"A.B.C." combination,273Abattoirs, model, at Liniers,129Aconcagua,89Agrarianand veterinary school, Santa Catalina,80Agriculturalbanks, proposed establishment of,188Agriculturaldefence, department of,61Agriculturalland, extent of uncultivated,77Agriculturalproduce, and the railways,137"Agriculturalsmalls,"243Agriculture, education for "colonists" in,56-60;conditions of,190;prospects of,198;possibilities of development of,257Alfalfa, development and cultivation of,69;importance of,69,116;value of,194-7;reputed influence on water level of,233Alpaca, the,116AltaGracia, excursions to,143,165;golf at,172;races at,172-5Andes, the,89;the railway, and,147,215,et seq.Anthrax, the gaucho and,230Arboriculture, school for, at Tucuman,59Argentina, 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"Argentinafrom a British Point of View," by C. P. Ogilvie,197ArgentineAgricultural Society,120;cattle-breeding and,121;and railway tariffs,137ArgentineClub at Bahia Blanca,177ArgentineRailway Company,153ArgentineTransandine Railway absorbed by the Buenos Aires and Pacific,145Argentines, 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,58Australiaand wheat supply,186-7Austriaand frozen meat,127AvenidaAlvear, "B.A.,"30Avon, the,19,54"B.A."SeeBuenos AiresBahia,11BahiaBlanca,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,181BahiaBlanca and North-Western Railway, absorbed by the Buenos Aires and Pacific,145BancoHipotecario Nacional, and loans for building, etc.,264Banks, licences for,82;and gold reserve,263Belgrano, "B.A." British colony at,27BelleVille, dairy school at,60Bettingregulations,28BenitzColony, forestry school, in the,61Birds, curious,92Bovril,15;and meat extract trade,159;cattle-breeding station of,268-9Brassey, Thomas, and first Argentine railway,139Brazil, agricultural riches of,4;gambling in,12;and Argentine cattle,128;reported coal mines in,155;dislike of United States in,273,275Brewing, possible development of,261"Bridgeof the Incas,"219Britishcapital in Argentina,7,21,24,43,46,123;in railways,134BritishChamber of Commerce at Buenos Aires,278Britishimmigrants, possibilities of sheep rearing for,183Britishtrade and Argentina,260-1Britishtrade methods, futility of,85BuenosAires, 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,278BuenosAires 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 Blanca178;at Puerta Galvan,179BuenosAires-Rosario Railway,141-2BuenosAires Province, population of,63;five years drought in,90;cattle raising in,130;cereal growing district of,152;Hirsch Jewish colony in,238Cajade Conversion, effect on credit of,263;gold reserve of,263Calthrop, Mr. Guy, and Buenos Aires and Pacific Railway,149-50"Camp" life in,67,223,et seq.Camptowns, ugliness of,226Canadaand wheat supply,186Cattle, 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,130-1Cattle-breeding,66-7;importation of bloodstock for,118;improvements in,120;Argentine Agricultural Society and,120-2Cattledisease, prevalence of,69CentralArgentine Railway, returns of,140;growth of141-2;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,165CentralCordoba Railway,153Cereals, value of exportation of,67;low yield of,70Chaco, the, swamps of,91;Indians of,91Chamberof Deputies, constitution of,73;qualifications of candidates and members of,73;salary of members of,74;Socialism in,75Chicagoand Argentine chilled meat trade,68"Chico,"212,213Chili, nitrates of,4;railway communication with,146-7,149;leprosy in,246"Chilled" meat compared with "frozen,"125Chilledmeat trade, American attempts to capture,68;extension of,126Christ, statue of, on Chilian boundary,148Chubut, Welsh colony at,225Citizenship, qualifications for,77Clarke, Mr. Percy, and Great Southern Railway,152Climate, variations of,89,102-3Coal, lack of, and importation of,83;possible supply from Brazil,155CoalStrike, effect in Argentine of,243ColonTheatre, the, gala performance at,29"Colonists," system of,54;and storekeeper,55;position of,55;agricultural education for,56-8;difficulties of,225Columbusand his discovery,1,5Commerce, German and British competition for,845ComodoraRivadavia, government reservation on petroleum zone of,243Condor, the,245Cordilleraof the Andes, railway and,147Cordoba, live-stock school at,58,59;university at,78;commercial school at,79Cordoba, 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,165Cordobaand Rosario Railway,153CordobaCentral Buenos Aires Extension Railway,153CordobaCentral Railway, extension of,153CordobaProvince, locusts in,61;cattle raising in,130CorrientesProvince, Indians of,266;resources of,267Dairying, Regional Schools in,60De Costa, Señora César, and statue of Christ,148De Guzman, Ruy Diaz, and introduction of horses,49De Mendoza, Don Pedro, and introduction of horses,120Deputy, salary of,74Devolutionin Government,75Direccion-Generalde Ferrocarriles,49Distilling, possible development of,261Dogs, wild, and cattle,97;extermination of,97;stringent regulations against,98"Doorof Hell, The,"2Drought, evils of,60,70;severity of,90Dutieson manufactured articles,82Earthquakesin Mendoza,201Education, 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,81EngineerWhite, Port of,178-9Englandand chilled meat trade,68Englishimmigrant, prospects of,43,224Englishmenand Argentine prospects,100-2EntreRios Province, cattle raising in,130;resources of,267;foreign small freeholders in,268;railways in,268;Liebig and Bovril ranches in,268-9EntreRios Railway,153"Estancieros," profits of,60"Estancias," extent and equipment of,66"Fakes" in trade,108-9Farming, profits and possibilities of,60-2;equipment for,66;slovenly methods of,192"FarquharGroup" of Railways,152Farquhar, Mr. Percival, and railway extension,152Fauna,92-4,116-7,244Fisherton, Rosario,156Floods, dangers and extent of,90Florida, the, "B.A."25Foot-and-mouthdisease, and exportation of cattle,124Forestry, school for instruction in,61Franceand frozen meat,127,133Fraudulenttrade descriptions,108-9"FrozenMeat" compared with "chilled,"125;methods of freezing,124-5Frozenmeat 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,123-4Fruitculture, school for,60Gambling, on steamer,12;at Alta Gracia,169Gaucho, and horse-racing,172-4,228;effect of civilisation on,227;duties of,229;and anthrax,230;as shepherd,232Gautier, Prof. Armand, on frozen meat,127German-ArgentineSociety and frozen meat,127Germaninfluence in commerce,84Goldreserve of banks,263Golfat Buenos Aires,27;at Alta Gracia,172Government, Constitution of,72et seq.GovernmentHouse, "B.A.,"37Grainelevators, at Engineer White,179;at Puerta Galvan,180GreatBritain, and importation embargo on Argentine cattle,130-1;and Argentine railways,139;and Argentine foodstuffs,193GreatSouthern 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;