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By far the greater part of tjie foreign trade 

 is with Great Britain. The imports consist 

 chiefly of cotton and woollen fabrics ; linens, 

 silks, paper, perfumery, leather, wines, and 

 brandy ; nankeens, tea, sugar, tobacco, sperma- 

 ceti, candles, oil, etc. From Peru and Central 

 America are received dyes, coffee, pearls, su- 

 gar, cacao, tobacco, cotton, rice, salts, and 

 spirits; and from Brazil and the Argentine 

 Kepublic, inatd or Paraguayan too, and also 

 European goods. 



The imports for 1870 were as follows: 



Countries. Value. 



Great Britain $12,760,000 



France 6,050,000 



Germany 2,690,000 



United States 1.980,000 



Peru 



Uruguay 



Ar_'fiitiue Republic 



Bolivia 



Brazil 



Central America 



Other countries of America. 



Belgium 



Yariuus European States. . . . 



1,470,000 

 30,000 

 820,000 

 160,000 

 650,000 

 170,000 

 400,000 

 670,000 

 350,000 



Total $28,100,000 



These figures do not include the value of goods 

 received in transitu. 



The articles most extensively exported are 

 copper, silver, wheat, flour, barley, hides, and 

 wool. The following table shows the total 

 value of the exports for 1870 : 



Countries. Value. 



Great Britain $16,450,000 



Peru ' 5,220,000 



Uruguay 940,000 



Argentine Republic 80,000 



BoFivia 



Brazil 



Central America 



United States 



Other American countries 



France 1,780,000 



Germany 130,000 



Belgium 20,000 



Other European countries 10,000 



100,000 

 80,000 

 350,000 

 270.000 



Total.. 



Customs duties $6,438,182 



State railways 1,607,521 



National monopolies 1,407,949 



Real-estate tax 



Alcabala (exchange duties) , 



Patent rights , 



Post-office. 



Sale of Mejillones guano. 

 Sundries 



649,839 

 367,501 

 347,012 

 160,815 

 91,500 

 467,462 



Total $11,537,781 



The following table shows the expenditure 

 for the year 1872 : 



Ministry of the Interior. $2,620,894 



Ministry of Foreign Affair* 112,365 



Ministry of Justice, Religion, and Instruction 1,750,043 



Ministry of Finances 4,893,958 



Ministry of War and Navy 3,137,568 



Total $12,514,808 



The national revenue in 1862 was $14,000,- 

 000 ; in 1872 it reached $37,500,000, showing 

 an increase of $23,500,000 in ten years. The 

 following were the elements of. the national 

 debt on the 1st of January, 1871 : 



To the above totals may be added, perhaps, 

 $200,000 for imports from Asia, etc., and about 

 $800,000 for exports to countries not enumer- 

 ated in the table ; so that the whole foreign 

 trade of Chili for 1870 may be recapitulated as 

 follows : 



Imports $28,100,000 



200,000 



$28,300,000 



Exports $26,260,000 



800,000 



27,060,000 



Total $55,360,000 



The ordinary receipts of the Government 

 amounted, in 1871, to $11,788,500, and the 

 ordinary expenditures to $12,542,493, show- 

 ing a deficit of $753,993. The deficit in 

 1869 reached $2,481,443; in 1870 it was $2,- 

 464,484. 



The various sources of the national revenue, 

 with the amounts produced by each, were, in 

 1870, as follows : 



The port movements in 1870 were as follows : 



Entered: 5,091 vessels, with an aggregate 

 of 2,510,000 tons. 



The merchant-navy in 1871 comprised 75 

 vessels, of 15,870 tons measurement. 



There were, in the republic, at the end of 

 1872, the following railways completed from 

 Santiago to Curico. 



Kilometres. 



From Santiago to Curic6 185 



From Santiago to Valparaiso 184 



From Caldera to San Antonio 150 



From Ovalle to Tongay 68 



From Coquimbo to Las Carclas 62 



From Pabellon to Chafiarcillo 43 



From Carrizal Alto to Carrizal Bajo 40 



From Llaillai to San Felipe 29 



Total in operation 761 . 



The following lines are in course of con- 

 struction: From Talcahuano to Chilian, 180 

 kilometres; from San Fernando to La Pal- 

 milla, 30 kilometres ; and from San Felipe to 

 Santa Rosa de los Andes, 15 kilometres. The 

 lines from Santiago to Curico and from San- 

 tiago to Valparaiso are almost exclusively the 

 property of the state, as will also be the lines 

 at present in process of building. 



But few telegraph-lines exist hitherto in 

 Chili; but several have been projected, and 

 are in course of construction. 



