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; landowners and, 47; 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, 213; 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, 140, 145-150; growth and prospects of Great Southern Line, 150-2; "Farquhar Group," 152; amalgamation of, 153; at Bahia Blanca, 178; Transandine, 213; influence on possible manufacturing developments, 260; and development of Santa Fé, 265; American scheme in connection with, 277 RANCH, life on the, 103-8, 230-1 RECOLETA, 36 "REGIONAL Schools," 6 RELIGION, indifference to, 29-30, 77 RETIRO Station, Buenos Aires, 142, 143 REVOLUTION of 1810, 64, 99; memorials of, at Tucuman, 249 RIDEAL, Prof., on frozen meat, 126 RIO Blanco, 217 RIO Cuarto, and Central Argentine Railway, 144 RIO de Janeiro, Harbour of, 13; the city, 16 RIO Negro Valley, irrigation work in, 150 RIO Neuquén Valley, irrigation works in, 150 ROADMAKING, railway profits taxed for, 49 ROADS, bad condition of, 48, 106, 170, 226 ROSARIO, land values in, 64, 157; grain elevators at, 70; "The Liverpool of Argentina," 141; railway works at, 143, 156; as business centre, 154; labour question at, 154-5; growth of, 155; life at, 156-7 ROSARIO-CORDOBA Railway, 141; concession of land for, 46 ROYAL Mail Company, 53 RUSSIA and wheat supply, 186 SANDSTORMS, 103; at Bahia Blanca, 177 SAN Juan, fruit culture school at, 60; School of Mines at, 80; progress of, 204 SAN Luis, 147 SAN Martin, statues of, 37, 160-1 SAN Pablo, sugar mills at, 252 SAN Rafael, progress of, 205 SAN Salvador, 1 SANTA Catalina, agrarian and veterinary school at, 80 SANTA Cruz, dreariness of, 246 SANTA Fé Province, cattle raising in, 130; development of, 265 SANTOS, 17, 18 SAVOY Hotel, Tucuman, 250 SCHOLARSHIPS, at Agricultural Schools, 58; for European study, 81 SCHOOL of Mines, San Juan, 80 SCHOOLS, religious instruction in, 77; primary, for adults, 77; secondary, 78; equipment of, 79; attendance at, 79, 81; technical and commercial, 79; physical drill in, 80; in Mendoza, 205 SENATE, the, constitution of, 73 SENATOR, qualifications of, 73; salary of, 74 SERVANT problem, 108