APPENDICES
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APPENDIX A POPULATION OF STATES AND DISTRICTS UNDER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1909 ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS OF 1891
State. District. Capital. Population.
ANZOÁTEGUI Barcelona 134,064
Aragua Aragua 36,802
Bolivar Barcelona 26,235
Bruzual Clarines 12,467
Cagigal Onoto 10,811
Freites Cantaura 16,665
Independencia Soledad 4,092
Libertad San Mateo 7,200
Miranda Pariaguán 5,222
Peñalver Píritu 8,773
Tadeo Monágas Mapire 5,797
APURE San Fernando 22,937
Achaguas Achaguas 4,746
Muñoz Bruzual 1,848
San Fernando San Fernando 12,186
Páez Guasdualito 4,157
ARAGUA La Victoria 94,994
Girardot Maracay 9,505
Mariño Turmero 13,235
Ricaurte La Victoria 25,712
San Casimiro San Casimiro 9,405
San Sebastian San Sebastian 5,292
Urdaneta Camatagua 9,533
Zamora Villa de Cura 22,312
BOLIVAR Ciudad Bolivar 55,744
Cedeño Caicara 3,847
Heres Ciudad Bolivar 21,582
Roscio Guasipati 12,391
Sucre Moitaco 7,923
Piar Upata 10,001
CARABOBO Valencia 169,313
Bejuma Bejuma 18,282
Guacara Guacara 15,362
Montalbán Montalbán 17,469
Ocumare de la Costa Ocumare 4,157
Puerto Cabello Puerto Cabello 18,489
Valencia Valencia 95,554
COJEDES San Carlos 87,935
Anzoátegui Cojedes 3,697
Falcón Tinaquillo 15,964
Girardot El Baúl 9,108
Pao Pao de San Juan Bautista 20,907
Ricaurte Libertad 9,248
San Carlos San Carlos 17,963
Tinaco Tinaco 11,048
FALCÓN Coro 139,110
Acosta San Juan 7,910
Buchivacoa Capatárida } 18,898
Jurado Urumaco
Colina La Vela 9,655
Democracia Pedregal 13,176
Falcón Pueblo Nuevo 19,590
Federación Churuguara 10,622
Miranda Coro 19,686
Bolivar San Luis } 19,438
Petit Cabure
Silva Tucacas 3,943
Zamora Cumarebo 16,192
GUÁRICO Calabozo 183,930
Bruzual El Sombrero 21,189
Infante Valle de la Pascu 21,564
Miranda Calabozo 25,860
Monágas Altagracia de Orituco 31,297
Roscio Ortiz 27,072
Zaraza Zaraza 56,948
LARA Barquisimeto 189,624
Barquisimeto Barquisimeto 41,321
Cabudare Cabudare 16,938
Crespo Duaca 12,868
Quíbor Quíbor 20,273
Tocuyo Tocuyo 41,559
Torres Carora 40,140
Urdaneta Siquisique 16,525
MÉRIDA Mérida 88,522
Campoelías Egido 12,457
Libertador Mérida 29,437[7]
Miranda Timotes 6,601
Rangel Mucuchíes 4,783
Rivas Davila Bailadores 6,875
Sucre Lagunillas 13,166
Torondoy Torondoy 1,595
Tovar Tovar 13,608
MIRANDA Ocumare del Tuy 141,446
Acevedo Caucagua 16,776
Brión Higuerote 7,963
Guaicaipuro Los Teques 25,414
Lander Ocumare del Tuy 13,305
Páez Rio Chico 18,621
Paz Castillo Santa Lucia 13,673
Plaza Guarenas 6,817
Sucre Petare 17,964
Urdaneta Cúa 12,509
Zamora Guatire 8,404
MONÁGAS Maturín 74,503
Acosta San Antonio 8,829
Cedeño Caicara 21,852
Monágas Maturín 25,874
Piar Aragua de Maturín 14,144
Sotillo Uracoa 3,804
NUEVA ESPARTA La Asunción 40,197
Arismendi La Asunción 6,266
Diaz San Juan Bautista 8,705
Gomez San Ana 9,080
Maneiro Pampatar 5,144
Marcano Juan Griego 5,309
Mariño Porlamar 5,693
