SALVADOR. 



805 



EXPORTS. 



IMPORTS. 



The shipping movements at the various ports 

 of the republic were as follows, in 1880 : En- 

 tered, 252 steamers, with an aggregate of 443,- 

 080 tons; and 82 sailing-vessels, with a total 

 tonnage of 26,529. 



It was officially reported, in 1880, that in the 

 contract for the construction of the Northern 

 Railway of Guatemala, a branch line was stipu- 

 lated for, to connect the main line with one of 

 the ports of Salvador. Contracts were made 

 for several lines of railway entirely within the 

 republic ; among others, one from the capital 

 to the port of La Libertad, and another be- 

 tween San Miguel and the port of La Union. 

 These contracts, however, were conditional, 

 and it was by no means certain that they 

 would be carried out. In 1880 there were 128 

 good cart-roads in Salvador, with an aggregate 

 length of 575 leagues; and a new road was in 

 course of preparation between the capital and 

 Santa Ana, the most flourishing commercial city 

 of the republic, and the center of a large and 

 important agricultural region. This highway 

 was to be completed by the end of the year, with 

 its bridges, grades, etc., so as to admit of traffic 



either by coaches or carts. The central cart- 

 road had also received attention. Over various 

 of the important streams to be met on the line 

 of the leading thoroughfares iron bridges were 

 in process of construction, contracts for which 

 had been made with the Pacific Bridge Com- 

 pany of California, and three of which were to 

 cost over $150,000. Considerable attention 

 has of late been directed to the encouragement 

 of agriculture, particularly to the cultivation of 

 those products which have a permanent value 

 abroad, and offer the highest remuneration for 

 the agriculturist. An agricultural college was 

 to be established, with which would be connect- 

 ed a model farm, where the students would re- 

 ceive practical experience, as well as the theo- 

 retical instruction so necessary for success in a 

 branch of industrial life hitherto neglected in 

 Spanish America. Two thirds of the fertile 

 lands of the republic are still unoccupied and 

 uncultivated. A large portion of these are 

 held by the municipalities, which, by a recent 

 law, are required to throw them open to set- 

 tlement. 

 Public instruction has, for a number of years 



