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of its high price, this coloring-matter will meet with 

 u duinuiul fur I'rimin^ on rilk uiul wool, for its rich- 

 neas, to-day even, will product) color* tit u reniunera- 

 tivt- |'ii>-i-; limn ono gramme to the litre gives a 

 in-uiitii'iil rose-color. Its application on silk is made 

 tiy [Tinting an aqueous solution, simply thick. -m-.! 

 .in. Mini ii\.-.l by ordinary means. On wool it 

 is a|.|.!ii-.l for dyeing or for printing, as on silk. All 

 attempt*, Mindo with a view to obtain a color on 

 c"tt "ii capable of resisting ordinary washing, have 

 remuinud without practical results. 



Below are the different methods of fixation : 



Add to gummed eosin arsenitu of aluminium, 

 print on stannated tissue, steam, and wash. Mix 

 with a solution of eosin its equivalent of acetate of 

 lead, or acetate of tin, or acetate of aluminium which 

 has beta thickened: print on linen that has either 

 been stannated or oiled, steam, and wash. 



Finally, the best method : 



Print on tissue which has been coated with gela- 

 tin, gummed eosin, combined with three times its 

 weight of tannin ; fix by steam, and wash. 



Eosin does not dye the mordants that are usually 

 employed, such as stannic acid, tannin, aluminium, 

 iron, glycerin, arsenious acid, and casein; a dye is 

 produced by albumen, but without brilliancy. 



CHILI (REpfJBLicA DE CHILE), an indepen- 

 dent state of South America, comprised be- 

 tween latitude 24 and 56 south, and longitude 

 70 and 74 west. Its boundaries are: Bolivia 

 on the north ; the Argentine Republic and 

 Patagonia on the east, the dividing line with 

 both which countries being the Andean system 

 of mountains ; Cape Horn (as claimed by the 

 Chilians, but contested by the Argentines) and 

 the South Pacific on the south ; and the ocean 

 just named on the west. 



The disputed question of title to the Pata- 

 gonian territory (details of which were given 

 in the ANNUAL CYCLOPEDIA for 1872, '73, '74, 

 and '75, and particularly in the first and last) 

 still continues undecided.* The policy of re- 

 ferring this important question to the arbitra- 

 tion of the King of the Belgians and the Em- 

 peror of Brazil has been strongly urged, and 

 its adoption is by some regarded as probable. 



The text of Article I. of the Chilian Consti- 

 tution (May 25, 1833), relating to the boun- 

 daries of the country, is as follows : " The 

 territory of Chili extends from the desert of 

 Atacama to Cape Horn, and from the Cordil- 

 .lera of the Andes to the Pacific Sea (sic!), 

 comprising the Archipelago of Chilo6, all the 

 adjacent islands, and that of Juan Fernandez." 



The President of the Republic is Setter Don 

 Anibal Pinto, inaugurated September 18, 1876. 

 The cabinet is composed of the following 

 members : Minister of the Interior, Sefior Don 

 Jose V. Lastarrin ; Foreign AiFairs, Sefior Don 

 Jose Alfonso ; Finance, Sefior Don Rafael 

 Sotomayor ; Justice, Public Worship, and Pub- 

 lic Instruction. Sefior Don Miguel Luis Amu- 

 n&tegui; and War and the Navy, Sefior Don 

 Belisario Prats. 



The Council of State, composed of the cabi- 

 net ministers, three Senators, three members 

 of the Chamber of Deputies, one member of 

 tlu- courts of justice, one ecclesiastical digni- 



* .<>< also the article ABOKNTINK RBPCBLIC in the present 

 volume. 



tary, one general, the director of one of tho 

 Departments of Finance, und an ex-miuiu-r, 

 is presided over by the Chief Magistrate of tho 

 K> public. 



Tho President of the Supreme Court of San- 

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

 peals at Santiago, Concepcion, and La Serena. 

 The Auditor-General of Accounts is Sefior 

 Don A. Tagle. The Postmaster-General is 

 Sefior Don R. S. Irrarazabal. 



The Archbishop of Santiago is the Rt. Rev. 

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

 rena, Concepcion, and Ancud are M. Orrego, 

 J. II. Salas (elevated in 1864), and Fr. de 

 Paula Solar (1857), respectively. 



There is at present no minister plenipoten- 

 tiary of Chili in the United States, the func- 

 tions of charge d'affaires ad interim being ex- 

 ercised by Sdfior Zenteno. 



The area of Chili proper, as set down in an 

 official report of 1875, is 124,246 square miles, 

 which, with that given for the Magellanic pos- 

 sessions (95,753, regarded as somewhat exag- 

 gerated), would make a total of 219,999 square 

 miles. 



The following table shows the present terri- 

 torial division of the republic, and the popula- 

 tion according to the census of 1875 : 



The provinces, etc., marked thus, *, were 

 either newly formed, or underwent modifica- 

 tion in 1876.* 



The army in 1874-'75 was composed of 4 

 generals of division, 6 generals of brigade, 10 

 colonels, 29 lieutenant-colonels, 57 majors, 134 

 captains, 25 adjutants-major, 89 lieutenants, 

 and 135 sub-lieutenants 489 officers; and the 

 following corps : 



Artillery regiment 804 men. 



Repiinent of light horse 426 ' 



Regiment of heavy horse 5884 " 



Five line regiments of foot (each 400 strong)... 2,000 " 



Total 8,516 men. 



The force of the National Guard was as fol- 

 lows during the same period : 



The navy comprised during the same period 

 the following vessels, etc. : 



* Set OM AmcTAi. CYCLOPEDIA tor 1876. wherein U also 

 given list of the chief towns, with their population. 



