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"A.B.C." combination, 273 Abattoirs, model, at Liniers, 129 Aconcagua, 89 Agrarian and veterinary school, Santa Catalina, 80 Agricultural banks, proposed establishment of, 188 Agricultural defence, department of, 61 Agricultural land, extent of uncultivated, 77 Agricultural produce, and the railways, 137 "Agricultural smalls," 243 Agriculture, education for "colonists" in, 56-60; conditions of, 190; prospects of, 198; possibilities of development of, 257 Alfalfa, development and cultivation of, 69; importance of, 69, 116; value of, 194-7; reputed influence on water level of, 233 Alpaca, the, 116 Alta Gracia, excursions to, 143, 165; golf at, 172; races at, 172-5 Andes, the, 89; the railway, and, 147, 215, et seq. Anthrax, the gaucho and, 230 Arboriculture, school for, at Tucuman, 59 Argentina, possibilities of, 4; railway development in, 43-51; land question in, 52-62; call for population, 53; value of exportations of, 60; and world's food supplies, 63, et seq.; production of food supplies in, 61-71, 244; constitution of government, methods of taxation, etc., 72-88; characteristics of, 89, et seq.; from the British immigrant's point of view, 43; wheat production of, 186, et seq.; immigration laws and regulations, 203, 223, et seq.; the Jews and, 237-41; indigenous fauna of, 244; and industries, 257, et seq.; credit of, 263; as overflow of Latin Europe, 271; and foreign capital, 275; possibilities of, 278-9 "Argentina from a British Point of View," by C. P. Ogilvie, 197 Argentine Agricultural Society, 120; cattle-breeding and, 121; and railway tariffs, 137 Argentine Club at Bahia Blanca, 177 Argentine Railway Company, 153 Argentine Transandine Railway absorbed by the Buenos Aires and Pacific, 145 Argentines, the, wealth and pride of, 5, 6, 7, 20, 22-23; source of wealth of, 24; social life of, 29; extravagance of, 32; moods of, 32-3; characteristics of, 38-40, 270-2; ambition of, 58 Australia and wheat supply, 186-7 Austria and frozen meat, 127 Avenida Alvear, "B.A.," 30 Avon, the, 19, 54 "B.A." See Buenos Aires Bahia, 11 Bahia Blanca, 43; commercial school at, 79; grain elevators at, 70; Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway at, 145; natural harbour, at, 176; growth of, 176-7; land values at, 177; life in, 177; railways at, 178; shipments from, 178; Victoria wool market at, 180; and the pampas, 181 Bahia Blanca and North-Western Railway, absorbed by the Buenos Aires and Pacific, 145 Banco Hipotecario Nacional, and loans for building, etc., 264 Banks, licences for, 82; and gold reserve, 263 Belgrano, "B.A." British colony at, 27 Belle Ville, dairy school at, 60 Betting regulations, 28 Benitz Colony, forestry school, in the, 61 Birds, curious, 92 Bovril, 15; and meat extract trade, 159; cattle-breeding station of, 268-9 Brassey, Thomas, and first Argentine railway, 139 Brazil, agricultural riches of, 4; gambling in, 12; and Argentine cattle, 128; reported coal mines in, 155; dislike of United States in, 273, 275 Brewing, possible development of, 261 "Bridge of the Incas," 219 British capital in Argentina, 7, 21, 24, 43, 46, 123; in railways, 134 British Chamber of Commerce at Buenos Aires, 278 British immigrants, possibilities of sheep rearing for, 183 British trade and Argentina, 260-1 British trade methods, futility of, 85 Buenos Aires, arrival at, 20; business of, 22-3; the streets of, 25; hotels of, 26; expensiveness of, 26; railways in, 27; Jockey Club of, 28; Colon Theatre at, 28; immorality of, 29; irreligion of, 29; showiness of, 30, 32; "Las Damas da Beneficencia," 34; foundling hospital at, 35; the Recoleta, 36; as capital, 37; population and characteristics