“In the contract with the Banco de Costa Rica, it was agreed that the Government should coin gold periodically. There are already 600,000 ‘colones de oro’ in pieces of 10 colones in Costa Rica, and the Government ordered furthermore a second emission of 400,000 colones in pieces of 20 colones each, which will soon be issued. It is further willing to coin half a million more in the near future. The Costa Rican Bank, on the other hand, is obliged to retire a corresponding amount of its notes from circulation, and later, as soon as sufficient gold can be put in circulation, the exchange of bills is to be made by this bank in gold instead of silver.” There are sufficient reasons for believing that the Costa Rican Government will succeed in the realization of this highly important economic change without difficulty. As the Costa Rican Bank no longer has the exclusive privilege of issuing paper money, new banks must be established, with authority to issue circulating notes. As these banks will have to keep a reserve of national gold coins for the redemption of their paper money, there will be an abundance of currency of a fixed value. As the fineness of the ‘colon de oro’ constitutes the best type of international exchange, there will in the future be slight fluctuations, and this will prove a most valuable guaranty of the stability of public wealth. The value of the _National Government property_ is estimated at 8,522,714.94 pesos. The principal items are: Pesos. National distillery 900,000 Central custom-house 500,000 National theatre 905,815 Metal-building 286,432 National park 250,000 Insane Asylum 405,000 Pacific Railway 847,500 National Palace 200,000 Girls’ High School 350,000 Islands of San Lucas and Chira 400,865 Island of Uvita 200,000 Presidential Palace 150,000 Artillery armory 175,000 National printing establishment 140,000 National College in Alajuela 150,000 National Museum 40,000 Park of Morazán 159,185 Liceo of Costa Rica 145,000 Main armory 100,000 Old temple of La Merced 100,000 Ex-University 80,000 House in San José 100,000 Place in front of the National distillery 94,172 Custom-house in Puntarenas 100,000 Pier in Puntarenas 75,000