APPENDIX. 



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No. 8. 



Qui?itos of Brazil. 



Product of the tax Quinto or the fifth of the gold from 

 Minas Geras in Brazil, for each year, from 1752 to 1795, in 

 periods of six years. 



In the Portuguese numeration, 72 grains make 1 ottava, 

 8 ottavas 1 ounce, 8 ounces 1 marc, and 64 marks 1 aroba. 

 The Portuguese grain is to the English grain as 83 to 108. 

 The Portuguese aroba is 39f-y^J, or nearly 39^ pounds troy, 

 and the value of it in sterling money is ,1821 IJs. 4d. 



See Appendix, No. 22, to the report of the Bullion Com- 

 mittee of 1810. 



