The census of the year 1891, Dec. 31, gave a result of 234,688 souls for the department of Montevideo, 190,000 more or less belonging exclusively to Montevideo, and 53 per cent. of them being natives and 47 per cent. foreigners.

All the most important trade-houses are in Montevideo, the largest and finest hotels; there are three theatres, fifteen churches and nine chapels, three cemeteries and three markets, etc.

During the bathing season a great many foreigners come to Montevideo, owing to its fine shore and beautiful bathing establishments, like the one called Los Pocitos, where exists a beautiful and elegant building for the foreigners, and those called Romirez and Capurro.

The following table gives an idea of the immense yearly consumption of meat in Montevideo:

OXEN, COWS.SHEEP.TOTAL.
YEARS.——————
Kilogs.Kilogs.Kilogs.
187415,918,8751,373,72117,292,596
187515,379,0421,166,72116,545,763
187614,801,6961,088,19915,889,895
187714,578,7111,009,30915,588,020
187815,208,5431,378,11416,586,657
187913,468,4551,394,75114,863,206
188014,019,2361,420,64115,439,377
188114,228,3751,472,59815,700,973
188215,297,0931,408,49716,705,590
188316,100,3221,448,12617,548,448
188416,380,6231,450,67917,831,302
188519,293,4351,426,34520,719,780
188617,911,8941,738,30519,650,199
188718,027,8141,272,31419,300,128
188820,499,3251,555,74322,055,068
188924,681,6221,733,48726,415,109
189024,724,2871,021,56825,745,855
189125,087,020847,43525,934,455

Public Beneficence.

There are in the Republic many beneficent establishments, hospitals, charity and mutual assistance societies, that do important services to all who need them without any distinction of nationality.

In the capital there are, under the care of the State and of the National Charity and Beneficence Commission, the Charity Hospital, the Alms House, the Insane Asylum, the Orphan Hospital, the Maternal Asylum and also a small-pox Lazaretto.