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 1232 SALVADOR

The outstanding foreign debt of the Republic in 1911 amounted to 1,461,552^.

The total outstanding debt on December 31, 1911, was 11^,407,315 dollars.

Production and Commerce.— The population of Salvador is largely engaged in agriculture. The chief produce is coftee, under which there are about 166,039 acres, with some 95,000,000 trees. The estimated crop for 1911-12 was 70,000,000 pounds. Of this 65,000,000 pounds were exj.orted. Other agricultural products are cheese, cacao, rubber, tobacco, sugar. The Government is encouraging t;otton-growiug by bounties on exports. Efforts are made towards wheat cultivation. Tree jilanting is also encouraged. In 1908 there were 284,013 head of cattle, 74,336 horses, 21,457 sheep and 422,980 pigs. The mineral wealth of the Republic includes gold, silver, copper, iron, mercury. Mining operations are growing in importance. Operations are carried on by Salvadorian, United States, and British companies.

The imports subject to duty and the exports have been as folloAvs imports in gold dollars, exports in silver dollars) in five years : —

1907 190S 19(.>9 1010 1911

Impoi-ts (Gold) Exports (Silver)

Dollars

Dollars

Dollars

Dollars

Dollars

3,440,721

4,240,560

4,176,931

3,745,249

5,113,118

15,1153,4(30

15,433,810

8,481,787

9,122,295

8,883,351

The trade is chiefly with the United States, Germany and France. The chief imports are cottons (1,757,950 dollars), hardware (335,917 dollars), flour (263,702 dollars), silk goods and yarn. The chief exports in 1911 were coff"ee (577,428 quintals, valued at 1,432,350 dollars) ; indigo, balsam, 26,860 ; gold, 910,372 ; silver, 482,694 ; lead, sugar, 4,725.

The treaty of commerce of 1862 between the United Kingdom and the Republic of Salvador provides for " the most favoured nation" treatment in respect of trade navigation, manufactures, mining and the holding of property.

Total trade between Salvador and the U. K. in thousands of pounds for 5 years : —

-

1907

1908

I'.i09

79

270

li»10

87 2r.4

li'll

lmiK»rt8 from Salvador

into U. K.. Exi)orts to Salvador

from U. K.. ..

58 •-'87

82

3S9

S3 3S3

Shipping and Communications.— in 1909, 163 steamers entered at tlic ports of the Republic, and as many cleared.

A railway connects the port of Acajutla with Santa Anna and La Ceiba ; with this system San Salvador, the capital, is connected — a distance of 65 miles. Another railway connects the capital with Santa Tecla. Total length of railway o]HiU (1911), 130 miles, all of narrow gauge. A steam or electric tramway line is to connect La Liberdad and Nut-va San Salvador. There are over 2,000 miles of good road in the Republic. In 1911 there were 82 post offices which handled 2,140,083 }>ieces of m-iil matter. In 1911 there were 148 telegraph offices and 2,566 miles of telegraph wire, over which passed 1,540,440 telegrams. There are 100 telephone stations

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