of, 41; fascination of, 42; immigrants' accommodation at, 53; land values in, 65; slaughter-houses at, 70; senators from, 73; national and normal schools in, 78; university at, 78; shallowness of river at, 90; regulations against dogs in, 98; variations of climate in, 102-3; offices of Argentine Agricultural Society at, 120; Jockey Club at, 123; frozen meat works at, 124; population and meat demands of, 129; sheep market at, 130; railways from, 141; the Retiro station at, 142-3; suburban traffic of, 143, 151; B.A. and P. high level line at, 145; railway connection with Valparaiso from, 146-7; Mar del Plata and, 151; cost of living in, 241-2; increase of shipping trade of, 244; labour unrest in, 258; British Chamber of Commerce at, 278 Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway, returns of, 140; growth and revenue of, 145; Light and Power Co. in connection with, 145; port accommodation at Bahia Blanca, 145; high level line to Buenos Aires, 145; reclamation of land from River Plate by, 146; transcontinental traffic, 146-7; Transandine line, 148; snow protection on, 148; prospects of, 149; Mr. Guy Calthrop and, 149; at Bahia Blanca 178; at Puerta Galvan, 179 Buenos Aires-Rosario Railway, 141-2 Buenos Aires Province, population of, 63; five years drought in, 90; cattle raising in, 130; cereal growing district of, 152; Hirsch Jewish colony in, 238 Caja de Conversion, effect on credit of, 263; gold reserve of, 263 Calthrop, Mr. Guy, and Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway, 149-50 "Camp" life in, 67, 223, et seq. Camp towns, ugliness of, 226 Canada and wheat supply, 186 Cattle, introduction of, by Spaniards, 95, 117; wild herds of, 95, 117; wild dogs and, 97; improvement and increase of, 99; numbers of, 122; and importation embargo in England, 130-1 Cattle-breeding, 66-7; importation of bloodstock for, 118; improvements in, 120; Argentine Agricultural Society and, 120-2 Cattle disease, prevalence of, 69 Central Argentine Railway, returns of, 140; growth of 141-2; electrification of, 145; suburban traffic, 143; excursions on, 143; goods and agricultural traffic of, 144; irrigation scheme of, 144; extension of, 144-5; weekly receipts of, 145; works of at Rosario, 156; excursions to Alta Gracia, 165 Central Cordoba Railway, 153 Cereals, value of exportation of, 67; low yield of, 70 Chaco, the, swamps of, 91; Indians of, 91 Chamber of Deputies, constitution of, 73; qualifications of candidates and members of, 73; salary of members of, 74; Socialism in, 75 Chicago and Argentine chilled meat trade, 68 "Chico," 212, 213 Chili, nitrates of, 4; railway communication with, 146-7, 149; leprosy in, 246 "Chilled" meat compared with "frozen," 125 Chilled meat trade, American attempts to capture, 68; extension of, 126 Christ, statue of, on Chilian boundary, 148 Chubut, Welsh colony at, 225 Citizenship, qualifications for, 77 Clarke, Mr. Percy, and Great Southern Railway, 152 Climate, variations of, 89, 102-3 Coal, lack of, and importation of, 83; possible supply from Brazil, 155 Coal Strike, effect in Argentine of, 243 Colon Theatre, the, gala performance at, 29 "Colonists," system of, 54; and storekeeper, 55; position of, 55; agricultural education for, 56-8; difficulties of, 225 Columbus and his discovery, 1, 5 Commerce, German and British competition for, 845 Comodora Rivadavia, government reservation on petroleum zone of, 243 Condor, the, 245 Cordillera of the Andes, railway and, 147 Cordoba, live-stock school at, 58, 59; university at, 78; commercial school at, 79 Cordoba, and Central Argentine Railway, 144; position and population of, 158; university of, 159, 162; social life of, 160-1; opera performances at, 