GENERAL COTTOX REMARKS 



67 



The two tables show that the State of Sao Paulo has, in the last 

 few years, developed an export trade. The cotton which figures in 

 these lists as coming from Recife (Pernambuco) is not all grown in 

 that State. Pernambuco is the shipping port of a great deal of cotton 

 grown in the States of Parahyba and Rio Grande do Norte. 



ParA . . 

 Maranliao 



CcaiA '. 



Rio Graiule d< 

 Parahyba 

 Pernambiuo 

 Alagoas 

 Fed. District 

 Sao Paulo . 



Belom 



Sao Luiz . . 



Ilha do Cajueiro (*) 



Fortaleza . . 



Natal 



( 'abodello . . 



Kci-ifc 



Maceio 



Kio de Janeiro 



Santo* 



Other Port* 



294, 

 891,1 



:2-2i 



.".61,22U 1 10^ 



241,728 , — 30, 

 i.. ",39,074 Il,872,.'i06 1,692 



— I 10,869 ! 16, 

 13,512 — 1,477 



4,244 13.897 6,002 



— 170 " 



,080 ! 2 



,840 i 



,326 1 



,561 3 

 ,746 



.579 1 



,732 11 



359,590 

 544.951 

 741t.S(i'.) 

 ,98(1, 4(U 

 812.428 

 ,802,359 

 ,925,904 

 256,614 

 ,948,757 

 ,260,733 

 54,410 



I'OUNDS STERLING 



2,888 

 .-,:i,()35 

 14,276 



15:!, 515 

 72.638 

 32,440 



514.981 



.56,188 



93,328 

 126,457 

 666,110 

 187,674 

 348,290 

 876,951 



.56,480 



440,680 



2,639,100 



10,863 



JIaranhao . , 



CearA 



Rio Grande do Ni 



ParahyVia 



Pernambuco 



Alagoas 



Bahia 



Fed. District 



Sao Paulo . . 



(*) Exports from the State of Piauhy are made by the port of Ilha do Caj ueiro. 



POUNDS STERLING 



Bclem 



Sao T.uiz 



ajiic 



I'llo 



Natal 



Cabfdi 



Keciff 



:Ma.fi6 



Sao Salvador 



Rio de Janeiro 



Santos 



19,115 

 3.218,043 

 4,866,373 

 (i. 487, 653 

 582,7vlO 

 2,8:^5,530 



,249,973 

 ,.589,480 



6.53,756 

 60,000 



5,040,187 

 5,910,387 



25,000 

 1,559,480 



861.126 

 ,526.201 

 ,064.00) 

 40,000 

 ,416,153 

 164,976 

 902,234 



18,736 

 27,918 



3'250 

 15,160 

 12.186 



5,962 



14,139 

 15,152 

 24,144 



'607 



62.405 

 26,770 



The Annual Cotton Mill Consumption in Brazil is estimated 

 at about 553.700 bales of 500lb. at the present time. It will not 

 suffice to add merely the export figures to the mill consumption, 

 in order to arrive at the total production of cotton m the country. 

 There will have to be added the considerable amount used by hand- 

 spinners in the interior, for it must be remembered that where there is no 

 railway manv houses have a garden in which cotton is grown for the 

 domestic use. The consumption by hand-spinners and the quantity 

 used for quilts, bedding, boats,* etc., can safely be estimated at 

 80 000 bales of 5001b. If we calculate therefore the total production 

 of cotton in Brazil as being to-day 450,000 bales of 5001b., we shall 

 not be far wrong. This is, of course, only a " bagatelle m comparison 

 with what a country of such dimensions, soil and climate could 

 produce, even with her present small population. 



In the foregoing chapters and in the lecture delivered at Kio 

 {Sep Appendix) I have tried to give a general view of the cotton 

 cultivati.ni in Brazil, but as generalising is somewhat unsatisfactory 

 when dealing with so vast an area, a clearer impression will be 

 obtained from the study of the following chapters dealing separately 

 with each State. 



* Cotton i3 pressed between the plank^ofboars to render them watertight. 



12,360 

 16,235 

 12,086 

 12.245 



527 



l!.S80 

 9,053 



13,476 

 290,952 



