ARGENTINE CONFEDERATION. 



..iiia, with 804,854 square miles, and 

 iO inhabitants; 4. Pampas Argentinas, 

 with 93,823 square miles, and 20,000 inhabi- 

 \\hii-li would make un aggregate area for 

 tin- ivpublio of 1,322,561 square miles, with a 

 pop illation of 1,838,212. The population of the 

 fit i<'s was 610,432 ; the rural population, 1,114,- 

 160; the island and river population, 12,830. 

 According to the last census, the population of 

 the city of Buenos Ayres was 177,787, 88,120 

 of \\homwere foreigners, namely: 41, 957 Ital- 

 ians 13,998 Spaniards, 13,402 Frenchmen, 

 2,139 Germans, 542 Austrians, and 603 born 

 in the United States. The budget for 1869-'70 

 fixes the revenue as follows: Import duties, 

 10,990,000 pesos fuertes; export duties, 2,000,- 

 000 ; storage, 260,000 ; postal service, 105,000 ; 

 stamp tax, 255,000; interest on 17,000 snares 

 of the Central Railroad of Argentina, 116,620 ; 

 various receipts, not specified, 50,000. Total, 

 13,776,620 pesos fuertes, or $12,674,490. The 

 expenditures during the same period were es- 

 timated at 1,297,990 pesos fuertes for the De- 

 partment of the Interior, 111,440 for the De- 

 partment of Foreign Affairs, 8,452,727 for the 

 Department of Finance (including interest on 

 State debt); 768,271 for the Department of 

 Justice, and 3,757,646 for the Department of 

 War and Marine. Total expenditures, 14,387,- 

 646 pesos fuertes, or $13,236,634. Excess of 

 expenditures over revenue, of $562,144. The 

 consolidated debt on December 31, 1868, con- 

 sisted of: 



Pesos Fnertet. 



British loan of 1824 at 6 per cent. Interest 4,378,150 



British loan of 1824 at 3 per cent, interest 5,257,210 



Other foreign debt 2,080,402 



British loan of 1868 (2,490,000 sterling) 12,201,000 



Total foreign debt 23,916,762 



Consolidated national funds, at 6 per cent, in- 

 terest and 1 per cent, amortization 11,740,706 



Consolidated national funds, at 6 per cent, in- 

 terest, and 2}$ per cent, amortization 2,268,245 



Funds of the Province of Buenos Ayres : 



At 6 per cent, interest, and 3 per cent. 



amortization 744,000 



At 9 per cent, interest, and 3 per cent. 



amortization 1,475,600 



Total debt 40,145,313 



Each of the fourteen provinces has, besides, 

 a budget of its own, the above sums being 

 mostly applied to the expenses of the General 

 Government, for collection of duties, and for 

 the War and Marine Departments. Buenos 

 Ayres, the most important of the provinces, 

 has an annual budget of expenditures of over 

 2,000,000 pesos fuertes. 



The army consists in time of peace of 2,909 

 infantry, 2,861 cavalry, and 712 artillery. To- 

 tal, 6,482 men ; not including the militia and 

 national guards of Buenos Ayres. It is under 

 command of 29 generals, and 682 officers of all 

 grades. The marine is composed of 7 vessels-of- 

 war, one of which has an armament of 12 guns. 



The imports and exports at the port of Buenos 

 Ayres in 1868 were, to the United States and 

 to Europe, and other countries of South Amer- 

 ica as follows: 



The principal articles for export, and their 

 value, were: hides, 7,200,000 pesos; sheep, 

 goat, and deer skins, 2,100,000 pesos; wool, 

 9,200,000 pesos; horse-hair, 300,000 pesos; 

 tallow, 4,300,000 pesos; salted beef, 800,000 

 pesos; ostrich-feathers, 100,000 pesos. The 

 entries at the port of Buenos Ayres, in 1868, 

 consisted of 1,196 vessels, together of 342,016 

 tons ; clearances during the same period, 1,306 

 vessels, together of 349,647 tons. Besides the 

 above, which were- all sailing-vessels, 1,083 

 steamers entered and cleared at the port of 

 Buenos Ayres in 1868. According to the mes- 

 sage of President Sarmiento, at the opening 

 of the national Congress, the length of rail- 

 roads in operation on December 31, 1869, was 

 534 miles ; in course of construction, 70 miles ; 

 contracts had been entered into for the con- 

 struction of 243 miles ; and new concessions 

 made for 467 miles. The telegraph-lines in 

 operation, according to the presidential mes- 

 sage, extended over 975 miles. 



The number of agricultural colonies, estab- 

 lished by the emigrants from foreign coun- 

 tries, is increasing, and most of them are in a 

 very prosperous condition. Their population 

 was, according to the latest dates (of 1867-'68), 

 as follows : 1. In the province of Santa F6 : Es- 

 peranza, 1,648; San Geronimo, 1,210; San 

 Carlos, 955; Helvetica, 550; Coronda, 275; 

 Nueva California, 170 ; Colonia Francesa, 225 ; 

 Sunchales, 164; Emilia, 608; San Justo, 106. 

 2. In the province of Cordova : Frayle Muerte, 

 140. 3. In the province of Entre Rios : San 

 Jose, 1,770; Villa Urquiza, 532. 4. In the 

 province of Buenos Ayres : Baradero, 1,311 ; 

 Carmen dePatagones, 125; Chubut, 188. 5. In 

 the province of Salta: Rivadaria, 825. 



In April a formidable rebellion broke out in 

 the province of Entre Rios. It was instigated 

 by General Lopez Jordan, a son-in-law of Gen- 

 eral Urquiza, and. its first act was to surprise 

 Urquiza in his palace in San Jos6, to murder 

 him in the bosom of his family, to plunder 

 and sack his palace, and to confiscate his prop- 

 erty. The murderers then proceeded to the 

 assassination of two of Urquiza's sons in the 

 town of Concordia, the arms of one of them 

 being pinioned by his own partner in business, 

 while he was shot down on the verge of a 



