INDEX 
406 
tem, 165; commercial tax, 
165; travel and hotels, 
165; principal cities, 166; 
railroads, 166; steamships, 
167, 219; illiteracy, 331 
Monetary systems, 299 
Montserrat, 206, 209, 210 
Mountain sickness, 81 
Nanduti lace, 62 
Napoleon III, 158 
Napoleonic Wars, 2 
National Cash Register Co., 
231 
National City Bank, 308 
Nevis, 206 
New Granada, 114 
Nicaragua, early history, 138; 
present government, 140; 
area and population, 142; 
topography, 144; rail 
ways, 146; agriculture, 
147; forests, 148; bananas, 
149; coffee, 149; mines, 
149; exports, 149; imports, 
150, 151; currency, 152, 
153; travellers’ tax, 153; 
cities, 154; steamships, 
154 
Ojeda, de, Alonso, 114 
Order blanks, 259 
Packing instructions, 316, 317- 
319 
Packing and shipping, 311 
Packing weights, 315, 316 
Panama (Republic of), early 
history, 139; present gov 
ernment, 140; area and 
population, 142; topogra 
phy, 144; railways, 146; 
agriculture, 147; forests, 
148; bananas, 149; mines, 
149; exports, 149; im 
ports, 150, 151; currency, 
152, 153 J travellers’ tax, 
153; cities, 154; steam 
ships, 154 
Panama hats, 101, 102, in, 
120, 123, 201 
Paraguay, 13, 32; discoverers 
and early history, 57; 
present government, 58; 
population, 58-60; area, 
59; climate, 59; roads, 
60; railways, 60; soil, 61; 
rivers, 61; yerba mate, 
62; quebracho, 63; min 
erals, 63; woods, 63; 
cattle, 63; money, 64; 
credits, 64; exports, 64- 
387; imports, 65, 387; 
travellers’ tax, 65; cities, 
65; shipping goods, 66 
Passports, 265 
Pearls, 134 
Perry, Commodore, 213 
Peru, 13; early history, 91; 
Chumus, 91; war with 
Chile, 92; government, 
93; area, 93; population, 
94, 95; railways, 96; 
mines, 99; petroleum, 
100; exports, 100, 102; 
Panama hats, 101; cur 
rency, 101; travelers’ tax, 
103; principal cities, 104; 
exports, 103-388-389-390; 
imports, 103 
Peruvian Balsam, 148 
Peruvian Corporation, Ltd., 
96, 97 
Petitgrain, oil of, 62