The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita293recl Year: 1893 342 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. other hand, both the telegraph and postal services are efficiently conducted, and Uruguay, judged by the test of its public correspondence, takes a higher place, not only than Brazil and Argentina, but even than several European states. The same remark applies to the public instruction, nearly one-tenth of the population attending the national and private schools. The bulk of the people rig. 142.—PoLincAL Divisions of Ukuguay. Scale 1 : 5,000,000. West oF Greenwich 1
The earth and its inhabitants The earth and its inhabitants .. earthitsinhabita293recl Year: 1893 342 AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. other hand, both the telegraph and postal services are efficiently conducted, and Uruguay, judged by the test of its public correspondence, takes a higher place, not only than Brazil and Argentina, but even than several European states. The same remark applies to the public instruction, nearly one-tenth of the population attending the national and private schools. The bulk of the people rig. 142.—PoLincAL Divisions of Ukuguay. Scale 1 : 5,000,000. West oF Greenwich 125 Miles. are Roman Catholics, but freedom of worship is absolute in theory and practice. At the census of Monte Video in 1889 over 3,500 declared themselves ' Free- thinkers,' while nearly 7,000 were returned as of ' no religion.' Government. The Constitution conforms to the usual Hispano-American type—universal suffrage, two chambers, and presidential functions. But, as in so many other
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