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fruits would reach our markets during winter, 
and this could be developed into a profitable 
trade. 
Chile exports nitrate of soda (nitrate), cop 
per, iodine, wheat, borate of lime, iron, gold, 
silver, wool, hides, woods, honey, and wax. 
She imports bottles, cars and rolling stock, 
cement, cotton goods, glassware, iron and steel 
manufactures, such as wire, nails, pipes, cor 
rugated iron, hardware, tools, locomotives, 
mining and agricultural machinery, mineral 
waters, paper, petroleum, rice, sacks, tinned 
salmon, thread, tea, woolen goods, shoes, and 
hats. 
Chilean money is unstable and fluctuates 
from day to day, the paper peso or dollar be 
ing worth from 17 to 36 cents, according to 
variations in exchange. A gold peso exists 
fictitiously for trade purposes, being estimated 
at 18 pence or 36 cents U. S. gold. When this 
mark is followed by the word oro the 
amount is understood to be gold. If however 
this abbreviation is used “m/c” it means