Brazil and the River Plate in 1868

by William Hadfield

The following particulars of up-river distances may be interesting:—

				Miles.
From	Monte Video	to	Buenos Ayres	106
	Buenos Ayres	to	Martin Garcia	33
	Martin Garcia	to	Higueritas	30
					169
	Higueritas	to	Fray Bentos	60
	Fray Bentos	to	Gualeguaychu	27
	Gualeguaychu	to	Concepcion del Uruguay	33
	Concepcion del Uruguay	to	Paysandú	15
	Paysandú	to	Concordia	90
	Concordia	to	Salto	3
					228
	Buenos Ayres	to	San Fernando	18
	San Fernando	to	Las Palmas	12
	Las Palmas	to	Zarate	36
	Zarate	to	San Pedro	55
	San Pedro	to	Obligado	6
	Obligado	to	Los Hermanos	12
	Los Hermanos	to	San Nicolas	32
	San Nicolas	to	San Piedras	8
	San Piedras	to	Rosario	31
	Rosario	to	San Lorenzo	18
	San Lorenzo	to	Diamante	54
	Diamante	to	Santa Fé	36
	Santa Fé	to	Paraná	10
	Paraná	to	La Paz	102
	La Paz	to	Esquinao	72
	Esquinao	to	Goya	73
	Goya	to	Bella Vista	53
	Bella Vista	to	Corrientes	87
	The Branch Line	to	Gualeguay	20
					735
From	Buenos Ayres	to	Bahia Blanca and Patagones		840
From	Colonia	to	Cape St. Maria		200

SHIPPING MOVEMENTS.

MOVEMENT OF SHIPPING (SAILING AND STEAM) TO AND FROM BRAZIL AND THE RIVER PLATE DURING THE YEAR 1867, TAKEN FROM THE BOARD OF TRADE RETURNS:—

	Inwards.	Ships.	Tonnage.
	{Brazil	477	188,643
English	{Monte Video	73	23,067
	{Buenos Ayres	44	19,237
	{Brazil	139	29,174
Foreign	{Monte Video	39	10,153
	{Buenos Ayres	32	8,968
Total English and Foreign:—
	Brazil	616	275,562
	Monte Video	112	123,597
	Buenos Ayres	76	64,348
	Outwards.
	{Brazil	493	195,487
English	{Monte Video	163	79,453
	{Buenos Ayres	142	46,462
	{Brazil	291	80,082
Foreign	{Monte Video	111	44,144
	{Buenos Ayres	62	16,886
Total English and Foreign:—
	Brazil	784	275,569
	Monte Video	274	124,597
	Buenos Ayres	204	64,348

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[10]. See "Climate of the Swiss Alps and of the Peruvian Andes compared."

[11]. See "Les Altitudes de l'Amerique Tropical au-dessus le niveau des mars au point de vue de la constitution medicale."

[12]. See "Syria and the Holy Land."

[13]. There is now weekly communication by steamers between Europe and the River Plate.