CONTENTS X General Remarks on Foreign Trade . . . . II Brazil x 3 III Argentine 3 1 IV Uruguay 49 V Paraguay 57 VI Chile 67 VII Bolivia 79 VIII Peru 9 1 IX Ecuador 106 X Colombia **4 XI Venezuela 126 XII Central America 138 XIII Mexico 15 6 XIV Cuba 168 XV Santo Domingo 176 XVI Haiti 182 XVII Porto Rico 186 XVIII The Guianas: British, Dutch and French . 191 XIX European Possessions in the West Indies . . 199 XX Foreign Trade with Latin America and How It Developed 212 XXI Methods of Doing Business 224