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MEXICO. 



1st Free Churches met in Neweastle-on-Tyne, Budget of 



July 25th. The Rev. Edwin Askew was chosen . ruE< 1884 ~' 85 - 



President. The secretary of the Commemora- &&- SSuS at' Meiico'and 'i^'^":".::: *JSB5 



tive Fund, the amount of which is intended to he stamp dues 6,'ooo'ooo 



30,000, reported that 24, 1 63 had been prom- JJXt*. ^f 8 .' 



ised to it. This fund is intended to commemo- instrucVion'fund.!!!!'.!'.'.!!'.'.!!'.'.!!'.!].".'.;;".'.'. 



rate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the or- ot-Office and telegraphs 1,000,000 



ganization of the connection, and to be dis- Sundry incomes!;.'!..';!;";;:;; ;;;.' ijSo'wo 



tributed among its various benevolent and income of individual states.. ;:'.'.: ;*.;;; .'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 7',50(\ooo 

 educational enterprises. The Book Room re- Grand total i^Taol 



turned a profit of 756. The Assembly di- *36,i60,ooo 



rected that a ^ History of Free Methodism " be EXPENDITURE. 



published as an introductory chapter to the IJ e J e - isl f^ re $1,087,288 



forthcoming edition ofMessrs. Askew andBoy- BapwCtoBrtIII^^lIIIiI;^ilill 429674 



den's "Hand-Book of Free Methodism." Foreign Affairs '.'.'.'/.'. 877^680 



MEXICO, a republic of North America. Area, jusS'and Public 'insVrucVionV.: '.'//. ;;:'// ';/.;; Jg$ 

 761,640 square miles; population in 1883, 10,- rubiic Works 6,151,870 



025,649. Finance 4,908,489 



Territorial Subdivision. The republic consists E^e^dHurein y thedifferent'stat'eV. '.'.;: '.;:.' ".'.;:; 7$io$oo 

 of twenty -eight States and the Territory of 



Lower California, the Federal District having Grandtotal $33,325,433 



been converted in 1884 into a State, under The increase of the national revenues of 

 the name of the " Valle de Mexico." It is the Mexico, a sign of the awakening of enterprise, 

 smallest State in the Union (231 square kilo- is shown in the following table: 



metres), but one of the most populous, con- . 



taining 354,340 souls. The bulk of the popu- YEARS. Total revenue. Custom* 



lation is found in the southern part of the 1g7a _ , ^, Q11 ,._ - 



country; about 82 per cent, of the total popu- igSkso '.'.'. 21 936 165 



lation reside south of the parallel of Tarapico, I880-'8i 22,i42!o39 



and more than half the wealth of the country J^g- ;;;;;;; S'SoJSo 



is found south of the northern boundary of the 1883-'S4. !!.'!!!!!!!!!!!!'. 86,'ooo^ooo 



new State alluded to, in which the city of " 

 Mexico is situated. There are 146 cities, 372 The stamp-tax went into effect on April 7. 



towns, 4,186 villages, five missions, 5,689 hacien- It was levied on wines, liquors, canned and 



das, and 14,605 ranches, besides 2,213 groups preserved goods, foreign glassware, books, and 



of houses, tabulated as congregations, barrios, hats; imposing 1 per cent, on the price of jew- 



rancherias, etc. elry ; expensive wines, twenty cents a bottle, 



Property Value. The value of private real and wine in barrels 10 per cent. ; foreign beer, 



estate, rural, is $773,000,000; private real five cents a bottle ; playing-cards, 50 per cent. ; 



estate in cities, $2,568,036,000; cattle of all canned goods, 1 per cent. ; bonnets, boots, and 



kinds belonging to individuals, $126,000,000 ; shoes (worth over $2), 1 per cent., and fine 



property belonging to the nation, $240,000,- hardware, 1 per cent. Goods in store were to 



000 ; the total real estate valued at $3,549,060,- be stamped immediately, and those in ware- 



000. The agricultural products are valued at houses within one month. The measure being 



$177,451,086, and the industrial products at highly unpopular, the Government modified it 



$14,009,000. two days later, requiring stamps only on goods 



Government, The President of the Republic as sold, and exempting articles in stock, 

 is Don Porfirio Diaz, who was elected for four The silver coinage of Mexico, for the fiscal 



years, his term of office beginning Dec. 1, 1884. year 1882-'83, amounted to $24,083,522, and 



His Cabinet is composed of the following min- the gold to $407,600, a total of $24,491,122. 



isters : Foreign Relations, Sefior Ignacio Maris- In April a decree was issued by the President 



cal, now Minister to England; War, Gen. Pedro of Mexico, ordering that on and after May 15, 



Hinojosa; Justice, Sefior Joaquin Baranda; 1884, the duty upon all goods imported into 



Treasurer, Sefior Manuel Dublan ; Interior, the country should be increased 5 per cent. 

 Sefior Manuel Romero Rubio. The foreign debt embraces the following 



The Governors of the States are elected for items : English loan of Oct. 14, 1850, $89,252,- 



four years. The Governor of the Territory of 360 ; agreement of indebtedness to English 



Lower California is appointed by the Federal bondholders of Dec. 4, 1851, $5,900,025; ditto 



Government. The Minister Plenipotentiary to to Spanish of Dec. 6, 1853, $1,231,775 ; ditto, 



the United States is Sefior M. Romero; the ditto of Nov. 12, 1853, $5,553,287; debt to the 



Minister to Mexico is Hon. Philip II. Morgan. United States of July 4, 1868, $1,875,123 ; in- 



The United States Consul- General in the city ternal debt, $40,241,215; grand total, $144,- 



of Mexico is David H. Strother. 053,785. 



Finances. The national and state finances, as Early in May the run on the Monte de Pie- 

 shown by the budget estimates for the current dad Bank had created a panic among deposit- 

 fiscal year, exhibit these details : ors and a distrust in the financial stability of all 



