Navigation Companies.
Many European and American Companies have their agencies in Montevideo. The principal ones are:
| Italian Company | La Veloce. |
| French Company | Chargeurs Reunis. |
| English Company | Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. |
| Spanish Company | La Trasatlantica. |
| French Company | Messageries Maritimes. |
| French Company | Nouvelle Compagnie Marseillaise. |
| English Company | Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| N. American Company | United States and Brazil Mail. |
| English Company | Shaw, Savill & Albion Co., limited. |
| English Company | New Zealand Shipping Co., limited. |
| Italian Company | Navigazione Generale Italiana. Societa Riunite |
| (Florio e Rubattino). | |
| Italian Company | Fratelli Lavarello Fu Gio Batta. |
| Italian Company | La Genovesse. |
| French Company | Transports Maritimes a vapeur. |
| English Company | Lamport Holt Line. |
| Brazilian Company | Companhia Nacional de Navegacao a vapor. |
All these steamers put Montevideo in direct communication with Barcelona, Genoa, Naples, Dakar, Lisbon, Bourdeaux, Rio Janeiro, Saint Vincent, Vigo, Bahia, Pernambuco, Marseilles, Havre, Santa Cruz of Tenerif, Dunkirk, Plymouth, Liverpool, London, New Zealand and also the ports of the Pacific Ocean and those of North America.