 Department of War and Navy. 1, 796,514. 56 Department of Public Credit. 3,598, 828. 85 Deposits, reimbursements, etc. 616,273.05

Total. 10,141,580.27 Less the item of dei>osits, reimbursements, etc., which do not consti¬

tute a real expense. 616,273.05

Total (tovernment expenses.L. 9, .525,307. 22

l‘nblic debt.

SALV.ADOKI.W HOXI)S.

Pesos.

On hand January 1, 1905, principal. 4,158,908.58 Interest to said <late. 787, 757.07

4,946, 665. 65 Put in circulation in exchange of former settlements. 73. (K)

4,946, 738. 65 Principal paid during the year. 774, 440. 00 Interest paid during the vear. 169, 759. 00

- 944,199. 00

Balance... 4,002,539.65 Accrued interest on balance during the year. 76, 674.10

Total, Decemlx'r31, 1905 . 4,079,213.75

1{EC'EI1>TS.

Cash in National Treasury January 1, 1905_ Customs receipts, imports and exports. Tax on licpiors. Minor revenues, all sources. Contracts and other transactions.

SALVADOR, 1133

EXPORT MOVEMENT, FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1905.

'riio valuiitions of the various articles exported l»y the Uepublic of

Salvador to the diti'erent eouiitries during the first nine months of the

vear 1905 amounted to 12,573,207.34 cotone-s and were distributed as

follows: BY COfXTKIKS.

Country.

(ierrauny. British Anu'ricii . Austriii-HuiiKury Belgium. Co.sta Rica. Chile. Uenmaik. Eemulor... SiKiiii. rnitod States_ France.

Value. Country. , Value.

('nloiien. Coloiim. 2, J40,(H)3.24 I England. 1,960,119.38

47,210.00 j (iiiateiiiala. 3,808. .'>2 302,260. 4.i I Honduras. 47,339.38

ll.i.00 I Italy.; 1.3.79,067.26 5.8,938.00 Mexico.' 3,340.00

2, llM. 00 I Nicaragua. 3,944.25 2.740.35 Norway. 22,0.52.80 6, .510. .54 Panaina. 11.5,393.60

127,971.57 Peru. 34,,500.00 2.228,696.68 - 4, OOf., 637.82 Total. 12, .573,207.34

“C"

BY ARTICLES.

-Vrticlcs. Value. .\ rtieles. Value.

Colonex. ('ohnie». 40.0) 1,692.00 45. CK) 103.00

•251.00 103.00 11)3.60.5. *20 Marble. ‘230.00 10,059.27 11.00

' ?20.00 241..50 290,38«. ‘20 512,84.5.00 1.50; 04.5,10 290.00

Mineral residues (gold and .silver). 7.52,941.00 Paper.... 1,448.00

'739^671.21 499.62 19.5.00

' 102.00 91.00 1,731.52 116.00 '771.0) 890.00

Skins. 76,682.19 3.5.00 17,756.82 3,377.00

10.00 ’ 99:). 50 1.50.00 2.7’22.25

■16,097.09 7i;:i00.00 1.50. 00 599.00

Tackle. 6,403.00 10.00

Wood. 8,86.5.00 Total. 12. .573,207.34 Il

The exportations to the United States amounted to the sum of

2,228,090.08 co/oiu'-'t, and their distribution was as follows:

Article. Value. Article. 1 Value.

Aflil . ColoncK. i

13,800.00 9,673.87 3,760. OO

33,39.5.10 3.5,594.00 ;

1,630, a37.2t> 4.5,029.52 ,

771.03 18,209.25

! Colmiri. \ 12,704.00

‘i5.217.40 ! 3,270.00 1 .51.25

384,289.00 12,096. CO

Mineral re.si(lues(gol(i and silver).

1 Total. 2,228,696.68

1

1134 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

UNITED STATES.

TRADE WITH LATIN AMERICA.

STATEMENT OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.

Followiiifr is the latest statement, from tigures compiled In' the

llureaii of Statistics, United States Department of Commerce and

IjaWor, showing the value of the trade lietween the United States and

Latin-American countries. The report is for the month of February,

IhOC, with a comparative statement for the corresponding month of the

previous year; also for the eight months ending February, IhoO, as

compared with the same period of the preceding year. It should be

explained that the tigures from the various custom-houses, showing

imports and exports for any one month, are not received at the Treas¬

ury Department until about the 20th of t?le following month, and some

time is necessarih' consumed in compilation and printing, so that the

returns for February, for example, are not published until some time

in April.

IMPORTS OF MERCHANDISE.

Articles iin<l countries. February— Eight months ending

February—

11)05. • 1906. 1905. 1906.

Clienilrals, etc.: LoifwotMl (Palommp€Ch(; lYiudccainittchc; CampCclie):

Central America. DoUars. DoUars. DoUars.

6. .525 • DoUars.

2.5,120

Cocoa (Cacao; Coco oa cacao ent; Cacao): Central .Vincrica. Brazil. Otlier Soutli .Vincrica.

50 73, .V.>7 55,316

6,227 211,.526 212,005

41,756 944,003

1,024,876

11,773 1,013.673 1,239,174

Coffee {C(i/i; Caji; Cafi): Central .Vmcrica. Mexico. Brazil. Other South .Vinerica.

394,86,S 198.577

6,720,164 654,264

1,011,944 313,335

3,293,018 1,061,541

2.184,842 6.59,376

.50,824,016 6,575,810

3,003,439 1,35.5,717

38,677,739 6,637,308

Copper (Coftre/ Cobre; Ciiitrc): Mexico. South .Vmerica.

1,358,805 168

],.5.38,109 90,335

10,175,202 1.5,173

11,746,430 368,760

Fibers: Cotton, unmanufactured (Al<jmlon cn rama; Algoddo

cm rama; Colon, non mann/acturc): South America.

Sisal Krass (llcncqnln; Hcmi[uen; llenncqucn)-. Mexico.

46,996

963,772

43,461

714,686

3:$8,.599

9,61)2,05.5

260,229

9,854,272

Fruits: Bananas (Pldtanos; Bananaf; Jianancs):

Central .Vmerica. Cuba. South America.

OraiiKcs (Xaranjas; Ltiranjas; Oranges): Central America. Mexico. Cuba.

134,757 42,034

386

10 756 403

379,958 33

26,101

780 650

2,663,9.55 492, 232 324,392

3,763 41,117 3,165

2,666,301 270,109 235,106

476 46,281 5,899

Fur skins (P/ftfs/aas; Pellcs; Fourrures): South America. 3, S51 70,681 180,342 426,893

UNITED STATES, 1135

IMPORTS OF MERCHANDISE—Continued.

ArticluH and eountries.

Hides and skins (Ciicrus ij picks; Cottrvs e ptiks; Ciiirs ct pcaux):

Central America. Mexico. South America.

India rubber, crude {(lovia ckistica; Horracha crna; Caoutchouc)'.

Central America.. Mexico. Brazil. Other South America.

Lead, in pigs, bars, etc. (i’/oaio oi paMpaflos. barras, etc.; Chumbo em Unguattos, barras, etc.; 1‘lomb en eaumons, en bams, etc.): Mexico. South America.

Sugar, not above No. 10 Dutch standard (.IciJcar, no superior de la escala hotandesa; Assucar, ndo su¬ perior ao yo. 16 lie padrao hotlandez; hiucrc, pas au-dessus du type hollandais No. 16):

Central America... Mexico. Cuba. Brazil. Other South America.

Tobacco, leaf (Tabaeo cii rama; Tabaco cm folba; Tabac en feuilles): Mexico. Cuba.

Wood, mahogany {Caoba; ilogno; Acajou): Central America. Mexico. Cuba.. South America.

Wool {Lana; IaI; Lainc): South America—

Class 1 (clothing). Class 2 (combing).. Class 3 (carpet).

February— Eight months ending February— *

190."). 1900. 1905. 1900.

! Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. 29,241 37,100 465.669 365,245

340,176 41)4,172 1,700,672

2,128,222 2,739.474 720,509 7,900,395 9,743,795

1 72,278 82,094 518,867 614,296 8, .Vil 40, .530 71,888 280,580

4,439,061 3,563,700 18,565, ."'36 15,898,637 80, .527 109,317 882,628 878,812

2.51,001 326,447

1 1 1 2,286,030 2,328,265

3,609 80 ! 5,191 1 i

56,375

1,637 82,820 3,107 172,819 .56-4 1 264,270 27,006

11,950. .522 6,4.58,008 j 29,848,042 29,490,151 62,700 1 101,00-2 1 270, .529 1 398,140

103,370 134,450 2,484,034 1,671,800

1,342 299 i

28,l(i0 3,022 1,189,740 1,78.5,557 1 7,187,476 j 9,160,246

419 i ! 55,943

1 445,874 3.56,069

28,600 1 26,164 197,3.54 278,045 23,7.59 1 11,338 78,289

36,407

2,837,934 359,226 343,241

76,838 19,931

4,701,848 160,562

1,300,628 17,083 21,729

i 2,24.5,036

1 3,485 477;640

EXPORTS OF MERCHANDISE.

Agricultural implements (Instrumcntosdeagricultura; Inslrumetdos ile agricuUura; Machines agricotes): Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. Dollars.

Central America. 1,247 719 11,220 8, .538 Mexico. 18,461 43,236 214,323 308 064 Cuba. 8,485 10, -23.5 95,786 135,399 Argeutiue Republic. 652, 340 2.55,191 3, 776,365 4,660,386 Brazil. 9,820 3,1.54 112, .534 62,279 Chile. 37 5,536 215,233 274,041 Colombia. 302 137 2,944 2,132 Venezuela. 80 618 1,488 1,689 Other South America. 12,009 24,546 99,921 223,258

Animals: Cattle ((rUHddofneuno; Gado; Ditail):

Central America. 205 1.50 2,655 3,841 Mexico. 24,908 31, .548 2.51,405 414,128 Cuba. 17,991 30,783 1,396, .536 1,311,794

1,760 60,219 77,m Hogs (Cerdos; Porcos; Pores): Mexico. 9,638 11,179 38,307 107,116

477 1,320 Horses ((.Vifta/tos; CahaUos; Cheraux): 1

5,391 5,065 Mexico. 14,7.53 j is, 900 143;893 169;390 South America. 553 4,753 3,775

1136 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

EXPORTS OF MERCHANDISE—ContiiiULMi.

Articles Hiul countries. | February—

Eight months ending 1 February—

190.5, 190<;. 190.5. 1906.

Bread stuffs: Corn (Jlaf:; MUho; MdU): Dollars. JloUars. Dollars. Dollars.

Central America. 23,113 8,996 1 172,167 81,357 Mexico. 14,434 78,818 I 116,993 .598,196 Cuba. 81,04(1 8(i,612 629,173 869,628 South America. .5,783 2,893 1 34,755 1.5,684

Wheat ( TriV/o; Trigo; Bier- i

Mexico. 3,107 235,338 14,766 1 1,2.551930 St>uth America. 2, «92 1 3it6,536

Wheat ttoiir Farinfuulefrigo: Farine

Centrai America. 142,749 108,678 1,038,186 i 1,20.1,200 Mexico. 24,024 7,918 127,310 130, 231 Cuba. 228, .545 1 298,618 2,004,301 i 2,186,622 Brazil. .59,785 117,0ti6 8-29,268 854, .5(!6 Colombia. 31,310 5,919 314,4710 476,5h9 Other South America. 180,33.5 128,217 1,256,571 , 1,640.479

CarrlaKCS, otr.: Automobiles (Aatomovilef; AutomoriUs; AidonifiUle):

7,551 49,’041 Carriages, cars, etc., and parts of (CamuiJ<s. can-os y

stts accesorios; Curruagens, carros e partes de car- ros; 1 uilares, u-agons rt Icurs iHirties'):

Central America. 8,723 15;i,804 49,708 7:t6,291 Mexico. 03,900 136,809 7.53,369 1,086,181 Cuba. 92,t)fiti 136,751 352,420 I 847,142 Argentine Republic. 127,826 109,436 .523,782 1 919,923 Brazil. 16,887 31,.513 48,172 i 140,921 Chile. 1,433 26,703 44,691 418,833 Colombia. 1,387 2,869 22,367 38,7.55 Venezuela. 3.53 383 8,115 6,645 Other South America. 9,828 56,3'->2 114,543 206,920

Coal (Oirftda): 1 Mexico .! 258,411 26.5,616 1,714,450 1,953,704 South America. 99, .526 144,295 968,193 1,236,017

Coi>pcr (Cofwc; Cobre; Cuirre): Mexico. ^ 77,968 93,229 746,296 873,281

i'ottuB: Cotton, unmanufaetiircHl {AlqoiU'm nern manufactu- ; i

rado; Alfj<Mi<Xo ttdo manitjactnixido; Votou^ non maniifacturt): j

Mexico. 402,875 134,147 2,87.5,245 1,477,212 25,926

Cotton cloths ( Tejidos dr algoduu; J-'azcHdas de algo- 1 ddo; t'otoo, tiianiifactiiri): I 1

Central America. 105,713 117,311 968,454 1,026,829 Mexico.1 15,524 14,077 163,231 192,805 Cuba.1 42,222 .50,336 487,365 796,705 Argentine Republic.| 83,159 11,956 242,016 226,051 Brazil.i 71,133 47,281 490,643 409, ,518 Chile. 23, 464 39,911 44«i,963 710, 628 Colombia.1 31,708 52, .503 684,644 365,911 Venezneia.i 35,098 i 22,472 270,203 229,214 Other South America. 45.251 3.5,167 272,241 318,3,53

Wearinjf apparel (Ropa de alqndon; Roupa de alf/0‘ 1 1 : dOo; \ ftement* eit cotoii): j

Central America. 44,7.54 43,015 4.55,4.33 445,385 Mexico. 44,999 1 29,972 365,545 3.51,026 Cuba. 16, .520 1 32,139 248,216 306,064 Argentine Republic. 20,441 i 12, .566 192,004 134,816 Brazil. 3,068 1,8:12 47,121 30,288 Chile. 417 1,954 12, 748 16,589 Colombia. 4,633 4,149 65, .508 29,331 Venezneia. 2, .545 1,688 14,632 21,.599 Other South America. 3,251 3,404 34,167 i 42,261

Electric and scientitic apparatus (Aparatos clMricos j y eientftlcos; Apparelhos elertricos e scictdijlcos; Apjmrcils fketrigaes et scieidiJiqHes):

Central America. 9,268 1 14,044 7.5,182 ■ 129,217 Mexico. 92,027 i 131,264 .545,655 600,650 Argentine Republic. 9,068 1 49,287 156,006 221,943 Brazil. 1 60,794 ! 79,484 233,346 407,676 Chile. 2,514 1 1.5,641 61,15;? 122,116 Venezuela. 9,039 ! 6,330 63,229 .52,216 Other South America. 11,516 i 14,047 121,663 231,399

UNITED STATES, 1137

EXPORTS OF MEUCnAXDISh>-ContInued.

Articles and countries.

February— Eight months ending

February—

i'jor>. 190l>. 1905. 1906.

Ele<'tricHl muehinery {MnqiiiiKiriaeUctrini; Miichinas (lei'lricat; iJarhiuCK iteiirinucis) -. Dollars. Dollars. Dollars.

Central America. 43ii 2,1‘2.5 ‘26, .563 13,0.59 Mexico. 13.5, r>09 72, ,5‘28 496,697 603,679 (;uba. 3,‘163 13.5,218 65,502 379,751 Argentine Repuljlic. 32,327 4,891 147,459 79,4.55 Brazil. •27,420 11,301 78,182 117,313

5,440 161,731

‘263 113,848 Other South .America. 1,400 8,733

Iron mill steel, niiinufartares of:

Steel rails {Canilcn tie aeno- Trilhos tie ani; Hails tl'acier):

Central America. 08,334 11,395 191,.386 248,5-23 Mexico. 31,705 8.8,415 317, .598 1,1-20,613 South America. 180,810 398,7-25 773,‘244 2, .510,307

Builders’ hardware, and saws and tiKils (.Valerians tie meltil )>nra ctmsIntcrivH, sierras ;/ herrntiiinilas; Ferratieiis, serrtis e fenamenltis; MaUriaux tie con- slritetion pit fer et aeier, scies cl oiitils):

Central America. 14,593 '24,360 143,104 ‘234, .137 770,445 Mexico. 79,107 104, ,508 481,667

Cuba. fiO, 2.52 42,215 306,147 439,301 Argentine Republic. .52,9.56 60,253 368,759 461,461 Brazil. ■27,996 65,655 ‘200,182 ‘264,002 Chile. 391 14,758 90,014 151,952 Colombia. 2,785 4,4.56 65,946 40,357 \ eneznela. 851 3,879 25,1‘20 28,067 Other .South America. 14,634 22,J01 125,703 164,067

Sewing machines, and parts of (Mttt/uinas tic coser y acccsorios; Machinas tie coser e accesorios; Machines d coudre et leiifs parties):

Central America.;. 6,301 10,949 68,949 76,696 Mexico. 31,765 4‘2,364 342,407 400,880 Cuba. 28,640 ‘24,243 191,812 210,478 Argentine Republic. •21,753 67,8‘28 ‘295,240 603,015 Brazil. 6,8:16 9,7.57 90,‘278 13‘2,311 Colombia. 6,374 .5, .3.59 73, .500 43,5‘26 Other .South America. 16,573 37,605 181,658 ‘239,131

Steam engines, and parts of (LttcomtVtirtis 1/ accesorios; Loctimotiras e accesorios; Lttcomotifs ct leitrs par¬ ties):

Central America. 80,;«)0 41,710 367,638 Mexico. 45,797 13,716 310,275 189,000 Cuba. 4,600 17,331 184,690 645, .521 Argentine Republic. 48,910 142,165 48,910 189,651

18,300 ‘29,186 19,3‘10 44,2.33

1‘20,508 11,803 71,171 Other South America.

Typewrititig machines, and parts of (Mtltjuinas tie eseribir y accesorios; Machinas tie escribir e accesorios; Machines A tcrirc et Icitrsparties):

Central America. 3,343 2, .523 21,162 36,693 Mexico... 30,084 17,587 1.50,818 201,480 Cuba. 6,726 7,‘218 45,4.53 48,336 Argentine Republic. 2, .5;i2 7,467 4.5,331 62,634 Brazil. 3,700 6,395 2-3,434 35,880 Colomiiia. 712 944 4,727 7,964 Other South America. 5,259 6,172 08,386 89,510

Leather, other than sole (Client tiistinlo ticl tie suelo; Court) nOo pant sofas; Ciiirs, attires qiie pour semclles):

Central .America. 10,875 21,136 92,2.57 120,741 Mexico. 7,662 2,694 45,100 6-2, .547 Cuba»j,. Arguntiiie Republic.

11,’292 ‘27, 98:1 134,824 197,7.50 ‘2,783 3:1,313 l:18,9‘22 ‘2:18,94.5

Brazil. 5,0.59 11,6-20 66,181 91,5.54 Chile. 0'20 5, ‘227 ‘20,650 38,944 Colombia. •2‘24 2,4ti3 18,324 38,183 Venezuela. 2,1‘2.5 3,693 38,658 35,821 Other South .America. 3,721 7,057 33,425 69,773

Bouts and shoes (C'tt/zaifo; Cal(atlo; Chaussitrts): Central America. 15,367 34, .595 184,868 272,321 Mexico. 93,272 1‘24,.579 677,965 1,0:14,088 Colombia. 4,703 3, 92, ‘261 31,679 Other South America. 5,352 17,743 1‘26,129 194,688

1138 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

KXPORTH OF MKRCIIANinSE—Coiitinueil.

Artielos niid countries. Februarv— Fight mouths ending

February—

1905. 1906. 1905. 1906.

>'bthI stores: Rosin, tar, etc. (Jlenina y alquitiiin; Stsiiia c alcatr(li>;

Jtisiiie et yotulroii): Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. Ccutrai America. 1,043 1,878 11,993 18.223 Mexico. 760 2,474 11,194 1.5,031 Culja. 6,411 8,233 40,986 ,53,073 Argentine Republic. 31,0a5 .59,466 193,748 311,109 Brazil. 9S,054 15,767 16)6, ,571 368, ,560 Chile. 715 11,349 64,838 Colombia. 441 912 11,;335 19,.")88 Venezuela. 3,064 2,111 19,983 25,095 Other South America. 5,7'.>1 552 126,902 86), 6)01

Turpentine (Ayuamln; Agua-raz; Tcribcnthine): Central America. 1,098 4,311 16,225 36,137 Mexico. 760 1,030 6,476 4,416 Cuba. 5, .591 49,748 45,060 Argentine Republic. 19,9-.’9 3:1,881 143,421

51,593 1.55,866

Brazil. 3,112 11,137 70,975 Chile. 5,116 37,433 65,357 Colombia. 874 378 4,443 3,744 Venezuela. 483 243 5,255 4,559 Other South America. 2,441 7,701 35,529 32,468

Oils, mineral, crude (Aciites minrmU'n, crudos; Olcos mineraes, crus; lluilcs miu(raUs, brutes): Mexico. 93,402 89,229 512,199 468,534 Cuba. 28,191 36,759 311,.528 23.5,711

Oils, mineral, refined or manufactured (Aceites miiurales, rejinudos 6 uiaiiufaclurttdos; Olens mi¬ neraes, rrjinadus ou mamijacturadus; lluiles mint- rales, rafflntes ou manufacturies):

Central America. 2.5,737 ,3:1,780 193,049 226,702 Mexico. 16,949 31,745 126,t2)6 209,749 Cuba.. 34,243 28,847 2.58,945 216,036 Argentine Republic. 67,410 91,671 1,68:1,771

1,696,442 1,420,276

Brazil. 197,835 2,59,908 1,864,622 Chile. 190 47, ,563 445,933 556,802 Colombia. 10,5.59 5,807 89,835 62,929 Venezuela. 14,4.58 7,248 98,145 88,0.57 Other .South America. 35,873 55,580 443,404 6.59,279

Oils, vegetable (Acet'fes regclales; Olcos reyetaes; lluilcs rtgftales):

Central America. 2,672 1,879 19, .5.54 20,037 Mexico. 63,5o5 50,633 442,377 606,206

99,374 Cuba. 8,158 1,106

14,691 41,286 Argentine Republic. 1,700

37,570 29,947 13,960

129,182 Brazil. 14,533 116.083 Chile. 455 28,643 12, .565 Other South America. 7,724 16,027 78,886 100,196

Paper (Vayrl; Pupil; Papier): Central America. 11,308 14,431 80,286 1,52,690 Mexico. 30,820 41,674 341,826 376,697 Cuba. 31,.546 34,662 95,376 84,629 Argentine Republic. 8,616

3,088 5, .520 112,392 192,304

Brazil. 8,661 40, .506 60,180 Chile. 442 6,1.52 130,975 166,501 Colombia. 4,360 1,732 26,187 18,6.67 Venezuela. 1,320 1,289

6,377 24,611 25,927

Other South America. 6,142 76,415 70,505

Provisions, comprising meat ami dairy products: Beef, canned (Came de raca en lotas; Came deracca

em latas; Ba uf consent): Central America. 1,218 4,819 12,748 24,998 Mexico. 10,837 2, lli5 ;12,76)7 19,715 Cuba. 1,438 2,092 6,670 1. „ 18,789

679 Argentine Republic. 86 316 Brazil. 991 8-29 5,332 3, 4% Colombia. 30 2,968 1,240 Other South America. 1,021 3,211 13,694 24,447

Beef, salted or pickled (Came de raca, salada 6 en salmuera; Came de racca, salyada ou cm sal- moura; Been/sedt ou en sau7nure):

6.5,005 Central America. 3,960 8,469 47,896 Mexico. 192 3,172 1,189 7,720 Cuba. 1.39 1,326 2,179 3,693 Brazil. Chile.

125 56 780 4,408

1,953 5,174

Colombia. 808 8;i8 7,46.5 4,716 Other South America. 9,457 15,548 88,328 16.5,873

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EXI'OUTS OF MERCHANDISE—Continued.

Artieles iind eountries. February— ' Eight months ending '

February—

190,5. ! 1900. 1905. ! 1906.

I’rutlKloDN, Hi-.—Continueil. j Tallow (.Stfco; Sebo; liiiif): Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. Dollars. ■

Central Anieriea. 5,107 10,438 71,924 113,494 Mexico. 1,:!69 1 i,r>5(i 19, .518 1 7.5,978 Cuba. mi 2,320 8,700 7,848

1,285 1. *S,2\2 1

' 1,855 5,402 1 12,104 Other South .Ainerica. 4,204 2,354 32,7.84 25,194

Bacon (Tiicino; Toiicinko; Lnrd/umi): Central America. 390 1,893 13,491 12,922 Mexico. 4,H05 3,909 29,008 i 31,007 Cuba. 32,130 18,878 300,270 i 275,827 Brazil. 3,«20 13,340 40,875 110,235

17 Otlier Soiitli America. 2,329 2, o;« 6,039 9,263

Hams (Jamones; Presunto; JnmbfmK): Central America. 3,442 8,032 3.5,933 j 56,711 Mexico. 11,7.51 9,871 80,479 89,525- Cuba. 36,011 39,794 300,213 1 330,347

1.253 ' 170 Colombia. 874 275 .5,032 i 2,958 Venezuela. 1,107 1,945 29,737 , 35,139. Other South America. 1,742 5,978 22,887 ; 47,011

Pork {Came (U put rco; Oinic dc })orco; Pore): Central America. 8,107 14,320 98,988 ‘ 122,341 Cuba. 28,830 40,750 214,:t57 , 380,882

0,592 Colombia. '781 3,54 6!o87 2,461

21,905 27,900 117,680 Lard {Manttca; Jianha; Saindouu:):

Central America. 13,090 17,309 ! 134,951 285,778 Mexico. 33,398 73,431 2;18,855 422,212. Cuba. 157,499 243,0.52 1,0.53, ,5,39 : 1,693,335- Arjrcntinc Kciaiblic. 5«>4 523 1,9.54 I 2,411 Brazil. 11,3,55 10,294 152,980 ! 80,695 Chile. 393 ,5,225 33,410 j ,51,368 Colombia. 7,411 7,391 63,450. 280,778 Venezuela. 11,037 24,0.03 10k5,020 1 268,808 Other South America. 10,909 38,5% 260,002 ' 372, ,558

Butter (.l/aato/iii/Iu,- ,!/««/<(V/o; liiurii): Central America. 6,312 10,121 50,832 ' to, 348 Mexico. 12,922 8,769 77,238 1 80,524 Cuba. 2,195 3,635 16,690 I 27,005 Brazil. 11,195 20,200 6(i,873 1 102,259 Colombia. 822 343 10, .518 5,121 Venezuela. 3,390 6,843 45,747 ' 73, .503 Other South America. 162 2,544 10,702 : 18,734

Cheese (f/itczo; Queijo; Froniagr): Central America. 3,709 5,950 28,930 i 43,128 Mexico. 2,730 4,843 20,708 j 27,868 Cuba. 1,175 1,475 8,421 ! 8,128 Colombia. 410 180 2,202 ' 1,328 Other South America. 17 31 347 1 1,294

Tobacco, unmanufactured (Ttibaco no mnnujactu- ratio; Tabtico in\o maniifactnindo; Tabac mm i mamifaclitri):

Central America. 2,990 4,813 33,707 1 ,52,338 Mexico. .5,328 8,342 119,125 03,418 Argentine KcT>ublic. 2,610 1,210 82,18;! ; 43, .508 Colombia. 945 1,213 19,4;!2 7,485 Other South America. 0,276 5,99i) 51,292 53, .594

Tobacco, manufactures of (Miiiiiifarturas tie tabaco; Maiiiifnetitras tie tabaeo; Tabae/abriquf):

Central America. 8,079 1 12,739 72,798 95, .594 Mexico. 3,470 1 1,249 9,0814 1 14,703 Cuba. 11,349 11,503 79,879 77,879

40 1 6,577 1 11,377 302 .

1 1L195 '748 Other South America. 3,391 3,345 37,575 33,218

IVooil, and manuractures of: Wood, unmanufactured (Madera no mannfaeturada;

Madeira ntlo mannfaetunula; ISoishrut): i Central America. 37,.5;t8 20,930* 302,780 310,120' Mexico. 51,071 75,220 303,444 ,594, 948 Cuba. 14,901 5,611 31,801 1 11.5,590 Arffentine Reptiblic. 8,229 26,013 27,1.58 1-23,099

8,277 1 3,050 Chile. 1 14,588 > 12,664

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1140 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

EXPORTS OF M£RC;HANDISE—Continued.

ArtirU's and countries. February— Eight months ending

February—

liKCe 1900. 1 190-5. 1 I'JOti.

Wood, and manufaeturrK of—Continued. Wood, unmanufactured, etc.—Continued. Dollars. ' Dollars. ' Dollars. Dollars.

0, .535 32,120

7, OtiO 83,631 Other South America. .l,,'i25 800

Lumber {Madrras; Madciraif; Jloig de coiiitli uctioH): Central America. .51.221 ' 08,8.53 ' 208,082 .394,453 Mexico. 1U7,7.59 1 139,910 1,338,655 : 1,060,020 Cuba. 11.5,1X9 226, ,570 986,032 1, .50ti, 907

200,923 420,765 1, .530,8.54 2,337,944 Brazil. w;,291 1 5,797 4.53.311 248,208 Chilj. 01,095 191,847 390,933

2,853 16,339 45 loi 607

Other South America. yy,iHi 1 .59,543 i 3,5i; 920 455,239 Furniture (.VueWe*; MubiUa; Mt iiblig):

Central .Vmeriea. ' 1.5, .514 18,978 101,303 201,174 Mexico. 41,098 tlO, 740 397,7,58 i 49.5,799 Cuba. 38.242 68,510 348,9fi4 1 .51.5,717 Argentine Republic. 12,781 24,381 117,465 1 224,018 Brazil. 1.913 2,464 19,127 1 31,.5ti0 Chile. 90 2,118 17,4,33 , 48,283

3,372 432

1 1,344 ! 460

31,317 12,674

14, 620 ! 27,333 Venezuela.

Other South America. 2,839 14,230 44,404 .57,430

CONSULAR TRADE REPORTS.

The followintr reports are funiishetl the loternational Bureau of

the American Republie.s t>y the various Latin-American consular offi¬ cers at the ports mentioned:

The following tables show the exports from New York and San

Francisco to Bolivia in January and February, IDOt!.

FROM NEW YORK.

Month. j Via— 1 1‘ackages. Value.

Jannarv.. Antofagasta. 1,652 824,387.15 Mollendo. 715 1 16,468.35 Rosario. 192 1 .5,7.50.00 Para. 139 ' 1,291.00 .\rica. 2 140.00

Total. 2,700 48,036. .50

Mollendo. '510 4!863' 35 .\rica. 167 1,123.45

Rosario. 73 2,1.5,5.00 Montevideo. 12 422.90

Total. t

' 2,695 1

26,610.40

FROM S.VX FRANCISCO.

Janmrrv.^ Antofagasta.! Mollendo. !

Total.

February. Mqllendo. 1

19,154 2, 514

86, .519.18 5,519.05

21,668 12,038.23

1 17,669 ,530 113

217710.29 890.00 684.00

1 Total. 1 18,312 23,290.29

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re(;ai>iti’i.atiox.

Month. ! From— j Packages.' Value.

Jantiiiry mid Fe»>- | niary. j

5,39.0 1 874,645.90 39,980 1 35,328. .52

45,375 1 109,975.42 i

Tlio Mexican Consul at Philadelphia advises that the shipments from said port to Veracruz and Tampico during the month of Feb¬ ruary, lh06, consisted of cargoes of coal, petroleum, and sundry merchandise, aggregating an invoice value of §95,906.82.

The Consul-General of Mexico at Now York reports that during the month of February, 1906, 12 vessels proceeding from Mexican ports entered the harbor of New York City, bringing 72,181 packages of merchandise. During the same month the vessels clearing from the port of New York numl)ered 11, carrying 235,849 packages of mer¬ chandise consigned to Mexican ports. The imports in debiil from ^Mexico to New York in February, 1906, wore as follows:

Article. Otiaiitity. .\rtiele. Unantitjr.

Henequen. ..bales.. 20,799 Metals. 1,813 (’ofTpli. ..sacks.. 6,957 Ores. 3,900 Hides. ..balea.. 5,067 isarsaparilla. ..imckages.. 113 1)0. ..loo.“e.. 2,?^r»o ' Vanilla. .bo.xes.. 44

Ixtle. ..balea.. 3,;432 Alligator skins_. 9 (ioatskins. ...do.... 1,351 Heron plumes. 2 Heerskias. ...do.... 409 Bones. . .packages.. 151 Rubber. ...do_ 439 Honey. _barrels.. 702 Leaf tobacco. ...do_ 296 Ceslar. 101 Cigars. ..boxes.. 44 Mahogany. .do_ 276 .Sugar. ..sack.s.. 400 •Inlap. 71 Broom root. ..bales.. 120 Copper. .bars.. 3,402 Cbicle. ...do_ 3,017 Oranges. .boxes.. 20 Hair. ...do.... 47 Chile. .sticks.. 4a5 Lead bullion. ...bars.. 15, ,594 Mexican dollars. .bo.xes.. 435

The Consul-General of Mexico at San Francisco, California, advises that the imports of iSIexican products through the port of San Fran¬ cisco during the month of March, 1906, aggregated an invoice value of $423,690, made up of the following articles:

Silver ores. $109,620

GoM ballion. 88,407

Silver hullion. 170, 362

Suiulry inereluuKlise. 55,201

Total. 423,590

The exports from San Francisco to Mexico during the same period amounted to $133,551, of which sum $3,952 was the value of foreign merchandise reexported. The exports of Mexican pesos to Hongkong during the month of March, 1906, numl)ered 2,630.

The Consul-General of Nicaragua at San Francisco, California, announces that the exports from the port of San Francisco to the

1142 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Nicaraguan ports of Corinto and San Juan del Sur during the montlis of Fehruary and March, 1900, aggregated ^74,800.20, as shown in the following tables:

FKBliUAKV.

Articles.

Corinto. Sail Juan ilel Sur.

Kilos. Value. Kilos. Value.

Groceries. 6,038 •->06,348 69,468

561 496

54 24,137

7,323

J774.20 10,403.21 3,499.18 1,814.90

260.00 62.00

2,510.98 4a5.00

2,173 S382.00 11,884 920.70

Oils.

.

Miscclluncous.

Total. 314,42.5 19,729.47 17,057 1,302.70

MAKCH.

Groceries. 65,819 194,639 304,021

7,:i68 17,798

748

287 K59

9,059 44,977 20,068i

8.8,287.27 12, ,584.41 16,021.50

638.55 3,975.45

1,577 8180.00

Flour. BecT.

23, ,5.52 1,397. 31

Silks. 2,341.97 .50.55

168.78 9.50.69

4,873.80 2,363. 72

Machinery. LumlK*r. Tallow.

Total... (•Si5,643 52,2.56. 72 24,829 1,577.31

The Consul-(7eneral of Venezuela at New York has made the follow¬ ing compai’ative summary of the exports of merchandise from New York to Venezuela during the months of August, 1904 and 1905:

'

Port.

August, 1901. August, 190.5.

Kilos. 1 Value in bolivars.

Kilos. Value in bolivars.

1,941,996.30 ! 382,866.70 1 421,480.39 24,010.00

100, .566.00 18,206.00

307,460.75

66)0,8,37.90 231,652.05 234,740.45

8, .510.00 41,75.5.85 5,670.00

134,575.00

1,494,052 362,809 351,8.56

6,398 137, .518 .52,802

146,6)06 12,865

6)37,871.05 1.51,18.5.10 204,019.75

3,6)20. 00 .54,248. 80 20,816.05 94,766.38 7,395. tK)

Total. ' 3,2.59,610.14 1

1,317,741.25 1

: 2,r»ti4,90ti i ; 1

1,173,923.33

FOREIGN COMMERCE, FEBRUARY, 1906.

A statement issued bj' the Department of Commerce and Labor of the United States, through its Bureau of Statistic.s, show's a growth in exports of ^190,000,000, for the eight months’ period (ending Febru- aiy, 190(3), of the fiscal year 1905-6, manufactures being $45,000,000 in excess and agricultural products $133,000,000 in excess of the total for the corresponding period of last 3'ear. The large increase in exports of agricultural products occurs chieflj' in wheat, wheat flour, corn, oats, and provisions.

UNITED STATES. 1143

Of wheat and wheat flour, the exports in the eij^ht months ending with February, IflOfl, were in round terms $04,000,000 in value against $30,000,<X»0 in the corresponding months of the preceding year. The exports of corn during the eight months were nearly $20,000,000 in excess of those of the same months of last year, while oats showed an increase of over $10,000,000 and provisions an increase of $33,000,000 over same exports last year.

Exports in each of the great groups—products of agriculture, manu¬ factures, the mines, the forests, the tishcries, and miscellaneous arti¬ cles—show an increase over the exports of the same months of last year. The import flgures for the eight months ending with Februar}', 1000, arc $71,000,000 greater than those of the corresponding period last 3’ear.

On the import side all groups show an increase except articles of food, which in the eight months ending wdth Februaiw, 1000, amounted to but $171,0OO,0(;0 against $184,000,000 in tlie corresponding months of last year, tlie decrease occurring chiefl}' in coffee, tea, and sugar. Coffee shows a fall of ncarlj" $12,(M)O,000; sugar, $5,000,000, and tea about $2,000,000, the decrease in these three items being nearly $20,000,000, while in other articles of this class the increase is suffi¬ cient to make the net reduction in the entire group about $13,000,000.

The most remarkable increase in the imports occurs in manu¬ facturers' materials. The class “articles iji a crude condition which enter into the various processes of domestic industrv" shows for the eight months ending Avith Februar}', 19(»0, a total of $264,000,000, against $243,000,00(> in the same months of last year; wdiile the class “articles wholly' or partial!}’ manufactured for use as materials in the manufactures and mechanic arts ” shows a total of $112,000,000, against $02,000,000 in the same months of last year.

'I'hus manufacturers’ materials show a total gain of over $40,000,000 in the eight months ending with February, 1006, compared with the corresponding months of the preceding year, and seem likely to make by far the largest total of such imports in the record of our foreign commerce. The increase in the partially manufactured materials occurs chiefly in tin, copper, iron and steel, and chemicals. The increase in raw materials occurs chiefly in flbers, hides and skins, leaf to))acco, and raw silk.

The increase in exports of manufactures, aggregating $45,000,000, occurs chiefly in cotton goods, which show an increase of about $8,000,000; iron and steel manufactures, an increase of $16,000,000; cars and carriages, an increase of $5,000,000, and manufactures of wood, mineral oils, and leather and manufactures thereof, each show an increase of about $2,000,000, as compared with the same months of last year.

1144 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

COFFEE MOVEMENT, FEBRUARY, 1906.

The Februaiy cotfee deliveries in the United States consisted of 468,836 )>ags of Brazilian coffee and 120,144 bags of all other kinds. Brazil supplied about SO per cent of the total.

The total deliveries of coffee for the fii’st eight months of the trade j'ear 1005 exceeded the same time in the previous year by 183,675 bags, l)ut the}' were 318,745 bags behind the record for 1003-4.

The world's visible supply ^larch 1, 1006, was 11,324,581 bags, against 12,647,505 bags January 1, 1006, and 13,271,745 bags March 1, 1005.

Kecoiptsat Kio in February, 1006, were 80,OO0 bags, against 167,000 the same month in 1005; at Santos, 227,000 bags, against 268,000 bags February, 1005. Total receipts at Rio and Santos for the first eight months of the trade year 1005-6 were 8,525,000 bags, against 8,750,000 bags in 1004-5, 0,060,000 bags in 1003—4, 0,604,000 bags in 1002-3, and 12,355,000 bags in 1001-2.

During the previous first eight months of the trade 3'car to 1*006 an average of 84^ per cent of the total crop has been received, on which basis for the present year we may look for tobil receipts to Jul}' 1, 1006, of 10,100,(X)0 bags, which, added to mild crops of 4,500,000 to 5,000,000 bags, gives total supply of 14,600,000 to 15,0(K),000 bags, against annual recpiirements of 16,500,000 to 16,750,000 bags. The visible supply is the bulwark against any big advance until there-is a greater deficiency in yield than is now in sight.

Durijig February the sales on the Coffee Exchange w'ere 2,220,750 bags, against 1,423,750 bags in Januar}’; for seven months, 13,647,750 bags; for the year 1905 total sjiles were 21,242,260 l)ags, against 25,487,50() bags in 1904.

SISAL GRASS IN THE TWINE MARKET.

A fiber producer, in connection with Inndcr twine, necessaril}’ refers chiefly to the grower of sisal grass, for of this fiber the great bulk of binder twine is made. There was a time Avhen Manila hemp was used more extensively than sisal grass in the manufacture of harvest twine, but during the past fifteen years the use of sisal grass has constantly increased and Manila hemp decreased, until now, according to esti¬ mates, *90 ix?r cent of the twine product is made of sisal grass. For the binder twine used in the harvest of 1905, United States farmers paid approximate!}' $24,000,000.

The quantities and values of sisjil and Manila fibt*r imported from Mexico and the Philippine Islands, respectively, into the United States in the years 1904 and 1*905 were as follows: 101,163 tons of sisal grass, with a total value of $15,094,473, were importI'd in 1904, and 99,587 tons, valued at $15,678,*J35, in 1*905; and 48,679 tons of Manila hemp,

UNITED STATES. 1145

Avith a valuation of $9,397,137, were imported in 1904, and 09,280 tons, to the value of $13,274,070, in 19(>5.

A tabulation of the statistics on flax, hemp, and jute products in the Ibiited States for the year 1904, according to a statement of the Dix’cctor of the Census, shows that there has been an increase of $10,000,000 in the value of the. output since 1900. The principal prod¬ ucts of the industry are cordage and twine, $48,<>00,000; jute and jute goods, $9,000,000, and linen goods, $0,000,000. i

According to the ‘“Mindanao Herald,’’ the United States Bureau of Agriculture is making an effort to encourage the growing of maguey, or sisal hemp, in the Philippine Islands. This is perhaps the most extensiveh’ used cordage fflier in the world, Yucatan alone being credited with growing some $20,000,000 worth annually. On the markets of the Avorld, Philippine maguey is called Manila aloe tiber, but the plant is not an aloe at all. It classes with aloe fiber because of poor methods of cleaning and preparing for market. It has been determined defi- nitel}’ that the maguey of the Philippines is really the true Yucatan fiber plant and will turn out a fiber in every respect equal to the Yucatan fiber so largely used in the world’s industries. The Bureau of Agriculture last A’^ear distributed 50,0<X) plants from Hawaii of the subvariety coming from the Bahama Islands that has no spines on the edges of the leaA'es. Lately a machine has been received from Mexico for cleaning the leaA’es, and some excellent specimens of the cleaned filjer have been foi’Avarded to Nexv York and London for the quotations as to market values. There is little doubt that the fiber will ha\ e the same market value as Yucatan, Bahama, or Hawaii filxer.

