686 ARGENTINA REPUBLIC Uruguay). The chief towns, with their pop- ulation in 1869, are: Buenos Ayres, 177,787; Oorrientes, 10,670; Concepcion, 6513; Santa Fe 10 670; Catamarca, 5,718; Mendoza, 8,124; LaRi'oia, 4,489; San Juan, 8,353; C6rdoba, 28,523; San Luis, 3,748; Santiago, 7,775; Tucuman, 17,438; Salta, 11,716; Jujuy, 3,072 These, added to the provincial population, and 47 276 absent at war, make a total population of 1 879,410. The number of immigrants in 1863 was 10,400; in 1864, 11,682; in 1865, 11,770; in 1866, 13,960; in 1867, 23,900; in 1868, 29,384; in 1869, 37,934; in 1870, 39,667; in 1871, over 40,000. The principal centres of immigration are Buenos Ayres, Santa Fe, Entre-Rios, C6rdoba, Corrientes, Salta, and San Juan. The foreign population in the prov- ince of Buenos Ayres was set down in 1869 at 250,000, made up of the following elements: Italians, 70,000; Basques, 40,000; French, 30,- Fi^w^Ow' t^smaA, r ^>i vLaaQ^H -- 'vasmt sVrWr wiii-" j -iaruwcu ^;, vs_ -. -^**- iTflPl?-* lii ?iA L-^ itf*^^5^O-5oren > pwMi'lfi' Tv^r'^vi^ CZw J Pllffil^/ -fe^ j> WHMG'rS/flcABl^. 0^ . o Ouitina n ~ .V,,,.r.,. WCiCl C (>V ' O ^ A -r^^ : ~!H- / ** z$?&*fa 4 A * 'Ho;S ^TvT5^^ S^&?^ &-^>