PORTUGUESA Guanare 96,045
Acarigua Acarigua 11,871
Araure Araure 12,463
Esteller Píritu 8,450
Guanare Guanare 30,008
Guanarito Guanarito 10,432
Obispo Ospino 12,233
Turén Villa Bruzual 10,588
SUCRE Cumaná 92,030
Arismendi Rio Caribe 11,268
Benítez El Pilar 12,889
Bermudez Carúpano 17,500
Mariño Cristobal Colón 8,777
Mejías Marigüitar 5,402
Montes Cumanacoa 8,133
Rivero Cariaco 7,396
Sucre Cumaná 20,665
TÁCHIRA San Cristobal 101,709
Ayacucho San Juan de Colón 8,041
Bolivar San Antonio 8,195
Cárdenas Táriba 12,882
Capacho Independencia 9,091
Junín Rubio 12,229
Jauregui La Grita 18,804
Lobatera Lobatera 5,143
San Cristobal San Cristobal 19,504
Uribante Pregonero 7,820
TRUJILLO Trujillo 146,585
Betijoque Betijoque 14,529
Boconó Boconó 33,289
Carache Carache 33,845
Escuque Escuque 12,696
Trujillo Trujillo 26,095
Urdaneta La Quebrada 12,698
Valera Valera 13,433
YARACUY San Felipe 85,844
Bruzual Chivacoa 8,134
Nirgua Nirgua 28,708
San Felipe San Felipe 17,959
Sucre Guama } 11,838
Bolivar Aroa
Urachiche Urachiche 6,110
Yaritagua Yaritagua 13,095
ZAMORA Barinas 62,696
Arismendi Arismendi 6,929
Barinas Barinas 9,157
Bolivar Barinitas 7,146
Obispos Obispos 10,481
Pedraza Ciudad Bolivia 7,579
Rojas Libertad 10,430
Sosa Nutrias 10,974
ZULIA Maracaibo 150,776
Bolivar Santa Rita 6,598
Colón San Carlos del Zulia 7,161
Mara San Rafael 5,538
Maracaibo Maracaibo 37,551
Miranda Altagracia 7,020
Páez Sinamaica 68,707
Perija Libertad 5,512
Sucre Bobure 5,529[8]
Urdaneta Concepción 7,160
DISTRITO FEDERAL Carácas 113,204
TERRITORIO AMAZONAS San Fernando de Atabapo 45,097
TERRITORIO DELTA-AMACURO Tucupita 7,222
APPENDIX B TRADE OF VENEZUELA, 1909-10
(Compiled from the Estadística Mercantil y Marítima, Carácas)
IMPORTS (BY CLASSES).
£ (at 25·25).
I. Textiles 821,619
II. Foodstuffs 444,142
III. Hardware 341,942
IV. Machinery 65,091
V. Other oils (and stearin) 58,612
VI. Mineral oils 34,198
VII. Building materials and labour 15,187
VIII. Cement 12,816
IX. Coal 11,244
X. Railway materials 5,791
XI. Electrical apparatus 1,938
XII. General merchandise 430,620
Total 2,243,200
IMPORTS (BY COUNTRIES).[9]
£ (at 25·25).
United States 730,560
Great Britain 589,700
Germany 422,234
Holland 153,725
France 148,930
Spain 109,173
Italy 58,953
Trinidad 13,821
Belgium 12,110
Austria 1,647
Curaçao 1,183
Other countries 1,164
Total 2,243,200
EXPORTS (BY PRODUCTS).
£ (at 25·25).
Coffee 1,469,476
Cocoa 689,954
Rubber (caoutchouc, sernambi, and balatá) 557,127
Hides (oxen, goats, and others) 320,571
Gold 65,738
Egret plumes 50,459
Cattle 40,374
Asphalt 36,598
Dye woods and tanning barks 23,101
Pearls 20,941
Sugar 20,080
Timber 16,215
Tonka-beans 7,792
Tobacco 5,737
Hellebore 2,806
Alpargatas (sandals) 2,570
Fish-bladders 2,383
Coco-palm products 2,361
Cotton 2,291
Horns 2,031
Tortoise-shell, mother-of-pearl, &c. 1,642
Fruit 600
Quinine 492
Arrowroot 221
Total 3,363,370
IMPORTS (CLASSES AND COUNTRIES).
