BRAZIL 
The States of Amazonas and Matto-Grosso, and the 
Acre Territory 
The Commercial Association of Amazonas exhibits samples 
of rubber from the States of Amazonas and Matto-Grosso, and 
from the Acre Territory, having been authorized by the respec- 
tive Governments for this purpose. 
1. STATE OF AMAZONAS 
The main stream of the River Amazon flows through the 
entire territory of this State, and within its boundaries is joined 
by many tributaries. 
The boundary with the State of Para is formed by the same 
river, and that with Matto-Grosso and the Republic of Bolivia by 
the Upper Madeira River. The River Javary, a tributary of the 
Solimoes (or Upper Amazon), forms the boundary with Peru, as 
does the Upper Rio Negro (the waters of which connect with 
the Orinoco through the Cassiquari Canal), with Venezuela. 
Before the formation of the Federal Acre Territory, the upper 
reaches of the Rivers Acre, Purus, and Jurua also constituted 
the frontiers of the State of Amazonas with Peru and Bolivia. 
The capital of the State, Manaos, is situated in the bay of the 
Rio Negro, three days distant by steamer from the capital of 
the adjoining State, Para. The nearest European port, Lisbon, 
can be reached in thirteen days, and New York in eighteen days. 
Manaos is the turning-point for ocean going steamers from 
the United States of America, and Europe, as well as from the 
South of Brazil. 
_ The companies engaged in the transatlantic service are: 
The Booth Steamship Co., Ltd. (British), with four sailings 
each way to and from Liverpool per month, calling at Itacoatiara, 
Para, Madeira, Lisbon, Leixoes (Oporto), Vigo and Cherbourg, 
and three sailings to and from New York per month, calling at 
Para and Barbadoes. 
The Hamburg-Amerika Line and Hamburg-Sudamerikanische 
Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft (German), with two sailings per 
month to and from Hamburg, calling at Para, Madeira, Lisbon, 
Leixoes (Oporto), Havre and Antwerp. The Booth Steamship 
Co., Ltd., also runs two lines, one from Liverpool and the other 
from New York, as far as Iquitos, the capital and principal port 
of the Loreto province of Peru. Maritime communication with 
Southern Brazil is maintained by the “Lloyd Brazileiro” and the 
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