468 





of the conference sssskm WM devoted to the 

 esfebration of the one hundredth year since the 

 birth of Jam** Thome, one of the founders of 



Com in n nirat ion*. There were 6,284 miles 



of railr .!:- in ..|..-rati.-n in ls'.i.~>. All the 

 lines are now completed, l>ut l.ran. I 



UM denomination. Sept. 1. 1705. The General are in progress. The bridges and other ; 

 ONBmittee was instructed to prepare regulations nent works on the Tchuantej.ee line. !.' 





for 



t<> Uv t 

 \ll. 



of women into i hur.-h courts, and 

 before UM next conference. 



Wr*leyan R'f"ini I iii.m rv,,,, r t. 



175 Sunday schools with 2,908 



...:-.-... ..-. H . MM . hanhttand 



Ml ,iidmt Methonist and 



In, .OS,M| < himhrx ha%- ::in travdmj; 

 ers. YAM members, r. 1 1 Sundav >.-li....|s 



7 131 



..4 and other preaching places. 



>1 I XK'O, a federal republic in North Amer- 



ica. The Senate consists of 56 members, 2 from 



each State, elected indirectly for four years, and 



i IIIM of Representatives of -JJ7 members, 



1 to -40,000 inhabitant*, elected for two years by 



-uffratf-. The President is elected 

 electoral college for four years. The Presi.l. -m 

 for the term ending Nov. 80, 1806, is (J,-.,. I >. 

 Porflrio Diaz. The President's Cabinet, consist- 

 Ing of secretaries of state whom he may appoint 

 an I remove at will, was composed in 1805 as 

 follows: Foreign A Hairs. I. Muriscul: Interior. 

 Gen. Gonza . .Justice and Public In- 



I. Baranda: Foment o. Fernandez 

 Leal; Finance and Commerce. .1. I. Liinantour; 

 Communications and Public Works. Gonzalez 

 Cosio; War and Marine, Gen. P. Hinojosa; 

 Treasurer, P. Espinosa. 



<ommerre and Production. The chief 

 products of Mexico are silver, lead, gold, copper, 

 cinnabar, iron. tin. onyx, and other metals, ores, 

 and minerals; henitpien and other fiber plants ; 

 coffee; cotton; tobacco; oranges and other 

 fruits ; wheat and corn ; mahogany, ebony, rose- 

 wood, orchil, sarsaparilla, and other woods and 

 forest products ; and cattle and horses and ani- 

 mal products. The commerce with different 

 countries for the year ending June 30, 1804, was 

 as follows, in Mexican dollars : 



i 

 QmtBdUla 



; 



"ass 



I00.MO.OOO 



ii .:...! 



2,487,000 



4'H.MNI 



BMjaj 



$19,848,000 



The values of the principal exports were : Pre- 

 cious metals, $46,484,000; coffee, $11,766,000; 

 heniquen, $6.710,000; hides, $24256,000: 

 SfJRS 8 ' 000 '' PP e r. $1.980,000; tobacco, 

 $1.755,000; vanilla, $1,184,000; ixtle, $042,000 ; 

 gtuns, $808,000. 



Doriog the fiscal year 1898-04 there were 



SJS8 vnmU entered at Mexican ports, of an ag- 



:"". v r whJoha.98 



were steameri, of 2^89,768 tons. The total nun. - 



L L 1 T 1 !? clmred WM 8 ' 911> - of 2 ' 889 5 ^ 



tons, ofwhich 8^47 were steamers, of 2,540,048 



!KLi!?S, lllerell<int "*** numbere 

 of which 47 are steamers. 



rnnient. are about com) 

 The length of new railroads under cotisi; 

 is 6,01-1 mile-. 



The number of domestic letters ai.d p.-tl 

 cards that passed through the post ofiH 



J6,211,715; the nu.m 



intheinternatioi , , mt . 



alrei. $1,858,848, ami 



354. Internal postage rates have b 

 and the money-order and parcels-post stj^H 



Mended. 



The telegraph- in .lum-. iv:,. had a tod| 

 length of :il.l'.:{ miles, of which 26,152 milea U- 

 longed to the Federal Government and tl 



to individual States. 



The Arnn ami Navy. The military f.,n-.- 

 consist of the active army, its 

 general reserve. The strength of the actftB 

 army on the peace footing in 1805 was 

 lows: Infantry, comprising :',( battalions and a* 

 many nnln-*. 3 auxiliary battalions. 1 b,v 

 of pioneers, and the invalid rorps 1 

 ana 22,4o7 men: artillery, comprising 4 hattal> 

 ions of 6 batteries each, 1 battalion of 

 artillery, and 1 squadron of train. 1M 

 and 'J.i'JO men: cavalry, rompi-i-ii 

 ments, 1 corps of gendarmes, 6 au\ 

 and divisions of rural guards, 703 office i 

 10,276 men; total effect i' 



B men. The peace effective, inelud 

 reserves, i* 60 general officers, 3,600 11 

 and 45,000 men, with 7,000 horses and 8J0 

 mules. The war effective is about !' 



The fleet consists of 2 avisos, *J old 

 and 1 school ship. There are buil 

 class torpedo boats. 



Finances. The revenue of the I 

 ernment is chiefly derived from import 

 internal-revenue "duties, stamp duti 

 Federal contribution, which is an additional 

 duty levied on all taxes collected by the states. 

 The States levy excise duties and direct taxes. 

 The bndp-t of the Federal (iovernment for 1895- 

 '06 estimates the total revenue at $4 l 

 which customs produce $20,475,000 : 

 contribution, $1,650,000; direct -1,460.- 



000; posts and telegraphs, $1,775,000; the mm 

 $1,100,000; stamps, $15,624,000; ta 

 -alaries, $1,050,000; and other sources, > 

 000. The total expenditures are est 

 $44.'-' ; which ^l.(M). r ),6;J8 are I 



for the Sni , 



lations, $2,607.301 for the Interior ! 



.'.828 for justice and edu 

 for financial administration, * 



nal d.'bt. i for il,.- i 



$4,6< >".< ':!!' for -oinniunieaiion> and j 

 and x J for the army and i: 



The public debt .,n .June :;n. ]y|. 

 $108,488,000 of foreign Ion 

 interest mostlv). and $65,s 

 inp internal obligations and $1 - 

 no interest. The burden of the for- 

 doubled since the decline ins 

 exchange amounting to as much as the fonnei 



