TEADE OF URUGUAY. 



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Uruguay's chief customer is Great Britain, followed b}^ France, Brazil, Belgium, 

 and the United States, in the order named. Over two-thirds of the traffic and 

 nearly thi-ee-fourths of the navigation are centred in Monte Video. 



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The railway system, of which the first section was opened in 18G9, is still far 



from being developed, even in the Monte Video district, although it already reaches 



the Brazilian frontier. No trunk-line has yet been constructed to connect the 



banks of the Uruguay with the Atlantic coast or with the Laguna Mirim. On the 



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