There Avas a time Avhen the price of sisal fiber Avas regulated bj’ the price of manila hemp. A certain difference A\'as maintained, the price of sisal grass being from 25 to 30 jxer cent lower than the price of the grade of manila hemp on Avhich the market prices Avere based. As the denumd for sisal grass increased the sisal-grass groAvers evinced less disposition to recognize the influence of manila hemp. They had every evidence that the farmers of the I’nited States and Canada were gradually forcing the tAvine manufacturers to produce more sisal grass and less manila twine. Sisxil grass seemed destined to ))e<*ome a more important commodity than manila hemp.

Although the demand for sisal grass had been steadily increasing for several 3’ears prior to the war with Sixain, no disposition to “squeeze” the consumer Avas shoAvn until after that ev’ent. Prices had been verj’ low—too Ioav to afford the planters a reasonable profit. Several advances had taken place, and the price had jnstal)out reached a figure that had fi-equentl}’ been declared to be profitable. The Avar with Spain threatened the supph’ of manila hemp. Prices advanced rap- idlv, sisal grass folloAving. From 3^ cents sisal grass jumixed to 10 cents. The fact that no abatement of the demand followed was doubt-

1146 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

less a revelation to the sisal-grass growers and suggested attractive possibilities. How the}' improved their opportunity is told b}' the following table, showing the course of prices since 189T:

Sixdl fiber priccK, 18!i7-190o.

Year. Low 1 price.

Hish price. I

Average price.

1897. O ntti.

2f

j 1 Cents.

31 Cents.

1H9H.

54

10 1899. 9i n

n 7

1900. n 9 1901. 51

1902. Hi lOi 7J 71

1903. <>£ 9 l90-\. 7 Hi

8 1905. Vi

The table shows how since the war with Spain the sisal-grass grow¬ ers have obtainetl prices loO per cent or more higher than before that event.

In 19u2, the sisal-grass growers, not satisfied with the millions of dollars of excessive profit already obtained, advanced the price until the maximum figure exceeded the highest point touched during the excitement attending the war referred to and the cessation of manila- hemp traffic. At this point the manufacturers revolted. Efforts were made to increase the sales of manila hemp and mixtures of sisal grass and New' Zealand fiber. American hemp and jute were also draw'll on for the purpose of decreasing the demand for sisal grass. The sisal-grass grow'ers, fearing they had carried the game too far, allowed the price to settle back to a position where the attacks of soft fibers could he successfullv resisted, as they had prior to 1902. Hence, for the past three years there has been less fluctuation, but the aver¬ age, though lower than it was in 1902, is still double the antebellum figure.

During the past year the larger fiber growers formed an association with the object of controlling prices more efi'ectualh' than ever before. On account of the small area of the sisal-grass grow ing territory and the fact that most of the planters operate on a small scale the associa¬ tion will, without doubt, be able to accomplish its purpose as long as the present enormous demand for sisal grass continues.

Sisal twine is’popular l)ecause it works satisfactorily in old as well as new' knotters and is sold at a low'er price per pound than manila hemp. Not infrequently it has been dearer than manila hemp because of its shorter length per pound, a fact strangely overlooked by main^ users. It is to be doubted that an increase in the use of manila hemp would low'er the average of twine prices, since such increase w'ould strengthen the manila-hemp market. It is barely possible that the price of sisal fiber could be forced down by the process; but the real

UNITED bTATKS. 1147

need is a fiber from which twine of length and strength and working f|iialities ecjual to sisal grass can be made and sold at a lower i)riee than sisal twine.

As substitutes for sisiil and manila twines, American hemp and jute have been successful. These have sold to some extent intermittent!}' for twenty 3'ears, but neither has given satisfaction ecpuil to that derived from the use of sisal grass, and the difference in prices has rarely been sutticient to offset the difference in the (pialit}' of the twines as viewed l)y the farmei’.

Other suf)stitutes have been tried and failed. One of these was paper twine, with which the Deering Harvester Compaiu' experi¬ mented extensively some years ago. No evener or better looking twine than this was ever produced, but because of its smooth surface it slipped in the knotter. Dry weather affected its strength, causing a Inattleness that rendered it worthless. Kxpert chemists tried in vain to overcome the difficulty. Glycerine was apparentl}^ the onl}' substance that would preserve the softness and strength, but it made the twine still more slippery and very attractive to insects. A for¬ tune was spent in these experiments.

A nioi'e recent attempt to produce a substitute was the manufacture of twine from wire grass which grows in the marshes of ^Minnesota and Wisconsin. This twine was twice as lai’ge as sisal, necessitating a special knotter and twine box. Binder manufacturers had no faith in it and declined to produce machines with the required special parts. A company was organized to manufacture a suitable machine, but the enterprise was not successful. The grass-twine industry gave no promise of large development because of the limited supply of raw material. Moreover, it is only a (piestion of time until tlie supply of grass, which never exceeded 12,000 tons per annum, will be diinin- ished by the reclamation of marshes in which the grass grows. Dry weather also made this twine too brittle for the work required of it. If kept damp it worked well.

Extensive experiments have demonstrated beyond question that twine which meets all the requirements can be made from American flax. There is nothing to be said in favor of sisal twine that can not be truly said of flax twine. On the other hand, flax twine has some superior (pialities, but, what is more to the point, the extensive manu¬ facture of flax twine will not only make the American farmer the pro¬ ducer of his own binder-twine material, but give him a market for a straw that has hitherto gone to waste.

From the farmer's point of view the greatest importance attaches to the sevei’al projected flax-twine enterprises, one of which has already passed from the projective state into an actuality—a plant where sev¬ eral thousand tons of flax twine will be produced for the harvest of 1906.

1148 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

FINANCIAL STATEMENT, MARCH, 1906.

The monthly statement of United States Government receipts and expenditures shows that for the month of March, 1900, the total receipts were ^50,031,109 and the expenditures $45,709,009, leaving a surplus of $4,861,500.

The receipts from the several sources are given as follows: Cus¬ toms, $27,147,550; increase, $3,144,000. Internal revenue, $20,477,08'9; increase, nearly $1,0(10,000. Miscellaneous, $3,005,923; increase, $242,000.

The expenditures on account of the \Var Department show a decrease of $1,291,000 and on account of the Navy Department an increase of $888,000. Public works show an increase of nearly $3,000,000, large!}' on account of the Panama Canal, For the nine months of the present liscal year the receipts exceed the expenditures by about $6,000,000.

PHILIPPINE COMMERCE IN 1905.

Philippine connnerce with the United States in the calendar year 1905 was:

1905. linToase ovi r 1901.

$1"), 567. (KX) $5, :^I2, (XX) 5,739,000 699,000

Free, trade l>etween the Philippines and the United States woidd increase those totals largely, to our mutual benefit.

Philippine commerce with all the world in the fiscal year ended June 30, 1905, exclusive of gold and silver and Government supplies, was:

Exports. ?32,352,615

Imports. 30, 876,350

Total. 63,228,965

Compared with 1904 the ex]X)rts show* an increase of $2,101,988 and the imports a decrease of $2,344,411, a total difi'erence in favor of the islands of $4,446,399.

Philippine exports in the liscal year 1905 consisted of:

Exported. Taken by

United States.

822, Ufi,2n 4,977,026 1,999,19;?

812,9.54,515 2,61«. 4.S7

6,820 ToLhcco.

unh’kd states, 1149

Philippine customs collections in the fiscal year 15*05 were:

IiDjiort duties. $(>, 431

Export duties. 1,3(X), (iGti

Total. 7, yOo, {*97

Ih’ world divisions Philippine commerce for the fiscal year 11*05 was:

Kxiiorts. Imports.

*.), T82,9S2 10,521,282 13,202,879

l,3tV>,C62 3, 540

12,710

North -Imorica. 81.5,098,730 Kiiropo. 11,.584,351 Asia. 4,.58.5,409

Oceania. 449,233 Africa.I 22,120, South -Vnicrica.|.i

(ireat Britain took $8,25*1,000 of the exports and supplied $4,848,000 of the import.s, followed by Ilonjrkong with $2,355),(*0<* and $2,102,<*00, resjiectively. The next best foreign customers of the islands were, in the order named. France, Spain, China, British East Indies, flapan, and Australasia.

Of all this commerce American ve.ssels carried only $3,154,<*tK* of the imports and $3.<50*3,000 of the exports, in all only $<5.7G<*,<>(*(* of the $63,228,0**0, or only a trifle more than 1<* per cent,

EXPORT OF RUBBER GOODS, SECOND HALF YEAR 1905.

The exports of manufactures of india-rublier and gutta-percha goods of the United States during the second half year (July-December), 1905, amounted to $648,498 w'orth of belting, packing, and lio.se; $1,043,180 of boots and shoes, and all other rubber goods to the value of $1,398,042, making a total of $3,089,720 worth of rubber goods exported from the United States during the period mentioned,

EXPORTS OF COPPER IN 1906.

Exports of copper from the United States during the year 1905 amounted to 235*,0<)3 tons, compared with 247,735 in 1904 and 168,767 in 15*03. The following table .shows the figures month by month:

199.5. I'KU. 1993.

19,094 29,085 I 11,141 17, ,508 17,073 16,108 21,073 , 22,8.52 20,097 22,261 ! 13,983 16,424 2:4,7.58 I 14,772 16,283 22,096 ' 16,279 14,027 17,213 19,490 11.733 22,092 24,906 12,429 17,7.80 20,509 13,183 17,784 20, .58.5 12, .515 13,195 22,294 10,915 17,358 ’ 19,087 10,032

Januar.v .. FeOruur.v. March. April. May. Jiiiie. July. AiigU'^t ... September October... November December

Total 239,063 247,735 168,767

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EXPORTS OF SEWING MACHINES, 1905.

The exports of sewing machines from the United States to the various Latin American countries during the year 1905 were as follows:

Mexico. $586, i)07 Central America. 98,586 Cuba. 370, ;156 Dominican Republic ami other West Indies. 49, 007 Argentine Republic. 657, 705 Brazil. 174, 875 Colombia. 59,093 Other South America. 347,222

IMPORTATION OF ZINC.

During the year 1905, owing to the exceedingly heavA" demand for zinc in the United States, which forced the price of ore to an unpre¬ cedented tigure, large amounts of zinc ore and zinc in its various com¬ binations were shipped from Mexican mines, and as a result the mining of zinc was encouraged in Mexico. Many mines which had not pre¬ viously been operated were opened up and placed on heavy producing footings.

The recent action of the Treasury Department of the United States in raising the customs duty on zinc ores imported from Mexico and Canada has resulted in a formal protest being tiled with the Board of United Sbites General Appraisers, which will ultimately, it is believed, have the effect of bringing the matter into the Federal courts.

TOBACCO STATISTICS.

The following table, issued by the Bureau of Statistics of the Depart¬ ment of Agriculture of the United States, shows the (piantity, value, and average value per pound of the importations of tobacco during the fiscal year ending June 3o, 1905:

Countries of oriKin. j Quantity. Value. Average per pound.

L<nf for irropitcrs.

Netherlands. . Canada.

Germany. I’nited Kingdom. Turkey, Knn>ix‘an. Mexico. Other countries.

PoidkIs. «, ~M. Nil

U5, P<J.S 43,166 87,8.Vi 61,870 2,297 2,272 2,178

8.5,023,434 113,382

78, ia5 35,372 8,986 7,9-11 1,897

835

Cents. 74.3 73.1

181.1 40.3 14.5

345. 7 83.5 38.3

Total. 7,109,59.1 1 5,270,032 74.1

UNITED STATES. 1151

Countries of oriKin. Quantity. Value. Average

per pound.

AU other. Poll mlg. 21,430,2S3 l,fi76,.S49 1,18S,910

776.917 70ti,]15 113, f).34 la'), 3.0) 69,317 4.6,362 61,378 36,910 14,031 4,672

SIO,747,778 758, (i02 ,544,396 277,964 276,752

Cents. 50.2 48.1 45.8 35.8 39.2

61! 092 53.8 32,997 31.3 28,425 11,577 10,673 4,946 2,787 2,0,52

41.0 25.5 17.4 13.4 19.9 43.9

I'WkI 16.2 lO; 247 2,243 9,048

16,477

l! 171 14.3 1,402 62.5 l^lOO 12.2 2,777 16.9

Total. 26,178,783 12,7(>8,645 48.8

I’he larjre amount of tobacco consigned from the Netherlands i.s of course not raised in that country, but is grown in the Dutch Indies, principally in Sumatra. Much of the other imported tobacco is not consigned directly from the oi-igin, as, for instance, the tobacco from Egypt, Hongkong, the United Kingdom, and Germany. It is required by law that the v'aluation of imported tobacco shall be the actual mar¬ ket value of wholesale price of the tobacco as bought and sold in usual wholesale quantities at the time of exportation to the United States in the principal markets of the country whence exported, including the costs of placing the tobacco in condition ready for shipment to the United States.

It will be seen from the foregoing tables that the tobacco wrappers of the higher values come from Cuba, with a subordinate quantity from Turkey, and that those of higher values in the class of filler and other leaf tobacco come from Cuba, European Turkey, and British West Indies. The value per pound of tobacco received from Porto Rico during the fiscal year ending flune 30, 1904, was $0,193; the Philipinnes, during 1905, $0,329 for wrapper and $0,179 for filler, and the Netherlands (Sumatra tobacco), during 1905, W'as $0,743 for wrapper and $0,143 for filler. It has been ascertained that when the highest wholesale price of Sumatra wrapper tobacco was about $4.50 per pound in New York, including duty, the price for the similar .sort of Cuban tobacco was $8.

This report of the Agricultural Department concludes with the statement that the highest grade of imjMjrted (kiban cigars has a wholesale price in this country of $900 per thousand, or at the rate of 90 cents apiece, wholesale. This includes the duty and whatever goes to the importer and wholesaler.

COTTON CROP OF 1906.

A bulletin issued by the Census Bureau of the United States shows the cotton crop for 1905, including linters and counting round bales

1152 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

as half bales, to be 10,697,013, compared with 13,697,310 for 1901, and 10,051,721 for 1903. The average gross weight of the bales this season is shown to have been 503.8 pounds, and the equivalent 500- pound bales to have been 10,777,510. The items entering into the total for the crop of 1905 arc 10,214,059 square bales, 279,836 round bales, 112,539 Sea Island bales, and 230,497 linters. The number of bales estimated b}’ the ginners as remaining to be ginned and included in the report is 40,112.

URUGUAY. CONVERSION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT.

The following is the substance of the decree for the conversion or redemption of the 6 per cent debts of Uruguay in conformit}' with the law as amended b}' the Congress of the Republic and signed by Presi¬ dent Ordonez IIatlle:

Article 1: The 6 per cent public debt shall be withdrawn from cir¬ culation by conversion into 5 per cent bonds or by redemption in cash, in conformity with article 1 of the act of Januaiy 23, 1906, namely, the extraordinaiy loan, second, third, and fourth series, the treasury certiticates debt, and the Montevideo port obligations.

Article 2: Holders of these debts who desire their bonds to be redeemed in cash must deposit them in the Office of Public Credit, receiving in exchange a certificate or receipt for the nominal value of the bonds deposited.

Article 3: These certificates shall be connterfoiled and numbered, andshall be signed by the Minister of Finance, the National Accountant- General, and the Director of the Office of Public Credit.

Article 4: For the application for payment in cash, the Office of Public Credit shall supply applicants with printed forms on which shall be stated the name of the debt, number, value, and series of the bonds, and their total value. These forms shall be filled in I)}" the appli¬ cant on depositing the Ixinds, and shall be retained by the Office of Public Credit without being canceled until pai^ment of the certificates representing the said bonds.

Article 5: From the 13th to the 20th of the current month is fixed as an improrogueable term for application for redemption in cash.

Article 6: liondholders who do not apply for cash redemption within the above term will be regarded as accepting the conversion of their bonds into bonds of the new' 5 per cent debt under the conditions of clause A of the act of danuaiy 23.

Article 7: Pa3'ment in cash of the certificates issued will be effected on the following dates: April 11, April 28, and Ma\' 14. At the same time there will be paid the interest of 6 per cent accrued until the date of the call to pa^Tuent of the said certificates, the Executive reserving

URUGUAY. 1153

the right to anticipate these payments. The interests of the debts, the eoupons of which mature previous to these dates, will be paid when falling due, the payment being noted on the certificates.

Article 8: Interest on the 6 per cent bonds not presented for cash redemption will cease as from Februar}' 1.

The conversion of these bonds will be etfected, their holders receiv¬ ing as follows:

{a) A cash bonus of 3 per cent on the nominal value of the bonds converted.

(/>) The interest at 0 per cent accruing until January 31. (c) Bonds of the new 5 per cent conversion loan at their face value

and with interest, as from February 1. Article 9: The said bonus of 3 percent and the interests to .lanuary

31 will be paid on xVIarch 1. On making the payment the Office of Public Credit shall stamp the bonds whose holders have not applied for redemption with a special indorsement as proof of their having accepted conversion, receiving the 3 per cent bonus and interests to Januar}' 31.

Article 10: Bonds presented for conversion or canceling should bear all the coupons not matured. Those missing will la? deducted from the amount of conversion or redemption. .

Article 11: In accordance with article 11 of the act of January 23, the Executive shall duly determine, should it prove necessary, the del)ts redemption of wffiich is obligator}'.

Article 12: The exchange of the (> per cent bonds for the provisional bonds of the 5 per cent conversion loan and of the latter for the defi¬ nite bonds shall take place on dates to be fixed by the Executive.

Article 13: The service of interests of the 5 per cent conversion loan shall be etfected (juarterly, abroad b}' the Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas, and in Montevideo by the Office of Public Credit, on 1st of Jan¬ uary, April, July, and October of each year, and the amortization shall be half-yearly, taking place on the 1st of January and JuU'.

Article 14: The bonds of the conversion loan shall l)e of the value of $93.25 (500 francs), $460.25 (2,.500 francs), and $932.50 (5,000 francs).

Article 15: The Office of Public Credit is hereby authorized to print fractional bonds in order to pay the ditferences arising betw'een the value of the new and the old bonds. The.se shall liear 5 per cent inter¬ est, which w'ill be paid Avhen they are presented in sufficient quantity to make up the value of a complete bond.

Article 16: The same office is also authorized to ju-intthe certificates referred to in articles 2 and 3.

Article 17: The exchange of war indemnit}' credit certificates shall be regulated in due opportunity, w'hen will be fixed the date for the payment of interest and of the corresponding cash bonus; that is to say, taking for the certificates recognized previous to the first fortnight

1154 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

following the issue of the conversion loan the ditference between the nominal value of the bonds and their average quotation on the Paris Bourse during that fortnight, and for those recognized subsequent to the date, the average (flotation during the fortnight previous to the date of their recognition, the difference in no case exceeding 3 per cent. In both cases the ([notations on the Montevideo Stock Exchange shall avail as soon as the conversion loan is quoted officially on the same.

TRADE CONDITIONS.

The surplus products which Uruguay has for export are pastoral products, hides, wool, jerked beef, meat extract, and meat. These articles form more than ffO per cent of the total exports of the country, and the output has shown a moderate increase in the last twelve 3’ears. From 185U to 1897 the total exports averaged ^•29,482,500 a ycav, and from 1898 to 1904 thej' were ^33,338,700 a year. During the same period the imports increased in aboutequal proportion, from $21,611,900 to $23,992,200 a year.

Among the chief soui’ces of supph' of these imports the United States holds the fourth place, being surpassed bv England, Germany, and France. The increase in United States brade with Uruguay* dur¬ ing the last few vears, however, has been fairl}’^ satisfaetoiy, and the indications are that that countiy ma}' soon pass France in the race and take third place. In 1903 England sent to Uruguaj’ goods valued at $7,400,000, German}’ .sent goods worth $2,895,000; France, $2,115,000, and the United States, $1,-500,000. The percentages of increase were: Germany, 42.6 per cent; United States, 31.6; England, 17.4, and France, 3.7. These Hgures show that the trade of the United States is increasing far more rapidly than that of any nation e.xcept Germany and that it is well on the road to recover a position which will make the German traders look to their laurels.

The increa.se in German exports has been mainly in textiles, iron and steel, jewelry, and certain foodstuffs and beverages; tliat of Eng¬ land in the single item of coal, though sales of iron and steel have al.so advanced considerably, while the American trade which shows the greatest development was in iron and steel, agricultural implements and machinery, wood and cordage and twines. Of the foodstuffs, the United States furnishes practically none. These articles come mainly from the L.itin countries of southern Europe. In leather manufac¬ tures, also, American sales are relatively small. The principal item is l)oots and shoes.

There are indications that the example of the Argentine Republic will be followed in Uruguay in the introduction of modern machine methods and the manufacture of boots and shoes at home. If this is done it is difficult to see how the market for the American article can

i

VKNEZUELA. 1155>

be maintained, but the machiner}', if introduced, will undoubted!}’ be of American make, so that what is lost in the boot and shoe market will probably be more than regained by the trade in machineiy.

In the export of iron and steel to Uruguay the United States really holds third place, being surpassed only by England and Germany. This American trade shows an increase far more rajiid than that of either of the other countries, and the outlook is decidedly favorable for the future. The principal item in the American trade in iron and steel is machiner}', which is about two-thirds of the total, and in these goods United States trade has shown a marked advance, while that of both England and Germany has decreased. I'he chief rival in these items is England, but while her sales have declined nearly Co per cent those of the United States have increased 38 per cent. A similar development is shown in sewing machines, the next largest item of machinery. American sales hav’e increased 75 per cent while those of Germany have fallen off nearly 35 per cent.

These facts and tiguros emphasize the point that the immediate future of American trade in Uruguay will depend primarily on the cultivation of the market for iron and steel goods. The present growth indicates that United States goods are becoming known; that their excellence is recognized, and that their prices are sufficiently low to meet stiff competition. But the trade is, in a peculiar sense, one that can grow healthily only as the result of distinct effort to introduce the American goods. In the Argentine Republic there is a rapidly growiiig demand for import goods, but in Uruguay there is a comparatively stationary market, already supplied almost up to the limit of its capacit}’. Among the difficulties which obstruct American trade are the obstacles which prevent vessels from obtaining a return cargo after delivering American goods, the natural tendency of the people to turn toward Europe rather than toward the United States, and the absence of American resident Hrnis whose prime interest it is to push the sale of American merchandise.

VENEZUELA.

COMMERCE OF PUERTO CABELLO.

According to information furnished by United States Vice-Consul Veruelst, of Puerto Cabello, the total value of imports at that port, for the six months ended December 31, 1905, amounted to ^027,000.. The United States furnished of this ^167,000, against $190,000 for the .same period in 1904. England furnished the largest amount of imports, or $187,000 in value, while Germany’s sales were $134,000 in this last half of 1905.

The exports to the United States amounted to $230,000 for the six months ended December 31, 1905, an increase over the same period of^

£ull. No. 4—06 ■ ~ 19 ,

1150 INTERNATIONAL RUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REl'UBLICS.

lOOl of §;L3,000. During the !?aine l‘J05 period 5(!,0()0 cattle were

exported to Cuba, weigliing 3S,322,000 pound-s and valued at ^778,000.

IMPORTS AT CIUDAD, BOLIVAR, JULY-DECEMBER, 1904.

The importation of merchandise of the llepublie of ^ enezuela

through the custom-house at Ciudad, Bolivar, during the last half of

the year 1004, amounted to 2,478,(13S.80 W/w/v.v. The countries of

origin and their respective valuations were as follows: Bolivarox.

(ierinany. 1,400, 220. 00 UniUnl Htates. 1,01.5, 229. 90

United Kingdom. 05,188.90

Total... 2,478,038.80

IMPORTS AT CARtlPANO, JULY-DECEMBER, 1904.

The itnjiorts of the Republic of Venezuela received at the port of

Cariipano during the second half of the lear 1904 amounted to

700,()8t>.00 bolivares. Their distribution according to the countries

of origin was as follows: Bolivnrcs.

Uennany. 110,510.45

Spain. 100, .330. 00

United States... 194,4.50.95

Franee. 175,832.25

Holland. 52,879.95

t'nited Kingdom. 120,047.00

Italy. 24, 030. 00

Total. 790,080.00

MARITIME MOVEMENT, 1905.

The arrivals and departures of ships of the various ports of the

Republic of Venezuela, during the first half of the year ll)U5, from

and to the dili'erent countries, were as follows:

Arrivals. Number of ships.

Departures. Number of ships.

Gormaiiv... 17 Germniiv. 29 Spain. Spain. 79

131 110 Hollaix) . 10 Holland. Kiigland. 17 KiiKland. n Italv . 97 Italv. 1S,3 Portuftal.. 10 SwiUerlaml. 1

C8 2 Jamaica. 62 Cuba.'.. 29

45 34 50 17

747 740 629 Trinidad. 641

73 30 219 200

39 115 12 1

101 199 110 116

22

Total. 2,601 Total . 2,516

GOLD PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD IN 1905, 1157

THE WORLD’S TRADE IN 1900. A compilation made l)y the British Board of Trade gives the fol¬

lowing ligiires as representing the commercial intei’course, in 1905, of the various countries of the world for which shitistics were obtainable.

in all cases except those of Sj)ain, the United StaU's, and British India, the imports are intended to repre.sent goods for home consump¬ tion only—that is, excluding reexports. In eveiy instance the exports are meant to represent articles of domestic produce. The Belgian and Spanish figures are for principal aidicles onl}':

IMPORTS.

Vnited Kingdom. British India. Canada. 1'niti‘d Stall’s. (iermany. Belgium. Franee. Switzerland. Spain. Italy. Austria-Hungary. F.gypt. Japan .

E.XPORTS

I’liited Kingdom. British India. Canada. I'nited States. Germany. Belgium. P'ranee. Switzerland. Spain.

Itaiy. Austria-Hungary.

Eirypt. Ja|>an.

1903.

£473,027,000 r>4,64li, 000 40,979,000

207,39.1,000 300,134,000 101,6S9,000 192,048,000

4t>, 349,000 33,971,000 74,478,000 78,’213,000 17,1,S9,000 i 32,3’22,000 1

1901.

£480,734,000 t>3, t)tl2,000 50,381,000

21,5,814,000 318,200,000 lot), 888, IKK) 180,093,000 48,320,000 33,307,000 70, .549,000 8.5,3'29,000 ‘21,09.5,000 37,853,000

1905.

£487,481,000 00,544,000 .53,?27,000

24.5,0.53,000 330, .500,000 115,410,000 180,9.55,000 .52,759,000 39,1.50,000 83,135,000 89,912,000 22,120,000 49,783,000

290, ,800,000 i 95,392,000 ' 43,.595,00(J ■

30:1,077,000 I •2.50,732,000 i

79,87.5,000 ! 170,090,000 ! 3.5,189,000 ! 3:1,437,000 00,698,000 88,741,0(W 20,049,000 i ‘29,193,000 ;

300,711,000 104,949,000 38,7.80,000

297,0‘2.8,000 201,132,000 82,960,000

178,0-38,000 35,2.53,000 33,683,000 63,889,000 .87,028,000 •21,353,000 32, ‘231,000

330,023,000 lOJ, 6.50,000 43,31‘2,000

333,213,000 ‘279,272,000 .87,455,000

190, .J69,000 38,31.5,000 8.5,107,000

68,295,000 90,337,000 ‘20,890,000 3‘2,49‘2,000

The foregoing figures show that, as an exporter, the United States takes fir.st rank in 1905.

GOLD PRODUCTION OE THE WORLD IN 1905.

The Director of the United States Mint gives the following figures as the gold production of the world for the past sixteen 3’ear8, the notable incroa.se in the supph* beginning in 1900:

IStW). $118,848,700 1899. $306,794,100

1891 . 130, 6.50,000 1900 . 2.54,576, 300

1892 . 146,651,500 1901. 260,992,900

1893 . 157,494,800 1902 296,048,800

1894 . 181,175,600 1903 325,527,200

1895 . 199,304,100 1904 347,150,700

1896 . 202,9.56,000 1905 (estimated). 375,000,000

1897 . 237,504,800 -

1898 . 286,879, 700 j Total. 3,827,291,200

1158 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Records of the output of gold, which have shown an increase in every year of the last fourteen, except when interrupted by the South African war, show that it has taken another leap in 1905, and the longest one of the period. At this writing it seems probable, says the authority quoted, basing the estimate upon the known production of the largest fields to November 1, that the year's yield will exceed that of 1904: ])y $30,000,000. This will carry the world’s production up to about $375,000,000.

South Africa and the I'nited States are the regions making the prin¬ cipal gains. The groat Transvaal fields, the most wonderful gold dis¬ trict ever discovered, has passed the highest record made before the war and seems ceidain to go over the $100,000,000 mark for the 3’ear. Its output for 1904 was $78,000,000.

The amount of gold produced bv the various countries of the world in 1905 is given in the following table:

North America: United States Mexico. Canada .

Africa. Australasia.

Country. Ounces, fine, j Value.

3,904,986 609,781 793,3,%

4,156,084 4,345,744

880,723,200 12.605.300 16,400,000 85,913,900 87.767.300

Kurope; Kussia.. Austria-Hungary. . (Jermany.'.. Sweden. Italy . Turkey.. Great Britain..

South .\merica: Argentine Republic. Bolivia. Chile. Colomida. Ecuador . Brazil. Venezuela. British Guiana. Dutch Guiana. French Guiana. Peru. Uruguay. Central America.

Asia: Japan. Chinn. Korea. Siam. India. British East Indies. Dutch East Indie.s.

Estimated amount produced in other countries

l,19t),8,57 102,4-23

:i, i;« 1, 945 2,128 1,400 4,9.52

446 147

30,812 95,513 6,430

98,854 14,512 77,828 23,277 86, .^,32 64,300

1,209 54,214

192,726 217,688 145,125

2,508 556,097 67,375 32,046

24,893,200 2,117,300

64,700 40,200 44,000 29,000

102,400

9,200 3,000

636.900 1,974,400

132.900 2,043,500

300,000 1,608,800

481,200 1.788.800 1,329,2(X)

2.5,000 1,120,700

8,984,000 4,500,000 3,000,000

.51,800 11,49.5, .500 1.392.800

662,500 27,849,300

Total 375,000,000

COPPER PRODUCTION, 1905. 1159

SILVER PRODUCTION OF THE WORLD IN 1905.

Following is the estimated production of silver in the v’arious coun¬ tries of the world during 1905:

North Americfl; I’liitod States. Mexico. Caiinda.

Africa. Australasia. EHroi)e:

Russia. Austria-Hiiiigary ... (tcriiiany. Norway. Sweden. Italy . Spain. (ireeco. Turkey. France. Great Britain.

South America; Argentine Republic. Bolivia. Chile. Colombia. Bern. Uruguay. Central America....

Asia: .lapan. Dutch East Indies .,

Total.

C< mntry. Ounces, line.

67,78fi, 100 60,808,978 3,718,668

186,408 14,558,892

172,912 1,987, 797 5, 799,133

260,210 23,702

757,777 4,876,076

895,172 .t64, 6,85 609,638 174,517

66,153 6,083,333

86)8,067 946.066

3,008,705 1,093

655,357

.3,208,620 175,479

168,493,5:18

Commercial value.

833,516,000 3.5,269,200 2,1.56,800

282,100 8,444,200

100,300 1,1,52,900 3,36.3, .500

1.50,900 13,800

439, .500 2,828,100

619.200 327, .500 a5.3,600 101.200

38,400 3, .528,300

.503, .500 518,700

1,745,100 600

380,100

1,861,000 101,800

97,726,300

COPPER PRODUCTION, 1905.

Tiie output of copper in 1905 was the greatest production in the history of the industry, and the increased demand proves that con¬ sumption has more than kept pace with production.

The following table indicates the actual production of the copper mines of the world for 1904 and the estimated figures for 1905, based on data obtained during the 3'ear:

Country.

United States. Mexico. Spain and Portugal Japan . Chile. Australia. Germany. Canada. Russia. Peru. Cape Colony. Norway.

loav 1904. Country. 1905. 1904.

Gross tons. Gross tons. Grosi* imifi. Gross tons. 421,060 362,739 ; Italy. 3,2.50 3,335 6.5,000 60,945 ; Newfoundland. 2,7.50 2,200 49, (XH) 47,035 Bolivia. 2,2.50 2,000 37, .500 34,8.50 Austria-Hungary. 1,.500 1,4.50 32, .500 30,110 Turkey . 1,2.50 950 30,000 28,6.57 ' Cuba. 990 490 21,000 21,045 : Great Britain. 500 600 21,000 19,183 Sweden. 500 390 10,000 10,000

10,700 9,000 i

Argentine Republic. 400 155

7. .500 6,750

7,775 1 5,415

Total. 723,560 648,924

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TRADE OPPORTUNITIES IN LATIN AMERICA.

The United States ininistcr to Chile, rejx)i ting on the Chilean expo¬ sition, states: “In looking through the different departments of this exjx>sition I was constant!}’ watching for American goods, American machinery, and American ideas, but you can imagine my disappoint¬ ment when 1 report that the only things anywhere to be seen that came from the United States were a small tiling cabinet from Roches¬ ter, N. Y., an American tyix'writer, and some school charts illustrat¬ ing American plants and lishes. An old-fashioned English portable engine, designed probably about a century since, furnished the power for all the machinery. There were German and French machines quite numerous, but nothing that was American. Even a separator at work cleaning wheat and dejwsiting the weeds, dirt, and wheat in different receptacles was made in France. Yet one of the exhibitors, a manu¬ facturer of ffour, told me that the Americans made the best machinery of that kind in the world. In fact, it seems that to a majority of the Chilean jwople the United States commercially is almost as far off and as little known as the planet Mars. They have heard of the country, and some of their people have even visited it and returned only to praise it in the highest terms; but to the great mass of Chileans it is an unknown land. It is umpiestionably true that of machinery and manufactured articles shown at this exposition the American duplicate is far the best, and if it were available and could be purchased when needed the people would use it. But the American article is not only not used, but it seems to be practically unknown. On the contrary, the English and German article, whether it is machinery or manu¬ factured goods, is not only always in evidence, but it is presented in the most plausible and forcible manner by skilled and shrew’d sales¬ men, thoroughly trained to the business, and as a consequence the American article is scarcely heard of.”

The “Consular Trade Report” for March 1-i, 1906, states that the conditions of population and the development of industries in Chile are such as to demand increasing purchases of iron and steel and their manufactures rather than of other classes of goods. The population is not growing rapidly, as in Argentina, for instance, and w’e can not, therefore, expect to .see any very great increase in the imports of those classes of goods with which the people are fed and clothed. Most of the necessary food stuffs can be, and to a considerable extent are, l)eing raised at home; and the purchases of clothing materials can not lie much increased beyond the present amount until there are more people to be clothed, except, of course, the increasing quantities of the more costly classes of clothing which are demanded through the increasing

TRADE OPPORTUNITIES IN LATIN AMERICA. 1161

wealth of the richer strata of society. The demand of the future will he for goods which arc to be used in the dev'elopnicnt of the national industries. The industries of the country are such as to require in¬ creasing (juantities of iron and steel goods, especially inachineiy. Chile is essentially a mining country; nearl}' 88 per cent of her exports to-da}' are of mineral products; nearly every imporhint mineral of commerce is to be found somewhere within her borders, and there are signs of increasing activitj^ in the extraction of eveiT one of them. iMining operations until recently have in the main been of the simplest kind, I’equiring relatively little modern machiner}’ and appliances; but a veiy noticeable change is going on; the richer and more acces¬ sible deposits have been parti}" worked out, and owners are learning the necessity of effecting economies by introducing new processes. I’liesc new processes must demand foreign purchases of machinery oi’ the materials from which machinery is made.

United Sbites Consul Martin, at Ciudad I’ortirio Diaz, states that of all manufactured imports coming into that district the American shoo is most popular and dominates the market. That port received in 1905 $129,158 worth of those shoes, also $5,201 of American har¬ ness, ))ridles, and saddles, and $1-1,705 other leather goods. The leather goods from Germany amounted to $1,229, and from England $679. For the better class of Mexicans the patent leather is popular, also vici, cordovan, calf, and colt skin. For boys handsome shoes in red, blue, and bronze are popular. The Mexican women, with their small and shapely feet, purchase the best shoe they can afford. The American shoe trade there is capable of further expan-ion. Very little effort has been made for the trade already attained. Commercial men visit only the large establishments. If they would sell to the little dealers they would put more American shoes in the reach of the common people. The shoe trade of Mexico is capable of being doubled by the proper methods.

United States Minister Deaufre reports from Buenos Ayres that Executive decrees of Argentina authorize the Direccion General de Mas de Comumcacion to solicit bids for the construction of three iron bridges in the department of Mendoza, for which $92,598 money Avas appropriated by Congress; for a bridge across the River Atuel, in Mendoza, for Avhich $21,346 was appropriated, and for a swinging bridge over the River Corrientes, for which $540,000 was appropri¬ ated. The director-general is especially instructed to present the ques¬ tion of the last-mentioned bridge to manufacturers in the United Suites, which of course he will do, but in the meantime should anyone care to write for information they can address La Direccion General de Vias de Comunicacion, Ministerio de Obras Publicas, Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic.

1162 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

The incorporation of the Guatemala T'rainvvay, Gight and Power Company this week under the laws of >Jew Jersc}" is taken to mean that the project of e(iuipping the city of (Juaternala with a modern S3’stem of electric railways, telephone lines, electric light, and gas plants has been turned over to a large engineering concern of this cit}', which makes a specialtj’ of that class of work. Several months ago a representative of the concessionaries of the project visited New York to get estimates on the construction work and material. He intimated at that time that the contracts would prol)al)lv' be placed here, but stated that Hritish contractors would also be asked to bid on the work. The new' companv is capitalized at $1,000,U(>0 and the incor¬ porators of record are Rodney I). Chum*, Kenneth K. McLaren,

and Horace S. Gould, all of Jerse\' CiG’.

United States Minister liEAUi’Rf: reports from the Argentine Repub¬ lic that the great port of Buenos Aj’res, containing a whai'fage of 32,000 linear feet, and which cost §50,000,000, can no longer properly accom¬ modate the enoianousl}' i?icreased business that comes to it. The other ports of the Republic are in the same condition. While there is a lack of cranes and apparatus in some places, 3'et were these things rectitied the congestion would still continue, though, perhaps, in a moditied degree. The Government engineers arc preparing plans and details for the construction of new' ports. That at Bahia Blanca will be commenced this 3'ear, and §1(>,000,000 gold w'ill l)e expended there.

The Uruguavan (lovcrnment has offered a special inducement to importers of automobiles b^* reducing the rate of duty to 8^ per cent on the valuation of the machines, which is usually placed ver}’ much below' the actual value. It is said, how'ever, that this rate maj' be slightl}' increased, but owing to the great popularit}' of motor vehicles it is not thought that the rate will exceed 12 per cent. There are a great number of people in this country' who have ample means with which to purchase machines, and the fact that they arc rapidl}' grow¬ ing in favor is sure to open to American machines a good market, if the manufacturers and exporters will make the effort to avail them¬ selves of it.

The shipments of barrel staves and hoops from the LTnited States to the Argentine Republic have grow'ii so large of late that several United States manufacturers have combined together and chartered a large sail¬ ing vessel to sail from Galveston next month w'ith a full cargo of this material. These staves are used for making wine and beer barrels, and are made of wood grown in Texas and Arkansas. Shipments have heretofore been made from New York bj' the regular steamship lines, and this is the first attempt at exporting the goods direct from Gulf ports.

TRADE OPPORTUMTIES IN LATIN AMERICA. 1163

The present prosperous state of trade in Honduras has caused an increased demand for phonographs and talking machines of various kinds. Many of the small country stoi'es are purchasing phonographs for the amusement of their patrons. Now that talking machines are becoming so well known and liked, the demand for first-class high-priced instruments is increasing. Many persons are selling the cheaper ma¬ chines original!}' purchased to buy those of a better grade. No preju¬ dice exists against trade-marks of any kind in these instruments.

'riie large sugar plantations surrounding Cienfuegos have made heavy purchases of machinery, and there has been a great demand for plows ami other agricultural implements. A new enterprise in the sugar- producing industry is the establishing of a sugar mill between Sancti Spiritus and Ciego de Avila by an American company. The comple¬ tion of a new railroad from Cardenas has greatly increased the ship¬ ments of sugar from the interior to Cienfuegos.

It is said that over $150,0()0 has been subscribed by the leading business men of Torreon for the foi ination of a new company, which j)roposes to ere'^-t in that city one of the most complete electric plants to be found in northern Mexico. According to the plans, which were made some time ago, all of the machinery to be installed in the new plant will come directly from the United States and will represent some of the best electrical machinery ever brought into Mexico.

Chile is to have a new electric railroad. At present there are but two electric systems in the Republic. One at Santiago, the capital, and the other at Valparaiso. Both were installed by German concerns. The Government has granted a concession for an electric railroad between Concepcion and Talcahauno. The entire equipment, it is said, will be brought from the United‘States, and the system will l>e installed by an American company.

Honduras promises a splendid market for all American goods, and I trust that the American floating exposition will visit these Central American ports, notifying the consuls several weeks in advance of their itinerary so that the merchants of the interior can bo advised.

United States Consul .Johnson advises from Puerto Cortes that in order to promote the growing of fruit, especially bananas, the Hon¬ duran Government has granted to planters the free importation'of such articles as may be needed on their plantations.

The Compania Herinera de Mollinos de la Colmena has been organ¬ ized in Saltillo, Mexico, with a subscribed capital of $100,000, to erect mills with a capacity for producing about 400 barrels of wheat flour daily.

1164 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

BOOK NOTES.

Books and pamphlets sent to the Bureaii of the American B.epuhlics, and containing subject-matter bearing upon the countries of the Interna¬ tional Union of American Republics, will be treated under this caption in the Monthly Bulletin.

