There are at present 26 theaters, but the number constantly varies, as the returns show:

Some of the foregoing, such as the Opera, Nacional, Ourubia, Politeama, etc., are spacious and magnificent houses. The new Teatro Colon, which is now being built with government aid, will be one of the most spacious and handsome theaters of the world. Almost every European theatrical celebrity has played or sung in Buenos Aires, where Patti, Sara Bernhardt, Coquelin, etc., play with the same frequency as they do in the United States. There are also two frontones or ball courts, the Euskara, covering 4 acres, in Calle Rioja, and another in Calle Cordoba.

The attendance upon the two race tracks of Buenos Aires averages 1,500,000 people per year.

In 1867, Mr. John Coghlan constructed waterworks at the Recoleta, with a tank in Plaza Lorea, calculated to supply a million gallons daily, or 6 gallons per inhabitant. The works cost £50,000.