URUGUAY. 



URUGUAY, a republic in South America 

 having an area of 69,835 square miles and a pop- 

 U rs^n* 648297 a* officially computed in 1888, 

 or 687,194 with addition of 6 per cent, for de- 

 ficiencies in the enumeration. The number of 

 marriages in 1888 was 3,976 ; of births, 25,832 

 of deaths, 12,077 ; excess of births, 13,755. The 

 immigration in 1889 was 27,349, and the emigra- 

 tion 10,6o8. 



The President of the republic is Dr. Hereira y 

 Obes, who was elected in March, 1890. 



Finances. The receipts in 1889 were 15,580,- 

 333 pesos or dollars, of which 10,818, 336 pesos 

 were derived from customs, 1,678200 pesos 

 from direct taxes, 1,171,700 pesos from patents, 

 and 1,912.097 pesos from other sources. The 

 public debt on Jan. 1, 1890, amounted to 81,491 - 

 722 pesos, 50,480,350 pesos representing the uni- 

 fied external debt, 19,800,160 pesos internal debt, 

 2,297,525 pesos international debt, 4,518,788 pesos 

 extinguishable loans, 3,139,478 pesos railroad 

 debts, and 1,255,421 the sinking fund. 



Commerce. The imports in 1889 had a total 

 value of 36,824,000 pesos, of which 10,472.000 

 pesos were imported from Great Britain. 5,516,- 

 000 pesos from France, 3,432,000 pesos from Ger- 

 many, 3,412,000 pesos from the United States 

 3,261,000 pesos from Italy, 2,615.000 pesos from 

 Spain, 2,505.000 pesos from Brazil, 1,626,000 

 pesos from Belgium, 1,450,000 pesos from the 

 Argentine Republic, 878,000 pesos from Chili, 

 and 1,657,000 pesos from other countries. The 

 total value of the exports was 25,954,000 pesos, 

 of which 5,224,000 pesos went to France, 4,111,- 

 000 to Belgium, 3.552,000 to England, 3,295,000 

 to Brazil, 2,290,000 to the Argentine Republic, 1,- 

 441,000 pesos to the United States, 1,300,000 

 pesos to Germany, and 1,831,000 pesos to other 

 countries. The values of the chief exports of do- 

 mestic produce were as follow : Wool, 9,150.000 

 pesos; hides and skins and leather, 7,039,000 

 pesos ; meat, 3,826,000 pesos ; tallow, 1,926,000 

 pesos; extract of meat, 1,100.000 pesos; stones, 

 767,000 pesos ; animals, 466,000 pesos. Of the 

 total imports, 33,476,433 pesos, and of the exports 

 17,415,686 pesos passed through the city of Mon- 

 tevideo. There were entered at that port during 

 the year 766 sailing vessels, of 534,526 tons, and 

 987 steamers, of -1,643,491 tons, and cleared 654 

 sailing vessels, of 471,154 tons, and 1,016 steam- 

 ers, of 1,659,515 tons, not counting 3.625 coast- 

 ing vessels, of 1,978,918 tons, entered and 3,627, 

 of 2,001,956 tons, cleared. 



Financial Crisis. The same causes that led 

 to the financial crash in the Argentine Republic 

 produced a simultaneous crisis in Uruguay. To 

 prevent the disaster, if possible, the Uruguayan 

 Government arranged with Baring Brothers 

 and the other creditors for a further loan of 

 2,000.000 in June, 1890. On July 5 the Na- 

 tional Bank, founded in 1887 with a capital of 

 $10,000,000, which had issued $8,000,000 in notes, 

 suspended specie payments and the Montevideo 

 Bourse was closed. By a special act of the Leg- 

 islature passed on July 6 the notes of the bank 

 were declared legal currency for six months. 

 The mercantile community refused to take them 

 for their face value, and despite the prohibition 

 of the Government gold was soon quoted on the 

 Bourse at a high premium. On July 29 the 

 merchants of Montevideo generally signed a con- 



UTAH. 



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venhon like one that they >,,] eotmd into be- 

 tween themselves before, in 



ernment attempted t<> f., r ,,. ,, lrr , .leemiS* 



paper currency into circulation. | n u^oSS 



tion they mutually agr. 



faction of all (-outruns unless ,,.,;,, 



were expressly stipulated, and i,', transact ba2 



ness with none that did not pay HI 



Ine effect was to drive the bank note- ,,; 



and re-establish the metallic ,-,. 



financial crisis and the depreciation ,,f M ruriti,-.s 



continued notwithstanding an 



trade and a productive j 



UTAH, a Territory of the United St.-. 

 ganized Sept, 9, 1850;' area, 84,!)70 ,,,,,ar.. mil,- 

 Ine population, according to cad, .1,, ,.,.nial ( .,. n . 

 sus,was 11,380 in 1H50: 40.2 ?:{ in INI 

 1870; 143,963 in 1880; and 207,Wrt ,. 

 ital, Salt Lake City. 



GoYernment. The following wen- the Ter- 

 ritorial officers during the year: Coven, 

 thur L. Thomas; Secretary, Klijah Sell.v 

 urer, Bolivar Roberts; Auditor. Arthur Pratt; 

 Commissioner of Common Scho<. 

 Boreman; Chief Justice of the Supreme 

 Charles S. Zane; Associate Justices. Ilenrv 1'' 

 Henderson, Thomas J. Anderson, and John W. 

 Blackburn. 



Population. The following table shows the 

 population of the Territory by count ie-. 

 termined by the national census of ls;i< 

 pared with the population for 1880: 



* Decrease. 



Finances. The report of Territorial Treasurer 

 Roberts from March 15 (the date when Treas- 

 urer James Jack yielded to him ju.oession of the 

 office) to Dec. 31, shows that the total r< 

 the office were $529.980.28, and the total dis- 

 bursements $294,019.20. leaving n balance in the 

 treasury on Dec. 31 of $e::.").!M;i.(ts. Included in 

 the receipts was the sum of $893,117.87 from tax 

 collectors and $128,000 from Territorial bonds 

 sold pursuant to the legislative act of th> 

 There were in circulation on Dec. 31 war: 

 sued by the Territorial Auditor amount inp to 

 $127.560.71, which, if presented for payment, 

 would reduce the treasury balance to $10b,400.37 



