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Pacific Bridge Company, 169

Pacific Mail Steamship Company, 75 , 104 , 172 -174, 218 n.94

Pact of Amapala, 167

Palacios, Juan Manuel, 134

Panama: and colonial taxes, 18 ;

and De Sola's business, 183 ;

route, transportation costs, 105 , 120 ;

route, trade, 74 , 75 , 173

Panama Canal, 106

Panama railroad: freights, 105 ;

impact on trade, 1 , 104 , 107 , 122 -23, 154 ;

and introduction of coffee, 120 ;

service, 76 ;

and shipping routes, 174

Panama Railroad Company: routes, 75 , 172 ;

subsidy, 105 , 123 ;

and trade, 101 , 104 -06

Parker, Robert, 183

Partidos, 8

Peddlers, 19 , 102

Penal code, 65

Peñalver y Cárdenas, Luis de, 12

Peru, 44 , 45 , 123 , 162 , 187

Peso. See Currency

Piers, 169

Piñol, José, 9

Pioneer , 173

Plan de Iguala, 36

Police, 63 -64, 83

Population, 8 , 19 , 84 , 186 , 194 n.66

Ports. See Acajutla;

El Triunfo;

La Libertad;

La Unión

Positivism, 82

Prices: bonds, 79 ;

food, 100 ;

and introduction of coffee, 120 ;

silver, 165 . See also specific product

Prince Albert , 173

Professionals, 19

Protectionism, 1 , 42 , 178

Prussia, 66

Public works, 80 , 155 . See also specific activity

Puntero, 22