r-.^, /I- 
 
> 
 
 a; 
 
 A 
 
Digitized by the Internet Archive 
 in 2010 with funding from 
 The Library of Congress 
 
 http://www.archive.org/details/hondurasahandbooOOinte 
 

 BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS, 
 
 WASHINGTON, U. S. A. 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 BULLETIN NO. 57. 
 
 [Revised to March i, 1894.] 
 
 1892. 
 

BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS, 
 
 WASHINGTON, U. S. A. 
 
 
 LIBRARY. 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 BULLETIN NO. si- 1892. 
 
 [Revised to March i," 1894.] 
 
 r». 
 

 BUREAU OF THE AMERICAN REPUBLICS, 
 NO. 2 LAFAYETTE SQUARE, WASHINGTON, D. C, U. S. A. 
 
 Director. — Clinton Furbish. 
 Secretary. — FREDERIC Emory. 
 
 While the utmost care is taken to insure accuracy in the publications of the Bureau of the American 
 Republics, no pecuniary responsibility is assumed on account of errors or inaccuracies which may occur 
 herein. 
 
 By tri=ii^''^<='r 
 
 AUG 31 1910 
 
 WASHINGTON, D, C, U.S. A, 
 Government Printing Office. 
 
LIST OF BUREAU PUBLICATIONS. 
 
 Hand Book of the American Republics, No. i. 
 
 Hand Book of tlie American Republics, No. 2. 
 
 Hand Books of the American Republics, No. 3. 
 
 Hand Book of Brazil. 
 
 Hand Book of Mexico. 
 
 Hand Book of Costa Rica. 
 
 Hand Book of Guatemala. 
 
 Hand Book of Colombia. 
 
 Hand Book of Venezuela. 
 
 Hand Book of Nicaragua. 
 
 Hand Book of Santo Domingo. 
 
 Hand Book of Bolivia. 
 
 Hand Book of Honduras. 
 
 Hand Book of Salvador. 
 
 Hand Book of Uruguay. 
 
 Hand Book of Haiti. 
 
 Hand Book of Ecuador. 
 
 Hand Book of the Argentine Republic. 
 
 Import Duties of Mexico. 
 
 Import Duties of Brazil. 
 
 Import Duties of Cuba and Puerto Rico. 
 
 Import Duties of Costa Rica. 
 
 Import Duties of Santo Domingo. 
 
 Import Duties of Nicaragua. 
 
 Import Duties of Mexico (revised). 
 
 Import Duties of Bolivia. 
 
 Import Duties of Salvador. 
 
 Import Duties of Honduras. 
 
 Import Duties of Ecuador. 
 
 Import Duties of Colombia. 
 
 Import Duties of Venezuela. 
 
 Import Duties of the British Colonies. 
 
 Import Duties of Guatemala. 
 
 Import Duties of the United States. 
 
 Import Duties of Peru. 
 
 Import Duties of Chile. 
 
 Import Duties of Uruguay. 
 
 Import Duties of the Argentine Republic. 
 
 Import Duties of Haiti. 
 
 Import Duties of Guatemala (revised). 
 
 13. Commercial Directory of Brazil. 
 
 14. Commercial Directory of Venezuela. 
 
 15. Commercial Directory of Colombia. 
 
 16. Commercial Directory of Peru. 
 
 17. Commercial Directory of Chile. 
 i8. Commercial Directory of Mexico. 
 
 19. Commercial Directory of Bolivia, Ecuador, Par- 
 aguay, and Uruguay. 
 
 26. Commercial Directory of the Argentine Repub- 
 lic. 
 
 28. Commercial Directory of Central America. 
 
 29. Commercial Directory of Haiti and Santo Do- 
 
 mingo. 
 
 38. Commercial Directory of Cuba and Puerto Rico. 
 
 39. Commercial Directory of European Colonies. 
 Commercial Directory of Latin America. 
 
 42. Newspaper Directory of Latin America. 
 
 3. Patent and Trade-Mark Laws of America. 
 
 4. Money, Weights, and Measures of the Ameri- 
 
 can Republics. 
 6. Foreign Commerce of the American Republics. 
 
 30. First Annual Report, 1891. 
 Second Annual Report, 1892. 
 
 35. Breadstuffs in Latin America. 
 
 40. Mines and Mining Laws of Latin America. 
 
 41. Commercial Information Concerning the Amer- 
 
 ican Republics and Colonies. 
 53. Immigration and Land Laws of Latin America. 
 63. How the Markets of Latin America may be 
 
 reached. 
 68. Special Costa Rica Bulletin. 
 
 Manual de las Repiiblicas Americanas, 1891. 
 
 Monthly Bulletin, October, 1893. 
 
 Monthly Bulletin, November, 1893. 
 
 Monthly Bulletin, December, 1893. 
 
 Monthly Bulletin, January, 1894. 
 
 Monthly Bulletin, Februar}^, 1894. 
 
 Monthly Bulletin, March, 1894. 
 
 Monthly Bulletin, May, 1894. 
 
 The above list includes all the publications of the Bureau to Apnl 15,1894. Orders for copies based,on 
 the above will not be noticed. 
 On the following page will be found the price list of Bureau publications. 
 
 Ill 
 
SALE OF BUREAU PUBLICATIONS. 
 
 The following monthly bulletins have been published by the Bureau of American 
 Republics, viz: Coffee in America, October, 1893 ; Coal and Petroleum in Colombia, 
 etc., November, 1893; Minerals and Resources of Northeastern Nicaragua, etc., De- 
 cember, 1893 ; Finances of Chile, etc., January, 1894; Costa Rica at the World's Fair, 
 etc., February, 1894; Reciprocity Treaties and Trade, etc., March, 1894; The Republic 
 of Costa Rica, etc., April, 1894, and Mexico; Treasury Receipts, Total Source of 
 Income for Fiscal Year 1894-95, etc., May, i894;Import Duties of Guatemala (Revised), 
 June, 1894; American Live Stock, etc., July, 1894. 
 
 With the July number will be commenced the second volume of these bulletins, and 
 subscriptions for the 3'ear ending June 30, 1895, will be received at the rate of $1 per 
 annum ; single copies, 10 cents each. Of the publications of the Bureau, the following 
 will be furnished to applicants upon receipt of the prices named in the list. Money may 
 be sent by post-office money order, payable to the Director of the Bureau of American 
 Republics. All other remittances are at the risk of the sender. Postage stamps ivill 
 not be received. 
 
 PRICE LIST. 
 
 Patent and Trade-mark Laws of America { 
 
 Money, Weights and Measures of the 
 American Republics 
 
 Foreign Commerce of the American Re- 
 publics 
 
 Import Duties of Brazil 
 
 Import Duties of Cuba and Puerto Rico. 
 
 Import Duties of Costa Rica 
 
 Commercial Directory of Brazil 
 
 Commercial Directory of Venezuela 
 
 Commercial Directory of Colombia 
 
 Commercial Directory of Peru 
 
 Commercial Directory of Chile 
 
 Commercial Directory of Mexico 
 
 Commercial Directory of Bolivia, Ecua- 
 dor, Paraguay, and Uruguay 
 
 Import Duties of Nicaragua 
 
 Import Duties of Mexico (revised) 
 
 Import Duties of Bolivia 
 
 Import Duties of Salvador 
 
 Import Duties of Honduras 
 
 Import Duties of Ecuador 
 
 Commercial Directory of the Argentine 
 Republic 
 
 Import Duties of Colombia 
 
 Com mercial Directory of Central America 
 
 Commercial Directory of Haiti and Santo 
 Domingo 
 
 First Annual Report of the Bureau, 1891. 
 
 Hand Book of Guatemala 
 
 Hand Book of Colombia 
 
 Hand Book of Venezuela 
 
 Import Duties of Venezuela 
 
 Commercial Directory of Cuba and 
 Puerto Rico 
 
 Commercial Directory of British, Danish, 
 Dutch, and French Colonies 
 
 42. Newspaper Directory of Latin America. $0.05 
 
 43. Import Duties of Guatemala 25 
 
 44. Import Duties of the United States 05 
 
 45. Import Duties of Peru 25 
 
 46. Import Duties of Chile 25 
 
 47. ImjDort Duties of Uruguay 25 
 
 48. Import Duties of the Argentine Republic .25 
 
 49. Import Duties of Haiti 10 
 
 50. Hand Book of the American Republics, 
 
 No. 3 50 
 
 51. Hand Book of Nicaragua 50 
 
 52. Hand Book of Santo Domingo 50 
 
 53. Immigration and Land Laws of Latin 
 
 America 40 
 
 55. Hand Book of Bolivia 40 
 
 57. Hand Book of Honduras 50 
 
 58. Hand Book of Salvador 50 
 
 61. Hand Book of Uruguay 50 
 
 62. Hand Book of Haiti 50 
 
 63. How the Markets of Latin America may 
 
 be Reached 40 
 
 64. Hand Book of Ecuador 50 
 
 67. Hand Book of the Argentine Republic . . .50 
 
 68. Special Costa Rica Bulletin 25 
 
 69. Import .Duties of Guatemala (revised)... .25 
 
 PUBLICATIONS NOT NUMBERED. - 
 
 Commercial Directory of Latin America 40 
 
 Second Annual Report of the Bureau, 1892. . .05 
 Third Annual Report of the Bureau, 1893 ... .15 
 Manual de las Republicas Americanas, 1892. .50 
 Monthly B lletins, $1 per annum; single 
 
 copies lo 
 
 Code of Commercial Nomenclature, first vol- 
 ume, 852 pages 3 .00 
 
 The Code of Commercial Nomenclature, named in the above list, is the first volume 
 of the first edition of the work suggested by the International American Conference. 
 It contains 852 pages, and includes something over 28,000 commercial terms in Eng- 
 lish, Spanish, and Portuguese. This volume is bound in cloth, and is now ready for 
 distribution. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Chapter I. Historical Outline i 
 
 II. Geographical Sketch 4 
 
 III. Political Divisions — Towns — Population 12 
 
 IV. Constitution and Form of Government 30 
 
 V. Education and Religion 33 
 
 VI. Agricultural Resources — Climate and Seasons 35 
 
 VII. Animal Industr}- and Forestry 45 
 
 VIII. Minerals and Mining 50 
 
 IX. Transportation — Postal and Telegraph Facilities 53 
 
 X. Money — Banking — Taxation — Commerce 58 
 
 Appendix A. Constitution of Honduras 67 
 
 B. Land Laws 82 
 
 C- Mining Code . . , ^-j 
 
 D Tariif 130 
 
 E. Reciprocity with the United States 172 
 
 F. Commercial Directory 175 
 
 Index 183 
 
ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Map of Honduras Frontispiece. 
 
 Court of the Government House, Tegucigalpa 15 
 
 San Juancito (3 views) 25, 26, 27 
 
 Central Park, Tegucigalpa. .■ 13 
 
 Department of Justice, Tegucigalpa 17 
 
 Railroad Station, Puerto Cortes g 
 
 VI 
 
Chapter I. 
 
 HISTORICAL OUTLINE. 
 
 That part of Central America now known as the Republic of 
 Honduras was discovered by Columbus during his fourth voyage, 
 about ten years after his first expedition. The locality first seen 
 by him was the island of Guanaja, the most easterly of the group 
 now called the Bay Islands, where he arrived on the 30th of July, 
 1502. He reached the mainland on the 14th of August at a point 
 which he named Punta de Caxinas, a cape stretching out into the 
 sea and forming what was afterwards known as the bay of Truxillo, 
 Here, the great explorer's foot first pressed the mainland of the 
 continent of America. Some 1 5 leagues eastward, at the mouth of 
 a river which he named Rio de la Posesion, now known as Rio 
 Tinto, he again landed and took formal possession of the country 
 for Spain. 
 
 We next hear of Honduras when Gil Gonzales Davila, while 
 on a voyage from Santo Domingo to Nicaragua in 1524, steering 
 too far to the westward, reached the coast near the bay now called 
 Puerto Cortez. Having lost some of his horses there, he gave it 
 the name of Puerto Caballos [Port of Horses], but made no 
 settlement. 
 
 In the same year, an expedition sent by Cortez from Mexico, 
 under command of Cristobal de Olid, reached the coast about 14 
 leagues east of Puerto Caballos and founded a settlement, to which 
 was given the name of Triumfo de la Cruz, which was, however," 
 soon aferwards abandoned. 
 Bull. 57 1 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 Hernando Cortez, having completed the conquest of Mexico, 
 had, previously to this, sent Pedro de Alvarado with an expedition 
 which reduced to submission the southern Provinces of Mexico, 
 Guatemala, and Honduras. In the meantime, Cortez, doubtful 
 of the loyalty of some of his emissaries, and excited by the glowing 
 accounts brought to him of the wonderful countries to the south, 
 where native tradition located stately cities and treasure-filled 
 palaces, determined to set out himself He left Mexico in October, 
 1524, and after a perilous march and great suffering and privation, 
 reached Honduras and planted a colony at Puerto Caballos, which 
 he named Natividad de Nuestra Senora. Since that visit, the bay 
 has been generally known as Puerto Cortez. Cortez next visited 
 Truxillo and sent expeditions into the interior to explore and 
 conquer the country. 
 
 From this time, for nearly three centuries, as a province of what 
 was called the Kingdom of Guatemala, the country was under 
 the rule of Spain. War, pestilence, and enforced labor in the 
 mines and plantations swept away the enslaved Indian people, 
 until at last there remained but a mere fragment of its once teem- 
 ing population. 
 
 Futile and desultory attempts at resistance to Spanish rule were 
 made from time to time for several years as echoes of the cry for 
 freedom made by the patriot priest Hidalgo in Mexico in the year 
 1810, but it was not until 1821, that Central America threw off the 
 yoke of Spain. An act of independence was adopted at Guate- 
 mala, and the citizens of the Provinces were invited to choose 
 representatives, on the basis of one for every 1 5,000 inhabitants, 
 to a national congress, to meet March 1, 1822. 
 
 The result of the deliberations of this assembly was the estab- 
 lishment of the Republic of Central America, composed of the 
 territory which is now divided into the five independent States of 
 Guatemala, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. 
 
 After a wearisome period of internal dissensions and desolating 
 
HONDURAS. 3 
 
 civil wars, the 'Central American Union was dissolved, and on the 
 26th of October, 1838, a declaration of independence was promul- 
 gated, announcing Honduras to be a free and sovereign State. 
 Since that time, several efforts have been made to reunite the five 
 Republics, but without success, and the federation and unity of 
 Central America still remains an unsolved problem. 
 
 For many years after Honduras assumed the responsibilities of 
 independent existence, the country was harassed by revolutions and 
 the efforts of some of its public men to become absolute rulers. 
 In recent years, the prevailing tendency has been toward a more 
 settled state of affairs, and its Presidents have looked more to the 
 general welfare of the country. 
 
Chapter II. 
 
 GEOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. 
 
 The Republic of Honduras is situated between latitude 13° 10' 
 and 16° 2' north ; longitude, 83° and 90° west. Its northern frontier, 
 about 350 miles in length, is formed by the Caribbean Sea. On 
 the west it is bounded by Guatemala ; on the southwest by Salvador 
 and the Bay of Fonseca, on which it has a frontage of about 70 
 miles, and on the east and southeast by the Republic of Nicaragua. 
 Its superficial area is about 45,000 square miles, but no exact 
 survey or measurement has ever been made. 
 
 The general aspect of Honduras is mountainous; in fact, the 
 greater part of the country is corrugated by disconnected ranges 
 and groups of mountains into which the great continental range is 
 here divided. Many of these mountain ranges are of considerable 
 elevation. Near Omoa, on the north coast, some of the peaks are 
 at least 7,000 feet in height, while Mount Congrejoy, near Ceiba, 
 has an elevation of 7,800 feet and forms a landmark visible for 
 many miles at sea. In the Departments of Intibuca and Gracias, 
 the mountains of Selaque attain in places an elevation of nearly 
 10,000 feet. 
 
 There are extensive alluvions near the coasts, particularly in the 
 northeastern part, comprised in the Departments of Yoro, Colon, 
 and Olancho, which extend inland in the form of broad savannas 
 for many miles, and are covered with luxuriant and nutritious 
 grasses. In near proximity to the coast and at the mouths of 
 the rivers on both sides of the Republic, the land is low and in 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 some places marshy and damp, but with an alluvial soil of almost 
 unsurpassed fertility. Everywhere among the mountains, are high, 
 healthy, wind-swept plateaus and hundreds of beautiful and fertile 
 valleys, some of which are of great extent — such as the valley of 
 Sula, in the Department, of Santa Barbara, which extends from 
 the north coast toward the south about 60 miles and averages from 
 30 to 50 miles in width. In the Departments of Tegucigalpa and 
 Comiayagua, are a few valleys of large size, in one of which is 
 situated the city of Comayagua, the ancient capital. The Depart- 
 ment of Gracias, on the Guatemala frontier, has also many valleys 
 and plains, which form fine grazing regions. 
 
 Although Honduras is so mountainous, it is the only one of the 
 Central American Republics that has no volcanoes, and conse- 
 quently has never in historic times suffered from their effects, 
 although there are evidences that in prehistoric times volcanoes 
 bore their part in the upheaval and fashioning of the mountainous 
 features of the region. Another striking topographical feature is 
 that the great cordillera, or spinal ridge of the continent, is here so 
 broken and interrupted that between its ranges lies a succession of 
 plains constituting a great transverse valley reaching from sea to 
 sea and offering singular facilities for an interoceanic or trans- 
 isthmian route in an almost direct line and with very easy grades. 
 From this brief description, it will be seen that Honduras has the 
 greatest diversity of surface and elevation. Wide and elevated 
 plateaus, broad plains, fertile valleys, and mountains, many of 
 which are terraced to their summits, present conditions affording 
 almost every possible variety of climate, soil, and productive 
 capacity. 
 
 RIVERS. 
 
 The divide of the river systems is in close proximity to the. 
 Pacific coast. Consequently, that side of the Republic is not so 
 well watered as the x'\tlantic slope, on which side are situated all 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 the largest rivers, fed by many streams, affording good water power 
 and ample facilities for irrigation during the dry season. 
 
 Honduras has some rivers that are of a size that entitles them 
 to special notice, such as the Wanks, Patuca or Patook, Ulua, 
 Chamelicon, Aguan, and Tinto, flowing into the Caribbean Sea; 
 and the Choluteca, Nacaome, and Goascoran, which have their 
 outlets on the Pacific coast. 
 
 The Wanks, or Segovia, which enters the sea at Cape Gracias 
 a Dios, has its origin in the Department of Nueva Segovia, in 
 the northwestern part of Nicaragua, within 50 miles of the 
 Pacific, and forms for many miles the boundary between Hon- 
 duras and Nicaragua. This river carries a large body of water, 
 and would form an important avenue for commerce with the 
 interior were it not obstructed by rapids and rocky shallows. 
 
 The Patuca or Patook River, which forms the outlet for the 
 watershed of the Department of Olancho, receives the waters of a 
 number of affluents, such as the Guyambre, Guyape, Jalan, and a 
 number of smaller streams. This river, however, above the plains 
 of the coast has a very swift current, and its navigation is inter- 
 rupted by rocky rapids. At one point, it is narrowed and confined 
 by precipitous walls ot rock for a long distance. This place is 
 called by the natives Portal del Infierno, or Hell Gate. Like 
 most of the rivers of Honduras on the Caribbean coast, its use- 
 fulness is impaired by a bar at its mouth, which, however, is so 
 limited in extent as to be capable of improvement at a moderate 
 expense. 
 
 The Ulua is the most important river in Honduras, and drains 
 a large extent ot country. It receives the waters of several con- 
 siderable tributaries, among which are the Santa Barbara and the 
 Blanco, which latter is the northern outlet for the surplus water of 
 Lake Yojoa. The Ulua is navigable for light-draft steamers for 
 90 miles from its mouth. It has a bar at its mouth which is 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 dangerous in rough weather, but at other times it can be passed 
 by vessels drawing 6 feet. 
 
 The ChameUcon has its origin in the mountains of the Depart- 
 ment of Copan on the borders of Guatemala, in the northeastern 
 part of the Republic. It flows through the Sula valley and empties 
 into the Caribbean Sea at only a few miles from the mouth of 
 the Ulua; so near, in fact, that, at times during the rainy season, 
 the low intervening lands are overflowed and the waters of the 
 two rivers intermingle. 
 
 The Aguan is a considerable stream which rises in the moun- 
 tains of Sulaco and falls into the sea a little to the eastward of 
 Truxillo. Its largest tributary is the river Mangualid. It has a 
 bar carrying 5 or 6 feet of water, and can be navigated for light- 
 draft boats for a distance of 80 miles. 
 
 The Tinto, which, at a short distance from the sea, takes the 
 name of Poyas, is a stream ot considerable volume, having a 
 rapid current. At a point 16 miles from its mouth, the English 
 had a fort and settlement during the last century, which were, 
 however, evacuated in 1786 in conformity with a treaty between 
 England and Spain negotiated in that year. Subsequent attempts 
 were made to found settlements there, particularly by an English 
 company in 1839, under the countenance and support of the 
 British colony of Belize; but all proved failures. It has a bar at 
 its mouth, on which the depth of water varies from 5 to 8 feet, 
 according to the season. It can be navigated by small vessels for 
 a distance of from 40 to 50 miles from its mouth. 
 
 The Choluteca has its origin on the northern side of the moun- 
 tains of Lepaterique, flows eastward until it reaches the meridian 
 of Tegucigalpa, then forms a semicircle, and flowing past that 
 city, describes an extremely circuitous and crooked course and 
 falls into the Gulf of Fonseca on the Pacific. Its upper part is 
 called by the natives Rio Grande. It is navigable for only a few 
 miles from its mouth. 
 
8 HONDURAS. 
 
 The Nacaome is formed by the watershed of the south side of 
 the Lepaterique mountains. It is not a very long stream, but has 
 a considerable body of water, particularly during the rainy season, 
 when it may be ascended by large canoes as high as the town ot 
 Nacaome. Near its mouth, is the settlement of La Brea through 
 which a large portion of the imports on the Pacific side enter the 
 country. 
 
 The Goascoran rises among the hills bordering the plain of 
 Comayagua. Its entire length is only about 80 miles, but during 
 the rainy season it carries a large body of water. From the Gulf 
 of Fonseca upward for about 30 miles, it forms the boundary 
 between Honduras and Salvador. 
 
 LAKES. 
 
 Lake Yojoa is the only lake of any note in Honduras. It lies 
 at an altitude of 2,500 feet above the sea level, at a direct distance 
 of about 50 miles from the Atlantic coast, in the Department ot 
 Santa Barbara. It is 22 miles in length from north to south, 
 with an average width of from 6 to 8 miles. Its supply of water 
 must be from internal springs, as no rivers flow into it, while three 
 flow from it. At its extreme northern limit, the river Blanco has 
 its source, but its course, for some distance, is subterranean until 
 it makes its appearance and flows as a narrow, swift, and deep 
 stream to its junction with the Ulua. At the southern extremity, 
 two rivers leave the lake, the Jaitique and the Tacapa. The first 
 named leaves the lake as an ordinary stream, while the Tacapa 
 follows a subterranean passage for upwards of a mile until it 
 reaches the surface in a wildly agitated mass of water, forming a 
 stream 2 to 3 feet deep and 30 feet in width. Both these rivers 
 unite at a distance of about 20 miles from the lake and from the 
 river Santa Barbara, which, after receiving the waters of many 
 other streams, becomes the principal affluent of the Ulua. 
 
HONDURAS. • C) 
 
 PORTS AND HARBORS. 
 
 The principal ports on the Atlantic side are Puerto Cortez, 
 Omoa, Ceiba, and Truxillo; on the Pacific, Honduras has but 
 one port, Amapala, in the magnificent Bay ot Fonseca. 
 
 Honduras is fortunate in possessing, in Puerto Cortez and 
 Amapala, the two best ports in Central America, situated so as to 
 form admirable termini for trans-isthmian traffic whenever the long 
 contemplated interoceanic railroad shall be completed. 
 
 The beautiful and spacious harbor ot Puerto Cortez was dis- 
 covered in 1524 by Gil Gonzales Davila, who named it Puerto 
 Caballos, but made no settlement on its shores. A few years 
 aff:erwards, it was visited by Hernando Cortez. His quick mili- 
 tary eye at once discerned its advantages, and he founded a settle- 
 ment which he called Natividad, near the site now occupied by 
 the village ot Cineguita, opposite the modern town ot Puerto 
 Cortez. For more than two centuries, this was the principal estab- 
 lishment on the coast, until it was removed to Omoa, in the year 
 1752, because the large size of the bay of Cortez and its ease of 
 access made it liable to the attacks of pirates and buccaneers, and 
 the small port of Omoa could be easily defended by a single fort. 
 Cortez, in writing to the King of Spain, gave Puerto Cortez high 
 praise. He said: 
 
 It is the best harbor hitherto discovered on all the coast of the mainland 
 from Las Perlas to Florida. 
 
 The bay is somewhat in the shape of a horseshoe, with ample 
 depth for large vessels close to the shore and good holding ground 
 for anchorage. Near its apex, there is a small stream giving access 
 to another large landlocked sheet of water, known as Alvarado 
 lagoon. This opening is spanned by a railroad bridge, but with 
 comparatively small expense it could be deepened sufficiently to 
 allow vessels to pass into the lagoon, which has ample depth of 
 water for even the largest ships, and would form a perfect natural 
 dock where they could lie in smooth water in any weather. 
 
lO . HONDURAS. 
 
 Omoa is a small but secure harbor, with good anchorage in 
 from 2 to 6 fathoms of water, and is defended by a fortress, called 
 El Castillo de San Fernando. The town is situated about a 
 quarter of a mile inland. Of late years, the commerce of Omoa 
 has declined,' having been largely transferred to Puerto Cortez. 
 
 Ceiba owes its origin as a port of entry to the development of 
 the fruit trade on the northern coast. It is now regularly visited 
 by steamers, and does a large export trade in bananas and other 
 tropical fruits. 
 
 The ancient port of Truxillo was founded in the year 1524 by 
 Francisco de las Casas of Truxillo in Spain, who gave it the* 
 name of his native city. It is situated upon the western shore of 
 a beautiful bay formed by the projecting land of Punta Castilla, 
 sometimes called Cabo de Honduras. It was on this point that 
 Columbus first trod the mainland of the continent of America. 
 He called it Point Caxinas. It has always been an important 
 commercial place, and is the natural outlet for the products of the 
 great Department of Olancho. 
 
 There is also good anchorage for ships at the islands of Ruatan, 
 Guanaja or Bonacca, and Utila, members of the group called the 
 Bay Islands, situated about 70 miles to the north of the Atlantic 
 coast. These are also becoming important factors in the foreign 
 trade of Honduras. 
 
 The bay of Fonseca is the finest harbor on the entire Pacific 
 coast of America. It is 60 miles in length and 30 in average 
 width, perfectly protected, and capable of sheltering the navies 
 of the world. The three Republics of Salvador, Honduras, and 
 Nicaragua touch upon this splendid bay, although Honduras has 
 the largest frontage. 
 
 Capt. M. T. de Lepelier, of the French navy, thus describes it 
 in a report to his Government : 
 
 Studded with beautiful islands, this vast and magnificent bay stretches into 
 the land between the mountains of Conchagua and Coseguina. It has no rival 
 
HONDURAS. 1 1 
 
 on the entire coast of the Pacific, whether as regards its extent, its security, or 
 its naval and commercial position. 
 
 E. G. Squier, in his work on Central America, says of this bay: 
 
 It seems to have been marked out by the Creator as the ultimate center of 
 the commerce of the Pacific. 
 
 On Tigre Island, in this bay, is situated the Honduranean town 
 of Amapala, which occupies a level strip of land on its northern 
 side, while behind, the conical mountain rises to a height of 2,500 
 feet. The water is so deep that ships of the largest size may 
 anchor within a stone's throw of the shore. The custom-house is 
 located here, and a small steamboat conveys passengers and light 
 baggage to La Brea and San Lorenzo, the two depots on the 
 mainland, which are each about 30 miles distant from Amapala. 
 This vessel also acts as a tug for the bongos or lighters laden with 
 heavy merchandise, although these frequently depend on oars and 
 sails alone. 
 
 The Honduraneans have an abiding faith in the great future 
 importance of this port, and rely on the long expected construction 
 of the interoceanic railroad to elevate Amapala into a great com- 
 mercial depot. 
 
Chapter III. 
 
 POLITICAL DIVISIONS— TOWNS— POPULATION. 
 
 The Republic of Honduras, since the year 1883, has been 
 divided into thirteen Departments, which, according to the census 
 of 1887, contained 22 cities, 188 towns, 679 villages, and 377 
 hamlets. Following is a list of the Departments, with their 
 capitals : 
 
 Departments, 
 
 Capitals. 
 
 Departments. 
 
 Capitals. 
 
 Tegucigalpa 
 
 Tegucigalpa. 
 
 Choluteca. 
 
 Yuscaran. 
 
 Juticalpa. 
 
 Truxillo. 
 
 Yoro. 
 
 Santa Barbara. 
 
 Comayagua 
 
 Copan 
 
 Gracias 
 
 Comayagua. 
 Santa Rosa. 
 
 
 Gracias. 
 
 
 Intibuca 
 
 La Esperanza. 
 
 
 La Paz 
 
 La Paz. 
 
 
 Bay Islands 
 
 Ruatan. 
 
 Santa Barbara 
 
 By decree, dated March, 1889, ^^^ district of Mosquitia was 
 rendered independent of the Department of Colon and placed 
 under the governorship of a superintendent, with full political, 
 military, economic, and judicial authority. 
 
 During the year 1893, ^^^ ^^^ Departments were created, viz, 
 Department of Cortez, to consist of the districts ot San Pedro 
 Sula, El Negrito, and Santa Cruz; capital, San Pedro. Depart- 
 ment of Valle, consisting of the districts of Nacaome and Goas- 
 coran, and the village of Caridad; capital, Nacaome. 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF TEGUCIGALPA. 
 
 Capital : Tegucigalpa. 
 
 Towns: Comayaguela, Santa Lucia, San Antonio de Oriente, 
 Naraita, Tatumbla, Valle de Angeles, San Juan de Flores, San 
 Diego de Talanga, Sabanagrande, Santa Ana, Lepatarique, Ojo- 
 
 12 
 
HONDURAS. IQ 
 
 jona, San Beneventura, Nueva Armenia, La Venta, Reitoca, 
 Alubaren, Curaren, La Libertad, San Miguelito, Cedros, Orica, 
 Santa Rosa de Guaimaca, and Marale. 
 
 This Department is situated on the Pacific slope, although it is 
 so near the divide that some of its streams in the northern part 
 find their way to the rivers that fiow to the Caribbean Sea. Its 
 main watershed, by the Choluteca River, is toward the Pacific. 
 It is very mountainous, and, although there are many beautiful 
 valleys and small plains adapted to agriculture, its principal 
 industry is mining. In fact, its aboriginal name, Tegucigalpa, 
 means "City of the Silver Hills," and history informs us that 
 silver and gold were plentiful when the Spaniards arrived, and 
 that during the colonial period, for many years, over $3,000,000 
 were annually exported to Spain in payment of the tribute to the 
 King. 
 
 The city of Tegucigalpa is beautifully situated, about 75 miles 
 in a direct line from the Pacific coast, in a pleasant valley, at an 
 elevation of 3,200 feet above the sea, on the eastern bank of the 
 Choluteca River. The latter is here called the Rio Grande, 
 although it hardly deserves so magniloquent a title. It separates 
 the city from its suburb of Villa de Concepcion, or, as it is usually 
 called, " Comayaguela." Access to this suburb is had by a hand- 
 some stone and brick bridge of ten arches, built in the year 1817. 
 The river at this point is about 200 feet wide. Its bed is full of 
 rocks and bowlders. During the dry season, it carries only a small 
 stream of water, but in the rainy season, it becomes a foaming tor- 
 rent. A small stream called Rio Chiquito joins it near the bridge, 
 and is itself crossed by a suspension bridge of iron and wood. 
 
 Tegucigalpa is the largest and finest city of the Republic. By 
 the census of 1887, ^^ contained 12,587 inhabitants. It is a very 
 old town. The exact date of its founding is not known, but it 
 existed as a native settlement before the Spanish conquests The 
 first Congress of the Republic, which met at Cedros in August, 
 
1^. HONDURAS. 
 
 1824, decreed that the seat of government should be alternately 
 at Comayagua and Tegucigalpa, but in 1880, during the pres- 
 idency of Don Marco Aurelio Soto, Congress published a decree 
 declaring Tegucigalpa to be the capital of the Republic. It is 
 laid out with tolerable regularity. The streets are narrow and 
 paved with cobblestones, sloping towards the center, providing 
 surface drainage. There are no sewers. The sidewalks are nar- 
 row and paved with bricks or slabs of stone. Lighting is by 
 means of kerosene lamps. The houses are mostly built of adobe, 
 plastered outside and whitewashed or painted, sometimes in gay 
 colors. They are generally of one story in height, although, in 
 the center of the city, some are of two stories. They are built 
 even with the sidewalks, with patios, or inner court yards, which, 
 frequently, are ornamented with pretty flower gardens and orange 
 and pomegranate trees. The windows have no glass nor sashes, 
 but are guarded outwardly by iron gratings and closed on the 
 inside by heavy wooden shutters. 
 
 The central point of the city, as in all old Spanish towns, is the 
 plaza, now called Central Park. It is prettily arranged with flow- 
 ers, shrubbery, trees, and well-kept paths, and is provided with 
 seats for the accommodation of the public. A good military band 
 plays here on Thursday and Sunday evenings. In the center, is 
 a very good bronze equestrian statue of Morazan, the hero of Cen- 
 tral American independence. It stands on a lofty marble pedestal, 
 bearing on one side the inscription, "A Francisco Morazan La 
 Patria." Another side has a bronze tablet picturing, in high relief, 
 the battle of La Trinidad, fought in September, 1821. There are 
 four other statues, one at each corner of the park, representing the 
 four seasons. On the east side of the plaza is the principal church 
 or Parroquia. It is, with the exception of the cathedral at Coma- 
 yagua, the largest and handsomest church in Honduras. It was 
 built to replace a more ancient church which was destroyed by fire 
 in 1742, and was completed in 1782. It has two towers and an 
 
HONDURAS. Ijf 
 
 imposing fa9ade, embellished with figures ot saints. The roof is 
 cylindrical, terminating in a graceful dome over the altar. The 
 principal altar is an elaborate structure of carved wood richly 
 gilded and adorned with silver ornaments. On the walls, are some 
 ancient paintings. There are four other churches in the city, but 
 none of them specially interesting. On the north side of the plaza, 
 is the Hotel Americano. 
 
 In addition to the central plaza, Tegucigalpa has several smaller 
 parks. In that called plaza of La Merced, which adjoins the 
 University and palace or executive mansion, are busts of Gen. 
 Cabanas and Jose Trinidad Reyes, priest, philosopher, and educator. 
 In another park, called plaza of San Francisco, stands a statue of 
 Jose Cecilia del Valle, the author of the Honduranean declaration 
 of independence. The principal buildings of the city are the 
 palace, with an adjoining building containing the legislative cham- 
 ber and offices of the cabinet ministers ; the mint, which occupies 
 a building jointly with the Government printing office ; the palace 
 of justice, containing the law courts; the general post and tele- 
 graph offices; the university; the school of industries and arts; 
 the general hospital, and the penitentiary. There is also, at the 
 plaza Dolores, a well-built public market, divided into three 
 edifices. 
 
 For one ot the greatest modern improvements, the city is 
 indebted to President Bogran, who, in 1890, made a contract with 
 an American firm, Messrs. Gibson & Cole, for the construction of 
 water-works. Previous to this time, the inhabitants had depended 
 for their water supply on women, who carried it in large "oUas," 
 or earthen jars, upon their heads from the river. The water is now 
 brought into the city a distance of 12 miles from the Rio Jutiapa. 
 The dam at which the pipe line begins is at an elevation of 1,720 
 feet above the city. The water is carried to a reservoir of 200,000 
 gallons capacity on the summit of a hill overlooking the city, called 
 the Picacho, at an elevation of 900 feet. From this, the pipe line 
 
l6 HONDURAS. 
 
 leads to a second reservoir on a hill called La Leona, 735 feet 
 lower, or 165 feet above the plaza. The work was completed in 
 1891, and Tegucigalpa now has several fountains, numerous public 
 hydrants, and a house supply of cool clear mountain water. It has 
 been proposed to utilize some of this water to supply the power 
 for lighting the city with electricity, a plan that will probably be 
 carried out when financial conditions permit. 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF CHOLUTECA. 
 
 Capital, Choluteca. 
 
 Towns, Santa Ana de Yusquare, Namacigue, Marcovia, El 
 Corpus, Concepcion de Maria, Triunfo, San Marcos, Morolica, 
 Orocuina, Apacilagua, Pespire, San Jose, San Antonio de Flores, 
 San Isidro Nacaome, San Francisco de Coray, Amapala, Goasco- 
 ran, Langue, Aramecina, and La Alianza. 
 
 This Department is situated in the south ot the Republic. It 
 is bounded on the west by Salvador, on the east by Nicaragua, 
 and on the south by the bay of Fonseca. It lies on the western 
 and southern slope of the mountain ranges and is extremely diver- 
 sified in surface, and, consequently, in climate. In the valleys 
 and lowlands, the heat is tropical. The islands of Tigre and Sa- 
 cata Grande, in the bay of Fonseca, are within the jurisdiction of 
 this Department. On the former, is located the important seaport 
 town of Amapala, and on the mainland, La Brea and San Lorenzo 
 are the two depots through which passes all the commerce of 
 Honduras on the Pacific. There is considerable mining carried 
 on in the Department, and in colonial times, it bore a great repu- 
 tation for its production of gold. 
 
 Choluteca, the chief town of the Department, is situated in a 
 broad valley on the right bank of the river of the same name. It 
 is a very ancient town, and was a center of population before the 
 Spanish conquest. When, in 1526, Pedro de Alvarado entered 
 Honduras on his victorious march from Mexico and arrived at 
 Choluteca, he met there an expedition that had been dispatched 
 
HONDURAS. 17 
 
 by Cortez from the north coast and another that had entered by- 
 way of Nicaragua. The leaders remained here three days in 
 consultation before separating to continue their career of conquest. 
 The city of Choluteca has a national building containing the 
 government offices; a town hall, hospital, college, public school 
 house, and two churches. 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF EL PARAISO. 
 
 Capital, Yuscaran. 
 
 Towns. Guinope, Moroseli, Oropoli, Danli, Jacaleapa, El 
 Paraiso, Teupaceuti, Alanco, Texiquat, Soledad, Liure, Yauyupe, 
 Vado Ancho, San Antonio de Flores, San Lucas. 
 
 This Department is situated in the southeastern part of the 
 Republic and is bounded by the Departments of Olancho, Tegu- 
 cigalpa, and Choluteca, and the Republic of Nicaragua. It was 
 formed from territory separated from the Department of Teguci- 
 galpa by decree of Congress on the 28th of May, 1869. It is 
 extremely mountainous, but has many fertile plains and valleys. 
 The eastern part near the Nicaraguan frontier, particularly in the 
 neighborhood of Danli, is noted for the production of superior 
 grades of coffee and sugar cane. The principal industry of the 
 Department is mining, as it contains many rich veins of gold and 
 silver, as well as extensive deposits of copper and iron. Yuscaran, 
 the chief town, was founded in 1744-. It is pleasantly situated at 
 an elevation of 3,400 feet above the sea level, in a valley sur- 
 rounded by mountains. It has a population of about 4,000 to 
 5,000, who rely chiefly on the mines for their support. Several 
 mining companies are at work here, among which are the Zurcher 
 Mining Company, the Monserrat, the Guyabillas, and others. 
 The city is abundantly supplied with pure mountain water, which 
 is distributed throughout the streets in wrought-iron pipes. It 
 has a town hall, a hospital, a large and handsome church, and 
 public wash houses. 
 Bull. 57 2 
 
l8 HONDURAS. 
 
 • DEPARTMENT OF OLANCHO. 
 
 Capital, Juticalpa. 
 
 Towns: Catacamas, Campamento, Manto, San Francisco, }ano- 
 guata, Salama, Yocon, El Rosario, La Union, Mangulile, Guyape, 
 Concordia, Silca, San Esteban, Gualaco. 
 
 This Department has the largest area of any of the Provinces 
 of Honduras, being larger than the whole Republic of Salvador. 
 It is situated in the northeast of the Republic, and is bounded on 
 the north by the Departments of Yoro and Colon, on the south 
 by El Paraiso, on the west by Yoro and Tegucigalpa, and on the 
 east by Colon and the Republic of Nicaragua. 
 
 It is mountainous and undulating, but it possesses wide and 
 extensive plains and fertile valleys, covered with luxuriant grasses 
 and well watered, affording pasturage for great herds of cattle and 
 horses, and constituting the principal wealth of the inhabitants. 
 It is also rich in veins of gold, silver, and copper, and its rivers 
 have long been famous for their gold placers. 
 
 Juticalpa, the chief city of the Department, is the second in the 
 Republic in respect of population, which is estimated at 10,000. 
 It is delightfully situated on a small tributary of the river Guyape, 
 not far from the main stream, It derives its support from the 
 cattle trade, agriculture, mining, and gold washing from the streams 
 in its vicinity. It has a military barrack, or cuartel^ a town hall, 
 and a large and imposing church. 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF COLON. 
 
 Capital, Truxillo. 
 
 Towns: Santa Fe, Sonaguera, Tocoa, La Ceiba, Balfate. 
 
 This Department was created by decree of the Government 
 published on the 19th December, 1881. It is situated in the nojth 
 of the Republic, and is bounded on the north by the Caribbean 
 Sea, on the east by the Republic of Nicaragua, on the south 
 by the Departments of Yoro and Olancho, and on the west its 
 
HONDURAS. 19 
 
 boundary follows the course of the river Cuero, which separates 
 it from Yoro. Its surface in the western part is very broken and 
 is traversed by many lofty ranges of mountains. One of these, 
 the Calentura, runs parallel to the sea and has several very high 
 peaks. There is also, near La Ceiba, a very lofty mountain, called 
 Cangrejos or Congrehoy. These peaks are visible tor many miles 
 and form excellent landmarks for navigators. In the eastern part 
 of the Department, are large and fertile plains well adapted for 
 agriculture, the cultivation of fruit, and cattle-raising. On the coast, 
 are several lagoons, some of which are of considerable extent. 
 
 Carataska Lagoon is about 36 miles in length, but nowhere ex- 
 ceeds 12 miles in breadth. It is shallow, varying in depth from 
 
 12 to 18 feet. It has two entrances, one by a small creek and 
 the other of considerable width, with a bar at the mouth carrying 
 
 13 to 14 feet of water. There are three islands of considerable 
 size in this lagoon, and several small streams discharge into it. 
 The land in the vicinity consists of fertile plains affording good 
 pasturage and agricultural facilities. 
 
 Brus, or Brewers, Lagoon has a wide mouth, but will not admit 
 vessels drawing more than six or seven feet. Three or four miles 
 from its entrance, is an island about two miles in circumference, 
 which was fortified by the English during their occupancy of this 
 territory. This lagoon abounds in fish, oysters, and water fowl. 
 
 Black River Lagoon is about 15 miles long by 7 wide and con- 
 tains several small islands. On its borders, are extensive plains 
 and pine ridges. 
 
 Truxillo, the capital of the Department, is a seaport situated on 
 a beautiful bay and was founded in 1524. Within the next 
 century, it reached a high degree of prosperity, as it was the princi- 
 pal port of entry for ships from Spain. In 1643, it was plundered 
 and burned by buccaneers. It has never recovered its former 
 grandeur, although it is the seat of considerable commerce. It 
 now has about 2,500 inhabitants. Its principal exports are india 
 
20 HONDURAS. 
 
 rubber, sarsaparilla, cattle, and fruit. It has a weekly line of 
 steamers to New Orleans, and steamers from New York call every 
 three weeks. Among its public edifices, are the military barracks, 
 prison, custom-house. Government office building, town hall, a 
 church, and two public schools. 
 
 The climate is hot in the summer months, but the refreshing 
 eifects of the trade winds render it healthful. 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF YORO. 
 
 Capital, Yoro. 
 
 Towns : Rosa or Siriano,Yorito, Jocon, Sulaco, Tela, El Negrito, 
 Olanchito, Arenal. 
 
 This Department is situated in the north ot the Republic, and 
 is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea and the Depart- 
 ment of Colon, on the east by Colon and Olancho, on the south 
 by Olancho, Tegucigalpa, and Comayagua, and on the west by 
 Santa Barbara. 
 
 Its surface is very diversified and corrugated by ranges ot moun- 
 tains, between which are rich plains and wide valleys, through 
 which many rivers find their passage to the sea, affording fine pas- 
 turage to numerous herds of cattle. These valleys also abound 
 in valuable timber, yielding dyewoods, cabinet woods, and others 
 valuable for building. This Department is preeminently the 
 mahogany district of Central America. All that part ot the great 
 Sula Valley which lies east of the river Ulua is in this Depart- 
 ment. In the future development of the country, this will prove 
 to be the most attractive region to foreigners from the great variety 
 and richness of its products, its navigable rivers, and its proximity 
 to the ports of the United States. 
 
 Yoro, the capital city of the Department, is situated about 75 
 miles from the seacoast, in a beautiful, extensive, and fertile val- 
 ley, 45 miles long by 24 in width, bordered by great ranges of 
 mountains. Its climate is very variable. Its inhabitants are prin- 
 cipally employed in agriculture and raising cattle. 
 
HONDURAS. 21 
 
 Among its public buildings, are a handsome modern edifice, 
 containing the Government offices and law courts, a town hall, 
 market, church, and several school buildings. A good road has 
 recently been built from this point to the port of La Ceiba. 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF SANTA BARBARA. 
 
 Capital, Santa Barbara. 
 
 Towns: llama, San Pedro Zacapa, Gualala Colinas, Nuevo 
 Celilac, Naranjito, San Nicolas, Trinidad, Chinda, Concepcion, 
 Ouimistan, Macuelizo, San Marcos, Petoa, Santa Cruz, San Fran- 
 cisco de Yojoa Talpetato, Potrerillos, San Pedro Sula, Omoa, 
 Tuma, Puerto Cortez. 
 
 This Department is one of the most important in the Republic 
 from its geographical position, its navigable rivers, and the extra- 
 ordinary fertility of its lands. It is bounded on the north by the 
 Caribbean Sea, on the east by the Departments of Yoro and 
 Comayagua, on the south by Gracias and Intibuca, and on the 
 west by Copan and the Republic of Guatemala. It is very moun- 
 tainous, but its great valleys are of wonderful fertility and abound 
 in valuable timber. Fruit-growing, agriculture, timber-cutting, 
 and mining all contribute to the prosperity of its inhabitants. A 
 very large proportion of the commerce of the Atlantic coast passes 
 through its ports and cities. 
 
 The city of Santa Barbara, the capital of the Department, is 
 situated on the south bank of the river Cececapa, or Santa Bar- 
 bara, which is the principal affluent of the Ulua. It is surrounded 
 by hills covered with groves ot pine trees, which shut it in so 
 closely that it can only find room for extension in one direction, 
 toward the small plain called El Conejo. Its inhabitants are 
 principally employed in commerce and agriculture, particularly in 
 the cultivation of cacao, fruit, and indigo. It is also famous for 
 its hats, which are similar to the Panama hats, and are made from 
 young palm leaves which, after being bleached in the sun, are 
 
22 HONDURAS. 
 
 divided into threads of which the hats are composed. . These hats 
 are made entirely by hand, chiefly by women, who acquire a won- 
 derful dexterity in the work. The principal market for them is 
 in Guatemala. 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF COMAYAGUA. 
 
 Capital, Comayagua. 
 
 Towns: Ajuterique, Lejemani, San Antonio, San Sebastian, 
 Lamani, Opoteca, San Jeronimo del Espino, Siguatepeque, San 
 Jose, Meambar, Ojos de Agua, La Libertad, Esquias, Minas de 
 Oro, San Jose del Portrero. 
 
 This Department is bounded on the north by those of Santa 
 Barbara and Yoro, east by Tegucigalpa, south by La Paz, west by 
 Santa Barbara. As in the other Departments, the surface is very 
 mountainous and broken, but it has many beautiful plains and 
 valleys and a great variety of climate due to the differences of 
 elevation. Thus, in the great valley of Comayagua, at an average 
 altitude of 1,700 feet, the climate is hot, and all kinds of tropical 
 products grow luxuriantly. It is surrounded by mountains from 
 5,000 to 6,000 feet in height, covered with pine trees, the slopes 
 producing rich crops of maize, In the plain of Siguatepeque, at 
 an elevation of 3,200 feet, the climate is cool and bracing, and 
 rains are more frequent and prolonged. Wheat, barley, and rye 
 are grown there, and the nutritious grass provides sustenance to 
 large herds of cattle and horses. 
 
 Comayagua, the capital of the Department, is situated at the 
 head of an extensive and beautiful valley, which is abundantly 
 watered by the river Humuya and several smaller streams. It 
 was founded in the year 1 537 by Capt. Alonzo de Caceres, who 
 was sent by Francisco de Montijo, then governor of Honduras, to 
 subdue some tribes of natives who had revolted against the Spanish 
 authority. He gave it the name of Santa Maria de Comayagua, 
 although it was afterwards known as Valladolid. In 1557, it was 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 23 
 
 raised to the rank of a city and became the capital of the Province, 
 and in 1559, the Episcopal residence was removed from Truxillo 
 to this city, where it has ever since remained. 
 
 Its name is derived from the aboriginal word coma and the 
 Spanish y and agiia (water), signifying a plain abounding in 
 water. During the colonial times, it attained a high degree of 
 prosperity and was adorned with fountains and monuments and 
 many handsome edifices. Of many of these, only the ruins 
 remain. Previous to the year 1827, it had about 18,000 inhab- 
 itants, but in that year, it was captured and many of its buildings 
 burned by the troops of the monarchial faction of Guatemala, and 
 It has never since recovered its former prosperity. In 1873, ^^ 
 again suffered from the effects of siege and capture during the war 
 carried on by Guatemala and Salvador against Honduras. 
 
 The removal of the capital to Tegucigalpa in 1880 gave 
 another blow to its fortunes. It has now about 8,000 inhabitants 
 and retains but a vestige of its former importance. It lies, how- 
 ever, in the direct route which an interoceanic railroad must take, 
 and whenever one is built it will do much to resuscitate and restore 
 the fortunes of this ancient city. 
 
 Among the public buildings, is the Cathedral, which is the 
 largest and finest church in Honduras. It was commenced in the 
 year 1700 and finished in 1715. The other notable edifices are 
 the bislop's palace, the barracks, town hall, government printing 
 office, post-office, telegraph office, and government offices. 
 
 departmp;nt of copan. 
 
 Capital, Santa Rosa. 
 
 Towns : Santa Rita de Copan, Cucuyagua, San Pedro, Corquim 
 Ocotopeque, Sinuapa, Concepcion del Jute, Santa Fe, Trinidad, 
 San Nicolas, Nueva Arcadia, La Florida, San Antonio, San Jose, 
 Sensenti, Lucerna, San Francisco Chucuyuco, La Encarnacion, 
 La Labor, San Marcos. 
 
^4 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 This Department is bounded on the north by the Department 
 of Santa Barbara, on the east by Gracias and Santa Barbara, on 
 the south by Gracias, and on the west by the Republic of Gua- 
 temala. It was created by act of Congress m 1869. Its surface 
 is much diversified and is intersected by several ranges of moun- 
 tains. Among its most striking topographical features, are the 
 great valleys of Sensenti and Cucuyagua. The former is 30 miles 
 in lerigth and from 5 to 15 wide, and is almost surrounded by lofty 
 mountains. It averages 2,800 feet above the level of tfie sea. 
 
 This department is rich in veins of gold and silver, and veins 
 of bituminous coal 8 to 10 feet in thickness have been found in 
 the district of Sensenti, but the principal wealth of the department 
 is derived from the growth of tobacco, which is of excellent quality 
 and deservedly bears a high reputation. Its cultivation and man- 
 ufacture are the principal industries. In the Copan Valley, near 
 the Guatemalan frontier, on the right bank of the Copan River, 
 are situated the ruins of Copan, one of the most remarkable remains 
 of an ancient civilization. Among the ruins, are pyramids, innu- 
 merable statues, obelisks, and columnscovered with singular sculp- 
 tures, hieroglyphs, and emblematic figures. There are many ancient 
 remains in Honduras, but these ruins are the most extensive and 
 interesting. 
 
 Santa Rosa, the capital, was, at the end of the last century, a 
 small village, and owes its subsequent growth and prosperity to 
 the extension of the tobacco industry. In 1795, the colonial 
 authorities built a large tobacco and cigar manufactory, which 
 gave a great impetus to the industry which has ever since been 
 the chief source of prosperity to the city. Santa Rosa is pleas- 
 antly situated on a small plain at an elevation of 3,400 feet above 
 the sea level, and enjoys a cool and healthy climate. The public 
 edifices consist of a barracks, which serves as a military head- 
 quarters for the Department, government offices, a college, and a 
 church. 
 
HONDURAS. 25 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF GRACIAS, 
 
 Capital, Gracias. 
 
 Towns : La Iguala, Belen, Lepaera, Los Flores, Talagua, En ,n- 
 dique, San Andres, San Francisco, Candelaria, Virginia, Mapu- 
 laca, Piraera, Gualciuse, Guarita, Valladolid, La Virtud, Cololaca, 
 Tomola. 
 
 This Department is bounded on the north by the Departments 
 of Santa Barbara and Copan, on the east by Santa Barbara and 
 lutibuca, and on the south and west by the Republic ot Salvador. 
 It was created in June, 1825', by a decree of Congress, which set 
 forth the political divisions and boundaries of the Republic. Its 
 surface is very diversified, and is remarkable for the various ranges 
 of majestic mountains which traverse it in different directions. 
 One of the highest ot these is that of Celaque, which attains an 
 elevation of from 8,000 to 10,000 feet. 
 
 The Department is rich in minerals, and in the neighborhood 
 of Erandique, are the celebrated opal mines, which have produced 
 many of these gems of fine quality. Its valleys also present many 
 favorable conditions for raising cattle, which forms one of the 
 principal industries. 
 
 Gracias, the capital, is one of the most ancient cities in Hon- 
 duras. It was founded in 1530 by Juan de Chavez, who gave it 
 the name of Gracias a Dios (Thanks to God). The warlike 
 natives soon compelled the evacuation of the town, but it was 
 reoccupied in 1536 by Gonzalo de Alvarado. It is situated on a 
 handsome plain to the west of the mountains of Celaque, and is 
 watered by the small rivers Arcagual and El Tejar. This city 
 has the distinction of having been the ancient capital of the vast 
 Spanish possessions from the peninsula of Yucatan to the isthmus 
 of Darien. Its climate is moist and warm. It has a large building 
 of two stories used as a barrack and public prison; an extensive 
 edifice containing the Government offices; two churches, a large 
 
26 HONDURAS. 
 
 public school, and in the suburbs, a fortress called the castle of 
 San Cristobal. 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF INTIBUCA. 
 
 Capital, La Esperanza. 
 
 Towns: Intibuca, Yamaranguila, Dolores, San Miguel Guan- 
 capla, San Juan, Camasca, Magdalena, Santa Lucia, Colomon- 
 cagua, San Antonio, Concepcion, Jesiis de Otoro, Masaguara. 
 
 This Department was created by authority of Congress in April, 
 1883. It is bounded on the north by the Department of Santa 
 Barbara, on the east by La Paz and Comayagua, on the south by 
 the Republic of Salvador, and on the west by Gracias. 
 
 The central and northern parts of the Department are extremely 
 rugged and mountainous, but in the south, it is lower and has more 
 level country. Its industries are agriculture and cattle raising. 
 Up to date, no information has been received of any mineral dis- 
 coveries within its boundaries. 
 
 La Esperanza, the capital, is situated in an elevated plain 4,950 
 feet above the sea level. As a consequence, the climate is cold, 
 the thermometer seldom rising above 62°. Its commerce is con- 
 fined entirely to agricultural products and the herding and expor- 
 tation of cattle. Immediately to the north and east, and separated 
 from it only by a street, is the large Indian town of Intibuca, 
 which, from its situation, has sometimes been mistaken for the 
 capital. La Esperanza has a building, two stories in height, in 
 which are the principal offices of the Department; a town hall, a 
 prison, a large schoolhouse for both sexes, and a public park. 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF LA PAZ. 
 
 Capital, La Paz. 
 
 Towns: Cane, Marcala, Santa Maria, Puringla, Yarula, Santa 
 Elena, San Jose, Chinacla, Opatoro, Guajiquiro, Santa Ana Ca- 
 canterique, San Antonio del Norte, Santerique, Caridad, Aguan- 
 queterique, Mercedes de Oriente, San Juan. 
 
HONDURAS. 27 
 
 This Department was created by a decree published on the 28th 
 ot May, 1869, from territory formerly included in the Department 
 of Comayagua. It is bounded on the north by the Department 
 of Comayagua, on the east by Tegucigalpa and Paraiso, on the 
 south by the Republic of Salvador, and on the west by Intibuca. 
 The greater part of its surface is extremely mountainous and 
 rugged, but the valleys and plains have the advantage of a healthful 
 and pleasant climate and are devoted to agriculture and cattle 
 raising. Very little it any mining is carried on, but in the Lepa- 
 terique mountains are many abandoned mines which were profit- 
 ably worked in colonial times, thus proving the existence of min- 
 eral veins which will at some future time attract capital and skill 
 to put them again in profitable operation. 
 
