860 



VENEZUELA. 



800 missionaries sent out in the five years, 

 284 were assigned to the United States, 111 

 of them to the Southern States, 219 to Great 

 Britain, 114 to Scandinavia, 17 to the Sand- 

 wich Islands, and 13 to New Zealand. In 



1880, 80 were sent to the British Isles, 33 to 

 Scandinavian countries, 48 to the Southern 

 States, and. 33 to the Northern States; in 



1881, 1 to Holland, 3 to Germany, 6 to the 

 Sandwich Islands, 9 to New Zealand, 56 to the 

 Southern States, 33 to the Northern States, 35 

 to Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, and 89 to 

 England, Scotland, and Wales. Estimating the 

 average duration of an elder's time to be two 

 years, we have a total of about four hun- 

 dred Mormon missionaries abroad at any given 

 date. The number of converts gathered in by 

 these missionaries can not be so exactly calcu- 

 lated. About 28,740 were brought in between 

 1840 and 1860. Within the next decade about 

 25,000 sailed from Europe to Salt Lake City, 

 and about the same number between 1870 and 



1882, The whole number from the first ship- 

 load, in 1840 to 1882, may thus be estimated 

 at about 85,000. The annual increase from 

 emigration is not far from 2,000. 



A branch of the Mormon Church, called the 

 " Eeorganized Church of the Latter - Day 

 Saints," has refused to accept polygamy, and 

 opposes it as earnestly as do the non-Mormon 

 people of the United States. It numbers about 

 40,000 members, and recognizes Joseph Smith, 

 son of the founder of the Church, as its head. 

 The members of this branch live chiefly in Illi- 

 nois, and have, according to their own report, 

 500 churches, 1,500 ministers, and 20,000 com- 

 municants. They have sent missionaries to 



Utah, by whoso means 10,000 Mormons in that 

 Territory have been converted from polygamy. 

 These people have addressed a memorial to 

 Congress, asking for the enactment of laws 

 that will effectually suppress the practice of 

 polygamy, and asserting that that practice is 

 a perversion of their system, and no real part 

 of their faith. 



Several church organizations in the United 

 States have established missions and schools in 

 Utah, with the especial purpose of exerting re- 

 ligious and educational influence against Mor- 

 monism, the condition of which in May, 1881, 

 was represented as follows: The Presbyterian 

 Church had forty-four commissioned mission- 

 ary agents, eleven of whom were ministers and 

 thirty-three were teachers. It paid $20,000 a 

 year for the support of its missionaries, and 

 spent besides between $5,000 and $10,000 each 

 year in building churches, furnishing school- 

 houses, etc. The principal schools were at Salt 

 Lake City and Ogden. Seven new ministers 

 and additional teachers were to be sent out to 

 open new stations. The Congregation alists had 

 two ministers and nine teachers, and were to 

 build during the summer a school-building at 

 Salt Lake City, to cost $20,000. They had 

 lately received an endowment fund of $3,000 

 to sustain a free primary school, which would 

 be a feeder to the academy. The Protestant 

 Episcopalians were well sustained in their 

 church, school, and hospital work. The Meth- 

 odists had ten ministers and eight teachers. 

 Two of the clergymen and four of the teachers 

 received no missionary support. One other 

 teacher was supported by the Woman's Home 

 Mission Society. 



V 



VENEZUELA (ESTADOS UNIDOS DE), UNITED 

 STATES OF, an independent republic of South 

 America. According to the recent territorial 

 division, Venezuela comprises eight States, one 

 Federal District, and six Territories, which, 

 with their population (in 1881), are as shown in 

 the following list from the Venezuelan legation : 



Population. 



Bennudez 257,567 



Bolivar 54,422 



Carabobo 159,851 



Falcon Zulia 187,051 



Guzman Blanco 494,002 



Lara 583,752 



Los Andes 293,108 



Zamora 236,371 



Distrito Federal 69,394 



^ f Alto Orinoco 18,230 



3 | Amazonas 18,060 



1 j Colon 137 



g | Colonia Guzman Blanco 1,494 



i- Goajira 83,864 



" I Yuruari 17,640 



Total 2,375,243 



Caracas, the capital, has a population of 

 58,000. 



The President of the Republic is General A. 

 Guzman Blanco; and the Cabinet in 1881 was 

 composed of the following ministers : Foreign 



Affairs, Licentiate R. Seijas ; Interior and Jus- 

 tice, General V. Amengual ; Finance, Dr. J. P. 

 Rojas Paiil ; Fomento, Dr. N. Borges ; War 

 and Marine, General E. Lara ; Public Credit, 

 Senor N. Ramirez ; Public Works, Sefior A. 

 Azpurua ; Public Instruction, Dr. A. Dominici. 



The Venezuelan charge d'affaires to the 

 United States is Sefior Simon Camacho ; and 

 the United States Minister to Venezuela is Mr. 

 George W. Carter. 



The army comprises 2,240 men of all arms ; 

 in time of war the militia is called to active 

 service. The navy consists of two small steam- 

 ers and two schooners, with an aggregate ar- 

 mament of eight guns, and manned with 200 

 marines. 



In the budget for 1880-'81 the national reve- 

 nue and expenditure were estimated as below: 



REVEXCE. 



Customs $3,854,000 



Salt monopoly 300,000 



Fines, etc 12,000 



Interest 34,000 



Octroi 640,000 



Stamp duty 40,000 



Total $4,660,000 



