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CONTENTS.
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| CHAPTER XIX. | |
| DIAZ, GONZALEZ, AND DIAZ. | |
| 1877-1887. | |
| Political Programme of Diaz — Installation of Congress — Diaz Elected President — Opposition to his Government — Mutiny of the Crew of La Trinidad — Foreign Relations — Difficulties with the United States — Joint Commission on Claims — Adjustment of Claims — The Northern Border Troubles — Their Settlement — Attempts at Reëlection Defeated — Administration of Diaz Reviewed — President Gonzalez' Biography — Guatemala's Claim to Chiapas — Adjustment of Dispute — Foreign Relations — Internal Affairs — Progress of Mexico — Gonzalez as an Administrator — The Modified Stamp Act — Recognition of Debt to British Bond-holders — Diaz Again Elected President | 435 |
| CHAPTER XX. | |
| GOVERNMENT, FINANCES, AND MILITARY. | |
| 1800-1887. | |
| Party Spirit — Struggles for Supremacy — Army Influence and Revolutions — Centralism, Imperialism, and Federalism — Constitutions and Reforms — Congress and the Executive — Powers of the President — Cabinet — Administrative Duties and Reforms — Territorial Divisions — State Government — Municipalities — Suffrage — Laws — Judiciary — Police — Foreign Relations — Naturalization — Colonization — Finances — Army and Navy | 466 |
| CHAPTER XXI. | |
| MINING, MANUFACTURES, AND FISHERIES. | |
| 1800-1887. | |
| Effect on Mining of the Revolution — Subsequent Policy of the Government — Effect of Mining on Agriculture — Mine Management and Routine — Mining Districts — Minor Metals — Mints — Development of National Manufactures — Banco de Avío — Patent Laws — Cotton Factories in the Colonial Period — Woollen Industry — Other Manufactures — Silk, Paper, Crockery, and Glass — Tobacco and its Utilization — Fisheries — Food–fish — Pearls — Tortoise Shells — Sponges — Whaling — International, National, and State Exhibitions | 505 |