 La Paz, the capital, is situated in the western extremity of the 
 extensive and beautiful valley of Comayagua, at the foot of the 
 hills called '' Los Manueles." Although founded in 1797, it is 
 only within the past 1 5 years that it has increased rapidly in size 
 and population. A good stone bridge has recently been built 
 over the river Mura. It has also a very handsome church. Agri- 
 culture and cattle dealing are the principal occupations. 
 
 DEPARTMENT OF THE BAY ISLANDS. 
 
 Capital, Ruatan. , 
 
 Towns: Guanaja and Utila. 
 
 This Department is composed of the islands of Ruatan, Gua- 
 naja, Utila, Barbareta, Elena, and Morat, situated at from 25 to 
 45 miles to the north of the coast of the Department of Colon. 
 The island of Ruatan is the largest of the group, being 30 miles 
 in length by 5 in its widest part. These islands are very fertile 
 and well suited for the cultivation of all tropical products. Cocoa- 
 nuts, bananas, and other fruits are at present their principal articles 
 ot export. 
 
 Ruatan, the capital, is situated on the slope of a picturesque 
 
28 HONDURAS. 
 
 hill, the foot of which is bathed by the waters of a well-sheltered 
 bay which forms the harbor. The climate is healthful, and Ruatan 
 is the seat of a considerable and growing commerce, being visited 
 by regular lines of steamships. Among its public buildings, are 
 an edifice containing the Government offices; barracks and mili- 
 tary headquarters, custom-house, town hall, law courts, prison, one 
 Catholic and several Protestant churches, and a schoolhouse. 
 
 POPULATION. 
 
 According to the census taken in 1887, the population of Hon- 
 duras was as follows • 
 
 Departments. Population. 
 
 Tegucigalpa ! 60, 1 70 
 
 El Paraiso. . ! 18, 057 
 
 Choluteca 43, 588 
 
 Comayagua ! 16, 739 
 
 La Paz 
 Itibuca . 
 Gracias. 
 
 18, 800 
 17. 942 
 27, 8 16 
 
 Copan 36.744 
 
 Santa Barbara 32, 634 
 
 Yoro I 13, 996 
 
 Colon , 11,474 
 
 Olancho 31, 132 
 
 Bay Islands. 
 Total . 
 
 825 
 
 331.917 
 
 Divided by sexes into 163,073 males and 168,844 females. 
 Of this total, 325,750 were Honduraneans and 6,167 were 
 foreigners. Among the most numerous of the latter were — 
 
 English I, 033 
 
 Citizens of the United States 185 
 
 Spaniard's 77 
 
 French 72 
 
 Germans 43 
 
 The greater part of the remainder were natives of the other 
 Central American Republics. It is estimated that the population 
 
HONDURAS. 29 
 
 IS now considerably in excess of 400,000. A large proportion of 
 the population are of mixed blood, showing every gradation of 
 color from those of nearly pure Castilian lineage to the Indians. 
 There are also many families that show no admixture of Indian 
 blood. The laboring classes, whether of mixed or pure Indian 
 blood, are, owing to the spread of education, evincing great 
 capacity for improvement. Frugal, patient, industrious, and hon- 
 est, they have many of the best qualities of a valuable working 
 population, and only lack direction to become an important means 
 for the development and improvement of the country. 
 
 The district of Mosquitia, particularly in the neighborhood of 
 the Caratasca Lagoon, contains many of the mixed race of negroes 
 and Indians called Samhos. But the most active element of the 
 northern coast are the Caribs, who are the descendants of the 
 Caribs of St. Vincent, who were deported by the English in 1796 
 and carried en masse to the coast of Honduras. They constitute 
 a good and useful laboring population. They are expert boatmen, 
 and in that vocation, the women are equal to the men. They 
 are also the principal reliance of the mahogany-cutters as axmen. 
 
 There are many Indian tribes who still retain their ancient 
 language and many ot their primitive habits. As a rule, they are 
 industrious, provident, and peaceable, and as education spreads 
 among them and means of locomotion and intercommunication 
 become more advanced, they will gradually become amalgamated 
 with the Spanish-speaking natives. 
 
Chapter IV. 
 
 CONSTITUTION AND FORM OF GOVERNMENT. 
 
 Honduras is a free, sovereign, and independent republic. The 
 constitution''" is extremely liberal, and is largely modeled after 
 that of the United States. It guarantees to all the inhabitants ot 
 the Republic, natives or foreigners, inviolability ot life, individual 
 security, liberty, equality, and the rights of property. It also 
 guarantees the right of habeas corpus. The privilege of stlt- 
 defense is inviolable. Torture is forbidden. Restrictions that are 
 not absolutely necessary for the security of prisoners are prohibited. 
 Traffic in slaves is a penal offense, and the slave that treads the 
 soil ot Honduras becomes free. 
 
 The constitution grants no privileges of caste: before the law, 
 all men are equal. All foreigners possess equal privileges and 
 enjoy the same civil rights as natives. Foreigners may, in conse- 
 quence, buy, sell, locate, and possess all kinds of property, and 
 dispose of it in the form prescribed by law. They may exercise 
 all industries and professions, enter the country freely and leave 
 it with their property, and visit with their ships the ports of the 
 Republic and navigate its seas and rivers. 
 
 They are exempt from extraordinary contributions and are 
 guaranteed entire liberty of conscience. They mav construct 
 churches and establish cemeteries in any part of the Republic, 
 and their marriage contracts shall not be invalidated by not being 
 in conformity with the regulations of any sect or creed if they 
 
 * For tianslatuju o{ constitution iii full see Appendix A, page 67 
 30 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 31 
 
 have been legally celebrated. Every inhabitant is free to profess 
 publicly or privately the religion he prefers. The Government 
 acknowledges no official religion. 
 
 There is no censorship of the press. No inhabitant may be 
 molested for the expression of his opinions, if such opinions do not 
 infringe the laws, or for any act that does not disturb the pubUc 
 peace. The Republic considers it a sacred duty to promote and 
 protect public instruction in all its branches. Primary instruction 
 is obligatory, secular, and free. No minister of any religious 
 sect is permitted to direct any school or college maintained by 
 the State. No one may be deprived of his property except by 
 course of law or by sentence of law. The domestic hearth is 
 inviolable- Epistolary correspondence, telegrams, private papers, 
 and books used in commerce are inviolable. 
 
 Police regulations are exercised solely by the civil authorities. 
 Service in the army is obligatory; every Honduranean between 
 the ages of 18 and 35 years is considered a soldier of the active 
 army, and every one from 35 to 40 a soldier of the reserve. 
 Foreigners are exempt from military service and naturalized cit- 
 izens are exempt for ten years. 
 
 The Government is divided into three branches — the legislative, 
 executive, and judicial. 
 
 The legislative power is exercised by a single chamber of dep- 
 uties, elected directly by the people, which meets in the capital 
 of the Republic every two years between the 1st and the 15th of 
 January. Its sessions last sixty days, unless sooner adjourned by 
 agreement with the executive. Extra sessions may be called at 
 any time, but in that case, no business can be transacted beyond 
 that expressed in the call. The deputies are elected for four 
 years. The constitution provides that one deputy shall be elected 
 to represent every 10,000 inhabitants, but as no congressional dis- 
 tricts have yet been established, each department ^elects three rep- 
 resentatives, excepting that of the Bay Islands, which is allowed 
 
32 HONDURAS. 
 
 but one. Three-fourths of the members constitute a quorum. A 
 simple majority determines a question. 
 
 The executive power is exercised by a citizen who is styled 
 President of the Republic. He must be a native of Honduras, 
 above thirty years of age, and in possession ot all the rights of 
 citizenship. He is chosen by direct vote of the people and his 
 election is declared by Congress. But if, on scrutiny of the vote, 
 no absolute majority is found, Congress shall proceed to elect a 
 President from the three candidates having the largest number ot 
 votes. In this case, the election shall be public and must be con- 
 cluded in one session. The term of office is four years, and the 
 President may be elected for a second term, but can not be chosen 
 for a third term until after the lapse of four years from the termi- 
 nation ot his second term of office. 
 
 Members of the cabinet are appointed by the President. They 
 may be present at the sessions of Congress and take part in the 
 debates, but have no vote. 
 
 The judicial power is exercised by a supreme court and minor 
 tribunals. The supreme court is composed of five judges, which 
 is located in the capital of the Republic, and its jurisdiction extends 
 to all the departments. The presidency ot the court is exercised 
 by each judge in turn. Four courts of appeals exercise jurisdic- 
 tion in the districts allotted to them. A court of letters, presided 
 over by a single judge, is located at the capital of each depart- 
 ment. There are also one or two justices of the peace in all the 
 cities and towns ot the Republic, according to the number of 
 inhabitants. 
 
 Governors of departments are appointed by the President. 
 
 The laws are codified. There exists no statute of limitations; 
 therefore, no indebtedness can be outlawed. Gambling and betting 
 debts can not be collected by law, but debts for mtoxicating liquors 
 are collectible. 
 
Chapter V. 
 
 EDUCATION AND RELIGION. 
 
 Within the past few years, the Government of Honduras has 
 made great efforts to extend educational facilities both in the 
 primary and higher grades. Primary education is free and com- 
 pulsory and as heretofore stated, is entirely secular, no priest or 
 minister of any denomination being allowed to preside over or 
 teach in any school which is supported or subsidized by the Gov- 
 ernment. 
 
 For the higher grades of education, the following establishments 
 exist: 
 
 At Tegucigalpa, the Central University, with departments of 
 law, medicine, literature, and science. In connection with the 
 university, there is a free public library which was founded by 
 President Soto in 1880. There are also the National Scientific 
 and Literary Institute, the Female College, with courses in modern 
 languages, music, domestic economy, physiology, and hygiene, a 
 manual training school for mechanic and decorative arts, and an 
 ecclesiastical college and parochial school attached, which is sup- 
 ported by and is under the control of the Roman Catholic Church. 
 
 At Yuscaran, college and high school attached. At Danli, 
 high school. At Santa Barbara, college for higher education, 
 including classes in geology, mineralogy, zoology, botany, book- 
 keeping, and mercantile law and usage. At Santa Rosa, college 
 of sciences and letters, with lower school attached. 
 
 The Government has also authorized the establishment of col- 
 Bull. 57 3 33 
 
34 HONDURAS. 
 
 leges for higher education in the cities of Gracias, Juticalpa, and 
 La Paz. 
 
 There is at each capital of a department, a school for secondary 
 education and training of teachers which is subsidized by the Gov- 
 ernment. There are in the Republic, 640 primary schools, with 
 an attendance of 21,707 pupils, for the maintenance of which the 
 Government paid in the last census year the sum of $100,474. 
 
 RELIGION. 
 
 The constitution guarantees absolute freedom to all forms of 
 religion. The state does not contribute to the support of any 
 creed, but exercises the right of inspection and control of all, 
 according to the law and the police regulations concerning their 
 external ceremonies. The prevailing religion is the Roman Cath- 
 olic, but there are Protestant churches at Puerto Cortez, San 
 Pedro, and on the Bay Islands. The whole Republic forms a 
 diocese of the Roman Catholic Church, under the charge of a 
 bishop, who resides at Comayagua, where the cathedral is located. 
 
Chapter VI. 
 
 AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES— CLIMATE AND SEASONS. 
 
 The agricultural resources of Honduras are extremely varied. 
 Almost every vegetable product that flourishes in any part of 
 the hemisphere can be grown within its boundaries, and there is 
 scarcely a limit to the variety of the crops that can be gathered 
 from its fertile soil. In fact, in addition to its wealth of tropical 
 products, most of those grown in the temperate zone can be raised 
 advantageously in some part of the territory of the Republic. 
 This is the effect of the great diversity of climate, due to the 
 peculiar topographical formation of the country. Thus, some 
 landholders may embrace within their territory all the gradations 
 of climate from the northern temperate to the glowing heat of the 
 tropics. 
 
 That these magnificent advantages have not been more thor- 
 oughly utilized and developed is mainly due to the lack of facili- 
 ties for transportation. From this cause, there exists, in many 
 localities, little inducement for the agriculturist to raise more than 
 enough to supply his own needs or the demands of some local 
 market which may be within a reasonable distance from his home. 
 To this lack of stimulus which an- increased demand would sup- 
 ply, may be largely attributed the primitive system of agriculture 
 practiced by the inhabitants. Ground is cleared and planted in 
 the simplest manner. The milpas or maize^ patches in which the 
 corn is raised which forms the staple food of man and mule, are, 
 
 35 
 
36 HONDURAS. 
 
 if the ground is wooded, merely burned over. A hole is made 
 in the ground with an iron pointed stick, and a kernel of corn is 
 dropped into each hole and covered over by a motion of the foot 
 of the farmer. Such a thing as cultivation of the growing crop is 
 almost unknown, and even the most fertile plains, if ploughed at 
 all, are merely scratched a few inches in depth. As a consequence, 
 the production of cereals is seldom sufficient for home consump- 
 tion, necessitating the importation every year from the United 
 States of both corn and flour. 
 
 BANANAS. 
 
 Within the past few years, the largely increased demand for 
 tropical fruits in the United States and Europe has led to an 
 immense development in the cultivation of bananas, on the north 
 coast of Honduras and in the valley of San Pedro Sula, on lands 
 within easy reach of ocean transportation. The rapid transit which 
 has been established by several steamship lines, particularly those 
 to New Orleans, has given Honduras a great advantage in this 
 trade, as every day saved in transportation means a saving from 
 loss by damage, decay, and over-ripening, and consequently the 
 landing of the fruit in better condition for inland transportation. 
 
 In starting a banana plantation, the timber and brush are cut 
 down and allowed to lie until the warm sun of the dry season has 
 thoroughly dried them; they are then burned. Then, the sprouts 
 or suckers, which cost from $1 to $1.50 per hundred, are planted 
 m shallow holes dug in the soil about 1 5 feet from each other in 
 every direction, which allows about two hundred and twenty-five 
 plants per acre. Nothing else is done except to cut down the 
 weeds and undergrowth with the machete so as to allow access to 
 the plants. It would, of course, be better to cultivate the land 
 and keep it thoroughly clear of weeds, but as good crops can be 
 obtained without this no one cares to incur the extra expense. 
 Nine months after planting, the first crop can be cut, and a 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 37 
 
 monthly harvest can thenceforward be gathered for many years 
 without replanting. The original sprout grows a stalk or tree 
 which bears a bunch of fruit; this is cut down when the fruit is, 
 gathered. In the meantime, several young sprouts have been 
 growing. Thus, from a single root, from four to six bunches can 
 be gathered every year. The stalks, as they are cut down, are cut 
 up and thrown around the roots to fertilize the soil. 
 
 At a very small expenditure for care or cultivation, a plantation 
 can be safely estimated to yield in the first year 200 bunches per 
 acre, and in the succeeding years, at least three or four times as 
 many. The price varies, of course, according to demand and 
 supply, but even at 37^' cents (3 reals) a bunch, which has been 
 for some years the minimum price, it will be seen that banana- 
 raising is a profitable industry. The banana requires a deep soil, 
 rich in alluvial deposits; it is, therefore, especially adapted to the 
 fertile low lands easy of access to rivers and the sea. In the valley 
 of San Pedro Sula, the exportation of bananas has supplied the 
 bulk of the freight carried on the railroad which extends to the 
 town of San Pedro, 37 miles from the harbor of Puerto Cortez, 
 and the facilities it has offered have led to the establishment of 
 plantations along its line and further from the sea than in other 
 parts of the country. 
 
 COFFEE. 
 
 Coffee of fine quality is grown on the uplands of the interior 
 of Honduras with great success. The chief obstacle to the prog- 
 ress of this industry has been the lack of means for transportation 
 to the coast. Whenever this question is solved, Honduras will 
 become as great a producer of coffee as any of the other Central 
 American republics, as the country possesses every other element 
 necessary for success in the production of this staple. Coffee 
 grows best at an elevation of from 1,000 to 4,000 feet; conse- 
 quently, its production must be confined to the highlands of the 
 
^8 HONDURAS. 
 
 interior, whence the transportation to the coast is only by moun- 
 tainous bridle paths on mule-back, at an expense which is prohib- 
 itory to raising coffee for exportation. 
 
 In starting a coffee plantation, the young plants can be pur- 
 chased, or, if the planter makes his own nursery, the seeds should 
 be planted not later than the month of May, The young plants 
 should be transplanted when they have attained a height of about 
 18 inches, which will be in about a year. They are generally 
 set out about 10 feet apart, or about 500 to the acre. The coffee 
 plant, when young, is delicate and requires protection from wind 
 and sun ; for this purpose, bananas or other quick-growing trees 
 are planted between the rows. When the coffee tree attains a 
 height of 5 or 6 feet, it is topped to prevent its growing higher, so 
 as to facilitate the gathering of the crop. It blossoms in March; 
 the flowers are pure white in color and very fragrant; the fruit is 
 a fleshy berry, having the appearance of a cherry, which becomes 
 dark red as it ripens. Each fruit contains two seeds, which form 
 the raw coffee of commerce. The trees begin to bear in the third 
 year, and will continue to increase until the sixth or seventh, when 
 a full crop is produced of from 1 to 3 pounds or even more per 
 tree. In November, at the beginning of the dry season, the ber- 
 ries are ripe and ready for the harvest. 
 
 The preparation of coffee for the market is a most important 
 part of the work and constitutes the largest item of annual expend- 
 iture in its production. The berries are first lightly crushed and 
 washed in running water in tanks, where they are allowed to fer- 
 ment; by this process, they are freed from the pulpy covering and 
 outer skin. They are then spread out to dry in the open air in 
 specially prepared yards or patios. When thoroughly dried, they 
 are passed through a machine, which frees them from the fine 
 skin which covers each grain. The coffee is then sorted by hand, 
 and all broken and damaged grains are removed. At the prices 
 which have prevailed for some years past, the raising of coffee has 
 
HONDURAS. ^Q 
 
 been a very profitable industry wherever moderate rates for trans- 
 portation could be obtained, and even those planters in Honduras 
 who have raised it for home consumption have prospered. 
 
 TOBACCO. 
 
 The soil and climate of Honduras are well adapted to tobacco 
 culture, as has been thoroughly demonstrated during the past 
 century, particularly in the Department of Copan. The tobacco 
 of Honduras enjoys a high reputation throughout Central America, 
 where it is generally known. Its production, however, has been 
 limited, as it has been a Government monopoly, and could only 
 be cultivated by license and under stringent regulations. From 
 this cause, it has been little known abroad This obstacle to the 
 expansion of the industry has now been removed by a decree 
 published during the past year, allowing tobacco to be cultivated 
 in all the departments of the Republic. By the terms of this 
 decree, planters will have to record the number of their plants. 
 The minimum to be raised on one plantation is 100,000 plants, 
 except in the Department of Copan, where 8,000 is the smallest 
 number allowed. For every 8,000 plants, $20 must be paid to 
 the State. 
 
 At the New Orleans Exposition, in 1884, samples of leaf tobacco 
 and cigars, raised and manufactured in Honduras, were exhibited 
 and obtained the highest premium, although exposed to compe- 
 tition with the products of Mexico and Cuba. A Belgian com- 
 pany has recently purchased a large tract of land in the Depart- 
 ment of Copan, and is preparing to embark in the enterprise of 
 raising tobacco on a large scale. 
 
 On and after July 12, 1894, the export duty to be levied on 
 tobacco will be — 
 
 Dollars. 
 
 100 pounds leaf, first class 2. oo 
 
 loo pounds leaf, second class , i. 50 
 
 I, 000 fine cigars i. 00 
 
 I, 000 ordinary cigars ; 50 
 
^O HONDURAS. 
 
 INDIA RUBBER. 
 
 India rubber is obtained from a tree growing to a height of 
 50 to 60 feet. It grows more rapidly and is generally taller and 
 straighter than the rubber-producing trees of Brazil. The native 
 name for rubber is ule and the collectors of it are called uleros. 
 Although the wasteful and destructive methods which have been 
 used have caused a great loss of trees, the spontaneous production 
 still goes on, and it will be many years before the natural supply 
 is exhausted. This industry will doubtless become an important 
 factor in the future industrial development of the Republic. Where 
 plantations have been made, about 1 60 trees have been placed in 
 each acre. The trees should not be tapped until ten years old ; 
 they will then, with care, continue to produce for many years. It 
 is estimated that a tree will net to its owner about $6 per year. 
 The success that has thus far attended the i^yff experiments that 
 have been made proves incontestibly that the rubber tree is sus- 
 ceptible of cultivation. The only drawback, of course, is that the 
 planter would have to wait ten years for his first return on the 
 capital invested. 
 
 COCOA NUTS. 
 
 Cocoanut trees thrive on the seacoasts and around the lagoons. 
 In making plantations, the trees are usually set 30 feet apart, and 
 grow to a height of from 40 to 60 feet. In from five to six years, 
 they commence to bear and continue to do so for many years. Each 
 tree will produce from one hundred to three hundred nuts annu- 
 ally. They are a very profitable crop, as they require no care or 
 cultivation. The nuts ripen throughout the year and are not per- 
 ishable or liable to damage, as bananas are, by rough handling or 
 delays in shipping. To anyone who can afford to wait six years 
 for his first crop, a cocoanut grove is a good investment. 
 
HONDURAS. 41 
 
 SUGAR CANE. 
 
 Honduras is particularly suitable tor the production of sugar. 
 The cane attains a size and perfection that would astonish a 
 Louisiana planter. The crop is also perennial. There are many 
 plantations that have not been replanted tor twenty-five or thirty 
 years and are still yielding bountiful crops of the finest quality 
 of cane. The sugar cane of Honduras is less fibrous and 
 woody, and is softer than that grown in the United States and 
 yields a larger percentage ot saccharine matter. In every valley 
 in the Republic, more or less of it can be seen waving its green 
 ribbons in the breeze. Cattle are very fond of it; everyone who 
 owns stock has a patch of cane for feed, and every traveler looks 
 to it as a provision for his mule when corn is scarce. With 
 proper machinery, as fine sugar could be produced as is made in 
 any part ot the world. At present, the only kind made is the 
 coarse brown dulce^ or common sugar used by the natives. All 
 higher grades are imported, and refined sugar is sold at retail at 
 2 5' cents per pound. Aguardiente, or native rum, is also made 
 from it, but this is a government monopoly and the right to man- 
 ufacture it has to be obtained. There is considerable illicit dis- 
 tilling carried on in remote nooks and corners of the Republic. 
 
 COTTON. 
 
 The cotton plant grows to perfection in the warm tropical 
 valleys and lowlands of Honduras. It grows into. a tall, woody 
 stemmed shrub, and does not require replanting for ten or more 
 years. It is wonderfully productive, and the quality of the fiber 
 is as fine and long in staple as the best produced in the United 
 States. The samples of Honduras cotton shown at the New 
 Orleans Exposition were highly commended and were a revelation 
 to the Southern planters who inspected them. 
 
42 HONDURAS. 
 
 OTHER CROPS. 
 
 Two good crops of corn are raised In Honduras yearly, and in 
 some districts, a third is planted, which, however, is cut before 
 maturity for fodder. Rice, of both the upland and lowland 
 varieties, grows luxuriantly and is of the finest quality. The 
 cultivation of pineapples is becoming more extended than for- 
 merly, and this fruit promises to become an important article for 
 export. 
 
 Two crops of oranges can be produced per year in Honduras, 
 and the size and quality are such that, with proper attention to 
 cultivation, they could be made equal to the best imported from 
 Sicily. Thus far, little attention has been paid to their culture, 
 but latterly, more interest has been shown in this direction. Lem- 
 ons, limes, citrons, and shaddocks are also indigenous and would 
 yield good returns by cultivation. 
 
 Irish and sweet potatoes, pears, and vegetables of all kinds can 
 be easily grown. Grapes, plums, figs, dates, almonds, olives, and 
 the long list of tropical fruits all grow luxuriantly, and most of 
 them are indigenous. 
 
 Sarsaparilla, vanilla, and many medicinal plants and herbs, some 
 of them unknown to our pharmacopoeia, abound in the forests, and 
 would amply repay for capital and labor spent in their utilization. 
 
 With such a wonderful array of natural resources, all that is 
 needed to give an immense impetus to agriculture is the improve- 
 ment of the roads and the construction of railroads. With these 
 facilities for marketing its products, the whole face of the country 
 would soon be changed and many a square mile of fertile land 
 now lying idle and unprofitable would be made to blossom as the 
 rose and add its quota to the wealth of the Republic. 
 
 The laws of Honduras governing the disposition of the public 
 lands are extremely liberal and afford every facility for obtaining 
 them on very easy terms. A full translation of these laws will be 
 found in Appendix B, page 82. 
 
HONDURAS. 4^ 
 
 On the 6th of October, 1893, ^ decree was published, for the 
 encouragement of agriculture, which grants a bonus of 5 cents on 
 each coffee tree planted, provided that the number is not less than 
 ^,000 trees, and 10 cents on each cacao or India-rubber tree, if not 
 less than 2,000 are planted. Upon satisfactory proof, the amounts 
 are to be paid in cash by the collector of revenue of the district in 
 which the plantation is situated. This decree will not apply to 
 cases where the Government has granted valuable concessions on 
 the condition that coffee, cacao, or India-rubber trees should be 
 planted. 
 
 CLIMATE AND SEASONS. 
 
 It is almost impossible to describe the climate of Honduras by 
 any general statement. In fact, there exists nowhere in the world 
 outside of Central America such a great variety of climate in so 
 small a space. Owing to the varying elevations of its surface, and 
 consequently, its varying exposures to the winds, Honduras has 
 a variety of climate, temperature, and moisture suited to every 
 constitution and to the cultivation of the products of every zone. 
 The lowlands of the Atlantic coast are the hottest part of the coun- 
 try, or, rather, the heat is felt more oppressively there on account of 
 the humidity of the atmosphere. The heat on the Pacific coast 
 is probably about the same, so far as the actual temperature is 
 concerned, but it is felt less, on account of the greater dryness of 
 the air. 
 
 The highlands and plateaus of the interior have a most delightful 
 climate, exceedingly temperate and uniform. Frost and snoware, 
 of course, unknown in any part of the country, and the heat is 
 tempered by the trade winds which sweep across the country from 
 ocean to ocean. On both coasts, heavy dews fall during the night, 
 so that vegetation is always, even in the dry season, profuse and 
 plentiful. On the elevated central plateaus, where the altitude is 
 3,000 feet and over, the dews are very slight and the nights are as 
 dry as the days. Even in the hottest part of the lowlands, the 
 
44 HONDURAS. 
 
 thermometer rarely rises above 9^° or falls below 42°, showing only 
 an extreme range ot 53°. 
 
 The following table of temperatures, observed in one year at 
 Tegucigalpa, will give a fair idea ot the climate ot the highlands 
 of the interior: 
 
 January. . . 
 Februaiy . 
 March . . . 
 
 April 
 
 May 
 
 June 
 
 July 
 
 August . . 
 September 
 October . . 
 November 
 December 
 
 Temperature. | 
 
 1 
 
 Highest. 
 
 Lowest. 
 
 °F 
 
 - 1 
 °F 
 
 79 
 
 54 
 
 ' 84 
 
 52 
 
 88 
 
 55 
 
 89 
 
 56 
 
 90 
 
 63 
 
 86 
 
 65 
 
 84 
 
 64 
 
 84 
 
 62 
 
 84 
 
 61 
 
 83 
 
 61 
 
 82 
 
 61 
 
 3i 
 
 50 1 
 
 Extreme 
 difference. 
 
 J^cg?-ecs. 
 
 33 
 33 
 27 
 21 
 20 
 22 
 
 23 
 22 
 21 
 31 
 
 There are but two seasons, the wet and the dry. These are 
 much influenced in their commencement and duration by local 
 causes, so that what is true of one part of the country may be 
 only partially true of another. However, the rainy season, called 
 by the natives invlenw^ or winter, generally commences in May 
 and lasts until November, and the dry season, called I'^v-^z//*?, or 
 summer, begins in November and lasts until May. 
 
 On the whole, Honduras is a very healthtul country The cli- 
 mate of the coast lands may be trying to a new arrival trom the 
 North, but not more so than the lowlands ot Louisiana or Missis- 
 sippi, and with ordinary prudence, no one need sufter trom sick- 
 ness. For the newcomer, it will be well to avoid too much 
 indulgence in tropical fruits, to which he is unaccustomed, not to 
 eat too heartily ot animal food, and above all, to be temperate in 
 the use ot alcoholic liquors. For all who have weak lungs or are 
 sutfering trom any affection ot the respiratory organs, the interior 
 of Honduras will prove to be a perfect sanitarium. 
 
Chapter VII. 
 
 ANIMAL INDUSTRY AND FORESTRY. 
 
 Honduras has many and great natural advantages for raising 
 live stock of all kinds. The soil, climate, and natural grasses are 
 all extremely favorable for the business. No epizooty or other 
 seriaus disease has ever existed among cattle there; no frost injures 
 the grass, no ice closes the streams, no snow nor hard winters injure 
 the herds, and no fierce storms scatter them in this land of per- 
 petual spring and summer, watered by bounteous streams, and 
 rendered fertile by refreshing showers. Large herds of cattle are 
 owned in the Departments of Santa Barbara, Comayagua, and 
 Tegucigalpa, but the greatest development of the business and. the 
 largest herds are in the Departments of Olancho, Gracias, Yoro, 
 and Copan, which surpass all others as grazing regions. For cen- 
 turies, cattle have ranged on the mesas and plains of Honduras, 
 where shade is furnished by scattered live oaks and other trees 
 and by the hills. Stock finds nothing to tempt or drive it to 
 stray; consequently, there is no expense for fencing, and there is 
 need for but few men to care for the herds. Notwithstanding all 
 these advantages, and the fact that for centuries the cattle trade 
 has been one of the principal industries of the country, little has 
 been done to improve the stock by the introduction of improved 
 blood or by the selection of the best animals with which to add to 
 size, strength, or quality, as is done by breeders in other countries. 
 The cattle still show evidences of their Spanish origin, and in 
 spite of poor business methods, are profitable to their owners. 
 They are of excellent quality for beef, of good size, and remark- 
 ably docile. With improved methods of treatment, they could 
 be made very valuable. 
 
 45 
 
46 HONDURAS. 
 
 By law, all owners of cattle have the right to graze their stock 
 on the Government lands, but no one has a right to inclose these 
 lands without first obtaining a concession from the Government 
 or becoming their owner by purchase. Ownership of stock is 
 indicated by branding, as in the United States. The various 
 brands are recorded in the districts where the herds are kept, and 
 when sold, the brand is duly described in the bill of sale. A tax 
 of $2 per head is levied by the Government on each sale of cattle, 
 and a municipal tax of 50 cents per head upon slaughtering. A 
 duty of $2 per head is imposed on bulls and steers exported, and 
 $16 for every cow. This latter duty is, of course, prohibitory, as 
 it was intended to be, and it practically prevents the exportation 
 of cows from the Republic. Slaughtering heifers or cows capable 
 of breeding is prohibited by law. 
 
 These regulations are causing a rapid increase of the cattle of the 
 country. It is estimated that there are now 600,000 cows in the 
 Republic, and the number of beeves fit for market every year is 
 between 200,000 and 300,000. The markets for the cattle of 
 Honduras are found in the towns and cities of the country and in 
 the adjoining Republics, particularly Guatemala and Salvador. If 
 larger home markets could be created, or if canning factories should 
 be established on the coast, Honduras would be equal to any part 
 of the United States as a cattle-growing region. 
 
 The horses of Honduras retain many of the peculiarities of their 
 Arab ancestors introduced by the Spaniards. They are small, of 
 good build, clean of limb, with plenty of courage and intelligence. 
 They are used almost entirely for the saddle, and have great powers 
 of endurance, although they have not been inured to it by hard 
 draft or pack work, for which service mules are almost invariably 
 preferred. The conditions of climate, pasturage, water, etc., are 
 such that, by the introduction of improved stallions, horse breeding 
 might be made a very profitable business. 
 
 The burro or ass is not used in Honduras, as in Mexico, as 
 a beast of burden, but is kept solely for the production of mules. 
 
HONDURAS. 47 
 
 The latter are in universal use for pack animals and very gener- 
 ally for the saddle. Usually, they are rather small in size, but 
 hardy to a wonderful degree. Their surefootedness and sagacity 
 make them invaluable in traversing the difficult and in many 
 places dangerous mountain trails. Mules of large size and well 
 broken for the saddle command high prices, ranging from $100 
 to $300. Ordinary cargo mules bring from $30 to $75. They 
 are not shod. Eight arrobas (200 pounds) constitute the ordinary 
 load for a pack mule. 
 
 The native hog is smaller than the average of the varieties found 
 in the United States. They have long snouts, scanty bristles, short 
 legs, and long body. When crossed with improved varieties, they 
 produce a valuable breed. They are kept universally throughout 
 the country. Raising hogs as a systematic industry would be very 
 profitable in Honduras, as the meat always brings good prices and 
 lard is used for all cooking purposes, as no butter is to be had 
 except that which is imported and which sells at a price that is pro- 
 hibitory to the majority of the people. Corn, yams, and other 
 food for hogs to supplement what they could find for themselves 
 could be easily and cheaoly raised. 
 
 FORESTRY. 
 
 The forests of Honduras constitute a very large proportion of 
 the natural wealth of the country ; they are second only to its min- 
 erals in point of value, and are more available, as they require less 
 skill and capital to obtain a profit from them. Cabinet woocis of 
 finest quality abound. Notable among these are mahogany, rose- 
 wood, ebony, and others almost unknown abroad. The mahog- 
 any tree grows in the valleys in nearly all parts of Honduras, but 
 it is found principally on the low lands of the northern coast. It 
 is a magnificent tree, and all others are insignificant in comparison 
 with it. It is of very slow growth. It has been calculated that it 
 requires three hundred years to attain a size fit for cutting. The 
 first men to introduce the industry ot mahogany cuttmg mto Hon- 
 
48 HONDURAS. 
 
 duras came from Belize about one hundred and fifty years ago, 
 bringing with them their slaves and cattle. The remains of some 
 of their camps may still be seen in the depths of the forests. 
 
 The timber on Government land is free for anyone to cut, pro- 
 vided that he first obtains a permit and proves that he has means 
 to transport it to market. This provision is to prevent waste, as 
 in former years much was cut and left to decay. 
 
 Mahogany can be cut at any season of the year, but it is gen- 
 erally felled during the rainy season, so that the logs may be ready 
 to truck as soon as the dry season commences. A mahogany 
 camp is generally established on the bank of a river, where the 
 underbrush is cleared and cabins built. It is generally composed 
 of from thirty to fifty men, who are divided into companies, each 
 company having a captain. One man, called the hunter, finds 
 the trees fit for cutting. While one company is felling trees, 
 others are cuttmg truck roads from the trees to the river. No 
 trees are felled of less than 8 feet in circumference. The wages 
 of the men vary, but the average is, for foreman or manager, $60 
 to $100 per month; captains, $15 to $20; laborers and choppers, 
 $10 to $14 per month and rations. The oxen employed in haul- 
 ing the logs are fed principally on the leaves of the Masica or 
 bread-nut tree, which forms excellent and nutritious food and 
 grows plentifully in all forests where mahogany is found. 
 
 The export duty on mahogany and cedar is $8 per 1 ,000 super- 
 ficial feet. 
 
 The cedar ranks among the most valuable and useful trees. It 
 is found in all the valleys, but more particularly in those of the 
 principal rivers near the coast. It attains a height of 70 to 80 
 feet and a diameter of from 4 to 7 feet It is used more exten- 
 sively than any other wood in Honduras from the fact that it is 
 light and easily worked, as well as ornamental in color and agree- 
 able in smell. 
 
 The Ceiba or silk cotton tree is abundant and grows to vast 
 
HONDURAS. 49 
 
 size. It is frequently used by the natives for making boats, some 
 of which are ot large dimensions, by merely hollowing out the 
 trunk. This tree blooms two or three times a year and its vivid 
 red flowers render the forests brilliant. It produces a pod con- 
 taining a downy fibre or cotton, which may be put to some useful 
 purpose. Its wood is soft and easily worked, which leads to its 
 being largely used for building purposes. 
 
 The long-leaved or pitch pine is one of the commonest and 
 most useful trees. It covers all the highlands and mountains of 
 Honduras from sea to sea. The trees do not grow closely together, 
 but stand well apart, permitting the grass to flourish beneath and 
 around them, imparting a park-like appearance to the country and 
 affording good grazing. These trees are rich in resinous material, 
 and the wood is firm, heavy, and durable. The pine forests will 
 in the future be utilized to furnish pitch, tar, and timber for the 
 needs, of commerce. 
 
 In addition to these woods, the country produces numerous others 
 all more or less useful, such as the guanacasta, live oak, Santa 
 Maria, sapodilla, iron wood, calabash, button wood, granadilla, 
 lignum vitte, and many others. Dyewoods are also abundant, 
 including logwood, Brazil wood, fustic, and others. 
 
 Trees and plants producing gums and medicines are not less 
 numerous, including gum arable, copaiba, liquid amber, ipecac- 
 uanha, castor oil, balsam, and last, but not least, the ule or rubber 
 tree. 
 
 Journeying through Honduras one is never out of sight of a 
 fiber-producing plant; amongthe most important of these is the -pita. 
 The great abundance of fibers that can be utilized for the manu- 
 facture of various fabrics, from the coarsest cordage and bagging 
 to others as strong as linen and brilliant as silk, or for making 
 all grades of paper, some of which would be strong as parchment, 
 must eventually be utilized and will form -a great and wealth- 
 producing industry. 
 Bufl. 57 4 
 
Chapter VI 11. 
 
 MINERALS AND MINING. 
 
 Among the Republics of Central America, Honduras is one 
 of the richest in mineral resources. Of the Departments into 
 which it is divided, there are only two or three that are not rich in 
 the precious metals and other minerals. During the whole period 
 of Spanish rule, mining was the predominant interest, but the 
 political disturbances that followed and were incident to the struggle 
 for independence were ruinous to the industry. Mine after mine 
 was abandoned, and when once the works had suffered from neglect, 
 there was neither the capital nor the energy to restore them. Vast 
 as were the returns from these old mines in the colonial period, the 
 methods used in mining and treating the ores were of the rudest 
 description. The mines were seldom worked to any considerable 
 depth, and there are now hundreds of mines scattered over the 
 country, abandoned and filled with water, which could be profitably 
 worked by the application of proper machinery. But here inter- 
 venes the great obstacle which hinders the progress of all industries 
 in Honduras, the lack of railroads or even good wagon roads by 
 which machinery and supplies can be transported at a moderate 
 cost. 
 
 Although silver ores are the most abundant, there is no lack of 
 profitable veins of gold, while on the Atlantic slope, almost every 
 stream deposits more or less gold, and placers are numerous. The 
 deposits of copper are of unsurpassed richness and value, but must 
 remain unprofitable until the difficulty of communication is rem- 
 edied. Iron ores occur in vast beds, much of it highly magnetic 
 and of high grade. If the conditions for marketing the products 
 
 50 
 
HONDURAS. 51 
 
 were favorable, it could be produced in any desirable quantity. 
 Many other minerals have been discovered at different points, 
 but have not been sufficiently explored or developed to ascertain 
 whether they admit of economic production. 
 
 Opals of good quality are found, principally in the Department 
 of Gracias. The mines near Erandique, in that Department, have 
 been worked to a large extent and have been very productive. 
 
 Within the past ten years, a considerable revival has taken place 
 in mining in Honduras, and in spite of the formidable obstacles 
 to transportation, and consequent great expense, some large reduc- 
 tion mills have been built and a quantity of heavy machinery 
 introduced. 
 
 There are now a number ot foreign mining companies in more 
 or less active operation in Honduras, among which are the fol- 
 lowing : 
 
 The New York and Honduras Rosario Mining Company, district of San 
 Juancito; The Santa Lucia Mining and Milling Company, district of Santa 
 Lucia; The Suyape Silver Concession (Limited), district of Tegucigalpa; The 
 Victoria Mining and Milling Company, district of Santa Lucia; The Zurcher 
 Hermanos Mining and Milling Company, district of Yuscaran ; The Guvabillas 
 Mining Company, district of Yuscaran; The New Guyabillas Company (Lim- 
 ited), district of Yuscaran; The Yuscaran Mining Company of Yuscaran ; The 
 Central American Reduction Company of Yuscaran ; The Monserratt Mining 
 Company, district of Yuscaran ; The Los Angeles Mining and Smelting Com- 
 pany, district of Valle de Angeles ; The San Marcos Mining and Milling Com- 
 pany, district of Sabanagrande ; The Guasucaran California Mining and Milling 
 Company, district of Guasucaran ; The New Orleans and Curaren Mineral 
 Company of Curaren ; The Dos Hermanos Mining and Milling Company, dis- 
 trict of San Juan del Corpus; The El Salto Mining Company, Santa Barbara; 
 The La Labor Smelting Company, Copan ; The Aramecina United Gold and 
 Silver Mining Company (Limited), district of Aramecina; The Central Amer- 
 ican Syndicate, districts of Tegucigalpa, Paraiso, and Choluteca (Honduranean 
 and French) ; The San Rafael Mining and Milling Company, district of Gober- 
 nado, Nacaome ; The Cortland and Honduras Mining Association, district of 
 Nacaome ; The Clavo Rico Mining Company^, district of EI Corpus; The 
 Dakota Mining Company of Minas de Oro ; The A. Y. Gold Ledge Company 
 of Quebrada Grande, Olancho ; The Guyape Placer Mining Company, district 
 
52 HONDURAS. 
 
 of Olancho- The Retiro Honduras Gold Mining Company of Olancho; The 
 Honduras Gold Placer Mining Company, district of Retiro, Olancho; The 
 Concordia Gold Mining Company, district of Concordia, Olancho ; The Olan- 
 cho Syndicate, district of Olancho ; The Rector Mining and Milling Company 
 of Olancho; The Santa Cruz Mining and Milling Company, district of Santa 
 Cruz, Santa Barbara; The New York and Camalote Mining Company, district 
 of Camalote, Santa Barbara. 
 
 There is also a syndicate, organized in France, which is engaged 
 in mining operations at San Martin, near the Pacific coast, and 
 intends to extend its operations to several other points. 
 
 The mines of the first named in the above list, the Rosario 
 Company, are situated at Juancinto, about 20 miles from Teguci- 
 galpa. The company has a 45-stamp mill and employs about 
 200 men. It is shipping on an average about $100,000 worth of 
 bullion every month. 
 
 The Government has done everything in its power to facilitate 
 and encourage mining enterprise and the investment ot foreign 
 capital. The mining laws are very liberal. (A translation of them 
 will be found in Appendix C, page 97.) Concessions of all kinds 
 have been granted to miners and speculators with almost too lav- 
 ish a hand, and the Government has done all that its financial 
 condition would permit toward improving the roads. It has also 
 established a department of mining and mineralogy, at the head 
 of which is Dr. R. Fritzgartner, a scientific mineralogist of repu- 
 tation both in Europe and the United States, who publishes at 
 the capital a journal in English called the Honduras Mining 
 Journal, which has rendered considerable service to the country 
 by disseminating valuable information as to its resources. 
 
 On the 12th of October, 1893, a decree was published impos- 
 ing an annual tax of 25 cents per manzana (1^ acres) on all con- 
 cessions of mineral lands heretofore granted or which may here- 
 after be granted, payable in the month of January in each year. 
 The penalty for default in payment is the forfeiture of all rights 
 and privileges in the said lands. 
 
Chapter IX. 
 
 TRANSPORTATION— POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH FACILITIES. 
 
 As has been frequently mentioned in preceding pages, in refer- 
 ring to the various resources and industries of Honduras, the 
 whole future development and progress of the country depend 
 upon the improvement of its means of internal communication 
 and transportation. The experience which the country has had 
 in trying to obtain an interoceanic railroad has been particularly 
 unfortunate. Nature has done her part by endowing Honduras 
 with all the conditions indispensable for an interoceanic route, viz : 
 
 Good ports at both extremities; an advantageous geographical 
 position with respect to the commercial centers of the world; an 
 interruption or depression in the mountain ranges offering facili- 
 ties tor a direct line and light grades; a healthful and fertile coun- 
 try capable of furnishing supplies and only awaiting the coming 
 of the road to produce material that would afford profitable traffic. 
 But all these natural advantages have been neutralized or held in 
 abeyance for a quarter of a century by the persons who obtained 
 control of the enterprise of building the road. 
 
 At first, an attempt was made to organize a company in the 
 United States for that purpose; but this effort having failed, 
 recourse was had to Great Britain, and a company was formed 
 there to undertake the enterprise. The Government of Hon- 
 duras, realizing the supreme importance* of the proposed railroad 
 to the interests of the country, granted a concession of almost 
 unparalled liberality for, the construction of a narrow-gauge road 
 
 53 
 
5'4 HONDURAS. 
 
 from Puerto Cortez to the Gulf of Fonseca, a distance of about 
 240 miles. This concession granted 10 square miles of land for 
 every mile of road constructed, and such woodcutting and mining 
 privileges that they alone were worth more than the cost of the 
 road. 
 
 Unfortunately, the Government also granted the privilege of 
 issuing bonds on the completion of a certain number of miles ot 
 the road, and, still more unfortunately, no stipulation was made as 
 to the amount to be issued, the Government having confidence in 
 the good faith of the constructors. The result was that, in 1868, 
 the work was begun at Puerto Cortez and about 60 miles of the 
 road was built. Then $30,000,000 worth of the bonds were sold 
 and the work was abandoned, leaving the Government saddled 
 with an enormous debt and unable either to pay it or prosecute 
 the work. 
 
 From time to time, the Government has endeavored to come 
 to some agreement with the bondholders, so as to be free to con- 
 tinue the construction of the road, but has always failed in its 
 efforts. In the meantime, the bridge over the Chamelicon River 
 which was constructed on a plan inadequate to meet the contin- 
 gencies of flood and heavy driftwood in the rainy season, soon 
 collapsed, and still lies an unsightly obstruction in the river. This 
 rendered the 20 miles of road beyond San Pedro useless, thus 
 leaving the 37 miles of poorly constructed road, between Puerto 
 Cortez and San Pedro, all that the Government had in return for 
 the debt which has ever since been an incubus on the country and 
 a bar to its advancement. 
 
 The road has since been leased by the Government to several 
 individuals, who never succeeded in rendering it profitable either 
 to themselves or to the country, until a few years since it was 
 leased to Gen. E. Kraft, an American resident of San Pedro, who 
 put it into comparatively good order and developed considerable 
 traffic over it. This gentleman was, unfortunately, drowned in 
 
HONDURAS. ^^ 
 
 • 
 
 the autumn of 1891 ; since then, the road has been in the hands 
 of Mr, W. S. Valentine, of New York, who hopes to make it a 
 profitable concern until such time as arrangements can be made 
 to settle, in some way, the claims of the foreign bondholders and 
 to complete the road to the Pacific. 
 
 In 1890, a concession was granted to a French company to 
 construct a railroad from Tegucigalpa to San Lorenzo, on the 
 Gult of Fonseca. The line was surveyed in 1891, but no con- 
 struction work has yet been done. 
 
 Concessions have also been granted for a line from Truxillo to 
 Puerto Cortez, along the north coast, and for another from La Ceiba, 
 in its neighborhood, to Tegucigalpa, but so far nothing" has been 
 done towards carrying them out. 
 
 Within the past few years, the Government has made an effort 
 to construct and improve wagon roads, and in spite of having been 
 harassed by political troubles and impeded by lack of means, con- 
 siderable has been done in that direction. A fairly good road 
 has been constructed from the Pacific coast to Tegucigalpa and 
 another from Tegucigalpa to Comayagua, and from thence to 
 Santa Barbara. These have been of great service to the adjacent 
 regions and the country at large; but, unfortunately, the same 
 scarcity of means, which was an obstacle to further extension of 
 these roads, has prevented their being kept in order. Conse- 
 quently, the heavy rains of the wet seasons have already damaged 
 them considerably and will continue to deteriorate them unless 
 some method is adopted for putting the responsibility of keeping 
 them in repair upon the districts through which they pass. 
 
 The routes to the capital are : 
 
 From Puerto Cortez by railroad to San Pedro, where mules 
 can be hired for the journey, which occupies about six or seven 
 days, according to the season and condition of the roads. The 
 traveler will need one mule for himself and another for his baggage ; 
 he will also require the services of a man to look after the mules, 
 
^ HONDURAS. 
 
 load and unload baggage, and return with the mules. The cost 
 is, for each mule, $20, and for services of man, $15. He will 
 also have to feed both man and mules. From Amapala, the route 
 is by boat to La Brea, thence by mule, by way of Pespire and 
 Sabana Grande. Time, from three to four days. 
 
 OCEAN COMMUNICATION. 
 
 From New Orleans : Bv Royal Mail Steamship Company to Puerto Cortez,. 
 every Thursday; fare, $30. Bv Oteri Pioneer Line to Ceiba and Truxillo, 
 four times a month. 
 
 From New York : Bv Honduras and Central America Steamship Company tO' 
 Puerto Cortez and Truxillo, every three weeks; fare, $70. By Wessels Line 
 to Puerto Cortez, every two weeks; fare, $75. By Pacific Mail Steamship' 
 Company to Amapala, via Panama, 1st, 10th, and 20th of every month; fare, $145. 
 
 FroiH San Francisco : By Pacific Mail Steamship Company to Amapala, 3d^ 
 13th, and 23d of every month; fare, $75.. 
 
 ■ POSTAL FACILITIES. 
 
 Previous to the year 1877, ^^^ postal service of Honduras was 
 in a very disorganized condition and the transmission of internal 
 mails was neither regular nor certain. Since that time, however, 
 great improvements have been made, and the service is now sur-^ 
 prisingly prompt and regular, considering the lack of good roads 
 and the fact that the mails are carried by couriers on foot. These 
 men imake astonishing trips over mountain trails and swollen 
 rivers, climbing steep hills and fording streams with heavy mail 
 bags on their shoulders, yet generally outstripping mounted trav- 
 elers and arriving safely at their destination. 
 
 In 1879, Honduras entered the Universal Postal Union, and a 
 thorough reorganization was then made and a new tariff of charges 
 was adopted. Postage from the United States is 5 cents for letters 
 not exceeding half an ounce ; postal cards, 2 cents ; newspapers, 1 
 cent per 2 ounces. From Honduras to United States:' Letters, 
 10 centavos per half ounce: postal cards, 3 centa/os.; newspapers 
 
HONDURAS. 5'7 
 
 and books, 2 centavos per 2 ounces; registration, lo centavos; 
 charge tor return receipt, 5 centavos. Postage to the interior of 
 the Repubhc, and to Guatemala, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa 
 Rica, is as follows: Letters, from 15 to 50 grammes, 5 cents; 
 printed matter, for each 50 grammes, 1 cent; commercial circulars, 
 5 cents for the first 250 grammes and i cent for each additional 
 50 grammes; samples, 2 cents for the first 100 grammes and 1 
 cent for each additional 50 grammes; packages, 3, 5, 15, 25 cents 
 for each 450 grammes for the respective distances ot 5, 10, 20, 35 
 leagues ; over 35 leagues, 40 cents. Correspondence addressed to 
 the bishop or postmasters is free of postage. 
 
 TELEGRAPHS. 
 
 The telegraph lines in Honduras were constructed by and are 
 the property of the Government. These, like many other improve- 
 ments, are of very recent origin, their construction having been 
 commenced only in 1876. From the fact that lack ot railways 
 and good roads renders internal communication so slow, the tele- 
 graph has proved of inestimable value to the country and is well 
 patronized. There are now between 2,000 and 3,000 miles of 
 lines in operation, and every city and considerable town has its 
 telegraph office. All the operators are natives, who have proved 
 to be apt to learn and soon become efficient operators. The 
 charge is 25 cents for ten words to any part of the Republic. 
 Connection is also made with submarine cable service to any part 
 of the world by land lines to La Libertad in Salvador, and San 
 Juan del Sur in Nicaragua. 
 
Chapter X. 
 
 MONEY— BANKING— TAXATION— COMMERCE. 
 
 Under the Spanish dominion, the money used in Honduras, in 
 addition to the Spanish coin which found its way to the country, 
 was what was called uioneda cortada ; that is, coins roughly stamped 
 from sheets of metal, without either border or milling. As the 
 mining industry increased, great difficulty was experienced in 
 obtaining sufficient coin to pay for labor and other expenditures, 
 and recourse was had to small pieces of silver, without stamp 
 or inscription, circulating at their value as bullion, according to 
 weight. 
 
 In 1774, the Spanish Government, seeing the difficulty that 
 existed for want of a colonial currency, established a mint in 
 Guatemala, from which source all the coin used in Honduras 
 was supplied until the war of independence put an end to the 
 arrangement. 
 
 In 1829, Gen. Morazan sent from Guatemala to Tegucigalpa 
 a press for coining pesetas, reals, and half-reals^ 2 5, 12^, and 6^ 
 cents. These coins had on one side a tree and on the reverse a 
 rising sun. As the revolutionary struggles progressed, and inter- 
 nal strife depleted the treasury and disorganized commerce and 
 mining, the silver currency was alloyed more and more, until at 
 last, money was coined from copper only and circulated at a 
 nominal and fictitious value. 
 
 In 1869, the Government ordered a large amount of nickel to 
 be coined in France ; but this money soon fell into disrepute until 
 it reached a basis of 50 for 1 of its nominal value. 
 
 58 
 
HONDURAS. rg 
 
 In 1 878, a date at which so many reforms were introduced in 
 Honduras, a mint equipped with steam machinery was estab- 
 lished at Tegucigalpa, and the peso, ^^-peso, peseta, and 10 centavos, 
 were established as a silver coinage, and 1 centavo and %. centavo 
 in copper. 
 
 Gold was never coined in Honduras until the year 1888, when 
 a commencement was made with 20-peso, 5-peso, and i-peso 
 coins, but only to a limited extent, the total amount of gold 
 coined in 1888 and 1889 being only $1,118. The money of 
 Honduras is now, according to law: Gold, 20 pesos, 5 pesos, and 
 1 peso; silver, one peso equals 100 cents, medio peso equals 50 
 cents, peseta equals 25 cents, diez centavos equals 10 cents, cinco 
 centavos equals 5 cents : copper, one centavo equals 1 cent, medio 
 centavo equals ^ cent. 
 
 In consequence of the low price of silver, the value of the 
 Honduranean peso is only 51.6 in the United States gold dollar, 
 according to the table issued by the Director of the United States 
 Mint, January 1, 1894. This great depreciation in the value of 
 silver has caused considerable disturbance and loss in commercial 
 and financial affairs. To meet this condition, the Government pro- 
 poses to devote its attention to so fostering the agricultural and 
 mineral interests of the country as to create larger means of paying 
 with products for goods bought abroad. The first step m this 
 direction has been the removal of restrictions on the free cultivation 
 of tobacco. 
 
 In order to throw out of circulation silver coins of other Spanish- 
 American Republics which are not fully equal in value to the 
 Honduranean silver dollar, the following decree was issued on 
 the 5th of July, 1893: 
 
 A DECREE 
 
 In which are published various measures relating to the depreciation of silver. 
 
 Considering: That the fall in the price of silver has caused great disturbance 
 
 m the circulating monetary medium of all the countries of America, and for this 
 
6o HONDURAS. 
 
 reason it being indispensable to make the best possible arrangement to insure 
 its stability in Honduras, and that in the meantime measures have to be taken 
 to organize properly the National Mint in order to coin a sufficient amount of 
 legal and permanent character for circulation in the country, and meanwhile 
 to make such monetary arrangements with neighboring nations as will facilitate 
 international transactions, it is necessary to make a temporary provision in order 
 to save the Republic from greater losses. 
 
 Therefore, in use of the authority with which I am invested, 
 
 I decree : 
 
 First. To place a duty of 25 per cent on the importation into the Republic 
 of foreign coins which are not at par with gold in the country of their origin. 
 
 Second. Those residents of Honduras who, by virtue of contracts or business 
 pending abroad at this date, are under the necessity of importing silver shall be 
 exempt from paying this tax. 
 
 Third. In order to give effect to the foregoing article, it is necessary that the 
 interested parties shall present themselves at the office of the Minister of Finance 
 and exhibit the documents relating to the case, and on sight of the same, the 
 above office shall issue the necessary orders to allow the free introduction. After 
 one month, the aforesaid documents will not be admitted. 
 
 Fourth. Amounts less than $200 introduced by travelers at the ports or on 
 the frontiers shall be exempt from payment of the tax. 
 
 Fifth. Violations of this decree shall be punished by the forfeiture to the 
 ** fiscal" of the amount attempted to be introduced. 
 
 Sixth. This decree shall be in force from the time of its publication, and shall 
 become void on the emission of regulations for the circulation of national money. 
 
 Dated at Tegucigalpa on the 5th day of July, 1893. 
 
 D. Vasquez, 
 
 President. 
 Leopoldo Cordova, 
 
 Minister of Finance. 
 
 BANKING. 
 
 There is at present only one establishment in Honduras devoted 
 exclusively to banking, that is, the Banco de Honduras at Tegu- 
 cigalpa, which was formed by a consolidation ot the Banco Nacional 
 Hondurefio and the Banco Centro Americano. It does a general 
 banking business, discounting and buying and selling exchange. 
 It has the privilege of issuing bills which are a legal tender for all 
 
HONDURAS. 61 
 
 duties, taxes, and debts due to the Government. A concession was 
 granted in 1892 for the establishment of a bank at San Pedro Sula, 
 but nothing has yet been done to utilize, it. 
 
 REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES. 
 