161; cathedral of, 163; relics at Jesuit church in, 163; British flag in church at, 164; schools at, 164; observatory at, 165; excursions to Alta Gracia from, 165 Cordoba and Rosario Railway, 153 Cordoba Central Buenos Aires Extension Railway, 153 Cordoba Central Railway, extension of, 153 Cordoba Province, locusts in, 61; cattle raising in, 130 Corrientes Province, Indians of, 266; resources of, 267 Dairying, Regional Schools in, 60 De Costa, Señora César, and statue of Christ, 148 De Guzman, Ruy Diaz, and introduction of horses, 49 De Mendoza, Don Pedro, and introduction of horses, 120 Deputy, salary of, 74 Devolution in Government, 75 Direccion-General de Ferrocarriles, 49 Distilling, possible development of, 261 Dogs, wild, and cattle, 97; extermination of, 97; stringent regulations against, 98 "Door of Hell, The," 2 Drought, evils of, 60, 70; severity of, 90 Duties on manufactured articles, 82 Earthquakes in Mendoza, 201 Education, in agricultural subjects, 57-60; "regional schools," 60; divisions of system of, 77; religious instruction and, 77; secondary, 78; university, 78; authorities of, 78-9; intuitive method of, 79; national scholarships, 81; complaints upon methods of, 81 Engineer White, Port of, 178-9 England and chilled meat trade, 68 English immigrant, prospects of, 43, 224 Englishmen and Argentine prospects, 100-2 Entre Rios Province, cattle raising in, 130; resources of, 267; foreign small freeholders in, 268; railways in, 268; Liebig and Bovril ranches in, 268-9 Entre Rios Railway, 153 "Estancieros," profits of, 60 "Estancias," extent and equipment of, 66 "Fakes" in trade, 108-9 Farming, profits and possibilities of, 60-2; equipment for, 66; slovenly methods of, 192 "Farquhar Group" of Railways, 152 Farquhar, Mr. Percival, and railway extension, 152 Fauna, 92-4, 116-7, 244 Fisherton, Rosario, 156 Floods, dangers and extent of, 90 Florida, the, "B.A." 25 Foot-and-mouth disease, and exportation of cattle, 124 Forestry, school for instruction in, 61 France and frozen meat, 127, 133 Fraudulent trade descriptions, 108-9 "Frozen Meat" compared with "chilled," 125; methods of freezing, 124-5 Frozen meat industry, 22-3; influence of railways on, 43, 51; value of exportation of, 67; growth of, 70-1, 123, 126-7; establishment, 123; and England, 123-4 Fruit culture, school for, 60 Gambling, on steamer, 12; at Alta Gracia, 169 Gaucho, and horse-racing, 172-4, 228; effect of civilisation on, 227; duties of, 229; and anthrax, 230; as shepherd, 232 Gautier, Prof. Armand, on frozen meat, 127 German-Argentine Society and frozen meat, 127 German influence in commerce, 84 Gold reserve of banks, 263 Golf at Buenos Aires, 27; at Alta Gracia, 172 Government, Constitution of, 72 et seq. Government House, "B.A.," 37 Grain elevators, at Engineer White, 179; at Puerta Galvan, 180 Great Britain, and importation embargo on Argentine cattle, 130-1; and Argentine railways, 139; and Argentine foodstuffs, 193 Great Southern Railway, returns of, 140; Light and Power Co. of, 145; extent of, 150; increase of passenger traffic on, 150; Mar de Plata service of, 151; goods and live stock traffic, 151; capital and receipts of, 152; Mr. Percy Clarke and, 152; at Bahia Blanca, 178; Port of Engineer White, 178 Guanaco, The, 245 Hirsch, Baron, colonisation scheme of, 237 Horse breeding, excellence of, 65-6; development of, 123 Horse, first introduction of, 119; increase of, 119, 122 Horse-racing, at Palermo, 28; universality of, 107, 122; at Alta Gracia, 172-4; the Gaucho and, 228-9 Hudson, W. H., "The Naturalist in La Plata," 93 Hurlingham, "B.A.," 27 Ibera, Lake, 267 Immigrants, Italians as, 10, 25, 53, 224; nationalities of, 63; typical English, 109-10; and