PETROLEUM, STATISTICS OF. 



687 



lege of free storage in the Argentine custom- I. Number of firms and corporations re- 



JT!L- W^ lib A eral C nCeS8i nS * hOW h W II. ACfn'tof'capitaVinvested::: ' ' ' ' J """ $27 395 746 



fully the Buenos Ayres Government compre- in. Hands employed: men, 9,498; women, 25- 



hends the future importance of the Bolivian T r oMHwn/w .' 9,869 



commerce. In the last-named city, and in Ro- v! u!$?* amOUDt paid f r $4,881,572 



sario, agencies have been established; a large ' \ o'l 



^Vu's ^fe^otritt ' 



lodging-houses and hotels have been opened 2 Fuel: 



where such conveniences were unknown ; new Anthracite coal, tons 179,997 



industries have been established ; and frequent Bituminous coai,'tons .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' .' ^toS 



traffic has led to such improvement in the con- Value $580^983 



dition of the roads that it is said to be now Va?ue C rd8 selS 



possible "to ride in a carriage from Buenos Coke, bushels.' .".'.'.*.*.'.'."".'.'.'.'.'".'.'.'.'.'!! &5m 



Ayres to Potosi." Transportation companies H u $,3,518 



run wagons over the route, carrying goods into Value . ....." ".".".V.'.'.'.V.".".'.".' l^'sis 



the interior of Bolivia, and taking back min- Kesiduum, gallons '..'.'/. njesjos 



erals ; and when the railway from Tucuman to Jue $229,215 



Jujuy is completed, and it becomes possible to 8 - ^ hemica ^-' 



travel direct from the Argentine capital to that ^vaiS' tOD8 3 



city, freights will reach the lowest level of Sulphuric acid, tons'.' .' 45813 



cheapness, and it is presumed that both North _ value "'. $i,206,V>2 



and South Bolivia will finally transfer their Hydrochloric acid, pounds 



business from Valparaiso to Buenos Ayres. Soda-ash, tons.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. '.'.'.'.'.'.'.'.'. 411 



The Bolivian trade with the Argentine Re- Cals^soda'tons $1 fl 



public, for the year 1880 was of the total value Value '. .'. 86 OW 



of $2,013,642, against $683,045 for 1879, as fol- Sal-soda, pounds 96>43 



l ftws . Value $1,428 



Aqua-ammonia, pounds 160,160 



Exports to the Argentine Eepublic $32,007 Value $8,697 



Imports from the A rgentine Republic 860,1 13 Lime, bushels 797 



In tramitu from Bolivia 1,570,808 Value $159 



In transits to Bolivia 51 214 Bone-black, tons 1 990 



Value $62,815 



Total in 1880 $2,013.642 4. Packages: 



Totalml879 683,045 Barrels 9717306 



Increase $1^ 



The transit trade from Bolivia through the 



Argentine Republic, in 1880, was as exhibited Value............................ $906,911 



in the following table : Bung8 ' paint ' etc> ' value 645,412 



ARTICLES. Value. Total value of raw materials $34,999,101 



Bismuth $31.815 ^^ , ^ 



Quinine 84,866 VI - Products: 



Hides 15,608 1. Ehigoline, barrels 5.863 



Tin 21.061 Value $29,117 



Silver 1,416,958 2. Gasoline, barrels 289,555 



Value $1,128,166 



Total $1,570,308 8. Naphtha, barrels 1,212,626 



,, ,.,. .. . Value $1,833,395 



The commodities comprising the transit trade 4. illuminating oil, barrels 1 1^002,249 



through the Argentine Republic to Bolivia in . u <j fi - v---, ^M? 



the same year were as follow : 5 - ^S?.!?!!^.^;;;:;;;:;:;:;: $ 202 ;t 



ARTICLES. Value ^- Reduced petroleum for cylinders, 



Quicksilver $6,230 barrels 26,01 8 



Sugar, refined 2,099 Value $371,020 



Drugs 5.219 ^- Reduced petroleum for journals, bar- 



Iron-wojk ." .'.'.'.'.... . ll',276 rels " 204,841 



Agricultural implements 117 Yalue $1,024,017 



Machinery 15,645 8. Deodorized lubricating oils, barrels .. 70,415 



Cotton goods 6]451 Value $611,572 



Woods 995 9. Paraffine oil, barrels 79,465 



Canned preserves... 1755 Value $408,023 



Sundries 1 427 10. Eesiduum, barrels 229,133 



" Value $297,529 



Total $51,214 H- Paraffine-wax, pounds 7,889,626 



In 1882 the Congress was petitioned for a 12. Petroleum-ointment, h'aVnes's-oli, etc., 



concession for the construction of a railway value $828,097 



from La Paz, with various branches, and the Total value of manufactured products, ^os^is 



main line of which should effect a junction Boiiersinuse 874 



with the Central Argentine Railway, the ex- Horse-power of same 12,744 



tension of which last to Jujuy has been already SSjfinVse 6 ::::::.':::::::::""":."" S 



referred to. Buildings, number .'.'"..'".' 866 



PETROLEUM STATISTICS OF, duriag v^^^^^^ 



tne year ending May 31, 1880: Loss during the year from fire and other accidents. 104,631 



