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APPENDIX. 



Voluntary contributions from those friendly to the revolution, 

 and forced loans from the old Spaniards, have constituted another 

 portion of their funds. To show the public capital adequate to 

 all exi|!;encies, their different civil, military, and naval establish- 

 ments have been taken into view, and are comprised in the esti- 

 mate furnished; a thing unusual with us; but they have omitted 

 their public lands, which, if a prudent use is made of them, must, 

 at no distant day, become a very productive source of revenue 

 to the state. 



The mines of Potosi, which, in all probability, will very soon 

 fall into their hands again, may furnish them with a considerable 

 supply of the precious metals. It is stated on respectable autho- 

 rity, that so late as the year 1790, the amount of gold and silver 

 coined at Potosi, in that year, was calculated to have been S299, 

 846 in gold, and §2,983,176 in silver. 



The state of their army, and the condition of their navy, will 

 be seen by a reference to the original return presented. (Ap- 

 pendix F.) 



Their army is composed of regular troops, civicos, and militia. 

 In one or other of these classes, they are educated to the mili- 

 tary art, and as far as I had an opportunity, and was capable of 

 judging, they appeared to be well acquainted with the elements of 

 their profession. Their forces, according to the paper furnished, 

 are estimated at nearly thirty thousand men. They are composed 

 of one thousand two hundred and ninety-six artillery, thirteen 

 thousand six hundred and ninety-three infantry, and fourteen 

 thousand seven hundred and eighteen cavalry; of which, twelve 

 thousand one hundred and forty three are troops of the line, seven 

 thousand and fortv-one are civicos, and ten thousand five hundred 

 and seventy-three are militia. These form the different armies 

 of the centre, of Peru, of the Andes, of Cordova, and the auxili- 

 ary forces in the Entre Rios. This statement, however, only in- 

 cludes the militia of the province of Buenos Ayres itself. Their 

 supply of arms and munitions of war is ample, as will be seen by 

 the statement annexed, on that subject. 



Their navy is small, and some of their vessels are laid up in 

 ordinary. A list of them, as well as of their privateers, will be 

 found in Appendix F. Their private armed vessels are subjected 

 to very strict regulations, agreeably to their prize code, which is 

 among the original papers presented and herewith delivered. It 



