Evening star

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the coast granted to a private syndicate

for a long term of years. These have raised

the price of the article 400 per cent, creat

ing thereby widespread protests against the

monopoly.

Santo Domingo advices are to the efTect

that President Hereaux has decreed that

hereafter Import duties are to be collected

half In gold; the value of the Mexican

peso, or dollar, is fixed at 55 cents, and it

Is declared legal tender at that figure.

Stmi-offlclal newspapers of the Dominican

capital also forecast important changes In

the customs tariff at the next session of

congress, an Increase of duties being con

sidered unavoidable, should silver continue

at its present lew price.

An immense petition, signed by the coffee

and cacao exporting houses of Guayaquil,

has been presented to the Ecuidorean con

gress. In opposition to the axport tax upon

these products proposed by the executive

In his late message.

Gold Mining Interests.

Rich gold discoveries liive Utel.vlieen made

in Counanl, the disputed territory situated

between French Uuayana and Brazil. By

employing but the most primitive methods,

single prospectors are known to have se

cured 200 to 250 ounces of dust per week.

Regardless of Brazil's rights In tne prem

j Ises, hundreds of French gold hunters

have already entered the territory, and are

i rapidly taking up or squatting upon all the

I best claims.

It is not a little remarkable that the

er.ergy of the British race should only now

1 be reaping the riches of that land, which

1 just 300 years ago fired the Imagination and

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1894). Washington, D.C., 1894-07-06. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1894-07-06/ed-1/?sp=6

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1894-07-06.