666 





PHII.IPPIM: [SLANDS. 



iiuMit has authorized the transportation. This law 

 mended ' in- rapid d 11 "f 



the IVriivian silver rum 



The Army ami VIM. The permanent army 

 consists of 6 battalions of infantry. numU-ring 890 



, airy, num- 

 bering 80 officers and 542 n>. ngades ,,f 

 artillrry. nuuilwrinff 88 offloera and 41<J men. U- 

 sides which thei* it a gtodaraerie and driJ guard 

 ntiiiilM-rin- mised 

 ;.ii..n. nn,i the peace effective mu-t m>t 

 exceed 2,749 mm. th.- annual contingent b. in- 

 Those who are not ilrawn an- m-cribed in 

 tin- National Guard. Tin* troops an- armed with 

 lieher riuY- an. I Krupp cannon. Tin- National 

 (tuanl numU-r- ;:..*ilo ,.rtic--r- ami 70..V<:J mm. mak- 

 of tin- regular army the 

 10 officers and 88.868 m.-n. 

 .1 force consists *>f a .-rui-ei-of l.Ton 

 -<-rew steamers, a training ship, ami t) river 

 - . 



< oiunerre. Tin- chief exports an- sugar, silver 

 n. and wool. Tin- trade with 

 differ, -nt countries in 1H95 was as follows, value - 

 U-uiir given in sols of tin- silver value of M cents: 



1,800,000 



sKooo 



ijmjm 

 u?ooo 



UM&jOOO 



5,0804100 



ng.000 



1,014,000 



mjm 



84,000 

 Utt.000 



840,000 



Tli.- iinjMirts in 1896 amounted to 17,505,148 sols, 

 and the exports to 25.473.662 



Vivi-.ition. -Th.-re ".iv 1.485 vessels, of 604,- 

 2"i7 t'-n-. entered, ami 1.4 t of 602,180 tons, d 

 at the port of Callao in 1896. 



The merchant marine in 1895 consisted of 4 

 Steamships, of 1,808 tons, and 37 sailing vessels, of 



< o MI in mi irat ions, The railroads built by the 

 state bad in 1895 a total length of 804 miles and 

 those built by companies a length of rj4 mil.-. 



The number of letters that passed through the 

 post office in 1894 was 4,21 \4~rfi in tin- internal and 

 1,567.083 in the inteniational senie,-. The r. . . ipts 

 were 973.068 francs, and expenses l,033.r.:. 



telegraph lines had in 1895 a total length of 

 iles. with 1.625 miles of win-. 

 Political Affairs. An Indian revolt in th.- d. - 

 partment of Aya-u.-|i.. having INM-II put down and 

 tranquillity restored alsoio the . \maxonian di-tri(i-. 

 Peru nj.yed |M-aee and tjnii-t in 1*!7. There was 

 inu.d revival of trade and production. The 

 and Ari<-a question, still in al.. -\am -.-. caused 

 ii"t content" with urging 

 iiin to coveted territory, mad.- ii. 

 districts claime<] ly Peru. This diniculty was set- 

 -arly in May "l.y an agreement to refer it to 

 the arbitration ..f Spain. An envoy was sent to 

 the rnit.-d >:ates to negotiate a set t'lemmt of the 

 Otaim against the Perm nraent of Vi. t., r 



II- v railroad superintendent, who was 



Imprisoned and one.- .-..n-l.-inn.-.! by court- 

 martial to be shot because a railrowl train full <>t 

 trj.s wa-* delivered by the en^in.-.-r into the hand> 

 of the revolutionists in IHK~>. and who claimed an 

 indemnity of $20MK) for th. outrage, 



Cant. II. M..I--H.-. the British minister, was re- 

 called on complaint of the P, ruv n. nt. 

 in consequence of the strong terms he had used in 



llriti-h claim-. 



