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URUGUAY. 



held services in 26 States, the District of Colum- 

 bia, and the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, and 

 Nova Scotia, attending State conventions, ap- 

 pointing superintendents or missionaries, visiting 

 schools and colleges, etc. His office was contin- 

 ued. The value of the work of the Southern mis- 

 sionary was recognized, and that office was like- 

 wise continued, to be under the control of the 

 general superintendent. A committee of five, the 

 general superintendent being one of the number, 

 was constituted, to be appointed biennially to 

 confer with the like committee of the American 

 Unitarian Association, with the understanding 

 that the committee -should not have or exercise 

 joint missionary functions; that it should be its 

 duty only to consider cases where there might 

 be a conflict of interest or duplications of mis- 

 sionary efforts, or where friction had arisen or 

 was likely to arise, between the representatives 

 of the two bodies, and that it should endeavor to 

 promote harmony by wise and judicious Christian 

 counsel, and in case of failure, should report to 

 the Board of Trustees. The mission in Japan, 

 which is supported by special gifts, and only to 

 a small extent out of the general funds, was 

 commended. In view of the year of the next 

 biennial session of the General Convention (1903) 

 being the one hundredth anniversary of the adop- 

 tion at Winchester, N. H., of the Universalist 

 profession of faith, provision was directed to be 

 made for a special observance of the occasion in 

 connection with the meeting; and the observance 

 of the centennial was recommended to the 

 churches, Young Peoples' Unions, and Sunday- 

 schools throughout the country. The thirty-sec- 

 ond annual meeting of the Woman's Centenary 

 Association was held in Detroit, Mich., May 29, 

 Mrs. C. A. Quinby presiding. The treasurer re- 

 ported that the receipts for the year had been 

 $7,329, and the expenditures $4,170. Of the bal- 

 ance of $3,159, $2,600 went into the permanent 

 fund, and was not available for general purposes. 

 The permanent fund had been largely increased 

 during the year by life memberships and special 

 gifts, and now amounted to $19,478. More than 

 $600 had been contributed toward the $1,000 

 which had been pledged to the Twentieth Cen- 

 tury fund. 



URUGUAY, a republic in South America. 

 The legislative power is vested in the Congress, 

 consisting of a Senate of 19 members, elected in 

 the departments which they represent by electoral 

 colleges for a term of six years, and a House of 

 Representatives containing 69 members, elected 

 for three years by the direct votes of all adult 

 male citizens who can read and write. The Presi- 

 dent of the republic is elected for four years. Juan 

 Lindolfo Cuestas is President for the term ending 

 March 1, 1903, and Jose" Battle y Ordonez is Vice- 

 President. The Cabinet at the beginning of 1901 

 was composed as follows: Minister of War and 

 Marine, Gen. Pedro Callorda; Minister of the 

 Interior and Justice, Eduardo MacEachen; Min- 

 ister of Agriculture, Industry, Education, and 

 Public Works, Gregorio L. Rodriguez; Minister 

 of Finance, Dr. Anacleto Dufour y Alvarez; Min- 

 ister of Foreign Affairs and Worship, Dr. Manuel 

 Herrero y Espinosa. 



Area and Population. The area of Uruguay 

 is 72,110 square miles. The population of Mon- 

 tevideo is estimated at 206,000. In the other 

 departments a census was taken on March 1, 

 1900, which makes their population 629,364, 

 which, added to that of Montevideo, gives a total 

 of 895,364; but allowance being made for imperfect 

 enumeration the population of the republic is 

 estimated at 900,600. There were 90,199 foreign- 



ers enumerated, and if their average proportion. 

 is the same throughout the republic they exceed 

 135,000. The number of immigrants landed at 

 Montevideo in 1900 was 8,892 and the number 

 of persons who sailed away was 6,705, against 

 9,006 emigrants and 5,830 emigrants in 1899. 

 Among the immigrants arriving in 1900 were 

 3,211 Italians, 2,815 Spaniards, 685 Brazilians, 

 451 French, 290 Germans, and 252 British. The 

 number of marriages registered in 1899 was 4,463; 

 of births, 31,613; of deaths, 12,343; excess of 

 births, 19,270. 



Finances. The estimate of revenue for the 

 fiscal year 1900 was $16,124^25, of which $10,- 

 200,000 are derived from customs, $1,850,000 from 

 the property tax, $940,000 from trade licenses,, 

 $258,866 from additional duties, $530,000 from 

 the factory tax, $500,000 from internal-revenue 

 duties, $300,000 from stamps, $270,000 from bank 

 profits, $340,000 from posts and telegraphs, and 

 $935,459 from other sources. The expenditure for 

 1901 was estimated at the same amount, $363,- 

 904 being for the Congress, $65,976 for the Presi- 

 dent, $137,669 for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 

 $2,270,105 for the Ministry of the Interior, $958,- 

 658 for the Ministry of Finance, $1,126,038 for 

 the Ministry of Agriculture, Industry, Educa- 

 tion, and Public Works, $1,745,460 for the Min- 

 istry of War and Marine, $357,091 for courts of 

 law, and $9,099,382 for national obligations. The 

 final account of expenditures has not been pub- 

 lished for several years. There has been increased . 

 expenditure on the army, officially stated to num- 

 ber 3,504 officers and men, besides 3,200 armed 

 police and 20,000 militia. The effect of new taxes 

 was to cause a decline in the revenue. 



The foreign debt on Jan. 1, 1900, was stated to 

 be $100,161,606; international obligations, $3,996,- 

 025; internal debt, $23,101,898; total debt, $127,- 

 159,529. On Jan. 1, 1901, the foreign debt was 

 $99,660,680; international debts, $3,656,275; uni- 

 fied internal debt, $5,451,600; guaranteed debts, 

 $3,576,700; liquidation debt, $1,003,948; loan of 

 1897, $7,304,600; treasury bills, $4,849,950; total, 

 $125,502,753. The cost of the public debt for 

 1900 was $4,957,722 for interest and $165,776 for 

 amortization; total, $6,614,498. 



The Army and Navy. The permanent armed 

 force provided for in the budget of 1900 was 1 

 regiment of field-artillery, consisting of 250 men; 

 4 battalions of rifles, of 400 men each; 5 regi- 

 ments of cavalry, of which 3 contain 300 and 2 

 contain 250 men; the President's escort of 50 men; 

 60 men in the garrison of Fort Artigas; 1 com- 

 pany of train, containing 100 men; and 40 cadets 

 and 31 men in the military academy. The in- 

 fantry weapon is the Mauser rifle of the model of 

 1893, having a caliber of 7 millimeters. There 

 are about 3,200 men in the police, and 96,997 men 

 are enrolled in the National Guard. The naval 

 force in 1900 consisted of 2 gunboats and 2 armed 

 steamers having 22 officers and 162 sailors in 

 their crews. 



Commerce and Production. The principal 

 business in Uruguay is raising live Stock. In 

 1898 there were 363,511 horses, 13,181 mules, 

 4,826,675 cattle, 15,536,889 sheep, 34,881 goats, 

 and 3,972 hogs, the whole valued at $73,038,000. 

 The number of cattle slaughtered in 1899 was 

 821,600; in 1900, 707,700. The exports of wool 

 in 1899 were 39,320 metric tons, against 41,010 

 tons in 1898; of wheat, 62,763 tons, against 77,230 

 tons in 1898; of wheat-flour, 20,726 tons, against 

 11,296 tons; of corn, 10,926 tons, against 125,758 

 tons. The crop of wheat in 1900 on 377,988 hec- 

 tares sown was estimated at 187,553 metric tons. 

 There were 824 vineyards in 1898 with 15,243,268 



