202 CHILI. 



The annual imports into Chili and Peru have averaged — 



From England, $6,000,000 



" the United States, 1,500,000 



" France, 600,000 



" Germany, 500,000 



" other quarters, ...... 2,000,000 



Total, $10,600,000 



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 

 Tobacco and wines, monopolies of government, 

 Diezmos, or tithes, .... . 



Alcavales, or internal sources of revenue, 



Making a total of 



$1,000,000 

 400,000 

 600,000 

 200,000 



$2,200,000 



The ordinary expenditure is about $1,800,000. 



The number of foreign vessels employed in the trade is about two 

 hundred and seventy, the same vessels arriving generally twice. They 

 are of the following nations : 



English, 90 



American, 80 



French, 70 



Hamburg, Dutch, and Sardinian, 20 



Mexico, Colombia, and Sandwich Islands, .... 10 



Total, 270 



The population of Chili may be estimated at one million two hun- 

 dred thousand. 



Santiago contains about sixty thousand inhabitants, and is one of the 

 few South American capitals, perhaps the only one, that is increasing 

 in wealth and population. It has various private seminaries for both 

 sexes, a national institute or college, on a liberal footing, an extensive 

 hospital, a medical college, and a military academy. The Congress 

 meets on the 1st of June, every year, when the President delivers his 



