No. 1.--Declaration of Independence of the United Provinces of South America, in 1816 Page 392
No. 2.--Estimated Population of the Provinces of the Rio de la Plata, 1836-7 Page 393
No. 3.--Statistics of British Residents at Buenos Ayres, in 1831-- Page 394
No. 4.--Treaty between Great Britain and the United Provinces of Rio de la Plata Page 396
No. 5.--Copy, in the Guarani language, of the Memorial addressed by the People of the Mission of San Luis, praying that the Jesuits might be allowed to remain with them. Dated 28th February, 1768 Page 404
No. 6.--Meteorological Observations in Buenos Ayres during 1822 and 1823 (from the Registro Estadistico) Page 406
No. 7.--Some Fixed Points in the Provinces of Rio de la Plata Page 407
No. 8.--Return of Foreign Shipping arrived at Buenos Ayres from 1821 to 1837 inclusive Page 411
No. 9.--A Statement of the Quantities and Declared Value of British and Irish Produce and Manufactures exported from the United Kingdom to the States of the Rio de la Plata, in each year, from 1830 to 1837 (from Returns laid before Parliament)-- Page 412
No. 11.--Comparative Value (declared) of British and Irish Produce and Manufactures exported from Great Britain to the River Plate, Mexico, Columbia, Chile, and Peru, from 1829 to 1837, and to Spain in the same years Page 415
Plate of the Glyptodon opposite Title page.
Buenos Ayres besieged by the Querandis in 1535 " page 19.
BUENOS AYRES AND THE PROVINCES OF LA PLATA.
DIVISIONS AND PRESENT STATE OF THE REPUBLIC.
Extent, Divisions, and General Government of the Provinces of La Plata. Jurisdiction of the old Viceroyalties:--Necessity of dividing and subdividing such vast Governments:--Embarrassments arising out of this necessity. The backwardness in the Political organization of these Provinces, common to all the new Republics of South America; and attributable to the same cause; the Colonial system of the Mother Country. Mistake in comparing the condition of the Creoles with that of the British Colonists of North America. Natural ascendency of Military Power in the new States. Their progress in the last twenty-five years compared with their previous condition.
The United Provinces of La Plata, or, as they are sometimes called, the Argentine Republic, comprise, (with the exception of Paraguay and the Banda Oriental, which have become separate and independent states) the whole of that vast space lying between Brazil and the Cordillera of Chile and Peru, and extending from the 22nd to the 41st degree of south latitude.