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COLOMBIA. 



as a preliminary condition for further negotia- 

 tions, the removal of all Costa Rican officials 

 who may now be found within the limits de- 

 scribed in Article I. Articles VI and VII, which 

 were not published, are presumed to define the 

 methods which Congress has laid down for the 

 Executive to follow in carrying out the demand 

 of Article V; and Article IX, no doubt, points 

 out the way in which the u disoccupation " in- 

 sisted on in Article VIII shall be effected. 



The effort to settle the affair by peaceful 

 means is clearly expressed throughout the 

 whole act, but that other contingencies were 

 considered possible by Congress is clearly evi- 

 dent. The articles withheld, no doubt, define 

 also the force which it may be necessary to em- 

 ploy in securing the preliminaries mentioned in 

 Article VIII, or to punish " violations of rights " 

 and " usurpations " of sovereignty, as in Arti- 

 cle V, if peaceful means fail. 



The President of the Republic is General Ra- 

 fael Nunez (inaugurated April 1, 1880, for the 

 usual Presidential term of two years), and the 

 Cabinet was composed of the following Minis- 

 ters : Interior, Seflor Jose Araujo ; Foreign Af- 

 fairs, Senor Eustaquio Santamaria (pro tern.}; 

 Finance, Senor Antonio Roldan; Public In- 

 struction, Sefior Rafael P6rez (pro tern.) ; Treas- 

 ury and National Credit, Seflor Simon de Her- 

 rera ; War and Marine, General Eliseo Payan ; 

 Public Works, Sefior Gregorio Obregon. 



The Chief Magistrates of the nine States 

 were: 



Antioquia Sefior P. Eestrepo. 



Bolivar 



Boyaca 



Caiica 



Cundinamarca 



Magdalena 



Pan"am& 



Santander 



Tolima... 



B. Noguera. 

 J. E. Otalora. 

 G. E. Hurtado. 

 W. Ibaflez. 

 N. 0. Serrano. 

 Ddraaso Cervera. 

 S. Wilches. 

 T. Santos. 



The Colombian Minister to the United 

 States is General Ramon Santo Domingo Vila 

 (accredited in 1880), and the Colombian Con- 

 sul-General at New York is Sefior Lino de 

 Pombo (1880). 



The United States Minister to Colombia is 

 Hon. E. Deichman. 



The regulation strength of the army in time 

 of peace is 3,000 ; and in time of war each of 

 the States is required to furnish a contingent of 

 one per cent, of its population. In the returns 

 published in 1880 by the Minister of War, the 

 total number of officers in the Guardia Colom- 

 biana was set down at 1,927! 



" Colombia is to have a navy once more," 

 writes a Colombian journalist, "if the money 

 is forthcoming." The Federal Congress, by a 

 law sanctioned on July 13th, authorizes the 

 Executive power at once to proceed to organ- 

 ize a navy. It is accordingly empowered to 

 buy ironclads or wooden steam-vessels, as it 

 may deem best, provided with modern arma- 

 ment, and with everything else requisite for 

 the purposes of offense and defense, with the 

 addition of such steam transports as may be 

 considered adequate for the efficiency of the 



service. These vessels will be distributed be- 

 tween the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the 

 republic. A navy-yard will also be established 

 on each coast, with a coaling station attached, 

 to be guarded by a corps of marines, under 

 regulations similar to those applied to the 

 battalions of the Guardia Colombiana, and 

 from which detachments will be detailed for 

 service on the vessels of the respective stations ; 

 the rest to be kept at the yards for training 

 in the several arts and occupations connected 

 therewith. Where natives are not attainable, 

 the Government may engage the services of ex- 

 perienced foreigners for the most difficult posts 

 ashore or on board the vessels. With a view 

 to the greater efficacy of the present law, all 

 previous legislation on this subject is restored, 

 and is to be enforced to the same extent which 

 prevailed before the Colombian navy was done 

 away with some twelve years ago. An appro- 

 priation of $1,000,000 is made in the estimates 

 for the current fiscal year, and an equal sum is 

 to be considered as appropriated in the budget 

 for future years, so long as Congress does not 

 determine otherwise. 



In the budget for 1879-'80 the national rev- 

 enue and expenditure were estimated as shown 

 in the subjoined tables: 



REVENUE. 



Customs receipts $3,000,000 



Salt monopoly 1,800,000 



Panama Railway 250,000 



Sabanilla Railway 150,000 



Post-Office 76,000 



Telegraphs 30,000 



Mint 12,000 



National property 10.000 



Church property 12,000 



Sundries 70.000 



Total $4,9 10,000 



EXPENDITURE. 



Ministry of the Interior $294,972 



Foreign Affairs 223,500 



Finance 1,061,499 



War and Marine 982,432 



" Public Works 2,958,200 



" Public Instruction 257,992 



" Justice 80,012 



National debt 2,067,406 



Treasury 92,200 



Post-Ollice 634,698 



Pensions 50,360 



Sundries 81,300 



Total $8,634,571 



The total amounts of the actual revenue 

 and expenditure from April 1, 1879, to Janu- 

 ary 20, 1880, were given in the President's 

 message to Congress on February 1, 1880, at 

 $10,469,291. 07i, and $9,926,01 3.52 J- respec- 

 tively, a state of things much more satisfactory 

 than that foreshadowed in the budget esti- 

 mates above quoted. The yield of the custom- 

 house department in 1879 was $3,992,424.35, 

 or somewhat under the general average. This 

 diminution was accounted for in the message 

 above alluded to, by the fact that a consider- 

 able quantity of merchandise had been im- 

 ported free of duty through the Carlosama 

 custom-house, and the consequent decrease in 

 the receipts at Buenaventura and Tumaco. 







