SANTO DOMINGO. 



SERVIA. 



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Resolutions were adopted recommending that 

 the International Sanitary Bureau urge each re- 

 public to transmit to the bureau at Washington, 

 promptly and regularly, all data of every charac- 

 ter relative to the sanitary conditions of their 

 respective ports and territories, and to furnish 

 said bureau with every opportunity and aid for a 

 thorough, careful, and scientific study and inves- 

 tigation of any outbreaks of pestilential diseases 

 that may occur within their territories. It was 

 further recommended that the International Sani- 

 tary Bureau lend its best aid and experience to- 

 ward the widest possible protection of the pub- 

 lic health of each of- the said republics, in order 

 that disease may be eliminated, and that com- 

 merce between the republics may be facilitated, 

 and to encourage and aid or enforce, in all proper 

 ways, the sanitation of seaports, including the 

 sanitary improvement of harbors, sewerage, 

 drainage of the soil, paving, elimination of infec- 

 tion from buildings, and the destruction of mos- 

 quitos and other vermin. 



Santiago de Chile was selected as the place of 

 meeting for the next conference, which is to begin 

 March 15, 1904. Dr. Eduardo Moore, one of the 

 Chilean delegates, thanked the conference for its 

 choice, and assured the delegates that all Chile 

 would welcome them. He said that a hygienic ex- 

 hibition would be held in Santiago upon the con- 

 vening of the conference, and he was assured that 

 the attendance from the South American repub- 

 lics would be large. Short speeches were made 

 by the representatives of the other republics, and 

 the session was closed by tendering a vote of 

 thanks to the president, Surgeon-General Wyman. 



The details of all the arrangements were under 

 the auspices of the Bureau of American Repub- 

 lics, and were successfully carried out under the 

 direction of W. C. Fox, Chief Clerk of the bureau, 

 and Dr. H. D. Geddings, of the hospital service. 



SANTO DpMINGO, a republic in the West 

 Indies, occupying the eastern part of the island of 

 Haiti, or Santo Domingo. The Congress, is a sin- 

 gle chamber of 24 members. The President is 

 chosen by an electoral college for four years. Gen. 

 Juan I. Jiminez was elected President and Horacio 

 Vasquez Vice-President for the term ending in 

 1903. The Cabinet at the beginning of 1902 con- 

 sisted of the following members: Secretary of 

 the Interior and Police, Gen. M. U. Gomez; Secre- 

 tary of Foreign Affairs, Enrique Henriquez y 

 Carvajal; Secretary of Justice and Public Instruc- 

 tion, Or. Perez; Secretary of Fomento and Public 

 Works, F. Despradel; Secretary of Finance and 

 Cgmmerce, E. Brache ; Secretary of Posts and Tel- 

 egraphs, Eliseo Grullon; Secretary of War and 

 Marine, Gen. Rafael Rodriguez. 



Area and Population, The area of the repub- 

 lic is estimated at 18,045 square miles; the popu- 

 lation, mostly of mixed Spanish, negro, and In- 

 dian blood, at 610,000. Santo Domingo, the cap- 

 ital, has about 20,000 inhabitants. 



Finances. The customs revenue in 1899 was 

 $1,529,903, and in 1900 it was $2,392,052. Duties 

 have been collected from both imports and exports, 

 and they formed the bulk of the revenue. Ex- 

 port duties were abolished on May 1, 1901, and im- 

 port duties were reduced. The total revenue and 

 expenditure for 1902 was reckoned at $1,238,440. 



The foreign debt, converted in 1897, consists of 

 2,736,750 "of 2|-per-cent. and 1,500,000 of 4- 

 per-cent. bonds and a railroad loan of 500,000. 

 The bonds were secured on the customs and other 

 assigned duties, the collection of which was en- 

 trusted to the Santo Domingo Improvement Com- 

 pany of New York until, default having been 

 made in the payment of interest on April 1, 1899, 



and a dispute having arisen between the company 

 and the new President, the Government took the 

 collection of revenues into its own hands. The 

 amount of foreign debt outstanding in 1901 

 amounted, with arrears of interest, to 4,188,362; 

 internal debt, $2,845,550 in gold and $10,126,629 

 in silver. 



