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SOUTH AMEBICA— THE ANDES EEGIONS. 



law in civil and criminal matters. Tithes are abolished, and schools, cemeteries 

 and the registration of births and deaths have been removed from their control, 

 while civil marriage was established in 1884, The Catholic Church, however, is 

 still subsidised, and the country is officially divided into four dioceses^ the arch- 

 bishopric of Santiago and the bishoprics of Serena, Concepcion and Ancud, with 

 the two vicariates of Tarapaca and Antofagasta. 



The army is limited to a peace footing of 6,000 ; but the National Guard 

 comprises all Chilians capable of bearing arms, and is expected to supply on a first 

 requisition about 51,000 men. The fleet includes an ironclad of 6,900 tons, 31 other 

 war vessels of all sizes, and 1,665 sailors and marines. 



Since the action of the Dictator during the late war, Chili is encumbered with 



Fig. 184. — The Disputed Teeeitoet of Aeica and Tacna. 

 Scale 1 : 1,400,000. 



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a public debt, which in 1892 exceeded £4,400,000. The receipts, which nearly 

 balance the expenditure, are derived chiefly from the customs, railway profits, sale 

 of public lands, stamps and the land tax. Despite recent events the public credit 

 is good, and the State is now withdrawing the paper money, which in 1893 

 exceeded £10,000,000. Pending the settlement of her claims against Peru, Chili 

 enjoys the usufruct on the sale of the guanos on the Peruvian seaboard. She 

 will also be entitled to a sum of £2,000,000 should the disputed province of Tacna 

 decide by popular suffrage to transfer its allegiance from Chili to Peru. 



The republic is divided administratively into provinces and departments, 

 tabulated in the Appendix. 



