URUGUAY. 



UTAH. 



787 



Justice, Dr. D. Terra ; War and Navy, Col. de 

 Leon. The American Consul at Montevideo is 

 Edward J. Hill, and the Uruguayan Consul- 

 General at New York is Sefior E. M. Estrazu- 

 las, and the Consul at San Francisco J. G. Grace. 



Army and Navy. The standing army was in- 

 creased to 3,323 men early in 1886. There is 

 also a police force of 3,230 men and a national 

 guard of 20,000. 



The navy is composed of three small steam- 

 ers and three gunboats, the latter including 

 the former French gunboat " Tactique," pur- 

 chased in 1886. 



Postal Service. The number of post-offices in 

 1886 was 438. Ordinary private letters in- 

 creased from 2,635,980 in 1884 to 2,911,969 in 

 1885; registered from 92, 850 to 103,746; Gov- 

 ernment dispatches from 116,543 to 131,656; 

 postal-cards declined from 32,217 to 28,811 ; 

 newspapers rose from 8,689,269 to 8,876,805, 

 and samples from 103,316 to 150,394; money- 

 orders from $2,743,697 to $2,854,589; the re- 

 ceipts decreased from $170,559 to $163,459. 



Finances. The amount of paper money in 

 circulation on Jan. 1, 1885, was $1,327,778. 

 In October, 1886, the Chamber of Representa- 

 tives passed the Senate bill authorizing the 

 issue of $4,700,000 consolidated bonds of the 

 second series and abrogating the law authoriz- 

 ing the issue of a further amount of treasury 

 notes. In this manner the amount of consoli- 

 dated bonds created in 1886 reached the sum 

 of $12,700,000, bearing 8 per cent, interest. 

 On Jan. 1, 1887, the combined home and for- 

 eign indebtedness aggregated $72,205,721. In 

 the autumn the Government resolved to con- 

 solidate this debt out of part of the proceeds of 

 a 20,000,000 loan, to run thirty-three years, 

 during which it is to be canceled by a sinking 

 fund and to pay 6 per cent, interest per annum. 

 The amount required being about 14,000,000, 

 the proceeds of the remaining 6,000,000 were 

 set aside for expenditure on public works. 



New Press Law. The new press law, passed in 

 1886, contains a clause providing that foreign 

 residents not naturalized are prohibited from 

 criticising in public prints the politics of the 

 country, the penalty being an exile of two 

 years and fines, for the payment of which the 

 printer and his establishment will be held re- 

 sponsible. 



Extradition Treaty. During 1886 an extradi- 

 tion treaty between Uruguay and Spain was 

 negotiated and ratified. 



Commercial Travelers' License. Early in 1886 

 a decree appeared making it obligatory on all 

 commercial travelers, non - residents of the 

 country and not representatives of firms there 

 established, to take out a license for one year 

 at a cost of $-2,500, to be annually renewed, 

 payable in advance. 



Railroads. There were in running order, on 

 July 1, 1887, 556 kilometres of railway, com- 

 prising the Central Railroad of Uruguay, in 

 operation between Montevideo and Paso de 

 los Toros, 274 kilometres in length ; the North- 



western, 176 kilometres, connecting Salto 

 with Cuareim, on the Brazilian frontier, where 

 it joins the system of Brazil; the Eastern of 

 Uruguay, from Montevideo to Barra de Santa 

 Lucia, a distance of 21 miles, and finally the 

 85 kilometres from El Paso to Salto ma Pay- 

 sandu. 



Telegraphs. The length of land lines of tele- 

 graph in operation in 1884 was 1,492 kilo- 

 metres, and there was besides a cable of 160 

 kilometres. The number of offices was 29 ; of 

 operators, 96 : inland messages forwarded, 35,- 

 343 ; messages sent abroad, 26,790 ; in transit, 

 11,530; aggregate telegrams forwarded, 73,- 

 663. 



Commerce. Uruguayan commerce generally 

 suffered from the attempt at revolution in 

 1886 and subsequently from the cholera. In- 

 stead of the usual 1,000,000 head of cattle 

 slaughtered, only 400,000 were killed. The 

 American trade was as follows : 



The maritime movement at Montevideo 

 showed in 1886 2,951 sea-going vessels entered, 

 with a joint tonnage of 2,707,066. The British 

 flag was represented by 1,000,000 tons, France 

 coming next with 726,000 tons, then Italy 

 with 403,000, Sweden with 126,000, and Bel- 

 gium with 116,000. 



Invasion. An unsuccessful attempt at invad- 

 ing Uruguay and overthrowing its Govern- 

 ment was made by the revolutionary Gen. 

 Arredondo from Argentine territory early in 

 April, 1886. He began by encamping near Sal- 

 to, thence proceeded to Concord, seized the 

 river steamers, and debarked at Guavizo at 

 the head of 2,000 men ; but after reaching 

 Quebracho he was defeated by a strong force 

 under the command of Gen. Tajes. 



Assassination. On Aug. 17, 1886, an attempt 

 was made to kill President Santos while he 

 was entering the theatre, and he was wounded 

 in the face, the would-be assassin having fired 

 a revolver at his head. An infuriated crowd 

 attacked the assassin and injured him so terri- 

 bly that he soon died. Although the woifttd 

 appeared slight the President suffered from it, 

 and on November 18 resigned the presidency 

 and embarked for Europe. Gen. Tajes, then 

 Minister of War and the Navy, became his 

 successor. On his return from Europe early 

 in 1887, ex-President Santos was not allowed 

 to land, having been exiled by the National 

 Legislature. He consequently went to Rio de 

 Janeiro. 



UTAH. Territorial Government. The follow ing 

 were the Territorial officers during the year : 

 Governor, Caleb W. West; Secretary, William 

 C. Hall ; Treasurer de facto, James Jack : 

 Auditor de facto, Nephi W. Clayton. (The 

 last two officials claim to hold office by virtue 

 of an election by the people, although the or- 



