BRAZIL. 



grate seriously to consider the above statement and 

 to compare it with the expectation held out to them 

 by the promoters of the emigration. If they do so, 

 they cannot fail to see that it contradicts those ex- 

 pectations in several of the most important points. 

 This is especially the case in regard to the promised 

 erection of a "reception-house" for the accommo- 

 dation of settlers on their first arrival, the provision 

 of employment on public works for such as required 

 it, the early construction of the tramway between 

 the settlement and Curitibaj and the establishment 

 of stores at which settlers might both purchase what 

 they require and sell their surplus produce at fair 

 prices. If, however, notwithstanding this caution, 

 emigrants decide to proceed to the Kittoland settle- 

 ment, the responsibility for any disappointment 

 they may meet with will be their own. 



(For the Constitution and Government of 

 Brazil, reference may be made to the ANNUAL 

 CYCLOPAEDIA for 1875.) 



The Emperor, Dom Pedro II. de Alcantara, 

 John Charles Leopold Salvador Bibiano Fran- 

 cis Xavier de Paule Leocadio Michael Gabriel 

 Raphael Gonzague, born December 2, 1825, 

 son of Dom Pedro I. de Alcantara (King of 

 Portugal and Emperor of Brazil), is the present 

 sovereign. He reigned under tutelage, by 

 virtue of the act of abdication of his father, 

 from April 7, 1831, until July 23, 1840, when 

 he was declared by law to have attained his 

 majority ; was crowned on July 18, 1841 ; and 

 married on September 4, 1843, to Theresa 

 Christina Maria, born March 14, 1822, daughter 

 of the late King Francis I. of the two Sicilies. 



BOTOCUDO INDIANS. 



The new cabinet, formed June 25, 1875, is 

 composed as follows : Interior, Councilor J. 

 B. da Cunha Figueiredo, Senator ; Justice, 

 Councilor Diogo Velho, Deputy ; Foreign Af- 

 fairs, Baron de Cotegipe, Senator ; War, Duke 

 de Caxias, Senator, and President of the Coun- 

 cil of State ; Navy, Councilor L. A. Pereira 

 Franco; Finance, Baron de Cotegipe (ad in- 

 terim) ; and Public Works, Commerce, and 

 Agriculture, T. J. Coelho de Almeida, Deputy. 



The Council of State is made up of the fol- 

 lowing members in ordinary: Princess Im- 

 perial Donna Izabel; Prince Gaston d'Or- 



leans, Count d'Eu ; Senators Viscount d'- 

 Abaete ; Marquis de Sao Vicente ; Viscount 

 do Rio Branco ; J. T. Nabuco d'Aranjo ; Vis- 

 counts de Muritiba, de Bom Retiro, de Ja- 

 guary, de Carvelhas, and de Nictheroy; and 

 of the six members extraordinary : Senators 

 Viscount de Araxa; Duke de Caxias (Presi- 

 dent) ; J. P. Dias de Carvacho ; J. J. Teixeira ; 

 Vice- Admiral J. R. de Lamare ; and Dr. P. J 

 Loares de Souza. 



ANACONDA. 



The President of the Senate, which is com- 

 posed of eight members elected for life, is Vis- 

 count de Jaguary ; Vice-President, Viscount 

 de Camaragibe. 



The Chamber of Deputies, with 122 mem- 

 bers elected for four years, has now for Presi- 

 dent Councilor M. F. Correa; Councilor A. 

 J. Henriques; J. P. M. Portella; A. G. de 

 Paula Fonseca. 



The Archbishop of Bahia, J. G. de Azevedo 

 (elevated in 1875), is Primate of all Brazil, and 

 there are eleven bishops : those of Para, Sao 

 Luiz, Fortaleza, Olinda, Rio de Janeiro, Sao 

 Paulo, Porto Alegre, Marianna, Diamantina, 

 Goyaz, and Cuyaba. 



The regular army (peace footing) comprises 

 a special corps (staff, 29 men; engineers, 56; 

 states, 118; almoners. 79 ; sanitary corps, 145) 

 of 427 men ; twenty-one battalions of infantry, 

 9,864 men ; five regiments, two detachments, 

 one squadron, and four garrison companies of 

 horse; 2,484; and three regiments and four 

 battalions of artillery, with one battalion of 

 engineers, 3,280: Total, 16,055 men. 



The strength of the army in time of war is 

 fixed at 32,000 men. 



The police force consists of 9,662 men, of 

 whom 800 are in Rio de Janeiro. 



The National Guard has been disbanded, to 

 be reorganized in accordance with the results 

 of a new census. 



The Brazilian Government still maintains, in 

 Paraguay, an occupation-brigade 1,500 strong 

 horse, foot, and artillery. 



According to the terms of the law of Feb- 

 ruary 27, 1875, governing military conscripr 

 tion, every Brazilian is in duty bound to take 

 up arms to maintain the independence and in- 

 tegrity of the empire. 



No army or navy officer can be deprived of 

 his rank without trial. 