In hi.s book ‘'From Panama to Patagonia," published by A. C. MeClurg & Co., Chicago, 11H)G, Air. Charles AI. Pei’Rer dedicates a veiT facile pen to a consideration of the benetits accruing to the west coast of South America through the construction of the Panama Canal. As preliminar}' to a satisfactory' treatment of the subject, Air. Pepper made a tour of investigation over the regions dcfscribed. Starting from the Pacific end of the Canal Zone, a sea voyage to the southern extremity of the Western Continent was made, the various ports and coast towns of Ecuador, Holivia, and Chile being visited. Returning overland, the interior districts of the same coun¬ tries were visited, with .supplementary excursions to the inland towns of Bolivia and the Argentine Republic. Speaking of the future development of Panama, the writer predicts the most rapid progress in the territory lying principally west of the Canal Zone and extend¬ ing to the limits of Costa Rica. This growth along the linos of agri¬ cultural and pa.storal industries will inevitably follow the adequate building of roadways, for which provision was made by the Panama Government out of its first revenues. For the pi’osent, however, this .section will depend more on international commerce than on its internal resources. Gnaya(juil, the shipping point for nearly one-third of the world’s supply of cacao or chocolate, forms also the outlet for the rubber, coffee, vegetable ivory and hides of the interior of Ecuador, all of which products would be directly tributary' to canal traflic. The Guay'aquil to Quito railway' renders transport to the coast feasible, while communication with Cuenca, an important industrial and com- mei'cial center of southern Ecuador is a link in the ultimate Pan- American Railway' trunk line. The Peruvian shore town of Paita, with its splendid sheltered bav, its facilities for docks and wharves, with sea room for fleets of all nations, is described as the future emporium of northern Peru and the Pacific gateway' to the Panama Canal for the Amazon country'. All the commerce of central Peru passes through Callao, with which enterprising Chinese merchants have established a direct line to Hongkong, via Panama. With the exception of Valparaiso, the maritime movement at Callao is the greatest of all ports south of Panama, but with the completion of the canal its commercial importance will be immensely' enhanced.

BOOK NOTES. 1165

The coastwise trafhc in which foreign vessels are permitted to engage centers at this port. Mollendo, I’anking next to Callao in commercial importsince, is handicapped as a shipping center by inadequate harlx)r facilities and will in the future be the point of division for Panama shipments and those around Capo Horn. The cotton, sugar, and rice plantiitions of interior Peru are all considered with reference to future shipment b}^ the Panama route, and a high tribute is paid to the irri¬ gation marvels accomplished bj’ the Incas. Southward from Arica, which is denominated “ the emerald gem of the west coast,’’ Mr. Pkpi'ek

estimates that bulky freight will continue to reach European ports via Cape Horn, while shipments to and from New York and New Orleans will pay canal tolls and still hav'e cheaper ocean transport than bj'the south¬ ern route. Punta Arenas, the most souther!\'town on an}' continent, is now an important coaling station,which may be probably deprived of its importance in this regard through the completion of the Panama Canal, ])ut as the center of the sheep industry of Tierra del Fuego and of the Chilean mainland its future stability is assured. An interesting sec¬ tion of the tniveler’s explorations is the Bolivian plateau, whose nativ'e population with their crude manner of life and customs seems strangely at variance with the incalculable wealth of minenils lying close at hand. Gold, silver, copper, tin, and coal mines cover immense reaches of territory, and in the production of bismuth, Bolivia claims to lesvd the world. The product is taken by the King of Saxony with a view to protecting his own monopoly. Incidentally to his geographical and to]X)graphical studies, Mr. Peppek details in a graphic manner the social life and characteristics of the various population centers visited and adds a chapter on the new' basis of the iMonroe Doctrine.

An interesting article is published in the Review of Reviews for April, 1906, concerning the “Volcanoes and Earthquakes in the Carib- bejin Regions.” The general volcanic formation of southern Mexico extends southward along the Pacific w'here conditions of incessant danger are developed. In Guatemala the tw'o peaks known as Water and Fire, respectively, rise abruptly from alluvial plains along the Pacific. Near them the former capital of the Republic was sihiated, its sul>sequent destruction necessitating the removal of the seat of gov¬ ernment. The vicinity of the old city, Antigua, is of remarkable beauty and fertility, and though still considered dangerous, new plan¬ tations and dw'ellings have been established. San Salvador is the center of the greatest volcanic activity of this region, though the statement is made that the natives are so accustomed to seismic dis- turl»ances as to give no heed to them. In Honduras there are no volcanoes, though evidences of volcanic formation are distinctly visi¬ ble. In Nicaragua the volcanic chain bends toward the southeast and

IIGG INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

one !?pur enters Costa Kica where, however, the volcanoes are (|uiet. Active manifestations of volcanic nature do not extend south of Costa Kica in Central America, the Isthmus of Panama being free from such disturbances. The seismic manifestations along the coast of northern South America might be accounted for by the gradual subsidence of that region, which is proceeding in relative accord with the gradual forcing upward of Central America and the West Indies.

Special Agent Hutchinson, of the United States Department of Commerce and Labor, has made an investigation of trade conditions in Bolivia, ‘‘the high plateau region of South America,*’and gives the results of his ol)servations under date of February 20, published in Daily Consular and Trade Report, No. 2533. Owing to conditions explained by Mr. Hutchinson, Bolivia does not at this time present an inviting held for the sale of American products, but with the development of its mines and forests, which will follow the completion of railwa3’s under construction and those contemplated, an increased demand for manufactured products will arise that will largely" promote imports. It is shown that statistics of the several importing countries are inaccurate, and that a considerable portion of products received from the United States pass in transit through Chile and Peru and are credited to those countries.

The Columbus Memorial Libraiy has received from Senor Ram6n

Valdes, the author, a geograph}" of the Republic of Panama consist¬ ing of 155 pages, 18 engravings, and a map of said countrv printed in Spanish and entitled “Geografia del Istmo de Panama;” also a pam¬ phlet in the same language entitled “Za Lulapendencla da Panama.— Sas antecedentei<., avw caamx // sa juMijicacwnwhich work has been translated into English and French b}’ the Government of that Repub¬ lic. The tirst-mentioned book has been ofhciall}' adopted to serve as a text-book in the schools of the Republic of Panama.

United States Dailv Consular Report No. 2518 contains a paper from the Department of (Mmmerce and Labor, concerning the construction of the Tehuantepec Rjiilwa}" in its possible relation to the Panama Canal. The influence of the Tehuantepec line on the ^lexican national development is an untiuestionable one. Intimations are given that Mexico will now" enter upon a series of trade treaties w"ith Chile and other Pacific coast countries of South America w"ith a view to securing not only a portion of their traffic for international transit, but also with the purpose of extending Mexican commerce. These trade arrange¬ ments have been negotiated in the past, but the lack of harbor facilities at Salina Cruz rendered them nugatoiy.

LIBRARY ADDITIONS. 1167

The Journal of Tropical Agriculture {Journal (VAgriculture Tropi- cuh) for February 28, 1906, publishes a paper on viticulture and vine¬ yards in the tropics with special reference to Paraguay. In spite of several abortive efforts to produce a gi’ape of marketable value, the writer, Dr. Moises S. Bektom, is hopeful that others may prove more successful than himself.

ADDITIONS TO THE C0LUM15US MEMOllIAL LIBRARY DURING MARCH, 1900.

Bolivia.

Bolivia. Ministerio de coloxizacion y agricultcua: Anexos :'i la inenioria del Miiiistro de coloiiizacitjii y agrieultura presentado al Conf'reso ordinario de 1905. Segunda jtarte. (Detalleade la estadlstica coinereial de 1904.) La Baz, J. ^1. (Janiarra, 1905. 200 (1) p. 4°.

- Ministerio de rel.acioxes EXTERIORE.S Y cuLTo: ^leiDoria qiie preaeiita el

Ministro de relaeiones exteriores y eulto . . . al Congre.so ordinario de 1SK)5. La Paz, “Los Debate.a,” 1905. 09, 215 (1) p. 4°.

Brazil.

^looRE, John Bassett: Brazil and Peru boundary question. By John Bassett Moore. New York, The Knickerbrocker Press, [1904]. 32 p. Maps. 8°.

Chile.

IxsTiTCTO coMERCiAL DE SANTIAGO: Aiiuario del instituto eomercial de Santiago. Ano,s 1904 a 1905. Santiago de Chile, Imprenta “ El Globo,’’ 1905. (2), 152 p. 8.

Colombia.

Arango, Leocadio MarIa: Catalogo del inuseo del Sr. Leoeadio Maria Arango de Medellin, capital del Departaniento de Antio<iuia, en la Republica de Colombia. Medellin, Imprenta Oficial, 1905. 200 p. illus. 8°.

Colombia Gold Placer Company. . . . [Prospectus.] [New York, 1900.] 31 p. Map. illus. 8°.

Cuba.

Camara de Comercio, Industria y Navegacion: Reglamento de la Camara de comer- cio, industria y navegacion de la Isla de Cuba, aprolmdo en la Asamblea general extraordinaria celebrada en la Habana el dla 3 de enero de 1906. Habana, Imp. Avisador Comercial, 1906. 30 p. 16°.

Carrera y Justiz, F. ; Introiluccion a la historia de las instituciones locales de Cuba. Habana, Imp. “La Moderna Poesla,” 1905. 2 v. 8°.

Cltia. Junta Sci'erior de Sanidad: Fiebre amarilla. Instrucciones populares para evitar su contagio y propagacion . . . Habana, 1906. Cover-title. 8 p. ’ 8°,

-Same. Reglamentos Para el Regimen Interior de la Comision especial para la extincidn del muermo y la tulierculosis en el ganado y para el estado de observacion sanitaria. Aprobado . . . de 17 de febrero de 1906. Habana, Rambla y Bouza, 1906. 26 p. 8°.

1168 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OE THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Cuba. Seucio.v de emtadistic.a gexeral: IiiduHtriaa/.ui'ariTa ynusderivadas. Zafra de 1SK)3-UH)4. Prt>j)aiado por la Swcidii de CHtadiKtica {'eneral. Ilabana, Impnaita Mercantil, 190). 41 (1) p. 4°.

Instituto de Seouxd.a exseSaxza de Mataxzas: ^leinoria aniial corresjMjndiente al cum) acadeniieo de 1904 a 190.a. Matanzas, Iinpreiita “La Plnma <le Oro,” 1906. 94 p. tables, i'.lus. 8°.

Sedaxo y Agkamoxte, Jose Raul: K1 libro del ciudadano Cubano. Derecho politico. Recopilado j'or Jose Raul Sedano y Aj^rainonte. Priinera part(“ . . . Ilabana, Imp. P. Fernandez y Ca., 1901. 142 p. 8°.

Honduras.

Banco de Honduras. Movimiento seniestral 31 de diciembre de 190.a . . . Te^u- cijialpa, Tip. Nacional, 1906. 13 p. 4°.

Honduras. Ministerio de Relauioxes Exteriores: ^leinoria presentada a la .\sani- blea nat ional constitiiyente por el . . . Ministro de relaciones exteriores. 1903-190O. Te>;ucigalpa, Tip. Nacional, 1906. 43 p. 4°.

Mexico.

Cas.a de moneda y apartado de Mexico. [.Hbum.] 13 photographs, obi. 4°.

Great Britain. Foreign okfice. Reinirt for the year 190.5-6 on the ^lexican hiulget. London, Harrison and Fons, 1906. 7 j). 8°. (Hij). and con. rept.s., ann. ser. no. 3531.)

“El Hacendado Mexicano:” Revista azncarera. . . . 190.5-6. ^Mexico, Imp. lAicand, [1906]. Cover-title. 100 p. 8°.

Vincent, Ralph Waterman: ’Mexico to-day and to-morrow. An outline of the present earning power and future jiossibilities of her railroad systems. Facts, tigun*s, and sugge.stions regarding the principal traflic producing centers. By Ralph Waterman Vincent, of the staff of the New York News Bureau. 190t). No imprint. 8.5 p. illus. 8®.

Nicaragua.

Nicar.agua. ^Iinisterio de hacienda y credito publico: Estadisticas economicas de Nicaragua. Publicaciones periodicas del Ministerio de hacienda y crtVlito publico. Opiisculo niiinero 1". Ri'sultados del ailo de 1904. Managua, Tip. Nacional, 1904. xv, 139 p. 4°.

Paraguay.

Carrasco, Gabriel: I..a poblacion del Paraguay antes y despues de la guerra. Rec- tificacion de opiniones generahnente acejitadas . . . Asuncion, H. Kraus, 190.5. 26 p. 8°.

(At liead of title; Gabriel Cara-seo. Articulos publieados cii “lai Naciou” de Buenos Aires.)

Paraguay. Direccion General de Inmigracion y Coloxizacion: Informe de la direccion general de inmigracit'm y colonizacion presentado al Ministerio de relaciones exteriores con anexos sobre varios proyectos relativos a la colonizacit'm y propaganda. Asunsion, H. Kraus, 1906. 82 (1) p. 4°.

Peru.

Dancuart, P. Emilio: .\nales de la hacienda publica del Peru. Historia y legi.sla- cion fiscal de la Repiiblica jxir P. Emilio Dancuart . . . Tomo 7. Lima, Imprenta Gil, 1905. 279 p. 4°.

LIBRARY ADDITIONS. 1169

Gari-ANH, Alfuandro; Ferrocarril del Norte j)or Alejandro Garland. Lima, Lit. Tip. Naeional de Hadiola y Berrio, IDOo.. 54 p. Map. 8°.

-Same. Ke.se.^a iNDUOTRiAr, del Peri' jwr Alejandro tJarland. Lima. Im- prenta La Industria, 1905. 159 (1) p. illiis. dia;;r. 8°.

PiiiLii'PixE Islands.

Blair, Emma Helen, and Robertson, James Alexander: The Philippine Islands, 149:1-1898. . . . V. 33&84. 1519-1605. Clevidand, The Arthur 11. Clark Company, 1!KK). 2 v. 8°.

United States.

Ames, John G.: ('omprehonsive index to the pnhlieations of the United States Gov¬ ernment, 1881-1893. By John G. Ames . . . Washington, Government Printing Olfiee, 1905. 2 v. Continuous paging. 4°.

V. 1. 801 p. V. SOVloSO p.

Ai'duhon, John W.: Audubon’s western journal; 1849-1850. Being the MS. reeord of a trip from New York to Texas, and an overland journey through Mexico and Arizona to the gold lields of California by John W. Audubon. AVith biographical memoir by his daughter Maria R. Audulxin. Intro¬ duction, notes, and index by Frank 1 ley wood llodder . . . Cleveland, The Artliur IL Clark Company, 1906. 249 p. Alap. front, (port.) illus. 8°.

Fiei.d Columbian Museum: Annual report of the director of the board of trustees for the year 1904-1905. Chicago, 1905. pp. 3:i;{-435. illus. 8°.

(Janxett, He NRY {comp.): A dictionary of altitudes in the United States. (4th ed.). Compiled by Henry Gannett. AVashington, Government Printing Office, 1906. 1072 ( 2) p. 8°. (Bull. 274, U^. S. Geological Survey.)

Geograi'iiic'al Society of Piiii.ADELPniA: First annual report of the librarian.

March, 1906. Philadelphia, Franklin Printing Company, 1906. 22 p. 8°. Public School Library, Coi.u.mbus: Twenty-ninth annual report of the Public

School Library. Columbus, Ohio, September 1, 1904, to August 31, 1905. No imprint. 32 p. 8°.

Salem Public Library; Seventeenth report of the trustees of the Salem Public Library. Salem, Massachu.«etts, December, 1905. Salem, Newcomb & Gauss, 1906. 29 p. 8°.

Syracuse Public Library: Annual report of the Syracuse public library for the year ending Decemlier 31,1905. Syracuse, Lyman Press, 1906. 31 p. 8°.

United States Board of Consulting Engineers for the Panama Canal: Report of the Board of Consulting Engineers for the Panama Canal. AA’ashing- ton. Government Printing Office, 1906. xxi, 426 p. diagrs. Case of 31 maps. 4°.

-Bure.au of Statistics; Annual review of the foreign commerce of the LL S. and summary tables of commerce for the year emling June 30, 1905.

' AA’ashington, Government Printing Office, 1906. jip. 17-69. 4°. (From the aim. rept. on commerce and navigation of the U. S. for 1905.)

-Same. Exports of dome.stic jierciiandise from the U. S. by articles and countries during the years ending June 30, 1901-1905. AA’ashington, Government Printing Office, 1906. pp. 443-766. 4°. (From the aim. rept. of commerce and navigation for 1905.)

-Same. E.xports of domestic merchandise from the U. S. during the year ending June 30, 1905 . . . By articles and customs districts [and] sum¬ mary of exports of domestic merchandise by articles. AA’ashington, Gov¬ ernment Printing Office, 1906. pp. 767-834. 4°. (From the ann. rept of commerce and navigation for 1905.)

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1170 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

United States Board of Conselting Engineers for the Panama Canal: Bureau op

Statistics: Imported merchandise entered for coNSUMunoN iii the U. S. and duties collected thereon, 1!K)5 . . . Washinjiton, (iovernment Printing Office, 190(5. 112 p. 4°. (From ann. rept. of commerce and navigation ♦ for 1905.)

-Same. Imports of merch andise into the U. S. during the year ending June 150, 1905 ... By articles and customs districts, 1905 [and] by articles, 190:5-1905 . . . Washington, (lovernment Printing Officer, 1906. pp. 3:5.5-441. 4'’. (From ann. rept. of commerce and navigation for 1905.) ^

United States. Department of Agricci.ture: Meat in foreign markets, tariffs of fourteen importing nations, and countries of surplus. Washington, Gov¬ ernment Printing Office, 1905. 95 p. 8°.

- Department op State: A list of books, pamiihlets, and maps received at the

Library . . . during the period from July 1, 1905, to December 31, 1905, Avith reference to articles in periodicals relating to the law of nations, diplomacy, history, au<l jiolitical science; supplemented by a list of peri¬ odicals and newspajKfrs received. [Washington, tJoverument Printing Office, 1906.] 57 p. 12°.

Venezuela.

[Ceballos, B. Lopez de]: In the Federal Court of Venezuela. Brief presented on Indialf of the South American Company (Philadelphia) by its counsel, 15. Lopez de Ceballos, and of Messrs. Guzman by their counsel, Fernando Cailenas Delgado. Philadelphia, Geo. II. Buchanan Company, 1905. 34 p. 8°. Cover-title.

La EMPRF>iA DEL (tRAN Ferrocarril DEL Tachira acogp complacida el presente tra- Ixijo, salido de la {iluma de un apreciable e.scritor zuliano; y al darle esta formr. de publicidad, (juiere tributar en ello un homeaje mas a la distinguida sefiora que tantos merece, y ofrecer un motivo de grata satisfaccion a su ilustre esposo, el General Cipriano Castro, . . . Maracaibo, Benito 11. Rubio, 1906. 46 p. nar. 12°.

Landaeta Rosales, ^Ianuel: Analesdelas cilrceles de Caracas desde 1799 hasta 1905 por !Manuel Landaeta Rosales. Caracas, Tip. Herrera Irigoyen & Ca., 1906. 40 p. 8°.

-Same. ^Ionedas de Venezuela. Guia para los coleccionistas <le ellas. Cara¬ cas, Tip. Universal, 1906. 15 p. 8°.

Venezuela [Ministerio de relaciones interiores]. Venezuela, Francia y cable Frances. Fklitoriales de “El Constitucional.” Proceso diplomatico. Piezas del proceso juridlco. [Caracas] Imprenta Nacional, 1906. 72 p. t. p. Ixxviii, t. p. Ixxx, (4) i>. 50 fac-simi. 4°. (Text in Spanish, French, and English).

Venezuela y la comuaSia francesa de cables telegrakicos. Ruidoso proceso. Documentos publicados en “Fil Constitucional.” Caracas Imprenta Nacional, 1905. ix, i:56 (1), t. p. clix. (1). T. p. 153 (2) p. 8°. (Text in Spanish, French, and German).

GENERAL WORKS, REFERENCE BOOKS, AND BIBLIOGRAPHIES.

Boyd’s Directory of the District of Columbia, 190(5. . . . Chicago, Franklin CO., [lfK)6]. 1290 p. 8°.

BriceSo Valero, Americo; Factores Otnicos de la ra7.a Hispano-Americana por Americo Bricefio Valero. Valera, Tip. del Centro Industrial, 1906. 39 p. 16°.

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LIBRARY ADDITIONS. 1171

Field Columbian Museum: Contributions to a flora of the Bahamian aruhijiclago. By C. F. Millspaugh. Cliicago, 1906. pp. 137-184. 8°. (Bot. ser., v. 2, No. 3).

IxTEKNATioNAL BUREAU OF THE Ameku an REPUBLICS: Monthly Bulletin. February, ltX)6. Washington, (lovernment Frinting Office, 1906. i)p. 289-598. 8°.

CONTE.NTS.

The rnn-Amoriciin Conference. Pnn-.\mcriean Literary Competition. Argentine Republic. Shipment of ecrcals in 190>; immigration in 1905; the jerked-

beef industry; export movement at La Plata, 190.5; ex[iorts for lirst eleven months of 190.5; ratio of trade values; port iind dock dues; railway statisties, 190.); cultiva¬ tion of alfalfa; sugar production; Argentine industries.

Bolivia. Bids asked for proposed railways; law concerning the stamp tax on tobacco;

coal deposits of the Republic.

Brazil. Budget law and custom smodiflcations for HOC; exports first nine months of

1905; decree regulating trallic on the Madeim River; rubber exports from Manaos

and I’nra, lirst eleven months, 1905; eolTce movement, October, 1905; eolTee move¬ ment, November, 1905; customs receipts for October, 1905; customs ri-venue, Novem¬ ber, 1905; railway development; exports of minerals; entries of sugar and cotton at i'crnambueo; prizes for rubber cultivation; issue of silver currency.

Chile. Nitrate consumption of the world; protection of the Chinchilla. Colombia. Tariff modilications; mining tax; treaties witli Peru. Costa Rica. I’rolongation of the Pacific Railway; restriction of immigration.

Cuba. Postal receipts.

Dominican Republic. Kxports during the third quarter of 190.5.

Ecuador. New customs laws; foreign commerce in 1904. Guatemala. The future of the Republic. Hondura.s. Me.'-sage of President Bonilla; statistical data for 1903 and 1904; natural'

and industrial pro<lucts; contract lor the extraction of resins and distillation of tur¬ pentine; market for sugar.

Mexico. Foreign commerce in September, 1905; regulation of rebate to mctallnrgicar establishments; exportation of sugar; gold imports from the United States; exchange

comparisons; silver coinage; decree concerning the is.sue of certificates in exchange

for gold in bars or in foreign coin; gold coinage in Mexico; tariff modifications

exploitation of the guayule plant; horticultural training sehool; kilogram of silver ns basis for sbimp tax, February, 1905; operations of the mail service, Novemlicr

1905; customs revenue, November, 1905; ctistoms revenues for eleven years; increased

scale of consular fees; regulations for commercial bookkeeping; economic condi¬ tions in Sonora; the smelting industry; data concerning Minatitlan; bromelia fiber.

Nicaragua. Message of President Zelaya.

Paraguay. ApiH)intment of provisional president and cabinet; foreign commerce,.

‘ first half of 1905; areas under cultivation. Peru. Wireless telegraphy between Lima and fquitos; cotton growing and manufac¬

ture; discovery of mica; mining code. Salvador. Imports during third quarter of 1905; coffee cxi)orts.

United States. Trade with Latin America in 190.5; foreign commerce in 1905; finnncia> statement, December, 1905; gold and silver production in 1905; the sugar trade in

1905; construction of an oil pipe line in the Canal Zone; the cattle market and kin¬

dred indu-stries; competition with Germany for electrical market; coffee market,

July-December, 1905; free and dutiable imports from Latin America; consular trade-

reports. Uruguay. The conversion of the national debt; report of the Central Uruguay Rail¬

way; railway earnings; customs revenues; exiM)rts in 1904 and 1905; custom-house

receipts, November, 1905; wireless telegraphy established.

Trade of America and Great Britain, 190.5. Transportation Enterprises in South America. The World’s Co.tI Profluedion.

Trade Opportunities in I.,atin America.

Bf)ok Notes. Library Accessions and Files.

Bull. No. 4—06-20

1172 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

Mosti far, Manuel; Memorias para la historia de la revolucidn de Centro America por Manuel Montufar. Toino 3. San Salvador, Tip. “La Union,” ltK)6, 80 p. 12°.

- Same. Tomo 4. San Salvador, Tip. “I..a Union,” 1900. 04 p. 12°. Peitkk, Ciiakle,s M.: Panama to Patagonia. The Isthmian canal and the west

coast countries of South America by Charles M. Pepper. . . . Chicago, A. C. McClurg and Co., 1900. 39S p. front., illus. map.s. 8°.

MAP.S AND ATLASES.

Stielers HAND ATLAS. 100 kartcn in Kupferstich mit 102 nebenkarten. Ilerausge- gel>en von Justus Perthes, geographischer anstalt in Gotha. . . . Gotha, Justus Perthes, 190o. 1 atlas.

BOUND PERIODICALS ADDED TO THE SHELVES DURING MARCH, 1900.

Anales de la Universidad de Chile. Santiago de Chile, jtdio J diciembre de 1904. Board of Trade Journal. London. April, 1903, to December, 1905. 11 v. Boletfn Judicial, Costa Rica. Julio-diciembre de 1905. Boletfn lA'gislativo. Cuba. 1904 [pts. 1-5]. 5 v. Boletfn de la Baja California. La Paz, Mexico, 1903, 1904 & 1905. 3 v. The Bookman. New York, March-August, 1905. Bulletin of the Free Museum of Science an<l Art. University of Penna. Philadel-

idiia, January 1901-May, 1903. 1 v. Diario Olicial. Salvador. Julio-septiembre de 1905. El Economista Mexicano. Mexico. Octubre de 1904 d marzo de 1905. -Same. Abril a septiembre de 1905. I^ Gaceta. Costa Rica. Julio-diciembre de 1905. Caceta Oficial. Cuba. Septiembre-oetubre de 1905. -Same. Noviembre a diciembre de 1905. Geographical Journal. London. July-Dicembre, 1905. Memorias y revistas de la sociedad cientffica “Antonio Alzate.” Mexico. Tomo

13, 1899. -Same. Tomos 18 y 19. 1902 y 1903. -Same. Tomos 20 y 21. 1903 y 1904. Mines and minerals. Scranton, Penn. August, 1904, to July, 1905. Periodico Oficial . . . de Michoacan de Campo. Morelia, Mexico, 1905. Relatorios consulares. Brasil. 1900 and 1901. 2 v. Review of the River Plate. Argeirtinc Reimblic. January-June, 1904. -Same. July-Decemlx'r, 1!X)4. -Same. January-June, 1905. LL S. Monthly consular reports. AVashington. January to March, 1905. -Same. April to June, 1905. -October to December, 1905. World’s Work. New York. November, 1904 to April, 1905. -Same. May to October, 1905.

PERMANENT LIBRARY FILES.

Those publications marked with an asterisk have no recent numbers

on lile.

Persons interested in the commercial and jjeneral news of foreijjn

countries will find the following among the official atid periodical pub¬

lications on the permanent tiles in the Columbus Memorial Librar}',

International Bureau of the American Republics:

ARC.EXTIXE nEITHl.lC.

Boletin do la Camara Mcrcantil. Barraeas al Snd. Weeklj*. Boletiii Conauiar. (Ministerio de relacionea exteriorea.) Bnenos Ayres. Irregnlar. Boleti'n de la Union Industrial Argentina. Buenos Ayres. Monthly. *Boletin del Institute Geogralico Argentine. Buenos Ayres. * Boleti'n Demografieo Argentino. Buenos Ayres. Monthly. * Boleti'n Ofieial de la Repuhliea Argentina. Buenos Ayres. Daily. Bollettino Mensile della Camera Italiana di Commereio ed Arti in Buenos .\ires.

Buenos Ayres. ^Monthly. Buenos Aires Ilandels-Zeitung. Buenos .\yres. Weekly. Buenos Aires Herald. Buenos Ayres. Daily and weekly. *P11 Comercio Exterior Argentino. Buenos Ayres. Monthly Bulletin of Munieipal Statistics of the City of Buenos Ayres. Buenos Ayres.

Monthlj’. La Nacion. Buenos Ayres. Daily. La I’rensa. Buenos Ayres. Daily. Review of the River Plate. Buenos Ayres. Weekly. Revista ^lensual de la Camara Mercantil. Barracas al Sud. Monthly. Revista Nacional. Buenos Ayres. Monthly. The Standard. Buenos Aj'res. Mail supplement.

BOLIVIA.

Boleti'n de la Otieina Xaeional de Inmigraeidii, E.stadi'stiea y Propaganda Geografiea. La Paz. tiuarterly.

Boleti'n de la Soeiedad Gt'ogri'itiea de la Paz. I.a Paz. Irregular. El Comercio. La Paz. Daily. El Estado. La Paz. Daily. (Diario Ofieial.) Revista Comereial e Industrial de la Repiiblica de Bolivia. La Paz. Monthly.

Boletim da Agricultura. Secretario da Agricultura, Commereio e Ohras Puhlicas do Estado de Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, Brazil. Monthly.

Boletim da Secretaria de Agricultura, Via(;ao, Industria e Obras Puhlicas do Estado da Bahia. Bahia. Monthly.

1173

1174 international bureau of the AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

* Boletim tie Serviyo da Estatistiea Commercial da Republica dos Estadoa Unidoa do

Brazil. Kio de Janeiro. Irrefjular.

* Brazilian Minintr Review. Oiiro Preto. Irregular.

* Brazilian Review. Rio de Janeiro. Weekly.

Diario da Bahia. Bahia. Daily.

Diario Oficial. Rio de Janeiro. Daily. *Gazeta Commercial e Financeira. Rio de Janeiro. Weekly.

* Jornal do Coinmercio. Rio tie Janeiro. Daily.

Jornal do Recife. Pernambuco. Daily.

Jornal dos Agricultores. Rio de Janeiro. Semimonthly.

Provincia (A) do Para. Belem. Daily.

Revista Agricola. Sao Paulo. Monthly.

* Rcvista Brazileira. Rio de Janeiro. Monthly.

* Revista Industrial e Mercantil. Pernambuco. Monthly.

Revista Maritima Brazileira. Rio de Janeiro. Monthly.

CIIII.E.

Boletin del Ministerio de relaciones esteriores. Santiago. ^Monthly.

Boleti'n tie la Sociedad Agricola del Sur. Concepcion. Semimonthly.

Boletin de la Sociedad de Foniento Fabril. Santiago. ^Monthly.

Boleti'n tie la Sociedatl Nacional tie Agricultura. Santiago. M'eekly.

Btileti'n tie la Sociedatl Nacional de ^linen'a. Santiago. ^lonthly.

Chilian Times. Valparai.so. Semiweekly.

Diarii> Oficial tie la Repiiblica tie Chile. Santiago. Daily.

El Mercurio. Valparaiso. Daily. El Noticiero Ctnnercial. .Santiago tie Chile. Monthly.

El Pensamiento. Santiago. Monthly.

* Re vista Comercial e Industrial tie ^Iina.s. Santiago. Monthly.

(’OU)MIilA.

Diario Oficial. Bttgota. Daily.

* Revista de la Instruccion Piiblica tie Colombia. Bogota. Monthly.

Ct)STA KICA.

Boletin Judicial. San Jose. Daily.

1.JI (iaceta. (Diario Oficial.) San Jose. Daily.

Liinon Weekly News. Port Limon. AVeekly.

CIBA.

Boletin Oficial de la Cilmara tie Comercio, Intlustria y Navigacion de la Isla de Cuba.

Habana. Monthly. La Gaceta Economica. Ilabana. Semimonthly.

Gaceta Oficial de la Republica de Cuba. Habana. Daily.

IK)MINICAN REPUBLIC.

Gaceta Oficial. Santo Domingo. AVeekly.

ECUADOR.

Anales de la Universitlatl Central del Ecuatlor. Quito. Monthly.

Gaceta Municipal. Guayaquil. IVeekly.

Registro Oficial tie la Republica del Ecuatlor. Quito. Daily.

PERMANENT LIBRARY FILES. 1175

KUANCK.

Lex Annales Diplomatiques et Consulaires. Paris. Monthly. Bulletiit lie la Chainhre <le Coininerce ile Paris. Paris. Weekly. Bulletin <le la Societe ile (leographie Coniinerciale lie Paris. Paris. Irregular. La (h'ographie. Bulletin de la Soci<5te de Geographie. Paris. Semimonthly. Journal d’.Agriculture Tropicale. Paris. Monthly. Moniteur OHiciel du Commerce. Paris. Weekly. Le Nouveau Monde. Paris. Weekly. La Revue. Paris. Semimonthly. *■ Revue du Commerce Exterieur. Paris. Semimonthly.

GERMANY.

♦Deutsche Kolonialzeitung. Berlin. Weekly. Petermann’s Alitteilungen. Gotha. Monthly. Siidamerikanische Rundschau. Berlin. ^Monthly. Der Tropenpflan/.er. Berlin. Monthly. Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft fiir Erdkunde zu Berlin. Berlin. Monxhly.

GREAT BRITAIN.

Board of Trade Journal. London. Weekly. British Trade Journal. London. Monthly. Commercial Intelligence. London. Weekly. Diplomatic and Consular Reports. London. Geographical Journal. Ijondon. MoAthly. Mining (The) Journal, Railway and Commercial Gazette.- London. Weekly. The Scottish Geographical Magazine. Edinburgh. Monthly. South American Journal. London. Weekly. Times (The). London. Daily. (Filed for one year.)

GUATEMALA.

Boleti'n de Agricultura. Guatemala. Irregular. El Guatemalteco. Guatemala. Daily. (Diario Oflcial.) ♦ La Republica. Guatemala. Daily.

HAITI.

♦Biilletiu Ofticiel de 1’.Agriculture et de 1’Industrie. Port au Prince. Monthly. ♦Le Moment. (Journal politicpie.) Port au Prince, Haiti. AVeekly. Le Moniteur. (Journal officiel de ia Repuhlique d’Haiti.) Port au Prince, Haiti.

Biweekly. Revue de la Societi'i de Legislation. Port au Prince, Haiti. Monthly.

HONDURAS.

Boleti'n Legislativo. Tegucigalpa. Daily. El Estado. Tegucigalpa. (3 nos. per week.) La Gaceta. Tegucigalpa. Daily. (Diario Oficial.) Gaceta Judicial. Tegucigalpa. Semiweekly. ♦El Pabellon de Honduras. Tegucigalpa. AV’^eekly. ♦El Repuhlicano (semi-official). Tegucigalpa. Three times a week. Revista del Archive y Biblioteca Nacional de Honduras. Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Monthly.

1176 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS.

ITALY.

Bollettino del Miiiistro degli Affari Esteri. Roma. Irregular.

MEXICO.

El Agricultor Mexicano. Ciudad .Juarez. Monthly. Boleti'ii de Estadi'stica. Merida. Semimonthly. Boletin del Inatituto CientiTico y Literario. Toluca. Monthly. Diario Ofieial. Mexico. Daily. El Eeonomista Mexicano. Jlexico. Weekly. El Estado de Colima. Colima. Weekly. El llacendado Mexicano. Mexico. Monthly. Mexican Herald. ^lexico. Daily. (Filed for one year.) Mexican Investor. Mexico. Weekly. Mexican .Journal of Commerce. Mexico City. Monthly. I’eriodico Ofieial del (.iohierno del Estado de Guerrero. Chilpancingo, Mexico.

Weekly. I’eriodieo Ofieial del Gobierno del J'Jstado de Michoaeaii de Ocampo, ilorelia,

Mexico. Semiweekly. * I’eritnlico Ofieial del (ioliierno del J^stado de Oaxaca. Oaxaca de Juarez, ^Mexico.

Semiweekly. I’eriodico Ofieial del Gobierno del l-lstado de Tabasco. San Juan Bautista, Mexico.

Semiweekly. El Republicano. Aguascalientes. Weekly. .Semana Mereaiitil. Mexico. Weekly.

NICARAGUA,

The American. Bhiefields. Weekly. El Comercio. Managua. Daily. Diario Ofieial. Managua. Daily.

Estrella. Granada. Daily. El Tndependente. Ivcbn. Daily.. I.a Tarde. Managua. Daily. La Voz del Pueblo. Leon. Daily.

PANAMA.

*I.a E.strella de Panama. I’anama. Weekly. Star and Herald. Panama. Weekly. I.a Republica. I’anama. Weekly.

PARAGUAY.

Boletin (iuincenal de la Camara de Comercio de la Asuncion. Asuncion. Semi¬ monthly.

* Diario Ofieial. Asuneidn. Daily. I’araguay Itundschau. Asuncion. Weekly. Revista del Instituto Paraguayo. Asuncion. Monthly. * Revue Commerciale. Assomption, Paraguay. Semimonthly.

peiu't.

Auxiliar del Comercio. Callao. Biweekly. Boletin de !Minas, Industrias y Construcciones. Lima. Monthly. Boletin de la Sociedad Geografica de Lima. Lima. Quartt'ily.

PERMANENT LIBRARY FILES. 1177

Roleti'n (le la Sociedad Nacional de Agricultura. Lima. Monthly. Bolotin de la Sociinlad Nacional de Miiien'a. Lima. Monthly. * K1 t'omercio. Cuzco. Biweekly. * El Kconomista. Lima. Weekly. * El Peruano. (I)iario Oficial.) Lima. Daily. I’adnm General de Minas. Lima. Semiannual. Kovi.sta de Ciencia.s. Lima. Monthly. * Uevista Pan-Americana. I.iina. Monthly.

PIIII.II’PIXK ISL.W'DS.

Boleti'n de la Camara de Comercio Filipina. Manila. Monthly. F.l Mercantil. Manila. Daily. Far Eastern Review, Manila. Monthly. Ollicial Gazette, Manila. Weekly. (Also issued in Spanish.)

POKTO KICO.

La Correspondencia de Puerto Rico. San Juan. Daily.

EL SALVADOR.

Anales del Museo Nacional. San Salvador. Monthly. Boleti'n de Agricultura. San Salvador. Semimonthly. Diario del Salvador. San Salvador. Daily. Diario Oticial. San Salvador. Daily. * Revista de Derecho y Jurisprudencia. San Salvador. Monthly,

SWITZERLAND.

La Propriete Industrielle. Berne. Monthly.

UNITED STATES,

American Druggist. New York. Semimonthly. American Historical Review. New York. Quarterly. American Review of Reviews. New A'ork. Monthly. Bookman (The). New York. Monthly. Bulletin of the American Geographical Society. New York. Bulletin of Books added to the Public Library of the City of Boston. Boston. ISIonthly. Bulletin of the Geographical Society of Philadelphia. Philadelphia. Monthly. Bulletin of the New York Public Library. Monthly. Century Magazine. New York. ^Monthly. Current Literature. New A'ork. Monthly. Dun’s Review. New York. Weekly. Dun’s Review. International edition. New York. Monthly. Engineering Magazine. New Y'ork. Monthh’. Elngineering and Alining Journal. New York. Weekly. Engineering News. New York. Wet'kly. Export Implement Age. Philadelphia. ^Monthly. Field Columbian iluseum Publications. Chicago. Forum (The). New York. Quarterly. Independent (The). Neiv York. Weekly. India Rubber World. New York. Monthl)'. Journal of Geography. New York. Monthly.

1178 INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS,

Library Journal. New York. Monthly. Literary Digest. New York. Weekly. * Mexican Industrial Review. Chicago. Monthly. Mining World. Chicago. Weekly. Modern Mexico. St. Louis. Monthly. ^Monthly Consular and Trade Rejx)rts. (Department of Commerce and I^ahor.)

Washington. ^lonthly. National Geographic ^lagazine. New York. Monthly, North American Review. New York. Monthly. Novcnlades (Las). New York. M'eekly. Outlook (The). New York. IVeekly. Patent and Trade !Mark Review. New York. Monthly. Records of the Pa.st. M’ashington, 1). C. Monthly. Scientific American. New York. Weekly. Scientific American. Exiwrt Jxlition. New York. Monthly. Sister Republics. Denver, Colo. Monthly. The Technical World. Chicago. 3Ionfhly. World To-day (The). Chicago. ^Monthly. IVorld’s IVork. New York. ^lonthly.

larGUAY,

Anales del Departamento de Ganaden'a y Agricultura. Montevideo. ^Monthly. * Montevideo Times. ^lontevideo. Daily. Revista de la Asociacion Rural del Uruguay. Montevideo. Monthly. Revista de la Union Industrial Uruguaya. Montevideo. Semimonthly.

VENEZUELA.

El Fondgrafo. Maracaibo. Daily. Gaceta Oficial. Caracas. Daily. Iai Industria. Caracas. Monthly. * V’^enezuelan Herald. Caracas.

Boletim Mensal IIA

SECRETARIA INTERNACIONAL DAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANAS,

L'niao liiteriiueioual das Repiiblicas Aiuericaiuis.

VoL. XXII. ABRIL DE 190(5. No. 4.

TERCEIRA CONEERENCIA PAN-AMERICANA.

ACTA DA SESSAO OBDINABIA DE 4 DE ABBIL DE 1906, CELE-

BBADA PELO CONSELHO DIBECTIVO DAUNIAO INTEBNACIONAD

DAS BEPUBLICAS AMEBICANAS.

A I’euniiio mensal ordinaria do Conselho Directivo da Secretaria Internaeional das Itepublicas Americanas tevc lugar no dia 4 de Abril de 1906, as tres da tarde, no Saliio de RecepySo Diploinatiea do Depar- tamento do Estado, em Washington, sob a presidcncia do honrado Rou- EHT Bacox, Subsecretario de Estado, estando presentes os seguintes membros: Sua Excellencia, Sr. Joaquim Nabuco, Embaixador do Brazil; Sua Excellencia, Doin JoAQutx D. Casasus, Embaixador do Mexico; Sr. J. N. L^:ger, Ministro de Haiti; Sr. Dom JoaquIn Bkk-

XAUDO Calvo, Ministro de Costa Rica, que bimbem representou a Hon¬ duras; Sr. Dom Luis F. Cokea, Ministro de Nicaragua; Sr. Dom JoaquIn WALKER-MARTtxEZ, Ministro de Chile, que tamhem repre¬ sentou o Equador; Sr. Dom (tOxzalo de Quesada, Ministro de Cuba; Sr. Dom Ignacio CalderOn, Ministro de Bolivia; Sr. Dom Jorge

Munoz, Ministro de Guatemala; Sr. Dom Epifanio Portela, Ministro da Republlca Argentina; Sr. Dom Diego Mendoza, Ministro de Co¬ lombia; Sr. Dom Pedro Requena Bermudez, Encarregado de Nego- cios do Uruguay e Sr. Dom C. C. Arosemena, Encarregado de Negocios de Panama. Tambcni estiveram presentes Sr. Williams C. Fox, Director, e Dom Francisco J. Yanes, Secretario da Secretaria Internacional das Repiiblicas Americanas.

