APPENDIX. 



491 



SHIPPING OF LA PLATA (1892). 



480 steamers of 838,250 tons; 132 sailing vessels of 130,150 tons; 1,611 coasters of 100,480 

 tous. Total : 2,223 vessels of 1,008,880 tons. 

 Exports of La Plata (1892), £l,lU0,0u0. 



Shipping of Bahia Blanca (1892), 390 vessels of 74,645 tons. 

 Exchanges of Bahia Blanca (1892), £1,712,000. 



IMMIGRATION RETURNS OF ARGENTINA. 



1889 



1890 



1891 ..... 



Excess of immigration over emigration (1871 91), 1,096,000. 



LIVE-STOCK OF ARGENTINA (1890). 

 Horses, 4,400,000 ; horned cattle, 22,050,000; sheep, 70,450,000. 



LAND UNDER CULTIVATION (1891). 



Wheat, 3,000,000 acres; maize, 2,100,000 acres; lucerne, 1,500,000 acres; sundries, 915,000 acres 

 total, 7,515,000 acres. 



FOREIGN TRADE OF ARGENTINA. 



Imports 

 Exports 



1S87. 

 £23,400,000 

 17,000,000 



Total exchanges 



Great Britain 

 France 

 Germany 

 Belgium 

 United States 

 Uruguay 

 Italy . 

 Spain . 

 Brazil . 



£40,400,000 



1889. 

 £33,000,000 

 24,500,000 



£57,500,000 



1891. 



£13,40U,000 



19,250,000 



£32,650,000 



Imports from (1891). 

 £5,660,000 

 1,600,000 

 1,200,000 

 1,300,000 

 700,000 

 500,000 

 800,000 

 300,000 

 290,000 



Exports to. 



£3.000,000 



4,700,000 



2,300,000 



3,300,000 



840,000 



900,000 



650,000 



260.000 



1,800,000 



Entered 

 Cleared 



SHIPPING OF ARGENTINA (1892). 



9,948 vessels of 6,046,825 tous. 

 . 9,184 ,, „ 5,840,025 „ 



• Total , . . 19,132 vessels of 11,886,850 tons. 

 Railways open (1892) : 7,676 miles ; in progress, 3,170 miles. 

 Telegraphs (1892) : 19,850 miles; despatches, 2,340,000. 

 Letters forwarded, 126,534,000. 



Public schools (1891) . . 2,400 Attendance 195,000 



Private ,, ,, . . 833 ,, 55,000 



Total 



3,233 Attendance 250,000 

 .Army (1891) : 15,600 men ; 1,784 officers. 



Navy: ironclads, gunboats, torpedoes, &c., of 24,500 tons burden, with 150 guns, and about 1,500 

 sailors. 



Revenue (1891), £10,870,000 ; expenditure, £18,000,000 ; deficit, £9,130,000. 



Public debt (1892) : National . . , . £26,000,000 

 Foreign 35,000,000 



Total , . £61,000,000 



National debt, with paper money, treasury bonds, and guarantt ed interests . £100,000,000 



Provincial debts 28,000,000 



Municipal debts 9,000,000 



Debt of Buenos Ayres 9,200,000 



Total liabilities of Argentina . 



£146,200,000 



