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geographical position, salubrious climate and 
vast areas of tillable land will attract more and 
more desirable settlers to its boundary. Im 
migration is encouraged along the most mod 
ern and progressive lines. 
Uruguay is fortunate in having many nav 
igable rivers, the chief of which are the Rio 
de la Plate and the Uruguay, giving a total of 
over 700 miles of water deep enough for ocean 
going vessels. One river alone—the Uruguay 
—has ten ports open for interoceanic trade, 
the cities on this river being Carmelo, Neuva 
Palmira, Soriano, Fray Bentos, Neuva Berlin, 
Casa Blanca, Pysandu, Neuva Pysandu, 
Salto and Santa Rosa. Mercedes is a large 
city, on the Rio Negro, and is used as a port 
of call for ocean-going vessels. There is also 
Lake Merim on the borders of Brazil on 
which run small launches. 
Uruguay has comparatively few railroad 
systems and only 1600 miles of railways. 
There are many projects for railway develop 
ment however and the completion of the