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Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de La Plata / Their Present State, Trade, and Debt

Chapter 76: No. 7—continued.
By Sir Woodbine Parish
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A detailed account of the political, economic, and geographic condition of Buenos Aires and the surrounding provinces, combining contemporary observations with transcribed archival materials and unpublished reports. It surveys trade patterns and public debt, outlines settlement history along the coast and the Pampas, and traces exploratory missions into Patagonia and major river systems, drawing on official surveys, Jesuit records, and maps. Discussions cover boundary questions, demographic trends, and commercial prospects, while chapters compile original diaries, government papers, and cartographic evidence to illuminate the region's development and strategic and economic challenges.

No. 7—continued.

Towns in Paraguay.

Place. S. Latitude. Longitude. Where from. Observations.
° ´ " ° ´ "
Yaguaron 25 41 15 Azara, in 1785.
Itapé 25 51 14
Cazapa 26 9 53
Yuti 26 36 4
Point of embarkation on the Tebicuari 26 35 21
The Jesuit Missions of the Uruguay and Paranã, as fixed by the Boundary Commissioners, under the Treaty of 1777.
San Ignacio-guazu 26 55 12 321 5 9 Ferro N.B. The difference adopted between the meridian of Ferro and Paris by the Commissioners, was 20° 30´.
Santa Maria de Fé 26 48 10 321 11 9 "
Santa Rosa 26 53 12 321 14 28 "
Santiago 27 8 40 321 20 14 "
San Cosmo 27 18 55 321 47 53 "
Itapua 27 20 16 322 14 2 "
Candelaria 27 27 14 322 19 30 "
Santa Ana 27 23 40 322 31 23 "
Loreto 27 19 44 322 35 19 "
San Ignacio-mini 27 14 55 322 43 11 "
Corpus 27 7 36 322 36 27 "
Trinidad 27 7 35 322 19 20 "
Jesus 27 2 36 322 17 2 "
San José 27 45 47 322 19 30 "
San Carlos 27 44 36 322 11 1 "
Apostoles 27 54 27 322 19 45 "
Conception 27 58 51 322 33 22 "
Santa Maria Mayor 27 53 34 322 38 59 "
San Xavier 27 51 8 322 49 26 "
Martires 27 50 24 322 36 49 "
San Nicolas 28 11 23 322 44 21 "
San Luis 28 25 41 323 1 23 "
San Lorenzo 28 27 51 323 14 29 "
San Miguel 28 33 13 323 22 24 "
San Juan 28 27 51 323 37 22 "
San Angel 28 18 13 323 47 15 "
San Tomas 28 32 49 322 1 39 "
San Borja 28 39 51 322 4 49 "
La Cruz 29 11 0 321 30 0 "
Yapeyú 29 28 0 321 17 2 "
The Gran Salto, or Great Fall on the Paranã 24 4 58 " by the Boundary Commissioners, 1788.
N.B. Malaspina's Observations on the Shores of the River Plate, alluded to at page 97, are not inserted, owing to some apparent inaccuracies in the Copy received, which cannot be corrected without further reference to Buenos Ayres.

No. 8.—Return of Foreign Shipping arrived at Buenos Ayres, from 1821 to 1837, inclusive.

1821. 1822. 1823. 1824. 1825. 1829. 1830. 1831. 1832. 1833. 1834. 1835. 1836. 1837.
British 128 133 113 110 99 78 73 44 48 74 61 54 49 61
N. American 42 75 80 143 102 97 83 77 55 91 67 51 37 40
Brazilian 15 38 42 44 47 43 42 39 42
Sardinian 3 7 6 6 5 15 23 20 26 30 43 23 21 20
French 19 21 24 21 29 28 16 10 22 17 10 14 19 24
Hamburgh 5 3 3 2 4 9 14 8 5 7
Dutch 2 4 6 8 6 5 8 2 2 2 2 3 2 1
Bremen 1 2 5 4 5 5 7 4 4
Danish 1 1 5 10 14 3 6 3 1 5 5 6 9 9
Swedish 7 11 6 14 11 3 1 1 3 6 4
Tuscan 1 1 2 2 1 1
Roman 1 1 2 1
Russian 1 1 1 1 1 1
Neapolitan 1 3 2
Austrian 2
Hanoverian 1 1 1
Portuguese 1 1 4 1 2
Chilian 1 1 1 1
Prussian 1 1
Belgian 2 2 2
Haytian 1
Spanish 6 12
Totals 202 252 240 312 275 250 257 210 210 294 261 213 200 228
N.B. The years 1825, 26, and 27 are omitted; Buenos Ayres having been under blockade the greater part of that period. The vessels under the flag of Monte Video are omitted also, being chiefly the carriers of a transit-trade.

No. 9
A Statement of the Quantities and Declared Value of British and Irish Produce and Manufactures Exported from the United Kingdom to the States of the Rio de la Plata,
In each year from 1830 to 1837.— (From Returns laid before Parliament.)

