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The Republic of Chile threw off allegiance to the Crown of Spain by the declaration of independence of September 18, 1810, finally freeing itself from the yoke of Spain in 1818. The Constitution voted by the representatives of the nation in 1833, with a few subsequent amendments, establishes three powers in the State—the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. The legislative power is vested in the National Congress, consisting of two assemblies, called the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. The Senate is composed of members popularly elected by provinces for the term of six years, in the proportion of one Senator for every three Deputies ; while the Chamber of Deputies, composed of members chosen directly by departments for a period of three years, consists of one representative for every 30,000 of the population, or a fraction not less than 15,000 ; both bodies are chosen by the same electors. Electors must be 21 years of age, and able to read and write. The executive is exercised by the President of the Republic elected for a term of five years, by indirect vote, the people nominating, by ballot, delegates who appoint the President. A retiring President is not re-eligible.
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Statistical and other Books of Reference concerning Chile
1. Official Publications
Annuario Estadistico, for the year 1900. Valparaiso, 1901.
Memorias presentandas al Congreso nacional por los Ministros de Estado en los departa-mentos de Relaciones Exteriores, Hacienda, &c Santiago, 1901.
Estadistica comercial de la República de Chile. 8. Valparaiso, 1901.
Synopsis estadistica y geográfica de Chile, Santiago, Annual.
Reports on the trade, manufactures, agriculture of Chile in Foreign Office Reports, annual series. London.
Statement on behalf of Chile in reply to the Argentine Report, submitted to the British Arbitration Tribunal. 6 vols. London, 1901–02.
Annual Statement of the Trade of the United Kingdom with Foreign Countries and British Possessions. Imp. 4. London.
2. Non-Official Publications
Asta-Buruaga Francisco S.), Diccionario geogràflco de la República de Chile. 8. New York, 1867.
Ball (John), Notes of a Naturalist in South America. London, 1887.
Barros Arana (Diego), La guerre du Pacifique. Paris, 1882; and Historia general de Chile.
Bates (H. W.), South America. London, 1882.
Child (Theodore), The Spanish American Republics. London, 1891.
Conway (Sir M.), Aconcagua and Tierra del Fuego. London, 1902.
FitzGerald (E. A.), The Highest Andes, London, 1899.
Fonck (Dr. Fr.), Chile in der Gegenwart 8. Berlin, 1870.
Fountain (P.), The Great Mountains and Forests of South America. London, 1902.
Gay (Claudio), Historia general de Chile.
Guerre entre le Chili, le Pérou et Bolivie en 1879. Paris, 1879.
Hancock (A. M.), A History of Chili. 8. Chicago, 1893.
Hervey (M. H.), Dark Days in Chile. London, 1892.
Innes (G. Rose), The Progress and Actual Condition of Chile. 8. London, 1875.
Kunz (Hugo), Chile und die Deutschen Colonien. Leipzig, 1891.
Mackenna (Vicuña), Obras históricas sobre Chile.
Maldonado (R.), Estudios geograficos é hidrograficos sobre Chile. Santiago, 1897.
Markham (C. R.), The War between Chile and Peru, 1879–81. London, 1883.
Nordenskjöld (O.), Skildringar från den Swenska Expeditionen till Magellans-länderna 1895–97. Stockholm, 1899.
Rosales (R. P. Diego de), Historia general del Reyno de Chile. 3 vols. 8. Valparaiso 1877–78.
Smith (W. A.), Temperate Chile London, 1900.
Vincent (Frank), Round and about South America, New York, 1900.
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Keltie, J.S. (1903). Chile. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270329_13
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