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; railways,
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 government,
140; area and
population, 142; topography,
144; railways, 146;
agriculture, 147; forests,
148; bananas, 149; mines,
149; exports, 149; imports,
150, 151; currency,
152, 153 J travellers’ tax,
153; cities, 154; steamships,
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; minerals,
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; currency,
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