A moviio do Sr. Ministro de Cuba, apoiado pelo Ministro de Nica¬ ragua, foi suspendida a leitura da acta da sessao anterior, que foi unanimemente apprdvada.

Em seguida o Ministro de Costa Rica, Presidente da CommissSo do Regimen Interno da Secretaria, apresentou uma resoluc5o que foi lida

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pelo Secrctario; e tendo ein conta a iniportancia do Programnia da Terceira Conferencia Pan-Aniericana que ia sei* submettido ao ostudo do Conselho, o Scnhor Galvo propoz voluntariamciite dcixar paia outra reuniiio a considerayao da materia.

O Secretario deu conta de iima coinmunicayao que o Encarregado dc Negocios do Equador dirigiu ao Ministro do Chile, na qual o desi- gnava para que o representasse tanto nesta (sessao eomo na da Commissiio de projecto de Kegulamcnto para a Ter<‘eira Conferencia. Em seguida o Seci-etario annunciou (pie a Commissao de Pi’ogramma para a Ter¬ ceira Conferencia Pan-Americana, composta do Secretario de Estado, Presidente; o Embaixador do Brazil, Vice-presidente; o Embaixador do Mexico, e os Ministros de Costa Rica, Chile, Cuba, Secretario da Commissao, e Argentina desejava submetter ao Conselho o Programma, cuja redacyao se Ihe havia eucommendado.

O Pkesidexte. Scgundo entendo, a cada um dos membros do Con¬ selho se tern enviado um exemplar do Programma, e supponho que todos conhecem este documento. Apenas direi que o progiamma teni a sanc^'ao unanime dos membros da Commissiio respectiva, de modo que niio creio (pie haja mais ipie accrescentar.

O Ministko de Cuba. O sabbado passado o programma foi enviado aos membros do Conselho Directivo. Peyo <pie se de leitura ao pro¬ gramma.

O Secretario leu o programma, O ^IiNisTRO DE Bolivia. Senhor Presidente: Desejo fazer uma

declarayao. Nao e men intuito provocar uma discussiio sobre esta materia; e niio obstante que respeito muito a opiniilo dos distinctos diplomatas membros da Commissiio de Programma, sinto niio ver com- prehendida nelle a proposiyilo da livre navegayilo fluvial como materia de estudo para a Conferencia do Rio de Janeiro. Rogo ao Senhor Presidente cpie se digne fazer consignar na acta a seguinte dcclarayilo, para ipie sc conheyam as razOes (pie tern o men Governo para pedir a inclusilo no Programma do assumpto da livre navegayilo fluvial. Si o Conselho o pei’initta, peyo ao Secretario que de leitura a manifestayilo que fayo.

O Secretario leu cntilo a seguinte manifestai/ilo do Ministro de Bolivia:

“Men (loverno entende (pic as Confcrencias Pan-Americanas cstilo convocadas para promover a harmonia e a paz e estreitar as rela(*oes assim politicas como economicas de nossos respectivos paizes, e para obter este resultado devem comeyar por cstabelecer as bases que fayam possivel o livre desenvolvimento de todos sens recursos e assegurem sen desenvolvimento, sob regras de justiya (pie evitem toda causa de contendas e si por desgraya ellas surgissem, buscar os meios do resolvel-as por arbitramento.

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“Todos os accordos qiie se referain a iiniforiiiiza\“ao dos systemas nionetarios, das leis sobre patentes de invenvao, propriedade litteraria e tuntas outras qiiestSes de caracter internacional, vecni a occupar uin lujrar secundario com relayito as oue affectam a soberania e a paz das Kepublicas.

Inutil sera entrar ein estipula^'Oes que regulamentem a maneira de faoilitar as communicavoes, si previamente nao recoidiecenios o princi- pio essencial do livre uso de todos aquelles elemetitos natiiraes que sorvem a esse tini.

‘•Quando a conquista ou o prodominio de umas navoes sobre outras era a politica estabelecida, os mais fortes pretendei’am o dominio exclusivo sobre os estreitos, os rios e ate os mares.

“O progresso das ideas e da civiliza^ao tern coudemnado esses pro- positos e mostrado que as restricyOes ao livre e universal aproveita- inento dos meios naturaes de eommunica<;ao, e niio so contrario a lei do progresso, mas ainda as conveniencias egoistas.

“Todos os descobrimentos modernos tendem a abbreviar as distaii- cias, approximar os paizes uns a outros e pelo rapido e crescente con- taeto de sens habitautes, formar afinal essa irmandade humana, predi- eada por todos os grandes pensadores.

“O desenvolvdmento das doutrinas e tendencias democraticas, que arraigam mais e mais a universalidade dos principios de livre commu- nieaviio, sem outras restricfoes que as policiarias e de protecySo contra molcstias contagiosas ou a internavao de criminosos, tern dado tim aos passaportes e sis contribuivSescreadas sob a forma de impostos ou direitos de transito.

“A cstas considerafOes seaccrescentti a de que tern sido reconhecido polas naySes mais adeantadas o principio do livre transito e a livre navogayao de mares, estreitos e rios oue por sua natureza sao vias abeilas ao tratico universal.

“Osystema dos rios da America do Sul e tal, que si nao se reconhe- cesse sua livre navegayao, licaria plantado para o futuro o germen de profundas e scrias dissensOes, que perturbarao a paz e a harmonia das Kepublicas e que por ser uma absoluta necessidade e um direito natural inquestionavel, teria atinal que ser acceita.

“ Sua adopySo agora sera nao so uma homenagem a um principio fundamental de justiya, mas uma previsao para assegurar a paz e um estimulo ao desenvolvimento das boas relayOes entre os paizes Americanos.

“Por fortuna, nilo ha em America nenhuma Republk*a que se opponha, ou desconheya a verdade e a necessidade dos principios que tenho annunciado; assim que nilo ha obstaculo nem razao digna de attenyao para niio incluir no Programma a declara^*uo de que em America se reconhece e acceihi como principio geral de direito inter-

1182 SECRETARIA INTERNACIONAL DAS REPDBLICA8 AMERICANA8,

nacional o da livre nav'cgayilo dos rios que, nascendo no territorio de unia republica teem sua desemboccadura no de outra; isto e, que toda na^*:lo situada na parte superior de uin rio navegavel tern direito a navegal-o livreinente ate sua desemboccadura, assim eomo os navios mercantes de qualquer nacionalidade, sem mais restric<;(5es que as estabelecidas pelos praticos maritimos.

“Si sc pensa na importancia (pie teem no commereio universal as grandes arterias que a Natureza tern posto a disposii/iio do genero humano no Continente Sul Americano; si se lembra que o Amazonas (3 um verdadeiro mar interior que rccebc poderosos affluentes que nascem do territorio de quasi todas as republicas, se comprehendera facilmente a nccessidade e a justi(,*a de tal declarayao.

“Ella esbt consagrada jaem muitos documentos officiaes, solemnes e obrigatorios.

“A Republica Argentina tern tratados estipulando a livre navegayao de seus rios; o Uruguay e o Paraguay, Bolivia, o Peru c o Brazil teem reconhecido o mesmo principio. Sua conlirmaySo pela Conferencia Pan-Americana importaria consolidar os vinculos de livre e amistosa communicavao estabelecida entrc todas as Republicas, c sen desejo de fazer (pie desapparevam as descontianyas c restricvSes tao contrarias ao espirito de liberdade e ampliavao de comniunicavOes, que devem scr a norma da politicade povos que nao tecmoutro interesse que o de seu maior bemestar e harmonia.

“Assim como nas communica(*5es terrestres niio ha povo civilizado (pie opponha obstaculos nem prohiba o transito-por seu territorio de productos ou artigos de commereio licito destinados a jiaizcs vizinhos, o facto de veriticar-se esse transporte pelas vias fluviaes que a natureza teni creado, niio pode alterar a verdade e a justi(;a do principio de livre communicavao, que e hoje a base, o corollario obrigado de todos os pro- gressos e aperfeivoamentos alcanvados pela applicayao do vapor e a electricidade as vias de communicaciTo de que se serve o commereio do mundo.

“Por no numero dos principios fundamentaes de direito interna- cional o reconhecimento da livre navegavao dos rios e consagrar uma das grandes doutrinas da approximavao das nav(5es, e um assumpto de interesse universal, ponpie niio so aproveita aos paizes ribeirinhos, mas a todos em geral, fazendo desajiperccer talvez o ultimo estorvo ao commereio universal e ao mais ainplo intercambio de relavdes de todo genero entre as navdes do globo.”

O Presidentk. Si niio ha objeevao, se inserira na acta o luminoso informe do Ministro de Bolivia.

O Mintstko do Peru. Senhor Presidente: Desejaria que a seguinte declarayao se inserisse na acta de hoje:

Li com interesse o relatorio da Commissiio encarregada de redactar o programma da Terceira Conferencia, e creio que o programina com-

TERCEIRA CONE'ERENCIA PAN-AMERICANA. 1183

prehende iissuinptos que sao de verdadeira importsincia para promover a approxima^So das nayOes ainericanas.

Comprehendedesde logo, ainda que nito na forma que mais teria agra- dado men Governo, o theuia do arbitramento que e um ponto ao rue da o Peru importaiicia capital; porque julga, como sempre tern julgado, (jue o dia que se realizar e se generalizar sua applicayao na America, a paz Sul-Americana ticani consolidada e as nayOes de America podemo dedicar-se a sen natural engrandecimento sem cuidados nem temores.

Si o Congresso do Kiode Janeiro conseguir levar a pratica este pro- gramma, realizara uma obra que farii honra a America e (jue marcara unia epocha na historia do direito internacional, cujos preceitos vao do dia em dia interpretando-se e acatando se melhor a medida que se gcneralizam no mundo as noyOes de direito e de solidariedade, e si medida que se sente mais e mais a necessidade de um intercambio intellectual, social e commercial, activo e estreito entre todas as nayOes.

Iau cuniprimento de minhas instrucybes transmittirei ao men Go¬ verno o programma (pie hoje approvemos; mas desde logo declaro (pie, si, como <3 provavel, o Peru se faz representar no Congresso do Rio de Janeiro, sens Dclegados discutiriio alii os differentes assumptos deste programma com a amplitude que seja necessaria e com a convicyao de quo as materias <pie contem este programma nilo vao expressadas em formulas que dev'erao acceitar-se on recusar-se, mas recommendadas como assumptos de discussilo na Terceira Conferencia.

Declaro tambcm, para concluir, quo os Dclegados do Peru coope- rariio com os Dclegados dos Estados Unidos e de todas as Republicas nos tralialhos da Conferencia, interpretando o sentimento peruano de apoio enthusiastico a todo accordo que procure a approximayilo entre as Republicas e a paz do Continente.

O Pkesidexte: Como o deseja o Ministro do Peru, a declaraySo que acaba de ler sera inserida na acta, si nao ha objecyao.

O Mimstko de Colombia: Senhor Presidente: Fayo as duas se- guintes declaraybes e rogo que constem na acta desta sessao.

Primeira DECLARAyAO: Que sente que nao se tenha incluido no Pro¬ gramma de Terceira Conferencia Pan-Americana o importantissimo assumpto da livre navegayilo dos rios, afim de que se adoptarem acc'ordos ou resoluyOes em harmonia com a doutrina destinada a pre- valecer, que reconhece como pcrfeito e imprcscriptivel o direito dos ribeirinhos da parte superior de um rio ou de seus aflluentes a navegal-o em toda sua extensao ate o mar, sem compensai/ao algiima, nem mais gravame que o que se imponha as mercadorias de transito no que equi- tativamente se considere necessario para o arranjo e manutenyao da via fluvial.

Segunda DECLARAyJo. Que ao acceitar o programma tal como tern sido fornmlado pela CommissSo respectiva consldera que as proposi- y5es que o compoem sao unicamente themas possiveis de discussao na

1184 SECRET ARIA INTERNAOIONAL DAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

Terceira Conferencia Pan-Americana e niio formulas destinadas a ser approvadasou negadas pelos Delegados das na^oes representadas nella; que reserva o diroito do Colombia a ampliar e desenvolver as propo- siyocs do programma e a aprescnbir a Conferencia, si o julgar conve- niente, assumptos propostos o nilo compreliendidos no programma, oil novos pontos quo julgar conduzentes ao bemestar das naybes Americanas.

O Prksidente. Si niio ha objec^ilo se fara constar na acta a decla- rayiio do Ministro de Colombia.

O Mikistro da Bolivia. Proponho quo se approve o programma com as reservas feitas polos Ministros do Peru c de Colombia, pois as materias quo contcm sao simples recommendayOes quo o Consolho faz a Conferencia, quo de maneira alguma obrigam ii Conferencia, nem impedem quo esta faya alterayocs no programma. Neste criterio, recommendo que o Conselho approve o programma.

O Ministuo de Guatemala. Apoio a proposiyiio. O Embaixador do Mexico. Devo declanir que niio participo da

opiniiio do Ministro de Colombia, acceita pelo Ministro de Bolivia. Tcmos redactado o programma na crenya de que a Conferencia o accei- taria com a mesma vontade com que temos trabalhado nolle. Si a Conferencia tern o direito de incorpoi’ar novas materias, ou de appreciar outras com um juizo contrario, entiio tern sido inutil redactar o pro¬ gramma e sul)mettel-o ao Conselho Directivo da Secretaria Jnterna- cional. Desejo que esta dcclara<;ao se faya constar na acta deste dia.

O Presidente. O Secretario se servirii inserir na acta de hoje a declarayiio do Embaixadoi' de Mexico.

O ^fiNiSTRO DO Chile. Senhor Presidente: Poyo-lhe o favor de mandar fazer inserir na acta a mesma declarayiio ipie tiz na Commissao de Programma. Todo diplomaUi sabe muito bom o que e fazer o pro¬ gramma de uma conferencia de diplomatas. Niio vamos celebrar a primeira conferencia do mundo. Na IIa3'a, como eni toda conferencia intornacional sujeita a um programma, uma vez acceito este, se Ihe respeita fiel e cstrictamento. A Commissiio tern redactado este pro¬ gramma e o submette para ser approvado agora. A discussiio estii aberta. Mens honrados collegas teem o direito de propor emendas; mas desde o momento em <pie se approve o |)rogramma, este deve ser considerado como a base fundamental da Terceira Conferencia Pan- Americana.

O Ministro do Bolivia. Temos instrucyOes de nossos Governos de apresontar determinadas materias pani que sejam olijecto de discussiio na Conferencia, c algumas destas materias teem sido excluidas do pro¬ gramma. Ell deixaria intciramente de cumprir com meu dever si approvasse o programma da Commissiio tal e como estii. Niio podemos, sem ter instrucyoes, obrigar a nossos Governos a acceitar este pro¬ gramma. por isso que considero da maior importancia que appro-

TERCEIRA CONFERENCIA PAN-AMERICANA. 1185

vemos o programma da Commissao sem obrigar a nossos Governos em assuniptos que nao estamos auctorizados para acceitar. Estamos no dever imprescindiv’^el de enviar o programma a nossos Governos, que nos darao as instrucfOes que convem ao caso.

O Ministro t>A Kepublica Argentina. Senhor Presidente; Pe^o que se leia pelo Secretario e logo se incorpore na acta de hoje a decla- rayao que fiz perante a Commissilo.

Em seguida o Secretario leu a seguinte declaracao: Senhor Presidente; O memorandum apresentado pelo Senhor Minis¬

tro de Chile na sessao de sexta-feira, do dia 28, referente ao principio do arbitramento, consignado em diversa forma nas proposiyoes de dif- ferentes Governos, me obriga a fazer, a meu turno, algumas decla- rayoes para fixar minha posiyao com relayao a este e todos os assumptos consignados no Projecto de Programma da Terceira Conferencia.

O Senhor ]\Iinistro do Chile, a meu juizo, tern antecipado uma dis- cussiio que eu entendo deve ser exclusivamente reservada a Conferen¬ cia e por conseguinte nao o seguirci nella. So desejo deixar bem estabelecido que minha intervenyao na Commissao do Programma, com as reservas consignadas em meu memorandum de 2 de Maryo, tern tido por objecto principal contribuir para facilitar os trabalhos pre- paratorios da Terceira Conferencia, e com o mesmo espirito continua- rei pondo ao serviyo destes minha melhor vontade; mas nilo tenho entendido, nem entendo que ao prestar minha collaborayilo no j)ro- gramma, tenho limitado o pensamento e acyao do meu Governo res- pcito dos topicos nelle comprehendidos, o qual teria estado foiu de minhas attribuiyGes. Em harmonia com esta declaraySo, quero dizer aqui, que si meu Governo decidir fazer-se representar na Conferencia do Rio, o fara com a condiySo de que tera absoluta liberdade para discutir os assumptos da Conferencia, e propor as soluy5es que Ihe parecerem convenientes.”

O Presidente. Si nao ha objecyao sera incorporada na acta a decla- rayiio do Ministro da Argentina.

Submettida a votayao a approvaySo do programma, este foi appro- vado por unanimidade.

O Ministro da Bolivia. Peyo que se vote a seguinte proposiySo; que a approvayffo do programma nao obriga a nossos respectivos Governos, mas quo esta sujeito a sua acceitayao, podendo dar outras instrucyoes a sens delegados.

O Presidente. Entendo que isto e o que ja tendes feito constar em vossa declarayao. A declara^“ao por vos feita de que vosso voto esta sujeito a essa reserva niio basta?

O Ministro da Bolivia. Creio que sim. Esta liem. O Encarregado de Negocios do Uruguay. No que toca ao Uru¬

guay, cumpre-me declarar, Senhor Presidente, que ainda quando rcconheyo que no projecto do programma preparado pelos distinctos

118G SECRETARIA INTERNACIONAL DAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

menibros da Coiiimissao respectiva, se tein tratado de conciliar as aspi- ra<;5es e interesses de todos os paizes da America, as instruccSes que tenho recebido do ineu Governo estabelecem expressamente o desojo de (pic o arbitramento seja incluido nelle.

Agora belli: o prograinma coniprehende essa quostao de transcen¬ dental importancia para nossos paizes, como “ iinia resoluviio affirinando a adhcsao das Kepublicas Aiiiericanas ao principio do arbitramento,” para ser submettido ii Segunda Conferencia da Hai’a para sua decisao. Nestas circumstancias concordo com as declarayOes dos Senliores Mi- nistros da Republica Argentina, Peru, Colombia e Bolivia relativamente SI acceitsi(;sio do prograinma com certas reservas. Por conseguinte, peyo que tambem se faya consignar na acta (pie, ao acceital-a por minha parte, reservo o direito de dar conta delle ao men Governo.

O Presidextk, Si nsio ha objeevs^o esta declarai/sio sent tambem inse- rida na acta.

O Ministko de Haiti. Entslo nslo ha prograinma. Quero salierpara inforniar ao men Cioverno.

O Pkesiden'tk: Eu o entendo de outra maneira. Os membrosdeste Conselho acceitaram o convitc a Conferencia e nomearam uma Com- misiio para redactar o progranuna. Esta Commissao apresentou por unaniraidade um relatorio, epic foi approvado por unanimidade. Ke- conhe^o que o delegado de um paiz tern perfeito direito de interpretar a sua maneira a acceitavslo do programma. Pessoalmente, opino com o Embaixador do Mexico, ipie semelhante interpretavsto destruiria em grande parte o bom effeito da approvayao do programma, e com o Ministro do Chile, comprehendo que o alcance do programma de uma (Tonferencia desta iiatureza deve conhecer-sc tao bem por tradiyslo, que o programma (pie nos occupa deveria acceitar-se como o da Confe¬ rencia do Rio. Deploro a impossibilidade em que se acham os Senliores (jue teem feito uso da palavra de acceibir o programma sem reservas, mas comprehendo a situayao tiio bem descripta pelo Ministro da Boli¬ via, e a incapacidade em que se cncontra de acceitar cstc programma e de obrigar ao sen Governo sem reservas de uma maneira absoluta. Claro e que si a Conferencia ha de celebrar-se e o programma que foi approvado sem reservas por uma grande maioria dos representantes ha de reger, o representante ou delegado de qualquer dos paizes tern a faculdade de niio acceitar o convite a Conferencia. Entendo que cada um tern o direito de fazel-o assim. Mas, depois de haver dado todos os passos necessaries para preparar o programma (pic tem sido redactado de boa fe por uma Commissao que vos mesmos elegestes, creio (pie a Conferencia esta obrigada a acceitar o dito programma. Naturalmente, qualquer dos Governos pode deixar de assistir a ultima hora.

Contestando ao ^Ministro de Haiti, mepareceipic ha um programma que tem sido approvado definitivamente pelo Conselho Directivo, e

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cntendo luleinuis ([ue :is objecvOes ou reservas, tiio bem cxpres.sadas polo ^linistro da Bolivia, nilo estao cm contravenyao dos termos deste prograniina. A attitude dos outros Senhores cpie teem fallado c vir- tiialinente a inesina do Mini^;tro da Bolivia, e dizer, quo procederiain ulitu ?'//•( s’, si obri^asscin a souo Governos respectivos de uina inaneira doiinitiva iie.stc assuinpto.

() Mimstro da Bolivia: Desojo manifestar (pie ininha.s objecyOes iifio se refenan a reuniiio da Conferencia, mas tanibem desejo que se reconlio(;a (pie todos os pontos de ipie consta o programina nilo hao de ser acceitos assim, mas que estao sujeitos a discussao. Si nilo fazemos esta reserva, os delegados {lodem decidir ipie o arbitramento nilo se- sul)metta a Conferencia da Hai'a, e pode haver tambem (piem con- tenda que a C’ommissilo de profjramma iriio esta autorizada para resolver este ponto. Quero ([ue se comprehenda bem quo nilo estou hostili- zando a Conferencia; polo contrario, todos tenios o maior desejo de ipie alcance um exito brilhante. Creio, pori'm, que e melhor ijue se saiba de antemilo ipial e a nossa attitude. Tenho cedido a decisao da Commissilo mas nilo estou autorizado por meu Governo para acceitar o protrramma sem reservas.

() Mixistuo dk Costa Rica: Ja ipie se tern approvado unanime- mente o programma da Terceira Conferencia, antes de levantar a sessiio rogo que me seja permittido aproveitar esta opportunidade para fazer algumas observai oes (jue desejo que se inseram na acta, as quaes silo de interesse aos paizes productores de cafe cm America, que acaso desejarilo aproveitar a reuniiio da C’onferencia do Rio de Janeiro para tratar entre si dos meios de melhorar a situayilo actual do mercado do cafe.

() meu Governo desejava tomar alguma iniciativa a este respeito, mas resolveu nilo fazel-o em considerayilo a que sendo o Brazil o pro- diictor mais grande de cafe, e sendo em sua capital onde a Conferencia tiM’ii lugar, ao Governo daipiella Republica correspondia apresental-a.

O (ioverno do Guatemala iior intermedio de sou iMinistro em Wash¬ ington, fez indicayito desta materia como assuinpto do programma; e o Doutor Pacas, Ministro de P^stado das Relayoes Interiores de Sal¬ vador, em carta officiosadc 9 de I'evereiro proximo passado, me indicou entre outros pontos que estao comprehendidos no programma, o assuinpto do cafe, considerando sua soluyilo de nccessidade iirgente para os paizes productores, e indicando a conveniencia de chegar-se a um accordo sobre medidas para a protecyao e desenvolvimento desta industria.

P'u, em nome dos productores de meu paiz, e fazendo-me echo das recommendayOes a que me referi, peyo aquellos de mens collegas que o tenham por bem, que estudem a materia e a recommendem a sens respectivos Governos, de forma que possam chegar a algum accordo

Bull. No. 4—06-21

1188 SECRET ARIA INTERN ACIONAL DAS REPUBLIC AS AMERICANAS.

ca\^}5 de produzir re^iultados pniticos, ja no sentido amplo que fsujj- gere o distincto Salvadorense, que eonsulta egualniente os interesses do produftor o do consumidor, ja eni qualquor outni forma que possa melhorar a condivao actual de tantos milhSes de donos de i)lantavCk's c de outras pessoas (pie vivem desta industria em <pie esta enipregada fabulosa sonima do capitacs.

O l^residente mandou cpie se tizesse coiistar na acta a declarayao do Ministro de Costa Kica, e niio havcndo oiitra materia de que tratar se levantou a sessao.

DAMOS A SEOUIK <) PROGUAMMA DA TEIiCEIKA COXEEREXGIA I’AX-AMERI-

CANA l^UE HA DE UEUXIR-SE XO RIO DE JAXj:iRO—PROORAM3IA.

I. Secretaria Internacional das Republicas Americanas. ((?) Keorganiza(;ao da Secretaria Internacional das Republicas Ameri¬

canas sob re uma base mais permanente; (h) Ampliar e melhorar o piano c efficiencia da Instituivilo. II. Um accordo declarando a adhesao das Republicas Americanas ao

principio de Arbitramcnto para a soluyiio das (piestoes (pic surgirom entre ellas, cxpressando a esperani/a (pic abrigam as Republicas que tomam parte na Conferencia de (pie a proxima Conferencia a reunir-se na Ha3'a cclebrara um Convenio Geral de Arbitramcnto que possa ser approvado c posto em vigor por todos os paizes.

III. Um accordo recommendando as differentes Republicas a proro- gaviio por um periodo de cinco annos do “Tratado de Arbitramcnto sobro ReclamavOes Pecuniarias" celebrado entre as dift'erentes Repub¬ licas na Conferencia do Mexico.

IV. Um accordo recommendando ([iic a Segunda Conferencia da Paz da Haj’a seja convidada a considera'r si 6 admissivel o emprego da forya para a cobran^a do dividas publicas, e si e admissivel, ate que ponto.

CodijJCOQao do Dlreito Internaciomd Puhlico e Vrivado.

V. Um convenio estalielecendo a crea(;ao de uma Commiss5o do Jurisconsultos, que prepare, para submettel-o a segiiinte Conferencia, um Projecto de Cixligode Direito Internacional Publico c Privado e (pic determine a maneira de pagar lus despezas ipie so incorrcrem com essa obni; recommendando especialmente a considcra^ao da dita Commissao de Jurisconsultos os Tratados celebrados no Congresso de Montevideo em 1889 de Leis Civis, Commei'ciaes, Criminacs e Processaes.

yatumlizafuo.

VI. A conveniencia de celcbrar um Convenio (jiic comprehenda o principio de que o cidadao naturalizado em um dos paizes contractantcs que estabelecer de novo sua rcsidencia em sen paiz de origcm, scm a intonyao de regrcssar aquelle onde se naturalizou, seja considerado

TERCEIKA CONFEKENCIA PAN-AMERICANO. 1189

conio que tem renunciado a sua naturalizayao ein dito paiz, presu- niindo-.sc (pie existe a intenyao de niio regressar (piando a pessoa naturalizada residir mais de dous annos ein sea paiz de origein.

J)(.se)u‘oIrhtienft) (7as Relafoes Commerctaes entre ax lirpiMlcan. Amcrlcanas,

A ll. Ad(^pyaodos accordo.s que a Conferencia considerar conduzentes a a.ss(‘gurar:

((() A mais rapida communicayao entre as diversas nayoes. {f>) A celebrayao de Tratados Cominereiaes. {(■) A inaior disseminayiio possivel de dados estatistieos e eom-

merciaes. ((/) O desenvolvimento e ampliayao das relayoes cominereiaes entre

as Republicas (pie formem a Conferencia.

Lein Admmeh'as e ConnuJareii,

VII I. Simplificayito e consolidayao das Leis Aduaneiras e Consulares que se referem a entrada e sahida de embarcayOes e mercadorias.

Patentes e Mareas de Comimrclo.

JX. Estudo dos Tratados de Montevideo e Mexico (jne se referem a este assumpto, junto com—

((/) RecommendayOes que tendam a uniformidade das Leis de Paten¬ tes e de processes a ipie deem lugar.

(})) Creayao de uraa Repartiyiio Internacional para o registro de mareas de commei'cio.

Policia Sanitaria e Quarentena.

X. Estudo da Convcnyiio Sanitaria lirmada ad referendum em AVash- ington e da que se celebrou no Rio de Janeiro e daquellas recommenda- yoes addicionaes em materia de saude publica que mais efficazmente permittam a cada uma das Republicas ajudar iis outras a prevenir as cpidemias e a reduzir a mortalidadc devida a molcstias contagiosas.

Kairada de Ferro Pan- Americana.

XI. Estudo do relatorio da Commissilo Permanente da Estrada de Ferro Pan-Americana (pie ha do apresentar-se na Conferencia e das recommendayoes as differentes Republicas que a clle se referam, reaffirmando ao mesmo tempo o interesse de todas ellas no exito deste projecto.

Propriedade litteraria.

XII. Estudo dos Tratados de Monteviedo e de Mexico sobre a pro¬ priedade litteraria o da legislayao acerca da materia nas Republicas Americanas.

1190 8ECKETARIA INTEKNACIONAL DAS BEPUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

Exeretcio dan j>roJiiiHdts liherueK.

XIII. Medidas (jiic se jiilgareni necessarias para levar a effeito a idea eoinprehendida no Tratado celebrado na Sej^unda Confercncia Pan-Ainerieana coin relayao a csta materia.

XIV. Futuras Confereneias.

A CONCORDIA PAN-AMERICANA.

O llonrado Joiix W. Daxiki., Senador pelo Estado de Virffinia, no discurso quo pronunciou no Senado, advogando pela vota^ao de iniportante credito para as despezas com a I'erceira Conferencia Pan- Americana a reunir-se no Kio de Janeiro, citou as observavoes que fez o llonrado Elihu Root, Secretario de Estado dos Estados 1,’^nidos, perante uma Commissao do Congresso, salientando a neeessidade (pie tC*m os Estados Unidos de estreitar suas rela^oes commerciaes com as Republicas Americanas. As observavoes do Secretario Root, eomo vein publicados no ‘‘Congressional Record,” foram, cm parte, as seguintes:

“* * * Julgo (pie os trabalhos da Secrctaria das Repulilicas Americanas, a existencia da Uniiio Internacional, e a reuniao destas Confereneias otiereeem o melhor meio de impedir a relativa isolaviio deste paiz dos outros jiaizes da America, e de estal)eiecer relacoes cntre elles e nos, em vez das relavoes um taiito exclusivas (pie ate agora teem existido entre elles e Europa.

‘‘As reUn/bes (pie temos mantido com estes paizes teem sido em siia maior parte de natureza politica, ao passo (jne, por oiitro lado, sens la(;os de raya, lingua, costumes e usos herdados—asrelavOes resultantes do emprego de grandes capitaes europeos em sens paizes e do estabe- lecimento de numerosas e rapidas linhas de communicavao entre elles e a Europa, teem feito que o commercio e as rela(;(')es pessoacs dos paizes sul-aniericanos inclinem mais para a Europa (pie para os Estados Unidos. Assim (5 (pie, ao passo (pie assumimos a attitude politica de advertir a Europa que se afaste do territorio da America Central e do Sul, estamos relativamente estranhos a elles, enujuanto (pie a Europa tern com elles relavoes directas.

“Creio (pie existe agora um desejo forte e genuino por ])arte dos estadistas sul-americanos—e destes lia muitos e muito habeis—de esti- mular sens povos para (pie adipiiram maior conliecimento do povo dos Estados Unidos, ao passo (pie por parte de nosso povo existe o desejo de conhecer mellior as Republicas do Sul e de ter maiores rela(;oes com elks. E justamente nestc momento que o grande augmento de capital nos Estados-Unidos esta a ponto de buscar emprego no estrangeiro. Estamos quasi ao termo de um periodo durante o qual todo nosso capi¬ tal e toda nossa energia se liaviam concentrado exclusivamente em

REPUBLIC A ARGENTINA. ll&l

cniprezas luicionaes, e polos dados quo o Departauiento de Estado me proporoioiia, me e dado vor um augmento eiiorme de relayOes commei’- ciaes cntre os norte-americaiios e outras navOos.

‘•Elies viio empregando sens oapitacs em coiistruoyOes e estao abrindo-so passo por meio de transaovOes baiicarias, seiido assim (pie o capital iiorto-amei’icano esta prompto para cstendcr-so por toda a America Central c do Sul. Entendo ipie e a devida t'uncvilo do Clo- verno contribuir para ostabclecer rela<,‘oes de amizade e de boa intelli- goncia quo fa<;am possivel ipie o capital va a esses paizes.

Parece-me (jue nao poderia eu fazer uma obra mais util ao paiz, afim de promover o desenvolvimento do commercio norte-americano, e ao mesmo tempo estimular estas relayoes quo teiidem a manter a paz e a harmonia, (pie estimular e promover esta tendencia que se manifesta na uniiiodas Uepublicas Americanas e nestas Conferencias successivas.”

REPUBLICA ARGENTINA.

MOVIMENTO DA EXPORTAQAO EM JANEIRO DE 1906.

Os principaes generos exportados pela Repiiblica Argentina no mez do Janeiro de 1900, comparados com os despacluidos em egual mez dos aiinos de 1905 e 1904, foram os seguintes:

i90t;. 190.5. 1904.

Conros de boi soooofi.mimero.. Couros de boi salgados.id_ Conros de envallo salgudos.id_ Pel Ics de enriiei ro.fardos..

243, ti'IO 120,9M 22,345

4.50 4,002

37.5 1,763 5,716

SO 6.18

61,8ft'i 132,093 30, %1 60,777 3,698

11,107 3,821

11,.574 Pi), 220 28,763

.5,061 29,971

267,1.55 101,718

8,509 14,199

6,5:12 256

3,562 6,8(2 1,203

331

99,849 133,391 164, ,543 62,912 10,614 9,722 6,260

160,284 31,8,54

100 2,861 5,1,59

174

Id.toneis.. 2,405

Trigo.toiieladas.. Milho.id_

735 43,906

183,138 99,069 97,391 4,824 8, ,504 6,995 2,332

19,987 11,264

Farinha de trigo.id_ Farelo.id_ Farcio grosso...saecos.. Massade liiibaea.id_

Qiiebraeho.toiieladas.. Kxtraeto de quebraeho.id_

96,209 34,925 2, ,591

33,189 10,272

340,131 129,187

Assuear..toneladas.. 20,499 2,689

194,731 72,150

Came de vaeea.quartos.. 193,404 190,339

EXPORTA9AO DE CARNES CONGELADAS EM 1906.

Segundo dados officiaes, a Republica Argentina exportou durante o anno de 1905 carneiros congelados no valor de $0,208,(»59, came de vacca congelada no valor de $15,285,093, e carnes diversas, por valor de $350,2!t9. A exportayao destes artigos em 1894, ou onze annos antes, foi pelo valor de $1,804,110, $12,400 e $59,045, respectivamente.

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Em 1900, OS portos do Reino Unido que ate acjuelle anno oon.sti- tuiam OS principaes portos importadores dc carnes argentinas, foram declanidos oncerrados a iinporta(;jiO de gados c carneiros argentinos, e porconsoguinte as exjwrta<;(5es para esses portos diminuiram de 312,150 gado vaccmn e 543,402 carneiros em 1899, a 150,550 gado vaccum e 198,102 carneiros em 1900. Desde este anno ate 1905, as exporta^Oes de gado continuarani a mostrar diminuivao, mas em 1905 as exporta- V5es de gado foram avaliadas em ^5,100,483, e as de carneiros, em ^304,209.

A “Revisla Mensual de la Ciimai’a Mercantil,” n. 05, diz que a Rcpublica Argentina exportou em 1905 cerca de 2,000,000 quartos de carnes frigoriticas, o que deu em resultado uma grande escassez deste artigo de consumo. A mesma revista csvlcula o numero dos carneiros congelados que se cxportaram dia*ante o anno de 1905 em 3,408,032, o que mostra uma ligcira diminuicao comparado com o do anno anterior.

Segundo os dados oiliciaes do Reino Unido, a Republica Argentina e o Uruguay exportaram para este paiz durante o anno de 1905 1,108,133 quartos de carnes congcladas, ou 379,024 quartos mais que no anno anterior, e 3,203,210 carneiros e ovelhas congelados. Acredita-sc que em 1900 as cxportayoes mostrarao maior augmento ainda, pois o con¬ sumo vai desenvolvendo-sc, c a capacidade dos cstabelecdmentos frigori- ticos augmenta constantemente, e a industria dc cria^ao de carneiros tern desenvolvido consideravelmente no extremo sul. As estimativas mais recentes calculam o numero dos carneiros existentes nas estancias Argentinas em 59,000,0O() e o das ovelhas, em 40,0(X),000.

Uma rcvista gcral das condiyOes atfectando este ramo do commercio mostra que a America do Sul tem conseguido arrancar a America do Norte uma poryao consideravel do commercio de carnes frigorificas com o Reino Unido, pois quo as importayOes provenientes da America do Sul mostram um augmento dc 15,328 toneladas, e as procedentes da America do Norte, uma diminuiyao de 8,372 toneladas, comparadas respoctivamentc com as do anno anterior. Segundo estatisticas otiiciaes, as importayoes no Reino Unido do carnes argentinas para o anno de 1905, foram no valor dc £3,751,780, contra £2,482,704 em 1904, ao passo quo as importayoes desses productos procedentes dos Estados Unidos foram por valor de £4,814,611 em 1905, contra £5,1.30,286 em 1904. As importayoes dc carneiros congelados procedentes da Rcpub- lia Argentina foram por valor dc £2,458,916 cm 1905, contra £2,491,210 em 1904. Niio ha estatisticas sobre as importayOes deste genero dc procedencia norte-americana.

IBIPORTAgAO DE SACCOS E ANIAGEK.

As importayoes de saccos e aniagem pela Republica Argentina para as cxportayoes de cereaes, vao em augmento. O valor dos saccos de algodao importados em 1905, principalmente para farinba de trigo,

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foi de $801,776, ouro, on $206,408 iiiais (lue cm 1904. O peso desses saccos foi dc 3,603^ tonoladas, ou mais 412^ toiieladas (pie em 1904. Desses saccos, os que pagaram direitos foram por valor de $393,620, e os ((lie entrarain livres de direitos foram por valor de $408,156. Foram importados durante o anno saccos alcatroados, com o peso de 934 toneladas e o valor de $23,360, ou mais $14,865 que no anno ante¬ rior. Destes, os sujeitos a direitos foram por valor dc $22,359, e os (jue entrarain livres dc direitos foram por valor dc $1,001.

Foram importados durante o anno 574 toneladas dc lios para coser saccos, ou menos 235 toneladas que em 1904. Esses lios foram por valor de $172,258, ou monos $70,555 que em 1904. O valor das importavoes dc tio de juta foi de $174,483, ou $40,591 mais que no anno anterior, pcsando 2,121^ toneladas, ou seja 503f toneladas mais que no anno anterior. As importavoes do saccos para cereaes foram por valor de $576,972, pcsando 3,606 toneladas, ou menos 2,858 toneladas que no anno anterior. As importavSes de aniagem foram j)or valor de $6,119,021, ou menos $2,535,096 que no anno anterior, e com o peso de 40,793^^ toneladas, todas sendo isentas dc direitos dc importavao. As importa<;oes de Imrbante de cnj^avelar foram por valor de $1,455,228, pcsando 7,276 toneladas, ou menos 1,764 toneladas que no anno anterior.

MOVIMENTO DOS PORTOS EM 1905.

O seguinte quadro mostra o movimcnto commercial dos portos da Kepublica Argentina durante o anno de 1905. A importaviio foi por valor de $205,154,420, ouro, e a exporta(;ao, por valor de $322,843,841, ouro.

Buhia Blanca. Buenos Ayres. Campaila. Col6n. (Concordia. Gualefruaycln'i.... La Paz. La Plata. Mendoza. Parand. Rosario. Santa Fi5. San Juan. San NieholAs. Ztlrate. Ontros portos. Villa Constitucidu

Total.

IniiMjrtacfto. Exportai/fto.

812,864,216 87,605,288 l(i.s,277,712

1,671,046 273,85.6 305,629 112.5.62

43,820 1,67.6,042

12,317 410,607

21,676,741 2,019,234

.600 23,128

490.3.63 6,66,516

205,1.64,420

141,73.6,578 5,540,650 1,91.6,438 3,3.60,977 3,244,247 1,3.62, .608

14,230,838 637,244

3,566,292 68,601,422 1,889,724

62,690 13,104, .634 5,961,254

10,113,296 4,500,904

322,843,841

ESTATISTICA MUNICIPAL PARA 1904.

Acaba de ser publicado na Repulilic^a Argentina um livro volumoso comprehendendo dados estatisticos sobre a popula^-ao, instrucfao publica, construcyao de edificios, commercio e industria da cidade de

1194 SECBETARIA INTEKNACIONAL DAS REEUBLICAS AMERICANA8.

Buenos Aires, organizados de accordo com o recenseamento de 18 de Setembro de 1904,

Na actualidade a cidade de Buenos Aires tcin maisde 1,025,653 hal)i- tantt's ao passo (lueem Setembro de 1904, a populavao era de 950,891, dos quaes 523,041 eram argentinos e 427,850 estrangeiros. Do numero dos cidadaos argentinos, cerca de 320,589 foram nascidos na capital, 197,319 cm outras partes da Itepublica, e 5,133 foram naturalizados.

A populayao da cidade de Buenos Aires em 1895 era apcnas de 663,854 habitantes, o (juc mostra um augmcnto para os ultimos nove annos de 287,037 habitantes.

O numero dos alumnos de »> ate 15 annos de edadc e de 188,271, dos (piaes 23,635 sabem ler. Dcste numero, 126,989 meninos receberam sua instrucyao nas cscolas pul)licas, 617 cm fabricas e oflicinas de tra- balho, e 9,503 em casfi ou em outros logares. Demais, 4,362 alumnos que se matricularam, nito concluiram sens cursos, mas sabiam ler. Por conseguinte, o numero tobxl dos meninos de 6 ate 14 annos de edade (jue sabem ler e do 160,977.

Conforme o recenseamento de 1895, a porccntagem dos habitantes que sabiam ler foi de 75.9; em 1904, foi de 86.8, o ((ue demonstra a evidencia que a cidade de Buenos Aires tern feito grande progresso sob o ponto de vista de instrucyao. A porccntagem dos estrangeiros que siibem ler e calculada em 69.1.

Os habitantes classificados por profissoes siio:

Indiistria agrioola c pastoril. Ind ustria mamifactnrcira. Cfiramercio. Transporte. Scrvivo domestic'O. ARentos de bens de raiz. Empregados no servi^'O govcrnainental ProtissOes sanitarias. ProlissOes liberaes. InstrucvAo. Outras prolissOes nao classificudas.

