REVENUE, POPULATION, AND TRADE.
533
Years
Total Imports
Total Exports
£
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1864
312,363
329,524
1865
297,064
310,999
1866
284,974
358,517
1867
258,759
446,142
1868
291,951
453,675
The commercial intercourse of Costa Rica with the United King- dom is not reported on in the ' Annual Statement ' published by the Board of Trade, which throws the statistics of the republic together with other states, under the general heading of ' Central America.'
The exports of Costa Rica consist almost exclusively of coffee. Those of 1867 were sent to the following markets : —
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Great Britain 165,914
France 29,913
Hamburg 26,687
Bremen ...... 2,278
San Francisco 79,001
Panama, for Europe and San Francisco . 141,458
Peru 672
States of Central America . . . 219
Total . . . 446,142
The whole foreign trade of the republic passes through the port of Punta Arenas, on the Pacific. In the year 1867 there entered the port 78 vessels, of a total burthen of 75,358 tons, and there cleared 80 vessels, of 75,759 tons burthen.
Money, Weights, and Measures.
The money, weights, and measures of Costa Rica, and the British equivalents, are : —
Money.
The Peso or Piaster, of 8 Rentes „ Dollar, of 100 Centavas .
. approximate value, is. 3$d. » „ 45.
Weights and Measures.
The Libra . . . . =1-014 lbs. avoirdupois.
„ Quintal . . . = 101-40 „ „ Arroha = 25"35 „
„ Fanega . . . = l£ Imperial bushel.
The old weights and measures of Spain are in general use, but the introduction of the French metric system is contemplated.
