The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-24
Estimated expenditure. 1928. ....... o.

The external deb, Of Bolivia consists Of claims
arising ont Of damagesdnre to pr Ipcrti~@ Of Chilian
citizens IN the war Of 1870 The total amount
outstanding at the close ~ 1898 was 1854 h5i
hOhNlan"S The original sufr having been g. 200 OsN
hol!ylanns The custom hnu~c duties on goods
III transit Tor Bolivia aud landed At the CHILEAN
port oi africa are collected by tho CHILEAN author
ties 40 per cert Of the gross rmnuni being APP
piled To the service and hmo ,Lntion OF this cx
tcTnAl debt The internal obligations al the
Government In 1898, consisting 81 advances from
hanks and other borrowings amounted 10 : IU7
OIL boIiNihnoS The total public debt Of The r.
public, reduced tu Tinted States currency is
therefore. only So 200 $50 in round figures and
this the country - In position 90 cancel In 'hr
course 81 the next two or three ycnrs out ~ oFdi
nary -cvrnue provided normal conditions are no,
disturbed by any further outbreak oi internal
revolutionary troubles
Commercial statistics concerning the details
in Enliria are difficult TO obtain and such ~ are
published are fhr from trustworthy Boliri,
having no -eaboard of her own. the princi nal i'm
ports and exports pass through the thlli.n pnr,S
~ Area and AntoiagnstA, and the Peruvian
ports also are shipped by way NJ the Amazon
Formerly the rout" through Argentina was uscd
Of communication has hecn nmos, completely
abandoned. In 1897 the total value OF i'aportrd
mcrchaniis. was estimated AT "a 467, 100 bolivi.
amos, and Of exported products At -. l2l $40 DO
iivianoS The principal articles imported ORC
ha'd"nrc; liquors, cotton aud woollCn textiles
silks and rcady'madc clothing The exports
consist OF silver, copper. tin, bismuth. anthony
rubber and other product. ~ minor value. In
the uade returns Of the United States ior 1897
WV l rNIHflS tp BOLIVIA Is given SO
but tbs does not represent the true amount II
goods Of United States origin imported into
BOLIVIA IN consequence OF portion Of the Chllinn
imports nom tho nicd States bciLg in reality
for Bolivia, but classified as CHILEAN on account
OF being consigned 10 Antnfagasta or africa
Goods OF British origin hold the frst pla &C in IN.
Bolivian markets, but th@s. ar handled as a rule
by German merchants, that nationality control.
ling The greater part OF tho Bolivian import trade
Chilans, Italians and Frcnchmen form an i'm
po-tani factor In the business community while
bolivihns arc also active as merchants and traders
There are hye main routes by which com
munica,ion is obtained by Bolivia with the out
side world. The mrs. OF these IL by way Of tho
CHILEAN port OF A tofagasta by a railway Of
twenty eight inch gauge Ia Orlro, thence by
coach or mule back 10 La Par and other centres
From AntOiagasia 10 Oruro Is n distance Of coo
mics, and the time required 10 accomplish tho
journey three days, the trains running only in
daylight and then al slow speed. From tho
tAiiian port OF AFRICA IL SECOND means Of reach
ing the interior q the continent A railway runs
from africa to Tacna, a distance Of ~ miles
thence six days on mulohncl brings the traveller
10 La Pax third way OF entry Is via the Peru.
Wan port OF Mollendo, thence by rail 10 Arequipa
and 1'uno by. steamer across Lake Titicaca
and thence drive Of thirty Ave miles across level
bolivia Is accessible by way Of the River Amazon
and It's tributary. tho Madeira: but this route il
not properly developed, and Ia but little utilized
except Tor shipments Of rubber The NTH way
10 Snlta or Julury, and thence by road 10 the prn
cipal Bolivian cities This latter route would an.
pear TO be tho natural outlet for Bolivia In the
future when railway communication unites the
the Argentine lines When this railway extension
becomes an accomplished fact La Plaza will he
only journey OF four days from Buenos Ayrcs
and twenty from Europe, instead Of occupying
qulred for such trip Is seldom less than six weeks
either way.