 The revenue of Honduras is derived from indirect taxation, as 
 there are no taxes on real estate or personal property, except such 
 as may be levied for local or municipal purposes. The sources of 
 revenue are customs dues and the monopoly of tobacco, liquors, 
 gunpowder and stamps. One real (12^ cents) on each bottle of 
 native rum (aguardiente) sold by the Government at retail is now 
 dedicated to the maintenance of the public schools. The Gov- 
 ernment buys the rum from the distillers at 15 cents per bottle. 
 The total amount sold during the year 1892 amounted to 497,858 
 bottles, which realized 579,836.58 pesos, of which one eighth, or 
 72,104.57, was devoted to the schools. 
 
 The total revenues for the years 1891 and 1892 were: 
 
 Customs duties . 
 Internal revenue 
 
 Total 
 
 Pesos. Pesos. 
 
 537, 542. 80 , 532, 053. 20 
 I, 312, 620. 30 ! I, 232, 079. 40 
 
 I, 850, 163. 10 I I, 764, 132. 60 
 
 The internal revenue for 1892 was derived from the following 
 sources : 
 
 Pesos. 
 
 Liquors 622, 062. 20 
 
 Tobacco 271, 487. 00 
 
 Export of cattle 79, 518. 90 
 
 Maritime dues 41, 150. 10 
 
 Stamps 60, 509. 70 
 
 Sale of public lands 22, 717. 60 
 
 Telegraphs 35, 383. 10 
 
 Postal 10, 074. 00 
 
 Sundries 89, 176. 80 
 
 Total I, 232, 079. 40 
 
62 HONDURAS. 
 
 The expenditures tor 1892 were: 
 
 Pesos. 
 
 Public credit i, 139. 442. 40 
 
 War 5 681, q66. 00 
 
 Public works 257, 149. 80 
 
 Interior department 150, 109. 90 
 
 Finance department 162, 921. 40 
 
 Public instruction 92, 717. 30 
 
 Justice 88, 388. 40 
 
 Foreign affairs 30, 959. 30 
 
 Total 2, 603, 654. 50 
 
 Showing an excess of expenditures over income ot $839,521.90. 
 
 The amount of the internal debt of Honduras has been for 
 some years undetermined. To remedy this, a decree was pubhshed 
 on the 5th of December, 1893, caUing on all creditors of the 
 Government to appear before January 15, 1894, and file their 
 bonds, coupons, or other evidences of indebtedness for the purpose 
 of registration. The payment of all bonds, etc., not filed within 
 that period will be, ipse facto^ postponed and all interest shall 
 cease. 
 
 COMMERCE. 
 
 The commerce of Honduras had, for some years previous to 
 1891, been gradually increasing and assuming proportions which 
 augured well for the future prosperity of the country. Since that 
 time, a combination of unfortunate circumstances, but principally 
 political disturbances and revolutionary strife, has caused a consid- 
 erable falling off in the volume of business transacted and a marked 
 depression in all branches of industry. 
 
 As the transactions between the United States and Honduras 
 form a large proportion of the whole commerce of the latter 
 country, the following figures in U. S. currency, taken from th^ 
 United States official returns, will illustrate the situation. 
 
 The imports into the United States from Honduras have been: 
 
 Fiscal year ending June 30 — Dollars. 
 
 1891 I, 159, 591 
 
 1892 962, 329 
 
 1893 684, 912 
 
HONDURAS. 63 
 
 The exports from United States to Honduras were: 
 
 Fiscal year ending [une 30— 
 
 1891 , 649, 921 
 
 1892 515.224 
 
 1893 471,695 
 
 When the internal differences of Honduras shall have been 
 settled, there is no doubt that commerce will rapidly recuperate. 
 Honduras is a country too rich in natural resources to remain 
 long in the present depressed condition after the disturbing influ- 
 ences shall have been removed, and it will be wdl for the mer- 
 chants of the United States to study the peculiarities of Central 
 American trade so as to secure a still larger share of it. The 
 popularity of American goods is everywhere recognized and 
 acknowledged, and they are so much preferred to those of Euro- 
 pean manufacture that their trade-marks are imitated. This is 
 particularly the case with sewing machines, revolvers, tools, and 
 hardware. In wines and liquors, it is perhaps within the limit to 
 say that two-thirds of all that are imported from Europe are imita- 
 tions labeled with famous names and vintages. 
 
 The principal reason why American merchants do not secure a 
 much larger share of the business is the lack of proper effort to 
 obtain it. Agencies should be established, or competent men who 
 are acquainted with the language and customs of the people should 
 be sent to Central America to ascertain and comprehend the 
 demands of the market and then faithfully, comply with them. 
 One great objection to dealing with the United States is the care- 
 less manner in which goods are packed. When goods are ordered 
 for the Central American market, the instructions as to packing- 
 should be followed to the letter. 
 
 All goods liable to damage by water should be carefully enveloped 
 in some cheap waterproof material and then put into packages not 
 exceeding 125 pounds in weight," but 100 pounds is more desir- 
 able. The reason for this is that in the dry season and over tol- 
 
64 HONDURAS. 
 
 erable roads, a mule can carry 250 pounds which is divided into 
 two packages of 125 pounds each so as to be slung on the pack 
 saddle, one on each side. When the trails are very bad, moun- 
 tainous, or muddy from rains, the maximum load is 200 pounds, 
 which will then require two 100 pound packages. 
 
 Packing cases and boxes should be made of thin, tough lum- 
 ber to fit the contents as snugly as possible, and vacant spaces 
 should be stuffed tightly with packing material of the lightest 
 nature. Care should be taken to brace the packages so that they 
 will resist the crushing of the lasso used for lashing the cargo to 
 the saddle. It should be remembered that duties on imports in 
 Honduras are charged by gross weight, packages included; there- 
 fore, the two requisites are to combine the maximum of strength 
 with the minimum of weight. 
 
 As a rule, European merchants allow much longer credit than 
 is usual in the United States. Six, nine, and twelve months 
 is not unusual. This is rendered necessary by the long time 
 the goods are "en route." The importer has also to extend long 
 credits to country merchants who frequently take their pay in 
 produce and have to wait for the securing of crops, etc. But if 
 collections are slow, failures are very rare, and the laws are so 
 severe on debtors that fraudulent failures are unknown. There is 
 no doubt that, with proper effort, Americans can largely increase 
 their trade with Central America, particularly in cotton goods, for 
 although the English manufacture especially for the market so far 
 as patterns, lengths, packing, etc., are concerned, the natives complain 
 that the cloth is stiffened with starch and when that is washed out 
 a mere rag remains. 
 
 The principal articles for which there is a demand are cotton 
 goods, cutlery, axes, machetes, and hoes, kerosene oil, lamps, beer, 
 earthenware, glassware, hats and caps, boots and shoes, jewelry, 
 clocks and watches, paints, perfumery, sewing machines, soaps, 
 musical instruments, wearing apparel, lard, butter, flour, and 
 
HO?J 
 
 DURAS. 
 
 f'5 
 
 canned goods. Articles of merchandise shipped from the United 
 States to Honduras do not require consular invoices, but the 
 manifests of vessels must be presented to the consul tor certifica- 
 tion. Fees are $5 per manifest. Port charges in Honduras are 
 for each manifest $2. Tonnage dues, 25 cents per ton; regular 
 mail steamers are exempt. 
 
 On the nth of December, 1893, a decree was published 
 exempting all steamships visiting the ports on the Atlantic coast 
 of the Republic from the paynient of light-house and tonnage 
 dues. 
 
 According to the official returns, the total importations into 
 Honduras in the year 1892 amounted in value to pesos 2,005,- 
 025.30. The following list shows the countries from which they 
 came : 
 
 Pesos. 
 
 United States . . > 924, 639. 90 
 
 England 342, 019. 60 
 
 France 257, 222. 80 
 
 Germany . , 261, 405. 70 
 
 Salvador 1 14, 478. 60 
 
 JSficaragua , 38, 887. 10 
 
 British Honduras 
 
 Spain 
 
 Guatemala 
 
 Other countries . . 
 
 Pesos. 
 31,813.40 
 
 10, 263. 80 
 
 11, 592.40 
 
 12, 702. 00 
 
 Total 2, 005, 025. 30 
 
 ue. 
 
 The exports from Honduras have decreased greatly in val 
 In 1891, they amounted to pesos 2,781,300; in 1892, they 
 declined to pesos 1,873,800.50, consisting of the following arti- 
 cles : 
 
 Live stock 
 
 Bananas 
 
 Cocoanuts 
 
 Coffee 
 
 Tobacco : 
 
 Manuiactured. . . . 
 
 Unmanufactured . 
 
 Rubber 
 
 Mahogany and cedar , 
 
 p 
 
 esos. 
 
 
 667, 
 
 339- 
 
 36 
 
 211, 
 
 939- 
 
 00 
 
 91 
 
 989. 
 
 05 
 
 41 
 
 393- 
 
 85 
 
 27. 
 
 104. 
 
 80 
 
 22, 
 
 208. 
 
 75 
 
 6 
 
 861. 
 
 12 1 
 
 6, 
 
 758.46 1 
 
 Pesos. 
 
 Sarsaparilla 19, 880. 78 
 
 Other agricultural products. 2, 762. 20 
 
 Silver 732, 059. 10 
 
 Gold 19, 657. 00 
 
 Hats (palm leaf) 16, 916. 00 
 
 Other manufactured articles 6, 930. 85 
 
 Total I, 873, 800. 50 
 
 Bull. 57- 
 
bb " HONDURAS. 
 
 The division of this amount bv countries is as follows: 
 
 / Pesos. 
 
 United States i, ooo, 625. 60 
 
 Guatemala 
 
 British Honduras 
 
 Salvador 
 
 Germany 
 
 England 
 
 Costa Rica 
 
 506, 437. 50 
 91, 940. 10 
 
 III, 244. 70 
 59, 086. 20 
 39, 967. 20 
 30, 097. 90 
 
 Nicaragua 
 
 France 
 
 Spain 
 
 Other countries 
 
 Pesos. 
 13,789.70 
 7, 964. 30 
 
 7, 000. 70 
 
 8, 628. 60 
 
 Total I, 873, 800. 50 
 
 During the year 1892, 943 vessels were entered at the ports of 
 Honduras, which are classified thus : 
 
 
 Steam. 
 
 Sailing. 
 
 
 Vessels. 
 
 Tonnage. 
 
 Vessels. 
 
 Tonnage. 
 
 
 84 
 127 
 34 
 41 
 30 
 
 102, 059 
 83. 795 
 19. 483 
 24, 058 
 17, 010 
 
 6 
 
 34 
 199 
 156 
 232 
 
 2.741 
 • 2, 717 
 
 6, 310 
 3, 307 
 
 
 Ruatan 
 
 Truxillo 
 
 Utilla 
 
 5, 543 
 
 
 
 Total 
 
 316 
 
 246, 405 
 
 627 
 
 18,618 
 
 
 
 These vessels were of the following nationalities : 
 
 Sailing. 
 
 Total. 
 
 United States. . . 
 
 England 
 
 Honduras 
 
 Norwaj' 
 
 Italy 
 
 Germany 
 
 Sweden 
 
 Other countries. 
 
 175 
 
 54 
 
 "38' 
 
 28 
 
 14 
 
 7 
 
 26 
 
 99 
 
 493 
 
 I 
 
 3 
 I 
 o 
 
 2or 
 
 -153 
 
 493 
 
 39 
 
 31 
 
 15 
 
 7 
 
 4 
 
 Total. 
 
 316 
 
 627 
 
 943 
 
Appendix A. 
 
 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS. 
 
 [Translated for the Bureau of the American Republics, March, 1894.] 
 
 Decreed by the Constitutional Convention convoked by the Executive Pozver 
 
 2d of May, 1880. 
 
 Part I. — Declarations, Principles, Rights, and Fundamental Guarantees* 
 
 CHAPTER I. 
 
 Declarations and principles. 
 
 Article 1. Honduras considers itself a separate portion of the Republic of 
 Central America. In consequence, it recognizes as its principal duty and its 
 most urgent necessity the return to a union with the other sections of the dis- 
 united Republic. In order to attain this capital object, the present constitution 
 shall present no obstacles, as it mav be reformed or abolished by Congress in 
 order to ratify the compacts, treaties, and agreements which tend to give or 
 have for a result the national reconstruction of Central America. 
 
 Art. 2. The Honduranean Nation is a Republic — sovereign, free, and nde- 
 pendent. 
 
 Art. 3. All public power emanates from the people. The functionaries o^ 
 the State are its delegates and possess no more powers than those expressly given 
 to them by the law. For it they legislate, administer, and judge, and to it they 
 must give an account of their proceedings. 
 
 Art. 4. The Government of the Republic is democratic, representative, 
 alternative, and responsible; and it shall be exercised by three distinct depart- 
 ments : Legislative, Executive, and Judicial. 
 
 Art. 5. The boundaries of the Republic and its territorial divisions shall be 
 the subject of a law. 
 
 67 
 
68 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 CHAPTER II. 
 
 Art. 6. The Constitution guarantees to all the inhabitants of the Republic, 
 whether Honduraneans or foreigners, the inviolability of human life, individual 
 security, liberty, equality, and the rights of property. 
 
 Individual security. 
 
 Art. 7. (1) The Republic recognizes the guarantee of habeas corpus. 
 
 {2) No order of arrest is legal which does not emanate from competent 
 authority. Detention for inquiry shall not exceed six days, and the justice ot 
 the peace shall be obliged, within that time, to liberate or commit the accused. 
 
 (3) The delinquent taken in the act mav be apprehended by any person for 
 the purpose of delivering him immediately to the authority that has the power 
 of arrest. 
 
 (4) Even with a decree ot commitment, no person shall be conveyed to prison, 
 or be detained in it if he offers bail, when, for the offense, he is not liable to 
 corporeal punishment. 
 
 (5) No one shall be condemned without previous trial founded on law prior 
 to the event which is the motive of the process. 
 
 (6) No one shall be tried by special commissions or removed from the judges 
 designated by the law antedating the event which originated the case. 
 
 (7) No one shall be compelled, in a criminal case, to testify against himself or 
 against his relations to the fourth grade of consanguinity or the second of affinity. 
 
 (8) The right of defense is inviolable. 
 
 (9) Torture is forever abolished. Fetters which are not absolutely necessary 
 for the security of prisoners shall not be used. 
 
 (10) Solitary confinement of the detained or prisoners shall not be used unless 
 by v/ritten order of the judge in the case, and only for a short time and for com- 
 petent motives. No one shall be imprisoned or detained except in the public 
 places designated for that purpose. 
 
 (11) The dwelling place is inviolable. Epistolary or telegraphic correspond- 
 ence, private papers, or books used in commerce are inviolable. 
 
 (12) No inhabitant shall be disturbed or prosecuted for his opinions, of what- 
 ever nature they may be, provided that he does not, by direct or positive act, 
 disturb order or infringe the law. 
 
 (13) Retroactive laws, orders, provisional judgments, proscriptions, condem- 
 nations without trial and defamatory are oppressive, unjust, and of no effect. 
 The authorities who commit such violations shall be responsible with their persons 
 and goods for the consequential damage. 
 
 (14) Police powers shall be intrusted only to the civil authorities. 
 
HONDURAS. 69 
 
 Liberty. 
 
 Art. 8. The slave that treads Honduranean territory shall be free. Traffic in 
 slaves is a crime. 
 
 Art. 9. All shall have liberty — 
 
 (1) To publish their ideas by printing without previous censorship. 
 
 (2) To dispose of their property without any restriction by sale, gift, will, or 
 by any other legal method 
 
 (3) To profess any religion.- The State shall not contribute to the support of 
 any religion. Religions shall be sustained by the voluntary contributions of those 
 who profess them. The State shall exercise the right of supreme inspection over 
 all religions conformably to law and to the police regulations relative to their 
 external ceremonies. 
 
 (4) To exercise their profession, business, or industry. 
 
 (5) To associate and assemble peacefully without arms. The establishment 
 of all classes of monastic associations is prohibited. 
 
 (6) To exercise the right of petition. 
 
 (7) To be educated. 
 
 (8) To travel in the territory of the Republic, to remain in it, and to leave it 
 without a passport. 
 
 (9) To carry on commerce and navigation. 
 
 Equality, 
 
 Art. 10. (1) Before the law, there are no personal charters or privileges. 
 
 (2) All Honduraneans shall be eligible for public office without any other con- 
 dition than their fitness. Ministers of the different religious societies are not 
 permitted to fill public offices. 
 
 (3) Equality is the basis of taxes. 
 
 (4) The civil law does not recognize a difference between natives and foreigners. 
 
 Property. 
 
 Art. n. (1) Property is inviolable. No one shall be deprived of it except 
 by the power of law or by a sentence founded on law. Expropriation for reasons 
 of public utility shall be qualified by law or by sentence founded on law, and shall 
 not be carried out without previous indemnification. 
 
 (2) Congress alone may impose taxes. 
 
 (3) No personal servitude can be demanded except by process of law or by 
 sentence founded on law. 
 
 (4) Confiscation is abolished forever. 
 
70 HONDURAS. 
 
 (5) Every author or inventor shall enjov exclusive proprietorship of his work 
 or discovery. 
 
 (6) No armed body shall be allowed to make requisitions. 
 
 Art, 12. The laws regulate the use of these guarantees of public rights; but 
 no law shall be made for convenience of regulating or organizing the use of them, 
 which shall diminish, restrict, or corrupt them in their essence. 
 
 CHAPTER in. 
 
 Public rights granted to foreigners. 
 
 Art. 13. (1) No foreigner is more privileged than another. All shall enjoy 
 the civil rights of Honduraneans. Consequently they are permitted to buy, 
 sell, locate, exercise industries or professions ; to own all kinds of property and 
 to dispose of them in the form prescribed by law ; to enter the country and 
 depart from it with such property; to frequent, with their vessels, the ports of 
 the Republic and navigate its seas and rivers. They shall be free from extraor- 
 dinary contributions ; they are guaranteed entire liberty of conscience, and 
 are allowed to construct churches and establish cemeteries in any part of the 
 Republic. Their marriage contracts can not be invalidated for not being in con- 
 formity with the religious regulations of any belief, if they have been legally cele- 
 brated. 
 
 (2) Thev are not compelled to be naturalized. 
 
 (3) Thev are permitted to choose public careers according to the conditions 
 of law, and in no case, shall they be excluded solely on account of their origin. 
 
 (4) Naturalization may be obtained by one year's continuous residence in the 
 country [colonists can obtain it without this requisite] by those who settle in 
 places inhabited by natives or on uninhabited lands; by those who commence 
 and carry on important works of general utility ; by those who introduce con- 
 siderable fortunes into the country, and by those recommended by inventions or 
 applications of great utility to the Republic. 
 
 Art. 14. Foreigners, on their arrival in the territory of the Republic, must 
 respect the authorities and obey the laws. Also, they must observe the dispo- 
 sitions and regulations of the police, and pay the local taxes and contributions 
 established in consequence of business, industry, profession, property, or posses- 
 sion of goods, as well as those established for the same purpose for the future, 
 whether antecedent ones are increased or diminished. 
 
 Art. 15. Laws and treaties may regulate the use of these guarantees without 
 power to diminish or change them. 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 71 
 
 Guarantees of order and progress. 
 
 Art. 1 6. Military service is obligatory. Every Honduranean between eighteen 
 and thirty-five years of age is a soldier of the active army, and betv/een thirty- 
 five and forty is a soldier of the reserve. Naturalized Honduraneans are exempt 
 for ten years. The organization of the army shall be regulated by law^. 
 
 Art. 17. Military jurisdiction is established. Its extension shall be deter- 
 mined by the respective codes. 
 
 Art. 18. The public force is essentially obedient; no armed body may delib- 
 erate. 
 
 Art. 19. Every person or assemblage of persons who assume the title of rep- 
 resentatives of the people, arrogates their rights, or makes representations in 
 their name, commits sedition. 
 
 Art. 20. All usurped authority is illegal; its acts are void. Every decision 
 agreed to by intimidation, direct or indirect, of an armed body or gathering of the 
 people, is void of right and shall have no legal effect. 
 
 Art. 21. Whenever the Republic, or any place in the Republic, is declared in 
 a state of siege, the dominion of the constitution shall be suspended in the 
 locality to which the state of siege refers. 
 
 Art. 22. Neither Honduraneans nor foreigners may, in any case, claim from 
 the state any indemnity for damage or injury to their persons or goods caused 
 by revolts. 
 
 Art. 23. The President of the Republic, the Judges of the Supreme Court, 
 the Secretaries of State, and the diplomatic agents may be accused before Con- 
 gress for the crime of treason, or for damaging and violation of the constitution 
 and laws. The political judgment is limited to deposing the accused from his 
 office and delivering him to the regular tribunals. 
 
 Art. 24. The State considers it a sacred duty to promote and protect public 
 education in its different branches. Primary education is obligatory, non- 
 clerical, and gratuitous. Secondary and higher education- shall also be non-. 
 clerical. No minister of any religious society shall be permitted to direct 
 educational establishments sustained by the State. 
 
 Art. 25. The State shall provide in every way for the welfare and advance- 
 ment of- the country, promoting the progress of agriculture, industry, and com- 
 merce ; of immigration, the colonization of vacant lands, and the construction 
 of roads and railroads; the establishment of new industries and the founding 
 of institutions of credit; the importatian of foreign capital and the explora- 
 tion and canalization ot the rivers and lakes, by means of laws protective of 
 
72 HONDURAS. 
 
 these objects and temporary concessions of privileges and stimulating recom- 
 penses. 
 
 Art. 26. The navigation of the rivers is free to all flags. 
 
 Art. 27. The present constitution may be amended. The necessity for 
 amendment may be declared by the ordinary Congress, but the amendment can 
 only be effected by a national constitutional convention convened for the pur- 
 pose. No proposition of amendment shall be efficacious unless approved by a 
 two-third majority of Congress. The case provided for in article 1 is exempt 
 from these requirements. 
 
 Art. 28. Every employe or officer of the Republic, on taking possession of 
 his office, shall make the following promise : I promise that I will obey and 
 enforce obedience to the constitution and laws, adhering to their text, whatever 
 may be the orders to the contrary or the authority from which they emanate. 
 
 CHAPTER V. 
 
 Of nationality , citizenship , and elections. 
 
 Art. 29. Those persons are Honduraneans who are born in the territory of 
 the Republic and those who are naturalized in the country according to law. 
 Art. 30. Honduraneans by birth are : 
 
 (1) All persons who have been or shall be born in the territory of the Republic. 
 The nationality of children of foreigners born in Honduranean territory and of 
 children of Honduraneans born in foreign territory shall be determined by the 
 treaties. When no treaties exist, children born in Honduras of foreign parents 
 domiciled in the country are Honduraneans. 
 
 (2) Natives of the other Central American Republics shall be considered as 
 native Honduraneans, from the fact of their being found in any part of the Hon- 
 duranean territory, unless they manifest before the proper authority their inten- 
 tion to preserve their nationality. 
 
 Art. 31. Honduraneans by naturalization are: 
 
 (1) Spanish Americans domiciled in the Republic who do not preserve their 
 nationality. 
 
 ' (2) Those foreigners referred to in the cases mentioned in section 4 of article 
 13, provided that they are inscribed in the civic register in the form determined 
 by law. 
 
 (3) Those who obtain letters of naturalization from the authority designated 
 by law. 
 
 Art. 32. Citizens are: 
 
 (1) All native or naturalized Honduraneans above twenty-one years of age 
 who have a profession, office, income, or property which assures them subsistence. 
 
HONDURAS. 73 
 
 (2) Native or naturalized Honauraneans above eighteen years of age who can 
 read and write or who are married. 
 
 Art. 33. The rights of citizenship sliall be suspended: 
 
 (1) For being under criminal process and sentence o\ imprisonment. 
 
 (2) For notoriously vicious conduct or for vagrancy legally declared. 
 
 (3) For aberration of mind judicially declared. 
 
 (4) For sentence of deprivation of political rights. 
 
 Art. 34. Honduraneans who enter the employ of other governments without 
 permission of Congress or the Executive lose their rights of citizenship. From 
 this rule are excepted Honduraneans who take offices from the governments ot 
 Central America, excepting the case where they render military service or 
 accept military offices without' previous permission from the executive power. 
 
 Art. 35. The suffrage is irrenounceable and obligatory, and belongs to the 
 citizens in enjoyment of their rights. The suffrage is public and direct. Elec- 
 tions shall be held in the form prescribed by law. 
 
 Art. 36. Only citizens in the enjoyment of their rights can be voted for 
 according to law. 
 
 Part II. — Departments of the Government. 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
 Of the Legislative Department. 
 Section I. — Of its organ ization. 
 
 Art. 37. The legislative power is exercised by a Congress of Deputies, who 
 shall meet by right in the capital of the Republic every two years, from the 1st 
 to the 15th of January, without the necessity of convocation. Its sessions shall 
 last sixty days, with power of adjournment, and of closing earlier by agreement 
 with the Executive. Extraordinary sessions may be held when duly convoked, 
 in which case only the business for which it was called together can be trans- 
 acted. 
 
 Art. 38. A number of Deputies, not less than five, have the power to take 
 the necessary measures to insure the attendance of the remainder. Congress 
 may transact business provided two-thirds of Ifhe elected Deputies are present, 
 and a simple majority is sufficient to determine the disposal of a question. 
 
 Art. 39. Deputies shall be elected for four years, and may be reelected indefi- 
 nitely. Congress shall be renewed one-half every two years by drawing lots, 
 which shall be done at the close of the session. Thereafter, renewals shall 
 succeed in order of seniority. 
 
74 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 Art. 40. In order to be eligible for election as a Deputy, it is required that 
 the candidate be a citizen in the enjoyment of his rights, and not less than twenty- 
 five years of age. 
 
 Art. 41. The following are not eligible for Deputies: 
 
 (1) The Secretaries of State. 
 
 (2) Soldiers in active service. 
 
 (3) Governors and collectors of revenue for the department or electoral dis- 
 trict in which they exercise their functions. 
 
 Art. 42. Deputies are privileged from arrest. At no time, shall they be held 
 responsible for the ideas, either bv word or in writing, which they may utter in 
 the discharge of their duty as legislators. 
 
 Art. 43. For the election of Deputies to Congress, the territory of the 
 Republic shall be divided into electoral districts containing ten thousand inhab- 
 itants. Each district shall elect one Deputy proper and one alternate. But until 
 this division shall be made, each department shall elect three Deputies and two 
 alternates. The Departments of " the Bay Islands " and " Mosquitia " shall each 
 elect only one Deputy and one alternate. 
 
 Section II. — Powers of Congress. 
 Art. 44. The Congress has the following powers : • 
 
 IN THE department OF THE INTERIOR. 
 
 (1) To certify the election of its members and to approve or reject their 
 credentials. 
 
 (2) To summon the alternates in case of the death or legitimate disability of 
 members. 
 
 (3) To accept the resignation of deputies or alternates presented for legally 
 verified causes. 
 
 (4) To make its internal regulations. 
 
 (5) To decree, interpret, reform, and abolish the laws. 
 
 (6) To create and suppress public employments and to fix their attributes; 
 to grant pensions; to decree honors and concede amnesties and pardons, general 
 or individual, when the public service requires it or the petitioner has in his 
 favor eminent services rendered to the Nation. 
 
 (7) To elect the Judges of the Supreme Court of Justice and to accept or 
 reject their resignations. 
 
 (8) To make all arrangements concerning the security and defense of the 
 Republic and its advancement and prosperity. 
 
 (9) To regulate internal commerce. 
 
HONDURAS. 75" 
 
 (10) To declare the legality of the election of the President of the Republic, 
 to hold such election in the case stated in article 62, and to accept or reject 
 the resignation of the President. 
 
 (1 1) To constitute itself a jury of accusation of the President of the Repub- 
 lic, the Judges of the Supreme Court of, Justice, the Secretaries of State, and 
 the diplomatic agents. 
 
 Ii\ THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. 
 
 Art. 45. (1) To provide all that may be necessary for the defense and exter- 
 nal security of the country. 
 
 (2) To declare war and make peace. 
 
 (3) To approve or reject treaties made with foreign nations. 
 
 (4) To regulate commerce by land or sea. 
 
 IN 'IHE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. 
 
 ♦ 
 
 Art. 46. (1) To approve or disapprove the accounts for public expenses. 
 
 (2) To determine biennially the estimates for said expenses. 
 
 (3) To impose or abolish taxes. 
 
 (4) To contract national debts, to regulate the payment of those existing, 
 and to make loans. 
 
 (5) To establish seaports and create and abolish custom-houses. 
 
 (6) To determine the weight, legality, and style of the national money. 
 
 IN Tl-IK DEPARTMENT OF WAR. 
 
 Art. 47. (1) To approve or disapprove of declarations of "state of siege" 
 made during its recess. 
 
 (2) To determine biennially the number of sea and land forces to be main- 
 tained. 
 
 (3) To approve or disapprove a declaration of war which the Executive 
 power may have made. 
 
 (4) To permit the departure of national troops beyond the limits of the 
 Republic, and to concede the passage or stationing of foreign troops in the 
 national territory; guarding, in every case, the laws of neutrality. 
 
 (3) To declare the Republic, or any part of it, to be in "state of siege" in 
 cases of foreign aggression, internal commotion, or the disturbance of public 
 peace. 
 
 Art. 48. Congress may delegate to the Executive legislative powers in the 
 branches of police, finance, war, marine, public instruction, and public works. 
 
76 HONDURAS. 
 
 Section III. — Of the fortuation, approval, and promulgation of laws. 
 
 Art. 49. Laws may be initiated by any member of Congress, by the Presi- 
 dent of the Republic, and bv the Supreme Court of Justice on subjects per- 
 taining to it. Bills shall be presented bv Deputies by means o\ a written prop- 
 osition, by the President in a message, and bv the Supreme Court of justice 
 by an explanation. 
 
 Art. 50. No bill, except in a case ot urgencv recognized by Congress, shall be 
 passed until it has been read three times. Every proposition which has for its 
 object to declare the urgency of a law must be preceded by an explanation of the 
 reasons on which such proposition is founded. 
 
 Art. 51. x\ll bills, after discussion and approval bv Congress, shall pass to the 
 Executive, who, if he does not object to them, shall give them his sanction and 
 publish them as laws. 
 
 Art. 52. When the Executive declines to give his approval to a bill, it shall 
 be returned to Congress within ten days, with observations as to the reasons on 
 which his disapproval is founded. If, within the said period, it is not returned 
 disapproved, it shall be considered as approved and be published as a law. In 
 case a bill is returned, it shall be discussed again by Congress, and if passed by a 
 two-third majority, it shall be sent to the Executive for promulgation. 
 
 Art. 53. When Congress passes a bill at the end of its session and the Execu- 
 tive is in doubt about his approval, he must immediately give notice to Congress 
 so that it may remain in session for ten days, counting frorii the date of the bill, 
 and if not approved in that time, the bill shall be considered as sanctioned. 
 
 Art. 54. When a bill has been rejected or not ratified, it shall not be presented 
 again until the following session. 
 
 Art. 55. When the Executive returns a bill to Congress, the voting on it shall 
 be by name and shall be recorded in the proceedings of the day. 
 
 Art. 56. The approval of the Executive is not necessarv for the following acts 
 or resolutions: 
 
 ( 1 ) For the elections which Congress holds or ratifies and the resignations which 
 it admits or rejects. 
 
 (2) For the declarations which Congress makes as a jury of accusation or im- 
 peachment. 
 
 (3) For the regulations Congress makes for its internal management. 
 
 Art. 57. Every bill passed by Congress shall be written in duplicate and shall 
 be sent to the Executive with this indorsement, "To the Executive power." 
 If he does not approve it, he shall return it to Congress with this endorsement, 
 "Return to the National Congress." 
 
HONDURAS. 77 
 
 Art. 58. A bill having been received bv the Executive, if he finds no objection 
 to it, he shall approve it, returning one copy to Congress and reserving the other 
 to promulgate it as a law within ten days. 
 
 Art. 59. The promulgation of the law shall be made in the following terms: 
 "The President of the Republic of Honduras, to its inhabitants, be it known, 
 that the National Congress has ordained the following: (Here the text and sig- 
 natures). Therefore, let it be executed." 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 Of the Executive Department. 
 Section I. — Of its organization. 
 
 Art. 60. The Executive power shall be exercised bv a citizen who shall be 
 called the President of the Republic. 
 
 Art. 61. The President of the Republic must be a Honduranean bv birth, a 
 citizen in the enjoyment of his rights, and above thirty years of age. 
 
 Art. 62. The President of the Republic shall be elected by popular vote and 
 his election declared by Congress, as has been prescribed. But when a scrutiny 
 of votes has been made and it is found that no absolute majority exists, the 
 Congress shall proceed to an election from the three candidates who have obtained 
 the largest number of votes. In this case, the voting shall be public and bv name, 
 and the election shall be concluded in one session only. 
 
 Art. 63. The constitutional period for which the President shall hold his office 
 is four years, and he may be reelected for the succeeding term, but he shall not 
 be elected for a third term until four vears shall have elapsed from the conclu- 
 sion of his second term. The Presidential term shall commence on the 1st of 
 February of the year of renewal. 
 
 Art. 64. For the dispatch of business, the President of the Republic shall 
 have one or more Secretaries of State, and he shall designate their respective 
 departments. 
 
 Art. 65. To be a Secretary of State it is necessary to be above twenty-five 
 years of age, and a citizen in the enjoyment of his rights. 
 
 Art. 66. The Secretary of State shall countersign the decrees of the Presi- 
 dent of the Republic, without which requisite they shall not be legal ; but he 
 shall not exercise this authority alone. He is responsible for the decrees which 
 he legalizes, and jointly for those which he agrees to with his colleagues, except 
 in case he protests against them. 
 
 Art. 67. The Secretaries of State shall present to Congress at the commence- 
 ment of the regular sessions detailed reports and documents upon the acts of the 
 
78 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 Executive in. every one of the respective branches of the public administration 
 These reports shall serve as a basis whereby Congress may judge of the conduct 
 of the Executive, of all of which it has, by the constitution, the power to approve 
 or disapprove. 
 
 Art. 68. The Secretaries of State shall present biennially to Congress the 
 estimates for the expenditures of their respective departments and the account 
 of the expenditure of the funds voted for the two years preceding. 
 
 Art. 69. The Secretaries of State are empowered to attend the sessions of 
 Congress and take part in the debates, but not to vote. They must respond to 
 questions asked them by any Deputy respecting any of the affairs within the 
 authority of Congress, except those relating to war and foreign relations, when 
 the President of the Republic considers secrecy to be necessary. 
 
 Art. 70. When the President of the Republic shall take command personally 
 of the armed forces, or when, through sickness, absence from the territory of the 
 Republic or other serious motive, he shall be unable to perform the duties of 
 his office, he shall substitute at his choice either the Cabinet of Secretaries of 
 State or one ot the Secretaries of State to act during the continuance of his 
 disability. In case of the death of the President, the acceptance of his resig- 
 nation, or other kind of absolute disability which can not cease before the 
 completion of the time wanting to finish the four years of his constitutional 
 term, the Secretary of War shall act as substitute for the President of the 
 Republic, and shall, within the positive time of ten days, call upon the people 
 by means of a decree, to elect a President in conformity with the provisions 
 of the constitution. The President so elected shall remain in office for the 
 term of four years. 
 
 Section II. — Of the attributes of the Executive power. 
 
 Art. 71. The President of the Republic is the supreme chief of the nation; 
 he has under his charge the general administrative departments of the country, 
 and his attributes are as follows : ■ 
 
 IN the department of the interior. 
 
 Art. 72. (1) He executes and compels obedience to the laws, issuing the 
 decrees and orders necessary for that purpose, but taking care not to alter their 
 spirit by exceptionary regulations. 
 
 (2) He nominates the judges ot the courts of appeal on the proposal of the 
 Supreme Court and the judges of district courts in the form prescribed by law. 
 
 (3) He receives, during the recess of Congress, resignations of the Judges of the 
 Supreme Court, and in this case, nominates provisionally the judges to act as 
 
HONDURAS. 79 
 
 substitutes. Like nominations shall be made in case of death or absolute dis- 
 ability of the members of the Supreme Court. 
 
 (4) He nominates the employes of the Executive Department conformably to 
 law. 
 
 (5) He watches over the prompt and faultless administration of justice, and 
 over the official conduct of the employes of that branch. 
 
 (6) He removes employes and deprives them of office at his discretion, 
 
 (7) He grants, during the recess of Congress, amnesties and pardons, general or 
 individual, when public interest demands it, or the petitioner has in his favor 
 important services rendered to the nation. 
 
 (8) He commutes the penalties when the superior tribunal which has pro- 
 nounced the sentence against the criminal recommends such commutation and 
 so expresses in said sentence, and for any of the reasons which the law may 
 point out. 
 
 (9) He concedes to employes leaves of absence, superannuations, retirements, 
 or advances of pay, in conformity with law. 
 
 (10) He prorogues the regular sessions of Congress and convokes special ses- 
 sions when a serious national interest requires it. 
 
 (11) He gives an account in a message to Congress at the opening of its reg- 
 ular sessions, of the general state of the public administration and the use he 
 has made of the powers delegated to him. 
 
 IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. 
 
 Art. 73. (1) He concludes and signs treaties of peace, of commerce, of nav- 
 igation, of alliance, of neutrality, and other negotiations necessary for the main- 
 tenance and cultivation of good international relations. 
 
 (2) He nominates the diplomatic and consular agents of the Republic, receives 
 the ministers, and admits the consuls of foreign nations. 
 
 IN THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. 
 
 Art. 74. (1) He causes the revenues of the Republic to be collected and man- 
 aged, and orders their expenditure as arranged by law. 
 
 (2) He decrees, in case of invasion or rebellion, if the resources of the 
 Treasury are not sufficient, a general extraordinary contribution, of the expend- 
 iture of which he shall give account to Congress at its next session. 
 
 IN THE department OF WAR. 
 
 Art. 75. (1) The President is the Commandant-General and General-in-Chief 
 oi the sea and land forces of the Republic. 
 
8o HONDURAS. 
 
 (2) He confers all military employments. Of his own power, he appoints 
 to all grades up to that of colonel on the active list. He confers those of 
 brigadier-general and general of division with the concurrence of Congress, 
 and he may confer these grades on the field of battle without that requisite. 
 
 (3) He disposes of the military forces, and to him belongs their organization 
 and distribution according to the necessities of the State. 
 
 {4) During the recess of Congress, he declares war, and grants privateering 
 commissions and letters ot reprisal. 
 
 (5) During the recess of Congress, he declares the Republic or any part of the 
 Republic in "state of siege," in case of external aggression, internal disturbance, 
 or if the peace of the country is threatened. 
 
 CHAPTER viu. 
 
 Of the Judicial Department. 
 
 Art. -jd. The judicial power of the Republic is exercised by a supreme court 
 composed of five judges, and b^' the superior and inferior tribunals established 
 by law. 
 
 Art. ']•]. To be a judge of the supreme court, it is necessary to be a citizen 
 in the enjovment of his rights, above twenty-five years of age, and an advocate 
 of the Republic. 
 
 Art. 78. The faculty of judging and executing judgments belongs exclusively 
 to the tribunals of justice. Neither the President of the Republic nor Congress 
 is able, in any case, to exercise judicial functions, or to advocate pending causes. 
 No public power can revive processes which have been terminated. 
 
 Art. 79. The judges of the Supreme Court shall hold their office for four 
 years, continuing by right until the nomination of their successors. 
 
 Art. 80. The law regulates the organization and powers of the courts. 
 
 Art. 81. The administration of justice in the Republic shall be gratuitous. 
 
 Part III.— Of Municipal Government, 
 
 chapter IX. 
 
 Of the mmnapabtx and the municipal affairs. 
 
 Art. 82. Communities which have not less than five hundred inhabitants majr 
 be incorporated as municipalities. 
 
 Art. 83. The municipality is autonomous, and shall be represented by officers 
 elected directly by the people. The number, conditions, and powers of the 
 municipal officers shall be determined by a special law. 
 
HONDURAS. 81 
 
 Art. 84. The powers of the municipal officers are limited to local govern- 
 ment within their administrative boundaries. 
 
 TEMPORARY ARRANGEMENT. 
 
 Art. 85. Until the establishment of the penitentiary system is effected, the 
 punishment of death may be imposed in cases designated by law. 
 
 Final Article. — This constitution shall commence to be in force on the 1st of 
 December of the current year. 
 
 Given in the city of Tegucigalpa, on the 1st of November, in the year 1880, 
 the sixtieth of the independence of Central America. 
 
 Government House, Tegucigalpa, ist of November, 1880. 
 
 Let it be published. 
 
 Marco Aurelio Soto, 
 Bull. 57 6 
 
Appendix B. 
 
 LAND LAWS OF HONDURAS. 
 
 The President of the Republic of Honduras — considering that the unappropri- 
 ated lands of the Republic constitute a source of national wealth, and that the 
 increase and development of agriculture call for the promulgation of an agrarian 
 law which shall guarantee the property and possession of lands, and likewise the 
 correctness and formality of measurements, divisions, setting of boundaries, and 
 other surveying operations connected with the acquisition and peaceful enjoyment 
 of landed property — making use of the powers conferred upon him by the forty- 
 eighth article of the constitution, and the law issued on the 28th of December 
 last, decrees the following ordinances concerning lands : 
 
 Chapter I. 
 
 DIVISION OF LANDS. 
 
 Art. 1. The division of land for the purposes of this law shall be into three 
 classes : 
 
 (1) Unappropriated lands, which are those that have not been made over to 
 any private individual, towns, or corporate bodies, and which are owned by the 
 State, although it may receive no revenue from the pastures, timber, and other 
 natural products of the land. 
 
 (2) Those which are granted to towns as town lands for use of the inhabitants 
 in common, and over which only a right of possession can be acquired. 
 
 (3) Lands of private ownership, amongst which must also be comprised those 
 belonging to corporate bodies or definite associations. 
 
 Art. 2. The ownership of the possessors of land is guaranteed and protected, 
 whatever may be the time of possession, provided it has been in good faith and 
 with just and lawful title, and in default of document any legal means of proof 
 of the rights of the interested parties is to be so reputed. 
 
 Art. 3. The unappropriated lands of the Republic can not be acquired by 
 prescription, except in the case of titles having been given by the Government, 
 without all the conditions of the law having been complied with and their hav- 
 ing been in possession of the party acquiring them during a period of ten years. 
 
 Chapter II. 
 
 LAND GRANTS TO TOWNS AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS. 
 
 Art. 4. The Government, acting in harmony with the present development 
 of agriculture, possesses the power of making grants of land to towns and private 
 82 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 83 
 
 individuals, in accordance with the existing laws and ordin-ances on the subject, 
 or with those that may hereafter be enacted. 
 
 Art. 5. To every town which is the capital of a municipal district shall be 
 given gratis, and as town lands, 2 square leagues of land, which must be 
 denounced on the unappropriated lands nearest to the town soliciting them. 
 Town lands of small villages governed by assistant alcaldes, shall not exceed 1 
 square league; and it is a necessary condition for making such grant that the 
 village concerned in the matter possess a municipal hall, an elementary school- 
 house, and a population of not less than 200 inhabitants. 
 
 Art. 6. The towns spoken of in the preceding article shall solicit their towa 
 lands in writing from the administrator of revenue of the department to which 
 they belong, through their legal representatives, who in villages are the respective 
 assistant alcaldes. The petition must contain not only a statement of the cir- 
 cumstances which, according to law, are requisite to enable towns and villages. 
 to hold town lands, but also of the special condition of the land solicited. The 
 administrator of the revenue shall make a summary investigation, by means of 
 witnesses, in order to demonstrate the correctness of the statements set forth in 
 the petition, the fact of the lands solicited being national property, and whether 
 the petitioners have not already all or part of the town lands to which they 
 have a right. These points being satisfactorily proved, the administrator shall 
 declare, in an official paper, the national ownership of the land and the extent 
 of town lands to which the petitioning village has the right, and shall commission 
 a surveyor or expert to measure off the land in accordance with this law. 
 
 Art. 7. On the conclusion of his operations the surveyor shall hand back 
 the documents to the administrator of the revenue, and the latter shall present 
 them to the Gove -nment through the Secretary of the Treasury. 
 
 Art. 8. After the proceedings have been revised by a special fiscal officer, in the 
 manner hereafter stated, and the whole being approved by the Government, the title 
 shall be made out in favor of those interested without further expense than that of 
 the corresponding stamped paper, and 2 cents, which they shall pay to the public 
 treasury for every "manzana" (100 varas square) called for by the surveyor, 
 and a certificate of the respective payment shall be annexed to the documents. 
 
 Art. 9. Town lands of towns and villages are granted for the use of inhabit- 
 ants in common; their management and distribution belong in towns to munic- 
 ipalities, and in villages to the assistant alcaldes. 
 
 Art. 10. Every grantee of land acquires its possession from the moment when, by 
 order of the competent authority, it is measured for him by the surveyor comis- 
 sioned to that effect. He can make use of the land only after obtaining a title, which 
 the Government shall cause to be made out, with the legal formalities, and without 
 
84 HONDURAS. 
 
 further expense than that of the stamped paper corresponding to the value of the 
 grant. 
 
 Chapter III. 
 
 SALE OF UNAPPROPRIATED LANDS AND PRICES. 
 
 Art. 1 1 . All land which is not the exclusive property of any individual, person, 
 or community whatsoever must be reputed unappropriated and the property of the 
 State. Individuals, societies, or towns that wish to acquire the ownership of land 
 of this kind must present themselves to the administrator of the revenue of the 
 department to which the land belongs, denouncing it as unappropriated, and 
 describing it by its best-known names and recognized boundaries, stating its 
 approximate area and the quality of soil; that is, whether it is pasture land fit for 
 cattle-breeding or land suited for agriculture. The officer of the revenue shall 
 admit the denouncement and, without loss of time, shall either himself or by 
 means of the collector of revenue of the same locality examine three fit witnesses 
 as to the following points : 
 
 (1) Whether the land denounced as unappropriated is actually or ever has 
 been in possession of any individual or town, and the uses made of it or intended 
 to be made of it. 
 
 (2) Whether they know of anyone having a right of ownership or possession 
 of said land, or if it is recognized as really unappropriated, and consequently the 
 property of the nation. 
 
 (3) The witnesses must also furnish all the information in their power as to 
 the knowledge they have of the locality, in respect to the nature of the soil, its 
 situation as regards navigable rivers, railways, cart roads, and important towns. 
 
 Art. 12. After the conclusion of the examination the administrator of the 
 revenue shall formally declare whether the land denounced is or is not property 
 of the State; and in this last case he shall proceed to appoint a surveyor or 
 expert to undertake the operations of measurement, and shall hand to him the 
 respective documents, so that he may act according to the requirement and for- 
 malities set forth in a special chapter of this law. 
 
 Art. 13. On the termination of his operations the surveyor shall hand back 
 the documents to the administrator of the revenue, who, on receipt of them, 
 shall proceed to value the land in question, taking as a basis for this measure the 
 value set upon lands by law and the report of the surveyor as to its nature, all 
 of which shall be clearly stated in the proceedings. 
 
 Art. 14. The administrator shall thereupon decree the sale of the land by 
 public auction, fixing the day and hour for this to take place. The notice of 
 the sale shall be given in a newspaper of the department in three consecutive 
 numbers, or in default thereof in any other newspaper of the Republic having 
 
HONDURAS. gr- 
 
 a circulation within the jurisdiction where the land is situated; and it shall 
 express the conditions of the land; its area in manzanas of 10,000 square yards 
 (varas); its value or price, and the date and hour fixed for the sale. 
 
 Art. 15. On the arrival of the day and hour fixed for the auction the admin- 
 istrator shall sell the lands to the highest bidder, giving the preference on equal 
 terms to the denouncer. No bid shall be admitted unless accompanied by a suffi- 
 cient security or cash or guaranty for the amount of the bid. The denouncer is 
 excepted from this condition. The security must be to the satisfaction of the 
 administrator, and the bondsman must make himself jointly responsible as 
 debtor for the amount. 
 
 Art. 1 6. If in the measured land there should be a cultivated piece of arable land, 
 grass piece, etc., formally established, and its possessor should wish to acquire as 
 property the area he occupies and as much more, he has the right to purchase it, 
 whatever may be its extent, at the rate of the valuation set upon it by the adminis- 
 trator, according to the quality of the land occupied, and without overbidding in 
 price being allowed. Of this occurrence separate proceedings shall be drawn 
 up, in which shall be set forth the measures that serve to guarantee the rights of 
 the purchaser, the measurement that comprises the land and so much more, the 
 ground plot,and the report of the surveyor, all at the cost of the interested party; 
 of all of which the respective title shall be given to him with the formalities and 
 requisites of this law. 
 
 Art. 1 7. In every public sale of national lands a deed shall be drawn up in which 
 shall be stated with clearness what took place in the proceedings, the intrinsic 
 value of the land and its increase through counter-biddings, expressing the total 
 amount of the sale, and naming the person or persons in whose favor it is made. 
 The purchasers must bind themselves in a formal and definite manner to the pay- 
 ment of the amount accepted under the legal conditions and with responsibility 
 incurred by back debtors to the public treasury. The proceedings of the sale 
 (auction) shall be signed by the interested parties, the administrator of the rev- 
 enue, and a notary public, or two assistants who shall be witnesses to the deed. 
 Art. 18. The sale being concluded in the manner expressed in the preceding 
 article, the functionary who takes cognizance of the proceedings shall remit an 
 account of them to the minister of finance for their revision and approval by 
 the higher authorities. 
 
 Art. 19. The Government shall appoint a special official, who must under all 
 circumstances be a surveyor of capacity and probity, to whom the proceedings 
 shall be sent for revision. The decision given by him shall embrace the legal 
 and scientific points raised in the proceedings. 
 
 Art. 20. If, from the decision of this official, it should appear that everything 
 has been properly done without materia] faults or defects, whether in the opera- 
 
86 HONDURAS. 
 
 tions of the survey or in other measures, and the Government accept the opin- 
 ion of the official, the proceedings shall be forwarded to the Office of the Treasury 
 where the payment has to be made. The certificate of the entry of payment 
 shall be annexed to the proceedings, and after note has been taken in the Comp- 
 troller-General's office, and in the office of the director-general of the revenue, 
 the Government shall legalize them. This legalization or testimony of the pro- 
 ceedings constitutes the deed of ownership. 
 
 Art, 2 1. It is to be understood that from the moment when an auction sale 
 of national land takes place it is adjudicated to the purchaser, but the tralisfer 
 of proprietorship dominio util he can acquire only by means of the inscription 
 of the title in the registry office of deeds, in accordance with the provisions of 
 Article 763 of the Civil Code. 
 
 Art. 22. Whenever it be shown by the decision of the official revisor that 
 the survey of a piece of land or of a remeasurement for Government legaliza- 
 tion is defective, or that there are similar deficiencies in the administrative pro- 
 ceedings, and the Government adopts said decision, the error shall be ordered 
 to be rectified at the cost of whoever has committed it. The rectified proceed- 
 ings shall be remitted a second time to the Government for its approbation, and 
 decision. 
 
 Art. 23. Every denouncement of national lands shall be dispatched without 
 delay; and if, after three months have passed without sale taking place, the 
 interested party do not press the regular dispatch of the proceedings, he shall 
 be held as desisting from the denouncement, and the Administrator may, under 
 those circumstances, admit a new application for the land. The proceedings 
 shall then be continued in the state in which they are at the time on account of 
 the new petitioner, to whom shall be transferred all the rights of the former one. 
 
 Art. 24. If, on making the investigation for the purpose of proving whether 
 an unappropriated land is national property, there should arise the case of the 
 witnesses being in disagreement with some individual who alleges a right to said 
 land, the disagreement shall be settled by the arbitration hereafter spoken of, a 
 hearing being given to the Fiscal of the Treasury, and administrative dispatch of 
 the denouncement must be suspended until the definitive sentence of the arbitra- 
 tors is given. 'But if the party alleging the non-nationality of the unappro- 
 priated land in question do not make use of his rights within a period not 
 exceeding one month, the Administrator of the Revenue shall, in this case, ex 
 officio, make a formal declaration that said land is the property of the State, and 
 shall proceed to the further measures, on the petition of the denouncer. 
 
 Art. 25. In the same manner, if, during the operations of the survey, op- 
 position should arise from any of the neighbors of the unappropriated land that 
 is being measured, and according to the data attainable by the commissioner the 
 
HONDURAS. 87 
 
 pretensions of said neighbor may be prejudicial to the Public Treasury, the sur- 
 veyor shall proceed in accordance with what is set forth in Article 51. 
 
 Art. 26. For the purposes of this law, so far as it relates to the grant and 
 .sale of national land, the following shall be the unit of measure : The square 
 yard (vara) and the manzana. The latter is equivalent to a square measuring 
 on each side 100 yards (Spanish varas). The league of land, which, to the 
 number of one or two squares, must be measured off as town lands for the towns 
 of the Republic, is a perfect square, whose sides measure 5,000 yards (Spanish 
 vara?). 
 
 Art. 27. The geometrical map of all land which is surveyed or resurveyed for 
 the purposes of this law shall be estimated in manzanas and square yards, and the 
 calculation must be made by every fiscal revisor who, for any cause, has to ex- 
 amine and decide upon measurements or remeasurements executed prior to the 
 present law. The manzana is the unit that shall regulate all taxes and charges 
 on landed property. The minimum price of lands shall be graduated according 
 to the following classes : 
 
 (1) Lands suitable for pasture, whether covered with useful timber or not, 
 shall be valued at the price of 50 cents per manzana. 
 
 (2) Fertile lands, suitable for agriculture, not only on account of the facility 
 with which they may be irrigated by streams running through them, but also by 
 reason of the natural conditions of the soil, whether well wooded or not, shall 
 be valued at $1 per manzana. 
 
 (3) When the area measured contains the two qualities of land mentioned the 
 surveyor, in his report, shall state the number of manzanas of each kind in his 
 judgment, or their proportion one to the other, so that the Treasury official who 
 has to value the land may have a basis on which to form his estimate. 
 
 (4) Lands situated within a league from the banks of navigable rivers, or of 
 lakes connected with them, shall, as a general rule, be valued at $1.50 per man- 
 zana. But if such lands excel through other natural or commercial advantages, 
 their value shall then be ^2 per manzana. This shall be entirely at the discre- 
 tion of the administrator, taking into consideration the data acquired in the 
 proceedings. 
 
 Art. 28. The total value of the unappropriated lands which it is intended to 
 dispose of shall be fixed by the Administrator of the Revenue, keeping in view 
 what has already been stated. 
 
 Art. 29. The Government may prohibit the sale of national land to a 
 distance of 2 leagues in a straight line from the shore of both seas, as also the 
 disposal of islands or quays (cavos). The Government may grant such lands on 
 lease and permit their improvement and cultivation, m accordance with the laws 
 
^g HONDURAS. 
 
 and ordinances promulgated for the encouragement of agriculture and other in- 
 dustries. 
 
 Chapter IV. 
 
 RESURVEY OF LANDS AND RENEWAL OF TITLES. 
 
 Art. 30. Whenever a private proprietor, or a town, or any association, on 
 account of loss of title, or any other just cause, may wish to measure their 
 land, they can do so on applying to the Administrator of the Revenue of the 
 respective department, soliciting permission for the resurvey. This shall be 
 granted at once on presentation of the title of the lands or of the documents 
 that prove their right. Proceedings shall be commenced to that effect, and a 
 surveyor or expert shall be commissioned by the administrative authority to 
 carry out the necessary operations on the old boundaries, verified by the unim- 
 peachable testimony of two fit witnesses, who shall give their declaration in 
 presence of the Land Commissioner, and shall accompany him during the whole 
 of his operations, to point out the boundaries and corner posts of the land 
 under measurement. 
 
 Art. 31. If it should appear from the legitimate operations of a resurvey that 
 there are differences either in excess or deficiency of the land, in neither case 
 shall the proprietor need to make a fresh transaction with the public treasury. 
 
 Art. 32. It is the obligation of every proprietor to mark the boundaries of 
 Ms land with stone or masonry pillars or other permanent signs, and for this 
 purpose he shall have it measured and marked off by a surveyor or expert, pro- 
 ceeding in the form set forth in another chapter of this law. The same is 
 incumbent on towns, so that they may secure the town and other lands that 
 lawfully belong to them, and be able to defend them perfectly from all trespass 
 attempted either in good or bad faith. 
 
 Art. 33. On the termination of the operations of the resurvey of land the 
 surveyor shall return the proceedings to the Administrator of the Revenue from 
 whom he received them, who shall remit them to the Government for the revision 
 and approbation of the fiscal. The title of the resurvey shall be delivered with 
 the same formalities as those provided in the case of the ordinary measurements 
 of unappropriated lands. 
 
 Art. 34. In every remeasurement 2 cents shall be charged as fiscal dues for 
 every manzana that results. This fee shall be paid to the Public Treasury, after 
 the proceedings are approved, in order that the certificate of payment may be 
 annexed to the title. 
 
 Art. 35. The titles of landed property can be renewed by applying to the 
 Government, which shall order the legalized copy of the respective deed that 
 
HONDURAS. 89 
 
 should be in the general archives of the Republic to be made out. In the new 
 deed there shall be copied the petition requesting it and the final decree grant- 
 ing the renewal of the title, which shall be granted on presentation of the cer- 
 tificate of the payment of 2 cents for every manzana of those expressed in the 
 proceedings to be legalized. The interested party must also pay the expenses 
 of stamped paper, writings, and the copy of the geometrical map, which must be 
 annexed to the deed. 
 