Austria. Barbados. Belgium. Colombia. Cuba. Curaçao. Ecuador. France. Germany.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
I. Textiles 120 1,050 92 99 37,635 155,274
II. Foodstuffs 1,647 270 11 33,912 99,120
III. Hardware 1,513 2 11,087 67,476
IV. Machinery 156 614 273 8,880
V. Other oils (and stearin) 3,667 1,831 2,752
VI. Mineral oils 3 204
VII. Building materials and lumber 11 337 1,270
VIII. Cement 58 19 33 3,843
IX. Coal 4 1,366
X. Railway materials 807
XI. Electrical apparatus 4 115
XII. General merchandise 5 5,393 99 571 441 63,818 81,127
Totals 1,647 136 12,110 99 571 1,183 99 148,930 422,234
Great Britain. Holland. Italy. Porto Rico. Portugal. Spain. Trinidad. United States.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
I. Textiles 417,614 54,397 29,748 47,682 193 77,715
II. Foodstuffs 17,028 29,606 10,909 34,606 2,673 214,360
IV. Machinery 16,893 1,664 291 139 3,343 54 32,784
V. Other oils (and stearin) 493 35,558[11] 4,741 5,543 242 3,785
VI. Mineral oils 37 3 1,062 32,889
VII. Building materials and lumber 3,983 206 178 456 8,746
VIII. Cement 1,443 1,352 2,988 3,080
IX. Coal 8,146 908 820
X. Railway materials 1,100 528 297 3,061
XI. Electrical apparatus 51 243 19 1,506
XII. General merchandise 79,398 21,924 11,012 47 73 16,398 4,575 145,739
Totals 589,700 153,725 58,953 186 73 109,173 13,821 730,560
EXPORTS (BY PRODUCTS AND PORTS. VALUE IN £ AT 25·25).
Alpargalas (sandals). Arrowroot. Asphalt. Cattle. Cocoa. Coco-palm Products. Coffee. Copaiba—Balsam and Oil. Copper. Cotton.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
La Guaira 1,887 334,415 244,836 654 459
Puerto Cabello 582 16 785 96,884 594 441,161 7,019 605
Maracaibo 31 3,056 10,892 24 751,779 7,197 427
Ciudad Bolivar 34,550 374 1,664 2,041
Carúpano 47 27 151,545 5,556 31
Pampatar 54 299 61
La Vela 174 581 2,127 16 12
Guanta 2,865 950 556
Puerto Sucre 19,610
Cristobal Colón 270 1,566 91,070 1,743 1,482
Caño Colorado 33,272 4,774 12 85 11 232
Totals 2,570 221 36,598 40,374 689,954 2,361 1,469,476 9,323 7,792 2,291
Dyes and Tanning Materials. Egrets’ Plumes. Fish Bladders. Fruit. Gold. Hellebore. Hides.
Barks. Divisive. Goats’. Oxen. Others, chiefly Deer.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
La Guaira 77 674 2,806 2,900 45,355 3,990
Puerto Cabello 1,144 677 19 335 317 26,622 26,035 3,469
Maracaibo 1,884 14,621 2,346 8,063 30,459 296
Ciudad Bolivar 36 49,705 64,747 73 126,245 3,797
Carúpano 27 94 1,053
Pampatar 487 459 139
La Vela 4,134 34,681
Guanta 185 305 883 104
Puerto Sucre 444 684 2,029 45
Cristobal Colón 71 68 265 87 464
Caño Colorado 2,049 191
Totals 1,991 21,110 50,459 2,383 600 65,738 2,806 73,968 234,711 11,892
Horns. Pearls. Quinine-bark. Rubber. Shells. Sugar. Timber. Tobacco. Tonka-beans (Sarrapia).
Caoutchouc. Sernambi. Balatá.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
La Guaira 653 11,889 188 820 133 7,879 79 562
Puerto Cabello 1,052 279 1,787 11 1,443 392 58
Maracaibo 25 3,230 10,233 15,044
Ciudad Bolivar 197 116,305 32,089 401,093 1,676 12,429
Carúpano 4,305 239 149
Pampatar 4,752 1,498 92
La Vela 525
Guanta 112 19
Puerto Sucre 126
Cristobal Colón 539 440 11
Caño Colorado 17 899 3,488
Totals 2,031 20,941 492 121,322 32,089 403,716 1,642 20,080 16,215 5,737 12,487
APPENDIX C POPULATION, ALTITUDE, MEAN ANNUAL TEMPERATURE AND DEATH-RATE OF PRINCIPAL VENEZUELAN CITIES
(From the Anuario Estadístico, 1908, and the data for the military map, 1909)
City. Population. Census of 1891. Altitude, in Feet. Mean Annual Temperature, Degrees Fahrenheit. Death Rate 1908, per 1,000 Inhabitants.
(a) COAST TOWNS.
Maracaibo 34,740 20 86 36·5
Barcelona 14,089 43 81·5 15·8
Puerto Cabello 13,176 10 81 42·0
Cumaná 11,471 23 80·5 19·7
Carúpano 10,897 26 81 25·9
Coro 10,161 53 81 31·6
La Guaira 8,512 26 84·5 33·1
La Asunción 3,160 356 79 27·3
(b) CORDILLERAS AND GUAYANA HIGHLANDS.
