Chapter V. 

 STATE OF MINAS GERAES. 



Area : 588,550 sqare kilometres. 

 Population : 5,527,900 inhabitants. 

 Capital : (Bello Horizonte), 50,000 inhabitants. 

 Measure : 1 " alqueire " in this State is equal to 220 x 220 metres = 

 48,400 square metres. 



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" Minas," as this State is generally called in place of Minas Geraes 

 ( = general mines ) is bounded on the north by the State of Bahia, 

 on the east by that of " Espirito Santo," on the south by those of 

 Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. According to the size, it is the fifth 

 State of the Union, being more than twice the size of the previously 

 described state of Sao Paulo. Minas is situated in the interior and 

 has no seaport of its own ; its traffic passes principally through Santos, 

 Rio de Janeiro, some goes via Bahia and Victoria, in Espirito Santo. 



The percentage of white people in Minas is 43 per cent., that of 

 the mixed race 36, and blacks represent 19 per cent. 



" Minas " as the name indicates is more famous on account of 

 its mineral wealth than its agricultural products, though it is more 

 than questionable whether the latter would not produce more riches if 

 as much labour were expended on it as on mining. 



