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1818 April 22

Buenos Ayres and Chili — Particulars from Jonte &c

Buenos Ayres

Population of the Province
exclusive of the districts still
in the hands of the Spaniards
800,000

Population of the Capital 60,000
Salary of Commander in Chief 6,000

Salary of the Supreme
Director Dollars 12,000
— of cash of the Hand
of 6,000
viz

1. War
2. Finance
3. Home Department and
Foreign affairs

Largest property in the
interior about Dollrs 40,000

Production for export
1. Gold & Silver
2. Salted meats
3. Corn to Brasil and
Great Britain

In the interior, some
sugar for house consumption
sugar is refine in

No frost any where in
the flat part.
At Buenos Ayres
English have introduced
fireplaces: be given
to be circulated by

Before the
Negroes about 3,000
, in
the Army (proprietors paid)
about 1,500
The others are gradually
enfranchising

Potosi is in
was Secretary to
the General at the

via A 1816 or
thereabouts.

Chili

Population of the Province 1,000,000

Population of the
Capital StIago
about 60,000

Country the most delightful
imaginable: no
frost: or extreme heat —
perpetual Spring.

Length of journey in days
from Buenos Ayres to StIago
in Chili? The mail takes
15 days: to Valparaiso
about 3 days.

Means of communication
— on foot , on horse-back
or in carriage?
On

Official Establishment
in Chili? — at StIago the same as
at Buenos Ayres

Buenos Ayres

Price of Bread about 1/4
of the price in England
Meat still lower.

Identifier: | JB/060/014/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 60.
Date_1	1818-04-22	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	060	Main Headings
Folio number	014	Info in main headings field	[[info_in_main_headings_field::buenos ayres and chili - particulars from […?] jonte &c]]
Image	002	Titles
Category	rudiments sheet (brouillon)	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	john dickinson & co 1813
Marginals		Paper Producer	a. levy
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1813
Notes public		ID Number	19572
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