Total.

Nvimero.

4,613 127,244 90,114 15,281 57,218 10,729 30,060 3, .531 8,791

13, ,556 65,125

416,832

O quadro supra refere-se ao numero das pessoas de mais de 14 annos de edade que estiio empregadas nas protis.soes.

O numero das pes.soas que em 1887 possuiam bens de raiz na cidade de Buenos Aires era do so 34,039, tendo subido a 78,300 em 1904.

A importancia dos capitacs empregados na cidade desenvolveu-se enormemente desde 1895, tpiando era de $254,146,755, tendo mais que duplicada em nove annos, pois em 1904 ascendeu a $520,706,300.

O numero dos e.stabelecimentos commerciaes existentcs na cidade de Buenos Aires em 1855 era de so 3,139, ao passo que em 1895 havia 12,831, e em 1904, 17,985 e.stabelecimentos.

Os seguintes algarismos demonstrariio a evidencia o desenvolvimento industrial da liepublica Argentina: O numero dos estabelecimentos

BOLIVIA. 1195

industriaes existentcs no paiz ein 1887 era de 6,128, contra 8,877 ein l',*04; a iniportancia dos fundos empregados ein seguros em 1887 eraiii de §19,000,000, contra §60,000,000 eni 1904; existiam em 1887 motores de 6,277 cavallos, contra os de 19,858 cavallos em 1904; as materias primas da Kepiiblica em 1887 cram ])or valor de §47,754,500, contra a cnorme somma de §183,500,000 em 1904.

IMPORTAgOES DE OUBO E PBATA EM 1905.

Conforme a estatistica organizada pelas autoridades aduaneiras, as importavOes de ouro c de prata rcalizadas pela Ropublica Argentina durante o anno de 1905, foram na importancia de §28,902,115.50. Desta somma, §16,873,600 vicram da Inglaterra, §11,047,800 de Nova Yoi-k, e o restante de outros paizos. Os bancos importadoi’cs foram os seguintes:

Ix)ih1oii and River Plate. .^ll, 742,691.50

Banco de la Nacion. 4,828,000.00

Parapaca e Argentina. 3, 080,800.00

Aleman Trannatlantico. 3, 411, 800.00

British. 2, 865, 000. 00

London and Brazil. 2,023,100.00

L. B. Siipervielle. 622,500.00

Bunge and Born. 252,000. 00

Diversos. 76,264. 00

BOLIVIA.

DIBEITOS DE EXPOBTAgAO SOBBE O ESTANHO.

O Sr. SousBY, Ministro dos Estados Unidos na Kepublica da Bolivia, em um relatorio dirigido ao sen Governo diz (lue o Gongresso Boli¬ viano no dia 29 de Dezembro ultimo deci’etou e o Executivo approvou a seguinte lei:

“Aktigo I. A contar do dia 1" tie Janeiro de 1906, os direitos de exportaeao sobre metaes e mineraes de estanho seriio cobrados de con- formidade com a seguinte tarifa:

EManho em harrilla.

Be inenos de 100 litres por quintal.

Be 100 ate 110.

Be 110at6 120. .

Be 120 ate BIO.

De 130 atti 140.

Be 140 ate 150.

Be 150 at6 160.

De 160 ate 170.,.

De 170 ate 180....

De 180 at^ 190.

Del90 at6 200. .

Acima de 200.

Bolivianos.

... 0. 90

... 1.00

... 1.15

... 1.30

... 1.45

... 1.60

... 1.75

... 2.00

... 2.25

... 2.60

... 3.00

... 3.50

1106 SECRET ARIA INTERN ACIONAL DAS REPUBLIC AS AMERICANAS. ’

JCttunho em Ixirra.

De inenos do 100 litros por (juintul.

De lOOatollO. Dell0atol20..

De 120 ate 130.

l)c 130 ato 140.

De 140 ate 150.

De 150 ate 100.

De 100 ate 170.

De 170 ate 180.

De 180 ate UK).

De UK) ate 200.

Acima de 200 .

Bdliviiinos.

... 1.50

... 1.00

... 1.75

... 1.90

... 2.10

... 2.30

... 2.50

... 2. 80

... 3.10

... 3.40

... 3.80

... 4.20

“Art. II. O Mini.sti'o da Fazenda cstabeleccra os direitos do exportarao .so1)rc o e.stanho ein barrilla e em barras segundo as cota- yoes de estanho nos mercados da Europa, e de conformidade com a tarifa supra, a qiial licara em vigor por um periodo de qiiinze dias, quaestiuer (pie sejam as lliictuavoes no pre(;o do esttinho.

“Akt. III. As companhias que exploram minas do estanho ticam isentas do pagamento de 3 por cento dos sens lucros licpiidos.

“Aut. IV. A contar de 1" de Janeiro de 15)06, .serao arrecadados os segiiintes direitos .•<ol)re as exporta<;oes do bismutlio:

l.in^ruiulos ou barras, per (piiiital. 10

jMineral on barrilla, por<j(iintal. 8

“Art. V. As exporta(,-oes de ouro amoedado seriio sujeitas a um

direito de exportarao de 3 por cento.

“Art. V'I. O Executivo estabelecent o regulamento para a execurao

da presente lei.

BRAZIL.

CONVENIO CEIiEBRADO COM A REPTJBLICA ARGENTINA PARA A

PROTECgAO DA PROPRIEDADE DE MARCAS DE FABRICA E DE

COMMERCIO.

O Congresso Nacional approvou no dia 28 de Novembro de 1905 o convenio para a protecyao da propriedade de marcas de fabrica e de commercio, concluido no Rio de Janeiro em 30 de Outubro de 1901, entre as Republicas dos Estados Unidos do Brazil e Argentina. O texto do convenio (5 o seguinte:

“Os Presidontes da Republica dos Estados Unidos do Brazil e da Republica Argentina, desejando assegurar aos industriaes e commer- ciantes dos dous paizes a protecriio das leis quo gai’antem a propriedade

BRAZIL. 1197

das niarcas do fahrica e do coinmcrcio, resolverani celebrar para esse fiiii um convenio e iiomearain sens plenipotenciarios, a saber:

“O Presidente da Republica dos Estados Unidos do Brazil, o Dr. ()i.yNTHO Maximo de Magaliiaes, Ministro do Estado das Kela95es Extoriores;

“O Presidente da Kepublica Argentina, o Dr. D. Maxoel Goros-

TiAGA, Enviado Extraordinario e Ministro Plenipotenciario da mesnja llopiiblica no Brazil;

“Os quaes, trocados os sens plenos poderes, quo acharain cm boa c devida forma, convieram no seguinte :

“Art. 1".

“Os iiidustriaes c commcrciantes nos Estados Unidos do Brazil e os industriaos e commerciantes na Kepublica Argentina, (pie tiveram rc- gistrado as suas marcas do fabrica ou de commoreio do conformidade com as preseripvoes legaes, poderito egualmente registral-as em um e ou- tro paiz, preencliendo as eondi(;oes estabelecidas pelas leis e regulamen- tos daipiellc onde sc fa(;a o registro.

“Art. 2".

“O presente convenio, seguidos os tramites legaes, sera ratiticado e as ratilica(,oes serao ti’ocadas na cidade do liio de Janeiro, no mais breve prazo possivel. Cessara seis mezes depois da data em (pic uma das duas Altas Partes Contraetantes communiear a outra a sua resolu- Vilo de pTir-lhe termo.

“Em fo do (pie os respeetivos plenipotenciarios firmam e sellam o mesmo convenio em dous exemplares, sendo cada um delles escripto nas duas linguas.

“ Feito na cidade do Rio de Janeiro, aos trinta dias do mez de Outu- bro de 1001.-’

A IMPOKTAQAO de MERCADORIAS COM FALSA INDICA^AO DE

PROCEDENCIA PROHIBIDA.

O “Diario Ollicial” de 8 de Dezembro de 1905, publica o texto da lei ultimamente approvada, (pie estabelece regras para a apprehensSo de productos importados com falsas indicayoes de procedencia. O texto da lei e o seguinte:

“Art. 1”. prohibida a importayilo do (piabpicr producto ou mercadoria com falsa indicayao de procedencia, nos termos do A juste de Madrid, de ll de Abril de 1891, ratificado a 3 do Outubro de 1896 e posto em execuyao pelo decreto n. 2,380, de 20 de Novembro do mesmo anno.

“Art. 2°. Os generos incursos nas disposiyoes do artigo anterior seriio apprehendidos pelas autoridades aduaneiras, emquanto nao

1198 SECRETARIA INTERNACIONAL DAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANA8.

houvereiii sido eiitrej^ues aos iiiteressados; e fora desse caso, pelas autoridades jiidiciarias federaes, Em amhas as hypotheses, a re([ueiT- mciito dos interessados ou do Ministerio Publico, guardadas as solemni- dades legaes.

“Art. S". Os productos appreheiididos iia zona fiscal seriio rcexpor- tados pelos imi)ortadorcs dentro do 30 dias, sendo destruidos caso niio se verificpie a reexportayao. Si a apprehensilo se realizar fora da zona fiscal, os generos serao inutilizados ou destruidos.

“Aut. 4". Em (juakpier das hypotheses previstas nesta lei os impor- tiidores incorreriio na multa de 50 por cento sobre o valor dos generos importados.

“Art. 5". Seguir-se-ha no processo de apprehensiio, no <pie for applicav'el, o disposto no art. 633 da Consolida<;ao das Leis das Alfandegas.

“Art. 6". Kevogani-se as disposi(/oes em contrario.”

CHILE.

TERMINAgAO DO CONVENIO SOBRE O SALITRE.

O Sr. Hicks, Ministro dos Estados Unidos junto ao Croverno do Chile, communica ao seu (ioverno (pie o Secretario da Associayiio Salitreira publicou uma circular annunciando o mao exito dos esfoiyos por elle feitos para renovar o convenio salitreiro, ou para prorogar seu prazo, pelo menos, por mais um anno, o dizendo (jue os directores resolveram por unanimidade, abandonar a idea do renovar o convenio. ^ digno de nota <pie em toda esta enorme producyao do nitrato de soda na parte septentrional do Chile, nao esta ompregado nenhum capital nortc-americano, ainda <pie as exportai/Oes para os Estados Cnidos augmentam constantemente. A maioria das companhias interessadas nesta industria silo inglezas, sendo algumas chilenas e allemaes.

Como exemplo dos lucros (pie se obtfun na extraci iio do nitrato, o relatorio annual da London Nitrate Companv, Limited, de 31 de Outu- bro ultimo, diz epic a companhia foi incorporada em 18S7, com o capital de 8800,000, e (pie durante os dezoito annos tinha pago em dividendos a (piantia de 81,170,000, e em amortizaipTo do capital a somma de 8400,000, perfazendo $1,570,<H)0. Ahuii disto a companhia tinha construido novos estabelecinientos ao ciisto de 8400,000, e tinha constituido um fundo do amortizayao com 8100,000, empregados em titulos inglezes. Isto demonstra ipie o total das receitas da companhia em dezoito annos attingiii a enorme somma de 8^,100,000. O capital actual da companhia 6 de $400,000, c sua divida activa e calculada, no minimo, em 8355,000.

CHILE. 1199

A iiiclustriu do nitrato no Chile e da inaior iniportaneia, pois as rendas do Governo proveiiicntes dos direitos de exportaciio sobre o nitrato, inontani a ^2."),t)(>0,00d annualnientc. As exportayoes de nitrato chileno attini^ein a centenas de niilhoes de dollars por anno, e niilhares de honiens no Chile e na Eiiropa tornarain-se ricos coino resultado desta industria.

BENDAS ADUANEIRAS EM JANEIRO 1906.

As rendas arrecadadas pelas Alt'andej,''as da llepublica do Chile durante o mez de Janeiro de 1006 forani na iniportaneia de $0,101,353, sendo $6,051,023 o producto dos direitos de exportayao e $3,139,130 o dos direitos de iinportayao.

As rendas eni ej^ual mez do anno anterior forain na iniportaneia de $8,001,101, correspondendo $5,566,181 aos direitos de exportayao e $2,111,010 aos direitos de iinportayao, o que inostra um augmento a favor de Janeiro de 1006 de $1,1S<),850. Deste augmento, a qiiantia de $188,130 foi realizada nos direitos de exportayao, e a de $698,120 nos direitos de iinportayao.

As rendas, discriniinadas por alfandegas, foram as segiiintes:

Direitos de e.i j>orl(i(;('t<) e iinporta^Cio, lt)0d-6.

1905. 1906. 1905. 1906.

DIREITOS DE EXPORTAY AO.

Pisugiia. 1,0-17,249 3,017,3.98

089.619 486,400 324,829

1,297,388 3,190, (‘Kl

7;}3,98(>

DIREIT0.9 DE IMPOP,TA- ('Ao—1‘ontiniia.

Tnltnl. ft, 432 38,1.52 8,427 8,029

288 219, 748 010,118 Tultul.". 87,079

1,.568,09(! 276,311 Z{,90t) 40,224

38, .521 2,039, 722

247,169 5,563,4.94 6,051,923 21; 5.55 61,145 DIREITO.S DE IMP0RTA(;A0. Valdivia.

Arioa. 81,982 S22,604 Puerto Moiitt. Alfandegus da fronteira..

1,370 169,271

5,852 61,093

PisHgua. 11,022 203,220 21,379 07,398

13,369 263,981

19,026 188, ,914

Total. 2,441,010

8,004,494

3,139,430

9,191,363 Tocoiiilla. AntofuBusta. Total geral.

MODIFICAgAO DOS DIREITOS DE IMPORTAgAO SOBRE O ASSUCAB.

O “Board of Trade Journar’ de 6 de Maryo de 1906, diz que o Go¬ verno do Chile approvou unia lei auctorizando uma reducyiio nos direitos do iinportayao sobre o assucar retinado de Is. 6d. por 100 kilograinmas, e uni auginento nos direitos solire o assucar nao refinado de Is. 6d. jxir loo kilogram mas.

1200 SECRET ARIA INTERNACIONAL DAS REPUBLICAS AMERICAN AS.

CUBA.

VALOB DOS CHABUTOS HAVANOS PABA A COBBANgA DOS

DIBEITOS DE IMFOBTAgAO.

A Junta de Av'aliadores Geraes dos E^itados Unidos proferiu unia decisjio quanto ao valor cm (jue devcin .sor cstimados os cliarutos llavanos para a cobranva dos dircitos do iniportafiio. O toor desta decisao e como segue:

Os avaliadorcs, ao ealcularem o valor de nicreadorias iiiiportadas dc paizes estrangeiro.s para cobranya dos direitcs dc iiuportayao, toiuai’iio por base o preyo pi>r ataeido das inesinas luercadorias nos inercados do paiz exports tv>r na data da exporta^iio, c niio o preeo de exportayao de taes inercadori^is, caso (pie houvor differenva entrc estes dous valores.

Quando cliarutos de certas classes exportados dc Cuba estiverem sujeitos a utn iinposto de consuino de $2 por niilheiro, e se verilicar que o valor destes nos niereados de Cuba e o valor declarado na fac- tura inenos esse iinposto, nilo devein ser cobrados os dircitos sobre esse iinposto, pois nao faz parte deste valor, a inenos que o iniportador o incluir voluntariainente ein sua nota de despacho.

Quando os iinportadores destes cliarutos aprescntarein notas dc des- pacho ein que for excluido o valor desse iinposto, c o inspector recu- sar acceital-as, declarando a addifao deste valor coino condiyao da acceitayao da nota, esta sera considerada coino feita sob couipulsao e o importador nilo sera obrigado a euinpril-a.

ESTADOS UNIDOS.

COMMEBCIO COM OS PAIZES LATINO-AMEBICANOS.

KELAyAO MEXSAE DAS IMPOKTAyOES E EXPOKTAyAES.

O (juadro dado na pagina 1134 e extrahido da relayiio conipilada pelo chefe da llepartiyao de Estatistica do Departainento do Cominercio e Trabalho, inostrando o cominercio entre os Estados Cnidos e os paizes latino-ainericanos. A rclayao correspondc ao niez do Fevereiro de IDOG, com uma relayiio compaiiitiva para o mez correspondente do anno anterior, assim como para os oito mezes lindos cm Fevereiro de 1!)06, comparados com o periodo correspondente do anno anterior. Devo-se explicar que os algarismos das varias alfandegas, inostrando as impor- tayOes e exportayOes de um so mez, silo recebidos no Ministerio da Fazenda ate quasi o dia 20 do mez seguinto, e perde-se algum tempo neccssariamente em sua eompilayiio e impressilo. Por conseguinte, as estatisticas para o mez de Fevereiro, por exemplo, nilo silo publicadas ate os primeiros dias de Abril.

ESTADOS UNID08. 1201

COMMEBCIO EXTEBIOB EM FEVEBEIBO, 1906.

Segundo os algarisraos publicados pela Ropartiyilo de Estati.stica do Dopartamento do Cominercio e do Trabalho dos Esbidos Unidos, as exporta<;5es realizadas durante os oito nieze.s do exercicio de 1905-6, comparadas com as de egual perio<lode 1904-5, inostram uin augmento de $190,(XM),000, correspondendo $45,(X)0,000, aos productos niaiiufac- tiirados, e $133,000,000 aos productos agricolas. O augmento havido na exportacao do productos agricolas foi realizado principalmonte em trigo, farinha de trigo, milho, aveia e productos alirnenticios.

Foram exportados durante os oito mezes findos em Fevereiro de 1906 trigo e farinha de trigo, por valor de $64,000,000, *. utra $30,000,000 no periodo correspondente do anno anterior. As expo Iftyoes de milho realizadas durante os oito mezes mostram um aiign.enfo de cerca de $20,000,000, comparadas com as do mesmo pericalo do anno anterior, ao passo que as exportayOes de aveia accusam um augmento de mais de $10,000,000, e as de productos alirnenticios, um augmento de mais de $33,000,000. Ilouve um augmento em cada uma das gi-andes classes em que e dividida a exporta(;ao—productos agricolas, manufacturados, mineiros, liorestaes, de pcsea, e productos diversos.

As importa(;oes realizadas durante os oito mezes tindos em Fevereiro de 1906 foram mais $71,000,000 que no periodo corresi)ondente do anno anterior. Em todas as classes da importavao houve augmento, excepto em productos alirnenticios, os quaes foram importados nesse periodo por valor de so $171,111,000, contra $lS4,0tX),O00 no j^riodo correspondente do anno anterior, sendo esta diininuiyilo realizada principalmentc em cafe, cha e assucar. As importavOes do tsife mos¬ tram uma diminuiysio de cerca de $12,000,(XK), as de assucar, uma diminuivao de $5,000,000, e as de chii, um decrescimo de cerca de $2,000,000, ou seja uma diminui^“ao total de cerca de $20,000,000. Essa diminuivao, porem, foi contrabalan<;ada pelo augmento verificado em outros artigos desta classe, de modo (|ue a diminuivsio total foi de so $13,000,CMX).

O augmento mais notavel foi realizado em materia prima para usar- se nas manufacturas. A classe “materia prima para uso nas indus- trias manufactureiras” mostra um valor total para os oito mezes findos em Fevereiro de 1906, de $264,000,(X)0, contra $243,000,000 em egual periodo do anno anterior, ao passo que a importayao de artigos em parte ou inteiramente manufacturados para uso nas industrias manu¬ factureiras foi por valor de $112,000,000, contra $92,000,000 em egual periodo do anno anterior.

As importa^-Oes de materias priraas para manufacturas realizadas du¬ rante os oito mezes findos em Fevereiro de 1906, mostram um augmento de mais de $40,00(),000, comparadas com as dos correspondentes mezes do anno anterior, e parece que attingirao durante o anno a maior cifra

1202 SECKETARIA INTERNACIONAL DAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANA8.

jamais rcgistrada iia liistoria do iiosso commercio exterior. O aujf- mento liavido iia importaeao de artigos em parte manufacturados foi realizado principalmeiite em estaiiho, cobre, ferro e ayo e productos chimieos. O augmento Iravddo em materias primas foi realizado prin- cipalmente em tibras, couros e pelles, fumo em folha e seda em rama.

As exportavbes de manufactiiras auj^mentaram de $45,000,000, dos (piaes $8,000,000 correspondem ao aiigmento havido cm tecidos de algodao; as mamifactiiras de feri’o e ayo mostram um augmento de $10,000,000; carros e carruagens, um augmento de $5,000,000; e man- ufaeturas de madeira, oleos mineraes, couro e mamifacturas de couro, mostram cada um um augmento de cerea de $2,000,000, comparadas com as exportayoes destes gencros em egual periodo do anno anterior.

MOVIMENTO DO CAFE EM FEVEREIRO DE 1906.

As entregas de cafe nos Estados LTnidos durante o mez de Fevereiro eram de 408,830 saceas procedentes do llrazil, e 120,144 saccas de ou- tras procedencias. O Brazil concorrcu para este total com ccrca de 80 por cento.

As entregas de cafe nos Estados Unidos feitas durante os primeiros oito Inezes do anno commercial de 1904-5, excederam as de egual periodo do anno anterior em 183,075 saccas, ao passo fpic foram infe- riores as do anno de 1903-4, por 318,745 saccas.

O supprimento visivel de cafe no mundo em 1" de Marco de 1900 era de 11,324,581 saccas, contra 12,047,595 saccas em 1° de Janeiro do 15»00, e 13,271,745 saccas em 1" de Maryo de 1905.

As entradas de cafe no Bio de Janeiro em Fevereiro de 1900, eram de 89,000 saccas, contra 107,000 saccas em egual mez de 1905; as entradas em Santos eram de 227,000 saccas, contra 208,000 saccas em Fevereiro de 1905. As entradas de cafe no Kio de Janeiro e em Santos para os primeiros oito mezes de 1905-0, eram de 8,525,000 saccas, contra 8,750,000 saccas em 1904-5, 9,000,000 saccas em 1903-4, 9,0)94,000 saccas em 1902-3, e 12,355,000 saccas em 1901-2.

As entradas no Rio c Santos etfectuadas durante os primeiros oito mezes do anno cafeeiro de 1900 constituem o 84^ por cento da colhcita total, e si continuem a fazer-se na mesma proporyao, podemos esperar (jue as entradas totaes ate Julho 1° de 1900 attinjam a 10,000,000 sac¬ cas, as quaes accrescentadas as 4,500,000 on 5,000,000 saccas prove- nientes de outrospaizes, perfazenlo um supprimento total de 14,500,000 a 15,000,000 saccas, ao passo que o consumo do mundo e calculado em 16,500,000 saccas ate 16,750,000 saccas por anno. O supprimento visi¬ vel de cafe constitue uma garantia contra uma sensivel alta nos preyos, pelo menos emquanto nao for veriticada maior diminuiyao na producyiio.

As vendas na Bolsa de Cafe durante o mez de Fevereiro foram de 2,220,750 saccas, contra 1,423,750 saccas em Janeiro; as vendas feitas durante os primeiros sete mezes do anno cafeeiro de 1906, foram de

mp:xico. 1203

13,647,750 sacca.s; as venclas totaes para o anno de 1905, forani de 21,242,250 saceas, contra 25,487,500 saccas em 1904.

IMPOBTAgdES DE ZINCO.

Devido a grande prociira polo zinco nos Estados Unldos e ao alto preyo obtido pelo producto, foram iniportadas durante o anno de 1905 grandes quantidades de ininerio de zinco e de zinco em suas diversas combinayoes provenientes de Mexico. Por conseguinte a industria da explorayslo de zinco nestc paiz tomou grande desenvolviniento.

O recente acto do Departamento do Thesouro dos Estados Unidos, augmentando os direitos de importayiio sobre os niinerios de zincO' importsidos do Mexico e do Canada, tern dado em resultado uma recla- mayao formal dirigida a Junta de Av’’aliadores dos Estados Unidos,. e e provavel que a materia seja submettida atinal aostribunaes federaes- para sua adjudicayiio.

EXFOBTAgAO DE MACHINAS DE COSEB EM 1005.

O valor das machinas de coser que os Estados Unidos exportaram para os diversos paizes latino-americanos durante o anno de 1905, foi o seguinte: Mexico. $586, 907

America Central. 98, 586

Cuba. 370, 356

As Antilhas. 49,007

Repnbliea Argentina...•. 657, 705

Brazil.. 174, 875

Colombia. 59,093

Os demais paizes da America do .Sul. 347, 222

MEXICO. FBODUegAO DE ASSUCAB E MELAgO EM 1905.

Segundo os dados publicados pelo “Hacendado Mexicano” sobre a industria assucareira em 1905, a produoyao total de assucar na Repu- blica do Mexico durante o anno de 1904—5, attingiu a 107,038,785 kilos, ou seja 107,000 toneladas, e a producyao para o anno de 1905-6 6 calcu- lada em so 105,000 toneladas.

A producyao de assucar em 1905 foi distribuida assim:

Melavo. Assucar. Melaeo. As.sucar.

Kiloit. Kilos. Kilos. Kilos. Ciimpeche. 682,901 .576,1.30 Puebla . 5,937,000 16,206, .500 Chiapas. 709,010 074,800 San Luis Potosi. 3,411,600 1,420,000

Colima. 1,337,000 1,746,000 Sinaloa. 3,450,000 7,783, .523 Guerrero. 1,777,820 1,921,087 Tabasco . 1,000,300 1,897,000

Jalisco. 5,779,712 .5,226,100 Tamaulipas. 1,.504,500 1,429,000

Mexico. 475,174 43,125 Tepic. 2,000,000 3,730,000'

Michoacan. 8,683,969 11,699,844 Veracruz . 9,132,010 3,493,533

20,37.5,612

Morelos. 16,167,6:16 26,207,259 Yucatan. 4,212,379

Oaxaca. 3,257,963 1,5421320 Total. 67,950,131 107,038,785

Bull. So. 4—06-22

1204 SECRETAKIA IXTEKNACIONAL DAS REPUBLICA3 AMERICANAS.

Os se^uintes algai-ismos luostrain o dosenvolvimento quo teni tick) a industria do assuoar no Mexico nos ultinios seis annos:

Toiieladas.

189i»-liX)0. . 75,000 j 1903-4

1900- 1901. 95,000 ; U«)4-5

1901- 2. 103,000 I 1905-fi

1902- 3. 112,0(K1 '

EXPORTAQAO DE HENNEQUEN PELO PORTO DE PROGRESO EM

JANEIRO, 1906.

Foraiu exportados do Porto de Proj^reso, Estado de Yucatan, durante o inez de Janeiro de lilOd, 33,744 fardo.s de hennecjuen, sendo 33,139 fardo.s coin destino ao.s Estados Unidos, c lido fardos com des¬ tine) a Cid)a. Em e>jual mez do anno do 19(»5, foram exportados daiiuelle porto 38.011 fardos com ck'stino aos Estados Unidos, contra 52,781 fardos em 1904.

EXPORTAgAO DE HENNEOUEN, DE JANEIRO A OUTUBRO, DE 1905.

Sogundo os dados estatisticos ultimamente pu])lieados, as expor- tavdes de liennecpien proveniente do Yucatan (pic sc realizaram pelo porto de Progreso durante os primeiros dez mezes de 1905, attingiram a 485,680 fardo.s, ou seja 78,370,442 kilos.

As exportavdes veriticadas em cgual jieriodo dos ipiatro annos ante- rioi-es, com a excepi/ao das do 19o2, mostram um constantc augmento. Estas oxporta(;des foram as .sc'guintes:

Janeiro a Oatuhro.

Toneliulas.

107, 000

107,000

«105,000

Kilos.

1901 . 71,92(5,063

1902 . 70, 83.5, .502

1903 . 7.3,0.37,482

1904 . 77,984,068

1905 . 78,370,442

MOVIMENTO DO SERVigO POSTAL.

Segundo os dados fornecidos pelo Director da Repartiyao dos Corre- ios do Mexico, as operac/des do serviyo po.stal no mez do Janeiro do 1906, comjiaradas com as do mesmo mez do anno anterior, mostram um augmento de $30,721.49, ao jiasso cpie as para os sete mezes do corrente exercicio de 1905-6, comparadas com egual periodo do anno anterior, mostram um augmento de $171,043.73, ou s(qa8.87 por cento.

oOs aljrarisinos para 1905-6 sao aix'iias calculados.

MEXICO. 1205

Jiereila prorenieide do Servu;o I'odal, ein Janeiro, 1905.

Venda de Hellos postaes:

Janeiro de 1906. $283,5.15.51

Janeirode 1905. 251,577.29

Angmento. 31,958. 22

Aluguel de cai-xas postaes:

Janeiro de 1906. 22,578.00

.Janeiro de 1905 . 22,092.00

Angnieiito.;. 486.00

iMiiltas, etc.: Janeiro de ItKH). 2,405.14

Janeiro de 1905.^. 3, 749. 31

I)iininui<;ao. 1,344.17

PreinioH sobre vales postaes:

Interior, .Janeiro de 1906 . 24,996. 15

Interior, Janeiro de 1905. 25, 497.93

Diininnivao. 501. 78

Preniios sobre vales internacionai^s:

Janeiro de 190(). 781. 24

Janeiro de 1905 . 569.65

Augniento. 211.59

Preniios sobre va!e.s postaes de redactores:

Janeiro de 1906 . 2,127. 64

Janeiro de 1905 . 2, 216. 01

I)iniinui<;ao. 88.37

Recapitulai;ao de receita:

Janeiro de 1906 . 336,423.68

Janeiro de 1905 . 305, 702.19

Angniento (on seja 10.05 por cento). 30, 721. 49

A roeoita, di.scriininada por niezos, foi a .scguiiito;

Julho de 1905 . 302, 584. 84

Agosto. 282,611.65

Seteinbn>. 268, 288. 49

Outuhro. 310, 799. 73

Noveinbro. 286, 979.17

Dezeinbro. 312,053.66

Janeiro de 1906 . 336,423. 68

Receita total nos .sete Inezes. 2,099, 740.42

Receita ein egnal periodo de 1904-5 . 1,928,696. 69

Augmento 171,043. 73

1206 SECKETAKIA INTEKNACIONAL DAS EEPUBLICAS AMERICANAS.

SIOVIMENTO DO PORTO D£ MAZATLAN EM 1905.

Pode-se ter unia idea da iinportancia do Porto de Mazatlan do.s segiiintes dados estatisticos do moviniento da exportayao e importavao no anno de 1901-5, A exporta^aio foi por valor de $1,218,569 e a iinportjivao, por valor de $1,198,290, recebendo os Estados Unidos a maior parte das iniportaeOes.

ExporUirdo fill 1904-5.

1 Kilogramiiias. Valor.

71,522,928

1,083,186 295,891 41,613 28,0;«)

S3,960,332 92,242

177, .572 10, .501 7,922

72,971,678 1 4.248, .569

Exportariiil por Paizes de Dentino,

655 892

63,551 72,491,481

96 366,830

4.73ti 43,437

8.50 .">00

6.170 4,214,199

63 23,332

9.55 2,500

Total. j 72,971,678 j 4,248,569

hnpoHardo, 1904-1905.

Classilioafao. Valor. Imporlavilo por paizes do origeni. Valor.

$109,280 $277,410

28r>| 488 5; 215 125i <i30 1,657 72,442 695,767 52,984

125; 804 13,283 7;822

40; 148 65; 282 *141

Hollanda. 9,2,53 Iiiglaterra. 279,141 Italia. 13,6.56 Japao. 5,940 Ndniega. 6,803 Portugal. 1,389 Peru. 875

j Sui.'i.sa. 2,296 Suecia. 4,063

1 Turquia. 162

Total. 1,498,290 i Total. 1,498,290 Total. Total l,4y8,290

PERU. 1207

RENDIMENTO DOS ARMAZENS ALFANDEQADOS DE MEXICO E VERACRUZ.

As receitas })rutas dos armazens alfandegados de Mexico e Veracruz para o anno de 1905 iinportarani em ^218,57-1.61, e depois de pagas as despezas de costume, dcou uni lucro liquido de ^120,000 para .ser dis- trilnxido entre os accionistas.

Foram armazenados durante o anno de 1905, 491,652 volumes, pc- sando 33,794,100 kilos, no valor de $10,331,779, e foram despachados 309,296 volumes, com 21,005,00() kilos, no valor de $6,074,166.

Esta companhia tern um capital de $2,000,000 e faz adeantamentos de diiiheiro sobre as mercadorias armazenadas. A importancia dos adeantamentos feitos em 1905, foi de $3,270,866, sobre mercadorias armazenadas no valor de $5,649,465. A quantia paj;a pelos importa- dores foi de $1,723,629, sobre mercadorias nov'alor de $3,135,700.

PERU.

IMP0RTA<?A0 PEDOS PORTOS de SALAVERRY E HUANCHACO, 1“

SEMESTRE DE 1905.

As importavOes effectuadas pelos Portos de Salaverry e lluanchaco durante o primeiro semestre de 1905 foram discriminadas assim:

Saliiverry. j Iluanchaeo.

Caixas. Kilos. Caixius. Kilos.

8,879 771,700 174 19', .')08

58,480 1,17‘2,298

120,700 361,198

1,934 40

169, 782 3,360 7-20

4,771 40!!; 900 ‘29,990 14,009

840,921

1,80-2 7,114

38,149 3,301

539 300

3,80i; 513 12‘2,787

8,121

32 3,530 7,406 1,‘244

21,418

41,378 839,010 18

97 57,102 74 8.712 34i;.')04

1,468 38,108 39,633

860

30 24,973 2,315,»)‘2

‘207,817 a59

Saccos vasios. '687 108 15

6,864 733,085 5,001 ‘23 50 13,976

7,800 60 60,630

620 152,3‘20 111,600 47,472 7,577

14,178

Stil. 516

149

Total. 180, ‘220 10,918,428 26,013 1,937,802

1208 SECRETAKIA INTERJIACIONAL DAS REPUBLICAS AMERICANAS,

SALVADOR. BENDA FBOVENIENTE DO IMPOSTO SOBBE BEBIDAS ESPIBI-

TXJOSAS.

O producto totiil do iiiiposto sobre be))idas e,spiritiiosii!< iia Repu-

l)lifa de San Salvador para o anno do 1905 foi do 81,92-1,306.ll, contra

$2,142,207.18 no anno anterior. A ronda discriniinada polos Departa-

inontos da Kopnblica foi a soffninto:

SHn Salvador La Libertad.. Sonsonate_ AhuachapH .. Siinta Ana ... Cbalatenango Cuspatldn .... La I’az. Ban Vicente.. Cabaflas. Unulutiin. San Miguel .. MorazAn. La Union_

11*01. ' 1905.

JMK*, 2.'>3. ST) lUO, 802.73 2-20,7.53.49 152,782.40 201. CoO. 78

.57,393.78

113,974.73 123,‘2-2(i.24 116,-29.5.23 41,494.07

218,7.81.43 130,0.50.01 07,030.38 82,000.70

2,142,-207.48

S300,590. 43 137,308.29 197,191.60 128,388.43

231,032.76 68,111.95 94,892.01

118,378.87 105,816. 40 37,440.18

218,510.69 1.59,816.04 60,600.26 76,172.44

Total. 1,9-24,306.41

Bulletin Mensuel 1)1'

Bureau International des Repurliques Americaines,

Union Iniernationale des Reinibliqiies Americaines.

VoL. XXII. AVKIL 1906. No. 4.

UNION PAN-AMURICAINE.

Dims le discours quo rilonoruble Air. John W. Daniel de I’Etat do Virgiiiie a prononce devant Ic Sc'nat dos Etats-Unis pour domandor son appui on favour de la troisieine Conference Internationale li Kio do Janeiro, il a fait connaitre Topinion de rilonorable Eliiiu Root,

Alinistro des Atl'aires Etrangeres des Etats-Unis, opinion exposeo devant un Comite du Congres eu favour de rencouragcment des relations commerciales entre les dillerents ptu s de I’Ameriipie.

Le discours de Air. le Alinistre Root a ete reproduit dans le “Con¬ gressional Record,” et cn void un extrait:

“Jo pense que le travail du Bureau des Republiques Americaines, quo I’exlstence de I’Union Internationale et quo ces Conferences olfrent ensemble les meilleurs mo3'ens de mettre tin a risolement comparatif de notre pa^'s par rapport aux autres pa^’s de FAmerique et aussi pour tiicher d’avoir notre part des relations, pour ainsi dire exclusives (ju’ils out maintcnant avec I’Europe.

“Nos relations avec eux out ete politiipies pour la plupart, tandis que de Fautre cote les liens de race, de languo, de coutumes lieredi- tairos ont fait naitre des relations (pii out on pour resultat des place¬ ments de capitaux europecns tres importants et Fetablissoment de nombreuses lignes de communications entre eux et FEurope, de sorte (pie tout le commerce de FAmeriipio du 8ud et les relations sociales et personnelles se tournent plutot vers FEurope que vers les Etats-Unis.

“C’est done FEurope qui entretient des relations directes avec eux et nous leur restons completement (Strangers inalgn; notre attitude poli- tiipie qui, d’apres la Doctrine de Alonroe les protege de toute invasion europeenne de leur territoire.

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“Parini les hoiiiMies d’Etat de rArndrique du Sud, dont plusieurs sont tres en vue, il 3’ a un ddsir tres grand et ti'cs sincere d’encoiirager des relations reciproques.

“ En ce moment le capital aux Etats-Unis augmente sur une si gi ande ecbelle qu’on est sur le point de chercher des placements a I’etranger. Nous arrivons aussi pour ainsi dire il la tin de cette grande periode commerciale du pa3’s qui a pris tons nos capitaux et toute notrc energie et je puis voir au Ministere des Affaires Etrangeres une grande aug¬ mentation dans les relations eommerciales entre les Etats-Unis et les autres pa3"s. Nos cito3'ens se lancent dans les constructions, dans les operations tinancieres et il v a un capital important qui ne demande quM etre emplo3’e dans I'Amerique du Centre et dans rAmerique du Sud. 11 me semble que c'est le devoir du Gouvernement d’aider par tons les mo3’ens possibles ii creer des relations amicales cpii permettront le placement sur de ees capitaux.

u* * * done etre tres utile aux interets commerciaux des Etats-Unis en encourageant des relations (pii contribueront a maintenir lapaix et la bonne entente entre tons les pa3's de I’Amerupie. Et c'est bien le but (jue se propose I’Union des liepubliques Ameri- eaines ainsi que ces Conferences successives.”

RfiPUBLIQUE ARGENTINE.

LOI D0UANI£RE du 11 D^CEMBRE 1905.

[Monnaies, poids et mesurcs: Les droits de douaiie dans la Republique Argentine sont payables en

espi^ees nietalliques. (Voir I’art. 17 de la presente loi.) L’unite nionCdaire est le peso, qui se divise en lOO eentavos et vaut 5 francs (valeur nominate). Pour les poids et inesures, la Republi<iue a a<lopt(} le systeme mOtrique.]

Art. A moins qu’ils ne beneticient de la franchise, les articles

de provenance etrangere ii leur entree dans la llejniblique et les

produits du pa3's a leur sortie seront respectivement sounds aux

droits d’importation et d’exportation ci-apres designes.

Chapitre I.—Jh'oltx iVintpovtatUm.

Art. 2. Acquitteront en pour cent de lit valeur:

Section 1.—pour cent ud valorem.

Toutes les tnarchandises qui ne sont pas specialeinent taxees dans la presente loi ou qui ne sont pas exeinptes de droits.

Section 2.—oO pour cent ad valorem.

Arines, leurs accessoires et leurs parties. Harnais et articles de harnachement en general, coinplets ou non. Cannes d ^pee.

BEPUBLIQUE ARGENTINE. 1231

Voitures achevues ou non, ainwi (|ue leurs trains et brancards il I’f^tat brut. Cartouciies pour armes ii feu. Feux d’artilice. Mi.nitions. Parfumerie de toute sorte. Poudre il feu de toute sorte.

Section 3.—40 pour cent ud valorem.

Articles en tissus de toute sorte, confectionnes coinplcteinent ou non. ^'alises et nialles. Sacs on cuir ayant plus de 25 centimetres, avec ou sans leurs accessoires. Sacs en toile ou tons autres tissus de coton. Gourdes et outres ii vin, coinpleteiuent finies ou non. Borax. Coffres forts en fer ou aoier, de toute sorte. Boites vides pour alluniettes. Chaussures de toute sorte, finies ou en pieces. Chronios, oleographies et impressions de toute sorte, en <‘Ouleur, sur carte ou j)apier. Cuirs et jicaux tann^s. Dentelles fines de soie pure ou melangee. Dentelles fines de fil. * Eti(piettes coloriees ou i-hromos sur papier ou carte, pour cigares, boites d’allu-

mettes, bois.sons, parfumerie, produitsehimiques ou autres produits analogues et pour tout autre usage.

Eticpiettes gommees ou non, avec ou sans inscriptions, et annonces sur carton, pour suspcndre.

Boucles pour liarnais ou articles de harnachement de toute sorte. Imprimes coinmerciaux, lettres de change, cheques, polices, actions, timbres, let-

tres de credit, faetures, memorandums, passavants et autres documents analogues, ainsi que papiers ou euveloppcs avec impressions ou en-tetes et enveloppes en blanc.

lx's mcmes, lithographies, graves sur cuivre ou acier. Imprimes sur carton on carte, colories ouchromos pour annonces ou autres usages,

y compris les bulletins <le toute sorte et les ealendriers avec ou sans blocs. Bas et chaussettes de toute sorte. Mosaiipics. Meubles finis ou en i)ieces dctachees. Passementerie et cf>rdons de soie pure ou melangee, eornbin<‘s ou non avec des iils

mctalliques. Papier ii polir. Chapeaux ou bonnets non soumis il un droit spli'cifique. Cartes de toute sorte, imprimecs, gravli'es ou lithographil-es.

Section 4.—35 pour cent ad valorem,

Charbons pour lampes il arc. ficrins pour bijoux. Couvertures en laine pure ou melangee, avec chaine en coton, ourl^es ou bordees. Tissus en tricot. Vis, boulons et ecrous, en fer.

Section 5.—30 pour cent ad valorem.

Tissus de laine de toute sorte, ]nirs ou melanges.

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Suction 6.—20 jtour cent ud ralvrem.

Acier en barre!?, en plaques et en toles. Tissus de coton ecrus on toiles f'rossieres (lienzos).

Section 7.—!■'> i>onr i-ent ad valorem.

Chene, ecdre, pin, sapin noir, sajiin blanc et sapin n'sinenx {lea), non rabotes. Tissus de soie pour blutoirs.

