Statement showing the commerce, by countries, of the Argentine Republic for seven years

1670 to 1876.*

Great Britain
France
Italy
Brazil
Spain
United States
Uruguay
Germany
Belgium
Chili
Paraguay
Netberlands.
West Indies.
India.
Bolivia
Portugal
Peru
All other nations.

$12, 111, 151 $14,537, 010 $16, 316, 066 $19, 344, 143|$16, 227, 806 $15, 359, 666 88, 677, 866
12, 757, 236 6,763, 822 13, 103, 622 18, 255, 138 12, 275, 342 12, 183, 225 8,095, 442
1,685, 164 2,997, 188 2, 461, 493 3,784, 384
3, 357, 499 2,550, 098 3,268, 538 2,968, 953

2, 620, 056 2,740, 952 2, 304, 888 2, 179, 384 1, 596, 142 2, 876, 097

2, 251, 388 3, 002, 292 2, 142, 482 2,262, 33€ 2,067, 275 3, 205, 944 5,167, 616 3,949, 584 3,069, 354 1,880, 770

2,952, 600 2, 716, 723 3, 188, 121 2, 0€9, 241 2, 100, 011 3, 478, 346 4, 214, 333 2,735, 299 3, 327, 8563, 178, 7101, 796, 172 1,574,572 1, 180, 132 1, 822, 111 3, 228, 015 1, 226, 222 1,688, 013 2, 466, 812 2,967, 586 1,910, 435 1, 822, 110 1,396, 003

2, 304, 001 2, 179, 246 1,738, 404 1, 369, 772 1,658, 578 1, 257, 202 1, 444, 182 1, 257, 817 1,688, 635 153, 589 498, 525 722, 422

870, 887

839, 881 1, 297, 763 1,243, 829 1, 453, 051

971, 041 1,017, 789 1, 611, 6161, 129, 630

713, 190 216, 364 246, 298

738, 538 221, 783

489, 044
377, 397
256, 243

335, 573 191, 129
202, 583
296, 221

222, 725
251, 321
193, 048 95, 102

278, 614 308, 278 111, 713

124, 675

81, 194
23, 134

71, 486 127, 032
52, 257
76, 346

63, 598
138, 379
112

126, 827 127, 982 41, 297

445 46, 205

2, 912 120, 787

8, 679 310, 724

33, 724
230, 0331

153, 010

351,

300 290

Total special im.

ports Imports ia transit

Total special and

general..

44, 269, 837 40, 282, 615 54, 635, 344 66, 458, 873 52, 187, 903 51, 156, 004 32, 814, 373 3, 270, 1113,874, 643 4,963, 799 4, 606, 326 3,773, 274 4, 600, 623 2,095, 917

47,539, 948 44, 157, 258 59, 599, 143 71,065, 199) 55, 961, 177 55, 756, 627 34, 910, 290

Belgium.

$2,537, 373 $6, 145, 390 $12, 795, 101 $13, 891, 508 $14, 866, 626 $15, 497, 372 $14, 110, 693 Price

5, 493, 025 2.707, 411 Great Britain

8, 270, 952 6,926, 632 6, 102, 941

8, 677, 819 7, 560, 895 9, 366, 643 8, 629, 718

9, 215, 062 CHLI 1, 639, 264

9, 894, 007 5, 178, 017 2, 119, 315

7, 619, 049 7, 206, 372

1, 701, 201 United States

2, 370, 195 3, 827, 530 3, 709, 359

2, 326, 257 3,531, 306 2, 962, 098 Ialy

4, 312, 355 884, 711

3,932, 945 677, 775

3, 747, 300 3,055, 205 1, 316, 973

2, 393, 236 Germany

1, 487, 925 225, 809

1, 648, 158 1, 746, 698 103, 699 Vruguay

1, 826, 093 649, 576

449, 597 466, 184

769, 151 1, 227, 319 1, 566, 335 Brazil

1, 411, 571 1,780, 661 992, 510 603, 021

1, 854, 378 1, 016, 939 594, 091 Spain

1, 330, 615 985, 127 769, 464 602, 119 816, 708

770, 727 934, 961 West Indies

1, 195, 441 1, 741, 403 1, 226, 977 1, 331, 830 827, 784

1,912, 399 376, 052 Bolivia

1, 101, 646 1, 118, 996 678, 602 428, 748 250, 642

675, 246 246, 826 Paraguay

903, 456 219, 957 470, 670 313, 424

529, 848 367, 299 64, 462 Netherlands.

479, 677 299, 106 342, 846 139, 679

564, 006 493, 063 231, 943 57, 459 Portogal

62, 286

226, 204 7, 623

24, 149

263, 869 13, 910

47, 993 Peru

55, 418

72, 884 34, 400

42, 872

51, 806 23, 146 Ipdia..

26, 689
28, 806
66, 508

41, 362 130, 954
564
617

16, 986 All other countries

160, 939
451, 825

3, 460
314, 012 471, 444

200, 809 251, 553 166, 904 Total special

exports. 29, 154, 825 25, 875, 521 44, 870, 609 45, 122, 105 41, 916, 495 47, 918, 100 44,041, 131 Exports in transit

93, 321
250, 416
872, 583

747, 209 1, 188, 217 2, 413, 300 2, 494, 574 Total special and general . 29, 248, 146 26, 125, 937 45 743, 192 45, 869, 314 43, 104, 712 50, 331, 400 46, 535, 705

*Compileå and arranged in Bureau of Statistics, Department of State, from official publications.

Statement showing the percentage of each country in the commerce of the Argentine Republic

during the year 1876.

