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COLOMBIA. 



EXPORTS TO COLOMBIA FROM THE SAME COUNTRIES. 



TRADE BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND THE UNITED STATES, 

 1869-'82, SPECIE NOT INCLUDED. 



In 1881 the United States imported from the 

 United States of Colombia $5,991,890 worth 

 of merchandise, the United Kingdom $6,677,- 

 505, and France $5,016,006; while the United 

 States exported to Colombia $5,383,138 worth, 

 the United Kingdom $5,999,776, and France 

 $6,214,345. 



The commercial statistics published in Co- 

 lombia fail to show the export of precious 

 stones, such as topazes, found in the country, of 

 excellent quality and in considerable amounts. 



IMPORT OF PRODUCTS FROM THE UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA INTO THE UNITED STATES. 



DOMESTIC EXPORT FROM THE UNITED STATES TO THE UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA. 



IMPORT OF SPECIE INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM 

 THE UNITED STATES OF COLOMBIA, AND EXPORT 

 THEREOF TO THE LATTER. 



The first and only railroad finished in Co- 

 lombia, besides the one from Sabanilla to Bar- 

 ranquilla, twenty-eight kilometres, is the Pan- 

 ama Eailroad across the Isthmus, seventy-five 

 kilometres (forty- seven miles), now the prop- 

 erty of the Panama Canal Company. 



Other railroads authorized to be constructed 

 by the Colombian Congress during several ses- 

 sions of the past two years are : 1. The North- 

 ern, to connect the States of Cundinamarca, 

 Boyaca, and Santander with the Magdalena 

 River ; 2. The Cauca Railway, from Call, on the 

 Cauca River, to Buenaventura, on the Pacific, 

 one hundred and thirty-eight kilometres, of 



* Re-export not deducted. 



