106 DEARTHS. [chap. v. 



DEARTHS. 



At divers times a want of rain and other causes have com- 

 bined to create grievous dearths in the island*; in the year 



* The following tables of productions, imports, and exports, may serve to 

 give general notions on the self-supporting capabilities of Madeira : — 

 Madeira produced the following quantity of pulse and grain in the years 



1847. 1848. 1849. 



Beans 104± 122 



Kidney beans 240' 281| 



Lentils 8 7 11 



Barley 503£ 460^ 538| 



Rye 259i 261£ 351* 



Indian corn 23 46 132 



Wheat 2459 1159± 3060^ 



These quantities are reckoned in moios. There are 3 quarters English in 

 % moio, and each quarter is 20 alqueires, or 8 bushels Winchester measure. 



The importations of pulse and grain to Madeira from Portugal and its 

 dependencies were as follows, in the years 



1847. 1848. 1849. 



Horse beans 65 43 62 



Kidney beans 211 2 10 



Black-eyed peas 14 1 



Lupines 1 15 



Barley 1£ 4f 13| 



Rye 117| 103 69^ 



Indian corn 3391 2714 3216 



Wheat 1028 1797 2038 



And from foreign countries during the same period — 



Horse beans 1 



Kidney beans 3 



Oats 34| 



Barley 58 3 



Rye 4 316 55£ 



Indian corn 5055 6894 7690 



Wheat 2770 3095 2193 



The value of all articles, exclusive of wine, exported from the island of 

 Madeira to Portugal and its dependencies was, in 1848, £1584 12s. 8d.; in 

 1849, £1628 15s. 9d. : and to foreign ports, in 1848, £1623 7s. lid.; and 

 in 1849, £1759 12*. Id. 



