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Chapter XI 



THE COTTON EXPORT HOUSES OF PERNAMBUCO, 

 PARAHYBA AND RIO GRANDE DO NORTE. 



The following is an alphabetical list of exporters of cotton ■\vho 

 have hydraulic or other high density bale presses : — 



Boris Freres & Co., Natal, Rio Grande do Noite ; 



Boxwell & Co., Recife, Pernambuco ; 



Kroencke & Co., Parahyba ; 



Mendes, Lima & Co., Pernambuco: 



Pinto Alves & Co., Pernambuco ; 



Julius von Sohsten & Co., Parahyba, etc. ; 



Jose de Vasconcelles & Co., Recife, Pernambuco ; 



Wharton Pedroza & Co., Natal, Rio Grande do Norte. 



These firms have their selling agents in Liverpool and further 

 on in this chapter will be found their names together with the descrip- 

 tion of the shijiping marks of the cottons they sell. 



The bale press to which so far general preference is given in the 

 north-eastern part of Brazil is one made by Fawcett. Preston & Co., 

 Ltd., Liverpool, turning out a bale of 48in. by 17in. by 21ins., weighing 

 4001b. ; the tare is 101b. During the war, oAving to the difficulty of 

 prompt delivery, two horizontal bale presses of Bridge, Castleton, near 

 Rochdale, have been sent out ; these are able to press up to a density 

 of 601b.; one of these bales of 4001b. measures lOJin. by 20in. by 35in. 



Fawcett, Prescon & Co.'s hydraulic Bale Press at Messrs. Kroncke & Co. 



Parahyba 



This kind of press i? used by most of tfie Cotton Exporters of North Brazil 



