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forwarding milk and other produce to the nearest railway station for Asuncion. 

 Nevertheless, a large number of the first arrivals at San Bernardino have 

 abandoned their holdings owing chiefly to the lack of easy communications. 

 They have, however, been rejplaced by others, and the little settlement is gradu- 

 ally growing into a flourishing rural town. 



Amongst the immigrants preparing to colonise the unoccupied lands of 

 Paraguay, mention is made of some Australians, to whom the Government has 

 granted a tract 230 square miles in extent on the banks of the Tibicuary. The 

 Association which has received the concession is required to introduce before the 



Fig. IÔ5.— FaoM Asuncion to Villa Rica. 



Scale 1 ; 1,250,000. 



57°40-. 



West oF G 



56°40 



. 25 Miles 



end of the year 1894 several hundred Australian families, who are to share the 

 yearly produce of the community, and who will enjoy self-government to the 

 extent of electing the directors of the commune by a majority of all adult male 

 and female votes. The reminiscences of the old Paraguay missions would appear 

 to have influenced this scheme of organisation, which so far does not appear to 

 have been attended by much success. 



Lambaré — Angostura — Pilar. 



Travellers descending the Paraguay from Asuncion soon lose sight of the city 

 behind the Lamharé bluff, which rises about 330 feet above the right bank of the 