 Art. 36. When the person desiring the renewal of a title is owner of the 
 property by bill of sale from one possessor to another, or in virtue of any legal 
 documentary proof, he shall adjoin the documents on which he relies to his peti- 
 tion; and the Government, taking them into consideration, shall admit them, in 
 so far as the law permits, and give orders that on the respective title being ex- 
 tended in favor of the petitioner said documents shall be copied faithfully and 
 in full. 
 
 Chapter V. 
 
 MEASUREMENTS, DEMARKATIONS, SETTING OF BOUNDARIES, AND PARTITIONS. 
 
 Art. 37. a surveyor intrusted with the measurement of a piece of land shall, 
 after accepting the commission, receive the papers, and shall mark on them the 
 day for the commencement of operations. 
 
 Art. 38. The person commissioned for any survey, resurvey, etc., possesses 
 the authority necessary for acting in the sense of his commission without having 
 to subject his actions to the intervention of the local authorities of the place to 
 which the land belongs. The jurisdiction of the surveyor is in this case of an 
 administrative character, and as agent of the revenue department he should be 
 assisted in the 'discharge of his duties whenever, with just cause, he calls on the 
 local authorities to this effect. 
 
 Art. 39. All operations executed under the law must be authenticated by a 
 notary public or by two attendant witnesses, able to read and write, named 
 and sworn in by the surveyor, who shall state this fact on the proceedings. He 
 shall also appoint a teller and a chain-bearer, who shall keep an exact account 
 of the yards (varas) they measure on each stretch, for the judge of the survey to 
 take note of in due time. 
 
 Art. 40. The first operation of the Land Commissioner must be the in- 
 spection of the land he is about to survey, and has for its object — 
 
 (1) To ascertain what are at the time, or are going to be, the boundaries. 
 
 (2) To see whether or not t'hey can be run, and if they are susceptible of 
 material measurement or not. 
 
 (3) To inform himself whether the land adjoins private or national property, 
 
90 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 and in the former case if the interested parties are in agreement as to their re- 
 spective boundaries, or there exist doubts or claims regarding them. 
 
 (4) To endeavor, with impartiality and earnestness, to have all disagreements 
 that spring up amicably and fairly arranged by the parties themselves. 
 
 Art. 41. After the boundaries that the land is to have are decided upon, and 
 the interested parties are' in accord regarding them, the measurement shall be 
 proceeded with from boundary post to boundary post, taking the direction and 
 distances in a straight line with a chain or metallic tape-line of 25 yards (Span- 
 ish yards), of 835 millimeters to the yard; the Commissioner taking care to 
 avoid all cause of error and to instruct his assistants as to the convenient plac- 
 ing of sights and the carrying the chain accurately along the corresponding line. 
 
 Art. 42. At all points where there is a change in the direction of the bound- 
 aries and no natural signs exist, temporary marks shall be made by heaps of 
 stones, so that they may not be lost sight of while the formal demarkation of the 
 land is being made. 
 
 Art. 43. In the measurement of distances care must be taken to stretch the 
 chain in a straight line, so as to avoid the undulations of the land, or to follow 
 the declivities, in which case the angles of elevation and depression shall be taken 
 and the line reduced to a horizontal. 
 
 Art. 44. The variations of the compass shall be ascertained before com- 
 mencing the survey, the most appropriate spot for making the observation nec- 
 essary for ascertaining it being selected, and in the proceedings the measures 
 adopted shall be stated. 
 
 Art. 45. When lands adjoining others owned by or in possession of private 
 individuals are to be measured, the inspection and measurement of the boundaries 
 must be executed with the knowledge and in presence of the interested parties, 
 and with inspection of their respective documents. 
 
 Art. 46. For the effect of the preceding article the judge of the measurement 
 shall officially summon the proprietors or occupiers of the adjacent lands, appont- 
 ing a period ot three days, adding one more tor every 5 leagues of distance, so 
 that during that time they may present themselves, either personally or by rep- 
 resentative, with their titles, in the place where their presence is required. 
 
 Art. 47. A note of these summons shall be entered on the proceedings, ex- 
 pressing the date and place of their issue, the place ot residence of the persons 
 to whom they are addressed, and the day fixed for the commencement of the oper- 
 ations at which they should be present. 
 
 Art. 48. If, notwithstanding the summons, any of the adjoining proprietors 
 should not appear at his boundary, the surveyor shall proceed with the operations 
 he has to perform thereon, endeavoring tor their security to obtain data from 
 other neighbors, or from whosoever can furnish them, for greater exactitude. 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 91 
 
 Art. 49. When the line to be measured is defined by a river, ravine, fence, or 
 ditch, w^hich from its nature admits of no confusion, the neighboring proprietor 
 or possessor may excuse himself from attending, stating in his answer to the 
 •official summons in what his boundary consists. In other cases, where the 
 boundaries are not well defined, it is incumbent on proprietors or possessors 
 to present themselves to point them out, in order that their lawful rights may 
 be respected. 
 
 Art. 50. On measuring the recognized boundary of a piece of property it 
 ;shall be seen whether it is in accordance with the titles or documents from which 
 it proceeds, not so as to alter it in any manner, but with the object that, in the 
 ■direction and extension it actually has, it may serve as a boundary to the land 
 to be measured. 
 
 Art. 51. When the proprietor or possessor of the land adjoining the piece 
 being measured will not agree as to the boundary that the party interested in 
 the survey wishes to establish, the surveyor shall use all effort and impartiality to 
 bring about an equitable arrangement between the parties. If he should succeed, 
 after making an entry to that effect on the proceedings, he shall carry out in con- 
 formity therewith the operations necessary for the opening of the line or lines 
 agreed upon. In the contrary case, he shall merely take exact data as to the 
 extension, direction, and other remarkable signs of the lines that each party lays 
 claim to, so that therewith, and with whatever else it may be well to keep in 
 view, the work may be decided by the arbitration hereafter to be spoken of, 
 without on that account suspending the further operations of the measurement. 
 
 Art. 5 2. Should the measurement to be made be of unappropriated land adjoin- 
 ing others of private ownership or legally occupied, the survey shall be carried 
 out, following the recognized boundaries of the owned or occupied lands adjoining. 
 
 Art. 53. Should the denounced land be surrounded by others unappropriated, 
 the survey shall be executed in accordance with the terms of the denouncement, 
 endeavoring to follow the natural boundaries of the land. 
 
 Art. 54. When lands without defined boundaries have to be measured, so far 
 as topographical circumstances permit, a square or rectangular form shall be 
 given them, the sides of which shall run from east to west and from north to 
 south on a true meridian. 
 
 Art. 55. The surveyor shall carry a field-book, in which he shall note down all 
 operations, the direction and length of every straight line measured, the accessory 
 measures adopted to obtain the direction and length of such as are inaccessible, 
 and all the signs met with on the land which demark the boundaries, and corner 
 posts. 
 
 Art. 56. With this book before him, and in accordance with the particulars 
 contained therein, and on the corresponding stamped paper the proceedings 
 
92 HONDURAS. 
 
 stating what has taken place every day shall be written out with clearness and 
 precision, both as regards the inspection of the land and the measurement of 'the 
 boundaries, and also what is expressed concerning them in the documents of the 
 adjoining neighbors, should there be any, and everything else that has been done or 
 may have occurred. 
 
 Art. 57. These proceedings shall be signed by the surveyor, by the party 
 interested in the measurement, by the adjoining neighbors whose boundaries are 
 concerned, and by a notary or the attendant witnesses. 
 
 Art. 58. As soon as the corresponding calculations for the reduction of the 
 lines that could not be actually measured and for fixing the area are concluded, a 
 statement of the result of said operations shall be entered on the proceedings, 
 declaring the steps taken to obtain it. 
 
 Art. 59. Every survey of land must be accompanied by a map, which shall 
 show, in proportional scale with reference to the true meridian, the perimeter of 
 the horizontal plan and the places or objects that help to a fuller understanding 
 of the position of the boundaries and corner posts, nothing the names of these, 
 the area in manzanas and square yards (varas), the adjoining possessions, the 
 variations of the compass, the scale employed, and the date. 
 
 Art. 60. There shall also accompany it a record or recapitulation of the 
 whole measurement, in which may be seen at once the direction and length 
 of each line of the perimeter and the magnitude of the angles they form one with 
 another. 
 
 Art. 61. Of all that has been done the surveyor shall draw up proceedings, 
 of which he shall give account to the authority from whom his commission 
 emanated, informing him whether the land measured was unappropriated, as to 
 the nature of the land, and other particulars mentioned in Article 27 of this law, 
 and giving the number of the manzanas it contains of the precise kinds, to serve 
 as a basis for the valuation. He shall also make a report as to any disputes that 
 may have occurred, or the way and term for arranging them by means of arbi- 
 tration, should they have been left open. Under other circumstances the report 
 shall be confined to the matters relating to the object of the commission. 
 
 Art. 62. After a sale by auction of unappropriated lands has been effected, or 
 a resurvey of those of private ownership, which the Government has to approve 
 for granting titles, the proceedings shall be revised by the special official, who 
 shall be nominated for that purpose by supreme decree. The fiscal revision of 
 such operations has for its object to observe — 
 
 (1) Whether, in carrying out the operations of measurement or remeasure- 
 ment, all the legal formalities have been complied with. 
 
 (2) Whether each and every operation has been performed in accordance 
 with the principles of land survey. 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 93 
 
 (3) Whether the calculations have been made in accordance with the data 
 obtained on the land, and whether the results are correct. 
 
 (4) Whether the maps agree with the data of the survey and of the record 
 referred to in Article 60, and whether they contain the remarks called for in 
 Article 59. 
 
 Art. 63. If omissions or errors that can be easily filled up or rectified are 
 met with, the revisor shall do what is necessary, either himself or by agreement 
 with the measuring surveyor ; but if this be not possible, the Government, in view 
 of the report made by the revisor of measurement or remeasurement, shall 
 decide what is best to be done, and in that case regard shall be had to the re- 
 quirements of Article 22. 
 
 Art. 64. The maximum error of measurement that can be permitted in the 
 survey of broken land, and of which the perimeter has more than forty sides, is 
 2 per cent on the whole extent; having only twenty sides, 1^ per cent. Should 
 the error exceed those limits, it will be necessary to resurvey the land. 
 
 Art. 65. When a survey of unappropriated lands, or a remeasurement of 
 private ones, has met with a favorable decision from the revisor, and it appears 
 beyond dispute not only that it was executed without any opposition, but 
 also that the interested parties and the adjoining neighbors, if there be any, 
 are satisfied with what has been done, the boundaries indicated shall be consid- 
 ered settled, and shall at once be marked in a formal manner by pillars of masonry, 
 or in some other permanent and secure way, if no natural landmarks exist. This 
 shall be done also on every property and lawful possession of the kind mentioned 
 in Article 32, with permission from the competent authority and in presence of 
 the parties interested, by the same surveyor who measured the land or by another 
 commissioned for the purpose. All that is done with this obje<?t shall be stated 
 in proceedings to be drawn up, with the formalities prescribed in articles 56 and 
 57. When having to do with measurements made prior to this law, a deed shall 
 be made out of all the proceedings of the demarkation, and the originals shall 
 be annexed to the titles of the property marked out, with a certificate from the 
 Administrator of the Revenue, who must intervene for the proper legalization of 
 the different steps. 
 
 Art. 66. Surveyors in the exercise of their duties will be under the samp crimi- 
 nal and civil responsibility that attaches to other public functionaries; and if — 
 knowingly, through want of skill, and in contravention of what is prescribed in 
 this law, so far as relates to his attributes — a surveyor should incorporate land 
 belonging to a private individual, or lawfully occupied, or should occasion any 
 other injury, he must remedy it at once, making the necessary rectification for 
 the error to be remedied. 
 
 Art. 67. If the incorporation or damage treated of in the preceding article 
 
94 HONDURAS. 
 
 arise through the injured proprietor or occupier not having furnished at the 
 proper time the necessary and explanatory data to enable the operations to be 
 fairly performed, the reparation shall be made at the expense of said proprietor 
 or occupier. 
 
 Art. 68. In the operations of measurement, remeasurement, running boundary 
 lines, demarkation and division practiced by surveyors in the capacity of experts 
 nominated by judicial or administrative authority, or in those intrusted to them 
 by private individuals, they shall proceed in accordance with the nature and 
 object of the operation, adhering to the spirit of the prescriptions of the present 
 law. 
 
 Art 69. Disputes as to doubtful boundaries spoken of in article 5 1, and likewise 
 those mentioned in articles 24 and 25, that arise between two or more proprie- 
 tors, whether private individuals, towns, or communities, shall be settled in future 
 by arbitration only ; and controversies regarding partitions of land made by 
 a surveyor commissioned for the purpose, and which the contending parties dO' 
 not wish to accept or to recognize as valid, shall also be settled in the same 
 manner. 
 
 Art. 70. The contending parties have the right to name the arbitrators in 
 presence of the administrator who authorized the survey or resurvey of a piece 
 of land, and in other cases in presence of the respective iudge. Those named 
 shall have the authority proper to arbitrators. 
 
 Art. 71. In an arbitration suit the contending parties may appear personally 
 or by representative ; and the fees of arbitrators and representatives, as well as 
 all other expenses to which these special proceedings may give rise, shall be at 
 the charge of the contending parties. 
 
 Art. 72. Each party shall name an arbitrator, and any citizen in the en- 
 joyment of his rights may be such ; and the arbitrators thus named shall agree 
 upon a third, who shall decide in case of disagreement without the obligation 
 of this third party being subjected to the approbation of the contending parties. 
 
 Art. 73. Whatever questions arise, or any already existing on the publication 
 of this law, must be submitted to arbitration. If either of the parties should 
 fail to name an arbitrator within a month after being called upon to do so by 
 the administrator or judge at the solicitation of his opponent, said functionary 
 may compel him or may name an arbitrator ^.v officio if necessary. The third 
 arbitrator shall be appointed by the administrator or judge, three days after its 
 being declared in writing that the first two can not come to an agreement as to 
 whom to elect. 
 
 Art. 74. On the decision being given, in view of the antecedents, the court 
 of arbitrators shall notify the parties ; and at request of either of them shall give 
 order of execution and send it, with the proceeding that caused it, to the ad- 
 
HONDURAS. 95 
 
 ministrator or judge, for its due enforcement. No appeal can be had from the 
 decision of the arbitrators. 
 
 Art. 75. The proceedings in arbitration may last for a period of thirty days, 
 and can not be adjourned. During this period the parties must present the 
 lawful proofs which they are able to obtain, and these must be confined simply 
 to matters relating to the dispute. 
 
 Art. ']6. Each of the arbitrators shall receive for his fee the amount assigned 
 by the administrator or judge ; the arbitrators shall themselves form an account 
 of all other charges arising from the suit, and this, which can not be contested 
 by the litigants, shall be paid one-half by each party. 
 
 Chapter VI. 
 
 t 
 
 GENERAL- RULES. 
 
 Art. 77. After a surveyor has been appointed to perform a measurement, or 
 any other survey, no other can be appointed for the same purpose, except 
 under the circumstance of the first one having been objected to. When two 
 surveyors are measuring adjoining lands they should come to an understanding 
 before proceeding with the operations, agreeing as to the boundaries and true 
 limits. If they do not agree, they shall institute an arbitration at the expense 
 of the parties interested, so that in view of the antecedents of each one the arbi- 
 trators may decide on what is equitable. 
 
 Art 78. Surveyors are those who have obtained their diplomas as such, the 
 professors spoken of in Article 2 1 7 of the code of public instruction, and doctors 
 of the faculty of science of the University of the Republic. 
 
 Art. 79. For the object of this law, in the part applicable to the circum- 
 stances, the following are to be reputed as experts in land surveying: Bachelors 
 of science and letters who are of age, and those citizens who, although not hold- 
 ing a literary diploma, are well known to possess competent knowledge of arith- 
 metic, algebra, geometry, topography, linear drawing, and legal mensuration. 
 
 surveyors' fees. 
 
 Art. 80. The fees which surveyors or expefts may receive for their operations 
 in surveys, resurveys, demarkations, divisions, and fixing the boundaries of lands, 
 are whatever they may freely stipulate with the respective parties interested. 
 
 Art. 81. Failing any stipulation, the fees shall be arranged as follows: 
 
 (1) They shall receive %\ per league for every league they have to travel to 
 arrive at the field of operations, reckoning from the place of departure or from 
 the residence of the surveyor. 
 
 (2) For inditing, the proceedings and drawing the corresponding map, whether 
 
96 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 of a survey, fixing boundaries, or division, they shall receive $15, and the cost 
 of the stamped paper used is on account of the interested party. 
 
 (3) They shall also receive 10 cents for every manzana of land when the area 
 does not exceed 300 manzanas; but if it should exceed this number the excess 
 shall be computed at 2 cents per manzana. 
 
 (4) If for the purpose of dividing a piece of land it should be necessary to re- 
 measure it, the surveyor shall then receive the fees stated in paragraph 1 and in 
 addition 20 per cent, on the total amount that the operation would cost were 
 it a simple measurement; this on account of the proceedings for division, but if 
 no remeasurements should be made, he shall charge only the 20 per cent. 
 
 (5) If the boundary marks of the land are fixed at the time the measure- 
 ment is made, and the surveyor directs the operation, he shall receive $2 for 
 every boundary mark that Ke sets up ; but if it should not be done until after- 
 wards, and the surveyor has to go expressly to set up the marks, he shall 
 receive in addition the fees of paragraph 1 and $10 for drawing up the proceed- 
 ings, to be increased to $15 if he has to form the plot of the land. 
 
 Art. 82. The witnesses shall receive ^1 per day whilst they^are employed, 
 and the laborers and chain-bearers 50 cents. The surveyors, shall make out their 
 accounts so that thev may be paid by the party interested in the measurement. 
 
 Art. 83. The fees for the revision of proceedings of measurements and re- 
 measurements shall be as follows : 
 
 (1) Ten cents for each leaf contained in the proceedings to be examined. 
 
 (2) Ten cents for each side of polygon that is examined in order to ascertain 
 the exactness of their length, and to prove the correctness of the angles they 
 form, and of their directions in relation to the true meridian. 
 
 (3) Twenty-five cents for every triangle comprised in the figure, and if any 
 other method is employed, 20 cents for each side. 
 
 (4) Whenever, in order to verify a map, it becomes necessary to form a new 
 one, the revisor shall receive in addition 50 cents for each side. 
 
 (5) Three dollars for the decision, if the writing does not exceed one sheet 
 of paper, adding $1 more for every extra sheet, and in addition the value of the 
 stamped paper, if furnished by the revisor. 
 
 Art. 84. The present ordinance abrogates all previous laws bearing on lands. 
 Given in Tegucigalpa on the fifteenth day of the month of May, one thousand 
 eight hundred and eighty-eight. 
 
 Luis Bogran. 
 The Under-Secretary in Charge of the Ministry of Finance, 
 
 Simeon Martinez. 
 And by order of the President let ihe above be published and put in force. 
 
 Martinez. 
 
Appendix C. 
 
 MINING LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS. 
 Title I. — Alines and nnning property. 
 
 Article i. The objects of this code are the mines of gold, silver, copper, 
 platinum, quicksilver, lead, zinc, bismuth, cobalt, nickel, tin, antimony, arsenic, 
 iron, manganese, molybdena, precious stones — whatever be the form of the bed 
 or matrix in which they are found — provided that their development requires 
 works and operations, which may be qualified as mining industry, according to 
 the rules of the art of mining. 
 
 The extraction of coal and other fossils, not comprised in the foregoing para- 
 graph, belongs to the owner of the soil, who shall only be obliged to give notice 
 of the same to the administrative authority. 
 
 The regulations of Titles X, XII, and XIV shall apply also to these mines as 
 regards to safety, order, and regulation of the works. 
 
 Art. 2. The minerals and precious metals, which are found as *' float" on 
 the surface of the soil, belong to the first occupant. 
 
 Art. 3. The minerals for building purposes or for ornaments, the sands, 
 slates, argil, lime stone, kaoline, peat, marl, and other substances of that kind, 
 which may be found in the uncultivated lands of the State or municipalities, shall 
 be of common use for all individuals who may desire to apply them to building, 
 agriculture, or to the arts, without prejudice of the right of the State or muni- 
 cipalities to concede them to persons by special contracts, which shall stipulate the 
 extension, the conditions, and the regulations under which they are granted. 
 
 Art. 4. The gold bearing and tin bearing sands, and any other mineral pro- 
 duction of rivers or placers, shall be for free use, provided they are found in the 
 uncultivated lands of any ownership whatever. However, when they are oper- 
 ated by permanent works, they shall be divided into mining claims. 
 
 Note. — The above paragraphs are revised as follows: 
 
 I, Deposits of coal and other fossils, tin-ores, and precious stones, with the excep- 
 tion of opals, are the exclusive property of the State and can not be denounced. 
 Bull. bl-. 7 97 
 
^8 HONDURAS. 
 
 2. The executive power will promote the exploration of said mines in a manner 
 which is thought most convenient. 
 (Amendment law of March 9, 1885.) 
 
 Art. 5. The dumps, scoria, and tailings of abandoned mines are integral 
 parts of the mines to which they belong; but as long as these mines have not be- 
 come particular property, they will be considered as common property. Shall also 
 be for common use the scoria and tailings of old reduction works* abandoned 
 by their owners, provided they are situated on grounds that are not enclosed 
 by fence or wall. 
 
 Art. 6. The existence of a mine being recognized, the surface grounds are 
 subject to occupation of- the extension necessary for the proper working of it, 
 and as the development of the works may require for the establishment of store- , 
 houses, dumps, furnaces and machinery, for the extraction of the metals, houses 
 for the use of workmen, and right of way to the public roads, not only for the 
 transportation of the products, but also of the materials necessary for the de- 
 velopment of the mine and the reduction of its ores. But the owner of the 
 land is not obliged to allow the establishment of industrial or commercial enter- 
 prises for smelting or reducing. 
 
 The right of occupation shall be established only after payment, not only of 
 the value of the surface grounds, but also of all damages which may be caused to 
 their owner or to any other person. 
 
 Art. 7. The roads open for the development of a mine shall also be free for 
 the use of all others existing in the same locality; in such case the expenses of 
 maintenance shall be divided between them pro rata of the use they make of 
 them. 
 
 Art. 8. Not only the superficial lands of the mine, but also those immediately 
 surrounding, are subject to the use of said mine, for pasturing the animals neces- 
 sary for its working, when said lands are unfenced and uncultivated; also the 
 natural water-supply for the use of workmen and animals. 
 
 Those lands are also subject to denouncement to establish reduction machin- 
 ery, and the works necessary for that purpose. All damages shall be paid or 
 indemnity given, as in the case specified in article 6; and all the dispositions of 
 the same article are applicable to this case. 
 
 Art. 9. The water proceeding from the subterranean works of a mine belongs 
 to it. 
 
 Art. 10. Mines constitute real estate, distinct and separate from surface land, 
 even when both are the property of the same owner, and the ownership, pos- 
 session, use, and enjoyment of them are transferable as in the case of other prop- 
 erty, subject, however, to the special dispositions of this code. 
 
 Art. 11. The materials and objects destined by the owner of a mine to the 
 
'"'" HONDURAS. 99 
 
 permanent working of it: as buildings, machinery, pumps, instruments, tools 
 and animals, -are integral parts of the real estate of the mine. But the animals and 
 objects used for personal service, or for the transportation or trade of minerals, 
 of products and of articles of necessity, the provisions for the workmen, and 
 other personal property of the owners or lessees, can not be considered as being 
 part of the real estate of the mine. 
 
 Art. 1 2. Mines are not susceptible of natural division. Neither is it permit- 
 ted to the partners in the ownership to appropriate to themselves exclusively one 
 or more distinct parts. However, it is possible to divide the interests of one or 
 more partners in parts. 
 
 Art. 13. The law grants the ownership of mines to individuals, with the con- 
 dition of working them constantly, subject to the provisions of this code, and 
 to the regulations established for its execution and for their conservation, their 
 security, order, and hygiene; but the loss of this class of property, and its rever- 
 sion to the State, takes place only in the cases expressly defined by the law. 
 
 Note.— Compare with Title I, the Decree of the 24 of September, i888, also Decree 
 No. 27 of February 19, 1889, and Decree No, 34 of March 17, 1887. 
 
 Title II. — Exploration or Prospecting. 
 
 Art. 14. — The right to prospect and to excavate in the grounds of whatever 
 ownership, for the purpose of discovering mines, which article 669 of the civil 
 code concedes to individuals, can be exercised freely in lands not fenced in or 
 not dedicated to agriculture. 
 
 Art. 15. To execute works of exploration in cultivated lands, the permis- 
 sion of the owner or administrator must be first obtained. 
 
 In case of refusal from the owner or administrator, the judge of letters, after 
 hearing the interested parties, and also an engineer of mines, if he thinks it 
 necessary or any of the parties require it, shall have power to grant or refuse 
 the permission; and his decision shall be without appeal. 
 
 Art. 16, The permission granted by the judge in accordance with the pro- 
 visions of the precedent article shall determine the number of persons that may 
 be employed in the exploration, which shall be always conducted according to 
 the following conditions: 
 
 1. The prospecting shall be made necessarily when there are no crops growing 
 on the grounds. 
 
 2. The prospecting shall not exceed one month, counting from the date of the 
 permission. 
 
 3. The petitioner must previously give bonds, if the owner of the land requires 
 it, to secure the payment of all damages which may result to the owner from 
 the prospecting directly or indirectly. 
 
lOO HONDURAS. 
 
 Art. 17. Any person who shall have once obtained a peimission from the 
 judge to prospect certain grounds, shall be barred from asking a second per- 
 mission to prospect the same grounds, under any circumstances. 
 
 Art. 18. If, from any just cause, the prospecting could not be performed at 
 the time named, the permission may be transferred to a more opportune time, 
 by virtue of a new decree from the proper authority. 
 
 * Art. 19. The judge has no power to grant permission to excavate in houses, 
 gardens, orchards, or in any class of irrigated land, or in dry lands planted with 
 trees, or in vineyards. 
 
 Art. 20. No excavations, nor any other mining work, shall be opened at a less 
 distance than forty yards of an edifice or a railroad, or on any sloping ground or 
 above or below any public way or canal whatever, without permission of the 
 administrative authority, who shall grant it, if in the opinion of the respective 
 engineer it is not deemed prejudicial, and who shall prescribe the measures of 
 safety that the case may require. 
 
 In the same manner, and without prejudice of the provisions of the preceding 
 paragraph, permission shall be asked from the respective military authority to 
 execute said works at a less distance than one thousand and four hundred yards 
 from fortified points. 
 
 The same regulation shall apply in case the work should have to be executed 
 at a distance less than one hundred yards from canals, aqueducts, watering places 
 for stock, or any kind of water-course. 
 
 The violation of this article shall be punished by a fine of from fifty to five 
 hundred dollars, besides an indemnity due for all damages caused. 
 
 Title III. — Persons who are entitled to acquire mines. 
 
 Art. 21. Any person qualified to hold real estate in Honduras has a right to 
 acquire mines in all legal ways, excepting those who fall under the exceptions 
 enumerated in the following article. 
 
 Art. 22. The following persons are prohibited from acquiring mines. Or hold- 
 ing a part of, or an interest in them : 
 
 1. Mining engineers paid by the State, who execute administrative functions 
 in the branch of mining, within the district where they exercise such functions. 
 
 2. The governors of departments within the departments they govern. 
 
 3. Magistrates of superior tribunals and judges of letters to whom is committed 
 the administration of justice in mining cases, within the territory of their juris- 
 diction. 
 
 4. Undivorced wives, and sons of the above-named officials, while under the 
 father's authority. 
 
HONDURAS. lOl 
 
 This prohibition does not comprise the mines acquired before their appoint- 
 ment to the aforesaid offices, nor those which during the time that they hold them 
 may have been acquired by inheritance by said functionaries, or their wives, or 
 sons. Neither does it apply to those acquired by married women previous to 
 their marriage. 
 
 Art. 23. The mine, or portion of a mine, or stock in a mining company, 
 acquired in violation of the provisions of the foregoing article, shall be considered 
 as vacant, and shall be adjudged to whoever may apply for or denounce it. 
 
 Art. 24. Outside of those persons and cases expressly excepted by law, no 
 one shall be entitled by right of discovery or denouncement to acquire more than 
 one claim upon the same vein or lode ; but any qualified person can acquire by 
 other means any number he may wish, without limitation. 
 
 Art. 25. Minors and adult sons of families can, without the consent of their 
 fathers or guardians, acquire the mines they discover, and these shall be incor- 
 porated with their own industrial capital. 
 
 Title IV. — Discovery of mines, and the method of securing the ownership of 
 
 them. 
 
 Art. 26. The discoverer of mines in grounds where no other one has been 
 registered within a radius of one league, is entitled to three claims, continuous 
 or discontinuous, upon the principal vein, and to two upon each of the other 
 veins of his discovery. 
 
 The discoverer of a vein within the radius of one league of a registered mine 
 is entitled to two claims, continuous or discontinuous upon said vein. 
 
 Those claims must be registered separately. But the discoverer is allowed to 
 apply for a treble or double claim, which can at any time be divided into regu- 
 lar claims, subject to the conditions specified in Article 41. 
 
 Art. 27. Any person who shall have discovered mineral in a vein, or in any 
 other kind of a deposit, shall make a declaration of his findings before the judge 
 of letters of the department. 
 
 In his declaration he shall give his name and the names of his partners, if he 
 has any, the most remarkable landmarks which characterize the site where is to 
 be found the mine-opening, excavation, shaft or work, in which he found the 
 mineral J a sample of it must accompany the declaration, and he shall mention 
 the name which he desires to give to the mine. 
 
 The judge to whom is presented the declaration shall note on it the day and 
 the hour on which it was handed to him. 
 
 Art. z8. The judge vto whom the declaration is presented shall order it to be 
 registered, and the registry to be published. 
 
102 HONDURAS. 
 
 Art. 29. The registry is a complete copy of the declaration and its contents, 
 and of the certification of the day and hour of its presentation made into the 
 register book of discoveries, which each judge of letters shall keep. 
 
 He shall give a copy of this procedure to the party interested, if he asks for 
 it, and the original shall be placed in the archives. 
 
 Art. 30. The publication of the registry shall be made by insertion in a news- 
 paper of the department, (if there be any,) three times, at intervals of ten days. 
 
 If there is no newspaper in the department, the publication shall be made by 
 means of copies posted for the term of thirty days upon the doors of the office 
 of the judge, and on two of the most frequented localities. 
 
 Art. 31. The locator is obliged to uncover the croppings or vein of his dis- 
 covery within one hundred and eighty days, counting from the day of registry, 
 by opening on the body of the vein a shaft of a depth of no less than five yards, 
 and at its bottom a horizontal gallery of the same length, in order that it may 
 be rendered easy to recognize the class of mineral, the extent, direction, and in- 
 clination of the vein, and other circumstances which establish the existence of 
 the mine and serve to characterize it. 
 
 Art. 32. In case of a regular deposit, in bed or seam, the shaft should follow 
 towards the greatest dip of the same and the gallery or drift shall extend in the 
 direction of the same, and be of such shape as to show the floor and roof, so 
 that it may be possible to note or recognize with accuracy the same character- 
 istics or circumstances as in the case of veins. 
 
 Art. 33. In deposits, scattered or in masses, the locator shall make the same 
 excavation as in the cdse of a vein, and always open the shaft and drift in, the 
 body of the deposit. 
 
 Art. 34. Having performed this work, the locator shall complete the registry 
 by a petition directed to the judge of letters, in which he shall describe, from 
 among the circumstances enumerated in the foregoing articles, which ones 
 characterize his mine, and the direction towards which to measure his claim, 
 stating the width he desires on both sides of the shaft, or whether he wants it 
 all on one side of it. The petition shall also be recorded like the denouncement. 
 
 Art. 35. The foregoing proceedings shall establish a provisional title of owner- 
 ship to the mine, until the definitive title be constituted, upon petition of the 
 locator or interested party, by the measurement of the claim, which shall be 
 made by order of the judge in conformity with the provisions of Title VIII. 
 But the contents of this provisional title cannot be used in any case as legal 
 proof 
 
 Art. 36. If the locator does not wish to receive a provisional title, and prefers 
 in its stead a definite one, he shall express his wish in the petition for the rati- 
 
HONDURAS. 103 
 
 flcation of his registry; and it shall be proceeded with in this case according to 
 the forms prescribed in Title VIII. 
 
 Art. 37. If the locator, after having made his shaft or performed the legal 
 amount of work desires to open one or two more in different places in the vein, 
 in order to better ascertain and determine the direction, dip, and other charac- 
 teristics of it, and should, before the expiration of the first period of time, solicit 
 a new one to execute this work and ratify his registry, or to make definite the 
 title of ownership of his mine, another equal extension of time shall be granted, 
 which shall continue after the expiration of the first, and he shall be subject, in 
 regard to this new period, to the obligations and penalties established in the fol- 
 lowing article : 
 
 Art. 38. If the locator has not excavated the shaft and gallery within legal 
 time, or, having performed that work, and omits to complete his registry, he will 
 be considered as having relinquished his right, and the mine shall be adjudicated 
 to the first person who shall denounce it before the default has been corrected by 
 the locator. 
 
 Art. 39. A mistake in any of the circumstances mentioned in the ratification 
 of the registry may be rectified at any time, and the correction shall be entered 
 in the registry. All of which is understood to be without injury to a third party. 
 
 Art. 40. In order that discoverers may be enabled to divide in three or two 
 mines their treble or double claims, they shall comply, for each mine, with the 
 conditions of ratification of registry. 
 
 Art. 41. Persons claiming a better right to a discovery must present their 
 claims within the time granted to the locator for the ratification of the registry; 
 and they will obtain no hearing if they do so afterwards. 
 
 Art. 42. He shall be considered the discoverer who first presents himself for 
 registry, excepting the case wherein it is proved that there was fraud in antici- 
 pating the denouncement or in retarding its presentation by the first discoverer. 
 
 Art. 43. He shall not be considered as the discoverer of a mine who has 
 found it while executing mining work by order, or while in the employ of an- 
 other; and the person in whose name he was performing said work shall be 
 the discoverer. 
 
 Title V. — On rights Jor the exploration of a known vein* 
 
 Art. 44. After a discovery is recorded any qualified person can ask for an 
 extension to prospect the vein, during ninety days, in the direction he may indi- 
 cate on the extension of the vein fixed by the discoverer, but no other iodivid- 
 ual is allowed to, perform work or to acquire the rights of a discoverer on the 
 grounds of that claim. 
 
lO-l- HONDURAS. 
 
 These petitions shall be recorded in the register in the same manner as the 
 declaration of discovery. 
 
 Art. 45. If two or more persons should present petitions of this class on the 
 same line of vein, the first who has presented himself shall have the preference 
 in location, the others following in the order of priority. 
 
 Art. 46. Upon his discovering a mineral deposit, the grantee of this class of 
 claims is obliged to register, and shall remain subject to the other rules, respect- 
 ing discoverers, established by articles 27 and following. 
 
 Art. 47. Should the grantee fail in finding mineral or cropping, or in regis- 
 tering within the time specified in article 45, he shall lose his rights; and the 
 claim may be conceded to the first person who applies if in the meanwhile the 
 former has not made any discovery, or failed to register. 
 
 Art. 48. If, after having performed well directed and sufficient work in rela- 
 tion to the time specified in article 45, the grantee has not been able to find 
 vein-matter by reason of the ground being much covered up, or from other 
 causes which can not be imputed to him, and he wishes an extension of time, it 
 shall be granted to him, after the report of the engineer upon the case and cir- 
 cumstances, but with the condition that the extension can not exceed the original 
 time. 
 
 Title VI. — Abandonment of mines and their loss by desertion. 
 
 Art. 49. The miner who wishes to abandon his mine shall so declare in 
 writing to the judge of first instance. The judge shall order the insertion of 
 such declaration in the register, and its publication in the same manner and during 
 the same time as the discovery. If there are mortgage debts against the mine, 
 the miner shall notify the holders of his intended abandonment, and transfer 
 his rights to them, should they demand it. 
 
 The first-mortgage creditor has the preference to the transfer of the mine to 
 him. 
 
 Art. 50. In the meanwhile, if the mine is not abandoned in the manner pre- 
 scribed in the foregoing article, it shall be considered as the property of the last 
 occupant, who shall remain subject to all the charges and obligations inherent to 
 the ownership of it. 
 
 Art. 51. An abandoned mine can be registered anew by the first person who 
 demands it, and who proves its abandonment by the registry made of it. He 
 who abandoned it shall also be admitted to registry when the term of the pub- 
 lication of abandonment is over. 
 
 Art. 52. The ownership of mines is lost by desertion, as stated in the follow- 
 ing articles : 
 
HONDURAS. 105 
 
 Art. 53. Mines shall be considered deserted — 
 
 1. When, during one consecutive year, there shall have been no labor done 
 by four workmen, at least, engaged in interior or exterior w^orks executed for 
 the exploration of the mine, 
 
 2. When the labor of four men having been interrupted at intervals without 
 reaching the period of one year, the mine shall not have been worked during 
 four hundred days in two years, counted from the first day of suspension. 
 
 Art. 54. It is not necessary that the labor of four workmen required to im- 
 prove and work the mine should be performed within the limits of the claim, 
 provided that the work performed outside of its limits shall promote its devel- 
 opment as shafts, pits, or other works of this class. 
 
 Art. 55. No mine can be denounced as deserted during the four months fol- 
 lowing its desertion, provided that during those four months works have been 
 maintained or resorted to in it which are within the conditions of legal protection. 
 
 Art. 56. Desertion does not occur when the suspension of work on the mine 
 results from unavoidable causes, as absolute want of workmen, war, famine, or 
 plague, that affect the territory wherein the mine is situated. 
 
 Art. 57. The work in a mine can be suspended for two years without 
 incurring desertion if those who have worked it for two years without interrup- 
 tion pay monthly in advance, from the beginning of the suspension, a local tax 
 not under five and not over thirty dollars, the amount to be determined by the 
 municipality every three years. The payment of this tax shall be equivalent 
 as regards the protection of the mine to the regular working of it from the time 
 when the miner shall have given written notice to the judge of the day on which 
 the suspension commences. Such notice shall be also entered in the register. 
 
 Art. 58. Failing to pay the tax for one single period the mine shall be con- 
 sidered as deserted. 
 
 Art. 59. Desertion shall be presumed when the indispensable dwellings or 
 offices previously constructed for the service of the mine have been destroyed or 
 rendered unserviceable by the influence of the weather, or when they have not 
 been constructed during the year following the registry, except when the miner 
 is owner of an adjacent claim, the offices of which may be used for the other 
 
 also. 
 
 Art. 60. Several claims located in an old mining property can be worked as 
 one if they belong to the same owner, or if belonging to several owners they 
 have formed a company for the above purpose, and the judge shall authorize 
 them to do so after having received full knowledge of the facts. 
 
 To obtain this authorization it is necessary to express the names and dimen- 
 sions of the claims intended to be operated, the mechanical means which are 
 intended to be employed, and the time at which the work is expected to begin. 
 
lo6 HONDURAS 
 
 It is likewise necessary to make evident the existence pf a capital proportion- 
 ate to the magnitude or extensions of the works which are proposed to be exe- 
 cuted. 
 
 The judge will cause the engineer, if there is any, or, if there is none, an ex- 
 pert named by him, to inform him, after examination of said mines, as to the 
 convenience of said works, the relation of the capital to the cost of the work 
 intended, and the time needed to begin it, and he will in accordance with this 
 report grant or withhold the authorization petitioned for. 
 
 Art. 6i. The privilege granted in the foregoing article shall be void — 
 
 1. If the work is not commenced within the time fixed by the judge. 
 
 2. If the work mentioned in articles 54 and 55 has been suspended eight con- 
 secutive months. 
 
 3. If the work, having been suspended for alternate periods of time, the 
 claims should have been without work for three hundred days in two years, 
 counting from the first day of suspension. 
 
 Art. 62. This privilege shall also be void — 
 
 1. By the dissolution of the company organized to perform the work. 
 
 2. By the transfer of any of the favored claims to a person who does not 
 work in company with the others. 
 
 But in this second case the transfer of title does not cancel the privilege as 
 regards the other claims not thus transferred. 
 
 Title VII. — Hozv to constitute new ownership in mines deserted or lost from 
 
 other causes. 
 
 Art. 63. A deserted mine can be registered by the first person who solicits it 
 and proves legally its abandonment according to the following articles : 
 
 Art. 64. Upon a legal declaration of desertion by abandonment the mine 
 reverts to the State and loses its boundaries and individuality, and shall be reg- 
 istered by any one as a new mine subject to registry. 
 
 Art. 65. The person denouncing a deserted mine shall present in writing to 
 the judge of letters the name of the place where it is situated, the facts upon 
 which he bases his denouncement, the name of the mine if it is known, that of 
 the mining district where it is found, the class of mineral, and other circum- 
 stances which individualize and distinguish it. He shall also give the name of 
 the former owner of the mine if it is known, and those of the actual possessors 
 ot the adjacent mines, if there are any. 
 
 Art. 66. The judge, having admitted the statement, shall summon the last 
 owner and the owners of the adjacent mines, to appear personally, if they are 
 known, and live in the mineral district or department, or the administrators of 
 those mines, the owners of which live in other partsj and, in case neither the 
 
HONDURAS. 107 
 
 owners nor administrators can be found in the place, he shall notify the former 
 by means of a notice posted for fifteen days on the door of the judge's office, or 
 inserted three times in a newspaper, if there is one in the department. 
 
 Art. d']. If no lawful contestant appears within the space of ten days, counted 
 from the date of the summons, the judge shall issue a decree declaring the mine 
 deserted, and order the registry of the petition. If the interested party be out- 
 side of the department, the limit time shall be extended with due prudence. 
 
 The registry shall be made in a special book, and in the same form as for dis- 
 coveries. 
 
 Art. 68. If a lawful contestant appears, to oppose the demand or denounce- 
 ment of desertion, the case will be proceeded with until it reaches a sentence, 
 declaring desertion, and allowing the registry, or dissolving the denouncement. 
 
 Art. 69. If the person making the denouncement shall allow one complete 
 month to pass without taking any of the measures required to obtain sentence or 
 decree of desertion he loses his preferred rights to register or to acquire the de- 
 serted mine, against a posterior denouncer, who may have presented ^himself, or 
 shall present himself claiming those rights, pending the delayed procedure. 
 
 Art. 70. The denouncer shall have ninety days, counted from the date of 
 the decree of desertion and registry, to excavate the shaft and gallery or any 
 vein of the claim denounced, as is prescribed for discoveries in articles 31, 32, 
 33, and 34, or to perform any equivalent work for the mine. 
 • Art. 71. During that term of ninety days, the former owner of the mine who 
 has failed to appear to oppose the denouncement, may present a petition to 
 rescind the decree of desertion ; but, in this case, he will have to prove, judi- 
 cially, the illegality of the denouncement. After that time he shall not be heard. 
 
 Art. 72. The deno*uncer or new possessor of a deserted mine is obliged, upon 
 demand of the last owner, to deliver to him, or pay at their just valuation, the 
 machinery, tools, utensils, buildings, and other objects or works which said pre- 
 vious owner may have left in the mine, and which can be removed without in- 
 jury to it. 
 
 Art. 73. The denouncer of an abandoned or deserted mine, which, on ac- 
 count of caving in or other causes, is in such condition that it cannot be oper- 
 ated, except by means of shafts or other preparatory works of great cost, shall 
 be entitled to the same privileges as are conceded to discoverers, without prej- 
 udice of those which are due him on account of the kind of works he under- 
 takes, and subject to the regulations established respecting those work. 
 
 Art. 74. The denouncement of mines made through the infraction of any 
 law which impo,ses as penalty their loss, shall be subject to the proceeding estab- 
 lished respecting the denouncement of deserted mines, except in what may have 
 been especially determined by the law. 
 
ic8 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 Title VIII. — Mining claims and their boundaries and what constitutes a 
 definitive title of ownership. 
 
 Art. 75. The ground which the law grants to a miner to develop his mine is 
 called mining claim. A claim has an indefinite depth within the limits of its 
 length and breadth. 
 
 Art. 76. In regular veins the claim shall consist, when in unoccupied lands, 
 or lands not occupied by other mines previously denounced, of two hundred and 
 fifty yards of horizontal length, and of one hundred to two hundred yards at 
 right angles, or in width, according to the inclination of the vein to.the horizon. 
 
 Art. ']']. The length shall be measured following the course of the vein, and 
 starting from the point of the cropping which the miner designates, so as to 
 leave within the claim the works mentioned in article 31. 
 
 Art. 78. The width shall be measured upon a horizontal line perpendicular 
 to the course of the vein. 
 
 It can be distributed On one or the other side of the vein, in the proportion 
 that the miner desires. But, if the neighbors oppose it, there shall not be granted 
 more than ten yards against the inclination of the vein. 
 
 Art. 79. To fix the width, the following scale shall be observed : From 30° 
 to 45° inclusive, two hundred yards; from 45° to 50° inclusive, one hundred 
 and sixty-five yards; from 50° to 60° inclusive, one hundred and thirty-five 
 yards; from 60° to 65°, one hundred and fifteen yards; from 65° to 90°, one 
 hundred yards. 
 
 Art. 80. In irregular deposits or masses, the claim shall form a rectangle, the 
 horizontal section of which shall be equal in surface to a square of two hundred 
 yards a side. 
 
 Art. 81. In auriferous sands or tin-bearing sands, and others mentioned in 
 article 4, the claim shall consist of ten thousand square yards, and can be in the 
 form of a rectangle or square, or a series of squares in contact with one another 
 in the form the miner desires, but without intervening openings or spaces. In 
 no case shall the claim have a length of more than three hundred yards. 
 
 Art. 82. The administrative authority shall see that two invariable points be 
 fixed in each mining district, of which the line of union shall exactly represent 
 the direction of the astronomical meridian. 
 
 Art. 83. In order to proceed with the locating and measuring of a claim, the 
 neighboring owners must be previously summoned to appear, as prescribed in 
 Article 68. 
 
 They shall have a term of ten days to claim the preferred measurement of 
 their mine or mines. 
 
 Art. 84. The priority of the declaration or denouncement of a mine gives a 
 
HONDURAS, 109 
 
 preferred right to have it laid out and measured over more recent mines; but 
 that right of preference becomes extinct if the mine is found deserted, even 
 before it has been so declared. 
 
 Art, 85, The petition for measurement not having been opposed, or the liti- 
 gation having ended by a final sentence, the judge shall order the engineer of 
 state to execute the measurement, after having notified the parties of the day on 
 which it shall take place. 
 
 Art. 86, Each of the interested parties shall have also the right to name before 
 the judge an expert to witness the measurement and laying out, who will watch 
 the operations of the person appointed by the judge, and who will make on the 
 ground the observations and oppositions he may think proper in regard to the 
 proceedings, data, and estimates. 
 
 Art. 87. The engineer shall previously examine the mine, and after having 
 ascertained that it contains mineral or a vein, and that the legal amount of labor 
 has been performed, he shall proceed to lay out the claim, distributing the meas- 
 urement of length to one or the other side of the shaft, in the manner that 
 has been requested by the miner in the ratification of his registry, or as he then 
 desires, if there are no neighboring owners, or if there are any and they make 
 no opposition; but said shaft shall be always enclosed within the limits of the 
 claim. 
 
 He should also collect samples of the ore, and mark out the points where 
 he fixes the posts, or boundary marks, that they may be firm, lasting, and easily 
 found. 
 
 Art. 88. Mines registered in claims, solicited to explore a vein on the con- 
 tinuation of another known mine, should be laid out, if possible, in such a manner 
 as to leave no vacant space between the. one or the other. 
 
 Art. 89, A claim must in all cases be continuous. If it should happen that 
 there is not enough ground to fill up the measurement to which it is entitled by 
 reason of the interposition of another claim, the first shall be restricted to the 
 ground which is free, up to the point of interposition, and its measurement shall 
 not be completed by jumping over the interposed mine. 
 
 This is understood to be without prejudice of the regulations contained in 
 Article 104. 
 
 Art, 90. The engineer or expert shall make use of the magnetic north to fix 
 the courses, and always, if possible, shall determine the position of the legal 
 work, which they will have taken as a basis of their operations, with reference 
 to landmarks easily perceivable on the ground, taking note of their distances. 
 In those places where the astronomical meridian has been determined, the 
 engineer should note carefully the angle of the magnetic declination. 
 
 Art. 91. The operation having been completed, the engineer or expert shall 
 
no HONDURAS. 
 
 draw up a record of the proceedings, containing a description clear and circum- 
 stantial of the manner in which they were performed, and of their results, as well 
 as of the observations or objections made by the assistant experts named by the 
 interested parties. 
 
 This record, signed by the engineer himself, by the assistant experts, by the 
 interested parties, and by two witnesses, shall be laid before the judge, who» 
 finding it complete and in legal form, shall order its inscription in the register, 
 and shall have the original placed in the archives and a copy given to the inter- 
 ested party ; or he shall correct the faults or illegalities which he may discover. 
 
 Art. 92. If there should arise any disagreement between the engineer and the 
 experts, upon any point of their examination, the judge shall appoint another 
 engineer or exprrt who shall act jointly with those disagreeing; and if the new 
 operation results in a majority of similar opinions, the inscription shall be ordered 
 in conformity with the majority and in the manner laid down in the precedent 
 article. 
 
 Art. 93. The proceedings mentioned in the preceding articles, shall be im- 
 mutable and shall constitute a definitive title to the property of the mine, and it 
 cannot be impugned, except in the case of an evident error of experts being 
 found in the record, or of fraud and deceit. However, it can be rectified, on 
 petition of the owner at any time in which are discovered new data which may 
 serve to better determine the direction or dimension of the vein, provided no 
 damage be caused to a third party. 
 
 Art. 94. It shall also be rectified, on the petition and at the expense of a 
 miner who should locate in the limits, or vicinity of a laid out claim, and who 
 should allege that it has a greater extension than that assigned in the title. 
 
 Art. 95. In rectification, the proceeding shall be the same as in the first loca- 
 tion and measurement. 
 
 Art. 96. The miner is obliged to maintain and preserve the landmarks of his. 
 claim, and can not change or move them under a penalty of a fine of not less 
 than twenty-five dollars, nor more than two hundred and fifty dollars, without 
 prejudice of the criminal responsibility of his action, if he has done it maliciously. 
 
 Art. 97. If, by accident, a landmark has fallen down, or has been destroyed, 
 the miner shall inform the judge, that he may have it replaced in its proper posi- 
 tion after summoning the neighbors to be present. 
 
 Title IX. — A miner's rights upon his claim and intersection of mines. 
 
 Art. 98. The miner is the exclusive owner within the limits of his claim, 
 and in all its depth, not only of the registered vein or deposit, but also of all 
 the other veins, cross-veins, and mineral substances, which exist or may be found 
 in it. 
 
HONDURAS. Ill 
 
 Art. 99. But he is forbidden to follow or work them into some one else's 
 claim. 
 
 Art. 100. Every trespass subjects him to restitution of the amount taken out, 
 according to the valuation of experts, without prejudice of an action for theft,, 
 should bad faith be proven against him. 
 
 Art. 101. Fraud will be presumed when the trespass exceeds twenty-five 
 yards. 
 
 Art. 102. In case of the crossing of a registered vein, the miner shall have 
 the right to follow it from the point where it leaves the interposed claim, pro- 
 vided he is able to identify it, and to require, in conformity to the dispositions of 
 article 139, the right of way through the interposed claim, or the right to use it 
 for his purpose. 
 
 Art. 103. No one can be accused of trespassing upon a mine which has no- 
 claim laid out, nor visible landmarks, as long as it is not legally measured, or its 
 old landmarks are not replaced. 
 
 Art. 104. The owners of adjoining or neighboring mines have the right to- 
 visit personally, or through an engineer or expert, named by themselves or by 
 the judge, the adjoining mines, when they fear that a trespass has been commit- 
 ted, or is about to be committed, or that any damage whatever is to result, such, 
 as an inundation or other damage of that kind, or when by such inspection they 
 believe that they can obtain knowledge which may be useful to them in the pros- 
 ecution of their respective works. 
 
 When the visit has been solicited by reason of suspicion of trespass, or through 
 fear of inundation, the engineer or expert can take measurements of the works 
 adjacent to the mine of the solicitor. 
 
 Art. 105. Groundless refusal, the concealing of the work, or any obstacles 
 or difficulties placed in the way of inspection and examination shall be consid- 
 ered as a presumption of bad faith in the trespass. 
 
 Art. 106. If the measurements taken by the engineer or expert named by the- 
 judge result in proving a trespass, the judge shall order a temporary suspension 
 of the work at the intercrossing and affix seals upon the points of division, while 
 the interested parties carry their cases before the proper tribunals. 
 
 Art. 107. If the miner, iii his underground works, should have passed the. 
 limits of his claim, he shall have the right to enlarge or increase it in the direc- 
 tion in which he thus went out of his limits, and in extent equal to that which 
 might have occurred horizontally with those works, provided that such exten- 
 sion be in vacant lands, or on lands of an abandoned or deserted mine. 
 
 The proceedings in regard to this extension shall be the same as for measure- 
 ment and laying out of claims. 
 
1 1 2 HONDURAS. 
 
 Title X. — Conditions to which is subject the working of mines. 
 
 Art. io8. Mines must be worked and operated according to the rules of the 
 art of mining, and to the regulations of security and order laid down by the Pres- 
 ident ot the Republic. 
 
 Art. 109. In order to carry out the dispositions of the precedent article, the 
 mines shall be subject to the inspection of the administrative authority, who shall 
 prescribe the time and manner of inspection, as he may judge convenient. 
 
 Art. 110. The miner or occupant must place at the disposal of the engineers 
 or experts, appointed to visit the mine or its works, the articles, necessary for 
 that inspection. 
 
 He must in the same time show them the books, the plans, the roll of laborers 
 and other data which may serve to make a complete showing, if they desire it. 
 
 Art. 1 1 1. The owners or administrators of mines must keep their works well 
 ventilated, so that the laborers shall not be choked or suffocated by the accu- 
 mulated gases or unwholesome air, or by the infiltration or accumulation of water. 
 
 Art. 112. The owners or administrators of mines are forbidden under a fine 
 of fifty to five hundred dollars, without prejudice of an action, either civil or 
 criminal, in case of accident, to allow work to be done in places where lamps 
 are burning with difficulty, or are extinguished from the want of sufficient air. 
 
 They are also forbidden, under a fine of twenty-five to one hundred and fifty 
 dollars, to allow work to be carried on in the dark. 
 
 Art. 113. Miners are obliged to secure the roof and sides or walls of their 
 works in headings and levels, used for carrying ore or material, by means of 
 timber, masonry, or broken stone walls, etc., as the softness or hardness of the 
 work or nature of the ground may require, under a penalty of fifty to two hundred 
 and fifty dollars for the first offense, and for the second of the loss of the mine, 
 if, having been requested by the governor, they fail to execute the work judged' 
 to be necessary for its safety, in the time which may have been specially desig- 
 nated in accordance with the engineer's report. 
 
 Art. 114. The owner of a mine whose deepest workings have caved in, is 
 obliged to clear them out until the continuation of said works can be carried on, 
 under a penalty of fifty to two hundred and fifty dollars for the first offense, and 
 for the second, the loss of the mine, if he does not begin and conclude this work 
 within a period fixed by the governor according to the examination and report 
 of the engineer. 
 
 If, by failing to apply the proper means of drainage, any lower mine shall suf- 
 fer damages, the miner shall indemnify the injured owners, according to valua- 
 tion of experts. 
 
 Art. 115. The drainage of a mine, by meanj of works of a lower level. 
 
HONDURAS. 113 
 
 can not be done without permission of the governor. In this permission, which 
 shall be given upon previous advice of the engineer, the proper precautions to 
 avoid accidents shall be determined. 
 
 Any infraction of this article shall be fined twenty-five to one hundred and 
 fifty dollars, without prejudice of civil or criminal responsibility in case of acci- 
 dent. 
 
 Art. 116. In all headings the inclinations of which exceed 35°, there shall 
 always be a railing, solidly built, to facilitate the entrance and exit of the la- 
 borers. If the average inclination of those works reaches to 40°, there must be, 
 besides the railing, a series of footholds in the rock itself, or made artificially. 
 
 Any infraction of the present article shall be fined from twenty-five to fifty 
 dollars. 
 
 Art. 117. The ladders placed in the transit shafts shall be constructed with 
 a view to the safety of the miners. Any infraction of this article shall be pun- 
 ished by the same fine as that specified in the precedent one. 
 
 Art. 1 18. If the workmen have to go down into the mine, through shafts, in 
 cars or cages, the owners shall use cables of first quality, and apply the appara- 
 tus of safety which, to avoid accidents, the governor shall prescribe, upon pre- 
 vious advice of the engineer. 
 
 Art. 119. In the working of the mines, safety fuses shall be used for firing 
 powder. In the loading of blasts, only ramrods with points made of soft iron, 
 or copper, or any other material which does not produce sparks by striking, 
 shall be used. 
 
 Art. 120. The employment of women, or of children under twelve years of 
 age, in the interior of a mine is prohibited, under a penalty of ten to twenty-five 
 dollars. 
 
 Art. 121. The damages caused to a mine by the works of operating another, 
 shall be paid by the owner of the latter, upon a just valuation made by experts, 
 without prejudice of any penalties to which such damages may have given rise. 
 
