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The republic of Peru, one of the oldest of Spanish colonies in America, issued its declaration of independence in 1821, after a war of eleven years. The present constitution, proclaimed Aug. 31, 1867, is modelled on that of the United States, the legislative power being vested in a Senate and a House of Representatives, the former composed of deputies of the provinces, two for each, and the latter of representatives nominated by the electoral colleges of provinces and parishes, at the rate of one member for every 20,000 inhabitants. The parochial electoral colleges choose deputies to the provincial colleges, who in turn send representatives to Congress. In the session of 1868, the Senate was composed of 36 members, and the House of Representatives of 86 members.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Peru
1. Official Publications
Anales de la dictadura. Coleccion de documentos oficiales do la jefetura suprema del Coronel Mariano I. Prado. Entregas 1–15. Lima, 1866–8.
Reglamento de comercio de la República del Perú. 4. Lima, 1864.
Report by Mr. Middleton, H. M.’s Secretary of Legation, on the Publie Revenue and Expenditure of Peru, dated February 25, 1867; in ‘Reports by II. M.’s Secretaries of Embassy and Legation.’ No. V. 1867. London, 1867.
Report of Mr. Consul Cocks on the Trade of Peru for 1864, in. Consul Cocks on the Trade of Peru for 1864, in ‘Commercial Reports received at the Foreign Office.’ 8. London, 1865.
Report of Mr. Consul Wilthew on the Trade of Peru for 1865, in. Consul Wilthew on the Trade of Peru for 1865, in ‘Commercial Reports received at the Foreign Office.’ 8. London, 1866.
Report by Mr. J. H. McColley, U. S. Consul at Callao, on the Trade, Industry, and Agriculture of Peru, dated Sept. 30, 1867; in ‘Commercial Relations of the United States with Foreign Nations.’ 8. Washington, 1868
2. Non-Official Publications
Cabello (Pedro M.), Guia politica eclesiastica y militar del Perú, para el año de 1869. 12. Lima, 1869.
Grandidier (E.), Voyage dans l’Amérique du Sud, Pérou et Bolivie. 8. Paris, 1863.
Fuentes (Manuel A.), Lima, or Sketches of the Capital of Peru: Historical, Statistical, Administrative, Commercial, and Moral. 8. London, 1866.
Hill (S. S.), Travels in Peru and Mexico. 2 vols. 8. London, 1860.
Menendez (D. Baldomero), Manuel de geografia y estadistica del Perú. 12. Paris, 1862.
Odriozola (J.), Documentos historieos del Perú. 2 vols. 8. Lima, 1863–64.
Faz-Soldan (D. Mateo) Geografia del Perú. 8. Paris, 1863.
Bivero (Don Mariano de) and Tschudi (Joh. Jakob von) Antiguëdades Peruanas. 4. Wien, 1851.
Soldau (M.), Geografia del Perú. 2 vols. 8. Paris, 1862.
Tschudi (Joh. Jakob von), Reisen durch Südamerika. 5 vols. 8. Leipzig, 1866–68.
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Martin, F. (1870). Peru. In: The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230252998_26
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