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of the places visited by us, and I take this opportunity of again 

 expressing the cordial thanks of the members of the Cotton Mission 

 to all those who have helped in making our work a success. Without 

 this exceptional assistance, given us so freely, we could never have 

 covered the ground in so short a time, nor could we have had access 

 to the information we were able to collect. 



In presenting this report of our journey through the principal 

 cotton States of Brazil to the members of the International Cotton 

 Federation, I deem it essential to deal first in a few short chapters 

 with the geography, history and general economics of the country, 

 for without such details an intelligent comprehension of the cotton grow- 

 ing industry of that country appears to me difficult, if not impossible. 



I have endeavoured to make this business report somewhat less 

 " dry " than the customary documents of this kind, by introducing a 

 large number of photographs, and by dealing with other subjects besides 

 cotton. In short, the Report contains all the information which came 

 to our notice during our journey, and it aims at taking the reader 

 over the whole ground as if he had been a member of the Mission. 



Those who desire to learn more on Brazil are referred to the 

 following books : 



Pierre Denis, " Brazil." T. Fisher Unwin, Ltd., London. 



E. C. Buley, " North Brazil " and " South Brazil." Sir Isaac 



Pitman & Sons, Ltd., London. 

 Clayton Sedgwick Cooper, " The Brazilians and their^Country," 



William Heinemann, London. 

 J. C. Oakenfull, " Brazil." Bale, Sons & Danielson, Ltd., London. 

 Cincinato Braga, " Magnos Problemas Economicos de Sao Paulo," 

 Sec9ao de Obras d' " O Estado de S. Paulo," Sao Paulo. 

 E. Dettmann, " Brasilien's Aufschwung." Herm Paetel, Berlin. 

 H. Schiller, " Brasilien." Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart. 

 E. von Hesse Wartegg, " Zwischen Anden und Amazonas." Union 



Verlag, Stuttgart. 

 Economic Notes on Brazil, by the " Serviyo de Infoimayoes," 



Ministry of Agriculture, Rio de Janeiro. 

 The only book on Brazilian Cotton known to me was published 

 during my visit by Mr. William Wilson Coelho de Souza, Chief of the 

 Cotton Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rio de Janeiro, 

 and is entitled " A Cultura do Algodoeiro no Brazil." 



We arrived at Rio de Janeiro on 2nd April, 1921, and after 

 paying official visits, collecting information from the Government 

 Departments and inspecting a number of cotton mills, we proceeded 

 to Sao Paulo, where we spent one month in the interior. Our journey 

 then took us through the following States : Minas Geraes, Bahia, 

 Alagoas, Sergipe, Pernambuco, Parahyba and Rio Grande do Norte. 

 We covered in Brazil the following apirtroximate distances : — 



By Rail 4,000 miles 



By Motor Car 2,000 „ 



By River Boat 1,000 „ 



On Horse Back . . . . 500 „ 



returning from Pernambuco to Rio de Janeiro by steamer. The ocean 



