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would be the most peevish of pessimists who did not pronounce 

 it a success. Of the many subjects discussed that of rubber 

 planting seemed the most engrossing. 



WHO WERE IN ATTENDANCE. 



The membership of the Congress was for the most part com- 

 posed of gentlemen who had been formally delegated by gov- 

 ernmental, industrial, or commercial bodies, but a few others in- 

 terested in the subjects under discussion are included in the 

 list which we present, on account of their active participation 

 in the proceedings. The sessions were attended, of course, by 

 many other business men of prominence. 



PRESIDENTS. 



The Governor of Amazonas, Dr. Colonel Antonio Clemente 

 Bittencourt (for the inaugural session only). 



The Vice Governor of Amazonas, Senhor Dr. Antonio G. P. 

 •de Sa Peixoto (for the final session only). 



Senhor Wildemar Scholz, president of the Commercial Asso- 

 ciation of Amazonas. 



SECRETARIES. 



Bertino Miranda, secretary general. 

 Dr. Castella Simoes. 

 Colonel 'Raul de Azevedo. 

 Jeronymo Vicente Gomes. 



DELEGATES. 



Dr. Passos Miranda and Dr. J.acques Huber — Government of 

 Para. 



Dr. Jonas Correa da Costa and Leopoldo de Mattos — Govern- 

 ment of Matto Grosso. 



Dr. Candido Marianno — Department of Alto Purus. 



Dr. Hercules Weaver — -National Society of Agriculture. 



Dr. Eneas C. Pinheiro — Para Society of Agriculture. 



Dr. Antonio Monteiro de Souza and Laurenco Thury — Ama- 

 zonas Society of Agriculture. 



Dr. Carlos Rey de Castro — Republic of Peru and Chamber of 

 Commerce of Iquitos. 



M. Lamy Torrilhon — Syndicate de Caoutchouc, Paris. 



Gaetano Tomez — Republic of Colombia. 



Colonel Antonio J. da Silva, Jr. — Commercial Museum, Rio. 



Municipalities. 



Colonel Agnello Bittencourt — Manaos. 



Colonel Raul de Azevedo — Barcellos. 



Prudencio Bogea de Sa — S. Gabriel. 



Colonel Antonio Francisco Monteiro — Humaytha. 



Colonel Secundino Salgado — Manicore. 



Colonel Manoel Antonio Garcia — Silves. 



Colonel Jose Furtado Belem — Parantins. 



Dr. Elviro Dantas Cavalcanti — Manacapuru. 



Dr. Joao Ricardo Gomes de Araujo — Canutama. 



Dr. Castella Simoes — Borba. 



Alexandrino Taveira Pao Brasil — Maues. 



Joao Nazareth da Silva, Jr. — Urucara. 



Dr. Geraldo Rocha — Itacoatiara. 



Commercial Associations. 

 Senhor Emil Zarges — Para. 



Colonel Jose Henrique de Souza and Domingo de Andrado — 

 Parantins. 



Dr. Domingos Th. Carvalho Leal — Itacoatiara. 



Colonel Manoel Antonio Garcia — Silves. 



Colonel Benedicto Alves Pinto — Urucara. 



Colonel Antonio Francisco Monteiro and Leopollo Mattos — 

 Humaytha. 



Colonel Secundino Salgado and Rafael Benoliel — Manicore. 



Colonel Theodoro Botinelly — Canutama. 



The Press. 

 Henry C. Pearson, editor in chief of The India Rubber 

 World and president of The Rubber Club of America. 



Dr. Angelino Bevilaqua — La Hacienda (Buffalo, New York). 



M. Gabriel Gelly — Le Caoutchouc et la Gutta-Percha (Paris). 



M. G. Sanders — Journal d' Agriculture Tropicale (Paris.) 



Jose Amandio Mendes — A Provincia do Paid. 



Guilherme de Mello — Polha do Norte (Para). 



Dr. Lyonel Gamier — Amazonas. 



Dr. Vicente Reis — Jornal do Commercio. 



Dr. Adriano Jorge — Correio do Norte. 



Dr. Benjamin Araujo Lima — Diario do Commercio. 



Dr. Saturnino Santa Cruz de Oliveira — A Noticia. 



The Navigation Interest. 



J. Jennings — Amazon Steam Navigation Co., Limited. 

 Hugo Ohliger — Hamburg-American Line. 



E. Schwabe — Manaos Harbour. Limited. 



W. Robilliard — Booth Steamship Co., Limited. 

 Dr. Honorio de Barros — Lloyd Brasileiro. 



Commercial Firms. 

 Jeronymo Vicente Gomes — Gomes & Co. 

 Raymundo Nonato de Moraes — Solheiro Motta & Co. 

 Edgar Freitas — Freitas, Ferreira & Co. 

 Antonio dos Santos Cardoso — A. S. Cardoso & Co. 

 Commendador Joaquim Goncalves Araudo — J. G. Araujo. 

 J. Mendes Cavalleiro — Mendes & Co. 

 Marinus de Vries — B. A. Antunes & Co. 

 Carlos Montenegro — Carlos Montenegro & Co. 

 Rodolpho Vasconcellos — Mello & Co. 

 Eduardo Fernandes — Joao Alves de Freitas & Co. 

 Samuel Levy — B. Levy & Co. 

 A. Cabral — S. A. Armazens Andresen. 

 Emil Zarges — Dusendschon, Zarges & Co. 

 W. Stuart Gordon — Gordon & Co. 



F. H. Sanford— A. H. Alden & Co., Limited. 



Other Members. 

 Baron of Solimoes. 

 J. Teixeira de Souza. 

 R. Benoliel. 

 Paul Lecointe. 

 Captain R. Valle. 

 The members of the Consular Corps. 



SUMMARY OF THE PROCEEDINGS. 



The formal sessions of the Congresso Commercial, Industrial 

 e Agricola were preceded by three preparatory sessions, at the 



Jardim da Praca General Osorio. Manaos. 

 [Some planted rubber trees are shown.] 



Jardim da Praca da Constitucao, Manaos. 



[Some planted rubber trees are shown.] 



