Appleton's annual cyclopedia and register of important events: embracing political, military, an ecclesiastical affairs; public documents; biography, statistics, commerce, finance, literature, science, agriculture, and mechanical industry . FromAgosto to Carmelo and Nueva Palmira. Montevideo to the northern frontier andBaze. 5. From Montevideo eastward to La-guna and Merino. 6. From Salto to SantaRosa, with a branch line from Peballo to SanEugenio. The Government offers to guaranteeseven per cent, interest for forty years on acapital of £5,000 per kilometre. In October the Central Urugu
Appleton's annual cyclopedia and register of important events: embracing political, military, an ecclesiastical affairs; public documents; biography, statistics, commerce, finance, literature, science, agriculture, and mechanical industry . FromAgosto to Carmelo and Nueva Palmira. Montevideo to the northern frontier andBaze. 5. From Montevideo eastward to La-guna and Merino. 6. From Salto to SantaRosa, with a branch line from Peballo to SanEugenio. The Government offers to guaranteeseven per cent, interest for forty years on acapital of £5,000 per kilometre. In October the Central Uruguayan Exten-sion Railway Company (limited) was formed,with a capital of £1,000,000, to build a line ofrailway from Paso de los Toros to Rivera(Santa Una) on the Brazilian frontier, 288kilometres, the Government guaranteeing sevenper cent, interest for forty years on a capital of£5,000 per kilometre. Telegraphs.—The length of lines in operationin 1888 was 2,789 kilometres. The first sub-marine cable for telephone use was laid be-tween Montevideo and Buenos Ayres in theautumn, and it does better service than theoverland lines. 830 UTAH. Commerce.—Uruguayan foreign commerce hasdeveloped as follows, reduced to millions ofdollars:. The following Uruguayan products were ex-ports: Cattle, $800,000; jerked beef, $2,858,-000; preserved beef in tins, $37,000; extractof beef, $894,000; hides, $4,842,000; skins,$816,000; tallow, $1,237,000; wool, $4,998,-000; horse-hair, $185,000; bones and bone-ashes, $110,000; fertilizers, $316,000; ostrich-feathers, $54,000; grain, $712,000. The American trade exhibits the followingfigures: FISCAL YEAR. 1S86188718S8 Imports into theUnited States. $4,925,8482,818,7612,711,521 Domestic exportto Uruguay. $1,110,,7251,337,430 Tariff Changes.—The revised customs-tariff be-came operative on April 1, 1888, the modifica-tions being slight, ad valorem duties beingraised from 30£ per cent, to 31 per cent.; goodsunder schedule No. 2, from 47 per c
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