272 THE POPULATION 



Blanca upon Buenos Aires in both these respects 

 seems to forbid it all hope of ever becoming the equal 

 of Rosario. The prosperity of Rosario was founded 

 during the time when Buenos Aires was isolated, 

 between 1853 and 1860 ; this enabled them to organize 

 an import trade there and to accumulate a nucleus 

 of independent capital. 1 



The development of Buenos Aires must be studied 

 separately. It does not merely reflect the success of 

 the colonization of the Pampa ; it is a phenomenon of a 

 national order. The attraction of Buenos Aires has 

 been felt throughout the whole land. In 1895, of a 

 total population of Argentine birth of 318,000 souls, 

 more than a half 167,000 were born in the pro- 

 vinces. 2 The way in which the prosperity of Buenos 

 Aires is bound up, not only with that of the adjacent 

 territory but with that of the whole country, is seen 

 in the stability of the figure representing the number 

 of the inhabitants who have come from foreign lands. 

 While the proportion of foreigners in each of the 

 provinces varies from one census to another, according 

 to the displacements of the stream of colonization, it 

 remains almost the same at Buenos Aires : 496 per 

 1,000 in 1869, 520 in 1895, 493 in 1914. 



The population of the city of Buenos Aires was 

 estimated by Helms in 1788 to be between 24,000 

 and 30,000. D'Azara put it at 40,000 in 1799. The 

 Revolution did not interrupt its growth. According to 

 the estimate of Woodbine Parish the city had 81,000 

 inhabitants in 1824. On the other hand, the Rosas 

 Government involved a period of stagnation (90,000 

 inhabitants in 1855). But after 1855 Buenos Aires 



1 Buenos Aires and Rosario alone have independent grain markets, 

 though it is differently organized in each case. At Buenos Aires the 

 exporters have entered into direct relations with the producers and 

 eliminated intermediaries. At Rosario they have to use the services 

 of a strong body of agents. 



* The 1914 Census does not give reliable details on this point 



