UNIVERSALISTS. 



URUGUAY. 



727 



other lawful purpose except to meet deficiencies 

 in the current revenues. Up to Oct. 1 the total 

 redemptions in gold from the new reserve fund 

 were $22,530,854 in United States notes and 

 $3,594,708 in Treasury notes, for which the fund 

 has been reimbursed from the general Treasury. 



The following table shows the amount of money 

 in circulation Jan. 1, 1901, and the same date 

 1900: 



It will be noticed there is a great increase in 

 the issue of gold and silver certificates and na- 

 tional bank notes, and a decrease in that of Treas- 

 ury notes of 1890, these latter notes being grad- 

 ually replaced by silver certificates issued upon 

 the silver dollars coined from the bullion pur- 

 chased under the act of 1890. as authorized by 

 law. The substitution of the certificates for the 

 notes diminishes to its extent the possible demands 

 upon the $150,000,000 gold reserve fund. The in- 

 creased issue of national bank notes is due to the 

 more favorable terms given by the act of March 

 14, 1900, to banks taking out circulation. 



The coinage executed at the several mints in 

 1900 and 1899 is shown by the following table. 

 The silver dollars were coined from the silver 

 purchased under the act of 1890, for which Treas- 

 ury notes were issued. 



VALUE. 



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UNIVERSALISTS. The Board of Trustees 

 of the Universalist General Convention, following 

 the by-laws of that body, published a report and 

 financial statement on Oct. 1. This report con- 

 tained returns from 1.003 parishes, in which were 

 included 47,886 families, 53,070 church members, 

 59,034 members of Sunday schools, and which pos- 

 sessed parish property valued at $9,735,294 less 

 debt, and had raised $1.244,493 of contributions, 

 including those for parish expenses. The number 



of church members had increased 893 during the 

 year. These statistics relate only to the organized 

 parishes in the Universalist fellowship, and neces- 

 sarily take no account of families residing in ter- 

 ritory where there are no such parishes, or of the 

 great number of Universalists who in their neigh- 

 borhoods attend other churches. A comparison 

 with the statistics of fifteen years ago showed 

 that during the interval the number of families 

 had increased more than 30 per cent., the church 

 membership more than 60 per cent., the parish 

 property nearly 42 per cent., and the current ex- 

 penditure nearly 44 per cent. The aggregate sura 

 of $21,324 had been received during the year from 

 legacies and special gifts, and the total amount 

 of the gifts of the year to the General and State 

 Conventions and other bodies for missionary and 

 other benevolent work had been $77,746. The 

 aggregate amount of the sums applied during tho 

 year for missionary and other church work was 

 $62,176. The permanent funds of the General and 

 State Conventions and other missionary bodies 

 amounted to $800,696, showing an increase for the 

 year of $17,141. A special plea was made in the 

 report in behalf of the mission in Japan, where 

 much had been attempted and accomplished, and a 

 great enlargement of missionary possibilities since 

 the beginning of the work could be perceived. A 

 foothold had been obtained, schools and churches 

 established, tracts and books distributed, and " a 

 goodly number of earnest and intelligent Japa- 

 nese " drawn to the Universalist faith and Church. 

 The organization of a canvass for a twentieth cen- 

 tury fund having been directed by the General 

 Convention, the Rev. Dr. Perin was commissioned 

 to devote his whole time from Nov. 1, 1900, to 

 this work, in addition to his duties as financial 

 secretary. Pledges were to become payable when 

 they amounted in all to $100,000. The income 

 only of the money contributed is to be used for 

 the work of the General Convention. 



URUGUAY, a republic in South America. 

 The legislative power resides in the Congress, con- 

 sisting of a Senate and a House of Representa- 

 tives, sitting for five months annually and dele- 

 gating the legislative authority and the control of 

 the administration during the other months of 

 the year to a standing committee of 2 Senators 

 and 5 Representatives. The Representatives, 69 

 in number, are elected for three years in the ratio 

 of 1 to 3.000 inhabitants by all adult male citi- 

 zens who can read and write. The Senators, 19 in 

 number, are elected in the departments that they 

 represent by electoral colleges. The presidential 

 term is four years. Juan Luis Cuestas was 

 elected President for the term beginning March 

 1, 1899. and l>ottle y Ordonez Vice- President. 

 The Cabinet at the beginning of 1900 was com- 

 posed as follows: Minister of War and Marine, 

 Gen. Callorda; Minister of the Interior and Jus- 

 tice. Saturnine Camp; Minister of Agriculture, 

 Industry, Public Instruction, and Public Works, 

 C. M. Peiia; Minister of Finances, Dr. Campeste- 

 guy; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Worship, 

 Herrero y Espinosa. 



Area and Population. The area of Uruguay 

 is 72,110 square miles. The population of the 

 departments as determined by the census of 

 March 1, .1900, is as follows: Artigas. 23.334; 

 Canelones. 76.984; Cerro Largo, 33.039: Durazno, 

 33,733: Flows. 44.431; Florida. 39.985; La Colo- 

 nia, 45.185; Maldonado, 24,048; Minas, 32,595; 

 Montevideo. 253,30(5 (estimated) ; Paysandu, 38,- 

 543: Rio Negro, 18,574; Rivera, 22.509; Rocha, 

 20.727; Salto, 40,589; San Jo*<\ 37.279: Soriano, 

 34.G28; Tacuarembo, 34.424; Trienta y Tres, 22,- 

 757. The total population of the republic was 



