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CHILI. 



tion would soon be settled upon amicable terms ; 

 but since that time it would seem to be appre- 

 hended, in both republics, that, unless the Chi- 

 lian Government tempers the arrogance with 

 which it has of late urged a claim apparently 

 so unfounded, a solution can only be arrived at 

 by appeal to arms. 



In the article "Bolivia," in the present vol- 

 ume, allusion has been made to the boundary 

 question between that republic and Chili. 



The population of Chili, according to the 

 census of 1875, is as follows : 



The National Guard was made up as exhib- 

 ited in the table below : 



Provinces. Population. 



Aconcagua , 132,799 



Arauca 140,896 



Atacama 71,302 



Chiloe 64,536 



Colchagua 146,889 



Concepcion 151,365 



Coquimbo 157,463 



Curic6 92,110 



Llanquihue 48,492 



Linares 118,880 



Maule 118,457 



Provinces. Population. 



ffuble 136,880 



Santiago 362,712 



Talca 110,359 



Valdivia 37,481 



Valparaiso 176,682 



Magellan Colony.... 1,144 



Total ~2,068,447 



Against, 1865 1,819,223 



Increase in 10 years. 249,224 



The population of the chief towns, in 1875, 

 is given in the annexed table : 



Towns. Population. 



Santiago 148,264 



Valparaiso 97,575 



Chilian 19,044 



Concepcion 18,277 



Talca 17,442 



La Sereiia 12,265 



Copiapo 11,432 



Towns. Population. 



Quillota 11,347 



San Felipe 9,422 



Curico 9,030 



Constitucion 6,542 



Linares 6,482 



Cauquenes 6,018 



Valdivia 4,054 



The number of foreign residents and citi- 

 zens of foreign birth, in 1875, was 26,528. 



The President of the Eepublic is Sefior F. 

 Errazuriz, inaugurated September 18, 1871. 



The ministry is composed as follows : Inte- 

 rior, E. Altamirano ; Foreign Affairs and Colo- 

 nization, J. Alfonzo (April 4, 1875) ; Justice, 

 Public Worship, and Public Instruction, J. A. 

 Barcel6 ; Finance, R. Barros Luco ; and War 

 and the Navy, H. Sanchez Pontecilla (April 4, 

 1875). 



The Council of State, presided over by the 

 President of the Republic, is composed of the 

 cabinet ministry, three senators, three depu- 

 ties, one member of the courts of Justice, one 

 ecclesiastical dignitary, one general, the direc- 

 tor of one of the Departments of Finance, and 

 an ex-minister or ex-intendent. 



The president of the Supreme Court of San- 

 tiago is Sefior Montt. There is a Court of Ap- 

 peals at Santiago, Concepcion, and La Serena. 



The Postmaster-General is R. L. Irrarazabal. 



The Archbishop of Santiago is the Rt. Rev. 

 R. N. Valdivieso ; and the Bishops of La Se- 

 rena, Concepcion, and Ancud, or San Carlo? 

 de Chiloe 1 , M. Orrego, J. H. Salas (1854), and 

 Dr. de Paula Solar (1857), respectively. 



The Chilian charge d'affaires ad interim, at 

 Washington, is Sefior F. G. Errazuriz; and 

 the Chilian consul at New York, Dr. Stephen 

 Rogers. 



The army comprised, in 1875, 10 generals, 

 10 colonels, 29 lieutenant-colonels, 57 majors, 

 134 captains, and 249 lieutenants: total, 489 

 officers; 2,000 foot soldiers, 712 horse and 

 804 artillery: total, 3,516 men. 



The navy was composed of 10 vessels, with 

 an aggregate of 1,520 horse-power, 34 guns, 

 and 698 sailors. 



To the foregoing may be added two iron-clad 

 steam-corvettes built in England, and arrived 

 at Valparaiso in 1875. 



There were in the navy 1 vice-admiral, 2 

 rear-admirals, 3 first-class, 8 second-class, and 

 11 third-class captains, 40 lieutenants, 27 mid- 

 shipmen, and 18 cadets ; 1 battalion of marine 

 artillery with 440 men, commanded by 1 colo- 

 nel, 1 lieutenant-colonel, 4 captains, and 19 

 lieutenants. 



There is besides a battalion of marine artil- 

 lery at Valparaiso, of 808 men, forming a part 

 of the guardia civil (public force), under the 

 command of 1 colonel, 1 lieutenant-colonel, G 

 captains, and 24 lieutenants. 



The foreign commerce of Chili, like that of 

 the Argentine Republic and Brazil, was con- 

 siderably less, in the export branch, in 1874 

 than 1873 : 



EXPORTS. 



1873 $38,810,271 



1874 86,541,000 



Decrease $2,269,271 



The total value of the imports in the same 

 two years was as follows: 



IMPORTS. 



1873 $37,928,427 



1874 38,810,000 



Increase $881,578 



The total value of the Chilian trade for 1874 

 was. 



Exports $86,641,000 



Imports 88,810,000 



In transitu 8,182,000 



Coasting 88,914,000 



Total $167,447,000 



An official report gave the exports and im- 

 ports for 1874 at $36,550,659 and $38,417,729 

 respectively.* 



About two-thirds of the Chilian exports are 

 for Great Britain. 



The extensive coal-fields of the republic are 

 fast rising into importance. The quantity of 

 that article exported in 1874 was 50 per cent, 

 greater than that shipped in 1873, and the im- 

 portation of foreign coal had declined 25 per 

 cent. The number of vessels entered at the 

 various ports..of the republic in 1874 was 5,827, 

 with an aggregate of 3,851,000 tons. 



In 1875 there were 619 miles of railway in 



* For extensive commercial statistics, see ANNUAL CYCLO- 

 PAEDIA for 1874. 