 Art. 122. When, from the visit of inspection of a mine by the commissioned 
 engineer, it shall appear that the life of the workmen, or the security of the 
 works are in jeopardy, from any cause, he shall dictate the measures necessary 
 to remove the cause of danger. Should any reclamation be made, the governor 
 shall hear the report of one or more engineers, employed at the expense of the 
 interested party, and he shall decide in accordance with the opinion of the ma- 
 jority. 
 
 If the report of the first engineer shows that there is immediate danger, he shall 
 order the temporary suspension of the work, any reclamation to the contrary 
 notwithstanding. 
 
 Bull. 57 8 
 
114 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 Art. 123. If, by any accident occurring in a mine, there shall be caused 
 the death or great injury of one or more persons, or the safety of the miners 
 should be compromised, the owners, directors, or administrators must, under a 
 penalty of fifty to two hundred dollars, give immediate notice to the alcalde 
 (mayor) of the municipality, who, together with the engineer or expert who may 
 be in the place, shall proceed, without delay, to make a summary investigation 
 of the occurrence and its causes, and to take the proper measures to avert the 
 danger and its consequences. 
 
 To this end he will have the power to use all the tools, the workmen, and 
 the animals belonging to the mine, and anything that he may judge necessary, in 
 order to attain his object. Said alcalde shall also inform immediately the gov- 
 ernor and the respective judge of what has occurred. 
 
 Art. 124. The penalties which are established in this code shall be imposed 
 by the judge. 
 
 Title XI. — Works of excavation and assistance which miners owe to each 
 
 other. 
 
 Art. 125. The miner who desires to operate his mine by means of drifts,, 
 shafts, or inclines, can prosecute his works without previous permission, within 
 the limits of his claim, or outside of them, if the ground is not occupied by 
 other miners. 
 
 Art. 126. If, to carry on these works, it should be necessary to commence 
 them in somebody else's claim, or to cross it in all its breadth, or only on a por- 
 tion, and no arrangements can be made with the owner, the miner must solicit 
 permission from the judge. 
 
 The judge will grant it, if, in the opinion of the engineer, the following cir- 
 cumstances are made manifest: 
 
 1. That the work is possible and useful. 
 
 2. That it cannot be performed on any other point without incurring far 
 greater expenses. 
 
 3. That the working of the mine which the excavation has to cross is not 
 rendered impossible or very difficult. 
 
 Art. 1 27. Each of the parties can also name an expert to proceed jointly 
 with the one appointed by the judge, and the judge shall notify them, before- 
 hand, of the day on which the examination of the grounds will take place. 
 
 Art. 128. If any disagreement should arise between the engineer and the 
 experts it shall be treated as described in article 94. 
 
 Art. 1 29. The judge, in granting the permit, shall determine the course of 
 the excavation or work, and the maximum of extension which can be given in 
 
HONDURAS. * 11^ 
 
 the other claim, from the opinion of the engineer and experts, and the miner 
 has to conform strictly to that course and extension in the prosecution of his 
 work, otherwise he will have to ask for a new permission, which can not be 
 granted without the advice of the engineer. However, such permission shall 
 not be needed when the variation is accidental and occurs in order to avoid the 
 difficulties which are encountered in the work. 
 
 Art. 130. Before commencing the work of excavation the miner shall give 
 bonds to the mine which he intends to cross. 
 
 Art. 131. The owner of the crossed mine must not interfere with the shaft or 
 drift which crosses it, nor with its supports; neither can he extract minerals 
 any nearer than two yards, unless he constructs supports, according to regula- 
 tions. But the miner shall reimburse him the expenses which may be occasioned 
 by this compliance with the rules. 
 
 Art. 132. If the party who thus excavates encounters a vein in another. claim, 
 he cannot operate and work it, and is allowed only to follow his own excavation 
 'across it; and he shall deliver the ores to the owner, after having deducted the 
 cost of extracting them, but he can register and acquire the veins which he may 
 find in vacant ground, by filling the conditions required of discoverers. 
 
 In this case the measurement and laying out of the claim will be made on the 
 surface of the ground. 
 
 Art. 133. If the party who excavates desires that his works should cross 
 abandoned or deserted mines, he can take possession of them and protect them 
 by the simple fact of his working the excavation, after having denounced and 
 registered them. 
 
 Art. 134. In order that the mine or miners should be considered as protected 
 by the works of the excavation, it is necessary : 
 
 T. That it should be shown by the report of the engineer that the excavation, 
 or a part of it, is worked in the direction of said mine, and that its development 
 by that means is possible and useful. 
 
 2. That, in the prosecution of the work, the excavation does not vary from 
 the course determined, except in the accidental case indicated in article 132. 
 
 3. That in the work of excavation, the number of workmen specified for 
 holding mining property shall be maintained, and all other conditions complied 
 with. 
 
 Art. 135. The owners of mines which may be drained by the excavation, or 
 the operation of which maybe facilitated by it, shall pay to the party who works 
 said excavation, and upon valuation of experts, either the value of the benefits 
 received, or the cost which might accrue, if said benefits were obtained by other 
 means. This disposition applies to drainage by means of shafts. 
 
 Art. 136. Mines can be used to facilitate the ventilation of those which may 
 
1 l6 HONDURAS. 
 
 need it, and to allow the underground drainage of other mines in the direction 
 of the general drainage. On the surface they can not stop the necessary transit, 
 and, on the surface as well as underground, they must render to one another 
 those services which, without detriment to any, may be of benefit to others. 
 
 This is understood to be with payment for damages, to be appraised by ex- 
 perts. 
 
 Title XII. — State engineers and mining experts. 
 
 ■ Art. 137. For the administrative service of mines, there shall be, in each 
 mining district, one State engineer who will see to the execution of this law in 
 regard to the safety, order, and regulation of the works, and promote the ad- 
 vancement and progress of mining. 
 
 Art. 138. The State engineer shall also attend to the laying out of claims, 
 and to all the acts and relations of miners which might affect the proprietary rights 
 of the State over mines or its direct interest in their operation. 
 
 Art. 139. Where there is no State engineer, or in questions or particular 
 indemnities, or other cases in which the State has no interest, the judges or ad- 
 ministrative functionaries can appoint experts, selected among the mining 
 engineers, bearers of diplomas, or in default of them, among the most honorable, 
 creditable, and competent miners. 
 
 Art. 140. The organization of the corps of engineers, their attributes and 
 their duties, shall be regulated by decree of the President of the Republic. 
 
 The President of the Republic shall also determine, after consultation with 
 the respective municipalities, the limits or extent of the mining districts. 
 
 Title XIII. — Alienation and prescription of mines and sales of minerals. 
 
 Art. 141. Mines can be alienated between living persons, or conveyed in case 
 of death, in the same manner as any other real estate. 
 
 Art. 142. The original property of mines is acquired by legal registry; and 
 after this has been accomplished, the registered mine remains subject to the rules 
 governing recorded property. 
 
 Art. 143. For the transfer of laid-out mines, and to constitute vested rights 
 in them, there shall be kept in each department a special recording register, 
 placed in charge of the judge of letters. It shall be kept in the same manner and 
 under the same rules as the recording register of real estate. 
 
 Art. 144. The transfer of the mines the registry of which has not been com- 
 pleted, or respecting which a definitive title of property has not been secured, will 
 be done by inscription in the register of discoveries. 
 
 Art. 145. The sale of mines shall not be held as complete whilst a public deed 
 
HONDURAS. 117 
 
 has not yet been granted. However, the private writing of contracts of sale 
 shall hold good .as a promise to complete and legalize them. 
 
 Art. 146. The time of possession necessary to acquire the property of mines 
 by prescription is only two years in the ordinary prescription and ten years in 
 the extraordinary. 
 
 Art. 147. There shall not be allowed, in any manner, recovery of minerals 
 bought in the stores of mines, or from a well-known miner, or in presence of the 
 judge, or witnesses not employed by the buyer, or by means of a certificate of 
 the proper authority of the district whence the mineral proceeds, stating that the 
 vendor actually works a mine producing the same mineral as that sold, or that 
 he has acquired such minerals by legal right. 
 
 Art. 148. The purchase of stolen mineral accomplished without the condi- 
 tions of the precedent article, subjects the buyer to the presumption of concealing 
 stolen property. 
 
 Art. 149. In this last case it will be sufficient for the claimant to prove that 
 he has been robbed of minerals, and that the ores he claims are similar to those 
 produced by his mine. 
 
 Title XIV. — Hiring of workmen by time. 
 
 Art. 150. The contract for hiring the services of workmen for more than one 
 year shall be made in writing, but the workmen shall not be obliged to stay in 
 service more than five years, counted from the date of the contract. 
 
 Art. liji. If no time has been stipulated, the services may cease at the option 
 of either party. Nevertheless, in the case of overseers, mechanics, or other 
 operatives of the same class, either party must give notice to the other of his 
 intention of cancelling the contract, although no condition to that eifect had 
 been stipulated, at least fifteen days before. 
 
 Art. 152. If the workman engaged for a determined time, with a notice stip- 
 ulation, should leave suddenly without serious cause, he shall pay to his employers 
 an amount equal to one month of his salary, or to the salary equivalent to the 
 time of notice stipulated, or to the days needed to accomplish it, respectively. 
 
 Art. 153. The employer who, in the same manner, should dismiss the oper- 
 ative, shall have to pay him a similar sum, besides the travelling expenses of 
 coming and going, if, to engage his services, he made him change his residence. 
 
 Art. 154. Shall be considered as serious causes in behalf of the employer, 
 inaptitude, disorderly conduct, or insubordination of the employe, or the fact that 
 the latter has become unfit for work, from any cause, for more than one month. 
 
 The employer, however, shall take all the necessary care of the employe who 
 shall have been hurt, or who has become sick in the service of the mine, or who 
 has been disabled from an accident which mav have occurred in it. 
 
1 1 8 HONDURAS. 
 
 Art. 155. Shall be considered as serious causes in favor of the employe, bad 
 treatment on the part of the employer, or the failure to pay his salary at the 
 time specified or usual. 
 
 Art. 156. The employe who shall run away, after having received an advance 
 on his salary, withouv giving it back, shall be guilty of fraud for the sum defrauded. 
 
 Art. 157. The books of the mine shall be admitted as evidence when kept 
 regularly by an employe, and not by the owner — 
 
 1. In regard to the amount of salary. 
 
 2. In regard to the payment of the salary and to the time expired. 
 
 3. In regard to the amount advanced to the employe for account of current 
 month. 
 
 Art. 158. Are not subject to the precedent dispositions, the contracts made 
 for the performance of a special work, nor those which refer to the service of 
 the overseers, of the bookkeepers, or other employes of this category, although 
 these may, have been contracted for a specified time. 
 
 Art. 159. The salaries and wages due for the current month to the workmen 
 and other employes of the mine, the controller included, shall be paid in prefer- 
 ence to all others from the products of the mine. Even the utensils and tools 
 can be sold for that object. 
 
 As for the other property of a bankrupt miner the salaries and wages of the 
 laborers and employes shall have the same preference which is granted by com- 
 mon law to those of clerks and servants. 
 
 Title XV. — Mines owned in society or community. 
 
 Art. 160. The rnine or portion of a mine brought in as property or usufruct 
 shall not be understood as regards to third parties as belonging to the society, 
 unless such fact has been inscribed in the proper register. 
 
 Art. 161. Should there be no stipulation, the administration of the society 
 or community belongs to the associates or joint holders who may have the right 
 to vote in the meetings, but the number of administrators can be restricted, and 
 even a third party can be in charge by agreement of those interested. 
 
 Art. 162. The administrators shall exercise the same functions which the law 
 confers upon the administrators of civil societies. 
 
 Art. 163. The administrators are obliged to keep account books in whick 
 shall appear clearly and specifically the investments and products of the mine. 
 The other associates or joint holders shall have the right to examine those books 
 whenever they deem it convenient. 
 
 Art. 164. Unless it is otherwise stipulated, the members may alienate their 
 shares, even without consent of their associates, as if there existed no contract 
 of society. 
 
HONDURAS. 1 19 
 
 Art. 165. The distribution of the gains or proceeds shall be made monthly, 
 and in values, except in case of agreement or stipulation, or in specie, should 
 one or several of the associates or joint holders, representing more than thirty 
 per cent of the social capital, require it. 
 
 Art. 166. But in the case of exception of the preceding article, the adminis- 
 trators shall have the power to alienate a sufficient quantity of ores to cover the 
 working expenses and those which may occur during the following month, unless 
 the associate or joint holder should wish to pay in money the present and antici- 
 pated expenses. 
 
 Art. 167. The amount and extension of work to be executed in the mine, 
 with the proceeds derived from it, shall' be determined by a majority of votes; 
 but an unanimous vote shall be necessary to carry the works beyond what is 
 prescribed in regard to mines which give no proceeds. 
 
 Art. 168. In no case can an associate be compelled to contribute to the erec- 
 tion of reduction or smelting works to treat the minerals extracted from the 
 mine, unless it is stipulated otherwise. 
 
 Art. 169. If the mine should not give sufficient proceeds the associates or 
 joint holders can not be obliged to contribute more than their corresponding 
 share in the expenses of investigation outside of those necessary to secure the 
 safety of the mine, and the maintenance of the works specified in Title X. 
 
 Art. 170. Should any of the members wish to undertake in the mine more 
 expensive works, the usefulness of which may have been shown by experts, he 
 can solicit from the judge an authorization to carry them into effect and may 
 reimburse himself for the amounts expended, with commercial interest, from the 
 first proceeds of the mine. 
 
 Art. 171. The associates or joint holders are obligated to pay four months 
 m advance, or in the manner agreed upon or determined, the share assessed 
 against them in the expenses of the mine as agreed upon or stipulated. 
 
 Should any of them have failed to pay, and having been requested by any of 
 the contributors, should not present himself to make payment within fifteen 
 days, they can request that the delinquent be considered as having abandoned 
 the community or society and his share in the mine shall accrue proportionally 
 to that of those who have paid their assessments. 
 
 Even if there had been no previous agreement or stipulation in regard to the 
 amount of expenses, the same right shall exist in regard to those necessary for 
 the preservation of the mine. 
 
 Art. 172. The demand on the delinquent member shall be done judicially 
 and in person if he resides in the department where the ming is situated or has 
 a^known representative therein. 
 
 If he does not reside in the department and has not therein a knowa 
 
1 20 HONDURAS. 
 
 representative It shall be sufKcient to publish the demand three times at least, at 
 intervals often days, in one of the newspapers designatedby the judge, if there is 
 any in the department, or if there is none, by placards which shall be posted 
 within the same intervals on the doors of the judge's office. 
 
 Art. 173. The members or joint holders in whose favor the increase shall 
 have been declared, must inscribe in the recording register of mines the portion 
 which has fallen to each. 
 
 Art. 174. If there exists a stipulation to work in the mine for a specified time, 
 the members who have contributed have the option between the right of increase, 
 established in the preceding article, or legal prosecution to compel the delinquent 
 to pay his assessment. 
 
 Art. 175. The member or joint holder who, without previous consultation 
 with his co-associates or joint holders, shall have executed, at his own cost, the 
 works necessary for the preservation of the mine, shall have only the right to 
 claim from them, proportionally, the reimbursement of his expenses. 
 
 Art. 176. In the meetings of the members or joint holders, those shall have 
 a right to vote who own a share or a portion of a share, representing at least 
 one-fourth per cent interest in the ownership of the mine, unless it is otherwise 
 stipulated. 
 
 Those who possess minor but uniform shares, can unite to cast as many votes 
 as they can form a sufficient amount of shares. 
 
 Art. 177. At the meetings and deliberations of the members or joint holders, 
 legally convocated, the majority of votes of those present shall decide. 
 
 The votes shall be counted according to the interest or portion owned by each 
 of the voters in the community or society; but the vote of one alone can never 
 form a majority, but a tie. 
 
 Art. 178. In the case of ties the judge shall decide, taking into consideration 
 the equity between the interested parties and the interest of mining. 
 
 Art. 179. The notification of meetings shall be made to all the members 
 or joint holders, at the instance of any of them expressing the object of the call, 
 and which must be made in the same form prescribed for notifying delinquent 
 members or joint holders. 
 
 Art. 180. Even the members or joint holders who are not entitled to vote 
 shall be called; but a personal summons shall not be necessary for them; a call 
 through newspapers or posters shall be sufficient. 
 
 Title XVI. — Advances to mines. 
 
 Art. 181. By contract to furnish advances, a person obligates himself to cover 
 the expenses caused by the working of a mine, and to repay himself only from 
 its proceeds. 
 
HONDURAS. 121 
 
 Art. 182. Contracts for advances, must be in writing, and they will have no 
 effect in regard to third parties, unless they are drawn as a public document and 
 recorded in the register of constitution of vested rights in mines. 
 
 Art. 183. Advances may be contracted for quantities or for a determined 
 time, or for the performance of one or more works in the mine. 
 
 Art. 184. If the contract does not specify the time or quantity of advances, 
 the contracting parties can cancel it whenever they deem it convenient. 
 
 Art. 185. The miner can at any time stop the furnishing of advances by trans- 
 ferring the ownership of the mine to the party advancing money and the latter 
 by renouncing his credit for advances already made. 
 
 Art. i86. It can be stipulated that the payment of what is due to the party 
 advancing money may be made in bullion, at the price agreed upon by the inter- 
 ested parties, or appraised by a third person, as in the case of sales or in cash, 
 with the premiums which may be determined. 
 
 Art. 187. It may also be stipulated that the party advancing money may 
 become owner of a portion of the mine in payment of his advances. In this 
 case, the contract will be governed by the dispositions which regulate mines in , 
 society or community. 
 
 But if the advancing party using the right granted by article 188 should stop 
 the furnishing of advances, the portion of the mine of which he became owner, 
 in virtue of the contract, shall revert to the ownership of the miner, without 
 encumbrances or obligations on the part of the latter. 
 
 Art. 188. The advances must be furnished by the party advancing, at the 
 time stipulated, or as the works may require; and if, after he has been requested, 
 he refuses to pay the expenses, or delays such payments to the detriment of 
 the works, the miner shall have the option between making a demand in the usual 
 manner in such cases, or receiving money from another party for account of the 
 party advancing, or contract with another whose account shall have preference 
 of payment. 
 
 Art. 189. If the miner invests the money or supplies advanced by the party, 
 for a purpose other than was intended without his consent, he will be guilty of 
 abuse of confidence, and the contractor shall have the right to assume the admin- 
 istration of the mine. 
 
 The party advancing shall have the same right, if, the mine being insolvent, it 
 could be proved to the miner that the administration of the mine is careless and 
 too expensive, in spite of the advancer's representations and reclamations which 
 he may have made against those abuses. 
 
 Art. 190. If, at the expiration of the contract for advances, the mine should 
 be found insolvent, the party advancing shall have the right to retain it, and to 
 continue his advances under his own administration, until he can repay himself. 
 
122 HONDURAS. 
 
 in preference to all other creditors, excepting the holders of anterior mortgages, 
 not only for what was due him, but also for the new advances with the premiums 
 and in the manner stipulated in the contract. 
 
 Art. 191. If the mine is in the position indicated in the precedent article, and 
 the party advancing does not wish to continue his advances, the miner shall have 
 the right to contract with other parties, whose accounts shall have preference 
 over the previous ones. 
 
 Title XVII. — Sequestration of mines. 
 
 Art. 192. When the sequestration of a mine or of its products occurs suffi- 
 cient property shall be set aside to pay the expenses of the working. The owner 
 or holder can raise the sequestration by offering security or mortgage to answer 
 for the restitution of the mine, or of said products ; but in that case, the seques- 
 trator can claim the appointment of a controller, who shall see that the works 
 are conducted fairly and legally and who shall keep an account of the expenses 
 and proceeds of the mine. 
 
 Art. 193. If the proceeds of the sequestrated mine are not sufficient to pay 
 its expenses and the sequestrator refuses to furnish the necessary fiands for that, 
 • the mine shall be returned to the owner until a definite sentence is reached in the 
 suit which caused the sequestration. 
 
 Art. 194. The sequestration of the products of a mine cannot be decreed in 
 an ordinary suit, but only after hearing the parties, and in virtue of a title, 
 giving rise to a presumption of ownership or right of the sequestrator, until 
 contrary proof is presented. 
 
 Title XVIII. — Seizure of mines. 
 
 Art. 195. In executory judgments, neither the mine of the debtor, nor the 
 tools or provisions introduced for its operation, can be attached or alienated, 
 unless the consent of the miner is expressed in said judgments ; but execution 
 can be effected against the minerals on hand which have been extracted from the 
 mine. 
 
 Art. 196. If the proceeds of those minerals and of the other effects attached 
 are not sufficient to pay off the debt, the creditor shall have the right to take 
 the mine under his administration as a pledged property, until he can pay himself 
 with the proceeds from it. 
 
 Art. 197. The creditor to whom the mine is delivered as a pledge must ad- 
 minister it with the same care and under the same obligations imposed by the 
 law to the associate administrators. 
 
 If the mine does not produce enough to pay the expenses of economical and 
 
HONDURAS. 1 23 
 
 legal operations, he can ask the judge an authorization to make advances, and 
 he shall then enjoy the same rights granted to parties advancing, not only as re- 
 gards the quantities invested in such advances and the commercial interest, but 
 also as regards his original credit. 
 
 Art. 198. Whilst the mine remains in the possession of the creditor, the 
 miner shall have the right to visit it, to inspect the works, to examine the books 
 and vouchers, either personally or through his representative, and to make the 
 observations and corrections which the keeping of accounts and the system ot 
 work may suggest to his mind. He may also solicit the appointment of a con- 
 troller with the powers conferred in article 195. 
 
 Art. 199. If the creditor does not work the mine according to the legal re- 
 quirements, or if it should be shown that his administration is fraudulent, or that 
 it is careless and unduly expensive, although he may have been warned against 
 such an abuse, he will lose the right of administration, and he shall only be al- 
 lowed to require the appointment of a controller, who shall be in the same time 
 the receiver of the products of the mine. 
 
 Art. 200. In the cases of insolvency or bankruptcy of mines, the creditors 
 shall be asked to take on their own account the administration of the mine; and 
 those who will consent to this shall have the same rights and obligations, estab- 
 lished in regard to executors. 
 
 This is understood to be without prejudice of the rights granted to mortgage 
 holders or parties advancing. The mortgage holders or preferred creditors of 
 the mine shall have a preferred right to have the administration of the mine 
 confined to them. 
 
 Final title. — Observance of this code. 
 
 Art. (final). The present code shall enter in force on the first day of January 
 of 1 881, and on that date all preexisting laws or special ordinances on mining, 
 even those which are not contrary to its disposition, shall be abrogated. 
 
 On the 24th of September, 1888, the foregoing Code was sup- 
 plemented and explained by the following decree : 
 
 The President of the Republic of Honduras, by virtue of the powers vested in 
 him by article 48 of the constitution and by act of Congress of December 23, 
 1887, decrees: 
 
 Article 1. By means of denouncement, as established by the mining code, or 
 by concession of the Government, is acquired the possession of mines, working 
 grounds, mineral zones, reduction-work sites, mill sites, and water privileges, 
 necessary for the utilizations of their products as well as other uses. 
 
124 HONDURAS. 
 
 Art. 2. Therefore^ those who have lawfully acquired these rights, previous 
 to the issuance of this decree, or who may acquire them by the same methods in 
 the future, shall be considered as their sole owners and proprietors. 
 
 Art. 3. Ownership in sites for reduction works or mills, superficial concessions 
 and water privileges, shall be governed, as to duration, by the same laws and 
 conditions as those relating to mines; it being necessary, in the denouncement 
 of the former, to observe and follow, as far as adaptable, the rules and regula- 
 tions governing the denouncement of the latterj and the title granted, either by 
 method of denouncement or concession, shall be recorded, as are recorded all 
 deeds for real estate, and shall be considered full and sufficient proof of owner- 
 ship. 
 
 Art. 4. Mill sites and superficial concessions, intended for the establishment of 
 reduction works, or for the development of mines, shall belong exclusively to 
 those to whom they have been granted, and they shall have full right to ask for 
 their disoccupation, on the part of those who have already or may establish 
 hereafter works thereon, such as farms, fields, dwelling houses, or anything of 
 that class. In case such works or buildings have been placed by authority, or 
 with the knowledge or consent of the rightful owner or proprietor, then their 
 value shall be carefully ascertained by experts, and their owners be indemnified 
 for the same ; but in case such works or buildings have not been so placed or 
 located, then no idemnity shall be necessary. 
 
 Art. 5. When sites for reduction works, mill sites, superficial concessions, 
 mineral zones, and water privileges belong to owners of mines, they shall have 
 them as accessory holdings, with full ownership, use, and possession of the same. 
 
 Art. 6. Reduction sites which do not belong to owners of mines shall be de- 
 nounceable when abandoned, and the method of denouncement shall be in the 
 same form as that prescribed for abandoned mines. 
 
 Mills or other establishments for the reduction of ores shall be considered as 
 abandoned when the buildings are unroofed, and when they do not contain 
 either machinery or tools, and there is not on the ground serviceable lumber 
 for their repair; although the walls of the building or buildings should still re- 
 main standing, and even without these reasons or facts they shall still be de- 
 nounceable and adjudicable, when no formal work shall have been executed 
 there for two consecutive years. 
 
 In every case, however, of the denouncement, on account of abandonment of 
 reduction works or other establishments, to which this and article 5 refers, the 
 denouncer must recompense the former owner, the valuation to be made by ex- 
 perts, for everything which, although attached to the soil, may be made service- 
 able by repair; or the former owner shall be permitted to utilize the same. 
 
HONDURAS. 125 
 
 provided he can so do without notable harm to the succeeding works, or he may 
 remove them provided he should do so within the time which the authority, ad- 
 mitting the denouncement, shall assign. 
 
 Art. 7. At the expense of those interested, there shall be published in any 
 newspaper of the capital an extract of each petition made to the Government 
 for the purpose of acquiring any of the vested rights mentioned in article 1, and 
 the judge of letters, in whose jurisdiction said rights may be located, must be 
 officially notified of the fact, and the priority of the petition made to the ad- 
 ministrative or judicial authorities shall serve as a base for preference in their 
 adjudication, in case of conflict or opposition between concessionists, or between 
 them and denouncers. 
 
 Art. 8. Every concession of mineral zones shall lapse if within two years, 
 dating from their being granted, no formal work shall have been begun, in the 
 form and under the conditions established by the respective code ; but the execu- 
 tive power can grant or excuse delays, grounding or basing on the greater or 
 lesser probability of such work being established. 
 
 Art. 9. Whenever a mine owner, having several claims in the same district, 
 shall work one of them on a large scale, and on account of the scarcity of labor, 
 or the lack of some other element, shall be impeded in the simultaneous working 
 of the others, the Government, being informed of the cause, shall be able to grant 
 him protection in the ownership of said claims for a determined time. 
 
 Art. 10. If the reduction works are to be established on private lands, by 
 private agreement and without making use of the rights mentioned in articles 
 6, 7, and 8 of the mining code, and also in the decree of 19th March of 1885, then 
 those interested shall have only the rights which may have been granted them 
 by the respective proprietors of the lands, and they shall also arrange with said 
 parties privately in regard to wood and water privileges which they may wish to 
 make use of on the lands of the latter, or of any materials that they may desire 
 to take from the same. 
 
 Art. 11. Every owner of mines, without paying any tax or fees, shall have 
 the right to make use of the timber on Government or municipal lands, and shall 
 also have free use of the necessary water, not granted already to others, or any 
 materials which may be necessary for the prosecution of his works. 
 
 Art. 12. If various parties should solicit, at the same time, sites for working 
 grounds of mines, and there should not be sufficient space for all, then prefer- 
 ence shall be given to those having the largest capital, and who shall give guar- 
 antees of working on a large scale; and also, under the same circumstances, 
 attention must be paid to priority of time in the petition. 
 
 Art. 13. Any question that may arise between mill-owners, or between them 
 
126 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 and private parties, or towns, with regard to the use of water, the cutting of 
 wood or timber, or the use of other materials, or with respect to the boundaries 
 of mines, reduction-works, mineral zones, or superficial concessions, or with 
 regard to the occupation of the same, shall be submitted to the decision of a 
 board of arbitrators, which shall be formed in the following manner. 
 
 Art. 14. Before the judge, who has to be acquainted with the question, each 
 contending party shall choose a representative, with the power to act as arbi- 
 trator. The arbitrators thus named shall choose a third, and, in case of not 
 being able by reason of disagreement to do so, said third arbitrator shall be 
 appointed by the judge. In case one of the contending parties should not wish 
 to respond to the demand for arbitration, or, responding, should refiise to appoint 
 a representative with the quality of arbitrator, then the judge, in such default, 
 shall himself appoint him ; but in every case the arbitrators appointed must be 
 capable men. 
 
 Art. 15. The tribunal of arbitrators being organized, it shall hear the liti- 
 gants, who will bring forward the documents and proofs which they may con- 
 sider necessary, together with the arguments in their behalf; and said tribunal 
 shall proceed with good faith, truth, and care, but without subjecting itself to 
 the rigorous process of ordinary law proceedings. 
 
 Art. 16. When said tribunal believes that the contending parties have had 
 full and fair opportunity to present their cases, it shall give the decision which 
 it believes to be just, and from such decision there shall be no appeal. 
 
 Art. 17. The proceedings must positively be terminated within one month, 
 except in case that one or both of the contending parties shall prove that some 
 of their testimony or witnesses are outside of the Republic, and in such case the 
 tribunal may extend the proceeding for a period, which shall not exceed three 
 months. 
 
 Art. 18. The arbitrament, being arrived at, shall be remitted, with the 
 reasons therefor, to the respective judge, who shall execute it, and he shall fix 
 the fees which the contending parties must pay to the arbitrators; and these 
 latter will make a statement of the expenses incurred in the prosecution of the 
 case, and the litigants are not allowed to question either the accounts of the 
 arbitrators or the fees fixed by the judge. 
 
 Art. ig. Suits, however, which shall have been in process of trial in the 
 points indicated in this decree, but prior to the emission of the same, shall be 
 terminated in the tribunal to which they were brought, notwithstanding articles 
 13 and 19 of this decree. 
 
 Art. 20, By this decree shall be tried and adjudged all disputes with regard 
 to mines or other property of which article 1 treats (except those mentioned in 
 article 19), the same having been acquired judicially or administratively before 
 
HONDURAS. 127 
 
 or subsequent to its emission; and said decree shall take effect from the date 
 of its emission J all present laws, however, bearing on the same points, and that 
 do not come in conflict with it, shall remain of full force and effect. 
 
 Given in the Government House, at Tegucigalpa, on the twenty-fourth day 
 of September, 1888. 
 
 Luis Bogran. 
 By the President: 
 
 Francisco Planas, Secretary of State. 
 
 To further encourage the mining industry in Honduras, two 
 decrees have been issued, one on November 18, 1882, and the 
 other on March 17, 1887, granting several exemptions and priv- 
 ileges of importance to miners and other persons connected with 
 this business. 
 
 The text of both decrees reads, respectively, as follows : 
 
 Decree of November 18, 1882. 
 
 Whereas the mining industry is daily acquiring greater importance, and 
 whereas it therefore becomes necessary to favor it, in order that it may attain 
 in as short a time as possible all the development and perfection of which it is 
 capable, therefore the President decrees: 
 
 Article 1. Honduraneans or foreigners who, associated together or as private 
 individuals, engage in the bona fide working of mines which have first been duly 
 enrolled shall enjoy the following concessions: 
 
 1. To export free of duty the silver, gold, copper, etc., etc., which they 
 produce. 
 
 2. To introduce free of duty and of every kind of imposts machinery for rais- 
 ing weights, stamping and grinding ores, for extracting the metals therefrom, for 
 working iron and steel, and sawing timber, etc., etc., whether the said machinery 
 be moved by steam or water, pumps to extract water, shovels, hammers, planta- 
 tion knives, axes, drills, wedges, grindstones, machinists' tools, including forges, 
 anvils, etc., etc., powder of all k"nds, exploders and fuse to produce the explo- 
 sion, oils for illuminating and lubricating purposes, materials in bulk, such as 
 steel for augers, iron in plates or bars or cast or in the form of hoops, nails, spikes, 
 screws, tubes of iron, bronze, copper, lead, gutta percha, etc., locks, hinges, 
 ropes made of steel, iron, hemp, or other material,, plates of pure or sheet copper, 
 silver and copper in bars for smelting, bronze, tin, lead, quicksilver, or any 
 other metal considered necessary to carry out the work, diamonds in bulk or with 
 teeth, diamond drills if needed to drill rock, all the material used in the art of 
 
1 28 HONDURAS. 
 
 assaying ores, such as crucibles, smelting furnaces, chemical ingredients for mix- 
 ing and analysis, or to be employed in the milling of ores, or to extract there- 
 from the gold, silver, and copper which they contain j the said ingredients may 
 be acids, sulphur, metallic salts, etc., glass apparatus for chemical operations, 
 stearine or sperm candles, and tents of cloth. 
 
 3. The right to use the woods and waters extant in public or vacant lands, 
 without other restriction than such regulations of the Government or which with 
 its approval the respective municipalities may issue concerning the same; and 
 
 4. The operatives engaged in mines and mills shall be free from military duty 
 during the time they remain thus employed, but they must engage to serve for 
 at least six months, to which end the managers shall register with the respective 
 departmental commanders the number of operatives which they may need.. 
 
 Art. 2. The materials specified in article 1, must be ordered from abroad 
 directly by the owners of the mines, or by the superintendents representing them, 
 and they must send a copy of the said order to the secretary of the treasury 
 (secretario de hacienda). These articles shall be brought directly from the 
 ports to the establishment of the mines, to which they belong, and the way-bill 
 for the transit of the same, shall be extended by the administrator of customs 
 and returned by the alcalde of the municipality in whose jurisdiction the estab- 
 lishments are situated. 
 
 Art. 3, The managers of the mines are obliged to construct a safe place for 
 storage of powder and other explosives. Such places for storage will not be 
 permitted within the precincts of human settlements. 
 
 Art. 4. The managers of mines shall not be permitted to sell the powder or 
 other dutiable articles, which they have introduced free under these concessions, 
 during the time they carry on their operations. The party who violates this 
 rule shall be prosecuted as a smuggler, losing in addition the right of availing 
 himself of the privileges of this decree. But the matriculated miners located in 
 the same mining district, may in cases of urgent necessity make loans and sales 
 among themseves, of such articles as they may require to continue their opera- 
 tions, after previously obtaining permission of the respective judge of the peace. 
 
 Art. 5. A mine being abandoned, its owners shall have the right to sell, at a 
 price which shall not exceed the first cost, their machinery, tools, and all com- 
 prised in loose fixture {material volante), but before executing said sale, the 
 owners must present to the government an inventory of the existing material, 
 in case it would be convenient to buy all, or part of the referred to and exist- 
 ing property, to which the government shall have the first right of preference. 
 
 Art. 6. In all the " tercenas " (government stores) will be sold the powder, 
 at six reals per pound, needed by the matriculated miners. 
 
HONDURAS. 12Q 
 
 Art. 7. The governors of the departments will keep a register, in which br 
 sohcitation of the interested parties, the governors will inscribe the namJs of 
 mines which are under exploitation in their respective departments, according 
 to the regulations of the mining code, they will also inscribe the name of the in- 
 dividual or company to which they belong. 
 ^^ The certificate of this register will constitute the matriculation, which with 
 
 anonymous," companies will be extended in favor of the superintendent 
 
 Art 8 In making the register, the governors will demand the presentation 
 of the defimte title of the mining property, also judicial information that the 
 mine is worked. Every four months the governors will remit to the " ministerio 
 de hacienda a report about the extended matriculations. 
 
 Art. 9 The matriculation shall be renewed every four months, otherwise it 
 shall be of no advantage. 
 
 Art. 10. The present decree shall not admit of any change during ten years, 
 and all the privileges hereby granted shall be considered in force during that 
 period. ® 
 
 Decree of March 17, 1887. 
 
 The President of the Republic of Honduras, to the inhabitants thereof, know 
 that the national congress has ordered the following decree No 34. 
 
 The national congress, with the view of giving to the mining 'industry a large 
 augmentation, decrees: / «• S*- 
 
 Single article. 
 
 There is conceded to the miner the exclusive right to use for the working of 
 his mine, all the woods, which are found on the mining claims, that were given 
 to him according to law, and which are in national lands. 
 Bull. 57— 9 
 
Appendix D. 
 
 TARIFF OF HONDURAS. 
 
 The tariff of Honduras, as here printed, is the latest official publication, but a 
 decree was issued in 1893 augmenting the duties 20 per cent on all merchandise 
 imported into the country. This increase, however, does not apply to imports 
 from the United States, which are regulated by the special reciprocity agreement. 
 
 The official tariff of Honduras is arbitraril)^ divided into eleven classes, according to 
 the rate of duty charged per pound, which is assessed on the gross weight of the mer- 
 chandise. The following schedules have been arranged alphabeticall}^ and include all 
 the articles expressed in the tariff. 
 
 The valuations expressed in English are calculated on the basis of the official valua- 
 tion of foreign coins issued by the Director of the Mint of the United States October i, 
 1S91, in which the peso is valued at 71.3 cents, United States currenc}^ but the price 
 of silver has since fallen, and on January i, 1894, the peso was valued at 51.6 cents, 
 United States currency. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Acetic acid 
 
 Acid, sulphuric 
 
 Adzes. (See instruments or tools.) 
 
 ASrated water , , 
 
 Albums. (See portfolios, cigar- 
 cases, etc.) 
 
 Almond oil 
 
 Almonds, unshelled or shelled., 
 
 Alpaca. (See cloth, panete, etc.) 
 
 Altar-cloths. (See chasubles, etc.) 
 Altar linen. (See chasubles, etc.) 
 
 Alum, crude 
 
 Ammunition, small shot, and bul- 
 lets 
 
 Anatomical instruments. (See in- 
 struments of surgery, etc.) 
 
 Anchors. (Seeiron,manufactured, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Animals, dissected 
 
 130 
 
 Duty per 
 
 pound 
 
 inU. S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 .058 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 
 •2175 
 .0145 
 . 029 
 
 ■3625 
 
 .58 
 .58 
 
 .058 
 
 .029 
 
 .087 
 
 .0145 
 .058 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCIA. 
 
 Acido acetico 
 
 Acido sulfurico 
 
 Azuelas. (V6ase herramnentas e 
 
 instrumentos, etc.) 
 
 Aguas gaseosas 
 
 Albums. (Vease carteras, taba- 
 
 queras, etc.) 
 
 Aceite de almendras 
 
 Almendras, con cascaras 6 mon- 
 
 dadas 
 
 Alpaca. (Vease pano, panete, 
 
 etc.) . 
 
 Manteles. (Vease casullas, etc.) 
 Pafiosparacubrircdlices. (V6ase 
 
 casullas, etc.) 
 
 Alumbre crudo 
 
 Municiones, perdigones y balas. 
 
 Instrumentos de anatomia. 
 (Vease instrumentos de ciru- 
 gia, etc.) 
 
 Anclas. (Vease hierro manu- 
 facturado, etc.) 
 
 Animates disecados 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 rena. 
 
 Pesoi 
 
 oS 
 02 
 
 02 
 02 
 
 30 
 02 
 
 04 
 
 50 
 80 
 
 8a 
 08 
 04 
 
 ,02 
 
 ,oS 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 131 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Aniseed, caraway seed, cinna- 
 mon, cumin, cubebs, cloves, 
 marjoram, pepper, and other 
 spices used for seasoning food. 
 
 Anodynes , 
 
 Anvils. (See instruments or tools, 
 etc.) 
 
 Appliqu6 work. (See laces, 
 stripes, etc.) 
 
 Areometers of all sorts 
 
 Articles not specified " 
 
 Articles of German silver or its 
 imitations, such as waiters, 
 trays, bits, muzzles, spurs, stir- 
 rups, hinges, buckles, chande- 
 liers, lamps, candlesticks, and 
 others 
 
 Articles of iron or other metals, 
 gilt or silver-plated 
 
 Articles wholly or in part of gold 
 or silver 
 
 , Augers. (See tools for arts, etc.) 
 
 Augers and borers for perforat- 
 ing stones and logs 
 
 Awls. (See tools for arts, etc.) . 
 
 Axes. (See instruments or tools, 
 etc.) 
 
 Baby carriages. (See baskets, 
 etc.) 
 
 Bacon, when not canned 
 
 Bags or pouches for hunters 
 
 Bags, traveling, of all sorts 
 
 Baize and ratteen in blankets or 
 by the piece 
 
 Balances of copper, or of which 
 copper is the chief material. . . . 
 
 Balances, steelyards, and weights, 
 excepting those made of copper 
 or of which copper forms the 
 chief material 
 
 Balconies, iron. (See iron, 
 manufactured, etc.) 
 
 Balusters. (See iron, munufac- 
 tured, etc.) 
 
 Barle}', hulled or ground 
 
 Duty per 
 
 pound 
 
 in U.S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 Dollar s^. 
 
 .058 
 
 •1305 
 .0145 
 
 .58 
 • 1305 
 I.0S8 
 
 ■3625 
 ■174 
 [.088 
 . 029 
 
 0145 
 029 
 
 .0145 
 
 .058 
 .0145 
 ■1305 
 , 029 
 
 ■2175 
 , 029 
 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Anis en grano, alcaravea, canela, 
 canelon, comino, cubeba, 
 clavos, oregano, pimienta y 
 demas especias que sirven 
 para sazonar 6 condimentar 
 los alimentos , 
 
 Anodinos , 
 
 Bigornias. (Vease herramientas 
 6 instrumentos, etc.) , 
 
 Embutidos. (Vease encajes, 
 tiras, etc.) 
 
 Areometros de todas clases 
 
 Alguno 6 algunos otros articulos 
 que no esten comprendidos en 
 las clases anteriores 
 
 Efectos de plata alemana 6 metal 
 bianco ysusimitaciones, como 
 bandejas, azafates, frenos, 
 bozales, espuelas, estribos, 
 charnelas, hebillas, arafias, 
 lamparas, candeleros ti otros. . 
 
 Efectos de hierro ii otro metal, 
 dorados 6 plateados 
 
 Los articulos de oro 6 plata, 6 
 los que tengan algo de alguno 
 de estos metales 
 
 Barrenos. (Vease instrumentos 
 para artes, etc.) 
 
 Barrenos y taladros para perf orar 
 piedras 6 troncos 
 
 Leznas. (Vease instrumentos 
 para artes, etc.) 
 
 Hachas. (Vease herramientas 
 e instrumentos, etc.) 
 
 Cochecitos para niiios. (Vease 
 canastos, etc.) 
 
 Tocino, cuando novieneenlatas. 
 
 Bolsas 6 sacos para cazadores . 
 
 Sacos de viaje, de todas clases. 
 
 Bayeta, bayetilla y ratina en 
 piezas 6 frazadas 
 
 Balanzas de cobre 6 que tengan 
 la mayor parte de este metal. 
 
 Balanzas, romanas y pesos, ex- 
 cepto los de cobre 6 que ten- 
 gan la mayor parte de este 
 metal ■ 
 
 Balcones de hierro. (Vease hi- 
 erro manufacturado, etc.) . . . 
 
 Balaustres. (Vease hierro ma- 
 nufacturado, etc.) 
 
 Cebada mondada 6 molida .... 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu 
 reiia. 
 
132 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Barometers 
 
 Baskets, baby carriages, and 
 other articles of osier or rushes, 
 there being included in this 
 classification all baby carria^s 
 of whatever material 
 
 Batiste. (See muslin, batiste, 
 etc.) 
 
 Batiste or cambric, of linen or of 
 linen mixed with cotton, or any 
 other fine fabric of linen or linen 
 mixed with cotton, not included 
 in other classes 
 
 Battens, picture frames, or mold- 
 ings of wood, painted, var- 
 nished, gilded, or silver plated. . 
 
 Beads and bugles of glass, porce- 
 lain, steel, wood, or any other 
 material, excepting gold and 
 silver 
 
 Bedspreads. (See huckaback 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Beer of all sorts, however put up, 
 
 Bell metal. (See steel, copper, 
 etc.) 
 
 Bellows of all sorts. (See instru- 
 ments or tools, etc.) 
 
 Belts, cotton. (See ribbons 
 
 braids, etc.) 
 
 Belts, linen, etc. (See laces 
 
 stripes, etc.) 
 
 Belts, woolen, etc. (Se_e under- 
 
 stockings, stockings, etc.) 
 
 Bench-screws. (See tools for 
 
 arts, etc.) , 
 
 Bene seed 
 
 Billiard balls of ivory, when im- 
 ported without the table , 
 
 Billiard-cue tips 
 
 Billiard cushions 
 
 Billiard tables, with all their ap- 
 " purtenances, including the balls 
 and the cloth for each billiard- 
 table, when imported with the 
 table 
 
 Duty per 
 
 pound 
 
 in U.S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 •174 
 
 058 
 
 58 
 
 1.088 
 
 029 
 
 •1305 
 
 .087 
 .0145 
 
 .029 
 .0145 
 
 .174 
 
 .58 
 
 •2175 
 
 . 029 
 
 .0145 
 
 [.088 
 .058 
 
 .058 
 
 ,058 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Barometros 
 
 Canastos, canastillos, cochecitos 
 para niflos y otras piezas de 
 mimbre 6 junco; quedando 
 inclusos en este clasificacion 
 los cochecitos para niiios, de 
 cualquier materia que scan . . . 
 
 Batista. (Vease muselina, ba- 
 tista, etc.) 
 
 Holan batista 6 claron de lino 6 
 mezclado con algodon, 6 cu- 
 alquiera otra tela fina de lino 
 6 mezclada con algodon, no 
 incluida en las clases anteri- 
 ores 
 
 Listones, cafiuelas, cenefas 6 
 moldurasdemadera.pintadas, 
 barnizadas, doradas 6 platea- 
 das 
 
 Abalorios, canutillos j cuentas 
 de vidrio, porcelana, acero, 
 madera y cualquiera otra ma- 
 teria, excepto las de oro y 
 plata .^ 
 
 Colchas. ' (Vease alemanisco, 
 etc.) 
 
 Cerveza de todas clases y en 
 cualquier envase 
 
 Metal campanil. (Vease acero, 
 cobre, hierro, etc.) 
 
 Fuellesde todas clases. (Vease 
 herramientas 6 instrumenios, 
 etc.) , 
 
 Fajas de algodon. (Vease hela- 
 dillas 6 cintas, etc.) 
 
 Fajas de lino. (Vease encajes, 
 tiras, etc.) , 
 
 Fajas de lana. (Vease calcetas, 
 medias, etc.) 
 
 Tornos y tornillos de banco. 
 (Vease instrumentos para 
 artes, etc.) , 
 
 Ajonjoli 
 
 Bolas de marfil para billares, 
 cuando vengan sin estos , 
 
 Puntas de suela para los tacos 
 de billar 
 
 Bandas de billar 
 
 Billares con todos sus enseres, 
 inclusas las bolas y el pano 
 correspondienles a cada mesa 
 de billar cuando vengan junta- 
 mente con los billares 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 rena. 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 133 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Binocles. (See eyeglasses, etc.).. 
 
 Bits. (See articles of German 
 silver, etc.) 
 
 Bits. (See iron, manufactured, 
 etc.) 
 
 Bituminous applications of all 
 sorts 
 
 Blank books , 
 
 Blankets, cotton. (See hucka- 
 back, etc.) , 
 
 Blankets or coverlets of wool or 
 mixed with cotton, white or 
 colbred 
 
 Blondes. (See laces, stripes, blon- 
 des, etc.) , 
 
 Blunderbusses. (S e e swords, 
 sabres, etc.) 
 
 Boar's bristles, for shoemakers. . . 
 
 Bombazine. (See cloth, panete, 
 etc.) 
 
 Boneblack 
 
 Bone, ivory, mother-of-pearl, jet 
 and its imitations, tortoise shell 
 and its imitations, rubber, gum 
 elastic, horn, and talc, manu- 
 factured into articles not in- 
 cluded in other classes , 
 
 Sonnets. (See jerkins or doub- 
 lets, etc.) 
 
 Books. (See blank books.) 
 
 Boot hooks 
 
 Bosoms, paper. (See paper lan- 
 terns, etc.) 
 
 Bottle-stands 
 
 Bougies 
 
 Bows. (See understockings, 
 stockings, etc.) 
 
 Bo.xes, candy. (See figures, orna- 
 ments, etc.) 
 
 Boxes for watches or jewelry, 
 even when empty and sepa- 
 rately Imported 
 
 Boxes, money. (See iron, in 
 wire, etc.) , 
 
 Brabant. (See canvas, brabant, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Braids. (See laces, stripes, etc.). , 
 
 Duty per 
 pound 
 in U.S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars, 
 •3625 
 
 .3625 
 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 
 .087 
 .174 
 
 .3625 
 .058 
 
 .3625 
 .0145 
 
 174 
 
 1305 
 0145 
 
 058 
 
 .058 
 .087 
 ■1305 
 
 2175 
 
 058 
 
 1.085 
 .0145 
 
 .058 
 ,58 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 reiia. 
 
 Gemelos 6 binoculos. (V6ase 
 anteojos, etc.) 
 
 Frenos. (Vease efectos de plata 
 alemana, etc.) , 
 
 Brocas. (V6ase hierro manu- 
 facturado, etc.) 
 
 Betunes detodas clases, excepto 
 el de calzado 
 
 Libros y libretines en bianco . . . . 
 
 Frazadas de algodon. (Vease 
 alemanisco, damasco, etc.). . . . 
 
 Frazadas, mantas 6 cobertores 
 de lana 6 mezclada con algo- 
 don, blancas 6 de color 
 
 Blondas. (Vease encajes, tiras, 
 etc.) 
 
 Trabucos. (Vease espadas, sa- 
 bles, etc.) 
 
 Cerda de jabali para zapateros. . 
 
 A16pin. (Vease pailo, pailete, 
 etc.) 
 
 Carbon animal 
 
 Hueso, marfil, nacar, azabache 
 y sus imitaciones, carey y sus 
 imitaciones, caucho, go ma 
 elastica, asta 6 cuerno, y talco 
 manufacturado en cualquier 
 forma, no comprendidos en 
 otras clases 
 
 Gorras. (Vease almillas, etc.). . 
 
 Libros y libretines. (Vease li- 
 bros y libretines en bianco.). . 
 
 Tirabotas 
 
 Pecheras de papel. (Vease 
 farolillos de papel, etc.) 
 
 Porta-botellas 
 
 Candelillas 6 sondas 
 
 Lazos. (Vease calcetas, me- 
 dias, etc.) 
 
 Envases para dulces. (Vease 
 figuros, adornos, etc.) 
 
 Las cajitas vacias preparadas 
 para relojes y prendas finas, 
 aunque vengan por separado. . 
 
 Cajas para guardar dinero. 
 (Vease hierro manufacturado, 
 etc.) 
 
 Bramante. (Vease canamazo 
 crudo, etc.) 
 
 Trenzas. (Vease encajes, tiras, 
 etc.) 
 
 Pesos. 
 
 •50 
 
 .50 
 
 .02 
 
 . 02 
 . 02 
 
 .24 
 
 .80 
 
 .50 
 .08 
 
 •50 
 . 02 
 
 .24 
 .18 
 
 . 12 
 .18 
 
 •30 
 
 .oS 
 
 1.50 
 
 .02 
 .08 
 .80 
 
134 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Braids, cottbn. (See ribbons, 
 braid, etc.) 
 
 Brass, manufactured. (See steel, 
 copper, etc.), 
 
 Brass, unwrought. (See steel, 
 bronze, etc.) 
 
 Breast-pumps 
 
 Bricks, bristol or scouring 
 
 Bristles. (See boar's bristles.). . . 
 
 Bristol brick 
 
 Bronze in powder and in little 
 
 books, for bronzing 
 
 Bronze, manufactured. (See 
 
 steel, copper, etc.) 
 
 Bronze, unwrought. (See steel, 
 
 copper, etc.) 
 
 Brooches. (See pins, etc.) 
 
 Brooms and brushes of bristles. .. 
 
 Brooms of palm, rushes, or vege- 
 table material 
 
 Brushes. (See tools forarts, etc.). 
 
 Brushes, common, for animals. . 
 
 Brushes for the teeth, the head, 
 the clothes, the shoes, and for 
 any other use, excepting those 
 included in the third class 
 
 Brushes of palm, rushes, or other 
 vegetable material , 
 
 Brushes, painters', of all sorts . . . 
 
 Buckles. (See articles of German 
 
 silver, etc.) 
 
 Bullets. (See ammunition, etc.). . 
 Burins. (See tools for arts, etc.). . 
 
 Busts, iron. (See iron, manufac- 
 tured, etc.) 
 
 Butter 
 
 Buttons of all kinds, excepting 
 those of silk, shell, silver, or 
 gold 
 
 Buttons, shell 
 
 Cables 
 
 Cages for birds. (See wire, man- 
 ufactured, etc.) 
 
 Calendars, perpetual 
 
 Duty per 
 
 pound 
 
 in U.S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 .174 
 . 029 
 
 .0145 
 
 ■1305 
 .0145 
 .058 
 
 .0145 
 
 .3625 
 
 . 029 
 
 .0145 
 
 .0S7 
 
 .058 
 
 0145 
 , 029 
 
 . 029 
 
 .087 
 
 0145 
 .1305 
 
 3625 
 , 029 
 . 029 
 
 0145 
 029 
 
 . 1305 
 •2175 
 .0145 
 
 ,087 
 ,087 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 rena. 
 
 Trencillas de algodon. (Vease 
 hiladillos 6 cintas, etc.) 
 
 Laton 6 azofar manufacturado. 
 (Vease acero, cobre, etc.) . . . . 
 
 Laton en pasta, etc. (Vease 
 acero, bronce, etc.) 
 
 Mamaderas 
 
 Ladrillos paralimpiarcubiertos. . 
 
 Cerda. (Vease cerda de jabali, 
 etc.) 
 
 Ladrillos paralimpiarcubiertos. . 
 
 Bronce en polvoy libritos, para 
 broncear 
 
 Bronce manufacturado. (Vease 
 acero, cobre, etc.) 
 
 Bronce, en pasta, etc. (V6ase 
 acero, bronce, etc.) 
 
 Broches. (Vease alfileres, etc.). 
 
 Escobas, escobillas y escobi- 
 llones de cerda 
 
 Escobas de palma, junco ix 
 otra materia vegetal 
 
 Cepillos. (Vease instrumentos 
 para artes, etc.) 
 
 Cepillos ordinarios 6 bruzas 
 para las bestias 
 
 Cepillos para los dientes, la ca- 
 beza, la ropa, el calzado, y 
 para cualquier otro uso, ex- 
 cepto los comprendidos en la 
 tercera clase 
 
 Escobas, escobillas y escobi- 
 llones de palma, junco 11 otra 
 materia vegetal 
 
 Brochas y pinceles de todas 
 clases 
 
 Hebillas. (Vease efec to s de 
 plata alemana, etc.) 
 
 Balas. (Vease municiones, etc.) . 
 
 Buriles. (Vease instrumentos 
 para artes, etc.) 
 
 Bustos. (Vease hierro manu- 
 facturado, etc.) 
 
 Mantequilla 
 
 Botonesde todas clases, excepto 
 los de seda, concha, plata y 
 oro 
 
 Botones de concha 
 
 Cables 
 
 Jaulas para pajaros. (Vease 
 alambre manufacturado, etc.). 
 
 Calendarios perpetuos 
 
 Pesos. 
 .24 
 .04 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 135 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Cambric, lace, zeph)T, linen 
 tarlatan, muslin, and any 
 other fine linen fabrics made 
 up into neck-cloths, ruchings, 
 caps, skirts, sleeves, capes, 
 chemisettes, gowns, or other 
 articles not included in other 
 classes 
 
 Cambric, linen 
 
 Camera lucida or camera obscura, 
 for drawing or photography, 
 and other such apparatus 
 
 Canary seed 
 
 Candlesticks, not specified. (See 
 chandeliers, globes, etc., arti- 
 
 * cles of German silver, etc.). . . . 
 
 Candles, sperm, paraffin, or stear- 
 in 
 
 Cane, unmanufactured 
 
 Canes 
 
 Canned foods. (See sausages, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Canvas and raven's duck of 
 
 cotton 
 
 Canvas, brabant, and other similar 
 
 ordinary cloths 
 
 Canvas, cotton, for embroidering 
 
 Canvases prepared for portraits 
 and pictures in oil, and also 
 stumps for drawing 
 
 Cap-boxes, for hunters 
 
 Capers 
 
 Capes. (See cambric, etc.).... 
 
 Capes. (Seejerkins or doublets, 
 etc.) 
 
 Caps, fulminating. (See swords, 
 sabers, etc.) 
 
 Caps, linen. (See cambric, ba- 
 tiste, etc.) 
 
 Caps, woolen. (See understock- 
 ings, stockings, etc.) 
 
 Capstans. (See instruments or 
 tools, etc.) 
 
 Capsules. (See swords, sabers, 
 etc.) 
 
 Duty per 
 pound 
 in U.S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 
 174 
 
 ■ 1305 
 .0145 
 
 •1305 
 
 ,029 
 ,029 
 
 .1305 
 
 .058 
 
 .058 
 
 .058 
 
 .087 
 
 .058 
 
 .1305 
 . 029 
 
 1.088 
 
 •1305 
 •3625 
 1.088 
 .2175 
 •0145 
 .3625 
 
 ARTIGULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 rena. 
 
