The States of the River PlateLongmans, Green, 1868 - 381 páginas |
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... Railways , steam navigation , canalisation , mining and other undertakings , worthily claim the attention of the Stock Exchange . Wages are high , and employment far in excess of the supply of labour . These , accompanied as they are by ...
... Railways , steam navigation , canalisation , mining and other undertakings , worthily claim the attention of the Stock Exchange . Wages are high , and employment far in excess of the supply of labour . These , accompanied as they are by ...
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... railways in the province of Buenos Ayres , gradually extending farther and farther into the country - one to the north , taking the line of the principal ... railway - the Central Argentine - is in course GENERAL . - BUENOS AYRES . 7.
... railways in the province of Buenos Ayres , gradually extending farther and farther into the country - one to the north , taking the line of the principal ... railway - the Central Argentine - is in course GENERAL . - BUENOS AYRES . 7.
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... railway cannot be over- estimated . At Rosario , several lines of steamers from Buenos Ayres call , touching en route at several ports on both banks of the Paraná above and below Rosario . Each of the several ports is a distinct centre ...
... railway cannot be over- estimated . At Rosario , several lines of steamers from Buenos Ayres call , touching en route at several ports on both banks of the Paraná above and below Rosario . Each of the several ports is a distinct centre ...
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... railway now in course of construction , and by the canalisation of rivers which flow thence to the Paraná . The scene at the ' Saladeros , ' in the killing season , is strange indeed to European eyes . Herds of fine semi- wild cattle ...
... railway now in course of construction , and by the canalisation of rivers which flow thence to the Paraná . The scene at the ' Saladeros , ' in the killing season , is strange indeed to European eyes . Herds of fine semi- wild cattle ...
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... railways , nearly all the transport of goods and produce from and to the country is effected in large , ungainly carts , with huge , hard wood , and untired wheels , to which six oxen are yoked by the horns . The cows are but scanty ...
... railways , nearly all the transport of goods and produce from and to the country is effected in large , ungainly carts , with huge , hard wood , and untired wheels , to which six oxen are yoked by the horns . The cows are but scanty ...
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Página 352 - The navy comprises seven small steamers and ten sailing vessels. The following table contains a list of the fourteen provinces actually composing the Argentine Confederation, their estimated area, and the number of inhabitants, according to the last census, taken in 1869:— The increase of population of recent years has been due chiefly to immigration.
Página 349 - ... meet other obligations imposed upon it by the constitution. Each of .the fourteen provinces, or states, of the Confederation has a revenue of its own which is derived by the imposition of local taxes. Buenos Ayres, the most important state of the Confederation, requires annually above 1,000,OOOZ.
Página 326 - patron " ; who perhaps might knock a man off his horse and cut his throat for his spurs and stirrups, if these took his fancy, but who, in his patron's service, could with perfect confidence be trusted with hundreds of pounds, to go as many leagues and purchase and bring in cattle ; who moves with grace, speaks with courtesy, asks after all the family in detail, sends his compliments to the