GUATEMALA 



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ANTIGUA GUATEMALA AWD THE VOLCAN DE AGTTA. 



31st. The consolidated debt at the same date 

 was set down at $1,218,408.85, having in- 

 creased by $11,500.34 during the month men- 

 tioned. 



The following statements relating to the 

 commerce of Guatemala are from official re- 

 turns published in 1880. The subjoined table 

 shows the value of the imports and exports for 

 each of the five years 1875-'79 : 



201,685 pounds ; the several countries to which 

 it was sent, and the value of the shipments re- 

 spectively, having been as below : 



COUNTRIES. Values. 



Great Britain $1,281,033 44 



France 521,65024 



Germany 678,672 00 



United States 1,180,812 00 



Balize. . . 



Belgium 



Italy 



South America. 

 Spain , 



The increase of the exports, as here seen, 

 has been constant, and the imports have varied 

 little, thus showing the development of pro- 

 ducing power, and maintaining an ever-grow- 

 ing balance of trade in favor of the republic. 

 The exports for 1879 were to the following 

 countries in order of importance : United States, 

 Great Britain, Germany, France, Balize, the 

 other Central American states, Belgium, South 

 America, Spain, Italy ; and the staples shipped 

 were: bullion, cochineal, hides, woolens, su- 

 gar, maize, indigo, cocoanuts, sarsaparilla, tim- 

 ber, Spanish beans, cacao, vanilla, skins, horses, 

 and India-rubber. The most important of these 

 was coffee, the value of which stood at $4,032,- 

 269.60, against $2,617,278.24 for 1875. The 

 quantity of coffee exported in 1879 was 25,- 



Total $4,032,269 



The imports for the same year were from 

 the sources and of the respective values ex- 

 pressed in the annexed tables : 



COUNTRIES. Values. 



Great Britain $874.935 42 



France 487,664 18 



California 478,744 82 



Germany 892,129 97 



Switzerland 207,437 95 



New York. 



China 



Belgium 



Spain 



Japan 



Cuba 



Ecuador 



Mexico 



Italy 



Nicaragua 



Costa Kica. . . 



Colombia 



Peru 



145,568 89 

 94,347 12 

 88,570 09 

 76,701 55 

 81,818 26 



9.581 32 

 8.124 44 

 8,695 66 

 1,722 15 

 1,539 67 

 1,486 40 

 699 53 



Total $2,929,461 59 



Duties ... 1,501,697 84 



Grand total.. . . $4,431,169 13 



