I3KAZIL. 



97 



fifty per cent, larger than those of Pernam- 



liliro, :il|.l <llll>lf tliii-.- of I'-allia. 



Tlu- iv:it Brazilian staple of export, as is 



Horn !iv ilio lirst table, iscotfoe, of which 270,- 



885,873 Ihs. woro shipped in 1*70-71; 801,- 



: 17.7'."; 11-. in 1871-72; ami 401,610,880 Ibs. 



in 1872-78. Of the quantity shipped in 1872- 



to less than 879,389,553 Ibs. were from 



Kio do Janeiro, or about one-third more tjian 



>tal exports for the whole empire in 1870- 



71. 



After coffee the two most important com- 

 modities of export are cotton and sugar, both 

 of which are most extensively shipped from 

 1'. rnanibuco, although the province of Bahia 

 liko\vis sends large quantities of sugar to for- 

 eign countries. 



The total shipments of these two articles 

 from all the ports of the empire in the three 

 years already referred to were as follows : 



Cotton.... 

 Sugar , 



1870-T1. 



Pound*. 



ISTl-'W. 



Puundi. 



102,812,781 Ift8,795,997 



Ponndi. 

 98,159,742 



257,3*53,266 879,558,806 404,765,992 1,041,667,164 



Pound!. 

 3*3,297,810 



The average price of the cotton of the fore- 



goin;,' taMo wan rail.. * per 



Hi., and that of the sugar somewhat orer 3} 



CrlltS pcT 111. 



Next in importance arc hides, the value of 

 the exports of which in 1*72-73 waa $7,448,- 

 023, the province of Rio Grande do 8ul alone 

 standing for $5,087,810. 



Immediately after, and almost coordinate 

 with, hides is India-rubber, of the total value 

 of the exports of which $5,082,883 the 

 province of Para furnished rather inure than 

 nine-tenths, or $4,804,023. 



Foremost among the tobacco-producing prov- 

 inces stands Bahia, the value of the quantity 

 shipped therefrom in the triennium 1870-73 

 having averaged $2,500,000, while the total 

 exports from all the provinces in the same 

 period did not reach a mean value of $3,500,- 

 000. 



The value of the imports for the year 1872- 

 73 reached $75,500,000. 

 ' The shipping movements at the various 

 ports of the empire, in the year 1872-78, were 

 as follows . 



ENTERED .. -I 8ea -g in g vessels. -| Brazilian.'.'.'.'.'.'.' 9< 415 \ 9 ' 818< wlth ^ a &S re & ate of 5,954,000 tons. 

 ( Coast ing- vessels 19,985, with an aggregate of 4,850,000 tons. 



CLEABZD -I 8ea -g ln g vessels. -| Braznlan'*'.' '.'.' 8< 898 f 8 - 971 ' wlth an aggregate of 5.954,000 tons. 

 ( Coast Ing-veesele 19,525, with an aggregate of 4,941,000 tons. 



At the end of 1873, there were in Brazil REVENUE. 

 715 miles of railway in operation * and 3,319 import duties "^i?! 



., f 1 i Shipping duties 950.230 



miles of telegraph. Export amie* 8,6i4.67 



The submarine telegraph from Para to Rio Interest on railway shares 



de Janeiro, touching at Pernambuco and Bahia, SSSfc?!!.^. . Pe ?. r . "'. ."*.'! W . 8y ! .' ! '. '. S 'SS! 



was successfully laid, and was opened to the Telegraphs............................'...!.! B&080 



public service on December 23, 1873. 882E?*5i: '. ? M 



* _,. ... ,. ... ,. ' , . , Mutation duties 1,!)OJ,388 



Ihe completion OI this line extends tele- Taxes on industries, trade*, etc 1,525.855 



graphic communication over an extent of 2,- Lottery taxes 



300 miles on the Brazilian coast. Receipts Vx^aordiimrV::::"!"!! """!!": LSOMM 



The submarine cable between Lisbon, Ma- Deposits 1,399.539 



deira, St. Vincent/and Brazil, was opened for f^SS?" " fund J5S 



service in June, and the cable between Rio Real-estate tax.......................!!...!.! i,066!o 



Grande do Sul and Montevideo was inaugurated Sundries 1,092.144 



on August 7, thus placing Brazil, the Plate Total... $52.570.157 



Provinces, and Chili, in telegraphic communi- From the provinces 10,174,908 



cation with the Eastern Hemisphere. Municipal receipts j.ui.ifii 



The number of letters which passed through Total revenue 164,886,896 



the post-office in 1872-74 was 12,059,081, of Amount of estimated revenue for same year* 



which 0,502,084 by way of Rio de Janeiro. Surplus 119,561,406- 



The growth of the national revenue is pro- EXPENDITURE. 



digious. On the accession of the present Em- Ministry of the interior : 



peror in 1832, the entire income of the em- Civil list : *t2M2X 



nire did not exceed $5,500,000 ; by 1804 it LeSile'chambers:::::.':.'.':: StS 



had more than quintupled ; and in 1871, though Public worship 471.427 



comparatively low $48,994,892 as compared ^dries"*" 10110 " ! ! '. ' KMM 



with the year preceding $49,708,40 still I9.5is.ioo 



showed an increase almost tenfold. ?Ji n ! Btry , f U8tl . co - vi;.-, ' v,'- S ' 



,, , . . ,, . .<, . Minictrv of Foreign Affairs 417.9!* 



The chief source of the revenue is the im- Ministry of Navy? 7,589,985 



port and export duties, especially the former, MlnUtryofWw 



which usually amount to more than one-half J}{;gg #0^^! :!!!;:;!:;:!! "" iffiw 

 of the total income. 



The following tables show the items of the E8timatedeipendltarefor8amcy ea r t 'KSSi 



national finances for the year 1871-72 : 



* For the names and particulars of the lines, get the 



AKNTTAL CYCLOPAEDIA for 1879 and 1878. * Set ANNUAL CYCLOPEDIA for 1878. t Ibid. 



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