Articles. 1830. 1831. 1832. 1833. 1834. 1835. 1836. 1837.
Quan­ti­ties. Value. Quan­ti­ties. Value. Quan­ti­ties. Value. Quan­ti­ties. Value. Quan­ti­ties. Value. Quan­ti­ties. Value. Quan­ti­ties. Value. Quan­ti­ties. Value.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £ £
Apparel, Slops, and Hab­er­dash­er­y, value 6,305 4,341 5,067 3,082 2,096 3,986 5,028 2,111
Arms and Am­mu­ni­tion " 158 443 345 419 3,035 6,388 867 1,391
Bacon and Hams cwts. 146 338 60 157 155 490 104 225 59 115 28 70 105 220
Beer and Ale tuns 112 2,097 54 1,003 78 1,465 108 1,712 74 1,083 87 1,394 107 2,065 68 1,149
Books Printed cwts. 12 319 6 128 2 51 1 10 5 126 7 166 12 275 9 180
Brass and Copper Man­u­fac­tures " 265 1,219 50 279 105 485 96 555 139 807 37 265 1 5 72 675
Butter and Cheese " 98 308 215 728 547 2,160 829 3,169 86 277 2 5 35 49
Coals, Culm, and Cinders tons 941 585 109 94 707 430 868 438 966 508 1,544 751 975 514 713 400
Cordage cwts. 80 200 55 53 144 234 100 150 430 646 30 100 153 288
Cotton Man­u­fac­tures, entered by the yard yards 10,805,990 324,305 6,242,134 176,874 17,256,838 391,591 12,731,734 280,292 20,942,118 449,831 12,853,287 312,400 18,628,197 435,932 20,183,454 445,291
" " Hosiery, Lace and Small Wares value 20,005 9,943 33,344 23,311 33,313 26,488 20,588 18,818
" Twist and Yarn lbs. 5,831 587 800 30 300 26 9,258 446 34,560 2,824 4,600 350 5,734 364
Earth­en­ware of all sorts pieces 671,945 9,617 292,529 4,274 354,684 5,309 770,172 9,377 523,161 5,762 598,001 6,212 966,687 9,748 1,093,905 7,724
Fish, Her­rings barrels 60 72 35 29 2 2 2 2
Glass, entered by weight cwts. 2,265 3,330 1,669 2,969 2,579 6,620 3,198 9,737 2,156 4,929 3,029 9,844 2,596 2,654 1,314 3,856
" " at value value 254 58 100 60 196
Hard­wares and Cutlery cwts. 5,793 24,356 4,237 20,000 5,397 22,718 5,571 20,281 10,454 33,040 8,347 30,117 7,211 27,629 6,929 20,531
Hats, Beaver and Felt dozens 3,165 10,262 1,314 4,340 1,711 4,039 1,173 3,085 2,900 4,891 2,924 5,780 1,099 1,925 2,146 3,239
Iron and Steel, wrought and un­wrought tons 545 7,836 391 5,058 792 6,128 734 11,023 1,143 12,433 1,033 9,414 963 13,614 994 12,859
Lead and Shot " 40 662 20 351 14 219 38 555 15 283 13 295 24 775 34 703
Leather, wrought and un­wrought lbs. 34,500 9,791 19,752 5,253 23,473 6,809 33,792 9,219 38,457 8,341 30,669 7,151 16,708 3,760 23,987 5,763
Sad­dler­y and Harness value 1,254 279 309 1,330 943 1,284 888 341
Linen Man­u­fac­tures, entered by the yard yards 973,640 31,893 406,583 16,663 344,013 30,680 509,528 21,690 1,487,576 43,919 948,026 34,789 794,772 27,844 1,477,392 42,591
" " Thread, Tapes, and Small Wares value 1,078 1,514 1,619 327 1,073 842 460 656
Ma­chin­er­y and Mill Work " 38 222 18 72 4,022 40 390
Print­ers' Colours " 758 293 690 1,973 2,907 2,634 2,066 1,769
Plate, Plated Ware, Jew­el­lery and Watches " 941 1,041 445 1,081 1,232 1,095 420 1,192
Salt bushels 15,610 412 5,770 86 163 8 2,000 34 1,144 32 2,200 50 1,121 32 3,480 60
Silk Man­u­fac­tures value 10,365 13,319 24,786 11,735 19,274 18,307 9,514 13,098
Soap and Candles lbs. 51,730 1,147 2,710 35 125,520 2,661 277,102 5,416 13,100 290 18,369 380 224 12
Sta­tion­er­y of all sorts value 1,325 1,089 1,912 1,441 2,064 3,202 1,708 1,545
Sugar, Refined cwts. 149 409 84 186 131 287 504 1,368 32 91
Tin, un­wrought " 37 125 35 117 8 30 78 185 15 61
Tin and Pewter Wares and Tin Plates value 780 701 2,754 1,060 2,006 2,286 3,390 4,052
Woollen and Worsted Yarn lbs. 1,672 80 6 1 816 90 672 130
Woollen Man­u­fac­tures, entered by the piece pieces 30,328 141,700 14,901 58,137 28,392 39,445 23,387 79,231 36,673 172,393 35,970 140,915 26,514 105,223 22,555 93,355
" " " " yard yards 84,830 8,184 49,119 5,077 39,219 9,099 65,269 5,640 112,124 10,781 113,750 9,251 114,023 10,121 60,857 5,578
" " Hosiery and Small Wares value 4,574 1,705 4,462 3,052 4,801 3,593 4,607 2,301
All other Articles " 4,663 3,382 4,066 3,902 6,587 11,347 5,030 3,365
Total For 1830 £632,172 1831 £339,870 1832 £660,152 1833 £515,362 1834 £831,564 1835 £658,525 1836 £697,334 1837 £696,104

