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AMERICAN LUMBER IN FOREIGN MARKETS. 



Walnut. $195 gold per 100 square meters dispatched and delivered 

 ID buyer's yard; six months 7 credit. 



Oak, $80 to $95 gold per 100 square meters dispatched and deliv- 

 ered; six months 7 credit. 



CLIMATE. 



In so vast an extent of territory, with the varying levels of its sur- 

 face, there is necessarily considerable variation in the climate. While 

 the extreme portions of Patagonia reach to the Antarctic regions, with 

 a corresponding depression of the temperature, in the northern parts 

 of the Kepublic a perpetual summer reigns, without, however, the 

 intense heat of the tropics. The climate of the central portion corre- 

 sponds very nearly to that of southern Europe. The name of the capi- 

 tal is an eloquent testimony in favor of the climate in this part of the 

 country. The pure, invigorating atmosphere produced such an impres- 

 sion on the first colonists or conquerors, under Mendoza, that in addition 

 to the indispensible saint's name they affixed that of "Good Airs" 

 (Santa Maria de Buenos Aires), a designation which all the pampa prov- 

 inces fully deserve. This part of the Argentine Eepublic, however, is 

 not a perpetual spring, much less a perpetual summer. The seasons 

 here are quite clearly denned, and if the mercury seldom reaches even 

 to the freezing point, it is none the less a fact that the bleak winds and 

 .cold rains of the winter months not only make heavy clothing and 

 warm fires exceedingly desirable, but not unfrequently kill the fruit 

 blooms of the peach and other fruit trees. 



According to the meteorological reports of Dr. Tome, the distiguished 

 American scientist in charge of the National Observatory at Cordova, 

 the following is the mean monthly temperature of Buenos Ay res, the 

 thermometer used being the centigrade, the readings of which can be 

 reduced to those of the Fahrenheit by the usual formula, F=f C.+32. 

 I also add the mean monthly readings of the early barometer in milli- 

 meters. 