Commerce and Production. The value of 

 imports in 1900 was $3,233,000, and that of ex- 

 ports $6,000,000 in gold. The export of sugar was 

 53,971 tons; of coffee, 3,952,000 pounds; of cacao, 

 11,231,000 pounds; of bananas, 285,000 bunches; 

 of mahogany, 665,951 feet; of logwood, 2,234 tons; 

 of tobacco, 8,696 tons. Hides, beeswax, rum, and 

 divi-divi are also exported. The chief imports are 

 cotton goods, provisions, and hardware. 



The number of vessels that visited Dominican 

 ports in 1900 was 544 entered and 380 cleared. 



Railroads and Telegraphs. There are 116 

 miles of railroad in operation, consisting of the line 

 from Samana Bay to La Vega, 62 miles, which is 

 being continued to Santiago. One is to be built 

 from Barahona to the salt mountain. 



The telegraphs had a length in 1901 of 430 

 miles, connecting with the French cable. New 

 lines in the interior were projected. 



Revolution. A revolutionary uprising against 

 President Jiminez was successful in all parts of 

 the country. On May 2, 1902, the capital sur- 

 rendered and the President took refuge in the 

 French consulate. He signed a document resign- 

 ing the presidency, which was assumed by Hora- 

 cio Vasquez, the Vice-President. All adherents 

 of the fallen Government were amnestied. The 

 country was scarcely disturbed by the sudden 

 change of rulers. The new provisional Govern- 

 ment, with Vasquez as President, was constituted 

 on April 7 as follows: Minister of the Interior, 

 Casimiro Cordero; Minister of Foreign Affairs, 

 Sefior Sanchez; Minister of Finance, Senor Te- 

 jera; Minister of War and Marine, Gen. Pichar- 

 do; Minister of Justice, Cabral Baez; Minister of 

 Posts and Telegraphs, Justino Castillo. 



SERVIA, a monarchy in southeastern Europe. 

 The legislative power, according to the new Con- 

 stitution proclaimed by the King on April 19, 

 1901, is vested in a Senate and the Narodna 

 Skupshtina, or National Assembly. The Senate 

 consists of the heir to the throne, the Archbishop 

 of Belgrade, the Bishop of Nish, 30 members ap- 

 pointed for life by the King, and 18 members 

 elected for six years by the departments. The 

 Skupshtina has 130 members elected for four years 

 by all adult male Servians who pay 15 dinars in 

 direct taxes excepting soldiers in active service. 

 The reigning King is Alexander I, born Aug. 14, 

 1876, who succeeded to the throne on the abdica- 

 tion of his father, Milan I. March 6, 1889, and on 

 April 13, 1893, dismissed the regents and assumed 

 in person the royal powers. The ministry at the 

 beginning of 190*2 was composed as follows: Pres- 

 ident of the Council and Minister of Foreign Af- 

 fairs, Dr. Michael V. Vuich; Minister of Public 

 Works, P. Velimirovich ; Minister of Public In- 

 struction and Worship, L. Kovachevich; Minister 

 of Commerce, Agriculture, and Industry, Dr. M. 

 Milanovich; Minister of Finance, Dr. Michael M. 

 Popovich; Minister of the Interior, N. Stefano- 

 vieh ; Minister of Justice, D. Stamenkovich ; Min- 

 ister of War, Gen. T. Miljkovich. 



Area and Population. Servia has an area of 

 18,630 square miles. The population, according 

 to the provisional results of the census of Dec. 31, 

 1900, is 2,493,770, compared with 2,312,484 in 

 1895 and 2,161,961 in 1890. There were 1,282,- 

 625 males and 1,211,145 females in 1900. Bel- 

 grade, the capital, had 69,097 inhabitants; Nish, 



