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The city also consumed 11,000 pigs, 590,000 brace of partridges, 30,000 rabbits, 1,600 tons of fish, 39,500,000 eggs, 700 tons cheese and butter, 9,800 tons fruits, and 32,000 tons flour. The consumption of meat compares with other cities thus:

Twenty years ago, Buenos Aires had no manufactures except beer and flour, while the census of 1887 showed thus:

Besides the above factories, there were 4,884 retail establish-
The former were classified according to their annual con-

ments.