[23] If the Province has lately found difficulty in paying the interest on its debt, this has been on account of large expenditure on Public Works; coupled with mismanagement of its large revenues. [24] In regard to the outlying Provinces it should always be borne in mind that the _number_ of head of Live Stock possessed by them need not and usually does not afford any indication of _value_, for the farther one gets from Buenos Aires the less careful breeding one finds, and therefore the greater predominance of native cattle and sheep. [25] _L’Argentine telle qu’elle est._ [26] Native riding whip of solid hide, straight and tapering. [27] The _boleadora_ consists of two or of three round stones encased in hide and attached, each by an independent thong, to the end of a lasso. The thongs with the stones are swung round the head and, suddenly released, twine themselves round the legs of the animal to be caught; which is thrown down by the jerk of the tightened lasso. [28] Monograph attached to Argentine Agricultural and Live Stock Census, 1908. [29] This is largely due to the heavy cost of transport even from the mines to the railway head at the City of San Juan. [30] The Jesuits also had settlements in Neuquen. [31] The National Government is now taking active steps to put Rivadavia petroleum on a sound commercial footing and has recently issued 5% Bonds to the value of 1¼ millions sterling for that purpose. [32] Those of Guayra, in Brazil, are rather _rapids_ than falls. [33] This volume is subject to great fluctuations. [34] Mate seed must either be picked while it is very young and soft or else be chemically treated to soften it before planting. [35] Most of the sugar produced in these Northern Territories goes to make CAÑA, or native rum. [36] Prior to the War, Germany imported large quantities of Quebracho logs for extract-manufacturing and other tanning purposes. [37] The alarm caused by the realization of this menace has been fruitful of measures taken by breeders to maintain the increase of stock: and it is just to add that these measures are already showing good results. [38] Monograph attached to National Census, 1909. [39] It is to these newly born “hoppers” that the most rigorous sweeping and burning is usually applied. They present the greater facilities for this treatment, and are, as has been indicated, more destructive than their parents, who may be said to be at the end of life’s span when they arrive. [40] In Uruguay, the Ministry of Industries is concerned with all agricultural matters. [41] 1000 hectares = 3861 square miles, and 1 hectare = 2·4711 (or a little less than 2½) acres. [42] At present most of these supplies go direct to Havre for the use of the allied troops.