100 



BRAZIL. 



run between New York and Rio Janeiro, via 

 St. Thomas, Para, Pernambuco, and Bahia. 



The contract of September 3, 1881, with the 

 Societe Portale Franfaise de V Ailantique, for 

 a line of steamships between Rio de Janeiro 

 and Halifax, was rescinded, at the request of 

 the company, on June 9, 1883. In the eight 

 round trips made by the vessels of this line, but 

 58 passengers had been carried, and 43,119 

 packages, at an expense of $29,765, while 

 the receipts, exclusive of the Brazilian sub- 

 sidy, amounted to but $15,570. The following 

 companies receive subsidies: Amazon Steam 

 Navigation Company, limited, with 21 vessels, 

 performing 48 round trips annually, viz., 12 

 on the Rio Puriis, between Manaos and Hyu- 

 tanahan: aggregate distance, 30,758 miles; 12 

 on the Rio Madeira, between Manaos and Santo 

 Antonio : aggregate distance, 28,564 miles; 12 

 on the Rio Negro, between Manaos and Santa 

 Izabel: total, 12,712 miles; and 12 on the 

 Solimeos (Upper Amazon), between Manaos 

 and Iquitos (Peru): total, 31,948 miles; the 



CompanMa Brazileira de Navegtfpao por Vapor^ 

 for 36 round trips annually between Rio an4 

 Para, and the principal intermediate ports ; the 

 Companhia Nacional de Navegacao por Vapor, 

 for 58 annual trips between Rio and Monte- 

 video, and Buenos Ayres; the Companhia Es- 

 pirito Santo e Caravellas, for 12 annual trips 

 between these two ports, and as many between 

 the first and Sao Matheus ; the Companhia de 

 Navegacao costeira e fluvial do Maranhao, for 

 24 annual trips between Sao Luiz and Forta- 

 leza, southward, and 12 northward between 

 Sao Luiz and Vigia; the Companhia Paulista, 

 for five monthly trips between Rio and Sao 

 Francisco ; and companies running steamers on 

 the rivers Iguassii and Negro, and the Upper 

 Paraguay. 



Railways. At the end of 1883 there were 

 5,619 miles of railway in operation, and 2,786 

 miles in course of construction : total, 8,405 

 miles. Several of the lines are owned and con- 

 trolled by the state. Here follows a list of the 

 Government railways : 



In the subjoined table are enumerated other 

 lines, not the property of the state, but with a 



percentage of interest guaranteed by the Gov- 

 ernment on a fixed capital . 



