WASHINGTON, D. C., U. S. A.

COMMERCIAL MISSION TO SOUTH AMERICA.

REPORTS

RECEIVED FROM

MR. T. WORTHINGTON,

THE SPECIAL COMMISSIONER

APPOINTED BY THE BRITISH BOARD OF TRADE TO INQUIRE INTO
AND REPORT UPON THE

CONDITIONS AND PROSPECTS OF BRITISH TRADE IN CERTAIN SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES.

FIRST TO SIXTH REPORTS.

CHILE, ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, BRAZIL, AND URUGUAY.

(REPRINT.)

Gr. Brit. - Beanal

Beard of trade.

BULLETIN. NO. 94.-OCTOBER, 1899.

WASHINGTON:

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.

INTRODUCTORY NOTE.

The British Board of Trade in the year 1898 appointed Mr. T. Worthington its special commissioner to inquire into and report upon the conditions and prospects of British trade in certain South American countries. The results of Mr. Worthington's labors in connection with his commercial mission have been published in six parts, covering Chile, the Argentine Republic, Brazil, and Uruguay, and were presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Britannic Majesty.

The Bureau of the American Republics, recognizing the great impor tance and comprehensive nature of these reports, as well as the varied and instructive commercial features of the same, which should have a direct and lasting effect on American trade and industry, herewith publishes them in extenso, barring a few slight and unimportant omissions, indicated in the text by asterisks, which, however, refer solely to transmission of samples.

WASHINGTON, D. C.,

October, 1899.

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