 Holan batista.clarin, punto, cen- 
 ro, lino, tarlatan, muselina y 
 cualesquiera otras telas finas 
 de lino, preparadas en gorgue- 
 ras, ruches, gorras, faldellines, 
 manquillos, pelerinas, cami- 
 sitas,camisonesu otras piezas 
 u adornos no incluidos en las 
 clases anteriores 
 
 Cambray del obispo 
 
 Camaras claras fi oscuras, para 
 dibujo 6 fotografia, y demas 
 aparatos semejantes 
 
 Alpiste 
 
 Candeleros n o especificados. 
 (Vease aranas, bombas, etc., 
 efectos de plata alemana, 
 etc.) 
 
 Velas de esperma, de parafina, 
 de composicion 6 estearicas . 
 
 Juncos 6 junquillos, sin manu- 
 facturar 
 
 Bastones 
 
 Conservas alementicias en latas. 
 (Vease salchichones, etc.). . . . 
 
 Lona y loneta de algodon 
 
 Canamazo crudo, br amante y 
 otras telas ordinarias seme- 
 jantes 
 
 Canamazo de algodon para bor- 
 dar 
 
 Telas preparadas para retratos 
 y pinturas al oleo, y tambien 
 el esfumino para dibujos .... 
 
 Pistoneras 
 
 Alcaparras 
 
 Pelerinas. (Vease holan ba- 
 tista, clarin, etc.) 
 
 Birretes. (Vease almillas, etc.) 
 
 Fulminantes 6 pistones. (Ve- 
 ase espadas, sables, etc.) . . . . 
 
 Gorras de lino. (V6ase holdn 
 batista, clarin, etc.) 
 
 Gorras de lana. (Vease calce- 
 tas, medias, etc.) 
 
 Cabrestantes. (Vease herra- 
 mientas e instrumentos, etc.). 
 
 Capsules. (Vease espadas, sa- 
 bles, etc.) 
 
 1.50 
 .24 
 
 .18 
 
 . 02 
 
 04 
 .04 
 
 .04 
 .18 
 
 .08 
 
 .08 
 
 .08 
 
 08 
 
 1.50 
 .04 
 . i3 
 
 •50 
 1.50 
 .30 
 . 02 
 .50 
 
136 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Caraway seed. (See aniseed, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Carbonate of lead 
 
 Cardboard, fine, or thick paper, 
 for offices, for cards, or for any 
 other use. including imperme- 
 able paper for presses 
 
 Cardboard, manufactured or pre- 
 pared for boxes, large or small, 
 and in any other form except 
 in toys for children, in masks, 
 in boxes for watches or fine 
 jewelry, and in some other arti- 
 cles which, like the foregoing, 
 are included in other classes. . . 
 
 Card cases. (See portfolios, ci- 
 gar cases, etc.) 
 
 Cards, playing 
 
 Cards, visiting 
 
 Carpenters' braces. (See tools 
 for arts, etc.) 
 
 Carpets, of wool, separate or by 
 the piece, and footcloths of all 
 kinds 
 
 Cartridges. (See swords, sabers, 
 etc.) 
 
 Cases containing small articles 
 for embroidery, toilet, drawing, 
 painting, and other purposes.. 
 
 Cassimere. (See cloth, panete, 
 etc.) 
 
 Chains. (See iron, manufactured, 
 etc.) 
 
 Chalk for polishing and also for 
 billiard cues 
 
 Chalk, tailors' 
 
 Chalk, white or red, crude or 
 powdered 
 
 Chalks for slates 
 
 Chandeliers. (See articles of Ger- 
 man silver, etc.) 
 
 Duty per 
 pound 
 in U.S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 05S 
 0145 
 
 029 
 
 ,058 
 
 2175 
 087 
 
 2175 
 029 
 
 2175 
 3625 
 
 174 
 
 3625 
 0145 
 , 029 
 0145 
 
 0145 
 0145 
 
 3625 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Alcaraboa. (Vease anis en 
 grano, etc.). . . 
 
 Albaj'alde 6 carbonato de plo- 
 mo 
 
 Carton fino 6 papel grueso para 
 escritorio, para tarjetasy para 
 cualquier otro uso, inrluj'^- 
 endo en esta clasificacion el 
 papel impermeable para 
 prensa 
 
 Carton manufacturado 6 pre- 
 parado para cajas y cajitas, y 
 en cualquier otra forma, ex- 
 cepto en juguetes para nifios, 
 en mascaras, en cajitas prepa- 
 radas para relojes de faltri- 
 quera y prendas finas y en 
 algunos otros articulos que 
 como los anteriores estin 
 comprendidos en otras 
 clases 
 
 Tarjeteros. (Vease carteras, 
 tabaqueras, etc.) 
 
 Naipes 6 barajas 
 
 Tarjetas para visita 
 
 Berbiquies. (Vease instrumen- 
 tos para artes, etc.) 
 
 Alfombras sueltas 6 en piezas, 
 de lana, y gualdrapas de to- 
 das clases 
 
 Cartuchos. (Vease espadas, 
 sables, etc.) 
 
 Est u dies con piececitas de 
 acero, cobre u otro metal, 
 para bordar, para limpiar la 
 dentadura, para las ufias, para 
 dibujos 6 pinturas, etc 
 
 Casimir. (Vease pafio, panete, 
 etc.) 
 
 Cadenas. (Vease hierro ma- 
 nufacturado, etc.) 
 
 Pasta 6 tizate para lustrar, y 
 tambien el que sirve para las 
 puntas de los tacos de billar 
 
 Jabon de piedra, llamado de 
 sastres 
 
 Creta blanca 6 roja en piedra 6 
 polvo 
 
 Tizas de pizarra 
 
 Arairas. (Vease efectos de plata 
 alemana, etc.) 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 reiia. 
 
 Pesos. 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 137 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Chandeliers, globes, glass shades, 
 candlesticks, lanterns, lamps, 
 excepting those made of gold 
 or silver, which belong to the 
 nth class, and those of Ger- 
 man silver, gilt or silver 
 plated, which belong to the gth; 
 all adjuncts or accessories to 
 said articles to be appraised 
 with the latter when imported 
 with them 
 
 Charcoal powder 
 
 Chasubles, capes, corporals, al- 
 tar-cloths (frontales), dalmd- 
 ticas, stoles, maniples, altar 
 linen, bands, and other orna- 
 ments for priests and churches . . 
 
 Cheeses of all sorts 
 
 Chemicals not specified under 
 otherclasses. (See drugs, medi- 
 cines, etc.) 
 
 Chemicals for preserving skins. . 
 
 Chemises. (Seemuslins, fine, etc.). 
 
 Chemisettes, linen. (See cam- 
 bric, etc.) , 
 
 Chess, checkers, dominoes, rou- 
 lette, and other such games. . . , 
 
 China ink 
 
 China or porcelain ware, or imi- 
 tation of it in any form 
 
 Chintz, calico, cretonne, collars 
 or ruching (carlancanes), '! bri- 
 llantina," French plaids, "mal- 
 vinasl" "lustrillos," and any 
 other fabric of cotton colored 
 similar to those indicated and 
 mentioned in other classes 
 
 Chisels. (See tools for arts, etc.). 
 
 Chloride of lime , 
 
 Chromate of lead , 
 
 Chronometers 
 
 Duty per 
 
 pound 
 
 in U. S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 029 
 
 .0145 
 
 .58 
 
 ,029 
 
 .174 
 .0145 
 
 .2175 
 
 1.088 
 • 1305 
 .0145 
 . 029 
 
 1305 
 , 029 
 
 0145 
 
 ,058 
 
 ,174 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 rena. 
 
 Aranas, bombas,briseras,cande- 
 leros, candelabros, fanales, 
 girandulas, lamparas, linter- 
 nas, palmatoriaSjguardabrisas 
 y quinques, con excepcion de 
 los que tengan oro 6 plata, 
 que corresponden a la 11* 
 clase y los de plata alemana, 
 dorados 6 plateados, que co- 
 rresponden a la novena; debi- 
 endo aforarse en las clases a 
 que corrcspondan los articu- 
 los expresados, todo lo que 
 les corresponda 6 sea anexo 
 d dichos articulos cuando ven- 
 gan junto con ellos 
 
 Carbon vegetal en polvo 
 
 CasuUas, capas pluviales, bolsas 
 de los corporales, manteles 6 
 frontales, dalmaticas, estolas, 
 manipulos, pafios paracubrir 
 cilices, bandas y demas orna- 
 mentos para uso de los sacer- 
 dotes y las iglesias 
 
 Quesos de todas clases 
 
 Productos quimicos no incluidos 
 en las clases anteriores. (Ve- 
 ase drogas, medicinas, etc.) . . , 
 
 Venenos para preservar pieles. . . 
 
 Camisetas. (Vease muselinas 
 finas, etc.) , 
 
 Camisitas delino. (Vease holdn 
 batista, etc., preparada.) , 
 
 Juegos de ajedrez, de damas, de 
 domino, de ruleta u otros se- 
 mejantes 
 
 Tinta de China 
 
 Loza de china 6 de porcelaha, 6 
 sus imitaciones en cualquier 
 forma 
 
 Zarazas, calicones, cretonas, car- 
 lancanes, brillantina, listado 
 frances, malvinas, lustrillos; 
 y cualquiera otra tela de al- 
 godon de color, semejante a 
 las indicadas y mencionadas 
 en otras clases 
 
 Escoplos. (Vease instrumentos 
 para artes, etc.) 
 
 Cloruro de cal 
 
 Amarillo ingles 6 cromato de 
 plomo 
 
 Cronometros 
 
>3a 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Cigar-cases. (See portfolios, 
 cigar-cases, etc.) 
 
 Cigarette-cases. (See portfolios, 
 cigar-cases, etc.) 
 
 Cigarettes, of paper or corn- 
 leaves 
 
 Cinnamon. (See aniseed, etc.) . . 
 
 Cla3% glazed or unglazed, in any 
 shape 
 
 Cloaks (ponchos). (See sleeves, 
 sheepskin garments, etc.) 
 
 Cloaks. (See understockings, 
 etc.) 
 
 Clocks, table or wall, alarm, and 
 anyother, notincludingwatches 
 or steeple clocks 
 
 Cloth. (See handkerchiefs, shawls, 
 etc.) 
 
 Cloth or knit-goods for slippers, 
 excepting those of silk 
 
 Cloth, "panete, ' cassimere, "ca- 
 sinete," muslin, satin, lace, flan- 
 nel, bombazine, alpaca, " cam- 
 bron," merino, serge, "cubica" 
 and damask, of wool or wool 
 mixed with cotton, and any 
 other fabric of wool, or of wool 
 mixed with cotton, not men- 
 tioned in other classes 
 
 Clothing. (See skirts, fustians, 
 etc.) 
 
 Clothing, read3'-made. (See shirts, 
 linen, etc.) 
 
 Cloths or textiles of cotton, hemp, 
 "esparto," or linen, for cover- 
 ing the floor, though they may 
 contain some wool 
 
 Cloves. (See aniseed, etc.) 
 
 Clyster pumps 
 
 Coats. (See shirts, linen, etc.) . . 
 
 Cocoa in the grain 
 
 Cocoanut oil 
 
 Cod-liver oil. (See train oil, etc.). 
 
 Coffee 
 
 Collars, paper. (See paper lan- 
 terns, etc.) 
 
 Collars, shirt-bosoms, and cuffs 
 of linen or cotton for men 
 
 Duty per 
 pound 
 in U.S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 
 .2175 
 
 •2175 
 
 .58 
 .058 
 
 .0145 
 
 .174 
 
 ■2175 
 
 .174 
 
 .58 
 •2175 
 
 3625 
 
 174 
 
 2175 
 
 .058 
 .058 
 .1305 
 .2175 
 
 ,0145 
 ■0145 
 .0145 
 
 0145 
 
 .058 
 
 2175 
 
 Tabaqueras. (Vease carteras, 
 tabaqueras, etc.) 
 
 Cigarreras. (Vease carteras, ta- 
 baqueras, etc.) 
 
 Cigarrillos de papel u hoja de 
 maiz 
 
 Canela. (Vease anis en grano, 
 etc.) : 
 
 Barro vidriado 6 sin vidriar, en 
 cualquier forma 
 
 Ponchos. (Vease mangas, cha- 
 marras, etc.) 
 
 Abrigos. (Vease calcetas, ma- 
 dias, etc.) 
 
 Relojes de mesa 6 pared, des- 
 pertadores y cualquiera otra 
 clase de reloj, excepto los de 
 faltriquera y los de torres 
 
 Panos. (Vease panuelos, paiio- 
 lones, etc.) 
 
 Generos y tejidos para chinelas, 
 excepto los de seda 
 
 Pano, panete, casimir, casinete, 
 muselina,raso, franela, alepin, 
 alpaca, cambron, merino, 
 sarga, cubica y damasco, de 
 lana 6 mezclado con algodon, 
 y cualquiera otra tela de lana 
 6 mezclada con algodon, no 
 mencionada en otras clases. . . 
 
 Ropa. (V^ase enaguas, fustanes, 
 etc.) 
 
 Ropa hecha. (Vease camisas 
 hechas, etc.) 
 
 Telas 6 tejidos de algodon, caiia- 
 mo, esparto 6 lino, para cubrir 
 el suelo, aunque tengan alguna 
 mezcla de lana 
 
 Clavos. (Veaseanisengrano.etc.) 
 
 Ciisobombas 
 
 Casacas. (Vease camisas he- 
 chas, etc.) 
 
 Cacao en grano 
 
 Aceite de coco 
 
 Aceite de higado de bacaldo. 
 (Vease aceite de pescado, etc.). 
 
 Cafe en grano 
 
 Cuellos de papel. (Vease faro- 
 lillos de papel, etc.) 
 
 Cuellos, pecheras y punos de 
 lino 6 de algodon para hom- 
 bres 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 rena. 
 
 Pesos. 
 •30 
 .30 
 ,80 
 .08 
 .02 
 .24 
 .30 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 139 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Columns. (See iron, manufac- 
 tured, etc.) 
 
 Compasses. (See tools for arts, 
 etc.) 
 
 Compasses, magnetic, of all sorts. 
 
 Cook-stoves, portable, of iron 
 or other material 
 
 Copal 
 
 Copper, manufactured. (See 
 steel, copper, etc.) 
 
 Copper, old, in odd pieces 
 
 Copper, unwrought. (See steel, 
 
 bronze, etc.) 
 
 Copes. (See chasubles, etc.) . . . . 
 
 Coral in any form, except when 
 set in gold or silver. 
 
 Cordage 
 
 Cords, linen. (See laces, stripes, 
 etc.) 
 
 Cords, woolen. (See under- 
 stockings, stockings, etc.) 
 
 Corduroy, cotton plush, velvet- 
 een, by the piece or in strips. . . 
 
 Cork, in tablets or stoppers, or 
 
 any other form 
 
 Corkscrews 
 
 Corporals. (See chasubles, etc.). 
 
 Corsets of all kinds 
 
 Cosmoramas. (See stereoscopes, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Cotton. (See curtains, hangings, 
 
 etc., laces, strips, etc.) 
 
 Cotton. (See muslin, batiste, 
 etc., handkerchiefs of linen, 
 etc., handkerchiefs, shawls, 
 etc.) 
 
 Cotton. (See neckties of cotton, 
 etc.) 
 
 Cotton. (See shirts, linen, etc.) . 
 
 Cotton. (See textiles or fabrics, 
 ordinary, etc.) 
 
 Cotton clothing. (See skirts, fus- 
 tian, etc.) 
 
 Cotton fabrics, not specified 
 
 Duty per 
 
 pound 
 
 in U. S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 
 .0145 
 
 .029 
 .174 
 
 .0145 
 .087 
 
 . 029 
 .0145 
 
 0145 
 
 .58 
 
 ,3625 
 
 ,0145 
 
 .58 
 
 .2175 
 
 ,174 
 
 .058 
 .058 
 .58 
 
 .3625 
 
 .1305 
 
 .58 
 
 58 
 
 58 
 2175 
 
 .087 
 
 .174 
 .087 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 rena. 
 
 Columnas. (Vease hierro manu- 
 
 facturado, etc.) , 
 
 Compases. (Vease instrumentos 
 
 para artes, etc.) 
 
 Br{ijulas de todas clases 
 
 Cocinas portatiles de hierro u 
 
 otra materia 
 
 Resina de copal 
 
 Cobre manufacturado. (Vease 
 
 acero, cobre, etc.) 
 
 Cobre viejo en piezas inutiliza- 
 
 das 
 
 Cobre en pasta. (Vease acero, 
 
 bronce. etc.) 
 
 Capas pluviales. (Vease casu- 
 
 llas, etc.) 
 
 Coral en cualquier forma, ex- 
 
 cepto cuando venga montado 
 
 en oro 6 plata 
 
 Corderia 6 mecate , 
 
 Cordones de lino. (Vease en- 
 
 cajes, tiras, etc.) 
 
 Cordones, de lana. (Vease cal- 
 
 cetas, medias, etc.) 
 
 Pana, panilla, y felpa de algo- 
 
 don, imitacion de terciopelo, 
 
 . en piezas 6 en cintas 
 
 Corcho en tablas, en tapones 6 
 
 cualquier otra forma 
 
 Tirabuzones 
 
 Bolsas deloscorporales. (Vease 
 
 casullas, etc.) 
 
 Corses de todas clases 
 
 Cosmoramas. (Vease estereo- 
 
 scopios, etc.) , 
 
 Algodon. (Vease cortinas, col- 
 
 gaduras, etc., encajes, tiras, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Algodon. (Vease muselina, ba- 
 
 tista, etc., pafiuelos de lino, 
 
 etc., pafiuelos, pafiolones, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Algodon. (Vease corbatas de 
 
 algodon, etc.) 
 
 Algodon. (Vease camisas he- 
 
 chas, etc 
 
 Algodon. (Vease telas or teji- 
 
 dos ordinaries, etc.) 
 
 Ropahechade algodon. (Vease 
 
 enaguas, fustanes, etc.) 
 
 Telas de algodon, no especifica- 
 
 das 
 
140 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Cotton fabrics, white, such as 
 madapolams, " estrivillos," 
 family goods, "bogotanas," 
 jeans, croydon, imperial, 
 glazed, lining (" holandilla"), 
 Rouen, Irish, and other similar 
 fabrics 
 
 Cotton linings. (See lutestring, 
 etc.) 
 
 Cotton, raw 
 
 Cotton stuffs. (See drills, jeans, 
 etc.) 
 
 Counterpanes. (See huckaback, 
 etc.) 
 
 Coverlets. (See huckaback, etc.) 
 
 Covers or stoppers with crowns 
 of metal, glass, crj'stal, or 
 porcelain 
 
 Crackers of all sorts 
 
 Crayons and charcoal pencils for 
 drawing 
 
 Creas. (See drills, linens, creas, 
 etc.) 
 
 Crockery, ordinary 
 
 Cruet stands, excepting those 
 which are wholly or partly of 
 gold or silver, which belong to 
 the eleventh class, and those of 
 German silver, gilded or silver- 
 plated, which belong to the 
 ninth class 
 
 Cruppers 
 
 Cubebs. (See aniseed, etc.). . . . , 
 
 Cuffs, linen or cotton. (See col- 
 lars, shirt-bosoms, etc.) 
 
 Cuffs, paper. (See paper lanterns, 
 efc.) 
 
 Cumin. (See aniseed, etc.) 
 
 Cupping glasses 
 
 Curtains, etc. , wool 
 
 Curtains, hangings, and musquito 
 
 net, of linen or cotton 
 
 Curtains, etc. , silk 
 
 Cushions, not including those 
 made of silk. (See billiard 
 cushions.) 
 
 Daggers. (See swords, sabres, 
 etc.) 
 
 Duty per 
 
 pound 
 
 in U.S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 .087 
 
 •1305 
 .0145 
 
 .087 
 
 .087 
 .087 
 
 .087 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 
 •1305 
 .0145 
 
 .087 
 
 •3625 
 
 .058 
 
 .2175 
 
 .058 
 .058 
 
 •1305 
 •3625 
 
 .58 
 
 .058 
 •3625 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCIA. 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 rena. 
 
 Tejidos blancos dealgodon, co- 
 mo madopollanes, estrivillos, 
 genero de familia, bogotanas, 
 coquillo, croydon, imperial, 
 holandilla, ruan, irlanda, y 
 otros semejantes 
 
 Forros dealgodon. (Vease san- 
 
 dalos, lustrinas, etc.) 
 
 Algodon en rama 
 
 Tejidos de algodon. (Vease 
 
 driles, coqui, etc.) 
 
 Sobrecamas. (Vease a 1 e m a - 
 
 nisco, etc.) 
 
 Cobertores. (Vease alemanis- 
 
 co, etc.) 
 
 Tapas con coronillas de metal, 
 
 vidrio, cristal 6 porcelana. . . 
 
 Galletas de todas clases. 
 Cre3'ones y carboncites 
 
 dibujar. 
 
 Creas. (Vease driles, creas, etc.) 
 
 para 
 
 Loza ordinaria 
 
 Aceiteras, angarillas 6 agua- 
 deras y porta-vinagreras, ex- 
 cepto las que sean 6 tengan 
 algo de oro 6 plata, que cor- 
 responden a la 11* clase, y 
 las de plata alemana, doradas 
 6 plateadas, que corresponden 
 a la 9" clase 
 
 Gruperas 
 
 Cubeba. (V6ase anis en grano, 
 etc.) 
 
 Punos de lino 6 de algodon. 
 (Vease cuellos, pecheras, etc.). 
 
 Punos de papel. (Vease faroli- 
 llos de papel, etc.) 
 
 Comino. (Vease anis en grano, 
 etc.) 
 
 Ventosas 
 
 Cortinas, etc., de lana, etc .... 
 
 Cortinas, colgaduras y mosqui- 
 teras de lino 6 de algodon . . . 
 
 Cortinas, colgaduras, etc., de 
 ceda, etc 
 
 Cojines, excepto los de seda. 
 (Vease bandas de billar.) 
 
 Pufiales. (Vease espadas, sa- 
 bles, etc.) 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 141 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Dalmaticas. (See chasubles, etc.). 
 Damask. (See cloth, panete, etc.). 
 (See hucka- 
 
 Damask, cotton 
 
 back, etc.). . . . 
 Dates, dried. (See prunes, 
 
 dates, etc.) 
 
 Dioramas. (See stereoscopes, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Dish-covers, wire 
 
 Door-mats 
 
 Doors, iron. (See iron, manufac- 
 tured, etc.) , 
 
 Doors, iron 
 
 Drawers, cotton stockinet. (See 
 jerkins or doublets, etc.). ...... 
 
 Drawers, others. (See shirts, 
 linen, etc.) 
 
 Dress patterns of cotton prints. 
 (See sleeves, sheepskin, etc.). . . 
 
 Dressing and traveling cases . . . . 
 
 Drills, jeans, napped stuffs (bor- 
 16n), sheeting, satin, satinet, 
 "mantadril," ticking, "manta- 
 lona," and other similar cotton 
 textures 
 
 Drills, linens (creas), pure or 
 mixed, tablecloths, napkins, 
 and hand-towels, of linen or 
 mixed with cotton 
 
 Drugs, medicines, and chemical 
 products not specified under 
 other classes 
 
 Dusters 
 
 Dye. (See hair-dye.) 
 
 Dynamite for blasting 
 
 Earthenware. (See clay, glazed, 
 etc.) 
 
 Earthenware, glazed or unglazed. 
 
 Elastics for shoes 
 
 Emery stone or powder. 
 Engravings on paper. . . 
 Envelopes for letters. . . 
 
 Duty per 
 
 pound 
 
 in U.S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 .58 
 
 •3625 
 
 .087 
 
 .058 
 
 •1305 
 .087 
 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 
 •1305 
 
 •2175 
 
 .174 
 .174 
 
 ,087 
 
 1305 
 
 .174 
 .087 
 ,0145 
 
 .0145 
 
 ,0145 
 .0145 
 
 ,087 
 
 ,0145 
 
 .174 
 
 ,0145 
 
 ARTfCULO DE MERCANCIA. 
 
 Dalmaticas. (Vease casullas, 
 etc.) 
 
 Damasco. (Vease pano, panete, 
 etc.) 
 
 Damasco de algodon. (Vease 
 alemanisco, etc.) 
 
 Ddtiles pasados. (Vease cirue- 
 las pasas, etc.) 
 
 Dioramas. (Vease estereosco- 
 pios, etc.) 
 
 Tapaderas de alambre para las 
 viandas , 
 
 Felpudos 6 limpiapies 
 
 Puertas de hierro. (Vease hierro 
 manufacturado, etc.) 
 
 Puertas de hierro 
 
 Calzoncillos de puntode media 
 de algodon. (Vease almillas, 
 etc.) 
 
 Calzoncillos, otros. (Vease ca- 
 misas hechas, etc.) 
 
 Cortes de coton. (Vease man- 
 gas, chamarras, etc.) . . , 
 
 Indispensables y neceseres de 
 viaje 
 
 Driles, coqui, borlon 6 grano de 
 oro, coti, brin crudo, raso, 
 rasete, mantadril, c o t i n e s , 
 mantalona y cualquier otro 
 tejido de algodon semejante.. 
 
 Driles, creas puras 6 mezcla- 
 das, manteles, servilletas y to- 
 allas de mano, de lino 6 mez- 
 clado con algodon 
 
 Drogas, medicinas y productos 
 quimicos, no incluidos en las 
 clases anteriores 
 
 Plumeros para limpiar 
 
 Tinta. (Vease tinta de teiiir el 
 pelo.) 
 
 Dinamita para esplotacion de 
 minas y canteras 
 
 Lozadebarro. (V6ase barro yi- 
 
 driado, etc.) 
 
 Loza de barro vidriado 6 sin 
 
 vidriar 
 
 Cinta de goma 6 elastica para 
 
 el calzado 
 
 Esmeril en piedra 6 polvo 
 
 Laminas 6 estampas en papel. . . 
 Sobres para cartas 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 rena. 
 
 Pesos. 
 
142 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Epaulets. (See tinderstockings, 
 
 stockings, etc.) 
 
 Epsom salts 
 
 Essences and extracts of all sorts 
 
 Extracts. (See essences and ex- 
 tracts, etc.) 
 
 Eyeglass cases. (See portfolios, 
 etc.) 
 
 Eyeglasses, spectacles, binocles, 
 sp)''glasses, lenses, telescopes, 
 and microscopes, excepting 
 those framed in gold or silver, 
 including the crystals or lenses 
 when separately imported 
 
 E)'elets. (See pins, etc.) 
 
 Eyes, artificial 
 
 Fabrics of materials other than 
 silk, if containing some admix- 
 ture of silk. (See silk, pure 
 or mixed, etc.) 
 
 Fans, ivory 
 
 Fans of all kinds, excepting 
 those of ivory, which belong to 
 the nth class 
 
 Feathers for ornamenting hats, 
 caps, etc 
 
 Fencing foils, masks, breast-pro- 
 tectors, and gloves 
 
 Figs, dried. (See prunes, etc.) . 
 
 Figures, ornaments, and boxes 
 for candies, of any sort 
 
 Filberts, shelled or unshelled.. 
 
 Files. (See tools for arts, etc.). . 
 
 Filters 
 
 Filters, water 
 
 Firearms. (See swords, sabres, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Fire-crackers 
 
 Fire-works 
 
 Fish-glue 
 
 Fish, pickled, salted, or smoked 
 
 Flannel. (See cloth, paiiete, etc.) 
 
 Flat-irons. (See iron, manufac- 
 tured, etc.) 
 
 Duty per 
 
 pound 
 
 in U.S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 •2175 
 .0145 
 .174 
 
 .174 
 
 • 2175 
 
 3625 
 
 .087 
 
 3625 
 
 1305 
 058 
 
 058 
 . 029 
 ,029 
 
 .1305 
 .0145 
 
 .3625 
 .087 
 .1305 
 ■ 1305 
 ,0145 
 
 .3625 
 
 0145 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCIA. 
 
 Charreteras. (Vease calcetas, 
 medias, etc.) 
 
 Sal d'Epson 
 
 Esencias y extractos de todas 
 clases 
 
 Extractos. (Vease esencias y 
 extractos.) 
 
 Cajitas para anteojos. (Vease 
 carteras, etc.) 
 
 Anteojos, espejuelos, gemeloso 
 binoculos, catalejos, lentes, 
 telescopiosymicroscopios,ex- 
 cepto los que tengan guarni- 
 cion de oro 6 plata, quedando 
 incluidos en esta clase los cris- 
 tales 6 lentes cuando vengan 
 por separado 
 
 Ojetes. (Vease alfileres, etc.) . 
 
 Ojos artificiales 
 
 Telas 6 teiidos de materias que 
 esten mezcladas con seda. 
 (Vease seda pura 6 mezclada, 
 etc.) 
 
 Abanicos de marfil 
 
 Abanicos de todas clases, ex- 
 cepto los de marfil que corres- 
 ponden a la ii'^ clase 
 
 Plumas para adorno de som- 
 breros, gorras, etc 
 
 Floretas, mascaras, petos y 
 guantes para esgrima 
 
 Higos (pasados). (Vease cirue- 
 las, etc.) 
 
 Figuras, adornos y envases para 
 dulces, decualquier clase que 
 sean 
 
 Avellanas, con cdscara 6 mon- 
 dadas 
 
 Limas. (Vease instrumentos 
 para artes, etc.) 
 
 Mangas 6 filtros 
 
 Aparatos 6 filtradores de agua. , 
 
 Armas de fuego. (Vease espa- 
 das, sables, etc.) , 
 
 Triquitraquis , 
 
 Fuegos artificiales 
 
 Cola de pescado 
 
 Pescado salpreso, salado 6 
 ahumado 
 
 Franela. (Vease pafio, pafiete, 
 etc.) 
 
 Planchasparaaplanchar. (V6ase 
 hierro manufacturado, etc.) . . , 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 rena. 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 143 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Flax, raw 
 
 Flints 
 
 Flower-pots, iron. (See iron, 
 manufactured, etc.). 
 
 Flowers, artificial. (See lute- 
 string, sandalos, etc.) 
 
 Flowers, artificial, and the mate- 
 rials for making them 
 
 Foot-cloths. (See carpets, of 
 wool, etc.) 
 
 Forges. (See instruments or 
 tools, etc.) , 
 
 Forks, not specified 
 
 Forks, plated, etc. (See knives 
 and forks, etc.) , 
 
 Frames, for pictures, etc. (See 
 battens, picture frames, etc.). . . 
 
 French linen. (See linen fab- 
 rics, medium fine, etc.) 
 
 Frieze blouses. (See sleeves, 
 sheep-skin garments, etc.) 
 
 Fringes. (See ribbons, braid, 
 etc.). 
 
 Fringes. (See understockings, 
 stockings, etc., laces, stripes, 
 etc.) 
 
 Frock-coats. (See shirts, linen, 
 etc.) 
 
 Fruits, artificial 
 
 Fruits, including nuts, dried, 
 with the shell or shelled 
 
 Fruits, such as prunes, dates, figs, 
 and raisins. (See prunes, etc.). , 
 
 Frying-pans. (See iron, manufac- 
 tured, etc.) , 
 
 Funeral crowns and other such 
 ornaments 
 
 Furniture, iron. (See iron, man- 
 ufactured, etc.) . . . . , 
 
 Furniture of wood, of osier, of 
 straw, or of cane , 
 
 Fuses for blasting 
 
 Fustians, cotton. (See skirts, fus- 
 tians, wrappers, and gowns, etc. 
 
 Fustians, linen. (See skirts, etc., 
 linen, etc.) 
 
 Galloons. (See wire, spangles, 
 etc.) 
 
 Garters of all kinds 
 
 Gasoline 
 
 Gelatin of all kinds 
 
 Duty per 
 pound 
 in U.S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 
 •1305 
 
 .58 
 •2175 
 
 .0145 
 •1305 
 
 •3625 
 
 .029 
 .174 
 .174 
 .174 
 
 •2175 
 
 .2175 
 
 .58 
 
 . 029 
 
 .058 
 
 .0145 
 
 .3625 
 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 
 .174 
 ■3625 
 
 .3625 
 .3625 
 .0145 
 .029 I 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Lino en rama 
 
 Piedras de chispes 
 
 Floreros (de hierro). (Vease 
 
 hierro manufacturado, etc.). . 
 Flores artificiales. (Vease san- 
 dalos, lustrinas, etc.) 
 
 Flores artificiales y los materi- 
 
 ales para las mismas 
 
 Gualdrapas. (Vease alfombras 
 
 sueltas, etc.) 
 
 Fraguas. ' (Vease herramientas 
 
 e instrumentos, etc.) 
 
 Tenedores, no especificados . . . 
 Tenedoresde plata alemana, etc. 
 
 (Vease cuchillos y tenedores, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Cenefas. (Vease listones, ca- 
 
 nuelas, etc.) 
 
 Royales. (Vease tejidos entre- 
 
 finos de lino, etc.) 
 
 Gerga. (Vease mangas, cha- 
 
 marras, etc.) ■ 
 
 Fluecos. (V6ase hiladillos 6 
 
 cintas, etc.) 
 
 Fluecos. (Vease calcetas, me- 
 
 dias, etc., encajes, tiras, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Levitas. (Vease camisas he- 
 
 chas, etc.) 
 
 Frutas artificiales 
 
 Frutas secas con ciscarao mon- 
 
 dadas 
 
 Frutas. (Vease ciruelas, etc.). 
 
 Sartenes. (Vease hierro manu- 
 facturado, etc.) 
 
 Coronas fdnebres fi atros ador- 
 nos funerarios semejantes. . . 
 
 Muebles de hierro. (Vease hi- 
 erro manufacturado, etc.). . . . 
 
 Muebles de madera, de mimbre, 
 de paja 6 de junco 
 
 Espoletas para esplotacion de 
 minas y canteras 
 
 Fustanes. (Vease enaguas, etc., 
 de algodon) 
 
 Fustanes. (V6ase enaguas, etc., 
 de lino) 
 
 Galones. (Vease alambrillos, 
 lantejuelas, etc.) 
 
 Ligas de todas clases 
 
 Gasolina 
 
 Jelatina de todas clases 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 rena. 
 
 Pesos. 
 . 02^ 
 . 02 
 
144 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Duty per 
 
 pound 
 
 in U. S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 German silver. (See articles of 
 German silver, etc.) 
 
 German silver in any form not 
 specifically mentioned 
 
 Girths 
 
 Glass or crystal manufactured in 
 in any shape, not specified in 
 other classes 
 
 Glass or goblet stands 
 
 Glass shades. (See chandeliers, 
 globes, etc.) 
 
 Glass sheets without mercur}^ . . . 
 
 Glauber salts 
 
 Globes. (See chandeliers, 
 globes, etc.) 
 
 Gloves. (See jerkins and doub- 
 lets, etc.) 
 
 Gloves. (See laces, stripes, etc.). 
 
 Gloves. (See understoc kings, 
 
 stockings, etc.) 
 
 Gloves, kid 
 
 Gloves of skins, for driving , 
 
 Glue, common , 
 
 Gold, articles of , 
 
 Gold, imitation. (See wire, span- 
 gles, etc.) , 
 
 Gold lace imitation. (See wire, 
 spangles, etc.) 
 
 Gold leaf. (See wire, spangles, 
 etc., gold or silver leaf, etc.) . . . 
 
 Gold or silver leaf, real or imita- 
 tion, in little books, for gild- 
 ing or plating , 
 
 Gold thread, imitation 
 
 Gouger. (See tools for arts, etc.), 
 
 Gowns. (See cambric, etc.) 
 
 Gowns. (See skirts, fu st ian s, 
 wrappers, pillowcases, etc.). . . , 
 
 Gowns, cotton. (See skirts, fus- 
 tians, wrappers, and gowns, etc.) 
 
 Gratings. (See iron, manufac- 
 tured, etc.) 
 
 Gridirons. (See iron, manufac- 
 tured, etc.) 
 
 Dollars. 
 
 •3625 
 
 •3625 
 .3625 
 
 .0145 
 .087 
 
 . 029 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 
 . 029 
 
 •1305 
 
 .58 
 
 .2175 
 
 I.08S 
 
 .58 
 
 .087 
 
 1.088 
 
 •3625 
 .3625 
 
 .3625 
 
 .3625 
 .3625 
 . 029 
 
 1.088 
 
 •3625 
 .174 
 -0145 
 . 0145 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCIA. 
 
 Plata alemana. (Vease efectos 
 de plata alemana, etc.) 
 
 Plata alemana en cualquiera for- 
 ma no especificada 
 
 Cinchas 
 
 Vidrios 6 cristalosmanufactura- 
 dos en cualquier forma, no 
 comprendidos en otras elases 
 
 Portavasos 
 
 Briseras. (V6ase arafias, bom- 
 bas, etc.) 
 
 Vidrios 6 cristales pianos sin 
 azogar 
 
 Sal de Glauber 
 
 Bombas. (Vease arafias, bom- 
 bas, etc.) 
 
 Guantes. (Vease almillas, etc.) 
 
 Guantes. (Vease encajes, tiras, 
 etc.) 
 
 Guantes. (V6ase calcetas, me- 
 dias, etc.) 
 
 Guantes de cabritilla 
 
 Manoplas de piel para camino . 
 
 Cola ordinaria 
 
 Los articulos de oro, etc 
 
 Oro falso. (V6ase alambrillo, 
 etc.) 
 
 Galones 6 pasamaneria de oro 
 falso. (Vease alambrillo, 
 etc.) 
 
 Hojilla de oro. (V6ase alam- 
 brillo, etc., libritos con hojil- 
 las, etc.) 
 
 Libritos con hojillas de oro 6 
 plata, finos 6 falsos, para dorar 
 6 platear 
 
 Hilo de oro falso 
 
 Formones. (Vease instrumen- 
 tos para artes, etc.) 
 
 Camisones. (V6ase holan ba- 
 tista, clarin, etc) 
 
 Tiinicos. (Vease enaguas, fus- 
 tanes, fustansones, etc.) 
 
 Tunicos de algodon. (Vease 
 enaguas, fustanes, batas, etc.) 
 
 Rejas. (Vease hierro manufac- 
 turado, etc.) 
 
 Parrillas. (V6ase hierro manu- 
 facturado, etc.) 
 
 Dereclios 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da liondu- 
 reiia. 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 145 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Gum arabic 
 
 Gum elastic. (See bone, ivory, 
 
 etc.) , 
 
 Gums or resins not included in 
 
 other classes 
 
 Gutta percha, worked or un- 
 
 worked 
 
 Gypsum, in pieces or powdered. , 
 
 Hair. (See horse-hair.) 
 
 Hair-dye 
 
 Hair, human, or its imitations, 
 
 manufactured or not 
 
 Hairpins. (See pins, etc.) 
 
 Hairsprings. (See hands, etc.) . . 
 
 Hammers. (See instruments or 
 tools, etc.) , 
 
 Hammers. (See tools for arts, 
 etc.) < 
 
 Hammocks. (See huck abac k, 
 etc.) 
 
 Hams 
 
 Handkerchiefs, cotton. (See 
 skirts, fustians, etc.) 
 
 Handkerchiefs of linen or of 
 linen mixed with cotton 
 
 Handkerchiefs, shawls, scarfs, 
 cloth, carpets, shirts, and jer- 
 kins or underwaist coats, of 
 wool or wool mixed with cot- 
 ton, plain or embroidered with 
 any material 
 
 Hands, keys, regulators, springs, 
 and other parts of the works of 
 clocks or watches, not of gold 
 or silver 
 
 Duty per 
 pound 
 in U. S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 Hatboxes of sole leather 
 
 Hatchets. (See instruments or 
 tools, etc.) 
 
 Hats and caps of all sorts o f 
 plush, of straw or felt, for men, 
 women, or children, and of any 
 material not specified, except- 
 ing those with high crowns, 
 which belong to the loth class, 
 and those of rushes, which be- 
 long to the iith class 
 
 Dollars. 
 .087 
 
 .174 
 .087 
 
 .087 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 
 1.088 
 .087 
 
 •2175 
 
 .0145 
 
 . 029 
 
 .087 
 . 029 
 
 .174 
 
 .58 
 
 .58 
 
 .2175 
 
 .087 
 
 .0145 
 
 ARTfCULO DE MERCANCIA. 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 
 174 
 
 Goma ardbiga 
 
 Goma elastica. (Vease hueso, 
 
 marfil, etc.) 
 
 Toda clase degoma 6 resina, no 
 
 comprendida en otras clases . . . 
 Guta-percha, labrada6 sinlabrar. 
 
 Yeso en piedra y en polvo 
 
 Pelo. (Vease cerda fi crin.) . . . . 
 
 Tinta de tenir el pelo 
 
 Cabello 6 pelohumano y sus imi- 
 taciones, manufacturado 6 no. 
 
 Horquillas. (Vease alfileres, 
 etc.) 
 
 Muellecitos de relojes. (Vease 
 minuteros, etc.) 
 
 Mandarrias. (Vease herramien- 
 tas k. instrumentos, etc.) 
 
 Martillos. (Vease instrumen- 
 tos, para artes, etc.) 
 
 Hamacas. (Vease alemanisco, 
 damasco, etc.) 
 
 Jamones 
 
 Pafiuelos de algodon. (Vease 
 enaguas, fustanes, batas, etc.) . 
 
 Pafiuelos de lino 6 mezclado 
 con algodon 
 
 Pafiuelos, pafiolones, chales, pa- 
 fios, carpetas, camisas, y al- 
 millas 6 guarda-camisas de 
 lana 6 mezclado con algod6n, 
 lisos 6 bordados en cualquier 
 materia 
 
 Minuteros 6 manecillos, Haves, 
 muelecitos, resortes y otras 
 piezas para el interior de los 
 relojes, que no sean de oro 6 
 plata 
 
 Cajas de suela para sombreros. . 
 
 Hachuelas. (Vease herramien- 
 tas e instrumentos, etc.) 
 
 Sombreros y gorras de todas 
 clases de felpa, sombreros de 
 pajaydefieltro, parahombres, 
 mujeres y nifios, y de cual- 
 quiera otra materia no especi- 
 ficada, con excepci6n de los 
 concopa alta, que pertenecen 
 d laio" clasa, y los dejunco, 
 que corresponden a la 11*. . . . 
 
 Bull. 57- 
 
 -10 
 
146 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Hats of black silk stuff, with high 
 crowns, known as black silk 
 hats, and all other hats of the 
 same shape, whatever their ma- 
 terial or color 
 
 Hats of rush or Panama hats ... 
 
 Head stalls 
 
 Hemp. (See textiles or fabrics, 
 
 ordinary, etc.) 
 
 Hemp or oakum, in the fiber or 
 
 twisted, for calking 
 
 Hinges. (See articles of German 
 
 silver, etc.) 
 
 Holsters 
 
 Hones for sharpening razors. . . . 
 
 Honey 
 
 Hooks. (See pins, etc.) 
 
 Hops 
 
 Horn. (See bone, ivory, etc.). . . 
 
 Horse-hair 
 
 Horse-hair fabrics for covering 
 furniture 
 
 Huckaback, damask, piqu6, cov- 
 erlets, blankets, carpets by the 
 piece or rugs, towels, bed- 
 spreads, counterpanes, ham- 
 mocks, napkins, tablecloths, 
 and any other damasked or 
 quilted cotton cloth , 
 
 Hydrochloric or muriatic acid. . . , 
 
 Hydrometers 
 
 Illuminating oils 
 
 Images or effigies not made of gold 
 
 or silver 
 
 Implements, domestic. (See iron, 
 
 manufactured, etc.) 
 
 Incense 
 
 India-ink , 
 
 Ink of all sorts, except printing 
 
 ink , 
 
 Ink powders for writing 
 
 Inkstands , 
 
 Ink, writing 
 
 Insertings. (See ribbons, braid, 
 
 etc) 
 
 Duty per 
 
 pound 
 
 in U.S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 ■58 
 
 t.o88 
 
 • 3&25 
 
 .087 
 .0145 
 
 .3625 
 ■ 3625 
 .087 
 
 .0145 
 
 .087 
 
 .0145 
 
 • 174 
 
 .058 
 .087 
 
 .087 
 
 .058 
 
 .174 
 .0145 
 
 .087 
 
 .0145 
 
 .058 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 
 .174 
 
 ARTfCULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Sombreros de felpa de seda ne- 
 gra, copa alta, llamados som- 
 breros de pelo negro, ylos de- 
 mas sombreros de esta misma 
 forma, de cualquier materia y 
 color que sean 
 
 Sombreros de junco 6 jipijapa . . 
 
 Cabezadas 
 
 Canamo. (Veasetelas6 tejidos 
 ordinarios, etc.) 
 
 Cdnamo 6 estopa enramao tor- 
 cida para calafatear 6 estopar. . 
 
 Charnelas. (V6ase efectos de 
 plata alemana, etc.) 
 
 Cafioneras 6 pistoleras 
 
 Piedras finas para amolar nava- 
 jas 
 
 Miel de abejas 
 
 Anzuelos. (Vease alfileres, etc.) 
 
 Lupulo 6 flor de cerveza 
 
 Asta 6 cuerno. (Vease hueso, 
 marfil, etc.) 
 
 Cerda 6 crin 
 
 Telas de cerda para forrar 
 muebles 
 
 Alemanisco, damasco, pique, 
 cobertores, frazadas, alfom- 
 bras sueltas 6 en piezas, pafios 
 de mano, colchas,sobrecamas, 
 hamacas, servilletas, toallas 
 de mano, manteles y cualquier 
 otro tejido adamascado 6 acol- 
 chado de algodon 
 
 Acido hidrocl6rico 6 muriatico. . 
 
 Hidrometros 
 
 Aceites para alumbrar 
 
 Imagines 6 efigies, que no sean- 
 de oro 6 de plata 
 
 Utensilios para el servicio domes- 
 tico. (V6ase hierro manufac- 
 turado, etc.) 
 
 Incienso 
 
 Tinta de China 
 
 Cualquiera clase de tinta, ex- 
 cepto la de imprenta 
 
 Polvos de tinta para escribir. . . . 
 
 Tinteros 
 
 Tinta para escribir 
 
 Tirasbordadasycaladas. (V6ase 
 hiladillos 6 cintas, etc.) 
 
 Derechoa 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 refla. 
 
 Pesos. 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 147 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Duty per 
 pound 
 in U.S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 ARTfCULO DE MERCANCIA. 
 
 Derechos- 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 reiia. 
 
 Instruments of surger)', and also 
 
 anatomical and mathematical 
 
 ones, and scientific instruments 
 
 • generally, not incl u d e d in 
 
 other classes 
 
 Instruments or tools for agricul- 
 ture or other uses, with or with- 
 out handles, such as spades, 
 adzes, pruning hoolis (chicu- 
 ras, chicurones), levers, weed 
 hooks, axes, hatchets, mache- 
 tes, mallets, hammers, shov- 
 els, picks (tasies), capstans, 
 forges, bellows of all sorts, 
 jacks for lifting weights, grind- 
 stones, large screws for black- 
 smiths' anvils, and all similar 
 tools or instruments 
 
 Instruments, such as barometers, 
 hydrometers, chronometers, 
 etc 
 
 Iron, manufactured: in wire, ex- 
 cept for fences; in chains and 
 anchors for ships; in boxes for 
 keeping money; in mortars; in 
 furniture; in presses for copying 
 letters and stamping paper; in 
 nails, tacks, bits, rivets, tarpau- 
 linnails; balconies, doors, balu- 
 sters, gratings, and columns; 
 statues, urns, flower-vases, 
 busts, and any other such orna- 
 ment for house or garden; 
 weights for weighing; flatirons 
 for ironing; posts for railings; 
 stoves, "budares," kettles, 
 gridirons, pots, frying pans, 
 and all other domestic imple- 
 ments, whether tinned or not 
 and with or without a lining of 
 porcelain , 
 
 Iron manufactures. (See steel, 
 copper, etc.) 
 
 Iron, round or square, in sheets, 
 plates, or other form of the raw 
 material, and old iron in odd 
 pieces 
 
 ,087 
 
 ,0145 
 
 174 
 
 .0145 
 
 ,029 
 
 0145 
 
 Instrumentos de cirugia, y tam- 
 bien los de anatomia, mate- 
 maticas y otras ciencias, no 
 incluidos en otras clases , 
 
 Herramientas 6 instrumentos 
 para agricultura ii otros usos, 
 con cabos 6 sin ellos, como 
 azadas, azuelas, calabozos, 
 chicuras, chicurones, barras, 
 escardillas, hachas, hachue- 
 las, machetes, mazos, manda- 
 rrias, palas, picos, tasies, ca- 
 brestantes, fraguas, fuelles de 
 todas clases, gatos para levan- 
 tar pesos, mollejonestornillos 
 grandes para herreros, bigor- 
 nias, yunques, y toda otra 
 herramienta 6 instrumento 
 semejante d los indicados . . . , 
 
 Instrumentos semejantes 4 los 
 bar6metros, hidr6metros, etc. . 
 
 Hierromanufacturado: en alam- 
 bres excepto los de cercos; 
 en cadenas y anclas para 
 buques; en cajas para guar- 
 dar dinero; en morteros 6 
 almireces; en' muebles; en 
 prensas para copiar cartas y 
 timbrar papel ; en clavos, 
 tachuelas, brocas, remaches y 
 estoperoles; en balcones de 
 hierro, puertas, balaustres, 
 rejas y columnas; en estatuas, 
 jarrones, floreros, bustos y 
 cualquier otro adorno seme- 
 jante para casas y jardines; 
 en pesas para pesar; en plan- 
 chas para aplanchar; en postes 
 para empalizadas, y en anafes, 
 budares, calderos, parrillas, 
 ollas, sartenes y toda otra pieza 
 para el servicio domestic©, 
 esten 6 no estanadas, y ten- 
 gan 6 no bano de loza 
 
 Manufacturas de hierro. (V6ase 
 acero, cobre, etc.) 
 
 Hierro redondo 6 cuadrado, en 
 platinas, en planchas 6 limi- 
 nas y en cualquiera otra forma 
 bruta y el hierro viejo en pie- 
 zas inutilizadas 
 
148 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Iron wire, excepting for fences . . 
 
 Ivory. (See bone, ivory, etc.) . . . 
 
 Ivory. (See fans, ivory.) 
 
 Jackets. (See shirts, linen, etc.). 
 
 Jacks for lifting weights. (See 
 instruments or tools, etc.) 
 
 Duty per 
 
 pound 
 
 in U.S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 Jeans. (See drills, jeans, etc.). . . 
 
 Jerkins or doublets, scarfs, caps, 
 understockings, drawers, trou- 
 sers, stockings, bonnets, gloves, 
 and all fabrics of cotton stock- 
 inet 
 
 Jet, crude 
 
 Jet, manufactured. (See bone, 
 ivory, etc.) 
 
 Jewels 
 
 Kerosene oil 
 
 Kettles, iron. (See iron, manu- 
 factured, etc.) 
 
 Keys, watch. (See hands, etc.). 
 
 Knives and forks, excepting those 
 with handles covered with gold 
 or silver leaf, which belong to 
 the nth class, and those of 
 german silver, or silver plated, 
 or gilt, which belong to the 
 loth class 
 
 Knives and forks with handles of 
 german silver or white metal, 
 gilded or silver plated 
 
 Knives, hunting. (See swords, 
 etc.) 
 
 Knives, sharp pointed, with or 
 without sheath 
 
 Knives with handles of wood or 
 other common material, for 
 fishermen, shoemakers, belt- 
 makers, and, generally, all such 
 as aTe used in the arts or trades 
 
 Labels, printed or lithographed . 
 
 Lace. (See cambric, etc.) 
 
 Lace. (See cloth, paiiete, etc.). . 
 
 Dollars. 
 •0145 
 
 .174 
 
 .2175 
 .0145 
 
 087 
 
 .1305 
 .087 
 
 .174 
 1.088 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 •2175 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCIA. 
 
 .1305 
 
 .3625 
 •3625 
 •1305 
 
 .058 
 
 • 2175 
 [.088 
 .3625 
 
 Hierro manufacturado en alam- 
 bres, excepto los de cercos . . . 
 
 Marfil. (Vease hueso, marfil, 
 etc.) 
 
 Marfil. (Vease abanicos de mar- 
 
 fil-) 
 
 Chaquetas. (Vease camisas 
 hechas, etc.) 
 
 Gatos paralevantar pesos. (Vease 
 herramientas e instrumentos, 
 etc.) 
 
 Coqui. (V6ase driles, coqui, 
 etc.) 
 
 Almillas 6 guarda-camisas, ban- 
 das, birretes, calcetas, calzon- 
 cillos, pantalones, medias, 
 gorras, guantes y todo tejido 
 de punto de media de algodon . 
 
 Azabache en bruto 
 
 Azabache, manufacturado. 
 (Vease hueso, marfil, etc.). . . . 
 
 Joyas, alhajas 
 
 Aceite de kerosene 
 
 Calderos de hierro. (Vease 
 hierro, manufacturado, etc.) . . 
 
 Llaves de reloj. (Vease minu- 
 teros, etc.) 
 
 Cuchillos y tenedores, excepto 
 los que tengan manga de ho- 
 jilla de oro 6 plata, que cor- 
 responden i la 11* clase, y los 
 de plata alemana, plateados 
 6 dorados, que corresponden 
 a la 10* clase 
 
 Cuchillos y tenedores con man- 
 go de plata alemana 6 metal 
 bianco, plateados 6 dorados . 
 
 Cuchillos demonte. (Vease es- 
 padas, etc.) 
 
 Cuchillos de punto, con vaina 6 
 sin ella 
 
 Cuchillos con mango demadera 
 fi otra materia ordinaria, para 
 Pescadores, zapateros, talabar- 
 teros, jardineros, tabaqueros 
 y en general los que se em- 
 plean en las artes u oficios . . 
 
 Etiquetas y rotulos impresos 6 
 litografiados 
 
 Punto. (Vease holdn batista, 
 clarin, etc.) 
 
 Punto. (Vease paiio, pafiete, 
 etc.) 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 reria. 
 
 Pesos. 
 
 .02 
 
 .24 
 
 1.50 
 
 •30 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 ■ 149 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Lace or tulle, of cotton or pita, 
 
 plain or embroidered 
 
 Laces. (See ribbons, braids, etc.) 
 
 Laces. (See understockings , 
 stockings, etc.) 
 
 Laces, strings, and twisted cords 
 of all kinds 
 
 Laces, stripes, blondes, applique 
 work, ribbons, sashes, purses, 
 shoulder straps, tassels, cords, 
 fringes, socks, belts, braids, 
 gloves, and trimmings, of linen 
 or of linen mixed with cotton. 
 
 Lampblack 
 
 Lamp-chimney cleaners ........ 
 
 Lamps. (See articles of German 
 
 silver, etc.) 
 
 Lamps. (See chandeliers, globes, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Lancets 
 
 Lanterns. (See chandeliers, 
 
 globes, etc., paper lanterns, etc., 
 
 stereoscopes, etc.) 
 
 Lard 
 
 Lavender , 
 
 Lawn, long. (See linen fabrics, 
 
 medium fine, etc.) 
 
 Lead. (See steel, copper, etc., 
 
 steel bronze, etc.) 
 
 Lead, carbonate 
 
 Leather tips for billiard cues. ... 
 
 Lemonades 
 
 Lenses. (See eyeglasses, etc.). . 
 Levels. (See tools for arts, etc.) 
 
 Levers. (See instruments or tools, 
 etc.) 
 
 Linen. (See drills, linens, etc.). 
 
 Linen. (See shirts, linen, etc.) . , 
 
 Linen. (See textile's of fabrics, 
 ordinary, etc.) 
 
 Linen. (See curtains, hangings, 
 etc., laces, stripes, etc.) 
 
 I.,inen. (See cambric, etc.) 
 
 Duty per 
 pound 
 in IJ. S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 
 •2175 
 .174 
 
 2175 
 3625 
 
 •58 
 
 .0145 
 .087 
 
 .3625 
 
 .029 
 
 •1305 
 .029 
 .058 
 •1305 
 
 .029 
 .029 
 
 .174 
 . 029 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 .058 
 
 .0145 
 •3625 
 . 029 
 
 .0145 
 •1305 
 
 2175 
 
 .087 
 
 .58 
 1.088 
 
 ARTfCULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Punto 6 tul de algod6n 6 pita, 
 liso 6 bordado , 
 
 Encajes. (Vd;ase hiladillos 6 
 cintas, etc.) 
 
 Encajes. (V6ase calcetas, ma- 
 dias, etc.) 
 
 Cuerdas y entorchados de todas 
 clases 
 
 Encajes, tiras, blondas, embuti- 
 dos, cintas, bandas, bolsaspara 
 dinero, charreteras. borlas, 
 cordones, fluecos, escarpines, 
 fajas, trenzas, guantesy pasa- 
 maneria de lino 6 mezclado 
 con algodon 
 
 Negro humo 
 
 Limpiadores para tubos 
 
 Limparas. (Vease efectos de 
 plata alemana, etc.) 
 
 Ldmparas. (Vease aranas, bom- 
 bas, etc.) 
 
 Lancetas 
 
 Fanales, lanternas 6 farolillos. 
 (V6ase aranas, bombas, etc., 
 farolillos de papel, etc., este- 
 reoscopios, etc.) 
 
 Manteca 
 
 Alhucema 6 espliego 
 
 Estopillas. (Vease tejidos en- 
 trefinos de lino, etc.) 
 
 Plomo. (Vease acero, cobre, 
 etc., acero, bronce, etc.) 
 
 Alba3'alde 6 carbonatode plomo 
 
 Puntas de suela para los tacos 
 de billar 
 
 Limonadas 
 
 Lentes. (Vease anteojos, etc.). 
 
 Niveles. (Vease instrumentos 
 para artes, etc.). 
 
 Barras. (Vease herramientas 6 
 instrumentos, etc.) 
 
 Lino. (Vease driles, creas puras, 
 etc.) 
 
