General condition of municipalities--Santo Domingo City; ruins, churches, streets, popular legends--Other towns of Santo Domingo Province--San Pedro de Macoris--Seibo--Samana and Sanchez--Pacificador Province--Conception de la Vega--Moca--Santiago de los Caballeros--Puerto Plata--Monte Cristi--Azua--Barahona. CHAPTER XVII. The Remains of Columbus Burial of Columbus--Disappearance of epitaph--Removal of remains in 1795--Discovery of remains in 1877--Resting-place of Discoverer of America. CHAPTER XVIII. Government Form of government--Constitutions--Presidents--Election--Powers--Executive Secretaries--Land and sea forces--Congress--Local subdivisions--Provincial governors--Communal governments. CHAPTER XIX. Politics and Revolutions Political parties--Elections--Relation between politics and revolutions--Conduct of revolutions--Casualties--Number of revolutions--Effect of revolutions. CHAPTER XX. Law and Justice Audiencia of Santo Domingo--Legal system--Judicial organization-Observance of law--Prisons--Character of offenses. CHAPTER XXI. The dominican debt and the fiscal treaty with the United States. Financial situation in 1905--Causes of debt--Amount of debt--Bonded debt--Liquidated debt--Floating debt--Declared claims--Undeclared claims--Surrender of Puerto Plata custom-house--Fiscal convention of 1905--Modus vivendi--Negotiations for adjustment of debt--New bond issue--Fiscal treaty of 1907--Adjustment with creditors--19l2 loan--Present financial situation. CHAPTER XXII. Finances Financial system--National revenues--Customs tariff--National budget--Legal tender--Municipal income--Municipal budgets. CHAPTER XXIII. The Future of Santo Domingo Attraction by the United States--Political future of Santo Domingo-Economic future of Santo Domingo. APPENDIX A. Chiefs of State of Santo Domingo, 1492-1918 APPENDIX B. Old Weights and Measures in Use in Santo Domingo APPENDIX C. American-Dominican Fiscal Convention of 1907 INDEX LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Columbus Monument on Cathedral Plaza, Santo Domingo City. Map of Santo Domingo Historic Gateway "La Puerta del Conde," where the independence of the Dominican Republic was declared: View from within the city View from without, during a revolution The Strongest Presidents of Santo Domingo: President Pedro Santana President Buenaventura Baez President Ulises Heureaux President Ramon Caceres Four Prominent Dominicans: President Juan Isidro Jimenez President Horacio Vasquez Minister of Finance Federico Velazquez Archbishop Adolfo A. Nouel One of the Many Beautiful Spots on the Shores of Samana Bay Partaking of Cocoanut-water Street in Bani Street in Puerto Plata A Roadside Store Building a House with the Products of the Palm-tree Room in "Casino de la Juventud," Santo Domingo City A Holiday Gathering, Santo Domingo City