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INDEX

area  and  topography,  108;
census,  108;  railways,
109;  revolutions,  109;  diseases, ­
  109;  natural  resources, ­
  no;  currency,
no;  exports,  112;  travelers’ ­
  tax,  112;  imports,
112;  principal  cities,  112;
how  reached,  113;  imports, ­
  386
Electro  cuts,  342
England,  2-3-5-123,  174,  183,
184,  199,  208,  209,  210,  220
English  investments,  355
Europe,  3-4-6-7-12
European  attitude  toward  investors, ­
  360
European  Possessions  in  the
West  Indies,  199,  205
Exchange,  basis  of,  300-301
Exchange  buying,  291
Exports,  Bolivia,  379-380
Export  duties,  272
Federal  Reserve  Act,  309
Finance  and  Credits,  288
Financing  improvements,  292
Foreign  commerce  statistics,
2-5-6
France,  5-13-47,  176,  183,  184,
197,  198,  199,  204,  205,
208,  220,  222
French  banks,  290
French  Guiana,  13-15,  191;
extent  and  population,
197;  exports,  197;  imports,
198;  travelers’  tax,  198;
language,  198
Galapagos  Islands,  107-112
Germany,  3-5-13-47-65-77-122-183,

  184,  208,  215,  218,
219,  220
German  banks,  289
German  investments,  355
Gold  exchange  standard  countries, ­
  300
Gold  standard  countries,  300
Grenadines,  206
Granada,  206,  209
Guadeloupe  (French  possession), ­
  204,  205
Guano,  99-102-134
Guatemala,  early  history,  139;
present  government,  140;
area  and  population,  140;
topography,  144;  railways, ­
  145;  agriculture,
147;  forests,  148;  bananas,
148;  coffee,  149;  exports,
149;  imports,  150,  151;
currency,  152,  153;  travellers’ ­
  tax,  153;  cities,  153;
steamships,  154;  illiteracy,
332
Guyara  Falls,  61
Haiti,  early  history,  geography
and  climate,  182,  183;
roads,  183;  monetary  system, ­
  184;  travelers’  tax,
185;  principal  cities,  185;
steamships,  185
Health  precautions,  253-368
Henequen  (rope),  163,  172
Holland,  15,  192,  199  (West
Indian  possessions),  200
Honduras  (British),  early  history, ­
  139;  present  government, ­
  140;  area  and  population, ­
  143;  topography,
*44  i  agriculture,  147;
forests,  148;  bananas,  149;