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AMAZONIA AND LA PLATA. 



The drawing of State lotteries is a matter of personal interest for millions of the 

 natives. In Rio de Janeiro and the other large cities kiosks are erected at every 

 street corner for the sale of tickets. 



The smallest of the administrative divisions has preserved its religious designa- 

 tion, freguezia, which originally meant a parish, or " gathering of the faithful." 

 In 1887 the whole empire comprised 1,886 of these freguezias, some forming 

 merely a town ward or district, others embracing territories of vast extent. On 



Fio-. 125. — Municipalities of the State of Rio de Janeieo. 

 Scale 1 : 4,000,000. 



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an average they occupy a superficial area of 1,700 square miles, or two-thirds of a 

 French department. 



From the religious standpoint, Brazil is divided into twelve dioceses, two 

 archbishoprics (Bahia and Rio de Janeiro), 19 vicariates general, and 233 ecclesi- 

 astical comïircas. In the civil administration one or more freguezias are grouped 

 in ter»ios, which coincide, for the most part, with the mitnicipios. Nevertheless, 

 some of the termes are themselves divided into " municipalities," a division which, 

 despite its great extent, answers best to the French commune. 



In the official statistics the jDopulation is enumerated by municipalities. 

 Hence the populations of towns figuring in most geographical works are often 

 distributed over vast spaces several thousand square miles in extent. The inha- 

 bitants gTouped in the central nucleus, officially called cidade, " city," or vilhi 



