reached its limit, which is $16.00 per head (Chile currency), 
excepting those under one year old, which are free of duty. 
Chile’s imports of cattle reached 140,000 head in 1897, but two 
years later these figures had fallen to 40,000. 
The hide and sole leather trade is very important in Chile. 
The latter is justly considered to be of the best quality, especially 
that manufactured in the southern provinces of Valdivia and 
Llanquihue. The annual exports of sole leather are from 2,500 
to 3,000 metric tons, while those of rough hides were 1,345,000 
for 1898 and 2,104,000 for 1899. 
TEODORO SCHNEIDER, 
Delegate for Chile, Chief of Agriculture. 
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