Excerpt from The Mineral and Other Resources of the Argentine Republic (La Plata) In 1869 Previous to 1865, when the Argentine Republic first appeared as a borrower for a small sum in our mar ket, the very existence of such a country was almost ignored in Great Britain. Five short years have ought a wonderful change. Its Bonds, issued then at 7 2-5, are to-day quoted at 92 - 53 and likely to reach 95 before the end of the year. This is the most elo quent proof I can give of the growing importance and settled political state of that vast Republic. If its credit abroad is good, so is its prosperity and internal wealth increasing daily at home. Ten years ago there were not 50 miles of railway in the country; now there are nearly 500 miles completed and working, whilst nearly 800 more are in course of construction or projected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.