=Census=, agricultural, of 1905, 127; of 1908, 128; of 1888, 134; of stock of years 1888, 1895 and 1908, 169; of 1908, 171; of cattle, 1895 and 1908, 172; 1895 and 1908, 241-2; of land, 1908, 372 =Cereals=, congestion of, on railways, 109; shipping of, 110; warehoused at railway stations, 112; where grown, 126; area under, 142-4 =Colonisation=, commencement of, 116; comparative failure of policy, 117, 121 Colonising agencies, 131 =Commerce=, _see_ Foreign Trade; commercial balance (table), 212, 232-4 =Companies=, _see_ Limited Companies Concessions, harbour, 88; railway, 99 _Conversion, Caisse de_ (342-348); conversion fund, 313; failure at first, 313-5; operation under new laws, 347; metallic reserve of, 347; present functions of, 318 Córdoba, 142-4 Cotton, 199-201; profits, 200 =Currency=, the double (330-341); origin of, 330-1; depreciation of paper, 331-2; bimetallic standard established and suppressed, 332; gold premium, 332-3; excessive issues of paper, 334; law of conversion, 337; speculation in exchange killed by, 339; monetary situation of the country, 341. _See Caisse de Conversion_ Dairy industry, 240 (table), 241, 242 Electric lighting, 257 Electrical industry, the, 256; tramways, 256; (table), 257 =England=, wheat imported by, from Canada, 161 Estancias, model, 163-167 =Exchange=, _see_ Double Currency =Exports=, _see_ Trade. Tables of, 160; of wheat, 159; of general, 213, 221; of meat, 239; of butter, 241 Finance, _see_ Balance-Sheet of the Argentine. =Financial crisis=, the, 289-291 Fisheries, 248 Flour exports, 237 Foreign trade (211-234) =France=, trade with the Argentine, 219, 224; French tariffs highly unfavourable to the Argentine, 223; decadence of trade, 223-4, 229 Fruit-farming, 202, 207 Germany, trade with the Argentine, 219, 222 =Great Britain=, trade with the Argentine, 219, 222 Harbours, _see_ also Ports, development of, 83 Immigration, (113-121); supremely needed, 114; paradise of, 115; statistics of, 118-9; statistics of (table), 120; difficulty experienced by immigrants who wish to buy land, 121; mistaken policy, 121; in Canada, 161 =Imports=, _see_ Trade and Tables of, 219, 226 =Industries, Agricultural= (187-207); sugar-planting and making, 187-192; profits (table), 189; vine-growing and wine-making (table), 192-195; tobacco-planting, 195; acres planted (table), 196; cultivation of the mulberry and sericulture, 196-7; the maté industry, 197-8; imports (table), 198; cotton-planting, 199-201; where grown, 199; profits, 200; oil, 201; rubber, 201; fruit-growing, 202-207