| Show south americas bews easm NOTON dae dec 24 the bureau ot of american republic has ia it dispatch from the argentine lie riving a brief summary of the commerce ot of that country for the year ended june last it a appears p ara noth wilbe landing the revolution a t io tha the exports for the year amounted to and the imports to the wheat crop for the year bis his been enormous and will probably ba be the largest eer eier grown lathe in the coan cona try D daring ar hag the year immigrants granta landed at buenos ayres of which number bad had their passage paid by the government information has his been received by the bureau that the government of colombia has a contract with 3 L cherry of milwaukee wis for the completion of the cancan valley railway from bueno ventora ventura the chief part of colombia to the cities of calls calla and glad with the privileges ile of continuing the road to the go gulf jes I 1 of darien on the north and tho the frontier ot of ecuador on the south and eastward to the navi navis rable waters of the amazon river this road when completed will give a portion 0 of colombia that is very rich in both agricultural and mineral refo urrea res access to tide water the government guarantees the tits interest of five per cent in gold years upon an expenditure pend iture of thirty eight thousand dollars are 0 of I 1 god gold per mile and the exclusive privilege for or seventy years of operating a railway within twenty four miles on either side of the route surveyed ur and has accepted the till title to all gold and other mines that may be discovered within the twenty four miles limit and freedom from all dd ties and taxes for the same number of years the bureau hag has information regarding the renewal of the tile panama canal concession by the colombian government from this it appears the tte corn com pany party is allowed two years I 1 from rom the iff let of january to organize and resume operations is required to pay for tho the lands on the isthmus which under the original concession bere ere granted them without cost also the expense of baa soa whatever military or police guards may ba be necessary to pro an ani 1 maintain paw pai along the line of the canal is to py pay the government of colombia a bonus of traces francs and give it the first preferred stock in iha the company to the amount of 0 fie ise million franca francs |