 Lino. (V6ase camisas hechas, 
 etc.) 
 
 Lino. (Vease telas 6 tejidos 
 ordinaries, etc.) 
 
 Lino. (Vease cortinas, colgadu- 
 ras, etc., encajes, tiras, etc.) . . 
 
 Lino. (Vease holan batista, cla- 
 rin, etc.) 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 rena. 
 
 Pesos. 
 •30 
 .24 
 •30 
 •50 
 
:5o 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Linen fabrics, medium fine, such 
 as nankeen, French linen, Irish 
 linen, long lawn, "bretanas," 
 and other similar goods 
 
 Linen fabrics not specified in 
 other classes 
 
 Linseed, in the grain or ground. . 
 
 Linseed oil 
 
 Lint for wounds 
 
 Liquor-flask stands, of any ma- 
 terial other than German silver, 
 the latter belonging to the nth 
 class 
 
 Liquor-flask stands of German 
 silver 
 
 Liquors, various kinds, such as 
 cognac, absinthe, rum, gin, "ros- 
 solls," "mistea," champagne, 
 chartreuse, and others not spec- 
 ified, and bitters of all sorts. . . . 
 
 Litharge 
 
 Lithographic stone 
 
 Locks, gun. (See swords, etc.). . 
 
 Looking glasses. (See mirrors, 
 etc.) 
 
 Lutestring, "sdndalos,"aiid other 
 such cotton fabrics used for 
 linings and flowers 
 
 Macaroni 
 
 Machetes. (See instruments or 
 tools, etc.) 
 
 Machines and apparatus not spe- 
 cified in the first class 
 
 Machines for aerated waters 
 
 Magic lanterns. (See stereo- 
 scopes, etc.) 
 
 Magnets 
 
 Maizena(fine corn meal, prepared). 
 
 Mallets. (See instruments or 
 tools, etc.) 
 
 Manganese, mineral 
 
 Maniples. (See chasubles, etc.). 
 Marjoram. (See aniseed, etc.). . . 
 
 Marking ink 
 
 Masks or false faces, of all sorts. 
 
 Match boxes. (See portfolios, 
 etc.) 
 
 Duty per 
 pound 
 in U. S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 
 .174 
 
 • 3625 
 .0145 
 . 0145 
 ■ 1305 
 
 .087 
 .58 
 
 .058 
 
 .058 
 .0145 
 • 3625 
 
 .058 
 
 .1305 
 . 029 
 
 ,0145 
 
 ,0145 
 ,087 
 
 .1305 
 .1305 
 .0145 
 
 0145 
 ,058 
 .58 
 
 058 
 
 0145 
 .058 
 
 2175 
 
 ARTfCULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Tejidos entrefinosde lino, como 
 coletillas, royales, irlandas, 
 estopillas, bretanas y otros 
 semejantes 
 
 Tegjidos de lino no especificados 
 en otras clases 
 
 Linaza en grano 6 molida ...... 
 
 Aceite de linaza 
 
 Hilos para heridas. . .' 
 
 Licoreras de cualquiera materia, 
 con excepcion de las de plata 
 alemana, que pertenecen d la 
 10* clase 
 
 Licoreras de plata alemana . . . . 
 
 Aguardiente fuerte 6 dulce,como 
 cofiac, agenjo, ron, ginebra, 
 rosolio, mistela, champagne, 
 chartreuse y otros no especifi- 
 cados, y amargos de todas 
 clases 
 
 Litargirio 
 
 Piedras de litografiar 
 
 Llaves de las armas de fuego. 
 (Vease espadas, etc.) 
 
 Espejos. (V6ase espejos de to- 
 das clases.) 
 
 Sandalos, lustrinas y demas 
 telas semejantes de algodon 
 que se usan para forros y flores 
 
 Macarrones 
 
 Machetes. (V6ase herramientas 
 6 instrumentos.) 
 
 Maquinasyaparatos no especifi- 
 cados en la primera clase 
 
 Miquinas para aguas gaseosas. . 
 
 Linternas magicas. (Vease este- 
 reoscopios, etc.) 
 
 Im4n 
 
 Maicena, 6 sea harina fina de 
 maiz preparada 
 
 Mazos. (V6ase herramientas 6 
 instrumentos.) 
 
 Manganesio mineral 
 
 Manipulos. (Vease casullas, etc.), 
 
 Oregano. (Vease anis en grano, 
 etc.) 
 
 Tinta de marcar 
 
 Miscaras 6 caretas de todas cla- 
 ses 
 
 Fosforeras. (Vease carteras, etc.), 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 refia. 
 
 Pesos. 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 151 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Match rope for blasting 
 
 Match sticks 
 
 Matches of wood, wax, or tinder. 
 
 Mathematical instruments. (See 
 instruments of surgery, etc.). . . 
 
 Mats for the table. . ; 
 
 Matting, floor 
 
 Mattresses 
 
 Measures, of leather, tape, or pa- 
 per, with or without cases 
 
 Meat, salt, pickled, or smoked, 
 when not canned 
 
 Medicines. (See drugs, medi- 
 cines, etc.) 
 
 Mercury 
 
 Merino. (See cloth,.pafiete, etc.), 
 
 Metallic articles, gilded or silver- 
 plated 
 
 Microscopes. (See eyeglasses, 
 etc.) 
 
 Millet 
 
 Mills for coffee, corn, etc 
 
 Millstones. (See instruments or 
 tools, etc.) 
 
 Mineral waters 
 
 Minium. (See red lead) 
 
 Mirrors of all sorts, framed or 
 not 
 
 Molasses 
 
 Moldings. (See battens, picture 
 frames, etc.) 
 
 Mortars. (See iron, manufac- 
 tured, etc.) 
 
 Mosquito net. (See curtains, 
 hangings, etc.) 
 
 Mother-of-pearl. (See bone, 
 ivor}^, etc.) 
 
 Mufflers, cotton 
 
 INIusic books 
 
 Musical instruments and their 
 parts, of all kinds, excepting 
 pianos and organs 
 
 Muskets. (See swords, etc.) . . . . 
 Muslin. (See cloth, panete, etc.), 
 
 Duty per 
 pound 
 in U. S. 
 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 .058 
 
 087 
 
 0145 
 0145 
 
 ,029 
 
 .029 
 
 ,0145 
 
 ,174 
 
 0145 
 3625 
 
 174 
 
 3625 
 0145 
 0145 
 
 ,0145 
 ,0145 
 .058 
 
 .058 
 .0145 
 
 .029 
 
 .0145 
 
 .58 
 
 .174 
 
 .087 
 .058 
 
 ,087 
 
 .3625 
 .3625 
 
 ARTfCULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Derecho.s 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 rena. 
 
 Mechas para esplotaci6n de 
 
 minas y canteras 
 
 Palitos parahacer fosforos 
 
 Fosforos de palillo, de cerilla 6 
 
 de yesca 
 
 Instrumentos de matem^ticas. 
 
 (V6ase instrumentos de ciru- 
 
 gia, etc.) 
 
 Esterilla para mesas 
 
 Estera, esterilla y petate para 
 
 pisos 
 
 Colchones y gergones 
 
 Medidas de cuero, cintaopapel, 
 
 sueltds 6 en estuches 
 
 Carne salada, salpresa 6 ahu- 
 
 mada, cuando no viene en latas . 
 Medicinas. (Veasedrogas,medi- 
 
 cinas, etc.) 
 
 Azogue 6 mercurio vivo 
 
 Merino. (Vease pafio, pailete, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Efectos de metal, dorados 6 pla- 
 
 teados 
 
 Microscopios. (Vease anteojos, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Mijo 
 
 Molinos para cafe, maiz, etc. . . . 
 Piedras de molino. (Vease her- 
 
 ramientas e instrumentos, etc.). 
 
 Aguas minerales 
 
 Minio. (Veaseazarcon ominio). . 
 Espejos de todas clases y laslu- 
 
 nas azogadas 
 
 Miel de azucar 
 
 Molduras. (Vease listones, ca- 
 
 fiuelas, etc.) 
 
 Morteros. (Vease hierro manu- 
 
 facturado, etc.) 
 
 Mosquiteros. (Vease cortinas, 
 
 colgaduras, etc.) 
 
 Nacar. (Vease hueso, marfil, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Rebozos de algodon 
 
 Colecciones de mdsica 
 
 Instrumentos de m^isica 6 cual- 
 
 quiera de sus partes 6 acceso- 
 
 rias, exceptuandose los pianos 
 
 y organos 
 
 Escopetas. (Vease espadas, etc.). 
 Muselina. (Vease pafio, pa- 
 nete, etc.) 
 
152 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Muslin. (See cambric, etc.) 
 
 Muslin, and any other fine fabric 
 of linen mixed with cotton, un- 
 bleached or in colors, by the 
 piece or cut for dresses 
 
 Muslin, book 
 
 Muslins, fine, dotted or embroid- 
 ered with wool or cotton, b)'the 
 piece or cut, chemises, yokes, 
 and other such articles, em- 
 broidered, large cotton shawls 
 of all sorts 
 
 Muslins, smooth, embroidered, 
 white, or printed 
 
 Mustard 
 
 Muzzles. (See articles of Ger- 
 man silver, etc.) 
 
 Nails, iron. (See iron, manufac- 
 tured, etc.) 
 
 Nankeen. (See linen fabrics, 
 medium fine.) , 
 
 Napkins. (See drills, linens, 
 etc.) 
 
 Napkins. (See huckaback, etc.) 
 
 Napped cotton stuff. (See drills, 
 jeans, etc.) 
 
 Neck-cloths. (See cambric, ba- 
 tiste, etc.) 
 
 Neckties of cotton, horse-hair, 
 or wool 
 
 Needles. (See pins, etc.) 
 
 Nets. (See ornaments for the 
 head, etc.) 
 
 Netting of iron wire, not included 
 in other classes 
 
 Nippleglasses 
 
 Nipples, gun. (See swords, etc.),. 
 
 Nipples tor nursing bottles 
 
 Nursing bottles 
 
 Nitrate of potash 
 
 Nitric acid or aquafortis 
 
 Nutmeg 
 
 Nuts, Avith the shell or shelled. . 
 Oakum. (See hemp or oakum, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Oars, when not imported with the 
 
 boats or launches 
 
 Duty per 
 pound in 
 
 U.S. 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 1.088 
 
 .58 
 .174 
 
 •2175 
 
 .174 
 . 029 
 
 .3625 
 
 .0145 
 
 .174 
 
 • 1305 
 .087 
 
 .087 
 
 1.088 
 
 .58 
 .087 
 
 .058 
 
 .1305 
 •3625 
 
 •1305 
 
 •1305 
 
 .0145 
 
 .058 
 
 •1305 
 
 . 029 
 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCIA. 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 rena. 
 
 Muselina. (Vease holan ba- 
 tista, clarin, etc.) 
 
 Muselina, batista y cualquiera 
 otra tela finadelino mezclado 
 con algodon, cruda6 decolor, 
 en piezas 6 en cortes de ves- 
 tido 
 
 Linoes 
 
 Muselinas finas de mota 6 bor- 
 dadas con lana 6 algodon, en 
 piezas 6 en cortes, camisetas, 
 golas y demas piezas bordadas 
 semejantes; pafiolones de al- 
 godon de todas clases 
 
 Gasas lisas, labradas, blancas 6 
 estampadas 
 
 Mostaza en grano 6 molida. . . . 
 
 Bozales. (Vease efectosdeplata 
 alemana, etc.) 
 
 Clavosde hierro. (V6asehierro 
 manufacturado, etc.) 
 
 Coletillas. (Vease tejidos en- 
 trefinos, etc.) 
 
 Servilletas. (Vease driles, creas, 
 etc.) 
 
 Servilletas. (Vease alemanisco, 
 damasco, etc.) 
 
 Borlon. (Vease driles, coqui, 
 etc.) 
 
 Gorgueras. (Vease holan ba- 
 tista, clarin, etc.) 
 
 Corbatas de algodon, cerda 6 
 lana 
 
 Agujas. (Vease alfileres, etc.). 
 
 Redecillas. (V6ase adcrnos de 
 cabeza, etc.) 
 
 Telas 6 tejidos de alambre de 
 hierro, no comprendidos en 
 otras clases 
 
 Pezoneras 
 
 Chimeneas. (Vease espadas,etc.) 
 
 Picos de teteros 
 
 Teteros 
 
 Potasa, nitrato 6 sal de nitro. . . 
 
 Acido nitrico 6 agua fuerte. . . . 
 
 Nuez moscada 
 
 Nueces, con ciscara 6 mondadas 
 
 Estopa. (Vease cAfiamo 6 esto- 
 pa, etc.) 
 
 Remos para embarcaciones, cu- 
 ando no vengan con los botes 
 6 lanchas 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 153 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 k 
 
 Octants 
 
 Oil, almond 
 
 Oilcloth, in any shape 
 
 Oil, cocoa 
 
 Oil, drying, for painters 
 
 Oil, kerosene 
 
 Oil, linseed 
 
 Oil, palm or drying, for painters 
 
 Oil, spurge 
 
 Oil, train or codliver 
 
 Oils and soaps, perfumed 
 
 Oils, illuminating 
 
 Oils not included in other classes 
 
 Oil, sweet (olive) 
 
 Oleic acid 
 
 Olives 
 
 Orange-flower water 
 
 Organs. (See pianos and organs, 
 etc.) 
 
 Ornaments. (See figures, orna- 
 ments, etc.) 
 
 Ornaments, cotton. (See rib- 
 bons, braid, etc.) 
 
 Ornaments, ecclesiastical. (See 
 chasubles, etc.) 
 
 Ornaments, head, of all kinds , . 
 
 Ornaments, iron, for house or 
 garden. (See iron, manufac- 
 tured, etc.) 
 
 Osier, unmanufactured 
 
 Paints, common, prepared with 
 oil 
 
 Paints not included in other 
 classes 
 
 Paletots. (See shirts, linen, etc.) 
 
 Palm, unmanufactured 
 
 Panoramas. (See stereoscopes, 
 etc.) 
 
 Paper lanterns: paper collars, 
 bosoms, and cuflFs, including 
 those lined with cloth 
 
 Duty per 
 pound in 
 
 U.S. 
 currency , 
 
 Dollars. 
 .174 
 .0145 
 .058 
 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 
 .087 
 
 .0145 
 
 .087 
 
 .0145 
 . 029 
 . 029 
 .0145 
 
 . 029 
 
 .058 
 
 .174 
 
 .58 
 
 1.088 
 
 ,0145 
 . 029 
 
 ■ 0145 
 
 . 029 
 ■2175 
 
 . 029 
 .1305 
 
 ,058 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Octantes 
 
 Aceite de almendras 
 
 Enceradosohules, en cualquiera 
 
 forma 
 
 Aceite de coco 
 
 Aceite secante para pintores. . . . 
 
 Aceite de kerosene 
 
 Aceite de linaza 
 
 Aceite de palma 6 aceite secante 
 
 para pintores 
 
 Aceite de tartago 
 
 Aceite de pescado 6 de higado 
 
 de bacalao 
 
 Aceites y jabones perfumados.. 
 
 Aceites para alumbrar 
 
 Aceites no comprendidos en las 
 
 clases anteriores 
 
 Aceite de comer 
 
 Acido oleico 
 
 Aceitunas 
 
 Aguas de azahares 
 
 Organos. (Vease pianos y or- 
 
 ganos, etc.) 
 
 Adornos. (V6ase figuras, ador- 
 
 nos, etc.) 
 
 Adornos de algodon. (V6ase 
 
 hiladillos 6 cintas, etc.) 
 
 Ornamentos para uso de las 
 
 iglesias. (Vease casuUas, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Adornos de cabeza y redecillas 
 
 de todas clases 
 
 Adornos para casas y jardines. 
 
 (Vease hierro manufacturado, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Mimbre sin manufacturar 
 
 Pinturas ordinarias preparadas 
 
 en aceite 
 
 Colores 6 pinturas no inclui- 
 
 dos en otras clases 
 
 Paltos. (Vease camisas hechas, 
 
 etc.) . . 
 
 Palma sin manufacturar . 
 
 Panoramas. (Vease estereosco- 
 
 pios, etc.) 
 
 Farolillos de papel, cuellos, 
 
 pecheras y pufios de papel, 
 
 inclusos los forrados en g6- 
 
 nero 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 leiia. 
 
M4 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Duty per 
 pound in 
 
 U.S. 
 currency. 
 
 Paper manufactures not included 
 in other classes. (See paper 
 lanterns, etc.) 
 
 Paper of every sort, not included 
 in other classes 
 
 Paper, gilded or silver-plated, 
 stamped wiih figures in relief, 
 and tinted or col ored for flowers 
 
 Paper-cutter 
 
 Paper, wall 
 
 Paraffin, crude 
 
 Parasol frames. (See wire man- 
 ufactured into frames, etc.) . . . 
 
 Parasols, cotton or linen. (See 
 umbrellas, large or small, etc.). 
 
 Parasols, silk. (See umbrellas, 
 parasols, etc.) 
 
 Parasols of wool 
 
 Parchment and its imitations, in 
 any form, not included in other 
 classes 
 
 Pasteboard, in sheets 
 
 Paste for sharpening razors 
 
 Pastes, such as vermicelli, maca- 
 roni, etc 
 
 Peanuts, with the shell or shelled. 
 
 Pearls and imitation precious 
 stones, unmounted or mounted 
 in any metal other than gold or 
 silver 
 
 Pencil-cases 
 
 Pencils of all kinds 
 
 Pencils, slate 
 
 Penknives 
 
 Pens . . . . c 
 
 Pepper. (See aniseed, etc.) 
 
 Percales , 
 
 Perfumery of all sorts 
 
 Perfumes for the toilette. 
 
 Petroleum, crude , 
 
 Pewter. (See steel, copper, etc.), 
 
 Phosphorus , 
 
 Photographs , 
 
 Pianos and organs, or any of their 
 parts, when they come separate- 
 ly, including the piano stools. . 
 
 Dollars. 
 
 .058 
 . 029 
 
 .174 
 .0145 
 .087 
 . 029 
 
 .087 
 
 .174 
 
 .087 
 .1305 
 
 .058 
 
 .0145 
 
 ,087 
 
 ,029 
 ,029 
 
 .174 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 
 .1305 
 ,014=; 
 
 .058 
 
 ,174 
 
 ,087 
 
 .058- 
 
 ,0145 
 
 .029 
 
 .174 
 
 .1305 
 
 ,029 
 
 ARTfCULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Papel manufacturado no espe- 
 cificado en otras clases. 
 (V6ase farolillos de papel, etc.). 
 
 Papel de cualquier clase, no 
 especificado 
 
 Papel dorado 6 plateado, el es- 
 tampado a manera de relieve, 
 y el pintado para fiores 
 
 Cuchillas para papel 
 
 Papel pintado para tapiceria. . . . 
 
 Parafina en pasta 
 
 Armaduras para quitasoles. 
 (Vease alambre manufactu- 
 rado, etc.) 
 
 Sombrillas, de lino 6 algod6n. 
 (Vease paraguas, paragiiitos, 
 etc.) 
 
 Sombrillas. (V6ase paraguas, 
 sombrillas, etc.) 
 
 Sombrillas de lana 
 
 Pergaminos y sus imitaciones 
 en cualquier forma, no com- 
 prendidos en otras clases 
 
 Carton en pasta 
 
 Pasta para afilar navajas 
 
 Pastas semej antes Alas de fideos, 
 macarrones y tallarines 
 
 Manis, con ciscara 6 mondados. 
 
 Perlas ypiedras falsas, sin mon- 
 tar 6 montadas en cualquier 
 metal que no sea oro 6 plata. . 
 
 Lapiceros 
 
 Lapices de todas clases 
 
 Lapices de pizarra 
 
 Cortaplumas I 
 
 Plumas 
 
 Pimienta. (Vease anis en grano, 
 etc.) 
 
 Percales 
 
 Perfumeria de todas clases 
 
 Aguas de olor para el tocador. . . 
 
 Petr61eo bruto 
 
 Peltre. (V6ase acero, cobre, etc.). 
 
 Fosforo en pasta 
 
 Fotografias 
 
 Pianos y organos 6 cualquiera 
 de sus partes, cuando vengan 
 por separado, quedando in- 
 cluidos aqui tambien los ta- 
 buretes 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 
 da Iiondu- 
 rena. 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 155 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 I 
 
 Pickles, in vinegar or in brine. . 
 
 Picks. (See instruments or tools, 
 etc.) 
 
 Pictures and portraits upon cloth, 
 wood, paper, stone, or other 
 material 
 
 Pillowcases. (See skirts, fus- 
 tians, wrappers, etc.) 
 
 Pillows, not including those 
 made of silk 
 
 Pincers. (See tools, etc.) 
 
 Pins, needles, eyelets, brooches, 
 hooks, thimbles, hairpins, and 
 buckles for shoes, for hats, and 
 for vests and trousers, except- 
 ing those made of silver or gold 
 
 Pipes, mouthpieces, and cigar 
 holders, of amber, porcelain, or 
 any other material, excepting 
 those made of gold or silver 
 and those mentioned in the 4th 
 class 
 
 Pipes and mouthpieces, of clay 
 or ordinary earthenware, with- 
 out any other material 
 
 Pique. (See huckaback, etc.). . . 
 
 Pistols. (See swords, sabers, 
 daggers, etc.) 
 
 Piston glands 
 
 Pistons 
 
 Pitch, black 
 
 Pitch, white or light 
 
 Planes, jack. (See tools for art, 
 etc.) 
 
 Plaster of Paris 
 
 Plaster of Paris, manufactured 
 into any articles except toys 
 for children 
 
 Plumes for funeral coaches or 
 hearses, when imported sepa- 
 rately 
 
 Plush, cotton. (See corduroy, 
 cotton plush, etc.) . , 
 
 Plushes. (See understockings, 
 stockings, etc.) 
 
 Pocket-books. (See portfolios, 
 etc.) 
 
 Poisons. (See chemicals for pre- 
 serving skins.) ; . 
 
 Duty per 
 pound in 
 
 U.S. 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 .029 
 
 .0145 
 
 .058 
 
 .174 
 
 .029 
 .029 
 
 .087 
 
 174 
 
 ,058 
 ,087 
 
 .3625 
 •1305 
 .1305 
 ,0145 
 .0145 
 
 ,029 
 .0145 
 
 . 029 
 
 1.088 
 .174 
 .2175 
 .2175 
 .0145 
 
 ARTfCULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 refia. 
 
 Encurtidos, en vinagre 6 en 
 salmuera 
 
 Picos. (Vease herramientas 6 
 instrumentos, etc.) , 
 
 Pinturas y retratos sobre lienzo, 
 madera, papel, piedra ii otra 
 materia 
 
 Fundas de almohadas. (Vease 
 enaguas, fustanes, etc.) 
 
 Almohadas, excepto las de seda 
 
 Alicates. (Vease instrumentos 
 para artes, etc.) 
 
 Alfileres, agujas, ojetes, broches, 
 anzuelas, dedales, horquillas 
 yhebillas para el calzado, para 
 los sombreros y para los chale- 
 cos y pantalones, excepto las 
 de oro 6 plata 
 
 Cachimbas, boquillas y pipas 
 para fumar, de ambar, de por- 
 celana 6 de cualquiera otra 
 materia, excepto las de oro 6 
 plata y las denominadas en la 
 4" clase 
 
 Cachimbas, boquillas y pipas 
 de barro 6 de loza ordinaria 
 sin ninguna otra materia. . . . 
 
 Pique. (Vease alemanisco, da- 
 masco, etc.) 
 
 Pistolas. (Vease espadas, sa- 
 bles, etc.) 
 
 Collares 
 
 Embolos 
 
 Brea negra 
 
 Pez blanca 
 
 Garlopas. (Vease instrumentos 
 para artes, etc.) 
 
 Yeso mate 
 
 Yeso manufacturado en cual- 
 quier forma, excepto en ju- 
 guetes para nifios 
 
 Plumeros para coches funebres, 
 cuando vengan separada- 
 mente 
 
 Felpa de algodon. (Vease pana, 
 panilla, etc.) 
 
 Felpas. (Vease calcetas, me- 
 dias, etc,) 
 
 Portamonedas. (V6ase carte - 
 ras, etc.) 
 
 Venenos. . (Vease venenos para 
 preservar las pieles) 
 
.56 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Polishes of all sorts, excepting 
 shoeblacking 
 
 Polishing stone 
 
 Portfolios, etc 
 
 Portfolios, snuff boxes, pocket- 
 books, cigarette-cases, eyeglass- 
 cases, match-boxes, card-cases, 
 albums, and other similar arti- 
 cles, excepting those made of 
 or containing gold or silver. . . . 
 
 Portraits. (See pictures, por- 
 traits, etc.) 
 
 Posts, iron, for railings. (See 
 iron, manufactured, etc.) 
 
 Potash, common or calcined. 
 (See nitrate of potash.) 
 
 Pots. (See iron, manufactured, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Powder-flasks 
 
 Presses, letter. (See iron, manu- 
 factured, etc.) 
 
 Presses, stamping, for paper. 
 (See iron, manufactured, etc.). . 
 
 Prunes, dates, and figs, dried, 
 raisins, and other similar 
 fruits 
 
 Pruning hooks. (See instru- 
 ments or tools) 
 
 Purses. (See laces, stripes, etc.). 
 
 Racks for clothes or hats. (See 
 wire manufactured into frames, 
 etc.) 
 
 Raisins. (See prunes, etc.) 
 
 Rattan, unmanufactured 
 
 Ratteen. (See baize and ratteen, 
 etc.) 
 
 Raven's duck. (See canvas, etc.). 
 
 Duty per 
 pound in 
 
 U.S. 
 currency. 
 
 Razor-Strops 
 
 Razors .... 
 
 Red lead 
 
 Reed-mace, unmanufactured 
 
 Reins , 
 
 Resin, pine 
 
 Resins not included in other 
 classes 
 
 Dollars. 
 
 .0145 
 
 •0145 
 .0145 
 
 2175 
 
 ,058 
 ,0145 
 
 ,0145 
 
 .0145 
 .1305 
 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 
 ,058 
 
 0145 
 
 .58 
 
 .087 
 .058 
 , 029 
 
 .2175 
 ,058 
 
 ,087 
 
 ■1305 
 
 .058 
 
 .029 
 
 .3625 
 
 .0145 
 
 .087 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCIA. 
 
 Derechoa 
 
 por libra 
 
 en mone- 
 
 da hondu- 
 
 rena. 
 
 Betunes de todas clases, ex- 
 cepto el de calzado 
 
 Piedra de pulir 
 
 Bultos y portafolios 
 
 Carteras, tabaqueras, portamo- 
 nedas, cigarreras, cajitas para 
 anteojos, fosforeras, tarjeteros, 
 albums y cualquiera otro ar- 
 ticulo "semejante, excepto los 
 que sean 6 tenganalgo de oro 
 6 plata 
 
 Retratos. (Vease pinturas, etc.) 
 
 Postes de hierro para empali- 
 zadas. (Vease hierro manu- 
 facturado, etc.) 
 
 Potasa comun 6 calcinada. 
 (Vease potaso, nitrado 6 sal 
 de nitro.) 
 
 OUas. (Vease hierro manufac- 
 turado, etc.) 
 
 Polvoreras 
 
 Prensas para copiar. (Vease 
 hierro manufacturado, etc.). . 
 
 Prensas para timbrar papel. 
 (V6ase hierro manufacturado, 
 etc.) 
 
 Ciruelas pasas, datiles e higos 
 pasados, pasas y demas 
 frutas semejantes 
 
 Calabozos. (Vease herramien- 
 tas 6 instrumentos, etc.) 
 
 Bolsas para dinero. (Vease 
 encajes, tiras, etc.) 
 
 Armadores 6 perchas paravesti- 
 dos 6 sombreros. (Vease 
 alambre manufacturado, etc.) 
 
 Pasas. (Vease ciruelas, etc.).. 
 
 Bejucos sin manufacturar 
 
 Ratina. (Vease bayeta, etc.). . . 
 
 Loneta. (Vease lona y loneta, 
 etc.) 
 
 Asentadores de navajas 
 
 Navajas 
 
 Azarcon 6 minio 
 
 Enea sin manufacturar 
 
 Riendas 
 
 Resina de pino 
 
 Toda clase de resina no com- 
 prendida en otras clases 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 157 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Retorts 
 
 Revolvers. (See swords, etc.) . . . 
 
 Ribbons. (See laces, stripes, 
 etc.) , 
 
 Ribbons. (See understockings, 
 stockings, etc.) 
 
 Ribbons, braid, laces, fringe, 
 belts, insertings of cotton, or 
 any other such article or orna- 
 ment not included in other 
 classes 
 
 Ribbons ' ' de reata " 
 
 Rice, ground 
 
 Rigging 
 
 Rivets. (See iron, manufactured, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Rosin 
 
 Rubber. (See bone, ivory, etc.). 
 
 Rubber, for erasing 
 
 Ruching. (See cambric, batiste, 
 etc.) 
 
 Sabers. (See swords, etc.) 
 
 Sacks. (See shirts, linen, etc.) . 
 
 Sacks, traveling, of all sorts. 
 Sadd.e-frames 
 
 Saddles, riding 
 
 Saffron 
 
 Sago 
 
 Sails, of canvas, raven's duck, or 
 "cotonia" 
 
 Saltpeter 
 
 Salts, Epsom 
 
 Salts, Glauber 
 
 Sand for drying writings 
 
 Sardines, pressed, in oil, or in 
 any other form 
 
 Sashes, linen. (See laces, stripes, 
 etc.) 
 
 Sashes, woolen. (See under- 
 stockings, stockings, etc.) .... 
 
 Satin. (See cloth, panete, etc.) . 
 
 Satin. (See drills, jeans, etc.).. 
 Satinet. (See drills, jeans, etc.) 
 Sauces of all sorts 
 
 Duty per 
 pound in 
 
 U. S. 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 .1305 
 .3625 
 
 .58 
 
 •2175 
 
 .174 
 
 .087 
 
 ■0145 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 .174 
 
 .0145 
 
 .3625 
 .2175 
 
 . 029 
 
 , 029 
 
 .3625 
 ■2175 
 .0145 
 
 . 029 
 . 029 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 ■0145 
 
 . 029 
 
 .58 
 
 .2175 
 .3(525 
 
 .087 
 
 .087 
 
 . 029 
 
 ARTfcULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu-- 
 rena. 
 
 Retortas 
 
 Revolvers. (Vease espadas, etc.) 
 
 Cintas. (Vease encajes, tiras, 
 etc.) 
 
 Cintas. (Vease calcetas, me- 
 dias, etc.) 
 
 Hiladillos 6 cintas, trencillas, 
 encajes, flecos, fajas, tiras 
 bordadas y caladas, de algo- 
 don, y cualquiera otro articulo 
 6 adorno semejante, no com- 
 prendido en otras clases 
 
 Cintas de reata 
 
 Arroz molido 
 
 Jarciar 
 
 Remaches. (Vease hierro manu- 
 facturado, etc.) 
 
 Brea rubia 
 
 Caucho. (Vease hueso, marfil, 
 etc.) 
 
 Goma para borrar 
 
 Ruches. (V6ase holdn batista, 
 clarin, etc.) 
 
 Sables. (Vease espadas, etc.). . 
 
 Sacos. (Vease camisas hechas, 
 etc.) 
 
 Bolsas para viaje, de todas 
 clases 
 
 Fustes 6 armazones para mon- 
 turas 
 
 Sillas de montar 
 
 Azafran 
 
 Sagti 
 
 Velas de lona, loneta 6 cotonia 
 para embarcaciones 
 
 Salitre 
 
 Sal d'Epson 
 
 Sal de Glauber 
 
 Arenilla 
 
 Sardinas prensadas, en aceite 
 6 en cualquiera otra forma. . . 
 
 Bandas (delino). (Vease enca- 
 jes, tiras, etc.) 
 
 Bandas (de lana). (Vease cal- 
 cetas, medias, etc.) 
 
 Raso. (Vease pano, panete, 
 etc.) 
 
 Raso. (Vease driles, coqui, 
 etc.) 
 
 Rasete. (V6ase driles, coqui, 
 etc.) 
 
 Salsas de todas clases 
 
 Pesos. 
 .18 
 .50 
 
 .80 
 •30 
 
 .24 
 . 12 
 . 02 
 . 02 
 
 .24 
 ,02 
 
 1.50 
 
 •30 
 .04 
 
 ,04 
 
 ■50 
 
 .04 
 .04 
 . 02 
 . 02 
 . 02 
 
 .04 
 
 .80 
 
 •30 
 
 .50 
 
 . 12 
 
 . 12 
 .04 
 
158 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Sausages and all sorts of food 
 conserves in tins, not included 
 in the foregoing classes 
 
 Saws. (See tools for arts, etc.). . 
 
 Scales. (See balances, steel- 
 yards, etc.) 
 
 Scarfs. (See handkerchiefs, 
 shawls, etc.) '. .. . . 
 
 Scarfs. (See jerkins or doublets, 
 etc.) 
 
 Scientific instruments. (See in- 
 struments of surgery, etc.). . . . 
 
 Scissors and "chambetas" 
 
 Screens of metal, of paper, of 
 cloth, etc 
 
 Screws, large, for blacksmiths. 
 (See instruments or tools.) .... 
 
 Sealing wax 
 
 Sealing wax, ordinary, in cakes. 
 
 Seals and stamps for letters 
 
 Serge. (See cloth, paiiete, etc.). 
 
 Sextants 
 
 Shaving cases 
 
 Shawls. (See handkerchiefs, 
 shawls, etc.) 
 
 Sheepskin garments. (See sleeves, 
 etc.) 
 
 Sheepskin robes or rugs 
 
 Sheetings. (See drills, jeans, 
 etc.) 
 
 Shells, loose or put together into 
 articles or ornaments 
 
 Shirt-bosoms. (See collars, etc.). 
 
 Shirtings, cotton, unlaundered, 
 plain, and of any kind and 
 width 
 
 Shirts. (See handkerchiefs, 
 shawls, etc.) 
 
 Shirts, linen, or of cotton with 
 some linen, and trousers, 
 waistcoats, jackets, drawers, 
 coats, paletots, sacks, frock 
 coats, and any other article of 
 ready-made clothing for men, 
 made of linen, wool, or cotton, 
 
 Duty per 
 pound in 
 
 U.S. 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 
 .058 
 .029 
 
 .0145 
 .58 
 . 1305 
 .087 
 
 .1305 
 
 ■1305 
 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 . 029 
 .0145 
 .3625 
 
 .174 
 .174 
 
 .58 
 
 .174 
 .3625 
 
 .087 
 
 .174 
 •2175 
 
 .087 
 .58 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Salchichones, chorizos y toda 
 clase deconservaralimenticiar 
 en latas, no incluidas en las 
 clases anteriores 
 
 Sierras y serruchos. (Vease 
 instrumentos para artes, etc.). , 
 
 Balanzas. (Vease balanzas, ro- 
 manas, etc.) 
 
 Chalos. (Vease panuelos, etc.). 
 
 Bandas. (Vease almillas, etc.). 
 
 Instrumentos de ciencias. 
 (Vease instrumentos de ciru- 
 gia, etc.) 
 
 Tigeras y chambetas 
 
 Fantallasde metal, depapel, de 
 tela, etc 
 
 Tornillos grandes paraherreros. 
 (Vease herramientas e instru- 
 mentos, etc.) 
 
 Lacre 
 
 Lacre en panes 6 zulaque 
 
 Sellos y timbres para cartas. . . . 
 
 Sarga. (Vease pano, paiiete, 
 etc.) 
 
 Sextantes 
 
 Cajas 6 neceseres para afeitar. . 
 
 Pafiolones. (V6ase panuelos, 
 etc.) 
 
 Chamarros. (Vease mangas, 
 etc.) 
 
 Pellones 6 zalear , 
 
 Erin crudo. (Vease driles, 
 coqui, etc.) 
 
 Caracoles y conchitas sueltas 6 
 formando piezas 6 adornos. . 
 
 Pecheras. (Vease cuellos, etc.). 
 
 Mantas crudas, lisas y de toda 
 clase y ancho 
 
 Camisas. (Vease panuelos, etc.) . 
 
 Camisas hechas de lino, 6 las 
 de algodon que tengan algo 
 de lino, y los pantalones, 
 chalecos, chaquetas, calzon- 
 cillos, casacas, paltos, sacos, 
 levitas y cualquiera otrapieza 
 de ropa hecha, para hombres, 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 refia. 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 159 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 excepting cotton shirts, which 
 belong to the 7th class 
 
 Shirts made of cotton 
 
 Shoeblacking 
 
 Shoe laces 
 
 Shoes and boots, etc., made up or 
 
 in pieces 
 
 Shot belts 
 
 Shot, small. (See ammunition, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Shoulder straps. (See laces, 
 
 stripes, etc.) 
 
 Shoulders (bacon) , 
 
 Shovels. (See instruments or 
 
 tools, etc.) 
 
 Side arms. (See swords, etc.) . . . 
 
 Sieves of copper wire, of , horse- 
 hair, or of silk .' 
 
 Sieves of iron wire 
 
 Silk, pure or mixed with other 
 material, manufactured into 
 articles of any sort, and fabrics 
 of other materials mixed with 
 silk, excepting those articles 
 which are specially included in 
 other classes, such as umbrel- 
 las, parasols, church ornaments, 
 and others 
 
 Dollars. 
 •2175 
 
 .174 
 .058 
 .087 
 
 •2175 
 •1305 
 
 . 029 
 
 •58 
 ,029 
 
 0145 
 3625 
 
 .087 
 .0145 
 
 1.088 
 
 Silver, articles of | i. 088 
 
 Silver, imitation. (See wire span- 
 gles, etc.) 3625 
 
 Silver lace, imitation. (See wire 
 spangles, etc.) 3625 
 
 Silver leaf. (See wire spangles, 
 etc., gold or silver leaf, etc.).. .3625 
 
 Silver thread, imitation , 
 
 Skeins, white or colored 
 
 Skins, tanned, not manufactured, 
 such as patent-leather, calfskin, 
 etc., excepting white and red 
 sole leather, which belongs to 
 the second class 
 
 Skirts. (See cambric, etc.) 
 
 .3625 
 .174 
 
 .087 
 1.088 
 
 iDerechos 
 da hondu- 
 
 de lino, lana 6 algodon, ex- 
 cepto las camisas de algodon, 
 que corresponden d la 7^ 
 clase 
 
 Camisas hechas de algodon 
 
 Betun para el calzado 
 
 Cintas de botin \\ 
 
 Calzado hecho 6 en corte 
 
 Municioneras 
 
 Perdigones. (Veasemuniciones, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Charreteras. (Vease encajes, 
 
 tiras, etc.) 
 
 Paletas 
 
 Palas. (Vease herramientas 6 
 
 instrumentos, etc.) 
 
 Armasblancas. (Vease espadas, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Cedazos de alambre de cobre, de 
 
 cerda 6 de seda 
 
 Cedazos de alambre de hierro. 
 Seda pura 6 mezclada con otra 
 materia, manufacturada en 
 cualquieraforma, y lastelas 6 
 tejidos de otras materias que 
 esten mezcladas con seda, con 
 excepcion de aquellos articu- 
 los que especialmente estdn 
 determinados en otras clases, 
 como paraguas, sombrillas, 
 ornamentos de iglesias y otros 
 
 mas 
 
 Los articulos de plata, etc 
 
 Plata falsa. (V6ase alambrillos, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Galones 6 pasamaneria de plata 
 
 falsa. (V6asealambrillo, etc.). 
 
 Hojilla de plata. (V6ase alam- 
 
 brillo, etc., libritos con hoji- 
 
 llas, etc.) , 
 
 Hilo de plata, falso , 
 
 Madejon bianco 6 de color. . . . , 
 
 Pieles curtidas manufacturadas, 
 
 como charoles, becerros, etc., 
 
 excepto la suela blanca 6 colo- 
 
 rada,. que corresponda a la 
 
 2" clase 
 
 Faldellines. (Vease holin ba- 
 tista, clarin, etc.) 
 
 Pesos . 
 
 ■30 
 .24 
 .08 
 . 12 
 •30 
 
 18 
 
 04 
 
 .04 
 ,02 
 50 
 
 1.50 
 1.50 
 
 -50 
 -50 
 
 -50 
 •50 
 .24 
 
 . 12 
 1.50 
 
i6o 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Skirts, fustians, wrappers, and 
 gowns, made up or in pieces, 
 and any other article of cloth- 
 ing, made of cotton, for ladies, 
 and all kinds of cotton hand- 
 kerchiefs 
 
 "Skirts, fustians, wrappers, pillow- 
 cases, and gowns, of linen or 
 mixed with cotton, except those 
 of cambric of linen or mixed 
 with cotton, which belong to 
 the eleventh class 
 
 Slate books, chalks, and pencils . 
 
 Slates, with or without frames. . . . 
 
 Sleeves. (See cambric, batiste, 
 etc.) 
 
 Sleeves, sheep-skin garments, 
 frieze blouses, dress patterns 
 of cotton prints, and cloaks 
 (" ponchos ") of wool 
 
 Slippers. (See cloth or knit- 
 goods, etc.) 
 
 Soap, common 
 
 Soaps, perfumed 
 
 Soapstone or tailors' chalk 
 
 Socks. (See laces, stripes, etc.) . 
 
 Socks. (See understocki ngs , 
 
 stockings, etc.) 
 
 Soda 
 
 Soda, carbonic, crystallized 
 
 Solder 
 
 Sole leather, white or red, not 
 manufactured 
 
 Spades. (See instruments or 
 tools, etc.) 
 
 Spangles. (See wire, spangles, 
 etc.) 
 
 Spatulas 
 
 Spectacles. (See eyeglasses, etc.). 
 
 Spermaceti 
 
 Sponges 
 
 Springs, watch. (See hands, etc.). 
 
 Spurge oil 
 
 Spurs. (See articles of German 
 
 silver, etc.) 
 
 Spyglasses. (See eyeglasses, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Duty per 
 pound in 
 
 U.S. 
 currency. 
 
 .174 
 
 3625 
 
 0145 
 ,0145 
 
 174 
 
 2175 
 0145 
 ,087 
 0145 
 
 .58 
 
 .2175 
 
 .058 
 
 .058 
 
 .058 
 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 
 ■3625 
 .1305 
 .3625 
 
 . 029 
 
 .3625 
 
 •2175 
 
 .0145 
 .3625 
 .3625 
 
 ARTfCULO DE MERCANCIA. 
 
 Enaguas, fustanes, batas ytuni- 
 cos, hechos 6 en cortes, y cual- 
 quiera otra pieza de ropa hecha 
 de algodon para senoras, y 
 toda clase de panuelos de al- 
 godon 
 
 Enaguas, fustanes, fustansones, 
 batas, fundas de almohadas y 
 tunicos de lino 6 mezclado con 
 algodon, excepto los deholan 
 batista 6 clarin de lino 6 mez- 
 clado con algodon, que co- 
 rresponden a la ii" clase 
 
 Libros de pizarra, lapices y tizas. 
 
 Pizarras con marcos 6 sin ellos. 
 
 Manquillos. (Vease holdn ba- 
 tista, clarin, etc.) 
 
 Mangas, chamarras, gerga, cor- 
 tes de coton y ponchos de 
 lana 
 
 Chinelas. (Vease generos y te- 
 
 jidos para chinelas, etc.) 
 
 Jabon comun 
 
 Jabones perfumados 
 
 Jabon de piedra llamado de sas- 
 
 tres 
 
 Escarpines. (Vease encajes, 
 
 tiras, etc.) 
 
 Escarpines. (Vease calcet a s , 
 
 medias. etc.) 
 
 Soda 6 sosa comun 6 calcinada. 
 Soda 6 sosa carbonica cristali-- 
 
 zada 
 
 Preparaci6n para soldaduras. . . . 
 Suela colorada 6 blanca, no 
 
 manufacturada 
 
 Azadas. (Vease herramientas e 
 
 instrumentos, etc.) 
 
 Lantejuelas. (Vease alambrillos, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Espatulas 
 
 Espejuelos. (Vease anteojos, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Esperma de ballena 
 
 Esponjas 
 
 Resortes (de reloj). (Vease 
 
 minuteros, etc.) 
 
 Aceite de tdrtago 
 
 Espuelas. (Vease efectos de 
 
 plata alemana, etc.) 
 
 Catalejos. (V6ase anteojos, etc.). 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 
HONDURAS, 
 
 161 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Staples or buckles covered with 
 leather 
 
 Starch 
 
 Statues, iron. (See iron, manu- 
 factured, etc.) 
 
 Stays of all kinds 
 
 Stearic acid 
 
 Stearine, or tallow prepared for 
 stearine candles 
 
 Steel, bronze, copper, brass, tin, 
 pure or alloyed ; lead and zinc 
 unwrought ; in bars ; in ingots ; 
 in filings; in plates, even 
 though these be punctured or 
 bored 
 
 Steel, copper, iron, brass, tin, tin- 
 plates, bell-metal, bronze, lead, 
 pewter, and zinc, manufactured 
 into forms not included in other 
 classes, polished, japanned, 
 tinned, bronzed, or not , 
 
 Duty per 
 pound in 
 
 U.S. 
 currency. 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Steelyards. (See balances, steel- 
 yards, etc.) 
 
 Steelyards of copper or of which 
 copper is the chief material. . . 
 
 Stereoscopes, cosmoramas, dio- 
 ramas, panoramas, magic lan- 
 terns, and other such apparatus 
 
 Sticks for making matches 
 
 Stirrups. (See articles of German 
 silver, etc.) 
 
 Stockinet fabrics. (See jerkins 
 or doublets, etc.) 
 
 Stockings, cotton 
 
 Stockings, woolen 
 
 Stockings, linen or of linen 
 mixed with cotton 
 
 Stockings, silk 
 
 Stoles. (See chasubles, etc.) . . . 
 
 Stones, precious 
 
 Stones, such as flints, touch- 
 stones, lithographic stones, and 
 polishing stones, not included 
 in other classes 
 
 Stoves for cooking, portable, of 
 'iron or other material , 
 
 Stoves. (See iron, manufactured, 
 etc.) 
 
 Bull. 57 11 
 
 .087 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 • 3625 
 .029 
 
 .0145 
 
 0145 
 
 ,029 
 
 .0145 
 .029 
 
 • 1305 
 .0145 
 ■ 3625 
 
 • 1305 
 
 • 1305 
 
 • 2175 
 
 • 2175 
 1.088 
 
 .58 
 1.088 
 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 
 Argollas y hebillas forradas en 
 cuero 6 suela. . . ., 
 
 Almidon , 
 
 Estatuas de hierro. (Vease hie- 
 rro manufacturado, etc.) 
 
 Cotillas de todas clases 
 
 Acido estearico 
 
 Sebo preparado para bujias, es- 
 tearicas 6 estearina 
 
 Acero, bronce, cobre, lat6n, es- 
 tano puro 6 ligado, plomo y 
 zinc en pasta 6 en bruto, en 
 barras, en cabillas, en rasura 
 6 en laminas, aunque estas 
 filtimas esten taladradas 6 
 agujereadas 
 
 Acero, cobre, hierro, laton 6 azo- 
 far, estano, hoja de lata, metal 
 cimpanial, bronce, plomo, pe- 
 tre y zinc manufacturados en 
 cualquieraforma.no compren- 
 didos en otras clases, esten 6 
 no estSn pulidos, charolados, 
 estafiados 6 bronceados 
 
 Romanas. (Vease balanzas, ro- 
 manas, etc.) 
 
 Romanas de cobre 6 que tengan 
 la mayor parte de este metal . . 
 
 Estereoscopios, c o s m oramas, 
 dioramas, panoramas, linter- 
 nas migicas y demas aparatos 
 semejantes 
 
 Palitos para hacer f6sforos . . . . 
 
 Estribos. (V6ase efectos de 
 plata alemana, etc.) 
 
 Tejidos de punto de media. 
 (V6ase almillas, etc.)., 
 
 Medias de algodon 
 
 Medias de lana 
 
 Medias de lino omezcladas con 
 lana 6 algodon 
 
 Medias de seda 
 
 Estolas. (V6ase casullus, etc.). 
 
 Piedras finas 
 
 Piedras semejantes a las de 
 chispa, de toque, delitografiar 
 y de pulir, no incluidas en 
 otras clases 
 
 Cocinas portdtiles de hierro ii 
 otra materia 
 
 Anafes. (V6ase hierro manu- 
 facturado, etc.) 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 rena. 
 
 Pesos. 
 
 . 22\ 
 . 02 
 
 .02 
 
 .04 
 
 .02 
 
 .04 
 .02 
 .04 
 
 .18 
 
 . 02 
 
 •50 
 
 . 18 
 •30 
 
 ■30 
 1.50 
 
 .80 
 1.50 
 
 . 02 
 . 03 
 .02 
 
l62 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Straw, unmanufactured 
 
 Strips. (See laces, stripes, etc.) . 
 
 Stumps for drawing. (See can- 
 vases, prepared, etc.) 
 
 Sugar, white or brown 
 
 Sulphate of copper 
 
 Sulphate of iron or copperas. . . . 
 
 Sulphur, in flowers or cakes 
 
 Sulphuric acid 
 
 Sunshades. (See umbrellas, large 
 or small, etc.) 
 
 Sunshades. (See umbrellas, par- 
 asols, etc.) ; 
 
 Sunshades, wool 
 
 Surgical instruments. (See instru- 
 ments of surgery, etc.) 
 
 Suspenders of all sorts 
 
 Suspensories 
 
 Sweetmeats of all kinds 
 
 Swords, sabers, daggers, and fine 
 hunting knives, blunderbuss- 
 es, pistols, revolvers, mus- 
 kets, capsules, fulminating 
 caps, vents, locks, cartridges, 
 loaded or empty, and every- 
 thing connected with sidearms 
 cr firearms, excepting those 
 adopted for the army of the 
 republic, whose importation 
 by private individuals is pro- 
 hibited 
 
 Syphons and machines for 
 aerated waters 
 
 Syringes 
 
 Syrups of all sorts, except those 
 of a medicinal character 
 
 Tablecloths. (See drills, linens, 
 etc.) 
 
 Table cloths. (See huckaback, 
 etc.) 
 
 Table covers. (See hand ker- 
 chiefs, shawls, etc.) 
 
 Tacks. (See iron, manufactured, 
 etc.) 
 
 Talc. (See bone, ivory, etc.) . . . , 
 
 Tallarin 
 
 Tallow, crude, in cakes, or 
 pressed , 
 
 Tape, plain or worked, of any 
 color 
 
 Duty per 
 pound in 
 
 U.S. 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 . 029 
 .58 
 
 .058 
 
 .0145 
 
 .058 
 
 .058 
 
 .058 
 
 .0145 
 
 .174 
 
 .087 
 .1305 
 
 ,087 
 ,3625 
 
 ■1305 
 , 029 
 
 .3625 
 
 .087 
 •1305 
 
 . 029 
 
 .1305 
 .087 
 
 .58 
 
 .0145 
 
 .174 
 . 029 
 
 .0145 
 
 .087 
 
 ARTfCULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Paja sin manufacturar 
 
 Tiras. (Vease encages, tiras, 
 
 etc.) , 
 
 Esfuminosparadibujos. (Vease 
 
 telas preparadas, etc.) 
 
 Azticar bianco 6 prieto 
 
 Sulfato de cobre 6 piedra lipis. 
 Sulfato de hierro 6 caparrosa. . . 
 
 Azufre en flor 6 en pasta 
 
 Acido sulfurico 
 
 Quitasoles. (Vease paraguas, 
 
 paragtiitos, etc.) 
 
 Quitasoles. (Vease paraguas 
 
 sombrillas, etc.) 
 
 Quitasoles de lana 
 
 Instrumentos de cirugia 
 
 Eldsticas 6 tirantes de todas 
 clases 
 
 Suspensorios 
 
 Dulces de todas clases 
 
 Espadas, sables, pufiales y cu- 
 chillos finos de monte, trabu- 
 cos, pistolas, revolvers, esco- 
 petas, capsulas, fulminanteso 
 pistores, chimeneas, Haves, 
 cartuchos cargados 6 vacios, 
 y todo lo concerniente i, las 
 armas blancas y de fuego, con 
 excepci6n de las adoptadas 
 para el ej6rcito de la repiib- 
 lica, cuya impprtacion es pro- 
 hibida i, los particulares 
 
 Sifones ym^quinas para aguas 
 gaseosas 
 
 Geringes 
 
 Jarabes de todas clases, excepto 
 los medicinales 
 
 Manteles. (V^ase driles, creas 
 puras, etc.) 
 
 Manteles. (V6ase alemanisco, 
 etc.) 
 
 Carpetas. (Vease panuelos, 
 panolones, etc.) 
 
 Tachuelas. (Vease hierro 
 manufacturado, etc.) 
 
 Talco. (V6asehueso, marfil,etc.) 
 
 Tallarines . 
 
 Sebo en rama, en pasta 6 pren- 
 sado 
 
 Hiladillos lisos 6 labrados de 
 cualquier color 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 refiia. 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 16^ 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Tapioca 
 
 Tar, mineral or vegetable 
 
 Tarlatan. (See cambric, etc.). . . 
 
 Tarpaulin nails. (See iron, man- 
 ufactured, etc.) 
 
 Tassels. (See laces, stripes, etc.) 
 
 Tassels. (See understoc kings, 
 stockings, etc.) 
 
 Tea 
 
 Teeth, artificial 
 
 Telescopes. (See eyeglasses, 
 etc.) 
 
 Textiles or fabrics, ordinary, 
 hemp, linen, or cotton, for fur- 
 niture, manufactured, in broad 
 strips or in any other shape . . 
 
 Thermometers 
 
 Thimbles. (See pins, needles, 
 etc.) 
 
 Thread, coarse, of hemp, of pita, 
 of linen, or of cotton 
 
 Thread, linen or cotton, for sew- 
 ing, embroidering, or knitting. 
 
 Thread, shoemakers' 
 
 Tin, in the rough. (See steel, 
 bronze, etc.) 
 
 Tin, manufactured. (See steel, 
 copper, etc.) 
 
 Tin-plates. (See steel, copper, 
 etc.) 
 
 Tinder-boxes, and the tinder or 
 wick therefor when imported 
 with them , 
 
 Tinsel. (See wire, spangles, etc.) 
 
 Tissue and fabrics of any ma- 
 terial interwoven with real or 
 imitation gold or silver, except- 
 ing the ornaments for churches 
 and priests, which belong to 
 the loth class 
 
 Tobacco, in the leaf or cut 
 
 Tongs. (See tools for arts, etc.). 
 
 Tongues, smoked or salted, when 
 not canned 
 
 Tools for arts or trades, with or 
 without handles, such as pin- 
 chers, burins, augers, com- 
 passes, masons' trowels, chisels 
 
 Duty per 
 pound in 
 
 U.S. 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 
 I.0S8 
 
 .0145 
 
 •58 
 
 '2175 
 ,087 
 
 .3625 
 
 .087 
 .174 
 
 .087 
 
 .087 
 
 .087 
 .029 
 
 .0145 
 
 , 029 
 
 .029 
 
 .058 
 3625 
 
 • 3625 
 . 029 
 
 .0145 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Tapioca 
 
 Alquitran mineral 6 vegetal. . . 
 Tarlatan. (Veaseholin batista, 
 
 clarin, etc.) 
 
 Estoperoles. (Vease hierro 
 
 manufacturado, etc.) 
 
 Borlas. (Vease en^ajes, tiras, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Borlas. (Vease calcetas, medi- 
 
 as, etc.) 
 
 Te 
 
 Dientes artificiales 
 
 Telescopios. (Vease anteojos, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Telas 6 tegidos ordinaries de 
 
 cdfiamos, lino 6 algodon, para 
 
 muebles, manufacturados, en 
 
 cinchones 6 en otra forma. . . . 
 
 Termometros 
 
 Dedales. (Vease alfileres, etc.) 
 
 Hilo grueso decanamo, de pita, 
 de lino 6 de algodon 
 
 Hilo de lino 6 de algodon, para 
 coser, para bordar, y para tejer 
 
 Hilaza 6 hilo de zapateros 
 
 Estano en bruto, etc. (Vease 
 acero, bronce, etc.) 
 
 Estano, manufacturado. (Vease 
 acero, cobre, etc.) 
 
 Hoja de lata. (Vease acero, 
 cobre, etc.) 
 
 Yesqueros 6 eslabones y yesca 
 6 mecha para los yesqueros 
 cuando venga con ellos 
 
 Oropel. (Vease alambrillo, etc.) 
 
 Tisd y las telas de cualquier 
 materia que esten mezclados 6 
 bordados con plata fi oro, fino 
 6 falso, excepto los ornamen- 
 tos para las iglesias y sacerdo- 
 tes, que corresponden d la 10* 
 clase 
 
 Tabaco en rama 6 picado 
 
 Tenazas ytenacillas. (Vease in- 
 strumentos para artes, etc.)j. . , 
 
 Lenguas ahumadas 6 saladas, 
 cuando no vienen en latas. . . , 
 
 Instrumentos para artes fi oficios, 
 
 , con cabos 6 sin ellos, como 
 alicates, buriles, barrenos, 
 compases, cucharas para 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en m one- 
 da hondu- 
 rena. 
 
164 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 gouges, levels, "giirbias", 
 jack planes, "gullames," awls, 
 files, hammers, saws, tongs, 
 bench -screws, "rep lanes," 
 brushes, carpenters' braces, 
 and other similar tools, and 
 wooden boxes - containing 
 any of these 
 
 Toothpick-holders 
 
 Tortoise-shell, manufactured. 
 
