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CHILI. 



YEARS. 



Revenue. 



There were in the navy 1 vice-admiral and 3 

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

 11 third-class captains; 13 lieutenants rank- 

 ing as captains, 26 second-class lieutenants, 27 

 midshipmen, and 18 cadets; 1 commissary-gen- 

 eral, 3 first-class and 10 second-class commis- 

 saries ; 1 surgeon-general and 6 first-class sur- 

 geons ; 1 inspector-general of engineers, 9 

 first-class, 5 second-class, and 15 third-class 

 engineers ; and 1 battalion of marine artillery 

 of 440 men, commanded by 1 colonel, 1 lieu- 

 tenant-colonel, 4 captains, 2 adjutants-major, 

 4 lieutenants, and 13 sub-lieutenants. The 

 Valparaiso battalion of marine artillery repre- 

 sents a force of 1,316 officers and men, form- 

 ing a part of the guardia civil. 



The branches of the national revenue, and 

 the estimated amount of the latter for 1875, 

 are shown in the following table : 



REVENUE. 



Customs *$8,000,000 



State railways 8,650,000 



Monopolies (tobacco, playing-cards, etc.) 1,600,000 



Tax on the sale of real estate 17,000 



Agricultural tax 1,200,000 



Patent-rights 400,000 



Stamp-duty 270,000 



Registry fees 500,000 



Post-Office (including sale of stamps, $250,000) . . 280,000 



National pawn-offices 2,000 



Sale of Mejillones guano 800,000 



Mint 60,000 



Telegraphs 45,000 



Last dividend of the 1878 loan 8,000,000 



Sundries 116,000 



Total $19,440,000 



Here follow items of the national 



EXPENDITURE. 



Ministry of the Interior $5,098,750 



Ministry of Foreign Affairs (colonies, $155,858), 



etc 252,403 



Ministry of Finance 6,526,807 



Ministry of Justice, etc. : 



Justice $587,848 



Public Worship 817,126 



Public Instruction 1,180,777 



2,085,751 



Ministry of War: 



Army $1,684,541 



NationalGuard 419,309 



1881 $1,517,588 



1882 1,052,714 



1888 1,770,761 



1884 1,922,966 



1885 2,003,421 



1886 2,075,053 



1837 2,532,462 



1888 2,275,427 



1839 2,386,952 



1840 2,946,247 



1841 2,767,188 



2,053,850 

 Ministry of the Navy 1,178,515 



Total $17,185,076 



In the latter table is observable the sum of 

 $1,180,777 devoted to the branch of public 

 instruction, the largest appropriation for that 

 department in any Spanish-American country, 

 save the Argentine Republic. 



The gradual growth of the national revenue 

 during the forty-five years 1831-'75, inclusive, 

 is exhibited in the subjoined table : 



* The amount really yielded by this branch in the year 

 referred to wa $8,145,858. 



YEARS. 



Revenue. 



1854 $5,946,217 



1855 6,287,526 



1856 6,509,867 



1857 6,419,148 



1858 5,961,774 



1859 6,264,165 



1860 7,494,751 



1861 6,850,821 



1862 6,287,155 



1868 6,700,659 



1864 6,574,918 



1842 3,074,576 \ 18ti5 7,301,043 



1843 8,001,230 1866 6,197,111 



1844 8,307,169 



1845 8,228,039 



1846 8,628,918 



1847 8,714,079 



1848 2,860,696 



1849 4.185,286 



1850 4,334,344 



1851 4,426,907 



1852 5,480,480 



1853 5,552,485 



1867 9,756,838 



1868 10,694,974 



1869 11.484,806 



1870 11,587,781 



1871 11,681,082 



1872 13,590,410 



1873 15,265,532 



1874 lli,609,188 



1875 *16,440,000 



About one-half of the entire revenue is de- 

 rived from the customs; and that proportion 

 has been steadily preserved since 1831: 



Total received for 1881 $1,517,588 



Custom-house receipts for 1831 830,684 



Total estimated revenue for 1875 (exclusive of the 



$8,000,000 of the last dividend of the 1873 loan). $16,440,000 

 Custom-house receipts for 1876 8,145,358 



The Valparaiso custom-house alone yielded, 

 from January 1, 1831, to December 31, 1874, 

 inclusive, a total of $128,561,201, or very near- 

 ly one-half of the entire national revenue 

 ($264,995,044) for the same period. 



The annual receipts at all the Chilian custom- 

 houses, and at that of Valparaiso alone, in the 

 forty-four years 1831-'74, inclusive, were as 

 follows : 



In June, 1875, the Minister of Finance esti- 

 mated the revenue for that year at $16,000,000 ; 

 but unforeseen circumstances afterward trans- 

 pired which rendered it necessary to lower the 

 estimate. 



The Mejillones guano-beds, of which the 

 product had been estimated at $300,000, pro- 



* Or $19,440,000, with the $3,000,000 of the last dividend of 

 the 1878 loan, as in the foregoing table of the revenue for the 

 game year. 



