Second Inscription.
| Pesos. | ||||
| 1870, | 549 | fincas | valued at | 502,503 |
| 1875, | 9,580 | ” | ” | 9,731,805 |
| 1880, | 24,941 | ” | ” | 25,339,594 |
| 1885, | 41,286 | ” | ” | 37,251,567 |
| 1890, | 63,331 | ” | ” | 52,702,051 |
| 1895, | 89,276 | ” | ” | 84,105,189 |
| 1896, | 94,116 | ” | ” | 90,654,569 |
| 1897, | 99,309 | ” | ” | 99,147,659 |
The following list gives the number of fincas (properties) and the amount in pesos for which they were mortgaged.
| Year. | Fincas | Amount of | Year. | Fincas | Amount of |
| (properties). | mortgage. | (properties). | mortgage. | ||
| 1868 | 130 | 147,931 | 1883 | 8,177 | 9,188,730 |
| 1869 | 435 | 580,936 | 1884 | 8,523 | 9,283,415 |
| 1870 | 632 | 826,176 | 1885 | 8,523 | 9,331,985 |
| 1871 | 845 | 1,112,060 | 1886 | 8,513 | 9,119,853 |
| 1872 | 1,166 | 1,440,810 | 1887 | 8,475 | 9,309,261 |
| 1873 | 1,565 | 1,889,789 | 1888 | 8,386 | 9,027,632 |
| 1874 | 2,007 | 2,667,565 | 1889 | 8,396 | 9,088,676 |
| 1875 | 2,483 | 3,480,011 | 1890 | 8,417 | 9,403,484 |
| 1876 | 2,909 | 4,105,197 | 1891 | 8,444 | 9,772,885 |
| 1877 | 3,422 | 5,359,158 | 1892 | 8,630 | 10,862,961 |
| 1878 | 3,972 | 6,141,955 | 1893 | 8,968 | 12,132,204 |
| 1879 | 4,748 | 6,700,357 | 1894 | 9,528 | 14,110,510 |
| 1880 | 5,528 | 7,944,641 | 1895 | 9,928 | 15,231,308 |
| 1881 | 6,563 | 9,033,333 | 1896 | 10,511 | 16,831,402 |
| 1882 | 7,373 | 9,113,818 | 1897 | 11,055 | 17,686,872 |
Net value of the fincas was:
| Pesos. | Pesos. | ||
| 1870 | 2,551,858 | 1890 | 35,679,253 |
| 1875 | 15,610,546 | 1895 | 43,347,019 |
| 1880 | 24,340,698 | 1896 | 45,126,821 |
| 1885 | 29,896,583 | 1897 | 48,642,827 |
In the last fiscal year from April 1, 1896, to March 31, 1897, the Public Register shows the following movement:
| (Part 1 of 2) | Key to column headings: | |||
| Rur. = Rural Properties. | ||||
| Val. = Value in Pesos. | ||||
| Urb. = Urban Properties. | ||||
| 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 |
| (Part 2 of 2) | |||||
| Second Inscriptions. | |||||
| Rur. | Val. | Urb. | Val. | ||
| San José | 565 | 1,236,822.10 | 1129 | 1,938,845.87 | Total inscriptions, first, 3141, $4,751,176.43; second, 5193, $8,493,090.09; 8344 fincas, valued at 13,244,266.52 pesos. |
| Alajuela | 723 | 1,313,350.17 | 468 | 346,090.09 | |
| Heredia | 477 | 1,227,200.39 | 755 | 704,950.93 | |
| Cartago | 497 | 972,605.11 | 501 | 454,726.09 | |
| Guanacaste | 11 | 79,021.00 | 9 | 10,370.00 | |
| Puntarenas | 23 | 75,678.66 | 9 | 15,945.00 | |
| Limon | 36 | 94,898.33 | 10 | 22,585.65 | |
| Total | 2332 | 4,999,576.46 | 2861 | 3,493,513.63 | |
For the same period the “Public Register” furnishes the following statistics of mortgages on real estate estimated in pesos: