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to have yielded in 1882 $34,352,000, and the 

 latter $1,452,100. If to this there is added a 

 balance that accrued to the Treasury from 1881, 

 the minister calculates that the aggregate rev- 

 enue for 1882 will have reached $41,222,570, 

 against a budget of outlays voted by Congress 

 of $25,562,838. But to this latter amount there 

 will still have to be added about $12,000,000 

 war expenditure and $6,174,700 to be used in 

 February and March, 1883, toward canceling 

 bonds under the 1876 and 1877 loans falling 

 due. On the other hand, the minister expects 

 to save in the way of expenses $4,000,000, 

 which would enable him to transfer to the 

 credit of 1883 $1,500,000. For the latter year 

 he estimates an income of $36,462,000, and 

 outlays to the amount of $34,770,000. The to- 

 tal amount of bonds due that were to be paid 

 off early in 1883 was $10,000,000. 



The foreign national debt of Chili amounted, 

 in accordance with this officer's report, to $34,- 

 870,000 on June 30, 1882 ; the home debt to 

 $56,546,584. The former involved at the time 

 an annual payment of interest of $1,944,237, 

 and the latter of $1,837,630. Add to this $2,- 

 010,089 going toward the sinking fund, and 

 $1,500,000 loss in exchange (premium on the 

 gold to be remitted to Europe for coupons), 

 and it will be seen that Chilian expenditure 

 under this head amounted to $6,891,956 in 

 1882. 



The report of the Minister of the Interior 

 dwells on the tranquillity prevailing throughout 

 the republic on the occasion of the transfer of 

 powers when the new President took charge 

 of the affairs of the country in 1881, as well 

 as when the congressional and local elections 

 took place. He mentions that several reform 

 bills are submitted to Congress bearing on elec- 

 tions in the departments, and the rights of and 

 protection to citizens, etc. Furthermore, Con- 

 gress is urged to elaborate a law reforming the 

 management of Government railroads, the ad- 

 ministration of the latter at present being split 

 into two distinct departments, in lieu of which 

 it is proposed to substitute a central one. 



RAILROADS. The total length of these Gov- 

 ernment lines is at present 947 kilometres (equal 

 to 597 miles), built at an aggregate cost of $40,- 

 000,000. The net earnings of the Valparaiso- 

 Santiago line have been, in 1881, $948,896, 

 being $83,206 less than in 1880, but the Govern- 

 ment has availed itself of the line for transport- 

 ing troops, ammunition, etc., to the amount of 

 $217,567, which have to be added to the above 

 earnings. There were forwarded 847,415 pas- 

 sengers against 662,185 in 1880; goods, 445,566 

 tons, being 3,742 tons in excess of 1880. The 

 Southern Railroad shows net earnings $894,445 

 greater than in 1880. 



Congress sanctioned in 1882 the ensuing 

 lines, and ordered the necessary surveys in con- 

 sequence: Serena-Rivadivia ; Quilpe-Santiago ; 

 Pelequen to Peuino; Parral to Cauquenes; Co- 

 hihue-Mulchen, and Robleria-Fort Victoria. 



The Government recommends the building 



of three additional lines, viz. : a branch line 

 on the Central Railroad from Mapocho to the 

 Condes mines ; from Palmilla to Matanzas, and 

 from Concepcion to Coronel, and a new tram- 

 way at Santiago. A number of new iron 

 bridges were ordered to be built over various 

 rivers at a total expenditure of $268,697. 



Total length of lines of railroads in opera- 

 tion early in 1881, 1,689 kilometres, or 1,064 

 miles. 



STATISTICS. The Chilian mails forwarded in 

 1881, altogether: 8,872,234 letters, being 588 

 more than in 1880; 19,142 sample packages, 

 and 11,640,060 newspapers, being 656,623 more 

 than the previous year. The post-office netted, 

 in 1881, $208,039, being $24,922 in excess of 

 the year preceding. Postal orders paid $899,- 

 866. 



To the 5,534 miles of telegraph in operation 

 in Chili in 1881, there were to be added without 

 delay 2,910 miles. The duplex system prevails 

 on these lines. There were sent, in 1881, 287,- 

 476 messages, for which the sum of $84,671 

 was collected, being $51,466 more than the 

 previous year. The Government forwarded 

 and received 159,999 messages besides, paying 

 for the same $159,999, being $90,281 more 

 than in 1880. 



The latest census statistics, those of 1881, 

 show the populations of the principal cities, 

 with the municipal expenditure set against 

 each item : Santiago, 208,708 souls, city dues 

 paid, $1,174,882; Valparaiso and the suburb 

 Vina del Mar, 96,558, $620,754; Talca, 91,645, 

 $106,210; Copiapo, 32,659, $105,916; andRan- 

 cagua, 18,334, $103,898. 



COMMERCE. Trade statistics for 1881 show 

 a notable increase of importation into Chili, 

 as compared with the previous year. Thus, 

 there were imported $39,564,814 worth of 

 merchandise and specie in 1881 (of the latter 

 only $433,692), against $29,716,004 (the latter 

 amount including $29,427 specie) in 1880. 



Chilian exports reached in 1880 only $51,- 

 648,000; in 1881 they amounted, inclusive of 

 specie and goods re-exported, to no less than 

 $60,525,859. 



The increase of imports was : from England, 

 31 per cent; Germany, 54 per cent; France, 

 27 per cent; Peru, 121 per cent; the Argen- 

 tine Republic, 39 per cent; and the United 

 States, 5 per cent; the decrease from Spain 

 was 55 per cent ; Belgium, 37 per cent ; and 

 Paraguay, 89 per cent. 



The principal articles of import from Chili into 

 the United States are nitrate and wool. Of the 

 former, there were received, in the fiscal year 

 1881, 23,941 tons; of wool, 1,852,721 pounds. 



