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URUGUAY. 



an increase in deposits over 1901 of $2,157,764.27, 

 giving Wyoming a per capita deposit of approxi- 

 mately $88. 



Valuation and Taxation. The Treasurer's 

 report shows the total valuation of property with- 

 in the State in 1902 to be $43,348,356; number of 

 cattle 487,489, valuation $8,175,072: number of 

 sheep 3,296,318, valuation $6,777,606.05. The taxes 

 levied in 1902 were as follow: State, $243,901.03; 

 county, $350,327.50; general school, $61,049.33; 

 interest on county bonds, $64,292.79; library tax, 

 s:;. 742,29; judgment and State deficiency, $8,763.- 

 23; special school, $178,787.69; payment of school- 

 bond interest, $17,434.12; payment of county 

 bonds, $51,278.72. Total, $974,576.70. 



State Lands. The rentals for State lands in- 

 creased from $86,618 in 1901 to $92,337.09 in 1902. 

 The receipts from sale of State lands given by Con- 

 gress decreased from $22,095 in 1901 to $5,549 in 

 1902. The State owns 3,001,905.48 acres of school 

 sections. Of this amount 1,297,001.36 acres have 

 been leased. 



Irrigation and Agriculture. In 1902 3,415 

 miles of new ditches were constructed in the State, 

 at a cost of $1,873,284, and nearly 1,000,000 acres 

 of arid land were reclaimed. The State's agri- 

 cultural products were valued at $4,275,000. Fruit 

 orchards yielded handsome profits for the first 

 time, and fruit-growing is now well established. 

 There was produced in the State 33,000,000 pounds 

 of wool, valued at $3,960,000. 



Mining. The year was a banner year in cop- 

 per-mining, although the output did not exceed 

 that of 1901. Many new mines were opened up, 

 however, and these properties are now ready to 

 produce the red metal. Probably the most im- 

 portant event in the State's mining history was 

 the completion of the Southern Wyoming Aerial 

 Tramway, from the Ferris-Haggarty copper-mine 

 at Battle Lake to Grand Encampment, 16 miles, 

 it being the longest aerial tramway in the world ; 

 and the completion of a 500-ton concentrating and 

 smelting plant at Grand Encampment. These im- 

 provements cost approximately $1,000,000. The 

 Standard Oil interests purchased heavily in the 

 Wyoming copper-fields this year, and now own 

 many of the copper-producers. The output of 

 copper was valued at $1,700,000; iron, $413,000; 

 silver, $50,000; gold, $783,000; platinum, $3,100; 

 soda, $25,000; oil, $212,000; coal, $6,369,176.25. 

 The total value of the mineral output was $9,555,- 

 276.25. 



Much progress was made in the development of 

 the State's oil-fields. In the Uinta fields about 

 15 drilling-rigs were in operation, and 4 llowing- 

 wells were established; in the Popo-Agie fields 2 

 producing-wells were added to the number, mak- 

 ing 8 all told ; in the Salt Creek fields 3 more pro- 

 ducing-wells were secured, making 12 there; in 

 the Bonanza fields a lubricating oil even richer 

 than that found in the Uinta fields the previous 

 year, which was pronounced the richest oil ever 

 found in the world, was discovered. One well was 

 drilled and a strong flow of oil encountered at a 

 depth of less than 1,000 feet. English and other 

 foreign syndicates are securing large tracts of oil- 

 land in the State and have already begun opera- 

 tions. 



URUGUAY, a republic in South America. 

 The legislative power is vested in the Congress, 

 consisting of a Senate of 19 members, elected for 

 six years in the departments which they represent 

 by electoral colleges, and a House of Representa- 

 tives containing <><) members, elected for three 

 years by the votes of all adult male citizens who 

 can read and write. The President of the repub- 

 lic is elected for four years. Juan Lindolfo Cues- 



tas was elected President for the term beginning 

 March 1, 1899. The Vice-President is Juan Car- 

 los Blanco. The Cabinet at the beginning of 1902 

 was composed as follows: Minister of War and 

 Marine, Gen. Pedro Callorda; Minister of the In- 

 terior and Justice, Eduardo McEachen; Minister 

 of Agriculture, Industry, Public Instruction, and 

 Public Works, Gregorio L. Rodriguez; Minister 

 of Finance, Diego Pons; Minister of Foreign Af- 

 fairs and Worship, Dr. German Roosen. 