Countries.

Imports. Exports.

A USTRIA-HUNGARY.

VIENNA, November 1, 1877. (Received January 18, 1878.)

Report upon the agriculture, manufactures, and commerce of Austria.

Hungary for the year 1876.

THE DANUBE, PAST AND PRESENT.

The Danube, from its source to its entrance into the Black Sea, is 1,826 miles long, and, with its tributaries, drains an area of over 300,000 square miles. Entering Austria-Hungary on the western border, the Danube fows eastward to the center of the monarchy, thence in a southerly direction through the fertile plains of Hungary to the great gorge in the Carpathian Mountains on the southeastern frontier, through which it makes its exit toward the Black Sea after having traversed, in its course through this empire, a distance of 828 miles. With the exception of those in Bohemia, Galicia, and in the narrow strip of country toward the Adriatic, south of the Carnic and Rhetian Alps, every spring in the country finds an outlet in the Danube, and contributes to swell the volume of the waters of this mighty river. The Austro-Hungarian rivers Inn, Traon, Enns, Ips, March, Raab, Waag, Drave, Theiss, Save, and Temes empty into the Danube, and the surface thus drained is 162,000 square miles, or more than two-thirds of the monarchy. The Danubian Navigation Company have upon these rivers 700 steamers and tow-boats, and innumerable flat-boats and rafts float down from the smaller tribu. taries. Not only within the empire, but from Orsova to the Black Sea the steamers of tbis Austro-Hungarian company are the principal means of communication and commerce for the Danubian principalities, and they are a connecting link in that great route of travel from Central Europe to the Bosporus.

The political events which have caused the Lower Danube to be closed to peaceful enterprise throughout the year 1877 have an important bear. ing on the commercial relations of this country. From the earliest historic period the ebb and flow of contending nations along this great water-course has, from time to time, riveted the attention of the whole world. Before the Christian era Roman legions swept down the valley, conquering and civilizing; and the remains of Trajan's bridge, below the Iron Gate, not yet obliterated by centuries of unceasing friction from the flowing river; the military road, hewn with mallet and chisel, through projecting rocks, still traceable for fifty miles above the bridge; the language spoken in Roumania, all give eloquent testimony to the might of imperial Rome, and to the skill, energy, and courage of her extraordinary people. The tide turned, and for bundreds of years Huns and Ostrogoths, Boians and Vandals, surged westward. Again the human current poured down the valley, when, in the thirteenth century, the religious enthusiasm of Europe was roused in its crusade for the recovery of the Holy Land, and in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries the wave of Moslem power, through the same channel, threatened the civilization of Western Europe. The helmet and the battle-ax hare been laid aside, but the roar of artillery in this historic valley proclaims that the conflict goes on as before. Actors change, weapons change, but the destruction and misery wbich accompany war are always the same. It is not alone that torpedoes bave been planted in the Lower Danube, excluding commercial vessels and closing her only great water-course to the sea, nor that starving refugees crowd by thousands across the frontier for assistance and support; it is the fear that some spark from this conflagration on the border may ignite inflammable material within Austria-Hungary, which causes timidity and creates uncer. tainty in business. Besides this external cause for apprehension, there has been, during the wbole of this year, an earnest controversy with reference to the agreement between the two parts of the monarchy, especially in connection with the demand of Hungary for a joint con. trol of the national bank.

AGRICULTURE. In the midst of depression, created by apprehension of foreign and domestic complications, it is fortunate that a bountiful barvest bas given substantial aid to the sinking industries of the country. Although it is impossible to give exact statistics with reference to the harvest of 1877, it is evident that it has been above the average and has furnished a large surplus for export. The most reliable estimates concerning the results of tbe harvest of 1877 show that in Hungary there is a surplus of wheat abore an average barvest of 3,750,000 hectoliters; in the Austrian provinces the surplus is 1,500,000 hectoliters, and in the whole monarchy the wheat produced more than in an average year amounts to about 5,250,000 hectoliters, or nearly 8,000,000 centners. If in an average year Austria-Hungary can export five or six millions of centners, it is to be assumed that tbis year the quantity for export, baving refer. ence to the flour manufactured from it, would be not less than 13,000,000 or 14,000,000 centners. The quality of the wheat is good. Of rye, Hun. gary has above the average more than 1,500,000, and the Austrian provinces 1,500,000 hectoliters. The amount produced above the average for the whole monarchy is estimated at from 3,000,000 to 3,500,000 hecto. liters, or about 4,500,000 centners; quality good, and amount for export about 5,500,000 centners. In barley the quantity is equal to an average year, but the quality below an average; amount for export from 2,500,000 to 3,000,000 centners. Of oats, there is in Hungary about 500,000 hectoliters more than an average production, and in the Austrian provinces more than 1,000,000 bectoliters. The amount above the average harvest in the whole monarchy is about 1,750,000 hectoliters, equal to 2,500,000 centners, and the amount for export would reach about 3,000,000 centners, without considering the quantity of oats in store, which is very large. Including the oats in store, the monarchy may be said to have 6,000,000 centners of oats for export.

The wine production for the year has been most unsatisfactory. The weather was unfavorable, the quantity produced below an average, and the wine generally sour. The province of Dalmatia is an exception, for the result there was very good, but as for the result of the wine production in the monarchy as a whole, the year 1877 must be classed as one of the worst years. The increase of the phylloxera in France has induced the wine producers in Austria-Hungary to expect an increased export demand for their wine, especially to Switzerland, where the import of wine is necessarily great on account of the large number of foreigners who visit the country.