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in this business. 
In this Province, an idea of the importance of cultivating and 
protecting the tree is arising. Many coffee-planters are turning 
their attention to the sowing of Hancornia, and seed is already 
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that the Mangabeira tree shall be protected, and its cultivation 
extended, as is advisable. 
This decree, in brief, runs as follows : — 
Article 1. $i. A premium of 25 contos of reis (25,000 milreis, 
distance of 60 kilometres (37 miles) of a railway, he has 
planted and cultivated, for two years at least, the greatest 
gabeira trees, preserving between the trees 
enough room for their free development. 
$ii. A premium of 15 contos (nearly £470) to him who shall 
have planted the second greatest number. 
all the conditions of the first paragraph, excepting the 
requirement with regard to the distance from a railway 
§iv. A premium of 25 contos to him who, within the same 
space of time, and within the prescribed 60 kilometres of a 
railway, shall have cultivated, for two years at least, the 
greatest number of Mangabeira trees, provided that at the 
same time he shall have enclosed the ground, and removed 
all other trees. 
$v. A premium of 15 contos to whoever shall have cultivated, 
etc., the second greatest amount. 
$vi. A premium of 15 contos to whoever shall have fulfilled 
all the conditions of the fourth paragraph, except the 
requirement with regard to the distance from a railway. 
§vii, A premium of 10 contos (about £313) to whoever 
shall prove that within the same lapse of time he shall 
