| From 1858 to 1862. | From 1862 to 1867. | |
|---|---|---|
| Great Britain | .233 | 2.816 |
| France | 11.936 | 8.054 |
| Belgium, Holland, and Germany | 25.847 | 11.585 |
| United States | 29.029 | 48.904 |
| Italy | 12.844 | 10.562 |
| Spain | 18.011 | 17.985 |
| Sweden and Norway | .094 | |
| 100.000 | 100.000 |
SALTED OX, COW, AND HORSE HIDES.
| From 1858 to 1862. | From 1862 to 1867. | |
|---|---|---|
| Great Britain | 63.123 | 45.484 |
| France | 12.592 | 14.533 |
| Belgium, Holland, and Germany | 17.873 | 31.807 |
| United States | 2.626 | 1.889 |
| Italy | 3.482 | 4.893 |
| Spain | 6.304 | .408 |
| Sweden and Norway | .914 | |
| 100.000 | 100.000 |
WOOLS.
| From 1858 to 1862. | From 1862 to 1867. | |
|---|---|---|
| Great Britain | 10.273 | 7.235 |
| France | 27.508 | 25.109 |
| Belgium, Holland, and Germany | 39.784 | 45.433 |
| United States | 21.083 | 20.340 |
| Italy | 1.303 | 1.766 |
| Spain | .039 | .030 |
| Sweden and Norway | .087 | |
| 100.000 | 100.000 |
The number of sheep skins exported from 1858 to 1862 was 8,705,883 against 20,776,898 from 1862 to 1867; and with respect to the wool exported it may be desirable to explain that a bale of wool usually contains 34 arrobas, and that four bolsas or chiguas are equivalent to a bale. According to this calculation, the export of wool from 1858 to 1862 reached 8,705,883 arrobas against 20,776,898 arrobas from 1862 to 1867.
The war with Paraguay, though it has undoubtedly pressed upon the financial resources of the Republic, has in no manner arrested its commercial, industrial, and fiscal progress. This is very clearly apparent from statistics furnished by his Excellency Don Norberto de la Riestra in connection with the issue of the recent Argentine loan contracted in this country to cover the balance of the extraordinary expenditure caused by the protracted struggle with Lopez. I quote as follows from the document referred to, the value of which will be obvious:—
The official value of the foreign trade of the Republic through the port of Buenos Ayres alone in 1865 was as follows:—
| Imports | £5,420,603 |
| Exports | 4,399,355 |
| Total | £9,819,958 |
In 1866 it was:—