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ARGENT INK REPUBLIC. 



tb* Rio Kwro to C.JH. Horn, U .till disputed 

 , T UM Chilian and Argentic Government.. 

 Paranay U at last likely to yield her claim to 

 that part of tb CbMO sooth of the liio Piloo- 

 mava A boundary qnertion with Bolivia Mill 

 remains unsettled. The are* of the republic 



it 591,000 square mile*. 



Tbe popdatkm of the 

 oeordintTthe last ce 



fourteen . 



BW .,.- S -MU", * }8 fl . 



ITS. I,S27,4; to which figures may safely be 

 sdded 10 per cent, for the total number of m- 

 babittnt* at the present time.* The population 

 of Bueno. Ayrea, the capital city, wa* 177,787, 

 in 1869 ; It may now be set down at 200,000. 

 Next to the United State*, the Argentine Re- 

 public receive* tb* greatest number of turo- 

 eaa emigrants. Emigration to the Platine 

 region date* from 1825, having commenced 

 bortly after the emancipation of the country 

 from "colonial rule when Rivadavia, QkM 

 President of Buenos Ayre*. made the first at- 

 tempt to settle colonists la that region. The 

 influx of foreigners was very inconsiderable 

 until 1856; in that year the Board of Emi- 

 gration was organixed ; and since then the 

 current of immigration has been uninterrupted, 

 ao 1 ever on the increase. The total number 

 of arrival* in 1806 was 4,000 ; that for tho first 

 eight months of 1 878 was 40,000. The nation- 

 t represented by the immigrants of the last 

 fire vears are, states the secretary of the 

 board*, in the following proportions: Italians, 

 60 pr cent. ; French and Spanish, each 17 ; 

 Kagtish, l ; Swiss, 2J ; German, 1 ; all others, 

 * ; or over 80 per cent, of the Latin race to 10 



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d' Affaires of the Argentine Republic to the 

 1 States, 8r. Don Curios Carranza, at 

 New York. The governors, etc., of the four- 

 teen provincea, in 1873, were as follows : 



I Dr. M. ACOTU (Mr, 

 tamot Ajnt .................... -ihree jr*. 



MlnUler of Ibe Inlc-rior ......... I)r. A. AlcorU. 



MlDltiar of Finance ............. L. B*lvibao. 



0. Ah am). 



1. A. Alvarez. 

 M. V. 0lbcrt. 

 UBchagne. 



8. Bmumente. 

 A. Vlllnnucra. 

 P.Gordillo. 

 P. SatmvU. 



BiaJaui ......... M- ' 



.................... J. A. Ortiz Estrada. 



s.iuu n ............................. I>r. S. de Irioudo. 



Sanclago del E.trro .................. L. Fria. 



Xacmnao ............................ f- tlelgnen. 



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1 

 MMwawe* to Italiani, Swiss, and German*, 



ratkw than to I - A largo pro- 



Bortio* of the Italians return to their native 

 land a* soon aa they have amassed a moderate 

 fortMe: 41,000 lullan* arrlred in 1872, and 

 ,000 Ml : ,000 of these for Naples. In some 



of tu coio*. i. UM province* of Buenos 



Ayr lb predominance of the male over tho 

 tnih MX U remarkable, Uie proi-nrtion of 

 the tarmtr befog 90 per cent, to 20 per cent 

 of the latter. To tab circamsUnce some at- 

 UibMethealarmiiis deTelopmentof prostitn- 

 U<* t the capital. 



The report* from all the colonies are most 

 etl*Vtory. wUh the exoeption of thoae In 

 ajtf^Rioa, which hare suffered eoDsidorably 

 tee* Ibe oMbfMk of the Million. 



n President of tu Repabiie to Domingo 



Fi<io fJarmUnt... elert. 

 for a l*m of .li ream; Vlc-Prerident. Dr. A. 

 AMM; Mtahter of the Interior. Dr. H. Frla* 

 (Jma, IT): of Forewn Affairs, tr. (\Tejedor; 

 fflMM* I. I liMininnes; of Justice, Pub- 

 Iki Worship, ao.l trortion, N. Avclla- 



eda; of War, OotoMlM.de Oalua. Charge 



The army of the republic, exclusive of the 

 National Guard, is 6,482 strong, comprising 

 2,009 foot, 2,861 horse, and 712 artillery. 

 There are 39 generals, 273 commandants, and 

 682 subaltern officers. Tlio navy is composed 

 of 7 war-vessels, one of which mounts 12 guus. 



The public revenue, says President Sannien- 

 to, estimated at $16,160,000, yielded $18,- 

 17-.'.:)79, showing an increase of $5,490,'J'J I. 

 The expenditure estimated in the budget was 

 $26,462,785, and the disbursements amounted 

 to but $23,992,975. The deficit was cm 

 by treasury bills. Of $19,500,000 appropriated 

 for public works and war expenses, only 

 $2,600,000 have been disbursed; and the cu-h 

 movement of the nation showed $130,17'.M~-1. 



T , follmvin , t . lbleg ghow at onco ,| IO 

 gonroeg from which tho reve|)m . , ( ,, rivi ,,, i 



d , . . f cspcn< ii tll r,.. tho 



wholo forming tho estimated bndgtt for i 

 ^ ''' *i'- '-" .1 re,l,u.tion of two 

 millions in tho outlay as con,,,.,red ith lsr:i, 



and of five and a quarter millions as compared 

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