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tiletradeof this country, and, although other nations have since managed 

 to make small inroads upon it, she still continues to maintain her su- 

 premacy. As showing how uniform has been the course of the cottons 

 trade for the last ten years, I have compiled two tables, the first show- 

 ing the countries from which the importations were made in 1878, and 

 the second showing the same thing for 1887 : 



Imports of cottons into the Argentine Republic, 1878. 



It will be seen that of the total value, $5,555,647, imported during 

 the year 1878, England is credited with furnishing $3,183,149. But to 

 this amount should be put down what in the above table is given to 

 Chili, Uruguay and " transit" (the original shipments being from 

 England), thus making a total of $5,014,097 furnished by England, and 

 leaving only $541,538 as the amount furnished by all other countries; 

 whereas the custom-house returns in the foregoing table puts white 

 cottons and printed goods in the same category ; those for the year 1887 

 very properly separate the two. The following table shows the im- 

 portations for 1887 : 



Imports of cottons into the Argentine Republic, 1887. 



Of the total value, $7,270,656, of the cottons imported during the year 

 1887, it will be seen that England is credited with furnishing $4,962,116; 



