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La pedanía de Santa Cruz de Tenerife accedió a la categoría de villa exenta en 1803, para luego adquirir el rango de capital provincial por el sistema político-administrativo propuesto por el régimen liberal. Por ello, el municipio debió constituir su hacienda de manera ex novo, aunque no consiguió disponer de los recursos económicos necesarios. Desde 1850, se creó una hacienda de carácter fiscal que hizo factible comenzar a dotar de bienes esenciales a la nueva urbe. Ello se vio acompañado de una mejora de sus actividades económicas, principalmente del comercio, el puerto e industrias asociadas. En el presente trabajo estudiaremos las transformaciones socioeconómicas que se produjeron a mediados del siglo xix, para luego adentrarnos en el análisis de la nueva configuración de la hacienda municipal. ; The district of Santa Cruz de Tenerife acceded to the category of villa exenta in 1803, to then acquire the rank of provincial capital by the political-administrative system proposed by the liberal regime. For this reason, the municipality had to establish its treasury ex novo, although it did not manage to have the necessary economic resources. From 1850, it had a fiscal-type municipal treasury for the provision of essential services required by the new city. This was accompanied by an improvement in their economic activities, mainly in the commerce, the port and its associated industries. In the present work we will study the socioeconomic transformations that took place in the middle of the xix century, to later get into the analysis of the new configuration of the municipal treasury.

Los mecanismos de financiación de la deuda de la Hacienda castellana en el siglo XVII fueron insuficientes. Ello compelió a dicha institución a la búsqueda de nuevas fuentes de ingresos mediante cargas extraordinarias, y el donativo fue una de ellas. Sin embargo, la escasez de recursos indujo a la Corona a la búsqueda de otros medios, como la letra de cambio. Ésta brindaba la posibilidad de suministrar los pagos del donativo mediante el crédito que proporcionaba a los agentes que operaban con ella, como funcionarios reales, cargos públicos y mercaderes. Fueron estos últimos los intermediarios encargados de recabar el dinero en metálico en plazas de proyección internacional, en virtud de los acuerdos suscritos entre ellos en las letras emitidas. Así, la Corona se involucraba también en el crédito del Mundo Moderno. ; In the seventeenth century, the financial management of the Castilian debt forced the Treasury to look for new sources of income. The donativo was one of those extraordinary taxes. However, the insufficiency of cash induced the Crown to use other medium of payment, such us bill of exchange. The possibility of credit was achieved. Agents like government employees or merchants worked with it and they were the intermediaries in charge of collecting cash in international places. Therefore, the Castilian Crown entered into the credit lines of Modern World.

In October, 1985, discussions were held in Santiago in regard to the possibility of organizing a minerals industry conference in Chile in November, 1986, under the auspices of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy and in association with other bodies and organizations. I, in turn, was asked to chair the Organizing Committee and at our first meeting in London in November, 1985, we realized how little time we had if we were to meet the date proposed. In the event, thanks to considerable support from the Organizing Committee and others, coupled with the very good response from authors, we were able to put together a programme on a variety of topics, with some particular emphasis on operations in South America, and with special reference to Chile, that we regard as attractive. This is the first conference to have been organized by the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy in Chile, but it is intended that it should initiate a series to be held in Latin American countries. Chile has a long and healthy mining tradition and it is fitting, therefore, that it should have been chosen for the first such conference.