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Page 1 - COLOMBIA, Location. — Colombia is the most northerly of the South American Republics, adjacent to Panama, which was formerly one of its Departments. It is bounded on the north by the Caribbean Sea ; on the east by Venezuela and Brazil; on the south by Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador ; and on the west by the Pacific Ocean and Panama. Coast Line. — Colombia is the only South American Republic with n coast line on both oceans.
Page 198 - The President of the Republic of Colombia, in the exercise of his legal powers, and Whereas, by virtue of law No.
Page 37 - N. latitude, and 53° 50' and 58° 20' E. longitude, and bounded on the north by the Atlantic Ocean, on the east by the...
Page 46 - The legislative power was vested in a National Congress, consisting of a Senate and a House of Representatives...
Page 54 - Report of a sub-committee of the Advisory committee to the Board of trade on commercial intelligence with respect to measures for securing the position, after the war, of certain branches of British industry.
Page 45 - The president is elected by direct popular vote for a term of four years (before 1910 the term was six years), and cannot be reflected for the term immediately following.
Page 27 - ... different from the other countries of South America in that they are colonial possessions of European Powers. British Guiana belongs to Great Britain, Dutch Guiana is owned by Holland, and French Guiana is governed by France. These three countries lie in the northeastern part of South America, and are bounded on the north by the Atlantic, on the east by the valley of the Orinoco, and on the south by the valley of the Amazon. Just where their boundaries end and where they begin is not settled....
Page 38 - It has an area of 1,546 square miles, or 989,000 acres. The eastern portion of the county is mountainous, but in the southern and western parts there is much good agricultural and grazing land. The area suitable to cultivation is confined to the Smith River Valley and a belt along the ocean near Crescent City. A large...
Page 4 - In San Martin, to the south-west, and in the south, the ground is slightly higher, and the rivers drain to the Rio Negro and the Amazon. The chief of these, from the west to the east, are the Napo (the boundary with Ecuador), the Putumayo or Iza, the Caqueta or Yapura, the Apaporis, and the Vaupes. This country is covered with forest and inhabited only by uncivilised Indians. It is practically unknown and unexplored, but doubtless possesses the usual forest products of the Amazon basin. The southern...
Page 46 - The members of the House of Representatives are elected for two years by direct vote of the people, each state's quota being determined by the number of its inhabitants.