12 





Argentina 



Brazil 



Chili 



Uruguay 





Population 1908 : 



Population 1908 : 



Population 1908 : 



Population 1908 : 





6489023 



20298297 



34OO924 



I I40799 







Argentine Pesos Gold: 





1892 



204851500 



■ 



I23814866 



47 549 760 



i«93 



I903I3787 



255 2 86598 



I22365687 



50762428 



1894 



1944766H 



217846908 



II8282384 



6l 404032 



1895 



215 164228 



224066908 



I27760781 



62 IOO692 



1896 



229045607 



217079306 



117 164936 



59960464 



1897 



199458247 



243 649515 



103 945 036 



52347677 



1898 



241258358 



261 843618 



I02 185302 



59025688 



1899 



301 768202 





101 820533 



66707 292 



1900 



268085481 



272296 150 



III 968429 



57233080 



1901 



281675851 



321 521812 



II761309O 



55159353 



1902 



282525983 



304177669 



I2032O487 



61294437 



1903 



352 191 124 



309738 547 



I2729159I 



66971450 



1904 



451463494 



329341617 



I4I O50648 



62692OOO 



1905 



527998261 



375290007 



I7153852O 



66016615 



1906 



562224305 



434768245 



I97I27II7 



72781084 



1907 



582065052 



477310685 



2I47558I5 



74329635 



1908 



638978077 



4OI 1 15 466 



221 664205 



77134957 



In Peru a slight revolution, which was nipped in the bud, together 

 with disputes with neighbouring republics, has contributed to paralyse 

 business still more; and in Ecuador customs tariff conditions continue 

 to prevail which make a brisk importation of our products impossible. 



Unfortunately no improvement in the state of trade is reported 

 from Mexico, which country, as a result of want of rain, has had 

 scanty harvests, and has, moreover, been severely damaged recently 

 by heavy floods in the north and severe earthquakes in several 

 districts. At the same time serious political tension prevails in Mexico, 

 now that the question of the successor of President Porfirio Diaz — who 

 is very aged and extraordinarily popular — is becoming acute. Sanguinary 

 encounters have already taken place between the partisans of General 

 Reyes and those of the present Vice-President, Senor Corral. 



Cuba has been favoured by an exceptionally good sugar crop, 

 said to amount to 500000 tons, and judging by the present state of 

 the plantations it is thought that the coming crop will exceed even 

 this figure. Notwithstanding this there has been no improvement 

 whatever in business, because the government of President Gomez 

 inspires no confidence whatsoever, and there are rumours of pro- 

 spective fresh intervention on the part of the U. S. A. 



In Japan we have been able to observe a further slow increase 

 in the consumption of our manufactures. In particular those oils and 

 perfumes which are employed in soap manufacture have been in 

 excellent demand, as the consumption of scented soaps both in Japan 

 itself and for export from Japan, is increasing year by year. It is 

 expected that when the revision of the treaties takes place in 191 1 



