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APPENDIX. 



RAILWAY SYSTEM OF CHILI (1892). 



Total length of completed lines ....... 1,735 milps. 



Estimated value at £5,000 per mile £8,675,000 



Receipts of the State lines (685 miles) £1,700.000 



Expenditure on the State lines £1,300,000 



Number of passengers carried ........ 3,382,000 



Telegraphs (1892), 13,730 miles, of which 8,000 belonged to the State. 

 Telegraph offices, 411 ; messages forwarded, 620,000. 

 Post Office (1890) : letters, &c., forwarded, 44,000,000. 



PUBLIC INSTRUCTION (1890). 



Public primary schools, 1,201; attendance, 102,000. 



Private primary schools, 547 ; attendance, 27,500. 



Colleges and high schools : attendance, 6,014. 



University and National Institute (Santiago) : students, 1,200. 



