Eastern Zone and to the Governor of that Department in order that they may help and cooperate with said gentlemen and furnish them such information and data as they may deem necessary to carry out so important a work. “Our foreign relations continue to be cordial and amicable, and will doubtless continue unchanged in view of the friendly attitude of other governments toward us and of our earnest desire to be at peace with all the world. "For the purpose of strengthening our relations with the neighboring Republic of Guatemala a legation was established last March at the capital of said Republic. "In September last a legation was established in the Republic of France, the work of which has so far been very successful. "His Majesty the King of Italy invited Salvador to send a delegate to the Congress held at Rome to cooperate in the founding of an international institute to study the actual condition of agriculture in all the countries interested in the subject. Said invitation was accepted and a delegate was appointed, whose report will doubtless be of the greatest interest and usefulness. "This Government has also become interested in the International Congress on Tuberculosis, held in Paris last October, the International Congress on the Physical Education of Young Men, assembled at Liege last August, and finally in the Peace Conference that will shortly be held at The Hague. "Last June this Government authorized Señor Don JOAQUÍN BERNARDO CALVO, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of Costa Rica at Washington, that, in representation of San Salvador, he should take proper steps before the Government of the United States to put an end to the abuses committed by the captains of the Pacific Mail steamers, which are causing great damage to the commerce of all nations. It is to be hoped that the result of Minister CALVO's representations will remedy such abuses. "Great efforts have lately been made in the Department of Public Instruction for the purpose of reorganizing all educational establishments by adopting, so far as possible, the most improved modern methods which have given the best results in other nations. Less receipts from contracts and other transactions..... 1,800, 156. 83 2,087, 155. 62 Less the item of deposits, reimbursements, etc., which do not constitute a real expense Total Government expenses. Public debt. 562, 037. 31 166, 239. 21 1,796, 514. 56 3,598, 828.85 616, 273. 05 10, 141, 580.27 616, 273. 05 9,525, 307.22 SALVADORIAN BONDS. On hand January 1, 1905, principal.. Interest to said date Put in circulation in exchange of former settlements............ Principal paid during the year. Interest paid during the year.. Balance Accrued interest on balance during the year.......... Total, December 31, 1905 EXPORT MOVEMENT, FIRST NINE MONTHS OF 1905. The valuations of the various articles exported by the Republic of Salvador to the different countries during the first nine months of the year 1905 amounted to 12,573,207.34 colones and were distributed as follows: The exportations to the United States amounted to the sum of 2,228,696.68 colones, and their distribution was as follows: UNITED STATES. TRADE WITH LATIN AMERICA. STATEMENT OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS. Following is the latest statement, from figures compiled by the Bureau of Statistics, United States Department of Commerce and Labor, showing the value of the trade between the United States and Latin-American countries. The report is for the month of February, 1906, with a comparative statement for the corresponding month of the previous year; also for the eight months ending February, 1906, as compared with the same period of the preceding year. It should be explained that the figures from the various custom-houses, showing imports and exports for any one month, are not received at the Treasury Department until about the 20th of the following month, and some time is necessarily consumed in compilation and printing, so that the returns for February, for example, are not published until some time. in April. |