MISCELI/ANEOUS INFORMATION 

 REIvATIXG TO AGRICUIvTURAIv ECONOMY IN GENERAI.. 



ARGENTINE REPUBIylC. 



THE I,ANDS OF THE STATE DOIMAIN. — Rcvisia de la Socicdad Rural dc Cordoba< 

 year XVI, nos. 317 and 318, Cordoba, June 1916. 



The Direccion General del Censo Nacional has recently published a 

 statement as to the results of the new general census in 1915 of property 

 belonging to the State. We reproduce the following figures which refer 

 to the extent and value of the lands of the domain. 



l,ands of the Domaiu 



Formosa 



Chaco 



Misiones 



Pampa 



Rio Negro 



Neuquen 



Chubut 



Santa Cruz 



Tierra del Fuego . . . 

 Isla de los Estados . . 

 Los Andes 



Total 



hectares (i) 

 7.888,552 

 7.844.383 



I.27I.5I3 



1,490,036 



14,123,120 



5,667,814 



18,279,228 



19.637.877 



I.54I-977 

 51,000 



5,696,600 

 83,492,100 



Value 



pesos (2) 



63,008,418 



78,443.838 



8,900,593 



11,920,290 



112,984,966 



34,006,885 



91,396.145 



98.189,388 



9,251,864 



102,000 



11,393,200 



519.597.587 



From these figures it appears that the average prices assigned to a 

 hectare of land in the different territories were as follows : Formosa, 8 pesos 

 Chaco, 10 pesos ; Misiones, 7 pesos ; Pampa, 8 pesos ; Rio Negro, 8 pesos : 

 Neuquen, 6 pesos ; Chubut, 5 pesos ; Santa Cruz, 5 pesos ; Tierra del Fuego, 

 6 pesos ; Isla de los Estados, 2 pesos ,- Los Andes, 2 pesos. If the total 

 value of the land in public ownership in 1915, namely 519,597,587 pesos, 

 be compared with that shown by the census of 1888, namely 244,348,600 

 pesos, an idea of the increase of the value of land in the Argentine Repub- 

 lic can be formed. However in order fullj'- to appreciate the value of the 

 lands of the State it is necessary to remember that while the value as- 



(i) I hectare = 2.47 hectares. 

 (2) I peso of gold = 4 s at par. 



