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 424 A HISTORY OF CHILE 20th, 1883. Antofagasta was made a province July 12th, 1888. Tac- na is to continue in the possession of Chile for ten years dating from the time of the treaty, at the end of which time a plebiscite is to de- cide to which country it shall belong and an award of $10,000,000 is to be paid by the country gaining it. The population as given in the foregoing table is probably below the actual population, as the census returns are admittedly incorrect. It is usually given at above 3, 000, - 000, with 50,000 Indians. At the last census the foreign population is given at 87,077. Of this number, 34,901 were Peruvian, 13,146 Bolivian, 9,835 Argentinian, 6,808 German, 5,303 English, 4,198 French, 4,114 Italian, 2,508 Spanish, 1,275 Swiss, 1,164 Chinese, 924 Anglo-American, 674 Austrian, 434 Scandinavian, and the rest scat- tering. This population has largely increased since the last census in 1885, particularly as to the German and English residents. The cen- sus gave an equal male and female population, and the number of births and deaths about the same. DEBT, RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES The debt of Chile stood on January ist, 1890, as follows: Pesos. External debt 47, 116, 460 Internal debt 24,013,579 Paper money 22,487,916 Total 93.617.955 The estimated income for 1890 was 58,000,000 pesos, and in addi- tion to this there was a balance from i88g of 31,257,526 pesos. Esti- mated expenditures for 1890 67,069,809 pesos. Imports and exports yearly are not far from 65 million pesos each. The peso has a nominal value of one dollar, but its actual value is gi.2 cents (1891). BANKS There were at this time 19 banks of issue with a joint capital of 23, 111,887 pesos, and a registered issue of 16,679,790 pesos. Beside the regular banks there are a number of land banks which issue scrip bearing interest and lend money upon real estate security. The annual circulation of these varies from sixty to seventy-five million pesos. MONEY Beside the silver peso, Chilean money is put out in the following denominations: Ten dollar (condor), five dollar (medio condor, or doblon), two dollar (escudo), and one dollar (peso), gold pieces. There are half, fifth, tenth and twentieth of a dollar silver pieces, two and a half, two, one, and one-half cent pieces on copper and nickel.