political agitation, 241 Immigration, inducements for, 53; organisation of, 203, 223 Inca, 43 Indians, of Chaco district, 91; and horse and cattle stealing, 98; of Corrientes, 266 Industrial school, methods at, 80 Irrigation, Government work in, 60; results of, 116; State and railway works for, 144, 150; in Mendoza, 208-9; in sugar district, 253 Italians, as immigrants, 10, 25, 53; preponderance of, 224 Italy and frozen meat, 127, 133 Iraola, Señor Pereyra, and champion bull, 152 Jerked beef, trade in, 128 Jesu Maria, sanatorium of, 160 Jewish Colonisation Society, the, 237, 238 Jews, and wheat market, 23, 55; population of, 236; agricultural colonies of, 237-40 Jockey Club of Buenos Aires, 28, 123 Juan de Rivadaneira, Fray, and introduction of horses, 120 Kindergarten at Mendoza, 205 Labour, conditions of, 54; scarcity of, on estancias, 243, 252; influence of scarcity of, on industrial development, 257 Labour question at Rosario, 154-5 Labour troubles, frequency of, 84; in Buenos Aires, 258 Land, profits on sale of, 47, 53, 64-5; ownership and labour on, 52 et seq.; conditions of ownership in, 188-9 Land values, 65; at Rosario, 157; at Bahia Blanca, 177; in Mendoza, 204 La Plata, 19; description of, 36-8; slaughter-houses at 70; university at, 78; and frozen meat trade, 124 "La Prensa," offices of, 41 Las Damas da Beneficencia, 34 Latin American, Spanish immigrants to, 2; range of, 3; possibilities of, 4; riches of, 5 Latin immigrants at Rosario, 154; as farmers, 193 Latin races, as emigrants, 3, 9, 25, 53; as seen in South America, 24, 59 Leprosy in South America, 246 Licences for business, 82 Liebig Co., and meat extract trade, 129, 269; cattle-breeding station of, 268 Liniers, slaughter-houses at, 129 Linseed, Argentina's production of, 191 Live stock, value of exportations of, 60, 67; and importation embargo in Britain, 131 Llama, the, 116 Lloyd George, Mr., and Argentina, 24 Locusts, depredations of, 61, 70, 233; and sugar districts, 254 London and River Plate Bank, gold reserve of, 263 London, chilled and frozen meat and, 126 Lumber tracks of Posados, 243 Mackie, Mr., on Pan-American railway scheme, 277 Maize, Argentina's production of, 191 Manufactures, inability to develop, 83 Manufacturing resources, possible development of, 257 et seq. Mar del Plata, 53; life at, 235; Great Southern Railway and, 151 Mares, distaste for, and slaughter of, 119 Martinetta, the, 245 Matacos Indians, 266 Meat extracts, trade in, 129 Meat trade and U.S.A., 23, 68 Mendoza, Viticulture College at, 57, 58, 80; the railway and, 147; situation and population of, 199; life in, 200-1; earthquakes in, 201; Western Park at, 2022; schools in, 205; English club in, 212 Mendoza Province, paper money of, 76; Government of, 203; how strikes are dealt with in, 203; taxation and land in, 204; vineyards of, 206; irrigation in, 208; fruit growing in, 211 Mendoza River, 147, 208, 214, 217, 222 Mercedes, 146 Mexico and cattle, 4 Military service, compulsory system of, 81 Millionaires, proportion to population of, 64 Mocayr, Señor Pedro, and U.S.A. influence, 275 Money-lenders, licences for, 82 Monroe Doctrine and Argentina, 272, 273, 274, 275 Monte Video, 19; the River Plate at, 90; and jerked beef trade, 128 Mutton, value of exportations of, 67; prejudice against, 98 National Bank of Argentina, gold reserve of, 266 National flag, 64 National Ministry of Education, 78 National Railway Board, influence of, 49, 50 National School of Commerce, 79 National School of Pilots, 80 Nationalisation, Law of, 24, 63, 77 Neuquén territory, irrigation works in, 150 "Norther," The, 103 Nouges Bros., sugar mills of, 252 Observatory at Cordoba, 165 Ogilvie, Mr. C. P., on alfalfa, 194-7 