CENTRAL AMEEIOA. 



verria; Finances and War, Manuel Cerezo. 

 American minister at Guatemala, Fitz-Henry 

 Warren (since 1865). Area, 44, 778 square miles. 

 Population, according to the census of 1865, 

 1,180,000. Population of the capital, Guate- 

 mala, about 40,000. The revenue, in 1866, was 

 $1,359,340; the expenditures, $1,350,083. The 

 public debt, in 1865, amounted to $2,461,978. 

 The regular army consists of 3,200, the militia 

 of 13,000 men. The imports, in 1867, amount- 

 ed to $1,574,587; the exports to $1,996,450. 

 The official returns for the port of San Jose 

 de Guatemala for the months of January, Feb- 

 ruary and March, 1868, show the exportations 

 of produce to amount to about $600,000 during 

 that period, of which the coffee amounted to 

 3,759,982 Ibs., valued at $450,955, and sugar 

 1,601,809 Ibs., valued at $80,098. A telegraph 

 line was completed in 1868, from the capital 

 to Amatitlan. 



The House of Representatives opened its reg- 

 ular sessions on the 25th of November. The 

 President of the republic delivered the usual 

 address, in which he says that the relations 

 of the state with the neighboring republics of 

 Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, are of the 

 most friendly nature, as also with the United 

 States and Europe. Peace and tranquillity 

 reign through the interior, and thus the public 

 authorities have been able to devote all their 

 attention to the improvement of the country, 

 the protection of industry, and the development 

 of the rich natural resources of the state. 



out the department ; public edifices have been 

 repaired, and schools have been established 

 as far as the limited means of the population 

 would admit. Steps have been taken to 

 favor the production of indigo in former 

 times a favorite staple of Guatemala. A 

 new contract for five years has been entered 

 into with the Panama Railroad Company, for 

 continuing their line of steamers semi-monthly 

 between Panama and San Jos6 at an annual sub- 

 sidy of $8,000, the company agreeing to touch 

 at the ports on the coast of Suchitepequez, dur- 

 ing the months of January, February, March, 

 and April, to take off the crops from that part 

 of the republic. The law of the past session, 

 passed with the object of encouraging immigra- 

 tion, has not been without good results, and 

 farther steps have been taken to favor the im- 

 migrants arriving on the north coasc. The 

 cultivation of sugar is increasing rapidly under 

 the liberal law passed by the last Congress, and 

 great hopes are entertained of the progress of 

 its^ cultivation in the future. Measures are 

 being adopted for the improvement of public 

 prisons, and Sisters of Charity have been em- 

 ployed to look after youthful delinquents and 

 attend in educating them. The financial con- 

 dition of the country is favorable, the rents 

 being considerably in advance of the expenses. 

 2. SAN SALVADOE. President (1865-1869), 

 Francisco Duefias. Area, 7,335 square miles. 

 Population about 600,000. The budget of 1866 

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estimates the receipts at $628,252 ; and ex- 

 penditure at $524,329. According to a report 

 made to Congress in the spring of 1867, the 

 actual surplus of receipts over expenditures 

 in 1866, amounted to $59,000. In the budget 

 for 1867, the revenue amounts to $783,713, the 

 expenditure to $693,003; in the budget for 

 1868, the revenue at $832,150; the expenditure 

 at $745,375. The consolidated public debt 

 amounts to $650,000 ; the nonconsolidated to 

 $80,000. Imports in 1867 were valued at 

 $1,680,000; and exports at $585,000 (the 

 principal articles of export are indigo, sugar, 

 cotton, coffee, etc.). In 1867, 26 American 

 (United States) steamers entered the ports of 

 the republic, and 27 sailing-vessels (6 North 

 American), 7 English, 6 South American, 3 

 French, 3 German, and 2 Italian. The stand- 

 ing army consists of about 1,000 men; the 

 militia of 5,000. 



An election for President was held in 1868, 

 and resulted in the reelection of the present 

 incumbent, Francisco Duefias, for the term of 

 1869 to 1873. 



The extradition treaty was concluded be- 

 tween San Salvador and Italy. 



3. HONDURAS. President, Jose" Maria Me- 

 dina (February, 186 6, to February, 1870). Area, 

 47,092 square miles. Population, about 350,000 

 inhabitants. The republic is divided into seven 

 departments. The capital, Comayagua, has 

 about 18,000 inhabitants. Minister of the 

 United States at Comayagua, R. H. Rousseau 

 (appointed in 1866). Receipts of the Govern- 

 ment, about $200,000 ; expenditures, $183,000 ; 

 annual surplus, about $17,000. An internal 

 debt of about $800,000 is paid off by the an- 

 nual surplus of the revenue. Value of im- 

 ports (mostly from Great Britain), about 

 $750,000; exports, $825,000. Imports now 

 generally come to the port of Amapala, on the 

 island of Tigre, in the bay of Fonseca, which 

 was opened in February 1, 1868 ; formerly to 

 the port of Omoa. On the Atlantic coast the 

 port of Ruatan has been opened. The legisla- 

 ture of the republic approved a contract made 

 by two of its citizens with some agents in Eu- 

 rope for the establishment of a colony of Ger- 

 man and Swiss emigrants. The President of 

 the republic has received the title of Captain- 

 General of the Forces. 



4. NIOAKAGTTA. President (1867-1871), Fer- 

 nando Guzman. Area (after the reannexation 

 of Greytown and the Mosquito Territory), 

 58,169 square miles. Population, about 400,000. 

 Capital, Managua, with about 10,000 inhabit- 

 ants. Imports were valued, in 1865, at about 

 $1,154,000 ; exports at about $722,000. During 

 1867, the commerce of San Juan del Norte 

 (Greytown) was as follows : Exportation, 

 $705,731.06; importation, $487,209.29; bal- 

 ance in favor of the republic, $218,521.77. On 

 the Pacific side the result is different. The 

 business of Corinto for the same year was: 

 importation, $284,367.18; exportation, $188,- 

 289.33 ; balance against the republic, $96,077.- 



