Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . he different shades ofpolitical opinion; but, according to the decla-ration of the new President, they will not bebiased by any party spirit. Dr. Arenas wasthe Opposition candidate for the presidency at 662 PERU. PEUCKER, EDUARD VON. the time of the election of General Pradospredecessor, Seilor Manuel Pardo; Sr. Arani-bar was a member of Baltas cabinet; andSefiores Garcia y Garcia and Benavides wertfalways among Pardos chief supporters. The Archbishop of Lima is P. Orueta yCastrillon; President of the Supreme Court,
Appletons' annual cyclopædia and register of important events of the year .. . he different shades ofpolitical opinion; but, according to the decla-ration of the new President, they will not bebiased by any party spirit. Dr. Arenas wasthe Opposition candidate for the presidency at 662 PERU. PEUCKER, EDUARD VON. the time of the election of General Pradospredecessor, Seilor Manuel Pardo; Sr. Arani-bar was a member of Baltas cabinet; andSefiores Garcia y Garcia and Benavides wertfalways among Pardos chief supporters. The Archbishop of Lima is P. Orueta yCastrillon; President of the Supreme Court,M. Vidaurre; Postmaster-General, Z. DavilaCondemarin; Inspector-General of the Army and Navy, General P. Silva; Commandant-Gen-eral of the Navy, Post-Captain D. de la Haza. The army, in 1875, was composed of threeregiments of horse, 1,200 men; eight battalionsof foot, 5,600; two brigades of artillery, 1,000;and 5,400 gendarmes: total, 13,200 men. In the summer of 1876 the navy comprisedsix iron-clads, with an aggregate armament of38 guns; and six other steamers, mounting an. cmxcni ISLANDS. aggregate armament of 56 guns: total arma-ment, 94 guns. In the budget for the fiscal year 1875-76the revenue was estimated at 65,566,140 soles,*and the expenditures for the same year at 77,-200,000 soles, constituting a deficit of 11,633,-860 soles. The following table exhibits the state of thenational debt in January, 1876: Soles. Ilome debt 24,952,153 Foreign debt 165, Floating debt 23,000,000 Total 213,8S2,6S8 In the absence of official returns concerningthe foreign trade of Peru, we can merely saythat the exports, consisting mainly of guanoand cubic nitre, are of a mean annual value of38,000,000 soles; the value of the imports be-ing somewhat over that figure. The guanoshipped to Great Britain in 1875 was of thevalue of $5,342,850 (86,042 tons), and the cu-bic nitre of the value of $8,965,550 (2,979,876tons). Both these commodities are Govern-ment monopolies. General Prado, then
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