 (See bone, ivory, etc.) 
 
 Tortoise-shell, unmanufactured. 
 
 Touchstones , 
 
 Towels. (See drills, linens, etc.) 
 
 Towels. (See huckaback, etc.) . , 
 
 Toys of all sorts for children. . . , 
 
 Train oil or cod-liver oil , 
 
 Traj's. (See articles of German 
 silver, etc.) 
 
 Trimmings. (See laces, stripes, 
 etc.) 
 
 Trimmings. (See understock- 
 ings, stockings, etc.) 
 
 Trousers. (See jerkins or doub- 
 lets, etc.) 
 
 Trousers. (See shirts, linen, etc.) 
 
 Trowels, masons'. (See tools for 
 arts, etc.) 
 
 Trunks containing articles, 
 will pay the duties assessed on 
 the contents 
 
 Trunks, traveling, of all sorts. . . 
 
 Trusses 
 
 Tulle. (See lace or tulle, etc.). . 
 Turpentine 
 
 Turpentine, common or Venetian 
 
 Umbrella frames. (See wire 
 manufactured into frames, etc.) 
 
 Umbrellas, large or small, sun- 
 shades and parasols, of silk or 
 mixed with wool or cotton. . . . 
 
 Duty per 
 pound in 
 
 U.S. 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 
 .029 
 
 .0145 
 
 ■174 
 .174 
 ,0145 
 
 1305 
 ,087 
 ,087 
 
 0145 
 
 3625 
 
 58 
 
 2175 
 
 1305 
 2175 
 
 ,029 
 
 , 029 
 
 1305 
 .2175 
 ,0145 
 
 0145 
 
 ,087 
 
 174 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCIA. 
 
 albaniles, escoplos,formones, 
 niveles, gfirbias, garlopas, 
 gullames, lesnas, limas, mar- 
 tillos, sierras, serruchos, tena- 
 zas y tenacillas, tornos y tor- 
 nillos de banco, replanes, 
 cepillos, berbiquies fi otros 
 semejantes, y las cajas de 
 madera con algunos de estos 
 instrumentos 
 
 Palilleros 
 
 Carey manufacturado. (Vease 
 hueso, marfil, etc.) 
 
 Carey sin manufacturar 
 
 Piedrasde toque 
 
 Toallas demano. (Vease driles, 
 creas puras, etc.) 
 
 Pafios de mano. (Vease ale- 
 manisco, etc.) 
 
 Juguetes de todas clases para 
 ninos 
 
 Aceite de pescado 6 de higado de 
 bacalao 
 
 Azafates. (Vease efectos de 
 plata alemana, etc.) 
 
 Pasamaneria. (Vease encajes, 
 tiras, etc.) 
 
 Pasamaneria. (Vease calcetas, 
 medias, etc.) 
 
 Pantalones. (Vease almillas, 
 etc.) 
 
 Pantalones. (V6ase camisas 
 hechas, etc.) 
 
 Cucharas para albaniles. (Vease 
 instrumentos para artes, etc.) 
 
 Baules conteniendo efectos. 
 pagaran el aforo de los de- 
 rechos que contengan 
 
 Baules para viaje, de todas 
 clases 
 
 Bragueros 
 
 Tul. (Vease punto 6 tul, etc.). 
 
 Aguarras 6 espiritu de tremen- 
 tina 
 
 Trementina comun 6 de Vene- 
 cia 
 
 Armaduras para paraguas. (Ve- 
 ase alambre manufacturado, 
 etc.) 
 
 Paraguas, paragiiitos, quitasoles 
 y sombrillas de seda 6 mez- 
 clada con lana 6 algodon 
 
 Derechos 
 
 por libra 
 
 en mone- 
 
 da hondu- 
 
 refia. 
 
 Pesos. 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 165 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Umbrellas, parasols, and sun- 
 shades of linen or cotton 
 
 Umbrellas, woolen 
 
 Understockings. (See jerkins or 
 doublets, etc.) 
 
 Understockings, stockings, 
 fringe, tassels, lace, ribbons, 
 sashes, cords, trimmings, 
 plushes, caps, cloaks, belts, 
 bows, epaulets, socks, and 
 gloves of wool or mixed with 
 cotton 
 
 Underwaistcoats, wool.' (See 
 handkerchiefs, shawls, etc).. 
 
 Underwaistcoats, cotton. (See 
 jerkins, etc.) 
 
 Urns, iron. (See iron, manufac- 
 tured, etc.) 
 
 Valises, traveling, of all kinds. . 
 
 Vanilla 
 
 Varnishes not included in other 
 classes 
 
 Velocipedes of all sorts 
 
 Velveteen. (See corduroy, cot- 
 ton plush, etc.) 
 
 Vermicelli 
 
 Vermicelli paste, broken 
 
 Vests. (See shirts, linen, etc.). . 
 
 Vinegar 
 
 Wafers 
 
 Waiters. (See articles of Ger- 
 man silver, etc.) 
 
 Wall-paper 
 
 Watches, of whatever material . . 
 
 Water, aerated 
 
 Water-filters 
 
 Water of orange flowers 
 
 Waters, mineral 
 
 Wax, manufactured into articles 
 of any sort, excepting toys for 
 children 
 
 Wax, shoemakers' 
 
 Wax, white, pure or mixed, un- 
 worked 
 
 Weed-hooks. (See instruments 
 or tools, etc.) 
 
 Weights. (See balances, steel- 
 yards, etc.) 
 
 Weights, iron. (See iron, manu- 
 factured, etc.) 
 
 Duty per 
 pound in 
 
 U.S. 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 
 .087 
 •1305 
 
 •1305 
 
 •2175 
 
 .58 
 
 •1305 
 
 .0145 
 
 .029 
 
 .087 
 
 . 029 
 
 .087 
 
 .174 
 . 029 
 .0145 
 
 •2175 
 
 .0145 
 .0145 
 
 •3625 
 .087 
 1.088 
 
 0145 
 0145 
 0145 
 
 ■ 1305 
 .0145 
 
 .058 
 ,0145 
 ,0145 
 .0145 
 
 ARTfcULO DE MERCANCIA. 
 
 Paraguas, sombrillas y quita- 
 soles de lino 6 de algodon. . . 
 
 Paraguas de lana 
 
 Calcetas. (V6ase almillas, etc.) 
 
 Calcetas, medias, fluecos, bor- 
 las, encajes, cintas, bandas, 
 cordones, pasamaneria,felpas, 
 gorras, abrigos, fajas, lazos, 
 charreteras, escarpines y gu- 
 antes de lana 6 mezclados 
 con algodon 
 
 Guarda-camisasdelana. (V6ase 
 pailuelos, panolones, etc.) . . . 
 
 Guarda-camisas de algodon. 
 (Veasc almillas, etc.) 
 
 Jarrones de hierro. (Vease 
 hierro manufacturado, etc.) . 
 
 Maletas de viaje, de todas clases 
 
 Vainilla 
 
 Barnices no incluidos en otras 
 clases 
 
 Velocipedos de todas clases . . . 
 
 Imitacionde terciopelo. (Vease 
 pana, panilla, etc.) 
 
 Fideos 
 
 Semola quebrantada para hacer 
 fideos 
 
 Chalecos. (Vease camisas he- 
 chas, etc.) 
 
 Vinagre 
 
 Obleas 
 
 Bandejos. (Vease efectos de 
 plata alemana, etc.) 
 
 Papel pintado para tapiceria. . . 
 
 Los relojes de faltriquera de 
 cualquiera materia que sean . 
 
 Aguas gaseosas 
 
 Aparatos 6 filtradores de agua . 
 
 Aguas de azahares 
 
 Aguas minerales 
 
 Cera manufacturada en cual- 
 quiera forma, except© en ju- 
 guetes para nifios 
 
 Cerote para zapateros 
 
 Cera blanca, pura 6 mezclada, 
 sin labrar 
 
 Escardillas. (Vease herrami- 
 entas e instrumentos, etc.). . . 
 
 Pesos. (Vease balanzas, ro- 
 manas, etc.) 
 
 Pesos de hierro. (V6ase hi- 
 erro manufacturado, etc.). . . . 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu- 
 rena. 
 
i66 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Weights of copper or of which 
 copper is the chief material . . . . 
 
 Whips 
 
 Whiting, in pieces or pow- 
 dered 
 
 Wicks for lamps , 
 
 Wicks, or cotton twisted for 
 
 wicks 
 
 Wicks, pocket, for smokers . . . . , 
 Wig frames. (See wire, manufac- 
 tured, etc.) 
 
 Window-blinds , 
 
 Window-glasses 
 
 Wines of all sorts 
 
 Wire, excepting for fences, 
 iron manufactured, etc.) . 
 
 (See 
 
 Duty per 
 pound in 
 
 U.S. 
 currency. 
 
 Wire-cloth. (See netting of iron 
 wire, etc.) 
 
 Wire manufactured into frames 
 for wigs, cages for birds, racks 
 for clothes or hats, or other 
 similar appliances, and also 
 the frames of umbrellas and 
 parasols 
 
 Wire spangles, " relumbron," 
 tinsel, gold or silver leaf, gal- 
 loons, gold or silver lace, and 
 any other article of gold or sil- 
 ver, imitation, for sewing or 
 embroidering . 
 
 Wood, fine, for making musical 
 instruments, cabinet work, etc. . 
 
 Wood in leaves or panels for 
 veneering 
 
 Wood, manufactured, in any form 
 not included in other classes. . . 
 
 Wool. (See handkerchiefs, shawls, 
 etc.) 
 
 Wool. (See neckties of cotton, 
 etc.) 
 
 Wool. (See skirts, linen, etc.) . . , 
 
 Wool , raw, 
 
 Wool, spun or twisted, for em- 
 broidering and other uses 
 
 . 029 
 •1305 
 
 .0145 
 .087 
 
 .087 
 .174 
 
 .087 
 . 029 
 . 029 
 .0145 
 
 .0145 
 
 058 
 
 .087 
 
 .3625 
 .0145 
 
 0145 
 ,0145 
 
 58 
 
 .58 
 .2175 
 
 , 029 
 
 .2175 
 
 ARTICULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Derechos 
 
 por libra 
 
 en mone- 
 
 da hondu' 
 
 re&a. 
 
 Pesos de cobre 6 que tengan la 
 mayor parte de este metal . . . . 
 
 Latigos y foetes 
 
 Tiza 6 greda blanca en pedazos 
 6 en polvo 
 
 Mechas 3^ torcidos para Idmpa- 
 ras .". . . . 
 
 Pabilo 6 algodon hilado para 
 pdbilo 
 
 Mechas para fumadores 
 
 Armadurasparapelucas. (Vease 
 alambre manufacturado, etc.) . 
 
 Celosias para ventanas 
 
 Transparentes para ventanas. . . . 
 
 Vinos de todas clases y en cual- 
 quier envase 
 
 Alambre. (Vease hierro manu- 
 facturado : en alambres, ex- 
 cepto los de cercos, etc.) 
 
 Telas 6 tejidos de alambre de 
 hierro 
 
 Alambre manufacturado en ar- 
 maduras parapelucas, enjau- 
 las para p^jaros, en armado- 
 res 6 perchas para vestidos 6 
 sombreros ii otros aparatos 
 semejantes, y tambien las ar- 
 maduras para paraguas y 
 quitasoles 
 
 Alambrillo, lantejuelas, relum- 
 bron, oropel, hojilla, galones, 
 pasamaneria, y cualquier otro 
 articulo de oro 6 plata, falso, 
 para coser 6 bordar 
 
 Madera fina para construir instru- 
 mentosde mfisica, ebanisteria, 
 etc 
 
 Madera en hojas 6 sean chapas 
 para encapar 
 
 Madera manufacturada en cual- 
 quiera forma, no comprendida 
 en otras clases 
 
 Lana. (Vease panuelos, pano- 
 lones, etc.) 
 
 Lana. (V6ase corbatas de algo- 
 don, etc.) 
 
 Lana. (Vease camisas hechas, 
 etc.) 
 
 Lana en bruto 
 
 Lana hilada 6 torcida, para bor- 
 dar y otros usos 
 
 Pesos. 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 16' 
 
 ARTICLE OF MERCHANDISE. 
 
 Woolens. (See cloth, pafiete, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 Work-baskets or boxes 
 
 Worsted 
 
 Wrappers. • (See shirts, fustians, 
 
 wrappers, etc.) 
 
 Yokes. (See muslins, fine, etc.) 
 
 Zephyr. (See cambric, etc.). . . . 
 
 Zinc, unmanufactured. (See steel, 
 bronze, etc., unwrought) 
 
 Zinc, manufactured. (See steel, 
 copper, etc., manufactured.)... 
 
 Zinc, white, and white bole 
 
 Duty per 
 pound in 
 
 U.S. 
 currency. 
 
 Dollars. 
 
 •3675 
 
 .174 
 
 .174 
 
 .174 
 
 •2175 
 
 ,0145 
 
 , 029 
 .0145 
 
 ARTfCULO DE MERCANCfA. 
 
 Derechos 
 por libra 
 en mone- 
 da hondu 
 rena. 
 
 Telas de lana. (Vease pano, 
 
 pafiete, etc.) 
 
 Costureros ... 
 
 Estambre en rama 
 
 Batas. (Vease enaguas, fus- 
 
 tanes, etc.) 
 
 Golas. (Vease muselinas finas, 
 
 etc.) 
 
 C^firo. (V6ase holin batista, 
 
 clarin, etc.) 
 
 Zinc. (Vease acero, bronce, 
 
 etc., en pasta) 
 
 Zinc. (Vease acero, cobre, etc., 
 
 manufacturados) 
 
 Blanco de zinc y bolo bianco . . 
 
 Pesos. 
 
 .50 
 .24 
 .24 
 
 .24 
 
 .30 
 
 1.50 
 
 .02 
 
 .04 
 .02 
 
 MERCHANDISE FREE OF DUTY. 
 
 Agricultural machines. 
 
 Alabaster, cut or polished, in any shape, 
 
 not elsewhere specified. 
 Alabaster, in the rough. 
 Anchors, for boats and launches, when 
 
 imported therewith. 
 Animals, live. 
 Apparatus for electric lighting. 
 
 Apparatus, machines, and utensils for 
 printing offices. 
 
 Articles imported for account of the gov- 
 ernment of the Republic, for the use of 
 municipalities, and for any public 
 work. 
 
 Asphalt. 
 
 Axles for coaches, cars, and carts. 
 
 Baggage (personal), including only cloth- 
 ing and foot-wear, jewels and table serv- 
 ice, printed books, and food, all for the 
 use of the owner, in quantity propor- 
 tioned to the latter's rank and circum- 
 stances, but not including furniture, 
 even when already used, nor whole 
 pieces of any sort of cloth. 
 
 Balconies, iron, in pieces. 
 
 Barrels, in pieces or put together. 
 
 Beans. 
 
 Beans, kidney. 
 
 Boats, in pieces or put together. 
 
 Books, printed. 
 
 Bottles, common, of black glass or ordi- 
 nary white glass, for bottling liquors. 
 
 MERCANCIAS LIBRES DE DERE- 
 CHOS. 
 
 Maquinas para la agricultura. 
 
 Alabastro, labrado 6 pulido, en cualquiera 
 forma, no mencionado en otra clase. 
 
 Alabastro en bruto. 
 
 Anclas, para botes y lanchas, cuando ven- 
 gan con ellos. 
 
 Animales vivos. 
 
 Maquinas 6 aparatos para alumbrado elec- 
 trico. 
 
 Mdquinas, aparatos y utiles para impren- 
 tas. 
 
 Articulos que se importen por cuenta del 
 gobierno de la republica, para uso de 
 las municipalidades y para cualquiera 
 obra de interns pfiblico. 
 
 Asfalto. 
 
 Ejes para coches, carros y carretas. 
 
 Equipaje, entendiendose por tal solo la 
 ropa y calzado, las alhajas y bajillas, 
 libros impresos y comestibles, todo para 
 el uso del dueno, en una cantidad pro- 
 porcionada a la clase y circunstancias 
 de este; pero no los muebles, aunque 
 sean usados, ni las piezas enteras de 
 cualquier tejido. 
 
 Balconesdehierro.desarmadosoenpiezas. 
 
 Barriles armados 6 sin armar. 
 
 Frijoles. 
 
 Habichuelas. 
 
 Botes armados 6 en piezas. 
 
 Libros impresos. 
 
 Botellas comunes de vidrio negro 6 de 
 vidrio claro ordinario para embazar 
 licores. 
 
i68 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 MERCHANDISE FREE OF DUTY— 
 
 Continued. 
 
 Bran. 
 
 Bricks. 
 
 Bridges, with their chains, flooring, and 
 other belongings. 
 
 Cardboard, impermeable, for roofing build- 
 ings. 
 
 Carriages intended exclusively for rail- 
 ways. 
 
 Carriages of all sorts. 
 
 Oarts of all sorts. 
 
 Cement, Roman. 
 
 Chaises. 
 
 Charcoal. 
 
 Charts, hydrographic. 
 
 Charts, navigation. 
 
 Clocks for towers, including the dials and 
 bells. 
 
 Coaches. 
 
 Coal, mineral. 
 
 Collections of dried plants. 
 
 Copies, writing and drawing. 
 
 Corn. 
 
 Crucibles of all sorts. 
 
 Demijohns, empty. 
 
 Doors, iron, in pieces. 
 
 Effects of foreign ministers and diplo- 
 matic agents accredited to the govern- 
 ment of the Republic and of diplo- 
 matic agents of the Republic returning 
 to Honduras, when brought with them 
 for their own use, and such as may be 
 introduced for the use and consumption 
 of the President of the Republic and of 
 the Ministers of the Administration. 
 
 Eggs, birds'. 
 
 Electric-lighting machinery or apparatus. 
 
 Filtering stones. 
 
 Firewood. 
 
 Flags or tiles of baked clay, of marble, of 
 
 jasper, or of any other material, for 
 
 floors. 
 Flour, potato. 
 Flour, wheat. 
 Flours, not specified. 
 Foods, unprepared. 
 Fountains of iron, marble, or any other 
 
 material. 
 Fruits, fresh, not specified. 
 Garden stuff. 
 Gas machines and apparatus. 
 
 Gigs. 
 
 Globes or spheres, celestial or terrestrial. 
 Gold, unmanufactured and also in law- 
 ful money. 
 
 MERCANCIAS LIBRES DE DERE- 
 
 CHOS— Continua. 
 
 Afrecho, 
 
 Ladrillos. 
 
 Puentes, con sus cadenas, pisos y demAs 
 
 adherentes. 
 Carton impermeable para techar edificios. 
 
 Carruajesdestinados exclusivamente para 
 caminos de hierro. 
 
 Carruajes de todas clases. 
 
 Carretas de todas clases. 
 
 Cimento romano. 
 
 Calesas. 
 
 Carbon vegetal. 
 
 Cartas hidrogrificas. 
 
 Cartas de navegacion. 
 
 Relojes para torres, inclu3'endo las mues- 
 tras y campanas. 
 
 Coches. 
 
 Carbon mineral. 
 
 Colecciones de plantas secas. 
 
 Muestras de escrituray dibujo. 
 
 Maiz. 
 
 Crisoles de todas clases. 
 
 Damesanas 6 garrafones vacios, 
 
 Puertas de hierro, desarmadoso en piezas. 
 
 Efectos que traigan consigo para su uso 
 losMinistros PublicosyAagentes Diplo- 
 maticos extranjeros acreditados cerca 
 del Gobierno de la Republica, y los 
 Agentes Diplomaticos de la Republica a 
 su regreso a Honduras, y los que se 
 introduzcan para uso y consumo del 
 Presidente de la Republica y de los 
 Ministros del Despacho. 
 
 Huevos de aves. 
 
 Mdquinas 6 aparatos para alumbrado elec- 
 trico. 
 
 Piedras de destilar. 
 
 Lena. 
 
 Losas 6 baldosas debarro oocido, demdr- 
 mol, de jaspe 6 de qualquiera otra ma- 
 teria, para pisos. 
 
 Harina de papas. 
 
 Harina de trigo. 
 
 Harinas no especificadas. 
 
 Cjomestibles sin preparar. 
 
 Fuentes 6 pilas de hierro, marmol 6 de 
 cualquiera otra materia. 
 
 Frutas frescas no especificadas. 
 
 Legumbres. 
 
 Maquinas y aparatos para alumbrado por 
 gas y para producirlo. 
 
 Quitrines. 
 
 Globos 6 esferas celestes 6 terrestres. 
 
 Oro sin manufacturar y tambien en mo- 
 neda legitima. 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 MERCHANDISE FREE OF DUTY— 
 
 Continued. 
 
 Granite, cut or polished, in any form not 
 elsewhere specified. ' 
 
 Guano. 
 
 Harness, carriage. 
 
 Hogsheads, in pieces or put together. 
 
 Hoops, of iron or wood, for casks, hogs- 
 heads, barrels, or sieves. 
 
 Houses, iron, in pieces. 
 
 Houses, wooden. 
 
 Ice. 
 
 Ink, printing. 
 
 Jasper, cut or polished, in any form, not 
 
 elsewhere specified. 
 Launches, in pieces or put together. 
 Lime, common. 
 Lime, hydraulic. 
 Lumber, ordinary, for buildino-. 
 Machinery or apparatus for electric light- 
 ing. 
 Machines and apparatus for lighting by 
 
 gas and for manufacturing gas. 
 Machines, apparatus, and utensils for 
 
 printing offices. 
 Machines for agriculture and mining 
 Maps of all kinds. 
 Marble, cut or polished, in any form, not 
 
 elsewhere mentioned. 
 Marble, in the rough. 
 Materials, building, not included in other 
 
 classes. 
 Materials intended exclusively for rail- 
 ways. 
 Mining machinery. 
 Motors, steam, of any kind, with all their 
 
 accessories. 
 Oars for boats and launches, when im- 
 ported with them. 
 Oats. 
 
 Pamphlets. 
 Paper, white, printing, without sizing or 
 
 glazing. 
 Periodicals. 
 
 Pine or other ordinary woods for build- 
 ing. 
 , Pipes (casks), in pieces or put together. 
 Pipes or conduits of iron or lead. 
 Plants, dried, collections of. 
 Plants, living, of all kinds. 
 Potatoes. 
 Printing ink. 
 Printing-office machines, apparatus, and 
 
 utensils. 
 Printing paper, white, without sizing or 
 
 glazing. 
 Pumice stone. 
 
 169 
 
 MERCANCIAS LIBRES DE DERE- 
 CHOS — Continua. 
 
 Granito, labrado 6 pulido, en cualquier 
 
 forma, no mencionado en otra clase 
 Huano. 
 
 Ameses para los carruajes, 
 Bocoyes armados 6 sin armar. 
 Arcos 6 fleges de hierro 6 de m.adera para 
 
 pipas, bocoyes, barriles 6 cedazos 
 Edificios de hierro desarmados 6 en 
 
 piezas. 
 Edificios de madera. 
 Hielo. 
 
 Tinta de imprenta. 
 Jaspe, labrado 6 pulido, en cualquier 
 
 forma, no mencionado en otra clase. 
 Lanchas armadas 6 en piezas. 
 Cal comun. 
 Cal hidraulica. 
 
 Maderas ordinarias para edificios. 
 Mdquinas 6 aparatos para alumbrado elec- 
 
 trico. 
 Mlquinas y aparatos para alumbrado por 
 
 gas y para producirlo. 
 Miquinas, aparatos y fitiles para las im- 
 
 prentas. 
 Mdquinas para la agricultura y mineria 
 Mapas de todas clases. 
 Marmol, labrado 6 pulido, en cualquier 
 
 forma, no mencionado en otra clase. 
 Mdrmol en bruto. 
 Materiales de construcci6n no incluido en 
 
 otra clase. 
 Materiales destinados exclusivamente para 
 
 caminos de hierro. 
 Mdquinas para la mineria. 
 Motores de vapor decualquiera clase, con 
 
 todos accesorios. 
 Remos, para botes y lanchas cuando ven- 
 
 gan con ellos. 
 Avena. 
 
 Cuadernos y folletos. 
 Papel bianco de imprenta, sin cola 6 goma. - 
 
 Periodicos. 
 
 Pino u otras maderas ordinarias para edi- 
 ficios. 
 
 Pipas armadas 6 sin armar. 
 
 Canerias 6 conductos de hierro 6 plomo. 
 
 Colecciones de plantas secas. 
 
 Plantas vivas de todas clases. 
 
 Papas. 
 
 Tinta de imprenta. 
 
 Maquinas, aparatos y Utiles para las im- 
 prentas. 
 
 Papel bianco de imprenta sin cola 6 gonia. 
 
 Piedra p6me/. 
 
lyo 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 MERCHANDISE FREE OF DUTY— 
 Continued. 
 
 Pumps, hydraulic, with their pipes and 
 
 other parts. 
 Refractory stones for foundry furnaces. 
 
 Rice. 
 
 Roots, edible. 
 
 Sacks for coffee. 
 
 Sails, for boats and launches, when im- 
 ported therewith. 
 
 Salt, common. 
 
 Samples of merchandise, in small pieces, 
 not exceeding 25 pounds in weight. 
 
 Sawing machines. 
 
 Seeds for planting. 
 
 Shingles. 
 
 Silver, unmanufactured, and also lawful 
 
 money. 
 Springs for coaches, cars, and carts. 
 Stages. 
 Staves for barrels, pipes, and hogsheads, 
 
 imported separately. 
 Steam motors of every sort, with all their 
 
 accessories. 
 Stone, of all kinds, in the rough. 
 Stone, such as marble, alabaster, jasper, 
 
 and granite, cut or polished in any form, 
 
 not elsewhere specified. 
 
 Stones for filtering. 
 
 Stones of all kinds and in any shape, for 
 
 grinding or sharpening. 
 Stones, refractory, for foundry furnaces. 
 
 Tiles, for roofs, of clay or slate. 
 
 Tires, for coaches, cars, and carts. 
 
 Type, printers'. 
 
 Utensils intended exclusively for railways. 
 
 Vegetables. 
 
 Wheels, for coaches, cars, and carts. 
 
 Wire, iron, of any shape, for fences. 
 
 Wood, for burning. 
 
 Wood, ordinary, for building. 
 
 Wood intended for building vessels. 
 
 TARIFF CLASSIFICATION. 
 
 Merchandise from foreign countries 
 which is introduced into the custom- 
 houses of the Republic is divided into 
 eleven classes, as follows : 
 
 1. Free of duty. 
 
 2. Paying two cents a pound. 
 
 MERCANCIAS LIBRES DE DERE-~ 
 
 CHOS— Continua. 
 
 Bombas hidrdulicas con sus tubos y de- 
 mas piezas. 
 Piedras refractarias para hornos de fundi- 
 
 cion. 
 Arroz. 
 
 Raices alimenticias. 
 Sacos para cafe. 
 Velas para botes y lanchas, cuando ven- 
 
 gan con ellos. 
 Sal comun. 
 Muestras de mercancias en pequefios pe- 
 
 dazos, cuyo peso no exceda de veinti- 
 
 cince libras. 
 Mdquinas para aserrar. 
 Semillas para sembrar. 
 Tejamanil. 
 Plata sin manufacturar y tambien moneda 
 
 legitima, 
 Resortes para coches, carros y carretas. 
 (Omnibus. 
 Duelas de barriles, pipas y bdcoyes, 
 
 cuando vengan por separado. 
 Motores de vapor, de cualquieraclase,con 
 
 todos sus accesorios. 
 Piedras de todas clases, en bruto. 
 Piedras semejantes al mirmol, alabastro, 
 
 jaspe y granito, labradas 6 pulidas en 
 
 cualquiera forma, no mencionadas en 
 
 otra clase. 
 Piedras de destilar. 
 Piedras de todas clases y en cualquiera 
 
 forma, paramoler y para amolar. 
 Piedras refractarias para hornos de fundi- 
 
 cion. 
 Tejas de barro 6 de pizarra. 
 Llantas para coches, caros y carretas. 
 Tipos de imprenta. 
 Utensilios destinados exclusivamentepara 
 
 caminos de hierro. 
 Hortaliza. 
 
 Ruedas para coches, carros y carretas. 
 Alambre de hierro en cualquiera forma para 
 
 cercos. 
 Lena. 
 
 Maderas ordinarias para edificios. 
 Madera 4 proposito para la construccion 
 
 naval. 
 
 CLASIFICACION ARANCELARIA. 
 
 Las mercaderias procendentes del ex- 
 tranjero que se introduzcan por las Adua- 
 nas de la Republica se dividen en once 
 clases : 
 
 1. Que no pagara derecho alguno. 
 
 2. Que pagari dos centavos por libra. 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 171 
 
 TARIFF CLASSIFICATION- 
 
 tinued. 
 
 -Con- 
 
 3. Paying four cents a pound. 
 
 4. Paying eight cents a pound. 
 
 5. Paying twelve cents a pound, 
 
 6. Paying eighteen cents a pound. 
 
 7. Paying twenty-four cents a pound. 
 
 8. Paying thirty cents a pound. 
 
 9. Paying fifty cents a pound. 
 
 10. Paying eighty cents a pound. 
 
 J I, Paying one dollar and a half a pound. 
 
 CLASIFICACION ARANCELARIA— 
 
 Contintia. 
 
 3. Que pagari cuatro centavos por libra. 
 
 4. Que pagarA ocho centavos por libra. 
 
 5. Que pagard doce centavos por libra. 
 
 6. Que pagara diez y ocho centavos por 
 libra. 
 
 7. Que pagar^ veinte y cuatro centavos 
 por libra. 
 
 8. Que pagaritreinta centavos por libra. 
 
 9. Que pagara cincuenta centavos por 
 libra. 
 
 10. Que pagari ochenta centavos por 
 libra. 
 
 11. Que pagar4 ciento cincuenta centa- 
 vos por libra. 
 
Appendix E. 
 
 RECIPROCAL COMMERCIAL ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE 
 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND HONDURAS. 
 
 Concluded April 2p, i8g2; proclaimed April jo, iSp2. 
 
 By the President of the United States of America. 
 
 A PROCLAMATION. 
 
 Whereas, pursuant to section 3 of the act of Congress approved October 1, 
 1890, entitled "An act to reduce the revenue and equalize duties on imports, 
 and for other purposes," the Secretary of State of the United States of America 
 communicated to the Government of Honduras the action of the Congress of 
 the United States of America, with a view to secure reciprocal trade, in declar- 
 ing the articles enumerated in said section 3 to be exempt from duty upon their 
 importation into the United States of America; 
 
 And whereas the consul-general of Honduras at New York has communicated 
 to the Secretary of State the fact that, in reciprocity f®r the admission into the 
 United States of America free of all duty of the articles enumerated in section 3 
 of said act, the Government of Honduras will, by due legal enactment as a pro- 
 visional measure, and until a more complete arrangement may be negotiated and 
 put in operation, admit free of all duty from and after May 215, 1892, into all 
 the established ports of entry of Honduras, the articles or merchandise named 
 in the following schedule, provided that the same be the product or manufacture 
 of the United States : 
 
 schedule. 
 
 of products and manufactures from the United States which the Republic of 
 Honduras will admit free of all customs, municipal, and any other kind of duty, 
 
 1. Animals for breeding purposes. 
 
 2. Corn, rice, barley, and rye. 
 
 3. Beans. 
 
 4. Hay and straw for forage, 
 i;. Fruits, fresh. 
 
 172 
 
HONDURAS, 173 
 
 6. Preparations of flour in biscuits, crackers not sweetened, macaroni, ver- 
 micelli, and tallarin. 
 
 7. Coal, mineral. 
 
 8. Roman cement. 
 
 9. Hydraulic lime. 
 
 10. Bricks, fire bricks, and crucibles for melting. 
 
 11. Marble, dressed, for furniture, statues, fountains, gravestones, and build- 
 mg purposes. 
 
 12. Tar, vegetable and mineral. 
 
 13. Guano and other fertilizers, natural or artificial. 
 
 14. Plows and all other agricultural tools and implements. 
 
 15. Machinery of all kinds, including sewing machines, and separate or extra 
 parts for the same. 
 
 16. Materials of all kinds for the const:^uction and equipment of railroads. 
 
 17. Materials of all kinds for the construction and operation of telegraphic 
 and telephonic lines. 
 
 18. Materials of all kinds for lighting by electricity and gas. 
 
 19. Materials of all kinds for the construction of wharves. 
 
 20. Apparatus for distilling liquors. 
 
 21. Wood of all kinds for building, in trunks or pieces, beams, rafters, planks, 
 boards, shingles, or flooring. 
 
 22. Wooden staves, heads, and hoops, and barrels and boxes for packing, 
 mounted or in pieces. 
 
 23. Houses of wood or iron, complete or in parts. 
 
 24. Wagons, carts, and carriages of all kinds. 
 
 25. Barrels, casks, and tanks of iron for water. 
 
 26. Tubes of iron and all other accessories necessary for water supply, 
 
 27. Wire, barbed, and staples for fences. 
 
 28. Plates of iron for building purposes. 
 
 29. Mineral ores. 
 
 30. Kettles of iron for making salt. 
 3 1. Sugar boilers. 
 
 32. Molds for sugar. 
 
 33. Guys for mining purposes. 
 
 34. Furnaces and instruments for assaying metals. 
 
 35. Scientific instruments. 
 
 36. Models of machinery and buildings. 
 
 37. Boats, lighters, tackle, anchors, chains, girtlines, sails, and all other articles 
 for vessels, to be used in the ports, lakes, and rivers of the Republic. 
 
 38. Printing materials, including presses, type, ink, and all other accessories. 
 
174 HONDURAS. 
 
 39. Printed books, pamphlets, and newspapers, bound or unbound, maps, 
 photographs, printed music, and paper for music. 
 
 40. Paper for printing newspapers. 
 
 41. Quicksilver. • 
 
 42. Lodestones. 
 
 43. Hops. 
 
 44. Sulphate of quinine. 
 
 45. Gold and silver in bars, dust, or coin. 
 
 46. Samples of merchandise the duties on which do not exceed $1. 
 
 It is understood that the packages or coverings in which the articles named in 
 the foregoing schedule are imported shall be free of duty if they are usual and 
 proper for the purpose. 
 
 And that the Government of Honduras has further stipulated that the laws 
 and regulations adopted to protect its revenue and prevent fraud in the declara- 
 tions and proof that the articles named in the foregoing schedule are the product 
 or manufacture of the United States of America, shall impose no additional 
 charges on the importer nor undue restrictions on the articles imported. 
 
 And whereas the Secretary of State has, by my direction, given assurance to 
 the consul-general of Honduras at New York that this action of the Government 
 of Honduras in. granting freedom of duties to the products and manufactures of 
 the United States of America on their importations into Honduras, and in stip- 
 ulating for a more complete reciprocity arrangement, is accepted as a due reci- 
 procity for the action of Congress as set forth in section 3 of said act : 
 
 Now, therefore, be it known that I, Benjamin Harrison, President of the United 
 States of America, have caused the above-stated modifications of the tariff laws 
 of Honduras to be made public for the information of the citizens of the United 
 States of America. 
 
 In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the 
 United States to be affixed. 
 
 Done at the city of Washington, this 30th day of April, one thousand eight 
 hundred and ninety- two, and of the independence of the United States of America 
 the one hundred and sixteenth. 
 
 [seal.] BENJ. HARRISON. 
 
 By the President : 
 
 James G. Blaine, 
 
 Secretary of State. 
 
Appendix F. 
 
 COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY OF HONDURAS. 
 
 AMAPALA. 
 
 Bank. 
 
 Banco de Honduras. 
 
 Commission me^'chants . 
 
 Dubon, Agustin. 
 
 Kohncke, Teodoro, 
 
 Ressner, Jose. 
 Druggist. 
 
 Dubon, Agustin. 
 Hatter. 
 
 Floras, Manuel. 
 Retail general merchants. 
 
 Abadie & Co., P. 
 
 Dubon, Agustin. 
 
 Rossner, Jose. 
 
 Sosa, A. 
 Wholesale import and export merchattts. 
 
 Abadie & Co., Pedro. 
 
 Dubon, Agustin. 
 
 Gattorno e hijos, J. B. 
 
 Guzman, F. 
 
 Heyliger, Cornelio. 
 
 Kohncke, Teodoro. 
 , Moncada, S. 
 
 Rossner & Co., J. 
 
 Rudolph, C. 
 
 BONACCA. 
 
 Importer. 
 
 Bayly, William. 
 
 CHOLUTECA. 
 
 Boots and shoes. 
 Sanchez, Fausto. 
 
 CHOLUTECA— Continued. 
 
 Wholesale i?nport and export merchants.^ 
 Gattorno, J. B. 
 Guillen', J. B. 
 Midence, Antonio. 
 Rodriguez hnos. 
 
 COMAYAGUA. 
 
 Boots and shoes. 
 
 Alvarado, Leandro. 
 
 Morales, Cruz. 
 Drugs. 
 
 Bandana, j. 
 
 Munth, Julio. 
 
 Reina, Toribio. 
 Retail general merchants. 
 
 Aguirre, Adan. 
 
 Araqua, Maria. 
 
 •Castillo & hnos., Matias. 
 
 Mendoza, Teodoro. 
 
 Ucles, Encarnacion. 
 
 Ulloa, Tomasa. 
 Wholesale import and export merchants. 
 
 Aguirre, Addn. 
 
 Arias, Celio. 
 
 Berlios, Victorina. 
 
 Castillo e hijos, M. 
 
 Dalpech & Co., M. 
 
 Dubon, Tiburcio. 
 
 Fiallos, Juan Francisco. 
 
 Fiallos, J. M. 
 
 Henden, Santiago. 
 
 Mundt, Julius. 
 
 Recarte, Feliciana. 
 
 175 
 
176 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 COMAYAGUA— Continued. 
 
 'SM hoL'salc iiii/iort and export merchants — Con- 
 tinued. 
 
 Reina, Toribio. 
 Valenzuela, Alonzo. 
 Valenzuela, Pompilio. 
 Velasquez, Ochoa. 
 
 DANLI. 
 
 Wholesale import and export merchants. 
 Castillo, Jacobo. 
 Gamero, M. 
 Verda, Matilda. 
 
 EKANDIftUE. 
 
 Wholesale import and export merchant. 
 Mufioz, E. 
 
 GRACIAS. 
 
 Wholesale import and export merchants. 
 Cisneros, Jose Maria. 
 Hernandez, G. 
 Munoz, Rosa. 
 Pineda, Nazario. 
 Trejos, Eulogio. 
 Villela, Belisario. 
 
 GTJANAJA. 
 
 Wholesale import and export merchants. 
 Sinclair, John. 
 Torres, Dionisio. 
 
 GTJINOPE. 
 
 Importers and exporters. 
 
 Bardales & Co., general merchandise. 
 Torres, Francisco, general merchan- 
 dise. 
 
 JUTICALPA. 
 
 Boots and shoes. 
 
 Becerra, Rafael. 
 Riyas, Fernando. 
 
 Silver smitli. 
 
 Mercadad, Marcos. 
 
 JUTICALPA— Continued. 
 
 IFholesale import and export merchants. 
 Bertrand, P. 
 Caliz, F. 
 Fortin, Castro. 
 Fortin, Carlos F. 
 Gardela, G. 
 Morales, Florencio. 
 Resales, A. 
 Zelaya, J. M 
 Zelaya, I. 
 
 LA ESPEBANZA. 
 
 Wholesale import and export merchants. 
 Alvarez Castro, J. A. 
 Lopez, A. 
 Mejia, V. 
 
 LA PAZ. 
 
 Wholesale import and export merchants. 
 Alvarado, Casimiro. 
 Colindres, Manuel. 
 Salinas, Martin. 
 Suarez, B. 
 Vasquez, Toribio. 
 
 MAKCALA. 
 
 Wholesale import and export merchant. 
 Ramirez, C. 
 
 NACAOME. 
 
 Wholesale import and export merchant. 
 Cisne, Jose. 
 
 OCOTEPEQUE. 
 
 Boots and shoes. 
 
 Buezo, Ramon. 
 Coto, Salvador. 
 Diaz, Samuel. 
 Erazo, Luciano. 
 Flores, Marcelino. 
 Morataya, Manuel, 
 Sandoval, Braulio. 
 Salguero, Lino. 
 Torres, Leandro. 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 177 
 
 OCOTEPEQUE— Continued. 
 
 Druggists. 
 
 Bocanegra, Juan. 
 
 Duque, Jorge. 
 
 Soliz, Marcial. 
 
 Umafia, Manuel. 
 Grocers. 
 
 Ard6n, J. 
 
 Lopez, Francisco. 
 Retail general merchants. 
 
 Ard6n, J. 
 
 Carranza, Francisco. 
 
 Chinchilla, Victor. 
 
 Fuentes, Pedro. 
 
 Hernandez, Francisco. 
 
 Madrid, Juan. 
 
 Morales, Sixto. 
 
 Ortiz, Juana V. de. 
 
 Rodriguez, Maxima 
 
 Soils, Carlos. 
 
 Umana, Francisco. 
 
 Umafia, Florencio. 
 
 Umafia, Dolores. 
 
 Valle, Gertrudis. 
 
 Vidal, Juana. 
 Wholesale import and export merchant. 
 
 Villela, Juan J. 
 
 OLANCHITO. 
 
 Wholesale import and export merchants. 
 Arriaga, Crist6bal. 
 Castro, Tomas. 
 
 OMOA. 
 
 Boots and shoes. 
 
 Rodriguez, Andres. 
 Wholesale import and export merchants. 
 Cosales, Pedro. 
 Cabus, Jose Maria. 
 Estape, Luis. 
 Estap6 & Casaels. 
 Lee, Maiselmo. 
 Rivera, Jose Angel. 
 
 PESPIRE. 
 
 Importers. 
 
 Molina, Marcial. 
 Jiron & Medina. 
 
 Bull. 57 12 
 
 PUERTO CORTES. 
 
 Commission merchants. 
 
 Alger, W. E. 
 
 Merilees, J. W. 
 Druggist. 
 
 Panting, Jorge. 
 Silversmith. 
 
 Rosales, Juan. 
 
 Wholesale import and export merchants. 
 Alger, W. E. 
 Belisle, J.J. 
 Brown, Huberto. 
 Castro, Praxedes. 
 Gastel, H. 
 Gordes & Co. 
 Harman, Leon Wm. 
 Leiva, Florencio. 
 Merrillees, John. 
 Pineda, J. 
 Prince, Pedro C. 
 Selig, J. 
 Stain, Samuel. 
 Ugarte & Gerbal. 
 Vidaurreta, Prospero, 
 
 ROATAN. 
 
 Druggist. 
 
 Gaumer, Geo. F. 
 Wholesale import and export mercJiants, 
 Aguirre, Federico. 
 Burchard, W. C. 
 Flynn, E. H. 
 Izaguirre, David. 
 Rivera, J. 
 Suarez, B. 
 
 SAN JUANCITO. 
 
 Importer. 
 
 Jacoby, E. A. 
 
 SAN PEDRO SULA 
 
 Commission tnerchaiits. 
 
 Carraccioli, Joaquin. 
 
 Martinez, Leon. 
 
 Rich, Jaime. 
 Drtiggist. 
 
 Guild, W. 
 
178 
 
 HONDURAS, 
 
 SAN PEDRO SULA— Continued. 
 
 Retail general merchants. 
 
 Mejia, Abraham. 
 
 Ramos, Francisco. 
 Special vianufacturer . 
 
 Arnoux & Co., sugar. 
 Wholesale import and export merchants. 
 
 Arnoux & Co., general merchandise. 
 
 Bahr, Jorge. 
 
 Cabus, Martin. 
 
 Collier, Guillermo. 
 
 Espana, Lorenzo. 
 
 Fiallos & Co., Francisco. 
 
 Funes, Caesar, general merchandise. 
 
 Girbal, Federico. 
 
 Gost & Mahler, general merchandise. 
 
 Hernandez & Co., Simeon. 
 
 Ingles, Lorenzo. 
 
 L6pez, W. L, 
 
 Maradaga y Garcia. 
 
 Martinez, Leon. 
 
 Meza, Rafael. 
 
 Mitchell, Dr. J. M., drugs. 
 
 Munoz, D. 
 
 Panting & Co., general merchandise. 
 
 Pedroza, Carlos. 
 
 Prince, Pedro C. 
 
 Ramos, Francisco. 
 
 Reig, Jaime. 
 
 Valenzuela, Jose Maria. 
 
 SANTA BARBABA, 
 
 Boots and shoes. 
 
 Aguilar, Jose Maria. 
 
 Flores, Adolfo. 
 
 Munoz, Manuel. 
 Hatters. 
 
 Baide, Luis. 
 
 Barahona, Jos6 Maria. 
 
 Photographer. 
 
 Veroy, Francisco. 
 Retail general merchants. 
 
 Fletes, Evaristo. 
 
 Guzman, Ignacio. 
 
 Ingles, Lorenzo. 
 
 SANTA BARBARA— Continued. 
 
 Retail general merchants — Continued. 
 
 Laurent y Alfredo. 
 
 Paredes, Andres. 
 
 Paredes, Salvador. 
 
 Paz, Onofre. 
 
 Paz, Fidel. 
 
 Rivera, Lucio. 
 
 Rodriguez, Gregorio. 
 
 Romero, Paz. 
 Silversmith. 
 
 Ortega, Albino. 
 Wholesale import and export merchant's. 
 
 Aguilar, Vicente. 
 
 Fajardo, Julian. 
 
 Pineda Mejia, Jos6 Maria. 
 
 Vidaurreta, P. 
 
 SANTA ROSA. 
 
 Boots and shoes. 
 
 Caledonio, J. 
 
 Contreras, Alonzo. 
 
 Orellana, Antonio. 
 
 San Martin, Rodolfo. 
 Druggist. 
 
 Arias, Juan A. 
 Retail general merchants. 
 
 Buezo, Julio. 
 
 Cobos, Indaleco. 
 
 Devaux, C. 
 
 Erazo, David. 
 
 Esquivel, Florencio. 
 
 Henriquez, Macedonio. 
 
 Henriquez, Trinidad. 
 
 Lopez, Fulgencio. 
 
 Madrid, Tomas. 
 
 Madrid, Agustin. 
 
 Madrid, Rafael. 
 
 Macedonio, Antonio. 
 • Medina, Antonio. 
 
 Meliton, Cordova. 
 
 Penado, Rosendo. 
 
 Portillo, Teqdoro. 
 
 Rios, Leoncio. 
 
 Toledo, Manuel. 
 
HONDURAS. 
 
 179 
 
 SANTA ROSA— Continued. 
 
 Wholesale import and export merchants. 
 Castellanos, Victoriano. 
 Ciliz, Justo. 
 Cbrdona, Rafael, 
 Fiallos, Francisco. 
 Geirst, Constantino. 
 Meliton, Cordova. 
 Milla y linos. 
 Rich, Jaime. 
 
 Rodezno, Urquia & Chacon. 
 Tcnorio, Miguel. 
 Villa, Jose Maria. 
 
 TEGUCIGALPA. 
 
 Bank. 
 
 Banco de Honduras. 
 Books and stationery. 
 
 Vigil, Jose L. 
 Boots and shoes. 
 
 Andino, Benjamin. 
 
 Irias, Mariano. 
 
 Zufiiga, Florencio. 
 Com mission merchants. 
 
 Grau, Julio F. 
 
 Streber, Ricardo. 
 Druggists. 
 
 Aguelera y Ca., J. 
 
 Angulo, M. 
 
 Arias, Pedro. 
 
 Bernhard, Albert. 
 
 Diaz, Joaquin. 
 
 Botica del Hospital. 
 
 Midence y hno., Ram6n. 
 
 Streber, M. 
 
 Ucles, J. 
 Grocer. 
 
 Reyes, Gervacia de. 
 Jzfardiuare and tools. 
 
 Balette, Julio. 
 
 Sotero, Jose Lazo. 
 
 Zelaya hermanos. 
 Photographer. 
 
 Aguirre, Francisco. 
 Printing establishment. 
 
 Tipografia Nacional. 
 
 TEGUCIGALPA— Continued. 
 
 Retail general merchants. 
 
 Cubas, Dionisio. 
 
 Guardiola, Gonzalez. 
 
 Molina, Cipriano. 
 
 Retes, Tomasa. 
 Silversmiths. 
 
 Aguilar, Antonio. 
 
 Ordonez, Timoteo. 
 Watchmaker and Jeweler. 
 
 Bohlander, Juan. 
 Wholesale i7nport and export merchants. 
 
 Agurcia & Soto, general merchandise. 
 
 Aguirre, J. T., photographer. 
 
 Ayestas, Vicente. 
 
 Ariza, Francisco. 
 
 Bernhard, Albert, drugs. 
 
 Bernhard, George, commission. 
 
 Bohlander, Juan. 
 
 Castillo e hijos. 
 
 Diaz, Joaquin, drugs. 
 
 Diaz hnos. 
 
 Estrada, J., general merchandise. 
 
 Estrado, Jacobo, general merchandise. 
 
 Fernandez, Benito, general merchan- 
 dise. 
 
 Fernandez, Ramiro, general merchan- 
 dise. 
 
 Fiallos, Rafael, drugs. 
 
 Fontecha, Dr. R., wines, liquors, etc- 
 
 Fritzgartner, Dr. R. 
 
 Gamero & Co. 
 
 Gutierrez, Jose Maria. 
 
 Gutierrez & Co., Lopez. 
 
 Jiron, Quintin. 
 
 Laines, Samuel, general merchandise. 
 
 Lopez, Antonio, general merchandise. 
 
 Lagos & Co. 
 
 Lopez, Jose A., general merchandise. 
 
 Lopez, Rafael. 
 
 Lozano, Julio, general merchandise. 
 
 Martinez, Florencio. 
 
 Matute, T. 
 
 Medina, Juan Antonio. 
 
 Meza, S. 
 
 Midence, E. 
 
i8o 
 
 HONDURAS. 
 
 TEGUCIGALPA— Continued. 
 
 Wholesale import and export merchants — Con- 
 tinued. 
 
 Midence, Ramon, general merchan- 
 dise, drugs, liquors, paints. 
 
 Molina, M. 
 
 Morlan, Alberto E., jewelry, clocks, 
 and musical instruments. 
 
 Planas, Ponciano, general merchan- 
 dise. 
 
 Pinetta, jose, wines, etc. 
 
 Robles, D. 
 
 Rodriguez, Juan C. 
 
 Streber, Ricardo, general merchandise 
 and liquors. 
 
 Sevilla, Leopoldo, general merchan- 
 dise. 
 
 Streber & Zurcher. 
 
 Travieso, Federico, general merchan- 
 dise,, 
 
 Toledo, Eusebio. 
 
 Ucles, Alberto, general merchandise. 
 
 Ugarte, Tomaso de, general merchan- 
 dise. 
 
 VelAsquez, Cipriano. 
 
 Vigil, Manuel. 
 
 Vigil, Ram6n, general merchandise. 
 
 Vigil, Marcial, general merchandise. 
 
 Vigil, Jose L. 
 
 Villafranca & Sons, general merchan- 
 dise. 
 
 Zelaya, Abelardo, general merchan- 
 dise. 
 
 Zuiiiga, Miguel, general merchandise. 
 
 Zuniga, Alberto. 
 
 Zuiiiga, Diego. 
 
 TRINIDAD. 
 
 Wholesale import and export merchant. 
 Fajardo, Julian. 
 
 TEUXILLO. 
 
 Banker. 
 
 Velasquez, Cipriano. 
 Drugs. 
 
 Dillet, Alfonso. 
 Wholesale import and export merchants. 
 
 Betancourt, Fernando. 
 
 Binney, Melhado & Co. 
 
 Castillo, J. 
 
 Castillo, Prospero. 
 
 Castillo hnos. 
 
 Dillet, Motute. 
 
 Dillet & Ruis. 
 
 Font, J. 
 
 Glj'nn, C. & J. 
 
 Izaguirre & Co., D. M. J. 
 
 Julia, Jose. 
 
 Lafitte, Juan. 
 
 Melhado, W. M. 
 
 Ord, Joseph G. 
 
 Sosa, Donaldo. 
 
 Tristi, Carlos L. 
 
 UTILLA. 
 
 Wholesale import and export ynerchants. 
 Phipps & Co. 
 Rivera, Bias. 
 Torres, Serafio. 
 Woodville, R. 
 
 YUSCARAN. 
 
 Wholesale import and export merchants. 
 Barrantes, Rafael . 
 Castillo, Matilde. 
 Cordova, Monico. 
 Gradiz, Trinidad. 
 
 YORO. 
 
 Wholesale i??iport and export merchants. 
 Quiroz, J. 
 Urmeneta, Tomas. 
 
NEWSPAPER DIRECTORY. 
 
 CHOLUTECA. 
 
 La Verdad. 
 
 COMAYAGUA. 
 
 El Diario. 
 El Orden. 
 
 JUTACALPA, OLANCHO. 
 
 El Eco. 
 
 SANTA BABBASA. 
 El Progreso. 
 
 SANTA ROSA, COPAN. 
 
 El Copaneco. 
 
 TEGUCIGALPA. 
 
 El Monitor. 
 
 El Orden. 
 
 Gaceta Oficial. 
 
 Honduras Mining Journal. 
 
 La Nacion. 
 
 La Paz. 
 
 La Republica. 
 
 La Academia. 
 
 TKUJILLO. 
 
 La Voz de Trujillo. 
 YOEO. 
 
 La Nueva Era. 
 
 181 
 
INDEX. 
 
 A. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Agricultural resources 35 
 
 Almonds 42 
 
 Amapala, town of 11 
 
 Animal industry 45 
 
 B. 
 
 Bananas ' 36, 38 
 
 Banking . 60 
 
 Barley 22 
 
 Bay Islands, department of 27 
 
 C. . .. , 
 
 Cattle-raising 25, 45 
 
 Central America, act of independence a 
 
 union dissolved 3 
 
 Choluleca, department of . 16 
 
 town of 16 
 
 Climate and seasons 35, 43 
 
 Coal 24 
 
 Cocoa nuts 40 
 
 Coffee ; i7> 37. 38 
 
 Colon, department of 18 
 
 Columbus I 
 
 Comayagua, department of 22 
 
 capital of 22 
 
 Commerce 62-65 
 
 Commercial directory 175-180 
 
 Constitution ..;.... 67-81 
 
 Copan, department of . . 23 
 
 Copper '. 17, 18, 50 
 
 Corn 35, 36, 42 
 
 Cortez, Hernando 2 
 
 Cotton 41 
 
 D. 
 
 Dates 42 
 
 183 
 
184 INDEX. 
 
 E. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Education 33. 34 
 
 Expenditures 62 
 
 F. 
 
 Figs 42 
 
 Fonseca, bay of ^ 10 
 
 Forestty 47-49 
 
 G. 
 
 Geographical sketch 4 
 
 Gold 17, 18, 24, 50 
 
 Gonzales Davila 19 
 
 Government, form of 30-32 
 
 Gracias, department of 25 
 
 capital of 25 
 
 Grapes 42 
 
 H. 
 
 Hidalgo, priest 2 
 
 Historical outline i 
 
 I. 
 
 India rubber 40 
 
 Intibuca, department of 26 
 
 Iron 17,50 
 
 J- 
 
 Juticalpa, capital of Olancho 18 
 
 L. 
 
 Lakes 8 
 
 La Esperanza, capital of Intibuca 26 
 
 Land laws of Honduras 82-96 
 
 La Paz, department of 26 
 
 capital of 26 
 
 M. 
 
 Mahogany ' 20, 47, 48 
 
 Minerals and mining 27, 50, 52 
 
 Mining companies, list of 51 
 
 laws '. 97-129 
 
 Money 58 
 
 N. 
 
 Newspaper directory 181 
 
INDEX. 18^ 
 
 O. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Ocean communications • 56 
 
 Ocotepeque, town of 23 
 
 Olancho, department of • • - 18 
 
 Olives - 42 
 
 Oranges 42 
 
 P. 
 
 Paraiso, department of i? 
 
 Pears 4? 
 
 Pedro de Alvarado 2 
 
 Pineapples 42 
 
 Plums 42 
 
 Political divisions 12 
 
 Population • 28 
 
 Ports and harbors 9, 10 
 
 Postal facilities 5^ 
 
 Potatoes 42 
 
 Puerto Cortez ^ 
 
 Punta do Caximas, cape of i 
 
 R. 
 
 Revenue •. ^^ 
 
 Rice 42 
 
 Rio de Posesion (Rio Tinto) ^ 
 
 Rivers ^~° 
 
 Roatan, capital 27 
 
 Reciprocal and commercial arrangements between the United States and Hon- 
 duras • ■ • ■ 172-1 74 
 
 Rye • 22 
 
 S. 
 
 Santa Barbara, department of 21 
 
 city of ^^ 
 
 Santa Rosa ^4 
 
 Sarsaparilla 42 
 
 Silver 17, 18, 24, 50 
 
 Sugar cane 17. 4^ 
 
 T. 
 
 Tariff •••••• 130-171 
 
 Taxation 46, 6 r 
 
 Tegucigalpa, department of ■ ^^ 
 
 \ityof 13-16 
 
 Telegraphs -'' 
 
 Tobacco 39 
 
 Temperature . ^4 
 
 Transportation facilities and projects 53^55 
 
 Truxillo, citv of ^'-^ 
 
l86 INDEX. 
 
 V. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Valladolid ; ■ 22 
 
 Vanilla 42 
 
 W. 
 Wheat 22 
 
 Y. 
 
 Yuscaran, capital of Paraiso 17 
 
 Yoro, department of ... ". 20 
 
 citj' of . : 20 
 
 c 
 
LEAg'iO 
 
 / j»— 1 1 / 
 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
 
 010 457 636 9