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URUGUAY.

exports were of the value of 1,760,889/., in 1866 of 2,647,600/., and in 1868 of 2,579,273/. The imports, "which were of the declared value of 1,630,360/. in 1862, rose to 3,066,000/. in 1866, and to 3,421,775/. in 1868. Nearly the whole of the exports and imports of the republic pass through Montevideo, the capital, at the mouth of the Rio de la Plata. In 1868, there were 426 British ships, of an aggregate tonnage of 228,986, entered and cleared at the port. The total exports shipped at Montevideo during the year 1868 amounted in value to 12,139,720 dollars, or 2,579,273/. Nearly one-half of these exports were shipped to Great- Britain, and the rest to France, the United States, Brazil, Spain, and Italy. The articles exported in 1868 consisted chiefly of salted hides, tallow, cows' and mares' grease, bones and bone ash, wool, and sheep-skins. There was a considerable export, amounting to about 50,0001b. a month, of extract or essence of meat prepared on Liebig's system.

The commercial intercourse of Uruguay with the United King- dom is exhibited in the following tabular statement which shows the value of the exports from Uruguay to Great Britain and Ireland, and of the imports of British and Irish produce and manufactures into Uruguay in each of the five years 1865 to 1869 : —

Tears

Exports from Uruguay to Great Britain

Imports of

British Home Produce

into Uruguay

1865 1866 1867 1868 1869

& 1,249,211 1,540,250 1,222,228 1,138,255 796,884

£

812,861 1,392,803 1,452,508

930,422 1,078,938

The chief articles of export from Uruguay to the United King- dom are tallow and hides, the first of the value of 297,291/. and the last of 349,839/., in 1869. The British imports into Uruguay consist chiefly of manufactured cotton and woollen goods, the former of the value of 302,596/. and the latter of 101,582/., in the year 1869.

The rearing of cattle and other agricultural pursuits form the sole industry of the inhabitants. Commerce, foreign as well as internal, is chiefly in the hands of foreigners.

Money, Weights, and Measures.

The money, weights, and measures of Uruguay, and the British equivalents, are : —

Monet.

The Dollar, of 100 cen terms. . Approximate value, 4s.