--------+---------------+------------ | Fincas | Amount of Year. | (properties). | mortgage. --------+---------------+------------ 1868 | 130 | 147,931 1869 | 435 | 580,936 1870 | 632 | 826,176 1871 | 845 | 1,112,060 1872 | 1,166 | 1,440,810 1873 | 1,565 | 1,889,789 1874 | 2,007 | 2,667,565 1875 | 2,483 | 3,480,011 1876 | 2,909 | 4,105,197 1877 | 3,422 | 5,359,158 1878 | 3,972 | 6,141,955 1879 | 4,748 | 6,700,357 1880 | 5,528 | 7,944,641 1881 | 6,563 | 9,033,333 1882 | 7,373 | 9,113,818 1883 | 8,177 | 9,188,730 1884 | 8,523 | 9,283,415 1885 | 8,523 | 9,331,985 1886 | 8,513 | 9,119,853 1887 | 8,475 | 9,309,261 1888 | 8,386 | 9,027,632 1889 | 8,396 | 9,088,676 1890 | 8,417 | 9,403,484 1891 | 8,444 | 9,772,885 1892 | 8,630 | 10,862,961 1893 | 8,968 | 12,132,204 1894 | 9,528 | 14,110,510 1895 | 9,928 | 15,231,308 1896 | 10,511 | 16,831,402 1897 | 11,055 | 17,686,872 --------+---------------+----------- _Net value_ of the fincas was: Pesos. 1870 2,551,858 1875 15,610,546 1880 24,340,698 1885 29,896,583 1890 35,679,253 1895 43,347,019 1896 45,126,821 1897 48,642,827 In the last fiscal year from April 1, 1896, to March 31, 1897, the Public Register shows the following movement: Key to column headings: Rur. = Rural Properties. Val. = Value in Pesos. Urb. = Urban Properties. (Part 1 of 2) ----------+---------------------------------------+ | FIRST INSCRIPTIONS. | |-----+-------------+-----+-------------+ | Rur.| Val. | Urb.| Val. | ----------+-----+-------------+-----+-------------+ San José | 343| 630,315.26| 728| 736,907.34| Alajuela | 559| 793,054.34| 440| 947,144.77| Heredia | 96| 503,588.00| 322| 160,832.85| Cartago | 272| 529,045.36| 253| 139,220.98| Guanacaste| 15| 13,753.50| 7| 4,200.00| Puntarenas| 25| 41,592.65| 23| 11,658.50| Limon | 44| 206,483.93| 14| 23,378.95| ----------+-----+-------------+-----+-------------+ Total | 1354| 2,727,833.14| 1787| 2,023,343.39| ----------+-----+-------------+-----+-------------+