Section 8.—10 poar ceut ad valorem.

Ceruse. Acides tartrique et citri<pie. Aininoniaque anbydre en eylintlre.s. Antinioine nietallicpie. Sable et pierrcs iniportes par les navires eomme I’est neeessaire leur navigation. Automobiles completes, de toiite sorte, ainsi <jue pieces de rechaiige et parties

detaebees imi>ortees si'parement des voitures auxquelles elles sont destinees. Baryte pulveri.see on sulfate de baryte impur. tioudron de bouille. Brai mineral. Caiao en feves. Cbarrettes sia-ciales iiour le transport des cereales. Cocos dits dll Brasil oii du Paraguay. Embareations de toute sorte, de petit tonnage, montees ou non. ^itain en barren on lingots. Degras. Malt. Meebes tressees ou non, pour bougies. Pite, jute ou cbanvre files, pour tresses. Sesipiisulfure de pliospbore et autres substances fiouvant etre snbstituees ou phos-

phore blanc dans la fabrication des allumettes. Sulfate de chaux. Sulfate de cuivre. Toile six'ciale pour reliure.

Section 0.—,> jtonr cent ad valorem.

Huilc's lourdes de goudron. Fil de fer ou d’acier avec roiices artificielles, pour clcitures. Fil de fer ou d’acier, galvanise ou non, d’un diametre ne depassant pas le n" 14. Fil de cuivre pur ayant moins de 5 millimetres de diametre. Lit'ge en morceaux carrcs ou ayant rec’U un commencement de main-d’ceuvre. Bijoux. Aiguilles pour machines a coudre. Appareils contre la grc'le.

Fils incHalliques ou cables ayant plus de 5 millimetres de diametre pour I’clectricitcs ainsi (jue tons articles pour I’installation des cables souterrains.

Cliarrues et leurs pieces de rechange. Sable de Fontainebleau. Safran. Mercure. Soufre brut en morceaux. Coton brut, cgrene ou non et files de coton pour metiers. Asphalte de la Trinite et roche a.sphaltique naturelle. Bisulfite de sodium impur.

REPUBLIQDE ABC4ENTINE. 1213

PellifuleH de cat'ao. Corozo do Gua\ai(iuil (ivoire vegetal). Caoutchouc i\ I’etat naturel. Ecorce de quillaya. Extraits de tanin ordinaires pour tannage, titrant de 25 tl 30 degres Beaunie, it I’ex-

ception de I’extrait de quebracho et de cehir. Xattes en fibres vegetales. Fibre ou pate de hois pour la fabrication du papier. Fils pour alluinettes. (Jelatine pour la preparation des viandes en conserve. Fer doux en barres, feuillards ou plaque's, non ouvre. Fer en gueuses, pour fonderit's. Fil pour lieuses. Fer-blane non manufacture, coupi' ou non. Kaolin. Briipies refractaire.s. Laine filee ou laine peignee pour metiers. F'iles de lin pour metiers. Houblon. Machines de toute sorte et leurs pieces de rechange. Machines a coudre et leurs j)ieces de rechange. Machines atondre, avec ou sans inoteur, et leurs pieces de rechange. Machines agricolcs, avec ou sans moteur, et leurs pieces de rechange. Machines a ecrire, a compter et a enregistrer. Machines du systeme Champion et autr^s, pour I’entretien des routes, et leurs

l)icces de rechange. Machines et c<induits principaux pour les installations publuiues d’cclairage au gaz

ou a I’clectricite, pour les eaux et egouts. Moteurs ou locomobiles importes separement, appareils de traction, tricycles et

leurs pieces de rechange. Nitrate de i)otasse brut. Papier blanc naturel en disijues (discos) ayant de 1 a 2 centimetres de diametre,

exclusivement destines la fabrication des allumettes de papier. Foil de lapin. Poix-rcsine. Pierres precieuses. Pite, jute on chaiivre bruts, ni i)eigncs ni files. Plomb en plaijues, saumons ou barres. Presses a fourrage. Poteaux en palmier du Paraguay pour clotures en fil mf‘talli(iue. Herscs et socs en fer pour charrues et^niteaux cheval. Montres en or, en argent, en plaque ou plaqnces d’or, et en inetaux communs. Car1)onate de soude, cendres de soude, silicate industriel, nitrate et sulfate impur

de soude et soude causti(jue. Sulfate impur d’aluminium. Charpentes en fer jwur ponts et egouts. Terre r^fractaire. Vaisselle en or ou en argent. Zinc en 1 ingots ou ('n barres. Zinc en toles unies du n“ 4 inclusivement, coupe pour la fabrication des contenants.

Aut. 3. Acquittoront les droits specitiques etablis ci-apres les mar-

chandises suivantes:

1214 BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES REPUBLIQUES AMERICAINES.

Skcpiox 1.—Comestibles.

Pour cent. Huilo: vefjetale de touteespcce.kilojjrainiiie..

I)i* lin cnie on cuite.id_

De coco oil de pal me.id_ Olives: conservties dans de Thuile, farcie.soii non, y coinjiris le poids du con-

tenant .kilojirainine..

Kn saniniire.id_

Pressces on non. id_

Aji (espcce de piinent) Lrut.id_

Ail de tonte sorte. id_

Cajires: en con tenants de verre.id_

En contenants de bois.id_

Ainainles: sans cotjues.id_

Avec coqnes.id_

Ainidon de tonte sorte.id_

AI piste.id_

Lnpins en grains.id_

l>elcs.id_

Anis en grains.id_

Vesces en grains.id_

llarengs fumes, en baijuets.id_

En caisses.id_

Riz.id_

Non monde.id_

Noisettes: avec coqnes. id_

Mondi'es.id_

Avoine en grains.id_

Sucre: raliine on luilari.sant 96° et plus. id_

Non rafline on polarisant moins de 96°.id_

Morne et antres poissons analogues.id_

En morceanx.id_

Biscuits fins et antres gateaux secs de tonte sorte.id_

C:icao melange avec de I’avoine et prodnits similaires.id_

('afe en feves.id_

Monlu.*.id_

Cliicoree: En patpiets.id_

En vrac.id_

Oafe d’orge on <le malt.id_

Ecrevisses (camarones) sO-hees.id_

Cannelle en tnyaux. id_

(’arbnre de calcium.id_

Viande salcc en barils.id_

Ch:‘itaignes: Mondees.id_

Non inondees.id_ t’aviar.id_

Orge: Monde.id_

Non monde. id_

Oignons de tonte sorte.id_

Seigle de tonte sorte.id_

Chocolat: En p:ite.id_

En pond re.id_

0.10

. 10

.0:5

.08

. 05

.08

. 05

.01

.08

.06

. 10

. 05

.08

.01

.01

.02

.06

.01

. 05

.08

.02

.005

.08

. 05

.015

.09

.07

.04

.06

. 15

.25

.08

.06

.03

.025

.08

.125

. 05

.03

. 025

.05

.005

.40

.025

. 0075

.01

.01

.30

. 35

REPUBLItiUK ARGENTINE. 1215

Pour cent. Pois diiches: En grains.kilogramme.. 0.01 ivies.i<l.02

Clous, antolles et griffes <le girofle.id.06 Primeaux.id.08 Cocos du Chili.id.03 Cumin.id.05 Confiseries, honhons <‘t pastilles en vrae.id.25 Legumes conserves en tlacons, hoites de fer-blanc ou bouteilles.id.12 Conserves: De poissons, de cixpiillages et de champignons, prepares d’une

faeon (pieleoncpie, a I’e.xeeption des sardines.kilogramme.. . 20 De viande avee ou sans truffes, autres ipie la viande salee.id.20

Dattes: En contenants pesant jusqu’a 2 kilogrammes.id.10 En contenants plus grands.id.06

Peches scehees (descarozados de duraznos).id.05 Sucreries et nougats.id.25 Saucisses et .saucissons, y eompris la mortadelle.id.30 Pickles (encurtidos): En flacons.id.10

En contenants autres.id.07 Epices de toute sorte, nioulues.id.12 Farine de manioc (farina).id.005 P.ites alimentaires.id.04 Fruits: Dans le ju.®, en compote ou dans le sirop.id.25

.\ I’etat naturel ou conserves dans de I’eau ou de I’eau-de-vie_id.15 Biscuits ordinaires.id.02 Pois de toute sorte.id.04 Fcves seches.id.01 Farines alimentaires de toute sorte, en paquets ou boites de fer-blanc, a

I’exception des farines de fronient ou de mais.kilogramme.. . 05 En caisses, sacs outous autres contenants.id.04

Figues seches: En contenants pc'sant jusquM 2 kilogrammes.id_ . 05 En contenants plus grands.id.03

(Eufs de toute sorte.id.02 Jambon.id.25 Lait condense.id.07 Langues de morue.id.10 Lentilles.id.01 Arachides.id.0125 Beurrc.id.10 Saindoux.id.08 Pommes, poiresou guignes s.'chces, ycotnpris le poids du contenant. .id.05 (iingembre (maqui).id.50 Sucre brim (mazacote).id.02 Miel de toute sorte.id.03 Moutarde anglaise ou franyaise.id.10 Millet. id.03 Noix.id.03 II nitres.id.04 Raisins: Secs, en contenants pesant jusqu’u 2 kilogrammes.id.15

Secs, en contenants plus grands.id.10 De Corinthe.id.05

Beurre d’anchois.id.30 Conserve de tomates.id.05 Stockfisch eu fardcs.id.02

121<5 burp:au ixtkrxational des republiques amerioaines.

1*1 )iir cent.

Puisponfi en paumnre on l>res^>^'s.kilogramme.. 0. 04

Pimeiit rouge.i<l.OH

1‘imeiits il I’etat naturel.id.04

Pignons.id.06

Poivrc en grains.id.04

PiJtaehes.id.10

Haricots (iKirotos).id.125

Fromages de toute sorte.id.20

Sel: Commuii.^.hectolitre.. .20

Fin, eii barils on sacs.kilogramme.. . 01

En Hawns.i<l.02

Sauce anglaise.id.15

Sardine a I’huile on en .*'auce.id.05

Semoule.id.02

Potages pn'pares.id.10

The de toute sorte.i<l.20

Ticholos.id.15

Lard.id.20

Trnffes a I’etat naturel.iil.75

llerlK* mate: De toute sorte, i)reparce.id.04

Brute ou non i>reparee.id.015

Section 2.—Ttoisnonn.

Eau-de-vie ne titrantpasplusde 70°(’.: Encerclesou dames-jeannes ..litre..

En iKUiteilles de plus d’undemi-litre jusqu’aun litre.houteille..

Absinthe ne titrant pas plus de 68° (1., en cerclcs ou dames-jeannes..litre..

Eau-de-vie anisee, anick, cognac, kirsch, rhum et autres liqueurs analogues,

ne titrant pas j)lus de 50° C., en cercles ou dames-jeannes.litre..

.\bsinthe ne titrant pas plus de 68° C., en boutcilles de jdus d’un demi-litre

jus<iu’ii un litre.houteille..

Eau-de-vie anisee, arack, cognac, rhum et autres li()ueurs analogues, ne titrant

pas plus de 50° C., en bouteilles de plus d’un demi-litre jus<ju’a un

litre.iHiuteille..

Byrrh et vins de (luimjuina: Encercles ou dames-jeannes.litre..

En l)outeilles.b<>uteille..

Bitter: Angostura ne titrant pas jilus de 68° en Ixmteilles de plus d’un

demi-litre juseju’a un litre.lH)uteille..

Le meme, en demi-lKuiteilles.demi-lM)uteille..

D’autres manpies, en l)Outeitles.houteille..

Ne titrant pas plus de 78° C., en cercles ou dames-jeannes.litre..

Eau-de-vie de canne: En bouteilles.l)outeille..

En wreles ou dames-jeannes.litre..

Bicre: Encercles.id_

En Ixmteilles.Iwuteille..

Chacoli (piquette): En Ixniteilles.id_

En cercles.litre..

Chicha: En bouteilles.iH^uteille..

En cercles.litre..

Genievre aroniatise, Old Tom ou Schnaps, ne titrant pas jtlus de 50° G., en

lx)uteille8 d’un litiv.houteille..

Genievre et Schnaps, ne titrant pas ]>lus de 50° C.. en cen-les ou dames-

jeannes .litre..

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1217

pour cent. | (’iiii"er ale eii houteilles. _12 liouteillea.. 0. 50 Kau-(le-vie <le marc (grappa): En boiiteilles. .houteille.. .25

Ell cercles ou daines-jeannes. .20 Sirops eii Ixiuteilles. .houteille.. . 15 Jaipieura ne titrant pas plus de 50° C.; Eii houteilles d’un litre.id_ .43

l‘>n cercles ou dames-jeannea. .liter.. . 29 Punch en houteilles. .Ixmteille.. .10 Kafraichissenients au soda, eii lamteilles. _12 houteilles.. .50 t'idre: En cercles. .10

En houteilles. .houteille.. .15 Soda water. _12 houteilles.. .40 Vins: Do toute sorte, en iKiuteilles. .houteille.. .25

Porto, Xeres, Madere, Ithin, Ch:iteau-Margaux, Chateau-Lafitte, (Uiateau- Y(juem, Bourgogne et autres vins fins, en cercles ou dames- jeannes. .25

Tels <iuc: t’arlon, Priorato, Sec, Bordeaux ordinaire. Barlx'ra, iMoselle ordinaire et autres vins communs, en cercles ou lames-jeannes, ne titrant pas plus de 15° C. et ne contciiaut pas plus de 35 jiour cent d’extrait sec non compris le sucre rcducteur. .litre.. .08

Si I’extrait sec dciiasse 85 pour cent le vin sera assujetti a une sur- taxe de 1 centavo par 5 grammes ou fraction de 5 grammes d’ex- cr<lent et par litre.

Note.—Si les vins et autres boissons out une teneur aleooliipie supe- rieure a celles ctahlies ci-dossus, ils acquittcront 1 centavo par degre ou fraction de degre d’exctalent et par litre.

Muscat, Marsala, Nebiolo, Barolo, Sauterne, Moselle ainsi quo vins iloux et de dessert, et autres vins demi-fins. .■.litre.. .12

Vinaigre: En cercles ou daines-jeannes. .id.... .015 En houteilles. .houteille.. .02 i

Vermouth: En cercles ou daines-jeannes. . 15 En Ixmteilles. .16 i

Mout alcoolise ou concentre et mistela. .litre.. 1.00 Whisky ne titraiit pas plus de 50° C.: En cercles ou dame s-jeannes . .id_ .30

En houteilles. .30 :

Articles dicers.

Toile grossiere en pite ccrue. _kilogramme.. .01 , , Sacs en toile grossiere ou en pite ccrue. .id.... .015

Cols i)our homines et enfants, en coton ou en til melange. .douzaine.. 1.25 SU^rine. _kilogramme. - .08 Feutres: Ailhcsifs (chemises) pour chapeaux d’homines.. .piece,. .30

Non adhesifs (cloches) pour chapeaux d’hommes et de femmes..id_ .50 .! En pieces cinploj-t^es sp<f‘cialement i\ la fahrication des chapeaux, kilo-

gramme. 3.00 Allumettes: En hois. _kilogramme.. .40 !

En cire, stearine ou tout autre substance, en vrac .... .id.... 1.60 i En cire, stearine ou tout autre substance, en lioites ne contenant pas .1

plus de 6 douzaines. _kilogramme.. .80 Kerosene. .litre.. .03 Cartes i jouer de toute sorte. .grosse.. 10.00

.1

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Pour cent.

Papier <le coiileur et papier blanc d’einballage, papier pour reliure (de tapas), jjapier pour affiches (earteles ou barriletes), papier brouillard, papier pelure, papier de paille et papier pour sacs.kilogramme.. 0. 08

Commun blanc pour journeaux, en rouleaux ou en rames.id.02 Blanc pour livres et jmpier blanc pour ecrire, de toute sorte et de touten

dimensions, y comi>ris le j)apier de couleur, ne d<'‘pa8.sant pas le format administratif.kilogramme.. . 04

Mancliettes en coton ou en til purs ou melanges.12 paires.. 2. 00 Pointes de Paris.kilogramme.. . 025 Chapeaux: p]n feutre de laine, de toute sorte, pour homines et enfants.piece.. . 25

Comme ci-dessus, en poils de loutre, castor, vigogne ou lapin_id_ 1.00 Hants de forme, vends, pour coebers.id.70 Hants de forme, de toute sorte. id_ 2.00

Toile d’emeri.kilogramme.. . 20 Bougies de stearine, do paraffine et de ces matieres melanges.id.10

Section 2.—Tabars.

Cigares: En tabac de la Havane, en boites de bois.id_ 1.50 Les memos, en vrac, en paquets ou en boites de corton.id_ 2. 25

Cigares en tabac ordinaire (autre quede la Havane), en boites de bois. id.00 Les memos, en vrac, en paquets ou en boites de curton.id_ .75

Cigarettes de toute sorte.id_ 1.00 Cotes de tabac (palo de tabaco) .id.15 Pichua. id.20 Tabac a priser.id.40 Tabac eu feuilles ou hache: De la Havane.id.70

D’autro provenance, ii I’exception du tabac du Paraguay.id.22 Du Paraguay.id.12

Aut. 1. Le Poiivoir Executif pourra autoriser riiuportation en fran¬

chise des sacs ou toile grossiere, pour cereales, ipiand le prix de ces

produits dans le I)a3’s sera de plus de 21 centavos en or le kilogramme.

8i Ton accorde la franchise aux sacs, cettc franchise s'appliquera, pendant le memo diMai, a la toile grossiere servant it leur fabrication.

ChiAiuTHK II.—Droltn <Texportation.

Akt. 5. Les produits du sol et de I'industrie du pai's sont exempts

de droits a rexportation.

Aut. (5. Le fer vieux acijuittera un droit de 5 [lesos en or les 1,000 kilogrammes.

Aut. 7. Les animaux de I’espece bovine importes dans le pays pour y passer Thiver et en etre reexportes ensuite acquittoront un droit de 3 pesos en or par tete.

Le Pouvoir Executif pourra exempter de ce droit les provenances des pays admettant en franchise les animaux de I’espece bovine pro- venant de la Kepublique.

Art. 8. Les mai.sons faisant le commerce d'importation et d’expor- tation de marchandises, articles, fruits et produits de toute sorte, ainsi que les maisons s'occupant d’ope rations de transit pour I’exterieur,

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payeiont un droit de statistique de 1 pour 1000 sur les valours quo rcpresentcut lours oporations, sans <iu'U 3' ait Ti conslderer si cos mar- chandises, etc., sont ou non soumisos an pa3'einont des droits de douane.

Co droit sera porte par les douanes sur les ditteronts documents do dedouaneinent, et il sera pei’vu en memo temps quo les autres droits.

Le produit de cet impot sera porte on recette dans la forme etablic pour cha(iue chapitre du revenu.

Chapitre III.—Articles (uhnls en frimehtse de droits.

Art. 9. Seront exempts de droits a rimportation les articles suiv'ants:

Huile (le schiste iiiiportt'e exclusiveinejit par des compaguies do gaz pour la carbu- ration du gaz d’c'clairage.

Liege (('coree ou pla(jues). Auiiiiaux de toute Horte, pourvu quo les fornialites requises par la loi de police

sanitaire auiinale aieut (/It? obserxY-es. Sable et pierres, iinportes, par les navires coinnie I’est necessiiire :Y Icur navigation

((t dostiiK's aux niunieipalit(5s. Appareils, instruments et accessoires, iinportes par les universites pour 1’instruction

suiierieure, purvu (pibls arrivent a la consignation du doyen de la facultii A. laquelle ils sont destines et a la re(|uete du recteur de runiversib';.

Navires montes ou non. Canne A sucre. Chaudieres pour navires inii)ortt*es par les arinateurs. Chari)on de terre et charbon veg^-tal, employes comme combustible. Futailles en bois ou on fer, monti'es ou non, employees comme rticipients. Coke. Coussinets, rails en fer ou en acier, traverses en fer et C'clisses, pour chemins de fer

ou tramways A vajieur, A chevaux ou electriques, ainsi que materiel destine A I’instal- lation et A la traction des tramways Electriques, e’est-A-dire moteurs pour voitures, trains de voitures, cAbles, trolleys, til rnetallhiue, bobines, boites fusibles, freins, jantes, paratonnerres, ressorts, isolateurs, appareils de controle, roues, rosettes, croise- ments et changements de voie.

Douves pour futailles. Dynamite pour mines et poudre siieciale pour le memo usage. Embarcations pour clubs de regates. Etuves pour la desinfection. Recipients, envelopes ou sacs speciau.x, caisses nionteesou non et fer-blanc decoupE

pour recipients, iinportes directement par les fabriques de conserves de viande pour le conditionnement de lours produits.

Siiecifiques de toute sorte centre la gale. Fibres A eau du systenie Pasteur et analogues. Farines de froment et de inai's. Fer et acier vieux. Legumes et fruits frais, A I’exception du raisin. Bois A brCiler de toute sorte. Livres iinprimes de toute sorte; revues, journaux et publications scientifiques et

litteraires, avec ou sans illustrations; cartes, globes gEographiques et caliiers avec modcles pour ecoles.

Ixicomotives et leurs piAces de rechange. Faucheuses, Ileuses ou moissonneuses, avec ou sans moteurs, platefornies, bAches

ou toiles cirees, et leurs pieces de rechange.

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Batteiiaes nines par la vaiieiir <m ime force aniniale, avec on sans motenrs, toiles cir^es ou baches, et leurs pieces de rc'cliange.

Egrenoirs i vapenr, avec ou sans motenrs, toiles cirees on baches, et leurs pieces de rechange.

Machines pour I’extraction du tauin. Machines pour raffineries de sucre. Machines pour navires. Machines pour la fabrication du bcurre et leurs pieces de rechange. Machines, accessoires et matcriaux pour 1’installation des filatures de coton et des

fabriqiies de laine peignee. Machines iwur I’exploitation ou I’exploration des mines. Machines carder le coton. Matcriaux destines a des travaux de sulubrite publicpie eta la conduite des eaux. Materiel de guerre pour la nation. Mcilicaments, drogues et instruments pour les hdpitaux de la IV‘publi(iue, a I’ex-

cejition du coton medicinal. Esjx'ces intHallitiues. Meubles et outils des immigrants, laisant partie de leurs bagagcs. Munitions pour fusils de guerre. Naphte ou ixitrole impur et carburine. Oranges. Objets exclusivement destines a I’exercice du culte, importes a la consignation du

titulaire du temple auquel ils sont destines et a la re(iuete du chef du diocese. Or en pepites, lingots ou jioudre. Poisson frais. Argent en barres ou en lingots. Plantes vivantes. Graines pour seiner de toute sorte, n’ayant pas d’autre application, a I’exception

des graines tarifees dans la prcsente loi. Serum pour le traitement preventif ou curatif des maladies infectienscs. Froiuent, inais et ismimes de terre pour eiisemeiicer. Accessoires, instruments et materiel pourecoles et colleges importt's a la re<iuete du

Ministere de 1’instruction publi<iue, <les gouvernements provinciaux ou du conseil iiationat d’eilucation.

Art. 10. La doiiano re.stitiicra aiix o.xportatours do beurre et de lait sterilseau moment dc la sortie les droits ipfils auront ae<iiiittes iirim- portatiou des ctiisses en bois motitees ou non, dn papier spt'cial d’embal- lajre et des recipients en fer-blane. Les exportateurs de farine liene- licieront de la meme restitution pour les sacs pesant plus de 250 grtimmes piece.

Art. 11. Le Pouvoir Exeeutif ne pourra Recorder d’autres franehi.ses

que celles etablies en vertti de Iti presente loi ou de lois speciales.

CllARlTRE IV.—Liquhldtio)! et perception dex droltx et ecalnation des marchandixes.

Art. 12. Les droits d'importation seront litpiides d'apres un tableau d’evaluation ou tarif douanier etabli en prenant j>our base le prix des marehandises a I’entrepot.

Les droits applieables aux marchandLses non denommees dans le tarif d’evaluation seront liquides d’apres la valeur declaree par les expcdi- teurs et justitiee nioyennant la production de la facture originale.

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Aut. 13. Tant (|iu; le Congres n’aura pi.s sanctionne le tarif general d'evaluation, le Pouvoir Executif de.signera les inarchandises et les produits qui doivent etre denomnies dans le tarif dont il est question a I’artiele ci-dessus et en tixera rev'aluation en espece.s inetalliques. Pour les inarehandises non tarifees, la declaration de la A aleur sera toujours consideree comnie etant en especes nietalliques.

Pour les meubles non tarifes, y eouipris les meubles ayant servi ou

destines a un usage partieulier, la declaration de la valour devra etre

faite par le proprietsiire et aliirniee par sa signature dans le inanifeste,

lors(jue la deuiande est faite par une autre personne.

Akt. ll. Le tarif d'evaluation est rendu applical)le a partir du I'*'

janvier 190G.

Chaque annee le Pouvoir Executif souinettra a Tapprobation du Congres dans le premier inois de sa session le projet des reforines qu'il estimera devoir proposer.

Art. 15. Les inarchandises de provenance etningere non denoninu^s dans le tarif suivront le regime des inarchandises de meme espece, d'apres leur valeur ii I'entrcpot declaree jiar rimportateiir, et si elles ne peuvent etre rangees dans aucune des categories etablies dans le tarif, elles .seront assujetties an droit general de 25 pour cent de leur valeur a I'entrcpot declaree comme ci-dessus.

Art. 16. Les droits d'importation seront acquittes au comptant

avant la remise des inarchandises.

Art. it. Les droits d'importation, d'exportation et de statistique, ainsi que les evaluations etablies dans le tarif et celles declarees par les interesses, devront etre consideres comme etablis en espt'ces metal- liipies. Les droits pourront etre payes en monnaie ayant cours legal, ixnir une valeur equivalente, conformement a la loi n" 3S71.

Art. 18. Les petits colis (encomiendas), (luelle (pie .soit leur valeur, seront assujetties aux droits (pii leur sont applicables, et la franchise dont ils btumticiaient en vertu de I’article 269 des ordonnanees doii- anit'res est abrogee.

Art. 19. Les droits ajiplicables aux colis postaux seront peiyus par I'administration des postes avec le concours des veriticateursde la dou- ane respective, suivant la forme <pie prescrira le Pouvoir Exijcutif.

Art. 20. Une r(*faction de 5 pour cent pour le coulage est accordc'e aux vins, huiles, eaux-de-vie, bieres et licpieurs en cercles, provenant des ports situiis au-dessus de I'fiquateur; cette refaction est de 2 jiour cent si ces articles proviennent de ports situfe au-dessous de I'Ecpia- teur.

11 est egalement accxirde une refaction de 2 pour cent pour bris lorsque ces meines liipiides, (pielle quc soit leur prov^enance, sont importcs en bouteilles.

Art. 21. Les droits specitiques seront peryus sur le poids net pour le the, sur le poids de la luarchandise y coiupris I’eniballage immediat.

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lorsqu'il s'ujfira d'articles taxes an poids et a^’ant deux on plusieurs emV)alla<,^es, et inoyeniiant deduction do la tare tixee par le Pouvoir Exeeutif, lorscpii'l s'ajjira d’artieles iuiportes dans des futs en bois.

Aut. 22. Dans les eas vises par Tarticle 12 ci-dessus, aussi Incn (pie dans tons lesautrcs cas prevus dans Ictarif, lorsciuc Ic droit ad valorem est applicable a des marehandises non evaluees, la valour deelaree comprendra le prix d’achat dans le port de provenance, justifie par les factures orijjinales et augmente du montant des frais do transport, d’assurance et autres, qui grevent generalenient la marcluindisc juscju’au moment ou ellc est deposec dans les mag’asins do la douane du point de debanpiement.

Art. 23. Les marehandises de fabrication nationale qui, apres avoir etc oxportees, revionnent pour une raison (pielconque dans le pays, doivent pa3'er les droits d'importation, sauf le eas oii lesdites marehan¬ dises different d'une favon evidente des marehandises similaircs etran- geres, et ii condition (pfelles soient reimportees dans le delai d’un an a jxirtir de la date de la sortie.

Art. 24. Est tixe a deux ans le delai accorde par les articles 420, 420, et 433 des ordonnances douanieres, pour les reclamations result¬ ant d’erreurs trouvees dans le ealcul, dans la liquidation ou dans la perception des droits.

CiiARiTRE V.—DcdouaneiKint des //teirc/iandisex.

Art. 25. Les marehandises exemptes ou benetieiant de droits reduits en raison de leur destination ii I'industrie, ii une fabrication speciale ou a un but d'interet public, seront dtklouanees directement par les douanes dans la forme ordinaire et gthierale et mo3’ennant I'observa- tion des formalites etablies par le Pouvoir Exeeutif pour TappHeation de la presente loi.

Art. 20. Si les pieces de rechange en metal ou matiere (juelcoiujue, ([uelles <}ue soient leur forme et leur espcce, sont declarees eomme telles, et si leur application aux machines auxquelles dies sont desti- necs est dument constatee, dies jouiront des franchises aecordees en vertu de la presente loi aux machines entieres, alors mfmic quo les¬ dites pieces ne seraient pas specialenient denomm(5es dans le tarif d’evaluation.

Ne seront pas eonsiderees comme pieces de reehange ni eomme par¬ ties integrantes de machines les eourroies en matiere (judeonque, les clefs fixes ou les clefs anglaises, ramiante pour bourrages, les burettes ii rimile, les vis, eerous, boulons, rivets, crochets, rondelles, chevilles, chaines, poulics, robinets, scies, anneaux avec ou sans insertions de toile ou de metal, les voices pour chevaux, les brancards et les feutres de toute espece.

Art. 27. Les attributions des douanes maritimes determinees par les paragraphes 1, 2 et 3 de I’article 11 des ordonnances douanieres ne

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s’appliijuent qu’a riniportation de marchandises de production des pays liinitrophes, transportees par des navires niarchands prov'cnant direete- mcnt des ports de ces pays. Sont exceptes de cette disposition les bureaux de Viednia, Kio Gallegos et Cluxbut.

Aut. 28, Est prohibe le transit par voie de terre des marchandises assujetties a des droits d'importation et x|ui no les auraient pas acquittes dans line douane (luoleonque de la Kepubliqiie.

Sont excopteos: 1". Les marchandises en transit il destination des ports du Bresil on

dll Baragua}', passant par les douanes de Concordia et de Monte Caseros. 2°. Les marchandises en transit a destination des ports dii Bresil,

passant par les douanes de hmipedrado et Paso de los Libres. 3". Celles qui, des douanes de Buenos-Ayres et de Bosario, sont

transportees en transit aux douanes de Mendoza, San Juan, Salta et Jujuy, pour ctre dirigees vers la Bolivie et le Chili.

4", Celles qui, do la douane do La Plata, sont dirigees vers la douane de la Capitalc et vice-versa.

5". Celles ijiii, de Chili, passent par la douane de Bahia Blanca a la douane de la Capitale.

Akt. 29. Sous peine d'une amende do 5 pour cent, aux termes des articles 195 et 359 des ordonnances, les demandes de dedouanement, au point de destination, qu'il s’agissc de marchandises a dedouaner directe- ment ii I'arrivee on a la sortie des entrepots, devront ctre liquidees en procedant au retrait des marchandises des magasins de la douane, dans de delai de trente jours apres leur debarquenient, dans le premier cas, et dans les vingt jours de la presentation du manifeste, dans le second

Si, quinze jours apres le debanjuement des marchandises a dedouaner directement ii Tarrivee, et dix jours apres la presentation de la demande de dedouanement pour les marchandises a la sortie des entrepots, rinteresse n’est pas intervenu dans les operations en douane, les veri- ticateurs procedcront au dedouanement do la marchandise en dehors de sa pi’csence et sans son intervention, et aucune reclamation de ce chef ne sera admise dans la suite.

Aut. 30. Le rembarquement et le transbordement des marchandises ii destination des ports nationaux seront assujettis a la formalite des passe-debout dont la decharge s’etfectuera conformement ii un regle- ment ii adopter par le Pouvoir Executif.

Art. 31. Le Pouvoir Executif pourra etablir la formalite des passe- debout, si des conventions douanieres sont conchies avec les pays liinitrophes. SMI n’existe pas de contentions, les capitaines de navires venant des dits pays seront obliges de presenter, dans le premier port argentin d’arrivee, le manifeste de leur chargement destin^ a ce port ou ii des ports etrangers, avec IMndication de la marque, du numero, de I’espece du contenant et du genre do la marchandise, de I’espece, de

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la (luantite, de la qualite et du volume de chaque colis, conformemeiit aux ordonnances douanieres relatives au dedouanement des marehau- dises au point de destination. La douane pourra, quand elle le juj^era necessaire, verifier les marchandises a bord ou ii leur entree dans les entrepdt.s, atin de constater si elles sont conformes au manifeste, ot, en cas d'inexactitude dans Tespece, la qualite ou la quantite des inar- ehandises c.i applicpiera les dispositions des articles 12S, 129 et 930 des ordonnances douanieres.

Les corrections sur les mauifestes dont il est question a I’article 846 des ordonnances douanieres ne pourront etre faites que tant que la douane ne se sera pas apercu de I'erreur.

Art. 32. Le delai assij^ne aux pacpielKjts par le § 4 de Tai-ticle 847 des ordonnances des douanes, pour la correction des erreurs comniises dans le manifeste •General, est tixe a (luarante-huit heures apres les operations de deeharj^ement.

Art. 33. Les douanes ne pourront accorder de refaction i)our ava ries constatees sur les contenants et aceessoires des marchandises, si la marchandise est trouvee en hon etat.

Art. 34. En plus des formalites stipulees dans les articles 20 et 880 des ordonnances douanieres, applicables aux connaissements (jui certi- tient la propriete des marchandises, ces documents devront relater le poids ou le volume de chaque colis tels qu'ils out etc etablis pour Ic pavement du fret, lorsqu'il s'agit de colis dits “de hacienda,'” et dans les autres cas, le poids et le volume reunis.

Les Consuls argentins n''exigeront pas ces indications dans les mani- festes du navire et dans les connaissements (jui les accompagnent, mais ils les exigeront dans les connaissements (pie doivent presenter les chargeurs; les douanes ne dedouaneront aucune marchandise si les con¬ naissements (pii accompagnent la deniande de diidouanement ne reunis- sent pas les conditions stipulees dans le priisent article.

Art. 35. Les indications qui font Tobjet de Tarticle ci-dessus, por- tees sur les mauifestes consulaires et sur les connaissements, feront foi en justice centre rimportateur au meme titre cpie les copies de factures, les mauifestes d'exp(5dition ou tons autres documents douaniers.

Art. 36. Pour tout navire qui aura etfectue une opiiration de rem- barquement pour des ports etrangers, on devra presenter, ii la derniere douane argentine ou il relacheni, le permis reglementaire, atin de con¬ stater si les marchandises (pi'il a embarquees sont encore a son l)onl.

Art. 37. Les negociants importateui’s qui n’ont pas une maison do commerce dans le pays, les agents maritimes et les commissionnaires en douane devront, au momenfde leur inscription, fournir la caution reconnue solvable d'’une maison de commerce agreee en douane depuis cinq annees, ou verser une garantie tixe de 3,000 pesos en or ou en titres de rente Rationale.

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Art. 38. Pour Tapplication des articles 1056 et 1057 des ordonnances douanieres, les adniinistrateurs des rentes devront soumettre a I’appro- l)ation du Miiiistere des Finances toute decision accordant des remises dont le montant depassera 500 pesos de monnaie nationale a3’ant coin’s

Art. 30. Ia;s marchandises importees inunies d'lUiquettcs leurattri-

huant des qualites susceptihles d’en aug’iuenter le prix suivront le

n%ime du produit desij^ne sur I’etiquette.

Art. 4o. Les ceuvrcs d'art executees a I'etranger par des argentins

pourront etre admises en franchise ino,yennant Tobservation des for-

malites a etablir par le Pouvoir Executif.

Art. 41. Si, confonnement aux previsions des articles 108 et 280 des ordonnances, on ignore le contenu des colis, riinportateur, le con- signataire on TexpiMiteur devront prixluire les documents detailles dans les huit jours ipii suivront le delai accorde par Tarticle 270 pour la pi’esentation a I’entrepot des copies de factures. Passe ce delai et dans les vingt-quatre heures, la douane procedeni a la veriiication du contenu des colis aux frais de rinteresse ipii sera en outre condanme, a titrc d’amende, an jiavement de 5 pour cent des droits.

Art. 42. Si des produits alimentaires falsities ou additionnes de sul)- stances nuisiblesa lasante sont presentes au dedouanement, les douanes demanderont Tavis des laboratoires chimiiiues nationaux, et si le fait est etabli, les produits dont il s’agit seront detruits, a inoins que le cornmen/ant ne precede a leur rembai’quement dans le delai de trois jours apres la notification. Dans ce dernier cas, riulministration des rentes compctente apposera sur les colis des manpies speciales pour qu’ils no puissent plus etre ])resentes dans aucune autre douane de la Republique.

Art. 43. Dans les cas d’avarie dont il est question aux articles 140 et 141 des ordonnances douanieres, la pcrsonne chargee de faire la vente aux encheres sera designee par radministration compctente des douanes.

Toutcs les ventes aux encheres ett'ectuees par ordre des douanes sont subordonnees a I’approbation de leurs administrations correspondantes.

Art. 44. Par alnogation des articles 247 et 249 des ordonnances douanieres, tons articles de provenance etrangere necessaires aux administrations de I’^tat devront etre acquis droits pa^'cs.

Art. 45. L’administrateur refusera le dedouanement immediat ii toute person ne qui, pour un motif quelconque, sera en retard de pa^’e- ment, ainsi qu'a ses cautions; il exigera, par ecrit, le payement dans les trois jours de toute somme quelle quo soit la quantite ou la prove¬ nance des marchandises.

Art. 46. A Texpiration des trois jours accordes par Tarticlc prece¬ dent, les marchandises des debiteurs ou de leurs cautions, se trouvant

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en possession de la douane, pourront etre siiisies par radininistratcur jusqu'ii concurrenee du niontant de la dettcet des interets, dont le taux sera celui adopte par la Bajupie Nationale.

Art. 47. Pour Tobservation des articles 45 et 4*) on siiivra la pro¬ cedure etablie aux articles 170 a 170 des ordonnances douanieres.

Art. 48. Kst interdite rimportation des poignards triangulaires ou stylets et de leurs lames, des coups de poing en fer, avec ou sans pointes, et des images ou olqets obscenes.

Les armes et munitions de guerre ne pourront etre importees sans Tautorisation du ]Ministere competent.

Art. 49. Dans les cas speciaux oii on permettra d'embarquer des produits naturels du pays penda?it la nuit ou pendant des jours feries, les interesses pa3'eront 10 pesos de monnaie nationale par nuit ou par jour et par i)repose (jiii aura assiste aux opcu-ations. .

Ij'administration des rentes et les chefs de service respectifs charge- ront de ce service chaque prepose a son tour, remettront tons les mois SI chacun d’eux les sommes qui lui reviennent pour ce service extraor¬ dinaire et feront parvenir trimestriellement si la direction generale des rentes le releve detaille des sommes peryues de ce chef.

Art. 50. Les importateurs d’etlipicttes, de cliches ou de capsules luetalliipies portant imprimes ou graves des noms do maisons de com¬ merce devront etablir la preuve par devant la douane competente ipi’ils sont les titulaii’es ou les representants autorises desdites maisons.

Art. 51. Est sibroge Tarticle 196 des Ordonnances douanieres, pro- hilssint le rembarquement des marchandises dont le dedouanement direct a ete demande.

Chai'itre VI.—DisjHMitlons pthudeft.

Art. 52. Les auteurs du delit de contrebande detini si I’article 1036 des ordonnances douanieres encourront, en plus des ])eines etablies par lesdites ordonnances, un emprisonnement d’un mois s'l trois ans.

Art. 53. Si rauteur du delit dont il s'sigit est eniplo^’e de la douane, il sera mis en non activite pendant une periode de trois s'l cinq sins, sans prejudice des peines etablies par les ordonnsinces en vigueur.

Art. 54. Dans les cas prevus aux deux articles ci-dessus, et sMl si etc contrevenu en meme temps aux lois de douane et de droit commun dont il est question si rarticle 1060 des ordonnances douanieres, les Administrateurs instruiront directement les infractions en applispiant, conformement aux dites ordonnances, les dispositions relatives si chaque delit, quMl s’agisse de contrebande ou de fraude, et ils psisse- ront immediatement le dossier s'l la justice ordinaire pour qu’elle se prononce sur le delit de droit commun et sur I’application des peines corporelles encourues.

Art. 55. Aux effets de rapplication de la peine de I’emprisonne-

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ment, la responsabilitc du deliiKpiant sera ahsolument personnelle et lie pourra s’appli<|uer ii des iiidividus autres <[ue ceux auxijuels le didit est directeiueiit imputable.

Le.s peines dont il s’ajfit no pourront etre remplacees par des peines peeuiiiaires.

Art. 50. Lors((ue des inarcliandises ne tombant pas sous rapplieation des articles 200, 201, et 202 des ordoiinances douanieres seront neaii- inoins presentees ii la douaiie comnic echantillons, petits pa(|uets ou bagages, il aura lieu d'appliquer les dispositions desdites ordonnances relatives aux fausses declarations.

Aut. 57. Si la peine encourue est la contiscation ou I’amende egaleii- la valeur des colis (pic Ton a importi^s en contrebande, et s'il est impos¬ sible de comuutreles marchandises <pie cescolis contiennent, parcequ'on ignore le genre de marchandisc faisant I’objet du commerce du consig- nataire ou du propriiitaire ou parcecpi’i! n'existe aucune donnee dans les documents ou dans les livres de la douanc ou les livres dc commerce, les Administrateurs des Kevenus appliipieront une amende de 500 pesos cn or pour clnupie colis, et cette somme devra etre payt'c par le pro- priiitaire du navire ou par le consignatairc scion le cas. Lo montant de cette amende se divisera en deux parts egalcs, dont Tune sera attri- bu(5eau Tresor pour le prejudice caus(3 et Tautre au di'nonciateur ou il ceux <pii out appreliende la marchandise.

Art. 58. Si des inarcliandises devant acipiitter plus de 50 pour cent de droits sont contiscpK'es, le produit total dc leur vente aux encberes, diMuction faite des frais, sera partage en deux parts dont I’une revien- dra au Tresor et Tautre sera attribime au denonciateur ou il celui (pii aura procedt' il la saisie.

