. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Depths. Sands exposed at ebb. Oto 16 Feet. 16 to 32 Feet. 32 Feet and upwards. 1,100 Yards. Economic Condition of Costa Ric.\. Although not so rapid as that of other Spanish-American communities, the material progress of Costa Rica has at least been steady and regular. The population advanced from 80,000 in 1844 to 120,500 in 1864, and to over 182,000 in 1883, and was estimated at 220,000 in 1890. The number of immigrants is still very small, and of the 4,672 returned in 1883, nearly 2,000 were from the conterminous states of Nicaragua and Colombia. In the
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Depths. Sands exposed at ebb. Oto 16 Feet. 16 to 32 Feet. 32 Feet and upwards. 1,100 Yards. Economic Condition of Costa Ric.\. Although not so rapid as that of other Spanish-American communities, the material progress of Costa Rica has at least been steady and regular. The population advanced from 80,000 in 1844 to 120,500 in 1864, and to over 182,000 in 1883, and was estimated at 220,000 in 1890. The number of immigrants is still very small, and of the 4,672 returned in 1883, nearly 2,000 were from the conterminous states of Nicaragua and Colombia. In the trade of the world Costa Rica derives its importance almost exclusively from its coffee, which, in prosperous years, has been exported to the extent of 15,000 tons, chiefly to Great Britain. Costa Rica also exports sugar, rubber, cacao, hides, and timber ; but in recent years all these wares are exceeded in value by the bananas forwarded to the United States, which in 1889 amounted to 40,000 tons, worth over £80,000. The so-called quiquisque, that is, the tare of Polynesia (edible colocasia), is also cultivated, in some districts even by Indians. The planters on the uplands, directing their attention almost exclusively to cofPee-growing, do not produce sufficient supplies for the local demand, and are consequently obliged to import farinaceous products from Chile. Even the live- stock is insufficient for the wants of the people, despite the vast extent of their grazing-grounds. Of sheep and goats there were scarcely more than 2,000, and of horses and horned cattle, 353,000 in 1888, when all the live-stock was valued at not more than £80,000.
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