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platforms cover about as much more. The building is three 

 stories in height. There are 112,000 square metres of flooring, 

 with a storage capacity for 24,000 tons, storing only to one 

 half the height of the respective floors. The roof is built of 

 glass and galvanised iron. There are eight entrances, four for 

 carts and four for railway cars, each of the latter having three 

 lines of rail capable of. receiving nearly 300 cars at a time. The 

 hydraulic machinery consists of four compound hydraulic pump- 

 ing engines, with four tubular boilers and four accumulators, 

 with a pressure of 740 lbs. to the square inch. This machinery 

 Avorks 65 cranes, besides giving movement to 16 traversers and 

 50 capstans. The great advantage which the Central Market 

 offers to produce dealers is that all the produce brought into 

 Buenos Ayres can be concentrated there, thus saving to buyers 

 and sellers alike the time heretofore wasted in hunting up lots 

 of grain in different parts of the city. 



Putting together the average costs of transport on a ton of 

 wheat from the farm to the hold of the ship at Buenos Ayres, it 

 would seem that the total expenses per ton, in gold, are, according 

 to Mr. Baker's report, about as follows : average cost from the 

 farm to the station, 2s. 8d. ; average cost from station to port, 

 lis. 2d.; average cost of passing through deposits, 2s.; thus 

 making the total expense of transportation about 16s. 