Oil for fuel, 83, 243 Page, Mr., and financial control of South American Republics, 274 "Palace of Gold, The," 3737 Palermo, fashionable life in, 27; races at, 28 Pampa, dreariness of the, 89; extent and possibilities of, 181-2 Pamperos, the, 91 Parana River, 90; wharves on, at Rosario, 154; lumber on, 243 highway of Santa Fé, 265-6 Parana, town of, 268 Parque Independencia, at Rosario, 156 Patagonia, wilderness of, 89; as sheep-rearing country, 183; stature of natives of, 245-6; pastures of, 246 Pearson, Mr. C. H., and Central Argentine Railway, 141, 142, 143 Pellegrini Law, the, and gold reserve, 263 Pernambuco, 2, 10 Peru, rubber in, 4 Peso, the, 236 Petroleum zone, Government reservation on, 243 Pilots, National School of, 80 Plate, River, 19; volume of, 90; reclamation of land from, 146; silting of, 155, 176 Plaza Jewell, Rosario, 156 Plaza Mayo, "B.A.," 26, 27 Plaza San Lopez, Rosario, 156 Plaza San Martin, Rosario, 156 Population, call for, 53; growth of, 63 Posados, lumber trade of, 243 Port Madryn, Welsh colony at, 225 Portugal and frozen meat, 127 Poverty, non-existence of, 35 President, qualifications and powers of, 72-3 Property, State regulations on disposal of, 76 Provincial Council of Education, 79 Provincial Governments, powers of, 75; relations of, with Central Government, 76 Puerta del Inca, 219 Puerta Galvan, 179 Quebracho, the, 92 Railways, luxuriance of trains on, 36, 44, 134-5; influence on prosperity of, 43; British capital in, 43, 134; mileage of, 45; State lines, 45; limitations of dividends of, 45; landowners and, 47; government and direction of, 48; profits of, for roadmaking, 49; and mail carrying, 49; equipment of, 49; causes of profits of, 134; "special cars" on, 135, 166-7, 213213; carriage of agricultural produce, 137; growth of, 138; William Wheelwright as founder of, 138; United States and, 139; Thomas Brassey and, 139; dividends and prospects of, 139; growth of the Central Argentine, 141-5; growth and prospects of the Buenos Aires and Pacific, 140, 145-150; growth and prospects of Great Southern Line, 150-2; "Farquhar Group," 152; amalgamation of, 153; at Bahia Blanca, 178; Transandine, 213; influence on possible manufacturing developments, 260; and development of Santa Fé, 265; American scheme in connection with, 277 Ranch, life on the, 103-8, 230-1 Recoleta, 36 "Regional Schools," 6 Religion, indifference to, 29-30, 77 Retiro Station, Buenos Aires, 142, 143 Revolution of 1810, 64, 99; memorials of, at Tucuman, 249 Rideal, Prof., on frozen meat, 126 Rio Blanco, 217 Rio Cuarto, and Central Argentine Railway, 144 Rio de Janeiro, Harbour of, 13; the city, 16 Rio Negro Valley, irrigation work in, 150 Rio Neuquén Valley, irrigation works in, 150 Roadmaking, railway profits taxed for, 49 Roads, bad condition of, 48, 106, 170, 226 Rosario, land values in, 64, 157; grain elevators at, 70; "The Liverpool of Argentina," 141; railway works at, 143, 156; as business centre, 154; labour question at, 154-5; growth of, 155; life at, 156-7 Rosario-Cordoba Railway, 141; concession of land for, 46 Royal Mail Company, 53 Russia and wheat supply, 186 Sandstorms, 103; at Bahia Blanca, 177 San Juan, fruit culture school at, 60; School of Mines at, 80; progress of, 204 San Luis, 147 San Martin, statues of, 37, 160-1 San Pablo, sugar mills at, 252 San Rafael, progress of, 205 San Salvador, 1 Santa Catalina, agrarian and veterinary school at, 80 Santa Cruz, dreariness of, 246 Santa Fé Province, cattle raising in, 130; development of, 265 Santos, 17, 18 Savoy Hotel, Tucuman, 250 Scholarships, at Agricultural Schools, 58; for European study, 81 School of Mines, San Juan, 80 Schools, religious instruction in, 77; primary, for