[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.