REPORT OP THE STATISTICIAN. 



443 



bor, and su,G:ar; of the Argentine Bepublic, hides and wool; Chili, 

 soda and wool; Colombia, hides, coffee, rubber, and cinchona; Uru- 

 guay, hides and wool; Venezuela, coffee and hides. Coffee repre- 

 sents half the value of imports; hides, one-sixth; sugar and india- 

 rubber each over one-tenth; wool and soda, some millions of dollars, 

 and the otlier articles a comparatively small amount. The large 

 item in the column for "Other countries," $GoO,88G is for 42,367,498 

 pounds nitrate of soda, and is from Peru. 



Among the products of our agriculture exported, as above, during 

 two years past the following are the principal : 



Products. 



Brazil. 



1884-'85. 1885-'86. 



United States of 

 Colombia. 



1884-'85. 1885-'i 



Venezuela. 



1884-'85. 1885-' 



Total for South 

 America. 



1884-'85. 1885- 



Wheat bushels . 



Flour barrels. 



Apples do . . . 



Beef pounds. 



Bacon do . . 



Hams do . . . 



Butter do . 



Cheese do. .. 



Tobacco do... 



23, 861 



674, 230 



2, 102 



24,100 



309, 551 



1.961 



89,718 



439 



12,248 



4,995 



542. 499 



1,790 



27, 050 



378,718 



9,591 



185, 228 



736 



53, 543 



01 , 3(50 



1,390 



733, 143 



44.409 

 346, 859 

 467, 602 

 3-12,039 

 301,810 



506 



64.714 



1,477 



681,898 



48,053 



345, 158 



400, 271 



a38,165 



415,689 



3,372 



143,004 



789 



59, OOH 



6, 550 



284, 259 



468, 235 



30, 716 



113,837 



1,853 



127, 085 



1,526 



29, 680 



13, 896 



261,612 



426, 605 



28,048 



103,511 



27,233 



1,029,232 



5, 002 



2,421,161 



541,766 



929, 619 



1,247,124 



585, 933 



2,583,333 



7,371 



882,074 



5,.5S1 



2,811,328 



533. 792 



865,660 

 1,237,964 



562, 680 

 3,015,594 



The exports of agricultural implements to South America were as 

 follows: 



Textile manufactures, lumber, carriages, and other products of in- 

 dustry comprise the other exports to South America. 



