CHILI. 





mmandlng offloera. 



liillt.-ni 



To!.',! . 



147 



l.i:;r 



MM 



Infuitry. 



47 



Arllll.ry. 



n 



i-ji 



9,659 

 L791 



Total. 



70 



MM 



Tho navy is composed of nine vessels, with an 



-rate of 1,400 horse-power, 84 guns, and 



. Two corvettes, built in England, 



i i an -i \ e :it Valparaiso by the end of 1874. 



Tlu-iv aro in the navy two rear-admiral*, 

 three first-class and 10 second-class captains, 

 ll Heat. 'Hants '21 midshipmen, and 15 ca- 

 <\.-i~.; one itaittilion of marine artillery, with 

 600 men, commanded by one colonel, one lieu- 

 tenant-colonel, four captains, and 18 lieuten- 

 ants. There is, besides, at Valparaiso, a bat- 

 talion of marine artillery, forming a part of the 

 iji'itnliit civil (police force), under the com- 

 mand of one colonel, one lieutenant-colonel, 

 six captains, and 25 lieutenants, and compris- 

 ing 7U4 men. 



The total value of the exports in 1872 and 

 1873, and of those to the countries which 

 usually take Chilian products, is shown by the 

 following table: 



From the foregoing table it is observed that 

 the value of the exports was greater by more 

 than $1,500,000 in 1873 than in 1872. The 

 subjoined table sets forth the value of each of 

 the principal commodities exported in the same 

 biennial period : 



Here it is seen that the increase in 1873 was 

 owing to larger shipments of coin and bank- 

 notes, for in almost all the other articles there 

 was a marked falling off in that year. Tho 



extensive circulation of Chilian money abroad 

 dates from thu establishment of tho National 

 Bank of Bolivia. 



The principal native manufactures sent oat 

 of the country are lump-oil, boot* and shoe*, 

 ox and horse carts, tiour, matting, furnitun-, 

 launches, sailcloth, etc. ; boots and shoes being 

 sometimes exported to the extent of $ 1 0,000 per 

 annum, and carts to about the same amount. 



Tho growth of the imports is still more 

 striking than that of tho exports, us will be seen 

 in the annexed table, in which is also expressed 

 the value of the imports from various countries 

 in 1872 and 187-'! : 



The imports for the two years above referred 

 to may be classified as follows, with the value 

 of each class : 



In 1873 the increase in the commodities 

 more extensively imported was about 12 per 

 cent., while in others it was only 10 per cent. 



The figures of the preceding tables indicate 

 an improvement of rather more than 7 per 

 cent, in the imports for 1873, and of a fraction 

 less than 5 per cent, in the exports. But a 

 noticeable fact is, that the annual increase of 

 exports has been in abont the same ratio (5 per 

 cent.) during the thirty years 1844-'73; and 

 while they not only did not begin to preponder- 

 ate until the middle of that period, but were, in 

 the mean, fully one per cent, less than the im- 

 ports, they have, since 1859, ra which year 

 they were considerably greater than the im- 

 ports, steadily and progressively kept the lead, 

 and their relative increase as com pared totheso 

 has been as 7 to 5, approximately, viz. : 



