  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, 5 eru, 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; 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,
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