TOTAL --------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTS 142,240 95,096 113,485 113,959 103,039 131,206 187,305 205,154 EXPORTS 100,818 120,067 154,600 167,716 179,486 220,984 264,157 322,843 While a similar table (calculated in Spanish dollars) gives the following figures for the principal exporting countries in the year 1822:-- United Kingdom $5,730,952 France 820,109 Germany, Holland, Sweden and Denmark 552,187 Gibraltar, Spain, and Sicily 848,363 United States 1,368,277 Brazil 1,418,768 China 165,267 Havana 248,625 Chile and Peru 115,674 ----------- TOTAL $11,267,622 The contrast between the two tables is sufficiently remarkable; but before dealing with either, it is necessary to have clearly in mind the growth and nature of demand. For this reason the immigration returns and tables showing the development of the railway system are given at this point:-- ARRIVAL OF IMMIGRANTS IN THE REPUBLIC FROM 1857 TO 1905. Years. Number. 1857-60 20,000 1861-70 159,570 1871-80 260,613 1881-90 846,568 1891-1900 648,326 1901-1905 536,030 --------- 2,461,107 Nationalities. Italians 1,488,084 Spaniards 507,853 French 176,670 British 37,537 Austrians 42,983 Germans 33,686 Swiss 26,690 Belgians 19,990 Others 127,614 --------- 2,461,107 Arrivals in 1905. Italians 88,950 Spaniards 53,029 French 3,475 British 1,368 Austrians 2,793 Germans 1,836 Swiss 576 Belgians 263 Other nationalities 24,827 ------- 177,117 The development of Argentine Railways is shown in following table[4]:-- Extent of Capital Passengers Freight Receipts Expenditure Lines in $1,000,000 No. in 1,000 $1,000 $1,000 Years kilometres Gold thousands tons Gold Gold