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URUGUAY

clip reached 33,000 tons. Agricultural industries are 'said to have advanced recently. In 1894, the area under wheat was 203,796 hectares ; under maize, 125,731 hectares. The estimated wheat yield in 1897 was 300,000 tons. Tobacco, olives, and the vine are also cultivated. The acquisition of land is facilitated by public companies. There are 21,045 farmers, of whom 10,853 cultivate their own land. In the northern Departments several gold mines are worked, and silver, copper, lead, magnesium, and lignite coal are found. In the department of Rivera, during the eleven years 1885-95, the gold yield was 1,118,220 grammes; in 1895, 61,126 grammes; in 1896, 55,998 grammes ; in 1897, 87,336 grammes, •

Commerce.

The special trade (merchandise only) was as follows in dollars'

gold :—

1893

1894

1895

1896

1897

Imports. Exports.

Dollars 19,672,000 27,682,000

Dollars 23,800,370 33,479,511

Dollars 25,386,106 32,543,644

Dollars

25,530,184 30,403,083

Dollars 19,512,216 29,319,573

Of the imports in 1897 the value of 17,537,660 dollars was subject to duty ; of the exports, 27,826,109 dollars.

The following table shows the value of the trade of Uruguay in 1896 and 1897, with the countries with which she mainly deals : —

Imports from

Imports from

Exports to

Exports to

Country

(1896)

(1897)

(1896)

(1897)

Dollars

Dollars

Dollars

Dollars

Great Britain.

7,277,372

4,843,937

1,983,264

1,754,995

France

2,489,784

1,959,204

5,040,443

4,970,588

Germany.

2,750,292

1,828,556

2,479,913

3,064,853

Spain

1,959,374

1,689,333

677,587

396,799

Italy

2,283,357

1,696,561

477,166

721,243

Brazil

1,444,901

1,620,627

7,243,034

5,939,256

United States

1,776,255

1,505,156

1,713,613

2,886,792

Belgium.

1,711,026

1,123,636

5,377,848

4,982,136

Argentine Republic ,

3,523,764

2,950,657

4,895,172

4,015,771

The following are the various classes of imports for three j'-ears :-

—

1895

1896 Dollars

1897

Dollars

Dollars

Foods and drinks

7,399,084

7,041,486

6,869,612

Tobacco

218,629

250,723

184,728

Textiles

4,856,114

4,704,799

3,359,980

Apparel and haberdashery

1,380,871

1,446,237

974,124

Raw materials and machinery.

6,428,994

6,613,786

5,058,497

Various. . ., . Total ....

5,102,414

5,473,153

25,530,184

3,065,275

25,386,106

19,512,216