ECUADOR. 



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The total value of the imports at the port of 

 Guayaquil, through which the foreign com- 

 merce of the republic is almost exclusively car- 

 ried on, was estimated at $7,500,000 Ecuado- 

 rian pesos,* and the exports at $9,437,240, for 

 the year 1879. The following table exhibits the 

 quantities and values of the Ecuadorian staples 

 exported in that year : 



The annexed table shows the imports through 

 Guayaquil from the United States in 1879 : 



ARTICLES. 



Hardware and cutlery 



Machinery (general) 



Sewing-machines 



Agricultural implements 



Carts, carriages, etc 



Dry goods 



Flour 



Provisions 



Lard 



Canned goods 



Beer 



Kerosene 



Furniture 



Iron, wrought and un wrought. 



Sugar 



Sundries 



Value, C. S. gold. 



$43.024 69 



77,254 26 



25,148 84 



1,547 00 



2,285 00 



226,785 00 



29,824 60 



10,124 00 



446,699 78 



86,175 80 



4,927 00 



11,711 00 



20.861 98 

 14,480 00 



58.862 50 

 113,739 43 



The exports and values thereof from Guaya- 

 quil to the United States for the same period 

 were as below : 



Total export of staples (Ecuadorian currency). . $8,998,773 89 

 Export to the States, " .. 1,049,22045 



Total $7,949,552 94 



Total $1,123,350 88 



Probable cargo of the Edith Davis, burned at 

 sea on a voyage to this port 25,000 00 



Grand total $1,148,350 88 



It is interesting to see the marked increase 

 in the imports from the United States to Ecua- 

 dor within the past few years, and particularly 

 in 1879, as compared with 1878, in which latter 

 the value of said imports was but $723,000 in 

 American gold. In 1878, the imports from and 

 exports to Great Britain were of the values of 

 $1,022,000 and $1,020,000 respectively; in 

 1879, they were $1,410,000 and $2,615,000; 

 and in 1880, $1,760,000 and $3,235,000. The 

 imports from and exports to France in 1878, 

 through Guayaquil, were of the values of 

 $561,000 and $157,000 respectively. Thus, the 

 trade with the United States, though rapidly 

 extending, is still far behind that with Great 

 Britain. 



The shipping movements at Guayaquil were 

 as follows in 1879 : 



The foregoing statistics of trade with the 

 United States have been compiled mainly from 

 the interesting and comprehensive returns for- 

 warded by Consul McLean to the Department 

 of State. 



EDUCATION, TECHNICAL, IN SAXONY. A 

 small volume written by Mr. Felkin, an Eng- 



* The Ecuadorian peso is reckoned by the American con- 

 Bul at about 69 cents of United States currency. 



lish manufacturer resident at Chemnitz, in 

 Saxony, describes the town, its industry, and 

 the schools in which the artisans and the man- 

 ufacturers, managers, and foremen of the town 

 and neighborhood receive elementary and 

 technical instruction. As this subject of the 

 special instruction of the manufacturing popu- 

 lation is yearly becoming more and more im- 

 portant, it is well to record what is being done 



