Territorial Property.
According to the declarations made in the year 1882 for the payment of the contribution tax, called the Immovable Contribution, the value of the property in the Republic rose to $211,991,679.00.
In the year 1890, eight years later, although the cattle and some other products were declared free from contribution tax the value of property was $265,871,559, an increase of $53,879,880.
The number of proprietors in 1882 were 39,590, and in the year 1890 50,189, an increase of 10,599.
By nationalities, the proprietors in 1890 were in the following proportion:
Natives, 24,946, or 49.70 per cent.
Foreigners 25,243, or 50.30 per cent.
The declared value according to nationalities was as follows:
| 24,946 | Natives | representing | $129,130,344.00 |
| 785 | Argentine, | " | 6,343,074.00 |
| 4,620 | Brazilians | " | 31,766,571.00 |
| 8,886 | Italians | " | 34,620,749.00 |
| 6,828 | Spaniards | " | 30,845,671.00 |
| 2,582 | French | " | 16,470,055.00 |
| 451 | English | " | 10,386,895.00 |
| 330 | Germans | " | 1,879,265.00 |
| 344 | Swiss | " | 1,073,996.00 |
| 204 | Portuguese | " | 1,540,471.00 |
| 7 | Belgians | " | 31,238.00 |
| 7 | Swedish | " | 12,438.00 |
| 32 | Austrians | " | 391,746.00 |
| 4 | Danes | " | 50,524.00 |
| 24 | North Americans | " | 242,941.00 |
| 3 | Peruvians | " | 2,748 00 |
| 6 | Chilians | " | 40,143.00 |
| 1 | Dutch | " | 2,700.00 |
| 8 | Paraguayans | " | 33,496.00 |
| 121 | Other nations | " | 1,006,494.00 |
| ——— | ————— | ||
| 50,189 | $265,871,559.00 |
The capital by nationalities gives the following proportion:
Native $129,130,344, or 48.57 per cent.
Foreign $136,741,315, or 51.43 per cent.
Out of the declared values Montevideo represents 13,812 proprietors and $128,280,000.00; to the other departments, 36,377 proprietors and $137,591,559.00.