. Mexico, a history of its progress and development in one hundred years. to Europeon many diplomatic errands, and hasalways succeeded in showing the finan-cial powers abroad his wonderful ac-complishments and strength as a manof diplomacy and political wisdom. Hewas born in Mexico of French parentsin 1853, and his education while a boywas gained in the best home schoolsand in travels abroad. He graduatedfrom the School of Jurisprudence andhas fulfilled more important missionsabroad than any official in Mexico. The Department of Finance,Public Credit and Commerce hascharge of taxation, customs
. Mexico, a history of its progress and development in one hundred years. to Europeon many diplomatic errands, and hasalways succeeded in showing the finan-cial powers abroad his wonderful ac-complishments and strength as a manof diplomacy and political wisdom. Hewas born in Mexico of French parentsin 1853, and his education while a boywas gained in the best home schoolsand in travels abroad. He graduatedfrom the School of Jurisprudence andhas fulfilled more important missionsabroad than any official in Mexico. The Department of Finance,Public Credit and Commerce hascharge of taxation, customs tariff,commerce, national prosperity, loansand public debt, the valuation oflands and the budget. Sehor Jose Yves Limantour, theSecretary of Finance, has an inter-national reputation as a great finan-cier. He has been in the politicallife of the republic since 1893, andduring that time he has safely engi-neered financial feats that have sur-prised and enlightened the is a man of very strong per-sonality. One might call him un-sympathetic, not knowing that his. SENOR INC. LEANDRO FERNANDEZ, MINISTER OFCOMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC WORKS. THE CABINET 151 The Department of Communications and Public Works has charge of theinterior mail service, telegraph and telephone lines, postal union, railways, port-works, all public improvementsand the drainage of the Valley ofMexico. Sehor Ingeniero Don LeandroFernandez, whose brilliant career asa civil engineer won him this impor-tant position in the Cabinet, hastmade a life study of all engineeringquestions and his travels abroad inthe interest of his work have givenhim a great experience. He wasformerly the Governor of Durangoand made a great name for himselfin the important office he held inthat State. The Department of Public In-struction and Fine Art has chargeof all matters pertaining to educa-tion in the Federal District and allterritories, the Academy of FineArts, the Conservatory of Music and Elocution, Arts and Crafts, Commer
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