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491 



Exports (1888), £670.000, of which £245,000 agricultural produce. 



Shipping (1889), 142 vessels o' 61,000 tons entered and cleared. 



Revenue (1889), £286,000 ; Expenditure, £320,000 ; Debt, £8,620,000. 



Railways open (1890), 37 miles. 



Post offices, 33; letters, &c., carried, 299,600. 



Telegraphs: 1,800 miles; offices, 63. 



Schools, 600; attendance, 13,000. 



Army: 500 regulars; militia and reserves, 3,000. 



NICARAGUA. 



AREAS AND POPULATIONS, 1890 (est.). 



50,000 



375,000 



Imports (1888), £430.000 ; Exports, £304,000. 



Imports from Great Britain, £80,000 ; Exports to Great Britain, £133,000. 



Shipping (1889), 385 vessels of 398,000 tons entered and cleared. 



Railways opened (1890), 105 miles. 



Telegraph lines : 1,700 miles; offices, 53. 



Post office returns (1889) : letters. &c., forwarded, 3,700,000. 



Revenue (1890), £800,000; Expenditure, £820,000; Debt, £505,000. 



Schools, 251 ; attendance, 11,900. 



Army: 2,000 regulars ; reserve, 10,000; militia, 5,000. 



Nicaragua Interoceanic Canal (begun 1889), 169 miles ; estimated cost, £15,000,000. 



COSTA RICA. 



ADMINISTRATIVE DIVISIONS. 



30 



205,731 



Area, 20.000 square miles. 



Immigrants (1889), 6,330; Emigrants, 3,706. 



Imports (1889), £1,260,000; Exports, £1,393,000. 



Coffee exported (1890) : 13,000 tons; value, £1,240,000. 



Exports to Great Britain, £730,000 ; Imports from Great Britain, £372,000. 



Revenue (1890), £1,015,000; Expenditm-e, £1,185,000; Debt, £3,542,000. 



