emu. 



-.-.' MM 



tula] 



silver bars, 5.017,800 

 86JH6 

 barle) 



aMca, The 

 mated at 



IB curmry and 



peSOS; 



4.V<Xl I .-; -.l. 4:14.41^ MM* 



.7 pesos; wheat floor, 178.171 pesos; beans. 



*. 

 The trad* with the principal countries if 



the value* of the imports from and eiporu t 

 saoa: 



i 1 M7,* ir f olti (lfte l*PJ r I** * * < * t * BO 



ore. more than 



'l\i.- n.l.-rnal dtU a.'i 0M ' 



A new foreign loan of 1^000,000 waaulhirial 

 V guaranteed on the r*venu from 

 the nitrate deposits. 



iOamptlon of sprrlf l*at mi-tit*. 



i. o^pasj |sj i-.'.' pvori Ml br tha* 



from Jan. I. \*#, 

 ..f Mate and guaranteed hank Dotes at the rate of 



.-There were entered in 1808 at 

 ^JTports 8JMO vessels of all kind* of 0.001 , 



:*;-. -.:.-, .i.,i Bit** i Mn oi MpMtt i 



The l '!iiiij' - rnli'fvd of tt^wMK in 

 nuifr** MM ^ ajfi lyre? of 

 < .-.. iaa HsilQ 

 The merchant marine oo~ Jan. 1. 1804. oon- 



30. of i 



-The length of railroads 

 in 1809 was I.7S6 miles, of which the Gown- 



The iio vernment in the beginning of 1804 It ad 

 6JNO .. .,> , ' fctlMnpbit SS OM nflai ' 



Ihiring 1808 there w 

 tesHtriphed. The rail roads and 



(natal traffic for 1802 wan: I 

 408*507; postal card* 

 newspapers and printed matter. 24,706.82'> 



amounU^n July U 1804. to 10366,000 peaos! 

 It was intended to resume specie payment* on 

 July^ 1. 1806, paper currency to cease to he 



we* to 



The Arr. The regular army ooncbU of 7 

 regiment* of infant r valry. 3 of artil- 



and the com of engineer*. The law of 

 I, is:.-, rwtiioki UM nnnbei to 6,000 men. 

 There are 586 regular army officer*. The Na- 

 1 8M ooosbted of 42,120 infantry 

 and 8,070 art ii: 



nt hat purchawd a Urge num- 

 ;.|. tannoii. The tactioi, ducipline, 



law of 1802 provided for a system of currency 



IM*1 on pi .Id whu-h h"uld -.-rnr itit<. UM- i 



for more than 20 pesos. The gold 

 be the unit of value, the dublon or 

 having the same weLbt and iasoess as the 



h.h -M-p-urn. In I-M MM ,f a, iHsJbil 

 the plan of conversion were rhinged It was 

 decided to redeem the paper note* at the rate of 

 r peso on and aft. INOO. The 



Government was empowered to coin silver in the 



>,., f ! r. v- ," .'. ' ' 



pesos or dollars. 08 toe and weighing it 



: , , : . .. ' :. / *-,,, ': 



lenr, 



K.I.. 



<innv ha\r been improved 

 



an officers. 



The Naff. The Chilian navy in the begin- 

 ning of 1805 consisted of 1 battle nhip. 1 ar 

 ooaftt guard. 1 armored cruiser. 4 second-class 

 cruisers, 10 small cruisers and gunboats, and 1 1 

 torpedo boats. The M Capitan Prat." of 6,000 

 tons displacement, has a s|*ed of 1H* knots, and 

 u-,..i.- ridi artn.T hsj itoBMj btftwOai h 



net guns in the 

 the stern, and 01 



ii-inch .Miick.flring pane. The 

 cruiser ~ Almirantr Oochnne," of idOO tons, 

 has O-in.-h plates and carric* 6 18-ton and 4 



H. The 



- Esmeralda.* 7 of 3.000 tons, carries 9 24-ton and 

 a guns, and can steam 1* knots. The 

 pcsideoteKmu Prraideote 



of 2.080 tons, have a speed of 10 knota. 



treasury was oblige* i -e them in any 



amount for taxes or other obligations, and also 

 to redeem them in gold when presented at the 



The new act, which passed both 

 in May. provided for a system of banl 

 guaranteed by the Of vernment, Gold 

 coins and credit 



the resumption of specie payments on the day 

 fixed. The proceed, of the 'new loan were ajp- 

 plied to thiT operation, for which the pabfie 



r* for the year baring 

 87.<OOOJOOO neens and the 

 10,000,000 



plus of 10.000.000 pesos or over. There was no 

 great demand for the new gold, and exehanjt a 

 mained steady, bat the gofl began gradaafly to 



.<-, 



is surpassed bv the new " - Rlaneo 

 da." i-s launched at Bbwkk in Sep- 



temlvr. l>*i. which make9 nearly 

 hour with natural draught. 



TTOU XXXV. A 



Cabinet occurred in April. 



MinEter of War. and Seftor Valdet y Valdetan- 



... , . . N- -.-'! \s ..: 



The ( abinrt thus ctstituted was partly 

 ami nartlr RadioaL The party of Bel 

 e Uheralt wej dsnioawJ to enter 

 liBtoral alliance for the coming presidential 



. . .- ;.. r.v. :..:: : - .' , 

 from the appointment by Prmdent Monti of 







verT of 



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