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believe, is still in force, offers" to settlers wishing to 

 cultivate the national lands which are under the 

 control of the Central Government the following 

 terms : — An advance of the cost of the passage from a 

 European port to Buenos Ayres, with conveyance from 

 that city to the location selected ; a free gift of a 

 hundred hectares (about 247 acres) to each of the first 

 hundred families proceeding to a new settlement ; an 

 advance, not exceeding a thousand dollars per family, 

 to meet expenses for food, stock, and outfit, repayable 

 without interest in five years ; the sale of additional 

 Government land at two dollars per hectare, payable 

 in ten annual instalments ; and, finally, exemption from 

 taxes for ten years. 



To the class of settlers who hold themselves above 

 farming work other careers are open. Many young 

 Englishmen who enjoy life in the saddle have done 

 well as managers of estancias, for the raising of horses 

 and cattle. The chief advice to be given to those 

 who have some capital at their disposal is not to 

 purchase property until they have gained practical 

 experience. The Argentines show a laudable anxiety 

 for the spread of education, and there is a considerable 

 demand for teachers and professors, which has been 

 mainly supplied from Germany, many of the professors 

 from that countr}^ being men who have established a 

 merited reputation. 



One of the attractions of this region for European 

 settlers is the excellence of the climate. Though not 

 quite so uniform as that of Chili, it is free from the 

 extremes of temperature that prevail in the United 

 States. In the low country the difference between 



