Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de La Plata: Their Present State, Trade, and DebtParish, Woodbine, Sir
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Buenos Ayres and the Provinces of the Rio de La Plata: Their Present State, Trade, and Debt
Parish, Woodbine, Sir
Argentina -- Description and travel; Argentina -- History
Province of Buenos Ayres, from 180,000 to 200,000
Santa Fé 15,000 to 20,000
Entre Rios 30,000 to 30,000
Corrientes 35,000 to 40,000
Cordova 80,000 to 85,000
Santiago 45,000 to 50,000
Tucuman 40,000 to 45,000
Salta 50,000 to 60,000
Catamarca 30,000 to 35,000
La Rioja 18,000 to 20,000
San Luis 20,000 to 25,000
Mendoza 35,000 to 40,000
San Juan 22,000 to 25,000
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600,000 to 675,000
This is exclusive of independent Indians within the territory laid
claim to by the Republic.
The population of the Banda Oriental is estimated to be from 100,000 to
120,000 souls, rapidly increasing.
That of Paraguay I should assume, from accounts in my possession, to
be about 250,000, though I know it has been estimated at double that
amount by persons who have been in the country.
No. 3.
STATISTICS OF BRITISH RESIDENTS AT BUENOS AYRES, IN 1831.
A.
Registered in the British consulate, from 1825 to 1831.
Merchants and traders and clerks 466
Shopkeepers 193
Physicians, surgeons, chemists, and apothecaries 27
Schoolmasters 9
Hotel and tavern keepers 13
Master Mechanics 93
Carpenters 362
Bricklayers 123
Labourers 667
Farming men 125
Tailors 66
Shoemakers 63
Painters 7
Sailors 329
Registered without denomination 107
Women 595
Children 827
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4,072
The individuals not registered were supposed to amount to at least a
thousand more, exclusive of the sailors on board the British shipping
trading with the port.
B.
STATISTICS OF BRITISH RESIDENTS AT BUENOS AYRES.
Return of marriages, baptisms, and burials of the Protestant population
in Buenos Ayres, from August 1825 to August 1831, showing the
proportion of British subjects--and in 1836.
From August 1825 to August 1831, six years.
Other foreign
British. Protestants. Total.
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