The Returns published of the foreign Protestant population in Buenos Ayres, give—
| Total | marriages in the year | 19 |
| Baptisms | 63 | |
| Burials | 55 |
The proportion of the British is not given, but may be estimated from that quoted in the first period.
No. 4.
Treaty between Great Britain and the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata.
Signed at Buenos Ayes, February 2, 1825.
Extensive commercial intercourse having been established for a series of years between the dominions of His Britannic Majesty, and the territories of the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, it seems good for the security as well as encouragement of such commercial intercourse, and for the maintenance of good understanding between His said Britannic Majesty and the said United Provinces, that the relations now subsisting between them should be regularly acknowledged and confirmed by the signature of a treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation.
For this purpose they have named their respective plenipotentiaries, that is to say;—
His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Woodbine Parish, Esquire, His said Majesty's Consul-General in the Province of Buenos Ayres and its Dependencies;—and the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata, Señor Don Manuel José Garcia, Minister Secretary for the Departments of Government, Finance, and Foreign Affairs, of the National Executive Power of the said Provinces;
Who, after having communicated to each other their respective Full Powers, found to be in due and proper form, have agreed upon and concluded the following Articles:—