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ica, situated betwooen latitude 8 8 and 11 IHCOME. 



6' north, and longitude 81 20' and 85 53' Proceed! of tho National Bank 1141,74600 



west; and bounded .... th.- north hy Nicaragua, cwtom^Mieipu.".'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.::'.'.'.'.'.'. i.uiJS S 



the enHt by tho Caribbean Sea, on the south- Spirit* monopoly 831.J79 00 



by tho united states of Colombia, and on ^SJinsfey::: :r.::::::::::::: "dS 8 



the south and west by the Pacific Ocean, llio saleofsait i - .'- ii 



question of limits, still pending with Nicara- stamp-duties 



put, will probably be amicably disposed of bo- cmfrtof'jtMtVc* &'.'.'. ttilS oo 



fore the end of the present year, both Gov- Pott-Office 



ernments evincing a readiness to come to terras. Jj > n * raph * .'.'.'.'".'.'.' sris oo 



A more dimYult question is that with Colom- proceeds' of' loans '......'.'.'......'..'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 18,998 00 



bia, a boundary-line with which republic was DepotUs 84,000 Oj 



proposed by the Colombian minister, but re- " TO." t 



jected by the Costa Rica Congress, who did Total $2,8is,684 96* 



not see fit to surrender tho whole of Ad- EXPENDITURE. 



miral's Bay on tho Caribbean Sea. The Gov- Ministry of the Interior > $191,97* 



ernment, apparently aware of the exaggerative ^i--^^-^: : JJg 



proportions of the estimate of 1873, now esti- Ministry of Justice, etc 78,6 



mates the population of the republic at 185,- Ministry of War, etc 850,006 



000, comprising 5,000 civilized and 10,000 un- j^J^Sffi Work8 -;;; ^ ^ 



civilized Indians, 120 Africans, and some 600 Public Worship 17,098 



Chinese. It has been remarked that Costa Charities ^,000 



Rica possesses a larger number of inhabitants Foreign' AfliirB I'.!'.!'.!.'!!!.'!.'!.'!.".'!.". '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 



of unmixed European blood than any of the Custom-houses 



Hispano-American states. The territory, which ^g?^ ^So 



comprises an area of 21,493 square miles, is Commissions, etc., on loans 179,860 



divided into the five provinces of Aiajueia, ^^ p ^^dnoi e8 : :::::::::::::: '5jS 



Cartapo, Guanacaste, Heredia, and ban Jose, Expenses of Costa Rica Railway i,m,880 



with the two districts of Limon and Puntare- Interest and Instalments on six per cent. loan. 114,460 



nas. The President is General Tomas Guar- iS^.^T^^.^^^j:::::::::: $886 

 dia, who had resigned for a time in favor of 



Senor Salvador Gonzules. Total $1,328,597 



The first Designado (first Vice-President) is Hero, then, is a deficit of no less than $1,- 



Seflor Rafael Barroeta; and the second, Dr. 616,010, or considerably more than one-half 



Vicente Herrera, whose functions embrace of the entire revenue of the republic ; a state 



also those of the Departments of the Interior, of affairs rather at variance with the recent 



Justice, War, and the Navy, and who is pro- calculations of a native economist, who affirms 



visional Minister of Foreign Affairs and Public that " with good management the revenue 



Instruction ; Minister of Public Works, Senor could easily be raised to leave a surplus of 



Salvador Lara ; and Minister of Finance and $200,000 per month outside of the expenses of 



Commerce, Sefior Joaquin Lizano. the administration, or, in other words, to bring 



The .national Congress, by the terms of the the total income to $4,000,000 per annum." 



Constitution of 1871, is composed of a single Without attempting to disprove the feasibility 



Chamber, the members of which (deputies) are of such an increase, it is only necessary to ot*- 



elected for four years. Speaker, Senor Manuel serve that, even in the event of its realization, 



A. Borrilla. there would still be a yearly deficit of from 



The president (regente) of the Supreme $500,000 to $1,000,000 (as is shown by the 



Court is Sefior Vicente Saenz. foregoing table), at least while the outlay on 



The commander-in-chief of the army is the the railway continues at the rate above regia- 



P.resident of the Republic. tered $2,127,380. The revenue for the fiscal 



The consul-general of Costa Rica in New year above referred to is, however, some $800,- 



York is Senor J. M. Mufioz. 000 in advance of that of the preceding year. 



The armed force comprises 16,870 militia, Important reforms, tending to secure more 

 being the number of male inhabitants between economical management in the customs depart- 

 the ages of eighteen and thirty years ; 900 of ment, were recommended, and the transferring 

 whom perform active service and may be said the customs office of the south to the capital, 

 to constitute the regular army ; and a reserve where it would be under the immediate super- 

 corps, 18,819 strong, made up of the male in- vision of the Government, 

 habitants between the ages of thirty and fifty- A steady growth in the receipts of this de- 

 five years: total military strength, 85,189. partment is attested by the following figures: 



The main sources of the national revenue are y-ri . iueipti. i T. iuo*ipu. 



the customs receipts, amounting to about one- i868-'69 $aio,4 ! i87i-'7 $699,186 



third and sometimes to nearly one-half of the i*jJTO ^486 1 SS^'W iwi'sa 



entire income, and the tobacco and spirit 



monopolies. The following tables exhibit the Other progressive branches are the spirits 



income and expenditure for the year 1878-'74 : and tobacco monopolies, which show, in 1873- 