Art. 50. Si, il Toccasion de la veritication d’un colis, on releve (piel- ipie fraude, entrainant la contiscation, cette peine s’l'tendra a tout le contenu du colis, alors mcmc qu’on ii'anra tent(3 dc frauder (pi'uiie partie de la marchandise, du moment que la valeur dc cette partic atteint la moitiii dc la valeur totale du colis.

Art. 60. Si, dans un nunne lot de marchandises, on decouvre des articles en trop non manifestes, importes dissimules dans d'autres con- tenants ou dans des articles manifesti's, ou d’une autre fa(;on (pielcompie occulte, la pi'iialitii encourue s’etendra il tout le lot.

Art. 61. Pour la licjuidation des confiscations ou amendes .s’appli- quant a des marchandises dejil sorties de la douaiie, la valeur de ces marchandises sera celle qu’elles avaient il I’entrepot augmentde des droits dus il la date de la condamnation.

Art. 62. Les capitaines ou patrons de navires qui jetteront du lest dans la riviere seront condamnes a une amende de 200 il 500 pesos, suivant le cas et conformcment aux reglements adoptes par le Pouvoir Executif.

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Les pilotes des rivieres einbanjues siir les navires veiiant du large informeroiit rautorite conipetentc du port d’arrivee de la (piantite de lest (jiii aura etc jete pendant le trajet,

S'ils ne se conforment pas a ees instructions, ils perdront le droit a leur brevet de pilote et scront condainnes a une amende de 200 pesos.

Art. 03. Lors(|u'on deeouvrira ii l)ord des navires et en possession des employes de ees navires ou dans les compartiiuents qui lour sont reserves des marchandises non declarees eonformement aux ordon- nanees douanieres, ees marchandises seront contisquees et les Adminis- trateurs des Hevenus a})pli(jueront an naviie une amende egale a la valeur de ces marchandises.

Art. tH. L’importation des livres, images ou objets obscenes et d’autres marchandises vises a Tarticle 40 sera punie d'une amende egale si leur valeur, qui sera lixee ixir la douane competente, et qui sera attribuee par moitie au Tresor et an denonciateur, sans prejudice de la destruction immediate de Isi msirchandise.

Art. 05. Les Administrsiteurs ou Keceveurs des Kevenus ne pour- ront, en aucun cas, avoir des droits sur les saisies ou amendes pour les debts de contrebande, les fraudes ou les contraventions douanieres quelconques, commis dsins le ressort de leur juridiction.

Lorssjue, dsins Texercice de leurs fonctions ou en dehors de leurs fonctions, mais dans le ressort de leur juridiction, ils auront procede s'l une saisie quelcomiue, ils auront pris des mesurcs ou ils auront dtMionce un debt qiielconqiie, les remises lyii devraient leur etre accordees aux tenues de Tarticle 1030 des Ordonnances des Douanes, sei’ont attribuees aux Tresor.

Chapitre VII.— Volt’H d'appii.

Art. 60. Si les employes des douanes estiment que les decisions emanant des Administrateurs des lievenus lesent leurs droits dans les cas prevus aux articles 1054,1050, et 1057 des Ordonnances des Douanes, ils pourront adresser une reclamation au Ministere des Finances, en faisant constater le fait a TAdministrateur au moment meme de la notification ou dans les trois jours utiles suivants. Aussitdt apres, les chefs des douanes remettront a Tinspection generale des douanes le dossier de I'alfaire, pour que cette derniere le fasse parvenir, avec son avis, au Ministere des Finances charge d'instruire sommairement la cause, accompagne des conclusions du Procureur du Tresor.

II sera accoi’de un delai de cinq jours a I’employe qui veut en appeler devant le Ministere des Finances; ce delai courra a partir du jour oil le jSIinistere I’aura autorise ii lui presenter sa requete.

Art. 67. 11 pourra etre interjet^ appel au Ministere des Finances, dans la forme etabbe il Particle ci-dessus, des condamnations pronon- cees par des Administrateurs des Rentes.

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IjC fait d'avoir optii jK)ur le recoiirs aupivs de radiiiiiiistration entrainera pour Ic.s interes.ses le renoiiceineiit a I'appel devant la jus¬ tice, et recipro(juenient.

Art. 08. Pendant I'enquete ou rinstruction relativ'es aux infractions

douanieres les douanes pourront soninier les interesses de retirer

celles de leiirs inarchandises (pii, par leur nature ou leurs proprietes,

out coinineni'e a soutfrir ou (jui courent un danger iininediat de dete¬

rioration ou de iuoins value. Dans ce cas, la valeur de ces niarchan-

discs, apres le pavement prealable des droits des douanes (pii leur sont

applicables, devra etre de[X)see a Tordre dc la douane, et si Tinteresse

se refuse ii les retirer ou s'il se j:Asse dix jours sans qu'il obeisse ii

cette injonction, elles seront vendues aux encheres publiques, quelle

que soit la juiidiction saisie de la cause, et la somiiie de^wsee par

rinteresse ou, s'il y a lieu, le produit de la vente seront verses par la

douane en temps et lieu entre les mains du juge charge du proces.

Art. (it). Les a^'ants droit dans les contiscations ou amendes visees ii I'article 1030 des ordonnances seront consideres, independamment de Taction liseale, et s'ils en font la demande, comme parties dans les ])roces de contrebande ou de fnuido ou dans les contraventions.

Art. 70. Lorscpie, dans les proces de contrebande, de fraudc ou de cojitraventions, les auteurs de ces debts auront etc condamnes aux frais, les proeureurs tiscaux recevront les lionoraires (pii leur sont accordes conformement aux stipulations dc la loi. En cas d’acquitte- ment, les frais seront ii la charge de la partie appclante.

Art. 71. 8i, dans la verification des expeditions, on decouvre une

dili'cu'cnce autre cpie celle toleree en vertu des ordonnances, il sera

attribue ii Temploye tpii aura constate Terreur, (|uel (pie soit son grade,

25 }xnir cent des ditlerences constatees.

Art. 72. Les capitaines des batiments ii voiles ou a vapeur, alors meme (pTils jouiront d’un privilege quelconque, seront tenus dc mani- fester leurs provisions de bord conformement a Tarticle 31 et suivants des ordonnances douanieres et des reglements ii etablir |)ar le Pouvoir Executif.

Cmatitre VIII.—DixpoHitioiis

Art. 73. Aucune suite no sera donnee ii toute denonciation relative ii des infractions douanieres, ii des fraudes ou a la contrebande, ema- nant de personnes etrangeres ii TAdministration des douanes, si la denonciation n’est pas formulee par ecrit et adressee ii Tinspecteur general ou a TAdministrateur competant des douanes.

Art. 74. Les droits d’importation fixes par la presente loi seront consideres comme tsirif minimum applicable aux produits et marchan- dises de tout pays qui reservera un traitement egal aux exportations de la Republique Argentine, qui n’augmentera pas pour ces exporta¬ tions les droits existants, qui iretablira pas de droit pour les articles

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exempts, qiii ne mluira pus exceptionnellement son tarif aetuel pour les articles siinilaires d'une autre provenance et qui n’entravera pas par des mesures restrictives I'iniportation des produits argentins.

Pour tout pays qui ne reunira pas ces conditions, le Pouvoir Exeeu- tif est autorise a appliquor aux j)roduits et aux niarchandises prove- nant de ce pays un tarif maximum etpiivalent a une surtaxe de 50 pour cent sur les droits etablis dans le present tarif et a frap2)er d'une taxe de 15 jjour cent ad valorem les articles pour lesquels la loi a stijiule la franchise de droit a I'entree.

L'apjilication du tarif maximum se fera en vertu d'une decision du Pouvoir Kxeciitif, et, dans ce ca^, les manifestes devront designer le j)ays d'origine des niarchandises, les importateurs devront jiroduire les factures originales, les connalssements, et, s’il y a lieu, toutes autrcs jjieces justiticatives, et toute mameuvrc frauduleuse ou fausse declara¬ tion a ce sujet sera jmnie conformement aux jirescrijitions des ordon- nances douaniercs sur les fausses declarations.

Le Pouvoir l^xecutif est egalemcnt autorise a accorder, pendant une periode I'l determiner, une reduction exceiitionnelle, (pii ne pourra jias dejwsser 50 jiour cent des droits etahlis dans la jiresente loi, a certains articles iirovenant de pa3's qui otfriront, a son avis, des advantages equivalents.

Ce rt%ime de faveur devra etre accorde par le (xouv'ernement argen- tin sous reserve d'en faire cesser les effets moyennant notification pre- alahlc de six mois.

Akt. 75. Les niarchandises nationales ou nationalisees, transportees d’un iioint a un autre jioint du territoire de la Republiiiiie, seront dedouanees dans les bureaux de douane sur la siinjile jiresentation, a leur lieu de destination, du passavant qui les acconqiagne. Sont, eu consequence, sinijirimees toutes les formalites etablies en pared cas jiar les ordonnances des douanes.

Art. 70. Si des niarchandises nationalisees ou de jiroduction na- tionale, exjiediees ii destination de ^lorts an cabotage sur des navires attectes a un service postal, ne jiouvaient jioursulvre leur vo3’age vers leur jjoint de destination sur le menie navire jiour causes de force majeure ou parce que le vajieur conducteur ne jioursuit pas son itine- raire, elles pourront etre transbordees sur d’autres navires jouissant des nienies jirivileges sans autres nouveaux passavants et sans autre formalite que la declaration du patron ou capitaine du navire conduc¬ teur sur Ic manifeste general, si I'ojwration du transbordeinent s'est effectuee dans un port ouvert, et I’annotation des employes du poste de douane sur les passavants ou permis constatant que la marchandise continue son voj^age sur le navire qui doit la transporter a son point de destination.

Si des vapeurs, naviguant sur des rivieres, no peuvent continuer leur vo^rage a cause du manque d’eau, ils pourront transborder leur

KEPUBLIQUE ARGENTINE. 1‘J31

c‘ar<:faison sur crautrcs eiubarcations sans avoir besoin tie nouveaux niaiiit'estes, passavants et perniis, lesdites einbarcations rcmplissant, cn pareil cas, le role des alleges employes an debar(|ueinent de la inarchandise sur le point de destination.

Art. 77. Est abrogee toute disposition contraire a la presente loi. Art. 78. Le Pouvoir Executif est charge de la rt%leinentation de

la presente loi. Art. 79. La presente loi sera coinmunicpiee au Pouvoir Executif. Palais du congres a Buenos-Ay res, le 11 deceinbre 1905.

STATISTIQUES SUR LE COMMERCE.

IjC Directeur des Statistiques Rationales a transinis au Ministere des Finances, les resultats generaux du commerce extericur de la Kepu- blique Argentine en 19(»5. La valeur dcs importations (sans compter Tor) a etc de $205,151,420 cn or et cellc des exportations de $322,843,- 841 or, ee qui fait ressortir un solde de $117,689,421 or, en faveur du pays.

Les produits des industries pastorales et agricoles out etc evalues en 1904 et 1905 de la manierc suivante:

1904. 1905.

Sl«i>.3r.l,694 l.M), 32S, .599

$141,042,986 170,23.5,235

Les importations de 1905 out depasse de $17,848,451 or celles de 1904 et les exporhitions out augmente aussi de $58,588,316 or.

En 1905, on a importe de Tor pour une valour do $32,559,540, soit $17,()41,5S9 de plus qu ’cn 1904. Les exi)ortations de I’or aecusent une diminution de $784,914 sur Pannee 1904.

Pendant rannee 1905, on a exporte 12,229 animaux vivants; (54,275 moutons, 9,130 chevaux, 18,732 mulcts, 3,008 ancsses, 3 chevres et 127 pores.

Les animaux frigorities pour I’exportation se chitfrent a 519,663 tetes de bestiaux; 3,469,(533 moutons at 251 pores; on a sale pour I’ex¬ portation 333,259 tetes de bestiaux et 3,100 cuirs de cheval.

La valeur des importations provenant du Roiuiume-L ni a etc de $(58,391,043 (or), soit un excedent de $3,873,040 sur Pannee 1904.

Voici un tableau (pii fait ressortir Paugmentation des importations pour les autres j)a3’s:

Alk'iiiagne. $4,156,748 ; Italic. $1,156,771

Chili.. 200,145 j Ilollanile. 281,356

Kspagiie. 928,876 > Paraguay. 47, 794

Etats-Unis. 4,446,566 : Uruguay. 161,592

France. 4,1.38,486 1 Bolivie. 17,994

Les importations provenant de la Belgique ontdiminue d’une valeur de $704,969, celles de Cuba de $66,808 et celles de PAfrique de $91,886.

1232 BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES REPUBLIQUES AMERICAINES.

Bien que les importations cles Etats-Unis areusent la plus grantk'aus;- inentation, la valeur des importations allemaiules les a depassees de §ld3,584 (or) et colics de I’Angleterre de ^39,470,000, mais les Etats- Unis occupent Ic troisiemo ranjj, la France vient on (juatrieme ran<^ et ritalie en cinquiemo.

Pour ce qui est des exportations de la Kcpuhli(iue Argentine I’An- gleterre est encore le principal acdieteur, a part des exportations sur commandes. La valeur des exportations dans les differents pays a ete distribuee do la maniere suivante: Angleterre, $44,826,670 (or), Franco, $37,5!t4,281; Allemugne. $37,058,211; Belgique, $20,780,850; l^tats-Unis, $15,717,458; Bresil, $13,037,395; Uruguay, $6,705,016; Itjilie, $6,468,941; Afri(iue,$5,524,33.S; Hollande, $3,761,377; llspagne, $2,334,802; Cliili, $1,510,831; Bolivie, $539,574; Cuba, $420,525; Paraguay, $330,238; autros pays, $17,200,596, v compris rAutriche- Hongrie, $1,370,017; Canada, $1,087,506; Chine, $362,955; autres possessions anglaises, $5,*>49,746; Kussie $345,522; Suede et Norvege, $1,7!»7,292.

Les droits sur les importations sc sont eleves ii $43,615,420 or, I’exce- dent sur rannee 1904 ayant cte de $3,394,234.

Cette somiiie est Ic produit des droits suivants; droits specitupies $14,594,735; droit ^'ad vidorend'’ de 5 p. c., $1,132,66*); 10 p. c., $389,193; 12^ p. c., $34,191; 15 p. c., $1,210,105; 20 p. c., $30*1,018; 25 p. c., $16,372,<)39; 35 p. c., $2,544,871; 40 p. c., $1,719,829; 45p. c., $574,8*11; 50 p. c., $2,208,804 droit additionuel, $2,527,574.

Les droits d’exixjrtation out produit $2,413,406 (or) et les lecettcs des douanes, autres que cellos des droits, sc sont elevees a $4,560,492 or et $1,225,434 mounaie nationale.

Los previsions du budget iretant que do $40,995,000, il ya done eu un exet'dent de $10,133,154 eu or.

KEPUBLIQUE ARGENTINE, 1233

MOTJVEMEITT DES EXPORTATIONS EN JANVIER 1906.

Voici les priiK'ipivles oxportatioiifi He la Republique Argentine

pendant le inois de janvier IDOd, ainsi ({ue le.s chitfres dc eomparaison

pour le nieme inois des annees 1B04 et 1905:

Ciiirs (le ba'uf, sees. Oiiirs (le Ixeuf, sules. Ciiirs (le elievtd, sees. Ciiirs (le eheviil, sales. I’eiiiix (le inonteii. ('rill . Siiif. Suit'. Siiif. Peaiix de ehOvre. Laine . Bl(?. Mais. Graine de llti. Farino. Son. Son tin. Tourteanx de inline oleaKinense Foin. Qnebraelio. Kxtraitdo(iuebraeho. Beiirre. Suere. Carcasses de montons. Quartiers de bieiif.

1906.

...nombre.. .id.... .id.... .id.... _balles.. ..id.... .pipes.. tonneanx.. .boueanls.. _bulb's.. .id.... _tonnes.. .id.... .id.... .id.... .id.... .sacs.. .id.... .balles.. _tonnes..! _tonnes.. _eai.ss(‘s..'

913,690 ; 190,9.'il i

•.>2,31.'> I l.'iO ,

4,009 , 37.1 '

1,763 5,716 '

60 6.W

01,965 ; 139,093 I 30,961 ' 60,777 , 3,69S

11,107 I 3,891 :

11,.574 ' 12.5,920 98,763 I

.5,U>1 29,971

..tonnes..’. nomlire.. 193,404 . 190,339

1905. ‘ 1901.

967, l.V> 160,984 101,718 31,8.54

S, 509 100 14,199 2,861

t), 532 5,159 25t) 174

3, .562 0. H42 2,405 1,203

:a4 735 99, ,849 43,906

133,391 183,138 ]|M,,>13 99,069 ti2,919 97,391 10,614 4,894 9,722 3, .504 6,21)0 6,995

2,332 96, .HW 19,987 31,925 11,264 2.591

:«,]89 90,499 10,272 2,(i89

340,131 194,731 129,187 72,150

MOUVEMENT DU PORT DE BUENOS AYRES, JANVIER 1906.

IVapres le “Temps'’ de la Rt'piihliqiie Argentine les arrivees de

navires dans le ]K)rt de liiienos-Ayres pendant le inois de janvier out

ete eoniiiie il suit;

Vapenrs. Voilicrs.

Xombre.' Tonnes. Nombre. ' Tonnes.

98 1 906,227 2 ' 1,792 21 ' .54,047 1 1 747 91 i 47,523 11 1 11,433 10 1 24,340

7,6.51 6,730

5 ! 4

16 ii.oiii 2, ;ui

160 < 3 1

5,990 1 ' 8 1 4,298 4 I 2, ,562 1 1 2,778 1 1 1,886

1, ,596 1 1 881 1 1,3.51 1 363

Total .i 177 152

336,909 ; 34,751 326,586 26 ! 25,165

25 41,324 10 1_

9,566 1

COIOIERCE DES VIANDES FRIGORIFIEES EN 1905.

La valeur du inouton frigoritic exporte de la Ki'publique Argentine

en 1905 est cotiie officiellement a $6,268,059, celle du bceuf frigoritie

a $15,285,693 et les viandes frigorifiees diverses se chitfreut a une

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valeur de $35C,29!U 1ai 1894, .soil il y a ouzc ans, lc.s articles dont il cst (jiiestion accusaient imc valeur d'exportation de ^1,864,110, $12,400 et de $59,045 respectiveiiieut,

En 1900 les ports do I'Augleterre qiii avaient etc juscpdalors le prin¬ cipal debouclie de riiidustrie de Televaj^e de la Kepublitpie Argentine ont ete fernies ii riniportation dii beOiil et dos inoiitons provenant do ce pays et les expeditions dans ces ports ont baisse de 312,150 bceiifs ct 543,402 inoutons on 1899 ii 150,550 bceufs et 198,102 nioutons en 1900.

Bientot apres cette baisse dans les exportations d'aniinaux sur pied, rindustrie de la viande frigoritieo s'est anielioree. Les exportations de betail, jus(pren 1904 inclusiveniont, n'ont pas atteint rimportance d'autrefois, inais en 1905 les expeditions de betail sur pied ont ete evaluees a $5,160,483 et cellos de inoutons a $364,209.

La livi'ista Mrnxual deJn ^ 6‘J, de Buenos- Ayres fait savoir (ju'en 1905, la liepubliiiue Argentine a exporte environ 2,000,000 de (piartiers de Ixeuf frigoritie, soit environ 500,000 totes de iKinifs clioisis; ces expeditions importantes ont eu pour eli'et inunediat uno rarete sans precedent dans cet article de consoniniation. La nieine autorite tixe ii 3,4(i8,032 le nonibre de nioutons frigorities exportes de la Kcpublique en 1905, soit une petite diiniiuition sur rannee precedente.

D’ajircs les rapports anglais an sujet des viandes frigoritiees la Republiipie Argentine et rUrugua}’ ont fourni 1,168,133 quartiers de biciif frigoritie, soit une augmentation de 379,024 quartiers sur rannee piH^-edente. D'apres la ineiiie source on voit quo Ton a re^u 3,203,210 carcasses de inouton et d’agneau frigorities. On compte sur une aug¬ mentation en 1906; puisque la deniande augmente constamment, le pouvoir de production des ctablissements frigorities dovient plus con¬ siderable et l\devage de inoutons d;ins le Sud s’est beaucoup develoiipe. D'ajircs les dernieres statistitpies, il 3’ a dans la liepublique Argentine 59,000,000 de nioutons et 46,000,000 d'agneaux.

I’ne revue generale des conditions ({ui atfectent cette branclie du commerce fait ressortir que I’Amerique du Sud a reussi il detoiirner de rAmerupie du Nord une partie considerable du commerce des viandes frigoritiees avec I’Angleterre, puiscpie I’Amerique du Sud montre une augmentation de 15,328 tonnes contro une diminution do 8,372 tonnes pour I’Amerique du Nord en 1905. D'apres les rapports officiels anglais les importations de bieuf frigoritie provenant de la Kepublique Argentine en 1905 sc sont elevees si 413,751,780 contre 412,482,704 en 1904, et celles des Etats-Unis sont de 4)4,814,611 ct do £5,130,286, respectivement. Les recettes pour le inouton frigoritie venant do la liepublique Argentine .sont evaluees a 4)2,458,915 pour I’annee 1905 et ii 4)2,491,210 pour I’annee 1904. On ne donne pas de chiffres pour les £tats-Unis.

REPUBLIQUE ARGENTINE. 1235

MOUVEMENT MARITIME EN 1905.

Lc tableau siiivaut fait ressortir Ic mouveiuent maritime cle la Kepublique Argentine pendant I’annee 1!)05, dont la valeur totale s’eleve a §205,151,420 or pour les importations et a §322,S43,S41 or pour les exportations.

Imporliitions.|KxiK)rtations.

Bnhia ninnoa. S7,f)05,2SS ! 842,804,245 Huenoil-Ayrfs.I 108,2(7,712; 111,73.5,578 Campafia.; 1,071,040 5,.540,0.50 Colon.1 273,8,55 1,915,4.S8 Concordia.' 30.5,029 3,350,977 (iiialeguayclid. 112,5.52 3,244,247 Lal'az. 43,820 1,3.52,508 La Plata. 1,07.5,042 14,230,838 Mendoza. 12,317 0.37,244 ' I’aranft.! 410,007 3,0.50,292 Kosario. 21,070,741 08, .503,422 Santa Fe. 2.019,234 1,889,724 San ,I nan. 600 62,090 SanXicolfiH. 23,1-28 13,104,634 Zftrate. 490,353 6,901,2.54 Alitres ports. 0.50,540 10,113,290 Villa ConstituciOn. 4,.500,904

Total.i 205,154,420 322,813,841

IMPORTATIONS DE SACS ET DE TOILE A SACS.

Les importations de sacs pour I’expedition des grandes expoi’tations do cereales continuent a augmenter. En 1905, la valeur des sacs do coton importes principalement pour le ble s’est elevee a §.S01,776 or, soit line augmentation de §206,408 sur I'annee 1904. Ces sacs pesaient 1,6034 tonnes, soit une augmentation de 412^ tonnes. Sur cette quan- tite de sacs ceux soumis aux droits do douane ont ^te evalues a §393,620 et ceux admis en franchise a §408,156. Les importations de sacs gou- dronnes pesaient 93| tonnes, representant une valeur de §23,360, .soit une augmentation de §14,865.

Sur cette somme de §23,3()0 une valeur de §22,359 a etc soumise aux droits de douane et §1,001 ont ete admis en francbi.se. On a emplo3'd pour la couture de ces sacs 574 tonnes de til, soit une diminution de 235 tonnes. Le til a ete ev'alue ii §172,258, soit une diminution de §70,555. La valeur du ebanvre tile importe a ete de §174,483, .soit une augmentation de §40,591, le poids etant de 2,121f tonnes ou une aug¬ mentation de 503f tonnes. Les importations de sacs pour cereales ont ete de 3,606 tonnes evalu6s si §576,972 et admises en franchise. II y a done eu une diminution de 2,858 tonnes. La valeur des sacs en toile de Hesse ctait de §6,119,021 formant un poids de 40,7934 tonnes, le tout admis en franchise. II y a en une diminution de §2,535,096. Le poids du til si ticeler pour les moissonneurs etait de 7,276 tonnes evaluees si §1,455,228. La diminution sur cet article a etc de 1,764 tonnes.

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IMPORTATION D’OR ET D’ARGENT EN LINGOTS PENDANT

L’ANNEE 1905.

Lcs impol’tations d’or on d'arjycMit cii Oarrcs par la K(*publi(|uc Arj^cntine d’ apres les rapports des autorites de la douaiie se .sout <ilevees ii §28,902,115..50. Sur cette soiiiine rAiij^leterro en a found §1(5,873,000 et New York §11,017,800, le rcste venait do divers pa3's. Voici les baiKpios iinportatricos:

j. Monttiiit. Montant.

I.ondon ancl River IMiite. Banco de la Nacii'ni . ParapaoA and Argentina.

311,742,691. .'lO ' •1,K2«,UOO.OO 3,ftS0,S00.ll0 II 3,411,(SK).00 ,| 2,S(io,000.00 1

il

London and Brazil.^ L. B. SnjHTvielle. Btinge and Born.

82,023,100. tK) 1 022, .TOO. 00 ' 2.V2,000.00

76,204.00

i British.

STATISTIQUES MUNICIPALES, 1904.

On vient de publier dans la Kepubrnpie Argentine un gros volume embrassant toutes les donnees statistiipies du dernier recensement de .septenibre 1904, relatives a la population, a redueation, a la construc¬ tion do batiments, an commerce et ii rindustrie de la villo do Buenos- Ayrcs.

Actuellement Buenos-A3'res a une population de plus d’un million d'habitiuits (1,025,653), tandis (pi'au 18 septombre 1904, sa population etait do 9.50,891, dont 523,041 Argentins et 427,850 etrangers.

Environ 320,589 citovens argentins sont nes dans la Capitale, 197,319 dans d’autres parties de la liepubli<pie et 5,133 ont etc naturalises.

En 1895 la population do la Capibile de Buenos-Aju’es ne comptait que 663,854 habitsints, ce que fait done ressortir une augmentation de 287,037 habitants dans les neuf dernieros annees.

II y a 189,271 ecoliers do 6 a 15 ans dont 23,635 peuvent lire. Sur ce nombre 126,989 enfants ont revu lour education dans les ecoles pu- bli(jues, 617 dans les fabriejues et autres usines et 9,503 chez eux ou dans d'autres endroits. De plus 4,362 ont (piitt»' IVh'oIo avant d’acbe- ver leurs etudes quoiipfils sjichent lire. Done, il ,v a 160,977 enfants ages de (5 a 14 sachant lire.

D’apres le recensement de 1895, le tant pour cent des habitants sachant lire etait de 75.9; en 1904 de 86.8, ce qui montre que Buenos- Aj’res a fait de grands progres an point de vue de Teducation. Le tant pour cent des etrangers sachant lire est estime ii 69.1 pour la p^riode citee.

RErUBLIQUE ARGENTINE. 1237

Lc reccnsement donne les donii^es suivunto.s au sujet du nombrc d'habitants ayant des emploi.s professioiinels:

, Nombre.

AKrirnltnre ct Gevnjre. Industrie et traviiil inaiiuel. Cinnmeree. Transport. Domesliques. Aftents proprititaires. Kuiployes du Gouverneinent, etc. Trofessions snnitnires. Professions lilterales. I’rofessions d'Mueatioii. Non elaasiliC’es.

4,613 127,241 90,114 15,231 57,243 10,729 30,060 3,531 8,791

13,556 65,125

Total 416,832 I_

Lo tableau ci-dessus a trait au uouibre dc persounos aA’aiit de.s pro- fe.ssion.s et ayaiit plu.s de 11 ans.

Le nomlire de personnc.s possedant de.s biens iinmcubles dans la ville de llueno.s-A^'res en 1887 n’etait tpie dc 34,039, tandis qu’en 1904 le nombre s’est eleve a 78,300.

On voit un ^rand developpement dans le placement de capital dans cette ville lorstpi'on considere qu’en 1895 il y avait <?254,14G,755 et qu’en 1904 cette .somme a plus que double, s’elcvant ii §520,706,300.

Lc commerce s’est beaucoup developpe aussi; cn 1855 il n’}’ avait (pie 3,139 (?tablisscments commerciaux ii Huenos-A^'ies, tandis qu’en 1895 il y en avait 12,831 et en 1904 17,985.

Les chiffres suivants font ressortir le developpement industriel de la capitale: En 1887 il y avait 0,128 (‘tablissements indu.striels, et en 1904, 8,877; en 1887, les fonds d’assurance sc montaient a $19,000,000 et ii $00,000,000 en 1904; en 1887, les moteurs avaient une puissance dc (!,277 chevaux et de 19,858 en 1904: la valeur totale des matii'res premieres s%'levait ii $47,754,600 en 1887 et en 1904 ellc s’elevait a la somme enorme de $183,500,000.

COMMERCE ANGLO-ARGENTINE EN 1905.

Le Consul-General a Londres a transmis au Ministere des Atfaires Etrangt'res un rapport sur les importations ar^entines dans le Ko}'- aume-Uni ainsi que les exportations dans la Republique Argentine pendant I’annee 1905.

Les voici: IMPORTATIONS DANS LE ROYACME-l'NI.

! Tonnes. Livres 1

sterling. 1

1 Tonnes. | Livres

sterling.

B16. l,0«n,320 947,7;» j 129,000 73, r22 14,125

311,009

8,232,388 5,090,3(i2 , 3,7.51,780 2,4.58,915

962, :«8 : 1,741,773

Snif. 18,010

4,432 1,360,822

474,527

253,755 j 205,713

23,220,041

Mais. BcbuI frigorifif'. Moutou frigorifi(i. I.«ine. Uraiiie Uu lin.

Cuirs snKis (y eompris i’l'ruguav) .

Peaux (le raouton, nombre

’■ Valeur totale.

it.

1238 BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES REPUBLIQUES AMERICAINES.

EXPORTATIONS DANS LA REPI'BLIQUE ARGENTINE.

i 1 Tonnes. Livres

.sterling.

1,783,996 7,853

1,194,911 60,895 .50, K59 71,.549

4; 260 3,718

103,913 7,109 1,922

491; 191 94; 1;^ 31,427

67,370 747’ 497 8,381 46^ 152

29, :«i0 89,63:1

2,149,145 460,199

Artiok's en fer-blano. Coton pour draps,

etc.mitres.. Lainages, etc.

2,064

143,203,770 4.018, .MO

Tonnes, j Livres sterling.

Toile de lin ct de laine.metres..

Tapis.do Tapis de Hesse_do_ Articles en lin.do_

3.. 572.2.«0 428, .580

8,895,060 1 2.341.. 5:10 1

17,364

587,089 17,688

18, .863

379, .545 61,047

140.620 111,425 133,004

1.32.164 28,326

194,827

.Sacs en toile de Hease, ete.douzaine..

Fer p<uir rails decliemin

1 6,700,916

i

R^COLTE SUCmilRE DANS LA PROVINCE DE TUCUMAN

EN 1905.

La rocolte siicriore dans la Province de Tiicuinan, K»5publi(iue Argentine, en 1905 a ete coniine il suit: Canne broj’ee, 1,595,547 tonnes, produisant 115,949 tonnes de sucre, soit une aiigiuentation de 7,415 tonnes sur I’annee 1904. Lcs exportations de sucre de cettc province accusent 100,132 tonnes, de sorte que le stock est de 9,817 tonnes reparties entre 15 raffineries sur lcs 27 qui out etc en exploitation pen¬ dant Fannee.

BREVETS D’INVENTION EN 1905.

Pendant Fannee 1905, le Bureau des Brevets de la Kepublique Argentine a accorde 577 brevets centre 285 en 1895 ct cllc a enregistre 2,214 luanpics de fabriijuc contre 781 en 1895. Lcs rccettes se .sont eleveex a 8175,000 contre 892,000 en 1901.

RECENSEMENT DU RETAIL.

IjC Gouverneur dii Territoire de Chubut a transmis lcs resultats d’un recensenient fait en noveiubre dernier. Les chiffres ayant trait aux aniniaux vivants out un interet tout special a cause de la discussion actuclle au sujet du noiubre d’aniiuaux vivants dans la Rcpublique Argentine.

Voici les chiffres pour le Territoire de Chubut compares avec ceux du recensenient national de 1895:

1895. 1 1905.

47, .306 i 663 i 63

1,361,219 1,026

11,429 13,907 3,186

96^343 225,658

Total. 64,015 1,695,675

. BOLIVIA. 1239

Ce rapport est le premier qui fasse ressortir une augmentation dans le nombre de moutons. Les rapports publics pour Pampa ct Entre Kios montrent une diminution, de sorte que le total pour Chubut aidera a combler le deficit.

BOLIVIA.

INDUSTRIE MINIERE.

M. M. V. Balliviax, Direeteur General des Statist'ques de la Bolivie, fait savoir que Tindustrle minierc de ce pays s'est grandement developpee et est consideree comme une industrie. nationale par excellence.

Les montagnes et les collines renferment dcs filons de riches minerais de toute espece; toutefois ils ne sont pas cxploites ii cause du manque de capitaux et principalement ii cause du maiuiue de communications. Malgrc ceci la Bolivie pent dire qu’elle possedc une industrie occupant le premier rang dans le progres moderne et ellc pent compter, ])our Texploitation de cette richesse, sur les ])lus habiles mineurs do I’Amerique du Sud.

La distribution des filons do minerai dans le territoire de la Bolivie a attire Tattention des geologues. Un naturaliste de renom compare les hauts plateaux de la Bolivie ii “une table d'argcnt sur des colonnes d’or.”

11 n’y a pas certainement dans toute rAmeri<iue du Sud, une region geologique plus favorisee que celle do la Bolivie. Elle ren- fermc en grande quantite de I’or, de I’argent, de retain du cuivre, du bismuth, du wolfram, etc., et entre autres substances non metalliqucs ii I'etat de gisement, du borax, du charbon, du salpetre, du [)etr61e et beaucoiq) d’autres.

Pendant une periode de 210 ans, depuis 1540 jus([u’en 1750, les mines t d’or de Bolivie out produit la somme de £420,000, et a dater de la der-

nierc annee citee jusqu’au commencement du XIX‘’ siecle, les mines du district de La Paz seules out produit ^14,000,000 on or. De 1818 ii 18G8, elles ont produit §>150,000,000. Les rendements des autres mines du

i pays depuis le milieu du XVIII® siecle jusqu’aux dernieres annees du xix® sont estimes a £25,000,000. Actuellement on estime ii 550,000 kg. la production d’or avec une valeur ofticielle de 205,000 l)olivianos.

On salt que la Bolivie a longtemps occupe le troisieme rang parmi les pa3’^s producteurs d’argent. II a, dans les liniites de la Kepubli- quc, plus de 10,000 mines d’argent abandonnees, non ii cause du man¬ que de minerai mais a cause du manque de capibil et de moyens pour I’epuisement de I’eau et d’autres obstacles. La colline de Potosi, renommce dans les annales minieres du monde, a produit dans les 320

1240 BUREAU INTERNAOIONAL DES .REPUBLIQUES AMERICAINES.

annees qui se sont ecoiilecs depuis sa decouvertc, 3,631,128,352 dollars

cn arjjeiit, soit unc mo^'enne de 11,284,776 dollars par an. Actuelle-

mcnt, il y a pen de compagnie.s engat^ees dans Texploitation des mines

d’argent et, parnii eelles-ci, c’est la Coinpagnie Ilnanchaca de Bolivie

qui oceupe la premiere place et sa production, depuis rannee 1873, date

de son organisation, jusqu'en 15*04, a etc de 4,*>00 tonnes d'argent pur.

L'exploitation d'ctain est une ontreprise recente on Bolivie, nea-

moins sa production annuelle atteint 30,000 tonnes environ. Cluupie

jour amene la decouverte d'immenses depots dece metal dans dill'erents

endroits, Ics plus riches et les plus abondants se trouvant dans les

districts de Potosi, d'Oruro et d'lmpiisivi.

C'est dans le district de Corocoro (jifon trouvo les i)lus grandes

quantites de enivre oii la production annuelle est de trois a quatre

mille tonnes. Les autres mines do cuivre out etc abandonnees.

En plus des mineraux cites, il y on a beaucoup d’autres de grande

valour, occupant une partic considerable du territoire bolivien mais on

lie les exploite quo sur une tres petite echelle il cause des diflicultes

dejii mentionnces. L'exploitation miniere dans la Bolivie ferades pro-

gres merveilleux des quo le projet pour la communication par cliemin

de fer deviendra un fait accompli.

BRfiSIL.

BI^GLEMENT DE EA PRODUCTION CAF^lflRE.

Sous la loi budgetaire du 30 decembre 1905, le President du Bresil

est autorise il entrer en negociation avec les Etats producteurs de cafe

atin de regler le commerce de cette denree, augmenter sa valeur,

orgiiniser et maintenir un service regulier et permanent pour la

propagande du cafe, ayant pour objet d'augmenter la eonsommation.

Cette loi stipule en plus <jue le Couvernement federal pout garantir

les operations de credit qui seront ouvertes par les Etats interesses,

en vue de I’objet precito, tant (jiie les conditions suivantes seront

observees:

{(t) Les Etats garantiront il FUnion une somme en or suftisant au

service du paiement de I’intoret et de ramortissement do renqirunt;

(h) Cette garantie couvrira tous les termes de remprunt et ne de-

pendia pas des taxes annuelles qui peuvent etre revoquees d’une annee

a Tautre par les legislatures des Etats:

(c) Le produit do remprunt ne doit etre appliipio (pril maintenir un

prix minimum du cafe pour Fexportation et ne doit pas etre emplo>’e

pour des emprunts d'aucunc sorto ni pour des avances au.x planteurs

commissaires, exportateurs ou a qui quo ce soit; ni employe par les

Etats pour tout autre objet que celui autorise.

BRE8IL. 1241

{(I) Le totjil de rciiiprunt sera depose dans le Tresor national on dans ses ajjences liscales pour etre employe quand cela sera m^cessaire; et lorsque les operations seront liquidees leur produit net ne devra plus etre depose.

(e) Tons les l)enetices realises dans les operations fiscales devront etre applicjiies a rainortissenient de remprunt.

MODIFICATIONS DES DROITS DE DOUANE.

I. —Dccrct 56/f.6, (hi 33 noiit 1905, (lutoi'lsmnt Poctroi de certains avantages anx entreprises d'electricite se servant de la farce hydran- ligne et ayant j>aur ohjet (h’S installatians (rutUite pahlique.

[" Diario Official” dii 29 noflt 190.").]

Aut. Le Gouvernement est autorise ii aecorder rexemption des droits de douane, le droit de propriete sur les terrains av’ec leurs amenagenients, aussi bien (|ue les avantages vi.ses par Farticle 23 do la loi n“. 1145 du 31 decembre 1004, aux entreprises d'electricite se servant de la force hydraulique, lorsque ces entreprises auront pour objet des travaux d'utilite publiipie.

Paragraphe anlgne.—La concession des terrains avee leurs auuuiage- ments s’appliquera a la partie necessaire aux installations et a I'execu- tion des obligations inconibant aux dites entreprises.

Art. 2. A I’occasion de I’octroi des concessions dont il s'agit, et sans prejudice de Tobservation des dispositions legislatives, les regies suivautes devront egalement etre observees:

1“. Une deniande pour I'obtention de la franchise des droits de douane devra etre adressee pour chaciue chargement de materiel que le Gouvernement aura estime necessaire ii rexecution des travaux en cours, en se conformant aux regies etablies ii cet effet dans la legisla¬ tion en vigueur.

2". Aux elfets de I'article 1*'', paragraphe unique, la concession des terrains avec leurs anumagements devra etre accordee par decret special rendu ii I’appui des plans prealablement approuves par le Gouvernement.

3“. Les autres avantages, vises par I'article 23 de la loi n° 1445 sousmentionnee, seront accordes en se conformant aux dispositions du If decret n" 5407 du 27 decembre 1904. |

Art. 3. Sont abrogees toutes dispositions contraires, |

II. —Decret n** lJi25, du 38 navenihre 1905, etahlissant les regies pour I la saisie desproduits ou marchandises irnportes avec de fausse indica¬ tions de provenance.

[“ Diario Official" <lu 8 dCcembre 190.5.] |

Art. l''^ Est prohibee I’importation de tout produit ou marchan- ! dise portant fausse indication de provenance, aux termes de la conven- j

1242 BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DES REFUBLIQUES AMERICAINES.

tion de Madrid du 14 avril 1891, ratiliee le 3 octobrc 1896 et niisc cn vigueur par le decret n" 2380 du 20 noveiiibre dc la lueine annee.

Art. 2. Les inarchandises tonibant sous Tapplication de I’article prceedent seront saisies par les autorites douanieres, pourvu qu’elles n’aient pas ete encore remises aux interesses, sinon la saisie sera faite par les autorites judiciaires federates. Dans les deux cas, elle aura a la requete des interesses ou du ininistere public dans les formes legates.

Art. 3. Les produits saisis dans la zone tiscale reexportes par les importateurs dans les trente jours, si la reexporbition n’a pas eu lieu, ils seront detruits. Si la saisie s'est etfectuee en dehors de la zone liscale, les produits seront denatures ou detruits.

Art. 1. Quel que soit le cas prevui par la presente loi, les importa¬ teurs seront passibles d'une amende de 50 pour cent sur la valeur des protluits importes.

Art. 5. L’article 633 du recueil des lois de douane sera observ'd en tant qu’il est applicable s'l la procedure de saisie.

Art. ♦). Sont al)rogces toutes dispositions contraires.

III.—Kitmit tie la lot hadtietaire ^4^^, da 30 deeeudn'e 190') pour r exercice 1900.

[" lUario Official” dii 31 deoembre 1905.]

IMl’ORTATION.

1. Sont maintenus les droits d’importation pour la con.sommation, fixes dans le tarif du 19 mars 1900, amendes par les lois n" 1144 du 30 decembre 1903 (v'oir 9* suppl., Ill) et n" 1313 du 30 decembre 1904 (voir 12'' suppl.), sauf les modifications suivantes:

Les animaux de I’espece mulassiere introduits par les frontieres du Rio (Jrande du Sud acquitteront Timpot qui leur ctait applicable a leur importation par les aiitd’es frontieres de terre ou de mer.

Les droits applicables aux marchandises suivantes sont portes si: 180 reis le kilogramme sur le xarque; 160 reis sur le riz, dont le taux du droit est eleve de 10 si 15 pour cent; 50 reis sur le foin, la tuzerne, la paille d’avoine, etc.; 400 reis le kilogi’simme sur I’oxyde de plomb compose ou siccatif blanc, n” 274 de la Classe XI.

