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other hand, both the telegraph and postal services are efficiently conducted, and 

 Uruguay, judged by the test of its public correspondence, takes a higher place, 

 not only than Brazil and Argentina, but even than several European states. 



The same remark applies to the public instruction, nearly one-tenth of the 

 population attending the national and private schools. The bulk of the people 



rig. 142. — PoLincAL Divisions of Ukuguay. 

 Scale 1 : 5,000,000. 



West oF Greenwich 



125 Miles. 



are Roman Catholics, but freedom of worship is absolute in theory and practice. 

 At the census of Monte Video in 1889 over 3,500 declared themselves " Free- 

 thinkers," while nearly 7,000 were returned as of " no religion." 



Government. 



The Constitution conforms to the usual Hispano-American type — universal 

 suffrage, two chambers, and presidential functions. But, as in so many other 



