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BRAZILIAN COTTON 



Cost of Electrictity.— Electricity is very extensively used in 

 Rio de Janeiro and in the whole of the State of Sao Paulo. Almost 

 every village has electric light and many of the cotton mills are driven 

 by electricity. The " Light and Power Co.," an American-Canadian 

 undertaking, is the supplier of force to many mills in the towns ; the 

 price charged varies according to the rate of exchange. As their 

 shareholders are abroad they stipulated wisely in their concession 

 the right of fixing the consumers' price according to the exchange. 



The cost of electricity for a mill in Sao Paulo, Avhich obtains the 

 force from the above company works out as follows : 

 Tension : 2,080 volts. 

 Price : Rs. 300 per kilowatt hour, with rebate of 88 per cent., 



according to consumption, maximum load and English rate 



of exchange. 

 July, 1920. Consumption : 525,600 kilowatt-hours, maximum load 



2,040 kw., English rate of exchange 14d. = l$000, rebate 



87 per cent. 



Rs. 300 less 87 per cent.=Rs. 39 per kilowatt-hour. 

 Feb., 1921. Consumption : 434,400 kilowatt-hours, maximum load 



1,800 kw., English rate of exchange lOd. = 1^000, rebate 



79 per cent. 



Rs. 300 less 79 per cent.=Rs. 63 per kilowatt-hour. 

 Lighting is charged at the same rate. As there is a very abundant 

 supply of water in the south of Brazil and a great many waterfalls 

 many industrial undertakings, especially cotton mills, have been 



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The Hydro-Electric Plant of the Light & Power Company near 

 Sorocaba, which supplies power to many cotton mills in Sao Paulo 