Carácas 72,429 3,036 66·5 34·4
Valencia 54,387 1,577 80 24·5
Barquisimeto 27,069 1,868 78 35·1
San Cristobal 16,797 2,722 70·5 19·6
Villa de Cura 15,792 1,835 75·5 27·6
La Victoria 14,109 1,782 74 29·6
Mérida 13,366 5,415 64·5 29·9
Boconó 13,233 4,336 65 32·9
San Felipe 10,817 808 80 33·9
Trujillo 10,481 2,640 72 26·3
Ocumare del Tuy 7,745 693 79 60·2
Los Teques 6,916 3,864 68 40·6
Guasipati 3,052 ? 86 14·3
(c) LLANOS AND ORINOCO VALLEY.
Ciudad Bolivar 17,535 125 86·5 23·8
Maturín 15,624 244 80·5 11·7
Aragua de Barcelona 15,680[12] 363 82 21·4
San Carlos 10,159[12] 495 83 47·4
Guanare 9,051 636 83·5 9·3
Calabozo 8,159 330 88·5 25·1
San Fernando de Apure 6,695 240 91 26·8
Barinas 5,354 594 82 14·2
Tucupita 823 ? ? ?
San Fernando de Atabapo 388 ? ? ?
HEIGHTS OF PRINCIPAL MOUNTAINS.
Range. Peak. Height, in Feet.
Sierra Nevada of Mérida La Columna 16,523
La Concha 16,087
La Corona 15,609
El Leon 15,490
El Toro 15,490
Cordillera of the Andes (outer range) El Salado 13,949
Los Conejos 13,761
Cordillera of the Coast Naiguatá 9,124
Silla de Carácas (eastern peak) 8,702
Interior Range Turumiquiri 6,761
APPENDIX D GOVERNMENT FINANCE, 1908-9
(From the Anuario Estadístico, 1908)
REVENUE 1908-9.
£ £
Taxes on foreign trade:—
Import duties 1,152,105
Export duty (live cattle) 3,371
Sundry port dues 20,204
Storage and warehousing 655
Consular fees 2,118
Other minor imposts 1,310 1,179,763
Internal taxation payable throughout the Federation:—
Sale of stamps[13] 109,048
Stamped paper 5,134
Tax on mining properties 4,895
Tax on alcohol and tobacco 112,767
Tax on cigarettes, &c. 85,833
Tax on matches 10,335
Trademark and patent dues 160 328,172
Taxes payable in the Federal district and territories:—
12% duty in territories 220,501
Public registry of property 3,097
Direct and local taxes in territories 876 224,474
Public services:—
Telegraphs and cables 10,566
Other Government enterprises 2,314 12,880
Revenue from national estate:—
National lands 632
Salt-pans 202,744
Pearl fisheries 494 203,870
Minor sources of revenue:—
Returns on sundry capital, securities, rights, &c. 15,622
Other minor sources 31,660 47,282
Total 1,996,441
EXPENDITURE 1908-9.
£ £
Ministry of the Interior:—
Legislature 17,593
Ecclesiastical subsidy 7,264
Public health 2,577
Prisons 7,633
Subsidies to States 224,074
Charities 13,349
General 28,146 310,636
Ministry of Foreign Affairs:—
Consular Service 2,404
Legations and general 141,279 143,683
Ministry of Finance and Public Credit:—
Administrative Services 193,475
Diplomatic claims of 1903 126,404
Other branches of National Debt 261,667 581,546
Ministry of War and Marine:—
Army 259,003
Navy 22,003
Dockyard 24,699
Military map of Venezuela 4,566
General 50,661 360,932
Ministry of Public Instruction:—
Higher Education 28,465
Elementary Education 55,561
General 33,247 117,273
Ministry of National Development:—
Post Office 33,602
Telegraphs 80,847
General 8,634 123,183
Ministry of Public Works 78,928
“Emergencies” 171,693
Total 1,887,874
APPENDIX E THE NATIONAL DEBT OF VENEZUELA
(Years 1906 to 1910)
INTERNAL DEBT.
Branch. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910.
£ £ £ £ £
Consolidated 3 per cent. stock[14] 1,299,448 2,175,210 2,354,300 2,389,668 2,399,309
Other 1,744,242 551,240 279,885 165,784 119,156
Totals 3,043,690 2,726,050 2,634,185 2,555,452 2,518,465
FOREIGN DEBT.
Branch. 1906. 1907. 1908. 1909. 1910.
£ £ £ £ £
National 3 per cent. bonds by diplomatic agreements 483,169 466,919 453,295 433,309 417,414
Provisional (Spanish) certificates 62 62 62 62 62
Diplomatic 3 per cent. debt 4,993,627 4,868,978 4,735,958 4,604,572 4,418,987[15]
Claims awarded by Hague Tribunal, 1903 883,799 777,514 647,344 518,409 359,562
Totals 6,360,657 6,113,473 5,836,659 5,556,352 5,196,025