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Chapter I V. 

 STATE OF SAO PAULO 



Area: 290,876 .sq. kilometres (112,307 square miiesj. 

 Population : About 3,000,000. 



Sao Paulo adjoins the territory of Rio de Janeiro in the south. 

 It is bordered on the east by the Atlantic Ocean ; in the south by 

 Parana ; on the west by Matto Grosso and in the north by Minas 

 Geraes. 



The State of Sao Paulo is as large as half France : almost equal 

 to the British Isles. Its area exceeds that of Italy and equals that of 

 Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Switzerland, Portugal and Greece, all 

 combined. 



The State receipts of Sao Paulo are larger than those of 26 in- 

 dependent countries, amongst which are those of Denmark, Switzerland 

 and Portugal. The imports of the State in 1919 were 381,014,790^000 

 and exports 1,087,466,000 $000. 



When the Republic was declared in 1889 the imports and exports 

 of the whole of Brazil amounted to only 473,590,000 $000. 



The following statistics of the international trade of the State of 

 Sao Paulo speak for themselves of the enormous importance of this 

 State CO the Union of Brazil. 



EXCESS OF ICXPORTS 

 EXPORTS OVER IMPORTS 



$ S 



143,244,081 119,925,676 



279,615,833 207,193,354 



270,100,584 193,831,768 



220,230.469 141,857,510 



282.142.602 140 342,683 



465,212,904 308.326,088 



1,087,466,000 706,451,210 



(=£72,497,333) ( = £47,096,747) 



The imports and exports of the whole of the U.S. of Brazil during 

 1919 and 1920 were as follows : (£ sterling) 



1919. 1920. 



Imports £78,177,000 .. .. £125.005,000 



Exports .. .. .. £130.085,000 .. .. £107.521,000 



Totalforeign trade .. £208,262,000* .. .. £232,526,000 



From a comparison of these figures it is easy to realise what 

 a powerful position the State of Sao Paulo occupies in the Federation 

 of Brazilian States. Indeed, it has often been said that Sao Paulo 

 aims at a separation from the Union, but any secession movement 

 does not carry much weigtit. It is true that many people of the south 



* Sao Paulo's share was almost half. 



