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URUGUAY

For the relief of poverty there are a charity hospital, an hospital for the insane, an isolation hospital, an asylum for beggars, an orphan asj^uni, and 3 infant schools.

Justice.

In 1907 the judicial system was reformed. A High Court of Justice was established consisting of 5 judges elected by the General Assembly of the Chambers, the President to be chosen annually by the members of the Court from amongst themselves. This court has original jurisdiction in constitu- tional, international, and admiralty cases, and will hear appeals in cases in which the decision has been modified or altered in other appeal courts, of which there are 2 each with 3 judges. In Montevideo there are also 3 courts for ordinary civil cases, 2 for commercial cases, 1 for Government, 2 for criminal cases, 1 correctional court, and 2 for criminal investigation. Each depart- mental capital has a departmental court, and each of the 205 judicial sections into which the Republic is divided has a justice of peace court ; further, each section is divided into districts, in which deputy judges (alcaldes) try cases involving small amounts.

In September 1907 the death penalty was abolished, penal servitude for a period of 30 to 40 years being put in its place.

Finance.

The receipts and expenditure for recent years are stated as follows (4*7 dollars = £1),

llecciiits I Expenditure

1907-08 1908-09 1909-10

4,824,140 5,022,908 5,413,045

£

4,008,240 4,494,800 5,528,335

1910-11 1 1911-12 1 1912-131

Receipts

£ 6,478,119 7,374,930

7,477,085

Expenditure

£ 6,477,441 7,474,930 7,474,930

1 Estimates. The estimates ot revenue and expenditure for 1912-13 were :-

Revenue

Dollars

Expenditure

Dollars

Customs ....

16,350,000

Legislature ....

600,033

Property tax

4,280,000

Presidency ....

86.107

Trade licences

1,690,000

Ministry Foreign Affairs.

647,806

Factory and tobacco taxes.

1,757,000

,, Government

3,351,754

Stamped paper and stamps

1,035,000

,, Finance

2,157,732

Bank profits

1,465,700

,, Industries

1,487,765

Post and telegraph

720,000

,, Public Works

1,385.340

Sui taxes on imports and

1,600,000

,, W^ar and Marine.

4,710,491

exports ....

Public instruction

3,219,641

Other recci]>ts

6,244,660

Justice ....

876,232

National obligations.

Total ....

17,110,911

Total ....

35,142,.360

35,133,812

The amount of tlie public debt of Uruguay on January 1, 1912, is officially given as 131,8.57,541 pesos (28,054,796/.). Tl»e service ol the public debt in 1911 was 6,964,603 pesos (1,638,731/.).