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URUGUAY - CREDIT 



If the distribution of loans according to their importance be examined 

 the following facts are obtained : 



Distribution of Loans according to their Importance. 



From 



Total. 



• 157 236 3,562,400 



We see that the maximum sum of the loans were in the category of 

 those between 70,001 and 100,000 pesos, the average here being 84,625 

 pesos on a mortgage. However it may be said that the generality of 

 loans, if their amounts be regarded, were in the category of those from 

 10,000 to 100,000 pesos, which comprises 52.99 per cent, of the total sum 

 lent. 



As regards the redemption of mortgages the year 1915-1916 gives the 

 following figures : 



