678 



POKE-PACKING. 



PORTUGAL. 



preceding season), during the winter season, 

 3,623,404 hogs in 1870-'71, and 4,782,403 in 

 1871-72, showing an increase of 1,158,999 in 

 favor of the latter year. The aggregate net 

 weight, obtained by making the usual deduc- 

 tion of twenty per cent, from the gross weight, 

 will be 826,496,135 pounds for 1870-'71, and 

 1,079,704,764 pounds for 187l-'72. 



The last season, in the magnitude of its op- 

 erations, has been one of the most remarkable 

 in the history of pork-packing. The extent 

 of the increase is indicated in the following 

 statement : 



Increase in whole number of bogs, according 



to count 1,158,999 



Increase, per cent., in number 31.98 



Increase in whole number of hogs, according 



toweight 1,110,083 



Increase, per cent, in aggregate gross weight. 80.63 



Increase in the aggregate yield of lard Ibs 47,899,446 



Increase, per cent., in aggregate yield of lard. . 35.05 



The two great points in the United States 

 for this industry are Chicago and Cincinnati. 

 Formerly Cincinnati ranked first, but the su- 

 premacy is now held by Chicago. The extent 

 of operations in Cincinnati, during the last two 

 seasons, has been as follows: 



WINTER-PACKING. 



1870-'71. 



Whole number of hogs packed . 481,560 



Average gross weight, Ibs 298.8 



Aggregate gross weight, Ibs. ... 143,909,390 

 Average yield per head of lard 

 of all lands, Ibs. 



The whole number of hogs packed in the 

 West, for a series of years, has been : 



1871-'72. 



630,301 



42.6 



Aggregate yield of lard, Ibs 20,524,087 



Average price paid, gross $6 65 



Aggregate cost $9,574,004 



41.02 



25,857,468 



$436 



$7,956,385 



SUMMER-PACKING . 



Whole number packed in October, 1870 18,506 



Whole number packed in October, 1871 26,540 



Whole number packed between March 1 and No- 

 vember 1, 1871 87,515 



Included in the last item are those packed 

 in October of the same year. 



According to the report of the Board of 

 Trade of Chicago, the number of hogs packed 

 in that city, during the season of 1871-'72, 

 was 1,225,236, including 10,350 packed in Oc- 

 tober, and 1,214,886 between November 1st 

 and March 1st, of which 1,107,885 were live, 

 and 107,001 were dressed. The average net 

 weight was 2S2-.54 pounds ; average yield of 

 lard per hog, 43.77 pounds ; total number of 

 tierces of lard (300 Ibs.), 167,592 ; barrels of 

 pork, 149,040; pounds of green hams, 27,- 

 702,599. 



The following table exhibits the number of 

 hogs packed in Cincinnati and Chicago, during 

 the winter season, for a series of years : 



POKTUGAL,* a kingdom in Europe. King, 

 Luis I., born October 81, 1838; succeeded his 

 brother, King Pedro V., November 11, 1861. 

 Heir-apparent, his son, Carlos, born Septem- 

 ber 28, 1863. 



The ministry, which came into office on Sej 

 tember 13, 1871, was, at the close of the 

 1872, composed as follows : President of t 

 Council, A. M. de Fontes Pereira de Kelh 

 Minister of Finance, E. de Serpa Pimentel (a] 

 pointed October 11, 1872); Minister of tl . 

 Interior, A. Eodrigues de Sampaia ; Minister 

 of Justice and Public Worship, A. F. Barjona 

 de Freitas ; Minister of War, A. M. de Fontes 

 Pereira de Melho (ad interim) ; Minister of 

 Marine and Colonies, F. C. de Freitas Maniz ; 

 Minister of Foreign Affairs, F. d'Andrade de 

 Corvo; Minister of Public Works, of Com- 

 merce and Industry, A. Cardajo Avelino. The 

 area and population, according to the latest 

 official dates, were as follows : 



The Portuguese colonies, in 1871, contained 

 an area of 740,288 square miles, and a popula- 

 tion of 3,880,227. 



The length of railroads in operation, in Sep- 

 tember, 1872, amounted to 487 miles. The 

 budget of the postal administration, from 1868 

 to 1869, reports the revenue at407,609milreis. 

 Number of post-offices, in 1870, on the conti- 

 nent, 561 ; the isles, 35 ; total, 596. In Sep- 

 tember, 1871, the length of the telegraph-lines 

 in operation was 1,763 ; that of the wire, 

 3,506 miles. 



The standing army is to consist, in time of 

 peace, of 31,893 men, and, in time of war, of 

 70,687 men. The colonial troops of the first 

 line numbered 9,453, and the troops of the 

 second line, 21,411 men. The navy, in 1871, 

 was composed of 34 armed and 11 non-armed 



* For latest information concerning finances of the king- 

 dom, see AMERICAN ANNUAL CYCLOPAEDIA for 1871. 



