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tons to each) ; cacao goes chiefly to France ; Brazil-nuts, 

 copaiba-oil, and tonka-beans, to the United States ; straw 

 hats, sarsaparilla, and tobacco, to Southern Brazil ; pias- 

 saba and fish-glue, to England ; cotton, sugar, rice, farina, 

 hides, and caclia^a, to Portugal. During 1872 there en- 

 tered the port of Pai-a 24 steamers and 49 sailing vessels 

 (tonnage 62,393) bearing the stars and stripes ; 35 English 

 steamers and eighteen sailing vessels (tonnage 41,937 ; 39 

 steamers and 10 sailing vessels (tonnage 41,845) of the em- 

 pire ; Portuguese sailing craft, 23 ; French, 19 ; and from 

 other nations, 16. The total value of exports from Para 

 in that year was $6,071,818, of which about $5,000,000 

 ]>elon2; to rubber. 



