ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 



ARIZONA. 



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The slaughtering operations for the season of 

 1888 were 7t'>:!.!"i (l liead of cattle in the Argen- 

 tine Republic, and on the banks of rivers, 452,- 

 250 in Uruguay, and 396,000 in Rio Grande, 

 constituting a total of 1,622,150 head. 



Harbor Improvements. The Argentine Con- 

 gress approved Engineer Manero's plans, and 

 voted $10,000,000 for the construction of a new 

 port, the work on which is begun, and will 

 consist first, of a canal 328 feet wide and 21 

 feet deep below low-water level, prolonging 

 the Balisas river for the entrance of large 

 ships; a basin of the same depth will be con- 

 structed for vessels remaining but a short time, 

 and four other docks or basins also of the 

 same depth, whose wharves will have a total 

 length of 26 feet ; finally, a maritime basin of 

 equal depth, and 4,692 feet long will be made. 

 All the masonry will be of asphaltum blocks 

 and brick. Separate storehouses will be built 

 for imported goods and goods to be exported, 

 which will o'cnpy a total area of 3,280 feet by 

 164 feet, and have a capacity of 10,963.900 cu- 

 bic feet. All the wharves will be provided 

 with loading and unloading appliances. 



Waterworks. On June 23, 1888, the Govern- 

 ment accepted the propositions of Messrs. 

 Samuel B. Hale & Co., to complete the water- 

 works of the city, which will involve an out- 

 lay of $21,000,000. The toll per house per 

 month is to be $6. 



Viticulture. The area under culture with 

 vines in 1887, was about 2,700 hectares of 2 

 acres; and the wine-production amounted to 

 about 6,000,000 gallons, worth $1,500,000. 

 The vine-growing is chiefly in the province of 

 San Juan, which produces grapes enough to 

 make 250,000 hectolitres of wine. One wine- 

 making establishment that of Marenco and 

 Ceresoto exports 25,000 hectolitres annually, 

 its cellars, factories, etc., covering a space of 

 30,000 square yard*, and occupying, during 

 vintage-time, between 350 and 500 f-peratives. 

 There are several similar concerns in the prov- 

 ince, which exports 80,000 hectolitres per 

 annum. The vines cultivated are Monas, Mol- 

 lat. and Uva de Vifla; Bordeaux vines have 

 also been procured from Chili, the wine there- 

 from resembling Burgundy more than Bor- 

 deaux. 



Quarantine. In August,1888, the governments 

 of the Argentine Republic, Uruguay, and Bra- 

 zil concluded a convention regulating uni- 

 formly among them the rules that henceforth 

 are to be observed respecting quarantine as be- 

 tween them and as regards other nations, to- 

 gether with the sanitary inspection service. 



The Falkland Islands. The Argentine Repub- 

 lic has renewed its claim to the Falkland Isl- 

 ands, now held by Great Britain. These isl- 

 ands are in the South Atlantic Ocean, between 

 51 and 53 south latitude, and between 57 and 

 62 west longitude. They consist of the East 

 Falkland, area 3,000 square miles ; the West 

 Falkland, 2,300 square miles; and about one 

 hundred small islands with an area of nearly 



1,200 square miles. Mount Adam, the highest 

 ground in the colony, rises 2,315 feet above 

 the sea. The Falkland Islands were discov- 

 ered by Davis in 1592, and visited by Hawkins 

 in 1594. In 1703 they were taken possession 

 of by France ; subsequently they were held by 

 the Spaniards until 1771, when they were for 

 a time abandoned, and the sovereignty of them 

 was given up to Great Britain. In 1833 they 

 were taken possession of by the British Gov- 

 ernment for the protection of the whale-fish- 

 ery. In 1884 the population was 1,640. The 

 revenue in 1885 was 10,438, and the expendi- 

 ture 7.598; the imports in the same year 

 amounted to 48,314, and the exports to 

 97 846. 



ARIZONA. Territorial Government. The fol- 

 lowing were the Territorial officers during the 

 year: Governor, C.Meyer Zulick ; Secretary, 

 James A. Bayard; Treasurer, (.'. B. Foster; 

 Auditor, John J. Hawkins; Attorney-General, 

 Briggs Goodrich, who died in June, and was 

 succeeded by John A. Rush, by appointment 

 of the Governor; Superintendent of Public 

 Instruction, Charles M. Strauss; Commissioner 

 of Immigration, Cameron H. King, succeeded 

 by Thomas E. Farrish ; Chief-Justice of the 

 Supreme Court, James H. Wright ; Associate 

 Justices, William W. Porter and William H. 

 Barnes. 



Finances. The debt of the Territory is now 

 somewhat over $600.000. Of this sum, $350,- 

 000 had been funded into bonds by the Legis- 

 hitures previous to 1887, and the Legislature 

 of that year provided for the funding of $200,- 

 000 additional by the issue of bonds to that 

 amount. These bonds were sold at par in the 

 following November to the Bank of Arizona. 

 The same Legislature raised the interest on Ter- 

 ritorial warrants from eight to ten per cent, 

 and increased the poll-tax from $2.00 to $2.50. 

 The assessed valuation of the Territory in 1887 

 was $26.313,500. For 1888 there has been a 

 gain of $1,000,000 in Maricopa County, and 

 $500,000 in Yavapai County alone. 



Education. The school system is not yet ef- 

 fective in drawing a proper proportion of the 

 youth of the Territory into the public schools. 

 The average daily attendance during the scho- 

 lastic year ending in 1885 was but 3,226, al- 

 though there were 10,219 children of school 

 age in the Territory. That is, only 31 chil- 

 dren out of every 100 attended school during 

 that year, although the total expenditures for 

 public schools amounted to $138,164.83. For 

 the year ending in 1886 the showing is but 

 little better, as the Territory disbursed $135,- 

 030 with the result of securing an average at- 

 tendance of 35 out of each 100 children. The 

 reports for 1887-'88 indicate improvement, 

 but there is still an evident need cf a compul- 

 sory school law. 



Land Claims. On this subject, the Governor 

 says, in his annual report: "Surveyor-General 

 Hise, in his recent report to the Land Depart- 

 ment, says there are Spanish and Mexican pri- 