adults, 77; secondary, 78; equipment of, 79; attendance at, 79, 81; technical and commercial, 79; physical drill in, 80; in Mendoza, 205 Senate, the, constitution of, 73 Senator, qualifications of, 73; salary of, 74 Servant problem, 108 Sheep, development of local characteristics in, 94; introduction of, 117; increase of, 123; precautions against disease in, 130; for freezing works, 130; on the pampas, 232 Sheep-breeding, decline of, 67 Sheep market in Buenos Aires, 130 Sheep-rearing, drawbacks and possibilities of, 182-3 Shoe factories, 84 Sierra de Cordoba, 158 Siesta, abandonment of, 40 Small-holding, difficult of securing, 225 Socialists, cohesion of, 75 South America, possibilities of, 4 Spain, and Argentina, 98-9, 116; and frozen meat, 133 Spaniards, and early colonisation of Argentina, 94, 116 Spanish, necessity for use of in commerce, 87, 110-12; firm hold of, 271 "Special Cars" on railways, 135, 166-7, 213 Sports, Argentine's adoption of, 271 Stevens, Mr., and Puerta Galvan, 179 Storekeeper, as "middleman," 55 Strangers' Club, Rosario, 157 Stucco, use of, in "B.A.," 30, 36 "Suestadas," the, 91 Sugar industry, school for instruction in, 58-9 Sugar growing, at Tucuman, 250; possibilities of development of, 253-5, 262 Switzerland and frozen meat, 127, 133 Sydney Harbour compared with Rio, 14 Tango, the, 235 Tariff on sugar, 255 Tariffs on manufactured articles, 82-3 Taxation, methods of, 82-3 Technical education, attention to, 79 Textile industries, possibilities of, 262 "The Argentine as a Market," by N. L. Watson, 255 "The Naturalist in La Plata," by W. H. Hudson, 93 Tigre, the, boating on, 27 Tobas Indians, 266 Totalisator, use of, at Palermo, 28 Tower, Sir Reginald, 98, 278 Trade, British and German methods of, compared, 85-6 Trade Unions and Government, 84 Transandine Railway, 147; Summit tunnel of, 148 Tucuman, 43, 49; arboricultural school at, 58, 59; and Central Argentine Railway, 144; aspect of, 248; historic house at, 249; life in, 249-50; sugar harvest at, 250; development of sugar industry at, 251-6 Tunuyan River, 147 Underground Railway of Buenos Aires, 27 United Kingdom and Argentine cereals, 67 United States and Argentine development, 7, 22, 64; and Argentine Railways, 139; influence in Argentina of, 271, 272, 275; wheat supply of, 186 Universities, qualifications for and localities of, 78 University lectures in agriculture, 57 Uruguay and Argentine cattle, 128 Uspallata Valley route, 147 Valparaiso, railway connection between Buenos Aires and, 146-7 Victoria Wool Market, Bahia Blanca, 180 Villa Maria Rufino Railway absorbed by the Buenos Aires and Pacific, 145 Vineyards of Mendoza, 199, 206 Viticulture, college at Mendoza for, 57-8, 80 "Watch Bird, The," 92 Water supply on the pampa, 233 Water-wheels, American, 44 Watson, Mr. N. L., "The Argentine as a Market," 255 Wheat, the Jews and, 23, 55; influence of railways on exportation of, 43, 51; average yield of, 70; world's supply of, 186; Argentina and, 190-2; the world's production compared with Argentina's, 193 Wheelwright, William, and foundation of Argentine Railways, 138 Welsh Colony at Chubut, 225; at Port Madryn, 225, 241 Western Railway of Buenos Aires, returns of, 140 Wilson, President Woodrow, and South American Republics, 273-6 Windmills for pumping purposes, 233 Wine, production of, in Mendoza, 206-11 Woman, position of, in Argentina, 28, 29, 33-51 Wool, low quality of Argentine, 183-5; prospects of improvement of, 184-5; values of exportation and importation of, 262 Woollen industry, possibilities of, 259 Woollen manufactures, crudeness of, 84 Ypecaha, the, 93 Zanjou Amarillo, 218 "Zonda," the, 91

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