APPENDIX. 



489 



SHIPPING RETURNS (1892). 



Entered 

 Cleared 



12,785 vessels of 4,270,043 tons. 

 12,689 ,, 4,976,905 ,, 



Total 



25,474 vessels of 9,246,948 tons. 



Railways (1891) : 980 miles open ; 400 miles in progress. 



Passengers carried, 630,000 ; goods, 510,000 tons. 

 Telegraphs: 2,705 miles ; despatches, 233,000. 

 Letters forwarded, 6,588,000; papers, packages, &c., 14,942,000. 



Public Schools (1890) . . . .470 Attendance 38,747 

 Private „ „ . . . . 407 ,, 21,410 



Total 



877 Attendance 60,157 



188S. 1890. 1692. 



Revenue £2,730,000 £3,000,000 £3,100,000 



Expenditure 2,767.000 3,050,000 2,600,()00 



Public debt (1892) : Internal, £2,370,000; external, £18,192,000; international, £376,000; total, 

 £20,938,000. 



Army, 3,500 ; civilian force, 3,260 ; police, 4,000. 



Real Property 



1883. 

 £50,000,000 



1888. 

 £58,000,000 



1891. 

 £52,000,000 



ARGENTINA. 



Area, 1 , 1 25, 000 square miles ; population (estimated), 4,086,000. 



Provinces, 

 ( Federal District 

 Buenos Ayres 

 Sante Fé 

 Entre Rios . 

 Conientes 

 Rioja . 

 Catamarca 

 San Juan 

 Meudoza 

 Cordoba 

 San Luis 



Santiago del Estero 

 Tucuraan 

 Salta . 

 Jujuy 



Total 



LiTTOEAL 



Andes 



Central 



Northern 



Northern 

 Central . 



Southern 

 (Patagonia) 



Teeeitoeies. 



Missiones 

 Formosa^ 

 Chaco / 

 Pampa . 

 Rio Negro 

 Neuquen 

 Chubut 

 Santa Cruz 

 Tierra del Fuego 



515,770 



23,932 

 125,612 

 191,842 



268,000 



3,916,492 



50,000 

 50,000 

 40,000 



30,000 



Grand Total 



1,125,156 



4,086,492 



