ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 



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The United States Minister resident is Gen- >*&, ' ' ' ; K 



, ,, /-\ /-v r. Post-Omce and telegraphs 539,773 



eral 1 homas O. Usbom. Bridges and highways 21,882 



The Argentine army comprised, exclusive Subsidies to provincial governments 52,433 



of the National Guard, 7,203 men, as foi- S^ser^"":!!!:!::!!::"::! :::: W 



lows: 3,865 foot; horse, 2,574; artillery, 764. Legislature 50-2,893 



There were 5 generals of brigade, 14 colonels- ^ c c e lnstructlon 



major, 26 colonels, 126 lieutenant-colonels, 131 public Worship!.!!.'.'!!.'."!!."!.'!!!!!.".!'.!".'.'.'. 



sergeant-majors, and 568 officers of other Army 8,87<u>is 



.Jj.., Navy 550,349 



g rad es. Agriculture &'820 



The navy, in August, 1881, was composed Kaiiways 282,939 



of 27 vessels: 2 steam ironclads, 6 gunboats, ^^Wo^^7:: .'.'.' .'."!"".".".".'.' %$M 



2 steam torpedoes, 12 steamers transformed Eaiiway guarantees............................. 223,605 



into war- vessels, 3 transports, and 2 sail of the > Ne p> Expedition ... 896,654 



. , , * i o AAA Interest and suikmg fund of consolidated national 



line, with an aggregate tonnage of 12,000, an debt 7,512,412 



armament of 88 guns, and manned with 2 



chiefs of squadron, 5 colonels, 8 lieutenant- The following tables exhibit the estimated 



colonels, 6 majors, 7 captains, 26 lieutenants, revenue and expenditure for 1881 : 



22 students, 43 midshipmen, 7 pay-masters, REVENUE. 



28 engineers, 900 seamen, including officers, import duties $18,500,000 



200 infantry and artillery (National Guard), i ^XouseTes!'.:!!!::!:;:;:;.".!:;::;:!!:.".': 8 'S^ 



torpedo section comprising 3 commandants, 8 stamped paper, etc 650,ooo 



subaltern officers, and 80 privates. Before the ??^;L a l!f legraph3 ^'l 



'-, l .-, , ijignt-nouses, etc rfo,uuu 



end of the year, however, the number of ves- Railways 700,000 



sels was increased by the addition of a new tf r ^ st 164 'iwS 



ironclad, the Almirante Brown, armed with six Forests^'.. ......'.......................! mjooo 



40-pounder breech-loading guns, of new model, Sundries l,ooo!ooo 



on automatic carriages; eight 8-inch 11^-ton Total $19 89S 777 



breech- loading Armstrong guns, also of new 



model, firing projectiles of 180 pounds weight, EXPENDITURE. 



with 90 battering charges, and a number of "^SKSSTSito ."; ^'il$o 



smaller guns. The 8-inch guns, so mounted of Finance '.'." 9,57e'646 



that two can be fired straight ahead and three " of Justice, Public Worship, Public in- 



on each broadside, are described as surpassing of Var C and'the Navy" !!!!!!.'!!!!!!!.". 5'482,45o 



in range all the guns hitherto mounted in the 



British navy, and inferior to only a few in pen- Total $19,836,501 



etrative power. There is a naval school and Almost every item of the foregoing tables is 



a school for cabin-boys, and at Zarate there indicative of continued financial prosperity. 



is an arsenal. In the first place, the relatively small deficit 



The national revenue and expenditure for observed on comparing the total revenue and 



the fiscal year 1879-'80 has been officially re- the total expenditure for 1879-'80, and which 



ported as follows : would in all likelihood be covered by the rev- 



REVENUE. enue derived from the capital, is the more 



import duties $12,844,738 striking as the Treasury was called upon in 



Export duties 2l f?H that year to meet extraordinary obligations 



Warehouse fees 832,135 J . */.. rur, mi. xi. 3 u f 



stamped paper, etc 512,394 amounting to $8,631,243. Then the yield ot 



Post-office 847,431 the custom-house department was $15,732,101, 



Lfghfh a t;'etc'.'.'.'.'.".'.".:'.::".:'.'.'.'.'.. .::!'..:! feU <M?ast $13,150,824 for the year immediately 



Railways 504,642 preceding, thus showing an increase of $2,- 



8undries 8 ' 904 ' 61S 581,277, or little less than one half of the en- 

 Total $21,463,040 tire national revenue of the United States of 



Colombia, although the population of this latter 

 country exceeds that of the Argentine Repub- 



Ministryoftho^nteri^.^. $2 ' 8 6^ He by more than 500,000. And again, in the 



of Finance ...!'."'. .."..'.'.'. ......"!." 7,512^412 budget for 1881, the proposed appropriation 



" of Justice, Public Worship, Public in- f or public instruction was set down at $941,- 



" of wart^'the'N'aVy ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ." ! IK? 496, while the actual outlay upon that impor- 



Sundries (including salaries, etc.) 1,989,548 tant branch of the public service was but $732,- 



Total ordinary expenditure $1^84^ f 77 in 1880 almost a quarter of a million less. 



To which are to be added: In August last, the minister laid before Con- 

 Expenditure extraordinary $425,181 jr re8S his budget for 1882, in which he esti- 



Matured debts from 1377 606071 . . a>-, >TOK r\r\r\ 



Matured debts from 1878 7.599,991 8,681,248 mates the customs receipts at $18,785,000, m- 



eluding an additional duty of one per cent on 



Grand total $25,476,678 flU impor t g and expO rts already subject to duty. 



The following are among the more impor- We subjoin the schedules of this latest budget, 



tant items of expenditure comprised in the lat- in which the revenue presents an estimated 



ter table: total of $24,632,000, and some sources of rev- 