Area and Population. The area of Uruguay 

 is 72,110 square miles. The population was esti- 

 mated on Dec. 31, 1900, at 930,680. Of 90,199 for- 

 eigners enumerated in the imperfect census of 

 March 1, 1900, 24,720 were Brazilians, 24,349 Ital- 

 ians, 23,352 Spaniards, 9,140 Argentinians, 4,186 

 French, 994 Swiss, 708 Germans, and 675 French. 



Finances. The revenue in the year ending 

 June 30, 1900, was $15,209,024 in silver. The rev- 

 enue for the financial year 1902 is estimated at 

 $16,160,000, of which $10,000,000 came from cus- 

 toms, $1,829,000 from a property tax, $934,000 from 

 trade licenses, $786,000 from factory taxes, $431,- 

 000 from internal revenue, $615,000 from stamps, 

 $200,000 from bank profits, $324,000 from posts 

 and telegraphs, and $1,041,000 from other sources. 

 The expenditure was estimated at $16,160,996, of 

 which $371,893 were for Congress, $65,976 for 

 the Presidency, $144,450 for the Ministry of For- 

 eign Affaire, $2,301,978 for the Ministry of the In- 

 terior, $986,292 for the Ministry of Finance, 

 $1,139,336 for the Ministry of Public Works, 

 $1,750,522 fpr the Ministry of War and Marine, 

 $364,130 for judicial expenses, and $9,036,419 for 

 national obligations. Extra 2J-per-cent. import 

 and export duties have been imposed to raise 

 means for improving the port of Montevideo, but 

 they do not figure in the budget, nor does the rev- 

 enue and expenditure of the municipality of Mon- 

 tevideo. The amount of the national debt on Jan. 

 1, 1901, was stated to be $125,506,953, made up of 

 $99,660,680 of external, $3,656,775 of internation- 

 al, and $22,189,498 of internal obligations. The 

 Council of Foreign Bondholders in London calcu- 

 lated the amount of the foreign debt on June 30, 

 1901, at 21,126,100. The total public debt in 

 1897 was $121,427,447, and on June 30, 1902, it 

 had grown to $123,843,694. A permanent army of 

 231 officers and 3,273 men is kept up, and an 

 armed police force of 3,200 men. 



Commerce and Production. The raising of 

 cattle and sheep is the main industry, but ag- 

 riculture is advancing. The exports of wool in 

 1900 were 39,872 metric tons; of wheat, 39,872 

 tons; of corn, 486 tons; of wheat flour, 18,129 

 tons. The production of wine was 23,541 hectoli- 

 ters. The yield of gold in 1899 was 66 kilograms. 



The total value of merchandise imports in 1900 

 was $23,978,203 in gold, and of exports $29,388,187. 

 The dutiable imports were $22,678,054 in value 

 out of a total importation of $25,652,788 in isi!i. 

 and $33,956.940 out of a total exportation of *::i'. 

 574,164 paid duties. The duties collected in 1900 

 amounted to $9,433,269. The imports of articles 

 of food and drink in 1900 were $7,321.318; of tobac- 

 co, $210,421 ; of textile goods, $4,106,063; of cloth- 

 ing, $1,302,443; of raw materials and machinery. 

 $7.253.877 ; of miscellaneous merchandise, $3.2* I 

 081. The exports of live animals were valued at 

 $534,216; animal products, $26,606,528; agricul- 

 tural products, $1,669,617. The exports of jerko.l 

 hoof was $6,042,345 in value; of extract of boot'. 

 $1,319,157; of hides and skins, $8,183,052; of la! 

 low. $1,661,799; of wool, $8,024.959. The imports 

 of coin in 1900 were $1,833,388 and the exports 

 were $3.054.652. Of the total imports in 1899 &2 1 .- 

 876,987, and of the exports $23,340.239, passed 



