Produced by Adrian Mastronardi, Rene Anderson Benitz, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: (Argentine Coat of Arms)] ARGENTINE REPUBLIC MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE Immigration Department The Immigration Offices and Statistics from 1857 to 1903 INFORMATION for the Universal Exhibition of St. Louis (U. S. A.) The Head Offices are situated in Alsina Street No. 624 Buenos Aires, where information can be obtained either verbally or by correspondence in different languages by those who wish to establish themselves in the Argentine Republic. BUENOS AIRES Printing Establishment of the Argentine Weather Bureau 1904 * * * * * Duties of the Immigration Department subject to which immigrants can avail themselves of the benefits of the Immigration Law The Immigration Department under the control of the Ministry of Agriculture, has the direction of all relating thereto in the Argentine Republic, and is organized to correspond to the special services related to it, which are ruled by the organic Law of 16th. October 1876. Managing Staff in Buenos Aires The managing staff is composed of a Chief and a head clerk, and further more the Secretary's Department, Archives, Accountants Department, Treasury, Statistics, Interpreters office for verbal information and foreign correspondence, Disembarking office, Labour and Forwarding office, Immigration Hotel, Hospital and Medical service, and Post and Telegraph office, all of which are established in Buenos Aires. Auxiliary Commissions in all the Argentine Territory To attend the requirements of the service in the Interior, there are 42 Auxiliary Commissions established in the principal cities and towns of importance. (Articles 6, 7 and 8, Chapter III of the Law.) Archives In the Archives of the Department, a careful Register is kept of all administrative papers, studies, observations and documents of ships transporting immigrants, and a list of all those entered since the year 1857. Accountant's and Treasury Departments The Accountant's Department and the Treasury have under their charge the financial part of the administration and keep account of all amounts spent in lodging and transport of immigrants and their baggage, payment of wages to employes and other expenses. (Article 3 paragraph 13.) Statistics