Turialba | 33 | Railroad, cart road. Tambor | 15 | Cart road. Tapezco | 43½ | ” Tempate | 213 | ” | | 26 de Abril | 209 | ” | | Villa Santa Barbara | 12 | ” Villa Barba | 9 | ” Varablanca | 30 | ” | | Zapote | 45 | ” -------------------------+----------+--------------------- The _postal service_ is performed by seventy local post-offices. Correspondence is dispatched twenty-six times per month to foreign countries by steamers, and four times per month overland to the neighboring countries. From the port of Limon the mail goes to Europe, _via_ Hamburg, twice a month, the 12th and 29th; by the Royal Mail on the 9th day of each month; and _via_ Marseilles on the 12th of each month; to Europe and the United States _via_ New York every Friday, and to Europe, the United States and Mexico _via_ New Orleans every Monday. From the Port of Puntarenas the mail goes to the West Indies and South America, _via_ Panamá, three times a month, and as often also to the States of Central America. Overland to Nicaragua the mail is sent, _via_ Liberia, every Thursday. In the Gulf of Nicoya are three steamers in the postal service, namely the “Puntarenas,” “Fernandez” and “Dr. Castro.” The principal post-offices in Costa Rica are these: Alajuela, Aserri, Atenas, Barba, Bagres, Ballena, Boruca, Bebedero, Cartago, Carrillo, Curridabat, Desamparados, Desmonte, Escasú, Esparta, Guaitil, Guadalupe, Grecia, Heredia, Humo, Jimenez, Juan Viñas, Limon, Liberia, Las Cañas, La Union, La Cruz, Mojon, Matina, Naranjo, Nicoya, Old Harbor, Pacaca, Puriscal, Puntarenas, Palmares, Paraiso, Quemadas, Reventazon, San Isidro, Santo Domingo, Santa Barbara, San Rafael, San Antonio, San Pedro, San Lucas, San Marcos, Santa Ana, San Juan, San Vicente, San Ramon, San Carlos, Sardinal, Santa Cruz, San Bernardo, Santa Maria Dota, Siquirres, San Mateo, San Joaquin, Térraba. In 1896 there were received from Pieces. The United States of America 189,966 Great Britain 64,763 Germany 45,900 France 43,276 Salvador 37,425 Spain 29,966 Guatemala 27,000 Colombia 20,063 The Antilles 13,341 Honduras 10,697 Italy 11,970 Nicaragua 8,835 During the same year there were sent out to Pieces.