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ECUADOR. 



port, with the quantities and destination of 

 each article, for the five months ending May 31, 

 1877: 



Cacao : sekt. Lb. 



jpain 23,965 4,229.829 



France 24,183 8,758,671 



GreatBritain 10,465 1,584,410 



Germany 5,874 852.242 



NewYork 2,650 874.604 



| California 880 56,693 



Central America 819 119,028 



Peruvian bark : 



247 

 190 



Great Britain. 

 New York . . . 

 Paris... 



Lbt. 

 27,174 

 19,000 



437 46.174 



144 11.400 



82 9,530 



Total 63,286 10,920,482 



Total 633 67,104 



Ivory nuts : Sacks. Lbs. 



Germany 1,632 2S3,s57 



GreatBritain 1,017 177,694 



NewYork 100 19,271 



" " 56 9,500 



86 17,100 Total 2,805 490,822 



Germany !! __i!?U The value of the imports from Great Britain 



Total. . 115 21,920 in 1875 was 1,169,900 pesos. 



Cotton: Bale*. Lbs. There are 26 miles of railway open to traffic, 



Gmlny.:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: & IS from Pueblo Nuevo to sibambe. 



GreatBritain 488 168,009 A decisive battle of three hours, f ought at 



_, . ~ ~IQQMZ Galte on December 14, 1876, between the con- 



T ., ' stitutional army, 2,500 strong, under General 



India-rubber: . . . , '' . ' , _ . 



New York 8,114 888,496 Aparicio, the Commandant-General of Quito. 



Hides : and the revolutionary troops under Generals 



NewYork 6,479 Veintemilla and Urbina, terminated in the de- 



B P^ cle: c * s f ( ; a^cICo feat of the government forces and the capture 



r ranee oo jfon.sos f .-, 3 . i ' j> rr>i 



Germany i 3,0)0 of their commander-in-chief. The encounter 



GreatBritain 1,000 w&s a fierce one, and much bravery was dis- 



Tota i 85 $54,858 played on both sides ; the aggregate number of 

 Orchiiia: Bales. Lbs. killed was 400, and that of the wounded con- 

 Great Britain 837 240,190 siderably larger. 



FraDce U 3 ' 7a7 When tidings of the disaster reached Quito, 



Total 846 253,957 the President (Borrero) is said to have taken 



Peruvian bark: refuge in the Colombian Legation, and the 



France Britain 541 ^f 784 c iti zens pronounced in favor of the revolution. 



New York . '.'.'.'. '. '. '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. '. '. '. '. '. '. 443 45J87 The victorious troops entered the capital about 



I s P ain j>7 6 ' 183 December 25th, and that event, as was expect- 



Total . 2,025 224,050 ed , pnt an end, for the time being, to the war 



Ivory nuts : s'cks. Lbs. begun in the September previous.* 



GreatBritain 1,093 817.656 No sooner had the new order of things been 



France. 01 !..'.'.'.'.'.'"."..'.'.''.'.'.'..'.".'.'.'..'.'.'.' 4*>i 78^130 established, however, than the peace of the 



Germany.... 65 11,632 country was disturbed anew by a series of con- 



Total 2054 491979 spiracies and. attempted revolutions, the lead- 



Barsapariiia:"" Bales. Lb,. ers of which were for the most part persons 



GreatBritain 125 14,269 employed in the several ministerial depart - 



, ,. . , ments, and creatures of the new administration. 



The exports from the same port in October, The plang of conspiracy i nvo lved, it is said, the 



1877, were as follows: murder of the President and his principal 



Ca ^ : s ^\ s - **; friends; and Borrero's tardiness in leaving the 



France 427 63.333 , j , -i. j , . 



Spain 100 14,371 country was ascnbed to his determination to 



GreatBritain '.'.'.'....'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 55 7,'sso take part in the plot. He had removed to a 



NeYOTk ::::;:::::::::::::::::::;:: iS 15 8,7si p. lace called ipMes, and was stm there at the 



VeraCruz. ..*".*."."'.*. .!.!.'!."!!.'.'.*!.'.'.' loo u'224 time the machinations were set on foot; but 



H 840 the leadership of the movement, wh en tendered 



Total 1,926 280,482 * hi m > he declined to accept, laying himself 



Coffee . open thereby to the accusation of cowardice, 



Germany 834 65 979 with which he was unsparingly stigmatized by 



uStLfstotes 8 59 6 Hi9 his former friends and adherents. Though 



' , conducted with the utmost secrecy, the con- 

 Tot* 1 823 187,141 spiracy was discovered when it was yet time 



india-rubber: Bks. Lb. to frustrate the designs of the conspirators, 



Great Britain . '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. '. ! ". '. '. '. '. '. '. '. ss 8,941 m ost of whom were apprehended, while others 



- sought safety in flight from the capital. It was 



Total ^ 621865 presumed that the chief actors in the plot 



New York... 1,18T woa ld have to pay the penalty of their turpi- 

 gpecie; ces. vjne. t^de and treachery with their lives. Mean- 

 Paris 11 $24,803 time, President Veintemilla was blamed by the 



' ork f 7 ' 400 members of his immediate party (the Liberals) 



Total 15 82,208 ' * See the ANITOAI. CYCLOPAEDIA for 1876. 



