THE REPUBLIC OF GUATEMALA. 
303 
Direct Taxes. 
3% on real estate . 
$103,886.05 
Road tax . 
34,830.85 
Military tax .... 
13,925.17 
Abated taxes .... 
4,132.56 
Indirect Taxes. 
Duties on imports . 
$1,698,469.93 
Duties on exports . 
66,685.36 
Harbor dues .... 
3,960.22 
Stamped paper and stamps . 
114,221.57 
Impost on native flour . 
47,198.19 
Impost on salt .... 
27,454.58 
Impost on legacies . 
11,514.06 
Reneficio de Reses . 
99,964.59 
5 °J 0 on transfers of real estate 
53,530.42 
Tax for higher education 
$10,127.87 
Tax for municipios . 
10,678.62 
Tax for police in the capital 
113,296.13 
Tax for hospitals . 
119,507.26 
Telegraphs. 
55,575.96 
Mails. 
25,687.95 
Mint . 
19,518.51 
Fondos judiciales 
6,513.19 
Excise on liquors . 
$1,266,042.43 
Excise on tobacco . 
346,263.15 
Excise on gunpowder and 
saltpetre. 
23,994.31 
$156,224.63 
2,122,998.92 
360,905.49 
1,636,299.89 
Various income. 
Contracts, etc. (anticipation of taxes) 
135,457.44 
2,030,033.01 
$6,441,919.38 
Of the expenses of the Government for the same fiscal 
period, it will be seen from the following abstract that 
the army expenses form more than a sixth of the entire 
sum, even in a time of peace. 
