ARGENTINE REPUBLIC. 



667; in 1871, 20,928; in 1872, 37,037; in 1873, 

 76,332; in 1874, 68,277; in 1875, 42,066; in 

 1876, 30,965; in 1877, 28,798;' in 1878, 35,- 

 876; in 1879, 50,205 ; in 1880, 41,615; and in 

 1881, 47,489. 



The following table exhibits the nationality 

 and number of the immigrants who landed at 

 Buenos Ayres in 1879, 1880, and 1881 : 



The President of the Republic is Brigadier- 

 General Don Julio A. Roca (inaugurated Octo- 

 ber 12, 1880), and the Vice-President, Don Fran- 

 cisco B. Madero. The Cabinet was composed 

 of the following ministers: Interior, Dr. Ber- 

 nardo de Trigoyen ; Foreign Affairs, Dr. V. do 

 la Plazar; Finance, Dr. Juan Jose Romero; 

 Justice, Public Worship, and Public Instruc- 

 tion, Dr. E. Wilde ; War and the Navy, Dr. B. 

 Victor ic a. 



The Argentine Envoy Extraordinary and 

 Minister Plenipotentiary to the United States 

 and Great Britain is Dr. Luis L. Dominguez 

 (accredited in 1882); the Consul-General (at 

 New York) for the American Union is Seflor 

 Don Carlos Carranza. 



The Governors of the several provinces, etc., 

 were: 



Buenos Ayres Dr. D. Rocha. 



Catamarca J. Acuna. 



Cordoba M. Juarez Celman. 



Corrientes A. Soto. 



Entre-Kios Colonel J. F. Antelo. 



Jujuy Dr. P. Bias 



La Rioja J. V. Bustos. 



Mendoza J. M. Segura. 



Salta Dr. M. S. Ortiz. 



San Juan A. Gil. 



San Luis Z. Concha. 



Santa Fe Dr. M. Zavalla. 



Santiago del Estero P. Gallo. 



Tucuman M. M. Nouges. 



Gran Chaco Territory Colonel F. Bosch. 



Patagonia Colonel A. Barros. 



Misiones Colonel R. Roca. 



The United States Minister Resident in the 

 Argentine Republic is General Thomas O. Os- 

 born, and the United States Consul at Buenos 

 Ayres is Mr. E. L. Baker. 



The Argentine army comprised, exclusive of 

 the National Guard, 7,362 men, as follows : 

 3,710 foot; horse, 2,647; and artillery, 1,005. 

 There were 4 generals of brigade, 14 colo- 

 nels-major, 32 colonels, 147 lieutenant-colonels, 

 143 sergeant-majors, and 816 officers of other 



* See President Roca's message, at the end of this article. 



grades. The National Guard was 297,384 

 strong. 



The navy, in June, 1882, was composed of 

 27 vessels: 2 steam ironclads, 6 gunboats, 2 

 steam torpedoes, 12 steamers transformed into 

 war-vessels, 3 transports, and 2 sail of the line, 

 with an aggregate tonnage of 12,000, an arma- 

 ment of 88 guns, and manned with 2 chiefs of 

 squadron, 5 colonels, 8 lieutenant-colonels, 6 

 majors, 7 captains, 26 lieutenants, 22 students, 

 43 midshipmen, 7 pay-masters, and 26 engi- 

 neers; 900 seamen, including officers, 2,000 in- 

 fantry and artillery (National Guard), 1 torpedo 

 section comprising 3 commandants, 8 subaltern 

 officers, and 80 privates. About the end of 

 1881 the number of vessels was increased by 

 the addition of a new ironclad, the Almirante 

 Brown, armed with six 40-pounder breech- 

 loading guns, of new model, on automatic car- 

 riages; eight 8-inch 11^-ton breech - loading 

 Armstrong guns, also of new model, firing pro- 

 jectiles of 180 pounds weight, with 90 batter- 

 ing charges, and a number of smaller guns. 

 The 8-inch guns, so mounted that two can be 

 fired straight ahead and three on each broad- 

 side, are described as surpassing in range all the 

 guns hitherto mounted in the British Navy, 

 and inferior to only a few in penetrative power. 

 There is a naval school and a school for cabin- 

 boys, and at Zarate there is an arsenal. 



The national revenue and expenditure for the 

 fiscal year 1881 have been officially reported as 

 follows : 



REVENUE. 



Import duties .. $18,500,000 



Export duties 8,000,000 



Warehouse fees 354,000 



Stamped paper, etc 650,000 



Post-Offlce and telegraphs 452,000 



Light-houses, etc 88,000 



Railways 700,000 



Sundries 1,160,000 



Total $19,898,777 



EXPENDITURE. 



Ministry of the Interior $3,262,413 



" Foreign Affairs 139,920 



" Finance 9,576,646 



" Justice, Public Worship, Public In- 

 struction, etc 1,875,072 



" War and the Navy 5,482,450 



Total ordinary expenditure $19,836,501 



In this table the expenditure extraordinary 

 is not included. The amount may be estimated 

 at about $8,000,000. 



In the budget for 1882, the national revenue 

 and expenditure were estimated as follows: 



REVENUE. 



Import duties $15,979,000 



Export duties 4,006,000 



Warehouse fees 880.000 



Stamped paper, etc 1,860,000 



Direct taxes 



Post-Office and telegraphs . 



Light-houses, etc 



Railways 



Interest 



Wharfage 



Forests 



Sundries . . . 



900,000 

 6SO.OOO 



40,000 

 845,000 

 116,000 



12,000 



777,000 



Total ordinary revenue $25,681,000 



