Among the miscellaneous companies we have to mention the Agency Company for unloading and loading vessels, capital 200,000 pesos; San José Market Company, capital 215,000 pesos; Cartago Market Company, capital 100,000 pesos; Heredia Market Company, capital 100,000 pesos; Monte de Aguacate Mining Company, capital 500,000 pesos; La Trinidad Mining Company, capital 250,000 pesos; Costa Rica House Construction Company, capital 250,000 pesos; Costa Rica Pacific Gold Mining Company, Limited; Electric Light Company. XII. FINANCE AND BANKING. The revenue of the Government of Costa Rica is derived from custom-house duties, revenue stamps and stamped paper, liquor monopoly, tobacco revenue, coffee tax, sale of public lands, tax for registering property, tax on slaughtering live stock, etc. The national revenue for 1896 was as follows: Pesos. Revenues proper 6,685,178 87 Public service (post, etc.) 233,529 89 Various sources 89,079 14 Funds in administration (postal-money orders, etc.) 395,104 88 Public credit 32,718 00 ------------ Total 7,435,610 78 To this sum Pesos. The main custom-house in San José contributed 1,930,746 58 The custom-house in Puntarenas ” 474,148 27 ” ” ” Limon ” 404,444 25 ” national liquor business ” 2,242,174 96 Tobacco revenue 778,211 75 Coffee tax £61,415 00 Lumber tax 15,044 26 Stamped paper 70,164 30 Revenue stamps 39,469 38 Expenditures during the fiscal year ending in 1896 amounted to 6,697,326.51 pesos, distributed in the following manner: Ordinary Disbursements for Administration.