58 



BUENOS AYRES. 



Buenos 

 Ayres. 



A free 

 trade al- 

 lowed with 

 the motber 

 country in 

 1778. 



Exports 



and 



Import*. 



Imports 



from 



Spain. 



Exports to 

 Spain. 



interrupted, was always renewed, and preserved some 

 degree of activity in the settlement. But it was not 

 until 1778, when a more enlightened policy began 

 to prevail in Spain, under the ministry of Galvez, 

 when Buenos Ayres was erected into a separate vice- 

 royalty, and a free trade was allowed with the mo- 

 ther country and the interior of Peru, that it began 

 to acquire importance and stability, and to assume 

 its appropriate station of a commercial emporium. 

 From this time, the general commerce of La Plata 

 rapidly increased ; and, by a royal ordinance of the 

 10th of April 1793, salted meat and tallow were 

 permitted to pass to Spain and the other colonies, 

 free of duty. 



The following Tables, given by Azara, present a 

 statement of the maritime commerce of the Rio de 

 la Plata, taking the mean result of five years from 

 1792 to 1796. The valuations are according to the 

 tarifs of the custom-houses in these colonies. 



IMPORTS FROM SPAIN. 



EXPORTS TO SPAIN. 



DETAIL OF COMMODITIES WHICH CONSTITUTED 

 THE ABOVE 47 CARGOES. 



Commodit 

 ties ex- 

 ported. 



Ox hides iu the hair 

 Tanned hides 

 H<srse hides 



758,117 



1,626 



15,760 



Ay re 



