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1820 

 1840 

 1870 



BRAZILIAN COFFEE CROP AT VARIOUS EPOCHS. 



5,085 tons 1880 



68,000 ,, 1890 



132,500 „ 1892 



POSITION OF BRAZIL IN THE PRODUCTION OF COFFEE (1890). 



Brazil .... 

 Central America and Mexico 

 Java and Sumatra 

 Haiti and Santo Doming-o 



Cuba and Puerto Rico 

 British India 

 West Africa 

 Sundries . 



490,000 tons 

 80,000 ,, 

 60,000 ,, 

 43,000 ,, 



Average yearly production of sugar in Brazil : 200,000 tons ; value, £3,200,000. 

 Average yearly production of rum : 2,200,000 gallons ; value, £160,000. 

 Production of rubber : (1840), 400 tons ; (1860), 2,500 ; (1891), 20,000. 

 Production of rubber (1839—1891) : 269,206 tons ; value, £58,000,000. 

 Horned cattle (estimated), 1893: 18,000,000. 



Exports to Great Britain (1891), £4,250,000. 

 Imports from Grciit Britain (1891), £8,290,000. 

 Shipping (1890) : 13,900 vessels of 6,000,000 tons. 



COMMERCIAL FLEET OF BRAZIL. 



388 sailing vessels ...... 8,555 tons. 



136 steamers 81,698 tons. 



Total 



524 vessels 



90,253 tons. 



Railways open (1892), 4,788 miles ; in progress, 2,832 miles. 

 Telegraphs (1893), 9,000 miles ; despatches, 1,552,000. 

 Letters forwarded (1892), 36,694,000, or 2-4 per head. 

 Public schools (1893), 8,000; attendance (estimated), 380,000. 

 Higher schools (1890), 23 ; attendance, 3,485. 

 Army (1891), 29,000 men; 1,600 officers; 15,000 gendarmerie. 



Navy (1893) : 3 ironclads, 7 unarmed cruisers, 17 gunboats, 28 other vessels; total, 63 vessels 250 

 guns, 4,000 sailors, 700 officers. 



Revenue (1892), £11,000,000 ; expenditure, £12,200,000 ; deficit, £1,200,000. 

 Public debt (1893) : foreign, £29,500,000; internal, £28,000,000; total, £57,500,000. 



PARAGUAY. 



Area, 98,000 .«quare miles ; population (1887), 330,000. 

 Estimated population (1893), ôoOjOOO, or 5 per .square mile. 



Tobacco exported (1880), 4,784 tons; total production, 10,497 tons. 



Live-stock (1891) : cattle, 861,000 ; horses, asses, mules, 104,220 ; sheep, &c., 76,000. 



Exchanges (1891), £1,073,000 ; shipping, 2,354 ve.'ssels of 307,000 tons. 



Railway, 90 miles ; letters forwarded (1891), 1,124,000. 



Schools (1891), 292; attendance, 18,950. 



Revenue (1891), £27,500; expenditure, £132,000; deficit, £104.500. 



Public Debt (1892) : English, £831,000 ; internal, £500,000 ; total, £1,331,000. 