No. 10.
TRADE OF MONTE VIDEO.

I.—Return of Foreign Shipping entered and sailed from the Port of Monte Video in 1836, with the Estimated Value of their Cargoes.

Countries. Entered. Sailed.
Ships. Value of Cargoes. Ships. Value of Cargoes.
Spanish Dollars. Spanish Dollars.
British 58 1,172,658 57 951,423
Brazilian 62 713,793 62 825,440
American 50 217,402 48 295,829
French 40 578,178 40 464,430
Spanish 15 311,285 15 236,672
Sardinian 57 102,039 41 30,252
Portuguese 13 15,200 13 62,700
Other Countries. .. 502,082 .. 639,909
3,597,437 3,443,957

II.—Return, showing the quantities of each Article Exported, and the Foreign Countries for which they were shipped from Monte Video in the year 1836.

England. France. U. States. Spain. Sardinia. Antwerp. Brazil. Havanna. Total Quantities.
Hides, dry No. 61,718 108,428 38,848 67,026 4,668 87,942 3,270 119 372,019
Do. salt " 124,666 13,288 297 230 2,901 141,382
Horns " 329,836 32,110 142,766 20,328 27,291 20,242 12,552 850 593,625
Jerked Beef cwts. 218,318 88,036 306,354
Horsehair arrobes of 25 lbs. 9,578 4,622 3,984 436 72 18,692
Cuttings of Hides 4,468 764 1,584 960 7,776
Horse Hides No. 15,820 46 20,144 1,121 170 37,401
Grease arrobes. 14,857 2,710 192 1,419 4,390 23,568
Wool " 14,930 2,300 14,140 30 2,500 33,900
Sheep Skins doz. 1,937 2,636 4,070 353 837 22 9,855
Tallow arrobes. 6,158 4,112 452 3,787 2,123 450 2,425 1,847 43,182
Nutria Skins doz. 3,990 320 1,640 220 400 6,570
Mares' Grease arrobes. 2,944 59 3,003
Seal Skins No. 3,831 16,000 53 161 20,045
Tongues doz. 440 440
Mules 410
Horses 164 164
Bones tons. 259 53 10 3 1 326

No. 11.—Comparative Value (declared) of British and Irish Produce and Manufactures Exported from Great Britain to the River Plate, Mexico, Columbia, Chile, and Peru, from 1829 to 1837, and to Spain in the same years.

Year. River Plate. Mexico. Colombia. Chile. Peru. Total to New States. To Spain.
£ £ £ £ £ £ £
1829 758,540 303,562 232,703 818,950 300,171 2,413,926 861,675
1830 632,172 978,441 216,751 540,626 368,469 2,736,459 607,068
1831 339,870 728,858 248,250 651,617 409,003 2,377,598 597,848
1832 660,152 199,821 283,568 708,193 275,610 2,127,344 442,926
1833 515,362 421,487 121,826 816,817 287,524 2,163,016 442,837
1834 831,564 459,610 199,996 896,221 299,235 2,686,626 325,907
1835 658,525 402,820 132,242 606,176 441,324 2,241,087 405,065
1836 697,334 254,822 185,172 861,903 606,332 2,605,563 437,076
1837 696,104 520,200 170,451 625,545 476,374 2,488,674 286,636
Totals 5,789,623 4,269,621 1,790,959 6,526,048 3,464,042 21,840,293 4,407,038
Yearly Averages 643,291 474,402 198,995 [83]725,116 384,893 2,426,697 489,670

FOOTNOTES:

[83] A considerable portion of the articles sent to Chile are intended for the supply of the West Coast of Mexico.

London:
Printed by W. Clowes and Sons,
Duke Street, Stamford Street.

Transcriber's Notes:

Simple spelling, grammar, and typographical errors were corrected.

Punctuation normalized.

Anachronistic and non-standard spellings retained as printed.