1902 | 8,487,078| 45,810,749| 1,064,646| 6,209,038| 1,277,969 1903 | 10,132,065| 50,424,168| 1,147,879| 4,755,579| 2,132,056 1904 | 8,676,025| 48,355,002| 1,025,580| 4,012,083| 2,117,761 1905 | 9,483,396| 64,312,927| 1,245,788| 5,321,099| 2,157,294 1906 | 8,513,910| 58,402,771| 1,243,812| 3,482,526| 1,762,130 1907 | 8,458,030| 59,252,948| 1,280,122| 4,806,835| 1,214,173 1908 | 5,626,416| 47,246,183| 1,143,615| 6,030,601| 1,419,867 1909 | 8,483,993| 59,921,151| 1,368,724| 7,573,230| 2,597,089 1910 | 8,623,922| 58,847,699| 1,335,160| 9,536,681| 1,150,610 1911 | 7,724,872| 50,494,027| 1,581,710| 11,768,900| 558,253 1912 | 7,657,157| 58,148,664| 2,111,177| 11,314,728| 1,470,682 1913 | 5,586,253| 45,270,016| 2,681,723| 9,944,642| 1,513,758 +-----------+-------------+----------+-----------+---------- Totals|206,263,786|1,309,828,336|34,221,335|129,617,141|21,068,053 +-----------+-------------+----------+-----------+---------- = £ | 40,925,354| 259,886,575| 6,789,947| 25,717,686| 4,180,169 ------+-----------+-------------+----------+-----------+---------- ------+------------- | YEARS.| Totals. | $ gold. ------+------------- 1885 | 61,182,152 1886 | 51,952,355 1887 | 55,187,053 1888 | 70,849,074 1889 | 88,519,337 1890 | 58,555,260 1891 | 55,451,093 1892 | 68,568,865 1893 | 43,374,563 1894 | 50,728,825 1895 | 58,016,456 1896 | 54,962,077 1897 | 60,721,978 1898 | 70,564,973 1899 | 100,004,524 1900 | 54,809,954 1901 | 73,201,895 1902 | 80,040,469 1903 | 83,687,628 1904 | 80,050,138 1905 | 103,546,641 1906 | 94,384,346 1907 | 92,657,911 1908 | 78,537,610 1909 | 111,067,920 1910 | 112,018,417 1911 | 108,476,644 1912 | 124,671,911 1913 | 105,358,474 +------------- Totals|2,251,148,523 +------------- = £ | £446,656,453 ------+------------- The average annual value of the Live Stock products of Uruguay during the five years ending 1913 was $39,682,850 (Uruguayan) = £8,443,315. Similarly with Cereal Exports, Live Stock Exports dropped in 1914, but have more than recovered during 1915. Evidently, however, no War-time Export Statistics can be taken as indications of the true productiveness of the countries concerned. THE MEAT TRADE The export of Meat from the River Plate Territories is no new thing; the first of such exports being authorized by Philip III of Spain in 1602. The export under this edict was entirely confined to jerked beef; the salting industry only obtaining important development considerably later. It was not until 1793 that we find another Royal Edict which granted freedom from Export and Import duties for the salted meat and tallow of Buenos Aires.