COSTA RICA. 



of Uw Australian ballot sys- 



of U ptisont ballot 

 th of K * 11 ^ nianhinaf in t.-wn. 



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the criminal 

 marked 



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gold and silver articles; 



the insurance 

 and iniikini: 

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_ by .1 law designed 

 sjdfatMSVpetrni jurors; 

 Josnse law of 1898 : rats- 

 from fourteen to sixteen 



7 WWSBJBBBBBJ * ti iffi*** v vrw < 



met * :,nmr un.f..nn license fees 



pqUbltioti of UM crossing of steam and electric 



compilation of 

 tiki Constitution and its 28 amendments was 

 adopted in the form of a constitutional amend- 

 ant Thin amendment codifies the organ 

 w,th ail the amendment* between 1828 and 1886, 

 and will go lo the General Assembly of 1897 for 



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lit Iral. -Town ejection, were held on Oct 

 7. with only local affaire at issue. The returns 

 saowtd slight Democratic gains over the vote of 

 18M. aid a considerable decrease in the rote of 



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entral America. 



ogress is composed of a tingle Chamber 

 of SI Bamsjantiliiiis. elected for four years by 

 by all respectable < it i 



for one half the members take 

 ntaee every two years. The President is elected 

 for four tram in the same manner. 



Jeriaswa. elected President for the 



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\rra and lopnlatioB.-The area is esti- 

 ttjOOO square miles. Geog- 

 20JHO square miles. The | 

 to the census of Feb. 18. 



of 192,480 males and 

 The actual population was be- 

 aWsd to to about 1'J There 



SJHIO undvilixed Indians. The numU r of 

 vgistored in 1H91 was 1.000, 

 I; but the regurtrat! 

 number of deaths was 6^489, The 



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, The rrrrnue for the fiscal year 

 im-IN ww climated at C800.000 silver pesos, 

 and th* cspenditore at 4.741340 pesos. 



*as eflected with the foreign 



teg is 



tm.inaecordancewith 

 1m of w obligations were issued 

 iparcMKLfaMarssL This debt was at- 



Tin 



e and Pradsjction.^ offee plant- 

 ^T\r proniaBia in Costa Rica, the 



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quality of the product being v. ry liiph. The 

 plantations have been rapidlj exti-mlr.l. The 

 i-ulinntion -f the Iwiiniia is increasing lik, \\ 

 In isici tin- coffee crop was 197,840 bags. Of 

 bsnsnst. 1,278,047 bunches wen |.r..<l u . 



i ..f supir in 1SJI1 was U^'.siM M nintals. 



n. !!<. wheiit. and | 



Thegill itixl nlver mines produce n I. on: 

 ' ' 



000 pesos a year. 'I 'In- total value of tin- imp. 

 in 1H98 was 5,888,427 pesos, and of tl,. 

 9,819,064 pesos. Th- values <>f th.- dii. t 

 i i>80 pesos; banana>. 

 , : ,i,,i ,kins, I88v481 pesos; -,,hir. 

 96V891 pesos ; other woods, 87,640 pesos. Of t h. 

 coffee exports, 4,586,870 pesos wont 

 Itnt.. : t,, the United 



and 1,713,586 peSOS U) <irrm:my. f tl,,- t.-tal 

 ini|Krts,l f 697,944 pesosca m. fromtJrml I'.n.ain. 

 1,899,615 pesos fn>m the rnit.-,| States, l.l-j:?.- 

 886 pesos from Germany, ami HO?. 701 pesos 

 from France, 



Tin- development of the coffee country has 

 made Cost Hica not only mie -f the rid.. 

 rieultural countries for its size, Init niie in \\\, 

 h I- must evenly ilistrilmted. Mt of I 

 peons who used to work on lar^c plant at: 

 have taken up (iovermnent land and j.lai, 

 MI) all patches of coffee trees. Labor ha- 

 fore become scarce for employing plant.T-. and 

 the prices of food are very hi^h. 



Nimiralinn. Th( re areonlv :: mep-hant ve* 

 sels owned in Costa Hica, of 846 tons, 2 be 

 steamers, of 528 tons. There were 856 si 

 of 420,811 tons, and *,>e -ailing vessels, of KM 

 tons, entered at t he ports of Limon and 1'u; 

 Arenas during I 



( ommiinieationB. The railroad fn 

 mon. the Atlantic seanort, to Alaju 

 miles, is ultimately to be connected with 

 railroad that is bem built from I'unta Ar. 

 on the Pai-ilic. of which 14 miles have been fin- 

 ished and are in op* ration. 



The telegraphs have a length of 630 i 

 The number of dispatches in 1891 was 

 The post office earned 838,051 dom. 



.'HI; international letters and other r 

 matter. 



< I HA. a colony of Spain in the\V 

 Th M-ral is assisted by a Council 



of Administration, the members of which 

 appointed by the Crown. The col..n\ sends 16 

 rep: - to the Senate and :!< to the < 



gross in Madrid. The Governor General 

 Captain (Jeneral. in the beginning of i 

 ilio Calleja. The military f 

 1 on the peace footing to 20.414 met 

 all arm-. 



Area and Population. The island I 

 extent of 41,655 square miles, with a popula' 

 estimated in 1887 at 1 ' 



males and 749,087 femai a, the capital, 



had - i.ad 



I and Puerto I'rincipe 45/, II . 



Finances. Th.- revenue for tl 

 was estimated at 24,440,759 pesos, of whit -h 1 1.- 

 875,000 pesos came from customs, ' 

 from direct and indir ::.Hi.J.OOO p. 



from the nul.lic '.174,659 pe- from 



stamps, 899,000 pesos from pui..;-- pp-p'-ny. 

 188,600 pesos fn.m other sources. Tlie b'u: 

 of expenditure was 25,984,239 pesos, of wh 



