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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
