CORONINI, FRANZ. 



COSTA RICA. 



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shows the present military force of the State 

 to consist of 183 commissioned officers and 

 2,894 enlisted men, which is an increase of 632 

 over the previous year. The battalion of 

 colored men, which was authorized by act of 

 the Legislature at the January session of 1879, 

 forms part of the said increase, it having actu- 

 ally been organized, and consisting of 274 men. 

 Of the 8,077 men, the present whole number 

 of the National Guard, 2,958 are fully uni- 

 formed, armed, and equipped; 2,775 of these, 

 including the colored battalion, have received 

 entirely new uniforms during the year, at a 

 cost of a little less than $25 each. The expense 

 of the National Guard for the year, not includ- 

 ing the uniforms, was about $65,000. The 

 commutation tax will amount to $94,000. 



The divorces granted in Connecticut within 

 the year ending January 31, 1879, were 401, 

 which is something less than their number in 

 the preceding year. It is observed that, out of 

 every ten divorces, eight at least are granted 

 upon uncontested hearings, husband and wife 

 ol'ten colluding with one another to be divorced. 



The long-pending dispute between the States 

 of Connecticut and New York, in regard to 

 their boundary-line on the Connecticut west- 

 ern and southern border, appears to have been 

 determined by amicable adjustment. The Gov- 

 ernor of the State of New York, under act of 

 its Legislature passed in March, 1879, appointed 

 the Secretary of State, the Attorney-General, 

 and the State Engineer a commission for that 

 purpose; and a similar commission was then 

 appointed by Governor Andrews on the part 

 of the State of Connecticut, consisting of 

 Origen S. Seymour, Lafayette S. Foster, and 

 William T. Minor. The two commissions 

 have met together, and settled the matter by a 

 unanimous agreement upon the entire line be- 

 tween the two States. Their report will bo 

 laid before the Legislature in 1880. 



CORONINI, Count FRANZ, the President of 

 the Austrian Reichsrath, was born in Goritz in 

 1833. After having studied philosophy in the 

 University of Vienna, he entered the army in 

 1850. In the war of 1859 he was at first in 

 Italy, but afterward was stationed in Bohemia. 

 In 1866 he was with the Army of the North, 

 and distinguished himself at the battle of Sa- 

 dowa. After this war he left the army and 

 went to Goritz, where he was elected to the 

 Provincial Diet in 1870. His general popular- 

 ity was shown even at this election, the Ital- 

 ians as well as the Slavs voting for him. The 

 Emperor appointed him immediately afterward 

 Landeshauptmann (Governor) of Goritz, which 

 position he held until 1878. In 1871 ho was 

 elected by the Diet to the Reichsrath, after 

 having declined the election the year before, 

 and has since belonged uninterruptedly to that 

 body. He voted at first generally with the 

 Constitutional party, and acted with the Club 

 of the Left, and then with the Progress Club. 

 This he left recently on account of his views 

 on the Bosnian question. lie was, however, 



respected and honored by all parties, and when 

 he was elected President of the Cham her of 

 Deputies ho received 338 out of 341 votes. 1 1 

 also belonged to the Delegations after 1872, 

 and at the last session was the President. He 

 is the author of an essay on the nationality 

 question in the " Oestreichischen Revue," and 

 of a book on Aquileja. 



COSTA RICA (REpfJBLicA DE COSTA RICA). 

 The President of the Republic is General To- 

 mas Guardia ; the first Vice-President, 8r. Pe- 

 dro Quiroz ; and the second Vice-President, Sr. 

 Rafael Barroeta. The Cabinet comprises tho 

 following Ministers: Interior, War, and Ma- 

 rine, Sr. Rafael Machado ; Foreign Affairs, Jus- 

 tice, Public Instruction, and the Poor-Commis- 

 sion, Dr. Jos6 Maria Castro; Commerce and 

 Finance, Sr. Salvador Lara; Public Works, Sr. 

 M. Arguello. The Bishop of San Jos6 is the 

 Rt. Rev. Luis Bruschetti. The Minister of Cos- 

 ta Rica to the United States is Sr. Manuel M. 

 Peralta (absent), accredited in March, 1878; 

 and the Consul-General at New York, Sr. J. 

 M. Munoz. The United States Minister (resi- 

 dent in Guatemala and accredited to the five 

 Central American Republics, Costa Rica, Nica- 

 ragua, San Salvador, Honduras, and Guate- 

 mala) is Dr. Cornelius A. Logan ; and the United 

 States Consul at San Jos6 is Mr. A. Morrell. 



The military force of the republic consists of 

 the militia, comprising all male inhabitants be- 

 tween the ages of eighteen and thirty, number- 

 ing 16,370, of whom 900 are usually engaged 

 in active service ; and the reserves, made up of 

 men between the ages of thirty and fifty-five. 



The revenue for the year ending April 30, 

 1878 (see " Annual Cyclopaedia " for that year), 

 was $3,819,211, and the expenditures were 

 $3,904,657, leaving a deficit of $86,446, of the 

 means to be resorted to for the covering of 

 which no mention was made in the ministerial 

 returns. In the budget for 1878-'79 the reve- 

 nue and expenditures Were estimated at $3,- 

 023,780 and $1,794,767 respectively, the pro- 

 spective surplus to be devoted to the prosecu- 

 tion of the railways. u It should, however, bo 

 noted," says a journalist, u that the revenue, as 

 estimated, would bo in excess of the total value 

 of the imports for the year referred to, a_nd 

 would constitute no inconsiderable proportion 

 of the estimated value of the exports." In 

 a semi-official report, published in July, 1879, 

 the so-called actual revenue for 1878-'79 stands 

 at $3,113,631 ; from which, however, should 

 be deducted $324,365, alluded to as u balance 

 from previous year." Any balance from 1877 

 -'78, as already seen, could only be accounted 

 for by the non-liquidation of a portion of the 

 liabilities of that year, the more so as those 

 liabilities exceeded the revenue by $85,446. 

 The finances of the republic are, nevertheless, 

 in a much more satisfactory condition now 

 than a decade ago, and quite enough so to jus- 



* For pooprihloal situation, area, territorial division, popu- 

 lation, etc., sea previous volumes of " A""qM Cyclopedia," 

 and particularly that for 1STT. 



