Identifier: twoyearsinperuwi01hutc (find matches)
Title: Two years in Peru : with exploration of its antiquities
Year: 1873 (1870s)
Authors: Hutchinson, Thomas Joseph, b. 1820
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Publisher: London : S. Low, Marston, Low, (and) Searle
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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from passengers and luggage Number of tons of goods carried, 99,989.Eeceipts from goods traffic ,, other sources . . 1,0 04,9 61 le . 461,310 . 1,466,2 71 £ s. d. 100,936 14 0 58,369 19 0 3,569 9 0 Total receipts . £162,876 2 0 There are two barracks in Callao, and one atBella Vista, which latter is about a mile outside oftown, on the line of railway to Lima. Adjoiningthe Custom-house is the military and naval Inten-dencia. Together with the three Catholic chapelsof the town, there is likewise a Protestant church(having a school attached), of which the manager ofthe Pacific Company for the time being, the BritishConsul for the time being in Callao, and the UnitedStates Consul for the time being in the same place,are trustees. It was originally built, and theground on which the building was raised, boughtby funds raised through Mr. Petrie, and friends, in1864. l^nrt of material for building was likewisegiven for it ))y Mr. Wheelwright. The church is vested in the forcofoinof trustees
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