Dsins la Classe IX est sijoutee la nouvelle rubrique: “Jus de I'siisin non fermente, 450 reis le kilogrsimme.”

L’impdt applicable an bois de pin est msijt)re comme suit: En billes, 20 $ le metre cube; en planches, msidriers, 25 $ le metre cube.

Le n° 612 est modifie comme suit: (n-) La rubriipie, “papier ordinsiire, pour emballer, sans impressions,

kilogramme 150 reis,” aura la teneur suivante, “papier ordinaire, pour emballer, de couleur naturelle, rugueux sur les deux c6ti%, kilogramme 200 reis.”

BRESIL. 1243

(h) La rubrique, “papier ixjint on impriine, tcint ou colore, uni, oiivrage ou maroquine, pour reliure et autres usages, kilogramme 400 reis,” aura la teneur suivante: “papier peintou imprimi*, teint ou color^, uni sur un seul ou sur les deux cotes, ouvrage ou maroquine, pour reliure, meme avec dessins ou impressions quelconques, pour embal- lago, confetti et autres usages, en feuilles, bandes ou rouleaux, kilo¬ gramme 500 reis.”

Est eleve a 20 reis le kilogramme le droit sur le fer fondu en gueuses, en saumons ou puddle brut, destine a etre lamine, dont le taux du droit sera de 40 pour cent.

Le n” 704 aura la teneur suivante: Plaques simples, unies ou canne- lees par le laminage—en fer, 130 reis; en acier, 150 reis; barres, verges, encoignures, feuillards pour tonneaux, pipes et ballots, et, en general, articles lamines sous toutes forme—en fer, 140 reis; en acier, 160 reis.

Est porte a 150 reis le kilogramme le droit applicable au til metalli- que barbele, aux clous et aux crochets pour cloture.

Est eleve a 300 leis i)ar kilogramme le droit applicable aux foyers en fer fondu ou battu, aux fours et fourneaux, ainsi qir a leurs accessoires, aux fourneaux portatifs en fer fondu, de forme carree ou rondo, aux marmites simples a trois pieds et aux autres articles similaires, dont le taux du droit est de 50 pour cent.

Est eleve a 300 reis par kilogramme le droit applicable aux articles ranges sous le n” 757, s’ils sont en fonte, simples, et a 500 reis s’ils sont l)eints.

Les automobiles (voitures ou embarcations) pour le transport des voyageurs ou des marchandises aequitteront 7 pour cent ad valorem; les chassis (trucks) d'automobiles, montes ou non, les roues d'avant ou d’arriere-train completes, y compris le moteur et scs accessoires, non finis, mais non compris la carrosserie, 5 pour cent ad valorem; auto¬ mobiles employant comme combustible I’alcool pur, carbure ou dena¬ ture, 5 pour cent ad valorem.

Le n" OSO aura la teneur suivante: Alambics, autoclaves, fourneaux, cornues, bassines, chaudieres, chaudrons, casseroles, bouilloires, cho- colatieres, potdes ii frire et tons autres articles similaires non denom- mes—simples, grands, pour les industries agricoles et les fabriques, 5 pour cent ad valorem; simples, petits, pour laboratoircs de chimie et de pharmacie et pour usages domcsti(iues, kilogramme, 400 reis, 30 pour cent; etames, peints ou emailles, kilogramme, 600 reis.

Au n” 1000, pour ce qui concernc les fers a repasser, la modification suivante a etc adoptee: Fers ii repasser ou a lisser en fer ou acier, de toute forme, simples ou peints, kilogramme, 500 reis, 60 pour cent.

Est dlevd ii 1^300 le kilogramme le droit sur le bois debite pour allu- mettes. Cette majoration du droit ne sera applicable qu’ii partir du I" juillet 1906, et ne sera maintenue qu’en tant que les pays qui expor¬ tent du bois de sapin n’auront pas augmente les impots actuellement

1244 BUREAU INTERNATIONAL DE8 REPUBLIQUES AMERICAINES.

applicable^ sur cette cspece do bois. Les iniportateurs de bois debite pour alluinettes ne pourroiit pas eii dtVioiiaiier des (piantites supcri- eures a cedes qu’ils out iinportees pendant le dernier exercice.

Est eleve a 1$300 par kilograinine le droit sur les boites en sapin exclusiv^enient destinees au conditionnenient des allumettes, inontees ou non, dont il est (piestion dans la partie linale du 11“ 1037.

Sont ajoutes dans le tarif les articles suivants: Paille de seigle, do froment, d'avoine ou d'autres plantes, pour jjarnitures ou enveloppes de bouteilles ou danies-jeannes et emballatjes divers, 50 rcis le kilo- jjraniino, tauxdu droit 20 pour cent.

Sont comprises parmi les niarchandises desigiuk's a Tarticlo (5 du tarif des douanes toutes les boissons spiritueuscs contenant de I’ab- sinthe ou toutes autres essences nuisibles.

2. Est luaintenu le droit de 2 pour cent en or applicable aux inar- chandises dtMit)mmees sous les n”" 03 et 95 (orge en grains), 06, 07, 08, 100, et 101 de la Classe VII du tarif (cereales), ainsi quo cola a etc etabli dans I'article 1''' de la loi 1313 du 30 decembre 1904.

Art. 2. Le l*resident de la Kepubli(pie est autorise: Ill. A percevoir conime suit le droit d'importation pour la consom-

luation: (</) Cinquante pour cent en papier et 50 pour cent en or sur les mar-

chandises rangees sous les 11"“ 1, 0, 23, 24 (excepte les peaux d'hennine, de castor, de loutre et similaires, les maroiiuins, les peaux de chamois et les pelisses), 30, 41, 52, 53 (excepte les jambons, les cervelas, les saucisses, les saucissons et les mortadelles), 60, 63, 60, 01, 03, 08, 00, 100, 102, 104, I06, 100, 115, 123 (excepte riiuile d’olive), 124 (ipii acquitterout les taxes etablies dans le tarif), 137, 150, 172, 178 (en ce qui concerne les acides muriati([ue, nitricpie et sidfuricpie, impui-s), 170 (excepte les eaux naturelles pour usage therapeuti<iue), 106, 204, 213 (seulement pour le chlorure de sodium), 227, 228, 250, 270, 280, 326. 330, 41o (excepte les pailles du Chili, d'ltalie, et similaires, pour la fabricatioji des chapeaux et des ouvrages tresses analogues), 437, 465, 468, 460 (cale<;ons, chemises, cols et manchettes de coton), 470, 472, 473, 474 (excepte les velvets, velveteens, bombasins et velours), 488 (excepte les alpacas, damas, merinos, cachemires, gourgourans, royale niyta', le satin de Chine, le tonquin, la |)eluche ou velours de laine, et les tissus similaires non denommes), 517, 534, 538 (seulement pour la noyale et la cretonne), 547, 562 (caleyons, chemises, cols et manchettes en lin), 563, 612 (excepte le papier a ecrire ou a dessin de toute espece, blanc ou de couleur; le papier d'imprimerie ou de typo- graphie; le papier de soie, blanc ou de couleur, pour copie de lettres et non colle, et le papier huile, le papier noirci, oriental de riz, de Chine, vi^etal et similaires; le papier lame d’or ou d'argent faux, pour tleurs: la piite de toute sorte pour la fabrication du papier), 613, 620, 625, 641, 642, 703, 732, 749, 751, 757, 805 (voitures pour chemins do

RRKSIL. 1245

fer et leurs accessoires) et 1000 du tarif des douanes auquel se rapporte le decrot n° 3017 du 19 mars 1900.

j {h) Soixantc-cinq pour cent en papier et 35 pour cent en or sur toutes les autres marchandises non designees sous la lettre {a) ci dessus.

Les 50 pour cent en or seront per^us tant que le change sera main- tenu au-dessus de 15 d. par $1, pendant trente jours dc suite; ils

' cesseront d’etre per(,‘us dans ces conditions apres que, dans le memo delai, le change se maintiendra au-dessous de 15 d. Aux ett'ets de la presente disposition on calculera la moyenne des taux du change pendant trente jours.

Si le change descendait a 15 d. ou inoins, le droit d’importation sur les marchandises visces ii la lettre a, scrait preleve a raison de 05 pour cent en papier et 35 pour cent en or.

lY.—A percevoir pour le fonds destine aux travaux d'amelioration dans les ports, executes aux frais de I'Union:

I"" Une taxe ne depassant pas 2 pour cent en or sur la valeur offi-. cielle des marchandises importees par le port de Kio de Janeii'o et par les douanes du Kio-drande du Sud, sauf les marchandises dont il est (picstion au n" 2 de I’articlc I'*';

2” La taxe de 1 il 5 reis par kilogramme de marchandises emharquees ou dehaixjuees, suivant leur valeur, leur destination ou provenance d'autres ports.

Akt. 3. Ne seront assujettics (pi’an droit d'importation de 5 pour cent ad valorem les marchandises suivantes: 1" locomobiles agricoles; 2“ soupapes en <*aoutchouc pour pompes il air ou pour autres machines de toute sorte ou espece; 3“ toiles metaHHiucs en cuivre ou laiton, cones en carton ou en cuir pour turbines et pieces accessoircs de bat¬ teries il diti'usion; 4" brosses en til de fer ou laiton pour le nettoyage des tuvaux; 5’’ manometres ])our indi(iuer la pression de la vapeur et le vide ou la temperature; tJ” tuvaux en cuivre, fer ou laiton pour chau- dieres et pour appareils de condensation et dkn'aporation; 7" moulins a concasser et a pulveriser le sucre; S" cribles et leurs supports et bar- rcaux pour foyers; 9° bassines, cylindres et engrenages avec leurs accessoires; 10" appareils de transmission de mouvement, y compris les poulies, axes, coudes, coussinets, chevilles, anneaux ou colliers de suspension; 11° rails avec tons leurs accessoirs tcls que: crampons, plaques de jonction, tire-fonds, changements, contre-rails, croisements ou aiguilles pour changements de voie et appareils pour les manoeu¬ vres; 12° locomotives et wagons avec leurs accessoires; 13° alambics et colonnes il distiller avec accessoires; 14° formes et passoires, cris- tallisateurs pour purifier et raffiner le sucre et chau.v speciale pour sa fabrication; 15° pompes en fer ou autre metal j)our liquides ou pulpe quelconque ou pour le debit de I’eau chaude ou froide; 16° verres et tubes en verre pour appareils d’evaiwration et de condensation, ^wur niveaux d’eau ou d’autres li({uides dans les appareils et les chaudieres;

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17" fil metallique barbelo ou rond inesurant 18 X 16 et 19 X 17, y coinpris les tendeur.s en fer ou acier pour clotures et leurs supports; 18" denaturants et carburants de I’alcool; 19" tonneaux en fer etaine pour le transport de I’alcool, ainsi que les appareils employes dans les applications industrielles de I’alcool; 20" beches ou faux pour usage agricole.

Pour benelicier do ce r'igime, les machines, appareils et objets divers ci-dessus denommes devront etre importes par des syndicats agricoles ou directement par les agriculteurs, des gerants d’enterprises agricoles, des elevcurs de bestiaux ou par les administrations des Etats ou des municipalites.

Paragraphv Unique. S'il est etabliqu’un sj’ndicat, se prevalant des concessions faites par la loi, a importe si la taxe reduite un objet quel- conque ci-dessus dtuiomme pour le vendre ou le ceder si une personne quelconque etrangere an siuidicat, une amende de 3,000$ sera infligee aux importeurs, et les membres du syndicat seront solidairement responsables du psiyement de cette amende.

En csis de recidive, rsimende sera portee au double et le syndicat sera dissous par decision administrative.

Art. 4. Seront compris les produits chimiciues indiques au § 30 de Particle 2 et si Particle 5 des Dispositions Preliminaires du Tsirif en vigueur Psicide sulfurique, Pacide tartriipie, le tanin, bisulfite de potasse et les ferments specisilmente adaptes, spiand ces produits seront importes par des societes et des syndicats agricoles ou par de simples sigriculteurs.

Art. 5. A Poccasion de Poctroi des franchises de droits accordees en vertu de la pivsente loi, les dispositions du decret L" 947 A, du 4 novembre 1890, applicables aux voiturcs pour chemins de fer et tram¬ ways, seront toujours observees.

Les compagnies ou entreprises (jui, aux termes dudit decret n’au- raient pas encore fait enregistrer leurs contrats d’exemption de droits, pourront le faire dans le delai de trois mois, a partir de la date de la l)rcsente loi.

Art. 6. Sont exemptes de Pimj)6t de consommation toutes les boissons exclusivement obtenues par la fermentation des jus de fruits ou de plantes indigenes.

Art. 9. Ne seront assujettis qu'ti un droit fixe de £2, les vapeuis ou batinients ii voiles, quel (pie soit leur tonnage ou leur chargement, qui ne se presenteront dans un des ports de PUnion ([ue pour y recevoir des ordres et continuer leur voyage, avec facult(i de pouvoir y sojourner, sous le contnile de la douane, pendant dix jours ii Peffet de s’y appro- visionner en vivres, eau et combustible.

§ 1. La taxe dont il s’agit comprend tons les (‘inoluments dus a la douane et toutes autres taxes, droits de patente sanitaire et de capi- tainerie de port, mais il est entendu que les rcglements sanitaires et de police de port seront observes.

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§ 2. Lc dolai de dix jour.s pourra ctrc proroge de cinq jours par rinspecteur de la douane en cas de motif justitie.

§ 3. Apres le delai do quinze jours le vapour ou le navire sera soiimis au regime commun applicable aux batiments a Tentrce, a la sortie ou en rehiche.

Art, 14. L’impdt de consommation sur le vin etranger, pei’vu en vertu de I'art, no 5(5, de la loi 1313, du 30 decembre 1004, sera etabli comme ci-apres, quelle que soit I’espece du contenant: vins etrangers ira3’ant pas plus de 14° d'alcool absolu—litre 75 reis, bouteille 50 reis, demi-bouteille 25 reis.

Vins etrangers non denommes, avant plus do 14, mais plus do 24° d'alcool absolu—litre 150 reis, l)outcitlo 100 reis, demi-bouteille 50 reis.

Vins etrangers avant plus de 24°, champagne et autros mousseux— litre 300 reis, bouteille 200 reis, demi-bouteille 100 reis.

Paragraphu Unique.—La perception do I'inipot dont il s'agit est soumise aux conditions etablies dans le reglement sur Ics impots do consommation, et les contrevcnants encourront los peines (jui s’}' trou- vent comminees.

Art. 15. Est etabli un impot de consommation, dont le preleve- ment s’all'ectuera au mo3'ens de timbres, conformement au I'eglement du 20 mars 1000, sur los capsules contenant de I’acide carbonique pour la preparation, dans des siphones, au moment de la consommation, d'eaux artiticielles gazeuses, y compris celles connues sous le nom de Sparklets, Sodor et analogues.

La taxe A percevoir sera de 200 reis par boite contenant une douzaine de capsules, et Tapplication des timbres sur les boites devra s’etfectuer de fac/on qu’etant ouvertes le timbre no puisse plus servir, ou par autre im'thode jugoe preferable et adoptee par radminlstration.

PROHIBITIOET DE L’IMPOBTATION DE MAItCHANDISES POBTANT

UNE FAUSSE INDICATION D’OBIGINE.

Le ^‘‘Dlario OjfieiaU du 8 decembre 1005 contient le texte d’un decret interdisant rimportation au Bresil de toute marchandise portant une fausse indication d’origlne, d'apres les tonnes de la Convention de INIadrid de 1801. Ces marchandises seront confisquees par les autorites de la Douane ou par les autorites judiciaires ftMerales si les marchan¬ dises sont sorties de la douane.

Les marchandises contiscpiees dans la zone tiscale doivent etre reex- portees par les inqwrbiteurs dans un delai de trente jours, sinon elles seront detruites. Les marchandises contisquees en dehors de la zone tiscale seront denaturees ou seront detruites. En tout cas les impor- tateurs auront a paj^er une amende do 50 pour cent de la valour des marchandises importees.

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CHILI.

CONDITIONS DE L’lNDDSTRIE NITBATlilBE.

L'honorable John Hicks, Ministre des Etats-Unis an Chili, ecrit, an Bujct des conditions qui affectent Tindustrie nitratiere, (jue le secretiiire de TAssociation des producteurs de nitrate, apres des efforts fiitiles pour renouveler la convention pour un terme d’annees ou memo pour line amide, a public une circulaire annonvant son insucces et disant que los directeurs ont rcsolii ii I’unanimite d'abandonner tout effort pour renouveler TAssociation.

II cst ii remaniiier <iue dans toute renormo production de nitrate de sonde du nord du Chili, il n’\’ a pas de placements de capitaux amcricains, bien que los expeditions aux Etats-Unis augmentent. Les compagnies sont anglaises pour la plupart, avec quelques-unes de nationalite chilienne et allemande.

Pour montrer quels sont les profits resultant de la production des nitrates, le rapport annuel de la “London Nitrate Company, Limited,” montre, le 31 octobre, quo la compagnie a cte organisee en 1887 avec un capital de 8800,000. Dans les dix-huit annees la compagnie a paye 81,770,000 en dividendes et a rcmbourse ii ses actionnaires $400,000 de son capital primitif, cc qui fait un total de 81,570,000 en argent.

De plus la compagnie a etabli de nouvellos usines cofitant $400,000 et a commence un fonds d’aniortissenient de 8ltK),000 place en valeurs anglaises, ce (pii fait ressortir quo les recettes totales de la compagnie se sont elovecs dans les dix-huit annees ii la sonimc enorme de $2,10f),(X>0 argent. Elle a encore en reserve un capital de $400,000 et ii I’actif une valeur de 8355,000.

L’industrie nitratiere au Chili est de la plus grande importance parcc que le (Touvernenient reyoit environ 825,(X)0,000 en or par an en droits d’exportation surles nitrates. Les transactions annuellcs en nitrate— c’e.st-a-direla valeur lirute du produit exporte du pays—se monteront a des centaincs de millions et des milliers d’hommes en (Jiili et en Europe se sont enricliis dans cotte industrie.

MODIFICATIONS APPORT^ES AUX DROITS DE DOUANE SUR LE

SUCRE.

Le '‘'"Board of Trade Journal'' fait savoir dans son numero du 8 mars 1000, qu’on vient d’appi'ouver la loi chilienne autorisant la reduction de Is. 6 pence par 100 kilogrammes sur les droits d"importation du sucre ratline et Taugmentation dans la meme proportion du droit d’importation sur le sucre brut.

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COLOMBIE.

DROIT ADDITIONNEL SUR LA FARINE DE BL^.

M. Baruett, le Mini.strc des Etats-Unis, fait savoir en date dii 7 fi'vrier 1900 (jue le Gouvernement Colombien a etabli un droit addi- tioiinel de 8 cents or par kilograninic sur la farine etrangere. Jus(iu'ici le droit avait etc de 8 cents plus 70 p. c., soit un equivalent de $0,136 par kilograniino. Ce nouvel arrangement augmente le droit total a 2l.| cents par kg., soit environ 11 cents par livre. Ce tarif, ajoute le Ministro, est presque prohibitif ct mcttra tin probablement a Tinipor- tation de farine provenant des Etats-Unis.

Dans un rapport subse(iuent, date du 13 fevrier, M. Barrett revient snr ce sujet et attire rattention sur le fait (pie lualgrii (pie le droit additionnel ne soit iinposij que sur la farine etrangere exp(5di(3e dans rint(irieur dn pa3’s par les iwrts do TAtlantique, I’etfet est presque le nu'me que si on I’imposait sur la farine etrangere entrant dans ces ports, parce (pie la (piantite consommee si Barranquilla, Cartagene et autres endroits sur I’Atlantiipie est tres petite conipart'e an total con- sommi* dans le pays entier.

TAB AC EN FETJILLE.

D'apres un recent decret exiicutif, le Gouvernement a etabli un monopole pour la vente et kexportation du tabac en feuille dans la Ki'publique de Colombie. A partir du 1^'' septembre 1906, les parti- culiers ne pourront ni exporter ni vendre le tabac produit dans la Colombie. A partir de cette date I’importation de tabac et de ciga¬ rettes sous n’iniporte (pielle forme est aussi prohib(*e, mais cette pro¬ hibition ne doit pas porter sur les autres articles necessaires si la manufacture de cigarettes. La derniere section de ce decret est ainsi conyue:

“La culture du tabac cst absolument libre en Colombie ainsi que rintrcKluction de semenecs pour son amelioration. Toutefois les culti- vateurs devront observer tons les reglements qui seront adoptes plus tard en vue d’empecher des fraudes an priq’udice du Tresor.”

fiTATS-UNIS.

COMMERCE AVEC L’AMl^RIQUE LATINE.

IMPORTATIONS ET EXPORTATIONS.

On trouvera ii la page 1134 le dernier rapport du commerce entre les ^tats-Unis et I’Ameriipie latine, extrait de la compilation faite par le Bureau des Statistiques du Ministere du Commerce et du Travail. Le

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rapport a trait an inois de fcvrier 190<3 et donnc uu tableau comparatif de c*e niois avcc le luois correspondaiit de I’annee 1905. 11 donne aussi un tableau des huit iiiois liiiissant au luois de fevvier 1906 en les coniparant avec la periode correspondaute de Taiiuee precedente. On salt que les chiffres des dilferents bureaux de douane montrant les importations et les exportations pour un mois quelconque ne sont rerus au Ministere 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 resultats pour le mois de fevrier ne peuvent etre publies avant le mois d’avril.

COMMEBCE EXT^BIEUR, FCVRIER 1906.

Le Sommaire mensuel du commerce exterieur des Etats-Unis, pre^ pare par le Ministere du Commerce et du Travail donne dans le tableau suivant un apercu des conditions pour le mois de fevrier 1906, comparees a. celles du mr>me mois do rannee precedente:

IMI’OKTATIOXS.

(iroupcs. i9or>. 1900.

J27,8I9,16C 37,102.93ti j I2,l;U,08'2 1 13.477,22H P2,.T.il,003

819,725,000 38,785,898 14,0:-(4,.t02 10,273,792 15,399,999

Article.s Pi'tat lirut jxuir otre munufiiotnres. Articles fabriqius en tout ou en partie pour reinploi <lans la munulactnro.

103,084,413 101,199,197

KXI'OKTATIOXS DK PRODtTTS DC I’AYS.

1905. ' 1900.

Prortuits npriooU's. PrtHluils fHbri<iU(5s. Proiluitxrtes mines.* Prortuits (les forets. Prortuits rte lit las'lio.

8.57,7.50,430 39,380,0,84

' 2,0ti9, 422 3,991,771

:«8,3.57 881,402

$.80,8.87,213 40. 580,585 4,091,019 0, 241,000

464,722 1,497, .524

Total rtes exportations rte pnsluits rtu pays. Marchandises etraiigeres exporUVs.

10.5,023,472 ' 1,847,310

139,771,723 2,003,251

100,870,782 111,774,974

IMPORTATIONS.

Unit mois finissant en Kvrier.

1905. 1906.

$184,713,128 * ■243, .533,275 92,399, .505

108,827,'260 99, .52.5,098

$171,112,415 204,305, i;i6 112,384,905 135,860, (XW 110,254, 714

Artieles t\ I'ftat brut l>our I'emploi dans la manufacture. Articles fabriqu(?s en tout ou en partie jatur I’emploi dans la manufacture.

j 728,998,920 1 799,923,838

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EXTORTATIONS I)E PRODITITS DU PAYS.

1 I 1905. 1 1906.

(667,768,906 342,157,793 31,846,874 40,670,370 6,931,.697 3,942,132

$700,695,260 387,316, .631 34,081,325 47,770,246 6,309,937 6,:i53,877

992,316,671 15,744,137

1,181,.6‘26,176 16,873,623

1,008,060,808 1,198,399,799

IMPORTATIONS DE ZINC.

Pendant Tannee 1905, par suite de la deinande considerable de zinc qui a fait nionter le prix du ininerai a un chiffre sans precedent, on a expedi^ des mines du Mexique de grandes quantites de ininerai de zinc et de zinc sous diif^rentes formes et par consequent Texploitation de zinc s’est beaucoup developpee au Mexique. Plusieurs mines qui auparavant n’avaient pas ete exploitees produisent maintenant des quantites considerables de zinc.

L’acte recent du Ministere des Finances des l5tats-Unis en augmen- tant le droit de douane sur les minerais de zinc importes du Mexique et du Canada a soulevd une protestation ofliciellc qui a ete soumise a I’examen d’experts en cette matiere et qui aura pour effet de soumettre le sujet devant les cours feddrales.

EXPORTATIONS DE MACHINES A COUDRE, 1906.

Void les exportations de machines a coudre dans les dilterents pays de I’Amerique latine pendant I’annee 1905:

Mexique.. 907

Amerique Centrale. 9S, 586

Cuba. .870, :1.56

K«“publique Doiuinicaine et autrea Ilea dans lea Antilles. 49,007

Republique Argentine. 657, 705

Breail. 174, 875

Coloinbie. 59,09;i

Autrea j>ays de I’Am^riijue du Sud. 847,222

STATISTIQUES SXTR EE TABAC.

Le tableau suivant public par le Bureau des Statistiques du Minis¬ tere de 1’Agriculture des l5tats-Unis donne la quantite, la valeur et

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la valour 11103’eniie par livro des importations de tabao pendant rannoe liscale tinissant le 30 juin 1005;

Pays d’origrinc. | Quantite. Valeur. Moyenne par livre.

Pays-Bavs. Canada. Cuba.. Allemagne. Angleterre. Turquie d’Europe . Mexique. Pavs divers.

Tabac pour en reloppe. Lirrrr. fi.TM.HOl

14.\(»3 ' 43,1(!6 : 87,852 ' r.1,876 2,297 2,272 2,178

Dollars. 5,023,434

113,382 78,185 , 35.372 8,980

7,941 1,897

835

Cents. 74.3 73.1

181.1 40.3 14.5

;!4.5.7 83.5 38.3

Total. 7,109,595 5,270,032 71.1

Cuba. Turquie d’Europe .

Tabac de toute autre luince.

21,430,283 1,,570,349 1,188,910 1

776,917 ‘ 700,115

10,747,778 758,602 .544,396 277,964 276,752 61,092 32,987 28.425

.50.2 48.1 45. 8

i 35.8 39.2

113,034 i ia5,385 69,317 4,5,;162

1 61,378 36,940 14,031 4,672

11,475 10,247 2,243 9,048

1 16,477

63.8 1 31.3

41.0 11,.577 10,673 4,946 2,787 2,052 1,864 1,471 1,402

i 25.5 ; 17.4

13.4 19.9 43.9 16.2 1-1.3 62.5

Kri^sil_-_____ 2’-“

12.2 Autres pays. 16.9

Total. ' 26,178,783

1

12,768,645 48.8

La grande quantite de tabat; venant des Pajs-Bas n’est naturel- lement pas cultivee dans ee pays mais provient des Indes Hollandaises, prinoipalenient de Sumatra. Une grande quantite des autres tabacs importes n'est pas consignee directement du pays d’origine, tel que, par exemple, le tabac d'F^gypte, de Hongkong, du Koyaume-Uni et d’Al- lemagne. La loi exige que revaluation du tabac importe soit faite d'apres le prix de gros existant ii I'epoque de Texportation dans les principaux marches des Etats-Unis d’ou il est exporte, y compris les depenses pour mettre le hibac en etat d’etre expedie aux Etats-Unis,

On verra d'apres les tableaux qui precedent que le meilleur tabac pour servir d'enveloppes vient de Cuba. Une petite quantite vient aussi de Tunjuie. Quant au tabac de (pialite superieure pour I'intchdeur des cigares ainsi que les autres tabacs en feuille, ils proviennent de Cuba, de la Turquie d’Europe et des Antilles anglaises. La valour par livre du tabac re9u de Porto Rico pendant I'annee tiscale tinissant le 30 juin 1004 a etc de $0,103; des lies Philipj)iiics, pendant 1005, de $0,320 pour I’exterieur et de $0,170 pour I'interieur et des Pays- Bas (tabac de Sumatra) pendant Fannie 1905 de $0,743 j)our enveloppes et de $0,143 pour I'interieur.

II a ete prouve que lorscjue le prix le plus eleve du tabac de Sumatra pour envelopi>es etait de $4.50 la livre, a New-York, y compris le droit, le prix pour le tabac similaire de Cuba etait de $8.

HONDURAS. 1253

Ce rapport du Ministerc de I’Agriculture se terniine en disant que la quality Huperieure du tabac cubain se vend en gros dans ce pays a 1000 xmr mi lie ou siir le prix de 90 cents la piece en gros, y compris le droit et le gain de Timportateur et du vendeur en gros.

HONDURAS.

MRSSAOE DU PKESLDEKT.

A I’occasion de I’ouverture de la session l%islative de 1906, le Presi¬ dent Manuel Bonilla a adressd a TAssemblee nationale un message dans lequel il retrace I’ceuvre de son administration pendant la periode comprise entre le aout 1904 et le 31 decembre 1906.

Dans ce remarquable document nous trouvons les renseignements suivants, relatifs aux divers departements ministdriels:

Affaires etrangeres.—Le Gouvernement n’a cesse d’entretenir des relations tranches et cordiales avec tons les gouvernements d’Europe et d’Amerique.

Etats Enis: Deux reclamations diploniatiques de ce pa^’s, s’elevant a $195,231, ont ete reglees par les deux parties pour $120,000.

Nicaragua: La delimitation de frontieres avec ce pays a ete contiee a Tarbitrage du roi d’Espagne.

Salvador, Costa-Rica, Guatemala: Des conventions d'ordre 6cono- niique et politique ont ete signees avec ces Etas, pour le niieux de la paix centre-americaine.

Interieur.—L’ordre public est complet. Le Gouvernement est con- tiant dans Topinion publique et continue son labeur pacilique et progressiste.

Legislation.—Une commission offieielle, composee des avocats les plus competents du pa3^s, s’est occupee du remaniement des codes et des lois.

(Euvres (Vntilitepublique.—Tous les efforts du Gouvernement se sont portes sur I’ouverture de nouvelles voies de communication interieures.

Une somme de $127,000 a 6t4 employee a I’installation de lumiere electrique a Tegucigalpa.

Concessions a de^ etrangers.—Des Nord-Americains, pour la plupart, ont ete autorises a construire des voies ferries aux environs de Tela, de la barre du rio Salavo, etc., . . . pour traverser de riches planta¬ tions de bananes, etc., et des lignes de tmmways, dont une entreprise par un notable colon franyais de la c6te Atlantique.

Finances pndjliques.—Les rentr^es du Tr^soront^te pour la periode 4conomique offieielle de 1904-5, do $3,304,362 et les d^penses de $3,341,492. Des circonstances atmospheriques importantes et tout a

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fait passageres n’ont pas jjermis d'atteindre de meilleurs resultats cette annee.

Dette interieure.—Elle s'elevait a $4 millions 048,472 primitiveuient, mais elle a 6te, pendant le cours de ces deux dernieres anuses, reduite a $1,430,443. Le Gouv’ei’nement prend ses mesures pour eteindre cette dette completemeut et au plus tot.

Dettex exterieurex.—Le Gouvernement ne se decourage pas de I'insue- ces de la mission LTgarte en Europe, en 1003. II est resolu de I’etudier prochainement a nouveau, pour taoher d’arriver ii une solution equita¬ ble |K)ur tons.

Inxtraction publique.—A fait Tobjet de la sollicitude toute speciale da Cabinet du oenkral Homlla. De nouvelles eeoles primaires et normales out etc creees. De grandes quantites de livres et de materiel d’enseignement ont etc deniandees aux Etats-Unis. On a perfectionnd le cabinet physique, le laboratoire de chimie, le museum d’histoire naturelle de Tegucigalpa.

Aroiee. —On I’a organisee a nouveau. On lui a prepare une pepi- niere de recrutement tres serieuse, grace a la creation a Tegucigalpa d’une ecole militaire, et si Amapala d’une ecole d’artillerie.

Jaxtice.—Les Tribunaux civils et militaires ont continue leurs travaux sans interruption et avec une enticM’e independance.

L’impression d’ensemble qui se degage de la lecture de ce message est nettement favorable. Le Honduras, cela n’est pas douteux, a fait de remarquables progres sous I’administration actuelle, ce qui n’est pas pour etonner ceux qui connaissent la haute intelligence et la patri- otique energie de I’integre citoyen i^ui la preside et qui a su s’entourer pour mener si bicn ssi lourde tsiche, de collaborateurs sictifs et devoues.

Les interets generaux du Honduras sont presentement en bonnes mains et ceux qui en ont la charge inspirent toute confiance aux natio- naux comme aux etrangers.

MEXIQUE.

BECETTES DES ENTBEPdXS DE MEXICO ET DE DA VERACRUZ.

Les recettes brutes des entrepots de Mexico et de La Vcrsicruz out ete de $218,576.61 ce qui, apres deduction de plusieurs paiements ordi- nsiires, a Isiisse $120,000 pour les actionnaires.

Pendant Fannee 1905, les entrees et colis re^ius ont ete de 491,652, formant un poids de 33,794,100 kilos ^v^alu^s a $10,331,779. Pendant rannee 1905 on a livre 309,296 colis, pesant 21,005,000 kilos et evalues a $6,074,166.

Le capital de la Compagnie s’eleve si $2,000,000 et elle fait des avances sur les msirchandises emmagasin^es dans les entrei^ots. En

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1905411 a avance $3,270,8(56 sur des niarchandises evaliu'es ii $5,649,465. L(‘8 iinportateurs ont rembour.se sur cette somme $1,723,629 sur dcs niarchandises facturees a $3,135,700,

liE PORT DE MAZATLAN EN 1906.

Les statistiques suivantes ayaut trait aux exportatations et imporbi- tiotis du port do Mazatlan pour I'annee 1904-5 doiiiiont uue idoo do son importance: les exportations accusent une valour do $4,248,569 ot Ics importations une valour de $1,498,290. Les Etats-Unis rovoivont et expMient le volume des exportations et importations.

Exporliitiom, 1904-’'>.

R^sumtpar classifications. Kilogrammes.

71,.522,928 1,083,186

29.5,891 41,643 1 28,030 '

Valeur.

83,960,332 92,242

177, .572 10, .501 7,9>2

Total.'

Risimc par dcsthiations. 1

72,971,678 ; 4,248, ,569

655 892 !

63, .5.51 1 72,491,481

96 ;166,830

4,736 43,437 1

8.50 .500

6,170 4,214,199

63 23,332

9.55 2, .500

Total.. 72,971,678 j 1 1

4,248,569

ImpoHationx, 1904—

Classifioations. V'aleur. Destinations. Valenr.

I’roduits animaux.

Froduits agrieoles. PrfMluits mineraux. Fabriques manufactures.. Froduits chimiques. Liqueurs. Fupier et ses manufacturf-s Machines, etc. Vehicles. Arnies et explosifs. Divers.

Total

8109,280

186,652 436,758 285,488 125,630 72,442 ,52,984

125,801 7,822

40,148 55,282

1,498,290

Allemagne Autriche . Belgique . Chine .... Danemark EtaLs-Unis Espagne.. Equateur. Egypte ... France ... Guat5mala Hollande. Angleterre Italic. Japon .... Norvege.. Portugal.. F5rou. Suisse. SuCde. Turquie ..

Total

8277,410 10,841 16,969 5,215 l,tW>7

695,7.57 41,025 13,283

35 112,879

141 9,2.53

279,141 13,6.56 5.940 6,803 1, :589

375 2. '296 4.06:1

162

1,498,290

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LE CniVBE AU MEXIQUE.

La production du cuivre au Mexique, en 1905, s’est repartie entre les principales mines et fonderies du pays, de la maniere suivante:

Livrcs.

Groen Copper Co., Cananea, Sonora. Compagnie du Bodeo, Basse Californie. Montesuma Copper Co., Nacossari, Sonora. Teziutlan Copper Co., Puebla. Mazapil Copper Co., Zacatecas. Guggenheim Exploration Co. Descubridora Mining and Smelting Co., Chihuahua Deraocrata Mining Co., Cananea, Sonora. Cia. del Tvro General. Jirauleo Mining Co., Coahuila... Panuco Copper Co., Coahuila. Bufa Mining and Milling Co., Sonora. Aguascalientes Metal Co. Cia. Metahirgiea de Torneon. Fernando Mining Co. Las Vigas Mining Co. Avlno Mines of Mexico, Durango. Barranca del Cobre, Sonora. Monterey Smelting and Refining Co. Coahuila Mining and Smelting Co. San Carlos Copper Co., Tamaullpas. Los Ocotes. Irigoyen Hermanos y Cia. Quintera Mining Co., Sonora..

Total.

.V>, 014,000 24,517,000 9,032,000 6,786,000 6,108,000 6,000,000 4,964,000 3,747,000 1,929,000 1,693,000 1,466.000 1,200,000 1,000,000

984,000 554,000 250,000 221,000 218,000 21.5,000 170,000 125,000 121,000 107,000 50,000

127,067,000

Soit 57,755 tonnes in^trupies. Bien entendu toutes le.s mines produisant du cuivre ne ligurent pas

au tableau. Quelqiies-unes de celles mentionn^es sont dans la periode de dev’eloppement et d’installation; par exemple Panuco (CJoahuila), Democrata (Cananea), et surtout San Carlos (Tamaulipas), on la Com¬ pagnie attend, pour attaquer a fond le gite, Tachevement du chemin de fer qui le reliera ii la ligne Monterey Tampico.

D’autres mines n'ont pas encore produit, qui tigureront avant long- temps, au premier rang du tableau, entre les amas de pyrites cuivreu- ses (Michoacan) et les amas voisins, Portirio Diaz et Las Balsas; la Dicha qu’on relie par une voie ferr^e a la baie voisine d’Acapulco; Agua Blanca, Carriso et les auti*es gites de la Sierra de Cacoma (Jalisco).

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PfiROU.

IMPORTATIONS D£ SALAVEBRY ET DE HUANCHACO, PREMIER

SEMESTBE DE 1905.

Voici le.s importations des articles mentionnes ci-dessous par les ports de Salav'erry et de Huanchaco pendant le premier semestre de Parmee 1905:

Salaverry. Huanchaco.

Cais.scs. Kilos. Caisses. Kilos.

8,879 174

. 720

771,760 19,508 .58.480

1,172,298 126.700 3.51,198

3,804,513 122,787

1,934 40

1,771 ,539 300

8,121

169,782 3.360

102,900 29,990 14,009

810,921

1,802 7,114

38,149 3,361

32 850

18 74

8,712 30

2.57 102 108

15

3, .530 7,406 1,244

21,418 341.504

1,468 26,675 11,433 39,533

860

41,378 839,410

Machines. 97 57,162

24,774 199 587

2,29.5,305 19,997

207,817

Bl^. 6,86-1 23

733,085 5,061 ,50

60 13,976 7,800

,t0,630 620 ,516 124 149

1.52,320 111,1)00

■ 47,472 7, .577

14,178

186,220 10,918,428 26,013 1,937,802

SAN SALVADOR.

MOUVEMENT D’EXPORTATION PENDANT LES NEUF PREMIERS

MOIS DE L’ANNEE 1005.

Les Evaluations dcs divers articles exportes par la liepublique de San Salvador pendant les neuf premiers mois de Pannee 1906, se sont elevees ii 12,573,207.34 colonsH. Ces exportations ont Ete rEparties de la maniere suivante:

POUR LES PAYS.

Value. Value.

Allemagnc. Cotone*.

2,240,063.24 Angleterre.' CoUmei. 1,960,119.88

47,210.00 302,260.45 !

14.5.00 !

3,808. ,52 47,339.38

1,359,007.26 3,340.00 3,944.25

22,052.80 115,393.60 34,600.00

58,938.00 ' ' 2,465.00 i Chili.1

2; 740.35 6, .510.54

127,974. .57 Espagne . POrou. Etats-Unis. 2,228,696.68 France. 4,006,637.82 Total.

1 1 12, ,573,207.34

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roUK ARTICLES.

Value. ' Value.

CbUma. 40.00

(Monet. 1,692.00

103.00 Tii«uii de coton.. 45. OU Saindoux. 251.00 103.00

230.00 11.00

241.50 512,845.00

290.00 1,448.00

183,695.20 19,059.27

720.00 290,388.20 150,045.10 762,941.00

Or.

R(^sldti8 de mint^raux (or et argent) Papi6r. 9,604,594.84

739,671.21 2,195.00

102.00

516.00 499.62

68,530.00 91.00

116.00 X90.00 35.00

3,377.00 993.50

2,722.25 71,300.00

1,731.52 771.03

76,682.19 17,756.82

10.00 150.00

46,097.09 150.00

6,4OS.00 10.00 '200.00

8,865.00 Total. 12,673,207.84

Les exportations aux Etats-Unis se sont elevees a la somme de 2,228,696.<>8 coUmes et ont ete distributes dc la nianiere suivante :

Value. 1 Value.

Anil.1 Articles divers. Sucre. Baume. ROsidus de min^raux (or ct ar¬ gent).

CafS nettoye. Caf6 en cosse. Peaux de 16zards.

Colonel. 13,800.00 9,673.87 3,760.00

33,396.10

36,594.00 1 1,630,837.26

45,029.52 771.03

Peaux. l*eaux de dalra.

I Caoutchouc. ' Bols. i Miel. Or.

( Argent auriMre.

Total. 1

Colonet. 18,209.25 12,704.00 25,217.40 3,270.00

51.25 384,289.00 12,095.00

2,228,696.68

IMPdTS SUB LES LIQUEUBS, 1906.

Les recettes totales, provenant de I’impot sur les boissons spiri- tueuses pendant I’annee 1905 se sont tlevees a $1,924,366.41 contre $2,142,207.48 dans I’annte precedente. Voici les recettes en dttail des div^ers departeinents de la Rtpublique:

San Salvador La Libertad..

Sonsonate_ Ahuachap<in. Santa Ana ... Chalatenango Cuacatltln_ La Pa*. San Vicente . Cabafln* . UsulutAn. San Miguel .. Morazin. LaUnidn ....

Total....

1904. 1905.

360,2.58.85 300, ,596. 160,802.73 137,308.29 226,7.53.49 197,191.66 152,782.40 128,388.43 264,656.78 231,032.76 .57,393.78 .58,111.95

113,974.73 94,892.01 128,226.24 118,378.87 116,295.23 10,5,81.5.40 41, 494.67 37,440.18

218,781.43 218,516.69 1,56,650.01 159,816.04 67,636.38 60,660.26 82,006.76 76,172.44

2,142,207. 48 1,924,366.41

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