O|K-H' rnmcnt propo>ed to 



coll.-cl eiisliims dutl- :-!i-. recU- 



the pound sterling. Tin- Peruxian 



ralion. which adiiiiuislcrs the railroads and 



minex for the bondholder-, \\.-i- in con-rani strife 



with the (tovernmeiit. and until the-.- \c\ali.ui- ]<- 



lati)iis were arran^.-d th.-i-e wa> no propped of 



attracting- .ipital. The Chamber appointed 



a > omiuissi< ii I- inquire into t li- EailttN !' 1 1n- 

 to fullill iK oh nvian 



Corporation^ organised in i s '.i. a umed the whole 



of Peru's national debt, capitali/c.l at 

 000,(X(. in r.iurn for the control of the railroad- 

 atxl mines and the guam depo-it- thai had not 

 passed into the hand-of Chili. Owing td<-< : 

 railr> tl and the practical failure ..f the 



guano ilepn-its. tin- corj.oration wax unable in l^'.Ml 



;\ the int. d upon, and mad.- a com- 



promi-e with its own lomlholders. The Peru\ian 



> nmeiit undertook ' i he corporation 



an annual subsidy of I'so.iiiMt from the OUSUN 

 ceipt- with the understanding that the corporation 

 should complete the railroad-. >n^\ rucl ing I 

 tain mileage every thi- nbli^ation re- 



mained unfulfilled', the (iovermnent stop|.e<l Un- 

 animity. In Octoln-r the ('oii^n-- -aiH-t joiu-d a 

 measure aut hori/ing a sett lement of tin- dilT. i 

 ari-ini: from the fa-t that Peru had not paid the 

 promised annuity and that the corporation had not 

 DUill the projected 1 O kilomet re> of railroad. The 

 bill to adopt the gold standard \va- pa ed on Oei. 

 7 by a majority of 1 vote after a long ami animated 

 debate. BOOH aftr this the Cabim-i terminated a 

 cri-i-ihat be-aii bef..r.- the assembling of Coi 

 by re-ignini: in a body, in con-e<jnence of an effort 

 niade in the Chamber to pass a vote of <-en-nr.-. 

 I're-ideiit Pi.-rola a-ked t h.-m to ree..u-id-r tli.-ir 

 deci-ion. but finally accepted their resignation- on 



N"V. ','. A Hew Cabinet was constituted ot! 



Jli under tin- pn-idem-y of Seftor limuana. in which 

 I-!, de la Kiva ALMICI-O remained Mini-ter 

 Affairs and I. K.-y .Mini-ter of Kinanee. C..1. .1. K. 

 de la Puellte. who had succeeded Col. I ba i 

 Mini-ter of War. gave place to Sefior K-.-a-lie. 

 Seftor Puente became Mini-ter of Public Work-. 

 and S.-nor Laval!.- Minister of .Iu-tice. A law- 

 dealing with the re^i-i ral ion of civil marriage-, l he 

 outcome of oft-re[K-aled complaints of 

 was passed on Nov. 12 by the Chamber of 

 and a month later by th. - M i i..nari. - an 



others had interested the British and I'nited B 

 governments in .-ITort- to remo\- the hardships of 

 Protestants in Peru and some other South Ameri- 

 can countries, where only marria-c- that are cele- 

 brated according to the rite- of the ( 'atholic Church 

 are recoirni/ed a- lei;al. Coiigr.-s had before passed 

 a similar bill and Pr.-id.-nl Pierola had vetoed it. 

 He con-idere<l that civil marriaire -lioiild apjily 

 only to non-Catholic foreigners, but lie i.romu:. 

 thi- act after -ome h.-itaiion. The President of 



'inet resigned in eon--qi,. 



PIIII.IPPIM |s|.\MIS. a colony of Spain in 

 the Ka-t Indies. The i-land- have an area of 1 1 J.- 



uare mil.--, wit ha population in I*!i7"f Q 

 124, consisting 955,701 fe- 



male-, not including about l.(KMM'K natives living 

 under their own government. The Chin.--. number 

 about 100,0 Oa, the capital, has 154,068 in- 



habitani-. The bud-el f,,r ls!i."i -ho\v. d a total rev- 

 enue ,.f 1-2.71/i.JisO -t'-rling. of whir-h 61^81^90 

 came from direct taxes. l' 4 .ii:J.O(M> from indirect 

 :'rom monopolies 'JlTI.Cdd from the 

 lottery. t"51.HK) from national pro)K-rty. and L'::i.- 

 880 from Tarioui The total expenditures 



were fixed I which IX'T'J.IOO were for 



general expense- J for ju-tice. *ji.20!>.0-47 for 



