CHILI. 
207 
hundred thousand quintals of 100 lbs. in copper ores are shipped 
annually to England, and one hundred thousand marks of 8 oz. in 
bar silver. The returns from sales of English goods are made 
mostly in bullion. 
Thirty thousand hides are exported, principally from Valparaiso. 
Five to six hundred quintals of wool are shipped annually from 
Concepcion. The grain and country produce are generally sent 
to Peru and Guayaquil. Very little silver is coined in the country, 
dollars being an article of merchandise, worth from seven to nine per 
cent., according to the supplies from Bolivia or Peru. From eight 
hundred thousand to one million silver dollars come annually from 
Cobija to Valparaiso, and are shipped thence to England. Gold 
coins are issued from the mint at Santiago, doubloons, half, quarter, 
and eighth doubloon pieces ; the current value of the ounce is seven- 
teen dollars twenty-five cents. 
The annual imports into Chili and Peru have averaged — 
$6,000,000 
1,500,000 
600,000 
500,000 
2,000,000 
From England, . 
" the United States, 
" France, 
" Germany, . 
" other quarters, . 
Total, 810,600,000 
The returns from Chili are in — 
Copper and copper ore, ..... $2,000,000 
Bullion, 1,800,000 
Hides, wheat, hemp, wool, 700,000 
Bullion and dollars received in payment for goods 
sold for other ports, and transported to Valparaiso 
for United States and Europe, .... 1,700,000 
Total, $6,200,000 
The revenue of the government is largest from commerce. 
The custom-house receipts are fully . . . $1,000,000 
Tobacco and wines, monopolies of government, . 400,000 
Diezmos or tithes, 600,000 
Alcavales or internal sources of revenue, . . 200,000 
Making a total of $2,200,000 
The ordinary expenditure is about $1,800,000. 
